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WKLDOX, N. C, THIIKSDAY. MAY 21, MM"
NO.
Children Cry for Fletcher's
WORLD THAT IS BOY'S OWN.
He Shares Companionship of
Brook With None Save Per
haps Companion of His Own.
The Kind You Have Always B md which has been
ia use for over over 30 yearc, : the signature uf
0 "! h"1 '"fde under his per-
CJiyffljtjtOts sonaI BUPervi-ii,"i lnce its infaucy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are hut
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiinei.t.
c What isCASTORIA
Castona is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing SyTups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness aririuL
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sle;p.
The Children's Panacea Ihe Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
TMI CNTUH COMPANY.
THE BANK OF WEL00N
WKLDOX. . ('.
Organized Under the Laws of the State of North Carolina.
Slate of North Carolina Depository
Halifax County Depository,
l ow ii of Weldon Depository.
Capital and SiiriJlQs, $55,000.
For over 21 year tlna hiistitution hu provided .mnk.nif fuilitkn Tor
this section. Its Ntockhulder ami nllii't i uir identified vt ith the himi
iipkh interests or Halifax aul Northampton count ten
A Saving Department is rnaintuuu'd for tlie heiietil of all who desire
to deposit in u SavmuH Hank. In tlutt Department interest m allowed as
follow h:
For Deposits allowed loremaui tlmv mouth 01 loutfer. '2 per cent. Six
month or ton ire r, .'I per eenl. Twehe months or Ioiilti . t perceut.
uy iiifonnation will lie furnished on application to the rreidt'iitorCahiei
tMlKrUDBNT :
W. K. DANII.I..
VII K rilKMDKVI :
W. It. SMITH.
I- V. IH.Ai'KlJ, Telle.
(AhMIRh.
I O. DKAKK.
DlUKOToKS W. (. Smith, W. K. haiiiel. .1, O. Uruke, W. M. Cohen,
K. T. Daniel, .1. 1.. Shepherd, V. A. herce, l It. Zollipotlei, .1 . W. sledie
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Mr. Automobile Owner Attention!
Send Us Your Old Tires! 3,500
to 5,000 Extra Mile Service Readily
from
Bell 2 in 1 Tire Co.,
(Incorporated)
202 W, Broad St. RICHMOND. v .
Phone Randolph 62NI
gy We buy Old Tires.
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nfw spring niPi fl y pnn sihk t nucnnniK
lia.ii UllllllU WIUI ari IVII VUIIVU WILD JUHIU
ytk I Uke your meuiurv and makemiit toonleron my bench, full and km
V inspect ilne line of piece iroodn anil nuuiples, Satisfaction u;uaruiitei!l
4i laotaoai &
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Only the boy knows, I am sure,
whin ilie brook is really like, espe
cially ihe brook in iis deep pool
under ihe highway bridge. The
t;i'own man (joes over in larm
wagons, motor cars, on hayricks
or on toolbut to him it is a brook
under a bridge, no more. But the
boy turns down through the black
berry tangle or tall ferns, perches
himself in the tork of the willow
that bends its knees to the brown
peaiy water and is at home in his
surroundings. If he is lucky en
ough at the moment to be bare
footed lie dips his toes to see how
cold it is after the rains. He notes
the swirl of the current and the
little overflows which are like pat
terns raised on the surface of the
water by a master hand. He hears
the brook's song as well as the cat
bird's ditty from the bough. He
looks under the bridge to the sun
lit pool on the other sidi and sees
the swarming midges light against
the sky, not dark against the wa
ter, as they appear from above.
Sedge and watergrass are his com
panions on the washed sand by the
willow trees. He sees the troui
leap and the minnows swim and
ihe water thrush busy in and out
among the tonh-ihrusting roots
and branches of the streamside
trees. He is a hsherman, hunter,
explorer, citizen in a world of ad
venture and romance which he has
no means of sharing, except by a
sympathetic silence in companion
ship with a fellow adventurer of
his own age. It is a world which
ever his sister and his mother do
not enter.
