JOHN" W. SLEDGE, ruoiMUKTun.
VOL. XXXI.
-A. 1TEWSPAFEB FOB THE F E O 3? L E
WELDON, N. C, TUU11SDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897.
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"Blight"
:osts cotton planters more
ihan five million dollars an
lually. This is an enormous
.vastc, ami can be prevented.
Practical experiments at Ala
)aina lxperiment Station show
conclusively that the use of
"Kainit"
will prevent that dreaded plant
disease.
All alimii Pntah the result of ilt me liy actual cx
luiiiiRiil nil tlic lit-st laniis in lli United States i:
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nov 5 Km
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Ihaveoponod MARKET at the
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LIST of ARTICLES KEPT on II AND:
H-Stall Beef, Nice Fresh Fish reoeived
daily, Porlf Sausage, Cabbage,
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lision, it is a
thrilling in
stunt n the
engineer
i, whistles
and reversei
li i h lever.
Hniki s alone
art not
cntiy;h ; the
whole pro-pi-lliny
pow-i-r
of the en
nine must he
rwersi'd mid
made to wcrtk
in the oppci'
Bite dn fp.
f tiun. Thai in
how it in
Hiitnctimcn
with disease,
There are
times when
the system it flying' along the traek of dis
ease at such a frightful paei that no ordinary
methods will prevent disaster. There are
plenty of medicines which act merely ns
br.tkes to slow up" the disease aud put
off disaster for a little while; but that isn't
nouirh. What is needed is a medicine that
will instantly reverse the entire wasting,
degenerating process.
When people arc losing tlesh ana mrengtti
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day after day, they need Dr. Pierce's Golden
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It enables the digestive and blood-making
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abundance of pure, healthy, red blood. It
stops the wasting of tissue, builds up solid
muscular ner.it ana neaitny nerve-ioice.
Miss Mnrv Whitman, of Knst Dickinson,
Franklin Co., N. Y.. writes: "For nearly ten
months 1 have hail n hd cough, and instead of
pettin tirtter, it grew worse, until I wnsatlvised
tiv a friend to try Dr. Tierce's (joltien Menicai
rjiiscoverv. I hesitated nt firt. for It seemed to
me nothing would give relief only death. Mv
parents were anxious a'-out me, and I was snid
to have consumption. I tried your medicines,
and before I had taken tuaiiv doses there waft a
rent chiuiKsf. When the second brittle waseiupiy
had no emifh am! was a creat deal ..stronger. "
'v YnuraddrcM, with iv rent
in it.imi'1, mailed to our Head-
Soar ten, II Hint Kt., Hmloa,
will brine yn a full line
l a.implt'8, and mica fur tell
mc.isiftciMf nt, of our justly fa
rums ft.'t pants ; Hi:its, Jlo.'-Tn
Ovt rii'.ui, ami nj. I tit
to iiruvt. Agt uts wanted every
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(UI.ATIA, Il 1,8.. Nov. 1G, 1893.
Parts Medicine To., ht. IajiiIb.Mo.
ientlemen: Wo Hold luHt year, fiOO bottles of
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jmiktlit ibro ktohs alroiidy thia year. In nil our ex
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never i ild nti artleto tuutgavo stieh nulvertiulauliiH
'JHiUuu tu fuur 'iuuic luurutnily,
SOLD AND WAKUANTKI) BY
Dr. A.S.Harrison,
KNFIKLI), N. C.
P
WKLDON, N. C.
For line riHcrits, it will pay to c.tll
On J. I. .lutlkins, leiitlerol I hem all,
file finest otitis in Weldon you will seo
At Judkiu's tir-Hiery.
Imported and domestic goods heie yon
will lind.
Canned kishU and delicacies of every kind
It matters not w hat your needs in iv he
Visit Jtnlkins' tiiiicery.
For choice leas and coffee Judkins is re
nowned
None liner in tho country can be found
Try their special brands of blended tea
At J tut kins' (iroeery.
