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TONIC NEEDED.
COLORED FOLKS DOING WELL. ! EARTH WILL FINALLY DRY UP.
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The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
lu uho for over 1)0 years, lias borno the signaturo of
ami has boon made under Ills per
S.j-$J'fjt i Sonal supervision stneo Its Infancy.
Wusf-, JAcAi4. Allow no cno to deceive, jou in this.
All ComHorl'elH, Imitations and " Just-us-Kood" arc but
Experiments tlmt trlllo with a;(l ciuhmifer tho health of
Ini'mits ami Children Expevietiiio mralnst Kxpcrliuout.
What is CASTORIA
Castorlu Is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Pare.
gorlo, Drops nml Koolnliig Syrups. It Is I'leiismit. It
contains nelthi . Opium, Morphine nor oilier Narcotic;
substance. Us nee is its oinniiitee. Jt destroys Worms
and alloys I'ovortshness. It euros Diarrhoea ami Wind
Oollc. It relieves Tcelhttipr Troubles, cures C'onstlpatlou
and Klutulcuey. It ossimihites tho Fond, regulates tho
Stomach and Dowels, iviny healthy and uatural sleep.
The Children's i'anacea-Tlio Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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BEACH IS CALLING YOU.
(fE I fi to Wilmington, tickets on sale Saturdays ami fo fl
JK?1 LI I forenoon liains Siimlavs, limited lo reach Weldon
WlTU returning Tuesday midnight following date of sale.
Via ATLANTIC COAST LINK, "tint Standard liailwav of tlieSoutli" 'J
V. V.. t'AKTKH, Ticket Agent, ft
'.J. CRAIG. P. T. M . T. C. WHITE, 0. P. A.. .?
WILMIMITON N. C. ,'(
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THE BANK OF WELDON
WELDON, N. C
Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina,
Slate of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Cap itai an fl SurDlus, $53,000.
For nearly 20 years this institution has provided banking facilities for
this section. Its stockholders and ollirer are identilied with the busi
ness interests of Halifax and Northampton counties.
A Savings Department is maintained for the benelit of all who desire
to deposit in a Savings liank. In this Department iutorest is allowed as
follows:
For Deposits allowed to remain three months or longer, 2 per cent. Six
months or longer, 3 per cent. Twelve months or longer, 4 percent.
Any information w ill be furnished ou application to the President orCashier
Why Nails Should Be Planted In
The Garden
But few persons know the
value of old nails, They are
worth more thun new ones,
when used for curtain purposes.
All forms of vegetation need
more or less iron, and unless
this is already in the soil or
supplied, the tree or plant will
be in need of a tonic that can
easily bo supplied by thp,.use of
old ruty nails.
All kinds of house plants soon
exhaust the soil in which they
stand and grow for months,
and when other fertilizers are
used the iron is apt to be over
looked. Place a few rusty nails
in the earth about the plants.
Simply press the nails down
among the roots and the mois
ture will soon dissolve the iron
to a certain extent and it will
be carried to the plant through
the roots.
Most fruit trees need more or
less iron. Trees that stand on
city or town lots are apt to ex
haust the soil about the roots,
and when this occurs the re
sults are not as satisfactory as
when the soil has a large sup
ply for tho tree to draw from.
Iron may be provided in two
ways by the use of rusty nails.
Old nails that are not rusty will
soon become so if allowed to
remain out of doors a short
time, or if buried about the
roots of the tree. A dozen nails
buried in the earth at a dozen
points about the ground a short
distance from the tree will sup
ply all the iron it needs for sev
eral months. This will take
something like a gross of nails.
They may be all sizes.
Fruit, trees that have attain
ed an ags that should produce
fruit, and which have seemed
to lack something, should be
given some iron by driving a
number of rusty nails into the
body of the tree.
From twenty-five to one hun
dred nails of different sizes
may be driven into a large fruit
tree without danger of injury!
Care should be taken not to
strike the bark at tho point
where the nails are driven af
ter the nail has been driven in.
The nails should be pretty well
distributed over the trunk of
the tree.
Plum, peach and cherry need
more iron than apple or pear.
A lot of old nails mixed with
the earth in making a flower
bed, will assist greatly in pro
ducing a wealth of bright fo
liage, as well as more brilliant
colors in flowers.
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W. U. SMITH.
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J. O. DRAKE.
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Weldon, N. C.
NO REST.
"My old barber has left the
city."
"You seem very regretful."
"Yes; he had been trying to sell
me a boule of hair tonic far the
past fifteen years, and so far I had
succeeded in standing him off.
Now 1 shall have to start the battle
all over with a new man." Pitts
burg Post.
