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VOL. XLV.
WKLDON, X. ('., Till 'USD A Y. DKCKMliHlt I.'.. l.MO.
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THE JOLLY GIRL.
i It May Be a Desirable Thing That
S Those Who Have Not This Nat
ural (irate Should Cultivate It
i In Themselves and Others.
Tho Kind You Have Alwnys Bought, and which lins been
in uso for over 30 yean, luis borne llio Himuiturn oP
u " boon inndo niidcr Ms jM-r-'fAtrft
,onnl ""Pcrvlslon Mince lis Infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd JiiHt-as.ooil" are but
KipcriiucntK that trifle with ami rndancr tho health of
InfttuU and Children Experience nuuiiist KxpcrlnieuU
What is CASTORIA
Castorlu Is a luvrinlcsa substitute) for Castor Oil, Pare,
jforle, lrops nnd Soothing Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
contains ncllher Opium, Morphine not- other Narcotic
suhstance. Its nso is its R'larautco. It destroys Worms
anil allays i'everiNluiRss. It cures Diarrhien and Wind
Colic. H relieves Teethiiiff Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Ntoruaeh and lloivels, (riving healthy and natural sleep,
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
301
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Day Phone 2.
Nlf.ilT .'hunk -1 H 111 '.
P. N. STAINBACK,
: . -.iz: v n I ) I : l t a K i : it .
VVeldon,
North Carolina.
Full Line ol CASKETS. COFFINS and K0HF.S.
Day, Night and Out-of-Town Calls Promptly Attended to.
II
H. G. ROWE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMUALMER.
Seventeen years' Experience. Hearse Service Anywhere
m rr
llYFlis
line of
Pull line new Dress Goods. See our new
CLOTHING
For Men, Boys, and Children
-"t-iih rr
I&MOUS
Shof Women
LADIES COAT SUITS
Everything in General Merchandise
A. L. Stainback's
"Always Busy Store,"
Tin- jnllv n'n is burn, not
niiidc; mi training or cmlcavor
can counterfeit lier. T'lieic arc
those, to lie sure, who iilTcct
jollity, Imt it is only skin ilccp
savs a writer in Harper's Ma
starr. Tlio jolly ii l is jolly mi
ller adverse circiiinstances in
had weather; when she hasn't
a cent to her name; w hen she
has the toothache; when she
has lost her situation; when
Bhe breaks her needle; when
her hack hair tumbles down in
public; when she is shopping;
when her masculine neighbor
at the theater goes out ami
when he returns: when her bills
are due. She never seems to in
dulge in that feminine luxurv
"the blues" ami it is a mistake
to suppose that she is noisy;
there is jollity of tho lady like,
aristocratic sort, as well as of
the lish-wife order.
The girl who makes up her
mind that jollity is tho proper
cue, and that she will be lively
or die usually overdoes tho bus
iness, she thinks that it chiefly
consists in laughing and chat
tering nonsense, that it is a
manner of speech merely, rath
er than n quality of the mind
which disposes one to make the
best of everything, to see the
rainbow on the cloud and the
silver lining behind it. to make
the wrinkle in tho rose leaf a
cause of mirth, Some believe
that jollity is an affair of em
bon point; but who has not
been disappointed in finding
the stout woman melancholy
and the thin one vivacious, the
bilious person full of good liu- I
mor and the person whose di-
gestion never gave her a mo
ment's uneasiness quite the re
verse ? The jolly girl cannot
suppress herself, and assume
sadness or pensiveness; lan
guishing airs do not sit well
upon her, but show at a glance
that they are borrowed plumes.
One is never dull with her. She
lias the infinite variety which
all the world covets and loves.
It may be a desirable thing that
that those who have not this
natural grace should cultivate
and encourage it in themselves
and others, since it brightens
and strengthens life, makes
rough places smoother and
pleasant places plcasanter.
Possibly it is no special virtue
in the jolly girl any more than
blue eyes in the blonde maiden
or red hair in the Titianesque.
