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VOL. XLIV.
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THE BLUES.
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The Man Who Is Naturally De
spondent Is More to be Pitied
Than The Man Who Has Rheu-mutism
Promotes Dieslionflw rail-1
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Opiuni.Mdr)hiiK norfcral
nur aakcutic.
SnipntMUcStmimam
For Infant and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
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IAST0R
IITV.
There ure limes when lie aver
age Mian lias (tie Hues, and then
lie wants to talk of epitaphs and
dead men's bones and to sleep in a
eliarnal house and lo ride in a
hearse instead of a street ear. With
; some men the affliction known as
. the blues is constitutional, holding
sway at regular intervals, while
others are nicely depressed by
existing circumstances. Some are
born with the blues, some achieve
the blues and others have the blues
thrust upon them. The man who
is naturally despondent is more to
be pitied than the man who has
inflammatory rheumatism. Though
the sun may be shining and the
bree.e murmuring, and the whole
earth rejoicing, he is still bowed
, by the weight of the blues. He
doesn't know why it is so and he
doesn't care much. His highest
ambition is to contemplate suicide,
and sometimes to practice it. Peo
ple tell him that it is foolish to be
so morbidly sorrowful, and they
are doubtless right, but he can't
help it and so he goes along, blue
because he has to live, and after a
while blue because he has to die.
MUST HAVE.
Get the Habit
Of coming to our store when
you want the best in footwear
"They say a man designed the
waste basket hat while on a big
spree."
"1 understand the fall model is
even worse."
"Did he have the nerve to design
a hat while he was sobering up?"
MATCHED.
"1 married my first husband for j
money and my second for love.
"Then you are very happy now,
I suppose ?"
"No. Alas! no. You see my
first husband married me for love
and my second for money."
are the latest designs made by
skilled shoemakers, in other
words, they are classy. Let
us see your foot and we will
be glad to do the rest. Also full line of
HOLEPROOF
HOSI E B Y
in Men's, Ladies' and Children's, Guaranteed
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
WELDON SHOE COMPANY,
WELDON, N. C.
TO
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Fall and Winter Goods
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
KiJney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everyone Uuowsol Dr. Kilmer's
Swauip-Kout, the great kidney, liver and
DliUHIll IsuiMit , "--
cause of its remark
able health restoring
iroierties. Swuiiip-
l . Kool lullills almost
fi everv wish ill over-
i'j coming rheumatism,
!. pain in the bark, kid
neys, liver. biu'iuer
and every part of the
urinary passage. It
rnrret-u inability to
hold water and seulditin pain in passing it.
or bad effects following use of huor, wine
or beer, and overcomes th.it unpleasant
necessity of being compiled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times durini; the night.
Swamp-Root is wit recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy vou need. It lias been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and lias
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement ha9 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, ulso a book telling
nmr nhoilt SwaillD-RoOt, Olid llOW to
find out if vou have Kin
ney or bladder trouble.
Wiicinvritingmention
' reading this generous
' offer in this paper anil
I slmiJ vour address to
i in. til."... - ,
' Hinghamton.N.Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar sie bottles are sold by
i all druggists. IVm't make any mistake
,l... nitiip. Sw;inii-Root.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the nil-
in, rwiiuiii t. -.
dress, Biughamtou, N. Y.,on every bottle.
Full line of Clothing for Men
US. . and Boys. - Up-to-date line oi
PS LADIES' SKIRTS
. H.I fkt A M.,..l In
Penh's Fnrnishinsra HACDC I
JCi Snecial Invitation to every friend of Hall- IX. V I
"""V fax and Northampton counties.
I J. KAPLIN,
v ROANOKE RAPIDS. - North Carolina
THE BANK OF WELDON
WELDON, N. (
Orjanlzed Under the Laws of the Stutc of North Carolina,
Ai tu sr jorit, iso2.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
l!!.. $43,000.
For more than 17 vears this institution lias prmided banking facili
ties for this soetion. Its stockholders and directors have been nlcutihed
with the busing Halif" an.l Northampton counties lor
many years. Money is loaned upon approved security at the legal rate of
"iUsi per centum. Accounts of all are solicited.
