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iJhf )t kvSI if Jill I al kfV -'J Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Annum VOL. XLIV. WKLDOX, X. ('., TIIIJI.SDAY. SK1TKMHKH !, 1SMMI. NO. 11) iiB MI ill ,tsh lilt Awgciautc Prrwni!ori for As simil.iliii$t;irFuod,ntillteuU linSteiiiHWifasariifiowcisol Pronmles DiJPstionke M' iiess ami I!es(oiilainsneittr Opii!iii.M'irphinc norWioitdL NOT AH t OTIC. Amftnl Aperfecl RetHedy foiConsliji- ttmi . xitir nn'.srii.iiuiiruurj Worms jTonMikioiisJnTns!! nessaiwlLossorSLEER be Stale Sisiuiure of NEW YORK. Cuaraniccd undcFtK Butt Copy of Wrapper. I'llO.NE 2.1. SnncTsiiiin P. N.-ST AI'NBACK, : 1 7 N I) 10 1 IT Weldon, O Pull I ne f f ASKHTS. Day, Night and Out-of-Town H. G. HOWE, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Seventeen years' Fxperlence. 301 OE O THE BANK OF WELDON WELDON, X. C Organized Under the Laws ol the State of North Carolina, Al.t.UST 2UTII, 1H!)2. . State of Nonh Carolina Depository. Halifax County Depository. Town of Weldon Deposiiory. ?i?ilLLi..8.arpIn.5L. $42 ,000. lll'or more than fifteen years this institution has provided luuikim? facili Tie for thi section. Its stockholders and directors have hecii ideutilied with the business interests of lluhfux and Northampton counties for mny years. Money is loaned upon approved security at t lie legal rate of interest six per centum. Accounts of all are solicited. The surplus and undivided prollts having reiiclic.l a sum ciiial to the. Capital stock, the Hank has. commeneinir January 1, I!in, est;il.lislied a Havinifs Department allowing interest on time deposits as follows: For Deposits allowed toremain three months or longer, 2 per cent. Six months or longer, S per cent. Tvrelvo montliaor lunger. 4 percent. Kor further information apply to the President or Cashier. essltiSNT: VK'K-l'HKsiiiKvr: iahiiikr: W. K. DANIEL, Du. II. YY. I.KWIS, W. It. SMITH. (Jackson, Northampton county) SEABOARD Quickest and most direct line to Atlanta, Bir- j mingham, Memphis and all Points South and Southwest. TWO TRAINS EVERY DAY With Vestibule Coaches, Dlnlnf Cars and Pullman Drawing Room j Sleeping' Cars. . 1 Connections made at Weldon with A. C. L., at Raleigh with the) Norfolk and Southern from Eastern Carolina points, trains leaving j 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 C. II. GATTIS, District Passenger Agent, Raleigh. N.C. For Infant and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature 30E Nii.iiT 1'iionks LM and .It. A K VAl ,ZF: North Carolina. COf l INS mitt PORI-S Calls Promptly Attended to. Hearse Service Anywhere. M aoi iocJj W For Over Thirty Years PaiR n m a if 1 TM1 IMTft.UI, ,-. Nf SV TOM ITV. om GETTING RICH. j The Terrible I-inger Marks (letting Rich, of "Get money; still net money, boys: No mutter by what means." Hen Johnson. The Roanoke, (Va.) Times asks: Would you be ri.lir There is no disgrace in ilmt. Hut in ol der to gel rich some preliminaries mu.Nt be entered into. Ii means the re casting of your life for the future on the gel rich lines. "I shall be rich." Well and good, if you have thoughtfully con cluded that it is worth striving for. Then prepare to make your sacri fices. In the first place, lay aside those high and lofty notions of morals about which you so beauti fully spoke in your final address at college; or at least it will be neces sary to considerably lower those standards so they will mix with the baser alloy. Have you the poetic instinct? You must shut your eyes against the muses and be content to feed your understanding upon Frank lin's practical phrases upon getting rich. In the beginning, you must be parsimonious, and spend noth ing except for the actual necessa ries of life, and these must be cur tailed. When your child asks for five cents to visit (he park, or the moving picture show, it must be denied. When your wife asks for a new dress, it must be refused. She must be taught to economize along with you. The refusal of the dress may produce a contempt for your smallness, but never mind; you have set out to get rich ami there must be a strict adher ance to the rules for doing so. It is necessary, too, that you slop your paper. That is five dol lars saved. Besides, your family learn from the paper what is going on in the world not your world and it makes them dissatisfied. They read the advertisements, and that will create a desire to spend money. It is also necessary to discontinue attendance upon church. It is very unpleasant 10 refuse the collection basket some small contribution. Let others who have decided not 10 get rich, support the preacher. "There goes the meanest man in the neighborhood," said one of your neighbors; but you must ex pect remarks like that as being in cident to your decision to become rich. You have the consolation of knowing that you are amassing a fortune, while the other fellow who made the remark spent his last dollar to assist the poor. You have tried and have deci ded you cannot submit to such a life ? Well and good. Then rise above it; but do not rail against your fate that you are not rich. Let the rich man drive by in his j fine carriage with liveried footman, i Remember the price he paid. You ! have retained your polish. He has lost his, and all of his wealth will 1 not restore it. And the impression j is written upon the features of each j and every member of his family l the finger marks of getting rich. 3 Do you Want Bridal Suit AND It will pay you to come and see us. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, (Incorporated) LEADERS, 709-11-13 E. Broad Street, RICHMOND. VA. EVERYTHING IN FURNITURE Choice Druggett ? A FUNERAL AiVlONG THE SLUMS. The following poem recites only one of the many sad conditions in human life, when poverty and death call out formal words from stran gers. Would there were more helpers and sweet singers to clear away "Poverty's harsh gloom." Many lone hearts say "Come." This poem is based on a true incident. The singer mentioned was Parepa Rosa. In a city's cheerless garret lay the pale and wasted form Of a maid whose life was shattered, stricken in the cruel storm : And whose spirit now was seeking, seeking for that calmer shore, Guarding e'er the heav'nly haven, sale from storms forevermore. Her poor, coffined form is waiting while the preacher comes to pray, In a forced and stilted manner, ere they hurry it away, Comes he now, and dry and heartless, enters like a shadow there; Stands and gazes at the coffin with a dark and dismal air, While the undertaker's waiting, waiting like a bird of prey, Fierce to gather up the morsel, fly on ebon wings away. There the mother, speechless, grieving, sits beside her cherished dead, With a few kind-hearted neighbors, sadly bending each the head. In a strained and soulless fashion, of a dim and far off land, Reads the preacher from the Bible, but they cannot understand; Then he offers to the mother who her darling bendeth o'er, A forced form of weak condolence, that he'd often used before; Now in accents cold, metalic, stumbles he thro' formal prayer, That ne'er reached the heav'nly portals freezing in the heedless air Thro' the street a lady passes, known to Fame, the world around : Queen of song was she, and reigning in the realms of sweetest sound. Noting the small hearse of canvas standing near the open door. Her fond heart grows with pity for this sorrow of the poor, Enters she within the doorway, filled with one vast, throbbing thought, But to make this sorrow lighter, by what means she knoweth not. Up the creaking stairs she clambers, enters that death-darkened room. Chilled by unthawed frosts of Winter, grim with Poverty's harsh gloom; Listen's to the preacher's reading, and the prayer, but humbly heard. With a pitying emotion through each weak and thoughtless word. He has ceased and donned his wrappings, glad his services are o'er. While the undertaker enters like a ghoul the open door, As the man advances quickly, soon to hide the form from sight, She, with face of angel glowing with a soft and holy light, Rises, and, with one hand resting on the patient brow of Death, Lifts the other gently upward, and a moment holds her breath: Then her grand voice trembles outward 1 In the street they pause to hear, Marveling that such sweet echoes drift out a place so drear. As "Just As I Am" is borne aloft upon the wings of air; Andihen, "0, Guardian Angels, Fair; Take, 0,-Take Me to Thy Care!" As her tones roll on like soothing waves far o'er the troubled sea, The people creep within the room and listen wonderingly, And the preacher, too, comes back again, the foremost of them all; Amazed as ne'er before, he stands like a shadow 'gainst the wall. If prayers are blossoming in heaven, that singer's prayers of song, Hath twined its pillars round about, with its tendrils, close and strong, And that lone mother suffering there, was comforted that day; Nor heaven she thought so cold and dim, nor seemed so faraway: Deep in her heart she bore a prayer, bent by the chastening rod, That diffused like incense till it filled the boundless realms of God. LOVE Love not, love not, ye hapless sons of clay ! Hope's gayest wreaths are made of earthly flowers Things are made to fade and fall away Lre they have blossomed for a few short hours, Love not ! Love not ! the thing ye love may change 1 The rosy lip may cease to smile on you, The kindly beaming eye grow cold and strange, The heart still warmly beat, yet not be true. Love not ! Love not ! the thing you love may die May perish from the gay and gladsome earth ; The silent stars, the blue and smiling sky, Beam o'er its grave, as once upon its birth. Love not 1 Love not ! Oh, warning vainly said In present hours, as in days gone by, Love llings a halo round the dear one's head, Faultless, immortal, till they change or die, Love not ! SAYINGS OF MRS, SOLOMON. Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife and Translated by Helen Roland for the Washington Herald. o Hear wisdom, my daughter, for women are as a club sandwich, full of strange surprises, but men are as the pattern of the wallpaper, which is the same from the beginning unto the end. Yea, thou wilt discover in each of ihem the same design nd same cunning device, even as in each yard of thy parlor carpet. Now there dwelt a youth in the north of Babylon, which is Harlem; and he had a girl I Lo ! he admonished her, saying, "I would not have thee associate with the damsel across the street, for she is frivolous. Nay, she is not fit to touch the hem of thy chiffon ruffles !" And the maiden was astonished, but she said, "Why?" Then the youth made answer boldly, saying, "Behold, I have kissed her many times. And if she hath allowed me to kiss her, hath she not allowed others also? And is this proper?" "Go to I" replied the maiden. "Hast ihou not also kissed me many limes? And why shall I not allow others to kiss me likewise? Art thou so much better than they?" Then the youth waxed excited, crying, "Nay, but they would not understand." And the maiden suppressed a mad desire to say, Ha I Ha ! For she had heard this many times before. Yet, on the morrow, when he returned, bringing candied fruits and a new song, she said unto him. "I have considered thy words, and I will not pick up that girl across the street. For she is not only as thou sayest, but I have heard others speak concerning her." Then the man looked interested. "Is that so?" he inquired anx iouslyand again. "Do tell 1" And he look his hat and his coal and he departed, going straigntway across tne street. For ihou canst tell a man twenty times that a woman is a paragon and he will yawn and take thy word for it; but if ihou tellest him but once that she is not "all that she should be" he becometh immediately inspired to investigate for himself. Verily, verily, a man will forgive a woman for kissing any man but himself, even for making a fool of herself over any other man; but nnihin convinceth him of her indiscretion, even her bad taste, so quickly as her undue fondness for himself. For he knoweth himself I Selah ? NOT. BE KIND TO THE AGED. j 'With What Measure Ye j Mete It Shall be .Meas ured to You Again." ADVICE TOR YOUNG PEOPLE About Mow They Should Act To ward the Old mid Infirm, l;s peclally Members of Their Own i . .. t Family Just as You Live Your Time is Coining and Whatso ever you Sow Now You Shall Reap Hereafter Dear Old Grandpa and flrandnia. A writer in the Winston-Salem Union Republican contributes this which we would burn into the minds and hearts of the young were it possible to do so: For several weeks our letters have been about old people and things of long ago, and we want to talk about old folks again this week grandpa and grandma. I was going up street not long ago and I saw an old lady, who seemed to be about 80, coming down on the opposite side of the street. Her form once erect, was now stooped. Her hair once as the raven's wing, was as white as the drifted snow. The step that was once quick and elastic, was slow and shuffling. She was blooming for the grave. She was standing on the very brink of the dark river we call death, ready to cross that unknown state of exis tence that lies beyond this vale of tears. As I stood there with my hat off, a little girl came tripping along and I said, "Can you realize that yonder old lady was once a little babe in her mother's arms and then a little girl just like you?" She looked up at the old woman for a moment as she shuffled along a staff in her hand and a basket on her arm, and then, gazing up into my face with a bewildered expres sion on her face, she said, "Was I?" Friends, children and older ones too, let me burn this one thought into your very souls. Just as sure as you live your time is coming and whatsoever you sow now you shall reap hereafter. You may worry, vex and annoy your grand mother, your own mother, or even your "mother-in-law" if you will, but remember it shall be measured to you again. A young man was going to the poorhouse with an old man on his back. The young man became very tired and sat down the old man on a stone to take a rest. While resting the old man began to weep bitterly. "You may cry as much as you please," the young man said, "but to tlTe poor house you shall go, I will not be bothered and burdened with you any longer." Then the old man said, "I am not weeping because you are taking me to the poor house, my son, but because of my cruelty to your grandfather. Thir ty years ago this day I was carry ing him on my back to the poor house and rested him on this very stone. He begged me to let him stay with me the few days he had to live, promising to rock and nurse the little ones and do any thing he could. I mocked him and turned a deaf ear to his cries and tears and took him to the poorhouse. It is the thought of my poor old dear father that makes me weep. My punishment is just I must reap as I have sown. As soon as you are rested let us be going." 