Terms of Subscriptiori"$1.50 Per Annum JOHN W. SLEDOB. Proprietor. WKLDOX, N. C, Till IUKDAY, .1 ANl'AKY 15, 11)1 J. N( . :w VOL. XLVIII. A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, nml ivhleli been ta use for over 30 yonrt, him borna 4 lie hiikiI uro of Allow All Counterfeits, Imitations u-id" Just-iis-Konir'uio hut Experiments that trllle with ii;1 oiidtuijriT tlio lieallh of Infants mid (;hlldren Hxuevien.v) iipiliist Kxiii'rimont. What is CASTORIA Castorlu 1 ii Jmrmless nibstitnto for tumor Oil, Para, gorie, Drop? nud (Soothing NyvuiH. It U l'iotisimr. It contains ii.lth e Opium, Plorpliiuo hoc other Nurcotlo Miibstiin'. Hs ni'a Is itM R'lurantco, 16 destroy Worm anil nllii.vrf I'evcrisliness, !s, euros Ii,ii'rlio'n and Wind Colic. It relieves TeftlitMjr Troubled, euros CotiMtlpiitinn und Kliituleiny. It nssiiuiluti'S the Fund, regulates tlio Ktoin.oh :md Howls, grivlnjf lieallliy ami natural sleep. Tlio Cliildrvfi'N I'unaeeu Tlio Motlier'x 1'riend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears tbo The KM You toe Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE BANK OF WELDON WKLDOX, X. (' Organized Under the Laws ol the State o( North Carolina, State of North Carolina Depository. Halifax County Depository. Town of Weldon Depository. Capital and Snrplus, $55,000. For over lit yen this institution has proviilril bunking fuoilit it- for thin section. Its'stoekholders and ollirus aic identified w i 1 1 1 tin1 busi ness interests of Halifax and Northampton counties. A Savings Deiiartmont is maintained lor the benefit ol all who desire to deposit in a Saviugs Hank. In tins lioparlitit'iit inlorot is allotted as follows For Deposits allowed to remain three months or longer, '.' per cent. Six months or longer, H per cent. Twelve months or lonirer. t percent Any information will he furnished on application to the 1'rcsidcnt ori'ashici PRKSI1HNT : W. K. DANIEL, V It'R-rilKSl 1KNT '. V. It. SMITH. I.. C. III! W'Kli. Teller. HJKECTOliS W. it. Smith, W. Ii. A. ('. House, J. I., Shepherd, W. A. Ml MAM'FAt'TCi;l'.liS (IF Building Material for Modern Homes. Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mantels, Door and Window Screens MADli TO OIiUF.lt AMI KI-til'I.AIt STOCK SIZKS. flood Materials, High Grade Workmanship Our Slogan. Weldon, N. C. preciate the fact that every home furnishing; need can be filled, promptly and at a distinctive price saving at this store. We are showing a line of Kitchen Cabinets, Stoves, and labor-saving devices that you will be delighted to have demonstrated. It will pay you To become posted on our. new offerings whether you care to purchaser now or later. No matter what you need for the home our combination of service, quality, and modest prices together with terms that make it easy to supply your needs will make you a permanent customer of this store. WELDON FURNITURE CO., Weldon, N. C THE ANSWER TO THE HEADACHE if &Q-U-G PleaMant lo Take Cure, Neuriliia, Haadacba, tt.iek.icae, Cri,). The modern instantaneous pain relief. On I ho r still rrowinir. No doubtful rem No doubtful remi-u. 8c of Foantaiif. I I I r and !mn own mmlo under Ms per 8011(0 HlipOI'VlHloi) SilK'O ltH ill I'lUH'y. imono ti)ili'ci'liuoiilii this. Signature of I'AHIIIKH; .1. O. UKAKK, Iianicl, fierce, .1. II. I n uke, ii. II. Znlliec W. .Her. M. Cohen, .1 . W. Hedge mum FROM THI: livery housewife will ap 11VO i'uJ Quirk in Effect )t: BIBLE HAS LONG HISTORY. That Used In the Supreme Court Probably the Oldest Connected With the Government. It is ii tiny little book, only five unci otie-litilf inehes lontf ami thi'iM! anil one-half inelies wide. It is bottiiil in bright red Morocco leather, with tlio word "Hiblu" printed in ditiiit tivo sold letters on the back. Hut one (loot not see that red Morocco cover unless he re moves the little black leather Blip which protects it. Long, long ugo tlio little red Bible began to show wear, and then tlio black leather slip was made to protect so