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Tlio Kind You Have Always Hought, and which has been
In uso lor over 30 your"., lin borne tlio nltintiiro of
and hud boon mmlo iindor liln jor
jt 745 "fl BO"'1' ''P0nlslou since Its Infancy.
tVV3j Allow no one to ilocolvo you In thin.
All Counterfeits Imitation and " Jiist-UH-ood" urn hut
F.xpcrlnioiils that trifle with ".d emlniigrr tlio lioalth of
Infants and Children Experience ngniusl Kxperimont.
What is CASTORIA
Cast or ia is a harmloss Hubstltuto for Castor Oil, Pare
trorio, lrops and. Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
rontalns neither Opium, Morphine not- other Nnrcotlo
Hiibstun.-o. Its npe is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays l'evorlshnoss. It cures Plarrliosn and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, euros Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tlio Food, regulates the
Stomach and ltowels, giving lieallhy and natural Meep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's l'rleud.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You toe Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Get the Habit
Of coming to our store when
vou want the best in footwear
A 1
II
Will I
i
of Slid
PS
WOMEN IN ADVERSITY.
Mow Often, When Man Abandons
the Helm in Despair, Woman
Seizes it and Carries the Ship
Through the Storm.
Women slu ml J be more trusted
j and confided in as wives, mothers,
unci sisters. They have as ciuick
perception of right attJ wrung,
'without always knowing why,
read the present and future, read
; characters and acts, designs and
! probabilities, where matt sees no
' letter or sign. What else do we
! mean by the adage "mother wit,"
! save that woman has a quicker
! perception and readier invention
than man? How often, when
! man abandons the helm in despair,
! woman seizes it and carries the
, home-ship through the storm !
! Man often flies from home and
! family to avoid impending poverty
or ruin.
t Women seldom, if ever, forsook
I home thus. Women never eva-
ded mere temporal calamity by
! suicide or desertion. The proud
I banker, rather than live to see his
i poverty gazetted, may blow out his
; brains and leave wife and children
to want, protectorless.
j Loving woman would have
counselled him to accept poverty,
and live to cherish his family and
retrieve his fortune. Woman
should be councelled and contided
in. It is the beauty and Elory of
her nature that it instinctively
! grasps at and clings to the truth
- , and right.
Reason, man s greatest faculty
: takes time to hesitate before it de-
cides; but woman's instinct never
hesitates in its decision, and is
scarcely ever wrong where if has
even chances with reason. Wo
man feels where man thinks, acts
where he deliberates, hopes where
he despairs, and triumphs where
he fails.
Is your boy well behaved ?
Generally.
What do you mean by 'gener
ally'? Not particularly.
are the latest designs made by
skilled shoemakers, in other
words, they are classy. Let
us see vour foot and we will
be glad to do the rest. Also full line of
HOLEPROOF
HO SI K R Y
in Men's, Ladies' and Children's, (iuaranteed
to last you six months, If they don't you get six
pairs of hose FREE, Try a box-Men's $1.50; La
dies $2; Childrens $3; extra heavy at foot and knee
-the only kind that will stand the children, The
Shoe Store of shoe values
WELD ON SHOE COMPANY,
WELDONI, N, C.
v S
Fall and Winter Goods !
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
KIJncT Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
D1UI1UIT ICUPll,
. - --I.
' cause ui lis icuioi
ll utile health restoring
Ml properties. Swainp-
Koot ntiuiis aunosi
every wish ill over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, Madder
and every part of the
urinary passage. It
rnrrpris inallllitV to
hold water and scalding pain in passing it,
or bad elfects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of Iteiug conijiellid to go often
through the any, aim u pi mJ
I times during the night.
Swamp-Hoot is not recommended for
! everything but if yon have kidney, liver
' ... i.i.,.i.ir irM'ibV it will be found iust
the remedy you need. It has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and lias
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
fin d out if you Inn v k ld
ncy or bladder trouble.
When writiiiR mention
reading this generous
oifer in this paper and
send vour address to
Uiiigh,imtoii, N. V. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar fi.e bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swatnp-Koot,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton.N. Y.,on every bottle.
