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VOL. XLVI1I.
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THE BANK OF WELDON
WKLDON, N. C-
Organized Under the Laws ol the State of North Carolina,
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital and Surplns, S55r000.
For over 21 years thin institution Ijuh provided hanking facilities for
this section. Its stockholders and tilliei rt are identified with the busi
ness interests of Halifax and Northampton counties.
A Savings Department ts maintained lot the U-nelil ul'all who desire
to deposit in a Savings I tank. In thin Department interest in allowed as
follows:
For Deposits allowed to remain three months or longer. 2 per cent. Six
month or longer, 8 per cent. Twelve months or longer, I percent.
Any information will he furnished on application to the rrcsidentoi('ashicr
PRbsiubnt:
YV K. DANIEL,
VUK-IKKMUBST:
W. It. SMITH.
L.C. DUA l'KK, Tell
CASIIIKK:
.1. O. IUIAKK,
DIBECTOHS W. li. Smith, W. E. Daniel, ,f. O. Drake, W. M. Cohen,
A. C. Iloui-e, J.L. Sliepherd, A. Tierce, I). It. Zulheoll'er, J . W. Midge
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MAM:FACTl'liERS OF
Building Material for Modern Homes, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Mantels, Door and Window Screens
MADE TOOltllEK AX1) KKtil'I.AK STOCK SIZES.
Qood Materials, MiKh Orade Workmanship Our Slogan.
Weldon, N. C.
DOOD HEWS
FROM THE
SMi'tory Mure
He Took the Coward's Way of
Dodging His Sorrow, But He
Will Pay a Heavy Penalty.
Wn were on n train the other
day between Raleigh and this
city. As wr entered the smoker
we noticed a young man, about
M years of age, reclining on
one of the seats. Ho tittracted
our attention because of his
condition. Ho seemed to be
either drunk or crazy. Taking
a seat near him we were fur
ther attracted by some of the
things he was saying. We at
first paid hut little attention to
his talk, believing it to bo the
prattling of a drunken man,but
finally noticing us, he called to
us to come over and sit down
by him. We went over and
shook hands with him and he
said: "I want to tell you my
story. I am now half drunk
and half crazy. Have been so
since the 15th of December. On
that date my little boy, six
years of age, caught on fire and
was burned to death. He was
our only child, and I loved him
better than anything on earth.
1 was not man enough to stand
the shock by myself, and so de
termined to stay drunk and
doped the balance of my life. I
had two good farms and sold
both of them. I started out
with over $ir.,()00 in the bank.
I left my wife and she doesn't
know where I am. I don't
know how she is standing the
shock, but I have been having
more fun today, been feeling
like a "figting cock,' and I am
going to stav drunk for a
year."
We have never felt worse
than we did as we sat in the
presence of this man. A closer
inspection showed that the man
had evidently been well dress
ed and had been a man of good
appearance We could not
doubt his story after hearing
him talk, and we pitied him
from the bottom of our heart.
We felt that he was almost jus
tified in his effort to bury the
sorrow that had evidently un
seated his reason, but think he
took the wrong remedy. Some
day ho must wake up. He must
faco tht! real condition, and
when ho does he will be much
worse off than he was on this
day. His money will be gone,
together with his self-respect,
and reason, and the wife whom
he ought to have stood by and
helped will have suffered as
much on his account as on ac
count of the terrible accident.
He took the coward's way of
dodging his sorrow, but he will
pay a heavy penalty. There
are things that come into the
lives of most of us that we
would like to drown in drink
and dope, but it won't do, and
the way this man has chosen
won't do, and some day if his
reason holds out he will find
that it was the wrong and un
manly way, even K it was tho
easiest. Burlington News.
WANTED TO GET IT RIOHT.
Every housewife will ap
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 homeour
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
BAKING POWDER
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Insures the most
delicious and healthful food
By the use of Royal Baking Powder a
great many more articles of food may be
readily made at home, all healthful, de
licious, and economical, adding much
variety and attractiveness to the menu.
The" Royal Baker and Pastry Cook,"
containing five hundred practical
receipts for all kinds of baking
and cookery, free. Address Royal
Baking Powder Co., New York.
