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ESTABLISH 1:1) IN 1S06. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. Terms of Subscriotion--$2 00 Per Annum VOL. LYIN'. WELDON, N. C.. THURSDAY,.I ANT’AKY I, NO. 33 SPRIGHTLY SNHKS. Gathered Mere and There and Everywhere. Men and fish are al.ke in one respect. They never yet caught f they keep their mouth shut The only difference between balloon tires and balloon pants is that ihe latter are not inflated. It's a w ise Weldon man who has learned that the best way to make friends is to be a good listener. Now they are referring to house wives as "home engineers." Bui Dad still coniinues to be the fire man. Spiritualists say that everybody will work in the next world. I hat must be an aw ful shock to our golf players. You have observed that when a mule is kicking he is never pull ing, and it's a good deal the same with a man. When they name a baby "Bob" these days you don’t know wheth er it's named for us daddy or for iis mother' hair. Scientists say the anls on Mars are almost as large as our horses. Wouldn’t that be a terrible place to hold a picnic? Jt may be more blessed to give than to receive, but most of us are always ready to let the other fellow have the blessing. Another thing that always im presses us after an election is that most anybody can run for an office and get a few votes. As he grows older many a Wel don man doubts the wisdom of workng hard to let the children have an easier time. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for our people generally to remember that a town is largely judged by the Lind of streets it keeps. If gold was as plentiful as tin and tin as rare as gold w e'd be buying sardines in gold boxes and paying for them with tin. Some young fellows around Weldon have so much biass it's a wonder the girls they kiss don't die of ptomaine poisoning. We hate to say it, but it has been our observation that the only time some men acquire a following is when they’re in a hearse. liver stop to think that explain ing to your wife and arguing with a neighbor get you about as far as riding on a merry-go-round. We really don't know the defi nition of super-man, unless it’s one who can get in at 3 a. m. without waking his wife up. We’ve often wondered whatever became of the old-fashioned woman who kept her kitchen floor so clean that you could eat off of it If Weldon men were as scared | of the devil as they are of speed cops there’d be a lot more traffic on the straight and narrow way. In order to be on the safe side and save repair bills one Weldon man has taken the mirror out of his car since his wife began driv ing. The Weldon man who yells be cause it takes his wife so long to dress yells twice as loud if she doesn’t look as neat as other wo men. We understand the barbers of the country have had to learn a lot ol new stories since they com menced to pick up the bobbed-hair trade. The better you know some fel lows the more puzzled you are over directions when you read that they have "gone to their re ward.” The fellow who thinks oratory is a lost art ought to hear one wo man telling another woman about the perfectly lovely dress she is making. Ever notice that when you tell the average Weldon man how smart he is he goes right out and brags about what good judgment you have ? The average Weldon man’s wife can’t understand why her husband howls about a missing button when there’s a whole paper of pins on the bureau. Our idea of an optimist is the man who welcomes the wolf at the door in the hope that he can kill him and get fur enough to make a new pair of mittens. We have finally come to the conclusion that some of the fellows who worked for the government for a dollar-a-year salary during the w ar received too much money OOTS AND DASHES About Folks You Know, Will know, or Ought To Know. Mrs, II. C Spiers visited Kicli mond last week. Miss Luis (ireen is spending the holidays at Taylors, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. L. 1. Green spent the holidays in New York. Miss lithelV. Chandler is spend ing the holidays ai Virgilina. Mr. I.ilse Sitterson, of Kinston, was a visitor here this week. Miss F.unice Clark, of Kiehmond. ! spent the holidays in Weldon. Miss Hohbie Shore is spending the holidays at Blackstone, Va. Miss Martha 1'ierce is spending ; a few days in Kinston this week. Miss Grace Cline is spending j the holidays at Weir's Cave, Va. Miss Katherine Wallace spent the holidays w ith relatives here. Mrs. Lmry Green, of Greens boro, is visiting relatives in town. Master George Green spent the holidays with relatives in Florida. Mr. Carney Hargrove, of Nor folk, spent the week-end in town. Dr. Kobert Clark, of Chapel Hill, spent the holidays in Weldon. Miss Mary Derieux is spending the holidays at Tappahannock, Va Dr. Donald Daniel, of Kich mood, is visiting relatives in town. Messrs. Ben and Harry Dope spent