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ISsboro Opens Its Doors This Weekend > Visitors To Flower Show - Pilgrimage CHARLES SPENCE HUBBARD are,—This historic coynty Sere the seeds of revolution m long before the Boston rty or the Declaration of Jdence, plans to make new this month. beauty with tradition, sboro Garden Club will Lits, annual Flower Show [garden pilgrimage. It will first such combined effort, [during the pilgrimages. |ates are April 23 and 24. "lower Show, competing National Purple Ribbon will be the largest and Implete ever presented by tden Club of this commu the pilgrimage will open |ng..4guests -beautiful.gar historic homes and pub Slings. flower Show will be open [to 9 p. m. each day. The fge homes will be open to 6 Saturday and 1:30 to ay. A $1.50. charge will ^mission to both events. Inn Is Headquarters nuarters *for the two-day lull be the Colonial Inn, Itself is a historic site. It It in the 1780’s on the style English coffee house. On [here during the festival a miniature stage coach [by Shepherd Strudwick poro. Taior part of the Flower til be located in the Amer Igion Community House. |d oe Nund the Koriioul hibit displaying the speci which Hillsboro garden been long noted. The ftarket, Junior Arrange Ind the Niche Arrange jfeaturing early American [styles—will share space imdrous special displays, fgraphic exhibit 'of early architecture will em Itho work of the local John [Miss Eva Gatling of the diversity Art Department |g this collection. School [ will include a display of pi'.ing bird houses and plant varieties; planting [>t care, Indian study- and of the Regulators. The 1 range, national commu [ci,ce award of last year; its own exhibit in this |ld Churches Open _ Vo’s four churches, all |or to the Civil War, v/ill | for inspection during the The Presbyterian /as built in 1818, replac older structure which In the churchyard rest North Carolina’s early [eluding William Hooper, the Declaration of Inde f: | 22 w Hillsboro girls, with Betsy Forrest as chairman junior hostesses for the town s flower sho _P » 23-24. Here they pose before the home or in the costumes they will wear. , ,, Dr. D. E. of Orange County } our Home Newspaper Serving Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1893 HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, THURSDAY, APRII. 21, 1949 Orange County’s historic courthouse is one of the landmarks visitors find most interesting. In it - • ... - -.-.....— - -:is —- ---- :---* are stored Some of the richest treasures of Hillsboro’s and the nation’s history. pendence, James Hogg and the great educator, Archibald Murphy, j St. Matthews Episcopal Church was built in 1825 on land donated : by Thomas Ruffin, who gave the j site because there Ann Kirkland j accepted his proposal of marriage, j The Methodist Church dates from 1857 and was designed by John Berry. The Baptist Church was built in 1858 and recalls that in 1862 its new bell was donated to the Orange Light Infantry to be molded -into cannon for the C.S.A. The churches will exhibit their entries in the Flower Show. Tree lovers may visit Cameron Park, where virgin hardwood is mingled with evergreens planted a century ago. An old Indian trading path is still discernible in the valley. Hillsboro’s most beau tiful park is also its tnost historic ground. Here six captured Regu lator leaders were hanged in the presence of Colonial Governor Tryon, and here they were buried in unmarked graves in June of 1771. A stone slab marks the spot where these almost forgotten men died for the cause of freedom. Since two of these men were un known, Hillsboro regards them as unknown soldiers to fall in organ ized- rebellion against the Crown’s colonial government. Relics of Colonial Days The Orange County Courthouse, also to be open, is recognized as one of the finest architectural ex amples in the South. Its tower clock was a gift from King George III. Within the courthouse are stored the county records from 1766; and here may be seen the official weights and measures, leg irons and branding irons that were used in colonial days. The Courthouse Square was the stag ing point for Daniel Boone’s expe MAYOR’S WELCOME Hillsboro’s place in history and the affections of its townspeople is secure. We hope that you as visitors to Hillsboro during the combined Flower Show and Pil grimage, April 23-24, also will find something of interest and inspiration here during your visit. The Hillsboro Garden Club, one of our most active civic organizations, has worked hard in combining for the first time in history their Spring Flower Show with the annual Pilgrimage for your enjoyment. We believg plishments, as do those of us in the municipal govern ment; who bid you welcorrte. BEN G. JOHNSTON Mayor of Hillsboro dition to Kentucky in 1776. Those who wish may visit the Masonic Hall which was built in 1823. The Hall is the home of Eagle Lodge, No. 19, chartered in 1791. Two representative gardens will be open to visitors. They are the charming Spring garden of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins and the Rock Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Jones, crowning a bluff high over Eno River. Many Old Homes Open Hillsboro’s historic homes are numerous and well-kept, for they are still the homes of its'citizens today. Open to the Flower Show Pilgrimage guest will be the Thomas Ruffin home,. now the residence of Mr. and IV!rs. Jack Snipes; the James Webb home, in its beautiful dogwo»d setting overlooking the Occoneechee mountain chain; the Military Bar racks where Confederate troops were trained, and now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caston] the Nash home, built prior to 1800, and the present residence of Dr. and Mrs, H. W. Moore; the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. Don Matheson, with its huge fireplaces and built in ovens; and Ayr Mount, started in 1794. This majestic, four floored manor house was built of imported brick, and has been the continual home of the Kirkland family throughout its history. S. S. Kirkland, the last remain ing descendant, makes it his home today. These homes are fur nished with some original and many typical period pieces; and the visitor will find here too the Flower Show arrangements, placed in their proper.,historic setting. Moorefields To Be Open Moorefields win be included in the Hillsboro pilgrimage April 23 and 24 f6r those who like to ad rpire interiors of old homes. It was built in 1785 by Judge Alfred Moore, whose home was in Wil mington, but who preferred to live in ‘Hillsborough” during the. sum mer. - The 8-room,house was built on. a 1,000-acre plantation, bht years of different ownership has cut this acreage considerably. Mr. and Mrs . June Ray are present owners and occupants of Moorefields. Inside may be seen a Chinese Chippendale stairway, corner fire place, and a handsome fluted mantel. Nothing has been added to the house since it was con structed . The timbers are hand. hewn and put together with wooden pegs. The following is taken from the book “Some Memories of My Life” by Alfred Moore Waddell (great grandson of Judge Moore) which was published in 1908: “This sum mer residence was in - Orange County about three miles from the Historic town of Hillsboro where I was bom (Sept. 16, 1834) (Continued on Page 3)
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