Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-17
How Tobacco flinders the
HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT.

Highest Development.
(The following essay by Isabel
Cheatham of the Edgefeld graded
school was a f~rst-prize winner in a
county w. C. T. U. contest.)
Tobacco is one of the greatest
curses in the land today and many
people are being wrecked through
this agency of the evil one.
There are moderate users Of to-
bacco who would not like to be called
cigarette or tobacco fiends. They look
with contempt upon a person who
has fallen so low that he has no con-
troll of his appetite, but they fail to
see that they are coming to the same
end.
LESS harm would be done by to-
bacco if it were more harmful" This
sentence tells a great truth, and it ex-
plains why there are more tobacco
users today than ever before. The
harm that tobacco does is not felt in
a day or q month, and many tobacco
users are unable to see that the hab-
it is injuring them.
Tobacco has widespread effects up
on the whole body. When used in
moderate amounts tobacco soothes
and uuiets an excited or worried per
son. enabling him to go on with his
work for a time. When used in larger
amounts, tobacco makes the whole
ervou system more irritable. The
muscles are weak and cannot be con-
trolled, the hands tremble, and the
victim becomes so restless that it is
impossible for him to remain quiet.
The worst effects of tobacco upon
the system r its effects up
on the mind. Whenever smokers and
non-smokers have been compared, it
has been found that non-smokers are
much better students. They not only
D their lessons more easily and
more quickly, but they retain what
they have learned longer. The brain
of the tobacco user may become so
active that he cannot sleep causing
him to become restless and irritable.
Tobacco contains a poison called
nicotine, which is highly injurious to
the heart. Many users of tobacco have
what is known as tobacco heart"
The use of tobacco weakens the heart
thereby impairing the digestive or
gans by their not getting a sufficient
supply Of blood.
Cigarette smoking is n of the
most destructive habits old or young
can be guilty Of. There are at least
three kinds of poison in cigarettes;
nicotine, opium and arsenic. Opium
is put in to make the boys want more.
Science calls cigarettes "cotiin
nails" When once the habit is formed
ard has taken hold of boys or girls,
all their prospects for usefulness are
gone. They become dishonest, indo-
lent and untidy in their persons, and
seek the society Of bad companions.
A little smoke now and a little chew
then, are only the beginnings of more
frequent ones. These little things,
like the mice that gnaw away at the
roots of plants, are doing much dam
age to the health and character of
boys and girls. Sooner or later, these
habits, if not conquered, will become
their masters.
Even if the use of tobacco were
harmless, it would still be a filthy
habit, and a nuisance to other people.
Yellow fingers and stained teeth are
unpleasant sights, and many people
are made sick by the odor of tobac-
co smoke.
The Bible says no unclean thing
Shall llllcElG Iic hllSuOHl VI NoN, ~
if a person is a tobacco fiend he will
be shut out of heaven with the un-
clean.
A tobacco fiend's body is made so
unclean with nicotine and arsenic
that should his body, after death, be
exposed to the eagles of the air, they
would not so much as devour it.
FOR SALE: My house and lot on
Jeter Street in the town of Edgefield
house has nine rooms and lot near
ly two acres. There are good out
buildings on the premises. Mrs. Eva
w. QUITS.
7-10-tf.