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r - 1 I 1 - I J RALEIGH. K. C Published Daily, Exeept Momdaj, BT THE W Goroiina Misii Coi By thi time th rn ;nnAB o-e through indicting the Southern KailKPad for giriag the Governor free passes, which he- used as freely given, Which indictments are largely instigated hr the ffllT "? 4 nr by his immediate friend., x- i" tm uegin to realize what some folks can do when they have personal or partizan malice to grat ify. And this persecution going on, too, when neither the Southern, nor tne Ucvernor, nor those other be k o. A.dw ficiaries thought the law was bein iuiaiea- j.-or the Governor or hi.- O. J. CAITOII. yinwwwsMiimwiigfH, vu. tUC DeBCU Of eiSe- where, who were the recipients of V.W ' " " " " . . . . I Stances, t) inrnlo tdo ki.1i. . .1.. w. . v v pruai ui lij GKEEK O. ASDREWI, President sad Oratnl Mmmmgrnr, W. P. WnlTAKER - - - Bmentmry. DIRECTORS: ft. r Ever! tt. J. A Mill. . tc Jones. Grk W. r. ITbltakt ne- St'SSCRIPTION PRICE I 4 on Yr - - - On Month . - - Offices In the Fallea Bmlldl.f, "e ooumem ior tne.- FsretteTllIe Street. use their power and infhi- TKPosTwmbHIhbriefletter.on fDinhf"Dgthe penalty inijd; ubjects of general interest. The writ- . indlcaon of such want of con er's name must accompany the letters, cnce that smacks very sadly of (lis Anonymous communications will not be honor. Not content with this, ot noticed. Rejected manuscript will not add jnsult to injury, and to display ,'Vet7,n 'r.nf Wl naw. from. ' WaQt f sillCeritV Brief letters of local news from any . , . setionofthe State will be thankfully na gnty, there are, those who received. naTe oeen large beneficiaries of thes Merely personal controversies will not violationSvto charge, as was done in lie tolerated. public print that the refusal of Col Address all basinet letter, d com- Andrew8 to mun cations for publication to "Th u i J . Moemko Post." h&d f1 P.8' wherebJ he criminate himself, was on a j-ar with The telegraphic news service of The a former refusal of an official to te Morning POST is absolutely full and tify whether or not he had accepted complete and is unequalled by any a bribe or not. These things do nor morning newspaper south of New indicate a pleasant condition of af York. This service is furnished us fairs, specially when done by high under special arrangement with State officials and those who assu uu THE LAFFAN NEWS BUREAU, to lead publie thought in paths of of the New York Sun, and is the same honor and justice. Let the work g( service as that used by the Sun itself, -n- Tne people are simply learning w hich is known to be superior to any to wnat depths their State govern service in any newspaper in the United ment naa fallen, and of the malig States. This service is received night- nant character of others who havt ly by wire in the office of THE MORN- Personal malice to gratify. direct from the New 1 BRIEF 1 THE CM AN INTERESTING DEFENCE OF THIS MUCH ATTACKED ARTICLE. ing Post York Sun, and includes special cable and domestic news and full commer cial and market reports. WF.DNKSDA Y The Daily Xewbernian id a new candidate for public support, jus? started at Newbern, by M W. and John M. Charlotte it is i, very sprightly paper, and that it starts out in the right line the ful- ... JANUARY 19 lowing will itidicate: The voters of North Carolina mn v The Philadelphia Ledger calls at- differ as to whether t we should havr tcntion to the fact that: Not enoujrb stress is being laid upon tin- oUii.us oiut that, if we annex Ha waii, m- need a much larger navy. 1 1 1-r tufore international policy, as in sj.irnl lv the Monroe l)oetrine, has been tlefi nsive; we h.ive aked only to b lei alone, and we have been able to defend inir territory by the shore batteries, wlneh are at once safer and inucll less e.enMe than battleships; but if we an nex Hawaii we must have ships to de feud it, it n I our naval armament must be greatly increased that too, at a time when the oroyress of naval improvement it so rapid that the costly creations of a decade ago are the discarded hulks of today. And besides, if we go into this annexing business where will it stop? nlgn tan II , low tariff, or free trade; thc may differ as to whether the currency should be based upon a single gold standard, or a double standard of both gold and silver, or upon fiat money; they may differ as