None in Weldon with Judkins can com
pete Or shown sunk of fine Roods as complete
The great one price you may see
At Judkins' lii'oi-ery
t Judkins' store do not forp t
Full weights and measures you cm at ways
net
And yonr town orders deliverer
From Juilkius' (it
d lice
tMieerv,
dee 111 ly.
PHOFFSSIOSA I. VA RIM.
HSIltS M. MI'U.SN,
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M
0 L L K M
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hinetlcoin theeoiirtsof HsIlnniiti'tNortlitml"
on stitl tn thprtuiiremt'rtitil Federal eonrts. Col
'ilonsmaile lu R'.lpe.rtsof North Csriilins.
Flrauch office M. Hallfsi, N. Cnpen every Mnn
jyt. T. T. ROSS,
DENTIST
Weldon, N. C.
(o"-Offlee over Emry & Pieree'BStore.
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D
r.
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ENFIiXD, N. C.
tA.Of0oa over Harrison's Drag Store,
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ju urocsry
HOW WE SHOULD PRAY.
Lone Prayers ConJcmnej ly GoJ And Man.
She should pray like oilier people.
The lillle orpluin's prayer will receive uo
criticiMH, but llio widow must pray in-lellii;i-htly.
Il would scciu imp' riinent
tiitlirtct any uiic bow lo pray, when fliis
iiii slion n:is put lo the Master Himself,
ami w.; have tin exact answer. We pro-
'i 'se Id liolil to His answer, nut to
improve H, lint only ntuplily it.
1. Wu must reverently honor and
devoutly ncliowlvdp! (lud's wisdom and
imiliurilj, imd willingly j-ubiuil lollis
rule in "Hi aven u li 1 carib, with thank
fulness for liC'tlih and life,
2 We'niust ask His blcssint; ou our
dniiy labor, and ask food and raiment for
us and i ur children for one day.
!1. We must honestly confess our us,
and.-incerely ask pardon for tlieiu,and at
the Mime lime be certain, as best we can,
Ui'forgive thi.se who have injured or
ufl'undcd us.
4. Ask for special guidance fur our
feet one day, pijtt'ulinn from severe
lemptaiions, and deliverance from special
weakness and infirmity.
5. Ask delivtrance from evil; not so
much from dancing and youthful fiivol
ily as from "un evil heart of unbelief."
from deceit, fn iu ignorance of God's holy
Wold; from sloth; from pride, envy, mal
ice, "vauily untl lies"; from scll'scekiuj;
(rum selfishness, ihe sin of the race; from
covttousucKs, "which is idolatry"; from
worldiness, which includes "the lust oi
tho eye, aud the pride of life"; the fash
ion, show, mid parade, which make men
robbers of banks, cities, and corporations;
from ingratitude to God and man; from
ill temper aud fretl'uluess aud impatience;
from hardness of heart and contempt for
authority; from ignorance of our duty
to neighbors; from backbiting lalc-bearing,
and slander; from all evil thoughts im
aginations, aud conceits; from intolerance
of others' opinions, dogmatism; from
harshness of maimer and hasty speech;
aud quick temper; from an unforgiving
spirt and malice, which doth cut as a can
cer; from everything contrary to gentle
ness a- d mei knes, faith, hope, and char
ity. It matters not what is your educa
ti n condition, or stallion in life you will
be happy "if ye do these things, and an
abundant enlerance "into His everlasting
Kingdom" and glory "shall be nduiiuis
tered unto you ."' "If ye do these things
ye shall never be moved
"To patient faith tho prize is sure,
Ami till that tn the end endure.
The TOfS, shall wear the crown."
If an) thing is omitted in the above
caialnugeof duly, put it uuder the head
of "Love your neighbor us yourself."
b. Lastly, close with conlession ol
God's power and supreme authority over
us, and magnify His "glory."
The above is merely an imperfect para
phrase of ihe Lord's Prayer; but it Is
comprehensive enough lor any piivatt
Christian's prayer. Ofcmrso ihero are
special prayers for our county, ihe pro
gress of the Bible cause, &i) , kc. They
are really comprised in "Thy Kingdom
come.
