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A EOOKINCHAM COUNTY PAPER. T f Library REIDSVILLE, N. C TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 1918 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOLUME XXIX No. 55. SOLICITOR GRAVES OPENS CAMPAIGN IN ROCKINGHAM Solicitor S. Porter Graves of Mt. Airy made two flue speeches in HoeU ingham last week; Spray Friday night and at the town hall in Reidsville Sat urday night. He wr.s grteted by laree audiences at both places and niude splendid addresses. Capt. A. E. Walters presided over the meeting at the town hall and in troduced the distinguished speaker in his happiest vein. Solictor Graves prefaced his re marks by saying that he Was niakin? no bitter attacks on anybody but would simply-present Democratic ar guments in a calm and dispassionate and truthful manner. He would leave tt to the intelligence of his hearers to decide if his arguments carried weight and he hoped the facts he would px snt would convince his hearen that Democratic supremacy was essential to the continued prosperity of the na tion, State and county. And he carried out this program to the letter. There was nothing in his speech to offend the most sensitive Republican or Progressive. We regret very much that the lim itations of our space prevent us from giving a full account of Mr. Gravns fine speech. He devoted a large part of hid talk to the enumeration of the many acts of constructive legislation passed by Congress during President Wilson's' administration, includinng the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill the Federal resrve banking act, the land loan bank, child labor law, etc., etc., and he explained clearly the manifold advantages to the people of this con structive legislatve program. Ha eu logized President Wilson as one of tho greatest and wisest statesmen of the age and pointed to the many perplex ing problems that he has so Wisely handled. The speaker was at his best when describing the present era of groat prosperity, enjoyed by this grfsat Country and said that a change of parties now would be the most unwise art the American people could com mit. H also briefly,, referrea to Stile and county affairs and pointed with pride to the good record of the State administration. He told of the great progress in education and the splendid manner In which the various State institutions had been managed. Mr. Graws-Us-A-pleasJnjt .speaker., an orator of great ability, and has main ardent admirers and warm frier. 'Is in this county. His hearers were ktf.pt in a pleasant humor by an occasional anecdote and there was not a null period throughout his one-hour and ' fifty minutes address. The Reidsville Booster Hand enliv-1 ened the occasion w-ith a selection or popular airs. Prosperity "Jest Only Tollible.'' A" traveling man who has beer, in the Eastern part of the State for a few weeks, was commenting yester day tipon the high level sustained in prices for tobacco in the the East ern Caarolina markets. The leaf is selling around an average of 22 cent, he said. The traveler Is an ex-grower of tobacco himself, and was particu lar interested in this farm crop nfcaco hut h also noticed that the-: Eastern Carolina farmers have good corn crops and good cotton and he summed up the appraisal with the j statement: . I. "T don't see what those farmers are I going to do with the money they are I to have when they sell." According to the salesman's opin j ion there will be unprecedented prosperity in that section of the State. Other people coming from the Bast have reported magnificent fields of corn and rich crops of all descrip tion. Apparently what theWest will lack in production this yeac the F.st of the State will make up for.y Despite this heart-warnilng condt tion in the East, it is unable to shake the farmer out of his "tolerableness " according to the traveler. He rep n ed a conversation with a tobacco grower. "Well, how's the crop going " "Just tollible." The fanner wa3 returning from a big sale of tobacco. "How much did you get for your leaf sold today ?" he was asked. "I got $195, averaging 24 cents," was the answer. "How much did you expect when you planted the tobacco?" "I 'lowed I might get as' much as 12 .nts.'' Yet with his tobacco bringing just double the amount the farmer expect-t-d h"ti he planted, he proceeded to criticise the market because "prices is a leetle off an! averred that he was only "tollibly" satisfied. Greens boro News. ' The North Carolina brigade of Na tional guards, now in training at Can? Glenn will go to El Paso. Texas, this week to do border guard duty. