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Let Us Be True to Ourselves, Stu
dy our Own Interests, and Aim
to be Women who Live for
Some Noble Cause.
Tho Kind You Havo ,Uw:iy.4 Kmiciit, nml which lxist been
In uso for over i$0 jrnrr., bus borno llw si-nutnro of
has lii'cn liiado uinlor his per
sonal suiifi' i.iin hliice its Infancy.
teO-SaA. nvl todi'i 'lvi vnu In thin.
All CoiliitciTeils, i mi t ill ions ami ' .J iist-sis-unnil" urn hut
M-i-iiii-iits that trlllo with tin.) oiMlanuvr tin- liciiltli of
lnlUnts mid ChildiTii Uxprrii'iii'i? nainl lApcriinclit.
What is CASTORIA
Castiii'iu is a liartnl.'ss "iihsiitiitti tor Castor Oil, Pure
uu'i.., Dions mid Snotlmitf Sriiis. 5t is I liasant. It
contains iifhlii-r 0;l'tni, Mnipli un mir ot'.ici' Nurrntlo
m l -1 1 1 1 k i . Us upi is 'is iiuaranti'c. It destroys Worms
anil allays l'. rrisliii'-ss. It cihv.i IKum-Imini and Wlmt
( nlic. Ii i-i-Ii.m .!) 1 1 1 1 ii Ti 'inlvlc.. mi-s Constipation
ii. id I'litlitlni.-v. !i iis?in, i!:it iv. tin- l'w.d, rrnulatcs till)
Mi'iiLi' li .nut liinvcls, Inaltln ii.id natural sleep.
Tin- Children': I'aniirc.i- Tim .Mo'.Iit-r' I'l'icn.l.
GENUINE CASTORS A ALWAYS
Boars the Signature of
The KM You Haw Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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The : Bask : of : Weldon
WKI.DON, N. C.
riranizea Uader The Lais Qf the Slate of North Carolina,
A 1 1 li UST 2HT 11,1 !!.
Suite of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
C ap i t al a n Surp lus, $38,000-
Fo It 14 ve.tr this in-titntion lins pnivuli'tl trMikiny (unlit .en lor this
HtNtion Its Ht'H'itliultlt-r- nml ilnvrtnrs Ii tvi-l.tn nlcnttli.-.l u it h tin-hii-iii!8
intereM- of Hrilirix unit Norl li niiptim eon n tie- Jin in itiv ye ir
Monty is loautM. upon approved nnu :it 1 lejial i;ilf ol interest -mx per
crntU'ii. Accounts ol all are Hilicite't
PKRSINKNT;
W. I, DANIIL,
VIl'IM'UKSIIiKN T:
llr.ll.W.ir.WIS.
'('.Ia;ks(in. NiMthamflun Cn . N. i )
I'ASHIKH:
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So greatly is this world changing
that it is to he recognized more
and more that girls us well as boys
may and should be self-supporting. '
The girl who sits around idle all
the busy day, reads a few French
novels, does a little fancy work,
gossips idly with others who have 1
nothing in particular to di, tangles
and untangles silks and worsteds
ad infinitum, and then waits lor
some silly young man (for no
young man of good, common sense
would want such a girl for his wile)
to come along and take her off her
own hands, has gone out of fash-
ion.
The girl of the twentieth century
if she should be popular, must have
a business as well as a hoy a vo
cation of some kind. That it is1
useful and needful to all is true.
"What," says some fair, sweet
faced girl, "surely I don't need it, .
I am only a child. My father is rich.
In our home of wealth there is noth- ;
ing lacking of comfort and happi- ;
ness, of beauty and grandeur." Ah,
yes! hut riches often take to them
selves wings, and fly away, and a
turn of fortune's wheel hurls
wealthy people down to poverty
every day. Your hope paints your !
future in azure and gold. God
grant that your dreams may be re
alized, but there is so great a dan
ger that they may fail that it is wise
to prepare for a failure; and if n
your pathway the flowers bloom
brightly and over your head shines
the sun, his ever-smiling face from
the clear blue sky, and no dark
clouds ever gather o'er you, you
will enjoy them more for having
the unfailing knowledge that if
shipwreck does not come you will
have the life boat of a thorough
knowledge to some useful line of
work. Let us he true to ourselves
study our own interests, and aim
to be true women who live for
some noble cause. Better learn
to do one thing perfectly than a !
hundred imperfectly.
In all our thoughts for the future
aspiring and doing let us remem
ber that we owe all our success
gained, that to Mini we owe our
warmest love, and our brightest,
most useful davs.
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O THE RED, WHITE AND THE BLUE.
