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A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
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WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921.
NO. 7
VOL. L VI
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MANY INDUSTRIES
TIED T0T0BACC0
Prohibition of Weed Would Mean
Big Flnanolal Loss to
Allied Trades.
WHO USES THE MATCH?
The Smoksr Mainly Also Responsible
for Spending Hundreds of Millions
Annually for Lloorloe, Sugar,
Coal, Cigar Boxes, Tin
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Men's Suits, Overcoats, Mats, Ladies
Dresses and Coats at wholesale COST
to EVERYBODY. No goods charged at
cost to anybody. Come early and get
your pick of these bargains while they last
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Choice
Hams
There is nothinz more
appetizing thanja slice of
our choice ham. we nave
anvthinz vou may want
iu the line of meats. All
Kinds of Canned Goods.
nnnn r.Rnn-RlFS hnilH nn the svsiem. stimulate the brain, and
li increase your capacity to think. And right thinking brings bestl re-
rults. Our prices make you think, uau in to see us.
L. E. HULL,
Near Batchelor's Opera House,
WELDON, N.C
Dixon Lunik k Millwork So.
Weldon. N C.
MANIKAC1 UKKrW OF
Building Material for Muster n Homes, S!h, I ..
Blinds, Mantels, Door and Window Screen.
MADE TOOKDEK AM) RKUW.AH STOCK SIZK
flood MtUrttla Hlrh (Iradr Wnrkmaonhip Our !,- r
The Citizens Bank
HALIFAX. N. C.
By QARRIT SMITH
"Got match V
Rn many tlm day U tint 4M
Hon aake1 In ttioa United StsteaT
How many mora time Is the question
unuwtssnrr Ixchiim most p"fkct tiro
kpt well supplied wMli the uetfal
little arilclfl Anyhow, lnumuch as It
Is vsttinutnl that iliere are 80,01)0,000
totmeeo users In the country, we would
guess that the answer to that question
would run Into tlie hundreds of mil
lions. For If It weren't for the smokers In
these days of electrlo lights how many
matches would he used) A pretty
smalt proportion of the number of
these "sticks of biases" produced In
the country every year. Abolish to.
bacco and the match huslnsss would ti
shot to pieces.
But the match business Is only 00
of a dozen or more allied Industries
which derive large revenues directly or
indirectly from the tobacco trade knd
would suffer heavily If national pro
hibition of tobacco were to go Into
effect as some of our reformers would
have It. The annual sales of tobacco
products, bused on retail prices, Is es
timated at (1,687,000,000. Of the cost
of producing and selling this quantity
of cigars, cigarettes and other forms
of the weed, some hundreds of million
dollars are paid out for other things
than the raw tobacco and labor of
making It up.
125,000,000 a Year for Boxes
For example, the tobaoco trade con
sumes each yivr 45,000,000 pounds of
licorice, SO.dOO.oOO pounds of sugar,
both used In flavoring tobacco, and
630,000 tons of coal. It Is estimated
that the value of wooden cigar boxes
used Is f'AOOO.OOO a year, qolte an
Item to the lumber business and to
manufacturers of the botes.
Tn making these boies 330,000
pounds of nails are employed. Other
large Items used In making and pre
paring tobacco for sale are tin and
lead foil, paper for bags and cigarette
wrappers, cloth for tobaoco bags, la
bels, coupons, etc., luvolvlng the print
ing trade extensively.
Then building contractors and manu
facturers of machinery are largely In
terested. Investments In plants and
machinery employed In manufactur
ing tobacco are estlmoted at $102,000
000. Replacement, up keep and Inter
est nn the Investment make no small
stun annually.
And let realty men note there art
approximately 823.000 tobacco farms
In the country, with a total estimated
valuation of $160,000,000. Of further In
terest to real estate men Is the fact
that there are 7(lO,(iO retail establish'
ments selling tobacco, Involving a total
rental and up keep Impossible to esti
mate, besides the large amount of of-
fli-e space occupied by administrative
branches of the general business.
The Insurance men, too, have their
share of the pickings. The tobacco
business pays out annually 17,000,000
In premiums In the United Stales.
And there are the railroads who reap
jevenne from 2,210.000 tons of tobacc6
products every year.
As for the advertising business,
here sgaln It Is Impossible to form
any estimate of the enormous annual
eotlay.
The prohibition of tobacco nmilil alse
knock a good sized hols In the receipts
of the United States government,
The Internal tvenne receipts from
tobacco for the fiscal year 1020 amount
ed to f.'OT.RiiRr.ri 44. Customs duties
provided an additional $23,000,000 In
round figures, making the total revenue
return to the government $320,000,000.
