Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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X BARBEROUS CUSTOM Of SMOKNG i(Continued from page 3) Arm of tobacco began in Virginia h the earliest settlement of the *.akiny. It is recorded that in 1615 ' qardens, helds, and even the sitreet af Jamestown were planted with to ., which inmediately became, not w-A: the staple crop, but the principal' .1tyrIncy of the colony. In 1619 "nine-1 Ay agreeable persons, young and in samtpt,' 'and in 1621 "sixty moro -Maids, of virtuous education, young )s handsome" were sent out from imrlon to provide wives for the colo-I aissu. The first lot of these ladies was s-n-vhased by the colonists for 120 puonds of tobacco each; the second lot lro-ught 150 pounds each . Nevertheless, there is evidence to Ahow that the early explorers of the Ns'w World regarded the custom of xvking as the extremity of barbar mm. Nor have advocates of this view 5evin lacking from that (lay to this. u in, spite of al lobjections, tobacco *. extended its reign over the en 0|m!::::::::::::: ::n::m:::::1 Announ I wish to annou that I have op and Jewelry Rei at DeLorme's P ii Main Street, Having been 1 the W. A. Thu Store for a nt as Repair Man, ronage of my public generalli prompt service, and Reasonabl we s. Watch - Maker At DeLorme's Phar FOR' 7Admi STown o: A On which $3,500.O( of lot. Price of' up. Will suit you. You fix Could ? For furtli DuRAl' - PHONE 128 tire earth. It is an important source a of revenue to the most enlightened of governments; its devotees include men a of all ranks and all races from the Eskimo to the Central African sav- a age. However, this did not come about without vigorous objection by Church s and State, and severe penalties and punishments were tried in many coun- a tries to stamp out the habit, but r without success. James I was particularly bitter in I his denunciation of the use of tobacco. < Ile raised the duty from twopence per pound to the enormous sum of two < shillings and tenpence. In 1619 he comnianded that no planter in Vir- I ginia should cultivate more than 100 v pounds, and in 1624 he prohibited the planting of tobacco in England and t Ireland. A portion of his famous % "Cuiterbiast against Tobacco" reads < as follows: "A custom loathsome to the eye, harmful to the braine, dan- s gerous to the lungs, and the fume q thereof nearest resernbling the hor- s rible Stygian pit thae is bottomless." 1 It is an historical fact that both < *James I, Charles I, anti Charles I[ as w2ll ais Cromwell had the strongest dislike of the Indian weed and lost no opportunity to Suppress its cultivation cement! ce to the public ened a Watch )airing Business harmacy, South Sumter, S. C. :onnected with mpson Jewelry imber of years I solicit the pat friends and the , guaranteeing first-class work prices. ISHEL, and Jeweler, macy, Sumter, S. C. TYL -ably Located i fMannin is four dwellings and up, accor dir 1acant Lots, $254 groupe any nui Terms of Sale. better offer be m Ler particulars, iT & FI MANNIN, 8. C. nd use. Pope Urban VIII excommunicate ,11 who took snuff in church. Christian IV of Denmark had all mokers and snuffers publicly whip. ed. The Chinese and Japanese punishe mokers by whippings and maimings. The Russian rulers cut off nose nd the Turks stuck pipes through th< toses of smokers and exhibited th< ictims in public. Amurath IV of Tur :ey beheaded -veryone found guilt5 f smoking. ' In spite of such powerful foes, Lh< ustom increased to such an exteni hat when Winliam ascended th< hrone, it was said to be almost uni ersal. Penalties are still imposed on th sers of tobacco in the form of taxe: vhich constitute an important source f revenue to the government. Thus, this haibt, learned from th< aga,e came gradually to be accepte( .s the natural order of affairs, anc o the barbarous custom of smoking as become -1most a universal habil if civilized nations and has created ar ver increasingy demand for the veed. The average individual begins th< ise of tobacco i nearly adult life. Th< easons for beginning its use var3 vith the individual, but when sifter [own invariably fall into the sami lass. The individual smokes becaus< ic observes other people smoking an( hese people api;ear to derive enjoy nent from it. His companions and as ociates use tobacco an(d it is apparen1 o him that they derive considerabli atisfaction from its; use. Ile goes t< lin.,r and followitng dinner he