The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-29
NEWS FROM The COUNTY CAPITOL.
Happenings In and Around Halifax
During The Week.

Halifax, N. c., Sept. 27.-Cards
have been received here by friends
of the groom-to-be, which read as
follows: Mr. and Mrs. Julian Moss
Powell. request the honor of your
presence at the marriage of their
sister. Miss Lillian Augusta Bell, to
Mr.. Thomas Monroe Jenkins. on
Tuesday afternoon. the fourth of
October, nineteen hundred and ten,
at half after five o'clock, Memorial
Baptist church, Hampton, Virginia. -
Mr.. Jenkins is Halifax boy, and
has quite a number of friends and
relatives here. He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs Christmas Jenkins, both of
whom are now dead, and a grand
son of the late Captain j. M. Griz-
zard. He is very popular and de-
serving young man, and has numbers
of friends both here and elsewhere.
For some time past he has been in
the mercantile business at Rosemary
with his cousin, Mr.. Joseph Butts,
Jr., who is a son of our townsman,
Mr.. ]. G.. Butts.
Miss Bell, we understand, is a
very attractive young lady, and pop
ular with a large circle of acquaint-
ences.
Here's another Halifax boy to the
front. Mr.. Stuart Hill, a former
Halifax young man, who now resides
in New York city, and a son of the
late Judge Thos. N. Hill, of this
place, writes Mr.. Frederick Froe-
Itch as follows:
For three months this summer
had the pleasure of acting as private
secretary to Colonel Roosevelt, about
whom you have no doubt heard much
i'll the days gone by, not to mention
the present. And such work! l
thought | would have brain fever. l
took down all the speeches he deliv-
cred on his western trip, including
the famous New Nationalism
speech that created such sensation.
Last week they asked me to come
back to The Outlook and put his
speeches and writings in shape for
book form, and | expect to be here
fully 2 waal1 or 60 lonoer Tt ie varv
interesting work; lots Of things to
see and hear.
''The colonel is the most energetic,
the most attractive, and the most
remarkable man l have ever seen,
and judging from the way big peo-
pie, not only Of this country, but Of
the world, write to him and call on
him, am inclined to think | am not
the only one Of that way thinking
On yesterday his callers were the
Austrian Ambassador to the United
States; Lt.-Gen. Baden-Powell, the
British soldier, who held Ladysmith
against the Beers; Ernest Thompson
Seton, the Naturalist; Dan Beard,
the Artist; and several rooms full Of
celebrities from the United States"
Mrs. E. J. Brown went to Jarratts
last week to visit friends and rela-
tives.
Mr.. Mack M. Furgerson, of Lit
Teton, was a visitor here Monday.
Miss Pattie Shaw, Of Weldon, has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. I. G.
Shaw for several days.
Judge j. M. Mullen. of Peters
burg, was here a few days ago.
Mrs. S. M. Gary spent a day or
two last week in Petersburg.
Mr.. T. Walton Worthy, Of Spart-
anburg. S. c., has been spending
this week here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. 7. Brown and
little son, Bernard, of Troy, spent a
dav here with Mrs. w. F. Coppedge
last week.
Miss Annie Joyner, Of Conway,
has been here several days to see
Mrs. Vaughan.
Captain William Faison, of Balti-
more, is here this week to see his
brother, Colonel Frank Faison.
Mrs. H. w. Gowan and children,
Misses Leonora and Bessie Hover
ton, who have been summering in
Maine, arrived home Tuesday.
Mr.. Edwin C. Gregory had the
luck to kill a nice little deer across
the river last week.
Rev. J. E. Holden preached a