to the "initiative" and the "referendum,"- and the "imper atie mandate," and a hundred or more other things, but even patriotic son of the State should be agreed that North Carolina shall have fair, honest and upright administration of affairs, and there should be a iuii;ht getting together to kick out the scalla wags that are bringing discredit upon u by base and incompetent and tradiu; tactics. Past, experience amply dem onstrates that the desired results can be accomplished only through the greal Democratic party, whose doors are wide open to all who would take part in tin If we can add the heathen popula- J grand word of saving the honor of tin turn of Hawaii what good excuse iate ana giving all her people sale aim tan I. irivt-ii for tvfnit,.r tn admit 8od government." Cuba, with its mixed population, in every way as objectionable as that if tii.. !., j v if pers mat, ouuge nooinson, in nj. ?hinr , . i. . .i i . . , Ve wish it full success. We infer from the Durham pa dent a crisis is rapidly approacl charge to the grand jury, deprecated The Use ot Tobacco Itself Is Not Com mended or Sugoested-Sclentltlc Rea sons and Statistics. However. Show That Cigarettes are Made of the Purest Materials. The following able and interesting ar ticle by Mr. H W. Garrison, of New York, was read before the Medico-Legal Society of that city, November 17, 1W. and is a novel and entertaining exposi tion of the merits of the cigarette: -In offering the facts contained in this paper for the consideration of your learned Society. I venture to be hopeful that, perhaps by reason of the very in completeness of my efforts, some of vour 'niirrnbers may be induced- to adopt as a subject worthy of systematic scientific investigation, the unreasonable preju dice which at present exists against the cigarette. For I am confident that ex haustive research w ill serve only to em phasize the results at which I have ar rived, bv giving to them that definiteness ami preci-ion which is attainable ouly bv professional men of science. -I make no plea for the importance of the matter under discussion. The annual output of cigarettes this year will reach l,(M 0 ,000.000. And if the cigarette per se is the malign thing that its opponents claim it to be, the manufacture and sale of an article so dangerous to the publu health should be suppressed without a moment's delay. If, on the contrary, it can be shown by incontestable proof that cverv argument used by those who clamor for the suppression of the traffic in cigarettes is based upon transparent falsehoods or absurd misconceptions, easily penetrated by the light of science, then surely it is time to put a efbp to idle detraction and senseless legislation directed against an evil wholly imagin ary. For the history of the anti-cigarette igitation shows that two State- legisla tures (Iowa and Tennessee) have actu tlly passed laws prohibiting the sale ol 'his article within their borders, and re cently two cities (Chicago and Denver) have adopted municipal regulations hav ing the same end in view. Nay more the Congress of the United States was petitioned at one time (lHUSi to impose a tax upon the article that would serve to discourage the manufacturer to the point of abandonment of his plant. Now let me ask, why this outcry for legislation, National, State and Municipal? Thk answer is, "popular prejudice." Abso lutely that and nothing more. But how potent popular prejudice is, the members of this Society are in a position to know by the experience gained in their efforts to down the "chloroforming" and "pois oning from canned meat" fiction. Sci ence demonstrated the absurdity of both of these current beliefs, and yet if they were things that could be legislated out of existence, there would doubtless b legiklators w illing to frame laws to reg ulate them. Picture, if yon please, Con gress solemnly listening to a petition to place a tax on tomatoes! legislatures and cities prohibiting their sale within their jurisdictions. The case of the tomato is nearly analagous to that of the cigar ette. Introduced iuto Europe in the Sixteenth Century by Spaniards from South America; it was known in Italy as 1'omo dei Mori (Moos' Apple). Similari ty of sound produced, in French, Poru me d Amour (Love Apple). This was enough to start the belief that the deli cacy was sinisterly dangerous. Not until l?:i:5, when the Marseillais entered Paris, was it know n as food in that citv l.i Cuban affa.r. and, when it comes, he baJlnfluence ot lobjistd on , "d at the present day there are many the latter end Will be worse than the . . . Al , , . districts m Northern trance m which ialntnra 'aa fb lodilnr (Iiw l?o first, which will drive the property- ,, . , , . ... ...... 