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THE HAPPY BOY. There’s a happy boy a-straying in the Helds 1 used to siray, And he follov. s down [he windrows where ihe mowers eui ihe hav Till he finds the little hollows where the bumblebee combs he, And he plucks the hoarded sweetness, and that happy boy is I. There's a happy boy a fishing in a pool I used to know, Where the sun and shadow mingle and the willow b'-anches blow. He is silent, he is patient as he casts his skillful fly Till he lands a speckled beauty, and that happy boy is I. There’s a happy boy a roaming in the w oods 1 used 10 roam From the earliest morning ,row call nil the evening hastes him home He is searching oui the secrets of ihe stealthy folk and sly, The furtive forest children, and that happy boy is I. There’s a happy boy a-sleddtng on ihe lulls I used 10 climb When the wizard band of winter made a paih of snow and rime, 1 can hear his shout of joyance, I can see him flashing by To a dim goal in ihe distance, and that happy boy is I. There’s a happy boy a-dreemu.g. though lhat boy has grown up now, And though I ime has touched his temples and there s gray about his Of the measures and the pleasures of ihe days dial cannot die 1,U ,pe lights of Memory dark£tUjmdjtutJiappyJmyjsJ^^^^^^. T HI- KOANOKL Nl\\> [HliRSDAV, Arc. 30, U'33 Published Kvery Thursday. JOHN W. SLlil'i.l I jiii.r acf l'i in-1 ‘i ENTKKKl* AT 1’OHToH I. K A. "KII.ON AS Hii'l’N ll'l'LAh^ MATIKK. K \ li:S OH SlBbCRIl’TION IN All\ AMI: Oue Year, (by mail) postpaid, t'-i.iM. s,x Months, " “ 1-U0, A week.lv Democratic journal devoted to the material, educational, political and agricultural interests ol Halifax and surrounding counties. Advertising rates reaaouable and fur uished on application. WHO SAID "POOP INDIAN ? The American Indian, ubo only a few years ago seemed doomed io extinction, not only has refused to become extinct but actually, un der the favorable conditions pro vided by the United States govern ment, has been able to make in creases in h:s numbers. I here are about 34 1,000 of ihem in this country at present, which repre sents an increase of approximately 13,000 in ten years. And their death rate has been growing small er year by year. The li dian is no longer poor unless he cares to he Government statistics show a number of ihem io be immensely rich, due to the fact that the lands with which they were end iwed by the government have yielded oil in iremendous quantities. But even without oil the Indian has been able to accumulate and add to property year by year 1 oday they own $35,000,000 « nh of live stock, including more than one million sheep, 250,000 head of cattle and aboui the same number of horses and mules So, think ing it over, isn’t it about lime we ceased referring io him as the “poor’ Indian? THEY’RE COMINQ BalK We read in a daily paper ihai | the Depanmem of Agriculture lias been giving seme aueniion to coun- , ly fairs held throughout the I mied 1 Stales, and rhat up 10 ihe rresem 1 lime ihe auendance ai aln m a 1 of thtm is beyond ail expectations. i The repori siaies ihai tor several j years ine fate ol ihe old fashioned couniy fair in ihis couniry hung in ihe balance. Many of ihem gave up iheir chariers. Oiheis were' replaced by "Home Cuming Weeks" or something ol ihai kind I But this year seems to have found the fair again becoming die well anended and enjoyable event ihai ii used to be. And the repori fur ther states that ihe credo for ihis rests largely with the automobile. People can get to and from ihe county fairs more quickly and more cheaply than in the old days. And they are going io support them, as they used to be supported, and as they now deserve to be sup ported. So we'll have to credo one more good deed to the auto \X'hy not revive the old Weldon fairs? A HOOD EXAMPLE. If any proof were needed that this is a big and wonderful nation it was afforded bui recently when news swept the world to ihe effect that President Harding had been fatally stricken. Had we possess