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WELDON, X. C, TlH'ltSDAV, MA1JCII 10, 11)10.
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THE CHARM OF KISSING.
It la Impossible to Scare the Sea
soned Kissing Man with Sinis
ter Talk of Microscopic Reptiles.
- and li
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which lias been
in use iop over uu yours, im homo the signature of
lias been made under hU pcr
.1 wiporvlslon Blneo its Infancy.
Allow no one todeeclvo you In this.
All ConnferfcltM, Imitations nnd " Just-ns-Rood" nro but
Kxprlincutx that, trifle with and endanger tlio health of
lufunU nnd Chlldrcu-Exnorlunne against Kxperiiueut.
What is CASTORIA
Cantor la Is a harmless mibstltiifo for Castor Oil, Pare.
Ifnrle, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine not- other Narcotto
wihstance. Its ago is Its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishncss. It cures Diarrluea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Trouble, cures Constipation
und Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
tzr
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Ladies
Attention
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Ladies Shoes in all the new
Spring styles. Come in and see our
new swell line. We have them in
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Oxford
In ; n vfpniw
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London Smote, Black & Tan.
Our lines are noted for
FIT, STYLE and SER
VICE. Call for Utz &
Dunn's make and you
will certainly get the
best.
Yours for business,
WELD ON SHOE COMPANY,
WELOON, N, C.
New Spring Qoods!
FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF
CLOTHING,
Furnishings, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
fresh from the Northern markets. Call and see
our new goods for spring and summer.
Respectfully,
I. J. KAPLIN, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
Once more the warning goes
out that kissing is dangerous. This
lime it is voiced by Miss Kllen M.
I. a Motte, the ranking officer in
Dr. Bosley's corps of fair and ac
complished nurses. The contact
of lip and lip, says Miss La Motte,
affords an ideal opportunity for
, the voyaging of pathogenic organ-
isms. Most of these germs, when
! they enter the body at all, do so
! by way of the mouth. Of such
sorts are the germs of diphtheria,
tuberculosis, meningitis, influenza,
i the simple cold and all the familiar
! juvenile plague. Therefore, it is
thoughtless and often cruel to kiss,
and sometimes suicidal to be kiss
ed. Thus speaks science, and its
mandate should be observed as to
! babies and by invalids. But the
great majority of folks, no doubt,
j will keep on kissing. We have
; often wondered at the enormous
i popularity of the exercise. Why
do people kiss? The act itself is
1 ridiculous as a spectacle and unsat
! isfying as a amusement. It sole
physical accompaniment is a feel
ing of sutfocation, and on the
physic side of it is frequently em
barrassing, particularly if an tin
; suspected rudience reveals itself
say, by satiric whoops and cat
' calls. It has none of the charm
j of other pleasures, such as solfeg
I gio, eating and automoboling, for
! example. Kissing will neither
I build up the anaemic nor soothe
' the neurasthenic.
But it still thrives, and no jere
I maids on its perils will ever work
its abolition. The man who makes
a practice of kissing the fair sex is
a man attracted rather than repell
ed by danger. He knows that every
kiss he steals is full of fearful haz
ard. The girl herself may black
his eye, stab him with a hatpin or
call for the police; and then again
she may choose to regard his idle
i favor as an offer of marriage, and
, accept him before he can escape.
I Yet again, her father or brothers,
j detecting him with his arm around
j her neck and gazing into her fore
; head, may rush him and hail him
as a relative, touching him for
small loans, calling him by his first
name and seizing offensively upon
all the other familiarities which
relatives -in -law affect. Finally,
the mother of the girl may knit
' him pulse-warmers and send him
ameteur remedies for his rheuma
. tism and red nose, and her little
sisters may giggle every time they
see him.
' No, it is impossible to scare the
i seasoned kissing man with sinister
talk of microscopic reptiles. He is
used to larger game, and he loves
danger. It is his pleasure to fare
out into space upon a gossamer
strand, blown by strong winds.and
with fathomless abyss of matrimony
yawning beneath him. In such
grisly perils he joys. Baltimore
Sun.
MINISTERIAL DIPLOMACY.
CAKE, $
mWA It biscuit, h
m-Wi lEoa n
ffkartA-V Paltry, arc $
7 r U-'3TO4 X' lessened In cost
I WkiA nd increased U
l r--,ttM 1 saaiiiy and $
wfeolesomeness, J
Baits the food tut horse jVtti
ana save mE2cv ' r-
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OrjanUed Under the Uws ol the State of North Carolina,
AUGUST 2UT1I, 1S92.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
capital Si5in $43000.
with the business intents of Haifa "'i.h.n.ptoo nt,e. fa
many years, Money Y, " M U.
tlie
a
on time deposits as follows: For
lis or longer, 2 per cent. Six
months or longer, 3 per cent. Twelve montna or lonRer, per cent.
