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THB LAW FINALLY PA88KO BT
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to Hare the Amendments
by the Senate Rejected, but
Use Me s?he* e Were Anxloua to Get
Away.
f Columbia, Feb. 18 ? The house by
a vote of 41 to 41 today accepted the
Christensen-Williams compromise on
the liquor question. There waa a short
and sharp contest, but the house was
anxious to vet through and go home.
There were ne lines. Some of the or?
ient prohibitionists were lined up
with eqnslly ardent local opt Ion Ists
In apposition to the senate com
promise. Sawyer and H?cker vcted
with M. L. Su>ith. and Richards
against the senate Substitute, but the
rank and (lie voted' to accept the sen?
ate plan, qutt and go home. Some
think the elections In the wet co in
flea this summer will settle the liq jor
question for a while at leaat
The senate bill Is a little ragged i.nd
ao appropriation Is rrovlded for hold
tug the special liquor elections, hut
the closing of the dispensaries la
made contingent on the subsequent
holding of the electmns to dec de
whether Mwet" county so remains or
lato the prohibition column. The
<a counties are to have elt c
rhe Otrey.Cothren bill - -
in four years and can do so at
j explraflon of tho periods.
The hnase spent most of the day
receiving appointments of committees
on conference and free conference and
adopting the** reports.
The remnant of the State-wide pio
gibltlon bill had not .'oroe over to the
'house by noon, and there was noth?
ing to do but wait on this bill and the
appropriation bills.
The bill finally came over with the
Chrleteneen-Williams amendments.
Mr. Richards moved non-concurrence
and said hothlng. Mr. Klbler said he
'Wanted the amendments read as he
and other members ought to know on
what they were voting
Mr. Kinder said he disliked to differ
with Mr Richards, because he had
done his work well and faithfully. He
.took the stand that all great mens
urea are secured by compromise.
While the hoose has declared lor
State-wide prohibition, the senate has
agreed to this view only In part?small
part?and he believed in taking what
little could be gained Kvwry gain (or
Erohibltlon should be accepted. The
enate amendment he felt would re?
sult In many counties vet lag out the
dispensaries.
Mr. 'ttehards felt that the accept?
ance of the compromise would be to
give up a ight for principle. He dls
claimed any leadership and said this
I was a light for principle and not for
any Individual or set ef individuals.
All he was ftvhtlng for waa the bless?
ing of prohibition. The senate com
promtea would bind the house to
stand by It for some time. He said
that the State today editorially ar
^gfued that If the compromise be ac?
cepted It ought to be binding for
years. If this compromise be adopt?
ed It would fasten liquor on at least
a dosen counties.
Mr. Richards agreed ?hat If he
Ivoted for the senate smendment he
would feel bound to stnnd to It for
some years at least. Mr. Richards
araued that the fight for State-wide
prohibition ought to be kept up until
the senate adopts such a bill as the
house paaeed. It was preposterous on
I Ma fa ft to expect the fram?rx of the
krcmpromlse to give the State prohibi?
tionists any help II- would regard
IsjggcplaTS of the senate amendment
as outrageous
How they vommI.
Mr. Fr?ser said he saw no use fgf
? farther discussion and called the pre
^vloue question. The house was then
called upon to vote and all previous
I alignments were smashed. Messrs.
IjUchards and Sawyer, for Instance.
I Voted together, and so did Mr. Ruck
Igr and Mr. M I* Smith, but the house
I Was ens' is to get through, and al?
though many local optlonists voted
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against the senkte amendments* The
vote on nun-concurrence stood:
Yea?Against senate compromise.
Nays?To accept senate com?
promise.
Yeas?Amlck, Melvtn, J. Ashley,
Bowman, W. D. Bryan, Carey, Clary,
CoagTove. Doar. K. C. Edwards, Isaac
Edwards. Foster, Fultz, Garris. Gas
que, Horger, Hughe*, Hydrlck, Mc
Coll, Mann. Mars, Mobley, Nlver, Pat?
terson, Pauling, Richards, Rucker, O.
L. Sanders, Sawyer, Scarborough, B.
A. shuler. Singleton, Chas. A. Smith,
Spears, Jared D. Sullivan, P. P. Sul?
livan. Suydam, Wade, Wiggins, Wil?
liams. O. D. A. Wilson, W. B. Wilson.