ed a king or an emperor there might have been serious riots, maybe an uprising. Bui here, in this big cq.untry where every man is in a way an independeni govern ment within himself and respects the machinery of the Republic as a whole, affairs run along as quietly and sm ’Oitily as a well oiled, well regulated machine. And a nation bowed its head in sorrow, but did not waver for a second in its form of government. Maybe when we sometimes become a little wrathy because taxes are high, it would do some of us here in Weldon good to sit down for a moment and consider if. after all, it isn’t worth more to live in a land where we know our lives and our property are safe, regardless of what politi cal party may be in power at the time a calamity overtakes the coun try. TMI: HARM BOV S L'DI CAI ION During a recent meeting ot teachers ai a western college there was a litile cropping oui again ot , the idea dial the way 10 keep young people on ihe farm is 10 change their education so early and so completely that they will be lined for nothing but a farming vocation. Simmered down to its real mean ing, the substance of the argument is that il they have not an educa tion which will enable them to do anything else but farm, they will not try to do any thing else Hut the average W eldon man knows, and it ought to be generally know n all over the country that boys and girls born on the farm today arc not going to be held there by put ting an educational ball and chain on their legs. If the the brighter minds among them are to be de voted to the task of bringing Amer ican agriculture out of its present difficulties, it must be from choice, not from necessity forced upon them by a limitation of their educa tion. And still more, the problems of present-day agriculture will not yield their solution to men and women so narrowly educated that they could not successfully take up some other calling besides fat m ing. MAKING REAL Cl I l/I NS Just the other day a federal iudge in Ohio turned down the applica tions of several men for natural ization papers on the ground that during the war they had refused to do arnty duty because of “con scientious obiection ' The judge made himself clear in a very lew words. He said "If any man loves an adopted country well enough to work in it, he ought to love it well enough to fight tor 11 1 when it's necessary. ' We believe that sentiment will meet with the hearty approval ot m st everyone around W eldon for [ our people as a t ule know how quickly this country would peristi if everyone should refuse to fight I for ii on the grounds ot conscien tious objection, and the men scat tered about this neighborhood are not men of that stripe. If there were nobody to uphold American institutions and liberty at times j when ihey were threatened, they j would not last long. Tvery nation on earth would be picking on us, and eventually they would be taking what they wanted from us j and smiling at the way we had lost our greatness. To permit to enter this country men w ho refuse to fight for the flag when it was in danger, and to give them citizenship would wreck the nation as sure as the sun sets in the west. To give them equal rights of citizenship alongside the men who are willing to lay down iheir lives in defense of the United States is nothing short of a crime. And the federal iudge hit the nail squarely on the head w hen he said what we have stated above. Let every man who seeks citizenship in America understand before he ever steps off of the boat that citi zenship here means something and that there isn’t room enough in this country for the fellow who doesn't love it well enough to fight for it. SOME day there may be a Leauge for Leaving the President Alone. A tiy should every Tom, Dick and Harry that goes to W ashington insist upon shaking hands w ith the chief executive ? Pams women are said to be wearing white wigs. Over there they would wear anything or nothing. FAR BETTER Better than praise and better than gold, Better than rank by a