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1PAGE 2 PUBLIC li EDGER I i v i 5' If - 'i it v. 4' s IS r 3 v - ii t- f u i. " i n . j n ' if : T -( 1 11 : I i P I f i 1 VARIED EXPERIENCE AS A TOBACCO AUCTIONEER. Editor Webb on the Warehouse ( Floor for Forty Years. (Southern Tobacco Journal) During the brief existence of the Old Man, who is boss of this Jour nal to be somewhat accurate, cov ering a period of about forty years j he has had a varied experience as a tobacco auctioneer. He sold dur ing his professionel life more than two hundred million pounds of to bocco ,or about as many pounds as the State of North Carolina now produces on an average. During all the years the Old Man has been sell this tobacco he has sold the stuff at all kinds of prices. He had seen frowns and despair depicted upon the faces of many thousands of farmers on account of low prices and then he has seen them smile and sometimes shout for joy, when receiving high prices. He has sold tobacco one time at least for $25.00 per pound, and then millions at 25 cents a hundred. He has sold a break (one time) that averaged 55 cents per pound. This was years ago and the sale consisted almost entirely of fine wrappers, some of which sold for $1.50 per pound. He has sold millions of pounds for -2 cents per pound which would now sell for 20 cents, and so on. After, say, forty years of selling ; tobacco, the Old Man is - going j through a new experience tins sea son. He is selling thousands of pounds of tobacco daily that is brought to market on auto trucks, and he is selling tobacco for prices that are higher than he ever dream ed they would or could be. On last Tuesday he sold a break of tobacco at the Piedmont Warehouse that amounted to 262.000 pounds for an average of $3 4.4 3, for which the farmers received the sum of $9 2, 85 5.3 6. We mention this sale be cause we are connected with this house and have been for 23 years. ONE THOUSAND SQUARE MDL.ES OF ITALIAN TERRITORY TAKEN. He Hustled. (Christian Science Monitor.) An interesting little Libery Loan epicode in Iowa: John Brus, a weal thy resident of German atencedents, in Aspinwali, a town inhabited cheifly by Germans, displayed an tagonism to the loan. He was ar rested, but responsible citizens told him that if he would "hustle" for a subscription of $2 5,000, in his township, they would see that the charge against him was dropped. Otherwise he would probably have to go to jail. He saw the point, took a $500 bond himself, and hustled," on Liberty day, from morning until late at night, success fully. Incidentally, it is repoted that the Stars and Stripes floated over homes and business houses in Aspinwali, on "Liberty Loan Day," for the first time within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The Texas Spirit. (Houston Post) Texas gets $29,974 from the' Gov ernment under the Smith-Hughes vocational educational act. Texas is so used to speaking in terms of hundreds of thousands of her school expenditures that a few thousand more or less from the Federal Gov ernment will make little difference. And there are still those in Texas who would prefer that the National Government leave our educational matters to the State alone. A CHILD HATES OIL, CAL03IEL, PILLS FOR LIVER AM) BOWELS. Give "California Syrup of Figs" if cross, sick, feverish, constipated. Look back at your childhood days. Remember the "dose" moth er insisted on castor oil, calomel, carthartics. How you hated them, how you fought against taking them. With our children it's different. Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realige what they do. The children's revolt is well-founded. Their tender little "insides" are injured by them. If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only de licious "California Syrup of Figs." Its action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harm less "fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to itake it; that it never fails to clean the liver and x bowels and sweeten the stomach, and thaf a teaspoonful given today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. See that it is made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt." More Than 120,000 Prisoners and 1,000 Guns Taken. Virtually one thousand square miles of Italian territory have been overrun, more than 120,000 Ital ians have been made prisoners and in excess pf 1,000 guns have been captured by the German and Aus- to-Hungarian armies in their eight days' drive from the Isonzo "and Car nic Alps fronts of the Austro-Ital-ian war theater. From the east the enemy invasion on the center of the battle front now is well within gun range of the Tagliamento river, where it has been presumed that General Cadorna