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THE BANK OF WELDbN
WKLDON. X. ('
Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina,
State of North Carolina Depository.
Halifax County Depository.
Town of Weldon Depository.
Capital anrt Surplus, $55,000.
Kor over 21 years tlnx iiistilut.on lian provided hanking facilitiea fur
this section. Hit stockholders anil ollictrs are identified with the busi
ness interests of Halifax ami Northampton counties.
A Havings Department is maintained for the benelit o! all who desire
to deposit in a Savings Hank. In this Dcputtmcut iuterest h allowed as
follows:
For Deposits allowed to remain three mon.hs or longer, 'J per cent. Six
months or lonirer. 3 uer cent. Twelve months or longer. 4 percent.
Any information will lie furnished on application to the President oK'ashier
fbssidint:
W. E. DANIEL,
VU R-t'KKSIOKNT:
W. K. SMITH.
I.. C. IjKU'EK, Teller.
DIRECTORS W. K. Smith, W. E. Iianiel. .1. 0. Dtake, W. M. Cohen,
R. T. Daniel, J. I.. Shepherd, W. A. fierce, I). H. Zollicotlcr, .1 . W. Sledge.
lr $ 5 0 . 6 0 2
Excursion to Havana,
Thursday, Dec. 21.
For the Christmas and New Year Holiday Excursion to Cuba, the
Atlantic Coast Line will sell excursion tickets trom Weldon to Havana,
including meals and berths on steamships, at the fare and on the date
named above, limited returning until January 7, 1917.
Fares will apply via Jacksonville; thence via the East Coast and the
"Over Sea Railroad," or via the West Coast of Florida, through Port
Tampa, but not going via one route and returning via the other and
tickets will be good to stop over at all stations en route, either on the
going or return, or both.
Proportionate Fare9 From Nearly Every Other
Point in Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro.
Una, Children Half Fare
For schedules, reservations on trains and ships, and interesting In
erature on Cube, apply to the undersigned, who will procure ii for
you promptly.
C. E. CARTER, Ticket Agent, Weldon, N. C.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE,
The Standard Railroad of the South.
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Announcement!
We have bought out
Oood Will of Mrs. J. W.
nounce that we Will continue the business In
Weldon, guaranteeing prompt service and careful
handling of baggage and freight by experienced
drivers. For dray service
No. 323. .
SMITH & RODWELL,
WELDON, N.C
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castcm
Always
Bears the
Signature,
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In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
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GASTOtllA
TIMOTHY HAY ON
EARLY SHOPPING
By JOHN 8TOCKBRIDGE.
kOU can say for me.
8 1 a t e d Timothy
Hay. when seen
this morning by a
reporter, "that thl
do your - Christ-inns-
shopping-early
stunt Is all oil with
mi now aud for
unil Indivisible, world with-
ever,
out end, iimeu.
"I started to do my Christinus shop
pln enrly," continued Timothy, giving
his flivver u diselplinnry kick as It
growled at a passing terrier, "hut It
whs right ou the start thnt I overtook,
discovered and otherwise apprehended
the Hciiegnintilun In the woodpile.
"Christmas shopping, you are at lib
erty to quote me as saying in your
valuable, medium, H hunk If you add
an 'early' to It.
"It wns about Thanksgiving time, If
I recollect rightly, that we were first
ndmordshed Jo do our Christmas shop
ping early. It struck me ns the proper
thing to do. I decided I'd do It.
"Naturally, the thought first came
to me what to give myself for Christ
inns. I always hand myself some slight
token of my esteem at the happy yule
tide. It compensates for what other
folks hand me. A little gift doesn't
"I Decided on a Haircut for My Christ
mat Gift to Myaelf."
have to cost very much to make a
hit with me If I give It to myself with
t!'- proper spirit.
It's the giving, rather than the re
ceiving, of this gift that brings me the
more pleasure, anyway.