long ago, in fact, that 15 of those covers, made to protect, the venerated little volume, were worn out in the service. It is without doubt one of the oldest Bibles, if not the very oldest Bible.connected with the Government, and is certainly the most historical. It is the book upon which since 1800 every chief justice with the singlo exception of Chief Justice Chase and every member of the Supremo court has taken the oath of allegi ance) when accepting his tip pointinent to our highest tribu nal. More than that, every at toi ney who has practiced before the Supreme court since that dale 18oo has pledged his allegiance over the little vol ume. All, with one exception ulso, and that exception was Daniel Webster. It is told even yet of the 8u prcme court of that day that Mr. Webster's fame as an ora tor hud so preceded hint on the occasion when he came to ar gtie his first case before the court the clerk, Mr. Caldwell, in his eagerness to hear the great, speaker, forgot to admin ister the oath.- Christian Her ald. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C ASTOR I A RI-ADY FOR HIM. A conductor stumbled twice over the fool of a small boy. Looking back at the mother, the conductor said: "Some people seem to have very awkward children." "Yes,'' said the mother; "I was just thinking your mother had one." Wonderful Cough Remedy, lr. King's New liiscovery is known everywhere as Ithe remedy which will surely stop a cough orcoM. I. ll.aw son, of Fdisoii, Ten n.. writes: " I Ir. King's New liiseoveiy is the most wonderful cough, cohl, throat and lung nieilirinc 1 ever sold in iny store. It can't lie heal It sells without any trouble at all It needs no guarantee ' This is true, because Or. King's New liiscovery will relieve the most obstinate of cuuirhs und colds Lung troubles quickly helped by its use. You should keep a bottle in the house, at all times for all the memtters uf the family .",(k and Jl. Alldruggists or by mail. it. t:. m i ki.i:x m il, Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. SIMPLI: WAS THF. LIFE. When live held forth in Paradise She found much pleasure in it, For when she did her Monday wash It only took a minute. And when the washing blew away Eve didn't fret or whine; She meerly sauntered forth and picked New garments from the vine. For frost Hitesand Chapped Skin For frost bitten ears, ttnirersand toes; chapped hands and bps, chilblains, cold sores, red and ruuuh skins, there is nothiiiK tueiUl llucklen's Unica Salve stops the pain at once ami heals itiick Iv. In eveiy home there should lie a box bandy all the lime llest remedy for ull skin diseases, ilchinir ecr.ciua.tet let. piles, etc., 2.V!. VII Jiutfittx or hjr mad. II. K. Ill Tk I. F.N A CO., Philadelphia, I'a. St. I. inns, Mo. A CF.NTURY HI-NCF.. 'And will you be mine, Helene?' 'Yes, Horace!' In a transport of joy he seizes the hand of the young girl and shakes it. To be sure hand-shaking has been declared unsanitary by the best medical authority, but what has such a tumultuous love as (heirs 10 do with considera tions ? Cfrilldron Cry FOR FLE1 CHER'S CASTORIA Ai!TJ& Powder AteolufelyPure Cakes, hot biscuit, hoi breads, and other pastry, are daily necessities In the American family. Royal Bak ing Powder will make them more digestible, wholesome, appetizing. No Alum No Lime Phosphates THE FRIENDS HE BY FRANK L. I reckon that I'm gittin' old and glimpse my time to go When the summer's fuli o' sadness an' 1 sigh to see the snow; I'm like a ship, storm-driven, where the sailors long for shore When I think of friends who loved me and are here to love no more ! When the winter fire's blain' an' I'm in the old armchair In dreams they come to see me, and I'm but a dreamer there. The children play around nte nty withered hands they hold They know that I'm a-dreainin' of the friends I loved of old. The chimney corner is my world I love the Iriendly gleams Of the firelight when I'm driftin' to the old times in my dreams; The