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THE EVERYOAY BATTLE
Bsttlcs are not all fought with cannon and
shell. The most v: nl r re "the everyday buttles
against the rUbilituristg tendencies that invite weak
ness. For r;..rly i'173 decades
has been a dehnite help
patties agaimt weakness. Scott's is as rich
in blood-forming properties and as powerful in
Strength-supporting qual;tijs now as of yore.
Let Scott's fmufeit s help you win your battles.
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A ROUGHDIAMONS).
The Man Uy the Side o(
The Road.
There are not luckinc in ilns
present war such instances of tour
age, chivalry as to, nut only keep
alive, but deepen, our faith in man
kind. They bear witness, thai
though much of the good in man
is often obscured by ugliness of
disposition, and stooping to mean,
low actions, there lies yet the im
age which bears resemblance to
the Divine. And not only in great
crises but in normal times, when
affairs in a work-a-day world sore
ly try the souls of men, there are
flashes of such Divine-like charac
ter that we maintain an abiding
faith in mankind, and love men
for their noble deeds; and man
kind for the sacred worth and dig
nity of humanity.
Many such instances have come
within my personal observation,
but one stands out more clearly,
perhaps, than the others. I have
thought of it many times with
pleasure and gratitude, and judging
that the space of years will prevent
any embarrassment to my friend.
should he discover that I have
"written him up," I make bold to
narrate the experience.
A few years ago I hiked with
troop of Boy Scouts across the
country for a distance of thirty
seven miles, which was a pretty
good tramp, both for the boys and
the Scoutmaster. The second
day out, under a scorching sun,
and over fearfully sandy roads, we
made twenty miles, and wearily
pitched camp that night in an open
Held. The next morning, bright
and early, we had breakfast, loaded
our supplies and again set out on
our journey. Our objective was a
camp site, which lay three miles
beyond a certain well known town
in the State, and just before noon,
tired and dusty, we came within
sight of that city; halting at a creek
from which the town's water sup
ply is taken, hoping to "wash up'
and change clothes before we pass
ed through the city. By the road
side there was the power station
and we approached the engineer,
a heavy set man, with a rough,
kind face, and wearing overalls,
and asked for permission to up
propriate the use of some bushes
along the banks of the creek as
"screen" while we performed our
necessary ablutions. He informed
us that matter containing acid turn
ed into the creek above the point
where we wished to bathe, by some
manufacturing industry, rendered
the water unsafe to bathe in. How
ever his kindly heart seemed to
have been touched, and we at once
seemed to fall into his favor, and
he informed us that he had some
rooms in the house which stood ai
the top of the hill, and that we
could go up there, and help our
selves to anything which we might
be able to find which would be ol
service to us. His kindness,
marked by such sincerity of
speech, at once opened our
heatrs to this engineer, and so
on we went up the hill, a
jolly bunch, and proceed to make
ourselves "at home." As we be
gan our preparations for a "wash
up" our friend appeared on the
scene, possibly, we thought, to keep
an eye on the bunch of fellows.
But his manner and tone at once
reassured us. There was no sus
picion whatever lurking in his
mind. "Findi ig things fellows?"
he asked. "Everything we need,"
came the chorus. But he proceed
ed to look around to see if there
was not something else which
might be of help or comfort to us.
I was struck with the man with
with his open-heaneclnrw, his j;e
nial manner, his honest face,
and the fact that he had put
himself to the trouble of walking
up to his house to render a service
to a man and a crowd of boys who
were perfect strangers to him. I
felt it so keenly that I expressed
my great appreciation, and also,
my regret, that we had caused him
an inconvenience. At this he look
ed at me for a moment and replied
his tone mot e eloquent than his
language, "Stranger, were you
ever a thousand miles from home
and didn't have a D n cent and
didn't know a D n soul?" I
replied that barring the intensives
I had had somewhat a similar ex
perience. "Well, I have." he
in millions in the trying
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s.mt, "and 1 know tt li n il iiU'in
In have MMiielvdv IhhI ,i hlilc svin
p nliv and a helping hand, ,nul I
in i'!r up i ii niiihl ill. ii il anybody
ever came .ilimg that I could help
in any w.tv, ill il I would do it, in
nutter w ii.ii I u as nrning at. II:-
pecch and aeiion so assured us ut
Ins pleasiir- in doing os the kind
ness w e pioeeuk d m use every
thing which he put at ourdispos.il.
and in a short time we were ready
to "parade" through the city to
our camp site three miles beyond
While changing my apparel I
left my fountain pen on the man- j
tlepiece in my friend's room, and ,
not discovering my loss until after j
we had reached camp. I missed
it very much, but confident that if
my friend found it he would keep
it uniil our return. Sure enough.
when ten days laier we returned,
he saw us approaching and met us
with his genial smile snd inquired
about our welfare, and as to how '
we had enjoyed camping. He
then presented me with my foun-1
tain pen, saying: ' I did not have
your address or I would have sent
this to you. I knew you left it."
