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FOR LOVE'S SAKE.
ROMANCE OF EARLY VIRGINIA HISTORY
TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Sanguinary Du I With Bowie Knives
Between Two High Minded but Hot
Blooded Young College Students
Sudden Ending of the Deadly Con
flict by the Krau'iful (Jirl About
Whom They Quarreled.
(Newport N ws Herald.)
Virginia, foremost in response to
the wild alarms of war. rnot progres
sive in the arts of paee, famed in
enn' and story, has furnished more
of the delicate romances that go to
make life more worth the living, per
hap than any of her sisters.
In the Dallas (Texas) News, Mr. L.
U. Lewis narrates a charming bit of
history of uarly days that is woven
around some of the people now most
prominent in t he Old Dominion. It is
inter.-tin, delightfully so, and is told
in the writer's own language:
The epoch in my life's history
hich hjis made the mot indelible
impression on the tablet of my mem
oiy happened as follows:
"W ell nigh foity years ago I was a
-Indent at a military college in old
Virginia. The college building and
'dtilling grounds were located in a
J pici ure.-fjue valley, ami hard by, over
! looking the valley, was a great, while
I lioiise, with its massive columns and
"real gables, the place of abode of the
president and some, of the faculty of
t iie instil ut ion.
In close proximity to this building
were a number of small buildings, of
cottage design, in which were the
-leeping apartments of more than 3J0
students.
In a social way many of the stu
dents were most hospitably and
graciously received in the parlors and
drawing-rooms of the president, who
seemed to like the gay society of the
students and to take peculiar pleas
ure in introducing his two beautiful
and accomplished daughters to the
most eligible sons of Southern plant
ers. In this way I became acquainted
intimately with these two young
lailies, more especially with the elder,
with whom I became much enamored;
sought in every way her society, and
simultaneously to feast my eyes on a
beautiful type of Southern woman
hood. I5e.-ides, I was fortunate enough
to become her escort to the college
commencements and frequently to
church.
"Things glided on beautifully in
this way (much lo the chagrin of
many of my fellow-students) for near
ly two years, but alack! true love
never runs smooth. A student a
courtly-looking fellow, with great
black eyes, black hair and a magnifi
cent physique a son of a planter wav
down iu old Mississippi, appeared 011
the scene.
FINDS A RIVAL.
"He had hardly been in attendance
at the college more than two weeks
before he was acquainted with this
young lady, and to me seemed in a
fair way to capture identically the
same prize I sought myself.
From the offstart the feeling be
tween this handsome suitor and my
self was anything but of a pleasant
character. However, the attentions
of each of us were most graciously re
ceived by the voting lady in question
for months afterward, but alack! the
incident which brought about the
fatal climax came.
"It was on a beautiful Sunday
afternoon in the spring of the year,
when I was comfortably seated in the
drawing-room of the young lady
adored, deeply engaged in a conver
sation with her, trusting all the while
that nothing would happen to disturb
the sweetness and solemnity of those
coveted moments, when a servant ap
peared at the door ami announced
that he had a note for the young lady
and would await a reply.
As quick as my mental faculties
could act. the thought struck me
that this note was from my opponent.
asking the pleasure of my sweet
heart's company lo church that night.
and as quickly as I could advance to
the spot where she was standing, I
asked her in rather a serious strain if
I could have the pleasore to attend
her to church on that evening.
OSE ON HIM.
"Without making me an immediate
response she red the note, then turn
ed to me ami said: 'This is really
sir. a singular predicament for t
young ladv to be in, and for fear 1
may not be fair with both of you I
will take this note to my mother, ex
plain the situation to her, aud she
shall decide which of you shall accom
panv me lo church tonight.
She made her exit, and in a few
moments she returned with a sweet
smile on her face, with the informs
tion that her mother had decided in
my favor. I took this, coming from
the source U did, as a compliment
and decidedly a matter of prefer
ence.
In I his Irame oi rumd l accom
panied the voung lady to church
that night, happy in every sense of
the word.
