NOW. isT
ffl llyP .Jk Hri lyf ijftk lal
111 (i gggj
Advertising Rates Made Known on Application.
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
rms of Subscription. -$1.50 Pt r Arrtrr
VOL. XM.
V KLDON, N. C.. TliriSSD.W. MAY J. I!7
NO.
ifillSTnBU
HI . . n Etas W H B K!H
'
i
I
!
:i ASt'i!ct;itK Pri'p ii.ili.ml'iu'As
! hiii'.il.'ilil'.j llii'lwJiHu.lii-uLl
I1 1 Of, U.cSlUlOiltllsilluill.'rt'i'lSlM'
!l! rromotcH L)i4e?!i,':i.Cli(vrfnl
; iii'.sstlrtlli'Sl.Cl'illiliil? iumIIkT
j, I tpiiiiii.Mriltin iutMiiu'm!.
,i Sot NAiiroTic.
i!i .
' j Am "nJ
! .' . (,, I
t I . ',! if'i ' I
til W. tjrw3uta
mtp-uma i
AntrfiTl Remedy InrCoiisliiw-
t; liim mir tninArh l)i;irrhnc;i
Worms .('onvulsions.fVvmsh
5' m'SS mid Loss OF SLEEP.
Far Simile Sn'nnlure of
new' youk.
The : Bask :
l! f.
EXACT COPy OK WRAPPER. Jj W 1 I II
WKIjPON, X. c.
Orpizeil Under Tie Lais of tie State of North Carolina,
a 1st iTi i, i --.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Full 1
ne. tin
Illii!
14 vears this infinitum In
It stockholders and
business interests nl II ihfn mil
Minify i loaned upon npp'nvnl se. nut.
centll'il. Accounts of all ale sdicited
I'llKSIIJKST:
Vli'K I'lll
W. I DASli l.,
i.r II W I WIS.
(.laiksiin.Viiiluiiiftiiii Cii . N.
mmnmmmmmnmmmnm$
- '
111 I fl 1
VlieiNliDlie
5S 1 WbiUiScupufruouK)
ffe estabi.ish'kd I8SS.
U SPECIALTIES; U
9jt OLD NORTH STATE BLACKBERRY $g
I HIAWATHA MINNEHAHA
(KedChiiupague) (Dry lu-uppfrnonit) W
W PAUL CARRETT SPECIAL g
jjf (Sitiirkliiii: ClianiNgnel
iU, And all other arietieiof l'uri; uml Wlioli-aotue Wiucs li.r homin unil ln.tel n e Mi
tSt WHulligbwit Cusli Prieeii I'aitl ill Scawiu for all kinrle nf small fruits. iir. ftc.W
g Wttru Bianeb, 8t Louis, Mo Home OIHYb. MIKr'Ol.K, V A. fflf
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY
the Exposition LineA
To Norfolk
1 Jamestown
Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va.
April 26 to November 30, 1907. j
Special Rates from Weldon: Hound trip season tickets, $3.85;
Round trip 60-day tickets, ; Round trip 10 day tickets, $2.90; i
Round trip coach Excursion ticket $2.65. ,
Coach Kicnmion rate nolil prior to opeiiitiK date aoil on each Tuesday thereifter, j
ttaitUd Mreo day and emlotwd "Not (iixxl in SlefpiDK aoil I'ulluian i'arlor Cam." ,
Other ticket. go on sale April l"th and oontiuue uutil close of Kipoaition.
For nM I ram other poinU, ppl to jour nearest SE ABO AR D "Re". ' "'I'" j
rawntafivef named below.
Unexcelled Passenger Service Via
S. A. L. Railway
Watch for announcement of Improved Schedules.
T. F. ANDERSON, C. H. OATTIS,
Ticket Igeot, Weldoo, H. C Trawlling Ptmnftt Agent, Kaleigh, N C.
For Infants and Children.
.I 1. 1
The Kind You Have
Always Bough!
Boars the
Signature
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
of : Weldon
irnviiti-il hanking facilities tor this
directors Ii.tvf liceu idcntitieil with the
V ..rt li.im)t.it cuiiniics lor in.iiiy ycir
mi tit legal late ul inleret -six per
slhKS r.-
W K. SMTH.
