The Robesonian., 1917-05-14
TOWN COMMISSIONERS MEET

Last Meeting of ex-MayOr and Old
Board-Mayor Proctor Will Pre-
side at First Meeting of New Board
Tonight-Heavy License Tax Plac-
ed on Renting a Room to Out-of-
Town Retail Statesmen for Display
of Wares-Remarks by Retiring
and Incoming Mayor
The last meetino of the old board
OF town commissioners and the re-
firing mayor, Mr.. A. E. White, was
held Thursday night and the first
meeting of the new board will be held
tonight with Mayor Jas. D. Proctor
presiding. The board now has only
four members, as follows: w. P. Nc
Allister and S. K. Nash, elected s
year ago for term of two years;
A. S. King, elected last Monday to
succeed himself, and E. M. johnson,
elected to fill out the unexpired term
of Mayor Proctor, who resigned when
he became a candidate for the office
of mayor. The terms of all members
of the board will expire in one year
and next May one commissioner from
each of the four wards into which
the town was divided by the last
Legislature will be elected. Retir-
ing HlOllloCIS VI IIlc .Olu UOdTu OF o
, commissioners are K. M Barnes and
w. S. Wishart.
Primary and election returns were
! ! canvassed and the following were
! declared duly elected: mayor-Jas.
D.. Proctor: town commissioners
S. King, E. M. Johnson; board of
audit and finance-Frank Cough, H.
M. McAllister, W. s. Britt; graded
: school trustees-C. V. Brown, L. E.
! Whaley, Geo. l.. Thompson.
! 1t was ordered that the primary
!, managers and Judges of election be
!, paid $1.50 each for their services and
! that the registrar be paid $40.
Heavy Tax for Aiding Out Town
i Retail Statesmen
i An ordinance was passed unani.
!; mously imposing a license tax o1
$500 a year on any person, firm OF
!. corporation in the town of Lumber
/ ton keeping hotel or house Of pri
vate entertainment in which anv room
or rooms are used or rented for th,
! purpose Of displaying or offering fol
:, sale. at retail, merchandise of any de
: scription. This tax is in addition t,
any other license tax to which sucl
, nerson, firm or corporation may b,
t liable.
This ordinance should be effectiv
:, in breaking up a practice that ha
n, resulted Of late in statesmen from
e other towns coming to Lumberton
: renting a room to display thei
h wares, and then, with local aid, call
ing up ladies in their homes and in
viting their patronage.
A motion was passed to paw eac1
4 of the town commissioners S18 fo
r his services during the past year.
r Remarks by Retiring Mayor
: AS has been stated in The Robe
2 sonian, the retiring mayor, Mr.. A. F
n White, has served the town as mayo
: for eight one-year terms, years cor
e secutively up to the last election
e when he declined to offer for the OF
It flee again, and during his admins
a tration many Of the great improve
# ments that have placed the town i
e the up-to-date class have been inau
e gurated. At this last meeting M
; White made the following remarks
# "On retiring I want to express t
i each member Of the board nv mos
d hearty and sincere thanks for tn
: many courtesies and the loyal sur
port given me. AS you gentleme
know, quite a number of importar
matters has been put through with
in the past few years, and withou