Hillsboro News and Notes From Orange County
Orange County Observer reports local notices and schedules from Hillsboro. Post office hours, rail arrivals and departures, and Rural Carrier runs are listed. Local events include lectures at Farmers Institute, Women’s Institute discussions on domestic science, and agricultural prize results. Notable items: resignation of Rev. S Paxson Watters from St Matthew’s Church and sale of property near Southern Railway.
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Orange County
S. M. Gattis
Littleton Female College
J. Cheshire Webb
Me. Whitmer H. Webb
James H. Webb
Hillsboro
Nags Head
N. W. Brown
Southern Railway
H Scott Cates
Fred Nash
Charlotte
Henry Nabs
Wilmington
Annie S. Nash
Paxson ‘Watters
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Watters
Observer
Lisbon
P. Berry
Northern Presbyterian Church
Franklinton
N. C
Farmers’ Institute
Baptist Church
Leroy Hall
W. A. Hall
C D Tarver
Bettie Eubanks Died at White Cross in 36th Year
Mrs Bettie Eubanks wife of J Eubanks and mother of two daughters died August 24 in this county at White Cross after months of declining health. Survived by husband four brothers five sisters. Funeral attended by large crowd, burial at Antioch church yard. She is mourned by home and community.
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White Cross
Bettie Eubanks
J. Eubanks
S. S. Webb
Mra. Eubanks
Antioch Church Yard
Death of Miss Lizzie Jones in Hillsboro 1911
Miss Eliza Adama Jones eldest child of Dr Pride and Mrs Jones died in New York City on Sunday morning August 27 1911 at about 10 oclock aged 73. Remains arrived Hillsboro Tuesday morning accompanied by family members and were laid to rest at St Matthew s Church yard. funeral conducted by Rev S Paxson Watters with pallbearers named and out of town relatives listed. Also notes a singing class benefit for Oxford Orphanage on Sept 5 1911, a house party at Mrs Robina Webb and a medical ad for Hall’s Catarrh Cure, plus an organ for sale at John Christmas Hillsboro NC.
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Lizzie Jones
Eliza Adama Jones
Dr. Pride
Mary Jones
New York City
Hillsboro
Cadwallader Collins
Mise Mary Ride Jones
James Webb
East Queen Street
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
S. Paxson Watters
Messrs.Albe
F. Crabtree
Allen J Cameron
H. J. Parish
J. Cheshire Webb
J. S. Spurgeon
Paul C Collits
Oxford Orphanage
Court House
Masonite Fraternity
Hagle Ledge
Oxford
Death of Miss Roaton at State Hospital
Miss Maria Roaton of Oxford died at the State Hospital from pellagra while serving as a nurse. She had moved from Oxford seven years earlier for hospital work and was highly regarded by Supt McKee and colleagues. Relatives and friends from Hillsboro and Tarboro accompanied the funeral cortege as Oxford mourned her loss. The notice notes her family ties and widespread esteem in Hillsboro and Oxford.
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Miss Roaton
Raleigh News and Observer
Maria Roaton
Oxford
State
David and
Fletcher Parke
Hilleboro
Charlee’ M. Parks
Tarboro
McKee
Jenkins
Raleigh
Hillsboro
C. Parris
Josephine Parris
Joseph P. Hassell
Renton
Direct Line Pullman Schedules North South East and West
Through Raleigh routes to Atlanta Washington and Asheville with multiple connections and tourist sleepers. Through Pullman and Parlor Car service between Raleigh Greensboro Salisbury and Winston Salem offering connections to Montgomery Mobile New Orleans Philadelphia New York and Cincinnati. Information and ticket sales available from W H PARNELL T P A and H F Cary G P A.