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Tor Infants f.ud Children.
fhe Kind You Hsve Always Bought
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W V. w. ItollKUTSON, (ieueral Manager
NOTE-Mnwdlil l.a Klair Station
ueanai Manager untre, Cumhrrrv. watcH i'tn. iu
OBOE
Wood's Seeds.
Late Seed Potatoes
June and early i n July ii
the best time for planting for
the fall crop (or winter use.
Our atorki are specially
oeleclej Seed Puluiueit, put
in cold storage early in the
season, to as to keep in first
class, vigorous condition.
Book your ordera early, to be aura
ot getting the varieties you deatre.
Writ, for "Wood'i Crop Special"
giving prices, and timely informa
tion about all Sreeonable Seeda.
T. W. WOOD 6 SONS.
Seedsmen, Richmond, Va.
We are headquarters for
Cow Peas, German Millet.
Soja Beans, Crimson Clover
and all Farm Seeds.
Write for prices.
vernqn h. Mcknight, m. d
Physician and Surgeon.
Over Vinson's Drug Store,
i 12 Jy HALIFAX, N. C.
Women Are Constantly Being Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
"Worth mountains of gold," says one woman. Another
says, "I would not give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for all the other medicines for women in the
world " Still another writes, " I should like to have the
merits of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound thrown
on the sky with a searchlight so that all suffering women could
read and be convinced that there is a remedy for their ills."
We could fill a newspaper ten times the size of this with such quo
tations taken from the letters wo have received from grateful women
whose health has been restored and suffering banished by Lydia E.
Ptnkhain's Vegetable Comixnuid.
Why has Lydia E. l'inkbinn's Vegetable Compound accomplished
such a universal success ? Why has it lived ami thrived and kept on
.doing its glorious work among tin sick women of the world for more
than 30 years V
Simply and surely because of its sterling worth. The reason no
other medicine has ever approached its success is plainly and sim
ply because there is no other medicine so good for women s ills.
Here are two let ters that just came to the writer's desk only two
of thousands, but both tell n comforting story to every suffering wo
man who will read them and bo guided by them.
FROM MttS. D. H. BROWN.
Iola, Kansas. "During theChange
of Life I was sick for two years. He
fore I took your medicine I could
not bear the weight of my clothes
and waB bloated very badly. I doc
tored with three doctors but they
did me do good. They said nature
must have its way. My sister ad
vised me to take Lydia K. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and I purchased
a bottle. Before it was gone the
bloating left me and I was not so
sore. I continued taking It until I
bad taken 12 bottles. Now I am
atronger than I have been for years
and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth
Its weight in gold. I cannot praise
it enough. If more women would
take your medicine there would be
more healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good of others."
Mrs. D. II. Brown, M)9 North Walnut
Street, Iola, Kan.
. -gteWriteto LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO.
L- (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN. M ASS., forud vice.
Your letter will be opened, read and answ ered
by a woman and held In strict conildeuco.
MRS. WILLIAMS SATSi
Elkhart, Ind.-" I suffered for 14
years from organicinflammation, fe
male weakness, pain and irregulari
ties. The pains in my sides were
increased by walking or Btanding on
my feet and I had such awful bearing
down feelings, was depressed in
spirits and became thin and pale
with dull, heavy eyes. I had six
doctors from whom I received only
temporary relief. I decided to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a fair trial and also the San'..
live Wash. I have now used the
remedies for four months and cannot
express my thanks for what they
have done forme. Mrs. Same Wil-
uams,455 James
Street, Elkhart,
Indiana,
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THE CIRCLE OF GOLD.
What a symbol of love is that circle of gold,
By the token of which our devotion was told!
I low our youthful affeciion shines oui, as it seems ;
In the light of the romance around ii that gleams;
And it knows no beginning or ending or why
Its continuing course should not run till we die.
And a sign of a seal our reverence, too,
Had a part in our creed, when (hat old ring was new,
Where a slender, light hand was upraised to our lips
And our kisses were pressed on iis slim finger tips,
For thai circle of gold seemed a hallowed pledge
Of a homage profounder than words can allege.
But the metal that's purest wears quickest away,
And that old wedding ring has grown thinner today;
Yet the hand which it graces in its turn
With a magic the alchemist vainly would learn,
For sweet charity's touch has so filled it wiih gold
That that hand never lacked to the hungry and cold.
And ihe summer may come and the summers may go,
And the winters may whiten the hair with snow;
Still the hand which a lover delighted to kiss
Wears the signet of half of a century's bliss,
And no earnest of joy in the heavens above
Is more sure than that ring and its cycle of love.
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
Go forth to the bailie of life, my boy,
Go while it is called 10-day,
For the years go out and the years come in,
Regardless of those who may lose or win,
Of those who may work or play.
And the troops march steadily on, my boy
To the army gone before;
You may hear the sound of their falling feet
Going down to the river where two worlds meet;
They go to return no more.
