Local notes from Timberlake era reveal births, travels, and troubles
Regular correspondents report J H Howard surveying near Granville county line and Miss Louie Hall under medical care for eczema. Movements include J D Cates relocating between Cates and Hurdles Mills and Henry Bowen visiting family. The piece notes economic anxiety from the panic, church life at Red Mountain, a brutal assault case against Tillet Vaughan, and community updates on schools, funerals, and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Howard
Granville County
Durham Superior Court Adjourns After Brief Term
Durham Superior Court disposed of criminal cases this term with sentences ranging from four months on the roads to eight months in jail. Several defendants were acquitted or had cases continued or discharged upon payment of costs. Rhodes Herndon faced selling whiskey and a nuisance charge with a $1000 bond carried to the next May term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgemont
Tillett Vaughan
Lillie
Vaughan
Durham
Durham Superior Court
Charles Davis
James Ray
Arthur Goss
J. J. Moody
Ed Fuller
Black
Spot Stanford
Luther Bay
Robert Love
Charley Riley
Noa Sengenee
Tom Blackwell
Buck Addison
Vernon Lee
J.C. Yates
John Scott
Walter Hobbs
Lacy Wilson
Thomas Linthicom
Charles Hamlet
William Walker
Hamlet
Golden Belt Manufacturing Company
Robert Brown
Stedman Conklin
James Ellis
Jack Abernethy
Nancy Bane
Rhodes Herndon
W. R. Herndon
Nolo Contendre
Herndon
Tora
Ie” Comptaler
Szanii
Rtate
INDI
Peron
Tistors
Two Deaths At Chapel Hill In Early January 1908
Obituaries report the death of Mr. James Hogan at age about 90 near Chapel Hill after a brief illness. Surviving children are Caroline Emeline Jane Hogan and Mrs. George Riggsbee plus William Edward and A J Hogan. Burial at Hogan family burying ground. Also, Boss Norwood aged around 20 died after a hunting accident on Dec 27. He was son of A R Norwood, county education chairman. Burial at Mt. Pleasant church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hogan
Mark J. Hogan
Daniel Hogan
Orange M. E. Church
Caroline
Emeline
Jane Hogan
George Riggsbee
William
Edward
A. J. Hogan
Hogan
Boss Norwood
Dr. Taylor
Bynum
A. R. Norwood
County Board of Education
Chatham County
Mt. Pleasant Church
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J. D. Cates
Cates
Hurdles Mills
Roper
Lacy Rogers
Gorman
Cornelius Ashley
Creedmoor
Blalock
Ghana
Rougemont
Route
Henry Bowen
Village
Rufus Bowen
Wm. Bowling
Dr. Bowling
James Bowling
Helen Chandler
Lillie Hudson
Virginia
C. A. Anderson
Harrison
Person
Willie Hall
Cuba
Alexander Bowen
Bowen
Red Mountain Baptist Church
Red Mountain Church
B. P. Bowling
Corinne
Sam H. Jones
Odie Mincey
Will Roberts
Young Ladies
Sun Beam
Anl
W. B. Hampton
J.b.ley
The
Der
Leroy Charleston
Ab Carroll
Will Winter
Sandy Shepherd
W. T. Rigsbee
Chapel Hill
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke, Pres
J.S. Manning
J. B. Mason
Duke
American Tobacco Company
Smith
Durham Cotton Ae Company
Haywood
Haywood & King
Southgate
Sentinete & Son
Riester
Anitaliat
Aera Merchant
American Tobacco Co
Atotorne Parent Johnson
Mason
Cashier
Citizens National
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
U. 8
U. Banking House
Home Savings Bank
North Carolina
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Go
Reade Bros. Co
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