No small amount of the charm of “fizzy” drinks, whether innocent or hurtful, lies in the “fizz.” The motto, “All fizz abandon, ye who enter here!” over the door of every saloon and bar, if enforced, would well nigh sound the death knell of drunkenness.--_Woods Hutchinson, A. M., M. D., in Everybody’s Magazine._ ITEMS OF INTEREST Mr. J. W. Caton, a 1912 graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy is in charge of one of the stores of the Knight Drug Company, Savannah, Ga. * * * * * Mr. H. A. Ross, who was apothecary at the Pennsylvania Hospital, 49th and Market streets, Philadelphia, is located at Okolona, Ark. * * * * * A new brick building, two stories, and having a frontage of 50 feet, has been erected for the Teague Drug Company, Teague, Texas. * * * * * Mr. Robert B. Melcher, who was at one time connected with the retail drug trade of Louisville, Ky., and more recently called on the Southern drug trade in the interests of a jobbing house, died in Atlanta, recently. Old Stores in New Hands Mr. D. A. Elvington, formerly with Mr. R. R. Bellamy, Wilmington, N. C., has purchased of Mr. Bellamy the store known as the Kingsbury Pharmacy, at Second and Princess, Wilmington. Mr. Elvington has been employed at the Hardin Drug Store. Mr. Kingsbury will go to Washington, D. C., where he will make his home. * * * * * Mr. Walton Roberts, of Summit, Ga., has purchased the store of the Brooklet Drug Co., Brooklet, Ga. * * * * * N. S. and C. S. Meadows have purchased the Birch Pharmacy, Vidalia, Ga. Mr. N. S. Meadows has been in the employ of the People’s Drug Store at Vidalia, and Mr. C. S. Meadows has been with the Bulloch Drug Co., at Statesboro, Ga. They are well equipped to handle the business, which has been very successfully conducted by Dr. Birch. * * * * * Mr. Lloyd Waldrop, a druggist formerly connected with the Jacobs’ Drug Stores of Atlanta, Ga., has purchased the Benson Drug Store, Tallapoosa, Ga. Dr. Benson, the former owner, has retired from the drug business, after having spent a quarter of a century in charge of this store. * * * * * The Bunn Building Pharmacy, Waycross, Ga., which was managed by R. C. Scruggs, is now under the management of J. C. Register and Cecil Spear. * * * * * Carpenter Brothers, Greenville, S. C., have purchased the store of E. C. Jameson & Son, on Buncombe street. Mr. E. C. Jameson will remain with the store. This makes the sixth store controlled by Carpenter Brothers. They operate their Main street Store, another at Southern Railway Depot, one at Woodside Mill, one at Brandon Mill and one at Ottaray Mill. * * * * *