the holidays with relatives here. Prof, and Mrs. W. B. Ldwards, of Murfreesboro, were in town last week. Miss lilizabeth Clark, of Lake City, S. C., spent the holidays in Weldon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Saunders, of Tarboro, spent the holidays in Weldon. Miss Frances Scott, of Wellesley College, Mass , is home for the holidays. Miss Cora Lee Cheatham is spending the holidays at Newber ry, S. CL Mr. W. T. Overstreet, of Lake land, Fla., visited relatives here on Christmas. Mr. J. D. Brinkley spent the week end with his daughter in Henderson. Mrs. R A Musgrove and little son are visiting relatives in New York City. Miss Lucile Wallace, w ho teaches school near Ldenton, is home for the holidays. /vir. I. K. Often, or rsewton, spent the holidays with relatives in Weldon. Mr. and Mrs. Dot Moseley, of Charlotte, visited Weldon during the holidays. Miss Bessie Jones, who teaches school at Louisburg, is home for the holidays. Miss Margaret Pierce, of Kins ton, is spending the holidays w ith relatives here. Mrs. I. E. Green and son, Mr. Shepherd Green, are visiiing rela tives in Florida. Mr. Earl Mountcastle, of the State College, Raleigh, spent the holidays at home. Mrs. H. L. Williams is visiting relatives in Hnfield and Rocky Mount this week. Miss Narcissa Daniel attended the Riddiek-Dewar wedding in Raleigh, this week. Mrs. W. T. Overstreet, of Lake land, Fla., is visiting her siste', Mrs. H. D. Allen. Mr. W. W. Sledge, of Durhami spent the Christmas holidays with relatives in Weldon. Miss Margaret Anthony of Eliz abeth City, is home with her par ents for the holidays. Miss Katrine Wiggins, of Em poria, Va., is spending the holidays with her parents here. Miss Alberta Wallace, of E. C. T. School, Greenville, is spend ing the holidays at home. Miss Page Morehead, of Martha Washington College, spent the ho - idays with relatives here. Miss Katherine Collier, of G. C. W., spent the Christmas holidays at her home in Garysburg. Miss Mabel Vincent, who teaches school at Kinston, is spending the holidays with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anthony, Jr., of Raleigh, spent the holidays in Weldon with their parents. Miss Annie A. Futreil, a former teacher in the Weldon High School was a visitor here last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Shaw and family, of F'nfteld, visited Mr. and Mrs. 1 L Williams last week. Miss Virginia lid wards, of New York City, was die guest of Miss Martha Fierce Christmas week. Mr and Mrs T. A Jones, of Bunn, spent the holidays with their son, Mr. C. I.. Jones and family. Mr. and Mrs. A ,1 Jones, Sr., of Franklin, Va , are visiting their daughter, Mrs VC H. Anthony. Mr and Mrs I G. Bond and little son, l llis Lee, spent the holi days with relatives in Richmond. Mr. Allen A Smith, of Wash mgion, 1). C., spent the week end with his brother, Mr. W. J. Smith. Miss Pattie Shaw and Miss Lil lian Piercy Williams are spending the holidays in Washington, D. C. Messrs. Grainger and William Pierce and Miss Louise Pierce spent the holidays in New York City. Mr. A R Spears, of Waynes ville, a former citizen ot Weldon, was among the visitors here this week. Mr. Charles Vincent, of William and Mary College, Va., is spend ing the holidays with relatives in Weldon. Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Jones and children, of Newport News, Va., spent the holidays with Mrs. Alice Hudson. Mr. W. H. Jones, of Franklin, Va., was the guest ot his sister, Mrs. W. H. Anthony on Christ mas day. Miss Lilizabeth Green who is at tending school at Philadelphia is spending the holidays with rela tives here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawks and daughter, of Richmond, spent the holidays with (’.apt. and Mrs. G. 1). Hawks. Messrs. John B, Sledge, Black well Pierce and Robert Allen spent the Christmas holidays in New York City. Mis. J. 1). Simpson and daugh ters. Misses Katherine and Kliza beth, spent the holidays with Mrs. C. P. Rodwell. Mr. ana Mrs. A. j. Jones, jr.. i ot Tillery, were [lie guests of their | sister, Mrs. \V. H. Anthony on Christmas day. Capt. E. L. Hollingsworth and family, of Rocky Mount, spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams. Miss Annie Rowe House, of E. C. T. School, Greenville, is spending the holidays with rela tives in Weldon. Mr. Leslie A. Daniel, of Gilboas, N. V., spent the Christmas holi days at home with his mother, Mrs 1. P Daniel. Mr. Everette Turlington, of Bueis CrecA, sent the Christmas holidays her. with his sister, Miss Les-ie Turli 'gton. Miss Katherine Anthony is able to be out again after having such a narrow escape in an auto accioent on her way to school. Mr. Claude Kitchin, of Scotland Neck, spent the first of the week in town guest of Walter Daniel and Browne Holoman. Messrs. Walter Daniel, Walter Sledge and Browne Holoman, of Wake Forest College, spent the Christmas holidays at