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VOTED FOR IIIS MOTHER.
Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has hoeo
lu use for over 30 years, has home the slirnnturo of
- and lias been inudo under Ills per
uErffarlt'., 80l,al supervision since Its Infimcy.
rv, t-cccci. AI1(JW no Uie to(lerelvo you , UlU
All Coiintt'ri'elts, ImltatlousiiU(l"JusUus-KoiHl"ura but
KxpiTliumts Unit trllle with n!l piidiiiijfi r the heulth of
Infant and Children Experience UKlnt KiperiiueuU
What is CASTORIA
Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
Krle, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is IMoasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nareotle
substance. Us ago is Its g-ianuitco. It destroys Worm
unit allays I'everblmess. It cilres Pt.irrlm'ii and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teethltlg Troubles, cures Constipation
uud Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Mtoniach and llovvcls, giving healthy mid natural sleep.
The Children's l'unacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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JEW S firing
mer stues on sale-Jxow!
If unything a little hit smart
er an J more exclusive than
usual. The kind you see
on Pan's boulevards - Fifth
Avenue too. Every last an J
leather that a woman could
possibly want at any time.
L. STAJ.NBACK,
Weldon. N. C.
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New
FALL
' and
Winter
Goods
It Was That Letter That Put All
Doubt Aside.
There lives in a Western
State an humble old lady whose
interest in politics is confined
to the single fact that her son
was elected a number of years
HK a member of the Leyisla
: turv, and lias several times
, been re-elected. What he has
actually done in the Legisla
ture she does not know. She
has no doubt that he has done
all that a ood boy, grown to
' be a Kr'at man, ought to have
done or could do; and one good
: thing, at least, he did to justify j
; her confidence. '
When the Legislature ussum-:
' bled in the autumn of l!iot;, the j
son visited his mother and'
i chided her good naturedly for
: not reading the speeches he had i
I sent her. She had saved them i
all, and knew just where they ;
were; but she confessed that
j she had not been able to read
, tlinu all. nor to understand !
j very well what she had read, i
! ''Hut you're going to make
I a speech this year that
' 1 shall read, every word, she
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CLOTHING
Furnishings, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
fresh from the Northern markets. Call and see
our new goods for Pall and winter.
Kespectfully,
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. ! K APLIiN .
"Tell me which one that is:
and I'll sure to make it," said
he. i
"It's the one on the anti-saloon
bill," saiil she.
"Oh; that one!" he said, some
what confusedly.
"Yes, I know it will be a good
one. My boy, you know what
lienor diil for our home years
ago. I have prayed all these
years that my son might grow
up to save other boys from his
father's fate. And this is your
opportunity. 1 know you will
be true to it."
The son had expected to speak
on the bill, but on the other
side; ami he never had doubted
nor his political friends, which
way he would Vote. Hut the
weeks went by, and the fate of
the bill hung in the balance, I
and he kept his own counsel.
"1 know why you are wait-!
ing," wrote his mother. "You '
are waiting to make your
speech when the great tight i
comes. ( lod bless you, my boy!
I am praying for you. llow
proud 1 am of you !"
It was that letter that put all
doubt aside. . When the lines
began to tighten and a dead-.
lock was threatening, he tirst
voted on an amendment which
forecasted his final action.
That vote brought surprise to !
the friends of temperance and
discouragement to the friends
of the liipior cause.
And when the bill came up
I on its third reading, he spoke.
He did not see the members of
. the house, but he saw an old
j woman rending his speech :
j through spectacles that re-,
quired frequent wiping, and it
' was a speech that carried con-
v id ion,
! The vote was so close that i
any one ot a dozen tilings
might have turned the scale; j
but among the stories told in
the committee rooms, after the
bill biramea law under which
several hundred saloons were
obliged to close, is that here re
lated, it is the true story of
the way a mother's prayers and
confidence had their decisive
influence in the making of a
law. Youth's Companion.
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A MASQUERADE.
MARGARET I:. SANGSTER.
A little old woman before me
Went slowly down the street,
Walking as if aweary
Were her feeble toiiering feet.
From under the old poke-bonnet
I taught i glimpse of snow,
And her waving cap-string flouted
Like a pennon to and fro.
In the folds of her musty mantle
Sudden her footstep caught,
Ami I sprang to keep her from falling
With a touch as quick as thought.
When, under the old poke-bonnet,
1 saw a winsome face,
Framed in with the flaxen ringlets
Of my wee daugluer Grace.
