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VOL. XLIV.
WKLDOX, X. C, TIH USDAV, .JANTAKY 27, 11)10.
NO. '.))
The Klud You Ilavo Always Bought, and which has been,
in use for over 30 years, has borne the Blnaluro of
s-0 '' been motto under his per-
LLxrTJit ' 80lml lorvlsloii 8lnco its Infancy.
wtcr, 'cAMt Allow IIO OI10 to llm,lvo you hl tl)U
All Counterfeits, Iiiiltatlons ond " JiiMt-as.oml" are hut
i:perltiieiilM that trlllo with nn.leiulaiifc'crtlio heaUU of
Infant and Children Experience ngtiluat Experiment
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is a harmless substitute, for Cnntor Oil, Paregoric-,
Drops and gontlilmr Syrup. It is lMeasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphlno nor other Marcotlo
iiihstance. lUaseis its g'larantce. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverislmcss. It cures Di.irrhia and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates the
Stomach and Itowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Irf Use For Over 30 Years.
TNC CCNTaUR OOMPaNV, TT HUMtV THCCT, N(W TO UK CITY.
Get the Habit
be glad to do the rest. Also full line of
HOLEPROOF
HOSIERY
in Men's, Ladies' and Children's, Guaranteed
to last you six months, If they don't you get six
pairs of hose FREE, Try a box-Men's $1.50; La
dies $2; Childrens $3; extra heavy at foot and knee
-the only kind that will stand the children. The
Shoe Store of shoe values
WBLDON SHOE COMPANY,
WELDOM, N, C.
Special Reduced Prices
During the Holidays, I will oiler my entire stock at
greatly reduced prices. My Stock Consists of -
Mens' and Boys' Up-to-Date Reafly-Made
Clothing, Ladies' anA Gents' Furnishings.
My Stock Is all new and of Latest Styles. II you want
Bargains be sure to call during this special sale which
will only last until January I, 1010.
Respectfully,
I. J. KAPLIN,
3E
THE BANK OF WELDON
WKLDOX, X. C
Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina,
Afiii'sraiTH. iso::.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
C ap it al an d Snrpl ns. . $43,000.
wiU. heb,MieBi,tor,.of Halifax Northampton counts .for
many y. a.". Monet m loaned upon apprnvcl HWimty at the hal rate of
Kat-si xpero,nU.m. Account" of all arc aohi-it.-l.
Thurp'uVand .in.livi.lr.1 profit- bavin iwm-ImnI "urn equal to the
ranTtal Stock the Bank has. commencing January I. I!KiS, established a
nM lrt.nent ?lloinirinlert oil time .l.-Hit a fblkma: For
m , '8l rowed toreinaiii three month or lomrer, 2 per cent Mix
&orWr. per cent. Twelve mont .n or hm.er percent.
For further information apply to the President or C ashu r.
pbhmdbnt:
W. K. DANIKL,
CiWITT'S CARBOLIZED WICK HAZEL
8ALVE For pil,lum, Jon.
Signature of
Of coming to our store when
vou want the best in footwear
1
I 0
are the latest designs made by
skilled shoemakers, in other
words, they are classy. Let
us see your foot and we will
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FOR
THE
E3
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
IE
Holidays
vica-rRKHioiiNT: cahhikh:
Ih. II. W. LKWI.S, W. It. HMITH.
(Jacksou, Northampton county)
Tilt CHILDREN LtKt IT
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUGH SYRUP
THE CRISIS.
A Loving Mother Guides Her Girl
nt the Fateful Moment.
j "Your whole future life depends
I upon it."
j The mother, her face tinged with
! sympathy which we must ever feel
! in the presence of an immaturity
! that is hesitating between right and
wrong, laid her hand over that of
: her beautiful daughter.
I "Yes, dear," she continued,
j "into every life there comes ai one
i time or another a supreme temp
tation. If the crisis is passed all
j is safe, but if you yield at the fatal
moment you cannot retrace your
: steps. You are then committed to
a fatal policy."
; ' But, mother, father says he
ciunot nll'ord it."
; "L-xaetiy. Fathers from time
! immemorial have always said that.
