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THE BANK OF WELDON
WKLDON, N. C
Organized Under the Laws ol the State of North Carolina,
Al'til'STSlTII, W2.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
P.a?Ll?l a.?A SarpIns. $42,000.
Fur more than lift con yearn this institution has piov'nli'.I Imnkim: faeili
ties for this section. Its stoekholders und diree tois have lu i u nlentitied
with the business interests of Halifax and Northampton count ich for
many years. Moupy is loaned upon approved security at the leirul rate of
interest six per centum. Accounts of all are solicited.
The surplus ami undivided prollts havinir reached a stun e.j tiul to the
Capital Slock, the Hank has, coin mcneiiiir .lanoarv 1. Hh is, established u
Savings Department allowing interest on time ilcposits us follows: For
)eposits allowed toremain three mouths or Iont'er. J p,-r cent. six
months or longer, H per cent. Twelve mouths or longer. -I percent.
For further information apply to the President or ( 'n-liier.
pkehidint:
W. K. DANIEL,
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Dr. H. W. LEWIS.
(Jackson, Northampton county)
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Quickest and most direct line to Atlanta, Bir
mingham, Memphis and all Points South
and Southwest.
TWO TRAINS EVERY DAY
With Vcsiibuie Com-iics, Dining Ci uoj Fuiuiiuil Dialing Kooiil
Sleeping Cars.
Connections made at Weldon with A. C. L., at Raleigh with the
Norfolk and Southern from Eastern Carolina points, trains leaving
as follows:
No. 41. No. 33
Leave Weldon, 12:07 p. m. 11:38 p. ni.
" Raleigh, 4:10 p.m. 4:10 a.m.
Arrive Charlotte, 11:30 p. m. 10:05 a.m.
" Atlanta, 8:45 a. m. 5:00 p. m.
" Birmingham, 12:10 p. m. 9:50 p. m.
" Memphis, 8:05 p. m. 7:30 a. m.
No. 41 Through Coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Atlanta,
direct connection for Memphis and New Orleans.
For further information relative to rates, sched
ules, etc., apply to
CLEVELAND E, CARTER,
Ticket Agent, Weldon, N. C.
Or write to
C. II. (JATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
Ralelgb, N.C
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A TOAST TO WOMAN. ,
God's Idlest, best and Brightest
' Gift to Man.
I-;tk.t..ni. '
ITj ins li attt if ill toast to wo-:
man was originally Riven j
iy a man who li.nl linm u hard !
driuki-r. hut who hud turned
from I lie wine enp and hecoine
one of the lights of the legal
profession, The occasion wan
a haniiiot in I'hilacli'lphiu on
April 17, IsHl. It isas follows:
I should like to propose a toast
tonight, although a total ahsti
nenee man myself l toast to
woman. To he drunk, not in
liquor of any kind, for we
should never pledge a woman
in tlr.it which may hring her
hushand reeling home to abuse
where lie should love and cher
ish, sends her sons ton drunk
ard's grave, and her daughters
to a life of shame. Oh, not in
that, but nUherin the life-giving
water pure as her chastity,
clear as her institutions, bright
as her smiles, sparkling as the
laughter of her eyes, cheering
as her consolation, strong and
sustaining as her love in the
crystal water I drink to her
that she would remain queen
regent to the empire she has
already won, grounded deep as
the universe in love; built up
and exercised in the home and
hearts of the world; I drink to
her, the full blown (lower of
creation's coining, of which
man was hut the hud and blos
som, to her who in childhood
clasps our hands and teaches
us to lisp the first sweet prayer
to the fi rent All Father, who
conies to us in youth with good
counsel and advice, who in
manhood meets our heart
yearnings with the faithful
ness of conjugal love, and
whose hand, when our feet go
down in the shallow, gently
smoothes the rough pillow of
death as none other can; to her
who is thi! (lower of (lowers, the
pearl of pearls, God's latest,
best and brightest gift to man
woman, peerless, pure, sweet,
roval woman.
"My wile is a very optimistic
woman."
"Indeed she is."
"Noticed it, have you?"
"Yes; when 1 was talking wiih
her yesterday she said that if you
ever died she would marry again
because she could do tetter next
time."
There's nothing makes a girl so
hateful to her best friends as really
to have the beaux she says she
has.
People who do nothing are al
ways worrying about what they
will do next.
The Best
Spring Medicine
TAKE IT NOW
To wake tip your liver which
has become torpid during the
Winter.
