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VOL. VI. NO. -4. . v v. CAltt)*Nt S. C^ THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909. ? " , Sl.OOPer Year
A FALLEN IDOL
FItEDEfttO AM8TKY.
THE PftOIXXJU*.
i Continued.
. This was a very neltiiltr* Idol. -ad
t Tislt from it ftf esteemed la an
overwhelming distinction throaghout
Vytore; Id (act. It only went oat oa5e
ft faar to oonfer with aa extremely
well-Connected Idol of Vtahna at a
asaadapatn, or sacred rest boa?, half
way from their reepectlre t?nplw.
Mt 6n this occasion Ram Change's
Influence had enabled the rale to be
relaxed la Siva's boooar.
Bore It was accordingly* and a
tieh pavilion. was put up at one end
of the compound, within which the
distinguished visitor was Installs',
aad. this dons, ths Brsbmsns entered
the temple and cam* out beating the
Wonder-working Image of Siva, whlc'i
Was hailed with acclamations while it
was being reverently depoelted In the
pavilion by the side of Brahms.
A"* then, aa the god* would neces
warily bare mapy things to say to
one another, the hangings- were
drawn, and the priests made a ring
iWand the pavilion, and stood guard
ing It from Tulgar curlosfty.
At last the gods had had sufficient
tine to exchange Tlews, *nd It waa
time to gratify them with the minis
trations of the dancing glrla, before
.ths united Idols were placed upon the
chariot and carried home together In
pomp.
So the tom-toms were rattled and
thamped nltu fervor, and the torches
made the compound light as day, as
the dsnclng glrla, In robes of purple
and orango and green, edged with
glittering silver tissue, prepared to
go through Jhslr dreamy and delib
erate evolutions, accompanied by
chants like the cry of the midnight
eat, and Ram Chungs gave the slg?
nal for the hangings to be drawa
back.
A universal shriek marked their
Withdrawal, as the torchlight shed Its
. Sercerglare upon the Interior. Ram
Chunga grew green, and his teeth
Shattered, as well they might; even
?Acharya Chick, a3 ho gazed from
afar, could hardly trust his eyesight.
For the sacred idol of Brahma was
broken into a dozen pieces; his arms
?were planted, with considerable taste
and fancy, l? various corners of the
floor; and worse still, the hardly-won
Idol of Siva was In the same plight.
Its fragmonts arranged In a pyramid
upon the principal throne, upon the
very summit of which squatted, with
a bland smile on its smug features,
the despised image of Chalanka, the
'Jekst and lowest of the Jain tlrthau
kars.''
TUe haughty Ram Chunga, savage?
ly accepting his defeat, wrapped his
ahawl about him and made his way
through the shivering dancing girls
?and awestruck villagers, out of the
precincts of the temple where he had
been*so signally discomfited.
The Jains, realizing that their
"ugly duckling" of an Idol had
yMhred tbore" than a match for the
Chief personages of the Hindoo myth
ology, now ventured boldly forth and
?grrled Chalanka's Image with re
'lolclng Into the Idol chamber, where
ih*^ wero^Jolned by Acharya Chick.
* IIenee forth," cried Murll Dase,
Uruinphanily, "our reverence Is due
to- Chalanka alone; he has delivered
ae?-he has shown Almself mlghter
than the gods of old; mlghter than
the blesssd tlrthankais! Tell us, ah*
Father, Is It not so?"
i Acharya Chick looked at the Idol
With an uncontrollable feeling of re*
pulsion. "It Is even so.* he said,
?and may he prove himself as benev
olont as he Is mighty."
* Front that hour the fame of Cha
lanka was established, and spreading
further with every day,. The other
ttrthankars were entirely discarded
by the Jains of the locality, who
transferred their entire homage io
the last translated saint,
t Thus, for some years, shrine and
Idol flourished, and the village found
nplrltual &nd commercial benefit from
th? clvsumatancc, until the bad times
MM when Ttppoo Sahib took It Into
lilt ill-regulated head to force the
MvMulman faith indiscriminately
?pon oil hit aubjeeta.
