326  Pharmaceutical  Colleger  and  Associatiom.  {'^'"jmiel^'i882™' 
Dr.  O.  A.  Wall,  materia  medica  and  botany,  and  J.  M.  Good,  Ph.G.,  phar- 
macy. 
The  Alabama  State  Pharmacetical  Association  held  its  first 
annual  meeting  at  the  Gulf  City  Gun  Club  rooms,  at  Mobile,  May  9th  and 
10th.  Dr.  Savage,  in  behalf  of  the  Mobile  County  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
extended  a  cordial  welcome  to  the  members  and  visitors.  The  annual 
address  of  President  P.  C.  Candidus  was  replete  with  thoughtful  sugges- 
tions and  dwelt  more  especially  upon  the  necessity  of  the  enactment  of 
a  pharmacy  law  having  in  view  the  protection  of  the  public  aj^ainst  incom- 
petent practitioners  of  pharmacy  and  against  worthless  and  fraudulent 
medicines,  and  thereby  elevating  j^hsrmacy. 
The  draft  of  a  pharmacy  law  was  discussed  and  ordered  to  be  presented 
to  the  Legislature  at  its  next  session. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  P. 
C.  Candidus  ;  Vice  Presidents  —  J.  T.  Bradfield  and  J.  B.  Collier  ;  Treas- 
urer, Y.  P.  Newman  ;  Secretary,  S.  W.  Gillespie;  Executive  Committee— 
T.  J.  Savage,  Mobile;  E.  P.  Braun,  Mobile;  John  L.  Rison,  Huntsville. 
Various  committes  were  aj)pointed,  also  delegates  to  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  and  the  Association  finally  adjourned  to  meet 
next  year  in  Selma,  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  May. 
The  Indiana  State  Pharmaceuticae  Association  was  organized 
at  Indianapolis,  May  9th,  the  meeting  being  held  in  Masonic  Hall,  about 
250  druggists  being  present.  Mr.  W.  C.  Buntin,  of  Terre  Haute,  was 
elected  temporary  chairman  and  Jos.  R.  Perry,  temporarj^  secretary.  A 
Committee  on  Permanent  Organization  was  appointed  and  subsequently 
reported  a  constitution  and  by-laws,  which  were  discussed,  amended  and 
adopted,  followed  by  the  election  of  the  following  officers:  President, 
George  H.  Andrews,  of  Muncie;  Vice  Presidents— Flor.  C.  Schmidt,  of 
Evansville  and  Charles  V.  Eyle,  of  Warsaw;  Secretary,  Jos  R.  Perry,  of 
Indianapolis  ;  Treasurer,  Emil  Martin,  of  Indianapolis  ;  Executive  Com- 
mittee-Jacob Baur,  Terre  Haute;  John  M.  Hurty,  Indianapolis,  and 
David  Helt,  Lafayette. 
A  paper,  comparing  the  drug  store  of  thirty  years  ago  with  that  of  to-day, 
was  read  by  Mr.  Geo.  W".  Sloan,  various  standing  committees  and  delegates 
to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  were  appointed,  and  the 
Association  finally  adjourned  May  10th,  to  hold  its  next  meeting  again  at 
Indianapolis,  Mr.  John  Lambert  being  elected  Local  Secretary. 
The  Association  was  visited  and  addressed  by  Hon.  D.  W.  Grubbs, 
Mayor  of  Indianapolis,  and  Governor  A.  G.  Porter,  of  Indiana. 
The  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized 
by  a  convention  of  i^harmacists  and  druggists  which  assembled  at  the 
