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VOL. XI. V.
WKLDOX, X. , TliriSSDAY, NOVKMItKH 17- l!HO.
NO. li!)
CURE FOR INTEMPERANCE.
L'den's Forbidden l-'ruit
Means of Driving Sin
World.
Now
From
The Kind You Jtuvo Always Bought, nnd wlii. h has been
in uso for over 30 jcurs, 1ms borne tlio Kijjnaturo ot
a,"l t timtdn under his jht.
Arty 77 80l,ll! w'PCi vlHlon since its liiliin.y.
WSS. JltcSu. A1I1W11 .etodec, Ivcym.l,, thl.
All Coiinti'rlVlts, Imitations and "Jut-;.s.r;,ol" urn hut
i:M-riiu'iil that trillo wl!H nidi nidiuirr the health of
Infants mill Children Kxpi'rii'tii'O ii;aiust Lvporiinent.
What is CASTORIA
C'ustoria Is n harmless aubstituto for Castor Oil, Pare,
porir, lrop and Soothing Syri-px. It, is IMoiisunt. It
contain neither Opium, Morphine jioc other is'urontio
nihstanre. Its na its ft'iiirunt.,?. H destroys Worm
and nllnys J'etcrishness. It cures Di.irrh.i.-u and Wind.
Colic. It relieve Tecthlnt; Troubles, cures Constipation
anil I'latnlency. It ussiinilati'S the Food, regulates the
Stoiuach and l'.ow.ds, giving heal: by mid natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The .Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Haye Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
TMt CINTAUM CONPANV, TT MUMtT tTMttr. NtW VORH OITV.
i
fll rp
K
l ull line new Dress Go ds. See our new line of
CLOTHING
Tor Men, Bovs, and Children
m Mif. . n r
JEsmous
LADIES COAT SUITS
Everything in General Merchandise
A. L. Stain back's
1 I l Cl ... "
niwap uusy omit,
Sew
FALL
and
Winter
Us!
FULL AM) COMIM.MT: 1.1. M: OF
CLOTHING
Purnishings, and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
fresh from the Northern markets. Call and see
our new goods for Pall and winter.
Respectfully,
ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. I' KAPLIN .
ri ! ft
Tlic forbidden fruit of tin;
j (ianlcn of Eden which brought
sin into tlic world is now look
ed on as the means of drivine;
sin out of the wo'ld. No less
jan august lioilv than the
Iowa State Horticultural So-
i ciety is standing sponsor for
tlic lnoveinent to reinovi' the
st intuit from tin; apple.
j When Kvo, sorely teuiiti;(l,
partook of the luscious fruit
which she hail been forbidden
to touch , sin; all unwittingly
cast a blight on tin-apple, which
centuries of civilzation and na
tional shows at Spokane have
j been unable to remove. It has
' remained for an apple loving
, country doctor to discover that
: not only can the world be fed
until it has secured the neces
j sary calories of energy, but
! that the craving for liquor
conceded to be the greatest
! cause of misery .and crime can
i be eradicated from the human
j body by the apple. As if this
were not miracle enough, it is
j contended that leneral (Irant
j might have won the siege of
1 Vicksburg and the battle of
Appomattox by munching on a
He 1 Davis, n Spiteiiberg. or a
Jonathan, just as well as pulf-
ing on a fat black cigar.
riie-usc of apples as an arti
cle of diet will very much di-
1 minish, disease anil ultimate
ly abate the appetite for alco
holic stimulants," declares Dr.
Samuel Hailey.of .Mount Ayr,
lova, "That this is a fact
could be proved in many in
! stance if a little care, caution
and vigilance were taken to
; thoroughly investigate condi
i tious. As a rule, the habitual
I user of alcoholic stimulants is
rarelv a lover or consumer of
apples.
There seems to be a peculiar
combination in apples, in the
acid in them, or in the peculiar
chemical combination of the
j apples, that allays the irrita
i tion, or so-called appetite, pro
' duccd by the use of liquor. I
i am also of the opinion that the
1 keen appetite for tobacco is
limited by the use of apples. I
am thoroughly convinced that
: any man who is a lover of whis-
key and is in a condition when
h i thinks he must have a drink
if he will eat an apple before
: he takes a drink, will find that
his appetite for the drink has
' been materially lessened, if not
entirely abated for the time."
