The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-04
TOBACCO ON THE
field Of MARS
i,c so'd'ss's Kk Complete wIthoG
R,"Mss ia.yton's Maxim What
Zigior Sal. . Torry stsIns

ODdCCO is as necessary TO war as
powder and shot. AT least it has
been necessary to Au.ican and Eng
lisn sOldiery ever since the use oi
the weed became general. General
Lawton, who died glorioualy at the
head OF his men in the far away
Philippines, used to have three rules
IN regard to the care of his soldiers !:
First, he said, "A soldier must
have food; second, he must have
clothes, and third, he must have his
proper ration OF tobacco if he is to
b. 9 first class fighting man"
This last maxim OF the great Law
ten points out the important part
tobacco mas played in war as well as
IN peace. The Worlds Work not
very long ago took up the subject
IN an article entitled '.Bul! Durham
in War and Peace" Ghe article in
part is as follows:
kipling caused many a pipe to
prff IN approval when he made T. x
Ter say in / nc Captive, to the red.
coated English soldiers who offered
him some smoking tobacco. L thank
YOU, but don't use any tobacco
you'd be likely to carry. 'Brlr
Durham ;-Buli Durhami take
il all back, every last word. 'Bulp
Durham-here II you ever strike
Akron, Ohio, when this fool wars
over, remember you've Lauphton G.
Iiglcr in your vest pocket-incuding
the city OF Akron Ard Zigler
smoked in peace while he told his
graphic story OF war.
Down on the South African veldt.
IS IN all other parts OF the world
during the past generation, the smoke
ct Ball Durham has been precious
TO tie sight aGd sm,ll and 20 the
rest of the I'VE senses too of all mcl
who ind solace In my Lady Nicotine.
Eery likely young L'glt's father was
2, soldier IN M Ohio regiment OF
SlicTmaEs army and tie sens faE4-
ness Tor the package with the Bull
was inherited. For down in Caro-
lima they tell you to this day that
the fame OF The tobacco was horne
north and south, 70 every part OF
America, by the soldiers IL Johns
tons and Shcrman's armies. Il was
the one thing the men under different
flags had in common.
TO tell the story OF this famous
tobacco in war and peace one needs
10 go 10 Durham. Here a modern
industrial city is found in place OF
the struggling town OF the sixties
Here is the home of Bail Durham,
great brick factory built around a
quadrangle after the manner OF the
colleges at Oxford, where the brand
has a wide vogue. To the smoker
the whole building, with its acres of
floor space would seem ike a vast
bowl OF some Brohdignagians Dine
so fragrant is il OF his favoritc to-
bacco. And the other impression
that he would h1,e from the mor1en,
he entered would be cleanliness and
yet more cleanliness. Nowhere /,
tobacco handled by hand that is left
for the hngcrs OF the smoker himself
when he gathers from the pouch lust
the amount needed for his pipe. But
before the tobacco is brought to the
factory from long-reacling ware
houses. nearby, it has BEEN going
through 4 scientific process Of caring
10 begin with, il IS the jc.s grade
OF leaf from the Old Bolt tobacco of
North Carolina and Vii,in:a.
Every May, tobacco. In driving
goes through 4 sweat which throws
on the rankness which the n. .ural
leaf has when picked. In the 'Bulp
durham warehouses the leaf .s kcot
sometimes two, sometimes three
years. depending upon the tobacco,
IN order TO get just the right m.l,
loving OF age; for .1iacco Is much
like wine in grown better as II
grows older. When the curing has
brought tie leaf 20 the desired w
dition, il is brought 10 the fnctorv
ne right trained mon who mix the
t0O3cco IN tine proportions for the
'Buli Durham blend pick h from
various piles Of leaf with shining
pnchiorks, just as farmers would
handle hay. They t1ke from one
nhe and then another, their prac-
tiiced eyes and hands telling them
the exact amounts, ard place II on
canvas carrier, which is moving
perpetually into what is called the
breaker. Here the lrlves are broLe,
together into 4 mixture of pieres forr
70 six inches long. These are horne
forward by the carrier, which is b:.
an endless chain into the drier. where
the moisture is removed. thence m
the cleaners, where every SORT Of
foreign, substance is taken ont. ieav-
ing only pure tobacco, then 10 the
cutters to be chopped up fine. ready
ior the great bins, a golden store OF
Bull Durham. "
ingenious packing machines weigh
out and fill thousands upon Thousands
oi nve cent packages, each contain
ing full ounce and many GOOD
smokes When tie filled pack,oe
nnrops from the m'rhine, like mel
Low Low plum, IT is ought in mould
tnat Just hts il Here il Is labelled,
and y Is then readv TO 20 forth hear,
ing the famous Rrll Lnnrr n.I -