SOMI: WITNESS.
The prosecuting attorney had
encountered a somewhat difficult
witness, Finally he asked the
man if he was acquainted with
any of the men on the jury.
"Yes, sir," announced the wit
ness, "more than half o' them."
"Are you willing to swear that
you know more than half of
them?" demanded the lawyer.
"Why, it it conies to that I'm
willing to swear that I know more
than all of them put together."
NOT EXPKCTKD.
"I understand that Jim, who
was very enthusiastic about it be
forehand, is now deeply disap
pointed in the bliss of marriage."
"Yes; as soon as they were mar
ried his wife threw up her job."
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptom of More Serious
Sickness.
CoCOfOfE $KIi WtjlfEfEII
25c. BOX FREE.
A Skin Bleach or Whitener for Dark or Brown
Skin, Removing All Blemishes and Clearing all
Swarthy or Sallow Complexions and Causing
the Skin to (lrow whiter. Don't Hnvy
a Clear Complexion Use Cocotone
Skin Whitener and have One.
WHAT USERS THINK OH COCOTOM-.
Macon, Ua.
Cocotone Co
Dear Sirn: Si-nil me hy return mail
two huxeH of Coeutoint Skin Whitener
ami three cakes of Coeotone kin Soap
They are line and i du not care to he
without them, Kudosed is money or
der forl.-r.
Yours truly,
CI AKA M JACKSON
WuycioKH, ia.
Cocotone Co.
Dear Friends: Your Cocotone skin
Whitener is lhelirjcnt thins I ever saw,
My skin isvry dark and the lind hox
has made it many shades lighter, ami
my friends all ask ine what 1 have hceo
usjiitf F ne lowed you will lind $L'.uo.
I'lease send me six boxes of Skin Whi
tener and two oaken of soap.
Youth truly,
ANNA M. WII1TK.
We have bought out the Fire In
surance business and good will of
,the late D. E. Stainback, and this is
to announce that we will continue
the business in Weldon. For rates
call Ben Rodwell, Phone 72.
iSmith&Rodwell.
Montgomery, Ala.
Cocotour ( o,
I ii ur Sir: I lind that Coeotone Skin
Whitener is the hest preparation 1 have
ever used to clear the skin, and wish you
would mad two boxes at once.
(Signed) Mils. ('. l', JnilN iN.
Do not accept substitutes or Imi
tations. Cut This Out
TIIKCOCOTONK CO.,
Atlanta, (ia.
I have never uwed Cocotone Skin
WliitemT, but if you will semi ineal'-ic
box free, will be pleased to try it. I en
el seHixl'c. stamps to cover cm of
mailintr, packing, etc.
Name. ...
Address.
Waahinfrton Park, III. "I am the
mother of four children and have suf
fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chil
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me so nervous
I could just tear
everything to pieces
und I would ache all
over and feel so sick
that I would not
want anyone to talk
to me at times. Lydia E. Pink ham 'a
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re
stored me to health and I want to thank
you for the good they have done me. I
have had quite a bit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
ful looks. My friends say 4 Why do you
look so young and well ? ' I owe it all
to the Lydia E Pinkham remedies."
Mrs. Robt. Stoimel, Sape Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
If you have any symptom about which
yon would like to know write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass., for helpful advice given free of
charge.
Sale for Taxes,
1 will Hell for cash to lb InirheNl bid
der at the Court limine door in Halifax
Mouday, June Hh, 117, the follow hik
dcMcntted lands m Weldon Township
for taxes due IIHil: Tax A Cost
Salhe Itruwn. acres laud fl.ti
Huvcr Coward, 1 town lot 10.42
N. V. havm, I town lot. 4.HS
(teo. lianiel j acre, Ited Cut, 5.12
Kaiiuic laniei, 1 house aud lot tt.l.H
tireen Katou, I towu lot H.93
I'ompey Kdwards, 1 town lot, 17.
