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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29
BY GARRETT SMITH
'.F.se
~ or a match 7"

LlN OF a matchi"
How many times n
" day is that question
asked In these United
States7 How many more times Is
the question unnecessary because
most pockets are kept well supplied
with the useful little article? Any
how, inasmuch as II is estimated
that there are 30,OOO.OOO tobacco
users In the country, we would
guess that the answer to that ques.
tion would run into the hundreds
Of millions.
For II II weren't for the smokers
In these days OF electric lights how
many matches would be used? A
pretty small proportion of the mum.
Der OF these "sticks OF blazes" pro-
duced In the country every year.
Abolish tobacco and the match busl.
ness would be shot to pieces.
But the match business Is only
one Of a dozen or more allied H.
dustries which derive large revenues
directly or indirectly from the to-
bacco trade and would suffer heavI-
ly II national prohibition of tobacco
were to go into effect as some II
our reformers would have 1t. The
annual sales Of tobacco products,
based on retail prices, is estimated
at $l937 100000. OF the cost Of
producing and selling this quantity
Of cigars, cigarettes and other
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

ment. upkeep and interest on the
Investment make no small sum AN
nually. a
And Mt realty men note there
are approximately $4,000 tobacco
farms In the country. with Il total
estimated valuation OF $i60.0OO0 600.
OF further interest 10 real estate
men Is the fact that there are IOO,-
600 retail establishments selling to
bacco involving total rental and
upkeep impossible 10 estimate. be-
side the large amount OF office
space occupied by administrative
branches Of the general business.
The insurance men. too, have
their share OF the plckings. The
tobacco business pays out annually
81, 100000 In prelums In the United
States.
And there are the railroads who
reap revenue from 2,210,000 tons Of
tobacco products every year.
Poster and sign painters. pho
tographers, paper dealers. etc,
come In for their share. AS for the
advertising business. here again 1t
is impossible TO form any estimate
of the enormous annual outlay.
One big phase of the tobacco busI-
ness as carried on today Is the
coupon and premium system. II Is
impossible 10 estimate the amount
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29
Treasure In Hold
Of "Mystery Ship
Off Coast OregOn
BY United Press.

| ny Oilittu fItHS.
Portland, Ore, June 29--Down ON
the coast of Southern Oregon there
Is a mysterious hula wreck that
antedates the memories of the earl
lest settlers in the Oregon country.
The hold of the ancient craft con
tains a cargo of metal bars, brass
and copper perhaps even gold. This
much was determined last year for
the first time by an organized ex-
H1cring party that braved the swift
tides and quicksands Of Neskowin
for few hours, just long enough to
ascertain that the hold contained in
gots of some kind.
The curious ones were then driv-
en- back by the inrushing tide. When
the water had retreated again. the
tricky Neskowin sands had shifted
and the wreck was almost out of
sight
This summer the mystery is to be
solved, residents of the Neskowin
district declare. They are prepared
to spend a considerable sum of
money in excavatng. When all plans
are ready the trick must be turned
in few hours between tides or
not at all. Success of the expedi-
ton admittedly depends to great
extent upon the favor of the ele-
ments, for in the constantly shift
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

sheeting which admit the necessary
heat Of the sun but modify Its dl-
rect rays. There Is used In New
England for this purpose every year
30.000,00 yards of cotton cloth.
Then building contractors and
manufacturers of machinery are
largely Interested. Investments In
plants and machinery employed In
manufacturing tobacco are csti-
mated at Sl02, 100000. Replace
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

