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WELDON, N. C
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interest six per centum. Accounts of all are solicited.
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" Raleigh, 4:10 p.m. 4:10 a.m.
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" Atlanta, 8:45 a. m. 5:00 p. m.
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No. 41 Through Coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Atlanta,
direct connection (or Memphis and New Orleans.
For further information relative to rates, sched
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Or write to
C. II. (JATTIS,
v District Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
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LUSTE
A BOY'S VIEW OF MARRIED LIFE.
Why, He Asks, Does a Woman
Want Everything (or Herself,
And Nothing (or Her husband.
lad of years so tender that
liis powers of observation
excite wonder writes to The
Times-Dispatch as follows;
(ieiitleiiien: I would like to
ask you in it few words why a
woman wjmls everything for
herself ami nothing for lier hus
band. 1 think when a man
works all day lontr lie should
sitdownand rest when lie stops.
No his wife wants htm to help
her mind the baby, wash the
dishes and etc. 1 don't think
that's right. Jons M. S.
We are not sure that it is,
Johnny. Washing dishes and
minding the baby art! a wo
man's work, and a man who
has labored nil day long has
usually done his share of the
joint co-operation work that
makes a home. Whenever it
is fair he should have the right
to sit down and rest when he
stops.
There are selfish women in
this world just as there are sel
fish men. Selfish women think
that when they marry a man
they have secured a kind of life
position which ought to mean
steady pay for them, in food and
shelter and clothes, and no
work worth speaking of. To
such a woman, marriage is lots
better than a government posi
tion, because, though the pay
is often smaller, the hours are
so much shorter. To her a hus
band is just a nice sort of ma
chine, made only to go down
town and come back at night
with money for her to spend.
Her duty towards him is only
to squeeze everything out of
hint that she possibly can; and
her only use tor ner nanus is
to hold them out to him and
cry, more, more ! She does not
care whether his home is" well
managed and attractive, or
whether he finds a good supper
of things he likes waiting for
him when he comes in tired
from the day's work, or even I
whether he likes her very much I
so long us he plays his part of
steady provider. Of course if
she can make him wash the
dishes while she tries on a new
hat which he has paid for, that
is so much gain tor her. In fact
after making a solemn agree
ment with him, she breaks it
every hour in the day. Yet
you will find as you grow older,
Johnny, that for every woman
that is like this, there are at
least a thousand who are just
the other way.
You know there is a saying
that a man's work lasts from
sun to sun, but a woman's work
is never done. Every good man
tries to remember this, because
it so full of truth. This man
you speak of who has wojked
all day and wants to rest at
night ought to ask himself
whether his mother, his wife
has not worked all day, too.
The chances are that she has,
and that she would like a rest,
too. Maybe, trying as hard as
she could, she had more scrub
bing and washing and sewing
and cooking to do than she
could possibly get through in
the day time. Then, of course,
the man ought to want to pitch
in and help her. Minding the
baby and washing the dishes is
as great as any work in the
wide world if you do it in that
spirit, the spirit of wanting to
help somebody yon love. You
can't draw any hard line and
say, this is the man's work and
this is the woma'n's. These
two, man and woman, have
joined hands to make some
thing that did not exist before,
and that is a home: and what
each should aim to do is not to
give as little as possible to
what belongs to them both, but
to give as much us possible.
The man who marries a girl
just to get his kitchen drudgery
done cheap is a poor sort of
fellow, and he always has as
good a home as he deserves.
You say that when you get older
and have a wife, you are going
to eive her what you "think
will do her and no more." Don't
do that, Marry a girl you can
trust, and when she says that she
needs more, find a way to give
it to her, even if that means
that you must work at night
when you want to sit down and
rest. Richmond Times Dispatch.
tbsolutely
Renders the.
food more wholesome and su
perior in lightness and flavor.
The only baking powder
niad frtm
Royal Grape Cream of
MY EYES DEY
When 1 gits to thinkin' of de times thet was afore de war,
When de whipperwil! was wading round, and fillin' o' his "craw,'
When Malinda was a young gal, the bes' among de lot,
My eyes dey grow so misty from de col' dat I has got.
Butde more I think of de chillun a-coniin' from de spring,
When ole Miss wu'd holler out, "Cindy, come here, you liit'l thing.
Fotch dat water to de kitchen, and brungit here quick,
My throat begins to choke up, jes' like I was sick;
But I reckin' all my ailments is frum dat col' I has got,
When I think o' my Malindy, I'm here and she's not.
My Malindy and de babies, de's dun lef here fer good,
And I feel so pestered wid myself in dis here neighborhood.
