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WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, SKl'TKM IJKli 21, 1J)22.
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NEWS
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J.The equinoctial siorms are due
oday.
The big lions and elephants are
Htthe way,
Nimble fingers are now pulling
3ut the fleecy staple,
..The circus is coming and the
-hildren are happy.
Miss Louise Pierce left last week
i-jf Richmond College.
Several bales of new cotton were
brought to town Saturday.
The school children have gotten
down to hard work again.
Mrs. Boyd Russell, of Norfolk,
Viliied relatives here last week.
Iiow they are talking about boot
ies coal. But they say n is too
high.
Miss Page Moiehead has re
turned to Chowan College, Mur
freesboro.
Miss Margaret Pierce left Wed
nesday for Woman's College
Lynchburg
Kev. L. D. Haytnan is assisting
in a revival meeting in Bertie coun
ty, this week.
."!! your coal is scarce, think of
the price of it, and that will gel
you all net up.
;Mr. J. A. Johnston who has
been visiting relatives at l:lkin, has
returned home.
"i Mr. S. B. Allen, of Greensboro,
It visiting- his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Allen.
') Brother J. C. Hardy, of the
Norluia Headlight, made this office
a visit last Saturday.
Mr. Dallas ollicofler who re
Sides in Old Mexico, visited rela
tives here this week.
; it is said tnat neither side won
the coal strike. But the public had
to pay it just ihe same.
' Mrs. L. P. Daniel is now living
at the residence where Mr. W. H
Anthony formerly lived.
1 Miss Ethel Crew, of Pleasant
Hill, returned to N. C. C. W., at
Greensboro, last Sunday.
Mr. W. H. Anthony is now oc
. cupying the residence formerly oc -
cupied by Mra. 44a tt'iliuas.
CampbellBaileyHutchinson . . .
Mr. l.ouis Hudson, of Selma,
! Ala., is here on a visit tohismoth
In Brief j er, Mrs. li. L. Hudson.
Miss liunice Clark has secured
a position in the jonn .iarsnatt
HiKh School, Richmond, Va.
Miss Lucy Palmer Scoggins, of
Warrenton, spent the week end
with Miss Annie ttowe House.
Mr. '.. B. Valentine, of Rich
mond, spent the week end with
friends and relatives in Weldon.
Roanoke Agricultural l:air, Lit
tleton, N. C, October 24, 25, 26,
27, 28. l-'ive days and live nights.
Next Tuesday is the day when
the old folks will bring the little
children to town to see the animals.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Poole, of
Warrenton, spent the week ci.d
with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walton.
About the only thing thai can be
said for a cigarette is tli.it a man
can't whistle with one in his mouth.
Mrs. Ida Wilkins and Miss Laura
Powers have moved into their
beautiful residence on Sycamore
street.
Mrs. C. II. l.fgKeti, of Hob
good, has returned to her home
after visiting Miss Lsiher Alls
brook. Some people who insist on giv-
inp i he devi Ins Joe are not so
punctual about conn ilmiiug to the
church.
The girls who are having their
hair bobbed ought to gel some
budy to tell them what happened
to Samson.
Belore retiring put a little grease
up your nostrils and you will never
have a head cold. Germs cannot
live in grease.
Allen Pierce, Charles Vincent,
Grainger Pierce, John Wyche and
Jack Anderson, left for Trinity
College, Monday.
It was bad enough for the boll
weevil to destroy the cotton crop,
but think what will happen if
tackles the peanut crop.
The scuppernong, James and
Mish grapes are with us in full
force. No other grapes in the
word can begin to be compared to
them.
Five of the biggest days and
nights ever crowded into a single
week Littleton Agricultural Fair
, October 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. The
T. U AlowiAo on the midway.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Story and
little daughter, of Woodland, who
! have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
T. 0. Vaughun, have returned
home.
We return thanks to our friend
Mr. C. N. Hamill for some deli
cious scuppernong grapes. They
were the largest and sweetest we
have seen this season.
We welcome to town as perma
nent citizens the family of our
much esteemed friend, Mr. W. R.