1 spent every year along this 1ins
The printing and paper bIlii
for the coupons In Q big Item
The other expenses involve big an
nunl sums for cutlery. sllverwars
household utensils. soap. perfumery
and other toilet articles - evsry.
thing. In fact. from razor blades 10
grand pianos.
Speculation In these coupons has
become n biz business by ITSELF
There are numerous regularly es
inbllshcd coupon exchanges whose
proprlctors have made big fortunes
In few years
The prohibition Of tobacco would
also knock good sized hole In the
receipts ~ the United States
government. The internal revenue
receipts from tobacco for the fiscal
year 1920 amounted TO 500. 500.
1854. Customs duties provided au
additional s25.V000o0 In round hg.
ures, making the total revenue 70.
turn TO the government $3.50. .0o0. 900.
| II II this interlocking of the 10.
hacco business with NO many other
interests and the vast amount Of
financial loss that would be Ia.
yolyed In the abolition OF tobacco
TINT Is one Of the most serious
aspects OF the proposal TO prohibit
the sale ~ tobacco. proposal. how.
ever. which has little support by
public sentiment II the newspaper
editors Of the country are correct In
their estimate Of that sentiment
In n poll OF the editors made TO
Gently by the Tohaccot Merchants
Association OF the United States.
through the Press Service Company
of New York city, % per cent Of
the 7,si7 editors who replied ex-
pressed the opinion that the people
OF their communities were opposed
10 any law against tobacco. As
these editors represent some S0.000.-
600 readers the results form a
pretty general test OF national
opinion.
an their remarks accompanying
their replies many OF the editors
expressed II MS their opinion that
the opposition of their communities
TO the abolition OF tobacco was
based to some extent ut least On
the damage such change would
do 70 the business interests OF the
community. This was particularly
true IN the tobacco growing states
ard centers where there were large
plants.
The total investment In the to-
bacco business of the country Is as
follows:
Tobacco cigarette manufac-
turers. S5l5,O00.000; cigar manufac-
iurers. $3S5,OO0 900; retailers. $780,.
100000; wholesalers. 100000, 600:
leaf tobacco dealers. S175,000,0O0;
farmers, Including land and equip
ment, $200,000.0o0; total, s2,07o.'
100000.
But when the extent Of the busi-
ness involved In the allied interests
Of the tobacco trade is, considered,
as above briefly outlined. II Is clean
that there Is hardly sectio,. Of thu
country that would not be affected
directly or indirectly by abolishlna
tobacco.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

forms Of the weed, some hundreds
of million dollars are paid out for
other things than the raw tobacco
and labor Of making It up.
For example, the tobacco trade
consumes each year 45,000.0OO
pounds of lIcorice, 5o,ooo,ooO pounds
Of sugar, both used in navorlng to-
bacco. and G50000 tons of coal. 1t
is estimated that the value of wood.
en- cigar boxes used Is $25,000000
u year. quite an item to the lumber
business and to manufacturers OF
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

ing sands and tides the wreck is
sometimes raised high above the
beach, and again covered with tons
of eand and almost submerged from
sight
The treasure.seeker6 will en-
deavor to make their drive on a
favorable day when the tide Is low
and the wreck comparatively clear
Of sand II is planned to cut thyough
the hold with axes and shovels, and
remove as much of the metal as
possible before the incoming tides
drive The invaders back
The old wreck has been on the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

beach at Neskowin, in Tillamook
county for many years. The indians
say It was there long before the
white man came. Albert Bowman,
first .homesteader in the region, said
the ship had apparently been wreck
ed for decades before he settled on
the Oregon coast in 1885. Bowman
who Is taking an active interest in
organizing the exploration party, be-
lieves the ship was one of the IIud.
sons Bay company fleet.
No theory as to the unique cargo
of nearly cast ingots has been ad-
vanced
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

boxes. In making these boxes $780,
600 pounds of nails are employed.
Other large items used In making
and preparing tobacco for sale are
35.000,O00 pounds of tinfoIl per
annum for wrapping tobacco and
$4,000 tons Of tin for making to-
bacco boxes. paper for bags and
cigarette wrappers. 2,225. 900 pounds
of cloth for tobacco bags. labels,
coupons, etc, involving the printing
trade extensively.
One subsidiary item that has
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

grown to enormous proportions In
recent years Is cotton sheeting used
as canopy under which Is now
cultivated the famous shade-grown
tobacco of New England. Once
high grade wrapper stock could be
grown only In the West Indies.
Then It was discovered that the
same result could be obtained In
this country by covering vast fields
Of the plant with canoples- N thin
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

j. + + + = + + 4 + + -
+ 20 percent discount on all Bath =
+ ing Suits at Brownson's Drug =
+ Store. 29-3t .
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC II
My phone number will be 9G3 party
J from this date.
2S'St. T. F. BIRD.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

