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NO. s
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which 1ms been
la use for over 30 yearn, Ims borne the hIkiiuIui-o of
fr nd 1ms bwimmdo wirier hi per
LZjt Arrfn so,ml Iorvlslon slnco Its Iiilaney.
utrr. j-uca. Allow I10 0I10 t0(C0,,V j.ou , tllis
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " JiiHt--;mil urn hut
I'lp.Tliut iilM tlmt, trlllo with uidMilmi(f rtho hi-ullh of
Iul'unts and Clilldrcii Experience it;ulnl Kxporhiicut.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla Is a harmless Biilntltute for Castor Oil, Pare
Iforio, Props nnd Soothing Syrups. It is IMcasant. It
rontalns neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotlo
Hiibstauce. Its ago is its jf-iarantee. It destroys Worms
und allays Feterishncss. It cures Diarrlnva and Wind
Colic. It relievos Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
StomncH und Howels, giving healthy aul natural sleep.
The Children's l'uuueea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The Kind You HaYe Always Bouglit
In Use For Over 30 Years.
aoi
Day I'iiunk '.'.'i.
P. N. STAIN BACK,
EEEEEEl' X 1 )l I HTA K Kit, .
Weldon, . . North Carolina.
Full Line of CASKETS.
Day, Night and Out-of-Town
H. G. ROWE,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER.
Seventeen years' Experience. Hearse Service Anywhere.
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THE BANK OF WELDON
WKLDOX, X. C
Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina,
Al'til'ST 20TH, !S!IL'.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital aa $42,000.
For more than HfU'on yearn tliix institution lia providi ! I:tnkinir facili
ties for this section. Its Moekliiildern ami (liieclimi liaw- lu-t-11 l.lrijlili, .1
with the biinineNM interests nf Halifax ami Northampton eouulicM for
niany years. .Money is louned upon approved m'nrity at llieleiriil rale of
intnret Hix per centum. Accoiinth of all are solicited.
The surplus ami undivided prollts Imvuiir reached a mtm i iiial tn the
Capital Stock, the Hank has. eoniincncinK January I. ItKi.s. csUiMishcd a
Savings Denaitincnt ulloHinif interest on lime deposits as follows: I'm
Deposit) allowed toremain three months or lotnrcr. per cent. Six
months or longer, !l per cent. Twelve niuntlis or hinder, I pel cent.
For further infonnation apply to the President or ( aliiei.
I'RKHIDKNT:
W. K. DAMKL,
VH'K-rHKsuiKxr:
Kb. II. W. U:Vls,
(Jackson, Northampton county)
OE
at
AIR
SEABOARD
Quickest and most direct line to Atlanta, Bir
mingham, Memphis and all Points South
and Southwest.
TWO TRAINS EVERY DAY
With Vestibule Coaches, Dining Cars and Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars.
Connections made at Weldon with A. C. I... at Raleigh with the
Norlolk and Southern from Pastern Carolina points, trains leaving
as follows:
No. 41. No. 33
Leave Weldon, 12:07 p. m. 11:38 p. m.
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
V. II- (JATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
I Raleigh, N.C.
Signature of
30E
lOETl
NiiiMT I'hiinkh '.'1 anil "i4.
COFFINS nnd ROUPS O
Calls Promptly Attended to.
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(ASIIIKK:
W. It. SMITH.
LI1TE
i
HIS CONSCIENCE.
; He Would Not Spoil His Prayers
For All the Cod Fish In the At- i
I a n tic Ocean. j
There was once in Boston, an
old coJlish denier, a very earnest ;
and sincere man, who lived pray
erfully every day. One of ihe j
i great joys of his life was the faini-
j ly worship hour. One year two
other merchants persuaded him lo
go into a deal with them, by which t
they could control all the codfish ,
in the market, and greatly increase !
the price. The plan was succeed- j
! ing well, when this good old man ;
1 learned thai many poor persons in j
: P.osion were suffering because of j
1 the great advance in the price of
! codfish. It troubled him so that
I he broke down in trying to pray at
l the family altar, and went straight
J to the men who had led him into
j the plot, and told them he could
not go on with it. Said the old
i man : "I can't afford to do any
: thing which interferes with my
family prayers. And this niom
j ing when I got down on my knees
i and tried 10 pray, there was a
j mountain of codfish before me,
J high enough to shut out the throne
I ot God, and 1 could not pray. I
tried my best to get around it, or
j get over it, but every time I started
! to pray, that codfish loomed tipbe
j fore me and my God. I wouldn't
i have my family prayers spoiled for
: all the codfish in the Ail.iniic
j Ocean, and I shall have nothing
i more to do with it, or with any
money made out ot it. Home
Herald.
