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VOL. XLIII.
WELDON, X. ('., TIIUKSDAV, OCTOliKW IT,, l!)OS.
NO. lM.
MOTHER.
g s r n
IOV;HuUiii,
i
The Two (lest nooks To a Child
Are a Omul Mother' l ate anil
life
f A,
JM
GRANDMA ON MATRIMONY.
In Nine Cases Out of Ten He Has
Married n W oman a (ire.it Deal
Too (iood l or Mini
Matrimony is wholly a failure or
success. l is noi a failure for the
masculine member ol the cimtiMci-
WW
Tlio Kind Yon Have Alwnyg Bought, and which has been
In two for over 30 yearn, lias borne the siprnaturo of
? - and has been made under his pcr-
L jC&fl?,r Bonftl 8"POrvllon since its Infuiioy.
i-UiCU4l Allow no one to deceive you In thin.
All Counterfeits Imitations niul " Just-us-good " arc but
lCxiM-rimont.H that trillo with and eudniiiror the health of
Inlunts and Children Experience against KzperhiienU
What is CASTORIA
t'nstorla In a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare-Km-ie,
Drops mid Soothing Kycps. It is Pleasant. It
contains ncillier Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
K'llistanco. Its ne is its g'laranteo. It destroys Worms
and allays lYvi-rlslmoss. It cures Dlarrho:a and Wind
(,'oIL;. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
mill Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach mid Rowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's I'anacea Tlio Mother's I'riciiil.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
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XL
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The Kind You toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
If
30E
IOE3DOE
Day 'honk l'
Nuitn 1'hun.en l!4 and 54.
RN.STAINBACK,
. IN DKWTA K KK.
Weldon, - - North Carolina.
Full Line ol CASKI-TS, COITINS and ROUES.
Day, Sight and Out-of-Tovn Calls Promptly Attended to.
H. G ROWE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER.
Seventeen years' Experience. Hearse Service Anywhere.
XOE
013130
Of nil tlic words I'lioritdit'd in
the recollections of limn of nil
the names held sacred ill his
memory, that of mother falls
upon his heart with the most
sublime inthieiico. How sweet
the recollection in after years
of a mother's tender training,
and who is there that finds no
relief in recurring to the scenes
of his infancy and youth gild
ed with the recollections of a
mothers's tenderness. And
how many have nobly owned,
that to the salutary influence,
then exerted, they must ascribe,
their future success, their
avoidance of evil, when no eyes
were upon them, hut which rest
ed on the heart, the warnings,
the prayers and tears of a
mother.
others may love as fondly,
but never again, while time is
ours, shall any one's love t e to
us as fond, as tender, as devo
ted, as that of our dear old
trembling mother. Through
helpless infancy her throbbing
heart was our safe protection
and support, and through the
ills and maladies of childhood,
her gentle hand ministered and
soothed as none other could.
We feel animated to struggle
more manfully in the great bat
tle of life, when we remember
our mother's holy counsel to us
in childhood's early dawn and
in the slippery paths of youth, j We!1) fl purchaser came righ a,ongi for n) owr)) -m free 0 say)
Ah! those words of tenderness ; Tha g beler of fl prelir pace yQU n)jght search for many a day)
-those pious precepts softened jls ferlie fiejs and wooded his and meatows us a,,d green,
by a mother's love-too much I And buildings snug and neat and trim as any ever seen,
unheeded, then disregarded
live now brightened in memo- j But it's strange how old familiar things will twine around the heart,
ry, and constitute our sweetest i And we never dream how close they cling till we find that we must part,
SELLING THE FARM.
BY ELIZABETH CLARK HARDY.
Well, yes, we settled, ma and 1, that we would sell the farm;
We are getting on in years and toil has somehow lost its charm.
So we said we thought it lime to lay some of life's burdens down,
i And the married children thought we ought to buy a home in town.
DON'T PUT IT OFF.
"The Man Who is Always Just
doing To.'1
He meant to insure his house,
but it burned before he got around
to it.
WKLDON, X. T.
Organized Under the Laws ul the State of North Carolina,
AIIlil'ST'.DTH, ISttt.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
?a!MllSB.r5lDS:.... $40,000.
For more than fifteen vcars this institution lias provided hanking
rs ami tlireelors have been iilentineil
facili
ties fur thin section. Its stockholi
with tlie business interests of llulilai ami Northampton counties lor
many years. Money is loaned upon approved security at the legal rate of
interest six per centum. Accounts f all are solicited.