home. Mrs. N. S. Barries and daugh ter, Miss i lary Letha, spent the Christmas holidays with relatives in Mecklinburg county, Va. Messrs. Grainger Pierce, Jack Anderson, Sterling Pierce and John Wyche, of Trinity College, spent the holidays at home. Misses Lucile Allen. Virginia Owen, Louise Pierce, Byrd Suiter and Mary Virginia Joyner, of G. C. W., spent the holidays at home. Misses Charlotte Hill, Annie Pollard, Elizabeth Parrott and Del la Jeffress, of Kinston, spent the holidays with Miss Martha Pierce. Messrs. Ellis Farber, Walter Allen, Winfield Crew and Leon Tucker, of the State University, spenr the Christmas holidays at home. Misses Louise Hayward, Mar garet Hudson, Ellice Bounds, Eliz abeth Wyche, Helen Rowell, Hazel Clark, Theresa Marks, Margaret Jordan, Annette Boney, Louise Farber, Virginia House and Elsie Mae Crew, of the N. C. C. W., Greensboro, are home for the Christmas, holidays. Mr. Fred Bond, of Edenton, and Mr. William Powell, of Fayette ville, both students at Wake For est College, were guests of Browne Holoman while on their way home for the holidays. Mr. T. E. Browne, of Raleigh, who is spending a year in New York City taking a special course at the Columbia University, spent the week end with his sister, Mrs. J. P Holoman. MASOUERADB PARTY. Miss Martha Pierce entertained Friday evening at a Fancy Cos tume Masquerade Party in honor of her house guests, Misses Della Jeffress, Elizabeth Parrott, Char lotte Hill and Anne Pollock, of Kinston, and Miss Virginia Ed wards, of New York City. About fifty guests were present and all costumed most attractively. They were greeted at the door by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pierce and Misses Jane Zollicoffer and Katherine Pierce invited them to the polari um, where Misses Elizabeth Allen, Virginia Turner and Bettie Boney served delicious punch. Mr. William Henry Joyner, ot Garysburg, won the prize ot the evening, and Miss Rosa Heath Long, of Roanoke Rapids, the consolation prize. The hostess also presented each of her house guests with lovely perfume urns. Mrs. Pierce, assisted by Mrs. O. W. Pierce and Misses Jane Zolli cotfer, Natalie Cole and Katherine Pierce served an attractive Christ mas ice course and mints. HIIIH SCHOOL MUSIC CLUB. The regular monthly meeting of the Junior Music Club was held at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Allen. The business of the club was dis cussed and a Constitution and By Laws were adopted. The club sent some new music to the ex soldiers at Oteen for Christmas gifts. A very interesting program was rendered as follows: Reading, "Jerry and Me," Ber nice Dixon. Piano Solo, “Marcheeta," Ruby Worrell. Piano Solo, “Sous Bois,” Miss Chandler. At the the close of the meeting the hostess, assisted by Misses Ruby Worrell, V'irginia Turner, and Emily Joyner, served delicious ice course. The High School Music Club has been organized for several years under the leadership of Mrs. Anne Ware Smith, and has done some good work in this communi ty. Altho the club is sorry to lose Mrs. Smith it welcomes Mrs. H. B. Harrell as its new leader and is confident that it will continue to improve. B. D. DKATM OF MRS. PENELOPE LYON DIXON. Friday morning, December 19, Mrs. Penelope Lyon Dixon, widow of Mr. J. S. Dixon, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.G. Coppersmith, in Littleton, N. C. Mrs. Dixon was born and reared in Edgecombe county, where she was always held in love and es teem. She died in the 83rd year of her age. The funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Francis Joyner. In terment was in cemetery. The floral offerings were lovely. Mrs. Dixon is survived by two children— Mrs. W. G. Copper smith, of Littleton, and Mr. Samuel J. Dixon, of Weldon. Several grandchildren and two greatgrand children also survive her. Early in life she became a member of the Christian Church, and in the years when she was young and strong “she went about doing good.” In the years of her afflic tion and infirmity she was often found with her open Bible com muning with the Lord and Master whom she had loved and served with so much faithfulness. There is a bleated home Heyond this land of woe, Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow; Where faith is lost in sight, And patient hope is crowned, And everlasting light Its glory throws around. MRS. J. R. G. WAS IT A FRAME UP? Edith—Did you let Jack kiss you before you were engaged? Ethel—Yes; that’s how we hap pen to be engaged—papa came along. Help You Avoid Suffering. For those distressing gassy pains that crowd the heart take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. Why con tinue to sutfer w hen this good medicine may be so easily had and at so small a cost ? Only 25c. DUKE UNIVERITY. Duke University Became a Real ity Monday. Trinity College Continues its Career- But as a (Ireater Institution thut is to Be With unanimity and