, Temples of various denominations
1 trere wanton'y deatroyed. and the
Idols burled by their custodians until
brighter days should dawn; and pos
sibly some such fate as this befell
the shrine of Chalanka, for ao rec
ord of It is to be found later than
the fall of Beringapatam and the an
nexation of Mysore by Great Britain.
Scenc, London. Time, 19th Century.
L CH APT ICR I.
* " " Sclf-ItcMtralut.
I'love not lew though leu the show np
md;, I
. Tliftt love is merchandized whose rich es
teeming
The owner'a tongue doth publish every
... where.
v There are parts of London which
never seem to have been thoroughly
atslmilated. Any one who Is at all
fftmlltar #lth the metropolis will be
able to recall at least one neighbor
. hood of this kind. -
In one of th* Quietest and most un
impeachable roads In St. John's Wood
thire Is a little two-atorled house, or
rather cottage, with an acacia In
front, and at the back a long out
bnildlni whoso big north light pro
claims Its use.
I It vu, In fact, at the time of
Wfchfc IJUBl wrftlnf. the 9^4)9 9I ?
young painter who was alnatfy W
ginnjng to Jpe known In .art circlse,
end who vu nt work there Ml the
particular afternoon la early ipriii
with which the aarrative opens.
Rone 14 Caap|pn wen too fond ot
somewhat daring-experiments to hare
quite gained the confidence of the
.BrlU?h art patron, and. eo far. each
? praise ashsd bleu accorded him wss
greatly la exceee of the eolld pad
ding.
He wee not strictly a handsome
man, though his fueo had a oowev
and attractiveness of Itspwn, and hfai
figure would have appeared to ad
vantage In one'of tho becoming paint
ing eults in which many leee well
favored men Indulge, but while he
wss not of the order of squalid geni
uses, there were no more traces of
an eye to effect in hie drees than In
his studio.
So much engrossed was ho that he
did not look around whea the door
which communicated with the honor
opened, and an elderly men~wtth L
cross-groined walnut-colored face
made his sppesrance. "Mister Bab
cock to see you, sir." he announced,
with a certain grim relish,* aa he
stood at the top of the short flight of
steps.
Cemplon muttered something
which did not sound like delight.
| "Hong It, Bslee, couldn't you tell him
I was busy?" he said.' ?
"Just precisely what I did tell
him," said Bales, with an Injured air;
"but It wasn't no use; he's comln' In,
| he Is?wants to see you on Important
business, 'cordln' to him."
As he spoke he stood sslde to mske
wsy for the visitor, who seemed to
| have no misgivings as to his wel
come. "Well, my deer fellow, how
are you? Hard ot It, as usuol, I see.
Never saw such a fellow," he began.
In the tone of one who ralllee on
other upon o rather ridiculous foible.
"I thought I'd drop In *hnd look you
up?can't stop long. I wanted to
see you about a little matter of
mine."
And he glanced nt the model with
a meaning which Campion affected
not to understand, for he continued
to paint. "Well," be said, "you won't
mind my going on? l ean listen snd
work top." ?
"Oh, I'll wait till we are alone.
I'm not In such a hurry as all that.
I can take a look around till you're
ready," said Babcock cheerfully.
He had come upon a large easel
and canvas which had been rolled
Into a corner, and which he now
wheeled out to the light. MI thought
I recognised her," he cried. "Miss
Elsworth, by Jove?little Sybil!"
"It Is Miss Elsworth," said Cam
pion, rather coldly. "What of it?"
"What astonishes me Is that Sybil
should never have breathed a word
about it to me?we've olwoys been
such particular chums that It Is odd
?she always carries all her little
troubles to me." ^
"Perhaps this woo too big to
cerry," sold Cemplon.
"Ob, ob," sola Babcock, perfectly
unobasbed, "that reminds me, I
pleased our dear Mrs. Stonilond Im
mensely the other day, brought a
chela to see her I had met out at
Bombay when I was over there.