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE The Tennessee National Guard, en camped at Nashville, has been ordered to the borler by the War Department. Despite the general belief that tim ber days are past and gone in Minne sota, there still is a littel matter of ten million acres of merchantable timber still standing in that State. October lJ, as usual, is to be ob served throughout the country as Fire Prevention Day. It is hoped and expected that the observance this year will be more general than' ever. It is said that Asheville is to have another modern and up-to-date hotel. E. W. Grove, owner of the Grove Park Inn, it is claimed, is to build a sm II vr and cheaper hotel, although it will be on a arge scale, even at that. E. S. Thomas, the young man tried at Raleigh for assault on a young lady in a sleeping car at Raleigh some time ago, was found guilty of simple assault by the jury and was sentenced to serve one year on the public road.. Charged with having stolen in ten years clothing valued at between $50, 000 and $75,000 from a New York firm that employed him, Geo. W. Simm?, a salesman, confessed that he had sold the clothing at half the price and had lost most of the money in Wall Street speculation. Kim Curlee of High Point died in a Hopewell hospital after having beon hit with some blunt instrument while engaged in a fight. He died in the operating room. W. K; Terry, a white man about 30 years of age, is undor ar rest at Hopewell, charged with indict ing the fatal wound. - Near Robbinsville, Graham, county, Lawrence Edwards killed .Wayne Crisp, stabbing him fifteen times with a knife. According to accounts of the affair. Crisp, who was drinking, shot at Edwards, the ball going through Edwards' Jiat,. Edwards then proceed ed to carve up Crisp. A lace factory to be financed by Southern negroes, employ negro abor and operate with a working Capital oi $2,000,000 is being projected by Mrs. George A. Nelson of England at New Decatur, Ala. The lace, arcording to Mrs. Nelson, will be made from cvtt.n grown in Northern Alabama. Japan in a formal note to Ambassa dor Guthrie assures the Americar gov ernment that the new Russo-Japanese treaty does not repeal former conven-j tions and that the imperial govern1 ment has not entertained for a mo ment any intention to depart from its policy respecting the integrity of Chi na and the open door. In Indianapolis last Thurslay night Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall was notlled of his renomination for ; Vice-President on the Democratic tick et, and formally accepted the honor The ceremonies were the third of the kind to be held in Indianapolis within the last 14 weeks. The other two no- tilcations were for J. Frank Hanly, the Prohibition Presidential candidate, and Chas. W. Fairbanks, Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Announcement is made at Wilniing- ton. Del., by E. I. Dupon de Nemours & Company that contracts have been closed in New York for large amounts of smokeless powder. The officials of the company refused to give out any figures or say who the contracts are with. Jt is understood that they are the largest received by the company for some months, totalling from 50, 000.000 to 1550,000,000 pounds and that It Is probably for the Allies. Hearings before Secretary Dani-'ls and the general board of the Navy on the question of a suitable location lor the projected $11,000,000 government armor factory, closed with approxi mately 125 cities and rural districts asking , tor the plant. A selection probably .will xiot be made for more than two months. The law provides that the factory. Which will hare an annual capacity of not less than 20, 000 tons of armor, shall be located with especial reference to safety In time of war. '. Food dealers, who gambled on the expected isolation of New York from outside supplies, as a result of the threatened railroad strike and hell back shipments to unh..J at famine nrices. found themselves after th railroad strike had been called off. ov erwhelmed by their own pl. t. Price suddenly collapsed with the averting of the strike and the food gamblers were caught with vast quantities of supplies on their hands. One specu lator is reported to have lost hun dreds of thousands of dolors. A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOBACCO. (Paper read by Mr. R. E. Lasater fct a luncheon of Winston-Salem Rotary Club.) So far as history records, the first civilized man who was introducsd to tobacco was Christopher Columbus, although an unsupported claim makes the Chinese the first growers and users of it. No definite idea of how long the American Indian had been smoking it prior to that time can be arrived at pecause the red man left no intelligible written records. When Columbus first set foot on American soil ho discovered the In dians smoking the dried tobacco leaves. It grew wild then as the In dian had neither the desire nor the intelligence to cultivate it. Some historians contend that the followers of Colum'ms introduced the plant into Spain in 1512, while others claim that Hernandez de Toledo, a Spaniard, first sent it into Spain from Tobaco, a province of Yucatan, about lf.60. It is highly probable that the name "Tobacco" was derived from this province. Columbus found that the Indians used tobacco in their various fo;ms or worship as well as in their civil ceremonies. A compact entered in to over the "Pipe of Peace" was con sidered binding it was their form of taking an oath. They burnt it also as religious incense. For some years after tobacco was introduced into Spain it was thought to be suitable for smoking only. Sub sequently, it was discovered that cer tain very gratifying and stimulating qualities were to be derived from chewing it. Since that time it has been both smoked and chewed in about equal proportions. Sir W'alter Raleigh is popularly ac credited with first introducing tobac co into England from Virginia, in 1586, three-quarters of a century af ter it has been first introduced into Spain. However, ample evidence is available to prove that Sir Francis Drake was, in reality, the first man to do so. History shows that he in troduced tobacco into England . be tween 1570 and 1580 ten to sixteen years before Sir Walter Raleigh was supposed to have done so. On the other hand history proves thai; Sir Walter Raleigh was the first distin-! guished smoker of Englalnd, and it I was he also who was the first to 'nil-' tivate the plant on his estate at Youg-. Iial. Ireland. There are two distinct varieties of tobacco which reach their highest de gree Of superiority in circumscribed territories, (a) the varieties which are best for chewing, cigarette and pipe smoking .