ThrB,i.plus and undivided prolits having reached a sum equal to the
fa ita Stock, the Hank has, commencing January 1. S, estabhshc, a
toyX IK-partiiiHiit alloiriiw inti-it on tunc depos, Is as follows: tor
neposits al owed lo remain three months or longer, 'J per cent Six
For further miormaiion apr1)
Carnations, Violets
and other (lowers always on hand.
Shower Wedding Bouquets. Handsome
l'loial Ill-signs. I'lilms ami l iins for
home culture.
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus
and many other varieties of lSulbs for
fall planting either for out or indoor cul
ture, tiose hiihlicn, MuKiiolias and Kt
eigroeiis. Write, 'phone or telegraph.
H. STEINMETZ,
Florist.
Raleigh. North Carolina.
5 -ally
Snecial Sale !
Roviil RflUlnct Priwrlpr fs fh
greatest of time and labor
savers to tne pastry cook.
zj Economizes flour, butter
ana eggs and makes the
food digestible and healthful
Makes most healthful food
No alum no lime phosphates
from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
NEW EVERYM0RNING,
livery day is a fresh beginning,
livery morn is the world made new ;
You who are weary of sorrow and sinning.
Here is a beautiful hope for you
A hope for me and a hope for you.
All things are past and over,
The tasks are done and the tears are shed ;
Yesterday's errors let yesterday cover ;
Yesterday's wounds, which smarted and bled,
Are healed with the healing which night has shed.
Yesterday is a part of forever,
Bound up in a sheaf which holds tight ;
With glad days, and sad days, and bad days, which never
Shall visit us more with their bloom and their blight,
Their fulness of sunshine or sorrowful night.
Let them go, since we cannot relieve them ;
Cannot undo, and cannot atone;
God in His mercy, receive, forgive them !
Only the new days are our own.
Today is ours, and today alone.
Here are the skies all burnished brightly,
Here is the spent earth all reborn;
Here are the tired limbs springing lightly
To face the sun, and to share with the morn
In the chrism of dew and the cool of dawn.
livery day is a fresh beginning;
Lister., my soul, to the glad refrain,
And spite of my old sorrow and older sinning,
And puzzles forecasted, and possible pain,
Take heart with the day, and begin again.
Susan Coolidge.
prkkidmt:
W. K. DANIEL,
vu'K-I'Iikhiiint: cahhikr:
Dh. II. W. I.F.WIS. W. It, SMITH.
(Jackson, Northampton county)
MITTS CARB0LI2ED WITCH l!" SgSf
8ALVE For Bum., tor. COUCH SYRUP
We have on band several consign
incuts of the latest in wool, Wash and
Princess ladicH Suits. Rather than re
turn these suits our headquarters deei
iled to put tin-in on sale at half price
for cash only. !' Suits 7.oO. i'nn
cess, white and all other colors to
now li.Ml to :t. Wash Coat Knits t to
t, now ti ns to ft. W to.i Net Waists
reduced tl . 7") to fL'. 'iO Black and col
ored silk I'etticoats if I to now
to $1.71. Voile Sknts ( to hiiow ...
to it. 'si. HI.ISIO yards lace and embroid
eries to close out at half price. 7"C to
$1 Messaline silks, all colors, now 60 to
7"ic. ft and lie. calicoes SI to 4c.
10 and l'Jle ginghams 7 to !k About
8 (Kl vards dress goods lo close out less
than cost. Ladies hats at half price,
lings, druggets, enrpetings and mattings
at and below cost.
SPIERS BROS.
WELDON, N. C.
THE TEST OF HEROISM.
Was He Ready To Hnlist tor The
Service ?
EXPLAINING AN FIXCISI;.
SUNNY WAY OF LIFE,
How-do, Mr. Neighbor, and good-by, little wife,
And that's the morning measure on the sunny way of life;
A rosebud road of music where the heart is warm and sweet
With how-do, everybody, as you trip along the street;
How-do, Mr. Neighbor,
This is no world of strife
When thus we pass to labor
Along the road of life !
Good morning, little sweetheart in sunshine or in rain,
And that's the sunny music of the sweetheart land's refrain;
To country or to city, where'er the feet may stray,
Three cheers for Mr. Sunshine on the road to sunny way
How-do, Mr. Neighbor,
Good luck to you, old friend,
And love makes light the labor
When love lips light the end !