You know what a chela Is? sort of
budding Buddhist, sucking MohotinS;
Colls hlmsslf Axel Nebelsen, Norwe
gian or Swede or something, I fancy.
Went out to India on some scientific
expedition, end turned Theosophlst.
No* he's over here, dining out end
adveitlslng the religion. It hasn't
been started long, but It's pushing Its
way, don't you know. And the wom
en run arter him a good deal, queer
looking chap, talks till all's blue?
ever meet him?"
"Never," said Campion, "What
does he do?"
"Mild miracles?sort of parlor
prophet, don't you know, Goes out
to dinner and peck* a little rloe all
the time, and then has a tranoe up*
stairs over tola teacup, Bays he sees
everybody with an aura gbout him,
?o hay* I?attar dinner, And ha'i
learning to manage hi* aitral body,
but he daren't ill it outside the door
yet. I think he's a bit of a humbug
myself, but he amuses me,"
So Babeoek rattled on, not mueh
caring whether he was listened to or
not, untu ne ran down, and Campion
hoped he was going In earnest.
Campion looked at him; he was
not dlatlngulshed or Impressive look
ing. He was short, with dark hair
parted In the middle, a pale, rather
flabby face, a loose mouth; he had
done nothing so far except talk, and
was never llkety to do more; but for
all that, Lionel Babcock was a per
sonage In bis way; If he bored most
men, women found him both Instruc
tive and amusing; be was fluent and
e<df-assured; he was particularly well
off.
'When he had gone Campion broke
Into a laugh, which was rather sav
age than amused. Then he wehl to
the portrait and studied It. "'Was
that ass right?" be was thinking;
"does that look on her face mean?
boredom? Isn't there a touch of
something like sufferance on ber Hps?
It didn't strike me so while I was
painting her, and yet?and yet?con
found Babcock!"
He wheeled the big easel back Into
the corner again, and returning to hla
classical picture touobed Id some de
tsiij Iron*, thf W#n
for Umm. tat after a while to ito?il
With Ml la|At||fet ?j|q good***
MttlNl, "I MQT M .Ml Mop
work for to-day?tto llghfsgettiag
bod. to?. .1*11 CO Mi got ooose eaUlaff
otot; ao.^'m haaged If I do. IH tyi
latotto jkHu
AM rfwuij to woo crosalac ooo
of the Sftl brid|? la the dlwrtkt
of tto aiarfc. . - .
?ad, aa U happened. Pat* v|? Mad
to kin for thle ofiee; for while to
was inside tto radlaa of eachaat
saeat, to saw a dalaty Igm coming
toward him from oao 6f tto biidgee,
aad tto flnro was that 6f tto ea
chtatnH.
Am aM came aoaror ttoro was tto
least little dimple.la tor eheek: she
recogatfeod him evtdeatly, tftt Hopped
aad told out herhuad. aad tm
called him by hla Christies aame.
?van that dull aad aaplaaoaat, typo
of persoa, tto "moot ordinary ob
server/* would haro lastaatly m>
pected, from the maaaer of both, that
they were oa terms of some Intima
cy; aad eo they were, for they were
ergsged.
CHAPTKR n.
A Remoutiante.
There'* a present iof toq, air! Yea,
;. thaaka to her thrift, . .
My pet kit been able to buy me a gift.
?London Lyriea.
Ronald Campion had ladeed suc
ceeded la wlaalag Mrs. Stanlland's
niece Sybil, but the elder lady had
not aa yet been consulted, and It was
by no means likely that the engage
ment kould meet with her approval.
It had (?ae on for more than a
month now, this most unsatisfactory
of engagements. They saw one an
other bat eeldom?indeed for part of
the tliqe she bsd been away at Bast
bourne: She wrote, and her letters
were gat and affectionate; but when
he met her again she gave no sign by
her manner of greeting him that he
was more to her thsn others were.