For further information apply to the President or tashier.
At a dinner given by the prime
minister of a little kingdom on the
Balkan Peninsula, a distinguished
diplomat complained to his host
that the minister of justice, who
had been sitting on his left, had
stolen his watch.
"Ah, he shouldn't have done
that," said the prime minister in
tones of annoyance. "I will get it
back for you."
Sure enough, toward the end of
evening, the watch was returned
to its owner.
"And what did he say?" asked
the diplomat.
"Sh-h," cautioned the host,
glancing anxiously about him. " He
doesn't know that 1 have got it
back."
interest six per centum.
UnmnK nra 1 are HOIieucd.
The surplus and undivided proms nay.n(t reacn o a sum ...
Capital Stock, the ltank has, commeno.nir ,i.u.u.jr ., ..-., ,a.. e,. ,
Savings Department allowing imerenv uu m..j.
.n.iL X,n,l to remain three months or longer, 2 per
prksidbnt:
W. E. DANIEL,
V1CR-PBKHIIHNT:
W. R. SMITH.
casiiikr:
R. S. TUAVIS,
IE
A ROBBERY THAT PAID.
Scott I always thought it was
rough on Adam to rob him of his
rib.
Mott Yes; but on the other
hand it was the making of Eve.
Puck.
IN A BEAUTIFUL MORNING,
For the storms that have driven the blue from the skies
Give the dark of thy tresses the gray of thine eyes.
And song shall be sweet where the heart knew but sighs,
In a beautiful beautiful morning !
Thy tresses were midnight, but ever thine eyes
Made the sun of the morning in splendor arise
In the varying blue and the gray of the skies,
In a beautiful beautiful morning!
You knew, dear, but only Love's tenderest art,
And now, as the lights and the shadows depart
Let me dream with your dark tresses over my heart,
In the beautiful beautiful morning !
Let me dream, when no longer your eyes I may see,
That love in some bright world untrampled will be
That your dear lips will steal through the mosses to me
With a kiss in a beautiful morning !
DEDICATION OF A' HOME.
OUR STAY IN DEATH,
When on my day of life the night's falling.
And in the wind from unsunned spaces blown,
I hear far voices from out of darkness calling
My feet to paths unknown.
Thou who has made my home of life so pleasant,
Leave not its tenant when its walls decay;
0 Love Divine, 0 Helper ever present,
Be thou my strength and stay !
Be near me when all else is from me drifting
Earth, sky, home's picture's, days of shade and shine
And kindly faces to my own uplifting
The love which answers mine.
1 have but thee, my Father ! Let thy Spirit
Be with me to comfort and uphold;
No gates of pearl, no branch of palm I merit,
No streets of shining gold.
Suffice it if my good and ill unreckoned,
And both forgiven through thy abounding grace
I find myself by hands familiar beckoned
Unto my fitting place.
Some humble door among thy many mansions,
Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease,
And flows forever through heaven's green expansions
The river of thy peace.
There, from the music round about me stealing,
I fain would learn the new and holy song,
And find at last, beneath thy trees of healing,
The life for which I long.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
A World of Care Shut Out, A
World of Love Within.
Not long ago Mr. and Mrs. C.
N. Page, of Des Moines, Iowa,
formally dedicated their home.
And why not ?
Churchas are formally dedicated
to their uses and temples of learn
ing and of justice and of charity
and of pleasure.
Why not dedicate the holiest ot
all the home.
The home is more needful and
more precious than any stately
place where men and women con
gregate on whatever mission.
Hearthstone and fireside arc great
er than pew and pulpit, forum and
and foyer.
Take up the old book of Deuter
onomy. There you will learn that
a man was excused from war if he
had builded a house that was not
yet dedicated. The home was
first.
In the olden days a home meant
much. It was to be the abode of
many generations. It was built to
stand. It passed from father to
son.
Nowadays we build houses only
to tear them down after a few
years or sell them. Many of us
are like birds of passage. We
make our nests first here and then
there. We are in too big a hurry
to dedicate them. Even the old
customs of an evening's "house
warming" have passed away. Es
pecially is this true in the middle
west.
This Des Moines dedication was
notable.
