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u U 111 , tgagyi
The Kind You Havo Always Bought, anil which lias been
lu uso fur over 30 years, litis boruo tlto signature of
- aud lms been nmdo under his per
CjZL'ffcfA' Bona supervision since Itslnl'iiiii'y.
Acvf. '-UCAil. Allow no outs toilon ivuyou in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations nuil ' Jusl-iis-uood" are but
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Infiuits mid Children Uxpe iuneo li;:iinst K.vpcriiuonU
What is CASTORIA
Custorlu is a harmless suhstltnto for Cantor Oil, Pans
Koric, Drops ami Soothing Syrups. It Ik IMciisiint. It
((intiilns neither Opinio, Morphine not' oilier Nurcotlo
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mid alloys IVvorishiioss, It cures Di.uiho'U and Wind
Coll;!, It relieves Tuotldiiff Troubles, cureH Const ipiitiou
and Flatulency. It assimilittes tlio Food, regulates the
Moiniicli mid Dowels, tjl vlistr lieultby rind natural sleep.
Tlio Children's l'anaeea Tho Mother' Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bear, the Signature of
I
The KM You Ha6 Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMI OCHTAun COMINV, TT MUHRAV ITHUT, MIW TORN WTt,
and Sum
mer styles on sale -Now!
If anything a little lit smart
er and more exclusive than
usual. The kind you see
on Paris houlevarJs - Fifth
Avenue too. Every last and
leather that a woman could
possihly want at any time.
A. L. STAINBACK,
VVeldon, N. C.
I ,..1
IF YOU THINK IT, SAY IT.
A Word of Appreciation will Nev
er Be Lost.
If anything pleases your eye or
palate, or add 10 your enjoyment
of life in any way, say so. It is
not fair to expect any one 10 work
for your pleasure and then lake it
I for granted that you are pleased,
w hile looks or actions express j
nothing of the kind.
Ii is bad enough to expect grown
people to understand your feelings
but in mercy lo ihe children do
give ihem the word of praise which
their efforts lo help or please you
deserves.
It is not only right but good pol
icy as well lo know this. You have
only to watch the lace of a child
when it has tried lo help you; give
it the word of praise or thanks
which it deserves and watch the
lighting up of the little face (hen
take note of iis aciions and very
soon you will see that it is watch
ing for an opportunity to do some
thing else lor you; and if you ask
l!ie favor how willingly the linle
leet and hands do ihe bidding. On
the oilier hand lake their efforts as
a mailer of course and see the face
show how keenly the negleci is
fell.
While human nature remains
whai it is, a word of appreciaiion
will never be lost on old or young
and is one of ihe best paying in
vestments which can be made.
Sonic say "I don'i cu e whether
lliey like ii or not," bui thai is all
nonsense for man, woman or child;
we every one of us feel our heart
grow warm under merited praise
and if w e cannot get a little more
! of ii than we deserve, which rare
j ly happens in iliis world we iry lo
! deserve more next time.
! NEVER A!Y MRS. BURTON.
'THE WATER MILL"
AS AN AGRICULTURAL EDITOR.
How the Humorist Made a Farm
Paper Interesting During the
Regular Editor's Absence!
ftwrV'A ir.'ririt Uirit U
1
:."L ii .i it if ir ili- u .V ii ii i u I
j lV'tr ,i'Vti li ii it'
Strictly speaking, Senator Bur
Ion, of Ohio, may not be a woman
i haier, but
Preceding a recent function here
1 the society editor of a Washington
; paper determined lo describe ihe
' gowns of all the Senaiors wives
; present.
; "Mr. Senator," she said as she
accosted the Ohio statesman, "will
you be kind enough 10 itll int.
what son of a gown Mrs. Btirioit
will wear?"
Taking his eyeglasses from his
i pocket and putting them carefully
upon his nose the Senator fixed
: the girl with a glance that nailed
; her io the mast, and frigidly re-
' plied :
t "Madam, there is no Mrs. Bur
; ton, and if I have anything to say
' about it, there never will be."
j New York World.
Listen to ihe water null,
Through ihe live-long day
How ihe clicking of the w heel
Wears ihe weary hours away,
Languidly the Autumn wind j
Stirs the withered leaves:
On the field the reapers sing, !
Binding up ihe sheaves;
And a proverb haunts my mind,
And a spell is cast:
"The mill will never grind
With the waier that is past,"
Summer winds revive no more,
Leaves sirewn over earth and
main,
And ihe sickle ne'er can reap
The gathered grain again;
And the rippling stream flows on.
