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THt .,,, .,..,. , ,,. city. m ATLANTIC COjST LI IE The Standard Railroad of the South iv to it it it to to to NdlNEvW Wrightsville BEACH IS CAl.LINO YOU. ttf H f to Wilminirtiin. tickets on sale Suturdavs an I KjJ iLII fori'Uimn tiuinx Sunday, limit. .1 In reach Weldon W n-t ui ii 1 1) lt Turi-iliiv ninliiii;lit f.illnu int' I n t i" sale Vi ATLANTIC ('(LAST LINK. the Stan. laid Kailvvav iil'llie-iinilh" ftil C. K. CAItTLH, ' W.J. CRAIG, P. T. M., hi vvi i i i vi : ri 25 m THE BANK OF WELDON WELDOX, X. C Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina, Staie of North Carolina Depository. Halifax County Depository. Town of Weldon Depository. Cal..!Dfl..8llrllDS.-.. $53,000. For nearly 2U Tears this institution has provided hankm? facilities for this section. ItH stockholders ami othccis arc iilcntilied with the busi ness interests of Halifax an.i Northampton counties. A Havings iJepartment is maintained for the henelil of all who desire to deposit in a Savimrs liank. In this licparlinent interest is ullovved as follows: For Deposits allowed ton-main three months or lomrcr, 2 per cent. Mix months or longer, 3 percent. Twelve months or longer. 4 percent. Any information will he furnished on application to the I'rvsideutorl'asbier prxsidikt: W. K. DANIKL, VU'B-l'KKSIimNT: W. It. SMITH. L. K. DKAl'KK, Teller. D1RECT0IW W. It. Smith, W. E. A. V. House, J.L. Shepherd, W. A. Dim k Poole WacturiDK Coiopy, MAM FACTl RKKS OF Building Material for Modern Homes, Sash, Doors, blinds, mantels, Door and window Sciens MADE TO ORDER Al Kl 'il I.Alt 'ToCK siZK Good Materials, High tirade Workmanship Our Slogan. Weldon, N. C. Ezxonaoc NORTHAMPTON & HERTFORD RAILWAY C0 o HEAP DOWN Daily excetl Sanjays IN 11111 1 No 1 No 3 No.5 A.M. I'.M F3L 8:30 12:15 "S.S5 9:0012:4") 4:115 9:151 1:(M 4:2u Leave Oumtieny Ainve Leave Mowtield Arrive Arrive Jackson Leave W. NOTE-MonBHJ 111 FliiSlllieo General Manairer'c Office, Gumbrrrv GASTQR1A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature Use For Over Thirty Years : a or i in rib 11 t Vt Vt Vt Vt j Ramifies the "Nation's Garden Spot." I'm I'irkft Airent. T. C. Will i I:, (I. P. A , iv v i ' - St 2T- 5? C"- Lf- Sf- w 3E 10 AHHIRR: .1. t. I'KAKK. Daniel, J. 0. Drake, W. .M. t'ohen, fierce, D. Ii. Znllicoller, .1 . W. sleilge 30 HEAD UP AMI. 1. 1'HI liailyjxcccl SuoJays No l!No.4'No.B A M Jl'.M P.M. 11 1 11 3:00 !i , l(l:4:i 2:3(1 lll:30! 2:lo 6:1(1 H nam Tg J . HoBF.KTsON, lleneial JlauaKft Mircta I'm. Iill i 1' In IOE30E3C BREAKING IT TO SAM By GEORGE BINGHAM, "Allle, I'm golii' to ask you ones more lo many me. I've got a farm over yonder In that river-bottom. There's a liouua there! It's well fitted up for mo and you not for me anil i somebody else." 1 "Sum, I know you have wulted for uie and I couldn't decide, but now 1 have decided; I'll go and be your wlfo. I'll go." "When will It be, Allle? Tonight?" "No, not tonight but the next day after Thanksgiving." Bam was happy and went to his home. The morning was cold, and the bis flakes of snow drifted through the keen air and settled on the froten ground. It was Thanksgiving and the ; day was good for killing hogs. Before sun up Dock 11111 built fires under the big kettles down In the i horse lot and the neighbors came over to help him. The neighbor women : wrapped shawls around their heads and flocked to the house to assist Dock's wife In preparing the big din ner. That morning Sirtn went across the field to Dock Hill's. When he arrived there other men were standing around the roaring Are built between two large logs, upon which rested the scalding kettles with dirty-looking water. Sam came through the patch of weeds and climbed the rail fence. "We're waltln' fer you. The water's gottin' hot," some one called. Then this same person In a lower tone spoke, to those around him: "I wonder If he's heered the news yet? I wonder how he's goin' to take It?" "You tell him, Jim." Jim Carpenter spoke up. "Sam, huvH you benrd the news?" "No. whut Is It?" "Why, didn't you her about Allle and Ben Tillman running