Full line of Clothing for Men
and Boys. - Up-to-date line of
LADIES' SKIRTS
!f And Everything New ana rsovei in "' ,
Gent's Furnishings j ()SH,S '
Snecial Invitation to every friend of Hall- ! "
fax and Northampton counties,
I J. KAPLIN,
ROANOKE RAPIDS, - North Carolina
Carnations, Violets
A STORY WITH A MORAL
Don't tio To Sleep Like Rip Van
Winkle
WASH: ()l: HNIiRtiY
BAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Makes the finest, most deli
cious biscuit, cake and
pastry; conveys to iooa
the most healthful of
fruit properties
Ye boys who have
any energetic effort
cess, who have been
birth up till this day,
don't you wake up?
mind you will follow
Winkle, and when you
never made
toward suc
asleep from
say, Why
If j u don't
Kip Van
wake up
THE HAPPY LAND.
THE BANK OF WELDON
WKLDON, X. ('
Organized Under the Laws ol the State of North Carolina,
Al'iil'STlMTH, IS'.IJ.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of W'eldon Depository.
C api t aj and Surplns, $43,000.
for more than 17 yeura this institution has provided banking facili
ties for thin section. Us stockholders and directors have been identified
with the business interests of Halifax and Northampton counties for
manv years Money is loaned upon approved security at the legal rate of
interest-six per centum. Accounts of all arc solicited.
The surplus and undivided profits having reached a sum equal to the
Capital Stock, the Hank has, commencing January I, IlKiS, established a
Havings Department allowing interest on time deposits as follows: tor
Deposits allowed toremain three months or longer, 2 per cent. Six
months or longer, 8 per cent. Twelve months or longer 4 percent.
For further information apply to the President or Cashier.
o
pkksiurst:
W. K. DAN1KL,
vics-i'RKMinKST: casiiirh:
1ii. II. W. LKW1S, W. K. SMITH.
(Jackson, Northampton county)
or
i and other flowers alays on hand,
i shower Wed. ling HninpicK Handsome
I Moral Designs, Palms und I ctus foi
i home culture.
J Hyacinths, Tulips, Narclssiw
' und ninny other vunctics of Hull foi
; fall planting cither I'm out oi indooi cut-
Mri licise liilsliin. Aiauuoiius aim r.i-
cigieens. "rile, phone or teiigmpn.
H. STlilNMETZ,
florist.
Raleigh, North Carolina.
5 St ly
Special Sale !
We have on hand several consign
incuts of the latest in wool, Wash and
Princess ladies Suits. Itather than re
; turn these suits our headquarters deci-
ded to put them on sale at half price
i for cash only. l."i Suits 7.'iO. l'rin
1 eess, white and all other colors to $7,
j now '-.'i0 to $:i. Wash Coat Suits l to
1 il now I.W to :i. II to : Net Waists
I reduced 1.7,"i to l-' .Mi Ulack ami col
I ored silk Petticoats l to III now I'J.Sf
I to 11.7.'). Voile Skirts ti to now .Vsi
to 1 1. 'si. Hl.tKKI yards lace and enibroid
! erics to close out at hall price. 7,'ic to
! 1 Messaline silks, all colors, now 50 to
I 7.')C. ft ami He. calicoes Hi to K.
! Ill .,.! I'Hn iriturllMtns 7 to !C. Abollt
H.IXM) yards dress goods to close out less
than cost. Ladies hats at half price,
Hugs, druggets, carpeting ami mattings
at and below cost.
It lieth just beyond our sight,
The land for which we sigh.
The land of everlasting light,
With never a chill or shade of night
We'll reach it by and by.
The land where those we love have gone,
A little way ahead;
They all have laid their burdens down,
And on celestial pinions flown !
We cannot call them dead !
Dead ? When their gentle voices tell
Of never-dying love?
Dead? When the tones we love so well,
Like pealing of a soft-toned bell,
Come to us from above?
Dead ? When our brows can almost feel
The touch of their dear hands ?
When in our woe or in our weal
We feel a well-known presence steal
Across the border land ?
Not dead, thank God, not dead, the ones
V'U,.'..a I..P, nr In,,,,!,,., ciirht I
W HCI W 11.11 mil iwiiiii iTft".