new friends seem like strangers, and until Life's story's told I'll clasp hands with the old friends I loved in days of old. g,. Jg- gfc. g.g-. .0 .m UNCLE SHABRACK COMES OTHIS 0Wtl! BY HOWARD BANKS. fa us 5 5 1 it-; iC; & 4 The following won second prize I "De sign o' de Son o' Man in in 1905, in a competition between heav'n," exclaimed the old man members of the Philadelphia Re- rapturously. "De Star o' Bethle cord staff for the best Christmas I hem nius' er look like dat on de story : fus Chris'mus." j The sight appealed to the strong "A white Chris'mus tomorrer!" religious nature of the aged negro, said Uncle Shadrach Davidson, as j which he shared with all his race. he shuffled out of his cabin door ! into inch-deep snow, which had fallen during the night. "I 'lowed dem lead-cullud clouds dat blowed up yestiddy ev'nin' had snow in 'em." It was even so. A mantle of im maculate white wrapped the broad Catawba-washed acres of the Da vidson plantation in Southern Mecklenburg near where the coun ty touches the South Carolina border. "Hit mus' be nigh on i' 5 o'clock time for me to be gittin' up to de Big White House terbuil' Marse Polk a fier," continued the old negro. Stopping suddenly, ere he reached his gate, he cried out in soft, sympathetic tones, as he would use in comforting a child with a cut finger : "Well, now ef dis an' too bad!" He proceeded to shake the snow from the petals of a blood-colored Jacqueminot that had been a blossom for several days past in too great trust to a late autumn's beguiling. "Jack Pros' is de wolf what s kilt my po' li'le Red Ridin'hood rose," he went on, lifting the sluice-gates of sympathy in his fathomless, big heart. "Tain't safe fer small chillun to stray away from home, ner fer roses to keep on bloomin' a'ter de las' o' No vember. "Bui dis same snow dai makes a shroud for my lag behin' flowers will furnish de young folks wid fine sleddin' an' snow-ballui, " the old man soliloquized, with optimis tic philosophy. "Dis col' raw mornin' air, howsomever, cen'u'y docs cut into dis o!e mss-.T' boors like a swourd. Hit am doin' dis rheumatism no good. Fighty-fo' year ol' come dis nex' l-'ebuwary, 'cordin' cs it's set down in Marse Polk's big Bible. Shadrach Da vidson won't be in dese low grounds o' sorrer to ketch ole Marster Chris'mus gif a yearfrum tomorrer." Pausing in his soliloquy, the venerable servant lifted his eyes heavenward. In the rifling snow clouds just beginning to clear away, a single brilliant star gleamed in the Southern skies immediately over the crest of Kin's Mountain, whose high-heaving outlines were beginning to be visible in the gray oF dawn. LOVED OF OLD. STANTON. He was in a soul ecstacy, and the spirit of prayer came upon him. Oblivious for the moment to the keen wind, he threw his broad brimmed felt hat on the snow and offered a lervent petition : "Have mercy, O, Lord," he began, "on a po' sinner wid a black skin but a while heart for Thou has' created in me a clean Heart an renewed a right spent widin me. Thou knowes', 0 Lord, dat ef Shadrach Davidson had er been born' away back in de days o' Herod de King, 'slid er in Slav ry limes, an had er been a camel-driver fer one er dem wise men from de Fas' 'slid er mule teamster on do Davidson cotton plantation, dat he would er fol lowed de Star wid exceedin' great joy twell it come ter stan' still over de barn where de young Chil', wropped in dem swaddlin' clo'es was lyin' in de hayrack. Thy servant, O Lord, has followed de Lord, has followed de Star, any how, de bes' he knowed how, all his life twell now his haid's es while es a cotton boll in October. He could er had his freedom a'ter de Surrender, and dey was plenty er good jobs waiting for him wid de quality in Charlit cf he had er wanted 'em. But how could I leave Marse Polk, O Lord, when he ain't never belt up his haid sence dat day I brung home young Marse William Lee and him de only son from Gettysburg, wid red stains on his gray