There's a place for you in the ranks, my boy,
And duty, too, assigned;
Step into the front with a cheerful face;
Be quick, or another may take your place,
And you may be left behind,
There is work 10 be done by the way, my boy,
That you never can tread again;
Work for the loftiesi, lowliest men
Work for the plow, plane, spindle md pen
Work for the hands and the brain.
The serpent will follow your steps, my boy,
To lay for your feet a snare;
And pleasure siis in her fairy bowers,
With garlands of poppies and lotus (lowers
Enwreaihing her golden hair.
Temptations will wait by the way, my boy,
Temptations without and within:
And spirits of evil, with robes as fair
As those which the angels in heaven might wear,
Will lure you to deadly sin.
Then put on ihe armor of God, my boy,
In the beautiful days of youth;
Put on the helmet and breastplate and shield,
And the sword that the fullest arm may wield
In the cause of right and truth.
And po to ihe battle of life, my boy,
With the peace of the Gospel shod,
And before high heaven do the best you can
For the great reward, and the good of man,
For the kingdom and crown of God.
! A Part of a Witty Speech Deliv-
ered'By Attorney General Bick-
ett Before the North Carolina
Association of New York.
In a clever and winy speech
made in New York before die
North Carolina Society, May 20,
Attorney General Bickett had the
following to say of the "Colored
Folks" down here :
The colored members of the
family are well and doing well.
Our constitutional amendment
emancipated them from the un
principled politician, and they are
busy, peaceable, and happy. In
the nursery the old mammy is
crooning soft and low :
"Doanyoucry ma honey,
Doan you weep no mo'.
Mammy lubs her baby."
In the kitchen Dinah is beating
biscuits that fulfill the law of com
pensation io the man of spacious
interior; and in the fields Sam is
singing lustily of the
"Coal black gal
And the watermillion smilin' on
de vine."i
Their loyalty to their white folks
is nothing less than beautiful. Just
as I was leaving home anjold black
mammy said to me : "Honey,
whar you gwine?" "To the great
est city in ihe world to talk to the
North Carolina boys." She said :
"You tell dem young marstersnoi
to be gittin' so high and mi'ty as to
be forgittin' all der raisin'. Tell
'em old mammy say now is about
de lime fer dem to be lakin' a little
black draught or sassfras tea fer
de humor in de blood, and be sure
dat dur chilluns is all well gruzzed
wid mutton suet, and has dur
assfitdy bags 'round der little
necks, 10 keep oft dese new-fangled
germs."
Spring is declaring handsome
and entirely legitimate dividends.
The old Berkshire grunts with
solemn pride as she is followed
about by eleven pigs, and the high
price of meal does not appall.
The blue hen is sustaining her
reputation, and every morning we
have eggs as fresh and sweet as
those John Ridd, at ihe risk of his
life, carried io Lot na Doone, On
every table hog jowl and turnip
salad are assening their ancient
affinity. In the crock down by
the spring the buttermilk is cool
ing. Once a despised drink, it is
now hailed by science as the elixir
of life, and crowned as a royal
beverage. I well know that, re
inforced by a few multiplying on
ions on the side, it makes a nepen
the kinder and more effective than
"Poppy or mandragora, and all
the drowsy syrups of this world."
The aroma of new plowed fields
is wafted on every breeze; the or
chard flaunts its glories of tree and
vine. And the girls! My, my!
They are everywhere ! With
cheeks like the apple blossoms,
with eyes that burn like midnight
stars, and lips as red as wine, fas
cinating in the bud and intoxicating
in the bloom, they are taking the
springtide at its flood and calling
to every straggler on the shore :
"Come on in, the water's fine."
PRECIOUS GEORGE.
"What's the idea, George?"
inquired Mr. Washington. "Why
do you chop down this cherry
tree t nave you anyintng against
cherry trees?"
"No, sir."
"Maybe you are in favor of de
forestation?" "No, sir."
"Doing this for a moving picture
concern ?"
"By no means."
"Then why chop down a tree?"
"I just thought of going on the
stump," replied (he future lather
of his country, and then Mr. Wash
ington realized that George was a
born statesman." Kansas City
Star.
But You Need Not Worry. As the
Catastrophe Is In Far Future
Millions of Years Will First
Hlapse.
Scientists have b'tiK declured
that the earth will jl ry up and
become as dry mid dismal as
the moon. But there is no oc
casion to worry alumt this
since it will not occur fur more
millions of years, probably,
than wit can count, is the cheer
intf advice of u writer in tho
Scientilic American.
In regard to the dried-up con
dition of the moon, it used to
be believed that the moon at
one time had a plentiful supply
of water, but that the tfivat
beat developed on either side
?s the moon was turned to the
sun on alternate sides fourteen
days at a stretch gradually
evaporated the water. This
vapor of evaporation did not
fall back to the moon's surface,
t was claimed, because the
moon's gravity was not suffi
cient to hold it, and so the
vapor constantly thrown off by
centrifugal motion gradually
left the moon barren and dry.