IN the making of our banner
Was there meaning in each hue?
Was the blood red stripe of courage
Meant to lead the whiteand bluer'
And the white, as sign of pureness
There for all the world to view.
Meant to be the guiding pillar
In between the red and blue?
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VIRGINIA DARE POCAHONTAS
jJ (V tuts ncupperuoiiK) U' rn'iipperiiuug)
m OLD NORTH STATE BLACKBERRY
& HIAWATHA MINNEHAHA ji
W- (KedCbimiMiine) (Dry Scuuueruuuii)
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W PAUL GARRETT SPECIAL
(KpurkliiiK Chiinipiigne)
And till ther varietieHof Pure mid Whulrflonie Wined for homes anil hotel ife.
MuHigheflt Ciwh Pricei Puid in Seaion for all kinita ol'Ninall fruilH. guipe etr
Weatera Bnneb, Kt. Louis, JIo Home Olliie, NOKfOMv, VA.
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AIR LINE RAILWAY
the Exposition Line
Tn Nnffnll
Win Ebi
Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Va.
April 26 to November 30. 1907.
Special Kates from Weldon: Round trip season tickets, $.1.85;
Round trip 60-day tickets, ; Round trip 10 day tickets, $2.90;
Round trip coach Excursion ticket $2.65.
Couch Kxcnrftion rote sold prior to otieiiiug date unit on eiuib Tnemlav thereafter,
limited Mven days and endomed "Not (iond in Hleepiuti ami I'nlliiiaii I'urlor Cunt.M
Other lickeUi go on sale April Inth anil I'julniue until close ol Kxp-sition.
For rates Iroui other pomtn, apply to your nearest SE A BOA RO "Henl, or rep
reientativafi named below.
Unexcelled Passenger Service Via
S. A. L. Railway
Watch for announcement of Improved Schedules.
ion 1 1 ii ii iii mimia.
1 Wmd
FWm Made from 1
DON'T WHINE.
The Money You L'arn Yourself is
Much Brighter Than Any You
iet Out of Dead Men's Bags.
!H Pure GrapeCream Tartar
The only excuse for buying anything but
a Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Baking
Powder is to save a few cents in price.
J ROYAL costs you a few cents more per can than Alum or Phos
phate of Lime powders, but it is worth far more than the difference
I I'-i , re
to Keep your nitcuits, cakes and pastry tree irom die injurious
effects of these cheapening substitutes.
tjjContinucd use of Alum means permanent injury to health.
Avoid Alum Ailments Say plainly
ROYAL BAKING
POWDER
ill
THE OLD FARM.
GO TO WORK.
When the busy day is over with its anxious hopes and fears,
And the telephone stops ringing and the last clerk disappears,
With a sigh I lean back weary in my swinging office chair,
And my thoughts go back to childhood ami the old farm that
A (iirl Should Never Marry a Man
Without Business Habits.
there,
I can see the dear old homestead, broad and low beneath the trees,
And the rows of shining milk pans sunning in the fresh sweet breeze
I can see the barn and horses, and the orchard on the hill,
Where we gathered golden pippins for the old straw cider mill.
I can sec the upland pastures dotted o'er with grazing sheep,
And the wheat held waving golden, ready fur the men to reap.
I can see the old stone fences where the chipmunks used to play,
And the cornfield and the meadow with its piles of fragrant hay.
I can see the cattle standing 'neath the willows by the brook,
Where I used to fish for minnow s with a bent pin for a honk ;
And the pond where grew the lilies that my mother used to prize,
Ah, the light of heaven's shining now within those dear old eyes.
And I sigh while fancy lingers o'er each well known pleasant scene,
Of the happy days of boyhood thrown by memory on the screen ;
And I'd give all I have gained since, all my wealth and treasures rare.
To go back one day to childhood and the old farm that is there.
HARD TilUlhS.
Ihii.k the last, an open promise
That all rulings would be true, ,
Joining justice to the union;
To the red and white, the blue ? :
T. F. ANDERSON.
Ticket Agtot, Weldon, H C
C. H. GATTIS,
TraTelling raaaeager Agent, KaUigb, N O.
AKING thus a noble banner
That will lead our columns ;
through,
Courage, purity and wisdom,
Glorious red, white and blue.
-John R. May.
A Lazy Liver
Mn.y be only a tired liver, or a starved
liver. It would l u u lipid as well an
suviiro tiling to liat a weury or starved
nmn lieenuse lie Uiurd hi hi work. So
In tn'.uinu tint lazuli', torpid liver It Is
a lireut misuiLo to it vitli strong
dratle druu. A torpid liver Is but an
hidli'iitiou of an lll-iioiirishid, entei hlM
body whoso organs are weary with over
work. Start with the stomach nml allied
o oralis of tlik-esiiou and nutrition, l'ut
them In work in order and see bow
qiilekly yonr liver will ttet-omn avllve.
