The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-16
The County Commissioners.

on Monday and tuesday OF las1
week, and transacted the follow
ing business:
Outside pauper claims amount
ing to 1880 We're allowed.
ID. p. Walters was allowed $G7. l.
for keeping county home fol
month of May.
DR.. 7. A. Norment was allowed
$40 go for services as superintend.
ent of health.
r. w. McHargue was allowed
S23 for building bridge across the
dam at Jacob swamp.
DR.. T. A. Norment rendered his
resignation It's superintendent of
health, which was accepted, and
DR.. II. 7. Pope was elected to fill
the vacancy,
The petition of DR.. Hamer to
discontinue a public road in Max
ton township was filed, and notice
was issued for the parties to APP
pear at the next meeting of the
board.
The report of the committee to
lay out a public road in Burnt
Swamp township was accepted
and approved.
The petition of. A. L. Shaw and
others for public road in Lumber
Bridge township, was ordered filed
with notice to issue.
The petition of G. B. Townsend
and others for II public road from
the Moss Neck road, at the Graham
place, etc, was ordered granted at
the cost of the petitioners.
The petition Of J. B. McCallum
and others, in Alfordsville town.
ship, was not granted.
A. G. Oliver was allowed 81 go
for lumber for Ashpole bridge.
J. G. Pitman was allowed $40. rs
for feeding jurors at the May term
of court.
II. D. Williams was allowed
$10.4 for lumber for bridge at
Lumberton.
S. 0. Frostic was allowed $1O.24
for lumber for bridge across Long
swamp.
f. c. Cope was allowed a rebate
of $4.6G on taxes in Red Springs
township.
l. Stone was allowed $50. .95, less
81 due the county, for keeping
chain gang for the month of May,
and $7.15 for tools, etc., furnished
chain gang.
DR.. w. l.. Byrnes was allowed
S64.5O for holding inquests on
Make Jacobs, Jesse Tolar and
Neill Higgins.
J. P. Price, of Sterlings, G. B.
Patterson, of Maxton, and D. M.
Hall, of Lumber Bridge, were
elected board of education for
Robson county.
James Wooten was allowed So. so
for wood, ETC., furnished the Jail.
The petition of w. C. McPhail
and ). j. Mcleod, chairman and
secretary of the board of super
visors Of Lumber Bridge township.
asking for the discontinuance of
the public road known as the Aus
ley store and ST. Pauls road, was
postponed until next meeting for
final action.
Mollie Byrd was allowed 50 as
self support for one month.
The monthly reports of E. G.
Johnson, Treasurer, A. S. Thomp-
son, Register of Deeds, and Geo.
B. Mcleod, ex-Sheriff, were ap-
proved and ordered recorded.
N. A. Thompson was allowed
- for two days services as COM
mittee on the bridge at the dam
on Jacob Swamp.
G. j. Faulk was allowed So. 3.58
for lumber for bridge across Nc
Leod's mill race.
5. A. Edmund was allowed
Sl34.45 for copying dockets, etc.
Archie Britt and Alva Lawson
were appointed school committee
meen III District No. Sc, white,
Britts postoffce.
p. A. Inman, G.. S. Mckenzie
and d. l.. Bullock were appointed
school committeeman in District
No. &c, white, Ashpole postoffice.
B. F. Stephens was allowed $50
for copying Index Book No. 2 in
the Registers Office of Robson
county.
L.. IL. Scott was released from
poll tax for the year 1897.
Jurors for the July term Of the
Criminal Court were drawn as fol-
lows; Fl. B. Pitman, J. w. Boon,
G. r.. Collins, J. D. Mcneil, H.
S. Sessions, D. T. Rozier, Silas
Griffin, A. G. Campbell, s. K.
Fisher, j. 7. Nicholson, T. L.
Hursey, w. B. Jenkins, A. P.