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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
1
An aging fisherman from the Los Angeles Times argues that fish die only when preyed upon or eaten, claiming that life in the wild is relentlessly cannibalistic and driven by self preservation. He contends fish would live forever if undisturbed and well fed in their native element.
Orange County tax sale to be held at the Court House door in Hillsboro on Monday June 7 1909 at 12 M cash to the highest bidder. The sale lists unpaid taxes and costs on numerous parcels across Cheeks Cedar Grove Little River Eno Hillsboro townships including owners such as Lynch Thompson heirs Smith Wilson Jones estate Walker and Dunnland with acreage figures and tax amounts attached. W Andrews sheriff of Orange County conducts the sale under Revisal 1905 section 2883.
The body found in Rondout Creek after months in water was identified as Roosa N. Abel of Washington, D. C., with Kingston, N Y connection noted. No violence marks observed. Abel had spent time in Kingston last fall and may have returned to Washington before disappearing.
The U S Supreme Court will sentence Sheriff Shipp Deputy Gibson and four Hamilton County residents Williams Nolan Padgett and May next Tuesday for contempt of court connected to the 1905 Ed Johnson lynching case. The court seeks to assert its dignity by enforcing verdicts across the nation.
Atlanta reports Governor Smith proposed a Georgian arbitration commission after the firemen accepted but the Georgia Railroad did not. Diversion of freight to other lines alarms unions as about 100 cars move, mail and passenger service drop, and auto mail trials are considered between Union Point and Athens amid ongoing strife. Some engineers reportedly would run daytime trains but avoid night runs due to danger of stoning.
Heavy rains Sunday and Monday flood northern and eastern Oklahoma. Five people died, including Mrs. W. W. Brown and three children of Foraker, and Mattie Jones a Black woman. Dozens injured. acres of crops inundated. homes washed away as Salt Creek claimed Mrs. Brown and her children.
A Gov ernment building at Fort Whipple near Prescott Arizona cost about 90000 and sold for 180 The old Gen Crook house once occupied by Gen Crook during campaigns against the Indians was described by Prescott lawyer George H Morgan It featured stucco adobe and frame construction with bay windows and two bathtubs The sale began at 50 and rose to 180 before being sold to a hotel proprietor The purchaser was told the house must be removed as the government would no longer be responsible for its safety
A famed toad reputedly near a thousand years old died at the Bronx Zoo. The creature was found two years ago sealed in rock in a Montana mine 500 feet beneath the surface. Observers warn civilization may hasten its end.
In Asheville a cleverly concealed 20 gallon per day moonshine still was uncovered in a loft above a bedroom with a trap door leading to the space. It included a 90 gallon copper still, cap, worms, flake stands and beer, with waste routed via a kitchen flue and underground drain to a pit.
A serious shooting occurred Friday near 5:30 pm at the Hicks Souther soft drink spot on South Lexington Avenue in Asheville. Wade Wilson allegedly shot an Indian man named Whipperwill, who was intoxicated and uncertain about the events.
Heavy rains drenched eastern North Carolina delaying travel. Atlantic Coast Line No. 50 from Columbia to Wilmington was cancelled due to submerged tracks in Bogue swamp between Hallsboro and Lake Waccamaw, stranding passengers at Chadbourn. Seaboard Air Line trains bringing visitors to Wilmington operated hours late. In Buncombe County a fatal family feud left John Brigman dead after a shotgun blast from Grant Brigman. Grant surrendered and remained jailed.
In Belmont and Lowell, special school tax votes produced 99 to 64 in favor at Belmont and 103 to 66 against at Lowell. A Lowell offer by cotton mill managers to build a school and provide an eight month term may have influenced the defeat there. Lumber Company Wins
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