Ir. 1'ieree'il (ii.ldeii Medleal Discovery
has made many marvelous cures of "liver
trouble" by its wonderful control of the
organs of dluostioti ami milrirlon, It re
stores the norma! activity of the. stomach,
Increases the secretions nf the tsood-muk.
inn glands, cleanses the system from ;kI
gonous accumulations, ami so relieves the
liver of tha burdens Imposed upon it by
the detection of other organs.
If you haye bluer or bad tint In the mora
Inr. poor orjflflable appetite, coated tonfue,
foul breath. coMttpate or Irrerular bowela,
feel weak, easllx llred. fWspondent, frequent
beadachea. ptln r dbtreji "small of back.'
fnawlug or disfrcsed lecjg In stomach,
perhaps nausea.NJrws?J "rlstncs" la
throat after eating, and klnOtjV symptoms
of weak stomach and torpid llrA " medi
cine will relleee you mure promptly or cure
von more ncrnianciitly lipn l' u" 'k"t''
C.jM, o Medical l'lacuTury. rerhaps only
t part of the above symptom will bs present
' at one time and yet point to torpid liver or
1 biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits, grldrlle cakes and
other Indigestible food and take the "Golden
; Medical Discovery " regularly and stick to Its
use until you are vigorous and strong.
The "Discovery" Is non-secret, non-alco-bollc.
Is a glyceric extract of native medici
nal roots with a full list of Its Ingredlenta
! printed on each bottle-wrnmier and attested
under oath. Its Ingredients are. endorsed
and extolled by the most eminent medical
' writers of the age and are recommended to
i cure the diseases for which It Is advised.
Don't accept t substitute of unknown
composition (or this lion -secret mkoicini
or mowm ooupoamoi.
dome listen to me and I'll sing you a song
Concerning the times, and it shall not be long.
How everybody is trying to buy
And cheating each other, I cannot tell why,
And it's hard, hard times.
From father to mother, from sister to brother.
From cousin to cousin, are cheating each other.
Since cheating has become so much of a fashion,
I'm afraid to my soul it'll spread o'er the nation,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here is the baker; by baking he eats ;
And so does the butcher by killing his meats.
They'll kick up the sieel yard and make them weigh down,
And vow it's all right if it lacks twenty pounds,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here is the lawyer, as you plainly see;
He'll plead you a case for a very large fee;
He'll plead you a case and tell you you're right,
And when court's over you're not right by a sight,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here is the doctor; I liked to have forgot,
1 think to my soul he's the worst of the Mock.
They'll tell you they'll cure you for half you possess,
And when you are dead, they'll take all the rest,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here are the old maids who ought to get clear,
For the hoys won't have them, I think it's for fear,
For after they're married if they should do wrong.
They're sure to have heads cracked with tongs,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here is the bachelor, who's every man's scorn
He's like an old garment, all taiiered and torn,
The girls and the widows all unite
To toss him sky-high, and think it's tiiiite right.
And it's hard, hard itmes.
And here is the widow who ought to be clear.
But to finish my song she must be mentioned here.
She's so well up wiih catching the beau,
That she'll snatch in a feller before he knows,
And it's hard, hard times.
And here are the young ladies, I liked to have missed,
I think in my heart they like to be kissed.
They act like the coquette when they get the chance.
And tell you to call on them some time hence,
And it's hard, hard limes.
And here are the young men, the worst of the whole;
They'll tell you they love you to their very soul,
They'll tell you they love you when you're sitting by,
And when they are gone they'll swear it is a lie,
And it's hard, hard times.
Young man, go to work ! There
is no time to idle now. You must
1 carve out your own way if it is
successfully carved. You must
; seek your fortune through indus-
try, perseverance, ami pluck. La
bor is honorable and ignoble are
1 those who will not work. Get you
a home. Fence a field and plow
and plant it, and gather around
; you the comforts of a home. And
when you have made a character
for industry and thrift, ask some
i lady to share your home with you.
We would say to every young
lady, mark these men who loung
ing around attempting to live by
their wits, or on the interest of
their debts; and when they ask you
to share the lot of an aimless life,
pass them on, for you cannot af
! ford to marry a man without pros
! perity, or business habits, unless
; you wish to sell yourself for a
i mess of pottage. Again we would
, reiterale while ten young men w atch
for a chance one man makes a
'chance; while ten men wait for
something to turn up one turns
' something up; while ten men fail
j one succeeds, and is called the
; man ofluck, the favorite of fortune.
