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VOL. XLVIII.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, .JANUARY 22, 1914.
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SWEETEST OF ALL PLANTS.
South American Shrub Has Prop
erties That Puts Sugar Com
pletely In the Shade.
It has heen suggested that what
may turn out to be the great sugar
producing plant of the future is a
dwarfish shrub found in South
America. Its botanical name is
Eupatorium rebandium and, it is
said, the results of careful experi
ments indicate that it yields a sugar
from twenty to thirty limes as
sweet as ordinary cane or beet
sugar. One advantage claimed
for the sugar derived from this
plant is that it occupies, in propor
tion to its sweetening powers, less
than one-twentieth of the bulk of
ordinary cane sugar.
The world today uses more than
twice the amount of sugar that it
did a quarter of a century ago. The
people of the United States con
sume a great deal more sugar, in
one form or another, than those
of any other nation. It is surpris
ing to learn that in Europe sugar
was used at first only at feasts and
for medicinal purposes. At the
close of the seventeenth century
the sugar industry in France was
monopoly controlled by the
apothecaries. Its introduction as
an article of table use was vigor
ously opposed, eminent authorities
declaring it "a poison." Boyle and
other scientists of his day averred
that sugar induced congestion of
the lungs, apoplexy, diseases of
the stomach and even consump
tion. By far the sweetest sub
stance known at this time is the
coal tar product called saccarhine.
It is two hundred limes the sweet
ness of cane sugar.
ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE.
"Hear me one moment, mad
am!" said the peddler at the front
door, "I have not been rendered
incapable of active exertion by any
sort of sad accident; I have not
been laid up six months with in
flammatory rheumatism; I have
not lost my situation on account of
my religious principles; I am not a
poor man, but am doing pretty
well in my line of business; 1 have
not a wife and three children de
pendent upon me for support, for
I am a contented bachelor, happy
in the possession of no living rela
tives; I am not studying lor the
ministry; your next door neighbor
did not mention your name to me;
I never "
"Stepin," interrupted the weary
woman, with a deep sigh of relief.
"I have been waiting for you for
the last ten years. Step in I do
not care what you're selling
whether it's horn combs or clothes
wringers, I'll buy. And if you'd
like a cup of coffee or a glass of
good, hard cider, just say so.
Step in don't bother to wipe your
feet!"-Puck.
DIDN'T SEE THE POINT.
"You can never get the best of
woman in an argument," says
Dr. Alexis Carrel, of the Rocke
feller Institute, "as the following
story of a young doctor:
"They were having an argu
ment, and both had become rather
exasperated.
" 'Oh, of course,' he exclaimed
angrily, 'I am always in the
wrong.'
"Not always,' she replied sar
castically. 'Last week you admit
ted that you were in the wrong.'
"'Well,' he demanded wrath
fully, 'what's that got to do with
it?'
" 'Oh, nothing,' the wife an
swered, with a superior smile, 'ex
cept that you were perfectly right
when you admitted it.' "
We once knew a girl who could
keep i secret. She was engaged
to a young man for three months
before he even suspected It.
How a woman's heart does flut
ter when the rsstor tt!!s hff that
he missed her at church.
Wonderful Cough Remedy,
Dr, King's New Dicory la knows
everywhere as I the remedy which will
surely atop a cough or sold. U. P. Law
son, of Edison, Tenn., writes: "Dr.Kiog's
New Discovery is the most wonderful
cough, cold, thrust and lung medicine
I ever sold, in my store. It can't be beat
It sells without any trouble at all. It needs
no guarantee" This is true, because
Dr. King's New Discovery will relieve
the most obstinate of coughs and colds
Lung trouble quickly helped by its
use. You should keep a bottle in the
bouse at all time for all the member
of the family SOe. and ft. All druggists
or by mail.
H. E. BUCWJEH A CO.,
Pbildtlpbla,Pt, St. Louis, Mo.
FOR
HEARTBURN
SIMMONS
RED Z
LIVER REGULATOR
(THE POWDER FORM)
It sweetens the stomach and purifies the bowels. It is a
fine tonic for a torpid liver. Helps digestion, makes you
feel bright, vigorous and cheerful.
Sold by Dealers. Price, Large Package, $1.00.
Alt f.r lb. grn.ln. wllb tb. Hri Z M lb. ItbcL If ,ov canMt rH It. mil I. u. w will MS
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SOMEWHERE.