ob erves his host and fellow guest: elect and light their after-dinne: igars. They sit back in their chair knd blow fragrant clouds of smoki oward the ceiling. They relax an ippear to be at case and the observer ioting these phenonmena, is tempte< o avail himself of the weed. Fron onstantly associating with smoker tnd with tobacco readily obtainable t is but natural that he should ac luire the habit. The fact that the first few attempt nay produce far from pleasurabi ;ensations does not deter him. Th iabit once acquired in the great ma ority of cwaer continues through life In times of stress he resorts to i is well as in idle moments. For th ired business man the after-dinne igar is often the prelude to an hou f relaxation, recuperation, ani nental rest. For the laborer after ; iard day's work the solace of th wening pipe tends to soothe the ach. >f tired muscles. The tension unicJor which we appen :o live, the continual striving fo rain ,for advancement, in many case .or even the necessaries of life, th )etty annoyances, grievances, an vorries which enter our daily life; th, eatlessness, the lack of contentmen vhich is everywhere manifest, al ;hese factors create a demand whici nust be satisfied. For some alcohol supplied the de nand, for sonic drugs, for others th< heatre, athletic sports, moving pic OTS in the Price, ig to size ).OOand rnber to ade? ~OYD, Tor'pid Lver Black-Draught "has n6 equal fdr headache, sour stomach, tor pid liver and feverish colds . ." declares Mrs. Annie Whitmore, of Gate City, Va. "it is easy to take and does not gripe, as a lot of medicines do," she adds. "It Is good to take In a hot tea for colds, or can be taken in a dry powder. I can't say enough for Black-Draught and the sick ness it has saved us." Thedford's BLACK-DRAUGHT has been found a valuable liver medicine',inthousandsof homes. "I do Vpt use any other liver medicine," says Mrs. Mary 0. Brown, of Europa, Miss. "It is splendid for sour stomach, a bad taste in the mouth or torpid liver. I keep it all the time, use It with the children and feel it has saved us many dollars in doctor bills and many days in bed." Insist on the genuine-Thed ford's. E,82 1 tures, motoring, and hunting. But the demand exists and there is abundant evidence to prove that to S bacco answers this demand more uni 0 versally than any of the other seda e tives mentioned, that it reaches a larg er mass of people, and that it accom plishes its purpose with the minimum t of after effects. We have made national prohibition r a fact, and wisely so; we have sur rounded habit-forming drugs with the most stringent laws that legislators have been able to enact. In our zeal for reform let us not allow the pend ulum to swing too far and attempt to k prohibit the use of tobacco without a r careful analysis of the place it hat come to occupy. There are some Idividuals who cannot use tobacco, there are some who should not use it, there are some who use it to excess and who suffer in consequence. There is on the other hand a large army of moderate toba cco users, who indulge for years with ont appreciably bad physical effect and with good mental effect. Each indi vidual must, be his own judge as to whether he can use tobacco safely and also as to the amount he can tolerate. There can be little doubt that to .bacco helps to ease difficult situations in civil life as well as at Ohe fr nt. It provides in outlet for many indivi duals, readily available, a sort of safety valve. You are held up by traflic congev. tion on the way to your office; you putY your cigarette faster while waiting for the line to move; your decision is necessary On some important under I taking; you think it over with the aid of a soothing smoke. V'ollowing dini ner your host passes cigars, and un der the influence of tobacco you feel less restraint, more at ease; you con verse better and an atmosphere of well-being andi good fellowship is in spired. Consequently tile almost unliversal chairacter of the hlabit is not diflicult to explain. Tihat its use to excess leaids to harmful effects thlere is no doubt. Th ere is no0 geineral rule which can b~e laid down for all to follow. EA'ch individual kilows as a rule whlen he0 is extceeding thle amount he may safely take. It would appear that it is tile abuse of tob~acco instead of its use whichl is responisible for tile hlarm it may~ do. Befoire attempting to leg-islate it out of existence let us analyze the' orirqm