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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
3
Orange County Observer reports rail times for the Southern Railway lines to Hillsboro and Greensboro, local notices including auctions, land sales, and road talks. Advertisements promote coffee, apricots, kidney cures, and Indian Vermifuge. Church damage from a storm is noted.
Fairfield clippings report improving health updates for Mr. David Thompson and others, snow-related misadventures, crop activity by farmers Brown and Workman, and a trap incident involving R. D. Bain. Also includes a medical note praising De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, local grocery promotion, and notices from Hillsboro railroad agent J G Pepper and Postmaster J Clyde Cheek about mail handling and depot risks.
Executor John Berry offers 150 acre Martha Williams tract at Hillsboro court house on Monday March 10 1902. Adjoins John Whitted and others. Terms: one third cash balance six and twelve months with interest from sale day.
Durham Herald reports Orange county citizens near the Durham line plan a petition to the Legislature for admission to Durham. The proposed strip runs up to the Chatham line, including Chapel Hill, to shift county seats and improve taxes and roads. Supporters cite convenience and better roads. opponents warn of a hard fight and likely defeat.
Local columns discuss Farmer Boy, winter snow, farm products prices, and a plan for a free school district centered on Caldwell Institute. Mention of labor shortages, factory growth, and UNC in Durham as a regional issue. Prof Roberts leads a growing institute with Mrs. Roberts and Miss Mooring. library efforts noted. Also an upcoming Hillsboro Township bond election in 1902 to fund public roads with five percent interest over fifty years. registration opens March 7 with named precinct registrars.
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