: It is ilicir way of imposing on
; youth and innocence. Go forth
i at once and buy the gown. Do
; no, (urgi t that I am with you, that
i I will stand back of you with all
I the feeble strength I can com-
mand."
I So saying, the proud woman
j folded into her arms the weak
I creature, who even then, if it had
not been for her timely rescue,
would have been betrayed into a
, humiliating and shameful surren
' tier. -Success Magazine.
ENEMIES.
A Man Who Has No Enemies
Seldom Good for Anything.
Is
I Go straight on and don't mind
them. If they get in your way
walk around regardless of their
; spite. A man who has no enemies
: is seldom good for anything; he is
made of that kind of material
which is so easily worked that
every one has a hand in it. A
sterling character is one who
thinks for himself, and speaks
what he thinks; he is always sure
to have enemies. They are as
necessary to him as fresh air; they
keep him alive and active. Live
i down prejudice by right doing. If
' you stop to dispute, you do but as
they desire, and open the way for
more abuse. Let the poor fellows
talk, there will be a reaction if you
perform but your duty, and the
! sparks, which you do not blow
S will go out of themselves, and
those once alienated will flock to
you and acknowledge their error.
A TRUTHRJL ASSERTION.
The worst habit that boys can
! fall into is that of loafing around
! on the streets at night. It is then
they cast their lot in slippery places
j when at any moment they are like
j ly to fall from grace. All good
and noble lessons taught by their
mothers are there counteracted
and nullified. They learn noth
ing that is good but everything
bad. The boys who spend their
evenings in the sacred precincts of
home with good books for their
j companions are the future hope of
i this republic; they will fill our leg
islative and congressional halls,
and sit in judgment upon men and
measures, while the boys who run
the streets will fill our penitentia
ries, almshouses and lunatic asy
lums. Parents who are responsi
ble for these broken laws of de
cency will have broken hearts and
bowed down heads in the awaken
ing years that will inevitably fol
low. A Wild Blizzard Raging
liiinirs daufer, mitlcriuir often death
to thousands, n ho take colds, coughs
and laifi ippe that terror of winter and
mii mi;. Its daneer siirnals are "stult'ed
up" nostrils, lower part of tlm nose sore
chilla and fever, pain in hark of hend,
and a throat gripping coui!h. When
lirip attacks, as you value your life,
ilon't delay iri'ttiniT Dr. Kimj's New Dis
covery, "line home eureil me, wines
A. I.. Dunn, of I'ine Valley, Miss., "af
ter lieins Maid up' three weeks with
grip." Forlorn Iuiirs, Hemorrhages,
Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, ltion-
chitis, Asthma, its supreme. .Mic. 1.
liuiuanteeil by all druggists.
"1 suppose you were awfully
glad to welcome your husband
from Europe ?"
"No. He didn't smuggle a
thing through forme."
Don't trille with Kidney and l'.ladder
trouble. Take DeWitt'a Kidney and
ltladder Tills as directed and you w ill at
once notice satisfactory results. De
Witt's Kidney and ltladder Tills arc an
tiseptic, healing and soothing. He sure
to get DeWitt's Kidney and ltladder
Tills when you ask for them. Refuse
substitutes and imitations. Look fur
the name on the package.
Bold by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, N. C.
3 Bales of Cotton Per Acre
Mr. John B. Broadwell averaged three bales of
cotton per acre on his entire crop by using fertilizers
at the rate of i,ooo pounds per acre. You should be
able to do as well as Mr. Broadwell
By Using
Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizers
Get a copy of our 1910 Farmers' Year Book or Almanac
from your fertilizer dealer, or write us for a free copy.
Mr. Broadwell tells in this book his own story of how
he got this big yield.
SAI.F.S OFFICES:
Richmond, Va.
Norfolk, Va.
Matl uf thii Coupon
Virginia Ca rolina Chemical
Company,
Pie tie tend me i copy of your igio
Ftrmefi' Year Book Utt ol coit,
Columbia, 9, C,
Durham, N. C.
Winiion-Sslcm, N. C.
Charleston. S. C.
Baltimore, Md,
Columbui. Ca.
