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ESTABLISHED IN 1866.
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VOL. LI II.
no. ii:
Children Cry for Fletcher's
Ibe Kind You Have Alwayi Bought, and which hai been
In use for over over 30 yean, has bnrne the signature of
ff and has been made under his per-
T' sj&W-f-fj., nal aupervisiun lince its infancy.
Wuif-Y. i-CacK, Allow no one to deceive you in this.
' All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment
What is CASTOR I A
Caitorla is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Fererishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE C ASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
GOD'S STAR.
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Get The Habit
EyBuy for Cash. Save"C3
PTthe pennies by buy-'CS
ing at
W. T. PARKER & CO.,
Wholesale Cash Store'
WELDON, N. C.
iiolc Ilinl'aduiiiitf .('oipy
M AN UF ACT UK Ells OF
Building; Material for Modern Homes, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Mantels, Door and Window Screens
MADE TOOUDF.U AM) kKGHI.AK STUCK SIZES.
Uood Materials, High Grade Workmanship Our Slogan.
Weldon, N. C.
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cheerful place
pleasant
aid digestion.
M"1 HE Dining Room should be a
I for when vou eat vour meals amid
surroundings you do much to
And good digestion means neaitn.
HAVE US FURNISH YOUR
DINING ROOM
The variety of designs in Tables, Chairs, Side
boards, China Closets, Serving Tables and the like,
is ample to satisfy vour desires, whatever they
may be, in the matter of style, finish and price
Come in and talk it over with us. We are as
eager to GIVE satisfaction as you are to receive it
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(Jod Has a Sun Who Is Watching
Over the American Boys To
night. I'or thirty-five yeurs I lurry Lau
der, ilie Scottish singer and enicr
uincr luil used his lulcnis only lo
jiiiiim'. (iieui audiences the world
over hailed linn with delight, I-'ive
lliuiis.mil dollars a week was paid
lu him for a few minutes of song
and laughter. When his only son
a young captain in the British
army was killed by the Germans,
a great change came over him.
From that moment he decided to
devote the rest of his life to good
works. He toured this country
from Maine to California recently,
helping the Red Cross, the Y. M.
C. A., und other national organi
zations. He addressed big meet
ings in behalf of the liberty loan.
During his entire career Lauder
has respected the Sabbath and has
frequently refused tempting offers
to fill Sunday engagements. His
Sundays at the present time are
usually devoted to singing and
speaking at religious gatherings,
Lauder's talents in this direction
were effectively employed when
he visited the western front and
lived with the soldiers in the trench
es, hospitals, and camps, singing
to them, cheering them, and in
spiring them. The story of these
experiences he has told in his re
markable book. "A Minstrel in
Prance," which has jusi .appeared.
It is a story told in his own words,
lighted by inimitable flashes of
pathos and kindly humor.
Lauder's success as a singer and
writer has been fully equaled by
his success as a public speaker.
In recent months he has addressed
vast audiences at the military
camps which he visited during his
tour. He also spoke at a number
of Y. M. C. A. meetings. At one
of these gatherings he referred to
e great impression that had been
made upon him by the service flags
which he had noticed everywhere
on his travels through the country.
In this connection he told a story
of a little boy who was walking
down a residential street in a small
Western town, where a service
flag in the window of a house at'
tracted the youngster's attention.
'What's the star on that flag
for, daddy?" he asked. "That
means," said the father, "that Mrs.
Smith has a son in the war."
They walked on a little farther.
Then the lad saw a service flag
with two stars. "What does that
mean, daddy?" he asked. "That
means," replied the father, "that
there are two sons from that house
in the war."
It was just twilight. As the fath
er and the son walked along, the
evening star gleamed in the sky
over the roofs of the town. The
little boy pointed to it. "Whose
star is that, daddy?" he asked,
Thai's God's star, my boy," said
the luther. The lad paused a mo
ment and then said gravely: "Fa-
pa, don't you think that God
has a Son who is watching over
(he American boys in the war to
night?" iixchange.
An amateur may be a person
who has entered the first stage of
ignorance.
No amount of voice culture will
make a fat man stop snoring in his
sleep.
Some men are so busy looking
I'or a position that they have no
lime to work.
Weldon Furniture Company,
Weldon, N. C.
9 Din Jmniiimna. 0i OhmaIm BmJm I
Life, Accident and Health. Plate
Glass and Automobiles. Repre
.senting leading companies. See me
about your insurance wants.
L. 0. DRAPER.
Office in Green Building,
WELDON, N. C.
For Sale!
New Todd Check Protector. II
interested, call at this office.
FISK THER1GHTTIRE
Right in quality, in
price and mileage,
with the right pol
icy back of it. The
dependable, economically-priced
automobile tire.
Weldon Motor Company,
WELDON, N. C.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
A Hundred Years Ago.
H E A V E N .
Wk Mot Wn To Btrivt
The following is taken from the j
book, "Missourians One I luiulred
Years Ago," written by Waiter H. i
Stevens, of Columbia. !
