HALL &c SLEDGE, proprietors.
VOL XVII.
.A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
TEPIMIS l'1':u ANNUM IN ADVANCE
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1887.
NO. 4.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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Tl. vnluo .,f FLOCK .l.-i up
TUITION" CONTAINED IN THE III1I...D IT M A K
.i., h which our PATENT HOLLER FLOCKS
.i ci.nceilci. to I"! Mirr.uu in I.,
MNATION OK ( H'TKS A Nil PlltlSPII A I KS. This lint I recognised tml
Br in tlii. i Irv, Imt in III.' I tilled Kmgd n wi-'l. where ll' "I'A'I'A I'SCO
tf-'l'KllL.TIVE" COMMANDS H K(l I KI L V MOKE MONEY than any ..th.-r
,iiiirin Klmir. Ask your grocer I'.ir il. Al.o li.r
Patupscu S.ipi'rl.nivc, Capo Henry Family, Bedford Family,
Pulapsco Family, Noith I'ninl Family, Orange Grove Extra,
Patapsco Eitra. Chesapeake Extra. Baldwin FainHv.
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Iron No. 40 Hmitli Mill Stop only at Wilson,
fi'i i-;i.r) and MaKuo'ta,
I r hi ii Nn. j? iimk.-H i ltdk' I'lihnt't'lliill at Wt'ldoli
I f-.r hII iHiiuut North ilailv. All mil v la Kit-liiuuiid.
nnliluly tjx('i'itSuiitiiiy viH l( liitiu.
Tr.iins iimkt'K t'lusr i'oiiih-i till! lor all nuilltM
N'ortli vU KU'limoud utid VV i ntoii .
Ad i niiii run lid U'Iul ii W ilminittnii and
tlVlHtitil.tn. mid luva I'ulllimu 1'alatv 1l'i'Iht
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J K.KhSLY, JtlllN F. IMVINF,
siiid i raiw. Ui-iifrai SiJt.
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UALEltill ANDUASTON HAll.KOAlt,
ijiii;KihrkMitr tirtniK,
Hdiltfh, N. C, July ly IWj.
Uail Tbain.
Itvi- Raleiith
Arnvtw at Wt-lduii
UtVt-a Wfldoii
Amvisa at Kalt'itrU
g V A. M.
1 to I'. M.
'AJtf Tlfk'iSuH KDItHT.
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700 t. M.
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3 i. 1'. M.
6 4.1 A. M.
3 U I'. M.
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itti tin-M'ulitianl anil Uirtiiokt- IUiilrad and Hay
unt M. Miiivni via ilaliiiiinrv, t ami inmiaii tnnu
S'inii. Wt-tt, und Nurtlitt'-dl und willi I'vlcrslnirK
Kuilnrnd via r,'tt'rlmrv Kirlnnolid mid W iil!ll)utnU
Oily, tu mid I'niin all iwiru Nurll: and Nortliwi'sl
A! 1U cih w ill! tllf Vtrtll ( UMUIiH KMInui'i in anu
fr-iiinll niinl Koutl) and SoiHlittfst, and wUii the
tUi k mud AiikusU Air l.iue U Fayi-lti'ville. Mam
1m, t imrlolU; and the ekmth.
Wm SMITH, Supt.
JSO. C. WINIiER.Cii'tmral Maimer.
Orrici Sur'T. Tkvnsi"otation,
B. AMI K. K. K .
Trains on thin Roi.l' will leave ' I'srunKmth ilallj
elceiit SujiJujs, Mli'W.l j
Kail Train . . 1 1 1.. hoOO A M
aalHiih iliraiml. FralKllt ' .!l 1'. M
) 1'iYlght Trl-W'Mltlf a ., , 6 . A. M
Ttalua Arrive alWelfa MUi, except .Sundays a
' iw'y!; r , I ; .
