Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-03-18
NASHVILLE, TENN.

NASHVILLE, TENN.
We decided not to wait so long to
write as have been doing. While we
enjoy reading the other correspon-
dents letters much better than writ
ing ourselves, yet if each one depends
on the other one we all would be dis
appointed, We certainly do like the
Herald, and for the past eight years
have tried to help it along the best we
knew how. We often urge our friends
and kinfolks when we write them to
subscribe for the Herald and in this
way we have been able to add num-
] ber of new members to the already
large Herald family. Why shouldn't
we all do this, not only would the new
subscribers enjoy the paper, but it
would help our Editor. The Herald is
a clean paper and should be in many
homes that it is not in. The Herald
is free from whiskey advertisements
and we hope to see the time it will be
free from tobacco advertisements.
Now someone may say Or, look out and
touch very lightly on that subject for
good peope use tobacco. Yes know
that is true. Some of the best folks
ever knew used tobacco, and some Of
the best peop'e ever knew are suffer
ing today with shattered nerves, heart
trouble and many many diseases cans.
ed by the poison taken into the system
by using tobacco. Now l am not a
physiologist, never studied physioicr.
a day in my life, but have learned a
! few things from experience and read
ing also of hearing physicians tell Of
the deadly poison that tobacco contain
ed. The writer while visiting sick
neighbor, listened with interest to the
attending physician talking of the dan
gerous effects of tobacco and after he
was through talking this is what We
rplied to him That it was indeed vey
strange why a man with intellect and
learning enough to be physician
would use something he knew as SO
poisonous. He saidit was but they did
use it. Now as we write on this sub
ject its not our desire or intention to
hurt anyone's feelings. But as We
were shown it's evil and glad We were
We would like to help someone else.
Ny mother said to my sister and | a
few months before she died she had
spent enough for tobacco to have
bought each one Of her children cow
loved my mother and father and say
this with due respect to them but they,
a. thousands Of other parents, had
their tobacco, If the children did go
WITHOUT books, good papers and many
other things that would have made
them happy. Men and women do not
hesitate 20 rry against strong drink
and am glad they do, but why don't
they cry out against the awful tobacco
evil, boys of our fair land day by day,
are being bound by the cigarette habit,
filing insane asylums, jails etc. from
weakened will powers; also premature
graves. Now this is very broad state
ment and grant you that it will not
meet the approval of every one who
reads it,
Well IS / said in my LIST letter was
sCme what quaker and / must be,
for it was not in my n'nd to write on
this subject when l began my letter.
Well we do rot believe in digging up
the dead as the common phrase woud
have it, but our dear m ythor has been
dead 10 year. March rs, next Friday,
and as the time draws rear s1r mind
turns back to that sad day and am
sending cone memorial verses. II
our kind Editor can give the space we
will be glad indeed. They were writ
zen and composed for me by Mrs. Paul
inc A. Hall very dea- friend who was
my neighbor when my mother died.
Mollie Dahuff.
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