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ESTABLISillii) IN IK66.
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 11)21.
Terms of SubscriDtion--$2 00 Per Annum
VOL. LVI
NO. 4
Children Cry for Fletr' r's
0 r i-r-i F K
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of
S-jff anl nas been made under his per-
CLyrjsjfcis ,onal supervision since its infancy.
novum Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
Never attempt to relieve your baby with a
remedy that you would use for yourself,
fc What is OASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Props and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age Is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising .
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food) giving healthy and natural sleep.
fht Children's Comfort --The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
'Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI CI NTA
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I AM offering my entire stock of Shoes,
Men's Suits, Overcoats, Hats, Ladies
Dresses and Coats at wholesale COST
to EVERYBODY. No goods chnrged at
cost to anybody. Come early and get
your pick of these bargains while they last
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Choice
Hams
There is nothing more
appetizing thanrja slice of
our choice ham. We have
anything you may want
iu the line of meats. All
Kinds of Canned Goods.
GOOD GROCERIES build up thesystem, stimulate the brain, and
increase your capacity to think. And right thinkingbrmgs besti re
rults. Our prices make you think. Call in to see us.
L. E. HULL,
Near Batcbelor'i Opera House,
WELDON, N.C
Dim Lumber & Millwork Co.
Weldon, N C.
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Building Material for Modern Homes, Sash, Doors
Slinds, Mantels, Dbor and Window Screens
MADE TO ORDER AND REGULAR STOCK 1ZKS
(load Material High tirade Workmanship Our Slofan
The Citizens Bank
IHAI.IFAX. N. C.
uj c iui. h. vnnl nf Halifax and surrounding country to pat
1 .1.1. u..l h. not hivf checking account? It is
necessary in these times. It saves you money, and yon have a re
ceipt aeainst payments to your creditors. Besides it gives you a
standing in your community. We have every facility known lor
Sound Banking, and Invite you to open an account with us.
Th smallest account receives as much attentionl as the largest
with us.
W Day 4 per cent. Compounded Quarterly on Savings.
ComVin nd talk it em with us. We need you, you need u.
NEW THEORY IN ASTRONOMY.
Possibility That! here is a Tail
Attached to Our Earth Leads to
Ingenious Suggestions.
Opposite to the sun there is a
very mysterious growing patch
which is thought to be attached to
the earth as a cometlike tail.
1 he highest regins of our atmos
phere consist of very light gases,
and the impression is that some of
these were driven away by the sun
or by other means, and that they
stream oft from the earth into space
just as the light guses do from the
head of a large comet.
Naturally, this theory has aroused
much connovcrsy, and has led to
all s ii'is of ingenious suggestions.
One of these is lhai a swarm of
meteors (of the kind we know as
shooiing surs) keeps us company
space at a distance of about a mil
lion miles, or four times the dis
tance of the moon. But a tailed
earth is an ideal vehicle for imagi
nary flights.
It might he argued that if our
globe has a tail why should not the
planets Mercury and Venus, and
even Mars, have one. Well, per
haps ihey have, for all we know
to the contrary. Our earth's tail
would be much more easily seen
by us because of its nearness and
brightness.
A Tonic
For Women
"I was hardly able to drag, 1
was so weakened," writes Mrs.
W. F. Ray, ol Eailey, S. C.
"Thedoctortreatedmelorabout
two mouths, still I didn't get
any better. I had i large fam
ily and felt I surely must do
something to enable me to take
care of my little ones. I had
heard of
CARDU
The Woman's Tonic
"I decided to try it," con
tlnues Mrs. Ray . . , "1 took
eight bottles in all ... 1 re
gained my strength and have
had no more trouble with wo
manly weakness. I have ten
Children and am able to do all
my housework and a lot out
doors ... I can sure recom
mend Cardui."
Take Cardui today. It nay
be just w hat yoQ need.
At all druggists.
NOTICE.
North Carolina.
Halifax County,
Having qualified as Administrator of
the estate of Virginia fiee Peters, de
ceased, late of Halifax county, thin is to
notify u II persons holding claims against
said estate to present theni to the un
dersigned or to luy attorneys at Little
ton, N. ' '., 01. or before the 14tli day of
May, tiki!', oi litis notice will i.e plead
in bar of their recovery. All pci&ons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
This the lHth dav of May, lHLM.
J. V. PETERS, Adiur,
PIPPEN & PH OT,
Attorneysat-I.aw,
Littleton, S. C. ,M-6t.
Nature's
Way
Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness and other
disorders of the nervous
system quickly relieved
by
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Which soothes and allays
the pain rest and sleep
follow in a natural
manner.
;Free from habit-forming
drugs.
Mrs. J. V. Thompson, Dallai,
Texas, found relief. She says:
"For thirtv vears I suffered T
' with sick and nervous head- f
' aches. Took several bottles of X
', Dr. Miles' Nervine and it has
' been four years since I had t
. headaches."