IITrain i, ' - i U . I t.' t, X
Hl. icli through ?reli(!it VJ I" A. M
Train . . ., IllK
Train, .if thla H.uul lmve Wehlun dally, tr
ce)it sundaya, a. rolluH. :
Hill Train . . . V. H M.
tali lllli Tlinmah KlelKht leaves Weldoll ("r hirlj
J"i.lli 'Islly (eieenl Monday mor a.) I I' A. M.
"' Kr..Klil . - - - 1 ill A. M.
In: Arrive at Pcrt'ni'il'i, .1' eeej.i Mu...lay.,
aa folluwa :
Kll Train . 10 f V
.l. iirllir.iiih Krelal.t ..C ,
rtvlihl - . t 1" I" M.
. Mull Truln .. at all Ht.itli'lw. Steaim-r lean
nwklln M.ai.la). ,-.l.u.l anil Krl.lsy., ("J
lri.u.ii. I'l uiuulli and Uiidil. on Uie hlsi'll"
.u-raiidcluiwaii rlvt-rs.
'My u k. u. Idwanla, Acni, Weldnu. or to
I.. T NVKKs.
rtuperlnlemlaul of Tr.uiirutli'n.
t LMEMAR1.K 1 RAl.lK.ll H. CO.
On and after June tat. IHS.1, tralni will run OO
WU mad by the rollna 1... aehsilale : ' !
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Tarkoro, (LeSTSs) . r Tarlwrs, (AltiTSS) ' M
Harrell'., 6 IS Kartell's,
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r'1"'. 6 W Bethel. ,
"ben.inllle, 1 If) KberrlirlUs, ! '
li.rMi,, t a K,,n.B-, . . . 6
llhanuuin, (Ar.) I 06 WIIliamion,(L.. 7 U
The: t. .. ui. train from Wllllsmiton will ar-.
nein Tarlimat liis. m.,allu)liiK pwensan U
"ajieel ttli the niornlns trsiii on tHo W. W. R. B.
b'l 'kv Mount.
' 4) p. m. train from Tarboro connectt with
"J hoiu at Willlain.toii for Norfolk via N. 8. Rail
M .na Intermediate p..li.U; al at Jameavllli
'he J. W.Hallroad for Wa.hl.iium and all
below.
TJI" Ublenaf bechansed st any time as ae
I'l aQdclrcuoi.uneea uar require.
JAHtj U. NITIT, USUI, sups
THE
Floor of krie
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PATAPSCO FLOURING MILLS.
ESTABLISHED-1W4.
lui KSSKNTI Al. ELEMENTS (II'
NT-
i are chiefly ii...tiHl'a(-iuro.l. has
any oilier. because it luut a IIKTTKH COM-
M. C. PAIR.
GOODS at COST.
WINTER BOOTS
AT COST.
C PAIB,
WHshinntmi Avenue, Weldon, N. C,
un 111 ly
WK IlAYB MADU
M. F. HART,
wiarox, x. c,
N. R. JOSE Y & CO..
. , ,', rSCOTI-AND NKCK,N.C,
r
Our agents for the Bale ut our f0iV
Fine Shoes, for their respective sections.
W'e niake on the N. Y. Opera, Acme,
Waukenphast and Creole lasts, the latter
is just out and h very niec.; We use the
i i, .. .l,;n ami aew with best liar-
hour's thread Every pair warranted.
hour, thread, r.iuy .
They are nice, neat and .stylisn. Uive
them look when you want a shoe and
you will be pleased. " , . .,
E. P. REED A CO.
tjept 16 ly Rochester, N. Y.
ALL
Heavy Woo
LidienFine Shoes
Tin: it a ix y day.
The day lx cold, and dark, mid dreary ;
h nun, ami tin wind in never wt-arv.
The viin-Ktlll (-litw to tln tuoIikTliiK wall.
Hiitnti'vi'ry KiHttliL'ik'iid leiivi'H fall,
And tliu day Is dark and dreary,
My life It cold, atnl dark, and dn-ary :
It rains, iiml K. Wti jH m.Vur Wt.r-;
My thniixijtxMlll rllna t.i the tnoldiTlntf pant,
lint lh.. Impi't uf youth fall thick in tin-blunt,
And the dayj are dark and dreary.
lie Mill, mtd heart' and ithm- n plnhiK.
