JOHIT "W. SLEDGE, .'KOPRIKTor.
VOL. XXXVI.
A. UBWSPAPEB FOE THE PEOPLE.
TERMS:-"-5" PRR annw in .i-vn.k
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 1902.
NO. 37
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AN ANCIENT LOVE STORY,
He Was Willing To Die
The Ono Ho Loved.
For
Oos of Xanophnu's works tells sboui
the expleitl of C;tua 'be Great, and I lie
fallowing lo?e shir; is found in it :
Cyrus had captures an Armenian kintr
who had been in revolt, Among the
captives was the king's fumily, inelunini!
his wife, son, and son's wife. Cyrus Imd
them all brought before him, and in re
ply to his questions the captive kin); ad
mitted that by the fortune of war he and
his family rightfully belonged to the
conqueror, and bondago was what they
bad to expeot,
"How much money would you give In
get your wife back acaio ?" Cyrus asked
the king.
"All the money I o.uld give," he re
plied. Then, turning to the king's son, who
was newly married and was passionately
in love with lib wife, Cyrus put the ami'
question to him. "Tigranes, huw much
would ycu give to get your wifo bark
again ?"
The young prince said: "Ojrn, 1
would givo my very life to savo her from
servitude."
It is pleasant to be able to record that
the conqueror was magnanimous enough
to release his captives without ranMim
sod to entertain tbeoa royally belore
they departed.
When they got back home they wire
loud iu their praise of the generality of
Cyrus and of his noble and handsome
Demon, and Tigranes asked his wife if
she did not think Cyrus was haod.-o ue.
"I can't say," she replied, "for I was
not looking at him."
"You were not I" exclaimed her lius
batid, in great surprise. "Pray, then,
whom were you looking at?"
Her answer must have thrillid biaa
with joy as she replied, her eyes over
flowing with love and perhaps with tears:
"Tbe only mao I saw was the one who
aid he would give bis life to aave me
from bondage."
There is a beautiful application that
the Chilian's heart can make f this
an application so plain that no words are
needed to entorce it. Innstian
server.
CAUGHT IN AN EXPLOSION.
A Miner's Description of His
Feelings When he was Blown
Up.
A miner who was blown up while
bleating a rock aV-eribes his sensations
thus.-
"You see, its so sudden. Its over just
annul the time ynu begio to underhand
that sumething is happening. You
kniw I had the cartridge in my hand and
put it down. Then I got afraid of it.
All at once everything waa light. I
dou't think I saw the flash. Any way
mv face was lot exaotlv toward tbe ei-
plosion.
"Idii then everything got light, lighter
than day kind of blinding. There was
an awl'ul crash. It waa juat at the
sane tiuie. I was terrified and wanted
to get away. It was just as if I was hav
ing the nightmare. Somehow, though,
I knew just what the natter was. A
man can think faster than he has any
idea nf. I knew that sosaeof the others
were nearer the explosion, and I said t"
myelf,'They'te blown into kite, that',
certain.'
"You undersiand, thia was all in I sec
ond sll at onoe, really. Then it was
exactly the same as if I had , been hii
with a (tick. I thought it waa a bit
tick, bigger than any man eould swing
and that it muat be worked by maohio
e'j. It hit me on the head and all over.
I went sailing into the air a long, long
way. My earl roared, and the wind
b'ew into my face. I knew when 1
ittuuk the ground, for I remember ray
ia to myself, 'Well, I'm done fur.'
"I don't know just when I loat any
right aensei or wben they eauie back,
but whan they did eome back it seemed
queer tbst I was there at ill. I thought
I had been thrown somewhere elae. I
could feel fire burning me. It waa my
olothes They were smoking and alcuoit
bluing. I waa bruised all over and
could not hear very wel1. My voice
sounded as though somebody else were
talking. That's all I can tell Ton about
Ob-
A true woman gives np her elub when
she acquires a husband.
iiwim.
M. COHEN......
If.
We, none of us, live so csref'ullly that we never require the aid of
drugi end medioines to put us right. It is a comfort to know where
yon can get them from and at proper prices. Call on me for any
Drugs, Chemicals,
Patent Medicines,
Stationery,
Toilet Soaps.
All Kinds Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
.... Cigars
AND TO HAVE
Your Prescriptions Filled.
Fine Line of High Art Piotures.
Prompt Response, Da, or Night.
W. at. COHEN, Pharmacist, WaldoD
1
The man trussed up so tlrnt lie can
neither move h:nil nor fact is in his
helplessness a fair type ot" many u man
affected by rheumatism. Often the dis
ease only partially disabh s, anil with
crutch und cane the sufferer hobbles
painfully stout.
