The Pulaskian., 1917-02-23
DRY ---YES DRY,
 DRY AS SAHARA
LEGISLATURE WOULD GRAN [ SOME RELIEF TO WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS TO PREVENT THE
 TRADE GOING ELSEWHERE.

their appearance Tn the GeneFdl AS sembly last week, one to make the state drier than gunpowder when 1t Is in it's prime, and the other to grant some relief to the wholesale drug gists of Arkansas. The first bill, by Senator Cabiness, is to prevent any one bringing liquor into the state for personal use, or otherwise. It simply puts wall about the state, and would not permit a spoonful of liquor to come into Arkansas for any use whae- ever.
 The second bill, by Senators Great house and Ponder, authors of the 'bone dry" bill, is to protect the wholesale druggists by permitting them to handle alcohol for medicinal purposes. The wholesalers have been prevented from doing this, and when the retailer could not get alcohol from iobber in Arkansas, he went across the line and bought not only alcohol, but his drugs as we'll
 The Cabiness bill amends the "Bone Dry bill as follows:
 "Section 1. That Section 1 of the aforesaid Act, No 13 of the General Assembly of Arkansas, approved Jan uary 24 1917,
 Be and is amended so as to read as follows
 "Section L. That it shall be unlaw- ful for any person to transport or cause to be transported into this state or from one place to another place in this state, for his personal use or otherwise, or for any railroad com pany, express company or other com mon carrier, or any officer, agent o l employee, of any of them, or any other person, to ship or to transport into, or to deliver in this state in any man. ner or by any means whatsoever, any alcoholic, vinous, malt, spirituous or fermented liquors or any compound or preparation thereof commonly call ed toncis, bitters, or medieated li- quors, except as provided in Section seventeen CID,
 "Section 2 That Section 6 of said Act No. 13, approved January "A, 1917. be and is amended so as to read as follows
 "Section 6. That no property rigts of any kind shall exist in the liquors mentioned in Section of this Act, or in any other liquors, liquids, bitters, or drinks, prohibited by the laws of this state to be manufactured, sold, bartered, or otherwise disposed of nthis state, or in any vessels, fix lures, furniture, implements, vehicles, 1 trunks, valises, or other containers; and in all sue cases the said liquors, air said property are forfeited to the State of Arkansas and may be seized wherever found, or searched for and seized and destroyed.
 "Section 8. That Section 15 of said Act No 13, approved January 24, 1917, be and is amended to read as follows:
 Section 15 That in all prosecu- tions under this Act for unlawful shipments of liquor mentioned in Section 1 or of any other liquor, bit ters or drinks prohibited by laws of the state, to be sold, bartered or otherwise disposed of in this state, the offense shall be held to have been committed in any county of the state through which or into which said li- uuors have been carried or transport ed, or in which they have been un- loaded, or in which they have been delivered, or conveyed for delivery; and this applies whether the said ii- quors, bitters and drinks are shipped into the state from outside of the state, or shipped or transported from one point in the state to any other point in the state.
 "Section 4. That Section IT of said Act No. 13, approved January 24, 1917, be and is amended so as to read as follows:
 Section IT. That nothing in this Act shall make it unlawful, CD for any priest or minister of any religious de- nomination or sect to order and have shipped and delivered to him. wine for strictly sacramental purposes. @ For any registered pharmacist or phy- sician to have shipped and delivered to him such necessary quantities of alcohol as may be required to his business or practice in the compound ing of medicine. (3) For any per son or institution who necessarily uses alcohol for medicinal purposes, to have shipped and delivered neces- sary quantities of alcohol for legiti- mate use in his said business; but records shall be kept by the carrier or delivery party of all such wines and all such alcohol and statements thereof shall be filed by the carrier with the clerk of the county court within five days after such delivery, which statement shall show the date of delivery, the name of the con- signee, his residence, the article 1 (whether wine or alcohoD, the quanti- 1 ty, the name of place of shipper, and ] Such St9tpmnnfs shall he enterpd hv