"On the following morning my op
ponent passed me in filing into th
dining-room for breakfast. In pass
ing, one look at his countenance sat
istied me that he felt ehagrined at his
misfortune, and it would be wise in
me to look out for trouble with him.
Accordingly, late in the afternoon of
the same day, as I was coming up the
street in company with several other
collegiaies, I saw the Mississippian
coming to meet me. In a few min
utes he was just in the act of passing,
whvn he called to me, saying he
wished to say something to me.
Without delay I advanced towards
him and a conversation was entered
into with regard to the note to the
young lady, and the question of who
bad (according to the code of ethics)
the right to attend her to church on
that particular evening. This brought
about a volley of words froro each of
us, which ended in a fisticuff between
us, but we were soon parted by my
companions. !
I returned to the barracks deter
mined not to lose any sleep on ac- j
count of the affray.
Next morning before school hour
received a note from my opponent.
In reading it, I found it to be nothing
more nor less than a challenge to set
tle our difficulties by a duel.
THE DUEL.
This challengs so much surprised
me and at the same time lniuriatea
me. that I turned the note and wrote
on the back these words: 'Accepted.
Being the party challenged. I have the
right to select the weapons to be
used. Lot them be bowie knives.
Will meet you and your seconds on
tomorrow night at 12 o'clock sharp.
on Boiling Green, under the big oak,
just in front of the Female Seminary.'
In a few hours this profound se
cret had been whispered to a number
of the students. My opponent's and
mv own seconds were selected during
the dav and all arrangements were
made for all parties concerned to be
promptly at the place on the hour
specified in my acceptance of the
hallenge.
Accordingly, just as the great
clock in the city hall announced the
midnight hour, two small groups of
- a
tndents could have been seen moving
ilently in the direction of Boiling
Green.
"The full moon was high in the hori
zon and ever and anon a silver-lined
cloud silentl and rapidly passed
across the firmament, as if intent on
not wit nessing the bloody tragedy be
low which would soon follow.
"The groups met beneath the great
oaks, as per appointment. The sec
onds on the two sides? with the attend
ing surgeon, made ready for the try?
ing ordeal.
"My opponent and myself were
stripped to the waist, and when
brought to confront each other stood
with a keen knife in hand, which glit
tered in the moonlight.
."In these few critical moments
myriads of thoughts came rushing
t h rough m v brain those of my mot her
and those of the girl I intended to die
for were of the greatest import.
HE1COIC END.
"A handkerchief was thrown by one
of the seconds and ihe bloody work
began. With my left arm and hand I
knocked off I he vicious blows of my
opponent as best I could, intent on
not killing him, if possible, but at the
same time deliver him a blow which
would fell him to the ground. While
this sparring was going on each of us
were wounded, how badly I did not
know. At this moment, not twenty
paces from us, I discovered a little
female figure attired in white, moving
rapidly toward us, and without a
sound this figure rushe I bet ween these
two irate duelists. We fell back at
her approach and stood spell-bound
in our tracks, with bloody knives held
firmly in our grasps. While the mys
terious peacemaker stood with up
lifted hands between us, I noliced
that she was attired in hwnnighl's
dishabille, her long black hair fell in
heavy tresses over her shoulders, her
air that of one intermingled with
determination and solicitude.
"The first words that came from
her lips were: 'Gentlemen, I know
this trouble has occurred all on my
account, and I beg of you to desist.'
I. of course knew that this was none
other than the daughter of the presi
dent of the college, who, being in at
tendance at the Female Seminary not
far away, had discovered what was
happening on the green and resolved
to stop it if she could, which she did
in a most heroic manner. I know, to
my own satisfaction, and I guess to
that of my opponent.
"For weeks afterward the entire
community was all agog concerning
this affair, but as years rolled on o'er
the surface of time it was almost for
gotten, but today I wear scars which
I will carry to my grave, ever remind
ing me of that awful night and of my
college days in old Virginia."
OPEN THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART.
Onen the door of your heart, mv lad,
To the angels of love and truth.
When the world is full of utu-uniber. d
joys
In the leauMfnl dawn of outh;
C 'stii'g si e all the thinir that mar.
Spying to wrong, depart,
To the voices f hope that ae calling you
Open the door of your heart.