To old folks and to youbg ones, the mellow and the sweet.
And how-do, Mr. Neighbor, makes the world a sunny street;
And morning's heart of greeting beats three so fair, so fine,
At your smile, Mr. Neighbor, and the answering smile of mine:
How-do, Mr. Neighbor,
It rings so true, you know,
When down to daily labor
Lrom sweetheart lands we go !
I make my own dream sweeier, and you make yours so, too,
With old-time friendship greetings of neighbor, howdy-do !
A fine old morning measure thai sings and sings and sings
Till round the world of trouble the rose of sunshine swings:
How-do, Mr. Neighbor,
Through thick and ihin, hurray !
We'll turn our lanes of labor
To love, the sunny way !
How-do, Mr. Neighbor, and good-by, little wife,
From morning until twilight its music lifts the strife,
And thais the way to prosper, homebound at night to meet
The lips of dripping honey from the lips so honey-sweet;
How-do, Mr. Neighbor,
And good-by, little wife;
Love turns the way of labor
Into the way of life !
'Here ;iiii I : si-nd inc. "
Tin' words iiKirk tin- tin iiin
point in a cciit curi'er. They
wore littcl'i'il :it what is wont to
ho t t'fiin. I "tin- purling of thi'
way." Tlioy rrfiT lo t In1 liniir
when an iiiioinit lloliii'W tiri'd
of tin1 lift' w liii'h In' had lii'cii
living, mi l ivrcivinn o II r
glimpse of "thr liciivriily vis
ion" rcsolvi'il tliiit he! forth
xistcnri' should hi' Kiiini'lhiii"
more than n barren waste, lie
heard a voice ciillini; him to a
new career, lie was not told
that the new pathway would be
always flower-strewn. He has
not promised a perennial jrrei't
in of siiiiline; skies. He was
simply informed that his hour ;
had come, Was he ready to
enlist for the service;- Was he
ready to take the consequences:'
Was he ready to idede un- '
swerving loyalty to a new com
mander':' In his own words we
find the answer
"Here am 1; send me."
The old Hebrew never regret
ted the fact that he answered
the call. What visions were
vouchsafed to him in the after
years. L'pon his head was
placed the circlet of divine
prophecy. It was he who told
of the comino; of the King
"the Man of sorrows and ac
quainted with grief whose ca
reer, beginning with Bethlehem
and ending with Calvary,
should eventually redeem the
world.
There is not a man or woman I
now living who may not enjoy j
similar privilege to that which 1
came to Isaiah of old if like
him they will consent to re-
spotid when the call for service j
comes. Their vision may not 1
he like his, but it will lift the j
1 soul above the things of earth,
land show that heroism placed
! to its sulilimest test cannot be
1 tested in vain.
BIBLICAL TI-ACHINU.
An Atlanta merchant has fre
quent occasion to rebuke Ike, his
darky porter, for his tardiness in
reporting fur duty in the morning.
Ike is always ready with a more or
less ingenious excuse.
"You're two hours late, Ike,"
exclaimed the employer one morn
ing. "This sort of thing must
stop' Otherwise I'm going to lire
you. I'nderstund?"
"Deed, Misi.ili lidward," re
plied Ike, "it wa'nt nub fault dis
time ! Hones'! 1 was kicked by a
mule !"
"Kicked by a mule? Well,
even if that were so, it wouldn't
delay you for more than an hour.
You'll have to think of a better ex
cuse than that."
Ike looked aggrieved. "Mistah
lidward," he continued, solemnly,
. "it might have been all right ef dat
mule kicked me in dis direction,
but he didn't he kicked me de
odder way." Atlanta Journal.
Your faith is not measured by
your appreciation of the faults of
others.
Hoping for much for others is
helping them to it.
Five Years
of Heart Trouble Cured by
Dr. Miles' Heart Remedy
"KiloR- I began taking Dr.
