Orange County Notes and Local Marriages 1908
Community items from Hillsboro area report resignations and vacancies on the Hillsboro Township Road Commission, sales at the late W. D. Peed residence, and new pastor Rev. Homer Casto locating at Efland. Also recorded are local moves of the Copping brothers to Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing, marriages of the Murdock and Gray families, housing updates, and a Cedar Grove–Cheek township wedding of Monroe Wilson and Annie Haley.
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Raleigh
John Johnson
W. D
Homer Casto
Orange
Methodist Protestant Church
Chestnut Ridge
Efland
Union Grove
W. F. Parks
Charles G. Rosemond
West Margaret Lane
Rosemond
East Queen Street
Cornwallis
Messrs
Harold Copping
Basil Copping
Virginia
Hillsboro
Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Company
Murdock-Gray
Sarah Gray
Little River Township
H. S. Bradshaw
Robert L. Murdock
Nellie L. Gray
Mrs. Wilsons
Cerrar
Death of J A Hunt in East Durham at 41
J A Hunt aged 41 died at his home in East Durham on Tuesday morning of Bright's disease after a period of illness He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his death He had resided in Turners for ten years or more and made many friends in the community The remains were carried to the home people observing Wednesday for ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hunt
East Durham
Bright
Heelves
Hust
Turners
Cuaine
Virginia Bride Joins W A Hewitt In South Boston Nuptials
Mr. W A Hewitt and Mr B W Elliott left Durham Tuesday for South Boston Virginia where Hewitt planned to wed Miss Nora Lee Motley. Rev P A Anthony performed the ceremony uniting Hewitt and Miss Motley with only the bride’s sister and Mr Elliott as attendants. They then traveled to Washington for a brief stay before returning to Durham to reside on McMannen Street, rooms taken with F M Carlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hewitt
B. W. Elliott
Durham
Boston
Hewitt
Virginia City
Nora Lee
R. R. Motley
P. A. Anthony
The
Baptist Church
Washington
McMannen Street
F. M. Carlton
Two Illicit Stills Destroyed West of Rougemont
Deputy collectors W. G. Pool and K. W. Merritt and Deputy Marshal J. B. Jordan reported the capture of two illicit stills in Orange county west of Rougemont. One still held 125 gallons with fermenters and a 1200 gallon beer reserve was found with fermenters and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
W. G. Pool
K. W. Merritt
J. B. Jordan
Orange County
Rougemont
Bazaar yields about 500 profit for Episcopal ladies
The Episcopal church ladies reported a neighborhood of five hundred dollars in profit from the bazaar held last week, reflecting strong community support and teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Episcopal Church
Varied Locust Names Across States Tell A Tree Tale
The piece catalogs how the black locust, true honey locust, and other trees bear many names by region. It notes yellow, white, red, and green locust terms for different states and regions, with long regional name lists for pines and tulip poplars.
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Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New York
Tennessee
Maine
Louisiana
Minnesota
Maryland
South Carolina
Europe
South
North Carolina
Delaware
Virginia
Florida
New England
Carolinas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Rhode Island
Tale of a Lace Wrap and the Pride of Honesty
A downtown office debate about feminine shrewdness centers on a wife who returns a lost lace wrap worth 13.50 dollars. Mrs Bateman’s integrity leads to praise, a theater invite, and a twist when the wrap reappears from the lost and found. The tale blends with another anecdote on flattery and a royal inquiry, plus a garbled winter scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bateman
Broadway
Bateman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pollard Bros
Hardwavare
Orange County Observer
William Strain
Hillsboro Township Road Commission
W. H. Ferguson
P. D. Pugh
H. M. O’neal
G. M
J. R. O'Neal
B. J. Brogden
Lillian
J. F. Ferrell
Morrisville
Bessie Brogden
Lucy
Lizzie
N. B. Sherron
A. Ferguson
H. M. O'Neal
Fish Dam
J. A. Brogden
Alrer
Apeeiow
Lanien Pyere
W. Howe
Newman Fall
France
Woodwar
Windsor Castle
Princess Royal
Cromwell
Mr. Woodward
Scotland
W. A. Slater Company
West Main Street
Durham, N. C
the Cable Co
Mason & Hamlin
Conover
Kingsbury
Wellington
Cable
DeKoven
Mason & Mamlin
Church St
Durham Traction Co
Yearby’s the Peoples Drug Store
Matthews Brothers
Church Street
N. C
H. Steinmetz
Florist
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