Swingle the polite and accommoda
ting ticket agent at the Union sta
tion,
Bishop Collins Denny, of Rich
mond, speni several iiours last
Saturday with Rev. L. D. Hay
man. He was en route to Green
ville where he preached last Sun
day. The members of the B. Y. P. U.
of the Baptist church had charge
of the evening service last Sunday
and rendered a splendid program
which was enjoyed by a large con
gregation. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Willis, of
Chase City, Va., spent Sunday
with Mrs. Willis' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. N. Hamill. They were
accompanied home by Miss Cath
erine Hamill.
hi" eongi editions ul ihe M I:.
clnireh on last Sunday enioyed
two beautiful solos. Mrs A. C.
Sledge sang at the morning ser
vice and Mrs. Alice B Hudson at
night. Both solos wne much en
joyed. Mrs. L. D. Poe has returned
from Richmond where she has
been for five weeks with Master
William Poe at Tucker Sanitoriuin.
Master William is on the road to
reenverv from a severe case of
diphtheritic paralysis following a
case of diphtheria soon after mov
ing to Weldon in the early sum
mer.
FALL OPENING.
Full Opening on Friday and Sat
urday, Septemker 22nd and 23rd,
showing the new creations in mil
linery. The newest modes for all
occasions. Be our guests at this
presentation.
Miss ANNit: Medlin,
Roanoke Ave., .Rosemary, N. C.
AND WILD WEST
Will give
I wo
Performances in
2:00 And 8:00
350 Kmployees. 100 Circus and Wild West Performers 100
Beautiful Horses. $50,000 Menagerie. Trained :lepliuns, l.iun,
Tigers, Monkeys and Bears. High School Horses and Most beauti
ful Honies in the World.
3
Brass Bands and
100 Cireus and Wild West Performers.
Clowns. Uucking Horses and Broncho Busters.
Big; Street Parade
This is the Largest and Most Complete Circus and Wild West
Show Combined Traveling and th- Only liig Show Coming t" Wel
don this Soason. Traveling on their own Solid Special Train of
Double Length Railroad Cars. Remember the day and Date, Wed
nesday. September 27.
FALL AND WINTER OrhlNliN'-i.
Mrs. P. A. Lewis desires to an
nounce to her friends and the pub
lic generally that her Fall and Win
ter opening will take place on
Thursday, September 21st, Friday
22nd and Saturday 23rd, at which
time she will display a complete
line of all the new style hats of the
season. The latest and newest
in materials and colorings. Hun
dreds of beautiful hats. Clever
new felt hats. Lyons velvet and
combinations of all that's new.
Dress hats, street hats, sport hais,
tailored hats. Fall millinery has
many alluring touches and black
is destined to be more in vogue
than has been the case in several
vears. She especially mentions
her charming display of black dress ,
hats, in
combinations of Velvet
Morie and Grosgrain Ribbon, in
toque shapes that are smart or
wide brimmed picturesque models.
Sport hats of felt in black and the
season's favored colors form one
of the most interesting units of ihe
display.
CAME NEAR BEINU SERIOUS.
Little Mary Wyche, daughter I
Mr. J. 1. Wyche, met with quite a
painful accident last Saturday even
ing. While riding on her bicycle
behind a large motor truck, the
truck turned into a side street, and
not seeing an approaching machine
she ran into it. She was knocked
down and received a wound on ihe
back of her head, which rendered
her unconscious lor several hours
Dr. Suiter rendered medical aid
and she is now on ihe toad to le
covery.
A SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL.
Rev. L D. Hayuian and Dr. D.
B. Zollicotter who have been con
ducting a revival meeting at Gar
ner's school, report a very success
ful meeting. There were tint teen
conversions, seven of which con
nected themselves with the M. E.
church at Smith's, and six joined
the Baptist church here.
WILL HOLD A MISSION.
The Rev. Bertram L. Brown,
of Tarboro, will hold a mission in
the Episcopal church from October
9th to October 15ih. Come anu
bring your friends.
Children Ury
FOR FUlCHtrtS
PASTORA
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fa Oaliiipi; 3
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COMINOI COLE UROS. WORLD
TOURED SHOWS.
The big show is coming, boys.
The smell of I he sawdust is in the
air. Hear the call of the bugle
and the crack of the ring master's
whip. Cole Bros.' World-Toured
Shows and Trained Wild Animal
Exhibition at Weldon on Tuesday,
September 26, for two perform
ances, afternoon and night, rain or
shine. This is the show that you
have been wailing for, the Cole
Bros.' famous show that stands
without a rival. Everybody knows
them, for they never advertise
what they do not give, hence the
big top is always jammed with a
happy eager crowd. Originality
and progressiveness have been ihe
watchwords ot these kings or the
arena. They have invested hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, have
given years of careful systematic
preparation to perfect their won
derful organization, and a glorious
reward is the culmination of their
efforts.
