The commonwealth., 1900-04-05
DEADLY CIGkREqTS.
MANY Opinions of Them.
RUlNlNa BoYs.

N. c. Baptist.
The cigarette, as now made. i.
rather q modern article. Though it los,
many years in beginning it's career. it
has fully made up for that loss in tbs
amount Of harm it hss done. 1t is
now condsm ned B., the law. by the med
lcal fraternity, hv the pulpit and by
the press. 1t - not judgsi sb-trsctly,
hut b, the results OF its ue In .
abundant. 1t attacks The very hfe of
an uninsured body, going At once to
nerve centres and destroying energy,
ambition, eelfcontrol and hnallv mind
or body, and sometime. both. The
cigarette m ust 10 stopped 10 lts march
of death.
NORTH CAROLYN Law.
In the year 1891 tho Legislature of
this State. seeing the rapid xrnwtb OF
the evil sought to step it by law
They accordingly passed the following
which 10 chapter 676 of tho laws Of
1891:
''It shall be unlawful for any person.
iiru or corporation to sell give away
or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, cigarettes or tobacco in the
form of cigarettes, or cut tobscco in any
form or shape whish may be used or
intended to be used ~ substitute tor
cigarettes, to any minor under seven
teen years of age, and any ono violat-
ing the provisions Of this act, or any
person or persons aiding, assisting or
ahstting the violations thereof shs!l be
guilty of misdem eanor, and upon con-
viction shall he punished by Ane or
imprisonment in the discretion OF the
court.
AEy po.sOD who shall aid or sxsist
any such minor child in obtaining tho
possession OF cigarettes or tobacco in
any torn used a. substitute thereof,
by whatsoever name it may be called,
shall be guilty If misdemasnor and
upon convistion shall be fined or I'm
prisoned in the discretion OF the court. I"
JUDGE BATTLE AGAIsT THIN.
Judge Battle Of she criminal court
often took occasion to charge the grand
jury about the cigarette law quotsd
above. The Charlotte: Observer says
of his charge in Charlotte:
"In his charge to the grand jury
yesterday Judge Bate was exceeding
ly severe In his denunclation Of cigar
cite smoking. He .a,d that no mat
ter where one travelled these days he
cav small boys, tots, smoking these
miserable cigarettes. The next
generation y: our b,ys,' be declared,
will be degenerates, merely through
this cause 1t ir the lnha latlon Of the
tobacco that is hurtful. Blowing Gig
arette smoke through q handkerchief
leaves a stain or mark OF nicotine on
the handkerchief. Think of this 60
ing through helungs and effecting
the whole system The cigarette hab-
1t ranks with ths morphine habit I
kno~ IT two young men, aged II and
- ears. whn Iived Ia ,ny s,unt, A.ri
who we're killed by cigarettes. They
spoked cxsesslviy aud thor dissolnt-
ion was speedy
On this subject the Judge concluded
his remarks by stating that it was his
duty to request that the law prohibit
ing tho sale of cigarettes to minors be
rigidly enforced"
The enforcement OF this law 10 up
on Mayors, Police officers, Shsrr,fs,
and Grand Jurlss. 1t 10
now almost dead lettsr. The fact
that it 10 Jaw makes some mon OBJ |
serve it. Some observe it through lear
but the evidence that it IL violated
daily In every town in tho S1ats 1t
seen In the number of minors smok.
ing cigarettes. 1t is ~ much against
the law to give cigarettes, or cigarette |
tobaeso, a. it 10 10 sell II. 1t tbs Of |