Tranquil, deep and siill
Never gliding back again
To the water mill.
Truly speaks the proverb old,
Wiih a meaning vast:
"The mill will never grind
Willi the water lhat is past."
0, the wasted years of life
That have swiftly drifted by !
0, ihe good we might have done !
Gone, lost without a sigh !
Love that we might once have saved
By a single kindly word !
Thoughts conceived but ne'er ex-
I pressed,
I Perishing unpenned and un
I heard.
Take the proverb to thy soul
Take and clasp it fast :
"The mill will never grind
With ihe water thai is past."
i O, love ili y (iod and fellow-man,
i Thyself consider last,
I l'or come ii will when thou must
I scan
Dark errors ol ihe pasi,
And when the fight of life is o'er,
And eanh recedes from view,
And Heaven in all its glory shines
Midst the pure, ihe good, ihe
true
'1 hen you'll see more clearly
The proverb deep and vast :
"The mill will never grind
With ihe waier that is past."
Take the lesson to thyself.
Loving hearts and true;
Golden years are Heeling by:
Youth is passing, too.
Learn to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day;
Time will ne'er return sweet joys
Neglected, thrown away.
Leave no lender word unsaid,
But love while love shall last
"The mill will never grind
Willi the waier that is past,"
Work while ct ihe sun doth
shine,
Men of strength and will.
Never does ihe streamlet glide
Useless by ihe mill:
Wail not lill to-morrow's sun
Beams brightly on thy way,
All that thou canst call thine own
Lies in tin- phrase "10-day."
Or iiip.'lleci, or blooming health
May not, will not always last
"The mill will never ('.rind
With ihe water lhat is past."
A WOMAN OP COURSE.
'lew Spring Ms!
FULL AND CO.MPl.nTE LINE OF
CLOTHING,
Purnishings, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
fresh from the Northern markets. Call and see
our new goods for spring and summer.
Respectfully,
r t TT- A TIT TV
1. J. XVillrJUllX, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. j
"1 le is a smart man."
"What is smart about him?"
"He can speak many tongues."
I "I know some one who can beat
I that."
"How many?"
1 "Just one."
HOW DID YOU DIE?
Hid you lackle the trouble thai came your w ay
With a resolute heart and cheerful ?
Or hide your face from ihe light of day
Willi a craven soul and fearful?
Oh, a trouble's a ion, or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a irouble is w hat you make it;
And ii isn't ihe fact that you're hurt that couuis,
But only, how did you take it ?
You are beaten id earth ? Well, well, what's that ?
Come up wiih a smiling face.
It's nothing against you 10 (all down flat,
But to lie there that's a disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why Ue higher you bounce;
Be proud of your blackened eye !
Ii isn't the fact that you're licked that counts;
It's how did you light and why ?
And ihotigh you be done to ihe death, whai ihen ?
If you battled the best you could
If you played your part in the world of men,
Why, the critic will call it good,
Death comes with a crawl, or comes wiih a pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
It isn't the fact that you're dead thai counts,
Bui only how did you die ?
A GUILTY CONSCIENCE.
THE BANK OF WELDON
WEI. DON. N.
Organized Under the Urn of the State ol North Carolina,
Ann i".mth, mi.
Slate of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
CapMattn $45,000.
For more than 17 years this institution 1ih provithnl liankintr facili
ties for this Keeliun. Its stockliol.li'ra aikt directors have been hlrntilied
with t i. business interests t Halifax and Northampton counties for
many v,';,m Money is loaned upon approved Bccunly at the liyal rate of
intereMr-ii per centum. Accounts of all are solicited.
The aurplus and undivided protils haviiuf reached a sum e.(ual to the
r..i.ivi...i, n..l eommencinif January I. PKiS, eMahlislied a
Savinirs lepartment allowing interest on time deposits as lollotvs:
Deposit allowed toremain three months or lonirer. '.' per cent,
months or lonifer, per cent, twelve months or lomrer 4 percent.
For further information apply to the I'resuleut or l ashier.
maxioiNT:
W. E. DANIEL,
vici-i'krsiurst:
W. It. HM1TH.
casiiikh:
It. H. THAN IS,
DeWITT'S CARBOUZEO WITCH HAZEL
HALVE For PUm, Burn, Dora.