SWEETER THAN EVER.
Watch for the Summer flirt of
1914 In Her Pretty downs of
Dainty Cotton Fabrics All the
Women f-'olk will Be Arrayed
in Them This Season.
THE BIBLE AS AN EDUCATOR.
Viscount Brice Deplores the In
creasing Unfamiliarily of i'chool
Children With the Book of All
Books.
"THE SINGER AND THE SONG
A traveling salesman died sud
denly and was taken to his home
in the west. His relatives tele
phoned the nearest florist, some
miles distant, to make a wreath;
the ribbon should be extra wide,
with the inscription "Rest in
Peace" on both sides, and, if there
is room, "We shall meet in Heav
en. The florist was away, and his
new assistant handled the job. It
was a starling floral piece which
turned up at the funeral. The rib
bon was extra wide and bore this
inscription:
"Rest in Peace on Both Sides,
and If There Is Room X'e Shall
Meet In Heaven."
THE MORNING AFTER
THE NIGHT BEFORE
11VC
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Go to your nearest soda fountain and say "Bm-Kal-Gin:" Say
the dispenser will understand. Pleasant to take and knock that
ache without an after effect.
It't worth trying oncafor a m'cJW.
it no
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BROMALGINE CO.. Goldstar. N. C.
Many a business man who claims
he wants only a fair profit must
have in mind a church fair profit.
Feel Miserable?
Out of sorts, depressed, pain in the
back hlectric miters renews your
health and strength. A guaranteed
Liver and Kidney remedy. Money hack
if not satisfied. It completely cured
Robert Madscn, of Went Burlington,
Iowa, who Biillereil from virulent liver
trouble for eight mouths. After four
doctors gave him up lie took Electric
Hitters and is now a well man. net a
bottle today; and it will do the name for
you. Keep in the house for all liver
and kidney complaints. Perfectly safe
and dependable. Its results will sur
prise you. ftoo. and $1.
H. E. BUCKLES 4 CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mo.
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In a humble room in Paris,
Dark and cheerless, cold and bare,
Sat a young boy by the window,
Singing low a plaintive air.
Singing not that he was happy;
His poor heart was racked with care:
But his soul was full of music
And it welled Forth even there.
On a low and wretched pallet,
His sick widowed mother lay;
Arid no food had either eaten,
Not a morsel, all that day.
Something in the street arrests him
In large letters, red and white;
Its a placard that announces,
"Malibran will sing to-night."
Suddenly a new thought strikes him,
Lighting up his pallid face:
One glance at his sleeping mother,
And he hurries from the place.
"Did you say one wished to see tiie?
1 am weary and would rest."
She who spoke was tall and stately
And in richest garments dressed.
"Madam, this is no m ire caller.
But a gentle pretty child,
With such sunny abutn ringlets
And with eyes so bh.end mild."
"I will see him," SP ht entered
With a music roll in hand,
Gave it to the lady, bowing
Like a noble of the land.
" 'Tis a little song I've written,
Words and music are my own:
And if, lady, you woulc1 sing it,
Soon to all it would b: known.
"And they'd give me money for it,
Money v hich would buy us bread;
For my mother's poor ind ailing,
And my father's lonj been dead."
Graciously the lady tot k it,
Wiped away the falling tear:
Then she softly humm ;d it over,
While he watched, 'twixt hope and fear.
Tenderly she stooped and kissed him,
And her smile was wondrous bright;
"Child, you are a little genius,
And I'll sing your fong to-night.
"You shall come and hear me sing it,
Hear the plaudits, long and loud,
Which shall greet the linle author
Of whom Fame may soon be proud."
"Thank you, kind and noble lady,
Much 1 should like to be there;
But my mother's sad and lonely,
And there's none for her to care."
"Fear no more child for your mother,
For her wants I'll now provide;
Food and medicine I shall send her,
And a faithful nurse beside."
Brilliantly the lamps were lighted;
Thousands thronged the gilded hall,
Waiting for the noble singer
Whose rich tones would thrill them all.
Like a queen she calmly entered,
Leading by the hand a child,
With such sunny auburn ringlets,
And with eyes so blue and mild.
