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THE GLORY OF OLD AGE.
i To Thern Heaven Is a Very Close
' Thing, and Jesus Is a Real Sav
iour and Friend.
There is glory in old age when
it is the sunset time of Christian
I life. There are springs of daily
refreshing of which the world does
not know. There are opportunities
for kindly service. Cod leads our
dear old friends all (he way. They
have traveled further than the
most of us along ihe road thai
leads and in many instances have
reached that point where with the
spiritually quickened vision, they
can almost penetrate (he thin veil
which hides what lies in beyond.
To them heaven is a close thing,
and Jesus is a real saviour and
friend, is the opinion of the Chris
tian Herald. So they look for
ward not with doubt and misgiv
ing, but with joy to the reun
ion in the "good land" here
after, with those who have al
ready passed over. Let us not
hold lightly the counsel of those
veterans, who can look back over
many a struggle and temptation
which they have conquered, but
which we have yet to meet. Let
us love and honor them while they
are with us and comfort them in
every way. We hold them with
us a little while as hostages from
heaven, where they belong.
OOFS SUCH A MAN LIVI:?
A Tokio review has been asking
its women readers for their ideal
of a husband. Here are the sev
enteen virtues of the paragon,
placed according to the order of
their importance in the eyes of fair
Japan :
He must not be a miser; not be
too much taken up with his own
toilette; be manly in appearance;
not be a woman's man; express
himself clearly, avoiding anything
like a hint; be prompt in decision
and clever in extricating himself
from an awkwark position; have
an ideal which may be left to his
own choice; leave the manage
ment of the household to his wife;
never put his face inside the kitch
en; never criticise his wife's hats
or dresses; never make other peo
ple the recipients of his confidences;
not end by becoming an object of
disgust io his wife; not interfere in
feminine matters at all; cultivate
virtue of compassion; not drink
heavily; not be fai; not be too jealous.
When You and I Were Young, Maggie.
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FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
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Words by Geourge W. Jonnson, music by J. A. I'.uiterlield, Copy
right, McKinley Music Company, Chicago and New York.
In the days when the ballad here given was meeting with its great
est favor.l was told by a young man who had visited the Unicois Moun
tains of Last Tennessee, and later by a young lady friend whose voice
I ofttimes heard in rendition of this sweeily sentimental ballad, that the
Maggie referred to in the song had once lived among the historic Um
cois, and that the old mill still stood as she had led it.
A recent visit 10 these beautiful mountains recalled to me the old
story, and I made a point of looking up the scenes of the ballad and of
verifying the tender traditions of a real Maggie and a real mill.
The mill as I saw it stands upon the banks of a most lovely creek, a
tributary of Hiawassee River, which is the greatest of the Unicoi
streams, and is all that its name in the Indian language implies, "Beau,
tiful River." A short distance from the mill of cove, securely shel
tered beneath theCataska Peak, siands an old house, a log structure,
with parts long ago fallen away. The scenery about the house and
mill is most picturesque, and it is here, so tradition has it, that the
Maggie of the song lived as a child and then as a young woman.
Here among the daisies and beneath the great poplar, chestnut and 1
lowering evergreen hemlock she sang as she grew to womanhood,
and unconsciously waited for him who was to come. And when her j
face was at its fairest, from somewhere beyond the world in which j
Maggie lived, there came a youth into the Unicois in search of gold, ;
reports o( which have lured many to this region, boih before and since, j
The young man of our story sought ihe mountains in the days when j
Maggie was young. In his canoe he came from the Tennessee River j
up the Hiawassee and arrived one morning at the mouth of a clear i
creek. His instructions were to follow the creek to the mill, bin the j
current soon became too swift in the shallow channel to admit of the
further passage of his canoe, and so, tying his boat, he went on foot to J
the creaking old mill, with its big overshot wheel streaming with water
and gleaming in early morning light. The creaking of the axle as the
big wheel slowly revolved no doubt seemed a welcome sound, after a
night in the awful solitude of that region, during which, with his boat
lashed to the bank, he had, for the most part, only feigned sleep.
But it was a fair scene that greeted his eyes when again the sun had
flamed aloft, revealing flowers of rhododendron and laurel upon each
bank, rocks veiled with long, clinging wreathes of ferns and moss, and
numberless birds amid ihe dripping treetops above him singing their
morning melodies.
And so it was in the midst ot all this the young man strode to the
home of Maggie and to the mill of the song. It is said that Maggie, in
the absence of her father, used to run the mill, looking after keeping
the hopper full of grain and regulating the flood gates.
Now the most sacred memories of life to lovers cluster about the
spot where they first met, so we may be pardoned if we add imagination
to the tradition and say that here was the first meeting of the lovers,
lor in the song the stillness of the mill is pathetically referred to.
We know nothing of Maggie's culture or refinement beyond the fact
that the song tells us she sang. The fact that she lived in the moun
tains does not prove that her education had been neglected, for it must
be remembered that she was within a day's ride of the old Coghill
Academy, in the Kannasaga Valley. At this place, she may have at
tended school, as did many of the mountain folk of those days, and it
is easy to believe that her real character was strengthened by at least a
creditable education.