' Luck and fortune are the result of
I honest endeavor, work and toil,
land if you would win, go to work.
- Fxchauge.
Don't be whining about having a
fair chance. Throw a sensible
man out of the window, and he'll
fall on his feet and ask the nearest
way lo his work. The more you
have to begin with the less you will
have the in end. Money you earn
ynurscll is much brighter than any
you gel out of dead men's bags.
A scant breakfast in die morning
of life whets the appetite for a feast
later in the day. He w ho has tast
ed a sour apple will have the more
relish for a sweet one. Your pres
ent want, will make future pros
perity all the sweeter. Lighteen
pence has set up many a pedler in
business, and he has kept his car
riage. As for the place you are
cast in, don't find Fault with that;
you need not be a horse because
you were bom in a stable. ;
If a bull tossed a man of metal
sky high, he would drop down '
into a good place. A hard work-
ing man with his wits about him j
will make money while others will
do nothing but lose it. !
Who loves his work, and knows
how spare
May live and flourish anywhere.
As to the little troubles, who ex
pects to find cherries without stones
or roses without thorns? Who
; would win must learn to bear,
i Idleness lies in a bed sick of the
mulligrubs, while industry finds
health and wealth. The dog in the
kennel barks at fleas, and the hunt
ing dog does not even know that
they are there. Laziness waits till
the river is dry, never gets to
market.'Try" swims it, and makes
all the trades. "Can't do it"
would not eat the bread cut for
him, but "Try" made meat out of
mushrooms.
For the
Children
To succeed these days you
must have plenty of grit, cour
age, strength. How is it with
the children? Arc they thin,
pale, delicate? Do not foreet
Ayer's S arsaparilla. You
know it mal.es the blood pure
and rich, and builds up the
general health in every way.
Msosbyj r A.-fe..T.w.il.ain.
7 11115 VKiOSI.
A'it !-. (.. Kr.
C'lt.n PE.T0SAL.
v. i,.-.tti(,ii
A1
liters
THE LAND OF OLD AGE..
There Are So Few Things After
All, Left for Us to Do.
"iTinni iuA ikon wiikK, '
'h lo ai OI. I) STUKKT,
I'KTKKSBUItG. VA.
MAN ITACTUKEHS OK
Machinery,
Shafting,Pulleys,
Agricultural
Implements.
Jluving Imiinlit out Steel & Alexander
.iimiritTH nml imM-tiiQists, with all patterns
we are now prepared to furnish parts to
ma hinpH iniint'i ly made by tbem.
HYDRAULIC PRESSES ,na...
PEANUT MACHINERY 'pe,.,.,
Mill work ami casting of all kinds.
Stroud unii' I machinery for sale cheap. Call
on us or wiite f-.r what you want.
(ireat Reductions
For Cash
AN IM SL'Al. FATHHK.
Talking Machines,
am exaggerating Graphophones, Kodaks,
Cameras,
:u,d supplies on hand at all timeti, at
JjJJ'hc very luae-t ptices
SPIERS BROS.
w t:i.- o', n. u.
torm.
home
before he
I must
1 can't
office,"
but-"Ii
He bewail alter the usual
"1 have a little boy at
who- '
They interrupted him
had got far.
"Pardon me, old man,
be going along. Sorry
wait, but I'm due at the
and so on.
"Just a minute," he urged
tonholing the two nearest.
won't take a minute. "
They sighed and resigned them
selves. "All I w ant to say," he went on,
"is that I have a little hoy at home
who never said a bright thing in
his life."
They grasped his hand with
tluiikfu'ilLss lli.il could Iii id no
expression in winds. And then
he added:
"He's too snull. He can't talk
yet." Londol Mail.
OF COURSE.
Stubb So the doctor cured your
children of the mumps. Did you
pay him in installments?
Penn No, in a lump sum.
Instead of throwing stones peo
ple who live in glass houses should
grow violets at a dollar a bunch.
CASTORIA
For Inlants tuid Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
A lazy man is a dead loss to him-ielf.
Let me mail vol! fiee, to irove merit,
samples of my Or. Slump's lirsloralive ami
my Isi.ik on either iysH'psia, the Heart,
or the ki'lneis. Aditrtssmc. In. Shoop,
Kai ine, Win 'l'roub cs of the Stomach,
Heart or K idi.evs, are merely symptoms
ot'a det per ailiuent. Don't make Ihe con
mini emir ol trcilmn svmptons only.