Jollity flows from her presence
just as the nightingale's Hut
ting bubbles from bis throat
and enchants the world; just as
the poet pours forth his song
"in profuse strains of unpre
meditated art," just as the tree
blossoms, the grasses sprout,
the stars shine, without effort,
without design, with sincerity,
and constancy and spontaneity.
Let her bo shipwrecked, or an
invalid stranded on a bed of
pain yet she does not lose or
abate that peculiar trait which
makes sunshine for those about
her and sweeps the cobwebs
out of the sky.
THE WINNING CANDIDATE.
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n LLUUIl
Organized Under the Law ol the State ol North Carolina,
AIWST20TH. 112.
State of North Carolina Depository. I
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
$45,000.
Kor more than 17 years this institution lias proviteil hankinfr facili-
' tor this section. Its stockholders ami directors have been identified
itli the business interests of Halifax ami Northampton counties for
many years. Money is loaned upon approved security at tlieleital raU" of
interest six per centum. Accounts of all are solicited.
The surplus and undivided profits having reached a sum equal to tlie
Capital Stock, the Hank lias, commencing January 1, l!is, established a
savinirs Department allowini interest on time deposits as follows: For
"'posits allowed toremain throe months or lomrer, 2 per cent. Six
months or longer. S per cent. Twelve months or longer. 4 percent,
l-'or further information apply to the President or Cashier.
emmiiT:
W. R. DANIEL,
VICS-rHKSIIIIINT:
W. K. H.M1TH.
iashikh:
K. 8. TKAVIS,
OE
Old Papers for Sale at this Office.
Two candidates fur the same of
fice came into a certain town one
day. The one called at a house
where a little girl came to the door.
Said he: "Sissie, will you please
bring mc a glass of w ater?" Hav
ing brought the water, he gave her
some candy and asked: "Did the
man ahead of me give you candy?"
"Yes, sir." Thtn he gave her a
nickel and said: "Did he give
you money?" "Yes, sir; he gave
me ten cents." Then, picking
her up, he kissed her and said:
"Did he kiss you?" "Yes, sir,
and he kissed mamma, too!" Tit
Bits.
Saved from An Awful Death.
How an appalling calamity in Ins fami
ly was prevented is told l.y A. D. Me
Donald, of Kavotlevnle, X X. C. li. V.
D. Xo. S, "My sister had consumption,
he writes, "she was thin and pale, had
no appetite and seemed to grow weaker
every day, as all remedies failed, till
Dr. King's New Discovery was tried, and
so completely cured lier, thai she hail
not been trouhled with a cough since.
Its the best medicine 1 ever saw or heard
of." For coughs, colda, lafrappe.asth
mi, croup, hemorrhage all bronchial
troubles, it lias no equal, 50c. $1. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggiata
BAKING POWDER
MAKES THE PERFECT
HOT BISCUIT
Also Rolls and Muffins
Crusts and Cakes
Send for Royal
Cook Book
r. i . . - - i
135 William SuM
New York
THE PATHJjFYESTERDAY.
There's a path that leads to Yesterday you know it
A rambling path of blossoms and perfume.
You remember how the wild grapes overgrew it
To the house upon the hilltop deep in bloom.
There's a path that leads to Yesterday through flowers,
Where the wood thrush is a voice of magic song;
Where the cricket snaps its fairy whip for hours
And a barefoot boy goes whistling all day long.
There's a path that leads to Yesterday through dingles
Of the forest, where the wood pool is an eye,
And the sunbeam is a twinkle soft that mingles
NX'ith the gladness of a girl who dances by.
There's a path that leads to Yesterday with a glimmer
Of the pearl and purple footsteps of the dusk;
Where the first star leaps and Hashes, like a swimmer,
On the violet verge of twilight washed with musk.
There's a path that leads to Yesterday that's haunted
With the shadows of old memories of bliss
And the ghosts of loves that roamed there once, who counted
Kvery moment by a heartbeat or a kiss
Oh, the path that leads to Yesterday ! It's calling !
Don't you hear ii ! How it calls through many things
Through its roses, like the memories now falling,
And the dreamlike nestward fluttering of wings.
