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Samuel Weldon Andrews

S. W. Andrews, known across Orange County as "Sheriff Andrews," served six years as the county's sheriff and twelve as its register of deeds, and was known for his interest in the county's churches, schools, lodges and politics. He died in 1942 at 77 and was buried in the Chapel Hill cemetery.

Source: Chapel Hill Weekly: "County Loses a Well-Known and Popular Figure in the Death of S. W. Andrews," November 6, 1942, p. 3

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Chapel Hill's volunteer fire company, 1898–19311898–1931 · From about 1898 a volunteer company fought Chapel Hill's fires, at first with two hand reels and hose lent by the University, and more than once a building burned where no hydrant was near. In 1921 the town built a brick municipal building and fire house and received an American La France motor truck. In June 1922, with the nearest hydrant almost half a mile away, fire destroyed the Orange County Training School, the county's school for Black students. After officers missed an alarm, the aldermen put a full-time fireman on duty in 1928. In 1931 the bricklayer John Johnson became, by the Weekly's account, the only Black member of a white fire company in North Carolina. Orange County's party politics under the suffrage amendment, 1900–19081900–1908 · In July 1900 Charles B. Aycock spoke for the suffrage amendment at a White Supremacy rally in Hillsborough. The amendment lost in Orange by a handful of votes and the opposing state ticket carried the county by a few votes, but Democrats won the legislative seats and county offices. Under the amendment, men who had not paid their poll tax could not vote, and by May 1902 Sheriff John K. Hughes reported 375 white and 500 Black men unpaid for 1901. The county elected the whole Democratic ticket in 1904, and in 1906 every Democrat won. In 1908 Orange went for Taft and sent the Republican Thomas E. Sparrow to the House over Samuel M. Gattis. Orange County’s elections of 1936, 1938 and 19401936–1940 · 10 events · In the 1936 Democratic primary for governor Orange County stood by its native son, A. H. (Sandy) Graham, giving him 2,754 votes to 817 for Ralph McDonald and 230 for Clyde Hoey. In the July runoff the county went for Hoey, and B. J. Howard of Chapel Hill won the runoff for the state House. In 1938 Carl T. Durham became the Democratic nominee for Congress, the county executive committee voted 7 to 6 for Collier Cobb Jr. to take Durham's place on the commissioners ticket, and every Democrat on the county ticket won by a wide margin. In 1940 three Chapel Hill candidates entered the Democratic primary for the House, and the election board chose to re-list voters.

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  1. S. W. Andrews's free public school in the Cane Creek district holds its closing exercises The free public school in the Cane Creek district, taught by S. W. Andrews, held its closing exercises, which a visitor described for the Observer.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough): "Closing Exercises of Mr. S. W. Andrews' School,", October 22, 1887, p. 3
  2. Thomas F. Lloyd buys the Farmers' Alliance store at Chapel Hill Thomas F. Lloyd bought the Alliance store at Chapel Hill and hired S. W. Andrews to run it for him. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 10, 1894, p. 3
  3. Chapel Hill forms a volunteer fire company with two borrowed hand reels Chapel Hill's volunteer fire company was formed with druggist E. S. Merritt as chief and two hand reels and a few hundred feet of light hose lent by the University, kept first in a shed behind the express office and then in the basement of the old Central Hotel. S. W. Andrews soon succeeded Merritt, a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon came about six years later under W. W. Pickard, and John L. Foister became chief on Pickard's death in 1910. People: W. W. (Walter W.) Pickard, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John Lee FoisterSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 1
  4. J. T. 'Bull' Durham opens a general store at Franklin and Columbia streets Durham opened a general store in the building on the southeast corner of Franklin and Columbia streets where S. W. Andrews had kept a Farmers' Alliance meat market. By 1912 he also ran a jitney service. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 171
  5. S. J. Brockwell builds a three-story brick building at Franklin and Columbia streets Samuel Jackson Brockwell put up a three-story brick building on the northeast corner of Franklin and Columbia streets. Its first tenant, Samuel Weldon Andrews, took both ground-floor storefronts, with groceries on the Columbia Street side and dry goods on the other. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, Samuel Jackson BrockwellSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 179
