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Paul C. Collins

Paul C. Collins was cashier of the Bank of Orange in Hillsborough for its whole independent history, from its opening in May 1904 until the Durham Bank and Trust Company bought it in 1936. Dr. J. S. Spurgeon was the bank's president throughout.

Source: Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 274

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StorylineShepperd Strudwick and Hillsborough's new enterprises, 1902–19091902–1909 · 13 events · Shepperd Strudwick, who brought his family back to Hillsborough about 1902, stood at the head of one new enterprise after another. Ralph Adams Cram designed his new house at the corner of Churton and Union. In 1904 a new Business Men's Association elected him president, and he became president of the Bellevue Manufacturing Company, a cotton mill in west Hillsborough. In 1905 voters made him a town commissioner on a ticket understood to favor licensing barrooms. In 1907 the new Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Company chose him president and treasurer for a brick plant, and by 1909 the Observer listed him at the head of the clay company and the Bellevue mill. StorylineThe Bellevue Manufacturing Company, 1904–19191904–1919 · 12 events · Organized in 1904 to build a knitting mill west of Hillsborough, the Bellevue Manufacturing Company soon enlarged its plans and by 1912 was weaving dress ginghams. It was incorporated on October 13, 1904, with Shepperd Strudwick as president. Early in 1905 the stockholders decided to raise the subscribed stock to add a spinning plant, and Charlotte mill designer Richard C. Biberstein planned the machinery. The engine was first fired on July 7, 1905, but a tank failure the next week delayed the start. The 2014 Hillsborough survey dates the mill to 1909, perhaps an enlargement or rebuilding. By 1912 it ran 5,000 spindles and 200 looms, and by 1919 it ran partly on electricity. StorylineLiberty Loans in Orange County, 1917–19191917–1919 · 9 events · Orange County passed its allotments in the later Liberty Loan drives of 1917 to 1919, and women's committees raised much of the money. Hillsborough banker Paul C. Collins chaired the county men's committee for all four loans. For the second, a women's committee under Mrs. James H. Webb raised $79,800. In the third, with Harriet M. Berry as county chairman, women organized in every township made $59,600 of the county's $99,150 in sales. Influenza called off a Liberty Day meeting in 1918, but Orange passed its fourth-loan allotment, and a committee of Black residents in Hillsborough Township raised $1,350 from 27 Black subscribers. In May 1919 the county passed its Victory Liberty Loan allotment too.