would turn and make a stand. According to the latest Berlin of ficial communication announcing the heavy losses" to the Italians in men and guns, engagements suc cessful for the Teutons have taken place on the Tagliamento plain, while the Rome communication an nounces that there has been fight ing on the hills of St. Daniele Del Fruili, along the Ledra canal, at points norwest of Udine and from four to five miles east cf the Tag liamento. Meanwhile preparations to aid the Italians in the hour of exterm ity are being rushed by all the al lies. Jules Cambon, general secre tary of the French ministry of for eign affairs, in a statement has ex pressed the conviction that the Ital ians will be able to stem the tide of the invasion with the aid of French and British troops sent to reinforce them. The American gov ernment is to waive all export re strictions in favor of Italy, permit ting that country to take whatever materials she requires, regardless of prospective shortage here. A large amount of shipping also is to be given Italy in work in conjunction with her own merchant marine in taking supplies overseas. The new Italian premier in a message to General Cadorna has as sured the commander-in-chief that all classes of the populace of Italy are with him in his hour of trial and will stand by him and the army un til victory rests with them. A sim ilar message was sent to the British prime minister. - GERMAN PEOPLE FACE A WINTER OF SACRIFICES Britt Martin of Anson county was riding a mule in a trot, the saddle girth broke, the mule fell and the young man's head was hurt so that he died three days later. Certain Cure for Croup. Mrs. Rose Middleton, of Green ville, HI., has had experience in the treatment of this disease. She says: "When my children were small my Copenhangen. Some of the pros pects which the German people are called upon to face the coming win ter are officially announced in to day's German newspapers, as fol lows: There is oniy enough shoe leath er for the use of miners,' fishermen, canal workers and a few allied trades. The manufacturers of leather footwear for the rest of the popula tion will soon be suspended. They will have to get along with wooden soles and cloth uppers. There is a big shortage in vege tables and no hope for material im provement in the fresh vegetable supply. The turnip must again be one of the main stays of German diet this winter although to a less degree than last year. The fuel problem has not been solved, despite all the efforts made for its solution, and the city popu lations may expect to notice the re sults of this fact keenly from time to time. The coal commission pro phesies that the pinch will be felt here and there within the next few days. The railway administration of Saxony announces that railway trav el will not be allowed without spec ial permission. Fnally, after the fashion plates for winter are out the government has decreed that women's skirts must be made with a reduced amount of material, which will ne cessitate their being made both shorter and tighter. MAKING MONEY ON TOBACCO. Mr. Jas. D. Thompson Made Nearly Sixteen Hundred Dollars on Four Acres. (Smithfield Herald) Mr. Jas. D. Thompson who lives near Pine Level sold his last barn of tobacco here Tuesday at the Center Brick Warehouse. Mr. Thompson is one of those farmers who have been fortunate this year with his tobacco. He had four, acres in the golden weed and received clear of grading and warehouse charges the sum of $1,599.57. He paid for grading $60.25 and for warehouse charges $57.90. The highest price he re ceived for any of his tobacco was forty cents a pound and his average was about 31 cents. He sold all but one barn at the Center Brick ware house. Such tobacco farming as this is a paying proposition. ft son had crmm sl17 P these attacks imT?8 brke I was never without 1 ?' a ave taken it myse tbe ho and colds with good r L Jr,.ghs ""US, - U 3m .vand I Fame; and the Price is Ci t i if J B immu f. : : ; : -" !' edtime, Sonny No chance of a chill if you have a Per fection Oil Heater to warm up the room while you undress him. You'll find a hundred uses for the Perfection. It's light and easily carried ; sturdy, depend able, safe. It's economical too espe cially with the present price of coal and gas. Eight hours glowing warmth on a gallon of kerosene. Now used in over 3,000,000 homes. Best results obtained with Aladdin Security Oil. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington. D. C Norfolk, Va. Richmond. Va. (New Jersey) BALTIMORE MD. Charlotte, N. C. Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C mm m mm mm 'if: PERE OIL ft Ii L A 1 HON ERS I si is -An I. i
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