1 h'rom the Technical World
1 Magazine.
CHILDREN TP.F.THINU
! MKS. U INSI.nw's Sooll.lMl Sviurhas
been used fur over .Ml yeais by millions
1 of mothers for I heir children while teeth
: in:;, with perfect success. It soothes
the child, sullcns the n 1 1 1 . allays all
1 pain; cures wind colic. unl is the liest
i remedy fm I min im a. Sold by druggists
in cm-iv pait of Ihe wotld. lie sine ami
1 ak for "Mrs Winston's Soothing Syr-
up." ami lake no other kind. Twenty-
tive cents a liottll'.
A BIASED OPINION.
"Do you think buttermilk will
prolong one's life, Colonel Soaks
by?" "Ahem! I have no doubi, Miss
Plumper, that it a person had to
drink buttermilk everyday it would
make life seem longer."
THE BANK OF YELDON
WKLDOX, X.
Organized Under the Uwflhe State of North Carolina,
Al'lil sT;!.ii ll. IV'-.
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Vt'eldon Depository.
$45,000.
Kor more than IT vears tins institution has provi.lnl h.nkin.r ao -ties
for this section. Its stockholders and directors have heen id entitle
will, the hu.ine-s interests of Halifax and Norlhamp on con it: ... f or
many vears. .Monev is loaned upon approved security at the leiral rate or
inleres't six per centum. Accounts of all arc soheite.i.
The su.plus and undivided inolits l.avaa' reached a sum e , al t th
t apiuil stock, the Hank has. couuiicnc.iiL' .hmuaiy I. l.ms. . sui.i sii.u a
. ii lime . Icons, s as lollows: for
aviinfs iiepar.mem aoonoiK oiu m i .
Ivpos.ts allowed toremain three monllis or longer, . per imi.
months or longer, a percent. Teh iths o. longer 4 percent.
r,.... ...r..,..,,,..n ,..,lv to tin- President or ru-lm r.
Six
rmtsiDaxT:
W. K. DAM KL,
vii k i kks.iiknt:
W. It. SMITH.
i ashikk:
If. S. Til A VIS,
Saves an Iowa Man's Lite
The veiy ..'lave Meemed to ya n 1 el'o.e
liolnlt Mudsell, of Wist l!u. Illlliton,
Iowa. when, after neven weeks in the
hospital, four of the hct pliysictans
uv e hi. ii up. i in". i war, idinwii toe
ina.velotis c.uat.ve power of Klecttie
Hitters lor. after eitl.t months of
f.iBlitful sullen. ik floin liver Irouhle and
vellow iai.nihce. u'ellint,' no help fiom
olhel remedies or doelnis. live hollies
of tins matchless ...e.hc completely
cured Ilim. lis positnely unalanleed
for Stoinacli. I.iver or Kidney trouhles
and never disappoints, limy .'sir at all
iliuvists.
fOinS 0HN0IAXAT1VE I FOttWHDNS5
BREAKING IT OENTLY.
Simpkins always was soft-hearted,
and when it devolved upon
him to break the news gently of
Jones' drowning to the bereaved
Mrs. Jones, it cost him mueh pa
per, ink and perspiration before
he sent the following:
"Dear Mrs. Jones: Your hus
band cannot come home today,
because his bathing suit was wash
ed away.
"P. S. Poor Jones was inside
the suit."
, DEAD FAILURES.
ir
BAKING POWDER
Crullers,
AH Cakes,
Biscuits, Hot Breads
More Tasty, Economical,
Absolutely Healthful
A Few Thoughts for Those Who
have Children to Educate.
A.k ("I O...
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1 I" .
A WOMAN'S QUESTION.
Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Liver made by the Hand above
A woman's heart and a woman's life,
And a woman's wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy,
Demanding what others have died to win,
Vt'iih ihe reckless dash of a boy ?
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Man-like you have questioned me
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
Until I question thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirts shall be whole;
I require your heart to be true as God's stars
And pure as heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and beef;
1 require a far belter thing;
A seamstress you're wanting for stockings and shirts
I look for a man and a king.
A king for a beautiful realm called home,
And a man that the Maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did the first,
And say, "It is very good."
I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day
VC" ill you love nie then, 'mid the falling leaves,
As you did 'mid the bloom of May ?
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
I may launch my all on its tide?
A loving w oman finds heaven or hell
Cm the day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you cannot do this -a laundress and cook
You can hire, with little to pay;
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
Are not be won that way.
Lena l.athrop, in Kansas City Star.