On the path that leads to Yesterday we're started;
Hear it calling with its many whippoorwills,
Like the voices of old happiness departed
Through the darkness, where the moon rests on the hills.
IF.
HELP AND HOPE.
Happy Is Me That Hath The iod :
of Jacob for Mis Help, Whose '
Mope is in the Lord Mis (iod ,
Psalm txlvi. 5.
H njn'ii tht liowi'l-, s (rctcii' tin st'mfuh
liKtMivtf otK, ms. A tti.tr tak.eti tit U.l t.u.e ie
if liialth tuut t nerny.
LOST RICH WIDOW.
True happiness is never found :
apart from (iud ! The man with
no religion is not happy. To be
happy we need and want some-,
thing more than this world can
give. We hear it said that the
mass of workingmen in town and
country have given up God and i
the services of His churches. If i
this be so, they will not be the !
nappier tor it; tor a gouiess man;
can never be truly happy; the j He railed to Put Stamp on Let
brightest faces and most cheerful i ,er ond B,ames Dead-Letter
voices belong to those who pray I oflke.
earnestly and praise God. When i
1 the end comes, look at two differ-1 ",-s curious about things, isn't
! ent deathbeds. Look: The Chris-1 j, ?" Si,id the man who had some
! tian is going home with a happy thing on his mind and wanted to
i smile, feeling, "Into Thine hand ! uik.
: I commit my spirit"; but a godless ; "Yes," replied the man ad-
I man leaves this world in fear with-: dressed, but without interest.
; out hope, or help, or comfort. The ; "It's curious, how a feller gets
words ol the I'sahn are true when into a box and then out again ?"
they say to us, "Happy is the man ( "Yes,"
who hath the God of Jacob for his ; You know the Widow Spicer, of
help." In these words we are; course?"
told where to look for help and! "Oh, yes."
hope-in God, not in man. The j " heard last month that she
Psalmist said. "Put not your trust , had come into $50,000. Sat right
in princes, because they are mortal
WHIN YOUR FOOD 00F.S NOT DIGEST wdl mid you levl
"blue" und tired and discounted, you thoiikl use
SIMMONS
RED Z
LIVER REGULATOR
nun rilWDhll HHM:
ail'! strrnthf n the
ton a I. nc t-.flinK
ZEILIN a CO.. Props St Louis mo
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting, too;
It you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.
Ij you can dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with triumphs and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things yon gave your life to broken,
And stop and build 'em up with wornout tools.
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Lxcept the will w hich says to them "Hold on !"
If you can talk with crows and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can till the unforgiving minute
With sixty second's worth of distance run,
Yours is the earth and everything that's in it,
And which is more you'll be a man, my son 1
Rudyard Kipling.
men like the rest of us; and of the
great man as well as the small,
this is true.
"Put not your trust in princes."
Many have learnt the truth of these
words. Cardinal Wolsey felt it
when he was cast down by Henry
VIII. from the highest to the low
est place, and he cried, "Oh, how
wretched is that poor man that
hangs on princes' favors." Lord
Strafford learnt it when Charles 1.
promised that the Parliament
should not hurt one hair of his
I head, and then gave his assent to
i the bill of attainder, and left his
friend to die.
There is One who will never
I disappoint us. His kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom; no changes
nor revolutions can overthrow it;
for Jesus Christ, the same yester
day and to-day and forever, is our
i friend. God always keeps His
: promises: His promise of pardon
to the penitent sinner. His prom
Use of comfort to the sorrowful.
' You who have put your trust in j
; the Lord, did you ever find Him
i break His promise? "He help-j
eth them to right that suiter wrong;
! He feedeth the hungry." There
1 are sufferers of whom the world
I knows and cares nothing, many a
one who carries an aching heart of
which the world knows nothing.
But Jesus knows their sorrows,
and He will give them strength to
bear their burdens.