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Somewhere, someone's thinking of you,
With a heart, that is full of love,
Sweet as a dream, that oft comes true,
As pure as an angel above.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, the baby calmly sleeps,
By the woo of the cradle song,
While mother yearns and vigil keeps,
And the night in silence grows long.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, the orphan's heard to cry,
Because of anguish and distress,
Bereft of all, he well might die,
Unless he live the world to bless.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, to-day, a word's been said,
Which piere'd a heart to the deep,
In silence, the wounded heart, it bled,
And the woman, herself, did weep.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, a. woman with bleeding feet,
Who was once a vestal pure,
Is pray'er for the path of virtue sweet,
Which will give to her feet its cure.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, poverty's crush'g a life,
Within its cold and heartless grasp,
The victim's hand falls in the strife,
While penury tightens its clasp.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, there's a man faint at heart,
Weakened under a load of care,
In life's toil, he's borne his part,
In the struggle, he's done his share.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, Hope has taken its flight,
From a heart, once true and brave
Left in despair, he's veil'd in night,
On the brink of a cruel grave.
Somewhere.
Somewhere, thank God, there is a light,
A beacon on the Shore of Time,
Where the unchain'd soul can take its flight,
To the realms of heavenly clime.
Somewhere.
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LITTLE
A good-bye kiss is a little thing,
With your hand on the door to go,
But it takes a venom out of the sting
Of a thoughtless word or a cruel fling
That you made an hour ago.
A kiss of greeting is sweet and rare
After the toil of the day;
And it smoothes the furrows plowed by care
The lines of the forehead you once called fair
In the years that have flown away.
'Tis a little thing to say, "You are kind;
1 love you my dear," each night;
But it sends a thrill thro' the heart, I find -For
Love is tender, and Love is blind
As we climb life's rugged height.
We starve each other for Love's caress;
We take, but we do not give;
It seems so easy some soul to bless,
But we dole the Love grudgingly, less and less,
'Till 'tis bitter and hard to live.
ORATOR SLIQHTLY MIXED.
A former senatorof the United "Well, Whit," said tho fair
States was addressing a meet- maid, "did popper aak you if
ing ia his home town to cole- ( y0u could tupport me in the
orate the appropriation by th- stylo to which I am accua
legislature of fund for the tomedf"
erection of a new state capitol.
"My fellow citizens," said he,
"we will build here the great
est epitaph under God'a green
footstool."
SABBATH READING.
"Louise, I really cannot per
mit you to read novels on Sun
day." "But grandmamma, this nov
el is all right; it tolls about a
girl who was engaged to three
Episcopal clergymen all ut
once." Life.
Reciprocity is pretending to like
people who pretend to like you.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
Sour Belching. Poor Appetite and
Constipation, you need
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AFTER THE INTERVIEW.
"No, dear," laid Whit. "He
merely informed me that he
couldn't, and gave me his bless
ing." Judge.
Worms theauM of Your Child'
Paint ,
A foul, disagreeable breath, dark cir
clet aroui d the eye, at lime fetetinh,
with great thirst; cheek Hushed and
then pale, abdomen swollen with slisip
cramping paint are ill indication of
worms, Don't let your child sutler
Kickapoo Worm Killer will give lure re
liefIt kill the worm while it laxa
tive effect add greaUy to the health of
your child by removing the dan
gerous and distgreeable effect
of worma and parasite from the system
Kickapoo Worm Killer a a health pro
ducer should be ia every household.
Perfectly safe. Buy a box today. Price
25c. All druggists or by mail.
KICKAPOO INDIAN MED. CO.,
St Louit, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.
HIS MOTHER'S LOVE.
"I am Proud ol Vou, My Son;
Always Knew it Was In You.''
(Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. I
Men battle bravely for the short
liv$d honors of time, and for, the
plaudits of their fellows, make un
told sacrifices, and yet too often in
the struggle they are indifferent or
neglectful of those to whom after
all their successes are most dear.
It is a fine story that is recited
of Alfred H. Smith who was re
cently chosen president of a great
railroad. Immediately after his
aged mother, who, with her hand
upon his head, murmured:
"I am proud of you, my son; I
always knew it was in you, and I
am glad for you."
Happy indeed is the man who
harvests the blessings of his moth
er and hears her benediction upon
the labor of his life. Sure of suc
cess, too, is that man who feels
the confidence of his mother.knows
of her abiding faith in him, and
who, overflowing with pride and
gratitude, kneels before her for his
benison in the flush of his great
triumph.
