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Cigaret Industry Is
Growing Rapidly
Washington.—Thlrty-thre billions
of clgaretts about 330 for every man,
Woman and child, was a part of the
mpply available for the American
smoker last year, according: to esti
mates of the bureau of census.
Those figures do not include cigar
ettes rolled by smokers from loose
tobacco, concerning which the bur
eau of census has no data. An offi
cial report of the bureau says:
"On the basis of revenue-stamp
Bales, the numbers of cigars and
•cigarettes manufactured during 1917 j
In registered factorlaa under the jur
isdiction of the commissioner of in- I
ternal revenue are estimated at 9,-
050,960,224 and 34.832,385,676, re
spectively.
"The increase In the production
of cigarettes in registered factories
in recent is a striking one,
amounting to 250 per cent for the
•ix-year period, 1911-1917. When
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SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE/ffjL
Sale Starts Friday -gap
Again we announce the wonder event of the season twice each year we clean up stock regardless of conditions or former prices. HHBP
This season we are going to go one better than any of our previous sales —in spite of war conditions —We are placing on sale Friday morning our MUM
ntire Stock of Women's and Misses' Suits and Coats at less than cost —in fact every department has been instructed to cut and slash prices. 9jgM
>on't forget, Friday morning.
100 Suits— Must Go— A " " T~~" All Colors—All Sizes— l|
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/ R re Women's & Misses' COATS Women's and Misses' DRESSES
v Si,ks and Wash Dresses ° {AU K ™ d > piaced Saie a
to 44. All colors all styles. Taffeta, Satin, Georgette, Silk Poplin, Pongee, Voiles, Ginghams, '
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f Women's and Misses' Sale Starts Friday Morning Women's Waists
y/yyi p-gp We are compelled to omit prices in some „ ft /X
|\ ||\ of our departments for lack of space, but a AT GREAT REDUCTIONS
visit to our store will convince you of the -
Silks, Taffeta, Silk Poplins, Satin and money to be saved here. ' Lawns, Voiles, Organdies, Jap Silks, jjaEfflß
Wash Material. Crepe de Chines, Georgette, Etc. M
SI.OO Skirt. ... 59c $3.00 Skirt. $1.98 Entire Stock of Women's, Misses' and $1.50 Wrists ... 79c $5.00 Waists ... $2.98 dHBHf
$1.25 Skirts ." . 79c $5.00 Skirt. $2.98 Children's Hats at One-Half Price $2.00 Wai.t. ... 98c $6.00 Waist. ... $3.98 gu|3||^
$1.50 Skirts .... 98c $6.50 Skirts .. . .$3.98 98c Hats .. . .49c $3.00 Hats . . .$1.49 $2.50 Waists . . .$1.49 $7.50 Waists . . .$4.98
$1.75 Skirts $1.49 $7.50 Skirts .. . $4.98 $1.50 Hats ... 75c $4.00 Hats . . $1.98 $3.00 Waists . . .$1.98 $8.85 Waists . . $5.98 II
$2.00 Skirts $1.69 $8.85 Skirts $5.98 $2.00 Hats 98c $5.00 Hats . . $2.49 $4.00 Waists . . .$2.49 SIO.OO Waists . $6.98 I
Prices in our Men's and Boys' Departments are also far below the regular selling prices. Come to Livingston's Semi-An- jHB
nual Clearance Sale and save money. i
REMEMBER! Sale Starts Friday Morning at BA. M. I
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FRIDAY EVENING, BXRIIIByiTJRGF iMHi BLE3KXP9 JULY 5, 1918
tht production in bonded manufac
turing warehouses in 1917, for which
. ho data yet is available, is taken into
account, it is probable that the total
will reach nearly forty billions.
' i "Experts of cigarettes during 1917
totaled 7,023,626,000. Imports from
foreign countries and shipments
from the Philippines were relatively
very small, amounting to only 37,922
pounds, or about 10,000,000 or 12,-
000,000 cigarettes, during 1917.
"The net production in one year
of cigarettes available for American
consumption thus was not far from
thirty-three billions. Even that enor
mous number, however, does not in
clude cigarettes rolled by the smoker
from loose tobacco, concerning which
no data is available.
"According to the latest annual
report of the commissioner of In
ternal revenue, there were manufac
tured during the year of 1916, In fac
tories under the jurisdiction of that i
official, 7,932,610,191 cigars, 25,312.- ,
486,611 cigarettes, and 466,166,728 i
pounds of chewing and smoking j
tobacco and snuff. In addition, 87,- i
654,149 cigars and 4,594,662,940 ]
cigarettes were made in bonded man
ufacturing warehouses, operated
under the jurisdiction of the customs
service."
