Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-03-03
PROHIBITION Bill PASSED.

Provision Of Measure Including
Amendments Election to be Held
August II to Determine Whether
Wet Counties Retain Dispensaries.
The prohibition bill as passed in
the legislature Of South Carolina in
its late session is in brief as follows:
"Section 1. That all alcoholic
liquors and beverages, whether man
ufactured 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 contrabaiad. 9
The section then forbids the sell
ing or giving away any such intoxi-
cants except as provided in follow
ing sections:;
tSec. 2. That wholesale drugg
may lawfully sell in wholesale GUAM:
titles to retail druggists and to pub
lie or charitable hospitals or to med
zeal or pharmaceutical colleges land
in no other way, pure alcohol for
medical purposes only, or 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
in any of the incorporated towns or
cities of this State, who is himself a
registered or licensed pharmacist, OF
who regularly employs a registered
or licensed pharmacist, may sell, in
the manner herein set out, upon fl
ing bond in 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-
strictions about approval of bond
and allows the use Of alcohol For
compounding medicines, provided
however that no more alcohol shall
be used in the medicines than are
essential.
Nsec. 4. That no sale of pure
alcohol, for medicinal purposes, shall
be made by any retail druggist >ex-
cept upon the prescription of reg
ular practicing physician of this
State, who, before writing such pre-
scriptions, shall make an actual ex-
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 or cure the patient, and
that the physician himself has no in
terest in the drug store where it is
to be filled.
"Sec. 5. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the day
upon which it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than one-half
pint of alcohol shall be sold and de-
livered on any one prescription, and
when such prescription is filed, it
shall not be reflled, but shall be de-
livered to the druggist filing same. I"
It 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.
tSec. 6. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located in
any of the incorporated towns or
cities 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-
ical purposes, and such druggists
may sell, in like quantities, to chem,
lists and psychologists engaged in
scientific work and for such purposes
only, ard such druggists may sell in
quantities, not greater than one-half
gallon, wine used for sacramental
or religious purposes only.'
This section provides due restric-
tions against abuses of such purch-
aser and for proper reports by the
druggist. ~
"Sec. z, That it shall be unlawful
to sell wine for sacramental pur-
poses except to a minister, pastor,
priest, or regularly constituted of
icer of "a regularly organized relig-
ious congregation or church. -
The section makes a rigid guard
against impositions or evasions.
"Sec. s. That all statements or
prescriptions required by this act to
be filed in the Office of the clerk OF
the court shall be recorded and prop
erly indexed by him in a book kept
for that purpose, which shall at all
times be open for public inspection,
and certified copy Of such record,
or the original statement Tor pre-
scription, with the certificate Of the
clerk of the court indorsed thereon,
showing that it has been recorded,
shall be prima facic evidence of the
facts reeited therein. For making
such record the clerk Of the court
shall be entitled to charge and col
lect for each prescription a fee of 5
cents and for each statement, other
than prescription. fee of Is cents,