A Carelessly Treated Cold
is the source of most sickness because drugged
pills, syrups and alcoholic mixtures are
uncertain and unsafe.
Scott's Emulsion has been relied upon by
physicians for forty years as the safe and sensible
remedy to suppress the cold and build up the
enfeebled forces to avert throat a nd lung troubles.
Don't tolerate alcoholic substitutes, but insist
on the Genuine Scott's emulsion. One bottls usually
lasts longer than a cold. Every druggist has it. u s
ROANOKE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
Shth Xnnuul Session at Scotland
M.vk Hcruh Tuesday.
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THE kOANOki: M;y,
Thursday, t'CT.
Published I3very Thurs.ii.y
STKKKII AT IHSTUKKH-K M'Kkll
HKtOMM'l Ass MAril.N
Ar ilit N.iimn.il Farmers' Con
Kivss the chief problem was held"
in he keeping the buys mi the
Iji'ins. 1 1 will come ahum when
tl.e I u iiis are made more attrac
th e m the ho s.
KATF.SOl Sl liSCKIi HUMS hVMI
One Year, (Jy mail) postpaid,
Six Mouths, '
H.'Jl.
A weekly Democratic journal devoted
to the material, educational, political
and agricultuial interests ol Halifax and
surrounding counties.
Advertising rales reasonable and
nished on application.
fur-
To play a waiting game Uncle
Sam is belter equipped than Huer-
ta.
Vt HAT the country needs is a
working system for the more even
distribution of rain.
It musi re an awtul siram on
some of those Tammany Senators
to look like real judges
Secri-taky Daniels is deter
mined to try a little more target
practice on the Armor Trust.
Philadelphia has 90,000 hog
pens, and still a lot of those gang
councilmen are not penned up.
Now he man who has been
rocking the boat can turn his at
tention to lighting the fire with coal
oil.
Red garters under a slit skin
caused a girl's arrest. How on
earth do the police discover such
things !
If Uncle Joe with his new set ol
progressive ideas becomes a dem
ocrat there just won't be any Re
publican party left.
Mk. Taft has lost eighty pounds
and a Missouri woman seven fcei
high has completely disappeared.
Queer times these.
At any rate, Thaw can boasi
that he has been on more sides ol
the Habias Corpus writ than any
other man now living.
THE Wisconsin legislature took
around about w ay of breaking up
the sewing societies when it pass
ed the anti-gossip law.
W'E have not heard any talk ol
this country annexing Canada
since the people up there went so
cmy over Harry Thaw.
I III-: heiknneiit associations all
oli' the State arc doing a great
w i k Vnu hardlv ever nL-k nn n
paper without seeing where they
have been d"iitjj something lor the
good ol their communities.
Tll r proposed New Vork sky
scraper in) I feel high would out
soar the Woohvorth building, but
would Mill be topped by the Litlel
Tower in Parts. While going
skyward why not go for a world
record and be done with ii-tem-
porarily at least.
' .i
Ji'dch Adams, of Asheville,
has ruled in a case before him ilvu
"matches are like umbrellas, pub
lic properly." The case was that
of a man arrested on a charge ol
stealing a box of matches from a
grocery store. He had made
some purchases, and seeing the
box on the counter walked oil
with it. The indignant grocer had ,
him arrested. The judge in dis
missing the prisoner said thai he
was surprised that a merchant
should bring such a case into court. :
It has long
t ' me the New s rul
Observer troni ScoiLmd Neck,
d.iled Monday, October l.'tli.vtys:
"The Roanoke Baptist Associa
tion iiil-i in iis s:ih annual session
wiili die Scotland Neck Baptist
church, beginning Tuesday even
ing at S o'clock. The meetings
will continue through Wednesday
and Thursday, Hon. T. M. Ar
lington, of Kocky Mount, is the
moderator, and Rev. T. I.. Ver
non, of I lobgood, is clerk and
treasurer. The introductory ser
mon w ill be preached Tuesday
ev ening by Rev. T. W. Ch inihlis,,
pastor of the First Baptist church
.11 WiBon.
I Ins association is composed ol
litty-tive churches, located in I l.ili
la. Martin, Put, Washington.
Bunion, Fdgecombe and W ilson
coiimies. 'I he mcmbu h;p is
neatly S,iHH. These churches ai
lite last session of the Associat.on,
held ai Weldoii, reported a gam ol
er.il hundred members during
L.c V:. if. and a tot. J e! ;. 7-1, Si it) Mi
conn ii'uied to all causes It is ev
ckd tli.it the reports of this y-.-.ir
Vi iii in advance of i.iM year.