Jr.?41.
Nays?Speaker Whaley, Joshua W.
Ashley, Bodle, Bowers, Brlce, Brown,
Carter, Oeley, Daniel. Duvall. Fr?ser,
W. J. Gibson, Graham, Green, Greer.
Hall. Harmon. J. It. Harrison, Wade
C. Harrison. Hlnes, Jackson, Klbler.
Lawabn, League. McEachern. Moee
ley, Nesbltt, Nicholson, Nunnery, Kid
gel 1. G. M. Ill key. Robertson. Roessler.
C. T. Shuler. Stmkins, K. P. Smith.
Stubbs. Tobias, Vander Horst,
Vaughan. Walls, WhaOey, Wlngo,
Wyche.?-4 a.
Pairs?Harris and Hamer, Mc
Mahan and Maukdln, Smith and Dick,
W. L. RUey sad CantreH, J. P. Gibson
and Carwlle.
By a vote of 41 to il the senate
substitute bill waa agred to. Mr. Klb?
ler applied tbe clincher, and after
aome formalities the house ordered the
bill enrolled for ratification. Later
on Mr. sawyer wanted to have the
bill recalled to "correct errors," but
It waa held that no change could be
madr except by unanlmoas consent.
Mr. Sawyer kicked hard on the ac?
ceptance of the compromise, after it
had been accepted, but It waa un?
availing.
The compromlae bill waa adopted
and double rlvetted and enrolled ex
aetfy and word for word as H came
from tl?,. senate, without execeptlon or
amendment.
It reads as follows:
The Compromise Hill. "
Sec. 1. That all alcoholic liquors
ittel beverages, whether manufacture l
within thin State or elsewhere, or any
mixture by whatsoever name called,
which if drunk to excesa 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. That It shall be un?
lawful for any person, firm, corpora?
tion or association within this State
to manufacture, sell, barter, ex?
change, receive, accept, give away to
induce trade, deliver, store, keen in
possession In this State, furnish at
public places or otherwise dispose of
any spirituous, malt, vinous, fersnent
ed, brewed or other liquors and bev?
erages, or any compound or mixture
thereof which contains alcohol and
Is used as a beverage and which it
drunk to excess will prod nor intoxi?
cation, except as hereinafter provid?
ed.
Sec. 2. That whole safe- druggists
may lawfully sell in wholesale quan?
tities to retall dm gists and to public
or pharmaceutical colleges, and in no
other way pure alcohol tor medical
purposes only, er grain .alcohol, to be
or charitable hospitals wr to medical
used by chewrtsts or bacteriologists
actually engaged in scientific work
and for such purposes 'only, and such
wholesale druggist sJte.ll at the end
of each month in any such sailes have
been made, Vie with the clerk of the
court of the county in which iflhey do
business, a statement in writteng un?
der oath, giving the name of fhe pur-j
chaser, the price paid, the date ot,
sale and the quantity und character)
of the alcelsol sold. That tf said
wholesale druggist tanking ?oeh sale;
is not a resident of iflhe State ef South I
Carolina, then such statement shall;
be filed In the office of the clerk of J
the court of the consty in which the!
purchaser resides.
Sec 3. That any retail druggist j
whose place of business is located in,
any of the Incorporated towns or;
cities of this State, who is htsnaelf a
registered or licensed pharmacist, or
who regularly employs a registered or
licensed pharmacist, may sell, In the
manner herein set out, upon filing a
bdnd in the sum of $5,0tO. to be ap?
proved by the clerk of court, In which
such druggist does business, condi?
tioned for a faithful observance of
thi provisions of this Act, such bond
to be approved by ih* clerk of the
court, pure alcohol for medical pur
noses only, grain alcohol to chemists
end bacteriologist! actually engaged
In scientific work, and for such pur?
poses only, and wine to be used for
sacramental or rcl iglous purposes
only: Provided, that nothing herein
Contained shall prevent such drug?
gists from using alcohol in the com?
pounding of prescriptions or other
medicines, the sale of Which would
not subject him to the payment of a
special tax required of liquor dealers
by the government of the United
States: Provided, further, that noth
ing herein contained shall prevent
such druggists from compounding or
selling medicinal preparations manu?
factured in accordance with formulas
prescribed 'by the United States Phar?
macopoeia and National Formulary,
which contain no mone alcohol than
is neceaanry to extract the ?edlcinal
properties of the drags contained ia j
8uch preparations, and no n?ore alco
hoi th?n is necessary to hold the med?
icinal agent in soihTtion, and which
are manufactured and sol* as medi?
cine und not as beverage.
