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XV-NVN
HUSBANDS BEWARE.
Tho Kind You Huvo Ahvny Zlmixtit, nn. rvliu Ji lm been
In use for o(T 30 years lias borne llio siiMiaturo ut
anil lias li.'cn nniilo uiiiKt IiU ier
ff.J:, ' sti:ervl.loii sliii-o IN Infancy.
All CnuntorfVIH, Imitation ami "t7nsl.iis.piil " urn lint
i:perliiinls that trltlo wl'H n"d oiiihni.r i he limllli of
Infants iukI Children Kipem-nco na;nt i:peiiiiirut.
What is CASTORIA
Castnria U n harmless siih-aituto for Oistnr Oil, Tnrv
piric, lri und Suotliiiitf SH!is. It Is l'leiisiint. It
coiitiilns neillicr Opium, j'llnriiliino noi' oilier Xnrrotia
MiliMtanci'. lis) ugn 1h its) p-'iitruntec. It destroys Worms
anil allays l'ct rrislinoKS, It, cures Dunlina and Wind
Coli;'. ft, relieves IVetliHf Troubles, cures Constipation
anil I'lalnleary, It, ussimihit.'S the V'ooil, regulates tho
.Stomach anil JSowi-ls, riving lie.i'liiy and natural sleep.
The Children' Puunccu Tho Mother's Friend.
CENUhJ- CASTORIA ALWAYS
Eear3 tho Signature of
a
The KM You Have Always Bouglit
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Tht rtHTAw COMMNT, 7T MUNHAV SrttllT, HCW VOMt CITY.
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Pull line new Dress Goods. See our new line of
CLOTHING
Tor Men, Bovs, and Children
Caught Kissing the Pretty Maid.
"What do you think?" tried
Mrs. Crabshaw, rushing into the
department of her dearest friend.
"I've found my husband out at
last, a I caught him kissing
the maid."
"Calm yourself, my dear,
Mrs. Crawford. "Now sit
down and tell me about it.
haps it isn't such an awful
as you imagine.
"Hut it is awful," said
Crabshaw. "After having trusted
him all these years to think that he
would do such u thing. And the
way he tried to excuse 'himself.
That made it worse and worse."
"But tell me just how it happen
ed," interrupted the friend.
"When he came home this af
ternoon, instead of going upstairs,
as usual, he walked to the rear of
the hall, where I knew the maid
was, When 1 looked out to see
what was the matter 1 found him
with his arm around her. He
tried to laugh it olr'as a joke, but
when he saw 1 was not in that kind
of humor he pretended that it was
all a mistake. He said the hall
was rather dark and he never for
a moment imagined it was the
maid,"
"Who, do you look anything
alike?'' interposed her friend.
"So my husband said. He j
pointed out that the maid was wear
ing one of my discarded gowns, j
It was the most becoming one I'd j
ever had, he claimed, and he al-;
ways thought I looked so beautiful
in it."
"I'd believe my husband under !
such circumstances," broke in!
Mrs. Crawford. "I think it is 1
juvt lovely that he should show
such sentiment over a favorite j
gown. Most men never notice i
what you have on. You're very !
foolish not to forgive him- Now, '
tell me why you won't."
"Because, my dear," returned:
Mrs. Crabshaw, with a determined
ook in her eve, "you see it's five ;
years since he kissed me."
ml '.w v.-ca'' jfcs'
MRS:
said V
right (jf l.i2XS
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Mrs. j .J
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LADIES COAT SUITS
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FALL
and
Winter
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CLOTHING
Furnishings, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
fresh from the Northern markets. Call and see
our new goods for Fall and winter.
Respectfully,
T T TTAPLTN
ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. J X. U . iVXXX ui" .
A certain Dr. C, was once
reading a very strenuous paper on '
total abstienenee before a clerical
club-so the story goes when the :
entertainer went out to tell his wife
how many she was to provide for '
at supper.
"What are they doing5" she
asked, and was told the subject of !
the essay. "What shall I do?'.' '
she cried. "Here I have brandied
peaches, and it is too late to
change."
"Make no change," said her
husband. "It will be all right."
The1 essayist had the post of
honor at the right of the lady of
the house, and she presented him
with a dish of the peaches. After
a while she said to him, "Dr. C
won't you allow me to give you
some more of these peaches?"
"Thank you," he replied. "They
are excellent."
A little later she said, "Dr. C ,
may I not give you another
peach ?"
i "No, I thank you," said he
; apologetically, "but I will take a
I little more of the gravy." Har-
per's Magaine.
I IN THf: CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
the fat
here?"
