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Thousands of thoughtless people neglect colds every winter.
A cough follows; they get rundown then stubborn sickness sets in.
Sickness can be prevented easier than it can be cured and if you
will give your system the benefit of a few bottles of
you will find your whole system strengthened. It will fortify your lungs
and throat and enrich your blood against rheumatism. It is
powerful concentrated nourishment without alcohol or opiates.
Don't neglect taking Scott 's-commence today
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Six Mulilhn, " " "-
A weekly lii'imiciutic jimriial tli'Votrtt
o the material, etluciiliuiial, I'ulilii'al
and agricultural iut'ieHtn ol Halifax uml
surrounding couulivrt.
Advertising rates reasonable and fur
nished oo application.
Warm weather is the best sub
stitute for coal.
The longest periods in a small
boys life are those between meals.
The man who seems to Ht the
job is our old friend Charles M.
Schwab.
The thing to do with a pro-German
is not to make him kiss, but
serve the flag.
GERMAN-American is self-contradictory.
Translated it is "enemy-American."
San Francisco cheerfully lets
the world know that it has no
monopoly on earthquakes.
Besides providing food, the war
garden gives the home defender
practice in trench dinging.
Net we hear Hindenburg ex
plain that his path to that l'aris
dinner was blocked by the German
dead.
Vt'HEN in doubt Germany lakes
a shot at Pans. It is up to the
civilized world, to remove the
doubt.
COKNUKEAl) properly made is
an ambrosial delight. Cornbread
improperly made tastes like Ger
man propaganda.
HlNDhNUliHo carries concrete
slabs for paving the roads of ITjii
ders. They also make suitable
tombstones lor his savages.
If the dead could bury their dead
General Korniloff would be in a
constant state of conducting a
Russian funeral over himself.
Pedestrians can stop worry
ing. Gasolene jumped up another
cent and a half Saturday, and is
squalling for a further spring.
The city of Denver has taken
unto iiself an official chaplain.
Who says now that a city govern
ment is a soulless corporation?
William Howard Taet is now
a Majnr-General. Picture the sit
uation when he comes in contact
with merely Colonel Roosevelt.
If the war could be run by elo
quence and the like probably Mr.
VCilson wuuid be using more law
yers and fewer steel and iron men.
An Amsterdam statement is thai
"German criminals will be enroll
ed to fight." That ought to put
the Kaiser himself m the trenches.
When Bill the Boche loses his
throne, he can at least claim thai
he has given the world its crown.
ing example of the high cost of
firing.
Hindenburg has written to the
Kaiser that he needs time to de
velop the battle. He might try
selling his clock back an hour or
two That will prove about as
effective as German strategy usu
ally does.
Tutors i inure ( alartli in lint, section
of the rinmtry lliali all ullitT 'llwascp
put tiiifi tltiT, ainl until the last few
f Bar as winnowl to ir-tira' !r. l.i
a tfrrat tniiuy yearn doctors iimiiouucil
it a local tinea ami preertli loeal
remrilieH, ami by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronouue. ti
it incurable. Science lias pmve-n Catarrh
to he a constitutional disease, am
therefore requires conHtitulional treat
ment. Hali'sratarrh Medieine maniifac
turerl by K. J. ( lit-ney A Co., Toledo.
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on
the market It taken internally, (t
acts directly on the blood and mucous
turfacea of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any cane it fails to
aurnV
V. J. CHENEY CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
- Ttatimonials sent Free. Price 76 cents
' t all dnurirista.
Constipation.
i Scott' Emulaion it now
it lut 1 1 Mill uul'itf'tlCR
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MLMORIAL EXERCISES,
A Red Letter Day in Dear
Old Weliloii Town.