The Scoiland Neck church w ill !
make one of the best linaiuial re
ports of us long history. More ,
ih.m 15,tUM) have i een contrib
uted by this church 10 all objects ;
during ihe year, of which sum
S Ss 1 tij went tode.'ioininaiion..l
henev'.lence. At the last church
conference the following persons ,
w ei e elected as delegates to the
Association: George W. Bryan
B 1). Webb, Frank P. Shields and
the pastor, Rev. I-'. A. Mcl-'arlaud.
1 he Roanoke Association is she
youngest association ol ihe Bapnst j
St.ue Oomeniion. The churches '
si ears ago belonged to ihe !
ar River Association, which
more than one hundred '
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been recognised, he I .,; i
said, that "a man making a pur-: uj
l vr ri'lc rinhi . ,-, I- i i
w ,i6i iu a iew maicnes, : cnurcnes and included ten coim-
and I think the defendant was per- ' ' Six years ago it was thought
fectly within his rights in t ik inn- I w lse organize the churches ol
them." I
IT RAINS ki;D LIZZAkDS.
Sharon, Pa.- Sharon was visited
by a shower of tiny red liz.'ards
during a rainstorm. They were
seen by the hundreds near the
Siate line.
me eastern part ot tne old associa
tion into a new body, and this was
done at Rocky Mount in October,
1 90S, and the new body was named
the Roanoke Baptist Association.
"CORPSE'1 OBJKCTEI) SO
FUNERAL IS CALLED OFF
MONEY EEfUNDED WITH A SMILE
Lending Drug Store will (iive I
Money Back Should There Ever i
He a Case u here Dodson's Li er ;
Tone Fails.
China may succeed in convinc
ing Japan that there is no need of
going to remote portions of the
map for diplomation occupation
As the Panama canal may be
ready for business in another
month Mr. Hobson will have to
hurry along the war that was to be
sprung.
rREIDENT VtlLSON took two
pens to sign the Underwood-Sim
mons Tariff bill, but the pens, like
ihe managers of the bill, did good
team work.
AT the farewell dinner to the
Colonel as usual admirers cried
"We want Teddy! We want Ted
dy!" In which Teddy agrees with
them as usual.
UUT in Kansas mere is said to
be a probability of moving picture:
being used wttnin a snort time in
all the public schools as text books
in some studies.
NORTH Carolina newspapers
are urging a general observance ol
good roads days on November
and 6. The cause of roads will
get a great boost on those days.
The sum of $42,500 has tWn
paid in England For the right to
use the "Antony and Cleopatra"
films for three years. Almost an
old master price for the newest pic
torial art.
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED
with LOCAL API'l.H 'ATIUNS, as thev
cannot reach the neat of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis
ease, and in order to cure it you must
take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure ia taken internally, and acts di
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces. Httll'a Catarrh Cure ia not a
quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this coun
try lor years and is a regular prescrip
tion. It ib composed of the best tonic
known combined with the best hloou
purifiers, acting directly on the mucoid
surfaces. The perfect combination oi
tha two ingredients is what produces
such wonderfid results in curing catarrh
F. J. CHENEY dc CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75 ceuU
par bottle. Bold by all druggists.
Tak Hall's Family Pill's for Constipa
tion. Adv.
Si. Lotus, Mu. Samuel P. Walk,
proprietor of an express company
today was busy calling his friends
on the telephone and assuring them
thai he was not dead. Mr. Walk's
death notice appeared in a paper
with the announcement that his
funeral would be held today.
I he hrst Walk knew of the death
nonce was when a florist called ai
his place of business to learn the
details of his death. The florist
had been advised of the death by
telephone and had been ordered m
make an elaborate floral piece for
the funeral.
W INKS ARE $25 APIECE
HE TOOK TWO OF THEM.
mild
Piltsburg, Pa.-Two winks cost
Joseph L'rich, a young masher,
$25 apiece. L'rich winked twice
at Miss Mane Moran, a high school
girl, and was picked up by a police
man who didn't like Inch's man
ner. Magistrate Kirby told l'rich that
any man who would wink at a
respectable girl on the street should
be "quartered and hamstrung,"
but as he had not the power )o or
der that punishment he would
charge him $25 for each wink and
in the event of his failing to pay :
the levy he could spend sixty days ,
in jail. L'rich paid the fine. !