Mantle and cap together
Dropped off at my fcei,
And there stood the litile fairy,
Beautiful, blushing, sweet !
Will it be like this, I wonder,
When at last we come to stand
On the gulden, gleaming pavement
Of the blessed, blessed land ?
Losing the rusty garments
We wore in the years Time,
Shall our belter selves spring backward
Serene in youth sublime?
Instead of the shapes that hid us,
And made us old and gray,
Shall we get our child-hearts back again.
With a brightness that will stay
I thought and my little daughter
Slipped her hand in mine;
"I was only playing," she whispered
"That I was ninety-nine."
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BEYOND,
It seemeth such a little way to me
Across to that strange country, the Beyond,
And yet not strange, lor it has grow n to be
The home of those of wlinm I am so fond,
They make it seem familiar, and most dear,
As journeying friend'; bring distant countries near.
Su close it lies that when my sight is clear
I seem to see the gleaming of that strand;
1 know I feel those wjio nave gone from here
Some near enough to even touch my hand,
1 often think but for our veiled eyes,
We would find Heaven right round about us lies.
1 cannot make it seem a day to dread
When from this dear earth, I shall journey out,
To that still dearer country of the dead,
.And join the lost ones, so long dreamed about.
I love this world yet I shall love to go
And meet the friends who wait for me, 1 know.
I never stand above the bier and see
The seal of death set on some well-loved face,
Rut that I think One more to welcome me
When 1 shall cross the intervening space
Between thisand, and that one Over There;
One more to make the strange Beyond seem fair.
And so to me, there is no sting to death,
And so the grave has lost its victory,
It is but crossing, with suspended breath,
And white, set face, a little strip of sea,
To find the loved ones on the other shore,
More beautiful, more precious than before.
THE OLD BLACK "MAMMY."
is glad of it. Unlike "mammy,"
he has no place in the Southern
home; but he is an appreciated
part of the industrial life of the sec
tion, he is a necessity for the pros
perity of the South.
1 1 is a mistake to assume that
the South is prejudiced against the
negro. The reverse is true. The
negro may have to make good be
fore he is accepted, but he never
comes as a stranger; he has no an-
liphathy to overcome. The man
who "naturally hales a nigger" is
a negligible element of the popula-,
tion, too small numerically to ,
arouse opposition and loo small j
mentally to evoke contempt. 1
KENTUCKY CHIVALRY.
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I PUTTING AWAY SMALL SUMS
ere, you can put away small sums not needed for present
And while waiting your call they will draw interest. &
An account in our Savings lK-pannieiii docs mil always imply &
s small transactions, far li oin it Many large depositors are using t
. our Savings pass-books. They are using ihein for the interest
use
I they gel;
5 afforded.
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lliey are also using iiieui Dccause ol tlie convenience s
4 percent, interest allowed, compounded quarterly.
BANK OF ENFIELD, I
ENFIELD, N. C. t
'r.uii'.'wee'.vM'
The Colonel's Gallantry to Ladies
Caused Him a Good Scare.
For once in his life a Kentucky
colonel found himself in a queer
predicament because of his courtly
politeness extended previously to
a young woman at the reception
tendered by the Knights Templar
of his State, Fast Commander
Shackelford, of Kentucky, was the
man who suffered the unhappy
quarter hour.
Answering a telephone call at
tne L.ongress noiei, tie neara a ;
sweet voice saying:
"Oh, Colonel Shackelford, I am
going away this afternoon. You j
are going lo say good-by to me, i
aren't you?" j
"I certainly am," replied Col. j
Shackelford, "though 1 am most i
sorry to hear that you are going
away. (Who in thunder can this j
be?)"
"You remember me, don't you'" I
"Indeed, it would be quite im- j
possible m forppt von l un.lsl
Who is she? Help, help')"
You Know you saiu mat I was
the most charming girl you had
j met in Chicago."
I "And 1 never retract anything I
: say. I was sure of ii when I said
ii. I am surer of it now. (Sav,
this is awful )"
"Well, I expect to meet some
friends in the parlor in half an
hour, and 1 shall hope to see you.
Now, don't forget. Good by."
"Good-by. I shall be there.
Good-by."
First he importuned some other
Keniuckians, after pledging them
lo secrecy, but they could not help
him, and one said:
"Why, Shackelford, you said
the same thing to a doen women
at the reception.
So at the appointed time Colonel
Shackelford went forth to the par
lor, and when he returned his face
was wreathed in smiles.
