Robert D. Bain

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1. early 1900s Martha Hall sells the Ellis house to Sheriff R. D. Baine After Nelson Hall died, his widow Martha bought the house and farm from his estate and sold them two years later to Orange County sheriff R. D. Baine. People: Robert D. Bain, Nelson Parrish HallSearch the index · NC Historic Preservation Office: MdM Historical Consultants, Historic Structures Survey Report, Replace Bridge No. 11 on Hall's Mill Road (SR 1336) over the Eno River, Orange County (2016), filed as ER 17-0159
2. December 1908 County commissioners re-elect Robert D. Bain superintendent of the County Home and raise his pay The new Orange County board of commissioners re-elected Robert D. Bain superintendent of the County Home and raised his salary from $350 to $400 a year. It also re-elected S. M. Gattis county attorney. People: Samuel Mallett GattisSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough): Commissioners' actions, December 17, 1908, p. 3
3. February 27, 1909 The Orange County Farmers' Alliance is reorganized at the Barracks With enough sub-alliances formed through the work of State Lecturer H. M. Cates of Alamance County, the Orange County Alliance was reorganized at the Barracks, the Alliance headquarters near Hillsboro, and elected R. D. Bain president, Haywood H. Thompson vice president and P. M. Cates secretary-treasurer. People: Robert D. BainSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 4, 1909, p. 4
4. early August 1910 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
5. August 23-24, 1911 Sheriff's officers capture two large stills south of Hillsboro and near University Station Deputy W. P. McDade and William A. Roach seized a 150-gallon copper still a mile southeast of University Station, and the next day Sheriff Bain and McDade took a 100-gallon still three and a half miles south of Hillsboro. The commissioners watched both stills cut up on September 4 and sold the copper. People: Robert D. BainSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 31, 1911, p. 5
6. August 10, 1912 Orange County Democrats nominate George C. Pickard for the House and renominate the county officers After primaries on August 3, the Democratic county convention at the court house nominated George C. Pickard of Chapel Hill for the state House by acclamation and renominated Sheriff R. D. Bain, Treasurer Harry L. Parish, Register of Deeds John Laws and Surveyor James O. Webb. It named Dr. W. N. Mebane for coroner and John P. Hughes, J. D. Webb and Allan Browning for county commissioners. People: Charles H. Robertson, Samuel Mallett Gattis, Robert D. Bain, Harry L. Parish, Junius D. WebbSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 15, 1912, p. 5
7. August 11, 1913 The Globe Warehouse Company organizes to open a tobacco market at Hillsboro The Globe Warehouse Company organized permanently, electing George A. Durham president, O. J. Forrest vice president and R. D. Bain secretary-treasurer, with H. L. Parish and P. C. Collins also on the board. Its warehouse for selling leaf tobacco was to open in September. People: Paul C. Collins, Robert D. Bain, Harry L. Parish, George A. Durham, O. J. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 14, 1913, p. 5
8. November 1, 1915 County commissioners give $10 toward a portrait of Josiah Turner for the Hall of History At their November 1, 1915 meeting the Orange County commissioners gave $10 toward a portrait of the late Josiah Turner of Hillsboro, to be hung in the state Hall of History at Raleigh. The same session settled the 1914 taxes with Sheriff Bain and accepted his $57,000 bond. People: Josiah Turner Jr., Robert D. BainSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 11, 1915, p. 4
9. November 7, 1916 Republicans carry the Orange County ticket Orange County voters elected the Republican county ticket by majorities of 24 to 200 votes, the News reported, sending Republican Lueco Lloyd to the state House over the Democrat Pritchard and making Charles G. Rosemond sheriff in place of the Democrat R. D. Bain. The News said it was the first time in the memory of the oldest residents that the county had elected a full Republican ticket. People: Robert D. Bain, Lueco Lloyd, Isaac W. Pritchard, Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), November 9, 1916, p. 1
10. by December 14, 1916 A court order stops Sheriff Bain's tax collecting in a fight with the new sheriff The outgoing Democratic sheriff, R. D. Bain, and the new Republican sheriff, Charles G. Rosemond, both claimed the right to collect the county's 1916 taxes. Former senator Nash, for Rosemond and the county commissioners, got a temporary order from Judge Frank A. Daniels stopping Bain's collections until a hearing at Durham; Rosemond's side argued that putting the sheriff on salary on December 1 ended the commission plan, while Bain held that he had given bond for the 1916 taxes. People: Charles G. Rosemond, Robert D. BainSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), December 14, 1916, p. 5
11. by August 18, 1919 The county tax assessor values Cedar Grove land at about $35 an acre under the new revaluation law Robert D. Bain, county tax assessor under the 1919 revaluation act, finished Cedar Grove township and part of Little River. He put Cedar Grove land at an average of about $35 an acre and Little River at no more than $20, and reported few complaints about the new plan. People: Robert D. BainSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), August 21, 1919, p. 5
12. October 1919 John F. McAdams helps gather the property lists for the 1919 revaluation County tax supervisor R. D. Bain and his assistant, John F. McAdams, went through Chapel Hill township collecting the blank forms sent out weeks before for listing real property under the state's Revaluation Act, and were to come into town for the same purpose a few days later. People: Robert D. BainSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News (Chapel Hill), October 16, 1919, p. 5