1
DIE THREE DAYS BEFORE I
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. !
Jersey City, N. J Just three!
days before their golden wedding
celebration, for which elaborate j
preparations had been made.Chris
lopher Rupp, 79 years old, and j
his wife, Caroline, 77 years old, I
were suffocated by gas in the home i
of their daughter. The golden !
wedding was to have taken place !
Saturday. The double funeral was I
on Friday.
Rupp, who was nearsighted and !
nervous, in turning out the gas
heater in their room, disconnected
the pipe. They were both found
dead in bed in the morning.
The four sons of ihe Rupps gath
ered for the funeral, instead of for
the golden wedding feast. The
pair were buried in the same grave
Costs Less than Paper
To paint the walls aud woodwork of a
room that has previously been painted
Quantity of L. & M. Paint neeed-
ed costs $ ,7,h
The painters labor costsahout 1.33
t'otal costs ((Hi
Two coats of paint costs less than paper
ing. A painted room is sanitary. No
chance for breeding germs. I'se the I,.
& M. Semi-Mixed Heal Paint, adding
one part of turpentine to two parts of
the L. A M. to make it ready for use. A
child can mix this paint it'sso simple.
Sold by E. Clark.
! Dodson's Liver Tone is
vegetable liver tonic which oper-1
I ates so successfully m cases ot on
i siipation, torpid liver or biliotis
i ness thai it has practically taken the
place ol calomel the drug which;
is so often dangerous. W. M.
Cohen, who sells Dodson's Liver :
I one, recommends it as a reliever
ol constipation, sour stomach, bil
iousness and sluggish liver. It
works gently, surely and harm
lessly. a bottle should ever fail
lo give satisfaction W. M. Cohen
will refund the price paid without
question.
The price ol Dodson's Liver!
Tone is 50c. per boitle. Be sure 1
you gei Dodson's Liver Tone and
not some medicine put up in imita-!
lion that is not backed up by a
guarantee and that many contain j
harmful drugs.
A Delightful
Profession for
Young Women
1 iii-:ii: is no occupation
T for a young w omen that
is more pleasant or con
genial, more suited to
her ability and nature,
none that can give her more
personal satisfaction, and if
she be a thoroughly trained
professional none that offers
bigger rewards than that of
music teaching. The supply
of competent teachers of piano
music is far short of the de
mand. Has your daughter ever
given this mailer a thought;
have you ever spoken to
her about (some day becom
ing a teacher of music?) if
so buy her a
SHUT PIANO
at once, gei her siartcd on the
road to success and fame, the
sooner she starts the better.
(f ha. 3)1. .tieff,
I.EOX ('. STI-.IXK, Mgr.
No. SU (iraubv M., Nurtulk, 11
From 40 to 50 Woman'
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Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot
flashes severe headaches, melancholia, dread of impending
evil, palpitation of the heart, irre-ularilv, constipation and
dizziness are promptly treated by intelligent women who
are approaching the period of life.
This is the most critical period of woman's life and she
who neg ects the care of her health at this time invites in
curable disease and pain. Why not be guided by the ex
perience of others and take Lydia I-. rink-ham's Wtab.e
Compound? It is an indisputable fact that this grand old
remedy has helped thousands of women to pass through
this trying period with comfort and safety. Thousands of
genuine and honest testimonials support this fact.
I Tom Mrs. !li:V III: I I.I N, Cadiz, Ohio.
J 'it Hull!,, 'IVvas. have taken Lydia K. l'iiikliuin's Vcccta.
Me ..mi...,,:,,! and ilnnvd gn-M In -ii,-nt fmin its use. It r.rni m.
salrly llm,,,;: , t 1wtW. ..f Lite wlua, I was i ul health. I had
tliat all Kuiie t.vli!i,'m..st.,.f the ti .and 1 it-a I m -1 1, constantlv I wis
y,-n i.rrums aI1,i ,), j,t , , ,,(,s Vl.,.y , ,m(1 r.
0 iiinlu- and , i, lu.s .u, ,1,1 ,,,, ,,,, llllU, j , t,(1.in ,
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1 tmiK I III' I ii mix Illlli Mini 1 h:IV,. I:i,l I in n.tiiri, ..f ,.- ..1.1 1
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1ILAVII.IN, li. !'. ). No. fadi, Ohio.
