Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-04
cAMoUFLAGED BEVERAGES.
A Bill Which Seeks to Put a Stop to
Prohibition Evasions.

A measure looking to prohibition Of
the sale of extracts, bitters and COM
pounds used as beverages in substitu-
ton for liquor was introduced in the
house of representatives yesterday, the
authors being Hart Of York, Hamblin,
of Union and Hamilton of Chester
The bill provides a penalty of not
less than S100 nor more than $500
or Imprisonment for not less than three
months nor more than one year for
the first offense. The second offense
would not be punishable with the al
tentative fine, but would impose jail
.entence of not less than one year nor
more than two years for each VIOLA
tion.
Such a measure has the earnest adj
vocacy- of Governor Cooper and from
all sections of the state have come re-
quests to legislators for some relief
N this direction. The bill follows:
Section 1. Hereafter it shall be un-
lawful and against the health and good
morals of the state to sell or offer for
sale any extracts, tonics, bitters, drugs,
medicines or compounds containing
my narcotic of more than l per cent
of alchohol, which may be used as a
beverage. and such sale is hereby pro-
libited, unless the seller thereof can
make it appear that the same was sold
upon prescription of a reputable ply
sician in actual bona fide attendance
upon the person for whom the same
was purchased, and setting out the
nature of the disease for which the
ame it to be administered, or in the
.ase the same is to be used in cooking
or other arts upon the written order
If the housewife or person so using
the same, setting out the purpose for
which it is to be used.
Sec. 2. All persons, firms or corpora
lions selling or offering for sale any
such extracts, drugs, bitters, tonics,
medicines or compounds shall keep
Sook showing each certificate or order
therefor received and each sale there
of made, giving the date thereof, to-
gether with each prescription or order
therefor, always for inspection by
any officer or officers charged with en-
forcing the law, and produce the same
before any court upon demand there
from as evidence or otherwise and to
file monthly a sworn verified copy OF
the entries in such book in the office
of the clerk of the court in the county.
Sec. 3. Any person, firm or corpora
ton selling any such extract, tonics.
bitters, drugs, medicines or compounds
contrary to the provisions OF this act
or who shall make any false state
ment of entry in any book herein re-
auired to be kept or fails to file
CODY thereof as herein required, or any
physician or other person who shall
make any false statement or any pre-
scription or order, shall be guilty OF a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall pay a fine of not less
than 500 nor more than $500. or suf-
fer imprisonment for not less than three
months nor more than one year in the
discretion of the court for the first Of
fense, and for any subsequent offens"
shall suffer Imprisonment for not less
than one year nor more than two
years in the discretion of any cour1.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for anN
one to buy more than one original
Nackare or less of any sucn extract
tonic, bitters, drugs, medicines or COM
pounds during and within the Same
day of "a hours, or to buy or offer to
buy within like times from the same
| person more than once.