But truth that he may read who runs
They shine as bright, resplendent suns ;
In everlasting light ! j
Oh ! weary, longing, aching hearts,
Look up ! your loved ones are near ! !
For, though you seemed from them to part,
They still are with you, and your heart
Will own their presence dear.
If you but open wide the door,
And bid the dear ones come,
They'll enter, leaving nevermore,
Till you have crossed the golden shore,
To dwell with them at home.
"PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP."
I had sworn to be a bachelor; she had sworn to be a maid
For we both agreed in doubting whether matrimony paid.
Besides I had higher aims, for science tilled my heart
And she said her young affections were all bound up in art.
So we laughed at those wise men who say that friendship cannot live
'Twixt man and woman unless each has something else to give,
Wc would be friends as true as e'er were man and man,
I'd be a second David and she Miss Jonathan.
We shared our sorrows and our joys, together hoped and feared,
With common purpose sought the goal which young ambition reared.
We dreamed together of the days the dream bright days to come,
We were strictly confidential and called each other chum.
And many a day we wandered together o'er the hills
I seeking bugs and butterflies and she the ruined mills
a,,h rucii hriiloes and the like which nicture makers prize
niiu u.'uw '
To run in with their waterfalls and groves and sunny skies.
And many a quiet evening in hours of full release
iivue,i ilnwn ihe river or lounged beneath the trees
And talked in long graduation from the poets to the weather
While the Summer skies and my cigar burned slowly out together.
And through it all no whispered word or tell-tale look or sigh,
Spoke ought of warmer sentiment than friendly sympathy.
We talked of love as coldly as we taiKeu oi nenuiae
And thought no more of being one than we did of being three.
"Well, good-bye, old fellow." I look her hand; for the lime had come
IO 00.
My going meant our parting, when to meet we did not know,
i i;ne..,i Inno and s:iid farewell with a verv heavy heart.
IIUU IIIIVI ,.(, - -
For though we were but friends, you know, 'tis hard fur Iriends to part.
"Well, good-bye, old fellow, don't forget your friends across the sea,
And some day when you ve lots of time just drop a line me.
The words came lightly, gaily, but a great sob iust behind
Rose upward with a story ol quite a uitterent kino.
And then she raised her eyes to mine, great liquid eyes of blue,
Full to the brim and running o'er, like violet cups with dew.
One long long look and then I did what I never did before.
Perhaps the tears mean friendship, but 1 think the kiss meant more.
you won't have anything except a
lew rags. If you remember, Kip
went out hunting one day, and he
became tired and lay down to rest.
Me went to sluen. as a result of
his irksome travel, and behold he
slept twenty years (all at one time,
remember) and at the dawn of the
twenty-first year he awoke to find
everything desolate and calm about
him. Nothing could be seen save
his tattered clothes and his old,
rusty gun by him. After he had ;
recognized himself as a desolated
man, he turned toward the old
homestead not knowing, under-'.
stand me, that he had slept twenty
j years. When he reached the old j
I home where he had spent his j
youthful days, he viewed the place
! with admiration and wonder. He j
! still admired the old home, but S
wonder mingled with his troubled
thoughts. The house in which he
! had stayed had collapsed. The
! place had been deserted, it seemed,
several years. His dog was strol
ling around, but knew him not.
His contemporaries were few, and
yet he did not recognize them. He
walked on down the street of the
village, and he saw many people
he did not know. He did not
know that the Revolutionary war
had arisen, been contested and j
had ended during the time in which
he slept. Do you wonder that he !
was an unknown, forsaken man? !
Do you wonder that everything ;
looked strange and awkward? Do1
you wonder that the old man with
his gray hairs looked surprised 1
and attracted the attention of all
who met him. As he walked on :
down the road he heard the voice ;
of one calling, "Rip! Come here, ,
Rip! It was one of his own chil
dren calling to one of her little
ones, whom she had named in l
honor of her father. What do you i
suppose the old fellow thought
when he heard those words? His j
friends and associates thought he !
he was, while he was gone, serv-1
1 ing his part toward the freedom of i
' his country, and to their surprise
I he was only serving his part in
the freedom of sleep. Hark! Ye
j who are sleeping in the peaceful
I days of youth. Ve who are not
preparing for the future lime in
j which you will not be compelled to
I open your eyes and keep them
i open. You shall awake at a later
j period to find yourself desolate, as
I was Rip Van Winkle after twenty
years of sleep. When you awake
! to find yourself at the years of
! maturity, you will wonder not
once, but many times.
