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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1905
Page
3
The Hillsboro paper lists subscription and advertising rates, post office hours, and a stream of local notices. It covers arrivals and visits, business changes, sales ads, medical offerings, and notices from Parks Hedgpeth and O J B Forrest, plus bank and county matters.
Castornni bears the familiar patent advertised line offers eight room cottage on 23 4 acres in the healthiest part of Hilgboro North Carolina with a spring and good water well. Shaded by oaks. For particulars address W B Meares Linwood NC. Mr S Strudwick will show you the property and advise on it.
Town of Hillsboro to hold election at Hillsboro courthouse on Tuesday May 2 1905 for mayor and five commissioners Registration opens April 24 1905 and runs seven weekdays 9 am to 5 pm plus Saturday until 9 pm No new registration required for those who voted in 1903. those qualified since must register Place of registration Mayor's Office Registrar John Christmas Judges James Newman and J M Carr Ballots on white paper 212 by 4 inches This 27th day of March 1905 By order of the Board of Town Commissioners
Town tax for 1904 is due with receipts available. Brown & Co advertise milk buckets and a guitar at the Bookstore. Mr George OC Ray elected Justice of the Peace for four years. Notice of town election for Mayor and five Commissioners on May 2. New hires at OJ & B Forrest greet friends. Parks & Hedgpeth sell stock to Forrests and begin inventory for transfer.
Durham and Asheville report on a legal clash over a temporary restraining order blocking Southern Railway from continuing work on a moonshine track in Peabody and Pettigrew streets. Judge Peebles extends the hearing as affidavits and arguments unfold with city and railroad counsels present.
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