Montgomery, Ala
Memphis, Tcnn.
Shrove port, La,
Name.
Town..
State..
THE WORKERS' HYMN.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
I have listened to the sighing of the burdened and the bound,
I have heard it change to crying, with a menace in the sound;
I have seen the money getters pass unheeding on the way,
And they went to forge new fetters for the people day by day.
Then the voice of Labor thundered forth its purpose and its need,
And I marveled, and 1 wondered, at the cold, dull ear of greed;
For as chimes, in some great steeple, tell the passing of the hour,
So the voices of the people tell the death of purchased power.
All the gathered dust of ages God is brushing from His Book;
He is opening up its pages, and He bids His children look;
And in shock and conflagration, and in pestilence and strife,
He is speaking to the nations of the brevity of life.
Mother Earth herself is shaken by our sorrows and our crimes;
And she bids her sons awaken to the portent of the times;
With her travail pains upon her, she is hurling from their place
All the minions of dishonor, to admit the Coming Race.
By the voice of Justice bidden, she has torn the mask from Might,
And the shameful secrets hidden she is dragging into light;
And whoever wrongs his neighbor must be brought to judgment now,
Though he wear the badge of Labor or a crown upon his brow.
There is growth in Revolution, if the word is understood;
li is one with Evolution, up from self to brotherhood;
He who utters it unheeding, bent on self or selfish gain,
His own day of doom is speeding, though he toil or though he reign.
God is calling to the masses, to the peasant and the peer:
He is calling to all classes that the crucial hour is near;
For each rotting throne must tremble and fall broken in the dust,
With the leaders who dissemble and betray the people's trust.
Still the voice of God is calling; and above the wreck 1 see,
And beyond the gloom appalling, the great Government-to-Be.
From the ruins it has risen, and my soul is overjoyed,
For the school supplants the prison, and there are no unemployed.
And there are no children's faces at the spindle or the loom;
They are out in sunny places, where the other sweet things bloom;
God has purified the alleys, He has set the white slaves free,
And they own the hills and valleys in this Government-to-Be.
VIOLETS.
HE violets again little wet violets, and there is
the clean, sweet breath of spring. One would lift
his head and drink deep taste this sweetness, this
grateful freshness that is about. There is a quicker
leap of life, and nature seems to stir with a kind of tenderness. There
is a deeper glow on the faces of children easier happiness on a tiny,
nestling face Girlhood comes to outward whiteness again
the cool, crisp sign of spring. And in all is the subtle charm of violets
little, human, tremulous things, gentle as love's whisper, pure as
purity. Restful, quaint liule flower, too -simple, uppealing
Flower to lay on a baby that has died to give a seemly tribute to wo
manhoodto press against the face as easement for tired heart
Such a dear, peaceful flower, all alone in flower land emblem of the
world's simplest and best, and waiting to mock a false face or adorn
the beauty that comes from the soul. Isaac Erwin Avery.
Saved at Death's Door.
The door of death seemed ready to
open lor Mm ray . Avers, of Transit
lir.dge. N. Y., when his life was wonder
fully saved. "I was in a dnudful eoil
dition," he writes, "my skin was almost
yellow ; eyessunken: tongue enatediein
aciated from losing to pound", growing
weaker daily. Virulent liver trouble
pulling me down to death in spite of
doctors. Then that matchless medi
cineElectric Hitters cured me. I re
gained the to pounds lost and now am
well and strong." Tor all stomach,
liver and kidney troubles they're su
preme. .Vic at all druggists.
Most women are so anxious to
believe (hey are pretty that even
their mirrors fool them.
CASTORIA
For InfauU and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
A precedent embalms a princi
pie.
Atlanta, Gi.
Savannah, Oa.
TOLD IN THE DOCTOR'S.
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook is cred
ited with the following :
A man by the name of Evans
died and went to heaven. When
he arrived at the pearly gates he
said to St. Peter :
"Well, I'm here."
St. Peter asked him his name.
"John Evans," was the reply.
St. Peter looked throuch the
book and shook his head.
"You don't belong here," he
said.
"But I.am sure 1 belong here,"
said the man.