away iast night?" Sam never moved but his face changed color changed from a healthy red to a slckl. pale. "Dock, I don't reckon I can help you today. I'm not feelln' good," he said. Sam went toward hla home over la the Cumberland river bottoms and after he was out of hearing one of the men spoko up: "Say, Sain don't seem to keor a durn if Allle did run off with that other feller, does he?" An old man fanned the smoke away from hid face and answered: "Young feller, you can't alius tell when a j man's heart has been hurt. Sam's one i of them men that can't be seen Into, You cuu't see the real Sam by looking Into his face. He's one of these qulot sort of ineu. A butter one never lived." Sum WtlllaniB went to his home and saddled his horse. Slowly down the road he started with an ashy face aud eyes that looked at nothing. Ills horso took him to the nearest village where whisky was sold. Li te that afternoon he came back. Ills horse was in a dead run, aud Its rider, with a long pistol In one hand, started the people living In sight of the road with shots and wild whoops. "Well did you ev er!" an old woiuhii exclaimed. "If that ain't Sam Williams. Who'd a thought it? Never saw him that way t.-fore, and I kaln't believe my old eyes now." When the darkness of that day came the wind Buttled, the air grew softer and snow began falling. Dock Hill opened his front door and looked out Into the darkness, "lilt's Jest peppering down snow. I'll bet tho woodpile is covered up In the morning. Don't believe I ever seed It snow so brisk. Ill, wuuts that big light I see over to'ards Sam Williams' house. Oiimiie my hat, I'm gone; Sam's house la afire!" Away across the bills toward tho river bottom a huge light made a bole In the darkness. Dock drew near to the house of Sam Williams and saw the red flames and upark-laden smoke rise up In the night, and heard the roof of the house falling. Nearly breathless he ran up, and there on tho yard fence he saw Sam Williams sitting with a gun In his baud. "Go back home. Dock. This Is my house and I've got a right to do aa 1 like. Go back, go back." After the fire In the building was beyond control of anyone who might want to Interfere, Sain took bis horse from the stable, started a fire In the largo hayloft and galloped away down the road on his steed. Tin-re are peo ple In this community who heard the hoofbeats of Sam's horse as he swopt down the road that night, but there are none who have seen him since. (Copyright, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) v They All Read Alike. "The average novel Is Insipid,' James L. Ford, the noted critic, said at a dinner. "I was taking tea one afternoon In Washington square, when my hostess suddenly turned lo hir parlor maid a&J cried: " Oh, Marie, harrors' Wh.' Im you doce with my new nvsU? " I Just gatbiirsd them from ine two tables, in am, to maka room tor tba tea servlco,' the maid answered, 'and I plied them all together on this commode here.' " 'Ferdlllou!' oiy hoaieas cried 'What am I to do now? Didn't ou know, Marie, that the books on the mall table I'd read, while those on the Urge one I hadn't? Now they'll all be mixed up, and I'll Hover aaow which are which!'" Nothing is more unsaiisfacioiy than unkissed kisses. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. fill Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tba Slgnaturt of 3S FORGET THE GROUCH AFTER ALL, ISN'T LIFE TOO SHORT TO HARBOR IT? Many Things May Produce Feeling That Makes Man Unfit for the So ciety of Hli Fellows, but They Are Not of Consequence. The word "grouch" doesn't appear In all dictionaries, but you ran tell from the lonk of It and the sound of It thai It Is something awful, and pretty simn we'll have the scli'tillKts finding the microbe thai produces It. for It must be some sort of disease, writes John A. Doylo In the Itoslon CI lobe. There are many runups of u grouch, chief unions which may he cited the appearance of the lanillnrd when you thounht the flint of Inst month was the day before yesterday: the. fre quent little missives from Mm i?as company, which say so little