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For more than thirty years it has been In constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverlshness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children' Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought MS CINTAUN eOMf Get The Habit CBuy for Cash. Save Cthe pennies by buy ing at W. T. PARKER & CO., 'Wholesale Cash Store WHI-OON, N. C. OS THE Dining Room should be a for when you eat your meals surroundings you do much to And good digestion means health. cheerful place amid pleasant aid digestion HAVE US FURNISH YOUR DINING ROOM The variety of designs In Tables, Chairs, Side boards. China Closets. Serving Tables and the like, h) ample to satisfy your desires, whatever they may be, In the matter of style, finish and price. Come in and talk it over with us. We are as ager to GIVE satisfaction as you are to receive it Weldon Fumiturs Company, Weldon, N. C. W A ! T V Bote Girls Men Women It not needed cn 1 for us. Pleasant arms corr.e to wcr; work-..good wages VELfa Cost if F AWN BEAUTIFUL ROOMING HOUSE FOR GIRLS (JUST FINISHED.) Write or Come to See Us. British Amencao I obacco WW mm URNS PEOPLE TO THE BIBLE. The Slttns ol the Times By Rev. Charles SteUle. The show-window of a famous ifih avenue bookstore in New York Ciiy reveals one of ihe most leresiing sius of ihe limes. Ordinarily iliis window is tilled with books on sex problems, trav- anguoges, hisiory, sociology, fiction, science, literature and an. But for some lime most of ihe )oks on exhibition have dealt with immortality, spiritualism, religion and other subjects thai discuss the life to come. Is there a God? Is there a here after? What becomes ol our dead? These are the questions thai ihe world is asking as never before. And these questions- are being asked not so much because men fear death but because they want 10 know what has become of the boys ho were killed at the front. Rut there are two striking things about these books they are not written by the world's "great au thorities" on such matters and they deal with these subjects from thoroughly human standpoint. Poets and soldiers and novelists nd newspaper men have become the interpreters of the people's gropings toward the light. This is so because what the peo ple want is not a cold-blooded dis sertation by scientists and philoso phers but a warm-hearted appre ciation of their emotional and spir itual longings. The "scientists" have no very fixed and uniform opinion about these things, anyway, and the peo ple have doubts enough of their own, without adding those of the wise men" who have written on ly problematical books about such subjects. We have come to learn that the greatest facts in this discussion are spiritual and spiritual faets must be spiritually dis cerned. Thank God that He has given it to you and to me to under stand these truths as fully as the scientist does. it is this longing for light that accounts for the people turning to the Bible, for there is no question that the bible speaks with ihe great est certainty of immortality; it dis cusses the subject with the utmost sympathy and the Bible has al ways been the people s book. Q LASS VOU LOOK THRUQH. THAT NEV Eft DIE. vi Mi Brown and .Perry Streets PETERSBURG, VA. The landscape is very much af fecied by the glass through which you regard it. If that glass is yel low everything looks yellow. If it is blue, everything looks blue If it is somber, everything looks somber. Now the man who is living a life of love looks out upon his life through the love of God, and, and the love of God has such a mysterious property in it that takes away from terrible things their terror, from dreadful things llieir di iad, and from the maligni ty of ot man his spite; and the soul looks with a calm serenity upon all the circumstances of life and finds itself hushed and calm CIRCUMSTANTIAL. "Halloa, Timsl" said Jones. saw your wife this morning. By Jove! that coat of hers must have cost a pot of money. You're do ing specially well ai present?" No, not exactly," replied Tims, moodily, "Fuel is, she got it by accident." "By accident!" exclaimed Jones, "How was that?" "Well, old fellow, it was this way. I got home rather late the other night. The hall was very dark, but I could just distinguish figure standing by the chair. mpni up 10 hT, p'tt my arm around her waist and whispered. 'Mary, give me a kiss." "Uui--bw stammered Jones, thought your wue s name was Kate !" "It is," murmured Tims; "that how she got the coat." NOT AT ALL DEPENDENT "How many have you depend ent on you?" "None to mention," answered Mr. Cumrox, after some thought "I thought you had a large fam lly. "I have large family and house full of servants. But tbey are the most independent bunch of people you ever came into con lact with. Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CA3XOBIA LIVER DIDN'T ACT DIGESTION WAS BAD Says (S yaw Old Kentucky Lady, Wlo Tells How Sis Was Refitted Alter Few Doses of Black-Draught. MndonTtllt, Kr. Mrs. Crnthls Hlnlnbotham, ot tills town, says: "At my age, which II 8S, the liver does not set so well as whea roanf. A few rears ago, mr stomach was all out ot fit. I was conetlpated, my liver didn't act. My dlguatlon was bad, and It took ao llttlo to upset me. My ap petite wai gone. I was very weak... I dc-cldod 1 would give Tllack- Drought a thorough trial as I knew It highly reoommpnded tor this trouble. I began tnk.og It I felt better after a few do.:eii. My appetite Imi .uved sad X became stronger. My Iwwcla acted aaturally and the Icact trouMe was soon righted with s few doaea of Black-Draught" Soventy ymra of successful use hat made Thedford's Black-Draught a standard, household remedy. Every member, of every family, st times, need tht help that Black-Draught can (Irs la cleansing the system and re lieving the troutlea that come from constipation, indication, lazy liver, etc. You cannot keep well unleRs your stomach, liver and bowels are In good working order. Keep them that way. Try Blacl:-Draueh(. It acta promjtly, gently and In a natural way. It nm feel elUKglHh, take a 'lore tonleht. You will frl frinh tomorrow. Pries 25c. a - :i ' l .--one cant a doat All il'iii ,' .. J, ft I URN TO TALK FKI.NCH. 1 renth I'runundnllon ut Name In War News it it lv il vl i! it it l ii it it t it t it t it The pure, ihe bright, the beautiful, That stirred our hearts in youth, The impulse to a worldless prayer, The dreams of love and truth; The longings after something lost, The spirit's yearning cry, The striving after better hopes These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need, The kindly word in grief's dark hour That proves a friend indeed; The plea for mercy gently breaihed When justice threatens high, The sorrows of a contrite heart These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand, The pressure of a kiss, And all the trifles, sweet and full That make up love's Hrst bliss; If with a firm unchanging faith, And holy (rust on high Those hands have elasped, those lips have met, These things shall never die. The cruel and the bitter word That wounded as it fell; The chilling want of sympathy We need but never tell; The hard repulse that grieves the heart Whose hopes were bounding high In an unfading record kepi These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do; Lose not a chance lo waken love Be firm and just and irue; So shall a lighl that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to the "These things shall never die." tit it vl it it to it it vl t vl vl vl it vl it vl it vl it it it vl it vl it it it vl it SEPTEMBER. ri.Accs. Aire Air. Amiens Ahm viin. Armentieres Ar ninni yayr. Arras Ah rass. Bailluel- By yul. Beihune Bay-tune. Boulonge Boo-lon. Boyelles Bwah-yell. Calais Cal-lay. Calonne Cah-lon. Caste! Cas-tell. Dixmude Dix-myood Dranouire Urah-notr, Fesiubert I'esiyou-bayr. Gheluvell Gay-leo-veli. Givenchy Zee-vonshee. Hangard An gar. Hazebrouck Ahz brook. Hollebeke-OI bek. La Bassee La bas-say, Langerniarch Lonj march. Laventie La von tee. Lillers Lee Uyr. Locon Lo-cun. Lys Leess. Mailly-Rameval My-yee-ram-val. , Merris May-reess. Merville Mare-veel. Messines Mes-seen. Meieren May-ier-an. Monididier Mon-deed-yay. Moreuil Mo-ruh-yee. Neuve Eglise-Nuhv ay-gleeze. Nieppe Nee-ep. Noyon Nwah-yon. Passchendaele Pash-en dal. Ploegsieert Plog-stayn. Poelcappelle-Pole-cap-pell. Queant-Kay-yon. Robecq-Ro-bek. St. Uloi-Sani. el-wah. Si. Venani-Sant-vay-non. Vimy--Vee-mee. Warneton-Var-ton. Wulvergrem-Vool verg-em. Wyischaeie-Vit-shayi. Ypres--L:epr. Zoonebeke--Zon-bek. MHN. Caillaux -Ky-yo. C.lemeneeau -Hem niun so. l-'ayolle-l-'y yoll. Poch--Fosh. Petain Pay-tain. Poincare:-l'wmi-cah-ray. NECESSITY. E. Berry Wall, accompanied by his sorrel chow, was walking on the Biarritz promenade when a young lady in one of the new 1918 blouses passed. The blouse was cut very, very low in the neck, the short sleeves did not reach the elbow, and ihe material employed was of the fin est, sheerest gauze. "There goes the young countess de la Tour," said Mr. Wall's com panion. "What airs she puts on!" "Well," said Mr. Wall, "with a blouse like that it's necessary to put on something, isn't it?" TRAITERS TO UOL). m m nn m m m m m Spring mi Iwsm Drums good; -ALSO- 8 Shoes and Clothing. LADIES COAT m m m f m 1 m mi m m suits m MM AND SPORT COATS m . nu w-S KZj agency lor Mnsion steam Laundry Collars 2,'i.c, Shirts I2c. M9t um Kiibv Ktnrp WPI UfVsS W C III T II K IS ESTABLISHED 1892 Capital and Surplus, $60,000. WE INVITE YOUR AOCOUNT. 