Out yonder among de pines, de's quietly lyin' dere,
And when I walks about 'em, now, I ken alius hear,
"Law, daddy, we's waitin' for you, don' you spose we is,
Mammy, John and Cindy, an' ole Marster'slitt'l Liz,
We's lonely here widout ye, doan you think we's not,"
Den my eyes dey feel so misty, from dis here col' I's got.
I take de path dat led away from where 1 gets dat col'
An' goes to my ole cabin, a-singin' in my soul,
For in dat house dere's a fricn', I luv's him dearly too.
An' 1 takes him down across my knee, like ole Marsterused to do,
Den de feelin' of joy cum's over me, my heart a beatin' so,
An' I hug it ter my bosom, when de day is growin' low,
De soul dat's indal banjo is a-jumpin' fast en hot,
But still my eyes grow so misty, from dis here col' I's got.
PASSING OF THE FLOWERS,
The lily looked up with a tear in its eye,
For it hated to leave and it dreaded goodbe;
The rose laid her velvet and beautiful cheek
On the lips of a lady and dreaded to speak;
The daisies bent down and the meadows were sad,
And only the voices of visions were glad !
The gray dove afar on the edge of the stream
Gave her call like the cry of a soul in a dream;
The marshtnallows folded their pink cups and white,
And the goldenrod led with his banners of light.
As out of the valleys and over the hills
The pageant of summer passed down o'er the ills !
Longing and lingering, lily looked back,
And the rose gave a sigh as she glanced o'er the track
Where splendor of blossom and glory of dew
lie painted the meadows with many a hue;
But far o'er the valleys, away and away,
I saw the green April and smelt the white May !
Sayings of
Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth
Wife and Translated by Helen Roland for
the Washington Herald.
I charge thee, my daughter, waste not thy time upon a man who hath
a sister. For his heart hath been galvanized, and his sentiments wrap
ped in cotton batting.
Verily, verily, many wives shall make a man a cynic, but one sister
shall make a pessimist. Yea, he needeth not a college education, neith
er doth he require the assistance of ihe Secret Service, that he may
discover thy vileness. For she shall tell him all and more besides.
Lo, every sister constiiueih herself her "brother's keeper," and
guardcth him from other women as a pet lamb from the wolves. And
unto him no wonnn is a mystery, but all are vampires.
Then mark her cunning little ways; for she readeth the pink notes,
likewise the baby-blue ones, which he received), and translaieth their
meaning, crying "Beware! Also look out ! For canst thou not see the
trap and scent the cheese? ' Yea, the words of thy mouth she inter
preted! unto hint, and whether they be wise or foolish, she iwisteth
them about thy throat with a strange hold.
She uncoveredi to him thy false puffs, each one of them, even unto
liic cost incrcuS, ana it nc spcaKctn
scoffeth merrily, saying : "Yea it
been put on ?"
Lo, she teacheth him the ways of
puttcth him through the inquisition
back. She showeih him the difference between a maiden in cold cream
by daylight and a maiden in a hammock by moonlight. She leavetn
him no illusions !
Then 1 charge thee, if thou wouldst marry an optimist, seek for him
in an orphan asylum. For a lone orphan is a jewel ! He believeth all
women 10 be that which they appear, even a perfect thing which is
born in n Doucet gown, and cometh into the world wearing a sweet
smile and smelling of new mown hay. For he hath not been warned,
neither warped.
Verily, verily, "man's inhumanity to man" is a sweet and gentle
thing beside "woman's inhumanity to woman." Yet give every man's
sister the fruit of her labors, which is a crusty old bachelor with a
chronic, grouch. Selah 1
If you expect to (fet the original Car- I
)u)lized Witch Hazel Salve, you must bo I
sure it is lleWitt's ( artioli.cd Witch j
Huzri muve. u is (fooo lor cms, ourns,
and brui.es, and is especially good for
piles. Kefuse substitutes.
sold by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, . C.
Airing your
mitigate them.
troubles will not
fk I
m It
Tate 1
to
Tartar.
GROW MISTY,
ffrs. Solomon
concerning tny yotiihiiii color, she
is a fresh color, for haih it not just
a damsel with a curling iron, and
of the dress that hooketh up ihe
OASTOniA.
B t,t llie Hind 11 Him Ntmn BoucM
If a woman wants to cut a man's
acquaintance she may look daggers
at him.
HHTtWI III T
THE FAMILIAR SONG.
It Brought Hack Youth anil All
, Those Long (lone Days of His
Native Hills.
John Burroughs relates that a
number of years ago a friend in
; litigland sent him a seore of sky
larks in a cage. I le cave them
i their liberty in a field near where
he lived. They drifted away, and
he never heard or saw ihetn again.