Miles' 1 lean K.-miMly I had been
sulTeriiig from heart trouble for
over lice ear-. 1 had pains in
iiiv h it side, and under my
-hoiiMiT blade, could not sleep
the h it -ide, an. I VU- Ml short
,.t breath lb'' lea-1 exertion
win Mil bring on 1 be mi'M distress
ing palpitation. I bad M'.'ir.'cly
take n a hall bottle oi the Heart
I 'fined v before 1 could see a
marked change in my condition.
When I had taken six bottles I
was cured."
MRS. C. C. GO R KEY,
Xorthliebl, Va.
If there is fluttering or palpi
tation ii is an indication of a
weakness of the nerves and mus
cles of the heart. It is not neces
sarily ili-eaed 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
bv 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.
THAT
HAD
TASTE
in vour
mouth
is a
SURE
SIGN
of
i Disordered
Liver
i T e li7"V
1
1
-z? -r
TO-DAY.
i I You "ill feel better almost
imnicili.itcle, an.l still better
UcCAI.L PATTERNS
. v.i-j i..r s.r, i-.rl.-rt 1,1. limplioty .1.4
;'v"'.,'l 1. I milu. S.-I..I I"' I'"' tM.Sm
Mot ALL'S MA..AZINE (j
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ri.'wl. L'l t'm ''''" k.li'mli'-M"!.'.
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HIIMliml t MH ( tUTS
, Acr, . I I". '"" f"' nt-'ue
M . . I1.' A l,l"'s
till M.l ll I .. ' M " 57,11 Sl - NEW ,0,:'
Alone In a Sow Mill at Midniijht j
iiniiiinildil of lainpiifs, ilrafts, storms
or colli, W . .1. AtkiiiK ftoiliiil lis Nurlil
Watolnnaii. at liaiiner Siriin.'s, Trim.,
Such exposure wave him a w vere col.!
tliut si'ttle.l on liis Iiiiil'. At lust he
hail to irive up work, lie trlisl many
ri'iiH'.lii s hut all failed till he "i''l lr-
Kins'sNew liiM'oveiy. "After umiiK
one hollle," he wiites, ''1 went haek to
n-nrk us wi'll as ever." Seven' Colils.
sUilihornl'oiiKhs, iiitlaineil throats ami
sore liiiiK. llemorrhaires. Croup ami
Wlioooinir t'ouirh eet nuick relief ami
prompt cure from this kIohoiib nieili.
cine MIC. anil 1. inai nouie nee,
iriiaraiiteeit hy all iliiutKisls.
The home is never brightened
by the roseate hues on the end of
a nose.
Rich Men's (lifts are Poor
hi siile this: "I want loroon record an
savinir that I retard I'.leetrie Hitters as !
one of the greatest Kilts that tie. I has
made to woman, writes Mrs. O. liliine
vault, of Vestal ( enter, N. Y., "I can
never forget what it has done for me."
This (riorums medicine (fives a woman
huoyaiit spirits, viitor of hody and juhi
lant health. It quickly cures Nervous
ness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Head
ache. I'aintini? and Diiy Spells; soon
huilds up the weak, ailing anil sickly.
Try them. 'inc. at all ilruiririHtB.
Good intentions in sowing tares
will not make them come up as
wheat.
livery shadow in life is evidence
of a sun somewhere.
Prof. Charles Zueblin, of the'
! University of Chicago, was dis
j cussing at a dinner the liaster
myths and legends of ihe world.
"The legends that are beautiful '
and immortal," he said, "have in
' them truths that we all, according '
s to our kind, take home. That is !
) true, likewise, of immortal works
j of art pictures, poems, songs. I
j For different people they have dif-'.
; ferent messages." j
"For instance,' said a young
girl, "For instance," smiled Prof. .
Zueblin, "in my native Pendleton j
some of the mothers used 10 cut
the children's hair. They did it
with shears and a bowl. The op-,
eration was often painful, and the
result was never elegant.
"In Sunday school a Pendleton i
teacher once told her pupils the
tragic story of Samson and Delilah.
Then she turned to a little boy.
" 'What do you learn, Joe,' she
said, 'from the Samson story ?
" 'It don't never pay,' piped
Joe, 'to have a woman cut a fel
ler's hair.' "Philadelphia Record.
Looking One's Best.