(b) those from which higher grades of cigars are made. Tobacco has a more sensitive na ture than any other plant in the world, and no man can acquire tb necessary knowledge to judge, or "read" It until he has had years of practical experience. To illustrate, identically the same variety of tobac- co wlll possess a different nature will vary widely in quality, even when grown in adjoining counties. The slight difference-in -"the soil of the two counties is sufficient to influence the result of its cultivation. The most superior chewing, cigar ette and pipe tobahcos grow best in the world-famed Piedmont tobacco belt of North Carolina Virginia and in Kentucky. The city of Winston Salem, N. C, Is virtually In the very heart of the Piedmont tobacco belt. The reason for the high quality r-f the tobacco grown in this Piedm ;nt Bection is found largely in the f'jet that both the climate and soil are ideal for tobacco growing. Throughout America, and panic'! Iarly in the Piedmont tobacco belt of North Carolina t.nd Virginia, the tobacco seed are sown in beds pro tected from the chilling , winds if spring, and covered with cheese cjoth to protect the young plants from bugs and insects. Before these beds are' sown a fire Is built on them fn order to kill all the worms and for eign seeds which might be lurking in the soil. After the young' plant have: attain ed a growth of from two to three inches they are transplanted at a distance of from twelve to eighteen linches In rows three to four feet apart. Different species grow from two to five feet in height, while (lie leaves range from twelve inches t- over two feet in length. To make each plant possess cer tain high qualities is the chief aini of the expert planter. The greite the number of leaves at maturity the poorer the quality, so the number is held down through priming. Ten to fourteen full sized leaves at matur itv Is most favored by the mahritv of planters. Experienced growers know Irvn appearance when the tobaccc is ready for harvesting it become jimmy and oily, and as the lenrp ripen they icquire a yellowish y i become rougher on the surface, and exhibit other signs of maturity which can be detected only by the trained eye of experienced planters. The stalks are then split down the middle and sometimes piled to wilt in the sun, but the most popular custom is to hang the stalks on poles in barns to wilt. The yield of tobacco per acr; va ries from 500 to 1200 pounds, but '.00 to 800 pounds is constructed a very good average crop. The amount rais ed from the I'nited States alone fluctu ates between 900 millions to 1000 mil lion pounds, while the price ranges all the way from four cents to seven .v five cents per pound according to quality and general market condi tions. The value of the rawcropto the grower is considerably in excess of one hundred million dollars. Over one and one quarter million acres of rich, fertile land are utilized yearly for tobacco cultivation in America alone. Few smokers and chewers realize the care and skill which have beon exercised to make the tobacco reach them in the same condition, and having identically the same uniform qualities of strength, vapor and ar ni as those specimens of the same orand which they have used before. The old saw about "It all comes out of the same pot" certainly cannot be said tt tobacce. Before the grower starts to market with his tobacco he grades it to tLe best of his ability, assorting it into its different grades and classes, and then ties it up into bundles. His grad ing, however, is not final. Upon being received by the ma a facturer the tobacco is again led 'in fact, this grading or classifying continues right on up until it is ac tually ready to be manufactured. Af ter the manufacturer has first graded it to his satisfaction separating it in to cigarette leaf, plug leaf and smok ing tobacco leaf he packs it secur ly in large hogsheads. It ages in these from one to three years according to the use for which it is intended. After it has been determined that the tobacco is fully aged it is re moved from the warehouse into the picking department where the leaves are individually inspected and as sorted again into different grades. This is necessary because, while it was originally graded, it pasrjeq through certain changes during the ageing process. In this picking la- part ment each leaf Is handled sep arately before finally made ready for manufacture. .. When the manufactures arrives at the point of assorting the leaves for the last time experts examine each individual leaf with discriminating care. To the untrained eye these leaves are all the same in general appearance, yet the expert will sep arate them into ten different piles of different nature and quality, and eoh pile will be used only for such grades of the finished product for which it is best suited. After the tobacco has been thor oughly inspected and assorted into grades it goes into the stemming room. The stems form from one quar ter to one-thlrcLQtJhee ntjrg weight of the tobacco leaf. After they have all been removed the tobacco goes into the drying, room where all excess moisture i3 removed by hot-air cur rents. It is then permitted to lay in bulk until it is uniformly blended. After this it is ready for manufac ture. "".'