enthusiasm and expressions of grateful appre ciation to Mr. James B. Duke lor his opulent gift, the trustees of Trinity College Monday voted to change the name to Duke Univer sity. This action was presaged when Mr. Duke some weeks ago, in making his forty million trust fund, provided that 32 per cent of the income and six millions in ad dition should go to Trinity College if and when its authorities changed the name to Duke University. It there was any objection to the change of the name it was not voiced. As a matter of fact, those who at first did not like the idea feel that the best interests of the institution was served by the ac ceptance of the terms of the Duke trust. They point out that Trinity College does not lose its identity because there is a provision that Trinity College School of Arts and Sciences will be an integral and im portant part of the institution, and law and medical colleges within Duke University. When the formal steps are com pleted. Duke University will have six million dollars in money from Mr. Duke to spend in grounds and buildings. Plans are in the mak ing, with expert architects and landscape gardeners, to remove some of the older buildings, and carry out plans for beauty and con venience, with such additions as will provide buildings and equip ments for the larger iustitution, re gard being had for the expected expansion of teaching force and students and equipment. At present the institution has land, buildings and equipment worth $2,000,000. The endow ment is $3,100,000. The new gift of $6,000,000 makes the sum eleven millon dollars. To this must be added the income from 32 per cent, of the $40,000,000 trust fund, which will give an an nual income of about $500,000. This will give the Duke Universi ty from the start an income of three-quarters of a million dollars, nearly all from donations by the late Washington Duke, Beniamin N. Duke and James B. Duke. It is the belief of the trustees that within a decade the trust fund will increase so that the income may reach a million dollars a year for the university. Willi lll\» illiu mem the six million dollars will afford, and ihe increased income from (he Duke trust, President Few and the trustees and faculty will give their energies to making the institution one of the foremost in the country. With the incor poration of Trinity and its honor able traditions, with the ability to hold able men in the faculty and secure great teachers and obtain the best equipment money and knowledge can obtain, Duke Uni versity has a future of ever-ex panding influence. As its career upon small means has contributed greatly to the State’s welfare, the friends and all the people of North Carolina believe in the larger field it will do great things for the great er North Carolina. Education must be found the foundation upon which the State builds for tomorrow. The Duke gift makes possible bringing the advantages of education to more and more youths. It has a great mission, and, in common with other State and church institutions, will open new doors for the youth of this and other commonwealths. All other colleges send greetings and congratulations to Duke Uni versity in which all the people of North Carolina join, with thanks to the munificent gift of Mr. Duke. —News and Observer. A QUIET MARRIAQE. Married at the Baptist parsonage on Saturday, December 27th, at 3 o’clock by Dr. E. D. Poe, Mr. A. B. Pierce and Miss Marvel Mitchell, both of Weldon. They left for the western part of the State and when they return they will make their home in Kenans ville. We extend congratulations and best wishes for a long life of hap piness. Children Cry " FOR FLETCHER'S CTA SXO.R I A IN “BY-GONE” DAYS. j I'hin^s That happened 3.1 Years Ago in Town and Vicinity. December 17, isyi.—Wednes day night of last week Jesse Cook broke into a box car at Halifax and stole a quantity of goods be longing to Mr. J. R. Weeks, of Spring Hill. The goods were re covered but Cook escaped. Mr. Haul Garrett, of Littleton, will on the first day of January move his wine warehouse to this place. Mr. Garrett will also rent a dwelling house. Rev. Dr. A. S Smith and Mrs. Harrison will live with him. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Jessie Key, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Arrington, to Mr. Malvern Hill Palmer. The marriage will take place at War renton December 23rd. Dr. A. S. Harrison, of Ring wood, was in town Monday. Sheriff B. I. Allsbrook was in town Tuesday. Mr. Jesse Powers is confined to his room with the grippe. Mr. Andrew Joyner is this week visiting friends in Raleigh. Capt. T. W. Mason, Railroad Commissioner, was in town Mon day. Mr. W. Y. Gay left for Raleigh Monday where he will in future reside. Mr. W. H. Capell, of this place has accepted a position with the Purcell House, Wilmington. Capt. H. M. Faucett spent last Tuesday in town. Mr. R. T. Cochran, who has been yardmaster of the R. & G. road here has resumed the position of freight conductor. Mr. T. N. Hill, Jr., who has been at home on a visit left Thurs day for Clebourne, Texas,to take a position in a railroad office. Miss Pattie Thorne, of Airlie, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. 