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Two ALMANAC (Continued from Page 1) dians of all three areas chewed to bacco, especially when playing games, another rough old habit the white man learned from the noble Red man. Snuff dipping was not learned from the Indian, but so far as I know, history has failed to record the name of the man who first aged tobacco for three year, fer mented it, ground it, flavored it, and sold it to folks who felt that smoking was a sin but still lik ed to use tobacco. Any modern snuff user is in good company; famous users of snuff include Ad ison, Pope, Napoleon, Frederick the Great, and Marie Antoinette. Tax Burden Tobacco, which became a billion dollar industry for the first time in 1919, now retails for more money annually than dry goods and notions, which gives you some idea of the part it plays in our national economy. And while you probably knew that tobacco bears more than a fair share of the nation’s tax bur den, you probably had no idea that the taxes paid on cigars, cigarettes, snuff and chewing tobacco in the United States each year exceeds the total paid on oleo margarine, playing cards, perfumes, cosmetics, PUROIL SERVICE STATION WASHING GREASING TIRES BATTERIES Service to all Cars J. B. Croom, owner ZEBULON, N.C., TELEPHONE 5431 % The Farmers Warehouse Nos. 1 & 2 WENDELL, NORTH CAROLINA r .nounces the appointment of MILLARD ALFORD as our representative If you have tobacco to move or if we can extend any other courtesy to you, please call us at anytime NUTRITIOUS FOODS For healthy children and Grade A reports m keep pantry shelves sto'ked with nutritious foods from Phillips Grocery AND MARKET Phone 5481 Zebulon medicines and drugs, toilet arti- j cles, soft drinks, butter, flour, , cheese, and cotton. In addition to these federal tax es above, there is over two hun dred million dollars a year paid in state taxes on cigarettes. I am told that in Boston, for example, you would pay 35 cents for the same pack of cigarettes you get for ! twenty cents in North Carolina, j Most tobacco goes in cigarettes nowadays of course; that’s why cigarettes are taxed relatively more heavily than other leaf products. This development is comparatively recent. In 1920, for example, there were 8 billion cigars and 47 bil lion cigarettes manufactured in America; in 1945 there were only 5 billion cigars but 332 billion j cigarettes made in this country j j cigar production fell 40 per cent j while cigarette production increas- j ed over 600 per cent. During the same 25-year period use of chewing tobacco fell from 138,000,000 pounds to 59,000,000 pounds, while snuff use increased from 34,00,000 to 43,000,000 pounds. This last figure should not sur prise anyone who has observed the large stocks of snuff carried by i local grocers for their customers. I’m sure you get the general; idea, which is that tobacco is big j business and getting bigger all the j time and Zebulon is right in the j middle of it. The Zebulon Record C /O' AT A PRI£E vou tAN / ’ / Begin your trip to the land I :-T / of glamour by visiting Elite V jL f Beauty Salon for a free con i'; sultation on your particular beauty problems. Our trained con- jy k|? / sultants will be happy to advise you / and work out a beauty plan for \ [f you, in conjunction with our August jr Beauty Series Specials. ELITE BEAUTY SALON Telephone 4641 Zebulon Massey-Harris Pony "PROVE THE DIFFERENCE AT THE WHEEL TODAY" You will find she Pony champion of the one-plow Class. They are also being built with the hydraulic lift which means there are more than fifty different jobs that can be done on your farm with hydraulic farm loaders, etc. We also have in stock the No. 22 Tractor which means lowest price per horsepower in the 2-plow class. FARMER FRIENDS, "STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN" » By selling your tobacco on your home market where you know your warehousemen, you will always assure yourself of the high dollar for your expensive tobacco crop. NOW BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR FARM MACHINERY BE SURE TO SEE YOUR MASSEY-HARRIS DEALER Whitley & Scarboro, Inc. ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA OUR GREATEST DESIRE IN BUSINESS IS TO SERVE YOU SATISFACTORILY Tuesday, August 19, 1932
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