BACKWARD, TURN BACKWARD,
Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
And give us a maiden dressed proper and right !
X'e are so weary of switches and rats,
Billie Burke clusters and peach-basket hats;
Wads of jute hair in a horrible pile,
Stacked on their heads to the height of a mile !
Something is wrong with the maidens, we fear
Give us the girls as they used to appear !
Give us the girlies we once knew of yore,
Whose curls didn't come from a hair-dressing store;
Maidens who dressed with a sensible view,
And just as Dame Nature intended them to !
Give us a girl with a figure her own,
And fashioned divinely by Nature alone;
Feminine styles getting fiercer each year
Oh ! give us the girls as they used to appear.
Oh, for a girl with a sensible mind !
One of the twenty-five-years-ago kind;
One whose fair tresses were ample enough
Without additions of make-believe stuff !
Give us the days w hen the hats women wore
Were not the reason why Christian men swore; v
Over our way such a fair maiden steer
Yes, give us a girl as she used to appear !
The reason we have so many
dead failures is that parents decide
for children what they shall do, or
children themselves, wrought on
by some whims or fancy, decide
for themselves. So wejiow have
in pulpits men making sermons
who ought to be in blacksmith
shops making plowshares, and we !
have in the law those who instead '
of ruining the'eases of their clients ;
ought to be pounding shoe lasts, j
and doctors who are the worst 1
hindrances to their patients' conva-!
lesccncc, and artists trying to paint
landscapes who ought to be white- S
washing board fences. While j
there arc others making bricks
who ought to be remodeling con
stitutions, or shoving planes who
ought to be transforming litera
ture. There are children who early
develop natural affinities for cer
tain styles of work. W hen the i
father of the astronomer Forbes ;
w as going to London he asked his ; ,"""'""
children what he should bring each
one of them. The boy who was
to be an astronomer cried out
"Bring me a telescope !" And
there are children whom you find
all by themselves drawing on their
slates or on paper, ships or houses
or birds, and you know they are
to be draftsmen or are agists of j
some kind. And you find others !
ciphering out difficult problems with
rare interest and success, and you ;
know they are to be mathematic- i
ians. And others making wheels
and strange contrivances, and you
know they are going to be ma
chinists. And lOthers are found
experimenting with hoe and plow
and sickle and you know they will ,
be farmers. And others are al-
ways swapping jack knives or balls !
or bats and making something by 1
the bargain and they are going to
be merchants. 1
WHEN YOUR FOOD DOES NOT OIGEST will uml vm feci
"blue" and tired and iliscuuraed, you MiouM Ufe
SIMMONS
RED Z
LIVER REGULATOR
'.1 II H rm hi i: hh; i
H (Jpcii-l tltt IxivveN, ut;tn-li th.- '-i.'tii.n.li (in. I sWi-llKtliriis Ulf
ili'estie nr.tn-i. A iIum' 1 iki m M !m . iiiii-- n.'t"it s ;i Jint- ! t-liii
(tf lit'.ilth ui; l i-iu-ry.
OlD mt Dttvlm pbcc. im.i ratNft'it. on.
J. H ZEILIN & CO.. PROPb., ST. LOUIS MO.
'rlii .ru-iKr tri'ir ii ie& lt'ii it frii-itW thK ii it u .V ,ru it it Vi t , j- ,', Vi iV a1 iV frfrti U
f-''ip'it
PUTTING AWAY SMALL SUMS
Here, you can put away small sums not needed for present
use. And while waiting your call they will draw interest.
An account in our Savings Department does not always imply
small transactions, far from it. Many large depositors are using
our Savings pass-books. They are using them tor the interest
they get; they are also using them because of the convenience
afforded. 4 percent, interest allowed, compounded quarterly.
BANK OF ENFIELD,
ENFIELD, N. C.
HEALTHURAMS.
Closed windows are open aven- j
ues to consumption.
Strong drink makes weak men. j
Your lungs can't be washed but
they can be aired.
Filth for flies and flies for fever.
When you don't know what to
eat eat nothing.
Dry-dusting moves dust; it
doesn't remove it.
So-called chest protectors are
targets for colds and coughs.
Breathe freely and fully; the 1
more you expand your chest the -less
you will contract colds.
A fat man is usually a cheerful
matt. He was cheerful before he
was fat. (A hint to thin men.) !
Floods of sunshine in the home
may fade carpets, but it puts the
bloom of health upon your cheeks.
Take your choice.