FTUSE OF STAMP TAX
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General has Issued the following
orders: "Parcels of merchandise
mailed at the 4th class rates of post
age by the American Red Cross
which are to be used exclusively in
connection with war work for the
'benefit of the United States, _ure ]
exempt from the War-stamp 'tax
imposed by the act of October 3,
1917.
VOIjUNTEERS FOR FARM WORK
Gettysburg, Pa.. July 5. —Forty
men employed at the local furnitur !
factories, tho largest crowd to vol
unteer for farm work in one body,
gave their services for all of In*
dependence Day and spent the day
on tho farms of the county to assist
In whatever work these was to be
dona. v
Rumania Is No Asset
to the Central Powers
London.—Rumania is a desolate
and barren country to-day, an awful
. object lesson of the rost of war. Two
.[years ago it was one of the garden
countries of the world, teeming with
. agricultural wealth and prosperity.
; More than 750,000 Russian soldiers
, lived in it and on it for nearly a year
i and they left very little behind them.
Any one who has known Rumania
• as she was when peace was forced
upon her ~t>y the Central Powers
must be convinced that it will be
years before Germany can draw
from her lields and orchards any
very valuable tribute.
Nor is the German control of
Hmania's petroleum production
likely to be a very profitable invest
ment for some time. In the so
called occupied territories the de
struction of the oil fields was so com
plete that Germany after fifteen
months of effort is able to measure
her supplies from that source in
quarts.
In the remainder of Rumania it Is
doubtful if production can be much
increased beyond that of the last
year, and during the last year pe
troleum has been one of the scarcest
articles in the country, obtainable
only under personal and special li
cense from the government.
Refugees Kat Grass
In the winter the Associated Press
correspondent made a tour of inspec
tion around a sco'e of the frontier
towns, where the largest proportion
of refugee population had been
dumped in the hurried retreat before
the German hosts. Conditions were
serious beyond description, but the
major part of the suffering was due
to famine rather than to exposure.
The shortage of food was such
that in many Instances were
seen in the fields eating—or at
tempting to eat—grass.
Terrible as was the plight of the
people of these refugee districts in
wartime, they can hope for little
alleviation with the coming of a
forced peace. Virtually no harvests I
can be expected this year in these
districts, for no seed will be avail
able, and, moreover, there are no
agricultural implements left, nor
any horses or draft animals of any
kind. Thousands of Rumanian
horbes died of starvation during the .
winter, for the peasants were two
exhausted in caring for their own
needs to make any attempt to pro
vide for their beasts.
In France the horses would have
been put to good use as meat for
human food, but the Rumanian •
peasant has an obhorrence of horse i
flesh as meat.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE OFFICERS
Sunhury, Pa.. July 5. —Sunbury i
Woman Suffrage Association organ
ized hero Tuesday, with many
prominent women In its membership.
These officers were elected: Mrs.
Charles W. Cloment, wife of Sun- ,
bury's burgess, president; Mrs.
Louisa Moore, vice-president; Mrs.
W. C. Rogers, secretary and Mrs. W.
Cameron PacKer, treasurer. 1
The Horrible Handicap
of Poisoned Blood
The Innocent Suffer Even Unto
the Third and Fourth Genera
tions, But Relief Is Now
in Sight.
It has long been accepted as a
matter of course that the sins of the
fathers must be suffered by innocent
posterity, yet it is hard tq become
reconciled to tills condition. The
heritage of physical Infirmity is <%
handicap under which thousands
must face the battle of life.
Scrofula is probably tho most no
ticeable of the transmitted blood
disorders, though there aro other
more severe diseases of the blood
that pass from one generation to
another. No matter what inherited
blood taint you may be laboring
under, S. S. S. offers hope. This
remedy has been In general use for
more than fifty years. It Is purely
vegetable, and contains not a par
ticle of any chemical, and acts
promptly , on the blood by routine
all trace's of the taint, and restoring
it to. absolute purity.
Some of the most distressing cases
of transmitted blood poison havo
yielded to the treatment of S. S. S.,
and no case should be considered In
curable until this great remedy has
been given a thorough trial. S. S. S.
acts as an antidote to every impur
ity in the blood. You can obtain it
at any drug store. Our chief medi
cal adviser will take pleasure in giv
ing you without cost any advice that
your individual case requires. Writa
to-day to Swift Specific Co., 433
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.