3E
Slave,
THE BANK OF WELDO
Vi:U)ON, N. (
Organized Under the Uws ol the Slate ot
Aflil'Sf '.Mi ll. Is'iJ.
North Carolina,
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital anil Surplus, $45,000.
For num. than IT vears tl.m ii.lit..tmn h proyuhsl luinkimr faeili
ties for thin K.-enon. Its sto,-kl,....T and .Inwlors Lave heeii ' ''
with the busi,, interest ..r lluhlax and Noilhainp on con l . for
many years. M.mev m loaned upon approved neennty at the leyal rate of
interea't-Kix pereeiitmn. AeeomitH ofall are solie.led.
I'he mirpluo and undivided prolils liavnot reaehed Mini e. ual to the
Capital stock, the Hank has. eo-nineueiiiir .laiiuaiy I. estaMi I
Savings liepHrtin-nt allowing inler.M on time depositn as fnllons tor
heposit allowed toremam thr ninths or loiicrr. per cent mi
months or hunter, !i per cent. Twelve inonlhsor h.ie.'er percent.
For farther in formation apply to the President r rahier.
I'HBsiiiis r :
W. K. DAM KL,
VII'KI'KKMIIKST:
W. li. SMITH.
I'AKiiiKii:
. S. TK.WIS
"What did you do with
missionary that used to be
"Oh, we canned him."
"Let him go, eh?"
"Quite the opposite.
open a can of missionary al once."
I lousum Post.
j CI.'KT.MN RLMLDY.
"She wants to be a sister 10
i me.
"You can easily gel her
; that notion."
' "How?"
"Treat her as you would a
ter."
i AUAINST ORDURS.
out
of
S'.S-
Ol
roins ohno warn i romrs jmnloanE
"It you refuse me, Miss Gladys,
I shall get a rope and commit sui
cide." "No, colonel, you must not do
that. Papa said distinctly he would
not have you hanging about here."
I -Tid Bits.
Sometimes you can trust your
judgment about a girl unless you
I are thinking of marrying her.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
JASTORIA.
J? - 7.-V.V-. iVA7?S
--mi
Tel Slow to lisku 178 Kinda cf Cake
Cakes of a!? kiatils for rJS people
are best nwes villi Royal.
specially
for layer
l .mi .
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THE LOVEKNOT.
Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She lied her raven ringlcis in,
Bui not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
l-'or, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young man's herrt within.
They were strolling together up the hill,
When the wind came blowing merry and chill :
And it blew the curls a rolicsome race
All over the happy, peach-colored face ;
Till, scolding and laughing, she tied them in,
Under her beautiful, dimpled chin.
And it blew a color, bright as the bloom
Of the pinkest fuehia's tossing plume.
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or, in tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied a young man's heart wiiliin.
Steeper and steeper grew the hill.
Made merrier, chillier still,
The western wind blew down and played
The wildest tricks with the little maid,
As, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a young man's heart within.
0 western wind, do you think it w as fair
To play such tricks with her lloating hair?
To gladly, gleefully do your best
To blow her against the young man's breast,
Where he has gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and dimpled chin ?
O Ellery Vane, you little thought,
An hour ago, when you besought
This country lass to walk with you,
After the sun had dried the dew,
What terrible danger you'd be in.
As she lied her bonnet under her chin !
-Noah Perry.
THE VOICELESS.
OUR DUTY TO THE LIVING.
People Kiss the Dead Who Never i
Kiss The Living. I
How often we see' the living'
slighted and neglected, through a
long, hard lile never cheered by -one
word of praise or one caress, i
and when they be still and silent, .
no longer hearing or heeding.ihen ,
the words, caresses and lears are
not stinted, which during life i
would have been welcome, helping ;
them over many rough places.
People kiss the dead who never
kiss the living. They hover
over open coffins with hysterical i
' sobs, but fail toithrow their arms
: about their loved ones who are
fighting the stern battles of life. A
: word of cheer to the living, to a
struggling soul in lif ' is w orth all
the roses of Christendom piled
high on casket covers. The dead
, cannot smell the flowers, but the
: living can. Scatter them broad
cast in their pathway, therefore,
and pick out the thorns before it is
too late.
; When it is too late how many
j unavailing regrets it would save
! us to know that while they were
', with us we had loved them well,
: and did not fail to let them know
how very dear they were to us.
"It isn't the thing you do, dear;
It's the thing you've left undone,
Which gives you a bit of heart
ache
At the selling of the sun;
The tender word forgotten
The letter you did not write,
The flowers you might have sent,
dear,
Are your haunting ghost tonight."
I WF;RE KIND TO HIM.
A West Philadelphia man who
i was severely injured some months
' ago when his horse took fright at
: an automobile and bolted, upset
i ting the carriage, has only recently
' been released from the hospital.