"The Lord looseth men out of
prison." One day He will loose
us out of the prison of the flesh,
out of this body wherein we have
I suffered and known aches and
pain and agony, mingled with our
j joys. He will deliver us from all
sorrows and trials, and say to the
, faithful, "F.nter into the joy of thy
Lord." Then there will be no
; aching hearts. "The Lord raiseth
j them that are bowed down" by
i heavy burdens; many hearts are
by
down and proposed marriage
letter and rushed the letter off."
"Well?"
"Didn't hear from her in answer,
Here's the letter. Forgot to stamp
it, and it went to the Dead Letter
Office. Just got it back. Sup
pose it had reached the widow
and she had accepted me?"
"W hat do you mean?"
"Why a week ago I heard that
she didn't have ten cents to her
name. Curious, ain't it?"
"Yes, but I can beat it. I
ried the Widow Spicer five
ago."
"Gee Whiz!"
"And instead of having $50,000
she had $75,000."
"Say say !" exclaimed the
other, as he threw up his hands;
but he could get no further. New
York Star.
I'k'OI LSSIONAL CARDS.
WALI Lk I:. DAMLL,
Attorney-at-Law,
wKi.nos, n. c.
I'liu'lici-s iii tin' pouils of Halifax and
Northampton and in the Supreme and
tVdeinl courts. ( olleetiotiM made in alt
part of North Carolina. Ilraneli ollice
at Halifax open every Mondav
UF.ORUE C. URt-EN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(National hank Hulhlmtl
Weldon. N. C.
ELLIOTT U. CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HALIFAX, N. ('.
Piurru i in the courts ol'Halifaxand
ailjuinmjf counties and in the. Su
piiine court of the Stale. Special atten
tion (riven to collections and prompt re
turns. li)-(-ly
W. J. WARD,
UKNTIST,
in i ice in HANiia m iLiiN;
wiaiioN. N.rj
"inie lv
mar-
days
D. li. STAINHACK,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And Tire Insurance.
Knannki: N.ns uili;c -:- Wcllui N t
MARRIAGE AID TO LONGEVITY.1!
I Dr. Jiuqiits hertilion
! Widowers I nder 60
i
! New Partners.
,U ises
to Take
Li.
Dr Jacques Hertilion, the emi
nent I rench physician and an
acknowledged authority, announces
the conclusion that matrimony is
the greatest aid to longevity. He
says if men and women would
reach a good old age they must
marry. This, he says, is estab
lished by statistics gleaned from all
over the world. A married man
or woman has, he says, thrice the
chance of a good long run as a
bachelor or spinster. In further
illustration of this contention that
the wedded life is best for men he
show s that the- motiaht among
widowers is greater than the aver
age among married men. So he
recommends them to look out for
a new partner that is, at any rate,
if they are under t0. This is his
advice lo young men :
"Marry; you will do well, even
boxed down bv sorrow: manv bv I from a selfish standpoint. Hut
some sin or some by disappoint-j watch carefully over your wife's
ment or sickness. The world can-1 health, as even from this egotisii
not help us in these hours; the i e.il point of view her loss will be a
world looks on, bin passes by on terrible misfortune, for your life
the other side. It is Jesus who ! depends in a great measure on her
raiseth them that are bowed down; ' own."
He comforts the afflicted. I Dr. Hertilion finds that the mor-
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
H KI.IKIN. N . t'.
Practices in the courts of Halifax and
adjoining counties and u. Ihe Supreme
couit of the state special attention
ifiven to collections and prompt return
JOHN M. TAN LOR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
lAl ll lH, N c
lllli.-es llvel Lank of l.ntield.
IIMSMll
Special Sale !
We have on hainl Ht vcrul consign
ments ol the latest in woul. Wash and
I'riiieess ialies Suits. Katlier than re
turn these miMs, mi hra.ii)uarters (Wi
lli . I to put them on sale at half prife
I'oi ea-"h itnly, M ' Suits $7.(rtl. l'rm-res-;,
w h'te aii'l all other colors $.t to ??,
tltHV iO to Vi H"h Oat MlltN H to
(. now t 1n td t ti; Net Waist
re.lueeil fl 7'i to j'J .Mi It lark ami col
ore.) silk lYUteoal $1 to ti now $2,SK
to ;.7'. Voile knta to $snow V)
lo t m. lo.ooo yaois laee ami embroid
ei ies to close out at half pi ice, 7.'x? to
i Meal'iio silks, all colors, now .o to
i 'C. ami lie calicoes .SJ to 4c.