1 realize, that, naturally, there is little congeniality between youth and extreme age especially when broMght in too close or too constant contact. How we enjoy the com pany of grandma when she lives to herself and we visit her occas ionally, but when she moves into our own home' and becomes a member of our family it becomes another matter entirely. Human nature is the very same today as it was when Shakespeare wrote: "Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together." There is not a creature in the whole animal kingdom that does not provide for its young according to the course of nature until its yonng is able to take care ef itself, but man alone takes thought for the aged and infirm of his race, and, largely, in the proportion that we concern ourselves about the comfort and happiness of the aged and infirm in our own homes, and in the county, State and Na tion, do we rise above the brute creation and crush the animal in our nature. What if grandma is sometimes ! cross and pettish? May be the constant grind on her nervous sys- tern years ago by the anxiety she j felt for your father or mother or ! the hard work and unceasing toil 1 she endured that they might re I main in school, is what makes her like she is. Can't you bear with ; her a little while and try to comfort i her and make her feel that she is a I iii-j inii",u nY n htinlen tn vnur . . , .. . . .. , . home . In a little while she will slip away into the shadows, and you may not think so now but there will be many a tug at your heartstrings as relentless memory tells you what you might have done and borne. If you have any flowers for grandma let her have them now while she is living and depend on the neighbors to furnish wreathes for the casket after she is dead. THE SAME THINQ. "So he praised my singing ?" "Yes, he said it was heavenly." "Really?" "Well, something like that. He said it was unearthly." I GLOOMY DESPONDENT I THINKING OF THl I SUICIDE STUNT ? 1 -JJ AND FORGET IT SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR Slir th Uvr lo Hallhy Aotlon nd MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING. McCAI-L PATTERNS C-k-l'ran-tl lor tttyi. prriri, in, rllcity ind ,tli.ilililr iinrly 40 Years. Sold in ntarly nrrv city nnd town in llw lilcd Slatrs nd fjnida, or I'V mail dirrtt. M'ire i"U lhan Sold in nfarly ativ oilier mane. arm. .o. ... Met ALL S MAGAZINE Mre nubsi-riher. tlian ny other fathim, nMeazine million month. InvaluaMe. Lat est slvlei, patterns, dressmaking, millinery, plain iewniK.lamy needlewotk, .amires.iriii, etiquette, Bond Muriel, etc. Only Kl cel. Is year livortVi doul.le), including A free pattern. Subscribe today, or send lop sample copy. WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS , toAcents. Postal cirinirs premium catalogue .md new cash prue oilers. Address IUE RcCAU. CC l I" W. rik SI. NtW TOM WE FURNISH ( , A Hovul Ft-Bst to every one who. f )inv their eroeerit'8 ut our store. I All'tlie HeiiBonulile ileleeaeies tue; ( found in our store tlie yearn) ; round. r) ( i CONFECTIONERIES (; FRUITS ( ! CROCKERY AND TIN WARE Wooden riml Willowwarp, Ktc. (ioods delivered promptly any. where in town. I'olite clerks. l'lione .No. HO. I M. PDRNELL, ss.KI.noN, N. C. HELLO! Tiisit Parker's St"re? 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. ctric liters Succeed v hen everything elM fclla. In nervoua prottratioo and female wealtneuei they art the luprema remedy, aa thouaandi have teaiincd. FOR KIDNEY.LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it U) the beat medicine ever sold over a druggta'a counter. Five Years of Heart Trouble Cured by Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy "lit fore I began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy I had been sulTering from heart trouble for over five years. I had pains in my left side, anil timler my sliiinltler Mailo, could not sleep on the left side, and was so'sl.ort of breath the least exertion would firing on the most distress ing palpitation. I had scarcely taken a half bottle of the Heart Remedy before I could see a marked change in my condition. When I had taken six bottles I was cured." MRS. C. C. GORKEY, Northfield, Va. If there is fluttering or palpi tation it is an indication of a weakness of the nerves and mus cles of the heart. It is not neces sarily diseased just weak from over-work. The heart may be weak just the same as the eyes, stomach or other organs. You can make a weak heart strong by taking Dr. Miles' Heart Rem edy. Get a bottle from your druggist, take it according to di rections, and if it does not bene fit he will return your money. We Ask You to take CarduJ, (or your female troubles, because ve are sure It wilt 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 medicine to take." . Try It I Sold la This City m T CLABK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WELDON, N. C. 1'iaetiees in the courts of Halifax and adjoining counties and il the i-upreme court of the Slate. Special attention Ifiven to collections and prompt return FOLEY'S KIDNEY CUBE 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 Bottle. KIFUtl eUBiTITUTIi. E. CLARK. Surely you would gladly pay several dollars to USE A TELEPHONE ONCE in case of an EMERGENCY WHY NOT GET ONE? For Rates APPLY TO LOCAL MANAGER n Horn Telephone and Teletraph Company, HENDERSON, . . M. O. fruiiij-m uirtHimx- to nil wm,iri! op mo f t AM-Ml,Kl.t'iTPt11d t'OWMtfltl W- S lltM'.l. Snit hkrtrtt, MmM or Vhota, lur I fltt I UtronTOli tmOntAMt'tf Wl-iil I Ii.'lu-IT. MFBWrt. i HiKt4m! In Mrtii for otir iwo ti-wimTH f book! (in NOW TO QBTAM ind HU PAT- into, Wlil''l. On Will pj, HowlO jt. t)f,nrt' 1 D. SYIFT ft GLy i X wsks