Lucy Kpps, 1 town lot, 8.113
V. M. Kpps estate, 1 town lot 4.5r
Alice Jacknon, 4 acres land, 1.17
Lucy Jones, 1 town lot, 4.;V
Frances Johnson, 7 acres land, l.tHJ
Nancy Loun estate, 1 acre land. 1.11)
Patsy' Lou, t acres laud, l.titi
Kmify Mutable, I town lot
I'aul .VI alone, 1 town lot ft,7H
Kobraim Mohh. 1 towu lot. 11.78
llenrv Keid. I towu lot, 15.70
Laura Kidley, 1 town lot, 0.94
Kzekiel Simms, 1 towu lot 8.26
liev .1. W. Wood. 1 town lot. 10.34
Win Williams, 1 town lol, fl.HH
I ock shearin, 1 acre land, (1.7
J. L. HAKRIB,
Tax Collector Weldon Township.
AGKN'TH WANTKD.
YOUR MOTHER, .
She'll never forget you, whatever you do,
Were you down in the gutter she'd kneel beside you,
Were you covered with shame she would stand at your side,
And the hurt in her heart, for your sake, she would hide.
She will stick to you, lad, though you lose every test,
So the least you can do, is to give her your best.
All others may quit you and mock at your fall,
But your mother, undaunted, will corneal your call.
She will follow you down to the deep depths of sin
And love you and nurse you, through thick and through thin.
And though she may suffer through what you have done
She will never forget or desert you, my son.
And lh( ugh you should rise to the top rung of fame
And honors and titles should win for your name,
Though you should bring her new joys every day
And keep every sorrow and burden away,
Though never one moment you caused her to fret,
To the mother who bore you you'd still be in debt.
So long as she lives you are sure of a friend
On whom, at all times, you may safely depend.
You may wound her by sinning and hurt her with shame
Should you fail to be true, but she'll love you ihe same.
So remember, my lad, as you stand in life's test
That you owe to your mother your Knestand best.
OUT OF DOORS,
I couldn't stand up by a sunset and not believe in God,
I couldn't sit down by a lily and call man merely a clod;
I couldn't climb over a hill top and come suddenly on a sea
And not feel that more of the Master had suddenly entered me.
For this is the creed that it teaches
This book of the out-'-doors
That the more God shines in the sunset
The more you have made Him yours
couldn't find summer some morning in a walk through a meadow-space
And not stand up for the doctrim. of l.fe as a special grace;
I could lie down in a hollow of the warm south side of a hill
And deny God unto a turnip if t song-sparrow started to trill.
For the creed that the out-doors teaches
Is the creed to embrace and include,
And to find in the beautiful moment
The spiritual side of the mood.
A BROKEN KNIFE POINT,
Piece of Knl' Wade Wrecxcd
the Vessel.
JHNNY LINO'S JOY.
A ship was once wrecked on
the Irish coast. The captain was
a careful one. Nor had the weath
er been of so severe a kind as to
explain the wide distance to which
the vessel had swerved from her
proper course. The ship went
down, but so much interest at
tached to the disaster that a diver
was sent down. Among other
portions of the vessel that were ex
amined was the compass, that was
stvuugon deck, und inside the
ompass box was detected a bit of
steel, which appeared to be the
sm.ill point of a pocket-knife blade.
It appeared that the day before
the wreck a sailor had been sent to
clean the compass, had used his
pocket-knife in the process, and
had unconsciously broken off the
point and letl it remaining in the
box. The bit of knife blade ex
erted its influence on the compass
and to a degree that deflected the
needle from its proper bent and
spoiled it as an index of the ship's
direction. The piece of knife blade
wrecked the vessel.
