Hillsboro and Orange County items in 1903 issue
Local news notes: railway schedules for Hillsboro area on Dec 14 1902 timetable. police changes including dismissal of chief and new town commissioner. various notices on post office hours and money orders. community items on local merchants, church events, and preparations for a debate at Liberty Normal College. Also ad notes for Champlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets and local sales.
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Southern Railway Co
Wst
Raleigh
Greensboro
Hillsboro
Oillsboro
Goldsboro
Hillsboro County Commission Deals with Jurors and Notices
County Commissioners met to approve bills for the March term and handle routine aid for the poor. A list of jurors for the Orange Superior Court civil term, to convene May 18, was drawn. Tax assessors and list-takers were appointed for Hillsboro, Cedar Grove, Little River, Chapel Hill, and Bingham townships. Public road matters and supervisor elections were deferred to May. Multiple local notices advertise reduced Frisco System travel and local business ads, alongside medical, seed, and personal notices.
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Andrews
Wilson and
McKee
March Court
Orange Superior Court
Messrs. Arch. Cates
Eli Woods
Simeon F. Clayton
W. A. Durham
H. H. Crabtree
J. B. Workman
J. B. Richmond
H. A. Tiley
John C. Guthrie
J. W. Riley
H. H. Patterson
C. F. Barbee
Richard Gates
W. L. McDade
John Lloyd
C. Y. Blalock
Jos. S McKee
A.S Barbee
C. D. Wilkerson
W. A. Temple
John A. McBroom
J. Wesley Walker
Samuel C. Johnston
J. F. McAdams
Hillsboro Township
Thomas M. Cheek
W. M. Strowd
Cedar Grove
Lonnie Kenion
J. W. Hawkins
Joseph W. Pickett
Little River Township
Geo. C. Ray
W. R
Notice to creditors in the estate of John M. Gattis
Having qualified as Administrator upon the estate of John M. Gattis dec d I notify all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before April 3 1904 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery and all persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment This 3rd day of April 1903 S M Gattis Administrator
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Gattis
M. Gattis
Lynch
Laban Andrews
Jesse W. Cole
Administrator's Notice on Estate of Lynch Deceased
An administrator announces settlement for the estate of Lynch, deceased. Creditors must present claims properly authenticated by March 18, 1904, or be barred from recovery. Debtors should immediately pay sums owed to the administrator dated March 8, 1903.
Spring and Summer Goods at Hillboro Store Offer
The ad promotes a large Spring and Summer stock in Hillsboro with a wide range of items including organdies linens madras cloths and white goods. It touts men’s and ladies shoes clothing and home goods plus a large hardware fertilizer farming implements and household items. It claims top value and urges shoppers to compare prices. It includes a brief testimonial about Dr King’s Life Pills and advertises local drug stores and groceries.
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Hillsboro
Hilleboro
M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Dr. King
W. A. Hayes’ Drug Store
There Is A Time for All Things
A mixed local clipping notes seed potatoes and crops, a tobacco and cigar line, and medical ads. It mentions a pine dot red goat sighting, county township talks, and Foley remedies. It also previews the Tillman murder trial start date in Columbia.
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Foley
W. A. Hayes
Thomas Breeze
Patterson’s Creek
Pine Dot
Mitchell Hill and White Cross Clash In 32 to 23 Baseball Win
Mise Maggie Stanford closed her Mitchell Hill school Tuesday afternoon March 24 as Mitchell Hill and White Cross played a well attended game on Mitchell Hill grounds. Mitchell Hill won 32 23 amid lively crowd and praise for players conduct. Mr Ubert Smith led MH with early hits and multiple home runs, drawing applause. spectators enjoyed the female spectators and schoolmaster quips.
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The
Observer
Maggie Stanford
Mitchell Hill
Michell Hill
White Cross
Uemen
Ubert Smith
M. H
Smith
M.H
Close of Ridge School Ends With Public Attentive Ceremony
Mr. M. E. Craig closed Ridge School on Wednesday April 1 in bright weather. A large attendance of patrons and neighbors celebrated with a well taught and trained pupil display. The event was enjoyed by all present. A visitor.
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Ridge School
M. E. Craig
Straw Hats and Supplies at Foley’s Fancy Grocery
Parish advertises straw hats and confectioneries with low prices and quick sales. It promotes farmer plows, poultry wire, and galv poultry netting at bargain prices, plus various remedies and local notices about post master races and upcoming Methodist church preaching in Hillsboro.
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Durham
Parish
Tyler
Orange County Board to consider new Cheek’s and Eno River Townships
The Orange County Board of Commissioners will meet on the first Monday in May 1903 to decide on creating Cheek’s Township and Eno River Township and to adjust Hillsboro Township boundaries. Citizens favoring or opposing the new townships may present reasons at the meeting, by order of the Board dated April 7 1903.
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Orange County Observer
W. E Johns
High Point
J. W. Goodman
Presbyterian
Board of Commissioners of
Orange Country
Orange County
Foley
W. A. Hayes
Gov. Tillman
South Carolina
Gonzales
Colombia
Board of County Commissioners of
Cheek’s
Eno River
Hillsboro
General Assembly
Court House
Faucette’s Shoe Shop
King Street
John Christmas
Geo. Laws
James A. Newman
Board of Town Commissioners
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Richmond
J. K. PowEun
Pere East
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Ernest Onions
Parish’s
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Iocconeechee Hotel
Mt Airy
Ratus Bradley
New Shbir
S. M. Gattis
Stone
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J. C. Scott
Odies Williams
Liberty
N. C
Literary Society
Liberty Normal College
James E. Jones
Lyrehburg
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Senator Pritchard
G. G. Green
N. J
Gale
W. A Hayes
Frisco System
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Biggies
Hackney
Oxford
W.A. Hayes
W. H. Wakefield
Charlotte
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Mary
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White Plains
Rufus Bradley
Whaleyville
John G. Hart
Currituck
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Parks & Hedgpeth
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Tam
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WM. H. Newman
Chamberlain
E. A. Rosemond
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Cscastoria
John Laws
Colonial Co
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Land OF the Sky
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R. Darby
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