4 PAID ON SAVINGS DEPARTMENT; W. K. DANIF.L, PBBH1DBN1. W. It. SMITH. VI, B-I-HRIIIUSNT. J. O. DRAKE, You smell the ripening corn as it liquors through the air, You feel ihe haunting beauty of the meadows everywhere, You know the grapes are are purple and the haws are turning black, And you hear the Bob While's whistle calling dreams of boyhood back. You tread a land of memories that is lit by sudden gleams Of the evanescent beauty of a multitude of dreams, And you glimpse the mills to harvest and are full of glad content When you sip the wine of autumn like a wine of sacrament. You know the sumach's flaming and the sassafras is red, And the foliage is thinner where the trees begin to shed, And there's honey in the weather, hived through all the summer's bloom To be housed with you forever in your memory's haunted room. PASTURES NEW. A tramp was one day walking long i country road in the south of Ireland, and seeing an old lady comloriably seated at her window looking out out he knell down and commenced to eat the grass on the lawn, The lady, noticing him, came outside and said: "My poor man, you must be very tiiin- ty" "Yes, ma'm," he said. "I haven't had a bite to eat for the past two days." "Ah, my poor man," she re plied, "I'm sorry, bul if you just go around to ihe back of the house the grass is much longer there." Nothing surprises the woman who marries a man to reform him like the success of her efforts. CASTORIA ' For Infanta a. id a'ldrea - In Um For Ovr 30 Years ,1W7 SMTS SJifnatonct FROM SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS Poise is the way a Dutchman says boys. hsquinox is a wild animal that live in ihe Arctic. Rabbi is ihe plural for rabbit. King Arthur's Round Table was written by the author of Ten Nights in a Bar Room. Copernicus invented the conu copia. biiqueue teaches us how to be polite without trying to remember lo be. In the sione age all the n were ossified. The climax of a story is where it says ii is 10 be continued. Prohibition means a very dry state to be in. A gulf is a deni in a continent Buttress is a butler's wife. Conservation means doing with out things we need. If Ponce de Leon hadn't died before he found the fountain of ouih he wouldn't have died. One way to dodge the divorce courts is to stay single. stMiBsaaoivanasunsanstaaasansumstBaasan INVITATION You are Invited to open an account with the 4 BWK OF E ft FIELD, Eft FIELD, fi. 0. Per Cent, allowed In the Savings Depart ment Compounded Quarterly.! YOU can bank by mail; There are traitors in this land who are not sought by the Depart ment of Justice. That man is a traitor who is so living that he in terferes with God's good will to ward our land. That woman is a traitor who is so immersed in worldliness that God cannot bless the land which she in her pleas ures defiles. Thai multitude are traitors who by their sinful prac tices are compelling God's attitude toward us to be judgment and not mercy. Ii is folly to expect victo ry through ihe interposition of God in the present war unless ihe nation humbles itself before God and repents of its sins and lines up with the divine purposes of salvation and righteousness as they are revealed in ihe Bible. Whatever is contrary to ihe spirit of national consecration of heart and power to God is treason, for it is hindering God from interpos ing in our behalf. PLEASEI Only men with blut or gray eyes are accepted for the tank service, we have been told. They are said lo make better fighters than the brown-eyed fellows. Will the wives of brown-eyedlmen please confirm or deny this? EXPLAINED. "Why is Buster's lov match hanging Are?" "Because he can' t bring his courage to the scratch." Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA CLOTHES SOIH MAKE ii MM 0 THEY HELP THAT Is, they help him in business as well as social life, by giving; him a properous, welt groomed appearance, Men who dress in good taste say they like to buy here because of the excellent assortment to choose from. Everything in the store is carefully selected by experts and quality is the first consid. eration. In men's hosiery for Instance, we sell the reliable Interwovan socks"The Hosiery of a Gentleman." All fashionable colors; rill weight; in Silk, Lisle, Cashmere and Cotton at 40c. 60c. 75c. Per Pair FARCER & JOSEPHSON, Mens and Boys Outfitters WELDON, N. C. Fire Insurance & Surety Bonds ! Life, Accident and Health. Plate Glass and Automobiles. Repre senting leading companies. See me about your insurance wants. L..O. DRAPER Office in Green Building, WELDON, N. C.