I P AOAINST IT.
Man certainly gets up against it j
in this world. The doctor is the first
one to get hold of him when he
lands in this sphere; a little later ;
he is landed on by his mother who
is usually an expert in wielding
the slipper; a few more years he
I is pounced upon by the school
teacher. He is not long out of the
teacher's hand until he is taken in
charge by some woman. During j
life the doctor gets hold of him i
occasionally until he at last falls !
into the hands of the undertaker. ;
After that there is sometimes just a ;
ALL IN THE FAMILY.
In one of Pittsburg's hot muni
cipal campaigns the issue was
largely Senator William Flinn,
who, by one party, was held re
sponsible tor everything had hap
pened in the city fur years, and
by ihe other party, for everything
good.
Flinn was a contractor at that
time of the firm of Flinn & Booth.
At a mass-meeting of colored citi
zens an impassioned orator assailed
Flinn, and charged him with all
sorts of high crimes and misde
meanors, and in his ecstasy of de
nunciation wound up with : "An',
I ast you, who was it what shot
down that great man, Abrum Lin-
ktuur I ast you u.it. It was
Flinn."
"Hoi' on, Mistuh Speakah,
broke in a Flinn man. "It wasn't
no man named Flinn what shot
Mistuh l.inkunt."
"Who was it, den'" shouted
the orator.
"Booth."
"Well," yelled the speaker tri
umphantly, "what's de dittrunee:
It was one of de firm." Satur
day livening Post.
Children Cry
FOR FLEKHER'S
CASTORIA
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WALTER E. DANIEL,
Attorney-at-Law,
WKI.IION, N. C.
l'nictii'es in the courts of Halifax ana
Noitluimptoii uuil in the Supreme anil
r-'cilcml courts. Collections made in all
parts of North Carolina. Branch office.
al Halifax open every .Monday
UEORGEC. GREEN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
(National Hank liuildint;)
Welclon. N. C.
ELLIOTT H. CLARK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
IIAI.II'AX. N. C.
Piim i iri - 111 the courts of Mali fax and
adjoiu'iiii! counties and in the Su
preme eoutl ul I In- Male. pecml alten
Ihiii imvi'u tiii-olli I'tions ami prompt re
turns, l.i-li-ly
W. J. WARD,
I Hi NT I ST,
UI'FKTO IN IMMKI. lil 1LIHN.,
WKI.HON, .VI'
sept'-' Iv
I). E. STAINBACK'.
NOTARY PUBLIC
And l irt Insurance.
Koanokc NiUS Htfi.e -:- WelJua N.l
I'Sl'AL WAY.
I tried all remedies, new and
old,
And very few were free.
I 'mil at last I broke my cold.
And my cold, alas ! broke nie.
WAV IT (iOES.
"Could you give a starving wo
man work ?"
"Yes; I need a girl to scrub,"
"Too bad; this girl is a parlor
maid." Washington 1 lernld.
Chlldro.. Cry
FOR FLETCHER S
CASTORIA
FILLING IT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U KI.IMIN. N. .',
!'ruot!et' in the cou.ts ofllahfax and
adjoinoiL' I'ounties and 11. the Supreiue
couil.il the Siale. special attention
iriven to collections and prompt return
JOHN II. TAYLOR,
" ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
KM n:i 1. Y c.
"What do you do w h en you
have no new s? It must be hard
to fill up."
"When we have no news," ex
plained the New York journalist,
"we use larger type."
ill. I lulllk of r.iliel.l.
I little doubt as to whose hands
falls into. Marks Review.
hei
Not Sorry for Blunder.
".'ptv fnnniU lijptn't lliH'l're'l '
thinking I was a doomed v.ctun of con
sumption. I mnrlit uot he alive now."
notes l. T. Sanders, of llarroilsliurc,
ky., ''hut for years they sn" every ftt
templ to cure a luntr racking coueli fail
Al laM 1 tr.isl Pi. Kuikt'sNew Iiiieove.y
Thectl'oct was wonderful. It sisu. slop,
ped thecouli and i a... nun in- Is-tler
health than I have had for years. This
wonderful life-safer is an unrivaled rem
edy fur couiths, colds, latrrippe. asthma,
croup, hcu.o.rhaKes, whooping coughs,
or weak lungs, .'sic ., ft. Trial hottle
free (iuara.iteed ly all druggists.
1 "v IsEi 1 .T.
mm
Shall Women Vote ?
