The Robesonian., 1918-08-08
THE CoUNTY's BUSINESS.
Claims Ordered Paid at Meeting of
County CommissiOners-COt
Weigher and Grader for LumbertOn
to be Paid 20 Cents the Bale.

Weigher and Grader for Lumberton
to be Paid 20 Cents the Bale.
The county commissioners held their
regular monthly session Monday at
the court house.
The regular pauper list allowed as
ner official pauper book. The regular
monthly allowance Of Flora Locklear
was increased from $3.50 to $4 per
month. Emanuel Chavis was admit
ted to county home, on account OF MS
helpless condition. Mary Mcqueen
was allowed S4 per month and placed
on the regular pauper list on account
of old age and her feeble condition.
Richard Harrell was admitted to coun-
Nv home on account of his helpless
condition. The monthly allowance OF
Mary Hail was increased from 81 to
SIS per month on account of her feehle
condition and on petition filed. j. L..
Monroe was admitted to county home
on account of his helpless condition
MONTHLY allowance of Clarisa Rarres
was increased from So to 80 per
month on account of total blindness.
The following rebates on taxes were
allowed: French MCLAUGHLIN, MAY
ton township, on poll, S290; u. u.
King. Back Swamp township on
$4,000 property, S29.,
it is ordered that the compensation
to A. P. Caldwell. cotton welgher ana
Grader for the town of Lumberton be
SO cents per bale, one-half to be pad
bv the seller and one-half by the pur-
chaser; this to include full compensa-
tion for cotton scales, all necessary
helpers and cotton yard rents :,
The following bills were ordered
paid: e.. g.
Pauls district, salary, $40; }. N. bulee,
recorder for Red Springs district, sal
ary, $50; R. NJ. Williams, recorder Tor
Maxton district, salary, S65; u. w.
Bullock. recorder for Rowland district,
salary $50; A. E. Floyd, recorder for
Fairmont district, salary, S5O;, y. M.
Britt. recorder for Lumberton district,
salary, S75; C. L. Beard, W. A. Smith,
w. w. Smith, J. H. Carper, w. T..
Britt. A. H. Prevatt, rural police, S|5
each-S45O; DR.. w. S. Rankin, secre-
tary and treasurer county health work
(contract), $29O42; C. L. Beard, con-
veying prisoners, So; j. NJ. Mccall
lum, auditor, salary, $1S7.5O; ]. M.
McCallum, stamps, phone expenses,
etc., $3.50; Miss Lulu M. Cassidey,
home demonstration work, $66.65; c..
B. Skipper, C. S. c., salary, $3O8.33,
jury tickets s52s.35, stamps 1888;
Ed. Sampson, conveying E. Chavis to
county home, $3.50; J. D. Mclean Co.,
of OK. Town oE I
berton, water and lights for court
house and jail, $28.OS; H. L. Curtis,
burial expenses of Irene Wilson (pau-
peri, SIS; A. H. Prevatt, jailer, sal
ary, $50, feeding prisoners, $84.65,
turnkeys (salary fund) $780, Steph-
ems & Barnes, supplies for county
home $3.50; Ben Blount, janitor, sal
ary, $35; DR.. w e. Evans, medical
service to pauper, $40; H. E. Stacy,
fees in case State VS.. Jas. McLaurin,
$25; Mrs. J. B. Bowen, stenographic
work for food administrator and W.
S. stamps, $50; DR.. R. G. Rozier, med
ical services to chain gang, S11; Gran
than Bros, drugs for county $685.;
Burroughs Adding Machine Co., pay
nent on machine, $100; Hotel Lor-
raine, feeding jurors, 1918: Ed. Kin
law, burial expenses of Mary ]. Kin
law (pensioner}, SIS; Miss Anna
Thompson, feeding Jurors, S39; Olyln-
pia cafe. feeding jurors, S720; Meal
lister Hdw. Co., supplies for Jail AMI
county home, S21.S5; L. Thaggarl
registrar for Pembroke township,
$11.20; Neill McInnis, poll-holder
Pembroke township, So; VIM. Lowry,
poll-holder Pembroke township, s.;
]. E. Morrison, conveying grand jury
to chain gang, s5; White & GougE
supplies fer county home, S22.90; NJ
W. Floyd, register OF deeds, salary
$3l6.66, stamps, S9.75; H. c. Rogers,
plumbing for court house and jail
$24,50; r, z. Lewis. sheriff, salary
$4,000, conveying Susan Turner from
Greenville, $17.71; conveying Lucy
Lewis, TO asylum. SO, ene-half ex-
perses auto-for-i.ire tags, S19.75
stamps, $19; Miss Minnie Lennon
court reporting, s48; I. J. Flowers
keeping county aoIne, S171; Wade
Smith, wood for ccInty home, SO; z
Caldwell! & Son, cosin for judy
Lewis (raurer> SIS. supplies fo7
court house ana jail, s4725; Maxto,
Casket Co., c>sf;n fcr Jas E. Nc
Intyre( pauper) $40; Freeman Print
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