. Kentucky leads In the production of tobacco grown, while North Caro lina comes second. The five leading States in tobacco production, and which grow 75 per cent of the entire crop In the United States, taking the 1914 crop as a basis, follow: State Pounds. Kentucky . . . . .. .. . . . : 364.000,000 North Carolina .. .. .. 172.250. 000 Virginia .. .. .. .. .. .. 113,750 000 Ohio , :'. 78.120.000 Tennessee . . . . .' 7. 7 63.153,00.0 Eleven other States also grew a to tal of 239.904.000 pounds of tobacco in 1914. The following table showing the growth in the production of tobacco in the United States from 1549 to 1;;03 will serve to give a definite idea as to the amount grown, the compari sons being in periods of ten years: ; Year 1S19.. . isr9 .. 1S69 ... 1S79 .. 1SS9 .. 1S99 . . 1W9 . . ' Ponnds. 200.O0O.0i.'0 ' 434 ihhi.ii'hi 2t'.tUW0 000 ...'472.0OO.'n.i) .MX.OU.I.uOO SOswOOO.OtJ' . liilalj.OcrrVOHO Since the total production of j ba-co for the whole world in l' w.i-i j but approximately two billion poi.nns i it will be readily noted that the Unite ! ?taes grows more th;;n j half of all the tobacco grown in tho world. The "ctrring" or drying out process ; f tobacco has a four-fold purpose. (A) To ellm!r.ae th sap and exces? mois ture. (Bt To 8s the color. (Ct To pre MR. J. A. FITZGERALD DIES IN HIGH POINT Mr. J. A. Fitzgerald, a former citizen of this county died at his home in High Point Friday of Bright's disease and his body was brought here on No. 36 Sunday for burial at Greenv:ew cemetery. He was 56 years old. He was a brother of the late Judge Fitz gerald of Nevada; of Wesley Fitzger- ' aid of Ruffln, and is survived by two brothers, Messrs. W. L. Fitzgerald of Reidsville and R. J. Fitzgerald of Bur lington. He leaves a wife and two sons and one daughter, Mrs. J. V. I Waynick of Reidsville. The funeral services were conducted at the Main Street M. E. church Sunday afteni ion by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, assisted by Rev. W. P. Ware, The services at the grave were in charge of Guilford Council No. 23, Jr. O. U. A. M., of which Mr. Fitzgerald was a member, assisted by Carolina Council No. 9 of Reidsville. The funeral was attended by a very large crowd. Misses McCollum Entertain. A most attractive party was given Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McCollhm at Pleasant ville, when their daughters, Misses Florence. Harriet and Era McCollum, entertained some of their many friends. Their home was prettily desorated for the occasion with roses and ferns, adding much to the beauty of the scene. The most enjoyable features of the evening were the Vic trola and vocal and Instrumental mu sic by Misses Lillie Mae and Boyd Mitchell. W. B. McCollum, Payton Mitchell and J. J. Carter. After a season of amusement and many fascinating games were played, at the close of which, delicious re freshments consisting of dainty cake and ice cream, were served by Missoc Florence and Pearl McCollum, assist ed by Mrs. C. Glenn McCollum. The guests departed at a late hour declaring they had spent a most de lightful evening. serve the natural Juices, , flavor and aroma, (D) To make the leaf tough and supple. The germicidal qualities of tobacco have long since been given positive and favorable recognition by the med ical fraternity, the great majority cf whom are tobacco uses. The mouth is the main channel through which in fective germs enter the body, and it is in the decaying cavities of the teeth that these germs freely propa gate.'. It has been conclusively demon strated that bacterid after being ex posed to tobacco fumes and juice for twenty-four hours, were rendered harmless in quantities ranging ,'iom 85 per cent to 100 per cent. It has also been convincingly dem onstrated that tobacco is a fatal gtr mfcide for the virulent cholera bacil lus. During the cholera epidemic in Hamburg, in 1532, only eight out of five thousand tobacco workers uie attacked, and but four of these died. Through causing an increased iLw of saliva and gastric juices tobacco greatly helps the digestion of food, and also stimulates the muscles and membranes of the stomach and Intes tines. In addition the exercise given the teeth through 'chewing is decided ly beneficial. ,-' The sedativa effects of tobacco are high. Its soothing effects make the user think better of himself, and the world in general. The effects of to bacco on the mind are also most de desirable. It cheers those of drooping spirits, and is a never failing help to the thinker. It Is a noteworthy fact that the vast majority of prograsslve and aggressive men. in all the walks of life are users of tobacco in aome form. The great Em opean war has taught the Important part which tobacco plays in the soldiers existence. Fre quently the soldier in the ranks, when making wearisome marches or under galling fire, seemed not to grumble