In antebellum days Colonel
Moore, of Kentucky, owned a
huge number of slaves. He was
a kind master and never punished
with the whip. One day one of
the Held hands named Jupe was
guilty of some negligence and was
sent to the woods at once to cut
down and split up a black gum tree,
practically an impossible task.
Jupe cut down the tree and la
bored hard to split the tough wood,
but in vain. In the meantime a
thunderstorm came up and Jupe
sought refuge under a brush heap.
Directly the lightning struck a
large poplar near by, splitting it
into kindling wood.
After the storm had passed Jupe
crawled out from his place of se-'
curity and, after taking a careful
look at the remains of the poplar
! tree, which were scattered all over ;
the woods, said; "Mr. Lightnin',
I wish you had just tried yo' nan'
on dis black gum. Any dam fool
can split a poplar!"
Every woman always had hair
some lime that fell below her waist;
every man once came very near
taking up a public career.
THAT
HAD
in vour
mouth
is a
SURE
SIGN
Liver
5s
TO-DAY.
Vim will fill belter almost
iiiiiiii'di.ili'K , nml -still belter
To-Morrow
THC GENUINE has the NED on
h Iront ol oach package and tho
signature and foal ol J II. ZEILIN
A cu., on tna aiae, in keu.
j FOR SALE OY AU DHUCCISTS.
j we furnishb
A I'oval Feast to every one who '
( huv their giocencs at our store.!;
( At! the seasonable deleeaeies an- ;
foiin-l 111 oui store llie year )
11 Mill, 1 .
mi l
eiimi
aia
Take
ONE
of the Little
Tablets
and the
Pain is
Gone
ITTealmche
BACKACHE
"Kcfnrc I hfuin i
use Lr Mile-' Ann
('in I'llK I voIcreJ
for U ind k
uli nrorjli-n Nnv
1 rifely cur have ihe
head. lie. I nc.cr
he wnhnui itiem
Mis hlcannr itii
N t.:h Street
St. Josefh. Missouri
RHEUMATISM
and SCIATICA
25 Doses 25 Cents
You. Druiiit tclli Dr. Milcv' Anil-Pain Pills
and be Is uihorUed to return the price of ibc flisl
ptcUgt (only) ll It falls to benefit you.
Mel AI L PATTTRNS ,
l, ,,.,,, i l r i-rrlrrt f,'. Mni.,.c.ty and
.,v','l,i; , v ,1 . M-.J I.T I" talainuue.
McC ALL'S MAI.AZ.Nr. ,
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?imVwi, v'. t.l -.
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(HI McMU ( ').. J. S ! 248 W. S7lh SI.. NEW YOBS
7 T. CLARK,
li.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
vuanos, n. ".
I Pructico. in the court of Halifax and
adioiniiii counties and ii. the Supreme
couit of the Slate. Special attention
given to collections and prompt return
We Ask You
to take Cardul. for vour femalo
troubles, because ve are sure It
win tv In vnti. Remember that
: tins great female remedy
Forced Into Exile.
William I pchiiich, ofiilenOak.nkla.,
nas an exile from home. Mountain air,
he thought, would cure a frightful lung
racking Co jh that had defied all reme
dies for two yeais. Afler six months
he returned, death dogging his steps.
"Then I heiran to use Or. King's New
Discovery," he writes, ' and aftei taking
six liottles 1 am as well as ever." It
saves thousands yearly houi desperate
lung diseases. Infallible for t oughs
and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and
Sore Throat. Cures I .up, I'.ionchitis,
lleinoriliaL'es, Asthma. Croup. Whoop
inn Coul'Ii. .Vie. and 1, trial hottle free
giiuiautecd hy all druggists.