It's a woman's delight lo luck lu l l
hest but pimples, -km eruptions, sores
and boils roh life of jov. Listen', l'ui'k
len's Aiiniea Salves cures them; makes
the skin soft and velvety. It plenties
the face. Cures l'imples, Sore l'ycs,
Cold Sores, ( racked Lips, Chapped
Mauds. Trv it. Infallible for Piles.
2 c. at ail druiruists.
UNDESERVED RESPECT.
The father of a beautiful girl
gets credit for having a lot of fine
trails that he doesn't possess.
Chicago Record Herald.
Stung for IS Years
by Indigestion's paiu.'s-tryintr many
doctors and 2iki worth of medicine in
vain, 11. K. Ayscue. of liiRleside, S. C,
at last used Dr. Kinir's New Life Tills,
and w rites they wholy cured him. They
cure Constipation, biliousness. Sick
Headache, Stomach, Liver, Kidney and
bowel troubles. '-'.""C at all dnurcists.
To-Morrow
THE CENUINE hc lha RED Z on
Ihe tront ol ach packaoa an4 lh
ionalurfl and teal ot J H. ZEILIN
a. CO., on ins aiao, in mu.
FOR SALE BY ALL DnUCCISTS.
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I A K.iyul l-'i-ast tocveiy one who
( buv then liloe, lies 111 our stole.'
I All' the se:i-.jlial.l. delicacies are
( I'oiiu.l in our store tlie yeai
WE FURNISH
T. CLARK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I LI.IKIN, N. ('.
I 1'iai'tii'es iii tli.' courts of Halifax and
I a.ljiiinini! counties and u. the Supreme
comti.f the Mate. special attention
given to colleelioiis and prompt return
i We Ask You
tn tr.ke Cardul. for vour femala
trnn'nle-,. because va are sure it
J wiH help you. Remember that
tins great lemaie romeay
round.
CONFFCTIONEHIES 1
FRUITS
CROCKERYANDTIN
WARE
Wooden and Willowwanv Ktc
I ids delivered promptlv any
vliere in town. 1'olite clei ks.
I'lioiie No si).
: R. M. PDRNELL,
, BK1.1IOV, . f
has brought relief to thousands of
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headacne, oacKacne.
oer odlcal Dains. lemaie wean-
n(..;5. manv have said It is "the
best medicine to take." Try tt I
Sold in This City - n
Just
I
Think!
TOO UNEVEN.
YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM
for wantinif one of our pies so badly
be would steal it. Taste one yoursel.
and you'll eat all you can net if you arc
certain of dyspepsia the rest of your lift
WE 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 pie is the
eatiiiL'.
M, S, MOUNTCASTLE,
Weldon, N. C.
The Whole Town
at Your Elbow for
cents
Per Day !
j iciepiiviiw
in your residence
That's All!
A Cleveland mother sent this
somewhat satirical note to the
teacher of her small son:
"Pardon me for calling your at
tention to the fact that you have
pulled Johnnie's right ear until it
is getting longer than the other.
Please pull the left ear for a while
and oblige his mother." Cleve
land Star.
D. E. STAINBACK.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And Fire Insurance.
Roanoke News Office Weldon N (.
For Rates
APPLY TO
LOCAL MANAGER
OR
Home Telephone and
Telegraph Company,
HENDERSON, NO
w
ALTER E. DANIEL,
ATTORN EY-hT-LAW,
WKUiON, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Halifax ana
Northampton and in the Supremo and
Federal courts. Collections made in all
ports of North Carolina. Branch office
at Halifax open every J onday,i
Iiil.-r.-4 Semi SfcPtrri, Motifl or I'linU. tor
rK MP OUT on imtmlnMlity. VmnA jmw-
It,! I'-tl-lllWWIT. "" "J- . Ti-w.
IM'lHl Cii 111 Hi Hi mil im iv w' 1
hfii.ki on MOW TO OiTJ.IM at.-1 SIU rT
NTS, Whii It unel will my, Mow to lift R .ttirt-
I in-r, pat 111 1RW H ,u '"' MuawH"''
D. SWIFT & GO.
. . pmiiu mini",
1 303 feeveath St., Waahrimtoa, 0. C.