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Menace of' drug traffic threatens nation
i
m
S the star of American
ascendancy beginning to
wane? Is the amazing
growth of the narcotic
drug traffic a harbinger
of the New World’s de
cay? Will history repeat
itself?
Ancient Greece, having conquered
I the Persia of Xerxes and Cyrus, fell
‘prey to a vitiating effeminacy learned
sfrora her captives. Rome, in the
trugged hardihood of her prime, over
leame Greece, only to fall fatally
I stricken with the degenerating luxury
iof Athens. America, economically,
I has mastered the world. It the in
iturn to be mastered by the world’s
1 greatest vice—surrender ts the ecsta
l ties of the opium poppy ?
This is the question soberly pro*
| pounded by government investiga*
t tort, by public health authoritiet and
|by students of the narcotic drug evil,
| after a ten year campaign of offense
'which has resulted only in the de
crease of the use of the drug caffein,
an evil, but a lesser one.
There was a traffic in opium as far
iback as the Civil War. But itt
growth to menacing proportions it
'•n aspect of recent years. In 1909
•there was imported for legitimate
isnedica! uses 470,000 pounds of the
•opium poppy’s yield. By 1919, the
•spaee of a single decade, the figure
lad risen to 730,000 pounds, enough
*o supply 34 doses to every man,
•woman and child in the country.
Cfium Smuf fling Hifhly Prsftable
These are the facts as the recorded
imports, and take no cognizance of
smuggled opium. Conservative au
thorities 'declare that the traffic of
tapiao smugglers in our seaports and
blong the Mexican and Canadian
borders is as great as Ac trade
iliilf legitimate channels. They
GEORGIA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Macon—Four-storv fireproof apart
ment building to be erected on Col
lege street.
Louisville*—Jefferson county dew
berry growers organizing to affiliata
with Georgia Dewberry Association.
Augusta Approximately $36,000
being spent for construction of Fu
rey’s road.
Camilla—Mitchell County Poultry
Association in first sale of season
gets 40 cents per pound for friers,
hens 20% cents and roosters 9 cents.
Montezuma —New peach by-prod
ucts plants here and at Marshallville
ready for installation of machinery.
Fitzpatrick—Pecan industry show
ing steady growth throughout dis
trict.
Conyers Negotiations completed
by Georgia Railway & Power Com
pany to take over plants and lines of
Panola Light and Power Company.
Atlanta—Plans completed for con
etruction of $65,000 Gordon street
Baptist church.
Athens —Construction of new con
crete bridge across Oconee river
Rtarted.
LaGrange—April building permits
totaled $24,411 against $28,805 for
entire first quarter of year.
Fort Gaines—“ Henry Clay” bridge
to be constructed across Chattahoo
chee river to cost approximately
?144 GOO,
Chntsworth Pratt interests pay
$175,000 for power rights on Carter
estate on Coosawattee river.
Blairsville—Construction of Blu«
Ridge unit of Atlanta-Asheville high
way to be completed August 1.
Atlanta—Early completion of At
lanta-Americus short line highway
assured.
Waycross—City market, modern in
every respect, to be established in
building formerly occupied by Chero-
Cola Company.
Savannah—Building permits issued
for month of April call for total ex
penditure of $178,835.
Ludowici Approximately $30,000
to be spent constructing thirty miles
of roads in county, work to start with
in sixty days.
Atlanta—State seafood packers and
fish and game committee completing
plans for development of shrimp and
oyster packing industry in Georgia.
Macon—Contract awarded at $44,-
274 for construction of stone munci
pal auditorium building.
Blakely—Blakely Hardwood Lum
ber Company to rebuild and enlarge
big planing mill and dry kiln.
Savannah Attractive apartment
building to be erected on Park avenue.
Atlanta—Georgia Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association closes con
vention endorsing cooperative mar
keting of all farm products.
Thomaston —Resumption of opera
tion of Macon & Birmingham railroad
at early date reported.
Waycross—Local capital backing
movement for establishment of mod
ern ice cream factory.
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*iy that the figures given above must
be doubled before a true estimate of
the drug problem is reached. Their
statements are less astonishing when
it is known that $lO worth of opium
in Hongkong is worth $l5O, whole
sale, in San Francisco or New York.
By comparison, the profits of "Rum
Row” pale into insignificance.