thousand fold, Is the bloom of health with a mind at rest. And peace at home as a loving guest. To have a heart that is warm with in. To have a life unstained by sin, To date the right with a courage bold. Is better than hoarding piles of gold. M >K THtO. • ROBL i T ELSIE reROosoM ELLIOTT OF > TEH With Paramount Week the greatest motion picture season the world ever saw gets well under wat You have the opportunity fora grand review of 1923s achievements and a pre-view of the great Paramount Pictures coming. Celebr.it Paramount Week at your own theatre as mil lions have during five previous annual Paramount Weeks. “/r\v Paramount W eek at your theatre now! ” HERBERT BRENON^j W A MAV •'gium-'' VMOI - I’l mu. iaskyiorimkmion \Sf+ J; aooip« iunoR, ♦ ■*7 _' •• ••- - ■ - ■ • /. r ai r-ihc o k e r •. ^ Weldon J°ins in nat‘onal demonstration of the better motion pictures All this week—Paramount Pictures will be shown AT THE SEPT.5-6... A Fit?maurice Production WELDON Kick In OPERA HOUSE SEPT. 8 . Agnes Ayers In DAUGHTERS OF LUXURY.’ i SEPT. 3- Alice Brady in Anna Ascends SEPT. 4-- Elsie Fergerson in The Outcast SEPT. 7 Wallace RieJ in “GHOST BREAKERS” til If it’s a Paramount Picture it's the best show in town I mi K'usm in-, may belies e iliere mi i .i ■ J. but they certainly ought n know something about hell hy his time NOTICE OF SALE 5.TO.000 Public Improve* ment Bonds of the Town of Weldon, N.C. scaled |■ t• q»o»al* will be irei iv. .1 by | the Huai I of 1 iillllllh'iuiirl' u! tin* I own of M • .Ion N orth Caroln.a. at tin* j lowu Hall a saul I’own, unt.l tin* - HI 1».\\ <>1 -El' I I.MI.Kf, • " . -it eight i d’clock, 1* M when they will be pub- | 111*I v opput-.l lor tin* purchase «>f +■'«..nun , Public ' ' ndaol the-Towa ol Wel.loo I In' i.oii.U will l e dated Septembei 1. 1 ■ • a ill o .u interest at ; a rate to l« beieaft. i detrim m i. paya ; ble semi aunualK «.u Maieb l.-t and Sep ; tember 1st. will if >>t the di-iiw.iimatiuti | of $-1 .Oo" rat*;. and v\ 111 matin, serially. one bond on >ept. ;ubei 1st in • ich of | the years 1*26 to EM, niclm .... i two bonds on September l-t it *> b ..i the years l'*P; to 1*iucIum * > lb bonds will be coupon hoods, w i . pm ilege of conversion into fully ■>'. • bonds. Principal and inter* -.' * li payable in gold «•.*.i» of tbe l .■ - M..I- > at Hanover National Hank in 11 . « .tv of New York, ar. I mterest on i- I bonds will, at the option >>! E. b ;• be paid in New ^uik exchaug. Bidders are in\ ited to name i< iat. of interest winch the bonds an i • i - ai ! The rate per annum named m..-i . multiple of one-quarter of one pei cent uni. The bonds will be award : ■ lIn bidder offering to take them a! the low est rate of interest. Ah between •• dders naming the same rate of iut. ie-i, tlit amount of the premium will •t.-i'inne the award Proposals must be enclosed in a seal ed envelope marked on the outside “Proposals for Bonds” and addressed to E I. Haywood, Town Clerk, Weldon, North Carolina. Bidders must deposit with said down Clerk before making their bids, a certified check drawn t«. the order of the Town of Weldon, upon an incorporated bank or trust cumpauy, or a sum of money for or in amount equal to two per centum J p« i cent of the face amount of bonds bni lor, to secure the municipality against auy loss resulting from any failure of U*e hiddet to comply with the terms of bis bid. Purchaseis must pay accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the dale ofdelivery. The bonds cannot be sold at less than par and accrued interest. The bonds will be prepared under the supervision of the I nite 1 States Mort gage aud Trust Company, of New \ ork which will certify as to the genuineness of the signatured aud the s«*al impressed | thereon. Successful bidders will be furnisbe I j with the opinion of Messrs Heed, Dougherty A Hoyt, of New \ ork City, that the bonds are valid ami binding obligations of the Tow n *>1 W eldon Dated August 2lst. 1923. K |. HAY WoOD, Town < leik, Weldon, N. C. Trustees Sale of Land. I uder