Among the features are: Berne
Bios , the strongest men on earth;
"Cheerful" Gardner and his per
forming elephants; Prof. John Du
cander, with his great troupe of
White Arabian horses; The Whit-
ties, the Hying Human Butter
flies; Her Fritz George and his
$50,000 group of performing black
mailed African bred lions; Prof. F.
J. Rogers, with his troupe of edu
cated dogs and Shetland ponies.
which are the delight of the chil
dren and interesting to the grown
ups. HAS CURE FOR i UBERCULOSIS
Dr. Alfredo Goiiinez, a well
known pharmacist of Porto Rico,
who has compounded what he
claims is a cure lor tuberculosis,
which he has used successfully lor
seven years. He is in Washing
ton, D. C, at present to secure
patents for this medicine which is
an emulsion, before placing it be
fore the world.
Iheldeal Purgative.
Ah a uumutive. Cliainheilain ' Tab-
IHh arc the ertot tlmiK required.
strong enough for the most mount,
mild enough for chililicu They cause
au agreeable movemeut of the bowels
KitliQut any of that tetnble griping.
Tlit-y are easy and pleasant tu take and
agreeable ui tJecl.
OLD WELDON.
Things That happened 33
Years Ago in Town
and Vicinity.
September 19, 1889 Mr. S.
L Hart, Jr , of Rocky Mount, h .is
accepted the position of chief mar
shal at our next lair, and will make
a most excellent one.
la-it
"Children's Day" was celebra
ted Tuesday at Shiloh M. E.
church in ihe upper portion of
Northampton county. The Sun
day Schools at Shiloh, Garvsburg,
Pleasant Grove and Oak Grove
participated The programme
consisted of Hcuulions and music
and an address by Dr. A. B. Pierce
ol this place. Ur Pierce's address
was received with pleasure, the
audience listening Willi close alien
lion. Married, ai the residence ol Mrs.
Kale Allen, in this place, on Thurs
day last, by the Rev. W. B. Mor
ton, James Farmer and Miss Min
nie Pattus, both ol Peiersburg,
Virginia.
At Palmyra, on Thursday, the
12th inst., Miss Lena W. Hyinan,
daughter of A. P. Hyinan, was
united in marriage to Mr. 0. H.
Perry, of Norfolk, Va., Rev. W.
J. Smith, of Scotland Neck, offi
ciated. Mr. John D. Whitehead, form
erly of Halifax, was a short time
ago appointed postmaster at Til
ler y and took charge last week.
Mrs. Oyler, sister of Mrs. Jonas
Cohen and Mrs. Woolen, of En
field, died at the residence ol the
latter Monday night last, aged
about tit) years.
Miss May Morris McMahon,
daughter of M. McMahon, of Hal
ilax, left Thursday to attend school
at Columbia, S. C.
Miss Nannie Long, who has
been visiting relatives in Jackson,
has returned home.
Mrs. W. E. Daniel, who has
been visiiing her father, Captain
Snead, of Fluvanna county, Va.,
returned home last Friday.
Misses Annie Robinson and Mer
tie and Ida V. Clark, of Brunswick
county, Va., who have been visit
ing the family. of Mr. E. Clark, re
turned home Monday.
Mr. H. M. Robinson, road mas
ter on the Coast Line from this
place to Richmond will, we are
glad to say, move his family here
and become a citizen of Weldon.
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Capt. George Smith, engineer
on the Scotland Neck road, is off
for a ten days' vacation.
The Black well Baptist church at
Durham has extended a call to the
Rev. W. B. Morion.
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Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, of
Henderson, was in town last Fri
day. a
The Rev. Dr. R. 0. Burton, of
this county, has been spending
some time in Lynchburg, Va.
URAND OLD CIRCUS DAY.
Fresh from winter qoarters,
bright and glittering with gold leaf
and vari-hued paints and teeming
with hundreds ot new and novel
features is the Campbell-Bailey-Hutchinson
Combined Circus and
Wild West, perhaps not the largest
but one of the best in the whole
world.
