The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-07-22
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.

lUeSQdN, August Il, I''', 60 P'N''N>
in the following act:
AN ACT to prohibit the manufacture.
sale, barter. exchange. giving away
TO induce trade. th- furnishing "a
public places or otherwise dlSposlng
of alcohol, SpirituouS. vinodS or malt
LIQUORS or beverages. or other hqH"r>
or beverages toy Whatsoever name
called. which if drunk to excess viii
produce intoXlcatl"n, except Tor sale
of alcohol in certain cases up"n GER
tain conditions. and rXccit tn sal o!
wine, for >acrameutai purposes. and
to provid,. penalties for the violation
thereof.
SEcTIoN |. b. u .roct.j hy the cen
eral Assembly of the state oi south
Carolina. That all alcoholic liquors and
beverages, whether manufactured
within this State or elsewhere, or any
mixture by whatsoever namr called,
which if drunk to excess will produce
intoyication, are hereby declared to be
detrimental. and their use and consump--
ton to be against the morals. good
health and safety of the state, and con-
traband. That it shall be unlawful Tor
auy person, firm, corporation or associ-
alton within this State to manufacture,
sell. barter. exchange. receive, accept,
give away to induce trade. deliver.
store, keep in possession in this State,
furnish at public places or otherwise
dispose Of any spiritu0us. malt, Vinous.
fermented, breWed or other liquors and
bevers ges, or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and is
used as beverage, and which II drunk
to excess will produce lntozlcatlon, en-
cept as hereinafter provided.
Sec 2. That wholesale druggi>ts may
lawfully sell in wholesale quantities to
retail druggists and to public or charl-
table hospitals or to medicalo or pharma-
ceutical 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, a statement In writ
ing 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 res
ident 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 purchaser re-
sides.
Sec 8 That any retail druggist whose
place of business is located IN any OF
the incorporated towns or cities of this
State, who is himself Il registered or Ii
censed pharmacist, Or who regularly
employs registered or licensed phar-
macist, may sell, in the manner herein
set out, upon filing bond in the sum of
FIVE thousand dollars, to be approved ny
the clerk of the court of the county in
which such druggist does business, con-
ditioned for faithful observance Of
the provisions of this act. such bond to
be approved by the clerk of the court,
pure alcohol for medical purposes only,
grain alcohol to chemists and bacteriol-
ogists actually engaged in scientific
work, and for such purposes only, and
wine to beuSed for sacramental or relig-
ious purposes only: Prooided, That no
thing herein contained shall prevent
such druggists from using alcohol In the
compounding OF prescriptions or other
medicines, the sale of which would not
subject him to The payment of special
tax required of liquor dealers by the
Government of the United States
Prorided, fHrther, That nothing herein
contained shall prevent such druggists
from compounding OF selling medicinal
preparations manufactured in accord
ance with formulas prescribed by the
United States Pharmacop9ia and Ma
tional Formulary which contain no more
alcohol than is necessary to extract the
medicinal properties of the drugs con-
tanned in such preparations, and no
more alcohol than is necessary to hold
the medicinal agents in solution, and
which are manufactured and sold as
medicine, and not as a beverage.
Sec 4. That no sale Of pure alcohol,
for medicinal purposes, shall be made
by any retail druggist except upon the
prescription of a regular practiclng
physician of this State who, before
writing ,uch prescriptions, shall make
an actual examination of the person for
whom the prescription is issued, and
the said prescription shall be substan.
italy in the following form: State of
South Carolina, county.
To-. druggist. ]. I.............
a regular licensed and practicing ply
sician under the laws of this State, do
hereby certify that have examined
.......,a patient in my charge and |
do hereby prescribe for the use eof said
patient alcohol, and further certify
that the use of such alcohol is, in my
Judgment, absolutely necessary to alle-
viate or cure the illness or disease from
which said patient is now suffering, and
that | am not interested in the drug
store to which this prescription is di
rected, nor in the profits on the drugs
herein prescribed. Dated d..........
See 5. That no prescription shall be
filled herein except upon the day upon
which it is issued OF the following day,
and no more than one-half pint of alco
,hol shall be sold and delivered on any
one prescription. and when such pre-
scription is filled it shall not be rehlled,