and mean so much; the uinht calls of tho baby, who has caiieht the Insomnia microbe; the missing of the hiHt train from Squeeilunk, und "Sheridan twenty miles away." Mention tnlRlit also bo made of tho delayed check from homo, tho pick ing up of the hot lifter and the homo team being shut out. to say nothing of the Information Imparted to you periodically by your wife thut her friend's husband has made his mark In the world and didn't have half your advantases. This latter will bring on a case every time. And yet there Is a euro for most of these cases, and sometimes they are gone before we really know what ailed ue, dispelled by a ray of unex pected sunshlno when we had about made up our minds that there was nothing In the nky but clouds. A raise In salary has great curative properties, and so has a little shrink age In tho price of meats and grocer ies, but these seem so far, far away tint H Is not worth while to mention them. 1 nut something like pro scribing a long vuca'lon and an ocean voyage for a man with i'.Z week who walks to his work to save car fare. It Just ends In the long vaca tion. Hut the grouch In Itself Is not dan gerous, at least not to the patient, unless It becomes chronic. Then be ware! The chronic grouch Is In a class by himself, and thank goodness the cluss Is small. It Is a sort of slow suicide and there doesn't seem to bo any cure. A man so afflicted seems to look out on life through a pair of eyes that have cracked lenses, so that everything appears distorted and In tho wrong place. The frost conies too soon, the rain comes too late, the meat is overdone, the potatoes uie not done enoui;li, the sun dazzles his eyes, tho dust blinds him. the ruin gives ! i in a chill, and he himself Is tho only right thing on the face of the earth. You and I make him tired. Do you want to have some happi ness in life? Well. then, first clear the conscience. You may need a so. lutlon of carbolic acid, but don't flinch, and be sure you make a good, clean Job of it. Then learn to look on the bright side of things and you will soon find out that there is more sunshine than clouds and you will get your share of both You will be moro satisfied with yourself than II you go about with a kink In your heart, a frown on your brow, icicles In your veins and the milk of human kindness turned to llniburger chee.se. Perlque. The most unique tobacco raised In this country Is perlque, a product per fected by nn involved mothod of sweating and curing which was devel oped by the Arcadians In St. James parish, Louisiana. When picked, the tobacco is stemmed aud rolled Into loose twists which are placed under pressure until the Juices are forced out and tho leaves become black and sticky. These juices In the "working" are reabsorb ed, and during this process rum Is blown into tho mass. It is finally stored to cure, and at tho end Is of peculiar strength, with a characteristic aromatic odor. It is used In cigarettes, pipe mixtures, and for chewing, aud some manufacturers Insert a few strands In cigars to give them fragrunce. The perlque district la confined to a small section of St. Jumea parish, on the east side of the Mississippi riv er. The total production of perlque is only about 200,000 pounds a year, and there are about 50 perlque manu facturers registered In the books of the Internal Revenue department. Pharmaceutical Era. Believer! In Mahomet. Turkish periodicals publish statis tics of the Mussulman population of the world; aud although It Is difficult to follow absolutely tho statistics of a country where records are so Imper fectly kept, the approximate results are as follows: The Ottoman empire contains 21,000,000 persons, of whom 6 000,000 live In Kurupe and In uu'i.iioo lu Asia. But llitba aie not U...K than c tiif prfc:3 the f-lth tt M.n:ra-u-cd The Russian tmpira had quits A prop,, Hull of tho fulloners of Mo hammed, iiumbeihi several millions, lu Asia there aid souie 00.ou0.0o0 Mun sulmana, while Persia. Afghanistan, Aiabia aud other ludependeiit conn-lil-s In Asia have about 20,OUO,0uu (.ore. 