The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-07
ia COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

e1t. A synopsis OF what they did is pub
ished below:
Pauper claims amounting to SIS. sol
we're allowed and orders issued therefor
E. G. Johnson was appointed coin-
nittee to call upon G. B. Mcleod, late
Sheriff, and see how much money he had
on hand belonging to the county.
Mosley Wiggans was allowed to enter
-lle county home for the aged and iniirln
and 81. so was ordered paid for carryingl
hirl there.
Elizabeth Whitaker was allowed s. 90
per month and Jane Macarthur 81 so as
paupers.
D. P. Walters was allowed S52.33 fer.
keeping the county home for the month
Of March.
The petition to discontinue public
road i'll Howellsv;lle township was not
granted. Petition for public road III
Ahordsville township was not granted.
Petaion of o. c. Faults and others for
new road i'll Alfor5isville township was
granted provided same is lid out at cost
of petitioners. The same order was made
i'll regard to the petition of ]. NJ. Buie
and others. The petition for new road
i'll Eaxton township was not allowed
Henry Purvis was ordered TO instruct |
the parties who bid eff the bridge i'll the
dam across Jacob Swamp, not to build
until further orders from the board
c. E. Lyman, by his attorneys, Mclean
& Townsend, appeared before the board
and offered to purchase certain lands sold
for taxes during the years 1898, 1894, 1895
and 1896. Action on the application was
deferred until next meeting.
Rebates for errors in the tax list of 1896
were allowed as follows: John McNair
S2.22, Fife D. Britt $2.32 Mrs. Ann E.
Mitchell &c, E. T Mitchell &C, Dr. ].
B. Brown SI2.oo, Jas. l. Mitchell, o7c, Nj.
H. Clifton $500, Sallie Galloway sass,
George Powell $500, H. Campbell $500,
Andrew Hamilton 500, D. W. M1lsaps
$5.4I, Thomas Jackson S2.oo.
Claims were audited and allowed as fol-
lows: Mcdargue & Davis $45.o5 for
keeping chain gang part of March. J.
w. Wood sI2.oo for lumber. J. F.
Meares, 6oc for serving road orders. c.
T. Ashley S2S.53 for lumber for bridge at
LIt1nberton. J. M. Burke $4,000 for
bridge across Lumber river at Carpbell's
| bridge, Dr. + \. Norment SI9.o5, salary
as Superintendent of Health for month Of
March, Q. T. Williams $780, for insurance
OH court house, B. F. Mclean, SIS, sal
airy as county attorney, J. ". Hall $S.I5
jail fees for March, SIG so, fer carrying
David Smith to the insane asylum; SII.Is,
for coal for jail, Mcneil & Mclean SIS,
services before the Supreme Court i'll case
OF State vs. Henry Horn, R. O. Pitn,an
$555.o7, amount lost in bank failure and
ordered refunded by act of Legislature,
T. n. Higley 80, for brick for Jail, H
B. Pit1nan & Co., 1928, for clothing foc
Chain gang, Naill l'ree1nen $5.2S, for lu1ll-
Der, O. c. Nornle11t & Co., $I.2s, fol-
blankets for chain gang, S. A. Edmund
$37. 40, for court docket, ETC., Edwards &
Broughton $3.50, for three records fol
> Register of Deeds, Islla,n Stone S4ooS
for keeping chain gang eighteen days il
March, Cyrus Thompson $3.50, for certi
fed copy of act in regard to hiring Oh
chain gang, J. D. lowers s.. 60, for tw,
} day services as committee at Campbell
| bridge, I. T. Mclean $40 for services a
chairman of Board of Education for fou
months ending March Ist. 500 was al
lowed to help build bridge across Lunl
Der river near Alma
The monthly reports of z. c. Johnson
County Treasurer, S. A. Edmund, Clcr
S Superior Court, G. B. Mcleod, ex-She1
. if, 4. S. Thompson, Register of Deeds
t and J. W Hall, Sheriff, were approve
:. and ordered recorded.
t S. L. West was exempted from til
v payment of poll tax two years.
i Jurors for tie April Term of the Grim
5. nal Court were drawn as follows: w
Fairc1oth, c. A. Parne1l, Joseph Tow
send, B. c. R Seasons, Daniel Watson
w: NJ. Bryant, J. P Lewis, E. c. Ny
" William Bracy, Joe Davis, F. 7. F1oy'
g Richard Moore, J.. A. McCallun1. Dav
d King, Allen Edens, L. W. Lovett,
+ Moo. Williams, G. w. Livingston, V
lie K. Cu1breatil Peter Monroe, S. S. Phi:
n lips, N. Mclean, J. I. Stone, I.
n Davis, B. S. Bernard, A. D. Thorlpso
al n. A Brown, J. H. Chason, Neill NJ
t. Callur1, c. w. Graham, James Jollnso
lie J. N. Andrews, J. W. D. Mclean, J.
Or Singletary, D. c. Regain, r. G. In1nan
re Jurors for the May term of the S
d perior Court were drawn as follow
as Nathan Hall, J. L. Lassiter, Jno
er Clark, c.. w. Turner, S. w. Benne
t Allen Oliver, W. I. kin1aw, w.
S, LoMrie, ". Hunt, J. R. Floyd, D.
is Sinclair, L. R. Breeze, G. B. Conoly,
u P. Mercer William Townsend, G. B. y
n Dunn, J. l. Hill and W. r. Baxley
ty List takers for the various TOWNSHIP
p Of the county were appointed as follow
ne Alfordsvine-J. w. Mclean,
&c Back Swamp. E. Thompson,
ut Britt s-Alya Lawson,
tie Blue Springs-N. Nee. Currie,
a Burnt Swanp-Alfred Britt,
he Howellsville- Duncan NJ. White,
e, Lumber Bridge-D. NJ. Hall,
CHI iLumbertorl-J. w. Edmund,
1t. Maston-J. .. lowers,
nd Red Springs-J G. Brown,
1t, Raft Swamp-W. F. Prevatt,
be St. Pa 1's-W. S. Johnson,
a Smith 's---H. S. Smith,
y. Saddle Tree-D. B. Humphrey,
mt Ster1ing's Mill. T. Purvis,
Of Thompson 's-P. B. Thompson, 3
ore White Housed. II. Nance,
Wistart' 81. Ed. Tyson,
B. L. and l. T. Mel can were appoin
of a committee to meet with ex-Sheriff