In a few words she told his story;
Then in accents clear and strong,
From a crumpled roll of music
Sung the little author's song.
Deafening were the cheers which followed;
Many were the tears then shed;
And the stage with splendid bouquets
From all sides were thickly spread.
From that hour the little Pierre
Rose to honoi and to fame;
And in time 'mong great musicians
Men enrolled his humble name.
Did he then forget the lady
Who befriended him in need?
Nay, it was his chiefest glory
To be called her son indeed.
And when she, the glorious singer,
Yielded up her latest breath,
He it was who smoothed her pillow,
And who closed her eyes in death.
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The Summer Girl of 1 9 1 4 is go
ing to be sweeter, brighter and
fresher than any of her predeces.
sors, for the fabrics she will wear
will come in large measure from
the cotton fields of the South. This
is in accord with the line the Ob
server has been able to get on the
advance fashion plates. The fact
seems to be that the cotton mill
men have been working up to the
artistic in the production of cotton
fabrics and some of the goods they
are turning out are of weaves so
beautiful as to be deceptive that
is, they would not be taken at a
glance to have come from the cot
ton loom. Soft, glistening stuff, it
is, the popular patterns being in
tiowers, anu it can De made up in
either the billowy or clinging effect.
The success of the mills in turn
ing out artistic designs in cotton
goods has pleased the fashion mak
ers so well that cotton goods are to
be the almost exclusive wear in the
"classy" circles of society, as they
have been among the general run
of people. Not only the Southern
women, but the women of the
country will be arrayed in cotton.
It is no longer considered cheap to
wear cotton goods. The day of
King Cotton on the fashion plate
has arrived. Charlotte Observer.
A Cleveland lawyer tells a story
about a woman from the country
who wanted a divorce. When the
case got into court the judge, dis
regarding for the moment the tech
nical grounds, tried to find out the
real reason for the lady's desire to
be separated from the man she had
lived with for so many years. The
man himself was in court with a
lawyer and it looked as if he was
going to fight the case.
"Mrs. Dash," said the judge,
tell me what fault you have to
find with your husband."
"He is a liar, a brute, a thief
and a brainless fool," answered
the lady promptly.
"Tut, tut," exclaimed his honor,
with Wilsonian emphasis. "You
could hardly prove all that."
"Prove it? Why, everbody
knows it!"
'If you krew it why did you
marry him?"
"I didn't know it before I mar
ried him."
Then the husband spoke for the
first time.
"She did, too !" he shouted.
SHE KNEW HIS FAULTS.
He is a Liar, a Brute, a Thief
and a Brainless Fool,"
In his address to the British Ed
ucational Conference Viscount
Brice deplored the increasing un
familiarity of school children with
the Bible- Undoubtedly in this
age of religious relaxation and ed
ucation in non-sectarian schools
and colleges boys and girls are
grounded in the Bible to a very
moderate extent. The old contact
with it in the family circle is gone,
and the Sunday school is about the
only agency left through which the
younger generation gets its knowl
edge of the Bihle, either as doc
trine or as literature.
It would not be extravagant to
say the loss of such knowledge
would be a great misfortune, look
ing at it only through the educa
tional point of view. The English j
language as employed in the King
James version rises to a dignity
and harmony in prose and to an
exquisite balance between vigor
and beauty which it attains no
where else. To cut olf a pupil in
the formulative years from access
to that masterpiece of expression
is to deprive him of an almost in
dispensible standard by which to
measure the power and purity of
the purity of (he English language.
Happy is the old-fashioned boy or
girl who went unwillingly to fami
ly worship or struggled half-heartedly
with the Prayer Book or the
Westminster Catechism. In edu
cational value alone the bread thus
cast in travel of spirit upon the
waters has returned to him or her
abundantly in later years.
NO NEED FOR ALARM.
One of the fair passengers of a
yachting party observed that the
captain wore an anxious look after
some mishap to the craft's ma
chinery. "What's the matter, Captain?"
she inquired solicitously.
"The fact is," responded the
captain in a low voice, "our rud
der's broken."
"0! my, don't fret about that,"
replied the young woman consol
ingly. "As it's under the water
nearly all the lime no one will no
tice that."