The true name Of the daddy-long-
legs is the crane fly.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-29

Some rock crystals have as many
as 900 different sides.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02

is bad advice. and disaster to all
alike.
The trumpet of the optimist blares
that, because the Federal Reserve
Banks are piling up percentages of
Notwithstanding, taking the life
blood out of American commerce
''The tide has turned" and Conf
dence is restored" How does the
slogan of the optimist sound to the
5000 families being fed by the City
of Birmingham, where one bank in
that city has $6,000,0O0 cash in its
vaults?
Reserves of money is idle moNez,
and it indicates idle factories ara
hungry people. Money is of no v&iae
to man unless it is working in circu-
laiton, and any government financial
system that retires or boards money
destroys trade and commerce.
The only hope of salvation for all
the people, is for the cotton farmers
to sign the contracts to sell their cot
ton through one agency, which can
finance a great volume of the crop in
such way as to draw out these
monep reserves with safety. The
banker, merchant and laborer should
get behind the organization commit
tee of the Georgia Cotton Growers
| COOPERATIVE Association and call
meetings of your chambers of COM
merce and other trade organizations
and the organization committee will
explain the plans for restoring the
buVinp mower of the farmer and tho
we will have good times" again.
We must put value in the cotton
now held by the farmer, or else our
own product and property "
shrink" Isn't it worth the effort?
We often give time and money to far
less worthy objects Let's aid the
! farmer to help himself and thus get
full dinner pail ourselves,
MARTIN AMOROUS.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02
LETTERS FROM
THE PEOPLE

Editor Times-Recorder-The bank.
er, manufacturer, merchant, laborer,
doctor and lawyer all want to know
when the hard times will end. |
can't name the day, but j can show
what must happen before We will
have revival IT, business.
We always know that trade and
traffic will improve in the fall. Why?
Because we know the farmer will
gather in his crop and sell it-pay
MS debts to the merchant and begin
to buy more products of others The
retailer then buys from the whole
saler, and the wholesaler buys from
the factory. Thus, beginning with
the farmer, we all get busy and go
to work.
Did the farmer pay his debts to
the farmer last fall? No. Why? Be
cause the prices of cotton was less by
rs per cent than his debts to the
merchant, hence the stagnation,
closing of factory and furnace, and
unemployment. Therefore, the buy
ing power of the farmer must be
revival of business.
restored before! we will have any
The city mans, as we'll as the far
mer's sole dependence for living
is from cotton. We get our share
for the servic" we render the far.
mer, AID The higher the price he re-
ceives, why the bigger the share We
get, and the lower the price, the less
we get The whole state had a full
dinner pail when the farmer got 40
cents a pound, and our present short
rations is because the farmer is get
ting only 10 cents a pounds for his
cotton.
Many men prominent in POLITICS
and banking told the faaaners to hole
their cotton for so cents pound. and
the farmer is still holding. These
same men then told the farmer "cut
your acreage for 1921" and the far
mer did it. A cut in acreage of the
farmer means a cut in the same pro
portion of labor and stocks of goods
and earnings for city folks. All this
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02