Well, gasoline has been going up
pretty steadily lutely you notice I do
not talk in dialect In spite ot my rural
name and predilections; If I talked in
dialect I would say gas wus goln' up
purty stlddy and, due to the Increased
cost of living expenses, I decided that
It behouved me to economize.
So I decided on a haircut for my
Christinas gift to myself, and I decided
to get It early on account of the poor,
tired shopgirls who are wishing the
store would close so they cun crowd
In a few more dances with the dashing
young ribbon clerks three aisles over.
Whereupon I got a haircut, a good,
short one.
The rest of the story Is soon told.
I got It cut again last night, and I
had to wait for sir customers ahead
of me who were telling the barbers to
shave 'em extra close so it would last
over to Monday.
'That much for early Christmas
shopping. I bought the Junk for the
folks after they'd locked the street j
doors last night and have Just been
making the rounds or tne urug stores
to pick up the odds and ends I've for
gotten. No more Christmas shopping
in mine. Olddnp, Dobbin."
And with a peremptory cluck to his
steed, Timothy Hay motored away In
high dudgeon. Denver Times.
CHRISTMAS
C tor tha CKrlat Child, ao hlr
lass, ao awaati
H for tha Holly w lay at Hit
fL
R for tha Rtdera tKraa. King
thotr lordi
I for tha Incana with which
thay adorad.
S for tha Shephorda,who heard
angela sing,
Tfor their Triumph tn finding
tha King
M for all men of peace and good
will
A for the Angela, whoae Bongs
the cave fill.
S for the Star which ahone out
on that night.
So radiant ao hopeful, ao glo
rtoua ao bright.
The model husband is he wh
smokes his wife's bargain cigars with
out a murmur.
Constipation Causes Bad Skin
A dull and pimply skin is due to a
sluggish bowel movement. Correct this
condition and clear your complexion
with Dr. King's New Life Pills. This
mild laxative taken at bedtime will as
sure you a full, free, non-griping move
ment in the morning. Drive out thsdull,
listless feeling resulting from overload
ed intestines and sluggish liver. Uet a
bottle today. At all drugmsts, 26&
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Here's a Real
Nature has a Iaw of compensation by winch she gives to eneh one of us
some particular talents or aptitudes. John Ine, who was horn 57 years ago,
wus favored hy mil ure with mi extra robust face and a luxuriant growth of
hair, so much so that, about Christmas time of each year, his services lis a
model for Santa Claus posters, or as n pseuilo Santii Claus, in the depart
ment stores, are very much at a premium. He need not look for u Job. the
Jobs are looking for htm.
Is it; $mh
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At a uuttrtar to twelve on Christiuus eve
TeiMk-ums woke Willi a start;
There was nomeumiy
tugKiiiK him by
r':vv. v. the si,
rvJii, ,i And lie turned with
-t thumping heart.
f k I s "Now. don't make a
ISfjYHjX Up As iUre uB ever 1 ,n
j li ncro 11 nun:
m fx
"Is It true?" whls
pprrl 1 t1tllcunii
"Sunta Claus!
Oh, In n't tlita alm
ily Keiit !
ran t you UkM up a
mntch. Jimmy
quick because
If you don't It will
be lou lute!
i longing to know Just what lie's like.
: If he a brought me a motor bike!
Well. I'm puKled," said Jim. "P'faps,
If we look
(They say that he huttis u spy).
He won't leave the
ball and the picture-book.
But jolly well paaa
us by "
And while tli-y won
dered if thty
should peep.
Bomehow, the bears
fell off to sleep!
But the curious
noise went on all
rush
and run
Till the darkness
flew and the ihiy
dawned bright.
And the rutn hud
had thotr fun
And the rascttls chut klcd,
Well, what i
fuss!
If they'd only known that It was us!"
-Little Polks.
II Ijappiness be yours to-day.
ay yu-letide peace attend you:
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ay friendly fortune on you smile,
nd many blessinas send you.