Neither money nor trouble has
been spared to make the perform
ance the best ever presented under"
circus canvas. The regular cir
cus program is opeueu who a
beautiful patriotic ensembla, which
serves to introduce the entire per
sonnel from the big dressing rooms.
Then, w ith blood stirring music
from the large concert band, the
acts folio each other in bewilder
ing rapidity. Prominent among
the displays are me c riiiion troupe
in a series of new and daring feats
in the air on the ground, the Dav
enport Family of Riders, the Azuki
Japs, Herd of performing Ele
phants, Kocnena, me man waiiss
on his head, and a score of other
acts. The clowns number 25 and
and include some of the funniest
jesters known. Almost three
hours of solid enjoyment is given
those who attend, and this is aug
mented by a thrilling Wild West
exhibition entitled "The Passing
nf the west.
The Campbell-Bailey-Hutchin
son circus will give two complete
performances at Weldon Wednes
day. September 27. There will
be the usual free street parade at
noonday. Performances start at
2 and 8 p. m. Doors open one
hour earlier.
THH SCUPPLKNONG.
No'lhree Syllables in the Lmi
guuge More Chareed with he
light to the Dweller in I a-tcn
or Central North Carolina than
fie ord w ith ihe Jofu I ill
Scuppernong
Louis lit aves ruing to the New s
and Observer, has ihe !ollinv;nf. id
say ol the delicious scuppernong:
"Scuppernong The very name
has a joyful lih to it--a merry note
that matches well the thrill impar
ted to the palate by this trim be
yond compare. Are there any
three syllables in the language
more charged w nil delight lo ilie
dweller in eastern or ccntial North
Carolina V
II ihe port ul llie Satiinc lal'lll
could be so inspired by the pro
duct of Falennan vine lhai he could
make mankind water at t tic mouth
through eighteen centuries, what
poignant longings might he not
have stirred had he known ihe
scuppernong ol ihe Carolina coast
al plain' It is perhaps well that
Oumiiis lloraiius I'laccus never
knew the taste. I lis verses then
would have been too hard to bear.
As it is, I can think ot no poem
that reflects so taitlilully the state
ot mind induced by proximity to
the scuppernong. as ihe immortal
lines that De Uolt Hopper was
sinainiz in a musical comedy on
Broadway a few years ago:
Oh, oy! Oh, bliss! Uh, rapture!
Let happiness now nap!
1 am a sea of gurgling glee,
With ecstacy on tap!"
There has been much discussion
of the origin ot ilns grape. Claims
have been made ihat the first vine
was on Roanoke Island. The best
evidence, however, points to Tyrell
county as the place where it was
lirst known. M. Reimer is con
vinced that the celebrated Roanoke
lslaud'vinc grew from a plant trans
ported there from the mainland.
Once the grape was called the
Hickman because a man of this
name brought a plant from Tyrrell
county to the neighborhood of
! New Bern.
The name comes from the Scup
pernong river in eastern North
Carolina. James Blount who lived
beside the river wrote in 181 1 a
census report part ot which was
devoted to the fruit, and Dr. Calvin
Jones, an editor of The Star, a
Raleigh newspaper of that era, is
credited with fixing the name.
The word scuppernong is a cor
ruption of the Indian wordascupo
nung, meaning the place where
the ascupo (sweet boy) tree grows.
An illustration accompanying
Mr. Rentier's article shows an old
scuppernong trunk seven leet and
six inches in diameter.
Before Mr. Blount's report was
made, Governor Smith in a letter
to The Siar had told of the splen
did flavor of the grape and of just
what process the inhabitants of the
eastern part ot the State employed
in making scuppernong wine. To
day the directions lor wine-making
given by Governor Smith make
one think of catching a bird by
putting salt on its tail; fi.r, he says,
"to every three quarts of grape
juice add one quart of brandy."
OFFICE ABOLISHED.
The U. S. Transfer office at this
place, which was established about
thirty-live years ago, has been
abolished and the Transfer Clerk,
Mr. E. L. Williams, has been trans
ferred to the Washington and
Charleston run.
Mr. E. C. Cohen was the ''rst
Transfer Clerk. He was succeeded
by John Howard, who was Trans
fer Clerk four years. He was
succeeded by J. W. Sledge, who
was Transfer Clerk twenty-seven
years, having been retired August
20th, 1920.
