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Children Cry for Fletcher's
The Kind You Havo Always Bonglit, nml v.liii li lnm born
lu use for over 30 yours, lias bornn C:o rvriiutnro of
0 ami lms been linulo um'.cr his ier-
jCTT1" sonnl supervision since lis infancy.
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Iufuuts and Children Experience ugainst Experiment.
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Casforla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Tare
gorlc, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine- nor other Jiareotlo
substance. Its njro Is Us guarantee. It destroys U onus
nnd allays FcvcrlslincHs. I' or more than thirty years It
lias been In constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic, ull Teething Troubles and
liurrho?ft. It regulates the Stomach and ISowcls,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural Bleep.
The Children's rnnacea Tlio Mother's Friend.
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follows:
For Deposits allowed toremain llnve month 01 lonirei. 1 per cent. Six
months or longer, It per cent. Twelve iiioiiUin or lomrei, 4 percent.
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"AMY HAVE EULOGIZED DOG
Greattitt Men of Letters Fervid In
Their Praises of the "Best
Friend of Man."
Sliuke.HMire, Izank Walton, Jona
than Swift, Alexander Pope, Oliver
(ioluVmilli, liolmrt Burns, Williiun
WoriUu'or'li, Sir Walter Scotl,
Charles I.uinh, Ixiril llyron anil
man) others have paid warm trib
utes to tin; ildj. some in verse and
ilhers in prose. Here is one by I'u
vier, the great French scientist und
naturalist. He said : "The dog is the
most complete, the most remarkable
and the most useful conquest ever
made by man. livery species-has be
come our property; each individual
is altogether devoted to his master,
assumes his milliners, knows and de
fends his property, and remains at
tached to him until death; tind all
this proceeds neither from want nor
constraint, hut solely from true grat
itude and real friendship. The swift
ness, the strength and the scent of
the dog have created for him a pow
erful ally against other animals, and
perhaps necessary to the establish
ment of society. Ho is the only ani
mal which has followed man through
every region of the earth." Another
great naturalist, Button, said "It
may bo said the dog is the only ani
mal whose loyalty will stand trial;
the only one who always knows his
master and the friends of the fam
ily ; the only one who, when a stran
ger comes, knows it; the only one
who knows his own name and recog
nizes his master's voice; who, when
he has lost his master, cries after
him ; who, on a long road which he
has only followed once, remembers
and reasons the way; finally, the only
one whose natural talents are plain
and whose education always turns
out well."
PEANUT BAGS.
For the good of the Peanut Industry, it has been
.determined by the members of this association, that
It will be necessary to request the farmers to pack
their peanuts in new 68 inch and 70 inch 8 ounce
iburlap bags, and when peanuts are packed in bags
different from the aboe, a deduction will be made
on the following basis:
Cotton bags, a deduction will be made 10c each.
Second hand bags a deduction will be made 10c each
Ntw 7 1-2 ounce bags 68 or 70 inches a deduction
will be made of 5c each.
In view of the fact that some dealers in the past
have delivered 7 1-2 ounce bags on contracts for 8
ounce bags, we would advise you to see that each
bale of 500-68 inch 8 ounce bags you receive weigh
472 1-2 pounds, and each bale of 500-70 inch 8
ounce bags weigh 486 1.2 pounds, exclusive of the
wrapping and cordage. If they run short of the
above weight, you are receiving 7 1.2 ounce bags
instead of 8 ounce bags.
NATIONAL PEANUT CLEANERS AND SHELLERS ASSOCIATION.
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You might want to make an investmentstart
now, "Takes money to make money," you know,
You might be visited by thieves or fire-an account
with us prevents loss. The saving habit is a mighty
good one to get Into. We pav 4 per cent on Sav
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SERVICE
Earlie Did you ever carry water
for the elephant to get in the circus f
Willie So; paw takes beer.
MANY BOOKS ON THE WAR.
The catalogue of books on the
great war compiled by the librarians
of St. Rnde s institute has now run
to its fourth volume, containing two
thousand titles of books and pam
phlets already issued here and in
other countries, lleligion occupies
the largest space in the whole list,
with live hundred items, with poetry
330, nud notion 2C0.
On the Gallipoli campaign 230
books have already appeared, and
personal narratives generally are on
the increase. Germany is the sub
ject most written about in all Eu
ropean countries, and in England
140 books on it have already been
issued. London Globe.
8TRATEQY.
Wife (at midnight) Tom, wake
up ! I hear a burglar. Get up and
go downstairs.
Hub It's probably a mouse you
hear, but I'll go down.
Wife A mouse? Mercy I You'll
stay right here in this room I
PLENTY.
"Do you take plenty of active ex
ercise ?"'
"Well, the street where I live is a
favorite one for auto speeders."
ACCOUNTED FOR.
"There's a lot of gossip in that
regiment."
'Maybe it is armed with parrot
guns and repeating rifles."
SWEET THINQI
Belle This yellow dress is not be
coming to me.
Nell Why, dear, it matches your
complexion.
MARKET PRICES.
"There is meat in everything that
advertising writer says.
men do wonuer tie conies so
high."