Influence on Popular Sentiment
It Is this Interlocking of the tobacco
business with so many other Interests
and the vast amount of financial loss
that would be Involved In the abolition
of tobacco that Is one of the most se
rious aspects of the proposal to pro
hibit the sale of tobacco, a proposal,
however, which has little support by
public sentiment If the newspaper edi
tors of the country are correct In their
estimate of that sentiment.
In s no" of the editors msile recently
by the Tobacco Merchants' Association
of the United Stales, through the Press
Service Company of New York City,
93 per cent of the 7.847 editors who
replied expressed the opinion that the
people of their cnmmun'tles were oi
posed to any law ansluat tobacco. As
these editors represent some 8O.0n0.n00
resders the results form a pretty gen
eral test of national opinion.
Iu their remarks accompanying their
replies many of the editors express!
It as their opinion that tne oppos hub
of their communities to the abolltloa
of tobacco was bused to some eitent at
least on the damsge such a change
would do to the business Interests of
the community. This was particularly
true In the tobacco growing states and
centers where there were large tobacco
plants.
But when the extent of the business
Involved In the allied Interests of the
tobacco trade Is considered, as above
briefly outlined, It Is clear that there
Is hardly a section of the country that
would not be affected directly er in
directly by abolishing tobacc
W E Invite the oeonle ol Halifax and surrounding; country to pat
rnnize ibis Rank. Whv not have a checking account ? It Is
necessary In these times. It saves you n.oney, and you have a re
int in.t navment to vour ci editors. Besides It elves you I
...ortin. in vm.r community We have every facility known for
Sound Banking;, and Invite you to ape" n "" with us.
The smallest account receives as much attention as'lthe largest
with us.
We pay 4 per cent. Compounded Quarterly on Savings.
Come in and talk It over wlUi us, W need yen, M
WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE ?
BY EUGENli FIELD.
She was ready to sleep and she lay on my arm,
In her little frilled cap so fine,
With her golden hair falling out at the edge,
Like a circle of the noon sunshine.
And I hummed ihe old tune of "Bambury Cross,"
And"Three men who put out to sea."
When she sleepily said, as she closed her blue eyes :
Papa, what would you take for me ?
And I answered, "A dollar, dear linle heart,"
And she slept, baby weary with play,
But I held her warm in my loving, strong arms
And I rocked her and rocked her away.
Oh, the dollar meant all the world to me,
The land and the sea and the sky,
The lowest depth of the lowest place,
The highest of all that's high.
All the cities, with streets and palaces,
Wilh their people and stores of art,
I would not take for one low, soft throb
Of my little one's loving heart,
Nor all ihe gold that was ever found,
In the busy wealth finding past,
Would 1 take for a smile of my darling's face
Did I know it would be the last.
So 1 ro,ckeiJ my baby and rocked away,
A I ftit such a sweet content,
For the words of the song expressed more lo me
Than they ever before had meant,
And the night crept on, and I slept and dreamed,
Of things far too gladsome to be,
And I waken'd with lips saying in my ear,
Pupa, what would you take for me ?
IRD'S
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TILE DESIGN
FALSE GODS.
Why exult in earthly treasure
That blooms, and blossoms for a day,
Why count your gold with pleasure
The fickle god soon fades away?
Why behold wiih anxious vision
The things of others not your own,
But guard against such earthly weakness
Ignoble ideas, leave alone.
Should some flower of gorgeous beauty
Suddenly make your pathway bright,
When around you seemed disaster
And your way as dark as night:
Would you deem such flower an open
All for good, your gloom dispel,
Or would facy quickly teach you
No false god could do so well ?
Be not deceived, in giving tribute
Homage pay no earthly shrine,
AH gods are false, save Christ Jehovah
Seek that God that's Divine.
The hour must come when all false ideas
Will vanish, if we the race would win,
Nothing short of truth from Heaven
Can make u fit to live with Him.
Allurements strong the world is placing
In man's pathway to beguile,
Many fall while least suspecting
Reaping all that's low, and vile.
Look well comrades to your laurels
Evasion will not count, or do,
None at "Roll-Call'! Eives your answer
Bear in mind it must be you.
Weldon, N. C, May 13th, 1921.
J. B. T.
R P. Erwln Regarding; His
Troubles.