uniform, and de boy's mother fell daid over de coffin V Dey ain't no greater love den fer a man ter lay down his life fer his fren'. I ain't been called on icr lay down no life, but I'se lived er mighty long life fer Marse Polk. It's hard to hear folks callin' him a hermit hut dat's because the Mistiss and de young Marster was buried in de same day. It's hard to hear 'em f callin' him a miser but kin he help it if de intrus' 'cumulate on his money ? "Hit says in de Word, Lord, dat Thou ain' no rspecter er pussons. Gram dat de angel what (keeps de books may put down sump'n tode credit uv a po' sinner dat never knowed nothin' but slav'ry 'cause he couldn't he'p it 'fo 'Man cipation an' slav'ry uv his own free will and acco'd ever sence. Amen." The combination of lightwood knots and hickory logs soon had a roaring fire spanning the big brass andirons in Col. J. K. Polk Da vidson's room. "Mornin' Mare Polk, momin', suh!" said his aged valet as, rising from his knees he perceived that his master was awake. "Hit snow ; ed last night, suh, an' we will have ja white Chris'mus tomorrer. Why I what's de matter wid you, Murse i Polk?" I A sudden leaping of the Haines j on the hearth, making it lighter in j the yet dark room, revealed a j strange look of suffering and wor I ry on the old master's face. I "I hnve :i (ire:itl nf tnmnrmu'. Shadrach, in spite of its being Christmas, and a white Christmas, too. It is because of what I have seen in a dream this past night." "Marse Polk, you'se gwine on 79 year ol' an' dreams ain' never give you no onesiness befo' is dey ?" "Who is the richest man in Mecklenburg county, Shadrach?" "Why you is suh, ov co'se, but what's dat got to do wid dis vis ion ?,' "A good deal, old friend; a good deal. But say, Shadrach, Bob Blackwood has made big money buying cotton in his day, and Tom Brown does the biggest mercantile business in Piedmont North Caro lina." "But dey ain't none o' dem Charlit fo'ks got de money you is, suh. Tf you'se been dreamin' 'bout de riches' man in de county, I'm mighty feared you'se been dreamin' 'bout youse'f." "Listen, Shadrach. 1 seemed to see ghostly, invisible hands re moving the hanging holly of the holiday season, and in its stead they tied funeral crepe to a door knob. Then 1 knew that some- body was dead on Christmas day. Thereupon a coffin came before my vision, ;,nd along its side, in fiery letters, was this inscription: "The richest man in Mecklen burg !" "1 ain't no prophet, Marse Polk," the servant broke in as the old planter concluded. "I ain' nothin' but a po' preacher ov de African Methodis' Fpiscopal Zion Church. It ain' fer me to say if dis is de ban' writin' on de wall fer you, suh. You don' look po'ly.like you was goin' to be seized, sudden like. You ain't gut no misery in your haid, is you, Marse Polk?" "No, I feel as well as I did yes terday, save for the bad night this dream has given me." "Ner no survigerous gnawin' in yo' vitals, nowher?" "No." "Dey'ssome es says dream goes ! by contraries, but if you'll 'scuse j de like o' me fur de liberty I takes j in axin' de question, Marse Polk, ; if dis dream is to come true as j meanin' you is you is you ready j for a sudden summons, suh ?" The old man turned his head ; the other way on the pillow. I tear not, bhadrach, he an-; swered at last, sadly. "My chances of heaven are not as good as yours. ; Bui listen. I may be foolish. It ' may be in my dotage, but anyhow have one of the farm hands ride to Charlotte before day-break to-; morrow and tell Dr. Joseph Gra- J ham that Polk Davidson wants him. And you, Shadrach, will sleep on the col here in my room , ,() give l0 lne hospitals of the fu this Christmas eve. I have a pre- lua. ,uch 0f ,he free advertising sentment that this dream will be i hl nrtW goes l0 ,ne slaKe. r-.IKIIo.l .. .... .1,- I ,,..,! I ., luitllltu, ,va Ull Mill I UlLUINkU , on the second day of the fighting j at Gettysburg when my boy died j on the slope of Cemetery Hill." I It was