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WKLDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY is, 1!H5.
NO.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has liccn
in use lor over UO years, lias borne the si;:n;Uiiro of
ana lias been iiuulo under his por
' Soiml supervision hineo ils infancy.
J-CUcAtM, Allow no one to deceive you In this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ' Jiist-as-iioil " ore but
Experiments Unit tril'lo with and fnriaimcr the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castorla is a harmless snhstitnte for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morpliino nor otlier Narcotic
substance. Its aire Is its guarantee. It destroys onus
and allays Feverishncss. I'or more tlian thirty years it
has been In constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colie, ull Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and liowcls,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The 3Iother's l'rleud.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
) Bears the Signature of
WOMEN LIVE LONGER THAN MEN.
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
TUB OINTAUH COMPANY, 14 f W YOHK C. i T V
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THE BANK OF VELDON
WKLDOX, N.
Organized Under the Laws of Ihe State of North Carolina,
Stale of North Carolina Depository
Halifax County Deposiiory.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital ancl Surplus, $55,000.
Kot over "1 yt'ia tl.m iuntitutiou lias piinhli-d hauling facilities for
this section. lt stockLoUlria auJ ultieeiK are iileutilied mtli the hum
nemi interests of Halifax aud Northampton countim.
A Saviors Department is maintained t'ui the ht uelil 1.1 all nho ileaue
to deposit in a Savings Haul., in thie Uepaitmeut intertsi is allowed id
follows-
For Deposits allowed toremain thiee months 01 loujtei , J pel ceiit Six
mnnth or lonirer. 3 uei cent. Twelve months or longer. 4 percent
Anv information will be furnished on application to the Piesideutorl'a-hier
Men Indulge to Excess in Alcohol,
Tobacco, Over-eating, Dissipa
tion and Various Kinds of Vice.
That women live longer than
men and have a higher average
expeciaiion of life than men is in
accordance with figures recenily
issued by the Census Bureau.
These figures show that females
are longer lived than males to the
extent of more than three years;
that the average expectation of life
at birth for males is 49.9 years;
for females, 50.2 years; for white
females, 53.6 years; for negro
males, 34. 1 years, and for negro
females, 37.7 years.
A part of he difference between
the expectation of life for men and
for women is accounted for through
the great number of violent deaihs
among men, as nearly tour-nuns
of all the violent deaths suicides,
homicides and accidental deaths-
are of males. But this fact does
not account fully or even in a ma
jor part for ihe greatest longevity
of women.
Noted physicians and health ex-
peris explain this difference on the
score lhat men, more lhan women,
indulge io excess in alcohol, tobac
co, over-eating, dissipating and
various forms of vice. Dr. Albert
H. Burr declares that the princi
pal cause is the extensive use of
tobacco and says- "There are
volumes of evidence in support of
the statement that smoking is
responsible for much of the prem
ature senility of men. Nearly twice
as many women as men live to be
a hundred.
pbbhidist:
W. K. DANIEL,
V K B I'KEHIOIlMI :
W. K. SMITH.
L. T. llRA PKU.Tellei.
l A9H1HH:
.1. . I'RAKK,
DI RECTO US W. It. Smith, W. E. Daniel, .1. t. Drake. . .M. I'uhtu,
R. T. Daniel, .1. 1.. Shepherd, W. A. Pierce, D. IS. ZolheoHer, .1 . V. Medife
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THE CHURCH AS A SOCIAL CENTER
FOR BROKCiliTIS, HE100PSK
CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE.
Our God, our help in ages pasi,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defense is sure.
Before the Hills in order siood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are as an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends ihe night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly, forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eiernal home !
Isaac Watts.
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Has All These Star Features
Built on ihe RIGHT principle, with a constant circulation of dry, cold
air surrounded with walls that are 8-ply and a thorough insulation
against heat and cold with a drain that has never been known to
clog with light, easily-cleaned elecirically-welded wire shelves
and the most perfect water cooler ever built into a
refrigerator iruly you get a wonderful machine for preserving food
and water in the AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATOR. Let us point 10
you these star features.and the other good points of the AUTOMATIC
No other refrigerator can use holder and inverted water bottle with
out infringing Newell patents.
Weldon Furniture Company,
WELDON, N. C.