Even one (riffling sin as small as
a broken knife-point, as it wece, is
able to rob the conscience of peace
and happiness.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children -
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always beuv
tht
Signature of
Jenny Lind made $154,000 on
her American tour under the man-
agement of Barnum: but of this
she invested $100,000 for benev
olent purposes in Sweeden. For
herself she kern oulv what was
necessary for a living and for buy
ing a cottage on the Malvern Hills,
Lngland. Her wants were few.
and she would not have complain
ed if reverse of fortune had com
pelled her to live literally in accord
ance with the recipe for true hap
piness contained in the following
lines, written in one of her letters
from Boston : "Few susnect how
unutterably little the world and its
splendor have been able to turn
my mind giddy. Herrings and
potatoes a clean wooden chair,
and a wooden spoon to eat milk-
soup with that would make me
skip like a child, fur joy. And
this without the slightest trace of
c.oggeration. ' New York liven
ing I'ost.
WASTE OF ENI:OY.
Clarence announced his coming
by a series of howls. "Oh. mv
finger, my linger!" he said.
"Poor little finger!" mother
cooed. "How did you hurt it?"
With the hammer."
"When?"
"A long time ago," Clarence
sobbed.
"But, I didn't hear you cry."
"I didn't cry then; 1 thought
you were out," said Clarence.
Children dry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
DOG VISITS GRAVE DAILY.
This Is Surely a Test that would
Put to Shame a Human He-Inu
- !
A most remarkriblr story ol the '
love mill dcvoiKin ol ;i ilop lor his
master has rwcnily come in liglu
in Lancaster. ,
I luce years ago tins c mg
summer the six-ycar-old son of a I
well-known Lancaster family died '
Willi colitis, which at that time j
claimed 28 victims in this city. J
The chief playmate of this little'
fellow was a brown and white bull-1
dog, belonging to his father. The !
dog and the boy were inseparable j
companions aud were well known
figures among the city streets, j
Since then the dog has made daily
visits in me grave ot nis lormcr
playmate.
Mr. A. J. Mills, the elficieut
superintendent ol Llwoou, sees
the dog make his daily visits and
states that "sometimes he will re
main on the grave lor sometime j
and again but a lew minutes. Du- j
ring the recent deep snow the dog
pawed through the grass when the
thermometer stood below zero."
There are other children in this
Lancaster family'and Jim perhaps
will be playing with them in the
yard, when he will suddenly re
member his little master who
sleeps 'neath the willows at F.lm
wood and be oH like a flash to pay
homage to the grave of his first
love.
The love, devotion and grief as
displayed for nearly three years by
this dumb animal at the grave of
his playmate is most remarkable
and might well prove an inspira
tion to mankind.
The next time we meet the
"Graveyard dog" we're going to
tip our hat to him. Fairfield
County Democrat.
DON'T FORGET "DEAR OLD DAD " '
MAKE YOUR OWfi PAINT
with LA. M SEMI-PASTE PAINT and
your own Linseed Oil.
You obtain greatest durability and covct
iriK powr. The L & M PAINT is o
positively nood that it is known as Ihe
"Master Paint."
Wheuas the U-st of other hinli hi u
paints cost you $2.75 u gallon, our L & M
P:iint - ... ...I I.. I it .
- IVUUj 'lul Will lUni
U.drl.l.o.K.ut.. you Qny 3,2 qq B gaon
Tat Sale bf VOU SAVC 7Se. A CALLON ON evIRr GALLON
I. l'U IN i I.i;k. h,i.
II. U.'IH H AlthW Mil-. I II., s,-,,ll:iil i ,1
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Uniteil Stat.
(iooilritli
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kellv Sprinjffii Id
Ii have on sale in mtr salesroom now the
largest stock of Ant mobile Tires ever shown
in Weldon. Three i the best makes on the
American market Tires that will give you more
miles for your money tha i any other make. Our
tires are guaranteed hy the manufacturers on
mileage basis of .5500 to SOOO miles.
w
I: have in stock almost any si.e or style---LMain
Tread. (JSlO I read. Chain, Nobby and
Silvertown Cord Tread. The market is un
settled now, and Tires may advance at any time,
buy now, save money, get the right tires at the
right prices. Also carry in stock a full line of all
Automobile supplies and accessories.