8ell, charged down upon the rite holders and the intelligent class . . T . , . , ," , , . fusion Legislature by which h 'l ' I,C ,HJ1U . uuu defeated the bill to pine an Spaniards to beg aumis sion to this Union for self-protection. II .ving admitted Hawaii, how can wo refuse the nearer territory? And after having admitted them, how .-hall thev Ih governed ? Differ ent Iv from the other territories of the country Do not these changes indicate even force a chauge in our tiystem of government ? a radical change ffoni that established by the patriots of the devolution? The ehanvs m.-i.l' lit: tl a reduce the term of thelease from 99 to 30 years did have a very bad effect on some of the members. And to think the (Gov ernor used apa83-bOOk, too, all tha; Ihrce centuries tin.A for himself and whoever lf. prejudice based on needed in his work. Judge Kolin son's severe condemnation of his Governor is timely. the tomato is severely avoided by the peasants. Thirty-seven years after this prejudice was overcome in Paris, the people of this country began to use the tomato as uu article of diot. Prior to that time they were raised here ouly as cuiiosities and known as "Love-Apples" or "Wolf-Peaches." to overcome a similarity of th Mr. J. C. Wharton, Chemist, of Nash ville, Tenn., says: "The Analyses and observations of the materials composing these American cigarettes lead me to the conclusion, -and belief that they are made from well se lected, clean tobacco leaf and a purified article of harmless paper." City Chem ist Cass L. Kennicott and Assistant City Chemist D. B. Bisbee, acting under the authority of the Commissioner of Health of Chicago, in a report made last month and to which wide publicity has been given, says: American cigarettes are made of "bright Virginia,' (this is a tech nical term and means a tobacco grown in Virginia and North Carolina and ware housed for three years before it is used), and "frequent analyses show that this to bacco contains only from 1 to 1 percent, of nicotine. The mildest Havana con tains much more, while the best grades of domestic cigars reach as high as Si per cent." "The paper, considered merely as paper, which is wrapped around cigarettes, is about as pure a form of paper as it is possible to get by any means1." The foregoing are the affirmations of those who speak after scientifically test ing the subject. Let us next examine the allegations' made by those w ho have made no inves tigation and speak "untrammelled by any timid regard" for facti. I select the exact words of the Health ordinance of the City of Chicago, aproved May 1st of the present year, because it summarizes fairly w ell the list of delete rious matter supposed by the ignorant to be contained in the tobacco of which cigarettes are made. This ordinance pro hibits the sale of cigarettes containing "opium, morphine, jimpson w eed, bella donna, glycerine and sugar." Add to this arsenic, phosphorus, chlorine and copper, creosote and saltpetre, supposed to be found in the paper, and you have an idea of the ingredients of which pop ular prejudice has manufactured a cigar ette, which has never had any existence other than this phanton of a superactive imagination. Now permit me to summon my wit nesses again. In this instance I shall merely recite their names, for there is absolute unanimity that, to use the words of Prof. H. W. Wiley, "the sam ples purchased if! the open market were found to be entirely free of any trace ol arsenic, or of opium, or of any of its ac tive principfes." This expert's state ment is supplemented by that of Prof. Willis G. Tucker, who adds that he has failed to find in "any medical journal or text-book" even a statement that thest foreigu substances are employed. Dr Q. F. Payne, !tate Chemist of Georgia, in a report to a Committee of the House in that State; Profs. Hubert and Alfred il. Peter, of Lexington, Ky.; Mr. J. C. Wharton, of Nashville, Tenn., who made test for arsenic and opium, and Profs. James Dewnr, M. A., F. R. S., Sir