In spile of the growing unpopularity
of "long prayers" and the condemnation
of Christ himself, laymen and ministers of
the Gospel by the hundred will "orate,"
expatiate, dictate, explain, and parlitu
larii", l hereby ntf .nding God's goodness,
ku "W-lidge, aud wisdom. Ho knows all
our thoughts ere they escape our lips.
We may nut iulend it, but we really dU
honor God by lung prayers. Tho old
prophet wus honoring Him when be said
"God is ia Heaven and man on eaitb;
let thy woids be few."
We are yet "carnal," and seek tanui
bleihingsin preference lo spiritual things.
'Wisdom" is especially promised "abun
dantly ' lo all who ask it, but it must be
sought earnestly and heurtily. This is a
gloat gift, as it means happiness, or more
religion far more valuable than riches
and honor.
Most of our prayers are utterly worth
less. They aru void of sincerity, earn
estness, reverence, and gratitude. Tiny
are flat, insipid, pueiille, and silly The)
aro addressed to God only in form. While
being uttered the man's mind, like the
fool's eye, is all our the earth.
Ager's prayer was wise Give mo nei
ther poverty nor jiches; feed me with
oonveuient food. I had offered 50,000
prayers before I learned to offer it sin
cerely, and in this I may be mistaken
James Montgomery understood this
subject
"Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye
When noi e but Hod is near.'
The Beht Way To Cure Disease
is to establish health. Pure, rich blood
means good health. Hood's Sarsnparilla
ia the One True Blood Purifier It tones
up the whole system, gives appetite and
causes weakness, nervousnea and pain to
disappear. No other medicine has such
a record of wonderful cures aa Hood's
Sarsnparilla.
Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner
pill; assists digestioo, prevet constipation
li5o.
OABTOIIIA,
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FORM AND CEREMONY.
Should Never He Ranked With Faiib
Christ, Says Rev- R, P. Kerr.
In a recent lecture in the First Pres
byterian church, in Ricbmoud, Rev. Dr.
Kerr in the course of his lecture on the
lileof St. Paul said:
Antakich is the modern successor of
ancient Antioch. The present town is a
miserablo community of 0,0110 souls,
while the. city of Kt. Paul's dty had half
a million inhabitants anil was (ho third
in point of population in the empire It
sf amouslor iis splendid architecture aud
boulevards. Its population wus com
posed of people Irom uvery country under
heaven, and so, was a mist favorable
place to be made, us it were ihe first great
propoganda of the faith.
K1HST (IllKAT WOltK.
It was at Anlioeh that St. Paul did
his great work as an apostle, and here,
in the providence of God, the disciples
were, by their enemies, first called Cbris
liaus. The names was given in ridicule
but "Chnstiunus Sum" was soon to be
tho cry of dying martyrs in the amphi
theatre of Rome, and "I am a Chrisliun"
was to be grandest declaration which
could proceed frum the lips of kings,
The Apostle's work at Anlioeh was
most successful, but at length a sectarian
controversy greatly marred it. Certain
disciples who came from Jerusalem taught
that the Jewish Christians should not
associate with the Gentile Christians, be
cause they bad not been circumcised, aud
did not keep the ceremonial laws of ihe
Jews. St. Paul sioutly resisted this nar
row bigotry, and held that in the Church
of God ull men stood on an equal foot
ing. CLOSE COMMUNION.
Many times since then good men have
made the mistake of refusing Christian
communion to others whom I hey ac
koowleged to be Christina, because ihey
did not conform to some ceremony or rite
which they deemed essential. These men
who came down from Jerusalem were
the high churchmen or close coiuiuuuioii
ists of the early days of Christianity.
Both Barnabas and Peter were drawn
away by this bigotry, but St. Paul with
stood Peter to his face, and would not
for ouu moiueift admit that these things
cjuld be made tests of churchsbip.
Sectarianism has been one of the great
est disappointments in Christian history.
It contradicts Christ's great stulemculs as
to the unity of His body, the Church;
it militates against the work of the Holy
Spirit, and the prayer of the Lord thai
His people miht be one, and is one of
the greatest obstacles to tho conversion
of the world.
THE ONt.Y JUSTIFICATION.