of its enlormlous denmand. Re duce tile tension under wvhichl we live, relieve tile fierce struggle for exis tence, the crowding, the jostling, the st rivmig for advanceiment, for gain; pr ovide ai means of relaxation, of re creat ion, and we shlalil have goine far to supply a sublstitute. Thel tobhacco hlabitI. may1k be likened in miany respects to tile tea and coffee 11abit. Each may do hlarm inl some cases; eachl may1 also( be a source of comfort and1( solace ill othlers. Under idieal su rround inigs and environ ment tilei demnd1 for eachl wouldl probably d iisapplear. In thiemlselves thley cannot he classed as foods, or even as nleces ities. Many peopile would no0 doubt b~e better off withlout thleim. But for a large mass of peolie thley haIve 'omle to ocupy ain imlportan place. Tobacco is used by all races from tihe mlost savage to tile mlost civil iz/ed. mn the frozen arctic re'gionls as well as inl tile tropics, andi by tile rulers of nlationls as well as tile lowest sublit. If you class tobacco as a for'm of diissipationl, at least you mlust grant thlat it is a mlild form of dlissipation. If yo0u wouild deprive' tile indtividualt of hiis tobacco hle wouldhihe juistigedl ill makmig the samile dlemIuft regard ing y'ouri tea or coffee. Hefore attempting to prohibit its use, tatke into consideration the soc'ial an e11tconlomlic conditions whilich are inl gr~ieat imeasuire responibl~e for its de mlanad. Correct these condi itionls, re Iieve Iihis diemnd~i or provide sublst itui es anad t hen adivocante if you wvill thle I)roi iitioni of t obatco. Ol' SOUrll CARlINA: Th ae of thle genleral election is very near. Thiere is every indlicationl that JIamles M. Cox will be tile next President of ile United State. The Democrats of South Carolina have contributed only an average of ten cents each. This is a very small amount. Good Democratic Government should be worth more. Please lot me appeal to every white man and woman in South Carolina to immediately make a contribution. Write a check today and send it to me. Don't let it be sai dthat the Demo crats of South Carolina failed in this national crisis. Great issues are at stake. The peace, happiness and prosperity of the South is involved. Joe Sparks, Assistant 'reasurer, Democratic National Committee. Future Cott If you want to buy' in units of ten bales o: for free booklet of va rules of trade. Letter on probable r and grains sent free u MARTIN AN Cotton 81 Broad Street Members American Co Member CI< For personal intervi( State representative, EDMUND. 1512 Sumter Street Long Distan< Attention, Oil Mil ATTENTION OIL MI] Do not forget that we jectors, Oil Cups, Lubric high grades of Rubber B( uine Gandy Belt; Pipe, and Boiler Tubes. COLUMBIA SUI 823 West Gervais St.' OUR BANi STHEY ARE INSEPARABLE y A good future without doesn't often happen, yo Our institution is a p and investing bank. We solicit the patronal al attributes are likewise ly desire to become such. You never regret mo use to regret when it is SThe Bank ( JOSEPH SP I T. M. MOUj We Are Head Nitrate o~ in quantities froi upwards. We ha' the past ten day age of this mater prices have adva past week it is sti pared with othe Get our prices b, MANNING '1 ism i sr rmr SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS Greenville, Ala., Oct. 16.-Texanva WcConnice, negress, convicted of at- ( ;empt to murder, In connection with he poisoning of twenty-six guests ofla ocal hotel in September, was -enced tio nineteen years at hard labor )y Judge Gamble, in Butler County "ircuit Court today. She was immiedi itely started to a State convict camp ,o begir? serving her sentence. CHICHIESTE S.PILLS SOLD BYD~l5 EMIS n Contract. >r sell cotton contracts upward, send at once uable information and iarket trends in cotton pon request. DCOMPANY Brokers New York City tton & Grain Exchange aring House w get in touch with our , FELDER olumIbia, . C. - ,e Phone 1.29 :mmUMm mmmm mmmm is and Ginneries I jLS AND GINNERIES carry a large stock of In ators. Also two or three lt, Leather Belt, and Gen Valves, Fittings, Packing *PLY COMPANY Columbia, S. CL Land our Future saving is something that u know. rogressive money saving te of these whose person -and those who earnest aey saved. There is no tone. If Manning ROTT, President ON, Cashier quarters for E Soda n ten tons and ie sold during s a large ton ial, and while need during the il cheap com r ammoniates. fore you buy. OIL MILL.