The commonwealth., 1901-09-12

sdAcH uoWu nis spnOtO&tapD0r 3 tent and
built a wooden gallery instead.
- Littleton Female College will have
special train from Weldon to Little
ton September 18th, to leave Weldon
on arrival Of the Atlantic Coast Line
train from the South.
LAWN PARTY.-Last Friday night
there was lawn party aud ice cream
supper On the DR.. Wood lawn for the
benefit of the Methodist church. They
had pleasant evening and took In
mise little amount of money.
LOOKING AFTER WELL MACHINERY.
DIR. r. M. johnson and Mr.. T. III.
Pritchard, two of the town commits
sioners, left Monday for Lynchburg,
Va, to investigate some machinery for
boring wells. They have it in mind
to sink some deep wells in the town.
Mr.. FUTRELL Bu1LD1NG.-Mr. ]. p.
Fatreil has commenced work on the
remodelling of his dwelling. He will
put another story on the top and make
a handsome, up-to-date building. The
drawing shows that it will be very
pretty, and unlike any house In town.
"A FINE STALK OF CofTON.-Mr. Dud-
ley Whitaker brought to The Com
MoNwEALTH Office from Mr.. A. s..
Dunn's farm a drawing of stalk OF
cotton of the following dimensions
Six feet and three inches high, eight
feet and eight inches broad from tip to
Zip, thirty branches, two hundsed and
three forms and forty-three grown bolls
A MEETING IN Hobo G.
w. Scarboro, OF fMurfreesboro, has been
assisting Rev. G. L. Merrill in a pro-
:racted meeting at Hobgood for
week. Mr.. Scarboro is strong prea ch-
er and the people in and around Hob
good have been greatly pleased with
his preaching. Several have been
added to the Baptist church there by
baptism.
A LIVELY BLAzE.-Saturday night
Mess. w. M. Dixon and Jno. r. Askew
bad some misunderstanding In DR..
Hassell's drug store, and in a little
tangle that ensued hanging lamp was
knocked down. The oil from the
lamp became suddenly ignited and
there was lively blaze for moment.
No damage was done except a little
scorch on the floor. The matter was
adjusted in the Mayors court Monday
morning.
WoRsHIPED IN THE OPERA HOUSE,
The congregation of the Baptist church
and the Baptist Sunday-school have
held services in Futrell's opera house for
two Sundays. The Baptist church is
being added to and painted and it was
impossible to hold services in the
church while the work was being done.
It will be week or two longer before
the church can be occupied and they
will hold Sunday-school and other SER
vices in the opera house again next
Sunday.
SHIPPED COTTON STALK TO BROOK
LYN.-Tuesday Mr.. Joseph McMahon,
of Halifax, shipped a large cotton
stalk to some friends in Brooklyn, N.
Y, so that they may see the plant as it
grows in the South. 1t was we'll Grated
had blooms, grown bolls aud forms,
and one open boil. Also he shipped
in the same crate bunch Of peanuts
as they grew in the field. The roots
were we'll wrapped In wet cotton and
seed so that they might remain fresh
until they reached their destination.
"1S47." ".-Such is the date marked
on the guttering at the Safer hotel In
Halifax. It Is what is known as "the
Gary residence" and is remarkably
we'll preserved. The gutterlng seems
| in good order and the date "1847'
shows out clear and distinct. Tht
timbers and misunderstanding are all
still solid, and the painting shows thai
it was the best. incidentally 1t may
remarked that the meals which Mrs
Safer gives you here are good and
wholesome commensurate with the
we'll preserved house in which the,
are served.
| PROF. CREEKMoRE Held UP.-Mon
day night as Prof T. J. Creekmore wa
riding his bicycle on the side wall
near Mr.. J. M. Tillery's, he saw he wa
approaching some one. He dismount
cd as soon as possible. and almost be
fore be knew it some one accosted him
and struck him. "Tnis street belong
to me-" said Prof. Creekmoore's assail
ant. He soon found that the man wa
drunk and left. On reporting tn
matter up town constable johnson
j went and arrested the man, who prov