> It ls^true there were others present
at the,tlme, and true that she con
trived to reassure him before he left
by some apparently careless speech,
to which her eyes and voice gate a
sweet and special meaalag; but. for
sll that, the strain was telllag on bis
self-respect, and he chafed under his
false poeltton more and more.
wnat ne suserea under usbcocks
reference to Sybil wljl after this ex
planation be readily Imagined; and
now that by a happy accident he had
met her, he felt the time had come to
speak plainly.
She was the first who spoke. "I
thought this was one of the things
we agreed we wouldn't do?" she ob
served, though with tho Tory great
show of displeasure.
"I didn't know I' should have the
luck to meet you Just now," he said,
"and you must let roe speak to you
Sybil?there Is abmething I want to
say."
She arched her pretty eyebrows.
"Something serious?" she inquired.
"Yes, rather."
"Then suppose we find a seat
somewhere? I can be so much more
serioua altting down."
They found a sheltered bench near
the water's edge, where the warelets
were lapping half-heartedly. "Now
tell roe all about it," she said, look
ing distractedly lovely as she settled
herself comfortably to listen.
"It's simply tbts, Sybil?I can't
stand this secrecy any longer."
"Ob, Ronald! but why? where
would be the fun If everybody
knewf"
"After all, Sybil, one doesn't?at
least I didn't?get engaged for the
fun of the thing; and If I had, 1're
had very little of it."
"Jfpu.. might be salons without
belntf-'disagreable."
?"Is It disagreeable to object to
have to play an underhand part?"
"Very, because, don't you see. papa
knows all about It?he must hare
had your letter a fortnight ago."
"But your aunt doesn't?you know
how much she has done for me; I
never ought to have kept this from
her."
"Ah! but you coudn't help your
self, you aee!" cried Sybil gayly; "It
was ray secret as well as yours, and
you were bound to keep St as long aa
I wished It kept."
"And why were you so anxious to
Jiave it kept?"
8he was looking at him with med
itative eyes, "Will you have a lot of
little reaiont, or on* big one?" the
asked.
J'l should very mucl^ prefer ths
real one," he said, rather trimly.
"Well." said Sybil, "the real one
was; I'd set my heart on hating my
portrait at the Orosvenor this year."
"I don't see the connection; If ell
goes well, It must be there now. Sir
C has seen it, and 1 only want
one more aitting to. flnlah it."
"And we're coming for that to-mor
row. Yes, but you foolish Ronald, If
you had told Aunt Hillary when you
wanted to, do you suppose you would
ever have had the chance of flniahlng
it in time? Why, I ahould never have
been allowed to come near the studio,
till we knew what papa thought of
you?and perhaps not then?all theee
weeks quite waated! So that by that
little stratagem of mine (for yon
might have known, if you hadn't been
a goose, I never meant all I said),
lust by that stratagem I've aaved you
a whole year of fame?because 1
have quite made up m> mind that
that portrait Is going to make you
famous. And, naturally," she added,
with a little laugh at her own vanity,
"I should like to be a little famous
too!"
"If that Is all," said Campion, "now
the portrait Is safe, you can't object
to my speaking out."
"But I do!" ahe said; "don't tell
, Aunt Hilary yet, Ronald."
V i ?? To be Continued. -1
Opttonisti
Locked Aim
After a meet extraordinary session
of 47 days fhe uwnUy of
8pnth Carolina lijjianifd Saturday
night with the -hia^i po ntiof at
11:59, but aeinal titac of 2:50. In
both 'home aii4 senate ^quorums were
not present, many of tho members
having gone home/. Jt was the nanal
jollification, however, .and prohi
bitionist. aad loeal optionist looked
srs ??d MrrolM forth the old aongii,
being interru)4ed oeeasionailv by a
mock session. The galleries and
floors were crowed at times by vis
itors, who watched the proceedings
with interest aad aauUcmcnt.
During one of the ' peas nee the
ghost, walked" and tho member*
| received their check* for $200 for a
I session of 47 days. Before last year
the pay was ?4 per day per member
for not cx"ec(!injr 40 days.