Study Food Values
Food provided for the family table de
serves the careful thought of every house
wife. Do you use thought when buying
baking powder?
The quality of cake, biscuits and all
quickly raised flour foods depends largely
upon the kind of baking powder used.
Royal Baking Powder is made from
cream of tartar derived from grapes. It is
absolutely pure and has proved its excel
lence for making food of finest quality and
wholesomeness for generations.
Royal Baking Powder contains no alum
nor phosphate,
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.
New York
DEBIT
c:-j IN ROUV.A'
YESTERDAY,
The flowers you gave me are dead, long dead,
There is dust on the pages we loved 10 read,
The leaves have fallen, the swallows fled;
The garden is tangled wiih ihorn and weed.
Oihers are singing the songs you sang
Others are walking our old sweet way;
And alas! 1 know it is years ago,
But it seems, it seem like yesterday.
Love, it was long ago !
Love, it was far away;
And we stand apari, O faithful heart.
But we love, we love, like yesterday.
What does it mailer, O heari of my heart 5
Withered and dead, the flames may lie,
And ihe book be closed, and laid apart,
Bui the words within it will never die.
O love, I look through the mist of tears,
I see you coming again to me
Willi all the love of our golden years
Mine forever through days to be.
Love, ii was long ago !
Love, ii was far away;
And lie days grow late, but I watch and wait
l-'or the love, the love of yesterday.
Girl's Atttncjncc St Public Ffst Vitus
Means Th,it SNs Is Eligib'e f..r
Matrimonii Mtentions.
The Ihiuiiiaman m-:i-,iuk ;n- l'"
N'nlioiuil I .iriiliii' l a .m - ice. linn
1 U l,ili;j tliitl III'". IMIKI dull' e "II
S t j 1 1 1 1 1 1 v to keep llii- r.'ilk "HI f
their Imiies "ii l i r. M'M "!' ' Uf
ilaii'"- are al ll . miMlc Ikmimh
diiii"' hall under i!n- blue -k. as
t it were and wuin;: and "Id L'allirr
, there. The "id loll. - m lid Hie 'III',
with I lie tipple, bile I he nil IlL' "I"
dance. There is u-r lilt 1 ilnnljii
I on any oilier day of I he neck, and u
j tipsy mull, except on SundiH. i- -el-j
d"in seen. The diinri's are "i.iiii.e l
by the !i"vs of ihe n iiiuiunih . I lie
: arrange fur the niufie. pnnnle ihe
i refreshments, and pn-i-le as lua-ier-
; of cerclllilllV. When Hie C.ll!s leaell
a iniirriaereable age and hae been
siillieienlly instructed :n the house
hold arts, they are allowed to attend
these dances as pari in puuls. "She
dances at the dance" is tin- pcii-anl
I way of saving that u jrirl lias made
! her debut and is eligible for matri
monial attentions. The national
dance of lioumaiiiu is a sort of cross
between a jig and the piine of ''rin
around the rosie." All the dancers
clasp hands and form a rin;. They
then begin a stepping, swaying mo
tion that never moves them out of
their original tracks, und to the mu
sic of the TziKanu band they keep
it up for hours.
A Small Amount
Deposited Now
And Systematically added to, is t he
only sure way of attaining independence
HIV I) I VI I. Till'
. Ill
WELDON, N. C.
4 per cent Interest on Saings Deposits.
Get The Habit
gCTBuy lor Cash. Saveli
ICTthe pennies by buy
ing at
W. T. PARKER & CO.,
Wholesale Cash Storej
WbLOON, N. C.
LOVED ATTIC IS NO MORE
0 UK V KG LET
When a husband and wife are
both of one mind, it isn't a difficult
task to figure out which originally
owned ihe mind.
WHEN THE FIDDLERS PLAY.
Georgia Journalist in Rhapsody
as He Describes the l;lfect of
Sweet Strains of Real Musicians.
THE WRONG GIRL.
The old-i.me Georgia fiddlers
are here, spry as a lux and strong
as a steer. Down from the hills
and up from the sea, fiddlin' they
come as merrily as ever the piper
of Hamelin town played his tune
of high renown to exercise the pes
ky rats that built their nests in
Sunday hats and spoiled ihe ladies'
pleasant chats. But piper never
piped so well, not e'en the Angel
Israfel (whose heart-strings were
his lute, says Poe) could weave a
magic like the bow of "Fiddlin'
John" or "Smoky Bill;" a magic
whence you feel the thrill of forest
throats and mountain wind, and
every oiher blessed kind of primal
music gay or shy that breathes be
neath a Georgia sky.
"Shorty" Harper "rawsums"
his strings and straight we hear
the whisperings of April voices in
the leaves or raindrops dripping
from the eaves of some lone cabin
on the hill. U'e hear the lale of
Jack and Jill, forever old yet ever
new, when gay "Gid" Tanner
shifis his chew of Raleigh weed
and yanks the gut, a brawlie,
homespun Kreisler. But, no
rhyme can tell the rarity of this
melodious company, these Geor
gia minstrels of the soil, whose na
live wood notes, whilst they foil
the critic's namby-pamby an, will
never cease to stir ihe heart, or
bring ihe wine-warmth and the
glow of ihe Southland's long ago
Atlanta Journal. i
SORRY SHE SPOKE.