Stop That Cough
A hachiug cough weakens the whole
system, drains your energy and gets
worse if neglected; your throat is raw
your chest aches and you fi I sore all
over. Kcheve that cold at once with
Dr. King's New Discovery. The sooth
ing pine balsams heal the irritated mem
branes, and the antiseptic and laxative
qualities kill the germs and break up
your cold. Ilou't let a cold linger, (let
Dr. King's New Discovery today at vour
Druggist, 50c.
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Santa Claus
Z S S s
If Christmas Message.
"Fenr not ; for, behold, 1
lirlni; you good tidings of
grcut Jo), which skill be to
all people."
"I ; lory to ilvd lu the high
est, tmd ou earth peace, good
will toward mcu."
"The spirit of tlie Lord is
upon tne, because he hath
anointed tne to preach the
gosj.,-1 to the poor; he hntti
sent mo to hcul Ihe broken
hearted, to preach deliver
ance to onptlves, urn! recov
ery of siflil to the blind, to
set tit liberty them that are
bruised."
Tills Is a day for magnify
ing the blessings of peace,
not selfishly, but with the re
joicing Hint should attend
the reminder that we have
u cure for the troubles of the
world and a part In the
spreading of the remedy. Lot
the songs of Joy lie carried
into every corner of gloom.
If peace Is to achieve victory,
Its spirit of gladness must be
irrepressible. No less today
than two thousand years ago
Is it the mission of pence to
show by example that in good
will alone lies the happiness
of the people.
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SERVICE MORE THAN GIVING
Deepest Spirit of Christmas Does Not
Confine Itself to One Day, but
Is Manifest fcntlrs Year.
The deepest spirit of the Christmas
outpouring that flows over the Chris
linn world Is the Impulse for human
service thnt runs through the whole
year.
It Is easy to give recklessly out of
one's abundance, or even to share care
fully one's pittance. The distribution
of Christum dinners through hun
dreds of self-denying families menus a
day's happiness for '.he giver und re
ceiver. Hut it Is greater happiness to
both to follow through the year with
aid to self-dcpcudeucc. encouragement
to hope, and support tn striving for
better living.
This Is the giving of self, and they
who know how to give of themselves
wisely are the blghest givers. The
best feature of Christinas is Its ma
lerial expression of a whole year of
human service thnt runs like a thread
Ihrough human lives.
Only these holiday glimpses reveal
to the careless how many are dedi
cated to a share In this unobtrusive
service to the humbly striving aud to
the uncomplaining needy; how many
f imille8 are under constant stimulus
to the best sort of self-help; how many
children are being quietly led to a
higher level of living and striving for
themselves between Christmas and
1'hristiua.
Neglected Colds Grow Worse.
A cold that racks and irritates the
throat may lead to a serious chronic
cough, if neglected. The healing pine
balsams in Dr. Hell's Tine Tar Honey
Nature's own remedy w ill soothe and
relieve the irration, breathing will be
easier, and the antiseptic properties
will kill the genu which retarded heal
ing. Have it handy for croup, sore
throat and ohronic bronchial affections,
tiet a bottle today. 1'lcasaut to take.
At all diuggists, 2")C
OLDEST CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
Decorating Hous's Churches and
Streets With Evergreen Popular
Since Dawn of History.
nDIUUl'S the very oldest of ittl
Christmas customs is ilmi ,.f
decorating out houses, chnrcho
illld streets Willi everj;rei!is. !
At the very dav.n of history h-tr.ui the
worship of tlie trees, or for. st m,r.diip,
illld the proves were iiiiin's Hrwt t,-;u-
pies. ,
All our Instincts, our pn--.on t
iniiure. are forest m, moric. tor t r t
worship wns u:iivers.il.
In Inter times to end, p..l n. iii' tn t)
was dedicated: Apdlo hud the bund,
Jupiter the oak, ami Ci v tor n, i
hud lis sacred groves.