The surplus and undivided protits having reached a sum equal to the
Capital Stock, the Hank has. eomineacing January I, IIMS, established a
Savings Department allowing interest on time deposits as follows: Kor
Deposits allowed toreinain three months or longer, 2 per cent. Six
months or longer, 3 per cent. Twelve months or longer, 4 percent.
For further information apply to the President or Cashier.
prksipknt:
W. E. DANIEL,
virK-eKKsihKvr:
Da. It. W. LEWIS,
(Jackson, Northampton county)
casiiikk:
W. It. SMITH.
SEABOARD
recollections. Her prayers lor
us in childhood her sparkling
crystalling tears made an im
pression on our young mind as
durable as time, and even now
they bid us walk in the paths of
rectitude.
Hut alas! how little do a ma
jority of us appreciate a moth
er's tenderness while living!
How heedless are we in youth
of all heranxiet ies ami kindess!
Hut when she is dead and gone;
when the cares and c olduess of
the world come withering to
our hearts; when we experience
how hard it is to find true sym
pathy, how few love us for our
selves, how few will be-friend
us in our misfortune, then we
! think of the mother that loved
us and to her our hearts turn
j yearningly.
! Had a Close Call.
i Mrs. Ada I., ( room, the widely known
! proprietor of the (room hotel, Vaughn,
.Miss , savs: "For several months 1 suf
I fered with a severe rough, and consump-
tiou seemed to have its grip on me,
when a friend recommended Dr. King's
j New Discovery. 1 liegan taking it, and
ihree Imttles all'ectiil a complete eure."
t he fame of this life saving cough and
cold remedy, and lung and cold remedy,
and lung throat healer is world wide.
i Sold at any drug store, ,'sic. and $1.1)0.
i Trial lKttl'e free.
j .
A girl can nearly always get a
i man to marry her by making him
think she's pretty near ready to
marry somebody else.
Pools rush in where angels fear
to tread.
And when it come to business, sir, that's what I meant to tell,
We found a precious lot of things that somehow wouldn't sell.
There's the willow that ma planted some forty years ago;
It has grown into a mighty tree with branches drooping low.
And the children played beneath its shade when the days were long
and warm
Now I wouldn't sell that willow tree for the price of this old farm.
And it's curious how we grow to love the things we plant and tend
Kvery tree in that old orchard seems just like a human friend.
j And I couldn't help but meditate how we'd miss them, ma and I,
i That tree of Golden Pippins and the hardy Northern Spy.
i
And when the precious memories that cluster 'round the place
They seem to fill these homely rooms with beauty and with grace.
We could seem to see the children flitting blithely here and there,
And to hear their merry voices calling, calling everywhere.
Then one day 1 found ma silting by the rose bush at the door
With the wistful look upon her face I'd noticed there before,
And 1 just dropped down beside her and she looked up at me,
And something blurred our dim old eyes till somehow we couldn't see.
And then we settled, then and there, that we'd stay on this old place
Till the Lord sees fit to call us to stand before His face.
And we're mighty glad to tell you, sir, we have no desire to roam,
For we think we know just what it means to sell the old farm home.
HER IDEAL.
He was just going to pay a note
when it went to protest.
He wast just going to help a
neighbor when he died.
He was just going to send some
flowers to a sick friend when it
proved too late.
j He was just going to reduce his !
! debt when his creditors "shut
j down" on him. !
; I le was just going to stop drink-
ing and dissipating, when his
health became wrecked.
I le was just going to provide
proper protection for his wife and
family when his fortune was swept
away from him.
He was just going to introduce
a better system into his business
when it went to smash.
He was just going to call on a
customer to close a deal when he
found his competitor had just pre
ceded him and secured the order.
He was just going to quit work
awhile and take a vacation when
nervous prostration came.
He was just going to repair his
idcwalk when a neighbor fell on
it and broke his leg.
He was just going to provide his
wife with more help when she
took to her bed and required a
nurse, a doctor and a maid.
UOf) IS LEADINO.
! ing party, in nine cases out in
j ten he has married a wnui.m a ,
I great deal too good for him; he has
i (I speak of the lot of the great ma
j jority of women) gained a Imu-.e-j
keeper, cook, seamstress, laun
dress, and later in married life a
nurse and governess; he has
i gained a ilefereiui.il- li .toKT, and
Hnn believer in lirf'ffc?: :md
! says, for of course a wife has im
plicit failh in her husband; he has
gained a valuable n ailer, some-'
thing which he needs, foreaily in
married life he develops helpless
ness in a remarkable desrve; tie
can never liud anything, even af
ter his wife I: s d-'O'ihed the i. -a.'!
loeatiou of ilic desired article,
neither can be put on a collar or
neck lie without her assistance.,
'"Goodness only knows" how he
t did it before marriage. For all
i this he expecis to give and she to
receive board and clothes.
