Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11
The Ground Hog is a fraud.

line OrOOnO dOg Is q tFau0.
Mrs. B. II. Green, OF Franklin
ton. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo.
A. Durham, at Hlllsboro. =
MIR Charles e. Smith, one Of
Mechanics prosperous merchants, Was.
in Hiilsboro Monday on business.
Mrs. Charles Snow, Of Bali
more. is visiting her brother.in law.
Mr. William Snow, on West Tryon
street, HilIsboro. u.
Mrs. Joseph G. Webb and Misc
Rebecca Hill of Hiflsboro, are via
ting their sister. Mrs, Joseph Ora
ham on Seventh street, Charlotte.
See notice 0. action for divorce
by Clerk S,rayhorn, in case Of Jas
McCully, plaintiff, against Lilly Nc
Gully, defendant, published in this
weeks paper.
Mr.. A. w. Kenicn, a well.
known school teacher of Cedar
Grove township, has gone to o..
ford, where he has accepted a posi-
ton as bookkeeper in a cotton mill.
M. Shepherd Strudwick, Pres
ident of the Hil!sboto Clay Manu-
featuring Company, has removed
his office from the room over The
Rank of Orange. to the Company's
plant about two miles south east of
Hillsboro.
Married at the home of the Off
cietlng magistrate on Sunday, Feb
ruary :, 1909, Mr.. r L Howard TO
Miss Mary Ward. the remony be-
ing performed by l. Fl McAdams,
j Oar correspondent ~r tes ne
that Mr.. Howard is we'll known in
Orange county and other PLACES H.
is a famous baseball PLAYER and lives
near Orange Grove school.
The Webb's have returned
from the Northern ma.ke,s where
they purchased their S,,rine aud
Summer stock of goods. If yor
want any thing any time tha, The
Webb's don't carry in stock. all yot
have to do is to let them know it
and they will get it. for you Ant
besides when it comes from Webb
you know you've got the best, f0
their store is headquarters.
The people Of Orange county
at least some OF them, are grea
"swappers." About three week
ago a we'll known and popular ci,i
zen of Cedar Grose township, tool
a notion to swap his cat. He ha'
tried some Little River TOWNSHIP
cats and be liked the stock. so h
took his cat and went down int
Little River township where b
snapped his Cedar Grove cat with
Little River farmer, paying him 2
cents 90 boot" At last account
the Cedar Grove farmer was we
pleased with his swap"
We are always glad to bav
our friends drop in our Office an
get a copy of the paper and 81
change a few words and tell Us tn
news, whether they are subscriber
or not. Mr.. John A. Woods,
well-to-do and prosperous farmer
Cedar Grove township, and ft
many years one of our best sui
scribers, was in to see IA last Sa.u
day. He said the rain Fir day mig
had helped the looks OF wheat vel
much, and that the farmers in h
section are we'll up with their wor
This seems % be the condition
the farmers all over the county.
"A special to the Raleigh Ne
and Observer from Durham, Fe
4, says Revenue Officers Mo,
Carter and Jordan this morni'
took to Raleigh two negroes a
one white man whom they cang
operating a SO gallon still in Oran
yesterday evening They land
ten gallons of booze and turned oy
many barrels of beer. Thou
small, it appears to be the only 81
actually operated in this distr
since prohibition went into effe
COMMISSIONER Moye being in
raid refused to hear the case q
sen, it before the Raleigh Comu
sloner. The white man care DO
but the negroes are 10 Jail"