  6. Commissioners call a special school tax election in the Chapel Hill district On August 3, 1903, the county commissioners ordered an election in the Chapel Hill school district on September 14 to learn whether its voters would levy a special school tax, naming John O'Daniel registrar and S. W. Andrews and J. D. Webb judges. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, Junius D. WebbSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 6, 1903, p. 3
  7. Brockwell turns his building's ground floor into a skating rink When Samuel Weldon Andrews was elected sheriff and closed his store, Brockwell remodeled the first floor of his building at Franklin and Columbia streets as a skating rink. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, Samuel Jackson BrockwellSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 189
  8. Democratic county convention nominates S. W. Andrews for sheriff The Orange County Democratic convention, with John W. Graham as chairman, took eleven ballots to choose S. W. Andrews for sheriff over six rivals. It nominated Ira E. D. Andrews for the House, John Laws for register of deeds, Calvin R. Parish for treasurer, Dr. A. C. Jordan for coroner, James O. Webb for surveyor, and John F. McAdams and Joseph W. Pickett among the commissioners. People: John W. Graham, John F. McAdams, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 4, 1904, p. 3
  9. Democrats carry Orange County, and S. W. Andrews is elected sheriff Orange County voted 900 to 558 for Parker over Roosevelt and 952 to 556 for Glenn for governor, and elected the whole Democratic county ticket. S. W. Andrews beat Republican D. S. Miller for sheriff, 805 to 704, the closest county race. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 17, 1904, p. 3
  10. Orange Democrats renominate the county officers and endorse John W. Graham for the Senate The Democratic county convention at the court house, with S. M. Gattis in the chair, ratified the August 11 primaries, which had renominated every sitting county officer: D. H. Hamilton for clerk of court over Charles Strayhorn, S. W. Andrews for sheriff, John Laws for register of deeds, Calvin R. Parish for treasurer and Sterling Browning, John F. McAdams and Joseph W. Pickett for commissioners, with Isaac W. Pritchard for the House. The convention endorsed Maj. John W. Graham for the state Senate. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, John W. Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. PritchardSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1906, p. 2
  11. County commissioners order a steel fence for the courthouse yard The Orange County commissioners ordered a steel fence from the Ward Fence Company of Decatur, Indiana, to enclose the courthouse yard at about $250, and had Sheriff S. W. Andrews auction the old fence on February 8. The new fence arrived in early April, and on April 6 the board let the contract for painting it to George Laws for $37.50. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdamsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 6, 1908, p. 2
  12. The Orange County Democratic convention gives Kitchin most of its vote for governor The Orange County Democratic convention, meeting in the courthouse after the May 9 precinct primaries, cast 4.50 of the county's convention votes for W. W. Kitchin for governor, .81 for Ashley Horne and .69 for Locke Craig, and named the county's delegates to the state, congressional and judicial conventions. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, Joseph A. Harris, Locke Craig, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 21, 1908, p. 3
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  1. Orange County Democrats nominate S. M. Gattis and the 1908 county ticket The Democratic county convention at the Hillsborough court house nominated Samuel M. Gattis for the House over Thomas M. Cheek, named Sheriff S. W. Andrews, Register John Laws and Treasurer H. L. Parish again, and chose Joseph W. Pickett, J. D. Webb and Charles E. Wilson for county commissioner. U.S. Senator Overman and congressional nominee A. L. Brooks addressed the convention. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Harry L. Parish, Junius D. WebbSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 3, 1908, p. 3
  2. Taft and Republican Thomas E. Sparrow carry Orange County as Democrats keep most county offices In the general election Orange County gave William H. Taft 1,072 votes to William J. Bryan's 1,017 and sent Republican Thomas E. Sparrow to the state House over S. M. Gattis, 1,064 to 1,010. Democrats carried the county for governor and kept the offices of sheriff, clerk, register and treasurer, but Republican William R. Lloyd won one of the three seats on the board of commissioners. People: Thomas Sparrow, Samuel Mallett Gattis, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Harry L. ParishSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 12, 1908, p. 3