Drug smugglers work all kinds of
tricks to get by the revenue officers
—a cavity in the heel of the shoe
making a compartment in a bible—
preparing special underwear —using
the centers of lemons and oranges.
One revenue officer found tws Buck
legs in a workman's lunch basket
stuffed with opium.
But like the traffic at the twelve
mile limit, the drag syndicates too
have their bootleggers, usually addicts
tkcmsclvct, who peddle morphine,
he rata and cocain, as well as the raw
opium. The bootlegger of drugs
sets hie trap for the youth, for chil-
SPECIAL CONFERENCE TO
PASS ON UNIFICATION
Chattanooga, Term., Mu? 28. —Spe-
cial session of the general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, July 2 will be held at Chatta
nooga, decision' having been an
nounced late this afternoon by the
committee meeting here to name a
location.
The conference will be one of the
most important in its history, the
age-old question of the unification of
the southern and northern branches
to be considered.
Aside from the main question at
issue, it is probable that the prelimin
aries of the conference will be stormy,
as dissenting bishops are expected to
attack the legality of the call for the
special meeting on the ground that
the ministers of the church will not
have sufficient time to properly con
sider the question of unification, and
hat it was in violation of church
laws.
The conference will meet in the new
million-dollar memorial auditorium
here.
It is understood that the delega
tions from various other cities want
ing the meeting made a strong bid
and that it was awarded to Chatta
nooga only after a hot fight by the
local churchmen.
Other cites asking for the special
[Practical
Nurse Tells
Mrs. N. E. Snow, of Route
1. near Paris, Tenn., telle the
story of her experience as
I follows:
[ "I am 62 years old and 1
I have been a practical nurse
| for more than 20 years, tak
f ing mostly maternity cases.
J One of my daughters suffered
in from cramping at . . . She
F would just bend double and
jj have to go to bed.
CARDUI
i The Woman's Tonic
| was recommended to her and
* she only had to take about
“ two bottles, when she hardly
ft knew that it was .... she
n suffered so little pain.
f “M y youngest daughter
I was run-down, weak and
t nervous, and looked like she
f didn't nav# a bit of blood
y left—just a walking skeleton,
I no appetite and tired all the
’ time. I gave her two bottles
} of Cardui. It built her up
and she began eating and
[ soon gained in weight and
f has been so well since.”
| Cardui, the Woman's Tonic,
[ has helped suffering women
I fer over forty yean. Try It
| A* all druggW.
dren still in school. Among them are
veritable “Fagins” employing chil
dren as their agents in the corruption
of other children.
According to Graham Mulhall,
president of the Narcotic Drugs Con
trol League and formerly First
Deputy Commissioner of the New
York State Department of Narcotic
Drug Control, many a school in the
congested sections of big cities has
its Artful Dodger and its Charley
Bates distributing samples of heroin
to their playmates. Once the children
learn the drug's exhilarating thrill,
they are introduced to the bootlegger.
Thereafter at noon and recess
periods they can find him in a con
venient alley ready to trade pinches
of heroin for nickels and dimes.
Graham Mulhall has terminated the
career of many a heroin “Fagin.”
Learn Habit frtm Associates
It is mainly through associates,
juvenile or adult, that the drug addict
begins. Of the t,OOO cases studied by
the Health Department of New York
City, seventy per cent confessed they
got their “first shot of coke” from a
friend. Moreover, seventy ptr cent
meeting were Nashville, Memphis,
Louisville, Ky., Jackson, Miss., Juna
luska, N. C., Mobile, Ala., Shreve
port, La., Springfield, Mo., and Hot
Springs, Ark.
Bishops Warren A. Candler, Collins
Denny, U. V. W. Darlington and J.
E. Dickey, who dissented to the hold
ing of the special conference, have is
sued a statement setting forth their
reason for opposing holding the con
ference at this time.
SPLENDID SCOTTISH RITE
TEMPLE AT ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo , May 2 >—The im
posing Scottish rite temple in this
city, which will cost approximately
$2,000,000, is nearing compioti ,n.
The auditorium boasts the largest
and most perfect pipe organ in St.
Louis and in many other ways lep
resents the latest word ir. architec
ture. The temple wilt be dedicated
during the third week in November,
at which time it is expected that ?he
dedicatory class will exceed 1,000
members.