She has lost her freedom and
her name; she has to work twice
as hard as in her girlhood, even if
she then earned her own living.
Then she always had money of
her own to spend as she pleased ;
now in addition to home duties
she many times works for others
"it is so nice to have a little
money for my very own," she
says. Of course, she does not do
anything at home to entitle her to
S a pan of her husband's earnings
as her "very own."
By the lime she has been mar
ried ten years she looks ten years
! older than the sister who is only
I two years her junior, and her hus-
band is usually the first to remark
! it, but of course he is not to blame.
rl! l"l lir Slinnp
.,,:ni!;ir Mi. inlu ti
iM'. lioilllf lllp'ft
Piurhl (lint siift'M
il. d.ennve U "I-
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, !- v. "t..l"-liml.
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All Dealers.
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Weak
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XS 141111
Inflammation of the blad
der, urinary troubles and
backache use
DeWitt's liidney
and Bladder Pills
eek's
Trial For 25c
E. C. DeWITT & CO
S,,M l,y V. . ll.-ll.
, Chlcuvo, III.
Weldon, N. I'.
T
j
EkAPLIN,
Niwt Immii to L'uanukc Hotel
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
The ehe:ipesl place for MEN ami
I'.oY's clothing. .Uo a Luge variety
in l;nlie skirls ujr Voiles n Specialty '
Gent's r'urnishings, Htc
I. J. KAPLIN,
Koanoke Itapids, N. (',
Would Mortgage the Farm.
A fanner on liural Uotile Einpiie.
la,, W. A. Lloyd by name, says: "I'.uek
Ice's AmicaSalvc cured the two Moist
sores I ever saw : one on my hand and
one on my leg. It is world mole than
lis weight III Hold. I would not he Willi
out It if I had to IHOItgage the till m to
gel it." inily J.V. at any ding siore.
Ik
AIR LINE RAILWAY
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SEPT. 13, 1908.
These arrivals and departures are only as Infor
mation for the public and are not guaranteed, and
are subject to change without notice.
Trains will leave WELDON as follows:
No. 32 lor Portsmouth "and Norfolk at 4.55 a. m.
No. 38 lor " " ' " at 3"' P m
No. 41 for Raleigh and points South at 12.07 p. m.
No. 33 through train South at 11.38 p. m.
We operate Itonhle Daily vestibule service with 1. Pulltnaui J
.onville, St-Augustine, Atlanta, Hiimingham, Memphis, l ortsmoulh KorloiK
Richmond, Washington, Haltimore, 1'lnladelplna and New lorn.
For further Information relative to rates, sched
ules, etc., apply to
CLEVELAND CARTER,
Ticket Agent, Weldon, N. C.
Or write to
C. II. (JATTIS,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
Bailgfc,N.C.
Making Good.
There ts tin way uf making trurtnf
Irlenils like " Making I'ihkI and Doctur
IMenVs ineillt'lmiH well exemplify litis,
suit their friends, after mure Itian Iwu
(hnniles ut popularity, ars niinits.nsl hy
ihe tiutiilretfs uf thousands. They liave
"made good " aist Ihey hava mrf maun
drunkards.
A gissl. honiwt, square-deal medicine of
known comunslllon l Or. Mervt'a Uoklcn
Mcdkal niKOvery, ll Hill enjoys an Im
mense sale, wtr.oi niosl of tlie prepara
tions llial kave come Into prominence In
the earlier period of In popularity liav
"goo liy ilie lHiard"and are never more
heard of. There must tie iuime reaMin for
Oils lung-time popularity and that Is to
Is! found In Its uinor merits. When
..... iIven a fair trill weak MtoniHeh,
or for liver and blood affectlona, Its supe
rior ciirativa uualillea are soon manifest;
hence It ha aurvlved and grown In isip
ular favor, while senrea of leasmerltorluui
articles have suddenly flashed Intutavnr
lor a brief period ana then been as soon
forgotten.
Kor a torpid liver with It attendant
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, Hr
haps dizziness, (mil breath, nasty coaled
tongue, with bitter taste, loss of appetite,
with distress after eating, nervousnesa
and debility, nothing la gimd as Dr.