Ib'lilml iIm f-lmid- ltli-inj-tl!l hinfii:
I hy (ate Im tlieeummoll fate oral),
Into each life moik mill luilt lull,
Hi line dayN unci ! dark and dreary.
I.MMIVM.IHW.
TEUEJIEART.
Tli.Ti'ii Miiini'tliiii.; ii:il li.'tic in tin!
of.ivfry man cinliiifj within priin wallii,
ami llii piiihiwrjws mure intt'iisc whfn
all I lui I'rt'ti, iiiilniili! world inglaj with thu
joy that rum.' in the Christman time.
Hi'iuurM! uiii.t woijtli heavily un on
virts at thi time. Kiirf;et(ulili.'SH of all
tliu past would be a blewttxl boono to inanv
ol'theiii, but inoiuory is keenest then, and
we do nut knew with what heartaches
they reeall tliu time when they, too, were
Tree and happy.
The warden of a .State prison tells the
fullnwini: incident of a life convict :
I was iiuing out of the prisou yard
one latterly cold llinstiuas mornin;.'.
.(ut outside the gnte, and crouching close
to the liijrh stone wall, I wiw a thinly clad
little jjirl of about twelve years, her fare
and hands blue witli cold. She put out
one of her thin bands to detain me as I
passed. ....
"Ml you please sir,' she said, and stop
ped, fineriiijr nervously at the fringe of
her old slmwl, and luncing timidly dow n.
''What is it?' I asked.
'"Well, if you please, sir, I would liko
to know if I can go iuside and see uiy
my father? lie's in there, and I've
lining him .soinethin,' for Christinas. It
ain't ui ueli, and I didn't s'pose you'd mind
any il be bad it. His name is Mister
John II y.'
''I recognized the name as that of a
life convict, u man notoiiously bad. I
went hack into the f rison grounds, the
child following me eagerly.
'lloing to my office I sent for the coi
viet. Ilet'iiuic, sullen and dejected; iu
biit face was the look of utter hopelessness,
which the laces of j risoncrs for life so
olten wear. i ,
' The child sprang forward to meet him,
I lie hot tears streaming over her white
face.
''He stepped back, sullen and seemingly
angry. No'word of welcome came from
his lips for the ragged, trembling little
creature who stood crying before him with
sjuiething clasped dose in h r hand.
"'I I camo to say 'Merry Christ
mas,' father,' she fullered. 'I I thought
maybe you'd be glad to see lue. Ain't
you any glad, father?"
''Christmas! Christ! What would
that man not have given for freedom of
body and soul !
' The convict's head dropped. The hard
look was going out of bis face, his eyes
were moistening. His little girl went on,
tremblingly and teaifully,
''And I brung you something, father.
It was all I could think of, and all I could
get. I live to the pour-bouse now.'
' His trembling lingers begun unwrap
ping the bit of soil white paper in her
band, and she held out a short, shining
cu.l of yellow huit carefully tied with a
bit of red ribbon.
" 'I wouldn't give this to anybody on
earth but you, father. You use to really
and truly lovo little Johnuie; mother said
you did, and so'
1 The man fell to bis knees with both
hands clasped over his face.
" 'I did love him, be said, hoarsely. 'I
I ive liiin still, bad as I am, I love hiui
still."
'"I ItnfV it,' laid tbojcbild,geingclosar,
it.. Li. . . . ...l .l.-
'anil 1 KUOl.ru sou 14 use mis, iruw iuni
Johnnie's esd, . , ' ,
' 'De.irf !'. oried the map, rocking tud
fro, still on Ills kiuas with lui hands over
liis face. 'My little boy?'
" 'Yet.' said the child, 'he died in the
poor-bouse only last week, and there's no
one left but me, now; but I am t goiu to
forgii you, father. I'm goiug to stick
right to you. spite of what folks say, and
some dav mavis.' J I'Ut iStetl voui out'! of
lu re: I'm lioiui tel. .try,; i I don't .'never
forgil that you are my futber, and so '
He put out one arm, drew the child
towards him and kissed her again and
,i .1111 1 j-IlfmlY e'T' p room, aim tiiev
were alone in the rooui for half au hour.