cellaneous sources, including from
sale of bonds or short-time loans, ITO
per cent. The survey shows that of
all cities reporting, 20 per cent do
not receive a dollar from the FEEDER
al government. Teachers salaries ag-
gregated 100000 or GA per cent
of the total of the current expense
of the schools
The total expenditure for debt SER
vice, varies from four-tenths of one
per cent in the eastern cities, one and
one-third per cent in the Southern
cities and up to nine, and one-half
per cent in the Great Lakes group,
In one-fifth Of the Great Lakes cities
the expenditure for this item is more
than 20 per cent of the total eXpen-
diture for all purposes. In a number
of Ohio cities it is between 80 and 35
per cent. Il a.
The relation of capital outlay, ag-
gregating $51,727,554, to the total
expenditures, showed that nearly s
per cent was utilized on sites and new
buildings. A total of 81 BAL 900 was
expended for medical inspection and
dental and nurse service in the BIT
cities named. The part. of the total
expenditure spent for the alteration
and equipment of old buildings was
only 1.8 per cent. Commenting on
this the committee sais:
THE smallness of this amount is
OF particular interest IN connection
wit hthe findings of this committee
IN their report on school housing con-
dltlons in American cities. This re-
port shows that large percentage
of the children in the pubic schools
are continually menaced by the I'M
sanitary conditions and fi~c Lizards
in many old school buildings now i,
use. In Eastern cities the conditions
are particularly bad"
An intermediate class of school
boards, designated as special, F"
which are neither dependent nor in
dependent, are also discussed in the
report and held to be contrary to the
best educational policy.
The basis for the committees sur-
vey was an inquiry sent to the super.
lntendents of schools in cities with
population in excess of 5000 The
present survey is the third of a series
The first report, published last Oc-
tober, presented the facts concerning
salaries, training and experience of
teachers. A second report, published
last March, dealt with school hous-
ing conditions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02
SAYSTRY YEAST
IF RUNDOWN
New Specially Prepared In Conven-
lent Tablet Form. Why Hearty
Eaters Are Often Thin And
Anaemic

Even big eaters are under-nourish-
ed, emaciated and run-down-be-
cause the modern diet of meat, vege-
tables, prepared foods, etc, is almost
entirely lacking in the essential ele-
ment of all foods-vitamines the one
element that is needed to make US
strong, active and full of energy.
And now science has learned that com
mon yeast contains millions of vita
mines. A little yeast taken before any
meal completes the diet, makes chill
dren grow more sturdy, causes signs
of old age to diminish, and builds up
exhausted, rundown systems. 1t is
also well-known that yeast-vitamines
are splendid remedy for boils, skin
troubles, pimples, etc.
These facts have long been proven
by experiments in great medical insti-
buttons, but the real problem-in
what form to take veast-has only
lately been solved. For the common
yeast cake, intended to be used in
raising bread, is merely makeshift.
1t contains only about 20@o yeast, the
rest being starch and water. And this
small percentage of yeast is less salts
factory, doctors say, than the liquid
brewers yeast.
Now at last the ideal type of yeast,
combined with iron and other health
building ingredients, has been put on
the market in convenient, ever-fresh
tablet form. These tablets, called
IRONIZED YEAST, can be pur-
chased of any druggist. They are a
specially prepared tonic treatment
and supply yeast vitamines in con-
eentrated strength. They are pleas
ant to take and will not nauseate
You'll know before finishing the first
box that it's doing you good. IRON
lied VEST costs but little more bv
the dose than does common yeast, but
is much more effective Each package
contains 10 days treatment and costs
only $1.00-or only 10c day. Get
package of IRONIZED YEAST to-
day. Special directions for children
in each package. Made by Ironized
Yeast Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02
POLITICSRUINOF
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
That And Red Tape
Scored In National
Survey

