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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
5
The Hillsboro paper notes a planned ice factory by Hillsboro Milling Co to start by June 15, boosting cool storage. It also announces a two act comedy at Masonic Hall on April 13 with reserved seats and tickets, plus various local notices and advertisements. The issue lists railway timetables, post office hours, and community updates including health, church, and civic notes.
A Ledg e Gold Locket medium in size with initials L I N engraved outside and a boy’s photo inside, plus a lock of hair. The owner promises a liberal reward if left at this office, between the post office and Webb's store.
Property listing offers three about one acre Edmund Ruffin lots in Browneville near Bellevue Knitting Mill with a weather boarded frame house on one lot. Agent Joseph A Harris Hillsboro NC handles terms and shows 35 years of L and M Paint sales evidence. Webbs Hillsboro NC sell L and M Paint zinc white lead mix claiming long lasting color and no repaint for 10 to 15 years.
Misses and Ladies Oxfords line opens in a new West End store. West End Grocery Co. advertises 40 cent Molaries and 2 pounds of soda for 5 cents. Hugh P Hackney and family plan to move from Durham to Oklahoma City. Dr Joe Graham recovers from typhoid and resumes practice at his old office after eight weeks illness.
Thursday evening in Clio at the Bennett home, Miss Elise Rosemond wed D C Barber. The couple, both noted locals, will reside in Clio where Barber runs the Clio Drug Company and teaches music at Clio High School. Congratulations flow from Hillsboro friends. Tax notice warns nonpayment of 1908 town taxes to avoid collection costs.
Thomas J. Oldham of Bingham township brought six hams weighing 130 pounds and eight middlings totaling 367 pounds plus 17 bushels of corn in a two horse wagon. He sold the meat and corn to H W and J C Webb for 17 12 cents per pound for hams and 14 cents for middlings and a dollar per bushel for corn, totaling 127 dollars.
A rough mix of ad copy and local notices: an anti kidney disease testimonial for Electric Bitters, a 50 cent bottle advertisement, Easter farming and fertilizer promotion, a West End Grocery Co. local sale, and a police case about Janes Wilkins, a boy accused of attempting to wreck a Southern Railway passenger train and held on bond awaiting October term of Orange Superior Court.
Hillsboro North Carolina seeks sealed bids for ten thousand dollars in bonds. Bonds are coupon, denominations 500 or 1000, 30 year term, 6 percent interest semi annual, dated June 1 1909. Bids due May 10 1909 with 1 percent good faith deposit. bids opened 8 pm May 10 1909. town may reject all. Fravuk Nash mayor listed for details.
Mrs White of Burlington visits daughter Mrs McFarlane at the Methodist parsonage in Hillsboro. K A Dickson, “King of Joppa,” recovering from a week’s illness. Mrs William Meearer of Linwood visiting mother Mrs Stindwick on North Chuctow Street. Read notice inviting bids for Hillsboro town bonds and changes in advertisement. West End Grocery ad promises right prices at the depot. Capt and Mrs Joseph M Free of Spencer visit Cat Freeland’s mother Mrs Thomas J Freeland. Mrs Joe Eggleston, wife of Virginia public instruction superintendent, returns to Richmond after visiting Hillsboro. Fire at Belle View Knitting Mill destroys about three bales of cotton and halts operations. John Tyler Helms, 72, born at Orange County Home for the Aged, sent to State Hospital for the Insane in Raleigh. Advertisement for land sale at court house door in Hillsboro on Monday May 38 1909 at 12 o’clock with Nash and Cook as commissioners. The Chapel Hill News notes the Alberta Cotton Mill taken over by the Carrier with plans to enlarge and equip with knitting machines.
Miss Lizzie Berry died of a long illness at 69 at the home of her brother in law B H Bell in University Station on Tuesday night April 6. Funeral services were held at the home the next day by Rev H S Bradshaw and burial followed at 3:30 in the Berry lot of the Presbyterian churchyard in Hillsboro.
After arranging with a top state ice factory the provider announces ready supply of ice in any quantity for regular customers. Contact E A Rosemond at Phone No 19 for orders and delivery arrangements.
By order of the Superior Court of Orange County in a Special Proceeding all heirs-at-law of John G. Walker are made parties for partition. Commissioners will offer at public sale at the court house door in Hillsboro at 12 o clock on Monday May 6 1909 the described real estate to be partitioned among the heirs.
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