Bui one Sunday a Scotchman from ;
a neighboring city called on him
and declared, with visible excite-
ment, that on his way along the
road he had heard a skylark. He
was not dreaming, he knew it was
a skylark, though he had not heard
one since he left the banks of the
Doon, a quarter of a century or
more before. The song had given
him infinitely more pleasure than
it would have given to the natural
ist himself. Many years ago some
skylarks were liberated on Long
Island, and they became establish
ed there, and may now occasion
ally be heard in certain localities.
One summer day a lover of birds
journeyed out from the city in or
der to observe them. A lark was
soaring and singing in the sky
above him. An old Irishman came
along and suddenly stopped as if
transfixed to the spot. A look of
; mingled delight and incredulity
I came into his face. Was he indeed
I hearing the bird of his youth? He
took off his hat and turned his lace
I skyward, and with moving lips
j and streaming eyes stood a long
time regarding the bird. "Ah,"
thought the student of nature, "if
I could only hear the bird as he
hears that song with his ears!"
To the man of science it was only
a bird-song to be critically com
pared to a score of others, but to
the other it brought back his youth
and all those long-gone days on
! his native hills ! Our Dumb Ani
' mals.
Won't Slight a (iood Friend.
"If I ever ncnl a euuiili nieilieiiic
U.'!iiii I know what to j,'et." declines
Mis. A. L Alley, oflSeals, Me, "for, af
ter Itshiir ten bottles of lr. Kind's New
1 iMM'ovcry, and seeing its evccllenl re-
suits in ni v own family and others, I am
! convinced that it is the best medicine
1 made for t 'nuuli, fold and I.uiu; Tiou
: lile." livery one w ho tries it feels that
j way. Kelief is felt at onivand its ui.'k
j cure sui prises you. Tor llruneliitis.
Asthma, llemorrliaiie, 'roup, l.ai irippc,
t Sore Throat, pain in chest or luinrs its
supreme. -Vie. and s. Trial hottle free,
(iuaranteed liv all drmrirists.
SPEAK A CHCr-RFUL WORD.
Hid you never go out in the
morning with a heart so de
pressed and saddened that a
pall seemed spread overall the
world? lint on meeting some
friend who spoke cheerily for a
minute or two, if only upon in
different subjects, you have felt
yourself wonderfully lightened.
Even a child dropping into your
house on an errand, has brought
in a ray of sunshine which did
not depart when he went his
way again. It is a blessed
thing to speak a cheerful word
when you can. "Every heart
knoweth it own bitterness" the
world over, and those who live
in palaces are not exempti and
good words to such hearts are
"like apples of gold in pictures
of silver." Even strangers wo
meet casually by the way, in
the travelers waiting room, tire
unconsciously influenced by
the tone we use It is the one
with pleasant words on his lips
to whom the stranger in a
strange land turns for advice
and direction. Take it as a
compliment, if some wayfarer
comes to you to direct him
which street or train lo take;
your manner has struck him as
belonging to one he can (rust.
It is bard sometimes to speak a
pleasant word when the shad
ows rest on our hearts; but
nothing will tend more to ligh
ten our spirits than doing it.
When you have no opportunity
to speak a cheering word, you
can often send a full beam of
sunshine into tho heart of somo
sorrowing friend, by writing a
good, warm-hearted letter.
Fortune smiles on some men
one day and gives them the laugh
the next.
A wise man never calls another
a fool no matter what he may
think.
OABTOHIA.
BeMtb Il.ii Kind Va Haw iwm Bought
6ig nature
WHAT A WOMAN MUST DO.
Tor One Thing She Must Always
Have the Masculine Buttons
Sewed On So They Will Not
Come Off.
A woman must wear No. 2 boots
on No. 3 feet, and she must man
age to dress well on 75 cents a
week, and she hum he vain; and
she must be kind to the poor, and
she must go rei'iil.itlv to ilie sew-
jug society meetings, and be ready
to dress dolls and make lidies and
aprons for church fairs. She hum
he a good cook, and must be able
to "do up" her husband's siiirts
so that the Chinese washerman
would groan with envy.
She must always have the mas
culine buttons of the family sewed
on so they will never come off
while in use, and she must keep
the family in hoisery so that no
body would ever mistrust there
were toes in stockings while they
were on. Site must hold herself
in constant readiness to find every
thing her husband has lost and a
man never knows where to find
anything. He will put his boots
carefully away under the parlor
sofa, and when he has hunted for
them half an hour he will sudden
ly appear to his wife with a coun
tenance like an avenging angel
and demand "what in the thunder
has she done with my boots."
She must shut all the doors after
her lord and master, and likewise
the bureau drawers, for a married
man never was known to shut a
drawer. It would be as unnatural
as swimming for recreation.
And when she has the headache
nobody thinks of minding it a wo
man is always having the head
ache. And if she is "nervous
enough to fly" nobody tucks her
on the lounge with a shawl over
j her or coddles her to death as a
man has to be under such circum
stances.
