The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-07-28
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
Countv of A hbpVille.

state OF SOutn CaTOllDa,
County of Abbeville.
Notice is hereby given that an Elec
ton will be held at the voting pre-
cints prescribed by law in said Coun
ty, on Tuesday, August II, 1909, a
provided in the following Act.
No. 42.
An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture,
Sale, Barter, Exchange, Giving
Away to Induce Trade, the Fur
nishing at Public Places or Other
wise Disposing of Alcohol, Spiritu'
Gus, Vinous or Malt Liquors ol
Beverages, or Other Liquors OIL
Beverages by Whatsoever Name
Called, Which if Drunk to Ex'
cess Will Produce IntoXication,
Except for Sale of Alcohol in Ger
tain Cases Upon Certain COndi
tions, And Except the Sale oi
Wines for Sacramental Purposes,
And to Provide Penalties for the
Violation Thereof.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina, that all alcoholic IL
auors and beverages, whether manu-
factured within this State or else
where, or any mixture by whatsoever
name called, which if drunk to excess
will produce intoXication. are hereby
declared to he detrimental, and their
use and consumption to he against the
morals, good health and safety of the
State, and contraband. That it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, cor.
poratiOn or association within this
State to manufacture. sell, barter, eX-
change, receive, accept, give away Ia
induce trade, deliver, store, keep in
possession in this State, furnish at
public places or otherwise dispose OF
any spirituous, malt, vinous, ferment'
ed, brewed or other liquors and bever-
ages, or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and is
used as beverage, and which If drunk
to excess will produce intoXication,
except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale guam
titles to retail druggists and to public
or charitable hospitals or to medical or
pharmaceutical colleges. and in no
other way, pure alcohol for medical
purposes only, or grain alcohol to be
used by chemists or bacteriologists
actually engaged in scientific work
and for such purposes only, and such
wholesale druggist shall at the end of
each month in which any such sales
have been made, file with the clerk OF
the court of the county in which they
do business, statement in writing
under oath, giving the name of the
purchaser, the price paid the date OF
sale, and the quantity and character
of the alcohol sold. That if said
wholesale druggist making such sale
is not a resident of the State of South
Carolina, then such statement shall be
filed in the office of the clerk of the
court of the county in which the pur.
chaser resides.
Sec. 8. That any retail druggis,
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or Cit
les of this State, who is himselfa reg
istered or licensed pharmacist, or who
regularly employs a registered or Ii.
censed pharmacist, may sell, in the
manner herein set out, upon filing q
bond in the sum of five thousand dol.
lars, 10 be approved by the clerk OF
the court, in which such druggist does
business, conditioned for a faithful
observance of the provisions of this
Act, such bond to be approved by the
clerk of the court, pure alcohol fol-
for medical purposes only, grain alco-
hol to chemists and bacteriologists
actually engaged in scientific work,
and for such purposes only and wine
to be used for sacramental or religious
purposes only: Provided. that moth.
ing herein contained shall prevent
such druggists from using alcohol in
the compounding of prescriptions OF
other medicines, the sale of which
would not subject him to the payment
of a special tax required of liquor
dealers by the Government of the
United States: Provided, further
that nothing herein contained shall
prevent such druggists from com.
pounding or selling medicinal prepa.
rations manufactured in accordance
with formulas prescribed by the Unit,
ed States Pharmacopoeia and Nation.
al Formulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract
the medicinal properties of the drug
contained in such preparations, and nc
more alcohol than is necessary tC
hold the medicinal agents in solution,
and which are manufactured and
sold as medicine, and not as bever.
age.
Sec. That no sale of pure alcohol
for medicinal purposes, shall be made
by any retail druggist, except upon
the prescription of regular practiclng
physician of this State, who, before
writing such prescriptions, shall make
an actual examination of the person
for whom the prescription is issued
and the said prescription shall be sub
stantially in the following form
Estate of South Carolina, ;. County
To. :. Druggist. I, ... a regular IL
censed and practicing physician under
the laws of this State, do hereby certi
fy that I have examined . :, patient
in my charge, and / do hereby pre-
scribe for the use of said patient
alcohol, and l further certify, that the
use of such alcohol is, in my judg
nent, absolutely necessary to alleviate
or cure the illness or disease from
which said patient is now suffering
and that / am not interested in tb,
drug store to which his prescription
is directed, nor in the profits on th'
drugs herein prescribed. Dated
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Sec. 5. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the da,
upon hich it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than one-hal
pint of alcohol shall be sold and de
iivered on any one prescription, an,
when such pres cription is filled,