NEW YORK, Aug. 2-Two prime
causes of the present "deplorable"
condition of American public schools
are red tape and the handicapping of
Boards of Education by politicians,
according to survey of public
school boards and their receipts and
expenditures, directed by the Nation
al Committee for Chamber of Com
merce Cooperation With the Public
Schools and the American City Bu-
reau made public here today.
The survey which covered condI-
tons in 377 cities showed, it was
said, that in AZ per cent of cases
where Boards of Education were lin
dependent" or free from political
manipulation or control, that the
most efficient administrative and cd
uCational results are obtained.
The best interests of the public
schools says the IMPORT, Cannot be
served in a city where the budget Of
the Board may be reduced or remod-
FLED by the city officials who have
not made ad definite study of the
needs of the schools"
Boards which are really a sub-divl-
sion of the municipal government and
whose budget may be changed by mu-
nicipal authorities are classified as
dependent" and undesirable from
the standpoint of the public good
1t is thus pointed out that in the
case of cities in New Jersey, the bud |
get must be passed upon by a special |
Board of School Estimate; N Okla |
homa cities the school trustees are
dependent upon an Excise Board; in |
Ohio cities, school budgets may be re.
duced by a special county commits
sion; in New England, school budgets
must be submitted direct TO a town
meeting and in many Western cities
the budget Is determined by some
county authority,
The survey shows Nat the school
receipts in the ST. cities for the past
fiscal year were 1858, 100000 and
that the expenditures of these same
cities during this period were about
$4,000. 600 less than income. The
funds are from five sources and are
supplied in the following proportions;
From the states lie per cent; from
the federal government 0.3 per cent;
the county 81 per cent; local taxes
65.4 per cent; non-revenue or mis-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02
Hudson, Held AS Boys
Slayer, Now Cheerier

MACON, August 2. - Attorney
Claud Payton, of Albany, chief coun-
sci for Glen Moore Hudson, in jail
charged with numbering his two step
sons near Albany on July IL, held
a long conference Sunday with his
client. r. f. L. Spence, of Macon,
employed to assist Attorney Payton,
was at the conference. Both attor-
neys said they went over the details
of their side &C. the case with Hudson
and beyond that would make no com
ment.
Hudson has improved wonderfully
in spirits during the last week. E'e
does not seem the least depressed
now, according to his iailers. No
one outside his attorneys are al
lowed to see him under instructions
issued by Sheriff Tarver, of Albany.
Sheriff Tarver was in Macon to see
Hudson last week, but he declined
to state what the prisoner had to
say. The sheriff expected to call
again this week
Hudson has been occupying a cell
all to himself for about a week and
he says he likes it much better than
being associated with other pris-
oners He spends practically all his
time reading, mostly from the Bible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02

When the boss comes to work
feeling all cut up, probably he and
his wife have been looking daggers.
Apple wood is considered one Of
the best woods for tool handles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02

When a highbrow spesks of HON
er, the baseball fan thinks he might
have some sense after all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-02
Sold In Americas i'm 60 Day.
And Not One Complaint

Choosing the l1ght tire easy today Costly experiments
no longer necessary. We've gone through all that for
You For took months of research and laboratory tests
80 bring out The Brunswick Tire.
First of ALL Ii had to be supreme quality even
than the best tire heretofore made Naturally this strv
The result a quality of tire-one worthy of so
famous house The Brmswick-Bake CoIender Co.
1T the kind Of tire you would expect from them.
Thus the moorist finds tire choosing simpiGed today
One Brunswick will convince you. Nearly all Brunswick
enthusiasts started with and quickly adopted them for
complete equipment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Annoyed Judge;
Refuses to Hear Case

Justice Richard H. Mitchell, in the
Bronx Supreme Court yesterday, re-
fused to pass on an injunction sought
to restrain the city from operating buss
lines on the Grand Concourse. justice
Mitchell said that his personal expe-
rience with the buses caused him to
hold strong personal convictions on
the matter. He adjourned the hearing
to August 2, when another justice will
hear the arguments.
The injunction was sought by Mrs.
Jennie 7. Quinn, Of 1851 Marion Ave
nue., the Bronx, through Alfred j..
Davidson, who is also attorney for the
Union Railways. On the application of
Corporation Counsel Vincent Victory
the case was adjourned.
II don't think l ought to be asked
to decide this case following my per-
sonal experience with this buss line"
said Justice Mitchell. "Some time ago
| bought a fine home on the Con-
course, knowing that the state by
enactment had provided against the
operation of streetcars on the Con-
course under any circumstances. I
settled down to what l hoped would be
a peaceful existence, but the siren
whistles on those busses have dispelled
my dream. Those whistles have dis
turbed my sleep. | fear my experience
would interfere with fair determina-
ton of the case"