ITimi Mrs.
I'kvt win ul. Pa.
l' aromii
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OUR AIM
; Our Best Thought, Enrsy and Buying Brains go
i into the Purchase and Selling of the Clothes of our
Boys' Department. It's there we build for our future.
It's there we make customers for years to come.
We show the largest variety of Patterns, Models,
Jand the best line of Boys' Clothes produced in Ameri
i ca. We are the Agents of Widow Jones, and Widow
Jones is the last word for style, wear, fit and value
in Boys' Clothes.
women." .Mrs. lli.xitv
:iVAKI 18. IIII.HI.KT, Fleetwood, l'u.
Dut'iiiir tlui ( liaiiiro of Lid- I ira li.,,-.ll,- ,,ia.. ...
t all. I nlwavs had a hi':iil:n lu mil I iviw c,-, .i;-, ,. i
lh.it had no iv-t at ni.'lir. The llah.-., of limit u,..- i..i
somi'tmirs tli.it in,, know what to do
"On.- day a fi i. iid advised ,.. t take I.ydia K. IMnkliani's W
tiihlc ( oi,ii,.iiinl ami it mad.- mo u strung, well wmnaii. 1 am verv
thaiikful that f tollimvil my friends advice, and I shall iveominend it
as nil- as I lne. l-t..re I took the Comiimmd I Mas alwavs sieklv
and now I have not had ninliriiit- from a doctor for venrs. V,m iin'v
publish my lcttcr."-Mrs. Kiuvaui, 1!. UiLiinir, l'leetwoou, l'a.
Frmn Mrs. I'. I". .M I LLIiNKOKK, Munford. Ala.
Muiifiiid, Ala... " I was so weak and nervous hile passiiio- throu"h
the t'lutne of Idle that I emtld hardly live. Jly huslmnd had to nail
ruliU-roii all the iraies tor I eoiilil not .siamt to Inm ir-.i., ti...,.
Result
We enjoy the Best Trade and the
Trade of the Best in this Denartmfint.
because Widow Jones and Draper's Clothes make
new customers wherever they are worn.
i
j Opening of School Values to tempt early trading
Call while sizes and assortment are complete.
i
1 also had tnii-km-lie and a fullness m my stomach.
i.wna iv i iiiunams efjetaUe. (.onipouml was ad
vertised for siii -U cases and I sent and got a buttle.
It did me so mu. h -ood tliat I kept on takin-ril and
loumi it to be all von ( laim. 1 lecommend it to
all women alllieted as I u as." .Mrs. K. 1', .Mlllen
ihilk, .Muiifoid, Ala.
f 15 "rile t.i IV III A IM'INKHAM MEIinE0.
Nr (M III:M IAI,)I. .N, M tsS..lormlviee.
oiir letter w ill lie uiienetl, reod an. I answered
by a woman and held in strict couliiience.
I noticed that
i'ia VrtiA,
I The Store
I of Quality.
'irlrii icfr u-it u i ili ii- ,rilr ij-jf iclt ,v ,
iriiirtruiiltvitliit J-i
R. E. Draper Co.
a iri ,i ii i. d-ny-.V ,Viliiinli rVii S
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I Honest Goods
I At Honest
Prices.
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iNCLEi SAM'S MAILS are safe and sure, and
our splendid facilities for giving prompt at-
iciiuon io maueu deposits are the result of a
carefully studied effo-t to satisfactorily serve a
large and constantly growing list of out-of-town
depositors.
When You Can not Come to Town
Use the Mail
If you will drop us a line we
will gladly tell you more about
it, and incidentally a few good
reasons why you should use this
Bank.
MLII BANK & TRUST (1,
WELDON, N. C,
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Protect your home with the best
policy. You may need fire insur
ance but once in a life time. At that
crucial moment you want the best
Think of this when you insure. We
write it; you need it. The best costs
no more than the safest.
Rowe& Stain back
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'Determined to Be As
Well Dressed As Ilie
'Best Mas Ever Sees!
Administratrix Notice.
'1 lie uiiilcisiBiicd liav mi ijiialilii'd as
il.liliniistlutrix of estate ol'. I. A,. Alston,
ileoeaseil. this is to notify all persons
liavinir Planus airainst said estate to pie
seut same to tlie iindi'i-siitni'il within
one vear Iron) this date or this notice
will lie pleaded in liar of then- recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate ivi'li
please make immediate payment. This
Hth October, Itll.'l.