Shall it ever be thus? Shall the
Church never havo a souse of the proper
proportion of doctriues? Are we always
tthave non-essentials elevated to the
s line plane as essentials? Form aud cere
mony should never be ranked with faith
in Christ. The glorious Cross is far
above all ritual or governmental principle.
The only thing which justifies a separa
tion among Christians, is a deuial of
Christ. When this occurs there shou'd
be no division of the Church, but only an
expulsion of those who are traitors to the
King. Tho test of churehship should
be Christ and Him crucified.
MTTLK TIIIXOS.
Little thiol's are often . the hardest
thing. It is comparatively easy to do
mimenlary deed of daring that will startle
evsrbody; it is not so easy to do little
deeds of quiet courage from day to day,
unheeded by all aud unheeding all.
Perhaps you are not calltd to do the
great deed. But you aro called every
day to do the little deeds, which more
surely weur oul life and strength in the
long run. Be glad that you aro called
to this; for this is the harder task, aud
he who is faithful here, will not be un
faithlul iu the easier greal things.
Not every uue kuows good advice
when he sees it. Mi st often iho best
a It ice does not ti ll a poison in direct
lauguugo just what ho ought lo do, and
how ho ought to do it, Good advice
OU;bt usually make one think before he
acta. This helps to develop tho whole
man, by Healing biin as a rational being
instead uf making a niachiuo of him.
Show a man who needs advice what the
condition of his case is, what results are
likely to show themselves in the event of
oertaiu courses of action, and then let
him choose what he will do
AX AMERICAN UlrtL.
' Ho What do you oall a real typical
American gill?
She Que who prefers an heir in the
oastlo to a castle in ihe air.
WELL NAMED.
Storekeeper What do you oall this
button?
Drummer Oh, that is the Corbett
Filnimmons fight button.
Storekeeper Why do you call it that?
Drummer It will never oome off. -
DONE BY THE PARSON.
That Pelluw Could Talk Faster Than His
Team Could Go.
"I've been a horse fancier all my life,"
announced the judge, "and dealt with
souio of the slickest traders in the busi
ness. The worst dicker I ever made in
all these years was with a preacher. I
have the highest respect for the cloth,
but ibis unworthy member dropped out to
run a bucket shop, a calling for which
he wus peculiarly adapted
"I never suw the smooth individual
until he drove to my house ono morning
with a sorrel pacer and a bay trotter.
They were both full of life and mulched
like two peas as to everything but color
and gait. He got ma into the buggy
besidu him and I actually believe that I
rode behind the fastest pole teum ever
hitched up. I had to lurn my face the
other way tn get my breath and cling to
ihe scat to keep from being blown out,
"I was crazy to own that blood-bay
trotter, and I suppose my anxiety cheat
ed me out of ?-0() or 8300 extra.
That fellow could talk luster than his
team could go, and I was in loo much of
a stew to insist upon asking a few wise
questions. I bought the trotter at a good
round figure and he was delivered that
afternoon. I put him to a light roud
wsoon for a spin and you can rest assur
ed I hud it. I no sooner gave him the
word than he went through all the antics
of a bucking broncho, winding up with
both thrills between his fore legs. The
next trial I offered to give him, ho ran
away and was captured in the lower end
of the county. I hitched him duuble
and he went clear over the pole in an
effuit to kill his male. lie wouldn't trot
a rod without ihe sorrel side-wheeler be
side him. I turned him out and in a
month he was a dirly white color, having
shed the coat of paint in which I bought
him. He did condescend to lope under
the saddle, and that's all the good I ever
got of him.
"Sue the preacher? Not mo The ab-
scence if blood from a turnip ii notori
ous, and then horse traders have a pride
of their own."
TIIH PKETFUIj ONES.
Tin re is (be wife who is slutmed and
miserable because she discovers tbut mar
riage is not a lusting picnic; who cannot
rcalizi thai the husband must be differ
ent from the lover, aud spends her days
in impotent whining. Sheiu always
being neglected and always taking offeuse
she has an insatiable craving for at
tentions, and needs continual assurances of
affeeiion, wasting her time and feeho:
in getting up pathetic scenes of accusation
which finally weary and then alienate
her husband. Her own fault! There is
uothing a man hates more that a woman
going sobbing and complaining about the
house with red eyes, unless it be a woman
with whom he must live in a perpetual
fool's paradise of perfection.