'the Dutch colony of Java, with . : . j the Philippines and other ad 1 ',..! .:!, ioniums several mil All the northern and .i A.'ilca tests film lu ''- luephet. Some men manage lo le;ip into ! fume by being always on the jump j The king ol All I axatlves l'oi conMipatntn. headache-:, indices tioii and dyspep-ia. ue Di. IIiiik's New l.iTe Pills. Paul Mathulka, of Butlalo, N. Y., says they an- the "h nil? ol all the laxatives. They aie a lih-ssnit! to tall my family ami I always keep a box at h line ' (let a box and get well. Puce 2ec. Pecommemlfd by ail diuEgbi?. TRAIL OF THE SERPENT Gy A. F. EONNEV. Mollle chapman stood In the door way of her ranch house home "You are ju:t mud at me. Charley Parrel, " she cried, " 'cause I went rhl lug with .Mr. Mclntyre." "I don't jui-t trust tin su tendel feet who come brows-lug around In thin) clothes," he replied. "Jealous, ain't you?" shn Jeertd "No, not Jealous," he suid, low and quli I like, ' only, I love joir-" " 'I love you, I love you,' " she llioc l:e,. ' I don't believe y,n ,,ve a thing on laiih except yourself und that brute or a pony you ride." "Of course I love Nig," he Haid, "and mijlo joii " s-'.lic stared unwinking!)' at the dis tant mountains, tltill. I love you bet ter than unylliiny, el.io In the world. Mollle " "Jim Nomnii told me the same thing only yesterday. Farrel left her abruptly. l'lesetilly, as she worked, a voice from a near by window startled her. "May I come In, .MUs Mollle?" It said. "Why, Mr. Mclntyre, where did you come from?" "Same old place," laconically. "And what brought you here?" In nocently. "Same old thing no I mean er the name" "Your horse?" ignoring his mean ing glances. "Well, I rode tho pony, of course," he laughed, "us I am much too lazy to walk. However, I did not come to see the horse," with a suggestive uc cent on the "see." "Want to see dad?" clattering the dishes she was washing. "Saw hlni on tho way over." "Maybe you want to see Mr. Parrel? He's down " "Charley? Oh, he Is down at the corall, playing with Nlggar. No, Mol- Turned at the First Sound of the Man's Voice. lie, 1 came to seu you." leaning in at tiie window aud tolng to take her liHtid. She turned on hlni lu blind, unrea sonable tiny. "You Just want to see ine," she stunned "Well, look at ine, with your bin, green eyes, Chase Alelntyre, und what do ou see? Think I'm u fool? "What have 1 ever done lo cause you to talk so to uie?" "Jim Noniau says" "lie sas," came a snarling voice from behind Mclntyre, "that yer a Biieak, trying to get yer Iron onto other people's cattle." Mclntyre had turned at tho llrst sound of the man's voice to And him self looking Into the mtu.le of a pis tol. Mollle scrambled through the win dow. "Jim Noman, you quit!" she screamed. Mclntyro thrust the girl aside, tin act of chivalry which saved his life, for his enemy fired the Insinnt lie, moved, and while the bullet missed his heart. It shattered his arm. There was another spurt of llauie und smoke, and the girl hid her face In her arms, that she might not see. Then she heard a steady voice. "Now you hit the trull, Jim Nomun." and looked up lo sec the mun holding his mangled hand, which he gazed at in horror, with Farrel standing by. smoke Bt 111 curling from the muzzle uf his gun. Bandaging the wounded arm as best he could, l'arrell started to get his horso to go for tho doctor, thirty miles away. When he relumed for a filial word with his patient ho found Mollle Just outside the door, weeping bit terly. "I did not think you cured so much for him, Mollle," he said, "or I'd havo lilt the trail lung ago." He atopped when tie saw Mcln tyre's fate over the girl's shoulder, a new pain In every feature. "I always gave you credit for hav ing a little horse sense, Charley," be r .ld "I m hull lu more ways than giio, old man." he tal l, his lips twitch Ins ' but laku hr. fai.J 11.,.) God bic uu bull, " When Mclntyre, recovered from a a deadly swoon, Mollle S tiled Was Oil his pillow, which was wet with her tears. "I -I - tried to- to loe you. Mr. Mclnlyre Chase." she sobbed, "but I fouud I loved ( barley, you see And aud I'm only til to be a cowman's wife anyway, you know." "Yea, Mollle, 1 know," be said, turn ing his face to the wall (Cobriig-fit, by Liallv , ret. Co.) TWO MINUS. Heck They say a ring around thi' mnnn i; a si;n of r.iin. Pet k-So ij a ring'around a wo man's linger a sip.n of reign. Bos ion Iranseripi. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A -dJ1 TOO MUCH FOR CONDUCTOR Biici'itful Train Man Cor-fiiieiU Hi Would Collect Fare From Ua.ilcl Webster, but It Was Not to Be. Rome years ap) Stanley Johnson piintei! a collection of new and luler eslitu' anecdotes of Daniel Webster. Mr. Johnson's father knew Webster personally and his stories ate taken as iiuthm i'.alhe. Among t in m is tho following: 'Hi,, lir.-ii of these inircdotes that I can recall was about tho conductor who li'icd iineuccessfully lo colled a faro from Webster, Mr. Webster v-as leaking a journey and. aw usual, v.a:. mil p:-oi iiled with a ticket. Tin- Im pof'al,! thili!-s oT life enpiossi d bis lit ' i n ii: n completely and remleieil him can less In money mailers. Wln-u in- collected a fee he often laid It between Hi leaves of his law hooks, and iheie :i crcat dial of it was hiund u ft i lii-i i!-ntll. Mr. Webster was InlLinc -ar-msily with some Irlends when liia tint" for collcclli.g fares came. Ills ivmli-biieSH In the matter was genei--nlly known, for, before the condin lor b !.:an his trip, he had been told ic. tin; lia;at:i' car that he would hav.- to s!.ii Mr. Webster; lie had llrst muffed at tite id--a and then had laid a bet that he would gel his fare or put bin1 off. "Some conductors may let hlni off." ho declan d hoasl fully, "hut he'n no ui'ire to me I ban any oilier man." Whereupon he sauntered down tho able calling "Kares!" with probably more than ordinary peremptoi iuess. Mr Webster eonUnued talking while, tho others gave up their tieketa. The conductor hesitated a respectful mo ment and then said "Fares!" again. Mr. Webster continued to talk. The conductor then touched him oa the arm and said, "Your ticket, sir." Then Mr. Webster turned his famous eyes upon the man. "Do you know Ih'i prosidenl of this railroad?" he asked. "No, sir!" replied the conductor. "Well, I do." continued Mr. Webster, "lie's a friend of initio and I will selilo with him." Mr. Webster's eyes rested on llm man and ho turned away--beaten. It was easy money for tho man in the haagav,e car. Hut with whatever linal ily Mr. Webster may have spoken, I have always felt sure that lt wah be cause of hit! eyes! that he triumphed on thin occasion; for my father lias always said thai they were the most wonderfully magnetic luminaries ever ghi-n to help a man through this sor did, ticket-collecl'Mg world. Oldest Vehicle in America, There is oil exhibition 111 Los An fcelea what is claimed to bo the most ancient wheeled vehicle lu America, lt was last iiinl some years ago by a I'Ufbki Indian of the village: of 'lean que, N. M. The tradition was tb.it this "carreta ' oi oveaii had been handed down finiu lather to sou in the same family tor eiiuui-'h r. -ueration.-, In carry lis inuin back tutu tin- s-v cntcolith ccntuly This cur. howevur, shows evidences uf having been to paired time aud ai:a!n and it may be lliat llle only part of Ihe original cart that is left is the holes In ihu wheels where the axle goes through 'Hie wlu-il.i are hewn bodily out of huge plecer of sjcamoie und ale an Inches lu diameter, six Inches thick al tho rlui and two feet through at tho holes. The gn at antiquity of the ve hicle Is proved by the fact that there' Is not a nail nor a piece of metal of I any l.lud used In It. it Is built entire- j ly of wood and Is fastened together either with wooden pins or thongs of I raw hide. It Is an Interesting fact that tills cart Is made exactly like the ox-1 carts that have been in usu in south ern Europe from the earliest histoi iu times. One sees, for example, lust such cars to Ibis day in Tliessaly and parts of Turkey. From tho Path finder. Parents of Crime. Passion, greed, Ignorance are tho parents of crime. Work not fatlguu deadeti.i passion Work removes pre -d Work develops Intelligence, ll v. oil. gives