Tin 11 the child came, out, smiling through
her tears.
"'Mind,' she said, before closing tin
.loor. 'I will uevcr forgit you, father;
never,'" .
It was the voice of a true heart. May
Christ uive it tbo bonedief.ion of Hii
peace! -: " '
Indispensable to llie Toilet., .
Darbv's l'roribvlaetic Kluid cures rcbaf-
in". emotions anil inllanulioin of all kinds
cures iiiHamed or sore eyes; relieves pains
from bites or slings of insects and sore
feet; destroys all taint of perspuration or
offensive smell from the feet or any part of
1 ten body; clean and whitens the skin,
1 ,T(ea a8 a deotifriee it punfe the hrea b.
preserves the teeth mid cures toothache;
sore gums and canker. A little of th'c
Fluid in itio Water used irt bathing is very
refreshing "and especially beneficial to th ;
Sick. Feb'JU-n.)
POKER AND POLITICS.
now a mo lu.ii i' Nomina-
TKI CAMICKON I'Olt
OO YI'KNOH,
V I IK 1 1 V I A IIOMANIK UP A IIOHTAI I.KII
UTIUI.IIIT JllllX H. IVISK HKKKATKIl BY
A K.W AI.UI.AM K AT II IH AUVKIIHA IIY'h
II AN 11.
Ki tiovernor William K. Cameron,
while conversing with a friend at the
llra.idock II mse, says an Alexitnriii cor
respondent of llie Baltimore Un uhl, about
Congressman llrownc's sikcr ability gave
a bit of the inside history of his uiiexpecld
iioiiiiuation lor the (ioveruorsbip six years
ago.
"When I took the field," said the cx
(iovcrnor, ''my chances of success were
very slim. The whole parly seemed lo I e
ranged on the side of John S. Wise, and
it was generally predicted that he would
have a safe majority on the tirst ballot.
Along ubuut May, however, a month be
fore llie convention met in Richmond, he
incurred the displeasure of several party
leaders, who came over to me. Oilier oe
ciirrcuccs at the same time added to my
strength, and when the optKising forces
ciuie to the fray it looked as if my oppo
nent and I carried about the same nun -ber
of votes. All the while Mr. Wise and
I were the best of friends, and while mak
ing a sharp fight fur the gubernatorial
nomination no recriininalions were ever
thought of. On the morning the conven
tion opened a canvass of delegates revealed
the fact that our strength was about dpial,
and each side claimed the ability to bring
over enough of the doubtful votes to se
cure a nomination. Nothing was dn.o
tb" first day except to appoint the commit
tees and organise, the convention. That
night the committee on platform met at
the ll'.y office and all the party leaders
were present, as the campaign depended in
a great measure oil the character of the
platform. Senator Mahone presided at
the meeting. Mr. Wise and 1 sat on one side,
while Congressman Ilra.ly and Senator
Huff Green were on the other side of the
cdilorial table. After all the necessary
planks had been inserted in the platform,
Senator Mahone, pleased with the work of
the evening, remarked laughiugly : "Now
it is in order to decide who will he the
Governor of Yirginia. Suppose you two
young fellows decide it by a game of poker.
You find the chips and all the necessary
equipment in the editorial drawer eh.
Elam ?"
Kverbody laughed at the joke, while
Wise and I said almost in a breath: "Bring
em out." Editor Elam had the cards
and chips on the table in a jiffy, and we
all prepared for a little fun. 'You will-
take fifty chips each,' said the Senator,
with a mock solemuity, 'and the man who
cleans the other out first will be he next
Governor of Virginia.' More laughter, in
which my rival and I joined heartily. The
cards were dealt and the game began
tamely. Soon theft) was sharp' pitying,'
however, as Wise could' take 11 hand at
poker with any man in the Stale of Vir-
ginia.and I bad made a considerable study of
the science also. On the fifth deal there
was a twenty-chip jackpot, and everybody
forgetting; the humorous side of the thing,
leaned over the table with as much eager
ness as if the Governorship were at stake.
