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THE BANK OF WELDON
WELDON, X. C
Organized Under the Laws ol the State of North Carolina,
Al'(it;ST20TH, mi
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital aajlSnrp $42,000.
Ill'or more than fifteen yearn thin institution Ian provided hanking fueili-
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with the business inUrestmif Halifax ami Northampton counties fur
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interest nix percentnin. Accounts of all are solicited.
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TWO TRAINS EVERY DAY
With Vestibule Coaches, Dining Cars and Pullman Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars.
Connections made at Weldon with A. C. L., at Raleigh with the
Norfolk and Southern from Eastern Carolina points, trains leaving
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" Atlanta,
" Birmingham,
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No. 41 Through Coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Atlanta,
direct connection for Memphis and New Orleans. v
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Or write to
C. II.HATTIS,
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THE. GOLDEN RULE.
The Ootdcn Rule is a (lood One
Hut It Needs a Diamond Point.
T!ie very thing 1 do not want is
t ) h;ivc my life measured out to
mc hy the Golden Kule, for the
simple reason that what others
wary done unto them nre the very
things very likely I do not want
done unto me.
My own individuality calls for a
special measure. A yard rule may I
he used for measuring the fustian
of the peasant and the line linens
the of prince, but what is desirable
for one individual cannot be meas
ured by what seems desirable to
another.
There is no common way in
which our lives run in exact par
allels. Divergent paths of oppor
tunity and duty are many, and we
may not measure others lives by
our own.
One woman, for instance, isonly
happy in continual companionship.
She is lonely and really miserable
unless some one is near, respon
sive to almost hourly demands.
Another lives within herself,
reaching out only at seasons for
companionship.
IZach of these in striving to live
out the Golden Rule may make
the other unhappy. The distance
between widens rather than nar
rows by use of this rule; irritation,
impatience and probable loss of
friendship are the result. Each
feels aggrieved, the one feeling that
her Golden Rule services are un
appreciated, the one receiving a
bitter sense of being misunder
stood and cherishing a very strong
wish to be let alone and allowed to
live out her own life in her own
way.
The Golden Rule is a good one,
hut it needs a diamond point that
point being "Put yourself in his
place" before measuring out to
some one else even the best things
that the most loving heart has to
give to another. Sell-sacnhce other
wise may be the most intense and
inordinate selfishness.
Only when we can say, "Not as
I would have others do unto me,
hut as others would have me do
unto litem." have we reached the
heart of the Golden Rule.
(lit DeWitl'ti ( 'arbolized Witeh iu.i
Sile when you lif k for it. There are a
iriit many imiiutions, hut there is just
one original. This salve is good for any
thing where a salve is needed to lie used
i Imt it is especially (rood for piles.
Said l.y W. M. I'ohen, Weldou, X. ('.
I Hardly anything would be more
i foolish than for women to dress
sensibly.
Do you
Wftnt
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Suit
AND
It will pay you
to come and see
us.
SYDNOR & HOMEY,
(Incorporated)
LKADKItti,
709-11-13 E. Broad Street.
RICHMOND, VA.
EVERYTHING .IN
FURNITUREfi
700
ElctrSc
Bitters
Succeed when everything els fails.
In nerroua prostration and femalt
wellnesses they are tht suprem
remedy, ss thousand have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it to tht best medietas ever sold
ovst a druggitt't counts.
Choice
"THE BETTER LAND."
1 hear thee speak of the better land,
Thou callest its children a happy band;
Mother, oh where is tluu radiant shore?
Shall we not seek it and weep no more ?
Is it where the llowerof the orange blows,
And the fireflies glance through the myrtle boughs ?"
"Not there, not there, my child !"
"Is it where the feathery palm trees rise,
And the date grows ripe under sunny skies?
Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas,
Where fragant forests perfume the breeze,
And strange, bright birds, on starry wings,
Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ?"
--"Not there, not there, my child ;"
"Is it far away, in some region old,
Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold ?
Where the burning rays of the ruby shine,
And the diamond lights up the secret mine,
And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand ?
Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ?"
"Not there, not there, my child !"
"Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy !
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair
Sorrow and death may not entertere;
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
It is there, it is there, my child !
THE ISLE OF
BENJAMIN F.
0, a wonderful stream is the river Time,
As it runs through the realm of tears, ,
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme,
And a boundless sweep and a surge sublime,
As it blends with the Ocean of Years.
How the Winters are drifting, like flakes of snow,
And the Summers like buds between,
And the year in the sheaf; so they come and they go,
On the river's breast, with the ebb and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
There's a magical isle up the river Time,
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and a tropical clime,
And a song as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are straying.
And the name of that isle is the Long Ago,
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms of snow;
There are heaps of dust but we loved them so !
There are trinkets and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody sings,
And a part of an infant's prayer:
There's a lute unswept, and a harp without strings;
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments that she used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy shore
By the mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear through the turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
O, remembered for aye be the blessed isle,
All the day of our life until night;
When the evening comes with its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing to slumber awhile,
May that "Greenwood" of Soul be in sight !