Rheumatism can be cured by the use
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery. This great blood purifying medi
cine eliminates the poisons which cause
the disease. It increases the activity of
the blood-making gland9, and so in
creases the purity and abundance of the
blood supplv, thus giving vigor and
vitality to all organs of the body which
depend for their health on plenty of
pure blood. It builds up the body with
firm flesh instead of flabby .fat. The
"Discovery" contains neither alcohol
nor narcotics.
"I had been troubled with rheumatism for
twelve yean, so bad at time. 1 could not leave
my bed." write. Mr. R. J. McKuiglit. of Cad'
willuuislnirg Co., 8. C. "Imi badly cnpplml.
Tried many doctors, and two of them gave
me up to die. None of them did me nin-h
good. The paina in my back, hipa and legs
and t times in mv headl. would nearly Mil
me. Mv appetite waa very bad. Everybody
who saw me said 1 muat die. I took five
bottle, of the ' Golden Medical Dlacovery ' and
four vials ol the
'Pellets.' and to-day
my health ia good
fter BllfferinK twelve
years with rheu
matism." Doctor IHerce's
Pleasant Pellets
assist the
action of
the "Discovery."
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U RICHMOND, VA.
Southern Headquarters For
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IKON AND STEEL ROOFING OF ALL
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TINNERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES OF
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Distributors for Nisgars Maohioe tnd Tool Works, of Buffalo, N. Y.
.8end us jour orders tod inquiries tad pslroniie Southern industries.
my ; " -
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
to
Vice, after all, is only "habit gone
seed."
Malice is moat bitter when it does the
icking gun stunt
Those who are greedy of praitt provt
that they are poor in merit.
What loo many orators wsnt in depth
they give you in length.
It never occurs to fools tbst merit asd
good fortune are eloaely united.
Th mind unlearns with difficulty
what has long been impressed upon it,
All man that sre mined sre ruined on
the side of their natural propensities.
Whst we boot ever to do with eats
we muat learn first to do with dili
gence.
To coach tour strvanta to lie to can-
en. then okide them for practicing (0
your is asost foolish.
The difference between t mediocia
work sod a maaterniece ia measured and
arktd by trifles.
Never marrv a rich ford, for if his
riches tske wings he hasn't the wit
am your brtad tnd sslt.
Worrying is ons ofthe greatest draw
backs to happiness. Moat of it oso
svoided if wo only determine not to
trifles sonoy us, fur tba largest amount
of worrvioiz is oaused bv th smallest
trifles.
It is sstonishiog how few men there
are at the top. It is anlooiihing how
many sssn there are who cut no ioo
sll. They rosy drop ont by the thou
san Is snd Dot stir t note of regret beyood
t small circle of frienda tnd relatives wh
have been intimate acquaintances, and
who mav know of the man's eoooaaled
and private w. rth.
BILL KYE ON LIFE INSURANCE
to
VISIT OB WEITE-a
Iks Petersburg Furniture Co.,
203 AND 207 N. SYCAMORE ST.
PETERSBURG, VA.
HIS FLUENT FOUNT OF TEARS.
U family."
fgSkfl CANOV
II ay CATHARTIC jl
toadi sum wmmmntr
fHeaaant,
pnwnv TM Oofd-
nrtnnteW Oft
WW'S,
Oood, Mem eioa.n. WaMen. or Qrloa. UK. ui, am.
. CURB CONSTIPATION. ...
MTfl Plf Sold and urntwil by lldruf
I VBa5 sumw CVal!'i'oMge Uatilt.
The lata Bill Nye's indorsement ol
life insurance is probsbly tht most char
i n 1
his writing:
"to these days of dytarsits and swift
otiaogion preaidenlial adminialrationa sid
dark tunnels through which to eogiueer
gnet groping his way tt 25 miles per
boar, these days of tumbliog signs of
the tiaai s snd tipay telegraph poles, live
wires and dead repairert; these daya wh
the poltiician and the deadly bridp
policeman with bia pull lie down togeth
under the influence of th same stimulant;
these days when desth lurks in tbe sir
we brestbe, the earth we tread, th food
we est, the wster the wster we baths
in I isv it behooves us to look well to
our insursnoe sod our future stste, snd I
tske pleasure in ecrti ying snd saying to
whom these presents may eome that sine
I became fully insured my heslth hss
Improved so much that it is t subject for
profound congratulation on my own part
aid the dV-epeet diaguat oo tho part of
those wl t would naturally inherit my
fast woaltb."