"A vearso-o last winter I had an at
tack ol indigestion followed by bilious
ness and constipation. Seeing Cham
ber Isin's Tablets so highly recommend
ed for stomach troubles I bought a bot
tle of them and they helped me right
away" writes R F. Erwin, Peru, Ind.
If you have any trouble with your di
gestion give these tablets a trial. They
Kill do yea food.
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Ud Wai Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed Read Her
Own Story of Recover.
Paint Rock. Ala. Mr. C. M. Btegall,
of near here, recently related the fol
lowing Interesting account of her t
covsry: "I was in a weakened con
dition. I was sick three years In bed.
suffering a great deal of pain, wsak,
nervous, depressed. I was so wsak,
I eouldnt walk across the floor; just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. I was almost dead. I tried
every thing I heard of, and a number of
doctors. Still 1 didn't get any relief.
I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I
believe If I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardul I would have died. I bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what It did for her.
"I began to eat and sleep, began to
tain tun strength and am now wen
and strong. 1 haven t had any trou
ble since . . . t sure can testify to the
good that Cardul did ma. I don't
think there Is a better tonlo tnadt
and I believe it saved my life.
For OTer 40 years, thousands of wo
msn have used Cardul successfully,
In the treatment of many womanly
ailments.
If you suffer as these women did,
take Cardul. It may netp you, too.
At aU druggists. H IS
THE COUNTERSIGN.
inirsty: Any way to get a
drink around here?"
Wise: "Sure. Just walk around
till you see a fellow wiih a glass
eye, then you make a wry face,
and the job's done."
HOLD 'EM.
You say you were graduated
from a barber college. What's
your college yell?
Slice, his lip! Cut his jaw! Take
his face off, raw, raw, raw!
FOREHANDED REVENQE.
REQUIREMENTS.
It reauires dollars to gel into the
fast set. ' And sense to keep out of
it.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
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A Bungalow with Art-Craft Tile Design Laid HorUonUlIy sM
Directly on New Roof Boards i
SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL ROOF?
IT'S ART-CRAFT!
CEE the handsome effect of the Art-Craft Tile Design?
Looks for all the world like flat tile. Here you have
the secret of Bird's Art-Craft's truly wonderful popularity
it gives to any building the charm of a high-priced
roof at a remarkably low cost.
Weather-proof and spark-proof. Absolutely reliable. Also
idid right over old wooden shingles.
Come in and let's get down to figures. The cost will be
less than you think.
BIRO & SON, inc. (Established 1795) East Walpcle, Mast.
OUR SLOGAN
Good Material and High Grade Workmanship.
Sash, Doors, Mantels, Porch Columns, Mouldings and
Dressed Lumber.
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Phone 235 WELDON, N. 0.
DM! LUMBER Si ILLIOEE GOB
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"Mrs Van Gotmuch didn't
speak to me today. Bui I got even
with her."
"How?"
"I didn't speak to her yester
day." SLANQ, BANQI
He (walking by a graveyard) :
"Wouldn't it be terrible if all the
dead should come to life again?"
She (yawning): "Ho, hum. I
certainly wish one of them would."
CONFUSINQ INCIDENT.
"How was your after-dinner
speech received, dear?"
"Not so well. While I was talk
ing one of ihe guests actually
snored."
"You should noi have stopped
for a little thing like that."
"I had to stop. The other guests
woke him up and wanted to know
where he got it."
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine
Warning! I'nless you see the name
TtavAr" nn nfu-knm or on tablets vu
are not getting genuine Aspirin Jire
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years ana proveu saie oy numwin.
Aspirin onlv as told in the Haver pack
age for Oulds. Hesdm-he. Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Karache. Toothache, Lum
bago and for Puin. Handy tin boxes ol
twelve Baver Tablets of A.pirin iwt few
Cents. imiggists also Wll oirrr
ges. Anpirin is the traile m&rk of
Bim Maiiufartiire of Monoaoeticacid-
nur of Kalicyluaeid.
w Suffer
Wlr Monthly pains,
iS neuralgic, sciatic
"s ;i a it thouniatic
pains, headache, backache and
all other aches are quickly re-
Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills
Contain no dangerous habit
forming drugs. Why don't you
try them?
Ask your druggist
THE BEST FRIEND
YOU will ever have is your bank book. In case of trouble
or sickness he is a good fellow 10 have around. When
ati opportunity comes for investment where you can better
yourself and you need some money quickly, HE won't turn
YOU down if YOU have cnltivated him properly. Why not
start that account today and be prepared to laugh at adversity?
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
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