Sac. 4. That no sale eff pure alco?
hol Tor medicinal pur paves snail be
made by any nfO&il druggist except
upon the preanription ?of a regular
practicing physician of this State,
Who, before westing ?ach prescrip?
tions, shall mate an actual examina?
tion of the person for ^hom 'ike pre?
scription la tossed, and the sand pre?
scription shall %w substantially in the
.'following form; "Stats of South Caro?
lina, - County. To -Druggist.
I, -, a negjulur licensed ernvl prac?
ticing physician under the lawis of this
State, do henrtiy certify that I have
examined-, a patient in my
?charge, and i do hereby proscribe for
the use of asati patient - alcohol.
-and I further oertlfty that the use of
auch alcohol Is, in mv judgment, ab?
solutely neceanury to alleviate or cure
the illness or disease -from wfeich said
patient is now suffering, and that I
rim not interested in tflhe drug ?tore to
I
when thia prencriptioa is directed, nor
*m the profits sn the drugs hose In pre
acriDSd, Dates! -
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Sec. I. Thai no prescription ahall
be tilled herein except upon CSe day
Bjajton which it Ht issued or the fiollow
ln*r day, and no more than one-half
prat of alcohol shall be ?odd and deliv?
ered on any one prescription, and
Wnsn such prescription is filled. it
shall not be refilled, but ?hall be de?
livered to the druggist filling BSSBS,
and at the end of the month In whb h
the name is filled, it shall be filed In
such druggist in the office of the clerk
of court of the county in which sahl
vlded, no druggist, who |a also prac*
iruggist is engaged In business: Pro
th ing physician, shall fill his own pre?
scription hereunder, nor shall they be
filled at any drug store In which the
?aid physician is financially Interest?
ed; Provided further, thnt the deliv?
ery of auch nlCOhOl Mid under such
prescription shall be made only di?
rectly to the person for whom such
prescription Is issued or to the physi?
cian, or to some one authorized by I
the "physician, or In case of a minor
to his parent or guardian or physician
or some one authorized by said physi?
cian.
Sec. 6. That any retail druggist
"whose place of business is located In
any of the incorporated towns or
cities of the State may lawfully sell
alcohol in quantities not greater than
five gallons to be used in the arts or
! for scientific or mechanical purposes,
and such druggist may sell, in like
quantities te chemists and bacteriolo?
gists engaged in scientific work and
for such purposes only, and such
druggists may sell in quantities, not
I greater than one-half gallon, wine
used for sacramental or religious pur?
poses only. That any person desiring
to purchase alcohol for the purpose
set ont in this section, shall sign a
written or printed statement, giving
his name, residence, occupation and
the psvrpose for which he Intends to
use said alcahol, and he shall certify
that said aleohol is purchased in good
faith for such purpose and a<> other
and that aatvl druggist shall, at the
end of each month, file with the
clerk wf court of the county in which
he Is gaged in business, all such
statements, with a certificate under
oath, That said statements contain a
true statement of all such sales.
Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful
to sell wine for sacramental purposes
except te a minister, paastor, priest or
regularly constituted officer of a reg?
ularly ?rganized religions congrega?
tion or church. Any person desiring
to make such purchase shall sign a
written or printed statement, giving
his name and residence and the name
and location of the church for which
such wine 1s purchased, and he shall
certify that said wine be purchased
in good faith, to be used for sacra?
mental or religious purposes, and no
Other. That such statement shall be
filed as provided for in the next pre?
ceding section, in the office of the
clerk of the court.
Sec. 8. That all statements or
prescriptions required by this Act to
iu> died In the office of the clerk of
the court, shall be recorded and prop?
erly Indexed by him In ? l ook kept
for that purpose, which shall, at all
times be open for public inspection
and a certified copy or SUCb record.
or the original (statement or prescrip?
tion, with the o rrttflcati >f the clerk
of the court indorsed thereon, show?
ing that it has been recorded, shall
be prlma facie evidence of the facts
recited therein. For making such
record, the clerk of th^ourt shall be
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entitled to charge and collect for each
prescription a fee of five cents and for
each statement, other than prescrip?
tion, a fee of fifteen cents, which shall
be paid by the party filing the same.
