Stephen T. Forrest

Life and Orange County connections

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1. July 5, 1889 The Orange County Farmers' Alliance elects S. T. Forrest president and keeps W. V. Andrews as secretary At its annual election the Orange County Farmers' Alliance chose S. T. Forrest president, W. C. Cole vice president, W. V. Andrews secretary, N. D. Bain treasurer and J. Y. Merritt business agent, and named James H. Norwood its delegate to the state convention. People: Stephen T. Forrest, Nathaniel D. BainSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough): "Orange County Alliance,", July 13, 1889, p. 3
2. early March 1890 The Orange County Farmers' Alliance sets up a trade exchange in Hillsborough The Orange County Alliance, which had opened an Alliance exchange elsewhere in the county about two weeks before, rented a store building in Hillsborough for a second exchange and elected a manager; by mid-March the Hillsboro Exchange had stockholders and an office in town. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 8, 1890, p. 3
3. by April 19, 1890 The Alliance Exchange board at Hillsboro names S. T. Forrest manager After Mr. Andrews resigned as manager of the Farmers' Alliance Exchange at Hillsboro, its board of directors chose S. T. Forrest to fill the place. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 19, 1890, p. 3
4. June 2, 1890 Alliance president S. T. Forrest says members will work inside their own parties Asked what the Farmers' Alliance would do in the coming campaign, county president S. T. Forrest wrote that the order was not going into partisan politics, but that members would attend their own parties' primaries and vote only for convention delegates in sympathy with the Alliance and its state and national demands.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 7, 1890, p. 2 (letter of S. T. Forrest)
5. November 4, 1890 Democrats carry the county offices in Orange County's general election Orange voters chose the whole Democratic ticket by wide margins, among them Sheriff John K. Hughes, Superior Court Clerk Samuel M. Gattis, Register of Deeds John Laws and Treasurer D. M. Laws, and with Durham sent R. N. Hall Jr. and a Durham Democrat to the state House. Constables were also elected in five townships. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, Stephen T. Forrest, John Knox Hughes, Dudley M. LawsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 15, 1890, p. 2
6. April 6, 1891 County commissioners name tax listers and assessors for each township At their Monday meeting the Orange County commissioners appointed three list takers and assessors for each township. Hillsborough township got W. M. Jones, John T. Hogan and S. T. Forrest. People: John T. Hogan, Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 11, 1891, p. 3
7. April 16, 1892 People's Party holds township meetings across Orange County At Hillsborough the party met at the court house with S. T. Forrest in the chair and J. F. McAdams as secretary, chose delegates to the county convention, and organized a township executive committee. Meetings in Little River and Cedar Grove townships the same day were said to be about as well attended as such meetings usually are. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 23, 1892, p. 3
8. by mid-February 1895 S. T. Forrest & Co. open a general store at Efland S. T. Forrest & Co. opened a general store at Efland with a fair stock of merchandise, soon after Forrest left the Hillsboro Exchange. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 16, 1895, p. 3
9. early July 1899 The county school directors name township trustees and elect John Thompson superintendent The new Orange County Board of School Directors, chaired by J. P. Lockhart, appointed school trustees for every township and elected John Thompson county superintendent. The trustees were told to organize, divide their townships into school districts and choose committeemen for each district. People: John W. Thompson, Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 13, 1899, p. 3
10. January 12, 1903 The county board of education apportions the school fund and sets aside $1,000 for new schoolhouses The Orange County Board of Education divided the year's school fund among about 4,700 children of school age and set aside more than $1,000 for new schoolhouses to be built in 1903. People: Charles Edward Maddry, Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 15, 1903, p. 3
11. January 28, 1907 S. T. Forrest buys out his partners in S. T. Forrest & Co. at Efland The Efland firm of S. T. Forrest & Co. was dissolved by mutual consent. Partners C. C. Taylor and Charles L. Boggs sold and assigned their whole interest to Stephen T. Forrest. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 7, 1907, p. 3 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 31, 1907, p. 3
12. June 7, 1909 The county school board asks for a four-month school tax and a state high school at Andrews school house The Orange County Board of Education asked the county commissioners to levy a special tax of 5 cents on each $100 of property and 15 cents on each poll so that every school district could have a four-month term, and applied to the State Board of Education for a state high school at the Andrews school house in Chapel Hill Township. People: Stephen T. ForrestSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 10, 1909, p. 4