We might go on indefinitely with
the troubles of a woman, and if
there is a man who thinks a wo
man has an easy time of it, why,
just let him pin on a pound of false
liifir and get inside a pair of corsets
and put on a pull-back overskirt,
and be a woman himself, and see
how he likes it.
THE FARMER'S PROBLEM.
Secretary Kuydendall, of the
Greensboro Chamber of Com
merce, estimates that the products
imported into Greensboro, last
year, amounted to $1,116,953,
upon which the freight bill was
$147,440. All these products-
corn, wneat, oats, nour, corn meai,
apples, potatoes, beans, cabbage,
butter and the like came from the
North and West. The receipts of
similar products at Monroe amoun
ted to $306,200.
We should say that the average
business in these products in Hali
fax county would run over a mil
lion dollars. Yet we have the lands
to grow all these things in abun
dance for home consumption and
to spare. Let the farmers of Hali
fax county awake to the impor
tance of this question of home sup
plies and then the price of cotton
will regulate itself. Instead of
$2,000 worth of cotton, Mr. Far
mer, and $100 worth of other
products, let it be $100 worth of
cotton and $2,000 worth of other
things for which the market is al
ways hungry.
j
When a stingy man is in love he j
is apt to loosen up but not for I
long. j
The Best
Spring Medicine
TAKE IT NOW
To wake up your liver which
has become torpid during the
inter.
SIMMONS '
LIVER REGULATOR
will eleir Ihe eye, steady the
hand, stimulate digestion.
PURIFY THE BLOOD
THE CENUINE haa (ha RT.D Z on
Ihe front of tcli uaokarjo and tho
ignaturo ana ! 01 J. n. Zfa.ii.ini ;
A CO., on the id, In RED.
FOR SAU BY ALL DRUCOfSTS
Ten Doctors
Said He Would Die
"In 1003 v. c wrolc yuti regard
ing my husband, who was suf
fcring frnin lR-art trouble. He
was Mipcranuatcd by the North
( ii 'iiian Conference. Ten doc
tors at different times said he
would die. Von advised Dr.
Miles' Heart Remedy and Ke
Mnrathe Nervine; we did as
adw-cd, and improvement was
a;ipareiil fnnn the very first. He
recovered and the Conference in
t'.o.j :;ave him a charge, lie
luver fell better, although he
has very heavy work and does
a great deal of camp meeting
work. 1 am so glad wc took
your advice and gave him the
medicine, and feel that I ought
to let yon know of the wonder
ful good results from its use."
MRS. T. S. EDWARDS,
Milner, Ga.
This proves what Dr. Miles'
Heart Remedy will do. Get a
bottle from your druggist and
take it according to directions.
It docs nut matter whether your
heart is merely weak, or you
have organic trouble, if it does
not benefit you take the empty
bottle to your druggist and get
your money back.
E.
T. CLABK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WKLHOX, N.t'.
I'ractipes in the courts of Halifax and
ttiljoiniiiif coiuitieN Hint ii. tire Supreme
cum I of tlie State. Special attention
(fiven to collections and prompt return
Y'S
KIDNEY CURE
WILL CURE YOU
of any case of Kidney or
Bladder" disease that is not
beyond the reach of medi
cine. Take it at once. Do
not risk having Bright's Dis
ease or Diabetes. There is
nothing gained by delay.
50c. and $1.00 Bottles.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTfV.
F. CLARK.
Spring Opening I
j 1 have a largo asKortnicntof Men'snp
I to-dateSuits and an especially attractive
1 line of Merchant Tailored Tioukcis, in
! all sizes and at astonishiniily LOW
; I'KH'KS. also a lartre line of boy's Knee
i l'ants, I'.ov'b Suits and late variety of
i patterns. Ladies' llcautifut Voile skirts
i in the verv latest and hest watterns,
I
j Ladies' & Cent's Furnishings,
Including a beautiful line of Oxfords
and shoes. Conic and iret my low prices
and compare with others. Seeing is be
lievinir.i 1. J. KAPL1N,
KoauukeKupiilH, N. C.
We Ask You
to taka Cardul, for your femala
troubles, because vs ars sure It
will help you. Remember that
this great female remedy
OF
has brought relief to thousands of I
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak,
ness, many have said It Is "the
best medicine to take." Try it I
Sold in This City 1
HELLO!
That Parker's Store?
Yes.
This is Mrs. Wilkins' Boarding
House. Please send round one
barrel of
J. E. M. Flour
and one 50-lb stand Shaffer's lard.
Want flour to make bread for sup
per. W. T. PARKER,
Weldon, N. C.
pniiitftly 'ii'U'nwl Kittli t'oumiiw Oil Mart.
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