THE HUSTLING AND UP-TO-DATE LEADERS IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS, STOVES
AND GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
A. J. WINFIELD.PBMIDMTAMAlU01.il
.Special Attention to Mail Order".
oct 3 ly.
ere r- c e
U tuc ni n rnTTnu riM W
l(V inl ulu uui iuii uuii ;(
It lies alone in the rank June corn,
A relic of the days that are numbered and gone
The June wind sings a song in its throat,
The June clouds lovingly over over it float
And through its skeleton ribs of steel '
I or its saws are rust
With canker and crust
They hum no more from dawn to dusk
And the lizard is ginner
And out and in,
The spider is spinnnr
At the Old Cotton Gin.
Ay, many a day for the old, old South,
Its spun its fleece from a fiery mouth,
And wove its woof in a fabric of gold
As a picture is painted, a tale that is told,
And it sat in its might, this fallen thing,
A hoary monarch, an uncrowned king,
And over the land
With an iron hand;
It flung its wealth with a gesture grand,
And Might was the ginner
Of barn and of bin
There never was a winner
Like the Old Cotton Gin.
Broad was the Kingdom he ruled in his might,
Brave were the armies he rallied for fight,
Bright were the wings of his ships on the seas,
Bold were his merchantmen kingly his ease,
True were his women in hut or in hall,
Sweet the soft sunshine that fell over all,
From banjo and bow
And the cotton's long row,
Free-song and slave song would mingle and flow,
And Pride was the ginner
(Unpardonable sin !)
Was there ever a sinner
Like the Old Cotton Gin
Alas, for his weavings ay, tearms for the day
When out from his loom came the jackets of gray,
And the locks that were plucked in despair from his
head
Were woven to crimson in shrouds for his dead.
They died for the sin the centuries had given,
And their blood is the pledge on the lintels of heav
en, By river and plain
They march not again,
And wet was his fleece with blood of his stain
For Death was the ginner
And Riot and Din
And Sorrow the spinner,
At the Old Cotton Gin.
He buried his dead, and a tenderer tone
Crept into his song for he sang it alone
But he wove as he sang and the pattern was bright
And he built his waste places and conquered by toil
And gathered in peace what was garnered in spoil, '
And all the day long
He wove in his song
The patience of right in the pillage of wrong
And Faith was the ginner,
The Fabric to spin,
And Hope was the spinner
At the Old Cotton Gin.
With his hope in the future, his heart in the past,
He worked for people and wove to the last:
And, tottering, he stood through the rife and the reel
And died as he lived with his hand on the wheel.
And, sighing, his soul passed peacefully through,
As pure as the last lock of lint in the flue
The heart, whose beat
Was the century's feet,
Was willing to cease, but not to retreat,
And the New South was ginner,
The New Age was in,
The New Century spinner
A New Cotton Gin.'
Rear him 0 sons, of a generous sire
Aloft on a monument, not on a pyre
Base-stone of valor, cap-stone of truth
Shaft-stone of chivalry, cap-stone of truth
Honor him, sons of a land that ia fair,
Let him not lie in the rank weeds there
For seel from his night
He rises all bright.
He wakens; He wakens a loom of new light
With Fame for his ginner,
His kith and his kin,
And the world is the winner
In the Old Cotton Gin.
John Trotwood Moore.
Ths reputition of many puffed-up
man tods in ssaols.
'It's No trouble For Me
Weep Anywhere."
To
There sre funny iucidania iu the lue
of t photographer A man came in the
other day and looked over all the nam
pies, sakiog the price of each
'Do ynu want a Mtlinji? ' I aaked
"I don't see nothin' like what I want,'
he replied.
I told him, if lie would indicate whst
lie wanted, that I might arraDno it.
"I don't know aa y u can," he said,
for I dnn't see nothiu' at all like what
I want."
I revealed what I had ahead? Haid.
r
He asked me to sit while he told me.
'You see, it's like this," he began. "I
had t girl that I loved, and we was go
ing to git married. She bad her thing
made up, and ws wss sll but ready, when
aha was tsken ill snd disd. And what
" 1 1 wanted wss t picture of me aittin on
J -ja im.frr I
IP
Corn
removes from the soil
large quantities of
Potash.
The fertilizer ap
plied, must furnish
enough Potash, or the
land will lose its pro
ducing power.
Read carefully our books
on crop. sent rt,
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St., New York.
FT
The One Among
Many.'
The one make of instruments thst
holds its tone through s geoerstion of ti
fulness.