an unfair return, thcu passi in Is not deadened, but kindled Into lia:.,, . If work bo but animal labor, then greed is Inflamed. If work b:.' only for bread, then body alone, not mind, is fed. Work must bo the attribute of the soul. And It cuii be, provided it is not brauded with tho placard Failure failure in succeeding to tub, failure lu succeeding to out wit, failure lu being born of the rich. Our schools of the common people teach pupils from books so tln-y may not havo to do manual work. Or If trade schools, offering manual train ing, they send children out as mo ( bailies, but do not develop the quali ties which would enable them to rise against unscrupulous labor leaders. Our children do not toll enough, and thus are not happy. Many of our financially successful men have not lolled enough, and they do not know the mind of the laboring nun and so patronize when they try to help Our schools do too much for the child, and us a result tho child can do little for j himself. Raymond Rlordon, in tho Craftsman. Tliemo to the Woodshed. Little Willie, ugej luui aud a half, hr.j rn Y'ry bf ! He hail fi.rffollen his table inuiiiii.is beioro 'company,'' so his lather was called into str.no to administer it-proof. "Wllllu, ou have been a very bud little boy." sulil he "You havo shocked oui liiaiiniia. your giainliua iid viui uuiiia b )iur cuiiunct. aud I waul ou lo know lhat i do not ate prove your action,! It m. i I t'. it I shall have lo cb.e-lis'-aiidi rslanj Waal I . ' 1 fcot V nil .-'' luillalupol!:. ' irAi)i.iLKANi)srrR. "I. el's tend the i :ar a lunnb con cealed in a plum pudding." "Why not merely send him a plum pudding?" said ihe oiher callous plotter. "If he eais ii our work is done and we run no risks." Louisville Courier-Journal. UNTRUE :VM:EZ CF SPtECH It metaphorical ("leases Were Tatven Literally One Might Very Eatily Be Embarrassed. No situation is more difficult to deal Willi than thai lu which a figure of speech becomes u fact. I mean that v'"'" "vo been using a ptiraae 1 truly, but lu Its general and meta I phorical sense, we are rather etnbar- lusscd than otherwise if we hud that It Is fine even In Its strict und literal sense. There (hies not seem to be niiylhlni- more to say. Suppose you In :trd a family rt mark casnallv. "Il's madness In papa lo po lo Norway!" 1 Ami suppose Hi- next Instant pupa spinnc. Inln iho rooiti through a sinasbi d window, wllh stiawB In bis hair and a caivin,-; knife, and howled aloud: "I'bliutiboo! I'm poini; to Nor way!" The Incident would he discon certing, lt would not be easy to pursue the subject. Or suppose we said to some slalely, silver-haired woman who was annoy ed: "I think It childish of you to take oifense so easily." And suppose she sat down suddenly on the floor and bcean to scream for her doll and her skipping rope. We would be at a loss. Words suited to tho situa tion would nut easily suggest them selves. Or. If a wife said to her husband, apropos of a luxurious friend to whom he nave expensive dinners: "He's simply robbing you." her re marks would be cut short, rather than further encouraged, by tho sight of the friend climbing out of the window with the silver teapot un der his arm. The wife would have the extremely unpleasant sensation of having said the worst thing she could, and having nothing moro to say. Cases, of course, could be multi plied infinitely; as the case of one who, entering a lodging house, should say "Rats!" in disparagement of its praises, and find himself Instantly surrounded by thono animals; or one who should retniu k. "l'ncle Joseph has lost his head over this," and Bhould then find him decapitated In the gar den G. K. Chesterton, In the Illus trated London News. Bedtime Story From Tom Morgan. Johnny Chuck had a pain lu his bead. Yes, sir, that is exactly what Johnny had in his head. You see, Sammy Jay hung Johnny Chuck up on fhe venerable wheeze which every body but Johnny had heard long, long ago, viz.: "How much wood would .; "oodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would crmch .vend?" Now, Johnny is Hi'- tfort of a ehuekloheud