Wise opened the pot with thirty.' I held
lour, five, six and seven of hearts nnd the
ten of diamonds. I look a good long look
at my hand and considered the possibility
of getting a straight flush. I knew it was
onechancein fifty, but I hated to let that
big pot go for nothing, so I chipped in.
My rival drew one card, and I saw his litre
beam as be looked ut it Of course I drew
one, too. Slowly I raised it from the table.
Alas ! it was the niuc of hearts, one spot
too much fir a straight flush. I knew uiy
flush would be beaten on a call, but was not
a bluff expedient? While I wasconsiderin.
Ihut enc of Wise's cards fell under my
chair, and be stooped over near to me to
pick it. As his head came to the surface I
thought bis eyes fell involuntarily on my
hand, but was nut surci Anyway the beam
hail gone from bis face when I looked at liiiu
again. An idea flashed across my mind.
Uo bad seen my hand, but the glance was
so hurried that he lam led he saw a straight
flush. With a flourish I came in and raisnl
the pot wilh my last ten. Wise llitew up
his hand, and I raked in llie chips. It was
just us I supposed, lie I111I 11 lull, but was
sure I held it straight flush. I won bis re
maining leu oil the Heal I...I.1, and th. rc it .1.1
a tremendous applause. I was bailed as
the next Governor of Yirginia, with many
jokes and much laughter.
"After llie game we wont out for re
freshments. Vc met many of the dele
gates; the story was retailed to thorn, and
by them to theircompanions. Next murn
injr every mau in the convention knew
about. our poker game. At first it was on-
ly. laughter, but it 'soon appeared that the
Wise men regarded their leaders defeat
as a b id omen, and superstitious ones
shook their heads significantly. Well, sir
would you believe itbefore the balloting
began the Wise men became so thoroughly
depressed by the result of the poker game
that they practically gave up the fight?
My followers weic Jubilant and worked
cheerily, and gained many, doubtless. I
led on the first ballot, and on the fourth
was nominated."
THE LIFE OF A CONVICT.
Witshiiniton Post.
"The study . f human nature," said
Keeper Patterson, of the State penitentia
ry at Trenton, N. J., to n reporter in the
lobby of the National hotel, "inside prison
walls is more interesting than pleasant.
The class of human beings oue conies in
contact with is usually so depraved and
burdened that it oftentimes surprises even
those accustomed to the life. We believe
our system to be as good as any in exist
ence, and yet we are not as severe in some
ways us the people of the Eastern pciiiteu
tiary." "Are there not a liumbir of criminals
sent you who instead should go to asylums?
lo you not have many cranky characters
lo contend with?"
"Well, we do in a certain sense. Crim
inals are, as a rule one-sided characters;
their moral character is, so to speak, lop
sided, liut it is not the men who go into
prisons that are mentally unbalanced; it is
those who come out. The fact is, the man
who serves a fivo or even a three years'
sentence out is apt to leave thj penitentia
ry unsound in mind, if uot both body and
mind. Imagine, for instance, the life they
lead, day in and day out: To the mess
room in the morning, where they cannot
speak a word to any one; to the work-shop
for the day where talking is i-trictly for
bidden; to the mess room for supper, whcie
the sumo order is enforced, nnd then to
solitary confinement iu their cells, where
there is no one to talk to. Think of it.
Such a life for years! Is it not enough to
drive a man insane? Why, man alive,
you cannot realize it; but the percntngc
is simply frightful of those who go to jail
strong in both mind and body and come
out wrecks in one or both."
A CHINAMAN'S IRISH WIKK.