Tile forest Wor:llipers (
worship without ti.il;:. In
worship Is to give, . nd tin :
aud gniiiindu were liie ol,:
eld
boll
Kilts mail. He fore he had learned to sliupo
offerings of liis o,u rude skill lie coiii!1,
bring to the snored trees mid hniij up
on till-Ill the first How. rs lilcl el. . n--l ,
of spring and the perfect fi tilts ol uu
tuinn. These gifts, remember, were never.
as with us, decorations; they u, -.,-e-
rlllces.
The Itomans, wiili a line eye for
beauty, used to garland their temples
and homes and giiloerini; places and
even tlie big Coliseum with houghs of
green and ropes of flowers. This par
ticular custom was received by the
Christians with a special sort of :,p
provnl, recalling, as it did, the ho t
that our Lord entered Jerusalem amid
the strewn branches of die multitude.
We must not forget the welcome und
lovely mistletoe and holly. Indeed,
Christmas without them would not,
with us. seem quite complete.
Mistletoe wus for uges regarded as
sacred by the old British pagans the
Druids and was surrounded with
great mystery und sentiment, little un
derstood by us.
It was supposed to possess healing
powers and that It could ward off evil
spirits. The reverence paid to this
little parasite seems to have been r
strleted to it. only, when It was found
growing on tlie sacred oak trees In the
Druids' groves.
Iltiee every year the Druid hleh
priest cut It with a golden sickle,
blessed It and distributed tlie sprays
among the people, praying aloud that
each one who received it might receive
divine blessings, of which It was the
symbol. Having received tlie sprays,
the people hung them above the doors
to propitiate the gods during the year.
The only remaining significance, at
tached today to the mistletoe is the
Idea that If u maiden Is not kissed
under It on Christinas day she will go
unwed throughout the year. This Idea
goes so far back Into the past that one
cannot trace It.
It Is because the mistletoe Is rare
and not easy to get that we found
and brought forward the holly, which,
though lovely. Is used only as a sub
stitute for the mistletoe New Tort
World.
JUST THE THING.
Wlfey I wish 1 had a Hying ma
chine; then perhaps I could get
throutdi with my Christmas shopping.
Hubby Yes. Hnsitig my Judgment
on the way the bills are coming lu,
w-hnf you ii.,.(l is s iMiypinnp
Her Habit.
"Isn't It too liad?" asks the lady with
the ltussi in hoots, "Mrs. tioiiso has
sued her nusbnnil lor divorce and is
Kolng to marry that iiiiisleluu us soon
as it is grunted. And she and Mr.
lionso were married hist Christmas
day."
"I expected It," said the lady with
the new hair. "I.ucy (!onso never got
a present that she dlil I't try ti CI
change." Life
Christmas Literature.
The kiddles write to Santa Claus,
Thsy furwaltl mull In peeks.
But father hasn't lime, be. ie .
He's busy writing clip. 1
Cough Medicine for Children.
Mrs. Hugh Cook, Scottsvdle, N. Y.,
says: "About live years ago when we
were living ioOatbutt, N. Y., 1 doctor
ed 2 my of children sulfcring from colds
with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
found it just as represented in every
wav. It promptly checked their cough
ing and cured their colds quicker than
uy thing I ever used "
Obtainable everywhere.
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WKLDON, N. C.
4 per cent Interest on Saings Deposits
Get The Habit
ICXBuy for Cash. Savel
LCthe pennies by buy-"
ing at
W. T PARKER & CO.,
Wholesale Cash Store;'
WELDON, N. C.
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U,rOMOP)ILES
Now on display in Batchelor
Bros, salesrooms, Baby Grand
Model, a large powerful, roomy
touring car. Just the car you
have been looking for. Fully
equipped with electric starting
ind "lighting $790. No extras.
The Four-Ninety, the most car
for the least money of any car
( ii tne market. Fully equipped
( lectiic lighting and starting.
L? t us show it to you, $530.
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T ment Compounded Quarterly.
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