Local Notes From Roxboro and Timberlake
Timberlake and Roxboro residents share family visits and farm news. Henry Tapp and sister Laura of Roxboro route 5 visit Brooksdale relatives. Mrs. Ida Reams and Florence visit Timberlake households. Neighbors praise local schooling and community aid. Nat Walker marries Miss Nannie Blalock. Died Mrs Roberson in West End after long illness. Dr F P Venable to sail from New York to Naples for a university vacation.
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Henry Tapp
Laura
Roxboro
Brooksdale
Atong
Ida Reams
Florence
W. A. Barton
R. H. Jones
Timberlake
C. H. Tapp
Hettie Q Rogers
Joe Wilkerson
Ida Wilkerson
Ira Rogers
Prospect Hill
Hettie Rogers
Nat. Walker
Nannie Blalock
R. I. Satterfield
Recorder
W. W. Kitchin
Person County
Roberson
West Ind
Chatham
King’s Daughters
Chapel Hill
F. P. Venable
University of North Carolina
New York
Mecca
North German’ Lloyd Company
Naples
Creedmoor Board to Seek Bonds for New School Building
A bill supported by General B. S. Royster lets the Creedmoor County Board submit to the Bur a proposition to issue 6000 dollars in bonds for a school building. The plan funds 3000 through the State Board of Education at 4 percent and raises 2000 by hypothecation. Taxes would total 475 dollars yearly for ten years plus interest.
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Creedmoor
Royster
County Board of Education
State Board of Education
Public Ledger
County road plan prompts injunction talk after vote
Over the past week county commissioners agreed to borrow funds to build the Roxboro road, triggering public debate. Citizens question legality and seek answers as opponents worry about debt, while supporters say the project proceeds despite a three to one voter preference against borrowing.
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Roxboro
County Commissioners Meet in Regular Session
County Commissioners convened at the court house for routine business including accounts, aid to the poor, and March term jury selection. The board also approved installation of a wechel fence to be placed.
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Court House
Killed By Falling Tree In North Carolina Timbering
Thomas R. Blalock of Rougemont was instantly killed Friday morning when a pine tree fell, pinning him as four men worked in Mack Lawson woods. The 38 year old farmer left a wife, father Haston Blalock, a brother and four sisters. The elder of Primitive Baptist church conducted the funeral near the Granville county line.
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Thomas R. Blalock
Rougemont
Mack Lawson
Negro boy injured by freight train near University Station
A 13 year old colored boy named Draghn was badly hurt when a freight train ran over part of his right foot. He says a brakeman charged a fare and kicked him from the car. railroad workers deny the incident and blame the boy for slipping under the moving train. He was taken to Lincoln hospital for amputation of part of the foot.
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Clyde Draghn
University Station
Draghn
Lincoln Hospital
Mayor's Docket Highlights Police Efficiency Monday
The report notes the mayor's docket Monday showcases arrests of criminals and the efficiency of police in bringing them in.
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Eld
Filthy Home Case Sends Family to County Home
Justice Owens visited a West Durham residence and found Anna Strayhorn and her son Arch living in squalor with nine dogs and six chickens. A mattress served as a day and night bed in a single room. The mother and son were placed in the county home after persuasion, the dogs were sold or given away, and the chickens disposed of.
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West
Durham
Justice Owens
Anna Strayhorn
Arch
Twenty Six Defendants in City Court Session
The mayor presided over a crowded Monday court with twenty six cases called. Twelve cases were sent to the May term of Durham superior court. Defendants faced offenses ranging from cursing and drunkenness to fights and stealing. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion advertised at Hackney Bros. Druggists.
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Durham
Woolford
Hackney Bros
Price Gap Between Barrel and Tin Can Linseed Oil
The article notes 1908 prices for pure linseed oil, 60 cents per barrel versus 1.60 dollars in tin cans. It describes mixing three gallons of linseed oil with four gallons L. M. paint to yield a ready to use product costing about 1.20 dollars.
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High Point
Southern Car Company
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Arvie Dudley
Glenn
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The
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Citizens National Bank
N. C
B. N. Duke, Pres
J. B. Manning
J. B. Mason
Beay
J.B. Dux
American Tobacco Company
Y. E. Smirh
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
C. L. Haywood
Haywood & Boone
J. HH. Southcate
Southgate & Spr
Arance
R. H. Rigsbee
Q. E. Rawls
DUKE
American Tobacco Co
J. S. Manning
Ney-At
National Bank
County OF
United States OF America
Home Savings Bank
Urham, North Carolin
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Go
Reade Bros. Co
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