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i llir Ii.'Umi Ihit; In I ll
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"III "II S;illlld:i lilli l-ll.'till M;i
I llh
Tilt' finwtl until, Tftl ;it tli,'
I iiadr.l Srhunl ami from tht i i'
pliK't'l'lll'tl 111 till' lilnlllllllfllt It'll
by thf kind frnin liiisi'QKii'v,
where it slun't niciiniriiil sttrv ii'c
wns 1 1 -1 1 1 . This iMiisincil of
stun,' "My country 'tis of tin r"
by thf school. Krsponsivi' read
ing ltd by Kev. X. C. Iiimean.
pnivei' by Kev. K. M. Slmtn
Imiger, roll t all of veti-raim
bui'ii'il in the eetiietery in Wei
tlon, by 1). R. Antlerson, son of
il veteran, and as these names
were called beautiful wreathes
of flowers were placed on the
base of the monument by
twelve little girls. Four of
thesa were granddaughters of
veterans whose names were
called.
A choir of the High School
girls sang very sweetly, "Hod
hold, keep ami save our men."
Thebaml played Iixii:ititl Rev.
J. II. Blaluck pronounced the
beautiful .Mosaic benediction.
There are only four surviving
veterans living in Welti, m and
thev were invited to lead Hie
procession in an autt mobile
while the "llailghters" and
other organizations followed
mi foot.
thi leaving the nionum.'iit
which was healthfully decora
ted with Confederate, fnitetl
Slates ami lie, I ( r.,ss lairs the
procession moved to the park
where the honor Hag won by
the town was pitsentnl l,v
H"ii W K Hani. I an 1 i-"cei , .I
liV Ib'll. leorge '. ireell.
At tli,' retiuest of the ladies
tie- merchants and oilier places
of business cl'iM',1 their , loots
and attended the exorcises.
The ladies of the Red Cross !
Society in costume Were Coll- I
spicious in the, parade and Rev,
N. ('. Iiuncaii with his Roy
Scouts atltletl to the interest
and received high praise from
the speakers as of the f-3,i'"0
subscribed for Liberty Hon, Is in
Weldon the Bey Scouts sold
50. nun worth.
The Weldon tirade,! School
was also an attractive feature
of the parade, I'rof. W. (.'. Al
len anil the faculty of the school
kindly leading their grades
carrying the bratitiful silk Hags
which are the pride of the
school. This was a veritable I
flag day" in Weldon as along
with the Stars and Stripes
which were seen on every hand
Moated the 1 rt-color ef r ranee,
the flag of Great Britain and
the blessed banni i of the Rett
Cross. conspicuous among these
was Master Isaac Green Mur
phrey, with his car enveloped
in a handsome I. S. Hag.
Rev. .1. (1. Blalock opened
the exercisos at the park with
a fervent prayer for the safety
ami success of our armies and
the crowd listened w ith inter
est ami liberal applause to the
speakers, who both dealt with
subjects nearest at this time to
the hearts of all. At the close
the audience sang the "Star
Spangled Banner." The bene
diction as pronounced by
Rev. N. C. Duncan. The crowd
dispersed "while tint band play
ed on" and so ended a very
pleasant celebration of the hal
lowed tenth of M :iv
The committee w ho hud these
exercises in cliurge wish to
thank tin) business men for
closing and all w ho contributed
to making this celebration u
success, und feel sure that such
occasions aro not only patriotic
but conducive, to higher feel
ings and nobler impulses and
beneficial to all.
CHAUNCEY DEPEW says thai 10
know the secret of happiness we
must learn that age does not count.
That must be the reason why wo
men are miserable when anybody
tries to count their birthdays.
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"THE SILVER LINING,"
As Mary Harris Armor Sees It.
"Regislt'tiin i! ,1 iv c.k j!,c .sjJ.
dest d.ty 1 ever c.pi. ricnced," s.ii.l
Mrs. Armor, :n ::roi!ticine her i
subieci, " I be m -I 'ii CiotiJ's n! '
vwr l.iimsg." "I ,iw e.ke in the I
mrimiK rc ilin.j; 111 n moiis.uuK '
ol nioihuV it ., .i,ij .niioiig lirjiii !
my own hov, w ere to he c.illeJ to ;
tile Colors to defend their country, !