that takes iv. lulling seriously, and so he went lu wuik lu deadly earnest lo liguio it out And because ho couldn't ar rive ut a satisfactory answer he he ran to fear (hat his brains were leak in).' So he developed a grouch and went gruinplne auumd like Aunt Fret He and I'licln Pep.vs do win u they eat too much, and crow so surlv that Polly Chuck and the tlnee little Chucks wire cheered for their Uvea. Sev eral days later Sammy Jay Hupped auumd ugaiu, and Hading Johnny lu a low and febrile state, railed at him, saying- "You remind me of the man who worries and fumes over the Im pending Japanese invasion, the awful grief of the crying crocodiles of the Nile, and Iho hellish injustice of the poor growing poorer and the rich growing latter, and overlooks the fact that thu wile ho swore to love and cherish is wearing herself down to skill aud bones and flddlestrltigs try ing to keep a roof over the heads of tho children and their accursed lit tle backs and tuniinies covert.' und filled. Quit pestering about coudltlotis that you don't understand and couldn't change If you did understand them, und do well tho small things you ure ablo for. Come out of ll!" Kansas City Star. BLUE AND DISCOURAGED Mrs. Hamilton Tells How She Finally Found Health in Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Warren. Ind. Mv will: iYiii;:! I wt i and w 1 I ba no' -all, .if, 1:, I ach.d all tie- (I::,,., had li-ar-inc; c.Avn pains at I my ha'-!: hurl me the. bittK'1 part of the lime, I was dizzy and liinl weak feel-inrj-i when I wcti'J sloop over, it hi: t ine to waik any dis tance biiI I felt i.ij. an I discouraged. "J lieiran taking- Lydia E. Pinhiiaia's Vegetable t'oiinioiiinl ami am now iu 'od Ii- .lili If il had hut been for tl. it iin-.li. me I would 'lave b.-.n lit my IFj,.-,, u-i.i t:mc ajo - Mn ARTii; E I ll. ...ui. . o.i. rv t.L- ciu u vvaiii.ii, iiia- Aliiilliei' Ca-.o, Ksiiuuid, U.I.-" I write to tell you bow much p-ood vour medicine has done me and to let other women know that tln-re is help for llieui. I sulii red with bearing down pains, headache, was ir rcjrtilar and felt blue and depressed all the time. I took Lydia E. Pinkham'a YeycUiljle Compound and commenced to (rain in a short time and i am a well wo man today. 1 am on my feet from early morning until late at night running a boarding house and do all my own work. I hoie that many suffering women will try your medicine, lt makes happier wive and mothers. "Mrs. Anna Han tit N. Famond, Rhode Island. vernon h. Mcknight, m. d Physician and Surgeon, fiver Yinron'a Drug Store, 0121 y HALIFAX, N. C. lit P L lpf j It's so good so rcfreshi ng you'll take care not to spill a drop. PEPSI-Cola has the taste that makes it your preference. In Bottles At Fount 5c . M. DICKENS, Local Agent, Weldon, N. C. 7 r- i; BEST It.-.: feSEDY Fci :i forms cf Lurnbi.U'), So:.ilio, Gout, Neural- gl,Kldncy Troubles, Catarrh and Asthma "5-DROPS" STOP THE PAIN Olvos v?ulck Relief 1 It Pd the ficlina and palna, re- Jirvi ; h '.voi ien jimMH and in uncles act uiiiiiu.it liuo mag la. Ih.Btroyn Hi t u' 4 ui ki acid and ii uulf It, tv.tio Hid Hurtj lu Its ruMiltn. No Mm-i r. uiftiy lika it. Sample true on request 6OL0 tiY DRUGGISTS One tt.illnr por bottle, or sent pro- li.ini .uhMi l'i'Ot'Utt oi prirjrj ii no i.bLH.uttbla iu your locality . SW.ANS0N RHEUMATIC CUK CO. , 168 Lake Street Chicago !: - TNt, PILCI, FIMPlfs, Mat Ml L'JF,' ., noilNOS, SALT BHIUM, MNt i ai., tiuiofcly ImshmJ ay ails thai "HOPS" 8ALVL - Her Vo Si SfiiMlrt .1 '.MMMBenrilbM jy :.'li Fr la t bargains IN TYPEWRITERS. W e o:i 1 1 y ft In r ire stock of dtanriatd Typcwnti'iH. ( un funimh at once Mon ui't'li. tux, Olivpr, IJcMiinL'lori, Koyal, Siiiitli Tinnier, ('. Smith & llio.'s umt I iiilciwotnl, Anv other make from i ." tit l.'i iIuvh' tml ice. We have both tho i ufihle ami the iiivmihlp. We bought A ! law Mock of ihette Typewriters from j niit'-fmirth to one-half the regular hole j Mile pnee. ami on sale now at one-fourth ( one-half the regular retail prieeH. A j I Typetttilet from 7 .'HI to f 15. 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