Opec the door of your heart, my lass,
lo the 'hit'g tha shall aid le.
To the h"l thou. Ilts tint lilt your Soul
Like the stais at eventide;
All f the fdele- 0"er that bLoui
In the realms of sone and h art
Ate yours if you'M i-nlv eie taeni room,
0(eii the door of your heart.
0en the door of your heart, my friend,
Hee-tless of clas or creed.
When you hear the cry of a brother's voice.
The soli ot rhild in need;
To the shinii g heaven th -.t o'er you bends
Y"ii nee l map or ch! t,
But the o -1 1 ve the M-ter uave.
Open the door of your heart.
Boys and Girls and the Curfew Law-.
The Portsmouth Star says this on
the subject of the proposed curfew
law for its town, and there are many
who will think that it is not reason
ing very far wide of the mark:
Boys should not be on the streets
at night. Girls are not there. " No
body has even dared to make the
suggestion that any municipal law is
necessary to keep the girls of Ports
mouth off the streets at unseemly
hours at night or that they appear in
any but graceful and pleasant ways
by day. The girls have the same
parents, the same home training, and
they yield to the same parental dici
pline that ought to govern the boys.
If the girls can be governed without
a curfew if they do not need the aid
of the police and the public laws the
boys do not. There is ha harm in
the curfew itself. Thpre is no good
in it, if not accompanied and enforeed
by parental discipline. A boy is al
ready reprobate if he must be forced
to his home at night by a policeman.
When a fellow is all wrapped up ia
himself h usually thinks he's a pretty
warm proposition.
IMPEACHMENT
.
rUlvlUAl -
ACTION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE AGAINST
JUDGES FURCHES
Minority Report and Connor Substitute Voted Down
Allen Resolution of Impeachment Prevails Impressive
Scene in the Senate When House Committee Delivers
Message From the Lower Branch Many Prominent
People Present in Gallery and Lobby.
(Raleigh Letter, Febiuary
At the hour appointed for the con
sideration of the resolution relating
to the action of the auditor, the
treasurer and two judges of the Su
preme Court in the case of Theophilus
White against Hal W. Aver, Audit
or, and W. II. Worth, Treasurer.
Ebbs, Republican, of the judiciary
committee, seut forward a minority
report as follows:
We have considered th evidence sub
mitted under Hit resolution of enquiry
ami have cur. fully consider-! the Ihv in
relation t hereto. Without entering into
il detailed statement, we are of the
opinion that nothing appear in the evi
dence or in t lie .JUV eljt lllii t ie relo which
justifies sinv resolution either of impeach
ment or Cenuiire. We therefore recom
mend that the House take no further
action in rird thereto.
After the reading of the report
made bv the sub-committee, W. li.
Allen, A. W. Graham, Locke Craig, J.
F. Spainhour and H. G. Connor, to
the committee and the favorable re
port of the committee thereon, the
minority report was read, signed by
Ebbs, Blythe and Benbow, reciting
that there were no grounds for im
peachment. Judge Allen's resolution of im
peachment was as follows:
That saiil jndif-n. I) ivid M. Furchen,
formerly associate just ice a ml no -v ehi-f
justice i.f the Supreme Colli-', and Robert
M llniifiljis, ii ii associate justice of the
Supreme Court, he impeached of hifih
crimes and misdemeanors in offhre
Judge Connor offered a substitute
f.ir the resolution reported by the
committer, simply providing for the
reproof of Judges Furchrs and Doug
las. Following is the substitute:
That iu issuing a iiiand imus to the
SiateAudnor and State Treasurer in the
can-of Pheopiiiliis Wmte airiiast U V.
Ayer, S'ate auditor, and W. II. Worth.
State IVeHtfurer, the Supreme Court, a
majority thereof concurring, assum-d
authority and power not conferred by
the Constitution mid la-n of the Slate
but iu derogation thereof.