STYLE IN ATCHISON.
It is said that Mrs. Lysander .
Appleton wears her waist line so
fashionably low that her children j
climb on her ankles and think they :
are sitting in her lap. Atkinson 1
Globe. !
i -"ntiaraHflMafm
Do you
Want
Bridal
Suit
It will pay you
to come and see
us.
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY,
(Incorporated)
II 1I1I)L
4 l,LiVILK.,
i 709-11-13 E. Broad Street,
RICHMOND, VA.
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Succ-cd when everything else fails,
in neivous prosuuiion and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
icineJy, kd thousanJa have testilied.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it U the best medicine ever (old
over a druggist'! counter.
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McCALL'S MAGAZINE
Mote sutiscnhns t)un hiiV oihi-r fashion
maKmine-millit'ti n nn'i-.tli. Inulnultii, I.st.
est tlylf, I'ltt'ins rn--n;..t.ii , inilhn. ry,
plain iewinr, l;in y nwilU-n m V , Imi'ilu i r - .
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THE EMPIRE GOWN.
Oh, where is ihe jjirl of the shapely bust,
Or ilie girl of the curving charms?
Oh, where arc ihe shapes of a twelve-months hack?
All now take the shape of an empty sack,
Or the trunks of the tapering palms.
The girl that we loved ami the girl we kissed
Vi'as a vision, as all well know;
She's hips and a bust, and a curving waist -Just
once in a while, perhaps, too much laced,
But always a lovely show.
Hut now, woe is me, all the curves have gone
And there's nothing hut straight lines left;
A keyhole is just such a shape, I ween,
Willi waist right up under her armpi.s seen
And our senses are clear hereft.
In starting to hug her, we don't know where
Is the place for our trembling arm;
We're likely as not to score a miss
And meet with a frost in the place of bliss
From the girl of the straight-waist charm.
But, spite of it all, she is still our queen,
With her tresses of black or brown
1 lid under a tent-like peach crate hat,
tnough to make Solomon niurmer "Scat"
And "Away with that limpire gown."
This thing cannot last to the end of time
And I hope that we'll live to see
The beautiful shapes that we used to know
The smooth-flowing curves that attracted so
And in this, I know all agree.
II. II. Brimley.
DE GRE'T HOUSE ON DE HILL-
Speaking suh, about old master:
Yessuh, he air living still ;
But he don't liv at the gre't house,
Standin' up dar on the hill.
Passin' years has brought gre't changes
Reckon you might know de cause
1 don't 'zacklj but dere's difference,
Things ain't like as once dey was.
Gre't house windows now all brok out,
And you never see de light
Beamin' through dem lak a welcome,
As it use ter shine at night ;
Rickety de doahs an' poaches,
An' de win' howls round it shrill,
l.ak it proud it drive de music
Prom de gre't house on de hill.
(ire't house 'minds me of old master,
Standin' up dar all alone,
Jes' lak ev'ything done lei" it
Dat makes in dis worl' a home;
Empty rooms an' empty heart, sah
House and marster's waitin' till
Bofe shall lie in dust together
'Neaf de trees upon de hill.
But, sah, taint been lak dat al'ays,
'Pore dese changes come along
At de gre't house all was brightness
All aroun' was laugh an' song;
Patterin' fools and merry voices
Pechoed where now all's so still,
bat's when we was all together
At de gre't house on de hill.
All de merry voices hush'd now;
All de patterin' foots is gone;
No one left, 'eept me an' master,
An' 1 'spect w'ell follow soon.
It gets mighty lonesome here, suh,
Jes' waitin', waitin' till
We is called to rest beside dem,
Sleepin' up dar on de hill.
Bui you spoke, sah, 'bout ole marsier;
Yes, sir, he air livin still,
But he don't mind 'bout de gre't house
Standin' up dar on de hill.
