Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-24
BONE b DRY T The OUTLOOK i OK.
New Law In Hands OF The heSl.
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NO hint OF PROBABLE VETO

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the most sweeping acts ever passed by
congress, has been sent to the White
House by Attorney General Palmer,
who has been investigating its consti-
tutionality
The plan. it was learned, is to have
the bill remain In the White Houoe
until Oct. 2S, when 1t becomes enec-
tive even without President Wilson's
signature. In no responsible quarters
has there been hint OF q veto. =
Under this law, on Oct. 2S at the
latest it would become illegal to manu-
facture. or sell liquor containing more
than half per cent. alcohol or any
patent medicines OF other compounds
fit for beverage purposes containing
more than that amount Of alcohol.
Violations are to be investigated by
Commissioners Of Internal Revenue
and reported to local United States at
torneys. Commissioners are author
lied to swear out warrants giving them
a right to search for liquor and arrest
the Offenders. e.
Alcoholic Liquids Not Illegal.
The alcoholic liquids not deemed IL
legal are denatured alcohol; medicinal
preparations If unfit for beverage pur-'
poses, which must have the quantity
of, alcohol contained printed on each
package; flavoring extracts unfit for,
beverage use, vinegar and preserved
sweet cider. I, ~
Liquor manufactured before the bill,
, goes into effect may remain in United
States bonded warehouses, and the
alcohol content reduced TO bring II
within the law, or withdrawn to be,
. denatured. ss!lsp, s5A 2
Beer containing less than half Of one
per cent alcohol may be sold, but not
under the name Of beer, ale or porter.
Places where Intoxicating drinks are
sold are to be declared common npi.i
sances and the fines imposed shallreSt
as liens against the, property IL the
owner had guilty knowledge OF what
was going on in his building:
When such a place is discovered, the
law provides that an Injunction may be
issued to stop the Illicit sale and pre-
vent the removal Of liquor. ~ 4
Liquor which is seized may be des-,'
troyed or delivered to any government
tai agency for medicinah mechanical3
or scientific uses, or sold to persons
having permits to purchase it for such
purposes. uH 4
Distilleries and bounded warehouses,
may, under the law, upon the filing Of
a bond and the obtaining Of permit
be used as industrial alcohol plants,
the commissioner Of Internal revenue
fis authorized to issue regulations goy-
erning Industrial alcohol plants, to-
prevent illegal use of alcohol and de-
velop the non-beverage alcohol in
dustry,
Penalties are Varied.
Penalties under the dry law are
varied, ranging from prison sentences
to fines, according to what section of
the law is violated.
When the eighteenth amendment to
the constitution goes into effect next
January many more provisions Of the
law become operative. These include
the regulation Of physicians, who can
not prescribe liquor unless they are
in active practice and licensed. and
the physician must believe that liquor
will afford relief to the patient. Not
more than one pint may be prescribed
within ten days. Prescriptions must
be made out on form supplied by the
internal revenue commissioner, with
stubs, like a check book-the book to
be turned in after all blanks are used,
for the official records, No prescrip-
ton may be filled more than once, and
druggists must keep a record, similar
to a poison record. Of each sale and
the time, place. &c.
Advertising, manufacture and sale OF
tablets or formulas for making liquor
at home are prohibited.
Advertising Of liquor in any way i1I
made illegal. Even the giving Of in
formation as to where it may be OBJ
tanned is lawbreaking. Vehicles used
for transporting it shall be seized.
Search Of Private Dwellings.
With regard to possession Of alco-
holic drinks, the act says that posses
sion after Feb. 1, 1920, shall be prima
facie evidence of intent to violate the
law except in the case of liquor in pri-
vate homes, legitimately purchased
before the law went into effect. This
liquor may be used only for personal
consumption by the owner, his family
and guests. Private dwellings cannot
be searched unless 1t is suspected H.
legal beverages are being sold in them
or part of the house is used for bust
ness purposes. Hotels and lodging
house rooms which are transiently
used may be searched. Those perma-
nently occupied by the same persons
are regarded as private dwellings.
Buildings used for selling liquor may
be closed for year, at the option OF
the court
If any one is injured by drunken
person the one who sold the liquor
or the one who told the drinker where
to get it may be sued.
There are many other sections regu-