How few young men hold the
blessings as fruits of victory in
their contests among men. How
few to labor to win first the ready
verdict, "I am proud of you, my
son?" Too often the tardy tri
umph comes when waiting lips are
dumb, when the weary watch is
over, when the oft-breathed pray
er is spent.
Smith goes back to his work a
oetter ana stronger man carrying
with him the knowledge that his
aged mother on her couch is hap
py in her declining days in the
achievements of "her boy."
REQRETTED HIS MISTAKE.
After the services were over one
of the congregation turned to his
wife and said :
"On my way to church 1 picked
up a button and put it in my
change pocket where I had a quar
ter." tiracious, my dear, anticipa
ted his wife, very much horrified
"And you dropped it into the col
lection basket by mistake?"
"No, confound it !" replied her
husband, "I put in the quarter."
A noon skin.
The man who loves children and
flowers is going to be happy in this
life. He is going to be happy in
his heart and that is the real hap
piness after all. See a man who
smiles at the child, says some
cheery word to the little one on
the street, who is willing to have
patience when the youngster, in
the impulsiveness of his small age,
does some indiscreet act, and who
loves flowers for sweetness, not
for glamour, and such a man can
be depended upon: It is a true
index to the character of the man.
WITH FRIENDS.
A traveler who believed himself
lo be sole survivor of a shipwreck
upon a cannibal isle, hid for three
days in terror of his life. Driven
out by hunger he discovered a
thin wisp of smoke rising from a
clump of bushes inland, and
crawled carefully to study the type
of savages about it. Just as he
reached the clump he heard a
voice say :
"Why in h II did you play that
card?"
He dropped on his knees and,
devoutly raising his hands, cried:
"Thank God, they are Chris
tians !
OR A WIRELESS.
"Do you believe that Opportuni
ty knocks at least once on every
man's door?"
"I don't know whether I do or
not. bo many people nave taKen
up my time who claimed to be op
portunity in disjyise that ! nvf
about reached the conclusion mat
when opportunity means business
she sends man a telegram."
An appeal to a man 's reason may
be more effective than an appeal to
his pocket book.
For Frost Bite and Chapped Skin
For frost bitten can, fingers and toe;
chapped hands and lips, chilhlains.cold
ore, red and rough skin, there is
nothing to equal Bucklen'a Arnica Salve
stops the pain at once and heals quick
ly. In every home there should be a
box handy all the lime Rest remedy
f r all akin diseases, itching ecsema.tet-
ter, pile, etc., 25c. All druggists or by
mail.
H. E. BUCKLEN It CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa, 8t Loui, Mo,
THANK VOU.
Would It Not Be Well to Cult!
vate the Habit o( Saying "Thank '
You?"
It is in the home of ihose
wo love best vc fail to say "thank
you." The wife scarcely thinks
to speak the simple words when j
her husband restores to her ilte ;
handkerchief she has dropped or j
rises and gives her the easy chair
which he has occupied until Iter
entrance. And how sadly often
does the young girl forget to ex
press gratitude for the numberless
little things the patient mother does
for her. It is taken for granted
that mother shall neatly mend, the
ripped glove or sew the missing
button on the hose, or put ihe
ruching in the neck of the daugh
ter's gown. The girl does not
say "she is here to do these
things," Ihut her actions speak
louder than words. In the depths
of her heart the most loyal mother
must sometimes miss and long for
the speech ot affectionate thanks.
Many of the amenities of life be
come matters of habit. Would it
not be well for us in our homes to
cultivate the habit of saying, "thank
you."
MISSED PART OPTHE PICTURE
They who call the new currency
bill socialistic misread it altogether.
They are like the children in the
Sunday school."
The speaker was Senator Shaf- j
roth. He continued :
"The superintendent of a Sun-1
day school repeated to the children j
the text, 'Arise, and take the young i
child and His mother, and flee into
Egypt.'
"Then the superintendent showed
a large picture illustrating this text
in bright colors.
"'Isn't this picture fine?" he
said. 'Here is the mother. Here
is the young child. There's Egypt
in the distance. Isn't it fine?'
"The children, however, looked
disappointed, and finally a little
one piped out :
" 'Teacher, where's the flea?" "
THE CUBIST LOVERS.
He clasped her slender cubiform
In his rectangular embrace;
He gadon herrhoniboidal charm
With passionate prismatic face.
He stroked her rectilinear locks;
Then, with a sound like prying
strip
From off a trapezoidal box,
He kissed her squarely on the
lips.
NO USE FOR SYMPATHY .