Henry Thompson, w lib saggest ed as faeksonian Professor, Cambridge Uni j. means of preventing the chewing of versity; William Odling, M. A., F. R. S., the ends, the interposition of wool in a Professor of Chemistry, University ot jiouth-tuhe to prevent the oil of tobacco Oxford; C. Meymott Tidy, M. A., M. B.. from coming into contact with the Professor of Chemistry and of Forensic mouth. .Medicine at the London Hospital, who In this communication also the first made special examinations to detect tbt objection to the method of smoking by presence of saccharine matter, if any inhalation was made. "Smoked simply," were present, and filially City Chemist 3ir Henry says, "with cotton wool inter- Uass L. Kennicott and Assistant Chem- posed, and I do not hesitate to regard ist I). B. Bisbee, also concur in asserting the cigarette as the least potent and, that no opium or arsenic was found. therefore, the least injurious form of To this testimony must be added the smoking." The inhalation question was report to the Massachusetts State Gvm- disposed of da the same journal of the mittee on Public Health, made by Prof, same year by Meyer Dutch, who wrotej James tf. tJabcock, tor rive yuars Profes- "the inhaled smoke rarely passes bevond of paper is somewhat irritant to the res peratory mucous membranes," but it is not otherwise especially poisonous. What has this to do with the subject Expert results already quoted declare that the paper used in the manufacture of American cigarettes is not only not "poisonous" at all but of the purest grade which it is possible to make. Permit me now to briefly recite the history of the cigarette. Three years after the introduction of the word into the language in "Smoking and Smokers, an Antiquarian, Histori cal, Veritable and. Narcotical Disquisi tion, written, illustrated and engraved," by Joseph Baker (London 18 Jo) the writer says: "The cigarette has but little strength, it can do you no harm. When the delicate membranes of the mouth are sosnewhat accustomed to the warmth and the fibres of the brain begin to be less disturbed by the smoke, pass on, to the cigar? No; for the distance is too great. No; take one of these little pipes, etc." This opinion as to the innocuousness of the cigarette was undisturbed as late as 1877 when a writer on the Galaxy commends the cigarette smoker for se lecting that form of using tobacco which is likely to enable him to be sure that he is smoking the best tobacco. "The cigarette smoker," this article declares, is totally .unaffected in his choice by the sight which in the case of the cigar en ables a clever workman to. so roll bad tobacco that we are predisposed in favor of an inferior article." The first voice heard in dissent from this selt-evident truth is found in an edi torial in the London Lancet, September 12, 1892. This article w as not called forth by anything in particular. It deprecated in a general way the use of cigarettes by growing boys and the Englishman's habit of chewing the ends instead of touching it lightly to the lips as "for eigners do." It furtherjstated that some young men smoked as many as from 8 to 12 cigarettes for four or five hours every day and this the writer justly deemed an abuse. What would this writer say to the stock phrase now curreiit which is that the "fiend" smokes" "1(1 or 20 bpxes a day." This means anywhere from one cigarette every six minutes for ten hours each day to one cigarette every min utes for 24 consecutive hours every day. Think how preposterous that state ment is, and yet I warrant that almost every one present has heard the glib "He's a tiend, smokes 10 or 20 boxes ev ery day." That, however, was the extent of the Lancet's transgression. The arsenic, opium, phosphorus, etc., fictions were reserved for a (subsequent date and an other pen. A year lat this edi torial received attention which came in the form of a communication from The Wilmington Review suggvts that Mr. McKinley send his Wol cott International Bimetallic Com mission to Nbrth Carolina to "in vestirate the lease of the North Car- i . . ... i u,1h-1,u,IISuouh'Si.c problems wbicn olina Kailroad, and 'damn the-pri-ha.e arisen, during the past three vate 8tockholders.' Provided, my .... .muuS iur um couauiu- fr;euds. that the costs comes out of won to me wan. inter-state rda uous nave become so interwoven that it is now