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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
3
The Orange County Observer lists subscription and advertising rates with partial text noting annual and six month options and stating advertisements are billed per inch with initial charge and subsequent publications. The fragment references office and contracts.
The Western Railway timetable lists west and east bound trains serving Hillsboro with mixed and local passenger services. No. 11 and No. 35 run west bound with arrival times at Hillsboro near 3 12 am and 10 25 am respectively, while No. 7 provides a 5 10 pm west bound arrival. East bound No. 12 and No. 8 arrive at 2 30 am and 9 12 am respectively, with No. 8 connecting at Durham to Richmond. local freight Nos. 63 and 64 operate daily except Sunday, and express trains require depot clearance one hour before departure. Agent C G Peperr signs off.
A clipped Elizabeth City area page reports varied items including post office hours in the 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. window, money order cutoffs, and visiting news from Durham and Virginia. It notes a sick child’s death, a U D C meeting for September 12 at Mrs Robina Webb’s house to fund the Orange County Room debt, and mentions Dr D H Abbott touring on tax commission business. The page also features a humorous True Fish Story about a Nag Head fishing scene after an electric bombardment, a health testimonial for Foleys Honey and Tar from W A Hayes, and a plug for Dr King s New Life Pills by W A Hayes.
Prospects for a large enrolment at Bingham School in Mebane, North Carolina are brighter this year with more old students returning and several new boys having reserved rooms. Renovations and a cleaned campus welcome the new session beginning September 2, as Professors Kittrell Johnston Clay and Mangum enter new or continued roles.
The Census Bureau bulletin on North Carolina for 1900 shows school age youths nearly all native born, with foreign born making up about one tenth of a percent. Illiteracy among voting age males remains notable, influenced by the substantial number of educated individuals of negro descent. It lists counts for school age children, militia age males, and voting age males, with breakdowns by foreign born and colored categories.
For the Episcopal Church General Convention in San Francisco, Southern Railway sells round trip tickets from Washington Alexandria Charlottesville Lynchburg Norfolk Greensburg Charlotte Asheville and nearby main line points at 65 25. Sales Sept 16 to 26 with return by November 15 and option to use different routes. Through sleepers Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco run Mon Wed Fri year round. Four departures for the convention. For details contact ticket agents or S N Blardwick or A J Poston.
The editor with Messrs Parke Gattis and Hughes toured Col Abernethy’s Ovconee farm last Thursday. Georgia Rattlesnake melons and thriving corn drew attention, with Abernethy planning about 180 acres of corn and thirty acres used for feed potentially yielding nearly 1000 barrels. An April crowds and railway excursion notices mix with local chatter as the piece notes trips, pills, and a thoughtful closing meditation.
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