Symplon treatment 1st real me. the KESl'l.T
ol your ailment mid not THK t'Al'Si;.
Weak stonuu It nerves the inside nerves
means stomach weaklier always. And
lite Heart and Kidneys ns well, have their
contiolllii! or inside nerves. Weaken
these nerxes, and yon inevitably have weak
vital organs. Here is w here Dr. Shoop'g
Restorative has made its lame. No other
remedy even claims lo treat the inside
nerves. Also for bloating, biliousness,
had breath, or complexion, use Dr. Snoop's
Itestonitive Write for my free book now.
Sold by W. M Cohen, Weldou. N. C.
i F'or several months past Har
I per's Bazaar has been publishing
! a unique series of papers in which
a writer who signs herself simply
! "An Elderly Woman" has been
revealing many secrets of an old
Woman's heart. In the last Bazar
she says, among other things:
'"F.ach generation permits a dif
ferent type of young girl, but the
older woman must not change, her
outline is fixed and immovable.
She must be like Lleanor's grand
mother, "always there" - waiting
wiih a smiling face through the
long, quiet, empty hours, for her
grandchildren to come home. 1
do not think I
w nen I say mere is no class ot so
ciety so rtoumi down by conven
tion, and for no good reason, as
are the oldest of all. A younjj; and
pretty woman must, of course,
walk carefully along life's paths;
she must take care to avoid even
the appearance of evil. As she
grows older a suitable amount of
convention in the mother of a fam
ily is a wholesome balance. But
when a woman grows old, when
she has climbed the ladder of years
beyond the point w here scandal
could touch her, one would think
that she might lay aside minor con
ventions of life, that at last she
might at last do as she pleased,
only by her own failing strength.
There are so few things, after all.
left for us to do, so tew that we ;
have the heart left for, or the w ish
for now, that it would seem only
right that we should follow our ca
price in the siih.II mailers that still
belong to us. "
i on n i n in vent
Mus. Wissl.ow's Sikh mini! SvitlT bal
Im'cu used tor over till veiir by millions l)'
mothers for Ihcit children while teething,,
with perfect success. It soot Ins, thechild,
softens the itums, allays all pain; cures
wind colic, ami is the best remedy for
lliairhoea It will relieve the poor Utile
sufferer immediately. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world. Twentj-flve
cents a bottle, lie sure and ask foi ' Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no
7."i Mmiuet'e Itiijjs, $2 75
i !IO Smyrna " 3 2U
J.'i 00 .Moiii,-tte runs, ilxl'2 ft. 17 75
l'J!c China MaltihK, 10c.
2"u 18c.
2J'e ,la an, m- ' ' 17c.
Joe. ' lHjc.
tj'ic Wool Carpf til 40c.
2."e Window liailes, 20c.
fine " " 37c
".V 2 yard wide Liiiolniui, 76c
7.V " " " 6'ac
Hoc Floor Oil I loth, 4Hc
1 :i." A Mliin. te: Cai e till!.', P!k!
I In loV.il Picture Frames, 95c
Wall paper, t .' and tic per roll
A I.VHOK stock OK
FOLEY'S
uOHEMAR
The oiual
LAXATIVE cough remedy.
For coughs, colds, throat and luuf
troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic.
Good for everybody. Sold everywhere.
The Henulns)
FOLEY'S HOM Y and TAR is in
a Yellow package. Kefuaeaubatitutea.
Prepared only by
Foley A Company, Chicago.
For sale by K CI.AKK, Weldon, N. C.
other kind.
I i naranteed under the Food and Drills
Act. June aiilh, HHMi. Serial nmnlier
lilies.
Open letters 0 O 0.
DeWitl's Carholizrd Witch Hazel Salve
does not merely heal on the surface; it
penetrates the poren and promptly relievea
pain, caused by boils bu ins, scalds, cuts
and skin diseases. It is especially good
for piles Beware of imitations.
Bold by W M. Cohen. Weldon. N. C.
j A tight man and a loose dog are
i equally dangerous.
ira ivma Vou Han Hlmys Bourjtit
FOLEYSHONHMAE j 1Z rfjS
Sure Csldsi Prevent Pneumonia of Uuti77fc(W
OF 1
Sl'KIMi AND HI' MM UK
MILLINERY.,
FANCY GOODS and NOVELTIES.
Bntterick'B Pattern!.
It. & G. CORSETS,
Miaaee at 50c, Ladiea75e.tol.
a-Pnee will be made to init the
time. Hat and Konneta made and
Trimmed to order.
ALL MAIL ORDF.RH l'KOMPTLY
FILLEfl.
MRS. P. A. LEWIS,
Weldon, N.C.
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