"Wait a minute," said St. Peter.
He looked again, and in a back of
the book found a name.
"Sure," said the guardian of
the gate, "you belong here, but
you weren's expected for20 years.
Who's your doctor?"
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA.
THE RIDDLE OF SLEEP.
A Mystery That the Mind is Una
! ble to Penetrate,
: When all is written, how little
j we know of sleep! It is a
! closing of the eyes, a disappear-
anee, a wondering return. In
I tinoiisy slumber, in dreamless
dead rest, in horrid nightmare
! or in eestacies of somnolent
j fancies the eyes are blinded,
I the body is abandoned, while
j the inner essence is we know
not where. We have no other
knowledge of sleep than wc
have of death. In delirium or
coma or trance, no less than in
normal sleep and in dissolution
the soul is gone. In these it
returns, in that it does not
come again, or so wo ignorant
ly think.
Yet when I reflect on my
death I forget that 1 have en
countered it many times al
ready and find myselt none the
worse. 1 forget that I sleep.
The fly has no shorter exis
tence than man's. Wo bustle
about for a few years with lu
dicrous importance, as bottle
flies buzz at the window panes.
They, too, may imagine them
selves of infinite moment in
this universe we share with
them. But this is to take no
account of the prognostics of
sleep. There is something hid
den, something secret, some
unfathomed mystery whose
presence we feel, but cannot
verify; some permeative
thought insistently moving in
our hearts, some phosphores
cence that glows we know not
whence through our shadowy
atoms.
Neither sleep itself nor half
its promises nor mysteries have
been plumbed. It is the moth
er of superstitions and of mir
acles. In dreams we may
search the surface powers of the
soul. Visions in the night are
not all hallucinations; voices in
the night are not all mocking.
There is a prophet dwells with
in the mind not of the mind
but deeper throned in obscur
ity.
The brain cannot know of
this holy presence nor of its life
in sleep. The brain is mortal
and trustworthy, a phonograph
and a camera for audible and
palable existence. Strike it a
blow in childhood so that it
ceases its labors and awako its
machinery after forty years
and it will repeat the infantile
action or word it last recorded
and will take up its task on the
instant, making no account of
the intermediate years. They
are non-existent to it. Yet to
that hidden memory those dis
eased years are not blank. It
knows, it has recorded, though
the brain has slept. And In
hypnotic or psychic trance,
when that wonderful ruler is
released from the prison of the
body, it can speak through the
atom blent machinery of the
flesh and tell of things man
himself could not. know because
of his paralyzed brain. This
ruler is not asleep in sleep, nor
in delirium is it delirious, and
in death it is dead. Through
all the ages it. has been our
sphinx, which we have interro
gated in vain. It joins not in
our laughter nor our tears. We
have fancied it with immobile
brooding features of utmost
knowledge and wisdom and
sorrow. It has asked lis but
one question, nor from the day
of Oedipus unto today have we
answered rightly, so that we
die of our ignorance. It is As
iris living in us. It is tho un
known tiod to whom we erect
our altars, the lire in taberna
cle, the presence behind the
veil. Not in normal wakeful
ness at least will it answer our
queries, but in sleep sometimes
it will speak. And it may pos
sibly be that at last, after all
these centuries, we are learning
how to question it and in hyp
notic traneo and in the fearful
law of suggestion are discover
ing somewhat of its mystery
and how to employ it for our
worldly good. Yet to its es
sential secret we are no closer
than our forefathers were.
We may define dreams and
nightmare, coma and swoon
and trance with what terms we
will, search their physical rea
sons and learn to r;uide and
guard, yet we kne w no more of
them than of electricity! We
may begin to suspect that tele
pathy and clairvoyance and oc
cult forces of the soul are not
superstitious fancies, and we
may even empirically classify
and study and direct them. Yet
the soul is no nearer our inqui
sition. Though we should know of
its reality, though our finite
minds should fathom the infin
itude, of what benefit would it
he? Would it modify our be
liefs or our hopes or our faiths?