THI CHILDREN LIKE IT
KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE
COUCH SYRUP
THIRD
OPERATION
PREVENTED
etab'.j Cjupoaad
Cldeano, 111. "I want to tell you
Vhut l.jo.:i I). 1 iiuvhuui's Vegetable
I'ompniiiid did for me. 1 v us so sick
that two ol the best doelors in t'ldeu po
Mid I vm."'I die il I did not have un
OpeliitlOll. 1 li:i(l I
ulivudy tad twi
operations, a In
t'uey wanted we to
go llii' i. mil a lliiul
oin. 1 MiiVmlday
a.iJ ldlit 1 1 uin in.
llain. nation and U
H-.naU tumor, ami
lU'Vtr thought ot
toeing u Well day
pn i n. A friend
told li.c how 1 jdL
II. l'iukhani'a Veir.
etabie l'uiiipi'.i..d had helped her, mid
1 tried il, ii:1 1 after the third buttle
W.aReilll'd."--..il:l Al.VKNA Sl'KlO.l.Ml,
140S Clyliuun..' .Ur.. Chicago, HI.
If you are ill do not duis alonif kt
home or in your i-lm-erf employment
until nil opuall !! i- neeessniy, but
build up the fei..:iuiie s; stem, and ru.
move the eam-e ol tl-.o-o distressing
aches and it ins by taking l.ydla K.
1'iukh.am'a Vep'table CoU'.puuud,niud
from roots and herbs.
For thirty years it has been the stau.
durd remedy for temulu Ills, aud has
positively restored the health of thoii
anudsof wonienwho liBve been troubled
with displacements, inflammation, ui
ceration.tibrold tumors, Irregulaiitieg.
periodic pains, backache, liearinK-down
teeling, flatulency, indigestion, dim
ness, or nervous proatrfttluu, W'DJ
don't you try M
WHY HEMISSED SOME THINGS
nwi i t ' - TT-
"That view is rather unscientif
ic, said at a dinner party in New
York, Dr. Simon Flexner, the
head of the Rockefeller Institute.
"That view reminds me," con
tinued Dr. FJexner, "of Hopkin
son, who was wont to observe
Lent very vigorously.
"But on a certain fast day, after i
three hours of golf, I lopkinson j
couldn't resisi a luncheon of chops. J
And as he munched his chops a i
violent storm came up suddenly,
n KIiim !ih, Ktlti.t lit., mum nnil
then a terrific clap of thunder shook ! me aiul '",,x J
the building.
"Hopkinson, nervous and sha
ky, laidduv.il his knife and fork.
"'What a fuss," he muttered,
over a mutton chop.' "Washing
ton biar.
Mark Twain never really ediied
a farm paper, but he wroie a siory,
just ihe same, telling of an imagi
nary experience along this line.
The editor of the paper was sick
; and wanted a vacation. Mark
i agreed lo fill his place while he
1 look a resl, and ihe editor jumped
i ai ihe otter.
' ( )f course, being a humorist, the
j new editor had lo be funny, so he
, handed out lo his readers such val
i liable inisinfotformaiion as ihis:
J "Turnips should never be pull
; ed; il injures them. It is much
heller to send a boy up and lei him
shake the tree."
The guano is a fine bird, bin
great care is necessary in rearing
it. It should not be imported
earlier than June or later than Sep
tember. In the winter in should
be kepi in a warm place, where il
can hatch out its young."
"Concerning the pumpkin.
This berry is a favorite with the
natives of the interior of New Eng
land, who prefer it to the goose
berry for the making of fruit cake,
and who likewise give it the pref
erence over the raspberry for feed
ing cows, as being more filling and
fully as satisfying. The pumpkin
is the only esculent of the orange
family ihai will thrive in the North
excepi the gourd and one or
two varieties of the squash. But
the custom of planting it in the
j front yard with the shrubbery is
I fast going oul of vogue, for it is
i now generally conceded thai the
! pumpkin as a shade tree is a fail-
ure."
j But just at this time the old
editor came back, and his grief
was g''eat. He is supposed lo
have talked to his substitute in the
following language:
"This is a sad business-a very
sad business. There is the inucil
age bottle broken, and six panes
' of glass, and a spittoon and two
I candlesticks. But that is not the
! worst. The reputation of the pa
j per is in jurdd and permanently, ;
! 1 fear. True, there never was i
such a call for the paper before, i
1 and il never sold such a large edi- j
lion or soared lo such celebriiy ;
but does one want to be famous j
for lunacy and prosper upon the
; infirmities of his mind? My friend, j
as I am an honest man, ihe street
out there is full of people, and oth
ers are roosting on the fences, j
waiting to get a glimpse of you,
because they think you are crazy.
And well they might. Your edi-1
torialsare a disgrace to journalism.