If they did. millions would vote Dr
King's New Life fills Ihe true r. -dy
for women, l-'iu hamshing dull, fagged
feelings, hackache or headache, const..
iatio.1, dispelling colds, imparting ap
petite and toning up tin' system, they 're
uuciualed. I'.asy, safe. sure. L'V. at
alldruggists.
A man will tell you where he
got his hat, but don't ask him
where he goi his umbrella.
Will Promote Beauty.
Women desiring heauty get wonderful
help from llucklen'a Arnica Salve. It
hanislo'S pimples, skin eruptions, sores
and IhiIIs. It makes the skin soft and
velvety. It glorifies the face, ('ures
sore even, cracked lips, chappcyr hands.
Itest for hums, scalds, fever (airs, cuts,
bruises and piles. '.'' at,a4 druggists.
It takes an expert to stand a
cross-examination without getting
confused.
of grit.
knocking his sup
-II .1:1
dil I
Tho
Never call your t'xni'
He may
E. HANI
Coniinl
CASTORIA
For Infanti and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bean the
Signature of
Women as Well as Men are Made miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.
Kidnev troiiMi' jin ys ujon the mind,
diwourucsmuili'SM nsuml'ilii)!!, ln-uiity,
uur ami clirtTtul-
lU'SH Snnll (lls;lcaf
wlun tin- Liinetftre
out it titilcr or diseased.
hee,io rvfit,-Ml
'. A"T. i" l'1"' " is not uiicom-
i AkWHi' f"' u '''"'ii i
i U ! V ,r - Is"" ulllu teit with
; J-Jka, - vuk kidneys. If the
child urinates UHtnfleii. it the urine sudds
the OeU, o. if, whikl tlievlold lc.il Iti-Mtu
age when it should he al!c to control the
1 passage, it is vet nillutid Willi hed-wet-j
tmg.dqKMidieion it. tliveause of theditti-
cully is k.dniy trouble, utul the tin-t
step should be towards the treatment of
! these ini siit a iitor ii.ms. 'i'Ui . unpleasant
trouble is itue to a iiiscascU t-ouuition ol
the kidneys and bladder utul not to a
habit us most peo;-le suppoi-e.
Women as well u.iuen are made miser
able with ktdiu v nnd bladder trouble,
and both need tue same great rci.ie.lv.
The mild nnd the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is i.ooti realized. Tt issobl
by iliuyists, i:i liltv- ,
cuit and one-dollar mgnieSSCSZl
sie bottles. You nu.v f :::."-
have a sample lutllc I "." :"" S ,!S";::3
bv mail free, also a l;'St'gBKIB
pamphlet telling all c&fc&'43iC
alsv.it Swan. p-Root, u w
Including mui'j t the thousands ot testi
tnomul Utters tccrivc.l Iron. ufferer
who found Swan.p-Koot to tie just th
remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamto.i, N. V., tie ure and
mention Una paper. Don't make, any
mistake, tint remember the name, Dr.
Kilmer's 8wami-Kool, and the address,
Bingbamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
L Jits! Save M"n(y tri Keef in
Magai'Inc and Uting McCall Patterns
MrCall'l Mll.ilBt will
m : y a .i..-- . mv !-
3?
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i '..ni'-s mn hie
N. w 1 l.-lt In
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lEi!.tni:ili-'ti
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Special Sals !
We have on hnnd several consigu
ments of the latest ill wool, Wash and
1' rinccss ladies Suits, ltath.i than re
turn these "ints our headquarters deci
ded to put Ihem on sale at half price
for cash only. $1" Suits $7.11.1. Prin
cess, w hite ami all other colors $.' to 7,
now '-'.'SI to ft. Wash Coat Suits $4 to
til, now if 1. lis to tf. t tori Net Waist
reduced If I ."" to L'..Mi Hlack and col
ored silk Petticoat l to W now 2.(W
to fct.7;. Voile Skirts (t to fx now fcVrf)
to 4.."si. tO.lHKI yards lace and embroid
eries to close nut at half price. TOe to
tl Measaline silks, all colors, now 'SI to
T.'ic. 5 and lie. calicoes 'M to 4c.
Ill and 121c ginghams 7 to tic. About
S.IKW yards dress goods to close out leaa
than cost. Ladies hals at half prire,
Ii ugs, druggets, carpet nigs and matti ngs
at and Ik'Iow cost.
SPIERS BROS.
WELDON, N. C.
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