My heart was heavy v, iihui me. J
Suddenly I remembered the admo
nition til the Scripture, 'In every
thing give ih.inks, ' and I tried 10
recall something I could he thank
ful for in these troublous Jays."
Mrs. Armor ihen enumerated in
her illuminating fashion six rea
sons lor ihaiikliilness that came to
her as she pi.i) e,l ihruugh the
problem nil Inch so many are
grappling 111 these dilficuli davs
"I (hank (eij i!i. 11 iliis is not a
civil w ii . ill. 11 e si nid (ogeiher
as an undivided people 111 this great
calamity.
"1 thank ( tod dial I believe w lien
this w ar is over, as a result ol 11
all barnets of class and creed,
ol sect and section, will be broken
down .is never before, and knit to
gether by sacrilice, and hiscd by
fire, we will preseni to the tt'orld
the spectacle of .1 nation absolutely
indissoluble.
"I thank God 1h.11 we have un
sheathed a stainless sword. I be
lieve the blood shed by our boys
in l-'rancc is hole; I believe we are
making w ar on war and ih.it the
result ol this war will be a great
world federation that will csi.iblish
world peace.
"I thank God ih.it my boy is just
as safe in France as in the L'nited
Stales of America, fori remember
that my Lord hath said that 'Ail
things work together for good to
them that love I Inn.' The only
safe place, afier all, for any man
or woman is in the discharge of
duty, for Li such men and women
alone is given the protection of the
Almighty. 1 did not raise my son
to be a soldier, but neither did 1
raise bun 10 be a coward or a slack
er, and if he must pay the supreme
price on the battle trout, the path
to heaven is no farther from I'rance
than from America.
"And, finally, I thank ( iod be
cause 1 believe tins war will result
in the destruction of a iralliic more
infamous than war itself, the liquor
iraltic."
W'uh deep conviction .Mrs. Ar
mor slating it as her belief thai be
fore we shall achieve victory in
this great war we must put away
the great national sin. "1 believe
God w.tfts to bring t; to our
knees, " she declared, 111 closing,
"and w hen w e v.111 tight under a
stainless l!,i;; the II. ig ol a n 111.111
emancip ned trom the liquor iraltic
w e shall be victorious. "
The movement to abolish the
German language in favor of s
Course of baseball study in the pub
lic schools has our unqualified en
dorsement. SCHOOL commencement orators
will attempt to exact reasons for
the high cost of living. Is there
nothing too difficult for a graduate
to tackle ?
One of ttie things no fellow has
explained is why Japan is able to
send JOO.UOO Samurai to China,
but nary a one to the liuropean
batiletront.
The Huns say they mean to
take everything they can getoui ol
Prance. They w ill be lucky if ihey
"get out of Prance," with their
hideous carcasses.
New Jersey is teaching Ger
man in the schools, but the text
book is the speeches of ,Mr. Wil
son. That is one way of meeting
the enemy and nuking him 'our'n.'
If any of the church sects were
getting the notion that the Salva
tion Army has joined the pacifists,
they are hereby notified that there
are 40,000 Salvationists fighting in
the ranks of the Allies. Hallelu
jah, Amen !
Many a good-looking woman
isn't as good as she looks.
ti ijirig'fii
SECOND WAR FUND CAMPAIGN.