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MERCHANT 14IL0R,
O Next door to Zollicolter's, WUI.DON, N . V. O
4 1 take your measure aud make suit to order oa my heuch. Call aud
VinBpect floe line of piece Roods aud samples. Satisfaction guaranteedy
Mi; EE' ROOF PHUT
The foreman employed by a big
contractor rushed into the office of
the boss, wild-eyed and palpita
ting.
"Boss," said he in a greatly ag
itated voice, "one of them new
houses of ours fell down in the
night !"
"What's thai exclaimed the
boss, jumping right up and begin
ning to take noiice. "What was
the matter? How did it happen?"
"It was the fault of the work
men, boss," answered ihe fore
man. "They made the mistake
of taking down ihe scaffolding be
fore they put on the wall paper."
Philadelphia Telegraph.
APPRECIATED THE SPIRIT.
Private Bates' aunt had, among
other dainties, sent her nephew a
bottle of cherries preserved in
brandy.
"Very choice," thought the
khakied one, and he straightway
showed them to his fellow soldiers.
A lew days later the old lady re
ceived ihe following letter:
"Dear Aunt Thank you so
much for your gift of cherries.
My pals and I appreciated them
immensely, not so much for them
selves as for the spirit in which
they were sent. "St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
SORE DISAPPOINTMENT.
I have a grand remedy which I wish to recommend to all sutlering
humanity.
I have tried it myself. A number of my acquaintances have tried it.
All speak highly of the benefits received. It has helped others, why
not you ?
It is laughter.
Not smiling, not mere good humor, but laughter, the kind that ex
plodes, shakes you, and goes on exploding and shaking like a rapid
fire gun, until the massed battalions worry are shot to pieces.
To laugh is probably the best medicine ever discovered. One hear
ty laugh is betier than a w agonload of roots and herbs, better than
seven drugstores full of dope.
"There is not," says ihe London Health, "the renioiesi corner of
the body that does not feel some wavelet from the great convulsion
produced by the hearty shaking of ihe cemral man. The blood moves
rapidly, and probably its chemical, electrical, or vital condition, is dis
tinctly modified."
In other words, one good laugh is equal to a dose of salts, two cock
tails, a bromoselter, and a spoonful of quinine.
It you have got into sucn a condition mat notning can make you
have a fit of mirth, a regular whoopee, more's the pity.
This is raiher an oppressive world; ihere are so many burdens and
perplexities that anyone is iiaoie 10 tie crusnea. Laughter is naiure s
defense against the world burden. By laughier a man shakes oh" his
pack, for a few minutes at least, and capers like a loose coll in the pas
ture. When he returns and is saddled again he is refreshed, ii
stronger.
It doesn't make much difference what you laugh at. Children laugh
at nothing at all, and are happier lhan we.
Goldsmith says of a happy group, lhat "What they lacked in wit they
made up in laughier."
One of the best laugh makers is the Good Siory; not the pleasant
little quib, but the "regular scream,'' the kind that makes you hold
your sides, rock to and fro, and yell.
Pass it along. Save up two or three, and when you meet a friend
hand them to him. Who can tell how much health and sanity are
created by the good stories that are continually going the rounds?
Don't be afraid to laugh. Don't get out of practice. Laugh, and be
human. Not that you should be ever giggling, or set oui to be a pro-
fessional humorest, but raiher that you should learn the Lincolnian art
of knowing and being able to tell a "good one" upon occasion.
God bless the laughers. Their roar goes up all over the earth,
the brave protest of the live force within us against the glooms
and scarecrows of this fearsome world. Dr. Frank Crane, in the
Lutheran Observer.
j The Christian Community Should j
riavt No Other Center Than j
i the Church.
1. The community should have
a social center.
2. That it is not good for man
to live alone has a broader applica
caiion than to marriage; it is the
truih which ihe eniire history of
the race has demonsirated.
3. If a community spirit is de
veloped, men must mingle and
share common interests. Where
shall they meet ? They can meet
at the blacksmith shop or the
lodge. Certain groups can meet
in these places, but these are not
proper centers for an entire com
munity. 4. A communiiy cenier should
be chosen so as to supply enter
tainment, culture, as well as moral
and religious uplifi.
5. There is danger that ihe
Church is opposing worldliness, as
she must do, should fail to pro
mote or furnish anything to meet
the legitimate social and recrea
tional needs of its membership.