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Pulman
Atlanta
Raleigh
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Birmingham
Memphis
Kansas City
Salisbury
St. Louis
Pullman
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
Chicago
Greensboro
Calfornia
Florida
Asheville
Wordsboro
Cincinnati
Winston-Salem
Goldsboro
W. H. Parnell
Fayetteville Street
N. C
H.F
Cary
Darhan Court Week Prosecution by Blind Solicitor
A report from Darhan Superior Court notes solicitor Gautis prosecutes while blind amid a slate of lawbreaker cases. Other items include Morris Telephone Service praised and a local obit for Peggy Joe Ray aged over eighty. Also mentions nearby civic notes in Hillsboro and region.
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Gautis
Tigera
Darhan Superior Court
Morris
Doo’ Sponge
el Ray
Tar Grove Township
Nenoon
Peggy Joe Ray
Two Large Stills Captured Near University Station
On Wednesday afternoon August 23 between 4 and 5 o'clock Deputy Sheriff W P McDede and Wm A Roach seized a large copper still about 150 gallons near University Station and destroyed 80 gallons of whiskey and running gear. The following Thursday Sheriff Batu and Deputy Mc Dade captured another still about 100 gallons, 2 sacks of malt, 16 sacks of meal, and tools and clothing, destroying 17 double mash stands 3.12 miles south of Hillsboro. No arrests were made.
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University Station
W. P. McDede
A Roach
Batu
McDade
Hillsboro
Atll
Littleton College Fall Term and Local Store Ad
Mrs Braga and Miss Heartt resume school on August 28 1911 at Littleton Female College Our Fall Term begins September 20 1911 Catalogs available from Littleton College Littleton NC No old goods on hand new goods Woolens Linens and Mercerized fabrics Fresh Groceries light bread Friday deliveries Flower Crocks and fabrics Witt Shoes varios sizes offered at competitive prices Phone 15 King Street location next to Hayes drug store Tam invites orders with prompt delivery
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Tam
King Street
Hayes’ Drug Store
Hamburg
OWL
Lynchburg
Estate of William Crabtree Executor Notice
Having qualified as Executor of the late William Crabtree all persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment and all claims against the same must be exhibited to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of July 1912 or this notice will be plead in their recovery. This 24th day of July 1911.
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William Crabtree
WITNESS AND SABBATH READING COMPANY Appeal for Names
The Witness and Sabbath Reading Company asks readers to send lists of fifty names and addresses, preferably heads of families, to receive a free picture tree and postpaid copies. Potential customers are invited to respond from 150 Nassau Street, New York.
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Witness and Sabbath Reading .Company
Nassau Street
N. Y
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Orange County Observer
Ree Ees
Hillsborough
Southern Railway Co
E. Haynes
Hoors
Charles G. Rossmorp
Robina Webb
Helen Smith
Margaret Mickle
Robina Mickie
Ala
Henry P. Webb
Portsmouth
John Graham Webb
Duke
F J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
I -F. J. Cheney & CO
Gall
John Christmas
Hillboro
Des Moines
Chamberlain
Sii
John W. Andrews
R.F. D
Billeboro
M. A. Atkinson
Miss Davie
Wood
T.W. Wood. & Sons, Seedsmen
Richmond, Va
Simmons
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin & Co.,proprieto
St. Louis, Missouri
Robin Webb
Alabama
W. A Hayes
Hayes’ Draz
Empire Press Syndicate
Middleport
George McGracken
Bowness
Durham
Hilsboro
D. C. Barber
D. C. Barber, Jr
Clio
S. C
Wroxall Bottling Works
North Carolina
W. T. Kevion
Henry E. Murphy
R. H. Sharp
H. 8. Bradshaw
Presbyterian Church
Childrem
Fletcher
Castoria
Mrs. Braga
Miss Heartt Willl
Littleton
Lege
Littleton College
Littleton, N. C
FacSimle Signature, of
Castoria Forts
Bears
Dubrham-Parish Company
Gree
Insboro, N. C
Patent Office
Greeley
U. S. Patent Office
Py Reeves
Joe
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