Again, his manner touched and ap
pealed to me I thanked him cor
dially for this kindness, and gave
him repealed assurances of our
appreciation of his previous hospi-'
lality, adding, "I am a minisier,
and as a minister I am always
deeply grateful to find a man who
has time to do a kindness for oth
ers. I hen something close akin
to reverence came over his coun
tenance, and into his tone, "W hy,
my friend, if I had known thai you
were a parson I would not have
been so free w ith some of my language-"
I realised that I was face
to face with a man. 1 knew that
beneath a somewhat unpolished
exterior were sterling qualities
He h id been honest with me. I
Could not do less ihan be honest
wiih him. li was not a nine for
any criticism whereby I should as
sume a "holier than thou" alti
tude no need to assume that be
cause he had used a few words
which had better been left unsaid
tli.it he w as a sinner above other
men, "I wish." I said, "Thai
you had leti oil a tew of those
words, but we shall never forget
your kindness. You may say some
things a little out of the way, but.
honestly, I like your brand of re
ligion the kind that gets on the
highway of life and stands as a
friend to man, "
X'e left him there standing by
the roadside; but we did not tor
get him, nor do 1 think we shal'
ever forget him. it spoke ol him
many limes as "that 'cussm' ' man
uiih so much religion." Nor did
I find it necessary to explain to
the boys how a man, w ith so much
goodness of heart, should use such
language, and why that he ought
not to do so. I did not have to
explain because they seemed to
see and understand better,
"erhaps, than I could have ex
plained. They fell as 1 did, as 1
learned in listening to their con
versation, that this was not native,
aui foreign, to the man Always
the lone of ihe man had been more
eloquent than his language. Many
circumstances, perhaps, had con
tributed to his acquiring things ex
traneous, but the man himself was
genuine. What he needed, of
course, was a saving contact with a
living Christ, the Man of Galilee,
who came to show what man was
capable of, and to help men to
come to the best and highest of
which they are capable.
1 can see that man yet in Ins
overalls, a big wrench in his
hands, his friendly smile, his gra
cious tone, a picture of a fine spec
imen of manhood (jod's man 1
think. Whatever is necessary for
him in have and in cln to inherit
eternal life I pray that he may have
and do. He reminds nie always,
as 1 think of him, of "The House
by the Side of the Koad :"
"There are hermit souls that live
withdrawn
In the peace ui Weir self content ;
There are souls, like stars, that
dwell apart,
In a fellow loss firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze
their paths,
Where highways never ran;
But let me live by the side of the
road
And be a friend to man."
Make your homes pleasant to
your children and there will be no
armies of unemployed marching
'hrough the country.
MRS. m CAMPii'L DAVIS.
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V give below a paper written
to be iis;J al the mciii.t i.il servit -s
il the annii il convention of die
, ('. Division ol the I nned
I laughters ol the I'onfedetacy
a 1 1 1 v ! I is in have been held ill
ilson, , ('., October !l I I, but
was postponed on account of pie
vailing conditions The I'. D. C 's
have endowed live wards com lin
ing a i lv.l.s each ,n a cm-.i oi $M
000. ui a base bospit il at Nciuliy,
l-'r.tnc., and each chapter coiurib
unng was niviied lo seiid a sketch
of some w oiiian w ho had lived
and served in the war between the
States I he bed endow ed by the
N. (I. Division was named hie Zeb
uloii Hand Vance and ihe Junius
Daniel C.h ipter of W'cliioii contrib
uted liberally to the fund, Mrs,
Davis having been a charter mem
ber of the Chapter it was consid
er.d right that ihis honor should
be paid her. The type written
sketches will be bound and sent to
the I Inspital in France and no
doubt the convalescing Anvricm
-Sdiers will enioy reading these
memoirs gathered from all over
the Southland.
MKS. IV A CVMl'M-U. DAVIS.
Mrs. Hva Campbell Davis was
born in I lalifax county, N. C.
about the year IMO. She was
married in I S5S to Dr.Thad. Davis,
also of Halifax county. Her fath
er, Mr. John K. Campbell lived
many years in Wcldon, N. C, but
Mrs. Davis' mother having died
when she was o,uite young she was
raised by her maternal grandmoth
er, who lived in the country near
Fntield Her father married lor
his second wile, M'ss Caroline
Gary and held the important posi
tion ol agent for the Wilmington
and Wcldon K. R. at Weldon and
was much honored and respected
by the entire community. During
the Civil war Dr. and Mrs. Davis
came to Weldon to live. I lere Dr.
