New Jerseyman Chews Tobacco as Preventive of Disease.
Newton, N. J., Dec. 22.--Charles Ashford Shafer, Sushex
County's oldest resident, celebrated his one hundred and
second birthday at the home of his son, George Shafer,
to-day. Mr. Shafer is still active, hale and hearty, and
walks several miles a day. He was born a few miles from here
and has spent all his life in this section. For many years
he conducted a distillery. The centenarian declares that
chewing tobacco is a means of preventing disease, and he has
been chewing it since a boy. Mr. Shafer reads without the
aid of glasses.
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