A dedicatory hymn was written
for the occasion and sung, and the
minister offered a dedicatory pray
er. The two boys of the family
then lighted the lire on the hearth,
and the two girls lighted the even
ing lamps. Then the four-year-old
brought "papa's slippers." Father
and mother read alternate verses
of the poem "A Foretaste of Heav
en." That was all save the remarks
of a few neighbors and congratula
tions. The four walls of this home.thus
set apart for holy uses, will house
real affection that dwells within all
the better for this distinction. Its
every precinct will be hallowed by
this joyous and loving consecra
tion. A home that is built upon the
foundation of faith and hope and
love, where dwells light and purity
and truth, where the voices of hap
py children are heard and patter
ing feet, is heaven in miniature.
Let us have more home dedica
tions. You are less than nothing if you
do nothing.
Ask Grand Ma'
ABOUT
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
For over 80 years it has been the standard remedy
for Biliousness, Constipation, Headache, Dyspepsia,
Malaria and all diseases of the Stomach and Liver.
SHE KNOWS
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l ir:it I 1 r y !,-.", perfect fit, simplicity and
rt i.-ii v rf:n. v' 4'i vi-nr. N-lil in nearly
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t'.m.i.l.", "T 1'V nun iiirol. M"rc miM than
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McCALL'S MAGAZINE
More sulKrr.t-.-i-, tl-..n
ntlirr fnsliion
Invaiual'le. I -at-
rst styles, nHi rn-., I'lrsMiiukine, millinery,
p,iim mwicl', f.iii- v nit'iii woi lf, ti;iinirt.-ssin,
t-tiijurlli1, L'OH.i stwrics, ttc. Only U) cents
year (wwlli double), including a Irr-ft pattern,
Siil'scriliu tmluv, or ncnd for sutnjilu copy,
IVONDIUFUL INDUCEMENTS
tn Atjeiit?. I'orLtl tn-inn premium catalogue
anil ne'.v i-.i- U t uti otlei s. Address
(HE McCALL CO.. 238 to 248 W. 37th St.. NEW YOB
We Ask You
to take Cardul, lor your female
troubles, because we are sure it
will help you. Remember that
this great female remedy
MENS SUITS:
$18.00 Suits now 11.98
has brought reHef to thousands of
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak
ness, manv have said it is 'the
best medicine to take." Try It I
Sold in This City
16.50
12.50
10.00
10.98
7.98
6.98
A SABBATH SCHOOL THOUGHT. I giving his parents a snock
The Railroad Guide on the
To Heaven.
Road
DeWITT'S CARC3LIZED WITCH HAZEL
0ALVE For PHM, Burns, SorM.
THE CHILDREN LIKE IT
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUCH SYRUP
CHILDREN TEETHING
Mus. Winslow's Soothing Syhi-p has
been used for over 50 years by millions
of mother for their children while teeth
ing, with perfect success. It soothes
the child, softens the gum, allays all
pain; cureB wind colic, and is the best
remedy for Diarrhica. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world, Be sure and
auk for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syr
up," and take no other kind. Twenty
live centa a bottle.
In our common schools, acade
mies, colleges and universities.each
have their course of study, and text
books for the same; and as a stu
dent masters each branch, the text
books are laid aside and he gradu
ates to a higher. But in the Sab
bath School it is different. We
have our text book lor the whole
course, and that course should be
for life. In the Bible there are
truths which the merest child can
understand and depths tf thought
which the most learned cannot
fathom. It may be called the rail
way guide on the way to heaven,
and the Sabbath School lunch
counters along the way at which
we may refresh ourselves. One
of the grandest sights for mortal
eyes is a whole family from the
tottering grandparents down to the
prattling child, all in school and
studying the same lesson, and that
lesson for eternity. A person
should never be too old, too rich,
or too wise to cease being a Sab
bath School student.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Young Edwin Higbee made his
parents quicken their respiration
and look up from their papers the
other evening in a hurry.
Father," began the young man,
'how far should a fellow go with
i girl ?"
"Why, er-uh that depends,"
stammered William T. Higbee, the
parent. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I went just as far as I
could. I didn't know whether
she or her folks would like it if I
went any further. So I just "
'How far did you go?" broke
in the father, excitedly, wonder
ing what sort of a mesalliance in
the family he might have to face
some day with such a Don Juan
for a son.
"Oh, I didn't go any further
than the gate. I had a notion to
walk clear up to the door with
her, but 1 didn't know whether 1
ought to or not, so I just stopped
at the gate apd said good-bye
and "
The parents were already breath
ing deep sighs of relief.
THE REAL WAY.