Monev back if first
; bottle fails to relieve or!
satisfy
; SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
ALL SERENE,
BY FRANK L. STANTON.
The country's going all serene from early morn till night
"Sweet fields arrayed in living green and rivers of delight"
The streams are singin' to the sea, and all the happy hills
Are ihrillin' glad as glad can be with songs of whippoorwills !
The blooms are bending with the bees, and all the birds above
Are sending messages to God sweet messages of love!
The stars in perfect skies of blue in fields of glory gleam,
And earth is like a world made new, and heaven not a dream!
O wondrous is the weather! the color's in the clod,
And the splendid honeysuckles just sweetens all the sod!
The world rolls nearer heaven, and life is perfect bliss,
And it's great to be a livin' in a lovely land like this!
GRANDFATHERS FOUR.
It is hard for me to look at your old-fashioned photographs
And realize you once had entity.
But preacher, sailor, gambler man and tailor,
I thank you for the dreams you lived and handed down to me.
For visions I have had of coral reef at sunset
And dark-eyed maids and everglades and ships that plowed the sea,
For an ear attuned to catch the wanderlust's deep voice a-calling,
I thank you, mister sailor,
For your coutesy and kindness,
I thank you for the dreams you lived and handed down to me.
For visions 1 have had of gambling hell a-gliiter,
Fortunes, lives and souls staked on a card or two or three,
Of duels fought at sunrise to keep a woman's honor clean,
1 thank you, mister gambler,
For your courtesy and kindness,
I thank you for the dreams you lived and handed down to me.
For visions 1 have had of a wife and home and babies,
And a life of simple service from strife and envy free,
With leisure spent in checker games or neighboring or reading,
1 thank you, mister tailor,
For your courtesy and kindness,
I thank you for the dreams you lived and handed down to me.
For visions I have had of Jerusalem the Golden,
Of a crowned throng that gather by the everlasting tree
To sing the song the morning stars first sang to their Creator,
1 thank you, mister preacher,
For your courtesy and kindness,
1 thank you for the dreams you lived and handed down to me.
WHY MRS. LOTJOOKED BACK.
Reasons Explained, but To-day It
is the Man Who Usually Does
the Turning.
I'he mystery of Lot's wife turned
around, womanlike, after being
warned specially not to, was ex
plained by Alexander Black, nov
elist, at a dinner of the Society of
Arts and Science, New York.
Mr. Black said Mrs. Lot merely
wanted to see if she was being fol
lowed by a man.
The subject of profound debate
was "Marriage Is a Success. Yes?
No?" It was discussed with lights
turned low under red shades.
Mr. Black said it is now the
man who does the turning around
and looing back, "usually slightly
down.
"Over their faces come curious
ly mingled expressions of bewil
derment and amazement.
"1 have seen them turned into
cynics or into poeis. I have seen
them turned from their direction
and struck by automobiles."
Periodic Bilious Attacks.
Persons subject to biliouB attacks!
regular intervals know about when to
expect an attack. They lind that they
have no desire for food when an attack
b due but usually eat because it is meal
time. Skip one meal aud take three of
Chamberlain's Tablets and you may be
able to avoid the attack. Persons suit
ed to periodic bilious attacks Blionid
not drink tea or coll'ee at any time. .
SAFER TO ELOPE.
He Will you marry me
ask your father's consent?
She--I'nt afraid not.
if I
The Facts About Rheumatism
More than niue out of ten cases of
rheumatism are either chronic or mua
cularrheuinatisni, neither of which re
quite any lutemal tit-atuitut. Ail that
is required is to massage the atlectea
parts freely with Chamberlain's Lini-
imeut You will be sui prised at me
rehefwhich it affords.
IMMUNE.
James May 1 kiss you?
Eileen They say kissing lends
to the propagation of microbes.
James Well, you kiss me, then.
I'm not afraid of them.
Treatment of Common Colds
if all who catch colds could be per
suaded to remain in bed tor the first 24
hours of sueli attack" says a well-known
physician, "there would be fewer cases
dragging on with distressing symptoms
for weeks and often ending in some
more set luus disease." To make Bure
of a more prompt recovery you also take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Wheth
er lick or well the bowels should mova
each day.
DIVORCING WIVES.
Berlin Ascribes the Ulvorce Epi
demic to the War Causes.
Germany, once a country of sol
id domesticity, has become a land
of divorce. Statistics now show
one divorce in every eight mar
riages, the great majority being
granted for breach of marriage
vows, the wife in most cases being
the guilty partner. Half of all sev
ered unions are childless. A judge
of the leading divorce court in
Berlin ascribed the divorce epidem
ic largely to war causes including
hasty war marriages and long sep
arations due to army life, the wife's
taste of independence and wartime
frivolity and immorality, while late
ly the shorter hours of labor have
enabled men to cultivate distrac
tions away from the domestic
hearth.