dilhcult to tell where the State control ends aud the Fed eral begins Fortunately sectional questions are not iuvohed in this, nor is it a contest between St:it. The great conflict involving the claims of humanity on the one side, at.d the rights of property on the the National Treasury, and our peo ple be relieved of further payments on aecount of the Governor's parti- tobacco zan performance. Moore County a Net-work of Railroads. From the Sanford Express. The Carthage Railroad is now com pleted to Hallison on the Durham and Charlotte Railway. Mr. W. C. Pttty. the President of the former road, went other, whereby neighbor wars upon I down to Raleigh last Saturday to make neighbor and local governments op- contract with the ortn Carolina c ar ed such a tnmit that th strong, , o i come a nei-wors: or rauroras ana wun a power must inter- I few exceptions, pays more taxes on rail vene to nrotect and do instil tween the onw-TT.., it OlUiT ioi its. nuw ii!?'1 . -for Xvhii- is all goiug can. only be fearexl it cannot be foretold. Fa triotism stands appalled at the prob able couseouences. It is time for honest, thinking people to assert themselves. fore ought to be sufficient for our people. They are certainly sufficient to command their profouudest abili ties and arouse their patriotism. Then why should we aunei other peoples and alien territories, which can at best but add to our embar rassment, eularge our responsibili ties, intensify the strain now upon the character of our government? A proper love of our own country and the future of our children alike roudcuin such proceedings. Hawaiian sugar planters prefer Japan rue labor to any other. oadTV :. rrVhau k,!""1" .um in theSuleT Towns are iJngmg up and the resources of the county :re being d veloped as never before. Ttte Express is not a prophet, but entertains the belief that in a few years Moore will be one of the wealthiest counties in the State. THIS LADY OWNED THE SWORD Of Frederick the 6reat and Heirlooms of Muck Value Not to be Parted Wltk. Bt Tclcgrmph to The Morning los. Najv York, Jan. 18. Ella Bassett Washington, great-grand-uiece, both of George and JIartha Washington, died here today of pueumonia. Her husband was Lewis Washington, great-grand-nephew of George, who died in 1871. He owned a big plantation in Jenerson countj. Virginia, where his wife cap tured a Federal officer and rendered other valuable services from the Confed erates. She possessed highly prized heirlooms, including a sword of Frede rick the Great, presented to the "Father of Hi Country." The New York post office made a net protJt.of 4.WX,000 io 1807. Hllid of t hree words! Let us hope, for better results in th ca-e of the cigarette, for it has no phou etic enemy to contend against and w ire ju-tly proud of our mor enlightened times. Tl . ....... 1 f. . . . i ne wom i lynicue hus ni5i used a in Miglisli word iulsi2, bv L. S. Cos iello. And lu re let nie deliue just w ha i cigarette i. For this purpose I selec that brand of which more than 2,000, Uklhftil .. .11 ... . . 1 . . . wo.., in i, aie soiu inn ui i in lotni annua coiuiiinption of 4,HKI,ooi,)00, and I use the figures of Prof. II. W. Wiley, Chief C hetuist of U. S. Department of Agri vulture. Washington, D. C. A cigarette is made of 1.092G grams of enveloped in a wrapper of paper w hich weights .03$ grams. That is to say one pound of tobacco w ill fur nish the fillers for about 410 cigarettes and one pound of cigarette paper will serve to envelope 12,000 cigarette fillers i ins is wnat the unanimous verdicts of disinterested experts of the highest ability declare a cigarette to be. About one tw enty-sixth of an ounce of tobacco enveloped in one paper wrapper about lie! inches in size, and weighing about one seven hundredths of an ounce. That is all! Tobacco and Paper! Now what kind of tobacco? What kind of paper? Science again renders unanimous verdict. I quote as follows: Prof. Willis O. Tucker of the Albany Medicine College, Analvst of the New York State Board of Health in its Niuth Annual Report to the Secretary of the State Bv-ard of Health says:" Cigarettes are generally made from tobacco of good quality." "Sensational statements that they are prepared from the filthiest to bacco and dirtiest refuse are not worthy of credence and can be easily refuted." " The tobacco used in the manufacture of cLejrettes is much