No doubt, of all the army of gold prospectors who have gone away
from the Unicois, the husband of M iggie felt richer than any, when,
after a brief courtship he took her in his boat and returned to his home.
They spent many, many happy years together, but now at last they
care no more for the riches of the world. They have reached old age;
shadows are gathering thickly, and their heads are likened unto spray
by the breakers flung. And so. in their old age their hearts turn again
toward the mountain and the mill now described as so intent and still.
Together they view the old family hearthstone about which Maggie
grew from childhood to womanhood. The voices of the happy long
ago are hushed forever. Maggie's parents are sleeping on the hill
where the daisies used to bloom, and where the birds amid the trees
joined in the songs that Maggie sang in the long, long ago. The old
home where Maggie was born is silent and deserted forever.
lit the olden scene memories of all the vanished years are awakened,
and Maggie's mate, now old and gray, in loving tribute to her virtue,
remembering their hopes and their trials, their failures and their suc
cesses, indites a tender love song to his aged companion. The
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the proper way soon become, proficient in the Culinary Art.
Good for little stomachs too! Pure sugar and Extracts never
harmed anyone. Bee Brand Extracts are aged for years in while
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I'kOl liSSIONAI. CAHIlS.
WAl.TEK I!. l) Mi:i.,
Attorney-at-Lnw,
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part.- ol Ninth ( al.
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Wm. L. KNIGHT,
Attorney and Counsellor tit Law,
WLI.Ddn, V ('
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lin-iin
tended In
mil pt!y and laitliiiiily al-
He Is at the Porks of the Uoad
When tie Is I'iftten Years ol
Age.
A boy fifteen years of age, is, in
our opinion, at the most important
period of Ins life. He is at the
forks of the road. What he needs
more than anything else is sympa
thy and advice. It would be strange
indeed, if boys did not build castles
in Spain, al that age, and what
ihey need is the practical sugges- j
tion of some one is what they need
either sympathy or advice. It is a
great mistake, They need it as
much as girls. We have never
known one of them to refuse to
take advice, if it were tendered al
the right time, in the right place
and in the right spirit. The mis
take that most people make in talk
ing to boys is that they lecture
them in season and out, persecute
ihem with all sorts of foolish sug
gestions, and expect more from
ihem than they would from a man
If we had any word of counsel to
give it would be: "Don't lecture
a boy, Don't nag him. Don't
persecute him if he has done wrong
! Don't laugh al him if he has failed,
perhaps in some over-ambitious
boyish schemes. Don't crush him.
Don't break his spirit. Give the
boy a chance. Show him his mis
take, and then show him what he
should do. When you crush a
boy's spirit you have ruined the
boy in all probability he will blos
som into a first class dude.
SO SIS SAYS,
II EXPERT TjfSTl
WATCH MtjTX !
WE KNOW THE BUSINESS
No tinkering with your valuable
timepiece.
Wi: (iUAkAM lii: (H'k WOKK
Let our expert repair man ex
amine your watch or cluck He
will tell you what is needed and
what the cost will be.
When your watch has been re
paired by us, you can depend upon
ii every lime to caich a train or
meet an engagement.
J. EL WALLER,
U F.I. DON. i .
(iKOKGI: C. GKtKN,!
,ATT()RNr:Y-AT-LAV,
(National liank DuiMiiu'i I
Weldon. N. C.
i:li.iott h. clauk,
ATTOkNUY-AT-LAW,
HALIFAX. N. C
P iiAcru i in the coutis u! Halifax and
adjoinniir counties and in the r-u
preiiie euuit ol the Mule. .-icciul atten
tion t'lveu lo collections and prompt re
turns, loiidy
Vv . J. WAKD,
Mi N'T I ST,
OFI K K IN DANIF.L 111 U.ldNO
WELDON. N.C
sepl'J ly
A. I. SCHISLER,
CIVIL ENGINEER,
Surveying a Specialty
I'llone :.'01
N. F.Ml'oltIA, VA.
People who praise
always blames others.
themselves
Summer Constipation Dangerous
Constipation in Summer-time is more
dangerous than in the fall, winter or
spriinr. The food you eat is contami
nated and is mote likely to ferment iu
your stomach. Then you are apt to
drink much cold water during the hot
weather, thus injuring your stomach.
Colic, Fever, Ptomaine I'oisonintr ami
other ills are natural results. I'o-Do-Lax
will keep you well, as it increases the
tide, the natural laxative, which rids
the bowels of the congested poisonous
waste. l'o-Do-laix will make you feel
better, l'lcasanl and clleclive. Take a
dose toniirht. .'ide. at your druirist.
There is no end to the trouble
in a family that has two heads.
Infection and Insect Bites
Dangerous.
