Smyrna times., 1920-01-14
NATIONWIDE PROHIBITION
IN EFFECT NEXT SATURDAY
EIGHTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT A RIGID LAW
Hard to Get Liquor Even From a
Fhysleian Inspectors Abroad In
Land to Keep a Close Watch.

when the eighteenth Constitutional
amendment goes into effect. Smvlna
and Kent county have enjoyed local
option so long that the national law
may be little taken notice of. but the
passing of John Barleycorn as a ma
tlonal figure (not a wartime act is
occasion for much rejoicing. The fol-
lowing is a brief digest of some of
the salient points: Intoxicating lio-
uor as described by the law, is anv
thing by whatever name it NAV he
called, that contains one-half of
per cent. or more of alcohol. Brandy.
whisky, rum. gin, beer, ale, porter
and wine are prohibited specifically.
A farmer is permitted to make cider
and fruit juices also, for use in his
home, provided they are not intoxi-
eating. Although a raw barrel of ci-
der gradually ferments and becomes
alcoholic while it is lying on its side
IN ones cellar, the owner of the cider
dare not sell it or give it away, un-
less to a vinegar factory having a
permit from the government. and if
ne drinks the cider and causes trou-
bic in the neighborhood he will get
into difficulty himself. After prohi-
bitiOn law goes into effect it will not
be unlawful to possess liquor in ones
private dwelling, if che dwelling is
used only as a place in which to live.
A dwelling may. be a house, or a
room or rooms in an Apartment house.
boarding house or hotel. The liquor
so possessed, however, must be for
the personal cOnumption of the occu-
pant of the dwelling and of his fam
lily and of his bOna-fide guests when
they are entertained by him in his
home.
Strict on Pharmacists and Physicians
1T will be possible to obtain liquor
on presentation of physicians pre-
scnption. This process will be long
and discouraging, however. No liq-
uOr, under the prohibition law, can be |
sold by anyone at retail, except by
a pharmacist, and he must have a
permit from the national government
and be licensed by the State to COM
pound and dispense medicine pre-
scribed- by a licensed physician. A
customer who desires to purchase
liquor for his own use, must first go
% a physician who has been duly Ii
,ensed to practice medicine and is
actively engaged in such work. The
physician also must have a permit
rom the national government to pre-
scribe liquor. The permit will be
United as to time and place. Permits
will not run from year to year. A
loctor cannot prescribe liquor for
persons living outside the zone of
lis practice.
How Liquor Can Be Obtained.
The machinery having been set up
~ which a person may be permitted
through a druggist and a physician TO
liquor, the next step for
limi to get the liquor. A glimpse
It the law shows how the liquor can
,e obtained. "No one but a physi-
.ian," the act reads, "holding a per-
nit to prescribe liquor shall issue any
prescription for liquor And no ply
ician shall prescribe liquor unless af-
er careful physical examination of
he person for whose use such pre-
crption is sought, or if such exami-
alton is found impracticable, then
pon the best Information obtainable.
e in good faith believes that the use
f such liquor as medicine by such
erson is necessary and will afford
elief to him from some known all j
1ent. Having decided that his patient
ctually would be benefited by the
quor, the physician writes pre-
cription. He is limited to pint.
Tor can he write another prescrip-
ion for the same person until at the
nd of ten days. And no prescrip-
ion,' so the law lays down, shall be
He'd more than once"
Inspectors to Keep Close Watch. !
Inspectors, unknown to the public, I
yill be abroad in the land. Doctors
nd druggists violating the law will {
e severely punished. Churches may
Sc wine~~for sacramental purposes.
'ernnits will be issued for the manu-
acture. transportation, importation, I
nd sale of wines for use by religious I
odies. but such wines cannot be sold, !
artered, exchanged, or furnished to {
nv person not a rabbi, minister OF {
he gospel, a priest or an officer au-
norized to act in the matter for I
kewise. must be kept Of all such 7