Many a man who would hesitate
to make a wife of his cook will
make a cook of his wife.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
WOMAN WOULD
NOT CIVE UP
Though Sickand Suffering; At
Last Found Help in Lydia
E. Pinkham'a Vegeta
ble Compound.
Richmond, I'a. " Whi n I started
taking Lydia K. I'inkham's Vegetable
ComXitind 1 was in a
dri'iuifully rundown
Btate of health,
hud internal trou
bles, nnd was so ex
tremely nervous end
prohtratcd thut if 1
had riven in to try
feelings I would
have been in l ed.
An it rns I hud
hardly Btrtnpth at
times to be cn my
feet and what I did do was ly a frcat
effort. I could not 6lecp at night and
of course felt very bed in the moniinp;,
ami had a steady headache.
'Aft. r taking the second bottle I no
ticed that the headache was not so bod,
I rested better, and my nerves wero
stronger. 1 continued its use until it
made a new woman of me, and now I
can hardly realize that I arm able to do
so much as I do. Whenever I know any
woman ill need of a pood medicine 1
highly praise Lydia E. Pinkham'a Veg
etable Compound." Krs. Frank
Cl.AKK, 3146 N. Tulip St., Rienmond.Pa.
Women Have Hecn Tcllinir Women
for forty years how Ljdia E.I'inkham'a
Vegetable Compound has restored their
health when suffering with female ills.
This accounts for the enormous demand
fw it from coast to coast If you are
troubled with any ailment peculiar to
women why don't you try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? It
will pay you to do so. Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Masa.
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A VISION OF THE FUTURE.
"How will the women dress?
God only knows, but my idea is
that they will discard all "phule"
styles and wear comfortable cloth
ing, loose, flowing robes or kimo-1
nos with a sash or toga; low heel j
shoes or sandals; on their heads '
they will wear knit toques or plain I
salor-shape felt or straw hats.
There will be no dead birds, feath-1
ers, wires, or artificial fruits and j
flowers. A hat of the present time
would appear ridiculous and heath-1
enish, and would be laughed to .
scorn. I
Men will cease wearing stiff,
starched, linen bands around their
necks and wrists. Collar and cuff
buttons will go, as also will neck
ties, scarf pins, supporters, tie
clasps, belts and, in fast, all fool
things that are unnecessary and
expensive.
"All business will be done on a
strict, cash basis and the 'one
price' system will prevail, and all
worthless individuals that won't
work will be deported."
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GREAT BARGAINS
IN TYPEWRITERS.
We curry a large stock of standard
TypuwriU'is. lau iurni&li at once Mon
aich, I'ox, Oliver, Hcininmon, Hoyal,
Smith i'lt'inier, I', Smith it liio.'s
ami I'iRltMuoo'l. Any other make trom
,) lo Vt days' iiutice. have buth the
visible and the invisible. e bought a
latije ntuck ol tin-he 'I ypewnters trom
unc-tuurth lo one-hull the regular u hole
bulu pi id1, ami on sale uo ai ont -louilh
Lo une-huii the regular retail prices. A
good lypewniei iium $;.,ju to $lf. A
better line jl ju to 5JH.."U. The best
hum f.;u up lo ai.y ptice. Will be glad
10 answer any inquiry in connection
with these inuehntK. und send sampleB
ui tlie uoik done by uiiy ot the 'lype
wnteis we lmve. i-Aciy boy and gir
ahuuld hae one. ol our cheap Typuwri
leis lo Uuin huw to use. Any person
who can wiilt well on a typewriter can
de.natid a laige Kilai y. Anyone who
i my a cheap lyprwiiu-r lioni us ai.d
wants ix beiui one later, we will take
back the cue Umulit and allow llu-Htmu
paid lor it in exchange lor a better or-e,
11 returned in uood condition and willnu
ix month, li not in uott condition we
allow the markeMaiue. i euny 'type
writer MbhoiiMand other supplies.
SPIERS BROS.
WKLDON, N. C
The K!nr of A!! Laftt!vf
For constipation, use Pr, King's New
Life I'MU. Paul Mathulka, of bumilo,
N. Y., says they are the "king of all
laxatives. They are a blessing to all
my family and I always keep a box at
home." (Set a box and get well again.