Speaking on the resolution Judge
Allen said: It ha now been two
weeks since the investigation was be
gun. It has been a burden that all
tuen would shrink from assuming. It
is a step that would not have been
taken but from a sense of imperative
duty. Lawyers above all men re
spect and regard the high station of
t he members of the judiciary. The
suit-committee met and the first re
solve was that they would not dis
cuss any conclusion until they have
ascertained the facts. We agreed to
make no recommendation to the
wholt committee as to their action.
When this report was made the com
mittee took it up. In that committee
there was no attempt made to force a
conclusion on any member of the
committee. We, met three times and
carefully deliberated over these
matters. Not an impassioned speech
was made. Not a Democratic mem
ber of that committee has questioned
the conclusion of fact and of law.
The only suggestion of politics in
that question came from VVahington
City and from a Republican member of
that committee. (Judge Allen here
recited the history of the ovster legis
lation that led up to the mandamus
issued.) If the Supreme Court can
compel t he Treasurer of North Caro
lina to pay 3 JO what can prevent
them from ordering the paytuent of
$,() JO.OJO? The insignificance of the
sum iu question is not the issue. The
great priuciple of the preservation of
the reserved rights of the people,
through their representatives is the
question. They have committed four
distinct violations of the law. One
violation of the direct provision of
the Constitution they have directed
and compelled money to be paid out
of the Treasury when the Constitu
tion and Legislature have expressly
forbid it. The power to impeach was
put solely in the hands of the House
of Representatives because the found
ers ' of the Government wanted this
power as near the people as possible.
A court of impeachment is not to
punish a criminal, but an inquiry
into the conduct of public officers, if
they have not done their duty, and
see if the public service is being hurt
or damaged. It is political only in
the sense that it is a public enquiry
into the conduct of public officers.
We have taken our oath to obey
the Constitution and we cannot
escape the responsibility of making
an investigation into the conduct of
I hese judges. "H-gh crimes aud mis
demeanors in office," are simply
words thrown into a charge of im
peachment for the purposes of greater
solemnity. Just as formerly in in
dictments for murder, "moved and
instigated by the desire, etc," were
put in to give greater dignity and
seriousness to the charge. Th ques
tion of intent has nothing to do with
this inquiry. The ignorant violation
ot our Constitution can damage as
much as the willful violation of it.
But if you read the evidence you will
see these judges shuffling on the
bench as to how they shall act. Hear
the lawyer in a newspaper article
saving thev were dodging and he
would bring them to time. And he
will bring them to time. What a
humiliating spectacle. Read the re
port of the committee: "Tne manner
in which this order wa issued indi
cates to our minds that the judge
wb"i directed it to issue did not think
thev had the power." etc I do not
i wish to say one thing harsh about
these men. I should not do so. I
only occupy the position I do because
PROCEEDINGS.
AND DOUGLAS. 1
14th, in Aslieville Citizen.)
I have taken an oath to obey the Con
stitution and protect it from infringe
ment and annulment,. I am sorry to
see a resolution of impeachment pass
ed against an old man or any man.
but neither age nor position should
arouse sympathy alone, sufficient to
justify me in taking a straight course
of dutv.
Tnere is no disagreement as to the
facts that these judges have violated
the Constitution. I cannot agree
vith the position of Judge Connor,
whom I so highly regard and have so
iften followed. If these men are
guilty they should be impeached.
Otherwise they should be completely
exh inerated. We have no right to
excuse them if they are guilty. The
higher the position the greater the
responsibility. I have spoken only
as a representative of the people and
with a strict sense of the obligation
such a position imposes upon me.
Mr. Stubbs, of Martin, opposed im
peachment, saying we should ap
proach this matter calmly, dispassion
ately and deliberately. It was the
greatest question we will ever be
called upon to consider. What is it
that has brought here representative
men from all corners of our State,
and the women are here to counsel
and aid? To the committee is due
thanks for their labor. Thev have
presented a series of facts which no
man disputes, but I differ with them
as to their conclusions of law and of
fact. To justify their proceedings
ue must find that they not only com
mitted an error of judgment but that
fiey did it willfully and corruptly.