Du is practiced medicine at the
tune when every one was pour
and they sultered all the reverses
which were general at the nine,
i'.o -n III and Mrs Davis nursed
I'd immstcrvd to sick and w.iuiid
e l i ..!.! derate soldiers in the hos
, p;i .is ii eldon and served the
tov. and eoiiiiiiunity without pay
n' in .si cases as long as he lived,
h ' " g in I 2. leaving a w id
ow and one lutle boy who died
so- ,r ala r his lather's death. When
tb Yankees came to Weldon in
iv.. ihey brought with them ihe
disease ol smallpox which soon
became epidemic among the ne
gri es who Hocked io the army
cups, and spread to the homes of
in.""' of the white people of the
, I v ii asiJ community. Dr. and
Us Davis nursed these too, and
'.vein an incalculable blessing to all
ai a nine when trained nurses were
' unknown and Red Cross organiza
tions were unheard of.
Her f uller and stepmother both
died in January lSli(i leaving a
; laiiuly ol four small children all of
! which she and her sister. Miss
Fuiily Campbell kept in the family
, home and raised to he influential
; citizens of the community. It is
1 h i. a io do justice to the many he
; rmc deeds of this hue woman a'
this stage ot her life, raised in af
fluence and accustomed to every
luxuiyol Ame Bcllum days.though
j now a widow, reduced to almost
. poverty, she cheerlully took up
the burden of her Father's family
; and labored with her hands that
they might be comfortably cared
for. Nor did her good deeds stop
here, all who were in need
found in her a true friend and help
er as lar as her means would allow
and more than once were whole
families sheltered for months bc
iic.uh her hospitable roof.
She was active in all good work
and loved her c. urch and the Sav
iour sdie worshipped there with a
never ending love. She was a
charter member of the Junius
Daniel Chapter U.D. C. in Weldun
and she and one other lady of Wel
don worked for and made the first
money ($75.00) ever raised for
the handsome Confederate monu
ment in Weldon and labored faith
fully for this cause until the whole
amount of cost of the monument
$ 1 900 was secured and the monu
ment erected. There were several
interesting things connected with
Mrs. Davis' life which are worthy
of mention, one of which is prom
inent. While living in the country
before the war one ot Dr. Davis'
slaves, a colored hoy win drove
for him ui) iiis journeys as a coun
trv Vtor, cmtr.k:.'d tyfi-i '
' and was ill niuo d.,'h i he
Do tor and Mts. Davis nursed
t-Mil and saved Ins IT;. On re .eh
u . iho" I he v eut norm, ui.l !
-e:i;..-d in l-i.isinn, where be Sos n
el io be a l lilor and in ihe course
lane bee line tint owner of a con
s ,ier -Nc g -nt's unusliing esiab
ii 'fine it am! a nu reliant i iiiiir,
u. I :.lvi acquired quite a nice for
tune In the day ot prosperity he
remembered his old mistress, came
souili to visit her and bought the
farm which formerly belonged to
lu r and on which he was born
and reared. This ii" oll'ered to
in ik' over to her if she cared to
rriuni thc-ie to hve This not be
ing practicable he nllei ed lo pay
her bo.u , any w h-i e she in.aht
pivtn io live I ,lls he did l i; li
hillv or v, . s. s .bug ihe i 's
sai y c'l . . ..' i i l 1 1 1 1 1 until he,
loo, Mill i .1 u'u-i sis an I VI as not
able Io do so l.veu then his gifts
of money and oiii -r things were
numerous and he made periodical
visits to his old home, never for
getting his beloved mistress. In
her later years Mrs. Davis was
tendeily care for by the children
whom she had raised and the
friends whom she had long loved
and served. She died at ihe home
of her half brother, Mr J K.
Campbell, in Rocky Mount io De
cember, 1017, her body was
brought to Weldon pl.,ced in me
I'pisc'i.pal church which she loved
so well and her luneial services
were held there the ntxi day. She
was then taken to Halifax and
buried near Quankey 's stream by
the side of her husband and child
who has rested there for many
years. In stating these mere facts
the half has not been told of this
good and useful woman's life. May
she rest in peace.
TO THE VOTERS OF HALIFAX
If I understand it right, there
are two amendments to the State
Constitution to be voted on at the
coming election to be held Nov.
5th, I0IS. It seems to nie that it
is very important that every voter
should cast his vole lor these
amendments. The first one is for
a six months public school to be
run in every county in North Car
olina, which will be of great bene
fit to the children ol the State.
The second one is for the poor fel
low, who is striving to buy a home.