Price 2")C. At druggists or by mail.
H. E. BL'CKLEN & CO ,
Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mr.
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itiiiih our ot'imi'ii " -n.-i..i-.
h imihnMy rollout Ride. unimnnlcn.
renniif in mi. nnrwnuun
ihli'ftt Ht'onry for fti'mrlitK pittem.
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Scientific jfeicrlcaa.
A lintiflnimn'l llliwtrntw! wfcklT. I.nwrt fir-
i-nUu f hut hi leniilic )..imiRl. Titiih, :i
icir: 1-Hir niuntlm, tL Uuld by nil newidi'itlem.
fdfJNN & Co.368""" New York
Uianuti Onice. (V.'S K Ft, WMhlunion, D.C.
Choic& Cut
Flowers For all Occasions
It uses. Carnations, Violets ami Vallies
the leaders. Our art tu wedding ar
rangements are of the latest touch.
Nothing liner in floral oll'erings to be
had blooming pot plants, azalms, hy
acinths, palms, ferns, Norfolk pines and
many oilier nice pot plants.
Kose hushes, evergreens, shrubberies,
hedge plants ami shade trees.
Write for list
Mail, telegraph or telephone orders
promptly executed by
J. L. O'QMN'N & COMPANY,
florists,
trnublt'd with
RALEI'JM,
I'honen 14!l
North Carolina.
Axk Tor price lint
We all love peace, when things
are coming our way.
Life is a grind, but it at least
sharpens a man's wits.
CHIIdrn Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
SPECIAL TO WOMEN
The most economical, cleansing and
germicidal of all antlaeptlot la
A olublo Antiieptic Powder fx
be dissolved in water as needed.
As a medicinal antiseptic for douches
In treaUng catarrh, inflammation oi
ulceration of noso, throat, and tha
cauacd by tcmlnlne Ilia It baa no equal
For ton years the Lydta E. Pinkhair
Medlctno Co. has recommended raxtln.
In their private correspondence wltl:
women, which proves its superiority
Women who have been cured say
It la ' worth tu weight In gold." At
druggists. 60e, large box. or by mall.
The futon Toilet Co fiostoa Mass.
"Clean Up the Bowel and
Keep Them Clean"
There arc many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diffi
culty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
docs not perform
by force what
should be accom-pli.-dtcd
by persua
sion is L)r. Miles'
Laxative Tablets.
After using them,
Mr. N. A. Waddell,
315 Washington
St., Waco, Tex.,
says:
"Almost all rat
luo I hav. been
constipation, and hav.
trlt'U nvmy rmedU-ti, all of which
weiiH'd h .-auso pain without giving
niu.-li r ln-f I finally trlnd Dr. Mile.'
I.ii:tti.' Tal!eta and found them ex
cilwtt. Tl.i-lr action la pleasant ant
mild, t'.d tli.lr chocolate t:;st -nrkea
thom ...y to taka. I am more ..mn
glad to recon.mend them."
"Clean up the bowets and keep
them clean," is the advice of all
physio 11s, because they realize the
Janj;cr resulting from habitual con
stipation. Do not delay too long,
but benin proper curative measures.
Dr. Miles' Laxalive Tablets area
new remedy for this old complaint,
and a (Treat improvement over the
cathartics you have been using in
the past. They taste like candy
and work like a charm. A trial
will convince you.
Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are
sold by all tlrur.sists, at 25 cents
a box containing 5 doses. If not
found satisfactory after trial, re
turn the box to your dnifgist and
he will return your money. 11
MILKS MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, In.
aept 4 1 y
ROSES,
Carnations, Violets
ind other Hovers always on hand,
shower Wedding Bouquets. HanoNon e
floral Desiiins, Palms aud Ferns for
'tome culture.
Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus
nd many other varieties ol l ull.;
dl planting eithet t h oci oi m
uie. Kose hurtl t M-KMti' ,.
rreen. ril . 'phone hi Uif-. - ,
II. STEIN.VtETZ,
Florist.
Raleigh, North Carolina.
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