The resolution only relates to the
issuing of the mandamus and that is
a tacit admission that t heir decisions
in Hill vs. White and other cases is
the law of the land. The Supreme
Court concurred in its opinion that
Judge Starbtck had juris liction in
the case. It was known of all men
that the act of 1899 was intended to
circumvent, tne oectsion ot Moke vs.
Henderson. No lawyer disputes the
proposition that every section of an
act can be construed on the principle
of in pari materia. We talk about
subverting the rignts of a co-ordinate
branch of the State government when
we have passed an act intended to
subvert the principles of our highest
court. You require a man to per
form duties and attempt to make it
impossible for him to do so unless he
starve. It is claimed that the Su
preme Court waited until the mem
bers of the session of 1899 were out
of office before they ordered the
issuance of this order and yet vou
know that they knew that the elec
tion of 190) would srnd back a Demo
cratic Legislature, that was, equally
powerful to impeach. We ought to
be anxious in the investigation of so
grave a matter to put the fairest con
struction possible on the motives of
otherwise, good and conscientious
mwn.
Mr. Stubbs spoke for an hour and
made a strong legal argument as well
as a splendid speech in opposition to
impeachment, and at its conclusion
the crowded lobbies and galleries
broke out in applause.
Judge Graham said Mr. Stubbs'
speech would have had more effect on
him if he did not find in the report of
the finance committee in the State
Auditor's report to the Governor the
name of H. W. Stubbs in direct oppo
sition to the speech just heard and
which report is the basis of these
proceedings. Something has come
over the spirit of his dream. Chief
Justice Pearson and Judge Rodman
have both written opinions establish
ing the principle that the Supreme
Court has no power to issue manda
mus to pay a warrant forbidden by
the Legislature. It is said that be
cue Furches is no longer Associate
Justice he is not impeachable. There
is nothinir whatever in that position.
In the case of Belknap, the United I
h he had resigned and
Males, allbong
was a private citiz-n. held that he
private citiz-n, held that be
was impeachable. I have not spoken
or felt as a partisan iu this matter.
I conscientiously believe that not
only in this case but in others they
have been guilty of misconduct that
should disqualify them from this high
office, .'hey issued this mandamus
ii'-- in disregard of law, but in defi
ance of the law.
Many prominent people assembled
in ihe gillerv and lobbv ot the senate
chamber at the time set for the
delivery by the committee from the
II use of the message in the formal
impeachment of Judges Furches and
Douglas. From the Raleigh Post tLe
following account is taken:
The hand of the Senate clock had
hardly reached the hour of 1:30 when
-Seargeant at Arms Smith suddenly
announced:
Mr. President: A committee from
the House of Representatives has
arrived, and waits without to ap
proach the bar of the Senate
I irite the committee to come for
ward," replied the Lieutenant-Governor,
and a he uttered the invitation :
the Senators arose to receive the1
visitor- standing.
Thereupon the comruittee consist
ing of Representatives Winston. Ard
rey. Blount. Z:tchary and Carlton
apparei and approached the bar of
the Senate through the centre aisle,
taking position in line (with Chair
man F. U. Winston in the center)
immediately in front of the news-
paper reporters' desk and facing
presiding officer and clerks of the
Senate.
Mr. Winston, acting as spokesman,
then read from manuscript in an im-
pressive and ceremonious manner the
tolDt' sor.,
"We are directed by the House of
Representatives to convey to you this
message of great moment.
"After long and patient considera
tion, by pronounced majority, that
branch of this General Assembly de
clares that David M. Furches, late
Associate Justice and now Chief Jus
tice, and Robert M. Douglas, Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, in violation of the
letter and spirit of the Constitution
and iu defiance of the plain statutory
law of the State, have usurped powers
subversive of the rights of the Legis
lative Department of our State gov
ernment. For this misconduct it declares
that these officers be impeached of
high crimes and misdemeanors in
office.
"In obedience to the duty imposed
upon us we now present to your hon
orable body certain resolutions relat
ing to such impeachment."
At this juncture Representative
Ardrey approached the presiding
officer and handed him the resolu
tion in question. Mr. Winston then
said:
"Senators: As directed by the
order of the House of Representatives,
and in the name of the whole people
of North Carolina whose Constitu
tion has been broken, whose laws
have been defied, whose future peace
is threatened and imperiled, we im
peach David M. Furches, late Associate
Justice and now Chief Justice, and
Robert M. Douglas, Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of North Caro
lina, of high crimes and misdemeanors
in office.