1:. T. Clark, returned home Monday. Miss Bmily Long returned Mon day from a visit to the upper part of Northampton county and left immediately for New York. Capt. R. L. Boone, the conduc tor who was so severely hurt last week, had so far recovered that he was on Saturday taken to his home at Conway. INSTANTLY KILLED. On Monday evening, just out side of town, a colored man by the name of Sam Haynes was run over by an automobile and instantly, killed. The car was driven by a colored man by the name of William Thompson. Thompson W3S driv ing the car for a negro named Hill, from Durham. They were en route from Petersburg to Dur ham. Haynes attempted to cross the road ahead of the machine, driving a wagon drawn by a mule. The wagon was split into kindling wood and the mule was so badly injured that he will have to be killed. The speeding darkies were ar rested and put under bond of $3, 000 for their appearance at court. VESPER SERVICE. The Vesper Services held at the Methodist Church on Sunday even ing, December21, were very beau tiful and impressive. Under the direction of Mrs. Alice B. Hudson and Mrs. C. E. Williamson, the united senior and junior choirs gave a recital in song of the story of the coming of the Christchild to the City of Bethlehem while the shepherds kept watch by night. The decorations were elaborate the exercises were simple and beau tiful appealing to every heart to accept the child Jesus as King and ruler over all. On Christmas Day the Holy Communion was admin istered to a large congregation and two infants were presented at the Otar for baptism. CAME NEAR BEINU SERIOUS FIRE. On Sunday afternoon, Decem ber 21st, the lire alarm was turn ed on. The fire was located at Mr. W. L. Knight’s residence. The shingles on top of the house were found to be on lire. The fire department was soon on the spot and the flames were extin guished in short order. The loss was very little, we are glad to say. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S c:As>mRj.A CONSIDER IRE EDITOR. CANSI THOU BEAT II? — Consider the editor! A child is born unto the wife of a merchant in the town. The physician get teth 10 plunks. The editor w'rueth a stick and a half and tellelh the multitude that the child tippeth the beam at nine pounds. Yea, lie lieth even as a centurion. And the proud lather giveth him a Cremo Behold, the young one groweth up and gradualeth. And the editor puttelh into his paper a swell no lice Yea, a peach uf a notice He tellelh of the wisdom ol the young woman and ol her exceeding comeliness. Like unity the roses of Sharon is she and her gown is played up to beat the band And the dressmaker getteth two score and four iron men. And the edi tor gels a note of thanks from the sweet girl graduate. And the daughter goeth on a journey. And the editor throweth himself on the story of the farewell party. It runneth a column solid. And the fair one remembereth him from afar with a picture postal card that costeth six for a jitney. Behold, she returneth, and the youth of town fall down worship. She picketh one andlo, shepicketh a lemon. But editor calleth him one of our promising young men and getteth away with it. And they send unto the editor a bid to the wedding, and behold the bids are fashioned in a far city. Flowery and long is the wedding notice which the editor printeth. The minister getteth 10 bones. The groom standeth the editor oft fora 12-months subscription. All flesh is grass and in time the wife is gathered unto the soil. The minister getteth his bit. The edi tor printeth a death notice, two columns of obituary, three lodge notices, a cubit of poetry and a card ol thanks. And he forgetteth to read proof on the dead and the darned thing conteth out "Gone to Her Last Roasting Place.” And all that are akin to the de ceased jumpeth on the editor with exceedit.g great jumps. And they pulleth out their ads and canceleth their sub, and they swing the ham mer even unto the third and fourth generations. YOUR RABBIT FOOT. In the minds of many the super stition regarding the luck of a rab bit’s foot is connected with the American negro, but it appears that the idea is of ancient origin. As far back as 1668 a medical book advised the carrying of a rabbit's foot as a preventive of rheumatism. It is also recommend ed that to avoid toothache the gums should be scraped with an iron nail until they bleed, alter which the nail should be driven into wood up to its head. But nothing is suggested as to the remedy for blood poisoning or lockjaw which might result from the treatment. There is no end to old fallacies and