"John," she said sternly, "father
saw you this morning going into a
pawnbroker's with a large bun
dle."
Her suitor Hushed. Then he
replied in a low voice.
"Yes, thai is irue, I was taking
the pawnbroker some of my old
clothes. You see, he and his wife
are awfully hard up."
Oh, John, forgive me, ex
claimed the young girl. "How
truly noble you are."
No Dollar and a Half's Difference.
Col Underwood, of Kentucky,
just after ihe war, hud a negro
servant who was formerly a slave.
One day ihe darkey came to him
and and announced that he was
going to be married and warned
the Colonel to go to the court
house and get him a license. The
colonel went and paid one dollar
and fifly cents for the document
and brought it back to ihe darkey,
who asked him to read it. When
he read ii, much lo the colonel's
surprise, the aarKey told him that
he had the name of the wrong girl
!n the certificate. The Colonel
had seen him going with a girl in
ihe neighborhood constanily and
thought, of course, she was the
one he was to marry, but the dar
key vigorously denied that he was
going to marry ihe girl wiih whom
he had been going; but another
who lived across the river. The
Colonel then told him he would
have to take the marriage license
back to the courthouse and a new
license would cost an extra dollar
and fifty cenis. The darkey was
very much disturbed; but, after
thinking over it a moment he said
Colonel, dat s all right, give me
dat license, I'm going to marry the
girl you got there there ain't no
dollar and a half's difference be
tween dem gals."
AIN'T NEVERQIVE HER NONE,
The following cunvoisaiion was
heard between two darkies:
"Jim, that wife of mine is Ihe
dogonest woman I ever seed. She
is always after me for money;
when 1 sit down at breakfast she
calls for money; when dinner time
comes she calls for money, den at
supper she still calls for money."
"Well, Tom, what do your wife
do wid all dai money?"
"How do 1 know, Jim, 1 ain't
never give her none."
Well-Remmbered Scene of Childish
Revels Has No Place In the Mod
ern Apartment House.
fn moving back to town t!n fam
ily suddenly ilim-overed thnt their
new house hud no attic. t'onstcniH
tiou reigned. W'oI'm', they next woke
to realize that modern houses have
no attics. Where once the attic
bloomed, they have a spare chamber
and a whole suite elite for the cook,
with dormer windows, electric lights,
open plumbing, plu.-tered walls and
wallpaper patterned with pink roses.
The iipurtnieiit-hou.se Hat is as bare
of an attic as it is of that other un
cient and honorable institution of
family life, Ihe woodshed where the
strap liiing.
.Suy what you will, the loss is seri
ous. In the ultie children could
have things their own ay and drive
nails where and when they pleased.
In the attic theatrical performances
were not interrupted hy parental
censors. In the attic Arabs raided,
Indians scalped, and I'.liza crossed
the ice (realistically impersonated
by a collection of calf's-hide-covcred
trunks).
Where will family history collect
now that it is evicted from the attic?
Not in the basement. That is occu
pied by the janitor. Hostou Globe.
MORE BOYS BORN.
Birth statistics for London seem
to show that nature has begun to re
store the balance of the sexes which
is being disturbed by the war. Dur
ing the past lit weeks U,Vv'9 boys
and ri,t:C girls were horn. This
gives a proportion of 1,0-17 hoys to
1,000 girls, which is seven more boys
than the average for England and
Wales before the .war. Compared
with the same quarter of the year
in 1913 the London figures are re
markable, for the proportion then
was only LOU" boys to l.i'MO girls.
In the llll.'l quarter there were more
girl babies than buy babies in seven
of the thirteen weeks; this year the
girls exceeded the bovs in only one
week. The popular belief that war
increases the male relatively to the
female birth rate is therefore being
borne out.
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have been looking for. Fully
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The Four-Ninety, the most car
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on tne market. Fully equipped
electric lighting and starting.
Let us show it to you, $530.
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INVITATION.
You are invited to open an account with the
4
All married women travel under
an assumed name.
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WORSE THAN FLINT.
She Are (lie examinations at
Harvard lianl?
He Yes: tliev are so bard tliut
you can't cut them. Town Topi.
NO WONDER.
Frieml I lirard vour fniher broke
his leg yesterday. How is he get
tiug along?
Willie Oh, he can't kick.
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She This new author is perfect
ly killing!
He I notice he does murder the
king's English.
EVOLUTION.
First Peacock What worries you f
Second Peacock I hoe we shall
never degenerate into a race without
tail.
Cough Medicine for Children.
Mrs. Hugh Cook, Scottsville, N. Y
says: "About five years airo wlien wo
were living inllarbutt, N. Y., I doctor
ed '1 my of children, suffering from colds
with Chamberlain's Cougli Remedy and
found it just as represented in every
way. It promptly checked their cough
iug and cured their colds quicker than
anything I ever used.
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