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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1905
Page
3
Local items and notices from Hillsboro include railroad schedules, post office hours, and nearby advertisements. The issue mentions lawyer and public road concerns, a mortgage sale notice, kidney health ads, and a court case in Durham. Community updates cover illness, travel, and local residents.
Deputy Collector Thomas W. Vincent and Deputy Marshal Thomas Stone led a raid Saturday January 14 near Wingtead's old mill on Little River capturing a 150 gallon illicit copper still and cutting up goods. Despite chasing two white men and a negro man, officers did not capture them. They destroyed about 3000 gallons of beer and ten bushels of meat. A moonshine operation was described as the county’s largest seizure.
Dr King's New Life Pills advertised as a modern blood and system cleanser. They claim to cure stomach and liver troubles and are sold at W. A. Hayes' Drug Store for 25 cents with a guarantee. Also notes a sale on shoes at Parish's with new styles.
Application to the Board of Commissioners seeks the creation of a public road from Raleigh road via University Station to Fish Dam road covering about one and a quarter miles. Also a land sale notice under a mortgage deed in Orange County describes two Hillsboro lots for cash on February 20, 1905 to satisfy costs.
Paul C. Collins, cashier of the named bank, attests the total of 33094.80 as true to the best knowledge. The statement is sworn before D. H. Hamilton, Clerk of the Superior Court, on January 17, 1909, in Orange County North Carolina.
Park s and Hedgpeth advertise deep price cuts across all items to clear inventory for spring. Dress goods, domestics, ready made clothing, shoes, blankets, and buggy robes are offered at reduced prices with a promise not to be undersold, urging early inspection.
Unclaimed letters and town business marks from Hillsboro 1904 includes post office notices, town tax due, lace sale at Webb's, visiting Mr. Parish, Masonry Grand Lodge officers elected in Raleigh, Oxford Orphanage scholarship offer, and plans for a Home for Aged and Indigent Masons site selection.
Car Fall and Winter millinery now ready for inspection. Latest styles and best quality hats trimmed and untrimmed for all ages in Hillsboro. Fancy veils, veiling, flowers, ribbons, collars, shirtwaist trimmings, handkerchiefs, combs, jewelry, and full millinery stock. Out of town orders supplied promptly by Mrs M L Taylor and sister.
The Cabbage Plant Man Geraty offers Jersey Wakefield and Chartuston Lares Tyre varieties with flat head types in rotation. Prices start at $1.50 per thousand for small lots, with larger lots up to $125 per thousand. cash with order or C O D. Beds cover 80 acres on South Carolina Sea Coast. plants shipped in crates weigh 20 lbs per thousand. Annual guarantee of true type, refund of purchase price if dissatisfied, and prompt shipping emphasized. Long staple Sea Island cotton seed sold at 32 cents per pound, $1.25 per bushel for large lots, from Charleston Pep 2. Post and Telegraph Office, Youngs Island, South Carolina.
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