Tbo Chinese are the uiott interesting
people in New York, because, although
there are 4,11110 of them, and they have been
washing our linen at the highest market
rate fur ten years, we know nothing about
them, says a correspondent of the Cincin
nati Sun. We don't know how they live,
what they eat, what amusements they
have, or what they think. We know
they are Chinese, and that they work
night and day, do good washing, nnd nev
er get into the police courts. Hut I was
astnntshed the otbtrday to find that they
are as much at sea with regard to us. A
Chinaman's wife is the authority for this
statement. She is an Irishwoman, oue ot
the hundred Irishwomen who have of late
become the wives that these homeless men
have shown a fancy for uniting with. And
by the way, Chinamen make good bus
bands. Few Women who have to slave at
manual labor can ever hope to bo better
treated than are those who marry China
men. These singular crcntur.s make
plenty of money, spend nothing on them
selves, and so idolize any woman who will
condescend to marry lliem that they find
nothing too good for them dresses, fur
niture money and lover like treatment are
fairly heaped upon these women. A wo
man who would marry a Chinaman is cer
tain to come from some such u class that
the change in her condition wakes her a
queen in the eyes of her companions. Con
sequently, Chinamen's wives multiply in
number.
Mrs. Biddy Quong invited me to sit
down, in an upholstered chair iu ber front
room iu Mutt street. She used to bo a
scrubwoman in the City Hall.
"Is it about the Chinays ye want to
know ?" she asked. "Shure they live in a
dbream, liko, in this country. They don't
understand a thing, wanst they come here
till they die or lave tin I ha place. My
uuiu,.Mr Uuong, thinks the police are
soldiers. They know nothing about Tut- j
ing, or liberty, or the like of that. I'ivil
a word of it. They think the stame in
gincs are some kind of diviltry, and you
couldn't get a Chinaman near wan of them
for love or money. They think the wo
men have the upper hand of the mill and
can do anything they plnie, and that the
laws in this countbry are for the min
and not for tbo women. And, shore,
that's why the; all thry to get a woman,
so as 110 trouble can aometo them. Whin
my husband. Mr. Quoni, does be at his
iptare prayers, sud t as him what he is
doing, he always says : 'Fourth of July,'
sous III und. rstiind. Dye see? He
thinks the Fourth av July is part av our
religion, all lb 0 same us Gmsl Friday or
Chrislinas, and he ibinks George Wash
ington and God are Wan and the same.
Shure, I am that sorry for my good nun I
could cry, but I know surra a bit more
than twinty words av his lingo, so I can do
nothing hut shake uiu bead and laugh ut
him. Upon me word, they're all alike
living iu a countbry to get what they can
and not iindhcrstauding what it's all about.
But this I'll tell you, divil a wan I ever
see that wantel ti go back to China. It
makes me think (hoy must have all been
tramps over tb 're the way they hate it
Btickleli's Arnlra Halve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores Fleers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively euresT'lles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed lo give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
ho t. For sale by Brown A Carraway,
1 Halifax, N. C.
A SAD SICHT.
One of the saddest sights ever seen in
Georgia was a wood wagon hauling North
ern cabbage into the country. It wits
enough to make a mortgaged mule lean up
against the stable and weep tears of de
spair. M aeon Tiliyniili .
What then shall be said of North Caro
lina wagons doing the same thing? They
not only haul out of towns a few cabbage
heuds, but thousands of bushels of western
raised corn, Irish potatoes of northern or
eastern ttrowtb, thousands of pounds 1 f
western bacon, and many uthcr articles
which might be produced at home. There
can be no more permanent ouru of "bard
times" while this state of things continues.
Our people have means uf self support
can raise from the soil all that is necdl'i 1
lor their health and comfort but if th' y
will not do it, "haid times arc sure to
come, nut only to the farmer, but to others
who may be expected to share his fortune,
All aro aware that many of the fanners
of Howan have of late years expended
tneir energies on cotton or tobacco, relying
on these crops for the money to buy their
supplies of western productions on the pi. a
that they can buy them cheapci than they
can raise them on their own farms. A
few persons may have been to smie extent
successful on this plau but it is well known
oft repeated truth that the plan is
tretnely dangerous, und ruins many, wbi'e
it may succ ied with a few. All th? tcac 1.
ing of agricultural literature, and that is
only the embodiment of agricultural knowl
edge and experience, concur in dement
ing the practice as unsafe and hazardous.