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A SONG OF
Oh, sing me a song of beauty ! I'm tired of the stressful song,
I'm weary of all the preaching, the arguing right and wrong;
I'm fain to forget the adder that under the leaf lies curie J,
And dream of the light and beauty that gladdens the gray old world !
Oh, sing of die emerald meadows that smile all day in the sun !
The ripple and gleam of the rivers that thru the meadows run !
Oil, sing of the sighing branches of trees in the leafy woods.
And the balm for the heart that's hidden alar in the solitudes !
The birds let them sing in your singing and Hash thru the lines you write.
The lark, with his lilt in the morning, the nightingale charming the night,
The butterfly over the flowers that hovers on painted wing
Ah, these, let them brighten and lighten the beautiful song and sing !
And let there be faces of lovers, and let there be eyes that glow,
And let there be tears of gladness instead of the tears of woe,
And let there be clinging kisses of lips for a time that part,
But never a tristful shadow to darken a trustful heart !
Ah, sing me a song of beauty away with the songs of strife !
Away with the specter of sorrow that saddens the most of life !
Tho under the leaf the adder of death and of doom lies curled,
Oh, sing for a space of the beauty that gladdens the gray old world !
Dennis A. McCarthy.
TO THOSE WHO
Women there are on earth, most sweet and high,
Who lose their own, and walk bereft and lonely,
Loving that one lost heart until they die,
Loving it only.
And so they never see beside them grow
Children, whose coming is like breath of flowers;
Consoled by subtler loves the angels know
Through childless hours.
Good deeds they do; they comfort and they bless
In duties others put off till the morrow;
Their look is balm, their touch is tenderness
To all in sorrow.
Betimes the world smiles at them, as 't were shame,
This maiden guise, long after youth's departed;
But in God's book they bear another name
"The faithful-hearted."
Faithful in life, and faithful unto death,
Such souls, in sooth, illume with luster splendid
That glimpsed, glad land wherein the vision saith,
Earth's wrongs are ended.
Saijlncjs of Airs. Solomon
Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth
Wife and Translated by Helen Roland for
the Washington Herald.
Verily, verily, my daughter, why should a woman seek to be a man's
soul-mate, even his affinity, which is a side-dish and an amusement?
0! what glory dost thou consider it to flirt with a married man ? For
this is taking candy from a babe ! Yea, it is too easy!
Yet, what shall thou do, when thou hast discovered the identity of
thy husband's affinity, whether it be a red-headed widow or a blond
across the street ?
For if thou revilest her, she shall rejoice in thy confusion and mock
thee with her ha-has. But if thou invitest her to dinner, she shall wink
and smile privily, saying, "Is she foolish or is this mere bravado?"
If thou eatest thy heart out in silence, thou shall court worry wrin
kles and nervous dyspepsia; but if thou flirtest with another thou shall
give thy spouse a good excuse.
Yet, there is a way !
For, I say unto thee, an affinity is only a chance, but a wife is a
steady diet which hath become tiresome. Therefore, get thee into the
country for a long visit and make the ways of the affinity easy. Lo !
make thyself the change and let the affinity become the constant diet.
Yea, stuff her down his throat !
And behold, he shall grow faint with satiety and shall long for thee
as one longeth for roast beef and potatoes after too much lobster and
champagne.
Go to ! Many a wife's jealousy of her hushand is mixed with a
strange wonder that any woman should waste her time upon him. For
she that stealeth a married man's heart, stealeth trash ! But she that
winneth a seasoned bachelor is clever; for this requireth slight-of-hand.
Then give the affinity the fruit of her labors, which is nothing but
seconds, even the left-overs ! Yea, let her rejoice in canned emotions
and should any woman seek to be man's affinity herself with warmed
over love ! For she is welcome ! Selah !
HIS EXCEPTION.
A religious worker gave a
"Talk for Men," during the
course of which he expressed
his conviction that no young
man should visit any place to
which he would not feel justi
fied in taking his tdster.
"Is there any young man
present who thinks one may
safely disregard this wise
rule?" asked the sneaker.
Whereupon a youth in the
rear of the hall arose and shout
ed in stentorian tone:
"Yes, sir, I do!"
"And what, sir," demanded
tho angry and surprised speak
er, "is the, place to which you
yourself would think of visit
ing to which you could not take
your sister?"
"The barber's." Illustrated
Bits.
The thing a man takes the most
pride in about his family is how
much money he would have to
spend on himself if they didn't do
it on themselves.
It is easier for a rich man to
I know his enemies than his friends
BEAUTY.
WALK ALONE.
MAXIMS FOR THE MARRIED.