less frequently flavor ed uud otherwise artificially treated than .s ordinary chewing or smoking to bacco and that employed in the manu facture.of cigars." "As regards the pa per wrapper, there is no reason why an impure or poisonous paper should be etn- ploved and many reasons why it should not. I am ignorant of any facts proving such to be the case, at least, so far as the leading brands of American cigar ette are concerned." This report was made, '-'in conformity with instructions" thai "a chemical examination of some ofihe leading brands of cigarettes now a the market" should be mHo sor of Chemistry in the MassachusetU College of Pharmacy, Professor of Chem istry in Roston University for the same length of time. State Assaj-er of Massa chusetts for ten years and for seven years State Assayer of Liquors. IT say!": "The Fillings. Careful and thorough examination, both chemical and micro scopic, showed that the specimens con tained no opium. morphine, strychnine oi other drug or poison foreign to tobacco. In short, the fillings in every oue of the specimens (purchased by the analyst iu the open market,) were found to consist of tobacco and nothing else," "The Wrappers. Aualysus of the pa per wrappers demonstrated the abser.et of any trace of arsenic, white lead oi other poison. The papers were all oi excellent quality (rice;) iu one specimen said to be made from corn husks. Thesi papers contained such elements as are always to be found iu the plants produc ing the fibre from which they are made, and contained no others." Is not this - conclusive? Not a doubt not even a qualified statement by any oi these disinterested experts. If this doe not demoli.-h the "ouiuiii-arseuic" fal lacy, then the science of chemistry is absolutely valueless as a means of arriv ing at the truth. Affirmatively my w itnesses attest the the bronchi," and adds, "If any smoke enter the air vesciclesj as is generally supposed, it must be a very small quan tity indeed, for as a rule it is uuarly iin nediately expelled, and there is no time for diffusion." The year 1883 saw the birth of the idea that cigarettes contained ingredi ents other than pure tobacco and paper. In a communication to a London morn ing paper a writer who signed himself "Medicus, promulgated the lie anent "opium and arsenic." "Cigarettes," said Medicus, "contain a large proportion of opium aud an unclassified alkaloid." "The paper contains arsbnic, copper or chlorine." There is the genesis of the falsehood that has since passed lightly from lip to lip aud from nuuibeiiess pen-points to countless reams of good white paper, md has iiually invaded Congress, tinged ihe decision of a United Slates Judge .vith prejudice, and intiucuced State and :iiuuicipal action. A lie made of tin whole cloth, a.s the Lancet speedily dem onstrated. For this able journal imme- uateiy appointed a commission ol ex perts, and their report, published Octo ber 20, 18'.'8, announced "no trace ol opium," or any "unclassified alkaloid" in the tobacco, "not a trace of chlorine or arsenic" in the paper, but a "faiut trace of copper," due, as the commission b an "Mischief, thou are afoot ! The gi tering lie now crossed the water and fas tened itself with facile adaptability on the American article. As far as I have been able to inform myself, the year in which the first pub lication of these misstatements occurred was 1891, and the first medium was a re port sent abroad from Milwaukee by a news-gathering agency, known as Dal ziell's. This concern, now defunct, was notorious, during the whole of its brief career, for the -fakes" which it origi nated. The cigarette telegram referred to, stated that two boys had died in Mil waukee of excesdve cigarette smoking and that an examination of the contents of their stomachs after death, revealed the presence of phosphorus. Death was caused, the despatch averred, by this ubstance combined with nicotine ana arsenical solution used in the paper wrappers. The Lancet commented on this edi torially, and rendered a verdict of "not proven" by the facts as stated. Phosphorus, if used in the paper, said the Lancet, would have betrayed itself by a "twang of the .palate," perceptible moisture, and, if tne crude article was used, it would 'glow in the daTk." Nothing daunted by science, the peti tioners to Congress for a h igh cigarette tax in 1802 alleged impurity