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or rummon tflass with your
water and let it stand twentv-four hours;
a hnck dust sedi-
8-
1 M 1 W?flf'
n v W ir- TlL-
TO
r.uMit, or settling,
stringy or milky
appearance often
indicates an un
healthy condi
tion of the kid
neys; too fre
quent desire to
pass it or pain in
the hack are ah o s mptums that tell you
the kidneys ami bladder are out of order
end need attention.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the yrvnt kitt;;ey remedy,
fulfills almost ewry wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys,
liver, bladder and every part of the urinary
passage. Cornets inability to hold water
und scalding jmiu in passim? it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of heing compelled to e,o often
through the day, and to get up many
times during iho night. T'le mil l and
immediate efTn t of Swamp-Root is
soon realized. H stands the highest be
r:iuitif its rtMii'irkuble
health restoring prop. fr'CTOjjM
erlies. If you need a r:",'l(!"-S r,.'!;;6;2r"
medicine von should H
have the best. Sold by fclMIIff 'S&iHKl
and one-dollar sizes.
You may have n sample bottle sent free
hynmil. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., King
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, lUughamtou,
N. Y., on ever y Lottie.
Men's Overcoats
$15.00 now 9.98
12.50 now 7.88
10.00 now 6.49
A. Clean Sweep
Sale of all Hats 1
BOYS' OVERCOATS
$5 Overcoats cut to 2.50
$3 " " 1-98
All Shoes at Clean
Sweep Prices
Women's $1.50 Shoes
to sro at 98c
Men's $2.50 and $3
Working Shoes now 1.98
Bargains for all for a
few more days.
n. my
Weldon, N, C.
ROSES .
Electric
Bitters
Succeed whtn everything else foils.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
icinedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the best medicine ever sold
over a druggist's counter.
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PATENT LAWTtKB,
ana Seventh St.. Washington, D. C. ,
Carnations, Violets
ami! otlirr llowi'M al:iys mi liaiul.
Slioor We.MiiiL' limiiin'ts. Ihiu.lMimo
Floral IN'siirns, I'alins ami lVnis fur
homo cullinv.
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus
ami nmiiv oilier varieties of Bulbs fur
fall plantlne either for out or in. I cul
ture. Kiwi- Implies. Mairnohus ami l.v
erk'reehx. rile, 'plume or teleeiapli.
H. STEINMKTZ,
Florist.
Raleigh, North Carolina.
5-'J;i-ly
Wood's Early Ohio
Seed Potatoes
are heme planted in increasing
quantities each year by the largeBt
and most successful market-growers.
This variety makes uniform
ly Urire sized potatoes, of excellent
shipping, market and table quali
ties, und is proving to be ono of
tho most protitable aud reliable of
early-cropping potatoes.
We are headquarters for the best
Maine-grown SCCd
Second Crop n , .
Northern-grown r0l3I06S
Wood's 30th Annual Seed
Bock gives full descriptions and
information, with tho highest tes-
ilul growers
of Wood's
Do you think you will keep your
new cook?"
"We don't know. She has tak
en us on trial, but we are in hopes
that we will suit." Philadelphia
Press.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
aiiOQR C. iRCI;N.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(National Hank Huilding)
Weldon, N. C.
T. OLAR KI.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, N.C.
Practices in the courts of Halifax and
adjioning counties and iu tho t-upreme
court of the Mate. Special attention
given to collections and prompt return
WE FURNISH
(V !)
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( A Hoyul I'east to every one who1
V buv their groceries at our store.
( All the seasonable delicacies are
found in our store the year'
round.
CONFECTIONERIES
V FRUITS
( I CROCKERY AND TIN
ij WARE
Wooden and Willownare, Etc
v (ioods delivered promptly any
( where m town. Polite clerks.
l'hone No. HO.
timonials from successful
as to the superiority
Heed Potatoes.
Write for priccB and Wood'a
Seed Hook, which will be mailed
free on request.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,"
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
Special Sale !
E. I. PUBSELL,
WEI.IMIN, N. C.
Wc have on hand several consign
inents ol" the latest in wool. Wash and
Princess ladies Suits. Rather than re
turn these suits our headquarters deci
ded to put them on sale nt half price
for cash only. SU." Suits $7.00. Prin
cess, white and all other colors 5 to $7,
now S'J.'ill to if 3. Wash ( 'oat Suits $4 to
ifli, now ifl.'.W to J3. $1 toliifi Net Waists
reduced i. 75 to J'ABO Illack and col
ored silk Petticoats ! to W now $2.88
to $a.75. Voile Skirts $0 to H now $5.60
to $4.11. 10,000 yards lace and embroid
eries to closo out at nan price, toe vi
$1 Messaline silks, all colors, now 50 to
7"ic. 5 and lie. calicoes 8J to 4c.
10 and 121c Binghams 7 to 9c. About
3,000 yards dress goods to close out leBS
than cost. Ladies hats at half price,
Rugs, druegets, carpetings and mattings
at and below cost
SPIERS BROS.
WELPpN.N.C.
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