But the new theory, now held
up by the great scientists, is
also held to be applicable to the
earth, and that what really
happened to the moon will bap
pen to this planet in the course
of time an almost unthinkable
length of time.
This theory is that a crystal
of any sort, a lump of rock salt
or quartz or limestone, contains
a great proportion of water.
If these things are heated in a
retort the water is recovered
and tho crystal becomes
a powder. Now if this powder
is placed near water it will ab
sorb while cooling, quite a lot
of it.
The interior of the moon be
ing one time extremely hot, so
hot that it was a molten mass,
a cooling process was started
then, and in cooling the natu
ral demand was lor water in
order for them to form their
crystals. The water seeped
down through the crust of the
moon and finally in that man
ner was all used up.
This is the manner in which
this theory is applied to the
earth. Our great oceans bring
a powerful pressure to bear up
on the earth's crust, and be
cause of subterranean volca
noes in various parts of the Pa
cific ocean we know water is
gradually seeping into the
heated interior of the earth.
The earth continues to lose
its heat by radiation and this
brings about a shrinkage and
cracking of the old crust, as
demonstrated now and then by
grout earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions. This in turn, makes
a communication between the
water of the earth's crust and
the cooling mass inside, these
things being affinities. Ami so
it is claimed all the earth's wa
ter must gradually seep into the
interior and go into the forma
tion of crystals, Even then it
is claimed that there will not be
sufficient water to cool and
crystallize all the molten mass
inside.
Those fatigued
can find cheer
in a glass of
PEPSI-Cola
You enjoy every
sip.
In Bottlea At
Fount
,. M. DICKENS,
Local Agent,
Weldon, N. C.
BEST
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Rid Your Children of Worms
You can change fretful, ill tempered
children into healthy, happy youngsters
by ridding them of worms. Tossing
rolling, grinding of teeth, crying out
while asleep, accompanied by intense
thirst, pains in the stomach and bowels
feverishness and had breath, are symp
toms that indicate norms. Kickapoo
Worm Killer, a pleasant candy lozenge,
expels the worms, regulates the bowels,
restores your children to health and
happiness. Mrs, J, A. Bristin, of Elgin,
111., says: "I have used Kickapoo Worm
Killer for years, and entirely rid my
children of worms. I would not he
without it." Guaranteed, All drug
gists or by mail. Price 2")C. Kickapoo
Indian Medicine Co., Philadelphia and
St. Louis. Adv.
A very fashionable young man
down South stopped a a florist's
one hot summer day to order a
box of flowers sent to his lady love.
At the same time he also pur
chased a design for the funeral of
a friend. On the card for the
box he wrote:
"Hoping this may help you 10
bear the heat."
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GREAT BARGAINS
IN TYPEWRITERS.
Wc carry a large stock of standard
Typewriters, ran furnish at once Mon
arch, l-'ox. Oliver, Hemington, Hoyal,
Smith Premier, 1.. (.'. Smith & Hro.'a
and I'uderwood. Any other make from
,"i to l.'i days' notice. Wc have both the
visible and the invisible. We bought a
large stock of these Typewriters from
one-fourth to one-half the regular whole
sale price, and on sale now at one-fourth
to one-ltalf the regular retail prices. A
good Typewriter from 7.;S to 115. A
tw.lt r niA HI? rm in fcH.l. The hnat
The other card bore the one i nom tu up ti auv price. Will be glad
to answer any inquiry in connection
with these machines, and send samples
of the work done by any of the Type
writers wc have. Every boy and girl
should have one of our cheap Typewri
ters to Itam bow to use. Any person
who can write well on a typewriter can
demand a large salary. Anyone who
buys a cheap typewriter from us and
wants abettor one later, we will take
back the one bought and allow the same
paid for it in exchange for a better one,
if returned in good condition and within
six month?, ll not in good condition we
allow the market value. We carry Type
writer ribbons and other supplies.
SPIERS BROS.
WELDON, N.O.
word, "Sympathy."
Very soon the girl telephoned:
"Thank you so much for ihe flow
ers, but why did you write 'Sym
pathy' on the card?" National
Monthly.
The King of All Laxatives
For constipation, headaches, indiges
tion and dyspepsia, use Dr. King's New
Life Tills. Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo,
N. Y .says they aie the "King ol all the
laxatives. They are a blessing to all
my family and 1 always keep a box at
home." Get a box and get well. Price
25c. Recommended by all druggists.
Secondhand thoughts are some
times best.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
RUB-MY-TISr.1
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
lernally and externally. Price 25c.
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