  3. Orange Democrats renominate John Laws and choose Robert D. Bain for sheriff In the county Democratic primaries held in early August 1910, John Laws, register of deeds since 1854, was renominated without opposition. The party also renominated County Treasurer H. L. Parish and chose Robert D. Bain to succeed Sheriff S. W. Andrews, who was leaving office after three terms, with Charles Strayhorn as its nominee for clerk of court. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, Harry L. Parish, Robert D. BainSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 25, 1910, p. 5
  4. S. W. Andrews opens the Andrews Cash Store in Chapel Hill S. W. Andrews, a former teacher and county officer, opened the store that became the Andrews Cash Store Company on August 18, 1911, by his own account eight years later. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 21, 1919, p. 4
  5. J. Cheshire Webb is appointed chairman of the Orange County Council of Defense J. Cheshire Webb of Hillsborough was appointed chairman of the Orange County Council of Defense, with M. C. S. Noble, C. H. Robertson, Shepperd Strudwick, S. W. Andrews, John P. Hughes and P. C. Collins as members. He led the council through the war and the 1919 homecoming. People: M. C. S. Noble, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Paul C. Collins, Charles H. Robertson, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 44
  6. The Mount Zion Baptist Association, meeting at Bethel, endorses the Washington arms conference Delegates from about fifty Baptist churches met at Bethel Baptist Church, five miles west of Chapel Hill, for the association's annual session and adopted a resolution endorsing President Harding's call for a conference on the limitation of armaments, set for November 11. The resolution was drawn by J. Elwood Welsh of Durham, M. W. Buck of Burlington and S. W. Andrews of Chapel Hill. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), October 20, 1921, p. 3
  7. J. S. Henniger buys into the Andrews Cash Store, renamed Andrews-Henniger Company J. S. Henniger of Statesville bought an interest in S. W. Andrews's Andrews Cash Store Company in Chapel Hill, and the firm took the name Andrews-Henniger Company, the News reported in January 1924. Andrews, who said he had served the store's customers for twelve years, stayed on with Henniger, Jack Andrews and John McCauley. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), January 10, 1924, p. 5
  8. Orange County Democrats nominate A. W. Kenion for clerk and a new board of commissioners In the Democratic primary of June 5, 1926, which the Weekly treated as the real county election, A. W. Kenion of Hillsboro beat S. W. Andrews of Chapel Hill for clerk of court, 1,096 to 970, with Hillsboro's mayor T. M. Arrasmith far behind. John A. McCauley, George A. Johnston and John H. Hanner of Efland won the three commissioner nominations over sitting commissioners J. D. Webb and J. E. Hawkins, and Sheriff L. Bunn Lloyd, Treasurer S. T. Latta Jr. and Register of Deeds J. F. McAdams were renominated. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, John F. McAdams, Junius D. Webb, John Hodge Hanner, Samuel T. Latta Jr., Alonzo W. KenionSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 11, 1926, p. 1
  9. Andrews-Henninger sells its grocery department to a self-service chain The Andrews-Henninger Company sold its grocery department to the M System of Atlanta, a self-service chain, to open in the old corner store on March 15, keeping its dry goods, notions and shoes. The Weekly counted it Chapel Hill's third cash-and-carry grocery, after the A. & P. and Pender's, and S. W. Andrews said the day of the combined grocery and dry goods store was passing. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 25, 1927, p. 1
  10. New county tax supervisor names Chapel Hill Township's assessors T. W. Arrasmith, the new county tax supervisor, appointed D. D. Carroll and J. W. Bennett to fix property values in Chapel Hill Township for the 1927 revaluation, with S. W. Andrews as list taker. When Bennett fell ill, John T. Fowler took his place. People: Dudley Dewitt Carroll, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 22, 1927, p. 1
  11. County commissioners cut Chapel Hill Township assessments 10 percent Hearing complaints on the 1927 revaluation in Hillsboro, the commissioners settled the argument by a uniform 10 percent cut in Chapel Hill Township, taking about $300,000 off assessments in the town; Town Manager Knox figured it would save Chapel Hill about $4,000 in county taxes. The township assessors had aimed at 70 percent of market value, while list taker S. W. Andrews had urged a blanket cut. People: Dudley Dewitt Carroll, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 15, 1927, p. 1
  12. Chapel Hill firemen receive state service certificates at their hut At a party at the firemen's hut in the Morgan's Creek valley, J. L. Miller of the North Carolina Firemen's Association awarded service certificates to thirteen Chapel Hill firemen, led by Chief John L. Foister and J. W. Huskey with 26 years each. S. W. Andrews, who had organized the town's first fire company, recalled the struggles of the early fire fighters. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, John Lee FoisterSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 23, 1930, p. 3