A Yorkshireman suffering from
toothache went to a demist to have
the aching tooth out. The dentist
pulled out the offending tooth, and
was then asked to pull out the
double tooth next to it.
"But that is a sound tooth,"
said the dentist. "The pain is on
ly sympathetic."
"Yank it out, doctor. Hang
such sympathy." replied the Tyke.
-Tit-Bits
But if a girl is inclined to be a
blonde she will be in spite of every
thing. It's a safe bet the average citi
zen is more interested in the down
fall of a neighbor than in the down
fall of Huerta.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHERS
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FOR FLETCHER'S
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WOMAN REFUSES
OPERATION
j Telia How She Was Saved
by Taking Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Lnpjansport, Ind. "My baby was
over a yenr old anil I bloated till I was
a burden to myself.
1 suffered from fe
male trouble so 1
could not stand on
my feet and 1 felt
like millions of
needles were prick
inn me all over. At
last my doctor to.d
me that all that1
would save me was
an operation, but
this I refused. 1
told my husband to get me a bottle of
Lydia E. 1'inkham's Vegetable Com-i
pound and I would try it before I would
submit to any operation. He did so and
I improved right along. I am now doing
all my work and feeling fine.
"1 how other suffering women will try
your Com)ound. I will recommend it
to all I know." Mrs. Danikl D. B.
Davis.IIO Franklin St,Logansport,Ind.
Since we guarantee that all testimo
nials which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E.l
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the
virtue to help these women it will help
any other woman who ia suffering in a
like manner?
If you are ill do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham
Mp(lkineC()(con(ldrnlul)Lynn,
Mas. Your letter nil be oiH-ncd,
read and answered by a woman
and held iu strict confidence.
GREAT BARGAINS
I IN TYPEWRITERS.
! We curry a large stock of standard
Typewriters. I'un furnish at once Mou
1 arch, Fox, Oliver, Hemmgton, ltoyal,
j Smith Premier, L. C, Htnith & Hio.'s
and Underwood. Any other make Horn
I h to lo days' notice. We have both the
I visible and the invisible. We bought a
! large stock of these 'typewriters Irom
j oue-fourth to one-half the regular whole-
sale price, and on sulcuowatone-tourth
. to one-hull the regular retail prices. A
' good Typewriter horn $7.r) to II.',. A
better one 17 oo to S'jg.&U. The best
I from ftm up to any price. Will be glad
j to auNwer any mquiry iu connection
' with these machines, and send samples
i of the woik duuc by any of the 'lype
i writers we have. Lvery boy and gir
should have one oi our cheap Typewri
! ters to leatu how to use. Any peibcn
i who can write well on a typewriter can
: demand a larire salary. Anyone who
buys a cheup typewriter funn us aud
; wants a better one later, we will take
i back the one hnucht and allow the sains
1 paid lor it in exchange tor a better one,
if relumed in good condition and within
j six mouths.
li not in good Condition we
allow the market value. e carry 'type
writer ribbons aud other supplies.
SPIERS BROS.
WELDON, N. C
Dr. Miles'
Anti-Pain Pills
will help you. as they
have helped others.
Good for all kinds of r.,vn.
Used to relieve Xcuralftia, Head
ache', Nervousness, Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Kidney Tains. Lumbago,
I.ocnrnntor Ataxia, Hackachf,
Stomachache, Carsickness, Irri
tability and for pain in any part
of til" bn-fy.
"I v.w Dr. UMfV Anti-Fain
Pill, wrr-n troubtod with TvMKivhfl.
ml find that on pill Infallibly
.ffeotn rIW In a rwry hort lime.
I m onwldcrnWy nfffottxl with nu
ralRiA In tho h-).) at tlm:, nnit
llrvt l Aml-Piilu ITIs nt mmh
hnfi;. It. Mil.' Rm.-.r,M
ro tir-vnml ronir-1';.-- m nnrl I room
mini thm ti ;'M !; friend."
n:-:oi ;k t'oi.: atr,
219 Oakland Pt., H.in Antonio, Tet.
At all drurjfllttt. 23 doses 25c.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Wpt 4 ly
ROSES,
Carnations, Violets
aad other flowers always on hand.
Hhower Wedding Bouquets, Kandsoma
Floral Designs, Palm and Ferns for
home culture.
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus
and many other varieties ot Bullie for
fall planting either for out or indoor cut,
turn. Hose bushes. Magnolia and Et
ergreens. Write, 'phone or telegraph.
H. STEINMETZ.
Florist.
Ralelgb, Nortb Carolina.
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