There was a dispute on the ex
tra pay for the employes and at
taches for extra pay for the pro
longed session. Jfitfnlly it was de
cided to grant the Increase.
The appropriation* bilr as original
ly introduced in tha^i house showed
a decrease of $122,000 from last
year. On arcunt of ? appropriations
made in various bills; aLd adjust
ments between lionse and senate the
difference between (he appropriation
bill of 190S and 1000ii* $12,000. This
is a reduction in the aggregate ap
propriation.
The free conference commit tec
agreed upon the folrowing essential
points which were authorised by
speeisl acts or the action of either
*senate or house: ??
For coma'on school extension
$20,000. < ~
For Winthrop extension $10,000.
For Winthrop kitchen $12,000.
For factorv inspectors $2,000.
For statistical information $S00.
For increase in expense account
for Commissioner ^Watson $500.
For. increafo clerk's salary, same
department, $*300.
University of South Carolina, to
corrupt clericnl error, $2,000.
Increase for high schools $10,000.
Increase for Hospital for the In
sano $5,000.
Incrase for printing $5,000.
Claims passed $10,000.
Additional for engrossing depart
ment $1,200.
Battleship South Carolina $5,000.
Refund for Greenville reunion
$1,500.
Monument to tho women 6t the
Confederacy $7,500.
Contingent account for the senate
$2,000.
Same for house $500.
Additional for solicitors $700.
Additional for clerks $500.
These are the chief items that are
provided for. A number of smaller
allowances were granted.
The house abandoned its appropri
ation of $50,000 for free school text
books.
The senate's position was agreed
to in the matter of tho Confederate
hom6 and $12,000 id appropriated for
this instead of ahandoing the Con
federate home and adding the $12,
000 to the general pension appropria
tion.
Then the committee was appointed
to wait on tho governor and a com
mittee appointed to notify the senate
that everything was ready to adjourn.
In accordance with the usual cus
tom, Mr. T. B. Frsser of Sumter then
moved that (he house do now adjmirn
sine die. .Tust before adjournment
the house went into a committee of
the wholo and passed resolutions on
the impartilitv of the ruling^ of
Whaley and his work during the
year. Tlicra were p|!<0 the other re?
olutions.
The Aerate met Tuesday night end
killed tie rate b'll after amendments
defeated the mileage feature and
caused it a former advocates to vote
against it. Wednesdav the prohibi
tion or liquor regulation hill and
the educational bill consumed the
time nnd little wen effected for lack
of unity of sentiment. The House
without n quorum, pawed a few
third reading bills.
After debate for almost the entire
day and more than three hours' dis
cussion Thursday night, much of
which certainly looked like fllbuster-1
ing, the senate passed an amendment
*o the prohibition bill?the compro
mise proposed by Senator Christen
sen. This amendment was framed Uf
by senators in conference during the
discussion on the bill.
The Christenscn amendment which
passed provides, in brief:
Hold an eleiilion July 15 in coun
ties now having dispensaries to de
termine whether they shall continue
the sale of whiskey.
This would give prohibition for
two weeks under the opening pro
visions of the prohibition bill.
All counties voting to retain the
dispensaries .vill be under provisions
of the Cary-Cathron act.
Whep the bouse met Monday there
was a Ionic ditcussion on Senator
Lido's bill to :nenrporato the Ed
isto Power comjuiy. T> objection
seemed to be on jhr id?*a that it was
given . cond< ma. atior rights that
were nnneeet wry. Tho bill, how
ever. passed.
Tho house killed. Senator Web
ster's bill provuji'i? for a Stste
board of rmbalmers by a roto of 47
to 17.
It then <oolt ur? Senator Ott. N bill,
which world make *a jury vr *diet a
lien spain- i *ho i?orsoft** rca! .ostate
on whir'* -priVict i* rondo- ?* T**''
time limit had been changed in the
house from ten days to five days
from the rising of the court. There
waa considerable debate on the bill
and it was finally passed.