Why, what put it into your head
that you could edit a paper of this
nature? You do not seem to know
I the first rudiments of agriculture,
j You speak of a furrow and a har
row as being the same thing; you
talk of the molting season for
cows, and you recommend the do-
niesiicaiion of the polecat on ac
: count of its playfulness and its ex-
cellence as a ratter. Ah, heavens
j and earth, friend! If you had
i made the acquiring ot ignorance
the study of your life you could
j not have graduated with higher
honor than you could today. 1
I want you to throw up your sima
j tion and go. I want no more hol
i iday I could not enjoy it if I had
it. Certainly not with you in my
chair. Oh! why didn't you tell
me you didn't know anything
about agriculture?"
I PUTTING AWAY SMALL SUMS!
Here, you can put away small sums not needed for present X
use. And while wailing your call they will draw interest.
hi An account in our Savings Department dues not always imply
3 small u uiisaciioiis, iui iiuih n. inan uic uepobiiui s ui c UMiig t,.
I; our havings pass-books. 1 hev are using ihem lor ihe
j they get; lliey
afforded
9
interest
mti because of the convenience
compounded quarterly. t
ire also using
4 per cent, interest allowed,
BANK OF ENFIELD, I
N. C.
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m,; jr Ji . il.Ji.lT.l y i jr. ,fl.
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HOW IT IIAPPENLD.
The Explanation of the Automo
bile Driver und a Climax
After the victim of the accident
was carried to the sidewalk the au
tomobile driver turned his
machine and came back and ex
plained how it happened with con
siderable warmih.
"This woman," he volubly re
marked to ihe policeman, "was
entirely to blame. She ran around
from ahead of the street car and
deliberately put herself in my way.
After she had dodged the coal cart,
it was too late for me to stop. I
couldn't tell which way she was
going.and when I saw that she was
da.ed and foolish 1 jammed on the
brakes and tried to pass to the left,
but of course she had to run the
same way, and the consequence
was ihat in endeavoring to avoid a
baby carriage with twins in it and
an old man who was walking wiih
a crutch I suppose I must have hit
her. But I wasn't going more
than two miles an hour, and any
woman who would dodge around
in that foolish way and lose her
head shouldn't be permitted to go
on the streets without a bunch of
guardian:.."
I The policeman nodded.
"Come over to ihe sidewalk,"
he said, and lake a look at her."
So the driver went to the curb
with the otficer and looked at the
unfortunate creature w ho had so
actively conuibuied to her own
disasier.
And, lo, it was only a dressma
ker's dummy that had fallen oil
the rear of a deliveiy wagon!
Cleveland Star.
THE OLD MAID.
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She never married. Suitors came
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The old love reigned. No rival
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Think you her hie was wasted"
Vale and hill
Blossomed in summer and white
winter came;
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An Irish politician had just re
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HOW HE DID IT.
A FISH STORY.
The late Justice Brewer was
with a party of New York friends
on a fishing trip in the Adirondack
and around (he camp lire one
evening the talk naturally ran on
big fish. When it came his turn
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No, said the justice, we
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Did you have a fine lime,
Mike?" I
"Of course. I did." I
"Did you visit the theatres in i
ans-
"Sure, I was in all of 'em." I
"Well, tell me, Mike, and did
you see any poommes de terre?"
"No, had the wife with tne all
the lime."
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j from so experienced a juryman.
This was the man's reply :
"I'll tell yer, sir, 'ow 1 makes
up mind. I'm a plain man, and a
reason' man, and I ain't influenced
by anything the lawyers say; no,
nor by what the judge says. 1
just looks at man in the dock and
I says, 'If he ain't done nothing,
why's he here?' And I brings
'em all in guilty."
Nothing discourages a woman
more about her husband than for
him not 10 take any interest in
w hom the richest girl is going lo
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turn these suits our liea'htiar1ors deei
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for cash only. Il.'i Suits J7..MI. Prin
cess, white and all other colors $." to f7,
now 'xl lo . Wash t 'oat Suits ft lo
$11, now .OS to $;l. $ 1 to $.-, Net W sist
luceil $1.7.1 to $'J..ri(i black and col
ored silk Petticoat $1 to fit now $2.Hrt
to $1.7.1. Voile Skirts $ to $Hnow
to $l.1ii. 111,000 yards lace and in broid
eries lo close out al hall pnee. 7.1c to
$1 .Messahue silks, al! colors, now .10 to
i.lc. fi and lip. calicoes .tj to 4c.
10 and l-jc iriio?ham 7 to He. About
H.IMNI yards dress goods to clone oul less
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