HI. I VIA ALSTON,
Admx. of estate of . I. A. Alston, dec
(iEOHHK ('. ;KEKN, Atty for Admx.
RUis-MYiSM
Will cure your ltheuuiatlsiu
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Aatisrptiu Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.
We'll heb you do it
Well dressed does not
mean expensively
Dressed. Inallnroba
bility the man whose
appearance you most
admire paid less for his
clothes than you usually pay.
If you will be well dressed have your clothes tailored. As we
represent Strouse & Bros, and Imperial Tailoring Co, ol Balti
more. Let us measure you up (or a suit or overcoat. We are
showing the very latest fabrics including Browns, Blue and
firays. Remember we can make you a suit for $15. Work
manship and Lit Guaranteed.
Henry Farber,
sep 11 ly
WELDON, N. C,
NOTICE-LAND SALE
Jly authority of the last will and testa
mentafW. K. .Mabrv, deceased, now
liled in the ollice of the Clerk of the Su
lienor court of Halifax county, N. c ,
1 mil, on
The 3rd Day of November, 1913,
at the court house door in the town of
Halifax sell to the highest bidder for
cash the following real estate :
One lot beginning; at ahridgeoii coun
ty road corner of lot No. a, thencedown
Hawtree Creek to .Mrs. V. II. May's cor
ner, stake foot of hedgerow, thence
w ith Mrs May aud .toe Lynch X KU V
ISM I feet to large red oak in fence cornel
Joe Lynch line, thence S t W 15-41! feet
to stake on the north side of county
road corner of division No. 2 along said
road 'iu feet to the beginning, contain
ing "ill acres, more or less. The above
lot is So. 1 of the Foster survey of V.
K. Mahry estate.
One other lot So. 3 of said survey be
ginning ar stake on old railroad bed.
coiner of division -No. 'i in Jake Hedge
pelh's hue. thence with Iledgepeth's
line NM7 W nn feet to slake AI. C. Jlras
well corner in Jike Iledgepeth's line,
llienee with Bn.;cll is i'j 'U'J foct to
a stake pine, pointers corner division
No. 4, thence with division No. 4 H SSJJ
K 2 1 !W feet to a stake near a fore and aft
hornbean on Hawtree Creek, corner di
vision No. 4, thence down said Cieek to
stake with pointers corner of division
No. 2 N 85 W 20!i feet to the beginning
cuniaiuing ! acres, more or less.
One other lot No. 4 said survey begin
ning with stake with nine nointers cor.
ner of division No. 3 in M. C. Braswell's
corner in Joe Norman line, thence with
,ioe .-vorman and others H K'JJ E 1430
feet to pine stump south of Creek be
tween a large ash aud oak.J. L. Knight,
W. H, .Mabrvand Lou l.ee corner. thence
X 2t K14.I feet to J. L. Knight corner
Qt Itloon Folllaron HawtrppcreHlf thpnep
down said Creek to a stake near fore
and aft hornbean corner division Nu, 3
llienee with division No. 3 N S2t V
"L-li feet to the beginning, containing
47 acres, more or less.
Hour of Sale: 12 M.
This the 27th day of Sept.
1. (I. I.KK.
hxecutor of the estate of W. E. Mahry
deceased.
S. II. DANIEL. Ally, for Executor.
The
Standard
Railroad
of the
South
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Ramifies
the
"Nation's
Garden
Spot."
Wrightsville
BRACH IS CA1 I INO vim
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MJK Wi ' "'"""'mo'i. tickets on sale Satuidaya and
III II, "11 ''""" uuiiih .'iinnays, nniileii
7.I-, . v .7. """""in niesiiin
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KICHARD WINBOKNL,
.Norfolk, Va.
W. H.JVINBORNE
ChovvaVcounty.N.C
WINBOKN E & CO.,
Cotton and Peanut Factors
Commission Merchants.
Norfolk. Va.
Uver crops? i ; , . i. .liiu-s' Loxativt
Sftii'U- Syllri( Liilt.r for cijoUl
Man. AI arun;isu.
I'KAN I'T WAREHOUSES:
Sull'olk, Va. Norfolk, Va.
shipments solicited. Market iulormation furnished. Keference. Seaboara
National Bank, Norfolk, Va. Alw.y. get our pr.ee. before buyini Peanut.
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Jiagging audTies.alt pays.