The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-10-03

columbia, Oct. 2.-Will there be
an effort by certain prohibition men,
bers of the next general assembly to
outlaw shoe polish for the reason
that it is understood that some peo-
pie now drink it because they can't
get whiskey?
Will they attempt to prohibit the
sale of bay rum because it has been
stated that there have recently been
several violent drunks in Columbia,
caused by this much-used toilet ar
ticle?
Will they debar the ladies from the
use of their delicate perfumes, be-
cause some people are now drinking
cologne when they can't get whis-
key?
Will they outlaw all medicines with
alcohol in them, because some people
are also taking large overdoses of
these medicines in order to get the
effect of the alcoholic ingredient?
Will they stop the preparation of
lemon-flavored delicacies, because
lemon extract has produced some
violent drunks?
These are pertinent questions sug-
gested by recent letters written the
attorney generals office by Senator
Charlton DuRant, of Clarendon, one
OF the prominent prohibition leaders
of the state senate, who wants to
know if it is the decision of the at
torney generals office that there
should be added to the prohibition law
"a provso to the effect that this shall
not apply to standard culinary and
toilet preparations and bona fide
medicines" Senator DuRant's corre-
spondence is to the effect that daily
drunks are being produced by some
articles used for clinary and medi-
cinal purposes, and that injunctions
should issue against their sale where
they are used.
TO Produce Intoxication.
In an opinion today, in reply to
a recent letter from Senator DuRant,
Assistant Attorney General Sapp
holds that "it was not in contcmpla-
tion of the legislature, in passing the
prohibition act, to entirely disregard
the rights and welfare of the house
holds of this state IN the matter of
securing bona fide medicines or Gull
nary preparations" and further stat
es he does not believe any intelligent
jury would declare such articles to
be Intoxicating liquors within the
meaning of the statute, "bccause,
pcrchance, some sort of glutton might
be able to drink enough of such prep
arations to becom intoxicated in
rare instances" and that questions
of this kind should properly go be-
fore a jury, "and thereby prevent the
enforcement of the criminal statute
by Injunction" which would abrogata
the right Of jury trial.
The position of the attorney gen
erals office is thus stated:
"Hon. Charlton DuRant, Naming
S. C.
Dear Senator: I am in receipt of
your letter of the 25th ult. in which
you further raise the question of the
application of the prohibition laws of
this state to medicine and culinary
preparations which contain alcohol.
You state that our statute makes it
illegal to sell any spirituous s. = or
other liquors and beverages or any
compound or other mixture thereof
which contain alcohol and is used as
a beverage and which if drunk to ex-
cess will produce intoxication,' and
further ask if it is the decision of this
office that there should be added also
q proviso to the effect that this shall
not apply to standard culinary and
toilet preparations and bona fidc med
icines, and you state that the ques-
tion in which you are Interested and
the object of the whole correspond
cnce is this: DO the words of our
statute describing the forbidden IL