To Nnlse a Hundred Million Del
lars Begins on May 20th und
Continues IrtrouKh M.-ty 27ili,
President Wilson has appe Jr.-.;
1 1 the Amenc-nt popie 0:1 ' I ,r'
ot the Kcd Cross wh ise -..oiii-i
War I'iiikI C'iinpiign to rae a
hundred million dollars begins on
May cW and continues through
May 27. 1 lis proclamation estab
lishing Red Cross W eek follow s :
"Inasmuch as the War bund ol
I 7 so generously contributed
to the Red Cross for the adminis
tration of relief at home and abroad
has been practically exhausted by
appropriations for the wellare ol
our military and naval forces and
those dependent on them, and for
the yet more urgent necessities of
our allies, both military and civil
ian, who have long borne llie
brunt ol the war. a ! inasmuch as
the year of our own participation
111 the war has brought an unpre
cedented demand upon the patri
otism and liberality ol our people
and has made eviJeiil the necessity
of concentrating the work ol relief
1:1 one main organization winch
can respond cllecuvely and uni
versally 10 the needs of humanity
under stress of war; and inasmuch
as during ibis war the closer and
closer co-opcr.111011 of the Red
Cross with our own Army and
N.ivy.w ith ihc governments of our
allies and with foreign rebel or
g iniauons has resulted in the dis
covery ot new opp irtunities for
lielplulness under conditions which
translate opportunity into duty, and
inasmuch as the Red Cross War
Council and the Red Cross Com
missioners 111 I'.urope have faith
fully and economically administer
ed the people's trust; now, there
lore, by virtue of my authority as
I'resideul ol the Ldiiied States and
President of the Red Cross, I,
Wondi'ow Wilson, do hereby pro.
claim the week beginning May 20,
I .MS, "Red Cross Week," during
which the people of the b'nited
States will be called upon again to
give generously to the continua
tion ot the important work of re
lieving distress, restoring the waste
of w ar and assisting in maintaining
die morals of our own troops and
the troops and people of our allies
by tins manifestation ot cflnrt and
s.k iitiee on the part of those who,
though not privileged to bear arms
are ol one spirit, purpose and de
termination with our warriors; in
witness w hereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal ol
the I'liiied States to be alfi.xcd.
Done in the District of Columbia
on the seventh day ot May, Anno
IVmhii one Thousand Nine Hun
dred and liighteen, and of the tn
.1. peudeiice ot the L'nited Suites ol
America line Hundred and I'orty
Secotid. iSigued) WooiiKou Wn.soN.
Houeut Lansing, Sec. of State.
SHui'i.t) Neveh l)o 1 1'. There
are some ilnngs that a level headed
human being should never do.
Among these is to kindle a lire
with kerosene oil, to walk on a
railroad, to attempt to get on a
moving train, to point a gun or re
volver at another, to put his name
on another man's note, to keep his
savings in an old stocking under
the bed, to play a game ot chance
with a prepossessing stranger, to
run for office when he has a pay
ing position in private life, or to
call a bigger man than himself a
liar.
Giuih'ation D-w With Ail
ns I-'loweks Will Soon Hi
Hlre. You can already scent the
Iragranee ot blossoms, Our peo
ple have always taken great pride
in our schools, and no student ever
carried away a diploma but look it
with the best w ishes of our people.
Speaking of the rapid approach ol
another graduation day reminds us
thai there is nothing mure pleasant
in die busy hum-drum of after
y ears than 10 permit your mind to
wander back to the days of school
life, the sweei memories and inci
dents that come up, the smiling
faces and pleasant couiiieiunces;
the old school house door, that has
so often admitted you, swinging
naciv nuu. 101111 on us great mnges;
the very walls speaking lonh ol
happy hours; while at your side
stands the noble teacher w ho has
watched your every move, and is
as much interested in your success
us you are yourself.
Net Si'hsckiher Tells How
to Run a Nltsi'AI'Ek. Ouiii-
ohen we hear about the fellow w ho
"knows" more abnut "how to run
a newspaper" than the man that
has devoted the best part of Ins life
111 tiyiug to learn the game Oc
casionally a real gem comes to
light. Among the many letters
giving advice, we know of none
with a greater "kick" than thu
contained in a letter to II. 1. Ly
ons, publisher of the I'airiot, al
Laurel, Miss., saying: "li re is
my advice on how 10 run vour
paper" Pinned to the 11010 w is n
check for $1.50.
We must not keep any consci
entious objectors in our pocket
books.
WELDON 33 YEARS AGO.
from 1 he k'nuiMke News,
1 1. IMS.