UUIU11UUU rv
POCAHONTAS
(Knl ,Vii.i-immg)
Exposition
A'
. iir
i ifr
fey
NEW YORK BECOMING INFIDEL.
"When Religion Drops Away, vice
Creeps In and There Is No Tell
ing Whnt we will Come to."
Says a New York special: "Un
less immediate steps be taken to
i stop the religious decline which is
j spreading in New York the city
! will become a nest of inlidels, the
bjlief in Cud will be forgoiien and
! our great city will become a city f
! no religion."
This statement was made by
! Rev. Dr. Anson 1'. Atterhury,
I president of the federation of
; Church and pastor of the Park
Presbyterian church.
Dr. Atterbury has just returned ;
; from Washington, where he was
j a member of the committee sent by
j the Federation to solicit the aid of
: President Roosevelt in checking
' the religious decline in New York,
j "The love for the material things
i of the world has usurped the place
i formerly held by the hand of God"
i said Dr. Atterbury. "We are tot
tering on the verge of a terrible
disruption. Nothing can save the
city from sinking into depths of
unbelief but immediate efforts by
the people and the churches to re
! vive religious interest.
; "In the last five years there has
b.-en an increase of more than
! 300,000 in the city's population,
! but there has been a decrease in
i the number of churches. Such
conditions are terrible. A great
i crisis is at hand. Herculean ef
! forts will have to be put forth to
' keep us from falling; already we
I have begun to slip. In a short
i time our city will become a home
I of atheists. When religion drops
away, vice creeps in and there is
j do telling what we will come to."
I am afraid, darling, you will
very soon forget me. How can
you think so see, I have tied two
knots in my handkerchief.
A Woman's Back
Hat ninny acln-s Hint pain- caused by
Niluii'fi and fiiilinn. or oiht-r displace
iiH'iit, i if the pelvic nrans. Other symp- !
tuin uf female ttcakni'ss are, frequent
headache, di..ines, iuiawiuary specks or j
durk sh iltnitiiifi Iteforc the oyes, naw !
Iiiit M'loatiitn in stttmach, dratfuiiiK or !
Ix'uriiiK down in lower aljdoniiual or H'lvie ,
region, diMireeal'le drains from pelvic
oi Kan, fault pe list with ijeiifTul weiiUnes. j
If any consid. -ruble number of thcalmve ;
gymptoma are present there Is no remedy
(hat wUjjlve quicker relief or & more pr
uiaicnt than Dr. Pierce's favorite
PrestwaNu has a record of over forty
years of curS It the mojjt) potent
lavlgratine ttmic ami trent hcnipy ntir,'
vio- Vnown tu mtiical clenc His ai&da
oftlic tdyecric extracts or native medici
nal roots found in our forests and con
tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or
rmmt-fonniiJK drtiKS. Its ingredients are
all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath us correct.
Every iiiKredient entering into "Fa
vorite Proscription " lias the written en
dorsement of the most eminent medical
writers of all the several M-hools of prac
ticemore valuable than any amount of
non-professional testimonials though the
latter aro not lacking, having been con
tributed voluntarily by grateful patients
In numbers to exceed the endorsements
given to any other medicine extant for
the cure of woman's Ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
of unknown composition h a substitute
for this well proven remedy ov known
COMi-osl Tins, even though the dealer may
make a little more profit thereby. 1 our
interest in regaining health is paramount
to any selfish intcr"t vt his and it is au
insult to your iniellience for him to try
to palm of? upon you a substitute. You
know what you want and it Is his bust
ue9 to supply the articlo called for.
Dr. Pierce's Pleusant Pellets are the
original "Little Liver Pills" rirt put up
by old Dr. Pierce over forty years ago,
much Imitated but never equaled. Little
sugar-coated granules easy to take M
candy.
FEELING
LIVER-ISH
This Morning?
TAKE
A Gentle Laxative
And Appetizer
GRIND
Laxative Fruit Syrup
Pleasant to take
The new laxative. Does
not gripe or nauseate.
Cures stomach and liver
troubles and chronic con-
stipation by restoring the
natural action of the stom-
ach, liver and bowels.
RatuM ubatl.utaa. PrlcaOOe.
For nl If E CI.AKK, Weldon, N. C
w " "..
1. t. . 1 El 1,1 81 1 iVI iff
in
l j: J
tinued use means
injury to health.