"How about it?" was the anx
ious query.
"Gentlemen, as a member of die
Masonic fraternity, and as a South
ern gentleman let us talk about
the weather. " Then he smiled
some more. 1-rom Chicago t;x
amitier. (H)INU SOME
Till: LM'l.OIT THAT COIM LD.
Two Siaten Island youngers
came home sopping wei.
"We jumped in after a lady,"
they said.
Then one of ihe pair showed
his mother a five dollar bill thai
the woman had given him.
"She gimme that," said he, "be
cause 1 saved her pocket book."
"And didn't she give you any
thing?" said their mother to the
other boy. "I thought you help
ed." "I did," said he, "but 1 didn't
save anything but the lady." New
York Press.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
AKCHIIVS YOUNQ BRID1:.
30
The new bride was telephon
ing to the iee man.
"llow much do you want:'" he
asked.
"( )h--" and she stopped to
think. "A piece about ten inch
es long and four wide: just
enough to keep this dear little
steak till An hie comes home to
lunch." - Buffalo Express.
A Man ol Iron Nerve.
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Ut '.ill 'lillt'unsts.
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velt cocktail" and given the recipe;
One-half jigger San Juan ruin
(Cuba.)
One-half dash of ex. absinthe
I Trance. )
One dash of Kirshwasser (Ger
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The Tenderest
Memories of
Attach to Her.
Southern Youth
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THE BANK OF WELDON
T,l,lo, N. c
Organlied Under the Laws ol the State ol North Carolina,
Al'lil'ST'.ll'III, lsrj.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository. '
Town of Vl'eldon Depository.
Cap i t al . a n fl S arp 1 us. $45,000.
Kor more tl.n 17 yt. thi ii.Mitution Ims pioyi.le.l ImnkiuK faoili
tie fur this Heotiun. Its Ntoi-klioMoi n.l direytom have liet n uh ntitted
with the buine8 mteieny. ol lianmx ami "...(.. "
many years. Moui'y is loaueu um u.iu..r.. nr. ..... -
interest-six per centum. Accountsoi aiiaiesoiu-.ini.
The suiulus aa.l un.livi.le.l prolits liavinit reached a sum e.ual to the
r'r,i..i u ,,,.1, fl. Umili has. eommenoiiilf Jauuaiy 1, !!, eUinmiieii' a
Saviuirs Department allowinir iuteiest on time deposits as follows: I'or
KeposiU allowed ton-main three months or lowrer. 'i per cent Six
months or longer, 3 percent. Twelve months or longer 4 percent.
Kor further information apply to the President or l ashier.
PRKMI DRNT :
W. K. DANIEL,
vioi-phrhiiicnt:
W. R. SMITH.
Ii. S. TKAVlrt,
BINGHAM
SCHOOL
17U MU
BILIOUS?
CONSTIPATED?
HEADACHE?
FOR
SPEEDY RELIEF.
Nearly Everybody
TAKEN
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
Tot YOU?
! During ihe later '80's Antoine Hervies, a correspondent of one of
i the Parisian papers, reported a phenomenon which he had observed in
! that part of the United States, which lies below Mason and Dixon's line,
j He referred to ihe attitude of the Southern whiles toward the negro,
j It seemed to surprise him greatly that, irrespective ol sex, while peo
; pie were courteous, even alf'cciionaie, toward ihe middle-aged and old
1 negro women, while they treated with ill-concealed contempt the young
! negress, especially if she had any aspirations or the direction of chic,
j He did not find the same wide variance in the treatment accorded to
I the black male who was neither regarded so highly or so lightly as were
his women lolk.
I The condition has surprised other superficial observers, but ihe
I Southerner finds in it nothing strange. "Mammy" is more "than an
' incident wf the Southland. She U an iti.-!iiuiiuii. Tlie tendered iiicin
j ories of Southern youth aiiach to her. Men and women who are ap
I proaching the period of sere and yellow recall the unfailing love and
I gentle cure w hich their black mammies gave lo them.
Parents at times niighi be harsh or peevish; the faults of ihe child
might, to its natural guardians, appear to merit rebuke or punishment;
but'"inamniy," with no responsibility for ihe future, was blind to trans
gressions, and ever ready with sympathy for ihe litile sinner.
The big, kindly, black face has been the recipient of countless kisses,
of countless tears. The protecting and consoling black arms have held
to the sympatheiic black bosom legions of liule ones who, growing up,
did not lose their sense of graiiiude for the loving care, nor can they
ever lose it.
