The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-10
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS
Petition for Special Tax Election
Approx Claims Audited
and Other Items of Interest.

and Other Items of Interest.
The regular monthly meeting
of the county board of education
was held Monday in the office of
County Superintendent J. r.
Poole, all the members of the
board Messrs. Lucius McRae, L.
r. Hamer and E. C. Nye-being
present.
A petition was approved for
special tax election for 80 Gel Is
on the 500 and 80 cents on the
poll for district No. 3, Blue
Springs township.
The resignation ofD. B. Lancas-
ter as a committee man ofLumber
Bridge high school was accepted
and ". S. Cobb was elected to
fill the vacancy. Peter McRae
was appointed a committeeman
in district No. 5, colored, to
succeed Chas. Fairly, deceased.
Luther Rozier was appointed
committeeman in district No. 4,
Alfordsville township, in place of
r. F. McGirt, who has moved
out of the district. Rebates
were allowed as follows: A. J.
Floyd, No. 5, White House, $6.75;
Mrs. Sue d. McRae, No. 1, Max
Ton. 1876; VIM. Baker, No. 3,
Burnt Swamp, $1.29; Miss Lizzie
Mcleod, No. l, Thompson,
$l2. 27; Rowland Trust Co., No.
l. Thompson, So. Allen Edens,
No. l, thompson, S151. SO; A. G.
Thompson, No. l, White House,
$l.35. Upon recommendation of
Register -of-Deeds 7. N. Highly.
the sum Of So. 9o was ordered re-
funded to Justice H. A. McNeill
from the general school fund,
this amount paid to the COUNT !
treasurer being cost instead OF
fines. 1t was ordered that $35.-
O5 be transferred from No. Z,
Sterlings, to No. 2, same town
ship, on account Of error in ls5-
ing special tax; that $25 be al
lowed No. l, Croatan, White
House, to make a 4-montns tern
that No. 3, colored, Alfordsville,
be allowed $3.50 on account of
error in apportionment; that 1924
be allowed No. 2, colored, Back
Swamp, to increase length OF
term for assistant teacher.
The following claims were or
dered paid: J. E. Nye, for com
pleting house in No. /, Sterl-
ngs, $100; w. A. Leggett, schoo
size in No. a, Sterlings $25; D. A.
Barlow, completing house in No
6, colored, Lumber Bridge, $33,
33; Isaac Leach, repairs in No.9
/. Thompson, $4.40; D. A. Buie
surveying scnool site. So; Arthur
Shaw, repairs and wood for No
!, cOlored. Lumber Bridge, Sill.
80; Z. B. Wright, repairing type
writer for board OF educat O.,
SO SO; Freeman Printing CO.
printing matter and stsstioner.
Tor board, $l1.75; Alva Oxendine
holding special tax election, IS
Total, $197.78.
AShooting Scrape.
Fen M,Leo1, colored. wa
tried Tuesday before Justice J
H. McNeill for an assault o.
Douglass Lyon, colored, at Nc
Donald 8 some ten days ago an
in default of bond in the sum @
$100 was committed to Jail t
await trial. Ben and Douglas
are boys about 20 years old.
was in evidence that after he
words they met armed with shot
gum. 'Ytu re re dy for L e ar
you', said one, ana with ina
each threw his trusty to hi
shoulder. Ben was the first t
fire and the bad took effect i
Dnglass' right shoulder. where
upon his shot went wild and h
turned and fed. Ben fired agai
without effect. Ben was o''~As
ed Tuesday by Deputy Bar le
and yesterday he arrested Doue
lass and brought him to jai
where both await trial in the S,
perior Court.
A r ,beson County lndustri
Edition.
Mr.. V. G.. Moore, assista1
business manager Of the Raleie
News and Observer, ard Mr..
L. Conn, associate'editor of tn
paper, came to Lumt erton Mo-
day to begin work on an indu
trial edition of The News ar
Observer for Robson count
obeson affords a fertile field f