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TV": . . ' Id Sacred Memory. Vera Young Thomas, wife of Mr F B Thomas, aad only child of Mr and Mrs S W Young, was born in this county January 4, 1891, and after an illness of only a few days of blood poison, her young life was wafted into eternity on the morniug of July 28, 1908. A r, >Ua /J.trt n.imo 3*1 ll?ir llfp WPfll AO tiiC UAV uuUiv IU MV? < >v out? like a burning taper or a lighted lamp iu a gust of wiud?a alight flicker and the light was gone, leaving her husband, little babe, father and mother to mourn their loss. She had been married little more than a year; iu fact, her whole life measured only about seventeen and a half years. But dnring this 3hort term she was the light of mama and papa's home?all their hopes were centered in her; all their ambitious pointed towards her aud all their love went to her, like Dianna's kiss, ''unasked, unsought." She was also the queen of her husband's little home? and in dying cast a gloom over both, virtually breaking the hearts iu the two homes. Her faults the writer never knew. These are two reosons why. . First, maybe because they were so few; second, because love is blind. As to her virtues, I shall not extol them on account of the ties of blood, but the many loving hands and hearts that lent tender aid in her illness speak for themselves. She h&3 written her own epitaph on the hearts of the people with whom she was associated, especially in the affections of the poor and illiterate. Many a tear moistened the sunbrowned cheeks of the laborers as the doctors would shake their heads from time to time when questioned as to her condition. After the days of weary, auxious watching the fever, like a consuming fire, burned her precious (to us) lite up. After she had been laid tenderly in the casket, then placed in the Bilent grave, and the ever sad ceremony of "from dust thou art to dust retumeth" was completed, let us follow the mourners back to their homes. w In our mind'8 eye let us follow the parents, especially the mother, fVl?k TT* f nr Vl <1 Q L>V L*r WIIVSC UC'VUVU IUI niiKl uuu uvvi seen equaled. As she goes back home to take up the thread of her life again, when she nears the yard the shrubbery, the flowers, the vines that climb their trellis and a hundSred other things silently tell her that they were planted by the hand that is forever stilled. On entering the bouse she sees many, many things that remind her of her darling child; possibly I there still remain some of her toys or dolls that carry the mother back in fancy to the sweet days of childhood; for it seems only yesterday since little Vera sat on my knee, played in the orchard?and made play nouses ana rrog nouses iu me iaue. But, alas! the revereie is abruptly broken and she remembers the owner of the toys and the joy of her life has passed out of it forever! It pierces her very soul; it eats her heart like a canker; there is an "aching void" by day and by night; there is just a something we can't explain that "bids us mourn.'' It is too true that the sadne38 of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain. As her mind covers the lituation flitting here and there vainly trying to light on some sweet hope, Vva if nvnc OA fAflnfn fhftf W1 11 hrincr W 41# V V VA BW ftVA tvi M) VMWV ?l her child back, she realizes her utter inability and just here she takes hold of God and is filled with the i hope that by a life of goodness one day He will take her to her child. This is the conclusion that bereaved parents reach that prompts such a remark as this: "I feel more like living right now than ever before, because my child is there and I want to go to be with her. Who can say but that Vera is in heaven as I write, with little St.Olair Bernice and Edward (her little cousins) playing around her (for she was fond of children) looking down from their celestial heights, reaching out their hands beckoning for mama and papa! Or, who can tell if her pure spirit may not descend to earth in V* rf . Sr' r" " .. ... the still and quiet night and watch by the cradle of her own little one and snnle benedictions on the homes that her death has wrecked. In behalf of the bereaved I wish to thank every one, great or small who ministered to her. It is a solace to some extent when we remember the many kindnesses