So the Southern while folk naturally feel deferential toward the ne
gro woman who is advancing in years; and the depth of this feeling is
a fair test of the character of ihe while people. The few who disregard
"mummy" are api to be, themselves, unworthy. Those who hold her
in highest esteem are, themselves, most estimable.
It is, however, a mistake to assume thai the young negress is held in
contempt. She is judged by her actions. She must make her place.
No memories belong to her. It she is worthy, she will gain respect;
if unworthy, she will be contemned.
So far as the male negro is conceamed, all of ihe best people of the
South take a kindly interest in him and wish him well. He lias done
much for himself and with himself since he became free, and the South
A guest in a Cincinnati hotel was
shot and instantly killed, says the
Literary Digest. The negro re
porter who heard the shooting was
a witness at the trial.
"How many shots did you
hear?" asked the lawyer.
"Two shots, sah," the negro re
plied. "Bout like dis way," explained
the negro clapping his hands with
an interval of about a second be
tween them.
"Where were you when the
firsi shot was fired ?"
"Shinin' a gemiu.in's shoe in de
basemen! of de hotel. "
"Where were you when ihe
second slim was fired ?"
"Ah was a passin' de Big l:o'
depot."
It Saved His Leg.
"All thought 1,1 Iiim- my leu," Kiitcs
.1. A. Sweiisen. of ateituwn, Wis.
" Ten yeaiH of ei't'iua. that l'i dooltiiN
could not cure, had at lust laid nie up.
Then liuckleu's Arnica Salve cuied it,
sound and well." Inl'allililc for , Skin
KruplioiiH. teim, Salt Itheiiin, lioils,
l-'ever Soles, Hums. Scalds, Cuts and
I'lles. '.'."ic. at all druKifists.
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After drinking, one probably
loads his 10-bore and prepares 10
stand oil' lions and pink camels. It
1 sounds to a teeiotler as though it
would bring the jungle right in at
the from door. Boston Glohe-Herald.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
Electric
Bitters
Succeed when everything else tails.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the best medicine ever told
over a druggist's counter.
SOMETHING KLSli.
Algy Your sister is a Ioiir
time making up her mind to
ooine down, Freddy.
Freddy Oil. it's not that,
Aly Not what ?
Freddy Not her mind she's
making up. St. Louis Chronicle.
Bauiii
anih;km:iia1. i;i:i'aii;inh
Hflrsfioeinii A Specialty !
All woik guaranteed, t'oine to see me
at I'atc's old stand, Sycamore Street,
near Second.
W. H. DAY,
Weldon, N. ('.
The North Carolina College of
Airiciiirfi and Mechanic Arts.
Special Sale !
We have on hand m'veial consign;
mem nf tlie latest in wool, WuhIi aiul
I'ilium'sk lalies NiiiU. Kuther than re
turn these fuiU mir hruilijimrters ileci
'leil In put them on nule at half prk-t
fin cash only. 4 J SuiIm $7.rt. rrin
t'ff,f., while anil all other colon to $7,
mn K'. " to : Wash t oat Suitn l to
$t. mm M.'toW. $ to Net Waint
rethicetl to J.-'rfk Itlatk ami ciA-
oiVil tl)k l'--ttlOoiltt ft to now
to :t.;"i. tule Skirts to fnow $."..'.
tit t. t. lO.(hH) vur.U Uff aiitl enihnml
i ries to close out at half price. 7'c to
1 Messalme silks, all colors, now fyi to
7 . ami tic. calicoes .S.j to 4e.
Id and i-'U' tritmhama 7 to )c. Ahout
S.iHtu yards 1 ii'h lmio-Is to elosi out ltss
than cost, lollies hats at half price,
h'wr. tlruRuets, catietuis ami mattings
41 una helov cost.
SPIERS BROS.
WKl.DON.N.O.
Chllaro. . Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Tliistatc's collt'iri' for tramini; indus
trial workerw. CuuiHca in AyriculturH.
Itoiliculturc, Animal Husbandry anil
lianyin; ill Civil. Klcctncal and Me
chamcal Ijiifiuci'liliif, in CutUiu Milling
and Dyeing; in Industrial I'hemitdry; iu
Agricultural teaching.
Knlraucc cxarninatiuUH at each coun
ty Real ou the 14th of July.
D. H. HILL, President.
Vet Kaleinii N. C.
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