Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-25
e.ycg COUNTY OBSERVER.
e. N. G..
-rnsDAY. March 3 1900.

col, On Durham Parish Co for
"a" tor Corn and Tobacco.
no,,t rail to attend the Millin
a, Hil'sboro, Friday
'er cry saturday, March 10Th and 9Th
We call the attention of our
800 the DuIham.Paristf's Cos
rea"' d.er,i.ement on this rage.
n naok it up and read it
Mrs. S. S. Nash, Of Tarboro, is
:.;,ny her daughter. Mrs. Allen J
puaiu' at Mrs. James Webs, on
Essl Queen Street, H'llsbo'o.
Mrs w. N Mebane returned
her home a, IIi'isboro the trs, Of
70 osk after a delightful visit TO
."l,,;ves aud friends in Washington
City.
Miss Annie Hopkins died at
,.r home ,h,ee miles east OF Cedar
Grove la.t Monday afternoon She
on,,e old. We TAI ed 10 learn
.,hn cauSe OF her ueHtn.
Mr.. E. Clay Murray. Of Vim
am, Alamance county, was married
~ Miss Sallie Barnwell, Of the same
a.,obborhood, at Darlington, n. O.,
on Wednesday, March "A.
Rev. John G. Hocutt, pastor, is
ovneo,ed TO fill his pulpit in Ihe
Rails, Charch at Hiilsboro next
sunday. March 2S. at the usual hours,
morning aud night. The public Is
cordially invited.
The Durham Distri il Confer
,oo,e OF the African Methodist
schnrcb convened in the Methodist
Church a. Hlllsho'o Tuesday night,
with Presiding Elder G. H, King
presiding.
Mrs b. Emerson, of Cedar
Grove township, this county. has
zone to Raleigh tor treatment for
,hvdrophobia. Mrs. Emerson was
bitten by a dog recently. Her
many friends hope she will be able
soon TO return TO her home.
Will the thermometer downto
"a degrees above zero Tuesday
morning, and with plenty Of ice II
looks like March Is helping to kill
The f;uit crop lhia year notw tn
standing the ~ea,her "pro6,s" claim
tina, the fruit is never killed in this
mouth.
We have been told ths, eight,
barrels of Near Beer" a:e spi.I IN
Hillsboro every month. It takes
ius, Nine Thousand end SIC Hun.
dre0 Bottles /" make eighty tauels.
Wonder if any of >onr prohibition
friends are uslDg the ''subs'ltute D
We hope not. We want them to
"come clean" and acqu,t themselves
like men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen ! Ruffn
returned to Rillshoro last Thursday
4rom the South where they spenl
She winter in Florida and Georgia
Mrs John w. Harris. u, If Atlanta
Ga, sister OF Mr.. RnHin, Accom-
panied them t, H'lirb no. Mr.
Rufin says his heath il mncn ,et,e,
since he went South and his man,
friends here and else here will b.
glad to hear this good news.
Two negro c"nvicts, Genrg'
Merritt and Fuller x ny, escs pei
trom the chain gang lear H~lllsboro
Wednesday mo'n'ny. Bo:n ver'
from Chapel Hill and we're convic,
ed and sentenced at the late term %
Orange Superior Court to work O,
the public roads, Merritt ii month
for larceny, and King 2 months 70
retailing spiri,uous liquors Thi
reduces the number OF convicts 81
the road force to sixteen, Is colore,
ana 8 white.
The Legislature increased til
general pension appropriation troo
100000 per annum to s450.000 an
1t also passed an act authoriz,n,
County Commissioners to increas
the pension tax in each county
cents on the 500 valuation and
cents on the poll. 1t is estimate
we believe, that this will Id 500
ooO to the pension fund Petition
we're presented asking the Lsg,sl'
lure TO abolish the property oualii
cation and pension all Confedera'
soldiers. We think, the Legisla.u,
was wise in refusing TO do this. =.
would have placed on the pensio
roll numerous men who are weal,-
or Independently weii,to do, wi
40 not need the pension -Roxbo,
Courier.
Mr.. William E Paul, agent
the Southern Railway at Elkin, !
T., committed suicide on the nor
Ing OF March II. He had been
poor health and had suffered a r
lapse. That morning he seem,
more cheerful and told his vile
would go to the depot anu see ho
'o'ngs were getting along He XII,