Never both be angry at once.
Never taunt wiih a past mistake.
Never meet without a loving wel
come. Never forget the happy hours of
early love.
Never talk at one another.eithcr
alone or in company.
Neglect the whole world besides
rather than one another.
Never let the sun go down upon
anger or grievances.
Never speak loudly to one an
other unless the house is on fire.
Let each one strive to yield of
tenest to the wishes of the other,
Never make a remark at the ex
pense of each other; it is a mean
ness. Never sigh over what might
have been, but make the most of
what is. Exchange. ''
Don't leave slander lying around
where it will twist the tongue of
gossip.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
DANGER IN OPPORTUNITIES.
Rushing; Irom One Business to
Another Will Exhaust Body,
Mind and Pocket Book.
very ancient story says: "A
farmer had a drove of hogs I
! which he assembled for their meals '
by knocking on a fence with sticks
or stones. One day the waiting
herd detected the familiar sound,
and started off pell-mell in the di
rection whence it came. Before
they reached the place, however,
to their vast astonishment they also
i heard it from the other side and
turned and ran pell-mell toward
that. And so they ran, first in one
direction and then in another, un
til, when the farmer himself came
down and rapped upon the fence,
they were so completely tuckered
out by chasing the illusive signals
of red-headed wood-peckers drill
ing trees for worms that they had
no strength to go and get their
food."
In this great American Republic
opportunities are practically inex
haustible. It is this fact that con
stitutes the gravest peril that we
have to meet. While we are rush
ing after, or else are actually em
ployed in trying to utilize, some
golden opportunity, we hear a doz
en others, some silver, others bra
zen, knocking on the fence around
our little field.
There lies your danger, friend!
Can you turn a deaf ear to them?
Can you settle down to till your
farm while the calls of the city
streets are sounding in your ear?
Can you grit your teeth and hang
on to your job at the forge or the
loom, in the dry goods store or the
millinery shop, while the gold
fields of the Klondike are beckon
ing you their way? Can you leave
your money on deposit in the sav
ings bank while promoters are
flaunting dazzling investments in
stocks before your eyes?
How many people I myself have
known who have rushed from one
I business to another, until ex-
hausted in body, mind or pocket
I book to reach the fence when the
actual, vital, heavenly opportunity
knocked upon the rail! New Idea
Woman's Magazine.
NO MORE GERMAN MUSIC.
A organ grinder, whose reper
tore consisted largely of old-fashioned
Italian melodies and operatic
selections, played one or two of
them before a suburban house.
There happened to be a party of
music loving people on the porch
devotees of Wagner.
The host, whose hair was long
and brushed pompadour, beckoned
to the man.
"I should be glad," said he,
with a lofty manner, "if you would
kindly play a few selections from
Wagner."
Immediately the organ grinder,
throwing up his hands wildly, re
plied :
"Wagner! IWagner ! Not for
$200. 1 breaka three organ an'
killa two monk wid your Wagner.
I play him no more."
CHERISH YOUR CHILDHOOD.
Dear girls, don't be so often
wishing you were grown up to wo
men that you will neglect your girl
hood. In a rush and hurry of
these fast times, there is danger
that you will reach and strain after
"young ladyhood" too much. Be
girls awhile yet tender, joyous,
loving, obedient and industrious.
Womanhood, with its privileges
and power, its burdens and trials,
will come soon enough. On this
point one has said : "Wait pa
tiently, my children, through the
whole limit of your girlhood. Go
not after womanhood; let it come
to you. Keep out of public view.
Cultivate refinement and modesty.
The cares and responsibilities of
life will come soon enough. When
they come, you will meet them, I
trust, as true women should. But,
oh, be not so unwise as to throw
away your girlhood. Rob not
yourself of this beautiful season
which, wisely spent, wjll brighten
all your future life.
What put you on the bum ?
Doctors.
Did they perform malpractice
you?
on
Suspicion is the poison of friend
ship. Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA.
A TRUSTED WORD.
It Stands for Honest and Good
Faith and Is as Pure Gold.
Hr.KF. were half a dozen drum-;
titers on the train, and they :
were talking about another drum-!
mcr who traveled in the same ter-'
ritory with themselves. j
"One of them snid: 'He is !
straight. He's a Christian. What-!
ever he tells you about an article i
you may know is just so. He can !
go all over his territory without a j
single sample, and sell goods to '
every man he calls on. His word
makes samples unnecessary." j
All the others said, "That's so," i
"I know it." And this was said
of their successful competitor.