INTELLIGIBLE TO CLARK.
Former Governor Sam Hauser,
the Grand Old Man of Montana,
was one of the witnesses in the in
vestigation held by the United
States Senate to find out whether
the mining millionaire, William A.
Clark, was entitled to his seat.
"What did you do, Mr. Hau
ser?" the late Senator Hoar asked.
"I went to see Mr. Clark."
"Where did you see him?"
"In Butte City."
"At his house?"
"Yes, sir."
"What did you say to him?"
"I told him if he would loosen
up he might have a chance to be
elected to the Senate."
"Loosen up?" said Senator
Hoar. "Loosen up? I don't fol
low you. Is that a mining (ern
I do not understand what you
mean."
"Maybe you don t, snapped
Hauser, "but Clark did."
SHE nOT THE MONEY.
The young wife of a Kaslo, B. C.
man, who is not especially sweet
tempered, one day approached her
lord concerning the matter of one
hundred dollars or so.
"I'd like to let you have it, my
dear," began the husband, "but
the fact is I haven't that amount in
the bank this morning that is. to
say, I haven't that amount to spare,
inasmuch as I must take up a note
for two hundred dollars this after
noon."
"Oh, very well, James!" said
the wife, with an ominous calm
ness, "if you think the man who
holds the note can make things
any hotter for you than 1 can
why, do as you say, James."
LONG AGO.
TAYLOR.
REASON ENOUGH.
Teacher Tommy, you should
comb your hair before you come
to school.
Tommy Ain't got no comb.
Teacher Then borrow your
father's.
Tommy Father ain't got no
comb, neither.
Teacher Absurd ! Doesn't he
comb his hair?
Tommy He ain't got no hair !
SHE WAS EASY.
She Last night was the first
time I ever heard you talk in your
sleep, and you kept saying, "Four
Kings," and once in awhile, "Full
house."
He Well, you see, I was down
to the club last night playingcheck
ers with a crack player and there
was a full house watching us.
NOT A GENTLEMAN.
"Mr. P., how is it you have not
called on me for your account?"
"Oh, 1 never ask a gentleman
for money."
"Indeed ! How, then, do you
get on if he doesn't pay?"
"Why, after a certain time I
conclude he is not a gentleman,
and then I ask him."
The liest pills made are DeWitt'i Utile
Kurlv Risers, the famous little liver
pills. They are small, gentle, pleasant
easy to take and aet promptly.
Sold hy W. SI. Cohen, Weldon, N. C.
It takes a long time for a good
resolution to catch up with the bad
habit to which it always gives
head start.
CHIIdron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
A STRAY YELLOW DOG.
He Longed for Companionship and
Sympathy and Returned Good
For Evil.
Ho w;ts a vagrant ami ma
rauder in tho community. On
ly a yellow dog that nohody
0Wlllll.
You have: Hwn the typo -everybody
has. Legitimate prey
of the miiall hoy, object of
scorn of all adult humanity,
ranking lower in the scale ol
life than the tuberculosis bacil
lus and the vermiform appen
dix, tho stray yellow dog has
always been a elans hy himself
uml always at the foot of his
class.
Although there is no record
that any yellow individuals of
the canine tribe shipped with
Noah, there seems some reason
to suppose they did. And from
that damp period lit the world's
history down to the other day,
the annals of their descendants
contain no entry justifying their
right to be.
This particular stray yellow dog
was but a type of uncounted thous
ands. Every town knows him.
Every boy shies stones at him, and
ties cans to his tail, and sends him
skallyhooting out of the neighbor
hood. It is at the expense of the
stray yellow dog that the modern
boy gives vent to the savage that
that is in him, and goes unre
proved. It is counted a virtue to kick the
stray yellow dog. Profanity is ex
cusable and hard cries pardonable
when aimed at him. It is deemed
the highest stroke of juvenile ge
nius to starve him into despair and
goad him to wrath then pronounce
him mad and shoot him.
This particular yellow dog; like
all the rest of his class, was reck
oned a murderer of midnight sleep,
a purloiner of chickens, a pest un-
namable and without a home. In
short, he was catalogued as all his
ancestors have been, with a little
thrown in on the ground of cumu
lative heredity.
Well, the other day a boy coax
ed this stray dog to him, and pat
ted his head to gain his confi Jence.
But only long enough to tie a tin
can to his tail.
Now, this dog was familiar with
cans and quietly sat down, facing
the boy with a look of sadness and
reproach.
Then the boy kicked the dog
and started him off. He threw
some stones after him to set him
going. But when the dog had got
beyond the reach of the stones he
sat down again and resjmed his
speechless reproaches. He liked
that patting on the head. He
longed for companionship and
sympathy.
The boy went to play on a raft
in a pond, and when he fell off the
raft, as, ot course, all bad little boys
do, he came within a breath of
drowning. No human help was
near, and his plight was desperate.
He was going down for the third
time and vaguely grasped fbout
him for the traditional straw, and
his hands caught a mass of shaggy
hair.