M:,y
Miss l- me Whlibeld, who is I
:i 'W living 111 N.. if, ,lk. spent a few j
.1 lys in Iikvii last week, the guest '
of .Mr. and Mrs. R. t). lidwards.
T'b'1 l,Vv P. -,b!i 1 iivimii'.t tht no,.
pit ol the 1'apiist church here on :
Sunday night. ,
DEAms.On the 2!itli of April
llennie Bass, son of A. S. Bass,
died at his home near Weldon, af
ter an illness of eight days, of pneu
monia; aged Hi years, 7 months,
and 1 1 days.
On Thursday altera pinnacled
illness of several months, .Mrs.
Manila J. Sumnterell, died at the
residence of her husband, J. II.
S 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 c t c 1 1 , about seven miles from
this place.
Ve regret to announce the death
of Willie, the little son of Virgin
ills Durum, which occurred at the
residence of J. G. Simmons, l'so,.,
on t'rul .iy last of a very short ill
ness. Lii'ekahv Address. -Our tal
ented young townsman, W. I:.
Daniel, lisq., will deliver the Lil
erary address at the commence
ment exercises of the Louisburg
Praciical High School on June
.tli. His selection was most judi
cious on the part of the manage
ment and a treat is in store For all
w ho attend.
Hail Storm. -Heavy hail fell
in the 1'aiiceiis section on Lriday
light, extending down within a
lew miles of Halifax. The track
of the hail w as about three miles
wide. All llie fruit was knocked
oil' the trees and in some places
the hail drifted to the depth of five
or six inches.
And Keep Warm
Next Wint er.
tip Coal U Per Ion 107 .
All Lump, no Fine Coal.
CTPUT YOUR ORDER IN BE
FORE THE PRICE GOEES UP.
Harry Smith.
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R. I). Trent, Supt.
Announcement!
We wish to announce to our Iriends and the public that we have
opened an up to-dnte Steam Laundry at Weldon, N C, opposite the
Weldon Motor Co.'s Oarage. 1 he very best of materials used und
our workmen are all experts. Vour patronage solicited All work
guaranteed. Parcel Post charges paid onewayon out ot town work
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OUR DISTINCT AIM
Is to make and keep this Bank active, progressive and,
in thf tn!!?t and bet icuie, mi up-to-date Institution.
Ill present gratilylng condition may easily be traced to
the satisfactory service and courteous treatment ci
te ruted to all depositors.
You are invited to do your
banking; business here.
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Eaton Mills. Haton Mills,
w ho has been in the Warren jail
for some time was last week brought
to Hilifax to await sentence of
death for the murder of Ponton
for which he was tried at May
term of last year and of which he
was convicted. His case has been
10 the Supreme court and the new
trial asked for was refused. On
Tuesday morning he was brought
into eourt and was sentenced by
Judge Graves in a tew impiessive
words to be hanged on I riday,
June 2liih, next, between ten and
four o'clock.
MILII'AHV MORALS.
One of the uses ol the proceeds
of the Liberty Loan that will appeal
strongly to llie great mass of the
American people is the care and
mention given to llie moral wel
fare and protection of llie Amen
can soldiers.
I lerctotiiie wiih die American
Army and even now with some ol
the armies of our allies the moral
wellare of the soldier w as and is a
matter largely ignored. In the
German armies provision is even
made for immorality.
It is to the glory ot American
arms and American national char
i.c'ter that of the men who wear the
Toiled States uniform a high stand
ard of conduct is expected and de
manded, and provided for. Kip
ling's "Single men in barracks"
are not to find their prototypes in
the American Army.
General Pershing says there is
no cleaner-living body of men in
the world than the American Army
in l-'rance.
Til eki; are times when one feels
that humaniiy is too stupid to be
saved and when one feels like go
ing away from here and leaving
the world flat on its back, only one
doesn't know where to go.
Beini; denied Amiens, the Ger
mans paused long enough in their
repulse to order another bombard
ment of the Kheims Cathedral.
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M. S. Mot'NTCASTl.E, Manager,
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