and attentions shown her. Her Uncle. The successful advertiser must understand human nature, but his moRt direct appeal usually Is to Woman Nature. The ladies are the bargain huntI erR. Very likely some of them right now are reading this and will turn to look for bargains advertised in this paper. They get on the trail of a bargain and follow it right into camp?if they once find the trail. Your store is the camp. This paper is the trail. Why not connect the camp with the trail? To Our Good Friend The Farmer: Before sending your money away Mail Orders suppose you just pert the ADVERTISING COLUMNS oi this paper for bargains. Of course if you don't see ADVERTISED here what you want you are quite likely to yield to the temptation to buy through a catalogue. Some of our local Merchants have discovered that the best way to combat Mall Order competition is to use the chief ammunition of the Mail Order people?ADVERTISING. No doubt you compare uuies us l-vl w rr-u uvuc Advertisers and Foreign Advertisers? the outsiders?and prefer to trade at home if you see what you want. Are Yob Living In the Cobweb Kingdom? There are cobwebs on tKo windows, Thoro aro cobwebs on tho doer, There ere oobwobs swinging, swaying From tho raft or* to tho floor. Now tho ploco ia Cobweb Kingdom, Though it uood to bo a otoro. If tho Cobwob Kingdom's rulor Woro a man diooroat and wloo Ho would havo no oobwoba swaying, Swinging round and catching flioo; Ho would crowd hit otoro with buyoro? Ho would oimply AOVERTI8EI Acrobatic Baby. Three-year-old May had a penchant for cutting everything in eight when she could get a pair of sasson. One day, being left alone with her curly headed baby brother, she promptly cut every curl from the back of his head. When the nurse discovered the damage she said: "Oh, May! How dare you cut baby's curls off?" "He cut them hisself." "How did he reach the back of his head?" "He stooded on the stool." ? Philadelphia Ledger. 1 Doctors I Declare Dust i Disseminates Disease. Dost on store shelve# and stock indicates disease. It Indicates a sluggish condition of the business blood. Dust accumulates where trade decays. Dustin# the shelves with a duster is like taking drugs-a dose now and then tvlleves, but it doesn't cure. 1 Build the blood of your business and make the microbes migrate. PRESCRIPTION: Newspaper Advertising is the name of the beet spring iodic, summer luuii, fall tonic and winter tonic for that tired feeling of trade depression. [ Take regularly. | .?_____ p Loyal a. > Subtle In its essence ti 'ollowing stcry, found in the Rev. >r. Newman Hall's autobiography, 1 calls an instance of flattery in a maid of hon- j or in France, who, being asked by , the queen what o'clock it was, an- \ swered, "What your majesty j pleases." 1 The royal librarian, Woodward, J "*'indsor castle was showing the, ;ss royal the lar~e collection Jniatures. As Cromwell turned ' j up she cried out: "Oh, Mr. Woodward, you cannot like that man!" He replied, "Your royal highness must know that my admiration and : loyalty to your royal highness' mother are such that I cannot but: reverence the memory of the man to whose struggle for liberty we owe the unspeakable blessedness of possessing such a monarch on a; constitutional throne." ! A Healthy Family. "Oar whole family has enjoyed good health since we began using Dr I King's New Life Pills, three years ago," says L A Bartlet, of Rural Route 1, Guilford, Maine. They cleanse and tone the system in a 1 gentle way that does you good 25c. < at D C Scotts's drug store. IliK (oast)ii 11 a, i flflorpl j -< nervvee NORTHS Florida A passenger service and comfort,equipped v Dining, Sleeping and 1 For rates, schedule, tion, write to WM. J. OctM STOLL BR WE STOC BUY BON AND ftND | SELL LAN It will pay you to always any business of this kind. I?- OFFICE OVER BANK < Had a Close Call. Mrs Ada L Crooni, the widely known proprietor of the Crooni Hotel, Vaughn, Miss., eay6: "For several months I suffered with a severe cough, and consumption seemed to have its grip on me, when < a friend recommended Dr King's New Discovery. I began taking it, and three bottle3 effected a complete cure." The fame of this life saving cough and cold remedy, and lung and throat healer is world wide. Sold at D C Soott's drugstore. 