Mosquitoes, Hies ami other insects,
which breed quickly iu narharc pads,
ponds of stagnant w ater, barns, musty
places, etc., are carriers of disease.
Every time ttiey bite you, they inject
poison into your system from which
some dread disease may result, (let a
bottle of Sloan's Liniment. It is anti
septic and a few drops will neutralize
the infection caused by insect bites or
rusty nails. .Sloans Liniment disinfects
Cull, bruises and Sores. You cannot
atlbrn to bo without it in your home.
Money back if not satislied. Only 'J.iC.
at your Druggist.
Never say die.
more classy.
Expire sounds
Chlldran Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO Rl A
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
Modest Suitor I am going to
marry your sister, Willie, but I
scene 1 know I am not good enough for
of her childhood and of their courtship inspired him with renewed ap-1 her
preciation. of his aged wife, and he gave to the world this song of Mag- Candid Little Brother Thai's
gie and the mill. The old mill and the miller's daughter have inspired I what sis says, but ma's been telling
many a song and poem, but this ballad is rare among many songs of its i her she can't do any better."
kind, since it breathes the tenderness of a romance which lime nor ' London Opinion.
custom were strong enough to stale, and finds an echo in every heart
that listens to its message of simple faith and hope.
I have wandered today to the hill, Maggie,
To watch the scene below,
The creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie,
As we used to long ago.
The green grove is gone from the hill, Maggie,
Where first the daisies sprung,
The creaking old mill is still, Maggie,
Since you and I were young.
CHORUS:
But now we are aged and gray, Maggie,
The trials of life are nearly done,
Let us think of the days that are gone, Maggie,
Since you and 1 were young.
Next di
mar i
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NOTARY PUBLIC j
And l ire Insurance. I
I'narti' Vs uifiu' - Weldon N.ll
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We Buy and Sell ;
On every Saturday we will HI
at AUCTION articles in our store
to the highest bidders. Call and
examine our stock before purchas
ing elsewhere.
M. A.COHEN
WELDON, N. C.
P. N. Siainback's Old Stand.
M U & if ft ft. ft. ft ft ft
A city so silent and lone, Maggie,
Where the young and the gay and the blest,
In polished white mansions of stone, Maggie,
Have each found a place of rest;
Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie,
And join in the songs that were sung,
For we sang as gay as they, Maggie,
When you and 1 were young.
They say I am feeble with age, Maggie,
My steps are less sprightly than then;
My face is a well written page, Maggie,
But time ulone was the pen.
They say we are aged and gray, Maggie,
As spray by the white breakers flung,
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
When you and I were young.
Constipation Causes Sickness
I'lon't peraiit yourself to become con
stipated, art ravr Mysteui immediately
Metritis to aheorto poison from the back,
cd up waste nialitor. I'ae Dr. King's
New Life 1'illB and keep well. There is
no better safeguard against illness. Just
take one loe to-night. c, at your
druggist.
But a mother-in-law can lay
down the law to a lawyer.
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ftie Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears th
Signature of
A Delightful
Profession for
Young Women
Eternal vigilance is the price of
retaining a good umbrella.
t '5: HERE is no occupation
J; J for a young women that
is more pieasant 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 otters
bigger icAi'ius than that ot
music leaching. The supply
of competent teachers of piano
music is far short of the de
mand. Has your daughter ever
given this matter a thought,
have you ever spoken to
her about (some day becom
ing a teacher of music?) if
so buy her a
STIEFF PIANO
at once, get her started on the
road to success and fame, the
sooner she starts the better.
(Thus 3U. ticff,
LEON C. KTKFXE, Mr.
No. (Jranhy t.t Norfolk, Va.
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AlTORNtY AT LAW,
FI.I'ON, N. ('.
I'rat'tHvs in tlie courts ol Halifax and
rtdjminiiL' eoiiiilii's and ii. the Supreme
couitol ihr s'atc special attention
wn ven to col left ions and prompt returns
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from fr.io iiji to any pmv Will ho ula4
to unfurl any in juirv in ooinict'lioii
with Iht'M' niai'luiir". anl M-mt aniilt'
of tlit' wm k ih nir tv any ot lite I y po
writcrs hi- haw. Kwiy hoy ami irir
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trr to h am how to u-f. Vnv pi'isou
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ii t rtiu in ! in Lrool omiv hi ion ami within
j mx months. Ii not in ioo.! I'omM.ou u(
j allow tin- inail.t'l ahie. W v oany l )
j writer MliUm- ami otht-i uilii'-.
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Dr. Milea' Anti-Psin Pills giverehel I " Tablets. Nothing bcttes for e.onsti
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Winter or
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Winter or Hairy Vetches are increas
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and aro proving to be one of the most
valuable crops for Fall planting.
They not only make a large yield of
the most nuti itiou.s hay some of our
customers reporting as high as three
tons per acre but they improve the
condition and productiveness of land
for crops to follow, as much as any
crop that can lie sown, not even ex
cepting crimson clover and cow peas.
Wood's Descriptive Fall Catalog
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