I'ierco'a Dolden Mistical Discovery. It'
in honest, square-deal mediolne with all
Its lugrwlleftts printed on bottle-wrapper
no secret, no hoeun-porus humbug,
therefore don't neecpt a siibMtiri'tc that
the dealur may possibly make a little big
ger proiit. Duiut on your right to have
what you call for.
Don't buy Or. Pierce' Favorite Prescrip
tion expecting It to prove a "cure-all." It
Is only advised for woman's tprrtul ail
ments. It makes weak women strong and
lek women well. Lest advertised than
' some preparations sold for like purposes,
i Its sterling curative virtues still nialntala
Its position In the front ranks, where It
; stood over two decades ago. A an in
vigorating tonic and strengthening nerv-
Ine It Is uncqualed. H won't satisfy those
: who want "booze," for there la not a drop
I of alcohol in It.
I Dr. Plerce'a Pleasant Pellet, the nrfi-
nut Little Liver Pills, although the first
ulll of their kind hi the market, still lead.
and when once tried are ever afterwards
In favor. Kay to take a candy-one to
three a iam. Much iitUaitd but mm
gftutUaV
Does she sigh for the knight of the olden days
To break a lance in some manly bout?
Does she mourn for the lover of ancient ways.
With the valor brave and the courage stout ?
I have not heard of her.
Does she weep for the beau with the stalwart form,
The ruddy cheek and the flashing eye?
For the old-lime beau with the handclasp warm
And the tender heart, does ihis maiden sigh ?
We haven't noticed it.
Does she wail for the swain with the willing hand,
Who musi hoe his row in ihe good old style?
Does she yearn for the chap without house and land,
Because of his cheerful winning smile?
I don't think so.
Does she nab the fellow with lots of dough,
Without a thought of his name or worth?
Does she gobble the youth who has got the "go,"
In spite of his manners or name or birth ?
It looks that way.
Does she "nail" the suitor with wealth to burn,
In spite of vocation or age or phiz?
Does she drop all chaff when it comes her time?
And make the fellow get down to biz?
She does indeed.
liven if there is a vacuum is his ;
head a person can get a fair repu
tation for binga thinker by holding
j his tongue.
A Healthy Family.
( iiir w hole family lias enjoyed good
! health since we liegan using In. King's
New Life Tills, three veals ago." savs
I.. A. Iluitlet, of I. oral Koulel. Idiillonl
i Maine. They cleanse and loin tlie sys
j teni in a gentle way that does yon good.
J '. at any drug store.
The only satisfactory excuse a
man can make to his wife for com
ing home late at night is not lo do
it.
O A. BTO I -iV .
lWt.. liaillllH
TIMINU IT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
, .wianoN, s. c.
Ptai-luv- iii the m ml m of Halifax and
a'ljtiiiiini: (iiinti s anl ii. the Supreme
emirl l the Mule. Special ullentioii
iriven to eollt ctiiiiis ami prompt return
W. J. WARD,
ii;mist,
ol I'D K IN DNli:i. Ill II.l'IMi
WKI.IKiN. N. V
sepli: ly
No room for a discourai'il or
depressed feeling is left you.
If your sphere is outwardly
humble, if it oven appears to
he ((iiite insignificant, (iod un
derstands it better than you do,
and it is a part of His wisdom
to bring out great sentiments
in humble conditions, great
principles in works that are
outwardly trivial, great char-
aeters under great adversities
and heaw loads of eiieum-
branee.
Let it fill you with cheering
and exalted feeling, however
deep in obscurity your lot may
he, that Clod is leading you on,
girding you for it work, prepar
ing you for a good that is wor
thy of His divine inngnitiernco.
If (Iod is really preparing lis
nil lo bi-cuim! that which is the
very highest and best thing
possible, there ought never to
be a discouraged or ttnchoerful
being in the world. Horace
litishuell.
Dr. Ktter tells me that for a
whole year he didn't write a thing
that was worth while."
"Yes, I believe it look him a
year to write that latest novel of
his."
When a woman drops a hint it
nearly always lands on some man s
toes.
Many a smart man doesn't know
enough not to go to law.
Very Serious
It is a very serious matter to ask
for one medicine and have the
wrong one given you. For this
reason we urge you in buying
to be careful to get the genuine
BLAck-draugHT
Liver Medicine
The reputation of this old, relia
ble medicine, for constipation, in
digestion and liver trouble, is firm
ly established. It does not imitate
other medicines. It is better than
others, or it would not be the fa
vorite liver powder, with a larger
Bale than all ethers combined.
