Local notes on neighbors and community life in Roxboro
A vivid ninth district column reports farm news crops and harvest mood. It records social calls, schooling moves, church events, mail changes, tick business debates and local misfortunes including a broken arm and lost horses. It also notes consolidation debates and a rattlesnake killed on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Spencer
Spencer
White Rogers
Lenard Barton
Durham
George Prince
Inez
Brooksdale
Sam
J. W. Chambers
Roxboro
R 5
Uncle Sam
Ira Rogers
Ida Wilkerson
W. A. Barton
J. H. Howard
Lula
R. H. Jones
Barbee
Euva
Strayhorn
Garrard
Local Notes From Durham City Highlights
Short items report on Dictionary offer ends August. Odd Fellows lodge installs officers. Mayor Graham handles twenty one cases. Congressman Kitchin visits. Woodmen unveil monument for E C Hackney. many local notices on exams, deaths, marriages, and telephony rates. A funeral, school exams, and a tent revival are also mentioned along with a fatality in the road crew.
Progressive Hillsboro Shows Uptown Growth and Roads
Hillsboro expands with new paint on homes and modern residences including Richard's House and Mr. Webb's new place. Hon. Gattis builds anew as macadam streets near the depot improve transport. A $50,000 bond plan funds Good Roads while a cotton and knitting mill spurs a West Hillsboro around the depot. The town shakes off old downsides to join progressive towns list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Richard
Chapel Hill
T. Norfleet Webb
M. Gattis
West Hillsboro
Cornwallis Town
L. & M. Paint claims durability and labor benefits
The ad claims L and M paints outperform rivals by 50 times in labor efficiency and offer long lasting wear. It touts Zite hardening White Lead and claims paint lasts 10 to 15 years with minimal recoat. The text mentions Panama Canal era imagery and a Durham, North Carolina supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
I Bros
Durham
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Spoon
Ella Howard
Miss Ella
Ella
B. D. Thames
Antioch
Belshazzar
East
Thames
Harris
Antioch Church
Bro
Har
Morrisville
Andrews Chappel
W. W. Ferrell
Z. P. Ferrell
Lem Chandler
Mebane
M. M. Strayhorn
Drew
Mary Lonsford
Surl
Person County
J. H. Shields
Jno. Bell
Jno
Bell
Jasper Rhoder
Mr. Seal
Virginia
Western Union Telegraph and Telephone Company
Greensboro
J. R. Rhodes
James W. Bennett Jr
West Durham
Golden Link Lodge of Odd Fellows
Graham
Congressman Kitchin
Woodmen of the World
E. C. Hackney
The
Recorder
John W. Scott
Oxford
Elijah Brogden
Wilkerson Avenue
Columbian Bureau
Mary Belle
J.T. Jones
Roxboro Street
Maplewood Cemetery
Robert A. Christmas
South Carolina
Shreveport
J. Scott Burch
Oxford Orphan Asylum
Mrs. Burch
Orange County
Nellie Mae Jeager
Ohio
N. Bruce Underwood
Inter- State Telephone
Corporation Commission
Frank
R. N. Neville
Arthur and
Otis Leigh
Fletcher’s Chapel
Walter Cash
Laura Evans
Oak Grove Township
Cash
J. C. Kilgo
Jack Beasley
Progressive Hillsboro
Aoney
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke, Pres
J. B. Duke
Y.E. Smits
S . L. Haywood
Southcare
Rigsbee
RAWLS
Drees
Lane
A. J
Manning
N. M. Johnson
J. B. Mason
J.S. Manning
Mason
Sident American Tobacco Company
Haywood & Kings
Haing
Southgate & Son, Insurance
Nerican Tobacco Co
Panreney Ac
Kian
Cashier Cit National
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
Bee Cocaptrolien
Ut Ms
Mata Eenes
Sala Mercha’ Ss
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
Directors Grorce W. Watts I, P. Hi
D. Markham
W. A
Erwin
Joan Strust Bint
George W. Watts
W. Whitted
Walter A. W
Pollard Bros
Harrow
East Main ST
Durham, N. C
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