Mr. Dixon's resolution . endorsing
Presideht-eloct Tail's sentiment in
hts Atlanta speech with reference to
official appointments in tho South
was discussed ni*l finally defeated.
Senator Mauldat's bill to prevent
worthless checks wot then brought
up and was finallv iwssed.
'It reads as fotyows:
"Section 1, TUat 'from and after
the approval of tVis act anv person
who shall draw arvl utter any check
or draft on a bank or hanking house
in which he has no funds or - not
funds sufficient to pay such cheek or
draft, and who on beia * notified of
refusal of the bank or barking house
to honor such chea': or draft shall
fail for 30 days to deposit funds suf
ficient to meet the sa**?<\, shall be
deemed guilty of a mit'tei teanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished'by
fine or imprisonment or by fine, and
imprisonment in the dis<rctioii of the
court."
The senate Friday ptssnd the pro
hibition mer -iitcs with the Cliristen
seh and Williams nrn'Midmo'its after
a lengthy discussion ns to what was
really the agreement of the evening
before.
The senate Friday night jwssr.l
the appropriation bill adopting the
finance committee amendments in
toto, with a few slight changes, pro
posed on the flo^r of the senate. The
levy was raised from 5 mills to 5 1-4
mills, as it was pointed out by Sen
ator Mauldin, chairman of the
finance committee, that this levy
would be necessary with the appro
priations as made in the bill. " '
The University of South Ca^rolfoa
was given its $20,000 as projx>iC<? in
the bill for the erection of u/' new
administration building.
The provision made by the house
ways and means committee for n
$50<00 appropriation for free school
books was stricken from tlx^ bill,
this being the amendment of the sen
ate finance committee.
The salary of the sicretary of the
railroad commission was raised from
*1.500 to $1,800.
There were several chanp-s in the
department of agriculture, commerce
and industries to conform to the re
cently enacted acts ns to this de
partment. The two new ipspectors
are provided for with $1,000 per year
salaries.
The University of South Carolina
maintenance appropriation was plac
ed by the finance comnpittee at $45,
000 instead of $43,500. The pro
vision was also made for the lecture
courso by Jlon. Y. J. Pope.
The pension fund was put back by
the finance committee at $250,000
and the $12,00 included bv the house
was made and appropriation for the
Confederate infirmary in Cohunbin.
There was quite a discussion upon
this, hut it was adpoted.
Tho bill has to go to a committee
on free conference now for final dis
position.
Tho change in affairs in tho State
senate made it possible Friday for
an adjournment sine die to be retch
ed Saturday evening in the general
assemblv. The conclusion of the
liquor fight was welcomed by many
senators Friday. A session long
er than 40 days did not appeal to
thern, much less coming back here
nfat week to consider what could be
disposed of this week.
The appropriation bill will be ar
ranged at conference also. None of
the senate amendments afYect the bill
materially except tho striking out of
the $50 000 for free schools. Poth
bills will have to be referred to free
conference committees.
The house poised th? following
bills.
Mr. Wharton?To prescribe th#
punishment for assault with intent
to ravish.
Mr. Appclt?To impose n licenst
tax upon nil liquor drummers and
persons \?ho solieit orders or ofTei
for wale Honors or beverages contain
ing alcohH.
Mr. Carlisle?To exempt certair
property belonging to fhe Young
Men'a Christian association in thif
State from taxation.
Mr. Carlisle?To nmend section ?
of an aet entitled "An aet to pro
vide for the appointment of a banl<
examiner and to define the duties of
hia office," approved February 23
1000.
Mr. Walter?To amend aeetior
2012, volume 1, eode of laws of
South Carolina, conferring the potvei
to condemn lands, streams and water
sheds and fov seweriee.
Mr. Mauldin?To require electru
street railway companies to affix in
closed vestibules to their tnrs.
Mr. Sullivan?To am?nd an act
entitled "An act to require railroad
companies to put cinder deflectors on
passenger coaches, by adding a pro
viso to section 3 of said act.
Mr. Harvey?To prohibit person*
owning or keeping sheep-killing dogs.