superstitions, such as those quoted above, and to this day many equally ridiculous ideas per sist among otherwise sensible peo KNEW HER WEIGHT. They were talking about the weight of different individuals in a certain family, and the daughter’s young man, who was present, spoke up before he thought, and said: “I tell you that Jennie ain’t so very light, either, although she looks so." And then he looked suddenly conscious, and blushed, and Jen nie became absorbed in studying a chromo on the wall. SEVERELY HURT. On last Saturday evening while hauling a wheelbarrow down the street, E. C. Cheatham, colored, was ran into by an automobile and severely injured. It was reported that both legs were broken, but we learn since that there were no bones broken. This reckless driv ing should come to a halt. It is really not safe to walk the streets. INVITED A FIRE. On Tuesday morning the alarm of fire was given. The fire was quickly located in the Emry build ing. It seems some thoughtless person had taken up some hot ashes in a pasteboard box and put the box in an unoccupied room where there was a lot of old trash. The trash made quite a blaze for a while. BKAk GKTS DRUNK. Hinds t wo Udllons of 'dDO-Proof and (lets On Jjg—I rlea to Take Road. Vouched for by reputable per sons, a stor/ comes out of the up per end of Duplin county of a bear that went on a is;;. A prospective celebrator of the holidays left iwo gallons of whisky of die local varie ty, about "200 proof," secreted in a thicket against the coming Christ mas. He "looked after the liquor at frequent intervals. Finally he made a trip th it brought him a shock. ( Me |ug was lying on it* side, emp y, die cork removed. I tie other was smashed, its con tents, too, gone. Bear tracks were plain all around the spot. A short time later autoists on a road 150 yards away found the highway blocked by a swaying, staggering bear that appeared to weigh three hundred pounds. He lurched aggressively at the car, lost his balance and fell in a heap. This happened several times. The persons in the car had no weapon. The bear refused to leave the road or to let the auto pass, staggering into the path at every effort to start it. There was a bundle of shin gles in the car. One of these vii seized and the belabored with it until the animal staggered, bawling into the woods. DOLLAR STRETCHES. The purchasing power of a dol lar bill has shrunk considerably in the last ten years. There has never been a time when discriminate buying paid bigger dividends. Hvery issue of this newspaper contains information that you should have to increase your buy ng power. The advertisements are intimate little lessons in every day economy. They teach you tow, when and what for your dol Br will go farthest. To those who know how to use t, newspaper advertising is • watchdog of dollars—a continuous source of economy and satisfaction. Merchants tell of their bargains hru the advertisements. Practi cally every unusual buy is adver ised. You can stretch your dollar to ts elastic limit by keeping abreast bf the opportunities to full value. There is just one way to do this —Read the advertisements. HERE WE ARE AQAIN. After a week’s holiday, we greet you again. During our little va cation we mailed out about 500 statements to our friends showing bow they stand on our books. Some have responded cheerfully while others are lagging behind. We hope they will realize, ere ong, that it takes cash to run a newspaper and that they are not :he only one on the list that are behind. DAY IS DONE. Day is done, and the darkness Comes softly stealing down; [ turn away from the bright lights That gleam in the noisy town. Rain, through a white mist falling. Is hiding the flaming stars, But my poor eyes are blinking From the glare of the honkign cars. 1 have come home to hear you Read me a simple lay, While all the town is going To take in a picture play. The night will be filled with rapture And all of the cares I know Will steal away like the Arabs— Arat that darned radio! MARRIED AT ROSEMARY. On Saturday evening, Dec. 20th at Rosemary by Rev. E. N. Har rison, Mr. Frank Jones and Miss Mabel Summerell, of Weldon, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. CHRISTMAS 1924. The holiday just passed was in deed a very quiet day in Weldon. Most of our people attended church in the morning and gathered at their homes for the uaual big Christmas dinner. POR RENT—Nice rooms for light housekeeping. Apply to Mrs. H. M. Poe. FOR SALE. One five passenger Ford Tour ing car practically new. Good tires all around and one spare. Can be seen at residence of A C. House. A. F. Stainback. NOTICE Water rent is due January 1>, 1925. All not paying by January lOth, 5 per cent, will be added and if not paid by January 15th, water will be cut off and $1 fee for turning on will be added to bill. Weldon water Works.
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