in the pa per, and placed to the black account of the cigarette the deaths of "100" boys under 16 in the preceding year and the piesence of "100" men in the lunatic asylums. Round numbers have a won derful attraction for the ignorant and they are useful in lieu of accuracy. The anti-cigarette fanatics seem to re vel in the absence of anything akin to facts aud figures. The introduction of the statement that insanity results from the use of cigar ettes leads me a bit away from my point. For, as I have tried to make clear, I do not claim that tobacco is innocuous. I only claim that science has proved that cigarettes are made of good tobacco. However, I find in the latest issue of the Medico-Legal Journal, Vol. XV. No. 2, page 183. in a paper by Robert Gunn, M. D., on "Insanity and Insanity Laws," a statement that the "rank of the in sane and criminal classes are recruited from the boys who have been cicarette smokers," to a surprisiHg extent. I chance to have at hand a clipping from the New York Sun of September 1, last, containing an interview with Dr. F. W. Robertson, the insanity expert at Bellevue Hospital, New York, in which he says: "Now, while I say that cigar ettes are the least injurious of the -methods of smoking, I do not mean to say that the fiso of tobacco is not harm ful. It often is. Some persons are so constituted that a very slight uso of it will upset them physically. Excessive use is bad for any one. I do claim, how ever, that there never was a case of in sanity which can be traced directly or indirectly to the use of tobacco iu any form." The issue on the insanity question is thus clearly joiuod by these gentlemen, but I am no party to it. I thank you for this opportunity to place the case of uiy client the cigar ette before you, and I trust you will blame the expert witnesses, and not my self, if the conclusions which you must reach from the facts presented are at variance with any of your preconceived ideas. . Closing OutsJ OF ODDS AND tens Of Wehavrn, ') W..M ' in seasonal,,. k,mm!ii tm) to insert our n.k . , ' uf.N buying clcbe re See our Special All-wool Men's Suits, only -"T"7"; A new lot of Boy's Clothing just received. ... Another big lot or U. ..;.,.r f ier iair Suspenders - 5c ST. MARY'S, R?.Sffi,N;.c Year. 5Pr'"C$ and n.,. iu. 1-u.c -nnlitv. I jhratories. librarii an.l new ana oi mc M j. . ,.-. 1111C rvrr A Girls School of the Highest Grade: ohi hiiildinjrs admirably equipped. Bedsteads, sprints and JW'""' ... . . . ... . - llj. ur ana or mc iti h""V' oU mlc r 1.imnH(T in art and music. Special attention riicn.' i instruction on the violin. CERTIFICATE ADMITS TO VASS4R. . 4 t-k.t KT A o-ri.i itti iri 1 L-l.to . c . Gold medais awarucu vy n. . noa..uU,i n..,n ,(- 3, ,vjr'ju for largest ana pest cxim-u i-y -i iiny-Mun and seventh annual Fairs. EASTER TERM BEGINS JANUARY 27 ICD8. Buy What You Want To Take Home With You! Vt'SSSArWAHij Native and Foreign Wines, ...Whiskies... Bottled and Crated for Ship.: meni AGIVIE WINE eOMPANt ...WHOLESALE AND HETAIL... 309 Fayettevlllc St. Orp. Potior uai.icicii. :v. i'. JOriNSOR & JOriRSON, Coal, Wood and Crushed Cokt ' . i All Coal Well Screened and Free Prom U'astf. Sawed Wood Kept Under Shelter. ! 09, Fayette ville St. Phone 15( purity of the article, and negatively surmised, to the metallic label on the pa- they deny any impurity. This is as- complete and forcible a form of allega tion as it is possible for human intelli gence to make. I shall, therefore, assume that I have proved uiy case and conclude my re marks by tracing, as far as I am able, the source of this venerable but robust falsehood. I call it "robust," for it has. as I have stated, been used as a level to influence legislation, and it has found an echo even iu the formal decisions of the courts of our country. Judge Hor aco 11. Lurton, of the United States Circuit Court of Tennessee, in declaring Hogers' Anti-cigarette bill of that State unconstitutional, in an oninion cigarettes do per wrapper. "Ihe only possible objec tion," says the report, 'was the trace of copper." The samples examined at this time were not American but Egyptian cigarettes, made of Turkish tobacco, and these usually have a gilt label printed ou the wrappers. American not. But the opium theory was too fascina- ting tj be resisted even by a periodical of as, high a grade of intelligence as the Saturday Review. Mr. Goschen,.