The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
: COUNTY OUT OF DEBT

Floating Debt Paid Up-Ex-
penses of Delegates to Be Paid
To War Savings Institute
Claims Ordered Paid at Regu-
lar Meeting of County Commits
sioners.
The county commissioners held
their regular monthly meeting Mon
day for the transaction of routine
business. The following claims were
ordered paid:
Court House and Court-M. A.
Geddie, coal. sS5.57; Chas. billiard
wood, So; D. w. Bullock, recorder
Rowland district. salary, $50; A: E.
Floyd, recorder Fairmont district, $50:
E. NJ Britt. recorder Lumberton dis
trict, $75; John S. Butler, recorder St.
Pauls district, $40; ]. N. Buie, re-
corder Red Springs district, $50. R. NJ.
Williams, recorder Maxton district,
s65-all salary; A. P. Spell, solicitor
P"d Springs recorder s court, 81; Y.
H: Taylor, solicitor Fairmont record
er's court, 81; R. E. Lewis, sheriff,
inc Watts and Billiard to asylum,
$3.50; Freeman Printing Co.. sup
plies for court house, $3.50; Under
wood Typewriter Co., typewriter for
clerk of court, S95; McAllister Hdw
Co., mops for court house $1.5O; ]. NJ.
McCallum, county auditor, salary
$3.50, stamps and expense $470;
Pope Drug Co., disinfectants for
court house, $40; R. D. Caldwell &
Son. supplies for county officers, $2.75;
L. R. Stephens, wood for court house,
SIP; c. B. Skipper, clerk superior
court, salary $3Os.33, stamps, $685.;
jury tickets, $340.O5; M. W. Floyd.
register of deeds, salary 1916. 66,
stamps and expenses $40; Ben Blount,
janitor, salary, $40. Total $2,184.57.
Jail and Prisoners-Six rural po-
licemen, $75 each-$45O; J. H. Car
per, conveying prisoners, 1927; A. H.
Prevatt, jailer, salary $50; feeding
prisoners and expenses S44.85; turn
keys (salary fund $3.50; Ira Billiard,
wood, for county Jail, s29.75; F. c.
Smith, conveying prisoner. $500
Total, $59437.
Miscellaneous-E. J. Britt, legal
services to county auditor for one
year, 500; woman's committee Of
Council Of National defense, N. C.
division, for II months, 1922; Jasper
Grimsley, burial expense of Lewis
Grimsley, pensioner, S7.25; Freeman
Printing Co., blanks for nitrate of
soda orders, 500; J. S. Branch, wood
for county home, S42; l. J. Flowers,
keeper county home, S137; H. C. Rog-
ers, plumbing at court house and Jail
$21. 40; R. 7. Sanderson, conveying
grand jury to chain gang, Sc; Robe
sonian Publishing Co., publishing au-
ditor's report, $75; town of Lumber
ton, light and water, S35.77; Mary
Bullock, burial expenses of Michael
Bullock, pensioner, SIS; j. A. Stone,
conveying grand jury committee to
chain gang, Sc; 3. H. Brown, burial
expense Of Daniel Brown, pauper, 49,.
Miss Lulu M. Cassidy, home demon
stration agent, 1885; w. S. Rankin.
county health werlk by STATE Board Of
3ff!t Il as per contract, $29O42. To-
Y$846.19 grand total $3,625.13.
Regular pauper list allowed as Of
fetal pauper book. Sallie Floyd, COL
ored was allowed the sum of 81 per
month and placed on the regular pau
per list on account of being paralyz-
ed. ]. L. Monroe, Horace Goodson
and c. w. Smith and wife, Susan
Smith, were allowed IS per month
each and placed on the regular PAU
per list on account of their feeble
condition. The monthly allowance Of
Eliza Turner was increased from So
to $40 per month, it appearing to the
board that she is totally helpless.
Malinda Revels was allowed So per
month and placed on the regular pau
per list. One Baxley was allowed
the sum Of So per month, and placed
on the regular pauper list, on account
of his physical and mental condition
The monthly report Of DR.. w. A.,
Mcfnaul, county superintendent Of
health, was filed.
1t was ordered that the expenses CT
one member Of the board Of commits
sloners, county superintendent Of
health and farm demonstrator, be paid
to attend. meeting of the National
War Savings committee to be held
IN Raleigh February 18th and 18th.
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