The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-08-18
We Wear the White Ribbon.

The dispensary is gone. There will be a Few
weeks allowed to dispose OF the stock on
hands and then we will be the dry column.
Many evils will result from our effort TO be
tee-to,allers. Many of us will break the let
ter of law. Let us hope that no one Will
break the spirit Of the law.
g the law stands under which we live TO-
day nine tenths of US are breaking 1t.
Here are some of Its re requirements:
Section /. BY this section no person can
receive, store or keep wine, whiskey or
brandy In his private home. whether USED Tor
sickness or AZ a beverage. II you buy liquor
from another State and have 1t shipped TO
your home II will be seized by constaoles as
contraband LIQUOR n the owner fined or
Imprisoned not more than $500 or less IMAM
slOO.
1t ia unlawful to accept, receive, give away,
store, own or possess wine or liquor, either at
or away from home m for sickness or pleas
ure.
Section 4. declares no druggists can sell al
cohol or sacramental wine for churches With
out giving q s 1000 bond and keeping q DOCK
of records. In no case except churcnes can
he sell wine and never whiskey, brandy or
beer-eyen for medicinal use. He can only
sell pure alcohol.
Section 4. No person can ever buy whiskey
BRANDY or wi%ne-pothing but alcohol-then
not more than one-half pint at a time. Be-
fore he can get this, he must pay for a physi'
clans prescription. No physician can give
prescription without first making an actual
examination OF the patient and certifying
D. that bis sickness requires the use Of alcohol.
A we'll person cannot buy even alcohol.
Section S. If a person pays for a presoHP'
tion, 1t must be filled on the same day or day
following, after which time, 1t cannot he filled
at all, nor can any prescription ever be re-
filled. You have to pay the physician every
time./The alcohol cannot be delivered to any
person, except to him, whom the physician
may authorize, or to whom the prescription
Is issued.
Section 7. No wine can be purchased Tor
any purpose. except by priests and ministers,
of the gospel, who may buy wine for sacra'
mental purposes of the church; but then the
minister must certify 1t is bought in good
faith and for religious purposes.
Section 8. All statements or prescriptions
shall be recorded and indexed In a record
book in the clerk of courts office, and open to
public inspection at all times. The clerk Is
en- titled to a fee fol. prescriptions OF five cents
and each statement fifteen cents all no
d oubt paid for by the patient.
Section 9. The druggist must keep q record
OF every purchase OF alcohol, the date OF sale.
name OF purchaser, name OF physician giving
the prescription such record being subject
10 inspection at all times by the solicitor:
sheriff, peace officers, the mayor and police O.
towns n all other persons. At each term
OF court the druggist must make q report to
the Judge, and on Monday morning OF each
week, file a list OF alcohol sold by him, and to
whom, a copy being also filed with the chieI
Of police and mayor, a copy Of which must be
posted In some public place In the munich
pality.
How does CHS line up with your idea of
what the law should bet Is this ideal, is II
what you want? Whether we want 1t or not
we now have 1t, and 1t Is the part Of each and
every good citizen to DO his best TO see that
the law is obeyed. Whether or not the law
will be enforced depends entirely on those
who vote for the law.
We have q very small bottle, just a eve
lamb, so to speak, on our mantle and while
we would like to keep It we are nevertheless
willing to part with 1t II 80 doing will sub
serve the good Of the common wealth. If all
others are going to obey In this one particu-
lar 80 will we.
Seriously, this is law and IL has been shown
that the majority of people sanction 1t so 1t Ia
the part Of minority to fall to with good grace
aud help in carrying out the letter Of the law.
Let us all stand by our reputation for a law
abiding people and see that this law that we
have made is obeyed.
II will not stand always. even this snail
pass away" and we will have q new law. We
have not reached the fnal truth yet though
we may have been close to 1t at times.
1t is to be hoped that the man who writes
the next act will not be 90 exaeLipg OF rus. We
are inclined to think that the writer OF the
present act has q bad liver.