TIE
plArMos
Are not built for show they re oou-
atructed with experienced osre; they lsst
s hlettme and more, yet tbeir oost is very
moderate, considering their quality. Send
us vour sddiess snd v ou'll immedistely
net an illustrated catalogue tnd book of
suggestions. Accommodating Terms.
f laoos of other makes to suit to most
economical.
CHARLES M. STIEFF,
Warerooms, f N- Liberty street.
Ftctorj E. Lafayette Ave.. Aiken tad
LtnvaJe Btreeta.
Baltimore, Md.-
oct 21 ly.
New Drug Store I
New Medicines!
V.E.BEAVAIIS.
ENFIELD, N. C.
Dnpt and Planawt,-
Opposite Rudolph Bros.
Full line of everything usually found ia
t drag atore. Perfumeries, Soaps, Toilet
Articles.
Prcfu-rintions earefall and accnratel
W ben tbe world t brlguttr Desuty sna 1 1 compounded day or night 8 16 ly.
rsrer grseo shsll win, I
And life shsll aing ths ssd tiass out tod J T, J U I lK I IN Q,
..,... a '
ring tnogisa times in
her grsvt wespio' "
I was touched st ths homely story of
grief, snd told him I eould send t taan
with biin to the grave and have the pic
ture taken as be desired.
"It's some distance," he said. "It's
over in Ireland. I expect it ud cost t
lot to send over your traps for what 1
want?"
I said it would.
I thought," he answered, "thst meb-
be you could rig up s grave here in your
abon and I would weep on it, and 11
would do just st well. It's no troubli
for me to weep sny where "
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A Little Boy's Life Saved.
I have t few words to ssy regsrdtng
Chamberlain's Counh Remedy. It saved
my little boy's life and I feel that I oar,.
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of it from A. K Steere, of Goodwin, K
)., and when 1 got home with it the
poor baby could bardly hreathe. I gave
the medicine as directed every ten tnin
utes until he "threw up" snd then 1
thought sure he wss going to choke to
desth. We bsd to pull the phlegm out
of bis mouth in great long strings. I
am positive that if I had not got that
I bottle of onugh medicine, mT boy would
not be oo earth today. Joel Demont,
Inwood, Iowa. For sale by W. M. Co
hen, druggist.
RIGHT SONG-
Let's sing shout ths good times, wben
every oot sod olod
Shall Had t benediction to tht living
skies of God;
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we are ooing grcsu
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IsfSSS .L.MIBIITT. MltSBUTHSTALMltS
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer In Fine-'
Staple
and
Fancy
FRUITS. CONFECTIONERIES.!!
Crockery, Glass Tin, and woodea and wil-
lowware. Also Pratt's Uorse, m,
Hog and Poultry Food, and Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonie, Alexander's
Liver and Kidney Tonle for purifying
the blood. Thia tonic ia warranted or
money refunded.
J.L. JUDKINS,
No. S3 Washington Ave., Waldos, N. Oa
noo 11 iv. ,
H. Xj. G-IRAITT,
BICYCLE
WORKS
Wheela sold and Repaired
clea furnished.
-Parts of Biey-
(SB? & ff. V
Good teams and comfortable vehicles.
Gtve na a call when in need of wood.
a team or a bicycle.
Yard and offloe corner ataplt ana BeeoaA
streets, Weldoa, 8.Q.
dec 30
A CURB FOR LUMBAGO
W. 0. Wil'iamson, of Amherst, Vs.,
says: "For more than a year I sunerco
from lumbago, I finally tried Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and it gave tan entire
relief, which all other remedies had failed
to do." Sold by W. M. Cohen, druggist.
Fliita laugh at love tad love laugh at
flirts.
Cut this out and take it to W
Cohen's drug store and get a sample of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
the best physio. They also sure disor
ders of the stomsoh, bilioasneas and
headache.
MnHLMsmtUCo.,
WELDON, N. C.
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I Teeth extracted withuot tht slightest pais
Everything la onr Una HEW and I bv the nae nf nor. nitrous n.U.
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DUDMRITT, DENTIST
. 314 Mi Street, Norfolk. Vt
Some men wtka up tnd And them
selves famous, while lot of others stay
np all sight tnd nevtr evea get a glimpse
of fan.
gnleodld line of CORSETS, HOSIEBT
and NOTIONS genee-ally.
Ladies of Weldoa and an aro riding coun
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utes. 11. u MkutUTT aytju..
WMhingtm Ays. and Sid Hi., Wsld ,V.G.
ear lay.
bftdgt work, gold erowi sad poroelsia
orowa work; artificial teeth, fining iht
teeth tnd ill kinds of dental work known
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ia tht Boat aareful aad skillful nsaaer at
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