This looks like a step backward
to us. This has always been a
very important transter point and
how the railroad people can suc
cessfully transfer the mails ai this
place is really more than we can
tell. In addition to the regular
mail transferred, there is a great
quantity of registered matter trans
ferred. If the railroad people signed
a contract to do this work, surely
they did not know what they were
doing.
There will be a monkey and a
parrott time at the station about
Chrismm time.
A CARD.
We wish io express our appre
ciation and thanks for the many
kind deeds and acts of sympathy
shown us during our bereavement.
T. M. and Esther Allsbrook.
DIPHTHERIA.
Prevalent in Mxliliix and Several
Other Counties in North Caro
lina. Diphtheria n very pievjlem in
Halifax Ciiiiiiiv and in several oth
er counties in North ( .'arolina. It
is a di-e,ise caused by a germ call
ed the Diphtheria Bacillus These
germs are most commonly found
in the throats and around ihe ton
sils and in the nose ol individuals
who have been in c inia. i with a
case of diploid.' i ia or with a diph
theria carrier I he disc i-.e may
begin a . an "uiduun oir throat"
and be so unlit ih.it scitelv anv
membrane ill he loruied and ihe
case overlook, d until some oihrr
child develop- i c.i-.e tr t Un
the oilier hand, an exien ,ive mem
brane may he Mimed e.ul u.lich
may cover the eiiiue 1 1 1 1 I and
pari ol the root ol the nioiuli.
When diphtheria attacks ihe larynx
it is sometimes called munbrane
ous croup.
Diphtheria can lets aie people
who harbor genus in their throats
or nasal cavities. I hey may be
come carriers by contact with a
case of diphtheria or antther car-
tner. A large per ceutage of peo
ple, especially older children and
adults, are naturally immured to
diphtheria and carry the germs
around and not be sick themselves.
When this occurs they are known
as carriers.
The secretions from the nose
and throat of diphtheria carriers
are otteu rich in the germs. In
coughing and sneezing fine parti
cles of spray are sent out by one
person and inhaled by another.
People pick their noses and put
iheir fingers on various articles
which children carry to their
mouths. By handshaking, hand
ling the same things, etc., the
germs get from one to another.
Chewing the same gum,, biting the
same apple, blowing the nose on
the same handkerchief, kissing, the
common dipper and drinking glass
all play their part in the spread of
the disease.
In an epidemic such as we are
now experiencing, every precau
tion should be taken to prevent
the secretions of the nose and
throat coming in contact with an
other person Every sore throat
should be regarded with grave
suspicions until found not to be
diphtheria. The doctor should be
called eariy, and'Anii-toxin insist
ed on if in case of doubt. Strict
isolation should be practiced in the
home where there is a case to pre
vent other members of the family
from becoming carriers. All known
carriers must be isolated and treat
ed, and treated until the germs are
gone. P. C. Caktek,
Health Officer.
No Substitute Offered.
Say what you will about Urugirints of
fering something "jut as good" be
cause it pays a better profit, tue fact
still stands that uiuety-nine out uf a
liuudied Uiwxists recommend Cham
berlain's Colic an J Diarrhoea Rem
edy, when the best remedy lor diar
rhoea is asked fur and do so be
cause they know from what their cus
tomers say ol it, that it can be depeod-
I upon.
CALOMEL MAY
TURN ON YOU
NEXT TIME
Next Dose You Take May
Start World of
Trouble
Calomel is mercury; quicksilver.
It crashes into sour bile like dyna
miie, cramping and sickening you.
Calomel attacks the bones and
should never be put into your sys
tem. If you feel bilious, headachy.con
stipated and all knocked oui, just
go to your druggist and get t bot
tle of Dodson's Liver Tone for a
few cents which is a harmless veg
etable substitute for dangerous cal
omel. Take a spoonful and if it
doesn'i start your liver and stngh
ten you up better and quicker than
nasiy calamel and without making
you sick, you just go back and get
your money.
Don't take calomel! It makes
you sick the next day; it loses you
a day's work. Dodson's Liver
Tone straightens you right up and
you feel great. No salts necessa
ry. Uive it to tne cnuaren because
it is perfectly harmless and cannot
salivate.
COR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH.
I One 8 cylinder 5 passenger
Oldsmobile. In perfect order.
Apply at
This Office.
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