50c. and $1.00, Trial bottle free. Thd Human Finger Bowl. "I'm fond of the table d'hotes," said the table d'hote fiend,"but they are ruining the manners of the peo pie. The other night I saw the prettiest girl at a table across from me, so pretty I could hardly keep my eyes off her. She wa6 dressed in white, with a big white hat covered with a white veil, and bad lovely blue eyes, and when she had finished eating her pear 6he licked every finger she had on both hands/'?New j York Press. ? Saved His Boy's Life "My three year old bo was badly constipated, had a hig fever and was iu an awful cond; ma ^ ""tvr him two doses of "Siey & ^iino Laxative and the next morniug the fever was gone ana he was entirely well. Foley's Orino Laxative saved bis life" A Wolkush, Casimer, Wis. W L Wallace. The Last Straw. She was one of those women who always present a woefully untidy appearance during the early part of the day. In vain had her husband remonstrated with her on the un>ilnn?;p and unkemDt hair. It was not until aid came from an unexpected quarter that victory was his. They had removed to a new house on the previous day, and when she answered the summons of the front door bell a humble looking woman awaited her. "Oh, I see it's too late!" sighed the woman. "I called to see if the missis wanted a charwoman, but I see she's suited."?London Mail. Bargains In Heathen Deities. There is an old curiosity rhop i: London which makes a specialty o; heathen deities. All kind* of images, sinaH and large, hand-ome. hideous and grotesque, are on view You can choose an antiopje Aztec god from Mexico, carved in heav\ stone and hideous enough to s-.-a?< a burglar; you can purchase a mar ble deity from Mandalay, a wonJe: atrocity from the Ju Ju land of west Africa or a gilt joss from tinChinese temple. Repair your window blinds for five cents at Farmers' Supply Do's. nc^stlintl JGHFAREoFJ^IVEL 2n ffce? id-South ?Cuba. i unexcelled for luxury vith the latest Pullman fhoroughfare Cars* maps or any informaCRAIG, :ral PUMnter Agent, Wilmington, N. C. * / r a't ) [OTHERS xs D5 BUY AND DS SELL | ie< us when you have DF WILLIAMSBURG H tftk Maruragf (he Farm. A farmer on Rural Boute 2, Empire, Ga., W A Floyd by name, says: "Buckle's Arnica Salve cured the two worst sores I ever saw: one on my leg. It is worth more than its weight in gold. I would not be without it if I had to mortgage the farm to get it" Only 25c. at D C J Scotts's drag store. j Headquar =ForH If there is anything or Housefurnishing Har please let us have the you prices. We can as find here jj Bigger s J Rnrtrrhf 71 i Sold C H We have bought I quantities at close" figur the history of the Hard tree. We are now head ty for Hardware, Paints, 0 es, Cutlery, Rope, 1 Stoves and Fav Coffins anc Services Rendere< | nlNuSTKEt HAKU "A dollar is a dolh There is no better way t dealing with J. L Stuckey, the ok man. 1 have a splendid line ol hub, fp; that in view of the hard times above cost. A nice bunch of HORSES at prices to suit. i i J. JU ^tut Why and How Kodol Will Help You Kodol helps yosr stomach do Its work, because it is a perfect digester. Kodol supplies the same digestive Juices that are found in a healthy, vigorous stomach. It is the only preparation that will digest all the food you eat; sot a part of It, but all of it That Is why Kodol helps you. Kodol not only helps your stomach, it upbuilds the entire system, and wards off dangerous ailments, because it enables you to get all the nourishment and llfe-glvlng qualities out of the food you eat ? - -t Giving you gooa, ncn oiwu. You must eat in order to lire and maintain strength. Don't diet or starve yourself. Eat what you want. Let Kodol digest it This is how Kodol helps yon. It digests all your food and does it completely. Perfectly harmless. You only take Kodol when yon need it You don't have to depend on it Our Guarantee Go to your druggist today and get a dollar bottle. Then after you bare used the entire contents of the bottle if you can honestly say, that it has not done yon any good, return the bottle to the druggist and he will refund your money withont question or delay. We will then pay the druggist for the bottle. Don't hesitate, all druggists know that our guarantee is good. This offer applies to the large bottle only atid to but one in a family. 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