The onlv sale rule is to supply your own
requirements first, and then provide 11 sur
plus for the market. Failure to do this is.
nine times out of ten, failure to meet the
demands which are sure to come up
the course of a year. Failure to do it,
failure in the leading objects of the fanner.
Trouble comes upon himself and family
and he is not able to turn it away nor to
overcome it. His creditors suffer wilh
him, and he loses the coiifidcuo of men
who might help him, and so he is doomed
to dtag out a miserable, half-starved ex
istence and lie down at last feeling that
his whole life has bocn a disappointment.
Stilinry WiitrliiiiHit.
UK WKNT CK.V7.V HIMSIM.K.
Washington t'rltlc.
Wife Has the Emmons jury brought
in a verdict ?
Husband Y'cs.
What?
They brought her in sane.
What ! go against her?
No; they brought her in sane.
"Well, ain't that against her ?
Of course not.
It is.
Nu it ain't cither.
If they brought her insane, why isn't
it?
I didn't say that; I said they brought
her ill sane.
Well, isn't that what I said you said.
No; you said I said they brought her
insane.
Well, didn't you?
No, I didn't; I said that they brought
her in sane.
That's what I said you said.
No you didn't.
I tell you I did.
You're insane yourself.
That's what you said the
about Mrs. Emmons.
I didn't.
Yes you did.
Husband grabs the tab'e
smothers li is wife and lion
himself.
jury
said
cloth and
goes craty
AsTiixisHiNii siTf-F.ss. It is the duty
of every person who has used llnwhtt 't
(lermttn ,Sunii to let its Winnie: lui quali
ties be known to their friends in curing
Consumption, severe Coughs, Croup, Asth
ma, Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and
lung diseases. No person can use it with
out immediate relief. Three doses will
relieve any case, and we consider it the
duty of all Druggists to recommend it to
the poor, dying consumptive, at least to
try one bottle, as 80,000 dulen bottles
were sold last year, and no one case where
it failed was reported. Such a medicine
as the (li rmmi Syrup cannot be too wide
ly known. Ask your druggist about it.
Sample bottles lo try. sold at ten cents.
Regular sixe, 75 cents. Sold by all drug
gist and dealers, in the l uited States and
Canada.
A litllo Buffalo girl was not feeling
well, and her parents suggested that she
might bo ..built to have thicken pox, th- n
prevalent. She went to bed laughing at
the id"ii, hut early next uiuriiiug went into
her parents' room, looking very serious,
and said: Yes, it is chicken pox, papa; I
found a tedder in the bed.
Ik the Sufferers from Consumption,
Scrofula, and General Debility, will try
Sjotl's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil
with Hypnphosphites, they will find im
mediate relief and a permanent benefit. Dr.
B. II. Brodusx, Hrodnax, l.a., says: "I
gave Scott's Kni'ilsion (0 Mrs. C, trou
bled wilh a very severe Bronchial affection.
Added to this a birth of a child and sub
sequent illness, she was in a very bad con
dition. 1 ordered Scott's Emulsion, which
she commenced taking, giving at the same
time some to the baby, which was very
poor, (weight three aud one-half pounds.)
Since taking the Emulsion, cough is gone,
looks fresh, full in the face; flesh firm, good
color; baby same, fat and in fine condition.
Feb. 1,7-1 uio.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
LIQUORS.
C. SMITH.
HKK Ills I.KjroilS,
.S'fVA' .V I 'Id A US,
SEE HIS UHOCEltlES.
cjMed qooos.
EVERY DRINK IN SEASON.
JrirC. Smith at Evans' old stand
Washington avenue, Weldon, N. C.
dec Hi ly
SEEDS! SEEDS!
Grass and Clover Seeds,
Seed Grain and Potatoes,
Garden and Flower Seeds,
Vegetable & Flowering Plants.
Prices quoted on application.
Descriptive Catalogue mailed free.
Correspondence Solicited.