FIERY. ITCHY SKIN
QUICKLY SOOTHED
BY THIS SULPHUR
Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant cream,
will soothe and heal skin that is irri
tated or broken out with eczema; tnat
is covered with ugly rash or pimples,
or is rough or dry. Nothing subdues
fiery skin eruptions so quickly, says a
noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur preparation
is applied the itching stops and after
two or three applications, the eczema
is gone and the skin is delightfully clear
and smooth. Sulphur is so precious as
a skin remedy because it destroys the
parasites that cause the burning, itch
ing or disfigurement. Mentho-Sulphur
always heals eczema right up.
A small jar of Rowles Mertho-Sul
phur may be had at any good drug
store.
Ouch! Rub Backache,
Stiffness, Lumbago
Rub Pain from back with small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacobs Oil.”
Back hurt you? Can’t straighten
Up without feeling sudden pains,
sharp aches and twinges? Now listen I
That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe
from a strain, and you'll get relief the
moment you rub your back with sooth
ing, penetrating “St. Jacobs Oil.”
Nothing else takes out soreness, lame
ness and stiffness so quickly. You
simply rub it on your back and out
comes the pain. It is harmless and
doesn't burn the skin.
Limber upl Don’t suffer l Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest “St.
Jacobs Oil” from any drug store, and
after using it just once, you’ll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back will
never hurt or cause any more misery
It never disappoints and has been rec
ommended for 60 years.
THE NEWS-HERALD, Lawronc* rifle, Georgia
gjh •
were under 30 years of age. It had
been supposed that illness was re
sponsible far much drug takiag. This
cause was found in only five per cent
of the cases. An interesting aiigle of
the study was developed in the fact
that nearly a third of the addicts
were truck drivers, motormen, con
ductors or employed in some other
phase of transportation.
Burning the candle at the social as
well as the business end was found
to have started many a stripling on
his narcotic career. The youth, after
an exhausting day in factory or
office, takes his girl to a dance. As
it nears midnight the weight of
fatigue presses him heavily. He
wonders why everyone is not agreed
that it is time to go borne. But
among the revelers he notes several
whose flashing eyes and high spirits
make them the life of the party. He
is puzzled, for he knows their day
time tasks are as exacting as his.
There is a brief conference in the
coat room. Some one says, "Here,
take a whiff of this and watch the
old pep come back.” He does,
fatigue is banished, but the death of
his soul*has set ia.
Avtr Ttrk Leads in Addictt
New York State leads the aation
with in SS,OM recorded drag ad
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
When Mixed \£ith Sulphur It
Brings Back Ite Beautiful
Lustre At Once
I
Gray hair, however handsome, de
notes advancing age. We all know the
advantages of a youthful appearance.
Your hair is your charm. It makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray and looks streaked, just a few
applications of Sage Tea and
enhances its appearance a hundred-fold.
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the recipe at home or
get from any drug store a bottle of
"Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Com
pound,” which is merely the old-time
recipe improved by the addition of oth
er ingredients. Thousands of folks
recommend this ready-to-use prepara
tion, because it darkens the hair beau
tifully, besides, no one can possibly tell,
as it darkens so naturally and evenly.
You moisten a sponge or soft brush
with it, drawing this through the hair,
taking one small strand at a time. By
morning the gray hair disappears; af
ter another application or two, its
natural color is restored and it becomes
thick, glossy and lustrous, and you ap
pear years younger.
STOUT PERSONS
Incline to full feeling after eat
ing, gassy pains, constipation
Relieved and digettion improved by
CHAMBERLAIN’S
TABLETS
Cleansing and comforting • only 25c
Drink Water
If Back or
Kidneys Hurt
Begin Taking Salta if You Feel
Backachy or Have Bladder
Weakness
Too much rich food forms acids which
excite and overwork the kidneys in
their efforts to filter it from the system,
blush the kidneys occasionally to re
lieve them like you relieve the bowels,
removing acids, waste and poison, else
you may feel a dull misery in the kid
ney region, sharp pains in the back or
sick headache, dizziness, the stomach
sours, tongue is coated, and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of
sediment, the channels often get irri
tated, obliging one to get up two or
three times during the night
To help neutralize these irritating
acids and flush off the body’s urinous
waste, begin drinking water. Also get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any pharmacy, take a tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast for
a few days and your kidneys may then
act fine and bladder disorders disappear.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and has been used
for years to help clean and stimulate
sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irri
tation. Jad Salts is inexpensive and
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to help pre
vent serious kidney and bladder dis
orders.