6. Popular lectures, musicial
programs, literary clubs, confer
ences regarding good roads,
revival services, or the sup
pression of evil any and every
thing that enters into the making
of an ideal community life should
have headquarters at the church.
'Lei us meet at the church. The
closed church is speechless in hu
man affairs; the open church voices
an abundant life."
7. The Christian community
should have no other center than
the church. The Church should
not allow its membership to find
another rallying point its for life
interests.
11 GOLDS
Make the Best Remedy at Home 128 Teaspoons!" til for M) cenl&.
It everything was sold in as liberal and
fair a manner as the below named druft
gists are selling Schiifmann's New Con
centrated Expectorant, absolutely no
cause lor complaint or dissatisfaction
could possibly arise from anyone. These
drugtiils say "Buy a bottle ol this rem
edy and try it for Bronchitis, Whooping
In buying tliir, remedy, betidesst, in
ing an absolute guarantee of iiselhcieiK-
from these di ovists, you also get abu'r
eight tunes as much medicine Bi ymi
would in liu)ing most any of the olu
fashioned, ivady-made kinds, which aver
age limn 20 Io ',i2 tcaspoonsful, berau-"
iOc worth makes a whole pint IM U
Cough, Severe Cough, Croup or any spoon.ilul) when mixed (it homo Willi
Bronchial Alfection, and we will return i simply one pmt of sugar and one-half pmt
your money, jusi me same as we uo wnn
Schiifmann's famous Aslhmador, if it
does not give sauslaction, or if not found
the best remedy ever used lor any of
these complaints." Why not take ad
vantage of this guarantee and try this
medicine, and get your money back, rath
er than buying another purely on the
exaggerated claims of its manufacturer
or on the strength of testimonials from
others and rim the chance of tic-tting
something worthiest, and also wu-.tinyj
your money?
I wall r. Ibis remedy positively Ones
not contain chloroform, opium, morphine
or any other narcotic. It is pleasant to lake
and children arc fond of it. You will be
the dole judije, and under this positive
guarantee absolutely no risk is run in buy
ing ibis remedy. Druggists every while
are authorized to sell it under the same
guarantee as richiflmann's famous Asth
nindor ot "Money Back" if not perfectly
K.itislactnry. II. J. Sch'ffmann, Proprietor,
aint Paul, Minn. Guaranteed here by
W.M. Cohen.
KiitKKM&nKOIOXr
The minister hurried down the
aisle and grasped the stranger's
hand.
"I am glad to see you with us
tonight," he said. "I can see by
the expression in your face that
you are laboring under some deep
sorrow, some great disappoint
ment." "You're right; 1 came in here
thinking this was a movie, and,
having got in, I didn't have ihe
nerve to get up and walk out."
Michigan Gargoyle.
CRADLK RObtJhKI.
An old gentleman of 84 having
taken io the ahar a young damsel
about 15, the clergyman said to
him:
"The font is ai the other end of
the church."
"What do I want with the font?"
said the old gentleman.
"Oh, I beg your pardon," said
the cleric, "I thought you had
brought this child to be christen
ed." New York Journal.
JURY WANTED THE EVIDENCE
SOLD BY
Pierce-Whitehead Hardware Company,
WELDON, N C,
"Your lordship," said the fore
man of the jury, "this lady is su
ing this gent for $5000 for a stolen
kiss."
"Correct, " responded the judge.
"You are to decide if it was worth
ii."
"That's Ihe point. Could the
jury have a sample ?' Irish New
World.
HE WASN'T HURRYINQ.
NOT FOR A NICKLE.
"This talk about men being so
impatient when a woman is getting
ready to go anywhere is all rub
bish," said an indignant young
wife recently to a friend.
"Doesn't your husband com
plain at all?" asked her friend slyly.
"No, indeed!" retorted the
young wife. "Why, lasi Monday
afternoon I couldn't find my gloves
and then had to hunt around for
one or two other things. Yet
when I was ready and went down
stairs to my husband he was sil
ting by the dining room fire, read
ing and smoking as if I wasn't half
an hour late."
"Never1 Where were you go
ing?" "Shopping!" replied the young
wife. Exchange.