Following the advice of medical
scientists, England and France have
passed laws prohibiting its use
in bread making.
American housewives
should protect their house
holds against Alum's
by always buying pure Grape
Cream of Tartar Baking
Powder.
Ifl Pure Grape Cream
Tartar Powder is to be
for the asking
Buy by name
oyal
A WOMAN'S QUESTION.
Before I trust my Fate to thee,
Or place my hand in thine,
Before 1 let thy Future give
Color and form to mine,
Before I peril all for thee, question thy soul to-night for me.
1 break all slighter bonds, nor feel
A shadow of regret :
Is there one link within the Past
That holds thy spirit yet ?
Or is thy Faith as clear and free as that which 1 can pledge to thee ?
Does there within thy dimmest dreams
A possible future shine,
Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe
Untouched, unshared by mine?
If so, at any pain or cost, oh tell me before all is lost.
Look deeper still. If thou canst feel
Within thy inmost soul,
That thou hast kept a portion back,
While 1 have staked the whole
Let no false pity spare the blow, but in true mercy tell me so.
Is there within thy heart a need
That mine can not fulfilli
One chord that any other hand
Could better wake or still r
Speak now lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay.
Lives there within thy nature hid
The demon-spirit Change,
Shedding a passing glory still
On all things new and strange ?
It may not be thy fault alone but shield my heart against thy own.
Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer to my claim,
That Fate, and that to-day's mistake
Not thou - had been to blame ?
Some soothe their conscience thus; but thou wilt surely warn and save
nte now.
Nhv, answer not, 1 dure not hear.
The words would come too late;
Yet I would spare thee all remorse,
So comfort thee, my Fate
Whatever on my heart may fall remember, I would risk it all.
'
;
j
:
I
'
j
j
;
A BARREL OF WHISKEY CONTAINS
A barrel of headaches, heartaches, of woes,
A barrel of eurges, a burrel of blows;
A barrel of sorrow from a loving, weary wife
A barrel of care, a barrel of strife:
A barrel of unavailing regret,
A barrel of care, a barrel of debts;
A barrel of hunger, of poison, of pain,
A barrel of hopes all blasted and vain;
A barrel of poverty, ruin and blight,
A barrel of tears that run in the night:
A barrel of crime, a barrel of groans,
A barrel of orphan's most pitiful moans;
A barrel of serpents that hiss as they pass,
That glow from the liquor in the head of the
A barrel of falsehoods, a barrel of cries,
That falls from the maniac's lips as he dies,
Ant f!ff i
am
mi
Alum
id causes
T.
permanent ji t
wrongs
of
had
YOUR OBJECT IN LIFE.
For What Are Vou l-i s itijj , and
for What Are You Working?
The Material Things of Life Not
Alone Worth Striving I'or.
For what art you living ?
For what aro you working ?
To make a home, and gain the
comforts of life for those dear to
you
Perhaps you are a husband, or
a wife, or a parent.
If you are not one of these, you
are a son or daughter or brother
or sister; then, what are you do
ing to to make those about you
happy and contented ?
I do not mean to ask what mate
rial tilings you are bestowing upon
them.
Material things give no happi
ness unless they supplement other
blessings.
Is your presence in your home
' a benediction and a joy ?
Do those nearest you look for
your coming, and regret your go
; ing?
If not, why not ?
HI-AVKN Bl-GINS ON KANT H.
Home is the earthly expression
of what we shall find 'vaiting for
us after death.
Just as we fashion our home
i here, by our mental attitude, so we
will find them ready for us when
we pass on. And heaven must
, begin on earth. Here must the
foundation be laid. All the hard
work and money you may be put-
i ting into your home will never
give happiness unless you are lov-
S ing the inhabitants of that home,
i and showing your love in words ,
and acts, in self-control
nence.
If you are letting the fretful tone
and the irritable and the nervous
habit destroy the comfort of your
household, you are wasting the
whole effort of your life, the effort
to bestow happiness.
If you sit down to a gloomy ta
ble, where despondency and ill
temper prevent sociability, you
might better stand in the bread line
now, and take your repast in the
park. There, at least, you would
not depress others by your pres-
ence.
THI: I'MIAI'I'Y HOMI-. !