Sec. 9. That in addition to the re?
quirements hereinbefore prescribed,
all licensed and registered druggists
selling alcohol by prescription, shall
keep a record thereof, which shall
bear the true dates of the sales, the
names of the persons to whom sales
were made, the names of physicians
or surgeons upon whose prescription*
each were made, such records shall
be subject, at all times to the Inspec?
tion of the solicitor of the district, the
sheriff and other peace officers of the
county, the mayor and police officers
of the city or town in which said li?
censed and registered pharmacist's
business is located, and all other per?
sons, and each druggist making any
such sales shall be required to report
under oath, to the circuit Judge pre?
siding at each term of court of the
county in which said druggist is en?
gaged in business, a true statement of
such facts and also file on Monday
morning of each week a list of the
alcohol sold by him, to whom sold
and by what physician prescribed,
with the chief of police and the may?
or intendent of the municipality, and
post one copy In some public place in
such municipality.
Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act
shall prevent the sale of wood or de?
natured acohol.
Sec. 11. That any person who vio?
lates any of the provisions of this Act,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
! upon conviction thereof be ned in a
sum not less than $100 or more than
V500. or imprisoned at hard labor for
a period of not less than three
months, nor for metre than one yearr
and for the second or any subsequent
offence, upon conviction theref shall
be imprisoned at hard labor for not
less than one year, nor more than
i
five years.
Sec. 12. That iny druggist or
physician who violates in any way
the provisions of this Act, shall In ad?
dition to the punishment herein pro
! vided have their license re\ok?d for
I a period for not more than one year
I for each offence.
I Sec. 13. That this Act shall not
I have the effect of preventing the in
I dictment, prosec ution and conviction
I of any person who has been guilty of
I the violation of the present criminal
I law relating to the dispensary or pun
I IsViment therefor, as now provided b)
I law for offences heretofore commit?
ted.
Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect
on the first Tuesday in August. 1909:
I Provided, that in he counties then
I having dispensaries an election shall
I be held on the third Tuesday in Au
I gust, 1909, for the purpose of deter
I mining whether the dispensaries lo
I caled therein shall be reopened, and
I such election in each of said counties
I shall be held and conducted by the
I same officers and under the rules and
I regulations provided by law for geu
I ami elections. *
I Sec. 15. At such elect fon the
I election commissioners fee such
I county shall at each voting precinct
I therein provide one ballot box in
1 which the ballots must be cast. Any
I person who is a quatsfied elector of
I such county may vote in said election.'
I Every voter who may be in favor of*
Ithe sale of liquors and beverages irr
I such counties shall cavt a ballot In
jthe box provided therefore, on which
shall be printed the words, "For Sale
land Manufacture of Alcoholic Liquors
I and Beverages," and every voter op?
posed shall east a ballot upob
I which shall be printed the words,
I "Against Sale and Manufacture of Ali?
I coholic Liquors and Beverages," If sa
I majority of the bal ?rt> cast in such?
1 election be "For Sale and Mamrfac
I ture of Alcoholic LiqUors and Beve>
I rages", it shall be lawful for such 11
I quor;? and beverages to be sold in said
county as hereinafter provided: Pro?
vided, that expense of these eleciionav
shall be borne by the BtalA ?
Section 16. In east en election a.?r
I herein provided shall result In favor
I of the sale of liquors and beverages,
the dispensaries in each county so
voting shall be reopened and conduct?
ed under the provisions of an Act en
I titled "An Act to declare the law ln<
reference to. and to rer/ulate the min<
ufacture, sale. use. consumption, pos?
session, transportation and disposition
Of alcoholic liquors and beverage*
within the State, and to police the
same." approved the isth day of
February. 1907. and Atts amendatory
thereof, provided that all of the pro?
visions and limitations of the said
Acts not Inconsistent with this Act
shall re main in full force and effect in
all of the counties of the State: Pro?
vided, further, that in the counties*
which shall reopen flispcWSSrlSS there?
in, the county dispensary hoard and
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