The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-02-13
SENATE ACCEPTS THE
ONE QUART MEASURE
RlCHEY BILL WILL GO TO
THE HOUSE.
Act Provides For Quart of
Whiskey Per Month on Ply
Sician's Presentation.


sion OF the prohibition situation,
passed the DuRant bill by a vote of
29 to 10. Provisions Of the bill are
that but one quart OF liquor may be
obtained each month. and this on a
physicians prescription No pro-
vision is made for the use Of whiskey
as beverage. Ministers OF the COS
pei may procure a quart OF wine each
month for sacramental purposes.
The vote was:
Yeas: Beamguard, Beattie. Black.
Brice, Buck, DuRant, burst, Epps,
E. c., Epps, r. d., Evans. Friday.
CHM, Griffith, Gross, Johnson. John
stone, Ketchin, McCown, Nickles.
Nicholson, O'Dell, Padgett, Purdy,
Ridgell, Robinson, Shelor, Sherard,
Spigner, Wharton-29
Nays: Bonham. Harvey, Harrelson.
Hughes, Laney, Rogers. Sinkler,
Stacy, Stucky, Williams, j. Flo.
Prior to the passage of the Du-
Rant bill numerous amendments
were offered in substitution. Last
Friday night, the Bonham amend
ment, which was an emasculated
form Of the bill by Senator d. Reece
Williams Of Lancaster, had been sub
stftuted. This provided for a quart
OF whiskey each month, to be OBJ
ltained on a permit from the county
clerk OF court. Senator f. c. Epps
OF Williamsburg and Senator Il. u.
Epps OF Sumter offered bone dry"
amendment in substitution OF the
the prohibition issue first came up
for discussion. When this had been
tabled by a vote OF % to II, num-
erous other amendments we're offer
ed to the Bonham amendment. When
this had been somewhat modified as
to minor details, the Bonham
amendment was then indefinitely
postponed by vote OF % to Is. bat
not until Senator Hughes of Union
had made another fruitless effort TO
have it amended so as to provide for
the monthly allotment OF rs pInts
! of beer. With the DuEant bill thus
shorn of amendments. il was passed
and sent to the house hy a vote OF
I2n to TO-
Should the lower hchsa approve,
the measure is 10 become effective
within 90 days after having been
signed by the governor. Section II
Of the DuRant bill. Which, was the
storm centre about which continn-
Gus battle has been waEed the last
! four or five legislative days. reads:
"No common carrier shall deliver
any alcoholic liquors to any person
not a physician until he has ned
with the delivering carrier pre-
scription. signed by a physician in
good standing, for the same, bearing
date within one week OF said deliV-
cry, and containing the namo OF the
patient, the nature OF the disease,
and the signature OF the physician.
and also made and filed an AFFIDAVIT
that said patient is sick and that
said alcoholic liquors or beverages
lare obtained for said patient, that
the consgnee is 81 years old and
that he has not received any other
package OF alcoholic liquors or bev-
erages within the same calendar
month, and also that the office o.
/ said delivering carrier is the nearest
office to his place OF residence; ana
said afidavits and prescriptions shall
! be filed according to dates OF deliver
les of said alcoholic liquors or bev-
erages and kept one year by said
common carrier. and shall be open
ito inspection by any person. Any
physician in regular practice may re-
ceive not exceeding one quart in any
one month without prescription and
without afhdavit that same is for any
particular patient, but all OF the 9th
er provisions shall be complied with
ANY physician issuing prescrip-
tion for alcoholic liquors or beverages
shall file within one week thereafter.
with the clerk OF the court OF county
in which he resides, statement
showing name of patient. amount and
date prescribed, which statements
shall be open to public inspection.
After one year from date of filing,
clerk of the court shall destroy all
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