A Good Family Cough Remedy
Can be made by mixing I'iue-Tar,
Aconite, Sugar, Hyoicyamus, Sassafras,
Peppermint, Ipecac, Hhuharb, Man
drake, Capsicum, Muriate Ammonia,
Honey and Glycerine. It is pleasant,
healing and soothing, raises the phlegm
and gives almost instaut relief. For
convenience of those who prefer not to
fusa, it is supplied ready made in Qrc.
bottles under name of Ir. Bell a Pine
Tar Honey. Can be had at your drug
gist. Insist on getting Ur. Bell s I'ine-Tar-Honey
and see that the formula is
on the package.
, Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
It was in a country store in Arkansas.
A one-gallus customer drifted in.
"Gimme a nickel's worth ot asa
fetida."
The clerk poured some asafetida
in a paper bag and pushed it across
ihe counter.
"Charge it," drawled the cus
tomer.
'What's your name'" asked
ihe clerk.
"Honeyfunkel."
"Take it," said ihe clerk.
wouldn't wriie asafeiida and Hon
eyfunkle for five cents." Fvery
body's Magazine.
Ceremony was invented by a
wise man to keep fools at a safe
distance.
ENTIRELY TOO CARELESS.
The editor in charge of the per
sonal inquiry column opened his
seventieth letier with a groan.
"I have lost three husbands,"
a lady reader had wriiten confi
dentially, "and now have the offer
of a fourth Shall I accept him?"
The editor dipped his pen in the
ink.
This was the last siraw.
"If you've lost three husbands,"
he wrote, ''1 should say you are
much too careless to be trusted
with a fourth." Boston Exami-
Keep Your Skin Clean and Healthy
There is only oue way to have a clear,
henlthy complexion and that is to keep
the bowels active and regular. Dr. King's
New Life Pills will make your complex
ion healthy and clear, move the bowels
gently, cleanse the system and purify
the blood. A splendid spring medicine
25c. at your druggist.
Perhaps adversity may prepare
a man for the life beyond the grave,
but it curtails his credit while on
earth.
The homelier a girl is the fewer
tempiations she has to dodge.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
PRETTY STRONO PROOF.
"Jimmy," said the fond mother
to her smart nine-year-old, "what
became of that fruit cake I made
for you as a treat yesterday? Did
you eat it ?
"No, mamma," answered Jim
my, with a grin; "I gave it to the
teacher instead."
"That was very generous of
you, Jimmy," complimented his
mother. "And did iyour teacher
eat it ?"
"Yes, I ihink so," answered
Jimmy. "She wasn't at school
today." Life.
ECLIPSED BY A MOUSE.
"What are you, anyway?" con
temptuously inquired Mrs. Peck
during the quarrel; "a man or a
mouse?"
"A man," answered Henry
Peck bitterly. "If I were a mouse
I'd have you up on that table now,
yelling for help." San Francisco
Call.
PHILOSOPHY THAT FAILED.
"1 don't see Si Perkins any
more at ihe grocery lycetim."
"Si sorier lost caste. He was
setting on a cracker barrel arguing
thai life was not worth living. A
lamp exploded."
"Well?"
"Si was the first man out."
Exchange.
MAILS AND A FEMALE.
"Well, it that ain't the limit,"
said the postman as he came down
the steps of a private residence.
"What's the trouble?" queried
the mere citizen who had over
heard the postman's remark.
"Why," explained the man in
gray, "the woman in that house
says if I don't come along earlier
she'll get her letters from some
other carrier." Ex.
INVITATION
You are invited to open an account with the
BMK Of EH FIELD,
EflflELD, I. C.
Per Cent, allowed in the Savings Depart-
ment Compounded Quarterly.
Ijgy V 01 i can hank by mail
KinraniBKKirasttsoHitiirr
J. M. Bragg
Automobiles
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A Small Amount
Deposited Now
And Systematically added to, is the
only sure way of attaining independence
WELDON, N. C.
4 per cent. Interest on Savings Deposits.
rr
of a prescription lies in
the Purity of its Ingre
dients. OUR DRUGS
are selected for theii
PURITY
and have been tested
for strength.
FIRST QUALITY, RKA.
SONABLE PRICE and
f OUR j)
CAREFUL COMPOUNDING
Three Reasons for bringing your
prescriptions HERE.
WELDON DRUG COMPANY.
Some men who pay their bills
promptly expect a lot of credit for
it later.
There's no fool like an old
who marries a young fool.
fool
Get The Habit
IPBuy for Cash. SaveTI
Tthe pennies by buy--d
ling at
W. T. PARKER & CO,
Wholesale Cash Store
WELOON, N. C. . ( ,