the servant, however, ! not (he master, who needed the physician's services on Christmas morning. Paralysis shot its be- numbing shaft into the slave's weakened body master made his own fire former The Christ- j mas morning." "Do all you can for my valet, Gruii.nn," lit aid. Butthc doctor shook his head. "He'll not live out the day," was the result of the diagnosis. I "He appears to have weakened himself by overtaxing his strength in his advanced age." ' "Have you over-exerted your self lately, Shadrach," the planter inquired as the physician drove away. "I hauled a load o' wood out o' dat 'lowance o' my own, suh, to de widder Clayion's down in de bend of de river. Dat triflin' boy o hers was on a spree an' chopped a couple o' sticks er so, an' dere wern't no fier in her house. I ain't neveer been quite the same man sence, Marse Polk. We'll say no mo' ''bout dat, howsomever, but lem me ax you dis? Wid me de sick man an' you well, dis Chris'mus day, what conies ov de fulfillmen o' yo' dream, Marse Polk?" "Shady" the master used the word that was long years ago his endearing name for his little s ive playmaie "it must be thai you are the richest man in the county. In the selfishness thai has too much characterized my life we buried his mother and him, I con cluded that I was the doomed nch man of my dream. But the doc tor says you can't live through liie day, Shady, and you have riches that I know nothing of. You have laid up treasure where it i.-oums where the Good Book says the mollis and the thieves can't touch it." "It ain' very becomin' in me to say it, Li'l Marster" that used to be Shadrach's name for his white playmate "but some such idee as dal was rutin in ' throo my own haid. t.ept lor leavm you, I am sorry I'm goin' to die. Do you min' dat gold pen de ol' mistis. your mother, give fer sayin' de shorter catchism widout missin' nothin' de day yo' was 12 years old ? Ff you can lay yo' ban' on it, I wisht you'd gel it, Marse Polk. "And now, Li'l Marster, will you copy on a piece o paper out o' yo' ol' fam'bly Bible John's Gospel, de sixteenth verse frum , de third chapter?" In a hand that trembled with age i and grief combined, the old planter . scrawled with his pen in gold: j "God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him i should not perish but have ever i lasting life." "Now sign my name to dat, ; Marse Polk, an' when you makes j my mark lemme tech de pen. One : ban' ain' paralyzed yet. Thank you, suh. Dat's my deed to my property to a inheritance incorrup : tible, undefiled and dat fadeth not : away." ': The voice of the servant grew feeble. Seeing his lips moving the master bent over the cot and caught the words: "Fverlasiin' life fer a Chris'mus igil"!" The firelight dickered weirdly in the twilight of thai Christmas I day on the corpse of the aged slave and on the form of the millionaire master that kneeled beside it as he : prayed: "God, be mercitul to me, a pau- per!" Worms the Cause of Vour Child's Pains A foul, disagreeable breath, dark cir cles ttioii',1 the eyes, ut tunes feverish, with great thirst; cheeks liushed and llien pale, abdomen swollen with sharp clumping pains aie all indications of wotnis. llon't let your child sutler Kiekapoo Worm Killer will give sure re lift It kills the worms while its laxa tive etlect add greatly to the health of vour child by removing the dan gerous and disiurrecahle ell'eet of worms and parasites fioni the system Kiekapoo Worm Killer as a health pro ducer should be in every household. Perfectly sale, buy a box today. Price -'''C. All druggists or by mail. KICKAI'tKI INDIAN Mt:l. CO., St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, I'a, Rlii'ONiS of stolen radium in stead of stolen diamonds are likely ROSES, Carnations, Violets nd other llowers alwavs on hand shower Wedding liouquets, Handsome Floial lifsufus. 1'alnm aud Ferns lor home culture. Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus and niiuiv otliei vaneties ol ltulbs for tall plnnting either lor out or indoor cut lui. liw l.iuJii-s, S!aime!m sM Ft orgiocns rite, 'phone or telegraph. H. STBINMETZ, Florist, Raleigh, North Carolina. s-ai ly ,1. . . rt MO t TnD-aaaa, Mwwi'ii m jmthuwi ,u...l Sml Ml'tpll. Mixlcl ii I'liuto. tul frci aifowT on iM.-iu-.i.iiiir I'-ocuipmci- K. rwt iviii tit riming t.ir ottrtMo mv Inutile I IIMTS, Whli-lt omi will fMV.IIi'w l" H.'lM"arV I tir, fn-'T"' I al1 oilier i auul'.c uiturttutfUa I K.ka on MOW TO OBTAIN Hlil SI LI PAT" D. SWIFT & GO, PATINT WWTHi L 303 Seventh St., Wathino rditsBsMMdra PEPSI-Cola never fails to cool invigorate refresh! It has a flavor all its own rare and delicious. This and its healthy effect gain and hold friends everywhere. Try it, and Pepsi-Cola will be your favorite your daily preference. In Uotilea or At Founts S. M. DICKENS, Local Agent, Weldon, N. C. GREAT BARGAINS IN TYPEWRITERS. We carry a linue stock of standard Typewriters. Can furnish at once Mon aieh, Fox, Oliver, Ucniington, Royal, Smith l'lemier. L. C. Smith 4 Bro.'i and l i.ilerwood. Any other make from ."i to !." days' notice. We have both the visible und the invisible. We bought a large stock ol these Typewriters from one-fourth to one-half the regular whole sale price, and on sale now atone-fourth to one-hall the regular retail prices. A good Typewriter from $7. .'si to filfi. A better one 17 ' to $s.M. The beat from :io up to any price. Will be glad lo answer any imiuirv in connection with these machines, and send samples of the woik ihuie bv any of the Type writer" we have livery boy and git should have one ol our cheap Typewri ters to Irani how lo use. Any person who can w rite well on a typewriter can demand a lame salary. Anyone who buvs a cheap typewriter from us and wants ii better imc later, we will take hack tin-one bought and al low the same paid for it in exchange for a better one, it returned in irood condition and within six luotitl s, 1 1 not in good condition we allow the market value. We carry Type writer ribbons and oilier supplies. SPIERS BROS. WELDON, N.C Constipation, if Neglected! Causes Serious Illness Lonstipntit'ii, H neK'fcteil, letus to aliiui-t innumerablf complica tions aliecting the general health. Many cases or typhoid fever, appendicitis and other severe di eaies are trace able to prolonged clogging of the bowels. Regard the effacts of constipation, C. E. Ayers, 6 Sabin St., 'wouip.:.cr, Vt, lays: "I was a:T.!ctx with, t-onttlpatlon and Mitoumeis for yratK. ."ml at tlmei bcrume po bad I would L. fotn unconscious. 1 have bten found in tiuit condition many tlm. riiyBi. iutiB did not serin to be able to do nit any good. I would becoma Wfftk und for days at a time could do no wiiK. Not lonr ajco I sot a box of Ml leu' laxative Tablfls, and after utnir tbam found I had n'er tried anything that actts in aur-h & mild and affective manner. I belleva I have at last found tha remedy that ulta my case." Thousand-, of people are sufferers from habitual constipation and while possibly realizing something of the daintier of this con-tnion, yet neglect too luntt to employ proper curative mtimres until scrifnis ill ness often re-ults. The advice of all physician is, 'keep vour bowel clean1 and it's nood advice. Dr. Mile' 1 nxjtive Tablets are sold by all drtvtfMs at i$ cents ft box containing -5 do-.es. If not found satisfactory, your money i rtturr.eJ MIL MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, In cpt 4 ly Tradi Maim i.a,.au CoPVfttaHTS Ac A nTnne wntlliif a fketrh end dMfrlirtlnr mif fiulrktT tn'-ermm nr ci'imon fra whether an loll II propsniy pmeiiiBoiB. nrilf cohlldeiitlitl. HANDBOOK O" 1 ht i.t in OtilMt MliCT lor irninni pirm. 1' iM'iits Ufcen Itirouui Hunn ft Co. welTt U-it ui t titffw, without ebkrae, la tba Scientific Jitnerican. A htnrtioTnUr Ulnrttated weklT, I.snrt etr ciilntion tf nny mleiiMflc J''T": "l ". W a Tfnr: lour memos, t u wwufaii NWNwtti, miiwon.NPWinrK nca, mimu WaaataaioV. D. C m