Batchelor Bros.
Chalmers and
Chevrolet Automobiles
Oldest (iurage
In Weldon
I Republic
Trucks
There Should He at Least
Day Set Apart for -'l)ad.
One
j hy not :i 'Ktither's 1:i.' is
the timely siiLTtfestion of Rev.
j L. II. Jones. Yi's, it in often
I the ease that- poor old "Dud,"
, who must provide the sinews
i of war iiinl m ar ,js life nwav
trying to keep the pantry sup
plied with the necessities of
life, buy new shoes, stock inns
j and the thousands of other
I things for u liasehnll team of
' kiddies, keep the tires going in
; till' kill-lieu slove and tile wood
pile heaped with fuel, meet ihe
taxes, rents, doctor's Wills, dodge
tin- butcher, the linker and the
hook agents and, after n day of
endless toil and struggle, fall
to sleep while dreaming of a
similar program for the follow
ing day. Yes, hy all means,
there should at least he one
day in every live or ten years
when "Dad" can bo discovered
by his own family and friends
long enough to take a day off
and hear his feelde praises sung
liy some one who believes him
to be at least entitled to some
recognition. Hut, alas, it seems
both ''Mothers' Day" and
"Fathers' Day ' must be side
tracked for the pleasure of that
giddy-headed a n d llossed-up
young female member of thn
family w ho can find nothing to
do but play rag-time mimic on
a cheap piano and then llouuce
out the house like a hand full
of soap suds in a March wind
to roam down the streets in
search of some cigarette-smoking
dude whose hair is parted
in the middle and with just
about enough brain in his cra
nium to make a sandwitch for
u gnat, but who has in his
"geans" the price of a saucer
of oream. Everything.
The man who says "I didn't
think" has a worse excuse than
he who proclaims that he didn't
know it was loaded.
Summer lik
H!iWI!iaiiit)iWilUIKlitSit!itiiW
I lWli AilON.I
Vou are invited to open an account with the
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BMK OF iflfl'LO, S
I Efi FIELD, ll. C. I
i I V-tr c.ent. allowed in the Savings Depart-!!
ii f- n.ent Compounded Ouaitti . 8
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VOU can bank In n ail
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Uaiversitv of North Carolina,
CIlAPKLIIII.L, S C.
June 12 to July 27
(Write for rompletf announcement)
Able Faculty
Complete Curriculum
Moderate Hatett
Credit Coursefl
helivhtful KnTironment
Excursion Kate Tickets.
The Summer Law School June
M August 24.
Regular Session Opens Sept. IJ.
HtudentH who expect to enter for the
I arat timcMhould complete their arrange
menta as early aa poaaible
l-'KOU W I I I ON
TO WASHINGTON
ACCOUNT CONFEDERATE
VETERANS REUNION
Selling Dtr
From Virginia and the Carolina,
Juno 2nd-7th, inc
From C orgia, Florida and Alabama,
'une ltt-6th, inc
Jf"L Yf Ticlirts limited to r i i final deatination
XwrV.T l V not lator than midni(( June 21 M.exten-
f ,on "mit to July 6th. 1917, may
ur ou"wa oy aepom wiin i erminal
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ddrtu any nrnl nf ihr
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
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Wilmington. N C.
A ti
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You Will Be Entirely Satisfied
With your SPRING .Suit if you let us take your
order for it, and dress the "STROUSE WAY." We
know how to incorporate your ideas. Strouse &
Bros., custom tailors, whose line we show are
past masters at the High Art ot Styling and TaU
loring. If you want the best, if Style, Price and
Fit appeal to you, come to us by all means.
FARBER & JOSEPHSON.
MliN'S AND BOYS' OUTFITTERS.
WELDON, N. C.