r.o long as his tobacco supply held out. A few months ago when President Wilson Issued his mobilization order, among the first things many boards if directors of banks, corporations, etc., did was to donate a sum of mo'iey . for the specific purpose of buyin? to bacco supplies for the soldiers. In a letter mailed broadcast by P.el gian Soldiers' Tobacco Fund (Amer ican organization) under date of July 21, 1916. appeared this paragraph: j "The Belgia soldiers are askin? to" tobacco to while away the long, dreary hours of watching, to comfort them when w ounded and to relieve the t er rible nerve strain of modern warfare." "What a glorious creature was he who first discovered the use r,f to bacco," cried Fielding, with feeling that must be sfcared by every man who has , experienced the joys tt a smoke, or the uplift of a stimulating chew, when afy theworjd seemed against him. . MISS FRANCIS TINSLEY HURT IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK Saturday about four o'clock in th evening an automobile driven by Tora Carter of Stoneville, turned turtle na a smooth road near the Saunders' School House about four and a half miles southeast of Leaksville on the Wentworth-Reidsville road. In the machine with Mr. Carter was Misa Francis Tinsley, a daughter of W1U Tinsley of Stoneville and anothir young lady. Miss Tinsley was badly injured and was carried into the home of Sid Wil son opposite whose home the accident occurred. Dr. Ray er Leaksville was at once phoned for and she was given medical attention. It was said that her collar bone was broken. The young lady was on her way to her boarding place as she was expected to begin teaching school Monday at the Saunders school house less than two miles from the scene of the accident. The other young lady was cut about the head and chest, but not so bad as at first thought. Mr. Carter who was driving the ma chine could not explain how the acci dent happened. Both of the rear wheels were broken and the wonder Is that occupants of the car were not killed for they were going at a high rate of speed. Sunday morning a telephone message was received stat ing that Miss Tinsley was not hurt as bad as at first supposed and that she was resting considerably better. Mrs. Tinsley hastened to her daughter's side as soon as she heard of the acci dent. Miss Tinsley was able to go back to Stoneville yesterday. ' Women as Preachers. On the subject of women as preaoh ers, the Omaha Examiner hands this down as a think drop: A controversy Is being waged In the English Episcopal Church as to I whether women should be permitted to officiate as preachers. There seems to be a call for such service as so many clergymen have become chap lains for the army. This pressages one of the many changes of womeu's position resulting from the war. In this country there is a considera ble number of women preachers. Many rural parishes find their service satisfactory. Not usually having fam ilies to support they work for sm.Jl salaries. The girls who excelled th boys in their school classes are not likely to preach inferior sermons, Women preachers are said to be particularly effective in times of sor row and misfortune. This side of the clergyman's work is often done awk wardly by men. They would like to offer consoling words, but they don t know w-hat to say, Many of the old toners are scandal ized by the sight of what they wouli call a "petticoat in the pulpit," But there Is nothing in coats and trousers to suggest superior spiritual enlight enment. It Is objected that the mod ern church needs more men attend ants, and that the men would hot turn out to hear a woman preach. The average minister, however. Is -not so successful along this line that he can tlalnany excllslve tenure. ,. . Objections to women in the pulpit may not proceed so much from inferi ority in their work as from the feeling that the sex should be kept in subordi nate positions where it belongs. So.ne men dislike the idea that Women will eventually compete with them In all fields of human effort. But the world will use the best tools that it finds, re gardless of any sex differences. ' If many women become preachers in Eu rope, as seems likely, the idea of us ing them for such service in this coun try i" likely to gain grounl. Brief and Pointed. It "Kissing is highly dangerous," says an exchange. Verily so. Wiv know instances where it led to the parson.. V " ' ; ; !i If the average man would judga himself by the same test he judges his neighbor, he would soon be refus ing to shake hands with himself. lJ The courts always rule that a pe destrian has the right of way over an automobile but it is generally too late then to do the pedestrian any good. f An Arkansas man could see ni harm in smoking while standing near a can of powder the other day and he hasn't seen anything at all since. ! The country might also be better off if more of the girls would learn to guide a frying-pan across the stove in stead of : steering an automobile through the streets. Charlotte Newi. Stripling Seeks Job in Virginia.--Thomas Edgar Strpling. recntly pardoned in Georgia, has gone to Rich mond from Htpett'to" settle dawn, he says. -T He called on Chief of Police Werner and frankly told him that ha was In search of a job and would be grateful for anv s - ;on : malJe.
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