  13. Orange County Democrats choose Umstead for state senate in the June primary In a Democratic primary that the Weekly said was the first in North Carolina under the secret Australian ballot, Orange County voters chose John W. Umstead Jr. of Chapel Hill over J. Clyde Ray of Hillsboro for state senator, 1,415 to 939, S. M. Gattis Jr. over L. J. Phipps for the house, 1,456 to 843, and S. W. Andrews over Cicero Jones for register of deeds, 1,387 to 951. The county also favored Josiah W. Bailey over Senator F. M. Simmons and gave Frank Hancock 1,593 votes to 695 for A. F. Sams for Congress. People: Luther James Phipps, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John W. Umstead Jr., Moody W. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 13, 1930, p. 1
  14. Democrats sweep Orange County in the general election Orange, like all but six counties, went Democratic. John W. Umstead Jr. of Chapel Hill won a state senate seat and S. W. Andrews was elected register of deeds; in the Chapel Hill precinct Josiah Bailey beat George Pritchard for the U.S. Senate 517 to 144 and Sheriff W. T. Sloan won 611 to 60. People: Josiah William Bailey, Samuel Weldon Andrews, William T. Sloan, John W. Umstead Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 7, 1930, p. 1
  15. Register of deeds reports 450 births and 281 deaths in Orange County for 1930 S. W. Andrews, register of deeds, reported 450 births and 281 deaths in Orange County in 1930, broken down by town and township; 90 of the births were in the three towns (38 in Chapel Hill, 29 in Carrboro and 23 in Hillsboro) and 360 in the country. He noted that many children of Orange parents were born in Durham hospitals and counted in Durham County. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 27, 1931, p. 4
  16. Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic county ticket large majorities In the November 8 election Orange County voted 2,845 for Roosevelt, 1,092 for Hoover and 160 for Norman Thomas, reversing its 1928 vote for Hoover, and elected Democrats R. A. Eubanks, W. P. Berry and J. H. Hanner county commissioners over Republicans Lueco Lloyd, W. T. Roberts and G. O. Reitzel. A. H. Graham of Hillsboro, running for lieutenant governor, drew more votes in the county than any other candidate, and in the Chapel Hill precinct Roosevelt led Hoover 737 to 221, with 116 for Thomas. People: Robert A. Eubanks, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Lueco Lloyd, Garland O. Reitzel, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, John Hodge HannerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1932, p. 1
  17. Orange County Democrats renominate Sheriff Sloan and back Owen Robertson for the state senate In the June 2 primary Owen S. Robertson of Hillsboro led the state senate race in Orange with 1,872 votes to 1,329 for John Sprunt Hill and 1,310 for T. S. Neal; Hill and Robertson won the district nominations. Sheriff W. T. Sloan beat Frank Cole 1,531 to 1,149, B. J. Howard was nominated for the House over L. J. Phipps 1,219 to 1,132, and W. P. Berry, Carl T. Durham and John H. Hanner were nominated for county commissioner. Register of Deeds S. W. Andrews fell short of a majority, and a runoff with A. S. Cheek was expected on June 30. People: John Sprunt Hill, Carl T. Durham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, B. J. Howard, Owen S. RobertsonSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), June 7, 1934, p. 1
  18. Democrats sweep Orange County in the 1934 general election Orange County voters returned the full Democratic ticket on November 6, 1934: W. T. Sloan as sheriff, A. W. Kenion as clerk, S. W. Andrews as register of deeds, G. G. Bivens as treasurer, B. J. Howard to the state House, and Carl Durham, John Hanner and W. P. Berry as commissioners, while Owen Robertson (2,099) and John Sprunt Hill (1,962) beat the Republican R. P. Hackney (1,189) for the district's two Senate seats. In the Chapel Hill precinct the Democrats ran about 570 votes to the Republicans' 100. People: John Sprunt Hill, Samuel Weldon Andrews, Owen S. Robertson, William T. Sloan, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner, B. J. Howard, Alonzo W. Kenion, Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 9, 1934, p. 1
  19. Relief crews grade West Rosemary Lane from Church Street to Carrboro By late December 1934 grading of Rosemary Lane from Church Street west to Carrboro was nearly done, and the ERA meant to surface it with tar and crushed stone as soon as possible, with improvement of Church Street under consideration. Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt of the FERA had urged the aldermen since the previous winter to include this stretch, petitioned for by S. W. Andrews and other residents, in the street program. People: Joseph Hyde Pratt, Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 21, 1934, p. 6