If a man prepared a bower of
beauty for his family and then in
troduced a swarm of mosquitoes
and carefully bred insects so that
bower was never free from them,
you would think him a fool or a
lunatic.
Yet many a man and many a
woman do a similar act by build-:
' ing and furnishing a beautiful resi
dence and filling it with irritability,
petty tempers and selfishness.
Irritating trifles present them
selves to every life. They await
us at every corner along the jour
ney. , They should be treated as trifles,
and brushed aside, not dignified to
the position of tragedies, and per
mitted to destroy the peace of a
household, to shadow feasts, and
darken the hours of repose with
, bitter memories.
When we allow the small wor-
' ries and annoyances of daily life,
the mistakes of others and the jar
ring of domestic machinery to
ruin the pleasure of a home, we
, insult Cod.
It is like pulling down the blue
canopy of heaven, and using it as
1 a door mat for soiled feet.
TORSI- THAN USKLKSS.
Money, education, position,
power all are worse than useless
unless they bring helpfulness and
happiness to others.
To do this they must be supple
mented by affection, good will,
self-control. Though you give
your own family nil the inlvnnniget
wealth can offer, you are worse
than a highwayman il you deprive
your household of peace, love and
t contentment in the family circle.
Take mental stock of yourself
' and see what sort of a husband
and father you are.
See if you could not better life
, for those you love by giving less
j labor and money and more good
j will, patience and affection.
j American-Journal Examiner.
I POH OVUH IM V YI'.AH
Mrs. WlNsi.im'sSiiDTHINU NvittT liat
been used for over (Id years by million of i
I uintlicra for their children while tcctliinn, j
with perfect sm i-ess. It xihiiIu-s the child,
. KifteiM the minis, allays all p.nn; i'ri'
' wind colic, and is the best remedy for
Diairhoea It will relieve the poor little,
sufferer immediately. .Sold by drugta
i in every part of the world. Twenty-live,
cent a lwttle. Be sure and ask fot "Mis.
Wiuslow's Hoot hi n k Kyrnp," and take no
other kind, j
tiuarantecd under the Food anil Droits ;
Act. .lane :! It li , HHXi. Serial mi oilier j
CAM!; HOM1ZTO ROOST.
Professor Starr was accusing
woman of barbarism. "And she is
not only barbarous she is illogi
cal and inconsistent," he exclaimed
"I was walking in the country
one day with a young woman. In
a grove we came upon a boy about
to shin up u tree. There was a
nest in the tree, and from a certain
angle it was possible n see in it
three eggs.
"You wicked little boy,' said my
companion, 'arc ymi going up
there to rob that nesi'-'
"1 am,' the boy replied
" 'I low can you V she ex
claimed; 'think how the mother
will grieve over the loss of her
eggs. '
" 'Oh, she won't care,' said the
boy. 'She's up there in your
hat.' "
PRESIDENTINU & PLANTINO.
Rutherford P.. Hayes while pres
ident and visiting his home in Ohio
passed the farm of a neighbor who
was planting potatoes in a patch
near the road. The president,
being somewhat of a farmer him
self, noticed some peculiarity in
his neighbor's style of planting,
and after a few minutes' chat he
called attention to it, and the old
man argued the point awhile.
"After all," concluded the pres
ident, "I don't think you are doing
it as it should be done for the best
results."
The old farmer rested his arm
on the fence and looked steadily
at Mr. Hayes.
"They ain't neither one of us,"
he said, "above havin' fault found
and pa- i with us, but ef you just go on pres
identin' the United States your
way an' I go on plantin' potatoes
my way I guess we won't be no
wuss off."
HOW 001) CAN HIH.P.
God is never at a loss for means
to protect His people. Sometimes j
the means are surprisingly simple. :
With 300 men, armed with trum
pets and lanterns, Gideon drove a
vast army of Midianites and Amal
ekites out of the land of the chil-1
drcn of Israel. i
The youth David, armed with a
sling and a few pebbles, defeated
the thoroughly armed giant Go
liath. The prophet Elisha and his ser
vant were alone at Dathan, when
they found themselves surrounded
by the army of the King of Syria.
But Flisha was not afraid. The
Lord smote the Syrians with blind
ness, and they became harmless.
Felix of Nola on one occasion,
when being pursued by his ene
mies, hid in a deep, dark cave.
