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J. W. Hooker

J. W. Hooker kept the livery, feed and sale stable on Churton Street in Hillsborough and sat on the town board of commissioners, as the 1886 North Carolina Tobacco Belt Directory records.

Source: NCGenWeb Orange County: Gazetteer of Orange County, NC: Hillsboro (from the North Carolina Tobacco Belt Directory of 1886)

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Hillsborough's tobacco market: factories and warehouses, 1877–18911877–1891 · Hillsborough built up a tobacco market of warehouses and factories between 1877 and 1891, though the firms behind it dissolved or changed hands again and again. Pogue's warehouse held its opening sale in 1877, and in 1882 Major H. P. Jones received what the Observer called the first cablegram ever sent to Hillsborough, a Liverpool order for his Tar Heel smoking tobacco. In 1886 the Hookers' Central Warehouse gave the town a second warehouse. The Webb & Co. firm dissolved in 1887, A. A. Springs assigned his business in 1888, and Hooker & Crisp dissolved in 1889. E. A. Rosemond bought the Central Warehouse and in 1891 opened his warehouse at prices that pleased the farmers. The 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.

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  1. J. W. Hooker puts on a hack between the Hillsborough depot and the town J. W. Hooker began running a hack between the railroad station at Hillsborough and the town, in competition with the service already there. People: J. W. HookerSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, September 27, 1879, p. 2
  2. Hillsborough elects George O. Corbin mayor Hillsborough's town election passed quietly, choosing George O. Corbin as mayor and Wm. N. Anderson, James A. Cheek, James H. Hedgpeth, J. W. Hooker, John Rosemond, J. Y. Whitted and Isaac R. Strayhorn as commissioners. Many voters still wrote in the retiring mayor, Henry K. Nash, who was not a candidate. People: Henry Kollock Nash, Isaac R. Strayhorn, James A. Cheek, J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 12, 1883, p. 3
  3. Hillsborough elects editor Joseph A. Harris mayor Hillsborough voters chose Joseph A. Harris, editor of the Orange County Observer, as mayor, with A. W. Graham, James Webb Jr., W. H. Newman, George C. Corbin, W. E. Steward, J. W. Hooker and D. M. Laws as commissioners. The outgoing mayor, Corbin, had declined to run again. People: James Webb Jr., George C. Corbin, Augustus Washington Graham, J. W. Hooker, Dudley M. LawsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 9, 1885, p. 3
  4. J. W. Hooker's new omnibus makes its first trip in Hillsborough J. W. Hooker put a new omnibus into service at Hillsborough, and it made its first trip on October 29. The paper expected it to add greatly to the pleasure of a visit to the town. People: J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 31, 1885, p. 2
  5. D. C. Parks is elected a Hillsborough town commissioner At a quiet town election Hillsborough chose George C. Corbin mayor and elected A. W. Graham, James Webb Jr., J. W. Hooker, William Anderson, D. M. Laws, D. C. Parks and William H. Newman commissioners. People: James Webb Jr., George C. Corbin, Augustus Washington Graham, J. W. Hooker, Dudley M. LawsSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 8, 1886, p. 3
  6. J. W. Hooker & Bro. hold the first sale at their new Central Warehouse J. W. Hooker & Bro. held the first tobacco sale in their new Central Warehouse on Churton Street, just north of the Observer office, giving Hillsborough a second tobacco warehouse. White Brothers of Mebane had built the 50-by-150-foot house that spring. People: J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 8, 1886, p. 3
  7. The Hillsborough tobacco manufacturers Hooker & Crisp dissolve their firm J. W. Hooker and R. L. Crisp dissolved their tobacco manufacturing firm, Hooker & Crisp, by mutual consent, with O. D. Hooker filling its outstanding orders. People: J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 2, 1889, p. 3
  8. J. W. Hooker & Bro. sell the Central Warehouse in Hillsborough to E. A. Rosemond The Hookers sold the Central Warehouse and the stables behind it to E. A. Rosemond, who was expected to build a brick blacksmith shop on the stable site and turn the warehouse into a livery stable and harness shop. People: Edward Atkins Rosemond, J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 25, 1890, p. 3
  9. John Kirkland takes over J. W. Hooker's livery and feed stable in Hillsborough John Kirkland succeeded J. W. Hooker in the livery and feed stable business at Hillsborough, offering saddle horses, buggy and carriage teams and drays.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough): local notice of the livery change (January 6, 1898, p. 3)
  10. The county elections board creates St. Mary's precinct and moves two polling places The Orange County Board of Elections merged the Pleasant Green and Orange Academy precincts of Little River Township into a new St. Mary's precinct voting at St. Mary's school house, moved the West Hillsboro polling place from J. W. Hooker's store to John Christmas's store on King Street, and moved the Patterson's precinct polling place in Chapel Hill Township to Joseph J. Whitfield's store. People: Joseph A. Harris, Junius D. Webb, John Christmas, J. W. HookerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 9, 1902, p. 2
  11. 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. CollinsSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: Bellevue Manufacturing Company, National Register nomination (OR1745), p. 15

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