"In the name of the representatives
of the people, we do demand that the
Senate organize a High Court of Im
peachment and take order that David
M. Fucches and Robert M. Douglas,
appear at its bar to answer the par
ticular charges which the House of
Representatives will in due time ex
hibit; and tfrat the Senate do make
such other and further orders in the
premises as may seem to them best
calculated to bring this trial to a just
and speedy termination.
"In conclusion the House of Repre
sentatives through us, its chosen
messengers, prays that the God of
Eternal Truth and Justice may pro
tect the rights of the impeached and
preserve unbroken the Constitution
of the fathers.
"And now, Mr. President, having
discharged this momentous and mel
ancholy duty we await your answer as
provided by law, which answer we
will make to those who sent us
hither."
Senator London then arose and
offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
"Resolved, That the TreHident of the
Senate, in behalf of the Senate, an
nounce to the gentlemen of the com
mittee of the House of Itepresentatl ve,
that theSenate will receive their uiessaife,
duly consider the name and take proper
action thereon."
The Lieutenant-Governor then re
plied as follows:
"Gentlemen of the Committee:
You will bear to the House of Repre
sentatives the message that the Sen
ate has received its message, and that
the Senate will give proper considera
tion to the same and, later, take due
action thereon, as required by the
Constitution and the laws of the
State."
The committeemen then simultane
ously made a profound bow and re
tired from the Senate chamber.
A SPLENDID EXAfiPLE.
The provision in the new army bill,
that has just become a law, providing
for the appointment of Fitz Iee as a
general in the regular army of the
United States, added to a previous
similar provision-for General Wheeler,
gives a reasonable hope that the
bloody shirt" has been forever
buried. To President McKinley's
credit be it said, he has certaiuly
done his share in bringing about such
"consummation, devoutly to be
wished." and it took no little moral
courage on his part to face the coun
try as he has done with several propo
sitions having evidently ior tneir pur
pose the wiping out of sectional pre
iudice and restoring the union of the
States in fact as well as in name. He
has set the whole people a splendid
example in this regard, and one, let
us l"a """" "
. e ...n. L".. nnA Vl o.it unit hereafter
find pleasure in emulating. Norfolk
Public Ledger.
President McKinley has given fre
quent evidences of his friendship for
the people of the South, both by word
and act. His recently announced pur
pose to veto any measure which had
for its object the reduction of South
ern representation in Congress, was
one of the latest demonstrations of
friendly regard. If he has been cor
rectly quoted, he has no desire, either
in his appointments or otherwise, to
humiliate the representative citizens
of this section. His whole purpose,
apparently, in his personal and polit
dominant partv in the Souih, has been
A ... ., ...i ,!
ic relations witn tne leaders oi me
to merit their friendly approval and
to strengthen his own party by the
fairness and justice with which be
deals with those of an opposite politi
cal faith.
Few men have occupied the Presi
dential chair who were personally as
popular at the close 01 their first . terra
as air. aiciviniej is at tue uickui
time. Charlottesville Progress.
How to Cure the Grip.
Remain qnietlv at home and tae Cham- -No person s on earth are more dis
berUin's Cough Remedy as directed nf a pesed to help the former slaves than
quick recoverv is sure to follow. That are the veterans of the. Confederacy,
remedy counteract any tendency f the those old men who yet remember the
grip to result in puenmon.a, which is really negro in slavery."
the onlv serious danger. Amon the tens . ct ai,ine will endear him to
of thm.san.is who have used it for the grip ' fa d . amonr, whom he lives
52 h" ..TaS andUm on record a. a valua-
UIU II' TV If-WVd. A V " - . -
DorseVt drug wore
!!;!,THE DEADLY CIGARETTE
A GREATER CURSE TO THE RISING GEN
ERATION THAN LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Whiskey Wrecks Hnmrs but the
Deadly Cigarette Wrecks Boy Be
fore They Have a Chmce to Make a
Home The Need of Laws and Strong
Public Sentiment Against This
Menace to Health and Morals.