PR0HIBIT10NBILL PASSED
Provision of Msoraro Imcluding
Amendments Election to bo Held
Asiwl 17 to DttOBlu WbetW
Wok Counties Mb Dispensaries.
The prohibition bill aa puwd in
the legislature of South Carolina in
its late session is in brief as follows:
"Section 1. That all alcoholie
liquors and beverages, whether man
ufactured within this Stats or else
where, or any mixture by whatso
ever name called, which, if drunk to
excess, will produce intoxication, are
hereby declared to be detrimental,
and their use and consumption to be
against the morals, good health and
safety of the State and contraband."
The section then forbids the cell
ing or giving away any such intoxi
cants except as provided in follow
ing sections:
"Sec. 2. That wholsesale druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale quan
tities to retail druggists and to pub
lic or rharitahle hospitals or to med
ical or pharmaceutical colleges ,aud
in no other way, pure alcohol for
medical purposes only, or grain al
cohol to be used by chemists or
bacteriologists actually engaged in
scicntiflc work and for such purposes
I only." /
The section provides for proper
reports of such .Hales.
'See. 3. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is located
in any of the incorporated towns or
cities of this State, who is himself a*
registered or licensed pharmacist, or
?who regularly employs a registered
or licensed pharmacist, may sell, in
the manner herein set out, upon til
ing a bond in the sum of $5,000, to
be approved by the clerk of court,
in which each druggist does busi
ness, conditioned for a faithful ob
servance of tha provisions of this
act."
This section further provides re
strictions about approval of bond
and allows the use of alcohol for
compounding mcdicines, provided
however that no more alcohol shall
be used in the medicines than arc
essential.
"Sec. 4. That no sale ?>f pure
alcohol, for medicinal purposes, shall
be made by any retail druggist ex
cept upon the prescription of a reg
ular practicing physician of this
State, who, before writing such pre
scriptions, shall make an actual ex
amination of the person for whom
the prescrpition is issued."
It provides that the doctor shall
certify in due form that he believes
alcohol to be absolutely necessary to
| alleviate or cure the patient, and
' that the physician himself has no in
terest in the drug store where it is
to be filled.
"Sec. f>. That no prescription shall
be filled herein except upon the day
upon which it is issued or the follow
ing day, and no more than one-half
pint of alcohol shall be sold and de
livered on any one prescription, and
when such prescription is tilled, it
shall not be refilled, but shall be de
livered to the druggist tilling same."
It provides that no physician who
is a druggist shall issue and till his
own prescriptions nnd guards against
improper delivery by which means it
micht. bo misapplied.
"Sec. fl. That any retail druggist
whose place of business is loeatcd rTt
Any of the incorporated towns or
cities of the State may lawfully sell
alcohol in quantities not greatar
than five (5) gallons to be used in
the arts or for scientific or mechan
ical purposes, and such druggists
may sell, in like quantities, to chem
ists and bacteriologists engaged in
scientific work and for such purposes
only, and such druggists may sell in
quantities, not greater than one-half
gallon, wine used for sacramental
or religious purposes only."
This section provides due restric
tions against abuses of such purch
aser nnd for proper reports by the
drngcrist.
"Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful
to sell wine for sacramental pur
poses except to a minister, pnstor,
priest, or regularly constituted of
ficcr of a regularly organized relig
ious congregation or church."
The section makes a rigid guard
ngainst impositions or evasions.
"See. 8. That all statements ? or
prescription* required by thin act to
bo flled In the office of the clerk of
tha court *1)1)11 be recorded and prop
erly Indexed by him in n book kept
for that purpose^ which nhall at nil
time# be open for public inspection,
and ft certified copy of such record,
or the original statement or pre
scription, with the cevtiflcnte of the
clerk of the court indorsed thereon,
showing 1 lin( it has boon recorded,
shall he prima facie evidence of the
facts recited therein. For making
such record the clerk of the court
shall he entitled to charge and col
lect for each prescription a fee of 5
cents and for each statement, other
than prescription, a fee of 15 cents,
which shall he paid by the party fil
ing the same."
