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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1896
Page
3
County items from Hillsboro include railway schedule notices, estate administration references, and bond actions. Names mentioned: G. G. Sherrill as agent, J. L. Wilson estate guardian, J. Mason of Chapel Hill, and James Manly Ourham. Legal notices cover administrator appointments, sales of land in Orange and Chatham counties, with sale terms and dates stated.
Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of the late Sophronia Davis I notify creditors to present claims by April 8 1896 or be barred. Indebted parties should pay promptly this 8th day of April 1896 Mangum Administrator. Williams administratrix notifies creditors to present claims by March 28 1897 and to settle debts promptly this 28th day of March 1896.
List of letters remaining at Hillsboro post office for March 1896 alerts addressees to claim within 100 days or have forwarded. Also notes on May election registration under new rules, inspectors named, and registration open Saturdays April 4 and May 2 from 9 to 4, with May 2 until 9 p.m. Also local notices on optical services, tax list appointments, and ads on hair care and blood purifier. Also sale notice, and forthcoming Orange Superior Court term to clear Civil Docket.
Albert Satterfield, a Black man, said Silas Jones attacked him with a rock two miles west of town on Easter Monday. Satterfield was beaten while down, returning to town with a bruised face and nose. A warrant was promised, but Jones had not been arrested.
Easter reflections and church memories mark the region as neighbors mourn Robert Thompson aged 40 and Samuel and James Morris with Mrs Janes Morris also reported in fragile health. George Turner jailed for cow theft. Eno factory work begins as railside prep continues. Citizens urged to use Simmon Liver Regulator with red Z branding. Louisa Jones a respected elder dies at 66, mother of twelve. Sanders Jones noted as a prominent local Black citizen.
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