  20. Register of deeds reports 446 births and 186 deaths in Orange County for 1934 Register of Deeds S. W. Andrews prepared for the Weekly a count of Orange County's 1934 births and deaths by township, 446 births and 186 deaths in all. Cedar Grove township recorded the most births, 96, and the towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsboro recorded 29, 22 and 22. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 15, 1935, p. 5
  21. Orange Democrats nominate Sheriff S. T. Latta Jr. and give Sandy Graham a large county vote In the Democratic primary Orange gave its native son A. H. (Sandy) Graham 2,754 votes for governor to 817 for Ralph McDonald and 230 for Clyde Hoey. Samuel T. Latta Jr., whom the commissioners had appointed sheriff after W. T. Sloan resigned in 1935, won the nomination with 2,448 votes; Register of Deeds S. W. Andrews and Treasurer G. G. Bivins were renominated, and B. J. Howard led for the House without a majority. People: Samuel Weldon Andrews, William T. Sloan, B. J. Howard, Samuel T. Latta Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1936, p. 1
  22. Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket large majorities Orange County voted 3,489 to 1,506 for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Alf Landon and elected the whole Democratic county ticket, among them S. W. Andrews as register of deeds and John H. Hanner, Carl T. Durham and Dr. S. A. Nathan as county commissioners. The new board met in Hillsborough on December 7, re-elected Hanner chairman and named A. H. Graham county attorney; Nathan took the seat of W. P. Berry. People: Carl T. Durham, S. A. Nathan, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, W. P. Berry, John Hodge HannerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1936, p. 1
  23. Orange County Democrats sweep the county offices In the general election every Democratic candidate in Orange County won by a wide margin: S. W. Andrews was re-elected register of deeds, 2,146 to 475, S. T. Latta Jr. was elected sheriff, A. W. Kenion clerk of court and Grover C. Bivins treasurer, and Collier Cobb Jr., J. Ed Laws and Ben F. Wilson county commissioners. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill won the House seat over W. H. Sparrow, John W. Umstead Jr. and Joseph H. Warren the two Senate seats, and Carl T. Durham carried the county for Congress 1,966 to 199 over write-in candidate Oscar Barker. People: Collier Cobb Jr., Samuel Weldon Andrews, Roland P. McClamroch, John W. Umstead Jr., Ben F. Wilson, Alonzo W. Kenion, Samuel T. Latta Jr.Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 11, 1938, p. 1
  24. Orange County marriage licenses fall from 202 to 61 after the premarital health law Register of deeds S. W. Andrews reported that Orange County issued 61 marriage licenses in the eight months ending December 1, 1939, against 202 in the same months of 1938, a drop the Weekly laid to the new law requiring medical examinations of applicants. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 8, 1939, p. 1
  25. National Munitions Corporation takes over a Carrboro hosiery mill for shell loading The National Munitions Corporation bought the idle Durham Hosiery Mills building to the left of the railway station in Carrboro, with several nearby houses, to load anti-aircraft shells for the Navy with about 150 local workers in three shifts. By mid-March repairs were under way, L. J. Phipps was its resident director, and more than 300 job seekers had applied for birth certificates at the register of deeds' office in Hillsboro. People: Luther James Phipps, Samuel Weldon AndrewsThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 13, 1942, p. 1
  26. Orange County's officers face no opposition in the Democratic primary C. A. Bivins, chairman of the county board of elections, announced that every county officer would run again without a primary opponent, so the clerk of court, sheriff, register of deeds, coroner, board of education and county commissioners would stay in office. John W. Umstead, Jr., was also unopposed for the county's seat in the state house. People: Houston J. Walker, Collier Cobb Jr., Samuel Weldon Andrews, Ben F. Wilson, Kemp S. Cate, James S. Compton, Alonzo W. Kenion, Samuel T. Latta Jr., Charles W. StanfordSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1942, p. 1
  27. Orange County register of deeds S. W. Andrews dies S. W. Andrews, Orange County's register of deeds for twelve years and earlier its sheriff for six, died at 77 in Watts Hospital, Durham, two days before the general election, and was buried in the Chapel Hill cemetery after a funeral at the Baptist church. Several hundred voters still marked his name on the ballot; others wrote in his son R. C. Andrews, who said he would not accept, leaving the county commissioners to choose the register. People: Samuel Weldon AndrewsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1942, p. 3

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