SOID IN TOWN M
THE PRAYER THAT PREVAILS.
It has been said that every true
prayer has a foreground and a
background. The foreground of
prayer is an intense, immediate de
sire for something which seems
necessary lo the soul ; the back
ground is the errnest desire that
the will of God, whatever it may
be, shall be done. Leave oui the
foreground, and there is danger of
fatalism. Leave out the back
ground, and only an expression of
self-will is left. The perfect prayer
the praye'r that prevails must
have background and foreground,
desire and submission.
Served as cotl'ee, the new cotfee sub
stitute known to grocer's everywhere as
Mr. Mioop a llealtn I oiiee, will lock
even a cottee expert. Not a giaiu of
real eoltee in it either, run uealthtul
toasted grains, malts, nuts, etc., liave
been so cleverly blended as to give a
wonderfully satisfying cotl'ee taste and
Havor. And it ia "made in a minute,"
too. No tedious '.11 to ft) minutes tsiil
ing. Test it and see. Dr. S-hoop crea
ted Health l ollee that the people might
have a genuine collee substitute, and
one that would lie thoroughly satisfying
in every respect.
l-'or sale by W. T. Parker, Weldon, N. I'
Keeping up a show is what keeps
many a tamily poor.
o
Btantai
gifaatin
r
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and km Suspect it.
rrt-valelH-T f Kiillief Illst'i,-,'.
Most people do not re.ilic the alarm
,ng increase and remarkable irevaten. y
B .11 .li. i,.
Ts.
AijVi'-T-T'H
mm
Wli ill- hi.ln.y lis--.ordct
s a i e tlie
Mnost common
diseases lli.it 11:-
il, llicv are
almost tl.e list
rccugnin-d by
p.ilitnt and '!iv-
First
Class
Bakery
11 Hint 1m Hm Unn BWjB
Where Bullets Hew.
David Darker, of l ayette. S. Y., a
veteran of the civil war, who lost a foot
at (iettyshurg, says: "The good I'.lec
tire Hitters have done is worth more
than live hundred lol!ars to me. 1
sent much money doctoring for
for a bad case of stomach trouble, to
little purpose. 1 then tried Kleetnc Hit
ters, and they cured me. 1 now take
them as a tome, and they keep me
strong and well.'' .'c. at any drug
store.
Every miller draws the water to
his own mill.
DeWitt's Little Karly Risers, the fa
nioiis little liver pills. They am small,
sure, safe pills.
Sold by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, X. C.
ft lit III' I
vilh Muring tlif efiftt, while the enV
ir,f ,fi,,i undermines Ihe system.
What To Do.
There is combs t in the knowledge so
often expiessed, that Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kiducv icundy,
fullills everv wish in curing tlieiiiualiMii.
pain in the back, kidnevs, liver, bladder
and everv part of the miliary passage.
It corrects inal'ildv to bold water
and M-alding pain in passing it, nr bad
cllecls following use of liquor, won- or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant nc
cessltv of being compelled to go ol'len
during the dav, and to get up many
times dining the night. The mild and
the extraordinary elk-ct of Swamp-Root
is soon realircd. It stands th highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If von need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty ent and one-dollar sizes.
You may nave a n"u"s m......
Isk that tell an
nl.itil ttnlb sent free
: ..' . ,s. fc:"'.M;!,!rMi'"''r:
nv man. Aiiuressur. KMlJg:; 51 (i;
Kilmer & Co.. Billg-Ufca1
hamton, N. V. When n" """
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, anJ
'lie address, ltiughauilou, N. Y,
AVI NT. secured a lil'St-cldSS
baker 1 am prepared to lur-
n
nish
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes
l:ic. in any quantity. The best of
everything in ihe bakery line.
M, S, MOUNTCASTLE,
WELDON, N. C.
m
er..mitly ..bltiiii -.1. -r i re RtTURNEO.
to VEARi't xrerrNcc. om chakucs ami
TMI LOWtST. B.'ml llt-l -I, I'holo :l k trh ! f
Mi-Mi MRivh mvl Inn' tvi'i'il mi liiU't liit.ilit.'1,
INFRINOC MINT miiM t.,tilinu-l l,I.-i.- ui
court, IHU'iii iiW.iiiHil ".ntu-lt AiVTU.
TIIIOfciMl ftOLD. f TRAOE-MArVK, Pl
ION ft tvul COPVRICftTS tiuvLly mMkhimU
Opposite U. 6, HatAnt CfMca,
WASHINGTON, t. (
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