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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1896
Page
3
A brief notice from March 7 1846 outlines riviton rates to be paid in advance. The document references a sum of 81 and an additional 500. Details are sparse and the exact context remains unclear due to the fragmentary OCR source.
Turned from the South on Wednesday Turner arrives in town. County court business, church notices, and local advertisements fill the page. Medicines and tonics praised, and public taxes urged to settle promptly. Local names include Hillsboro, Sherrill agent, and W A Hayes Drugist with several remedies promoted.
Mrs B S McKenzie travels to Boston to visit relatives while Mrs E L Hassell visits her sister Mrs Sellars in Burlington. O D Hooker reports business good after returning from a trip. W E Steward returns to Hillsboro from Durham where he visited relatives. Rev Dr Caviness attends missionary conference in Durham. Charles Hayes recovers from illness and returns to activity. Mrs James E Gay of Greensboro visits her parents Mr and Mrs Hl N Brown with her children. T Norfleet Webb and James Webb Jr from State University spend weekend with family. Col Bennehan Cameron son of Mrs Cameron visits and leaves for the east Monday. Miss Annie Smith travels to Raleigh to visit brothers Samuel T and John A Smith. Presiding Elder Cuninggim and Aunt Lucy stay with the Browns. Cuninggim preaches at Walnut Grove. An advertisement invites readers to obtain a Blood Balm Co book. price $1.00 per bottle. sold by Druggists. Also a sale notice for pure Leghorn chickens by Josian Turner in Hillsboro.
On March 17 1896 at the courthouse door in Hillsboro at 12 o clock the administrator Thomas Gray will offer for sale Lot No 5 containing 77 acres part of the deceased Henry T Tilley estate. Terms: one third cash and the balance due in 6 and 12 months with interest from sale.
Sunday visits include ex-students from Roxboro and Durham as the Bethel Hill Literary Society debates Prohibition versus the ballot box. Music and declamation follow with Miss Farnbow and Mr Geo Ramsey delivering notable remarks. The evening ends with sociable chatter and praise for the Bethel Lilliealalian Society.
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