! He is well now and in the best of
i spirits, notwithstanding the fact
; that severe operations were neces
; sary in order to save his life.
A few days after he left the hos
j pital a friend asked him if he had
been kindly treated.
"Oh, yes!" he said. "Oh, yes,
indeed!" considering the fact that
1 they amputated both my feel, re
I moved my collarbone, cut off' my
' left thumb, trepanned my brain,
, look out a piece of my under jaw,
and sawed my left hip bone in two,
j I got along very nicely. They
: were very kind to what was left of
me." Philadelphia Press
1 THEIR VERDICT.
CHURCH UNITY.
Richard, aged five, was being
interviewed in regard to his school
work. "And where do you go to
Sunday School?" was next asked.
"To the Episcopal Church," he
plied. "What h ive you learned there?"
"Honor thy lather and thy
mother."
"Honor thy father and thy moth
er," he said. "And, do you
know, 1 went down to the Metho
dist church the other day, and they
were teaching the same thing
there!" Lippicott'
WHEN YOUR rSOD DOCI
"hluc" ami tiri:d :il
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1 di-.tuiirai!ui, y
;md Ji'tl lee
11 should in-
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PUTTING AWAY SMALL SUMS
'.! I lore, you can put away small sums not needed for present f
use. And while waiting your call they will draw interest.
s An account in our Savings Department does not always imply I
small transactions, far from it. Many large depositors are using
;j our Savings pass-books. They are using them for the interest
s iney get; tuey are aiso using uieni oceausc oi me convenience e-
.led. 4 per cent, interest allowed, compounded quarterly.
BANK OF ENFIELD, I
ENFIELD, N. C.
UPWARD AND ONWARD.
; tho
We count the broken lyres that rest
Where the sweet wailing singers slumber,
But o'er their silent sister's breast
The wild flowers who will stoop to number ?
A 1'cw can touch the magic string,
And noisy l;ame is proud to win them;'
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them !
Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their beans' sad story;
Weep for the voiceless who have known
The cross without the crown of glory !
Not where Leucadian breees sweep
O'er Sappho's memory-haunted billow,
But where the glistening night dews weep
On nameless sorrow's churchyard pillow.
Oh, hearts that break and give no sign
Save whitening lip and fading tresses,
Till death pours out Ins long-for wine,
Slow-dropped from Misery's crushing presses;
If sighing breath or echoing chord
To every hidden pang were given,
What endless melodies were poured,
As sad as earth, as sweet as Heaven.
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
heart. .
of the;
Ketch the body," ordered
foreman of u Texas coro
ner s jury.
The body was laid before
them. The jury made a care
ful examination anil questioned
the attending surgeon.
"Whar was he shot!'"
'Square through the
'Dead in the cenier
: heart:'"
'Right in the center.
i 'Who shot him?"
1 "Jake Daniels."
A dozen witnesses declared
: that .lake tired the shot, and
' Jake himself admitted it. The
I jury consulted softly for some
! time.
i "Well, gentlemen of the
j jury," said the coroner, "w hat
' is your verdict?"
"Waal,Jedge, " answered the
foreman, ''we're come to the
conclusion that Jake Daniels is
the dandiest shut in these parts
and don't you forget it." -Chicago
lnter-l icean.
Build Your Walls ot (iood Materi
al and They Will Last.
Keep the heart pure and the
brain active. Study for the best,
and when you have found it, work
and study for something still bet
ter. Never be satisfied with one
good act nor a hundred nor a
thousand. But add them together
one after the other till at last you
will have a siring of pearls to lift
you higher, instead of pearls to
sink you lower. Hearts, like
houses, can be built out. Mindi,
like homes, can be beautified. It
is as easy to plant a noble ambition
as to plant sordid desires and trees
which bear only hitler fruit. le
member that it is little by little,
inch by inch, but steadily upward.
This is the way the work of the
man becomes a mansion. This is
the way the poor becomes the j
the great man. This is the way
the apprentice becomes the master,
and the intelligence of mortals the j
power unknown greatness of those j
who are immortal. Build youq
walls of good material and they j
will last. Be kind to the poor, for I
every good act is a plant that will j
bear blossoms to our credit in the j
beautiful beyond.
MAMMA HAD MENTIONED IT.
"There was one man whose
life was perfect," said the Sun
, day School teacher, "What one
of you can tell me who he
was ?" t
Little Mary Jane's hand went
up anil the teacher nodded to
her.
"lie was mamma's first hus
band," she said. Everybody's
Magazine.
NOT ONE IN TEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WALTER E. DANIEL,
Attorney-at-Law,
WKLllON, N. C.