The judge excuses the German
woman in part for the predomi
nance of femule offenders in di
vorces granted for infidelity by the
tendency of German wives to over
look their spouses lapses from vir
tue and to sue only when compli
cated by desertion and non-sup
port, but he drafts a stern indict
ment of the "shockine lack of
moral restraint and trend towards
pleasure and luxury" shown by
many women.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
HIS METHOD.
Two nego men were discussing
the eloquence of a certain member
of the faculte of an educational in
stitution for negroes in a Southern
state.
"That Professor Biggs sure deos
like to use high soundin' words,
don't he?" asked one of them.
"Maybe dat's jest an affection on
his part," said the other darkey.
"Some folks do like to put on airs
in talkin'."
"No, 1 don't figure it out dat
way," said the other. "1 kinder
thinks he uses them big words be
cause he's afraid dat if people
knew what he was talkin' about
they'd know he didn't know whai
he was talkin' about."
TURN OVER. POP.
I dread the time when we
men will all be wearing paper
suits.
What's your objection? They'll
be cheap.
I know, but my wife will make
me wear the comic sheets to amuse
the kids.
Our Advice Won't Cost
You a Nickel
Wf AKE the old buildings just as comfortable as the
new ones, and just as good looking, by putting on
handsome, fire-safe, weatherproof, and long-lasting
BIRD'S ROOFS
Whether it is a dwelling, barn, garage or factory that you want to
re-roof let us show you how little it will cost to use the right Bird's
Roof.
Every dollar you invest in Bird's Roofs will surely return one hundred
cents in satisfaction as honest value is built into every square foot
of Bird's Roofs.
Whether you need Bird's Patoid, Bird's Art-Craft, Bird's Plain
Slate Surfaced, Bird's Granitized Routings, or Eiird' Twin Shingles
our advice as to the correct roof to select for your building won't
cost you a nickel. We know from .Njvueito- th.tt Bird's Roof
make good, and that is the reason we sell litem.
B1KD &. SON. inc. (EttciMtshci
A'ai.i.ile, Mai.
OUR SLOGAN
Good Material and High Grade Workmanship.
Sash, Doors, Mantels, Porch Columns, Mouldings and
Dressed Lumber.
Di LUMBER & liLM QQMFANY
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Phone 235
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WELDON, N. C.
RECEIVER'S SALE,
I'n.la, 4lia nnuAi (nnftrrpil Iw nnlr
of the Superior Court of Halifax county
in ao action merein pcmuuK in nuicu
creditor are plaiutitfn, anil the Paragon
Crnnnrv PnmtiAnv IH llett'tlilatlt. tile UII-
(lereined Iteceiver will, on
Wednesday. June 15th, 1921.
at 12 o'clock M, in front of the. store
building of the Paraxon tirocery Com
pany, Weldon, N.C, offer for sale to
the highest bidder or bidders fur cash,
subject to the continuation of the court
the following described property of the
l'aragon-iirocery Company, to-wit:
All the stock in trade consisting of
heavy and fancy groceries, store furni
tuie and fixtures, consisting in part of
one Refrigerating plant, Meat ( hopper,
Safe. Scales. Show I'aseB, Adding Ma
chine, Two Delivery Trucks, acoounts,
bills and notes receivable; also any and
all lease rights which the said Paragon
Grocery Company ruav have to the store
building now occupied by it.
Complete inventory will be taken of
all stock, lixtures, accounts, bills and
notes receivable and announced at the
sale. Inspection of the properties so
licited any time before sale aud any in
formation will be furnished upon le
quesl. The stock, includiug aecouuts, bills
and notes receivable and all lease rights
Hill be sold together; the furniture, lix
tures and all lease rights sold together;
the trucks will he sold sepaialely, then,
Stock, accounts, hills and uotes and
all lease rights will be all sold together
the largest single or aggregate hid re
ceived during the entire sale covering
stock, accounts, bills and noteB receiv
able, furniture, fixtures and lease rights
to control. The purchaser or purchasers
will be required to deposit with the
Receiver 20 per cent, of the successful
bid or bids at the close of the sale aud
pending confirmation thereof
H V. BOLNDS, KKCE1VKK,
PARAltON t.HOCKKY COMPANY.
May tilth, Itttl. wlk
RELIABLE RADIATOR WORKS,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
WE repair and make new radia
tors for all Lars, trucks and
tractors. Reasonable charges and
prompt service. Special attention
paid express shipments. "We do
it right the first time."
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THE BEST FRIEND
YOU will ever have is your hank book. In case of trouble
or sickness lie is a good Fellow to have around. When
ati opportunity comes lor investment where you can better
yourself and yi u need some money quickly, HE won't turn
YOU down if YOU have cnlnvated him properly. Why not
start that account today and be prepared to laugh at adversity?
TT72.L AJi,
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Keep Well I
When you feel nervous, 'tired, irritable;
when you're ill with any disease caused by
disordered nerves, don't give up until you try
Dr.Miles'Neiiyine