T.W.W00D&S0NS,
SEEDSMEN,
NO. 10 S. FOURTEENTH ST.
Mention this paper. Rl( I1.MOND, VA.
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DAVIS & (X).,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
(Ofold llrtn Davli R ipur.l Co., I'etenburK, Ya.)
Offer to the Virginia and Nor.h Ci.ro
lina merchants a large Hook of well se'eo
ted
GROCERIES
at prices that can't be beaten in the State,
part as follows ;
1500 Bbls. Flour from finest patent down.
1000 Bags New Feed.
150 Bbls. Sugar, all kinds.
200 Packages and Crates Pure Lard.
1 50 Bags Rio, Laguyra and Java Coffee.
50 Boxes Roasted Coffee.
150 barrels Bright Syrups.
au " JNew Urleuus Molasses very
cheap.
500 Kegs Orange Rifle Powder.
300 bags assorted Shot.
500 Kegs Old Dominion Nails.
50 barrels pure cider Vinegar for pickling
and table use.
50 boiea Bacon aud Bulk Meat.
2011 " good to fancy Cream Cheese.
50 tubs and tierces Butter.
500 caddies Chewing Tobacco, all grades,
very low.
200,01111 Ogata aud Cigaretis, ail styli
and brands.
100 Cases Smuking Tobacco, different
brands.
150 Caddies Green aud Black Teas.
300 Boxes Soap, all kinds.
200 doxen Pails of different grades.
50 " Brooms.
50 barrels kerosene Oil.
100 Gross Ralphs, Star and Caroliua Bell
Snuffs.
1000 Reams Wrapping Paper.
50 Cases Canned Beef.
100 Gross Masons Blacking.
5(1 Cases Sardines.
500 Boxes Starch all styles of best make.
200,000 Paper Bags.
15 Bags Pepper, Spice and Ginger.
1 00 Packages rooking and Washing Soda.
Also all kinds of ground Spice, Blueing,
Washboards, Yeast Powders and all other
goods to be foussi in a wholesale grocery
house.
ap HC3U , 1 DAVIS CO.
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sun
BARGAINS.
OVERCOATS
WINTER CLOTHING,
AT VOI R OWN
PRICES.
ALL -WINTER GOODS LOW.
I am anxious to reduce my stock. Give
uio a call. Al. I'. HART
J. L FRYAR ,
o PROPRIETOR OF-o
BEER AND POP BOTTLING
"WELDON, 2T. C. :
I wish to ntftte to the publtn that I am
now prepared to supply Dealers, 8alooJi,
Ac-, with Carbonated waters, Ginger Ale.
Hursaparilla, Lemon, Soda and Strawberry
flavors
FRESH BOTTLED.
Also Cream Soda, all of which is
pleasant and healthful beverage.
BEAR IN MIND, '
That all dealers in Woldn and surround
ing country towns am lamping the above
for their friends and the public. , ;i 1,
Also the llergnor A Kugel standard
proof Lager Beer. ...;....!;
Try it and see for yourselves. I Always
bottled ,.,,-.
FRESH TO ORDER.
Give nie a trial and see.
Respectfully,
J. L. FRYAR, Weldon.'N. a
maylW-lv -
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ran llvpnt home, aiifl make more mmioy
1 no'! Fir us, vnu tu iiyuiing fine in
thin world OiptUl not limit!; you re
UMcl fW Both wxcb : all fetr .. Aifv
one run do Uio work. Imtvo earnlngi aura from
first ntrt. Cty on tilt mid terms fret! . Hetter not
delay, Ooatu y-w timhiiit; Ui send im your aririTM
aud hud out- If yiiuaw w Lw you will do up at ,:
it llALUCTr (XX, IHirfUiiir Maine.
A lMilZEnTOWf?''
box orfroods which will help you- to more mwi y
rijihtavrvay than anything Ik In Uiti worlds Al
ofeitheriKi autcevd from flrat hour. The bnad -road
to fortune uttettfl. befwH-ttat "workers, ah. ;
olutoly aura, MeavMddfwTai( Af.-; Aurn
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