1 CONFECTIONERIES
C FRUITS i I
( CROCKERY AND TIN )
( WARE )
( Wooden and Willowware. Ktc. '
( lioo.U delivered promptly any )
( where m town. 1'olite clerks. )
( Phone No. SO. )
1 R. M. PDRNELL, )
( WKI.IION. N. r. '
( .')
I has brought relief to thousands of
oiner sick women, so wny nu
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak.
ness, many have saia it is mo
best medicine to take. iry tt I
Sold in This City
n
THC CHILDREN LIKE IT
DeWITT'S CARB0L1ZED WITCH HL NY jl LAXATIVE
SALVE For PfhM. ura. Sotm. COUCH SYRUP
SPIERS BROS.
WKLJON. N. C.
A Scalded Hoy's Shrieks
horrified his giandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, of Nelio, Ky., who writes that,
w hen all thought he would die, ltuck
len's Arnica Salve wholly cured him.
Infallible for Hums. Scalds, fills, Corns,
Wounds, Bruises, Cures l ever Sores,
Boils. Skill Kruplions, t'hillilaius, Chap
ped Hands. Soou routs Files. L' ic. at
all druggists.
He looked in a store window
and saw "Hats Reduced." "Heav
ens !" said he to himself. "What
was their original size?"
CASTORIA
Pur Infant! and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Bignature of
Why do so many otherwise
clever women write silly letters to
men?
They're probably making col
lections of the answers ihey get.
TMH HOOK W ORM.
The cat's out of the bag. I look
worm, according to the eminent
authorities, is contracted through
the feei. This has brought the
! assertion and there is nothing won-
dcrful in this, that in the old days
j shoes were made of leather tough
! leather and no worm that ever
I lived could bore through it, but
thai the shoes of these days are
made partly of paper and therefore
the entrance is easier. We ex
pected something like this would
be forthcoming.
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.
"The most merciless enemy 1 had for
Si vears," declares Mrs. .lames Duncan,
of ilaynesville, Me., "was Dyspepsia. 1
sullereil intensely after eating or drink
ingand could scarcely sleep. After many
remedies had failed and s.iveral doctors
gave me up. 1 tried Flectric Hitters,
which cured me completely. Now 1 can
eat any thing. I am 711 years old and
am overjoyed at getting my health hack
again." For Indigestion, Loss of Appe
tite, Kidney Trouble. I-aine Back, Fe
male Complaints, itsuneiinaled. Only
5ue. t all druggists.
i
'.I il '
Think!
YOU CAN'T BLAME iHIM
for wanting one ol our pies so liadiy
he would steal it. Taste one yoursel.
and you'll eat all you can get if you are
ceiliiiu ol'dyspepsiallie rest of your life
Vi'l: BAKE PIES
that are even better than those "moth
er used to make." If you don't believe
it. try one. The proof of the pic is the
eating.
M, S, MOUNTCASTLE,
WF.LDON, N. C.
D. E. STAINBACK,
NOTARY PUBLIC
And Fire Insurance.
Roanoke News Office - Wrtion N (.
The Whole Town
at Your Elbow for
5 cents
Per Day I
A Telephone
itt your residence
That's All I
For Rates
APPLY TO
LOCAL MANAGER
on
Home Telephone and
Telegraph Company,
HENDERSON, - . N. O.
w
ALTER E. DANIEL.
' ATTORN KY-AT-LAW,
WKI.DON, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Halifax ana
Northampton and in the Supremo and
Federal courts. Collections made in all
parts of North Carolina. Branch office
at Halifax open every, onday4i
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THDI-iMRK, I'aTnUaisI V1''''', i.!, I
l.tov.l Stn.l ikflili, MimIi'1 or I'li.ilit. Ir
.aft sreosTon imti'iii.i'iiiiy. i'itit p'i 1
ton.'i.-lii'ir. """". '".iii. I
boo.;', i,',' sow to o.Tam .a aiLi. ear.
mil. W in, ll on will !.ll"rin "lyrt.
ier ualenl l w ! otbK valua lil uariiil luu,
D. SWIFT h CO.
303 Seventh St., Wathingtoii, P. C.J