The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-09-14
SCHOOL MATTERS.
Business Transacted at Monthly
Meeting of County Board of
Education.

NASCIuAS VI NOOA1GS OOoAO Va
Education.
The county board of education
was in regular monthly session
on Monday of last week, but on
account of the crowded condition
of the paper Thursday it was nee
essary to defer publication of its
proceedings until today. The fol-
lowing business was transacted:
It was ordered that the school
building in district No. 10, Thomp-
sons township, be located at Pur-
Wis. The committeeman of dis
trict No. 3, Alfordsville, were in
structed to open their school on
or about the first Monday in Oc-
tober. Superintendent Poole was
instructed to sell the public school
property at Rowland to the best
advantage.
The following transfers were
ordered: F. J. Adams, from the
special district at Raeford to dis
trict No. 2, Blue Springs; Mrs.
Susan Davis and NJ. McB. Lovin,
from district No. 1 to district No.
, 3, Blue Springs; S. F. Jenkins,
from district No.3 to district No.
! 5, Sterling's; J. W. Baker, J. A.
Purcell, Willie Hubert, H. Town
f send, Sarah Rountree, from dis.
I trict No. 3 to district No. 2, col
f ored, Alfordsville; J. E. McNair
Willie McNair, Martin McCallum
> John McCallum, Douglass Scipio
,, from No. 9, Thompson's, to No
o 2, Alfordsville.
n The following school commit
q teemen were appointed:J. H. Bass
: No.3, White House;W Walter Faulk
Jesse Turner and NJ. Oliver, No
: 5, White House; A. S. Locklear
: Walter Strickland and Enocl
Oxendine, No. l, Croatan, Raj
- Swamp; jim jacob and R. H
+ Carter, No. 1, Croatan, Bacl
# Swamp.
j The application for a new col
q ored district near Rennert wa
= granted, the boundaries to be a
v follows: Beginning at Raj
q swamp on the A. C. L. Ry. an,
II running with the swamp to tn
a mouth of Carpenters branch
y thence a direct line TO E. j
Biggs', to Saddle Tree and Ren
- merit public road; thence wit
= said road to the Rennert an,
y u Rozier's public road, thence wit
70 70 said road to and to include tn
u town Of Rennert; thence fror
~ ~ Rennert up the Lumber Bridg
'e @ public road to the LoWery schoC
a a district line, thence with said diE
10 trict line to Raft swamp, theme
y y down said swamp to the begin
- = ming.
p An application for new scho'
4. A. district for the Croatan race nes
le e Saddle Tree was ordered approx
/; !e ed, the boundaries to be as fo
! j lows: Beginning in Raft swan
u u at the A. C. L. Ry., crossing tn
y lands of w. S. Mcmillan and
az az Bateman, down Raft swamp
I! Williams bridge, thence a dire
e., line to Ten Mile swamp at Thes
,e ,t Carlyle's, thence up Ten Mi
~ swamp to the A. G. L. Ry.
AZ a Rennert, thence with said raj
~ .o' road to the beginning.
g. Petitions were presented fro
s, districts No. 5, White House al
10 10 Blue Springs, for special t;
w w elections. These petitions we
90 approved and, as stated in Il
b 10 report in Thursdays Robesoni;
~ of the meeting of the coun
~ ~ commissioners, the commissio
~ ~ ers ordered that these electio
ko L. be held on October II. J. H. M
nc ,n Kenzie, John Deas and Hira
~ ~ Hall were appointed committe
~ ~! men for the last named district
~ u; No. 5. Blue Springs,
uI uI- In the case Of George De
against the commissioners of d
ess trict No. 2, Croatan, Lumbert
be- township, it was ordered tt
tn the case be reopened on accoU
Die, of new evidence being produce
ON and Supt. Poole was instruct