'Pears he al'ays looks above ii
To de sky so blue and calm,
Lake he sees de ole-tinie house folks
Waitin' for him jes' beyon'
Looks above de oak trees yonder
'Com de grave stones white and chill
l.ak lie pints to hopes gone higher
Dan de gre'i house on de hill.
Philip Cady Mills, in National Magazine.
CONTINUAL DOUKT.
"How many children have
you5" said the tourist, affably.
"1 Idunno exactly," answered
ihe tired-looking woman.
"You don't know?"
"Not for certain. Willie's gone
fishin', Tommy's brcakin' in a coll,
Georgie's borrowed his lather's
shot-gun to go huniin' an' Psmer
alda Ann is thinkin' of elopin'. I
never know how many I've got till
supper lime comes, so's I can
count 'em."
Womi'ii may not lie ii'iiiiilti'il to vote
but ulirn thi'y uic healthy in miinl and
body tin y UKiiiilly nmku llio man vole
their way. Ovulu SuppoNitoi it-K lined in
conjiiui'tioii nitli Vino licnrt, tin l''a
voriti- Tunic fur Wumrn, in an iili al
licallli proiluocr, price jl.
Sold liy W. M. Colii'ii.W.'Idon, S. C.
Never closed
for kissing.
-the open season
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA.
THI; YOUNU l)RI:AM.
Tin' light was soft in thceon
"ervntory. "Hut," said the yoiin girl,
nervously pluck inc to nieces a
niaiiva oiehid, "luit there are
niiciolies in kisses."
The plashing of the fountain
mingled with (he low, deep
voice of the youth,
"My microbes," he murmur
ed, passionately, "are ho lone
ly." Puck.
If you nisli to kco youtni'lf tin olliors
do, look l the niau who does not take
call' of bin health. To take care of your
health, use Dm. Iloaif A Turhin'B Dys
pepsia TahletH, price MIc.
Sold by V. XI. Cohen, Weldon, N. V.
NX'hen respect departs, love packs
its grip and takes a vacation.
Everybody's business is nobody's
business except the busybody's.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
EVIDENTLY A SOUTHERNER.
The Old l-ashion "Corn Pone"
that the Old Southern Cooks
Know So Well How to Make
The Washington Post is a great
newspaper and on its stall' there
are some bright and able writers.
The writer of the following tribute
to the "corn pone" as it is known
in the South, is evidently a South
erner to the manner born, for none
oilier could be qualified to speak
"by the book" as he does. I lear
him :
"The Chicago wheat corner thai
so recently demoralized the market
in thai cereal has caused another
discussion of the feasibility of sub
stituting corn meal for wheat Hour
in the economy of the kitchen. The
thing would be as good as done if
there were mills to grind corn meal
and cooks to bake real corn bread
the old fashion "corn pone" that
the old fashion Southern cooks
know so well how to make.
There are few such mills at the
South and many such cooks there;
but the commercial meal in cities,
ground very fine and bolted at the
mill, cannot be converted into
bread fit to eat by the most skillful
cook, and that is the reason why
the North has so long rejected j
corn bread other than an execra
ble stuff', compounded of eggs,
milk, baking powder, and a Hour
they call corn meal.
Real corn bread is made of coarse
meal, ground on a horse or water
mill, the utmost capacity of which
is not over 20 bushels per diem.
The corn must he sound and care
fully picked from the bin. Take
that meal, sift it, mix it to a rather
stiff batter with pure cold water,
and bake the "pone" in an intense
ly hot oven. Pvery atom of the
meal, as it heals, splits open like a
kernal of popcorn, and when ex
actly done the bread is simply de
licious. Most cooks add a little
salt to the meal before mixing ii
with water, and most people pre
fer the salt; but thai was long ago
voted plebeian, perhaps that ac
counts for its popularity, the ple
beian being in a large majority in
this glorious Union of ours.
But corn bread will never be
come popular as pone, or hoecake,
or Johnny cake, or egg bread or
baiter cake, so long as the meal
comes from mills that grind the
grain at terriffic speed and cook
the grist in the process of turning
the grain into meal. Nobody can
make real corn bread of that stuff,
and that is why the groat majority
of our people will continue to look
lo wheat as the staff of life.
THI; TI-LIIPHONG OIRL.
