Charles G. Rosemond

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1. May 15, 1903 Charles G. Rosemond takes charge of the Hillsborough post office Charles G. Rosemond took over the Hillsborough post office from J. Clyde Cheek, who had resigned in March, after a contest among six Republican candidates; A. J. Gordon became assistant postmaster. People: Adolphus J. Gordon, Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 21, 1903, p. 3
2. October 1, 1905 The Hillsborough post office becomes a presidential office On October 1 the Hillsborough post office was advanced to the presidential class, so that its postmaster would be appointed by the President and paid a salary. Charles G. Rosemond was postmaster, with A. J. Gordon as assistant. People: Charles G. Rosemond, Adolphus J. GordonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 5, 1905, p. 3
3. by May 16, 1907 The Hillsborough post office moves into C. D. Turner's new brick building on King Street Postmaster Charles G. Rosemond moved the Hillsborough post office into a new two-story brick building on King Street that C. D. Turner had put up for it on a vacant lot. Turner, who began the work at the end of January, held a contract with the Post Office Department to furnish the building, its fixtures, fuel and lights for a term of years. People: Charles G. Rosemond, Chester D. TurnerSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 16, 1907, p. 3
4. 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
5. 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
6. by January 29, 1920 Sheriff C. G. Rosemond's tax collections double over the year before Sheriff C. G. Rosemond had collected $101,000 in state and county taxes, against $49,000 at the same point a year earlier. The News credited his attention to business, the new one percent discount for early payment and the money brought in by high cotton and tobacco prices, and asked for the annual statement of county affairs the law required. People: Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), January 29, 1920, p. 5
7. March 1, 1920 Sheriff Charles G. Rosemond resigns Sheriff Charles G. Rosemond handed his resignation to the county commissioners at their meeting on Monday, March 1, to take effect in sixty days. The News expected the board to name a successor at its next monthly meeting and mentioned Deputy Sheriff Thomas E. Sparrow and Treasurer J. L. Brown as possible choices. People: Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), March 11, 1920, p. 5
8. April 2, 1930 Census takers begin the 1930 enumeration in Chapel Hill and the Orange County townships June L. Cheek began canvassing Chapel Hill house by house for the fifteenth census, which included questions on whether each family owned a radio and whether each person had been at work the day before. Separate enumerators were named for Carrboro, Hillsboro, and each township or half-township of the county. People: Charles G. RosemondSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 4, 1930, p. 2