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  1. The Bank of Orange is chartered and elects its officers The Bank of Orange was chartered at Raleigh on April 18 with $5,000 capital, which might rise to $50,000, to do a commercial and savings business. Its stockholders met on April 26 at the court house, adopted by-laws and elected directors, who chose J. S. Spurgeon president, C. A. Scott vice president and Paul C. Collins cashier. People: John Sanford Spurgeon, Paul C. Collins, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Samuel Mallett Gattis, O. J. Forrest Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: C. A. Scott · Also mentions: Bank of OrangeSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 21, 1904, p. 3 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 28, 1904, p. 3
  2. A brick bank house for the Bank of Orange goes up on Churton Street Ground was broken on May 11 for the Bank of Orange's building, a brick house with a glass front built by the Webbs beside their large brick store on Churton Street; by mid-June the bank had moved from a desk in Webb's store into its new quarters. People: Paul C. Collins, John Sanford Spurgeon Place: Bank of Orange, Churton Street, Hillsborough · Also mentions: Churton StreetSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 19, 1904, p. 3 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 16, 1904, p. 3
  3. The Bank of Orange opens in Hillsborough Started in May 1904 with $5,000 in capital, it was Hillsborough's first bank since the Civil War. Dr. J. S. Spurgeon was president and Paul C. Collins cashier for its whole life. People: Paul C. Collins, John Sanford Spurgeon Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 274 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 26, 1904, p. 3
  4. Hillsboro merchants form a Business Men's Association Business men of Hillsboro and the county met at the court house on June 2 and organized a Business Men's Association to bring before the public matters for the good of the town and county, electing Shepperd Strudwick president and Paul C. Collins secretary; the association adopted its constitution and by-laws on June 27. People: Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Paul C. Collins Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 9, 1904, p. 3 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 30, 1904, p. 3
  5. Town commissioners accept three gasoline street lamps from a citizens' association The Hillsborough commissioners accepted an offer from Paul C. Collins, for an association of citizens that included Shepperd Strudwick, to buy and put up three gasoline street lamps at Churton and King, at Churton and Tryon, and on King Street near the Occoneechee Hotel at no cost to the town. In return the town agreed to keep them in order and lit for five years. People: Paul C. Collins, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Joseph A. Harris Place: Churton and King streets, Hillsborough · Also mentions: King StreetSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 4, 1904, p. 3
  6. The citizens' gasoline street lamps are lit in Hillsborough The three street lamps given to the town by Bank of Orange cashier Paul C. Collins and his associates were lighted for the first time, to general approval. People: Paul C. Collins Place: Churton and King streets, Hillsborough · Also mentions: Bank of OrangeSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 8, 1904, p. 3
  7. P. C. Collins buys the southern part of the future Bellevue mill site from J. W. Hooker Before the Bellevue company was incorporated, P. C. Collins bought the south half of the mill site near the West Hillsborough depot from J. W. Hooker; a later hand added that he acted as the mill's agent. Collins, a shareholder, passed the land to the company in 1905. People: J. W. Hooker, Paul C. Collins Place: Bellevue Manufacturing Company, South Nash Street at Eno Street, West HillsboroughSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Bellevue Manufacturing Company, National Register nomination (OR1745), p. 15
  8. Stockholders organize the Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Company and elect Shepperd Strudwick president Stockholders of the Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Company met and elected directors, who chose Shepperd Strudwick president and treasurer, A. J. Ruffin vice president and H. N. Brown Jr. secretary and general manager. Work on a brick plant a mile and a half east of town on the Southern Railway was to begin at once, on an authorized capital of $100,000 with $20,000 paid in. People: Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Allen Jones Ruffin, Paul C. Collins, J. Cheshire Webb, N. W. Brown Place: Office in the old Norwood building east of the court house; plant east of Hillsborough on the Southern Railway · Also named: H. N. Brown Jr.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 10, 1907, p. 2
  9. The Bank of Orange keeps paying in currency while neighboring banks issue scrip During the Panic of 1907 the Bank of Orange was the only bank in its section not paying out scrip. Its directors found its cash balance rising, and it kept paying dollar for dollar in United States currency while banks in Durham and Alamance restricted payments; its December 3 statement showed the largest resources in its history. People: Paul C. Collins Place: Bank of Orange, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 14, 1907, p. 3
  10. Paul C. Collins serves on the vestry of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church Paul C. Collins sat on the vestry of St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough from 1908 and retired as senior warden in 1957, one of the small group of families from whom the vestry was long drawn. Place: St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, HillsboroughSearch the index · St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Hillsborough: Allen Cronenberg, A Brief History of St. Matthew's Parish, 1752-2017 (2018), p. 14
  11. Banker Paul Collins builds a Queen Anne house on North Churton Street Banker Paul Collins builds the house at 312 North Churton Street about 1910 as a family home and a summer residence for his aunt from Edenton. It was later the longtime home of Edwin Lynch, clerk of superior court. People: Paul C. Collins, Edwin M. Lynch Place: Collins-Lynch House, 312 North Churton Street, Hillsborough · Also named: Paul Collins, Edwin Lynch · Also mentions: North Churton StreetSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 312 North Churton Street, Collins-Lynch House
  12. County commissioners order a survey for a macadam road from Hillsboro to Duke's farm At their July meeting the Orange County commissioners authorized Frank Nash, Shepperd Strudwick and Paul C. Collins to have a macadam road surveyed from Hillsboro to Duke's farm and report back on July 10. People: Frank Nash, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Paul C. Collins Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 6, 1911, p. 5
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  1. 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. Forrest Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 14, 1913, p. 5
  2. Paul C. Collins leads Orange County's First Liberty Loan, and the county's banks sell $51,650 in bonds Hillsborough banker Paul C. Collins was county chairman of the men's committee for the First Liberty Loan. The four banks in the county sold $51,650 in bonds, $30,150 of them at his Bank of Orange; he went on to chair the second, third and fourth loans. People: Milton E. Hogan Place: Orange County · Also mentions: Bank of OrangeSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, pp. 61-62
  3. 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: J. Cheshire Webb, M. C. S. Noble, Shepperd Strudwick (1868-1961), Paul C. Collins, Charles H. Robertson, Samuel Weldon Andrews Place: Hillsborough · Also named: John P. HughesSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 44
  4. A Liberty Bonfire on the court house square rallies Hillsborough for the Second Liberty Loan On the night of Tuesday, October 23, young Billy Hayes lit a Liberty Bonfire at the corner of the court house square, and seven speakers gave three-minute talks. The county's four banks sold $132,550 in second-loan bonds, and a women's committee under Mrs. James H. Webb raised $79,800. People: Frank Nash, John W. Graham, Samuel Mallett Gattis, Paul C. Collins Place: Hillsborough · Also named: Billy Hayes, Mrs. James H. WebbSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 62
  5. Orange County raises its Third Liberty Loan honor flag at the court house The county subscribed $99,150 to the Third Liberty Loan against a $75,000 allotment, and on May 9, 1918, raised its Honor Flag at the court house, with Judge Bond of Edenton speaking. Hillsborough had raised its own town Honor Flag at the cross streets on May 2. People: Paul C. Collins Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 63
  6. Orange County subscribes $331,700 to the Fourth Liberty Loan despite the influenza ban The county meeting planned for Liberty Day, October 12, 1918, was called off when the epidemic closed public gatherings, but Orange subscribed $331,700 against a $300,000 allotment. Hillsborough Township gave about $175,000 on a $55,000 allotment, and the women's committees raised $227,300. People: Harriet Morehead Berry, Paul C. Collins Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Documenting the American South: A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919, p. 65

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