There he rested until his pursuers
had passed. Coming to the cave,
his enemies looked in, but, seeing
a cobweb spun across the mouth
of the cave, they concluded he
could not be there, or it would be
broken. Felix heard them speak of
the web. Then he philosophied:
"Willi God, a spider's web be
comes a stone wall, and without
God a stone wall becomes a spiders
web." Reformed Church Record.
twit!,. .- V. " K-i i '-J" '' 8r
HIS PICTURE.
Jules (facetiously) This a pic
ture of my wife's first husband.
Jacque Heavens! What a brain
less looking idiot! But I didn't
know your wife w as married before
she met you? Jules She wasnt.
This is a picture of myself at the
age of twenty.
CASTOR I A
For Infants aud Children.
Thi Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
WHAT HE LOVED HER FOR.
She loved him for all she w as
worth,
And also, it's safe to infer, i
Since she had much goods of the !
earth, I
That was the way he loved her. i
Catholic Times, j
MISPLAYINQ IT.
Mrs. Browne Mrs. Whyte says '
she thinks it wrong to play bridge." j
Mrs. Black It is, the way she '
plays." i
FOIITSnOMMAS
Does Your
Heart Beat
Yes. 100,000 limes each day.
Does it send out good blood
or bad blood? You know, for
good blood is good health ;
bad blood, bad health. And
you know precisely what to
take fur bad blood- Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. Doctors hive
endorsed it for 60 years.
(hi freqit'itl r
r hn tiln.irl It R llnffrtlr.
iii1I1mLiii. fuUol.ulJi
i
I-. t hit.i th bluvd.
A Tft'i Hill-
A
rum himh.
AM t. COUP.
CMIKUV CttTOKAL.
ijers
V.'. huT. no ."nrft. ! W. publllll
I' fur mil "f an on r rami loin...
Aj'I'OllAHiiX ll'UN WUNKS,
!!S to :il OLD STHKET,
PKTKItSItUKU. VA.
MAM'PACTl Rl:RS OF
Machinery,
Shafting,Pulleys,
Agricultural
Implements.
Having bought out Steel & Alexander
founders and machinists, with all pattern
we are now prepared to furnish part t
QiaebineN formerly made by them.
HYDRAULIC PRESSES Md-
PEANUT MACHINERY Uu,,,
Mill work and easting of all kindi.
Second hand machinery for sale cheap. Call
on us or write for what you want.
Great Reductions
For Cash
$:i 75 Mouuette. liiijss, $2 "5
2 110 Sun ma " 2 20
2.3 UO MiKjiielte run, 9il2 ft. 17 75
12c, China Mallins;, 10c.
" " 1-ic.
2JU-. Japanese " 17c.
2"'c " " lH.Jc.
ti.'ic W'mll Carpeting 40c,
2ic. Window shade", 20c.
jiic " " 37Jc
U.V 2 yard wiile Linoleum, 75c
7.V " " " 65c
imc Floor Oil Cloth, 4Sc
1 a.'i AxininsterCaipetiuy. 89c
1 411 1Ux20 Picture Frames, 95c
Wall pajwr, 4. 5 and tlr per roll
A I.AKiil STi n K OP
Talking Machines,
Graphophones, Kodaks,
Cameras,
and supplies on hand at all times, at
the very hnve.it prices
SPIERS BROS.
WKLDOS, X. C.
CHOICE
ROSES !
Carnation, Violet and other dowers,
always on band. Shower Wedding
Kouuuets. Il.ini!nie Flonl Designs.
Pot and out door Inditing plants. To
mato, ( uhli.ie.e and other Vegetable
Plants, Magnolias. Orders promptly
eiecuted Write, phone or telegraph.
H. STEINMETZ.
FLORIST,
KALEkill, KOKTH CAROLINA.
4 lit ly
OF
SPKlNti AND Sl'MMF.K
MILLINERY,
FANCY UOOIUS and NOVELTIES.
Rotterick'ii Patterns.
R.
& G. CORSETS.
UbmatSOc, Ladies T5c. M f 1.
HL-Friew wilt be mad to suit ill
times. Hats and Boauuts ftiaii mil
Trimmed to wder.
ALL MAIL 0KPEK8 PROMPTLY
FILLm
MRS. P. A. LEWIS,
Wklo(,M.C.