and hy virtue of tbe power conferred on the undersigned Trustee iu a certain Deed of Trust dated tin* 1st .lay of March, 11*21, between .lames Ed ward Edmunds and wife Elizabeth Ed monds, which said deed of trust is re corded in Book 324 page 307. Register’s ottice for Halifax county, default having been made in the payment of the in debtedness therein secured and at the request of the holder of said indebted ness the undersigned Trustee will, on The 8th Day of September, 1923, at 12 o’clock M., at the Court House door in the Town of Halifax, N. C., sell for cash to the highest bidder the fol lowing described tract of land, towit: Beginning at Nick Fitzpatrick’s, Allen Edmonds corner, thence running N 3$ E 30-100chains to Allen Edmonds cor ner in Pope line, N rtOJ W 34 poles and 22 links to a stake, thence 33| W 26 30 100 chains to a stake, thence 8 86j E h 72-100 links to the beginning, contain ing 23 1-3 acres, more or less. This the 7th dav of Augtist, 1923. CHARLES A. FKOELICH, ^ Trustee. COAL Is going up, but you can get it for September delivery at $9.00 a Ton by placing your order NOW. This is the best grade Lump Coal. <3 New River R.O.M. at $8.00 a Ton See me at the Bank of Weldon. E. H. Smith. jpURE CASTILE SOAP Is ilie BEST for your BABY'S SKIN. Try a cake of ihe kind we sell and avoid the risk oi making his delicate skin Rough and Red. After the Bath use Tiny Tot Talcum Powder * u*ruc‘ « M which is Pure and Antiseptic, then | baby will look like a White Rosebud Weldon Drug Co., | THIS REXALL STORE Weldon, North Carolina. iB»(30QniQKKllQn(]0(Xl»Qi( K3K3K KX3K83KX VinitKIKKSXaBKXQS Place Your Coal Order Now If you want the advantage of lower prices ami prompt deliveries. Later id the season coal prices will be higher and deliveries uncertain. Our coal is standard—recognized as such by the largest buyers. > Weldon Ice Company, f’htUK.gl . WELDON N. G. ^>«■»< )«»()«■»-()•«■»()«■»( )4H»(><«»04M»()4M( i-ttaCft 0 IMEN’S furnishingsI Special Prices Worsted Bathing Suits In both one and two piecestyles; in plain shades of bine, brown and pr y, also striped eft,-els \i/-*s 3t> in 4*', $3.95 5 Extra Si/es, 4S and SO, | $3 V>5. Straw Hats Pmth 11 ached and un I leached sii an -, « nil black and brow n b mds. Special your i hoice ai II U l; PHK I Men’s Oxfords Tan, Plain Toe, Neat Pattern, Special $7 SO. j MEN'S SHIRTS—With collar attached; fcl QQ : in white and stripes;sizes 14 to 17;special *r ATHLETIC UNION SUITS—Made of good 0 quality checked nainsook. Sizes34 to 46. Special SILK HOSE-Men’s Silk Hose, with lisle feet Aflr j and tops; in black, blue, cordovan; sizes 9Ji-l Y/% “wV | Farber & Josephson, : Clothiers f | We close at 7:30 P. M. WELDON, N, C« j SEE! THE MAMMOTH EXHIBIT OF THE ' J>rc Them at the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.. A FAIR WITHI/i ITSELF, OF INTEREST TO ALL HUMAHITV SCHEDULE OF DAYS MONDAY- LABOR OAV TIIFSDAY— CHILDRENS OAY lUCSUAT— ALU unpcn 12 FREE WEDNESDAY- Virginia- Carolina THURSDAY - FRIDAY— SATURDAY" auio Ha. i uaYj 'air SIGHTS FOR THE SERIOUS. GREAT OPEN MlPPOOWOMfc. /NORFOLK - PORTSMOUTH DAY. fitWPOUT /MEW* MAMPTOH DAY FUN FOR Th£ rRIVOLOUi _ TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY- DAY- AND NIGHT WWTttaCO.- PREMIER HIDING act OF THE PNIVCB-E CE> DORA THE GIRL IN THE toOLPEN GLOBE i HE CROMWELLS - PARING AERIALIST ... FRANZ TROUPE- A REAL EUROPEAN HOWELTY 3IX STELLAS- ACROBATIC WHIRLWIND BCAUTlfc 00b DUGAfl -'“SAFETY I AST WO/NPER. UBEL CUDY FLTIH6 CIRCUS-IN death PEPYINO feats PROF. VICTOR'S CONGE RT SAMP AND SOLOIST inter/natio/nalIs marvelous fireworks. LAUNDRY B. G Rodwell, Agent for T. & M. Laundry, Norfolk, Va. All kinds of Laundry, Gleaning and Dyeing. Leave your laundry with Sidney Holdford, Souih Weldon, and W'. C. Granc’s Cafe on 2nd street. B. G. Rod j-ell. If you are not reading our serial story, “The Branding Iron,” you are the loser. Start now and you will be pleased with the story. Subscribe to * The Old Reliable.”
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