(Reidsville Weekly )
It is known of all men that the
Weekly is the uncompromising enemy
of the cigarette. It has fourht this
boy destroying business In season and
out of season. It may be that its
hostility to it may have been en-
hanced by the fact that the most
odious trust which has ever been
formed in the world's history practi
cally controlls the output of the pesky
things. We should be glad to see
the present Legislature measure up
to the requirements of the occasion
and pass a law which will prevent
their use in North Carolina. The
fact that North and South Carolina
produce most of the tobacco used in
their manufacture is no argument
whv the law should not be passed.
To claim that il is, is the very essence
of selfishness. As well say that no
restraint should be thrown around
the sale and use of alcoholic stimu
lants because North Carolina farmers
produce the grain out of which thev
are manufactured. In the pix in a
cigar, or as a chew, tobacco used in
moderation is conceded to be harm
less, but in the form bf a cigarette it
is evil and that continually. It will
be remembered that during the ses
sion of the Legislature oi ISiu, we
think it was, Judge Sutton, of Fay-
etleville, presented statistics show
ing that twj hundred deaths resulted
from smoking cigarettes in North
Carolina in a vear. A leading Metho
dist preacher told us several years
ago that it was his honest conviction
that Duke's factory was doing more
harm than anv licensed government
distillery in North Carolina. The
Biblical Recorder, organ of the North
Carolina Baptists, says the cigarette
does more harm than whiskey; that1
whiskey wrecks homes, while the
cigarette gets in its deadly work be
fore the boy has a chance to make a
home. Dr. Keeley and other noted
specialists have testified to the same
effect. Ask any disinterested physi
cian, he will tell you that cigarette
smoking is the most deadly and ener
vating form in which tobacco is used,
the poisonous smoke going directly
into the lungs, where it is absorbed
and vitiates the blood and under
mines the nervous system.
A race of degenerates is growing
up as a consequence, rew cigarette
smokers have been able to pass the
medical examination for admission
to the army. We will quote the well
informed VVilmington Mtssenqer on
this point:
"The real 'truth about cigarettes'
is that army examinations show that
nearly all cigarette smokers. are unlit.
Why so, if cigarettes do not hurt, are
really no more injurious than cigar
smoking? All know that men by the
several hundred thousand fought jn
the late great war in this country
who chewed and smoked tobacco, or
used both, and in great excess, and
yet were able to fight and march
through the years to rough it as not
many have roughed it.
"The surgeons report that the re
jections are three times greater than
in 1861, and the enormous increase is
attributed entirely to the cigarette
habit.
"Then attend to this: The sur
geons say that outside of cigarette
smokers 'the rejections are actually
less than in the Civil War.' Ninety
per cent, at least of cigarette in
dulgers are found incapacitated. It
is a great way to keep out of the
army and navy, to smoke cigarettes
heavy and bring about physical disa
bility, if not mental."
The army medical corps comment
on the great chmge wrought. The
rejections are nine out of ten, or
ninety in the hundred.
The following from a well known
North Carolina exchange will be of
interest in this connection:
"It has transpired in the mustering
of troops into the United Slates ser
vice that quite a good many men
have been rejected for physical rea
sons. A glance into these reasons
has revealed, says an invert'gator of
the subject, that about ninety per
cent, of the cigarette smokers among
the volunteers have been rejected and
sent home. Much has been said
about the physical degeneration which
invariably follows the use of cigar
ettes, but this is perhaps a demon
stration of ihi on a scnle never be
fore made. So fatal is the cigarette
to thoroughly developed constitu
tional manhood that its use ought to
be prevented by law, if there is any
wav of reaching the practicable enact
ment of a statute covering that
point."
If this deadly work goes on, how
lori" will it be before the countrv
finds itself unable to repel foreign ajr-
pression
and maintain its rights bv
force?
When vm irsnt a physic that is mil l an I
' gen-le, t to t .ke and pleant in effect
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Cj-t.ael Laaal .TW. V 4
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