They felt no jealousy, they ad
mired him this Christian sales
man, whose words made samples
unnecessary.
A man offered to lend another
$500. "What security do you
want?" asked the latter.
"I do not want any. Your per
sonal note is enough." The man
back of the word, back of the
name, stood for honest and good
faith. No additional backing was
desired.
A farmer met a man of another
neighborhood and said to him: "I
have an extra span of mules this
season. They are five years old,
are gentle, will work in single or
double harness, and are without a
blemish. I want $300 for them,
and they are well worth it. Come
over some day soon and look at
them."
"No, I don't care to see them. I
have to buy a span and I'll take
them. Bring them to town next
Monday and I'll give you a check
for them. Just consider them
sold."
That is an ideal way to do busi
ness. And there is a good deal of
it in the great business world.
A trusted word is much easier
to carry than a sample case. So
do business that after awhile you
can leave your sample case at
home. Aim to become a sample
less salesman. Exchange.
MUST BUY HOME PAPER.
A score or more of young girls
at Beaverville, Ind., have formed
a league to promote refinement
among young men, and among
other things, have resolved to
marry no man who drinks, smokes
or chews and who does not take
the home paper. Drinking is con
sidered the chief evil, smoking
and chewing come next, while the
young women assert that when a
man does not take the home paper
it is evidence of want of intelli
gence and that he will prove too
stingy to provide for a family, ed
ucate his children and encourage
institutions of learning in the com
munity. WF FURNISH
VIM waaaawaa i
A Unval Feast toeverv one who' '
buy their groceries at our store.' )
All the seasonable ilelccacicfl are' )
found in our store the year )
round. ;
CONFECTIONERIES
FRUITS )
CROCKERY AND TIN )
WARE ;)
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Wooden and Willowware, Kte.li;
(iiKxls delivered promptly anv
where ill town.
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R. 1 PDRNELL,
WEI.DON, N. C.
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The Cold Weather
Sets
in
Get
Residence Telephone.
It saves exposure
It saves doctor's bills
It means convenience ant
economy
RATES ARE LOW
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on
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20 Years
WithHeartTrouble
"Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy has
cured me of heart disease of
over 2o year.-,' standing. I was
so bad that I could not do my
work, and could scarcely draw
a full breath without fainting or
smothering. The doctor told me
be could do no more for me;
then 1 commenced taking the
Heart Remedy. .1 shall never
forget that night. 1 slept better
than 1 had before in months. I
kept right on getting better, un
til I was perfectly well."
MRS. LAURA RUSSELL',
Logan, Iowa.
When the heart action is
weak, it fails to pump the blood
through the lungs with sufficient
rapidity. Then the lungs do not
absorb the proper amount of
oxygen, although they may be
taking in a normal amount of
air. The result is shortness of
breath, smothering spells, diffi
cult breathing, oppressed feeling
in chest. Dr. Miles' Heart Rem
edy strengthens the heart nerves
and muscles, and in this way
increases the circulation.
Get a bottle from your drug
gist. Take it according to direc
tions, and if it docs not benefit
he will return your money.
We Ask You
to take Carded, (or your femalo
troubles, because ve sre sure It
will help you. Remember that
this great female remedy:
has brought relief to thousands of
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak
ness, many have said It Is "the
best medicir. e to take." Try It 1
Sold in This City
JgJ T. CJ-J.A.JRIC
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WKLHOX, N. c.
Practices ill the court of Halifax and
a.ljoininir coiintieK ami it: the Supreme
eourt uf the State. Special attention
(liven to collections and prompt return
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.
hifusi euatTiTUTie.
E. CLARK.
Spring Opening I
I haveuhuyc assortment of Men's up-to-d:iteSuits
uml an espeeiallvattraetive
i line of Merchant 'tailored Trousers, in
all sues and ut astonishingly LOW
l'KH Ks, also a Itti-ee line of Hoy's Knoe
I'ants, Hoy's Suits and lato variety of
patterns. Ladies' beautiful Voile Skirts
in the very latest anil best walterns.
Ladies' & dent's Furnishings,
Including a beautiful line of Oxfoidi
and Shoes. ( ome and iret my low prices
and Compare with other. Seeing m be-
lievuitfi
I. J. KAPLIN,
lloanoke Kapids, N. C.
HELLO!
That Parker's Store?
Yes.
This is Mrs. Wilkins' Boarding
House. Please send round one
barrel of
J. E. M. Plour
and one 50-lb stand Shaffer's lard.
Want flour to make bread for sup
per. W. T. PARKER.
Wtidon, N. C.
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