It will enable him to borrow mon
ey at a cheap rate of interest. This
plan proposes lo have the law so,
where a man wishes to purchase a
home not exceeding $3,000 that
he can borrow money on say 5
years time at a rate of interest not
to exceed 5' j per cent, and said
notes are to be free from taxation,
so it wall induce the money lender
to lend money and to seek invest
ments of this kind, because he will
really gel more interest at 5'.. per
cent than he would at 6 per cent,
or 7 per cent., because his notes
are not taxed. If he loaned money
; at 7 per cent, and was taxed 2 per
cent, per year, you see would only
get 5 per cent., under this law he
gels .V.: per cent, clear.
The man who wishes to buy a
home can easily do so and get
a long time and cheaper interest,
so lets vole for this amendment
auu neip me man who wishes to
own his home.
It is also important that every
Democrat vote this year as the
Republicans in the west and all
over the State are curring them
selves to poll every vote they can.
There are to be elected this vear
one United States Senator, every
Congressman in the State, a num
ber of judges, solicitors and ihe
entire county tickets throughout
j the Slate.
; Ii behooves every Democrat to
: casi Iiis vote in behalf of Democ
I r -v-y, to show the world ihat we
are standing solidly with President
I 4 ilson in settling and bringing this
' world war to a successlul end so
j as to make the world safe and free
of Kaiserism forever. So I bee
one and all to be sure to vote if
you don't you may regret it when
loo laic.
.1. H. Nuum a n .
Havinc. smeared vandalism all
over the pages of recent history,
Germany must expect to meet re
. Itihnnvr iniic :1 little farther Oil.
Foch is fixing 'em, Pershing is
chasing 'em, Haig is handing it to
, 'em, and Byng is beating the Ger
! man Devil out of 'cm.
Nor only are the hoys over
there making a lot of history but
they are making considerable ge
ography as well.
A woman's idea of a spiteful
thing is another woman who has a
dress made just like hers.
There aren't enough adjectives
in the linglish language to enable
a girl properly to describe her first
beau.
Make the ballot back up the bul
let when you go to the polls.
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mg, also Automobile Ignition, Light
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a specialty. When you need First-
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Do You Think There is
No Competition?
If anyone thinksthcre is no competition arn .neit
the big packers he ought to go through a ua 's
work with Swift & Company.
Let him begin at the pens w..en ho live M.n '
comes in; let him try to buy a nice bunch oi fat
steers quietly and at his own price without some
body's bidding against him.
Let him realize the scrupulous care taU nat n
plant that not one thing is lost or w -i in o . .
that costs may be held to a minimum.
Let him go up into the office where mailt I
reports are coming in, and reports vi what oil., i
concerns are doing.
Let him watch the director of the Swift Refrig
erator fleet, maneuvering it over tha face of ihe
country like a fleet of battleships at sea.
Let him take a trip with a Swift & Company
salesman and try to sell a few orders of meat.
Let him stay at a branch house for an hour
or two and see the retail meat dealers drive their
bargains to the last penny as they shop around
among the packers' branch houses, the wholesale
dealers, and the local packing plants.
And then, when the day is over, let him have
half an hour in the accounting department, where
he can tc fur himself on what small profits the
business is done. (Less than 4 cents on each dollar
of sales.)
If ha still thinks there is no competition In the
meat business it will be because he wants to think so.
Swift & Company, U. & A.
U'rf.KS are now so short and
swift one is convinced there must
be considerable more than fifty-two
of them in a modern year.
Every day is "hero day" on ihe
fcattlcfroiic
Start tlieBayRicjht
mlh a Cup orlwo
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',? -"'.M -AND-EGGS and a cup
-;'. ;'f stunning, stimulating
T n: What belter start could
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f.-initary, air-tight tin locks
.ivor in! Buy a can of
Lc; ne today.
'' u don't agree it's the best
r- 1 1: . ' crago that ever passed your
' i . or grocer will give you back
j vi "cu paid for it, und ask no
quutij.is. So, then.
Battery charging
once call
& SONS
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As revised by Mr. Garfield you
can't fuel all the people all the
time.
If the Government taxed some
of the outgo it would certainly ob
tain more revenue ihan il does by
taxing tbe income.
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several patterns o5c Ihe ynid.
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WELDON, N. C.
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With every purchase of 50c. Palm
Olive Face Powder or Palm Olive Face
Cream 50c, we will give TWO 15c.
CAKES of Palm Olive Soap. FREE as
long as our stock lasts,
11 II Cohen
Weldon, North Carolina.
FOfl THOSE WHO
Home-Made Pies,
Hot Chocolate,
(Whitman's Make)
Tomato Boullion
Sandwiches,
6 0 VUlltJtJ,
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