An old senior, H. L. Seanlund, j
Mnmeolj Springs, remembers j
when he and his brother were !
chased out of a Held by deer be
cause they ventured loo near the
fawns. In his boyhood he built
traps lo catch quail which lie sold
For fifteen cents a dozen at the
halter's shop.
"I recall in those days we killed
our hogs in the woods, where they
were fattened on acorns, and we
could have all the honey we wanted
by going into the limber and chop
ping down a bee tree. And just
think of it ! There was a rise in
the price of wheat, and it got to be
wonh three bits (.17.' cents) a
bushel, struck measure. Good
horses were woi ill $20 to $24 and
oxen $15 to $20 a yke. Milk
cows from $7 to $1.1 each. The
kind of rails Abe Lincoln made
cost thirty-seven and one-half
cents per hundred that is the
price for making them. A negro
would hire by the year for $40 for
the twelve months and two suits
of cotton or linen clothing and two
blankets. The best class of work
hands got $S a month and the
common ones $3 lo $4 a month.
All of our shoes and clothing were
hand-made, and yet those were
our happiest days, even if we did
have biscuits only once a week
and that on Sunday morning.
Venison and wild turkey, with old
fashioned corn-bread, johnny cake
and trimmings were good enough
for us and made life worth the
iving.
HITTING THE TRAIL.
"All Heads Lead To Rome "
WtiY SpEfo LL You Efi?
You might get skk or hurt-be prepared for it;
You might want to make an investment start
now, " Takes money to make money," you know
You might be visited by thieves or fire-an account
with us prevents loss. The saving habit is a mighty
good one to jret into. We pay 4 per cent on Sav
ings Accounts
3 THE BANK OF HALIFAX
HA1V1FAX N". C.
N. I.. Steilman, , C. Gregory, t- II. (Jregorr
('. AI.LKN,
: this world so fair,
CALOMEL SALIVATES
AND MAKES YOU SICK
Aoti lilt dynamite on a iluggiih
Urw and you loia a
day'i work.
There's no roa&ou whv a porunn
should tuko sickening, uilirnl ing cal
omel when a few oral a liuys i large
bottle of Dmlson's l.ircr Tone a
perfect fuUtilute for rnlmnel.
It il a pleasant, veiretnlile liquid
which will Hurt your liver just an
(urely as calomel, but it docan't
make vou eick und can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
Dodson'a Liver Toue. because it is
perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It
ia mercury and attacks your bones.
Take a dose of nasty calomel today
und yon will feel weak, sick and
nauseated tomorrow. Don't lose a
day's work. Take a spoonful of
lJousona I aver Tone instead and
you will wake up feeling great. No
more biliousness, constipation, sluif-
Kishness, heuduclie, coated tongue or
sour stomach. Your druggist save if
you don't tind Hudson's Liver Tone
act belter than horrible calomel
CfeU ffivnej is raiting for you.
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If tioil Imlh tiiiu
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare.
Will Paradise bo found.
J. Montgomery.
SoMETlMlH whim tho tired city worker at evening loaves Imsy
shop or mill thero Hares across the western sky tho glowing
splendors of the setting sun The dull and noisy street is
for the moment bathed in beauty. As his eye penetrates the trans
lucent uttnosphere his thoughts are lifted uhove the things of
earth anil lie involuntarily thinks of what is beyond. Do those
mystic colors suggest the glories of heaven with its triumph
und joy y Does Uocl thus beckon to tho eternal things ?
Where is heaven? Is it beyond the great stars, millions of
miles distant, which never seems so near as when they smilo
upon the traveler in the tropic night ? Is it closer to this planet
than wo tiro awaro, invisible, resplendant, eternal? Otlt of
present Christian experience we may argue that the wondrous
vision Jolfti saw assures us of perfect felicity hereafter. Wo
are persuaded there remains a deathless und splendid refugo
for the righteous m the ages to come.
When does heaven commence ? Is it not in the present life
when there is an outreach of soul after God ? Is it not whim
once cold hearts have been suffused with u new appreciation of
Divine pardon and love ? Is it not when we have resolved to lie
obedient to Christ and make Him our comrade unto death ?
Can we even dream of the grandeur of tho beautiful city ? We
are told that it lies foursquare. The foundations of its walls
are garnished with precious stones. The twelve gates are of
twelve pearls, and aro never shut. There is the brilliant soa as
of glass, mingled with lire. There are the streots of gold. Tho
river of the Wator of Life, clour as crystal, ever proceeds
from bonoath the Throne. This amazing city needs neither
moon nor sun to lighten it. Midday or su.iset splendor cannot
compete with the celestial abode. The glory of (lod lightens it
and tho Lamb is the light thereof.
There is no more curse in heaven. The redeemed of the Lord
are there. The service at Clod's ultur is magnificent beyond
human concept, the anthems ot the Heavenly choir ascend in
endless praises to the immortal King. The sweetest and most
alluring promise associated with'the heaven is that granted to
the tired children of their Father it is this:
God shall wipe away every tear from thoir eyes,
And death shall be no more;
Neither shall there be mourning nor crying,
Nor pain any more;
The first things are passed away.