The last thing the boy remem
bered was his hanging on for dear
life, and when his senses came
back he was lying upon the bank,
and the stray yellow dog was lick
ing his face and whimpering with
joy.
A stray yellow dog with a tin
can tied to his tail - can sometimes
teach the highly superior human
a lesson. Memphis Scimitar.
Women may not he permitted to vote
hut when they are healthy in mind and
body they usually make the man vote
their way, OvaloKuppositones used in
conjunction with 1110 Kepcu, :!c Fa
vorite. Tonic for Women, is an ideal
health producer. Price ft.
Sild hy W. M. Cohen, Weldon, K. C.
If a girl can pass her 30th birth
day without detection she begins
lo think the dates in the family re
cord may have been slightly mixed.
If you wish to sec yourself as others
do, look at the man who does not take
care of his health. To take care of your
health, iiaePrs. lioagA Turhin's )
pepsia Tablets, price 50c.
Sold by W. M. Cohen, Weldon, N. C.
When a man has had occasion
to employ a first-class lawyer, you
can l convince him that talk is
cheap.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
No man limps
is hurt.
because another
WHErYTHE OCEAN BILLOWS ROLL.
She Had Reached That State ol
Collapse Which Marks the Lim- j
it of Seasickness. j
"1 was coining from Liverpool
on one of the famous liners," says
Bishop Potter, "and although the
sky was clear and the iweather
warm a somewhat tempestuous sea
had occasioned more than the usu
al amount of seasickness among
the passengers. As 1 paced the
deck one afternoon I noticed a lady
reclining upon one of the benches,
and the uncartljiy pallor of her
face and the hopeless languidity of
her manner indicated that she had
reached that state of collapse which
marks the limit of seasickness.
"Touched by this piteous spec
tacle, and approaching the poor
creature, in my most compassion
ate tone I asked: "Madame, can
I be of any service to you?"
"She did not open her eyes but
I heard her murmur faintly:
"Thank you, sir; but there is noth
ing you can do nothing at all.'
" 'At least, madam,' said I ten
derly, permit me to bring you a
glass of water.'
"She moved her head feebly
and answered: No, I thank you
nothing at all.'
"'But your husband, madam,
said I, 'the gentleman lying there
with his head in your lap shall I
not bring something to revive
him?' A U
"The lady again moved her
head feebly, and again she mur
mured faintly and between the
gasps: "Thank you, sir, but he
is not my husband. I don't
know who he is!' "
FOR
Biliousness
Constiuatlon
Headache
i Indlgusiioii
Dyspepsia
Flatulency
; tvlakina
I Chilis & Fever
Jaundice
Sleeplessness
Nervousness
Loss ot Appetite
and all disorders arls'
ii3 from Torpid Liver.
TAKE IT NOW.
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WE FURNISH
( A Koyal Keast to every one who
( buy their Rroceries at our store.
( All the seasonable delecacies are
( found in our store the yeart
round.
i1 CONFECTIONERIES
( FRUITS
(! CROCKERY AND TIN
(i WARE
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Wooden and Willowware, Etc.
(. Goods delivered promptly any.
(j where in town. Tohte clerks,
(jj I'hone No. SO.
R. M. PURNELL,
WKLllON, N. 0.
HELLO!
That Parker's Store?
Yes.
This is Mrs. Wilkins' Boardin
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.
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Wedun, N. 0.
Nervous
Collapse
I have traveled for thirty
,-ears continually. I lost a great
al of sleep, which together
with constant worry left me in
such a nervous state that finally,
after having two collapses of
nervous prostration, I was
obliged to give up traveling al
together. 1 doctored continually
ut with no relief. Dr. Miles'
Nervine came to my rescue I
cannot describe the suffering
which this Nervine saved me.
Whenever I am particularly
nervous a few doses relieve me."
A. G. C. LIIII'.Y, Wells, Me.
There are many nervous
wrecks. There is nervous pros-
ration of the stomach, of the
towels, and oilier organs, itie
rain, the kidnevs, the liver, the
nerve centers are all exhausted.
There is but one thing to do
uild up the nervous system by
the use of Dr. Miles Restora
tive Nervine. Its strength
ening influence upon the nerv
ous system restores normal
action to the organs, and when
they all work in harmony, health
is assured. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all ac
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
your money.
We Ask You
to take CarduJ, for your female
troubles, because ve are sure It
will help you. Remember that
this great female remedy
has brought reHef 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 111
Sold in This City
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WELDON, N. P.
Practices in the courts of Halifax and
lioininif counties and iu the Supreme
ourt of the State. Special attention
iven to collections and prompt return
The original
LAXATIVE cough remedy.
For coughs, colds, throat and luna;
troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic.
Good for everybody. Sold every where.
The gcnulna
FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is In
a Yellow package. Kefuaesubatitutea.
Prepared only by
Foley at Company, Chloata.
E. CLARK.
"Why
Certainly
You can afford it I
38 cents per week
pays for a
TELEPHONE
at your
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