There aro also discontented wivos who
goad their husbands into extravagant ex
pondiluro aud urge them to projects from
which they would naturally recoil. There
aro others whoso social ambitions slay
their domestic ones, and who strain every
nerve, iu season, and lose all their self
respect for a few ctumbs of contemptuous
prtronugo from some person of greater
wealth than their own. Some wives fret
it they have no children, others just as
much if childien come. In the first case
they are disappointed; in the second
inconvenienced, and in both discontented.
Some lead themselves and others wretched
lives because they have not three times aB
many servants as aro necessary: a still
greater number because they cannot com
pass a life of constant amusement and ex
citement. North American Review.
Ill j HONEST.
What do you think of a man who owes
money that ho is notable lo pay, yet who
can wear flue clothes, spe nd money for
various luxuries and alio w his fumily to
dress fine and other liko things, as though
he was- out of debt and had money ahead?
Well, it strikes us that his sense of hon
est v is not as acute as it should bo. A
until who owes money 'hit hmld be pnid
should spend only what is necessary for
his subsistence and his family should do
the sumo, and he should be up and do
ing early and lute till the last farthing
is raid And if ho has that high scare
of honor that ho should havo, this is the
oourso ho will be sure to tuke.
TAKING CHANCES.
Jim Faro I'm in luck. I got five
hundred Inst night on the ace of hearts,
Cracksoy Joe Dat's nothin, A fren'
o' mine cracked a jewelry orib las' week
on' got five thousand on tray of dia
monds CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
To. fle
ilallt liuiut.
A WINSOME HOME.
Il Reacts Upon Those Whose Inner Life
It Lxpresses,
The interior, much more than the ex
terior of a dwelling, mirrors more or
less clearly the minds of the inmates.
The judgment that, upon crossing a
thresh-hold, we are templed to form from
a few hasty glances often proves lo be
correct. Taste, refinement, love of order,
peaccableDess, eheerl illness, mid other
traits may be at ouee suggested, and you
may fuel lliat you do not need to be lold
what sort of people inhabit Ihe place.
"Appeurances," runs the proverb, "ate
eccitful;" but the story lold by the in-
teiior ol a home i- likely, iu general out-
liue at least, to be Irue. And if ihe
home you have entered be winsome, the
thought will be quite sure to come lhat
its quiet mioistcry cannot be over-estimated.
It reacts upon those whose inner
life it expresses, so that what they huve
given forth they receive again with gen
erous interest. And tho friends and
neighbors who visit such a home 1 They,
too, even though they may not reuliz; it,
are patiently uffected. Tho place has a
charm fot them. They go out for a
walk, and almost before they know it
they find themselves at the familiar door.
Then, of course, they must ring and go
in, though it be only to exchange greet
ings. And the guests? llnppy uro they
who are priviledged to pass a night or
two beneath that hospitable roof 1 Lux
ury may be a stranger there, plain living
may be compulsory; but if there be plain
living, there is also high thinking, and
not that, but warm hearts and loyal souls.
The face of the inmates, tho few well
selected pictures, the books on the tables,
the arramreuient of the furniture, the
footl that is served everything in that
home helps in some way to make it
more attractive; and when the guests re
tire for the night; though the room that
he occupies bo as simple as it well could
be, he feels more at peace than he would
were he domiciled in a palace with half a
dozen lackeys at command. A home
like this cannot be made to order; all the
wealth and art in the world could not
create it. Before it can exist you must
have well-balanced natures, minds that
think, hearts that love, and service with
out price.
ANEW YE AU NOTE.
"What shocking profanity!" exclaimed
the visiting minister, as Ihe raised tones
of a man's voice wero wafied to the par
lor. "How can you tolerate it?"
"Why, Brother Brown," replied the
lady of the house, ' that's my dear hus
band sweuring off!"
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"He got my thumb in his mouth and
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"My religion forbids mo to eat swine.'
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