- as Chancellor of the Exchequer, had stated ! that-pel haps the "circulation of the cii:-! arc t to after dinner" might, account for the falling olf of the consumption of "heavy-wines." which he noted in his 'll ru 1ft Yeilow leal iota, m Yancey's Fcrmula delivered September 3d. last, sayain con- official capacity. On May 4, 189, seven eluding his opinion. "I reach this conclu-1 mouths a!ter the Lancet's experts' re- ion (that the law is unconstitutional) port was published, the Saturday He- hongh reluctant to strike down a stat- view pooh-poohs Mr. Goschen's theory. ute aimed at the suppression of an evil "d alludes to cigarette users as fpoor of most pronounced character." In ref- creatures" whose tastes are vitiated bv ertnee books too, for popular use, the "hemped" or "opiated" tobacco trail of this lie appears. For example, in "The Reference Hand-book of MeJi cal Sciences' (Albert H. Buck 1889 . v. Tobacco) these statements appear: "Ci garettes are, on the whole, the most in- i ; . m . .. ... juiiouh lorui or lODacco, out tnis is qualified by the .following sentence, which negatives the first assertion and makes nonsense of it: "Not. however. because they are at all harmful if smoked in moderation, but because they are par ticularly affected by the youth of this country.' In condensed form this means that the writer condemns nicotine glut tons and disapproves of the use of to bacco by those of immature years. So does every man and woman of dense. And as far as those of immature years go, Mr. Buck might have added tea, cof fee, highly spiced food and candy to this it. "Tb smoke of inferior grades A Palm for Everybody. Having a larjje stock of Palms on hand and wishing to make room, 1 shall from now on greatly red nee prices ou them a well us on oilier plants. Fresh Supply of imported Bulbs Arrived. Ifyaucinths, Tulip. Na rsiu, Kreeata. Chinese-Sru-reil and Kaer l.illics for lorcing and ont- uoor piaiiuiiji. CHOICE CUT r-LOWEHS Of Roses. Cai rvtions, etc. Floral Dcsigna and t-iowt-rs for all orcnsionii at all times, livcr- Kreens and hlm.Je l itres. H. STEINMETZ. florist, N. Halifax Street, near Peace Institute. Phone 111. The continuance of life is dependent upon the food . we eat, and now that the strain upon the digestion has eased olT, by reason of the near end of the holiday feasting, it behooves us' to see that care is taken in the selection of the food which will keep body and soul together during times of ordinary existence. In this connection, I merely wish to observe the well-known fact that my stock has been selected with the view of the quali ty, and none but the best is sold at my store. Thanking you for past patronage, and assuring you that a continuance of the same will be met with renewed efforts to please, I beg to wish you all a Happv knd Prosperous New Year. TI I0S. PE5CUD, THE GROCER. F3. W. BAKER COAL and W OGD MY MOTTO A customc 1 1 j prompt service ni.iV:e Mti-licJ icrs. 'I 'hone 14. S) " ' ' i mmmi io.a 'i .5 ;so"$35 Crawford Bicycles i vutif- Julius Lewis Hardware Co. Fresh Crackers J. R. FERRALL & CO.. Received today a Freh Supply 1 Fancy and Plain Crackers : ': ' Banquet Wafers, Plain and 1 and 2 to Cartons, Social Teas, Graham W-t:r. The Newest Out, 'The Pullman' Franklin Mills Whole Wheat Hour. "!J r. . . . . liuck wheat. 1 he vcrv l ax t W'- THE EVIDENCE STILL ACCUMULATES MANUFACTURED B0YKIN & STANLEY. Baltimore, Md. ,r , . , : Henderson, N. C, Norember 20, 18SI7 Mess. Boykin & Stanley. Baltimore. Md. Gentlemen : You can say to the farmers, as a testimonial from me, that they in use 1ASCET s Tobacco Pohmcla on Tnh-ra Pi.T,t -l,;, r .. v.r. Peruvian Guana, ana they will find it much snnorinp t5.,; - ! Henderson. N. C. Anril 1 1S97 The Parkham Bros. Co., Henderson, N. C. ' P ' 8 Dear Sirs i : I used last year fiye tons of Yascet's Fobmci.a for Tomrro I pat down 7a lbs. to the thousand against 135 Iba. other brands. The result w TAVC'ET'a FobmpU ma4 finer Tobacco that brought me more money 8. HUNTER SATTI2RWHITE. (5 The Standard Brand of the Best Whiskey is HUNTER'S BALTIMORE I -A. RYE. m tci Rich, pure flavor, perfectly matured and mellov., tc B. V. DENTON Proprietor of the Denton Saloon and Remurant, Fak'Jt, i V 4 1
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 19, 1898, edition 1
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