Would it dictate one action to
our passionate lives? There
would he no change in human
nature and no reforms of the
world: We are the children of
our fathers, and our children
will tread the prehistoric paths
Dreams are our life, whether
we wake or sleep. We drowse
through existence, awaking
and dying and being reborn
daily, ever torpescent and una
mazed, and our thousand slum
berous deaths we call restora
tive sleep sleep that restores
our physical being, building up
where wo have torn down, re
creating what we destroy.
Black pitch black indeed
is the cavern of Morpheus.
Faith peoples it with varied le
gions and builds its chaos into
myriad forms. Nightly we en
ter it and drain the lcthean air
and forget, and daily we return
with rejoicings, babbling of
dreams that were not dreamed,
and finally we enter for the last
time and drain somewhat more
deeply the essence of ecstacy
and awake no more and no
more return to the autumn
dyed skies of the dawn. And
yet we shall dream. Atlantic
Monthly.
WHAT A PLANT DID.
It Was a Real as Well as a
ical Blessing.
Phys-
A little plant was given to a sick
girl. In trying to take care of it
the family made changes in their
living. First, they cleaned the
window, that more light might
come to its leaves; then when not
too cold, they would open the win
dow that fresh air might help the
plant to grow. Next the clean
window made the room so untidy
that they used to wash the tloors
and walls and arrange the furni
ture more neatly. This led the
father of the family to mend a
broken chair or two, which kept
him home several evenings. After
the work was done he staid at
home instead of spending his leis
ure hours at the taven, and the
money thus saved went to buy
comforts for them all. Thus the
little plant brought a real as well as
a physical blessing.
LIPE.
Report by a young English
school Ku l of a lecture on "Phases
of Human Life Youih, Manhood,
and Age": "In youth we look
forward to the wicked things we
will do when we grow up this is
the state of innocence. In man
hood we do the wicked things of
which we thought in our youth
this is the prime of life. In old
age we are sorry for the wicked
things we did in manhood this is
the time of our dotage."
Do not speak disrespectfully of
the man up a tree. His wife's
mother may be at the bottom of
if.
AliK YOU
SLf.EPY? NERVOUS?
? TIKKl) ?
IT WILL WAKEN
VP YOUR LIVER
and start it working.- Then
you can work, and enjoy it, too,
THE GENUINE haa ttw RED Z
th front of eaoh packag id Mm
(IgnMura moi oi J. H. ZEIUtt
m CUH on tno ww, in mil.
' FOR CALI BY AU. DRUGGISTS.
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Ten Doctors
Said He Would Die
"In 1903 we wrote you regard
ing my husband, who was suf
fering from heart trouble. He
was siipcranuated by the North
Georgian Conference. Ten doc
tors at different times said he
would die. You advised Dr.
Miles' ll.-nrt Remedy and Re
storative Nervine; we did as
advised, and improvement was
apparent from tin- very first, lie
recovered and the Conference in
i4 gave him a charge, lie
never felt belter, although he
has very heavy work and does
a great deal of camp meeting
work. I am so glad we took
your advice and gave him the
medicine, and feel that I ought
to let yon know of the wonder
ful good results from its use."
.MRS. T. S. EDWARDS,
Milner, Ga.
This proves what Dr. Miles'
Heart Remedy will do. Get a
bottle from your druggist and
take it according to directions.
It does not matter whether your
heart is merely weak, or you
have organic trouble, if it does
not benefit you take the empty
bottle to your druggist and get
your money back.
UeCALL PATTERNS
CeiebrjU-it l"r stv perfect fit, simplicity and
reliability m-siriv 4'J wr$. Sol.l in nearly
every city ;imi town in" ilic Umtnl States and
Canada, or lv m.iil direct. More tniJ than
anv oilier nuke. Srtid lor irce catalogue.
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T. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WKLDOX, N. C.
Praetiees ill tlie courts ofllalifax and
a'ljoininir counties ami iu the Supreme
court of the State. Special attention
iriven to collections anil prompt return
We Ask You
to take Cardul, for your female
troubles, because ve are sure It
will help you. Remember that
this great female remedy
YfEl
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has brought reHef to thousands of
other sick women, so why not to
you For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak
ness, many have said it is tne
best medicine to take." Try It I
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