Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-03-04
PROHIBITION BILL PASSED
Provision Of Measure Including
Amendments Election to be Held
August II to Determine Whether
Wet Counties Retain Dispensaries.

Wet Counties Retain Dispensaries.
Fhe prohibition bill as passed in
the legislature of South Carolina in
Its late session is in brief as follows:
"Section l. That all alcoholic
liquors and beverages, whether man.
nfactured within this State or else
where, or any mixture by whatso-
ever name called, which, if drunk to
excess, will produce intoxication, are
hereby declared to be detrimental.
and their use and consumption to be
against the morals, good health and
safety of the State and contraband.o -
The section then forbids the sell
ing or giving away any such intoxi-
cants except as provided in follow
ing sections:
"Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale guam
titles to retail druggists and to pub
lie or charitable hospitals or to med
ical or pharmaceutical colleges and
In no other way, pure alcohol for
medical purposes only, CT grain al
cohol to be used by chemists or
psychologists actually engaged in
scientific work and for such purposes
only"
The section provides for proper
reports of such sales.
"Sec. 3. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located
III any of the incorporated towns or
cities of this State, who is himself
registered or licensed pharmacist. or
who regularly employs registered.
or licensed pharmacist, may sell. in
TIE manner herein set out, upon fill
ing bond i'll the sum of $4,000, to
be approved by the clerk of court.
In which each druggist does bust
ness, conditioned for a faithful OBJ
servance of the provisions of this
act"
This section further provides re-
str1ctlons about approval of bond
and allows the use of alcohol for
compromising medicines. provided
however that no moro alcohol shall
be used III the medicines than are
essential.
"Sec. 4. That no sale of pure
alcohol, for medicinal purposes. Shall
be made by any retail druggist ex-
cept upon the prescription of reg
nlar practicing physician of this
State. who. before writing such pre-
scrlptlcns, shall make an actual cx-
animation of the person for whom
the prescription is issued.''
1t provides that the doctor shall
certify in due form that he believes
alcohol to be absolutely necessary to
alleviate CIR cure the patient. and
that the, physician himself has no in
teTest III The drug store where It is
to be filed.
Sec. 8. That no prescription shall
be hlled herein except upon the dav
upon which it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than one-balf
pint of alcohol shall be sold and de-
hvered on any one prescription. and
when such prescription is filled, it
shall not be refilled, but shall be de-
hvered to the druggist filing same -
1t provides that no physician who
is druggist shall issue and fill his
own prescriptions and guards against
improper delivery by which means it
might be misapplied
Sec. 6. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or
citles of the State may lawfully sell
alcohol IN quantities not greater
than five (5) gallons to be used in
the arts or for scientific or mechan-
zeal purposes. and such druggists
may sell, in like quantities, 10 chem
lists and psychologists engaged in
scientific work and for such purposes
only, and such druggists may sell in
quantities, not greater than one-half
gallon. wine used for sacramental
or religious purposes onlv.'
THIS section provides due restric-
tlons against abuses of such purch-
aser and for proper reports by the
druggist.
"Sec. z. That it shall be unlawful