Spction 0 provides for reports,
etc., so as to make the foregoing sec
tions operative.
"Sec. 10. That nothing in this act
shall prevent the gale of wood or de
natured alcohol."
"Sec. 11. That any person who
violates any of the provisions of this
act shall he guilty of a midemeanor
and upon conviction thereof be fined
in a sum not less than $100 or more
than $.>00, or imprisoned at hard
labor for a period of not less than
three months nor for more than one
year, and for the second or any sub
sequent offense, upon conviction
thereof shall be imprisoned at bard
labor for not less tliun one ye$r nor
more than fiv?" yearn.
"See. 12 That jiny druggist or
physician vho violate* in any wav
tho provision* cf this act shall, in
addition to the punishment herein
provided, for..not more than ona year
for eaeh offense.
-"See. 13. That this art shali no|
hare the effret of preventing the in
diAment, prosccntion and eonvietion
of any person who has hem u??Uy
of the violation cf the present crim
inal law relatii:?r to the dispensary,
or punishment therefor, as now pro
vided by law for offense heretofore
"See. 14. This aet *hall take effect
on the first Tuesday in August, 1909:
Provided, That in tlie tountics then
having dinpensarics an election shall
be held on the third Tuesday in
August, 1909. for the purpose or de
termining whethe r I lie dispensaries
located therein shall he reopened,
and such election in eaeh of Said
counties shall be held and conducted
by the same officers and under the
rules and regulations provided by
law for general elections.
"Sec. lfi. At such <l??cticn the elec
tion commissioners for such tounty.
shell at each voting precinct therein
provide one ballot l:ox in which the
ballots must be east. Any person
who is a qualified elector of such
county may vote in said election.
Every voter who may he in favor of
the sale of liquors and beverages in
such counties shall east a ballot in
the box provided therefor, on which
shall he printed the words, 'For Sale
and Manufacture of Alcoholic
Liquors and Beverages,' and every
voter opjioseil shall east a ballot up
on which hhall be printed the words,
'Against Sale and Manufacture of
Alcoholic Liquors ami Beverages,'
if a majority of the ballots-cast in
such election be * For Sale and Man
ufacture of Alcoholic Liquors and
Beverages,' it shnll be lawful ? for
such liquors and beverages to be sold
in said county as hereinafter provid
ed: Provided, That expense of tiieso
elections shall be borne by tho
State
"Sec. 10. In case <iti election as
herein provided shall result in favor
of I lie sale of lienors ami beverages,
the dispensaries in each county so
voting sliall be reopened ami conduct
ed nmler I he provisions of an aet
ctMitled 'Am act In declare the law
in reference to ami to regulate tho
mamifaetlire, sale. use. consumption,
possession, transportation ami dis
position of. alcoholie li (iiors ami bev
el ages within the S'aic. and to policy
the same,' approved the Kith day of
February. 1007. and acts amendatory,
thereof: Provided, That all of tlio
provisions and limitations of the
said act not inconsistent with this
act shall remain in full force and
effect in all of the counties of this
State: Provided, further. That in
counties which shall reopen dispen
saries therein, the county dispensary
hoard and dispensers in office on
Aligns! 2. 100!), shall continue to dis
charge their several duties as if sncli
dispensary or dispensaries had not
been closed: Provided, That in the
counties which have heretofore voted
upon the question of dispensary or
no dispensary nmler existing or pre
vious laws and have no dispensary
at this time shall have the right at
any time after the expiration o fonr
years from the last election on tho
liquor question to hold an election
upon the question of dispensary ov
no dispensary, as provided in an act
entitled 'An \aet to declare the law
in reference to. and to regulate tho
manufacture, sale, use, consumption,
possession, transportation and dis
position of, alcoholic liquors and bev
erages within this State, and to
police the same,' approved February
10, 3907.
"Sec. 17. That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith be and
the samt are hereby repealed."
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