Practices in tiie courts of Halifax ana
Northampton and in the Supreme and
Federal courts. Collections made in all
parts of Nortli Carolina, branch office
at Halifax open every Monday
OEORQE C. OREEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(National Hank Building)
Weldon, N.C.
ELLIOTT B. CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C.
PiuiTirKs in the courts olTtalifaxand
ailjoiniii' counties and in tiie Su
preme cuuil of the State. Special atten
tion (riven lo collections and prompt re
turns. Hl-6-ly
W. J. WARD,
HKNTIST,
TFl( F. IN DA N I KL ISFILDINU
U F.I.DON . N. C.
ei 1 2 lv
D. E. STAINBACK,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And Eire Insurance.
Koanoke News Office -:- Welioo N. C
T. CLAE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Halifax and
adjoining enmities and iu the Supreme
court of tiie State. Special attention
Kiveu to collections and prompt return
JOHN H. TAYLOR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
KN FIELD, N. C.
! CERTIFICATE Of- CHARACTER.
BEG. PARDON.
Policeman (to thief climbing into
a window by an apple-tree)
"What are you doing up that apple
tree?"
Thief "1 was trying to get an
apple or two."
Policeman "Apples in April?"
Thief "Excuse me, sir 1 had
forgotten that." 1'liegende Blatter.
Children Cry
FOR FLEICKER'S
CASTOR I A
The superintendent of streets
ill a Wesfoni city recently kiiiii
tnoneil one of his subordinates,
saying:
"Mike, there is a dead dog
reported in the alley between
Illinois and Blank streets. 1
want you to look after its dis
position." It was about an hour later
that this truly Celtic report
cnine over the telephone:
"1 have inquired about the
dog and find that he had a very
savagedisposition.'' l'rooklyn
Life.
A teacher in a big elementary
I school had given a lesson in an in
J fant's class on the Ten Command
ments. In order to test their
' memories she asked :
! "Can any little child give me a
i Commandment with only four
: words in it."
j A hand was raised immediately.
"Well?" said the teacher.
' "Keep off the grass," was the
reply. Tenncsseean.
AN UNOALLANT TOAST.
At the dedication of a new
tire engine in a little town on
the Massachusetts coast, the
following toast was proposed:
'May she be like thedear old
maids of our village; always
ready; hut never called for."-
Silp'OOKH.
Ollices: Over Hank of F.ntleld.
lll-iili in
Life continues chcap.but the cost
of living goes on higher.
The man who says he never told
a lie often really means that so far
as he knows he was never caught
in one.
If a man's conversation is heavy,
its a safe bet that his words carry
but little weight.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Natually the Washington seig
mogruph reported an earthquake
tiie day after the election. The
instrument, however, made the
mistaken prediction that the shock
was 4,1)00 miles away.
The man who had heard that
"seen" was wrong was surprised
to find that "have saw" was wrong
also.
I if til r': R-ocey and Keet. in
r. Siyla by Reading McCali's
Magazine and Using McCall Patterns
McCn' MtfuiRcuiii
hH yen drew sp. 1
M1I7 al a imitii-t;-i(-I'M't
nsfl by k t fi u
yu posted on lh
llltl"st t'H.sliions m
doilios ami lints, fx)
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m a I numers. only
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tnrtuy or semi
lnr ireo sample copy.
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t.Mti .iu in-, w 1, '1 eiindvii Imi mb, clnttilm.' lnr
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1 ,1 1 Lin!- rue mhI ii-u I'rln Olli-r,
Special Sals !
But you can't be sued for non
payment of a debt of gratitude.
We have on hand several consign'
inentH of the latent in wool, Wash and
Princess ladies Suits, liatlier than re
turn these suits our headquarters deci
ded to put them on Rale at half price
for cash only. ?1." Suits $7.50. Prin
cess, white and all other colors $5 to 7,
now $2.5il to $3. Wash Cost Suit $4 to
$li, now $l.!)H to $:i. $1 to $3 Net Waist
reduced ifl .7.1 to $2.f0 lllack and col
nreil silk Petticoats $4 to $0 now $2.88
to jil.T.'i. Voile tikirts $11 to $snow $5.50
to $4. Ml. 111. (mO yards lace and embroid
eries to close out at half price. 75c to
f I Mescaline silks, all colors, now 50 to
75c. ft and lie. calicoes 8j to 4c,
10 and 12Jc ginRhams 7 to 9c, About
3,000 yards dress (foods to close out less
than cost. Ladies hats at half price,
ltuifs. ilruirirets.earpetinjrs and mattings
at and below cost.
SPIERS BROS.
WELDON, N.C.
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