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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
5
A clipped railway timetable lists advertising rates and train schedules for the Western North Carolina line. It names No 111 and No 21 westbound services to Hillsboro with arrival times and No 112 and No 144 eastbound trains from Greensboro to Hillsboro, all signed by agent J. M. O Neall.
Postal hours list morning opening and evening closing times for East and West mail routes. Various notices mention land advertisements, mortgage sales, executors, seed company ads, and local officials. Personal items note travels, hunting reports, and a death in Orange County with burial plans.
The obituary details the death of Mr Lockhart at 68 after a long illness. Survived by wife who predeceased him, and children Prof W S Lockhart Dr D K Lockhart James Lockhart Trinity College student Ernest Lockhart Beaufort Ga Mavin Lockhart Hillsboro connection and Mrs Mary Browning Orange County. Funeral at Pleasant Green Church Orange County with Rev G W Fisier services and relatives traveling from nearby areas. Brothers Capt John Lockhart and Gates Lockhart noted. Remains to be taken to old home in Orange County for interment.
The President of The Industrial and Orphans Home at Macon Ga reports Electric Bitters used for nine years. He praises its effects on stomach liver and kidney troubles and calls it a premier family medicine. It purifies blood aids digestion and strengthens weak or run down individuals. Sold at W A Hayes' drug store for 50 cents.
Notice lists a proposed charter extension for Hillsboro North Carolina by one mile in each direction to be considered at the next session. Also notes local wedding, school class resumes, and Orange County representative Thomas E Sparrow traveling to Raleigh for the January session.
County Commissioners met with chair J D Webb OC E Wilson and W R Lloyd as a few routine accounts and poor relief matters were settled. Local items include Arthur W Ray visiting Greensboro and returning to Hillsboro. Mrs William Dawson Morris visiting Hillsboro. H L McDade killing a 482 pound hog. A town charter extension for Hillsboro is proposed and P A Smith sends thanks for kindness during his wife’s illness.
Slacked lime for sale at manufacturing offices near Hillsboro and at yards south east of town. Administrator appointed for C. T. Oakley. N. W. Brown & Company buys walnuts and other goods. Annie Estelle Brown returns to Greensboro Female College. Herman Laws returns to Kinston after holidays. De-Wives Little Early liver pills sold by W. A. Hayes. Ellse Rosemond returns to Chio, S. C., as high school music teacher. Margaret Jones spends holidays in Hillsboro. Wm Adolphus Gordon and Mamie Murdock married in Little River township with Miss Amelia Gordon maid of honor.
A Denver nuptial at 836 Grant Street unites Mixes Verna Monarch and Browne Retin Webb with Reverend McDonough officiating. The ceremony drew only family and close friends followed by luncheon and a wedding journey to New Mexico and visits in North Carolina. County updates include Orange County School Board actions, student totals, and per capita funding. Also reported is the Orange County Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting with officers reelected and a Hillsboro real estate sale notice under a deed of trust dated 1907 for 1909 sale at the courthouse.
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