By all means, drink lots of good water
every day. Have your physician exam
ine your kidneys at least twice a year.
diets. Then come Tennessee. Mis
souri, Virginia, Michigan, Illinois,
Georgia, Oklahoma and Massa
chusetts in the order of addicts re
ported, irrespective of population.
Police officials in 1,243 cities of
5.000 population or over report 1,100
drug peddlers securing most of their
supplies from Canada and Mexico.
A questionnaire sent by the Treas
ury Department to the health officers
of big cities shows nearly 2,000,000
known drug addicts, while reliable
authorities put the total as high as
4,000,000.
The annual economic loss suffered
by the nation through the drug traffic
is almost incalculable. There is first
the sum of $2,000,000,000 in service
that might be rendered by men and
women were they not incapacitated
by drug habits. The addicts them
selves spend for their dope at least
$100,000,000 more and 1.000,000,000
dollars is annually spent by the State
for the upkeep of institutions and
agencies ministering to addicts, and
for the maintenance of drug-ridden
individuals who have become public
charges.
The organized forces that are
waging war unceasingly against the
drug evil are zealous in law-en
forcement, the hunt for smugglers
and peddlers, salvaging the victims,
but are deficient in educational work,
because hampered by the lack of
funds.
la the e doc a boo of the public lie*
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W. T. ROBERTS,
Grayson, Ga.
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DRLGS DESTROYED BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS
This is part of the *aft quantity of narcotics and drugs seised in raids made in the
District of Coiumt a, only. Drugs shown here hate a value of nearly SIOO,OOO.
tie only was of progress. A glance
sc what .(acation has accomplish'd
in the field if caffeio—a drug, with
a definite pharmacological effect,
which gives the “kick" to coffee and
tea may be enlightening.
Caffein Education Effective
Here was a drug habit more firmly
entrenched than any other, yet the
persistent and insistent emphasis
placed by the medical profession on
the dangers inherent in coffee and
tea have materially decreased their
consumption. The campaign against
caffein had to be one of education to
the general public. The U. S. Bureau
of Education at Washington has car
ried on a particularly extensive and
effective campaign to keep coffee and
tea out of the diet of school children.
As to itt effectiveness the following
facts art testimony.
Professor Samuel C. Prescott, of
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, who devoted three years to
the study of coffee, found that the
caffein content varies from one to
one and one-half per cent by weight,
and averages one amLthree-quarters
grains for every strong eup of coffee
served at the table. On the basis of
FARM LOANS AND INVESTMENTS. ,
I am correspondent for Th* Georgia Loan A Trust Company aad ne
gotiate loans on (arm lands in amoanta Iron $500.00 to $100,000.00 for
firm years’ time. 1 also make one year loans for local clients.
If you hare money for investment, come to see me, and 1 can placm
your money on lands and you can get 6 per cent interest for it. 1 guaran
tee the titles to the land. If you want Government securities I can placer
it and get you 4 per cent interest. There are only two securities in which.
I deal, namely, farm mortgage security and Government security. 1 wilh
give you the benefit of sixeeen years’ experience.
S. G. BROWN, BANKER,
Private Bank, Not Incorporated,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1*24.
his figures and those of the Depart*
meot of Commerce, there was in the
coffee consumed in 1920 a caffein con*
tent totalling 21,255,952 pounds.
In 1921 coffee consumption fell, and
the caffein total was a little over
20,000,000 pounds. In 1922 the caffein
content in coffee importations fell
again, this time to 18,626,816 pounds.
During this period the per capita
consumption of coffee fell from
nearly 13 pounds a year to less than
11 pounds.
In 1918 tea importations
to 151.314,932 pounds. In 1920, this
total diminished to 97,826,106 pounds,
and in 1922 it fell to 86,141,949. That
year the per capita consumption of
tea was about three-fourths of a
pound, almost the lowest it had been
since 1830, when the Department of
Commerce’s record of imports was
begun.
Here then is proof of what one
group can do to curtail the use of a
drug. Is it a far cry to say that
public opinion aroused and directed
would abolish all drug evils?
Public officials have fallal. Altru
istic organizations have failed; it it
submitted that only the arousing of
national conscience by tdacatioa will
prevail.
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