Who does not want to strive after heaven? Is it not worth all
the allegiance we ran pledge to Mod? Shall wc not bo willing
to bear Christ's cross that we may wear His crown? Hhall we
not joyfully step out upon any rugged path He designates be
cause it leads to the beiiuuiul gates and the grout white throne?
Shall we not be glucl because the valley of tho shadow of death
becomes less somber as we think of the now unseen glory yet to
be?
THB CHARITABLE LOVER.
"I should like to speak to you
on an important matter, sir'" said
the suitor.
"Well, well what is it?" grow
ed the father of the girl, in no en
couraging tones.
"11 want to man yonrdaugh
ter, sir!"
"What-Whai?" The old man's
Face grew purple, and he sputtered
in wrath. "Marry my daughter?
I am astonished I am what on
earth do you mean, sir? You-
"Now, now," soothed the youth.
Don i talk that way. You are
prejudiced against the girl she's
all right, really!
Quarrels that gather little at a
time, often change our lives.
The less a man knows the more
suspicious he is.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
t ii i:
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ESTABLISHED 1NV2
Capital and Surplus, 260,0
WE INVITE YOUR ACCOUNT.
4 PAID ON SAVINOS DEPARTMENT
W. K. hAMKL,
I'HKMI DKN T,
W. It. SMITH.
Vll K-l'KKflllikNT.
J. O. DRAKE,
CAIUIIR.
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INVITATION.
You are invited to open an account with the
Keep oil' dead - end roads,
Travel into roads that lead into
other roads ami make your des
tination what you will, you can
reach it.
'All mads lead to Rome"
was a saying in the time ot
Caesar, which was true for the
main highway spread out from
Homo to every part id the em
pire, like the spokes ol awheel.
Throw a bit of bark into a
rivulet, anil if it keeps to the
center of the stream it will some
day reach the ocean.
Do you see the point?
It doesn't make any differ
ence where you are, by pa
tience, persoveroneo ami indus
try, you can reach the main
highways of life over which
you can finally travel to the
goal of your umbition, what
ever it may be, :
Provided onlv vou nre not on I
a blind road.
Hlind roads lead nowhere,
If you are on such u road, re
trace your steps and begin
again and the sooner you be
gin going back tho better. j
Abraham Lincoln found his !
way from a log cabin to the
White House.
Marshall Field found the
route that led from a dry goods
store in Pittstield, Massaehu- i
setts, to the monumental store
thatlnow bear his name in Chi
cago! David Lloyd George, a Welsh
barrister, followed a path that
led from a Wales villago to the
prime ministership of England.
Lord Northcliffe traveled over
narrow, rocky bypaths us a
newspaper reporter, finally
emerging on the broad high
way as one of the foremost pub
lishers in the world.
John D. Hockefoller traveled
from u bookkeeper's stool to !
'.'ii Broadway. Muuduy School !
I lines.
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BWK OF E WIELD,
EflplCLDf fi. C.
4 Per Cent, allowed in the Savings Depart-5
nient Compounded Quarterly. B
yyy YOU can bank by mail
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flat's lew In Music
liy Special Arrangement with the Associated
Music Publishers of New York, we will feature
by Daily Pathephone Demonstration
BROADWAY'S
big Song Hits
Come in and hear the "Latest" Direct from
Melody Row. All Sheet Music 10c. Copy.
W. M. Cohen Drug Company,
Weldon, North Carolina.
?7ciiTsToHr I NUNNALLY'S AND j
j NYAL'S RliMUDIES. CWR'S' CANDIES.
COTTON GINS&PRES3 FOR SALE
INCONVIiNIKNCE.
Out of the dun memories of a
misty past, this yarn is dug, re
vamped, foisted in this place as
original and all that sort of thing.
Anyhow :
'Kusius wanted to lick the Kaiser
and enlisted for that purpose. As
he signed his name he said :
"oss, dey's jest one favor I
want's t'ast yo', please suh, use
yo' 'lluence wid de gineral, i' keep
me out'n de cavalry."
"Why don't you like the caval
ry?" asked the sergeant.
"Well suh, one o' dese hyar
days we may be ordered to retreat,
suh, an' when dat happen, I don't
want to bother wid no hoss 1"
The undersigned offers for sale one 70-saw Van
Winkle gin, feeder and condenser, four years old,
One 60-saw P.agle gin, feeder and condenser, five
years old. One Ueasley Single box down packing
press, five years old. This machinery Is In good
condition and bargain prices will be made on the
entire lot or on separate portions. Write or come
to see me at once,
M. E. MARTIN,
Rural Route No. 2, THELMA, N C.
EAST CAROLINA
TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL
A State school to train teachers for the public ichools of North
Carolina. Every enemy is directed to this one purpose. Tuition
Free to all who agree to teach. I 'all Term begins SEPTEMBER 25,
1918. For catalogue and other Information, address
ROBERT H. WRIdHT, President,
6 20 lm OREENVILLE, N. C.