The telephone girl siis in her
chair and listens to voices from ,
everywhere. She hears all the
gossip, she hears all the news, she
knows who is happy and who has
the blues, she knows all our sor
rows, all our joys, she knows ev-!
cry girl who is chasing the boys; i
she knows of our troubles, she
knows of our strife; she knows
every man who talks mean to his
wife; she knows every time we are
out with "the boys," she hears
ihe excuses each fellow employs;
she knows every woman who has 1
a dark past; she knows every man
who is inclined to be "fast" in
fact, there's a great secret beneath
each saucy curl of thai quiet, demure-looking
telephone girl. II
the telephone girl told all the she
knows it would turn half our friends
into bitterest foes; she could sow a
small wind thai would soon be a
gale, engulf us in trouble and land
us in jail; she could let go a story
which, gaining in force, would
cause half our wives to sue for di
vorce; she could get all our
churches mixed up in a light and
turn all our days into sorrowing
night, in fact, she could keep ihe
whole town in a stew if she'd lell a
tenth part of the things that she
knew. Oh, brother, now doesn't
it make your head whirl, when
you think what you owe to the
telephone girl.
Trouble Makers Ousted.
When n suHerei- from utoinaeh trou
ble takes Dr. Kind's New t.ife fills he's
mighty (flail lo see his Dyspepsia and
Indigestion lly, but more he's tickled
over his new, tine appetile, stroti
nerves, healthy vi(ror. all because stom
ach, liverand kidneys now work rich!.
'.' ic. at any druu store.
Often a pickpocket puts his foot
in it while trying to get his hand
in.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
TELL THE (illllll NEWS.
This Is i he Siirit I hat ill Con
ert The World.
will have I ol-eotlcn V"
Why nut stay where
and enjoy 1 i l"i ' '
"Why!" she answer
ymi think l coiitii l"e
e-ilod news lo mvsell'v 1 )
think that I could
with having fnun
lieac
sell, ami not e;o and t -1 1 my
fat hei- and nml her how 1 hey
fan find il , i mi: I o not t ry (o
i tulcr me, for I must iro am
tell my people the eaiod news.'
itit is the spirit thai w
convert the word to .lestis.
What the church needs is not
more machinery, bill more of
the spirit which conl rolled the
life ,
i this N'ew Zealand e;ii .
as the
piril that led An
drew lo
ns ln'oilier Simon ,
and which later lei
it lu
ll' I if
th
to it to preach I he won
the thousands ;;atluT
toe-
l-
er on the dnv of
ccost.
When that spirit lake
sioli of us, we I I ii
to persuade us to eo ,i
ishiiie-and tell lliein
who came to save. S
Advocate.
I illSSI 'S-
m-e-iue;
Ihe per
of Him
. Louis
The destiny of woman, as ihe
world works it out, is to be a house
keeper for her husband, a suppli
cator for her sons, and a chaperon
for her daughters.
The Best
Spring Medicine
TAKE IT NOW
To wke ii, your li er w hi, h
lias Ihi nine toij al (hiring the
Winter.
SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR
will i le.tr the eve. steady the
hand, stimulate digestion.
PURIFY THE BLOOD
THE CENUINE ham lha RED Z on
tha front of aach package and lha
algnalura and aaal of J. H. ZEILIN
at CO., on iho aids, In RED.
FOR SALE BV ALL DRUCCISTS
WE furnish !
A Ut'Viil I t ;.M in t y mil1 u ho
Iniy tllt'll LfliKVI H' :tl mil MtUr.
All ihi- M'Uiin;ilie tlr!rt':trit' air
liMinil in i.ur Mure tin vein
totllhl.
CONFKCTIONFRIFS !
CROCKERY AND TIN
WARE
i!
hikIi ii mi'i lituH :tn, i ,U',
lioiitls ilrliwivil pi'Dtnjitly any
w licit' in urn n. IVlitf clt i k.
riiinn' No. Ml.
B. M. PURNELL,
HELLO!
That Parker's Store?
Yes.
This is Mrs. Wilkins' Boarding
House. Please send round one
barrel of
J. E. M. Flour
and one 50db stand Shaffer's lard.
Want flour to make bread for sup
per. W. T. PARKER,
Weldon, N.C.
