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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
3
County observer notes election procedure reminders, local visits, and community notices. Mentions judicial and voter registration rules, upcoming school tax election opposition in places, and lists various residents traveling, visiting relatives, or changing posts. Includes brief obituary and public notices.
Under Public Laws 1897 an election is set in Orange County townships to levy a ten cent per hundred property tax and thirty cent per poll for public schools. Voters will mark ballots reading For Schools or Against Schools. Registration books open Saturday July 8, 1897 at 6 oclock. By order John Laws, Clerk.
The Junior Auxiliary of St Mathews Church hosts a Donkey Party at Masonic Hall on Friday July 11 with free admission and refreshments priced to attract all ages. Also news from Hillsboro includes post office notices, rain reports, school board actions, and the death of Mrs. Susan Lynch with funeral details and pallbearers listed.
M Gattis W M J S Spurgeon S W John R Roach J W E A Singhes S D Clay King J D P H Smith Tiler I L Parish Secretary F R Faucette Treasurer. Executor of the late Mrs Susan Lynch reports debts due and demands payment. Creditors must present claims by July 1 to executor. This 12th day of July 187. pb M Gattis Executor. Sale of a valuable Tracy
Public sale scheduled at the Hillsboro courthouse for a large tract in Cedar Grove township Orange county known as the Win H L Jordan home place containing about two hundred sixty acres. Sale to satisfy estate debts under court decree with terms one third cash and two installments. Also a separate mortgage sale of two tracts in Orange county North Carolina description and boundaries provided.
Sections 52 and 53 of the Revenue Law urge delinquent taxpayers to settle taxes promptly to avoid penalties. The Orange County Sheriff must report delinquents to the county judge each term and aid prosecution under the act. The notice warns all liable individuals and corporations, including license and general taxes, with schedules A B and C.
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