10 aul r.Me irinirliama 7 to 9c. About
M.tHIo yanls dress nootls lo clone out less
than co-i. Latin hats at halt' price,
Kuirs. 'IniireetH, carpeting and mattrngs
Hi ami I'rlow cost.
SPIERS BROS.
lUT.U'ON, N. C.
Wants to Help Some One.
l'or thirty years . I. 1'. ltoyer, of l'er.
tile, Mo., needed help and couldn't lind
it. That' wliy lie wants to help some
one now. Siill'erini; so lonit himself he
feels all distress from Hackaelie, Ner
vousness, I oss of Appetite. Lmsitilde
Banks On Sure Thing Now.
' I'll never lie without 1 r. King'sNew
Life l'ills airain," writes A. N"liinirck,
M7 Kim Street, liutl'alo, X. Y. "They
cured me of chronic constipation when
all others failed ." t'nequaled for Bil
iousness. Jaundice, Indigestion, IJead-
and Kidney diwirder. lie shows that ! -'" iiei.inty. L'.,e.
. I ,...i.... r.... ...l. I ".
r.iecrnr niuei" noii, nuini, -u r,.,
trouVil"". "five Hot Ilea," lie writes,
"wholly cured me and now I am
well and hearty." It's also positively
guaranteed for Liver Troulile, Dyspep
sia, Blood Disorders, l'emale Com
plaints and Malaria. Try them. joc.
at all druggists.
Oh, What men dure do, what
men may do, what men daily do
not knowing what they do
Whatever enlarges hope will ex
alt courage'
It is no use preaching on the
fatherhood of God so long as you
do not like boys.
Child ran Cry
FOR F LEI CHER'S
CASTORIA
' "The Lord enreth for the stran
j ger, and defciuleth the fatherless
and the widow."
Ve are all strangers and pil
. grims, seeking a better country,
; and God leads us by the light of
the gospel and the mystery of the
Sacrament. Many are fatherless
because they know not the love of
God, the Tather; but the Lord
docs not forget them; He knows
His children, if they know not
Him. "The Lord shall reign for
ever," and for those of us who
serve Him now, who suffer with
Him, who bear our cross after
Him and deny ourselves, the night
of doubt or sorrow shall give place
to the perfect day. The Lord
shall reign forever.
"Happy is the man that hath
the God of Jacob lor his help,
whose hope is in the Lord his
God."
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
fignature of
tality among widows is much
greaier than among married wo
men of the same age. The death
rate of widows from 20 to 25
years of age, he say is twice that
of married women of the same
age- ,
Men are less carelul of their
habits and are unable to live so
near the ideal life when deprived,
either by design or circumstance,
of the w atchful care of a wife.
When we live under the rule of
matrimony we gain. When peo
ple leave this influence they suffer,
he concludes.
Ilnds Winter's Troubles.
To many, w inter is a season of troulile
The frost bitten toes and lincers. chap
ped hands and hps, chilhiaius, cold
red and rough skins, prove this. But
such troubles Hy before Bueklen's Ar
nica Salve. A trial convinces, tireatewt
healer of Burns, Boils, riles Tuts, Holes.
Eczema and Sprains. Only 2."h. at all
dniircixts
Blacksmithing
AN Ih.KN l.KAl. UKPAlklMi
Even a fool goes around point
ing out the fools.
Chnaraii Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
is
All woik Kuarantecd.
at I'ate's old stand,
near Second.
Come to see me
sycamore Street,
W. H. DAY,
Weldon, N. C
We Ask You
to take Cardul. for your femato
troubles, because ve are sure It
vifl help you. Remember that
this great female remedy
TGQBBD1
has brought relief to thousands of I
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female veak
ness, many have said It Is "the
best medicine to take." Try It I
Sold in This City ,
If