TM It CHILDREN LIKE IT
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUCH SYRUP
A N. u ..;i!aii.l uii l was "I 1.,-.., .r. Mi!,-,' Anti-Pain
limu'lit iiM-f to l-'.ii-hinil lu In- h!!, ,;,,. .
i-ilm-ali'd. Wliili' alt. inline win M ". iM,,!, ,,f i akiuf a
school she lii'i-ain.-a I nir ( 'hi is- j .iri:i- ml il-rm, tin mat-
lian. When she was about lo 'cr linu hm :. i!i -l.mcr I am
return. oiin'n' her schoolmates v.. mi'.: I ii.u, ;, -iu-i- iliai
tried lo ilis-iiinle her. Tliev '-'iiM,- t i-T:i .1 !t , fm years,
said: -Wliv do you ever ' ,;'T "'-v lllnn
ii, v- i ,. v 'ni'i Ii' !" 'I Iiit so nmi'b,
li.-lck to New i iilanil.- i mi aiv . -, 1 . ,
, . ... . -Ii" 1 iIi.-mi l.v her all
IIOW accllslotoeil In I'.ll Ll a 1 1 ' I . ,, . ,;, , I
"" lls '-"'r l.i'i'-s and ;, , ,.,,,. , (t;, j.. tlll.m
clover liel.ls. Il suits your , ,:..!,;
health. You may he ship- ..;s. Mil" I. (Til 'K'( '1 1 1 f.f.,
wrecked on tl -can. You Ili-.li -i.. Puiac. V. II.
may lie killed and eaten by . M ;m ; ,i, K,V e headache
your own people. KvervliO'ly ', after :itf, !n!l.- I'M iti'iiii'iil ur i'X-
tiiid eternal life for mv- : 1,,,,,,-k- ;,...i ., ,.i..,.,,,-a.i..
ill
!"t&2fe I I alii,;.!,,','.:'
Headache
ror Years
II 1 here. ; crl i' ill. They ranin it atteitd
you arc; eliurt f i. lectures, enn-riiiiiiimMits,
j or ride on iniin.-. without suliVr-
,,,1 "do: '"'" TIwkc who suffer in this
: U.IV -llolllil irv I )r Miles' Anti-
1 1 ', ;,, i ; i ! i t : i
' " 1 ' tilV. -. !,. - 1 I I I I ' ' ' I
o von ; - i -' ,
ni l .oil nic; V il llnlll IcaVIII!'
In1 content ,; . ,.,i i . ,-. ,. ,v ..
d pardon and - ,u.v a. ,-.,,,.,.. ,). .i,,,,,!,,.!,
' ' " I'"
I sense of relicl lollnws their use.
i del a p,-uka;;e Iroin oiir ih'u'-i'i-t.
Take it aivordin:; ,, difec-
nous, aim n u dues not tu-nclit
lie- will ret urn untr money.
I We Ask You
9 to take Cardui, for your (emala
I troubles, because we are sure it
wiM help you. Remember that
1 this great female remedy
has brought reKef 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 medicine to take." Try It I
Sold in This City
FJ
K.
T CLilEK,
ATTQRMEY AT LAW,
w I : i l 'i ., N.c.
' i!,e ei'iiits ol lluhliix and
nait ii s an, 1 u. ihe Supreme
lale. peeial attention
i i lM.i s mi, pt'dtnpt retutn
Foley's
ORIND
Laxative
la Pleaatnt and Effective
CURES
Constipation, Stomach and
Liver Trouble.
by stimulating these organs and
restoring their natural action.
Is best for women and chil
: dren as ORINO does not gripe
; or nauseate.
F. CLARK.
! Why""
i
i Certainly
Von Ciin iiltoal il!
3,'J
rails per week
ii s lor a
mmioNi:
iit your
RESIDENCE
For Rates
APPLY TO
LOCAL MANAGER
OR
Home Telephone and
Telegraph Company,
HENDtHSON. . n, n
mm
TBaHI.UlBll 1'ilvtulUHtlll ( lHMIaf itHlfallS-
imi if.l, s. ti't Ski-i' li. NiKlfl ui l'Twio, lor J
met HIPOHT un iiiiti-nuMlity. I'rtlt-nl prftt'i- I
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hniihii on MOW TO OWIIM ni.rt ftCLL (T
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BAT VN T UWVIM.
303 Seventh St., Washington, D. C.J