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Silverware !
If it's a Piece ot Silverware,
Either Hollowwart? or Flatware,
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Always Carried in Stock.
We will receive now Sliorth
a New Supply of 1847 Rodger?
Brothers' Flatware. Save us
Your Orders.
AS Jtfc
COMMISSIONERS AND FINANCE
BORD.
Boylin's Jewelry Store.
The K. P. Guano Distributor
W1
Scatters the Guano and CoTers
it. No waste around stumps aud
nds. No cogs and chains to clog
and break. Nothing about it to
break or get out of fix. Large
hopper, balanced load, light run
ning. Sows any quantity. Sim
ple, strong, durable. Awarded
diplomas by North and South
Carolina Fairs IQC4. Unques
tionably the only Entirely Sat
isfactory Distributor before the
people.
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Tor Sale by Leading Dealers iu Robeson and Adjoining Counties.
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Wilmington. N C
The Most Skilful Player
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Cannot produce really fine music from
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one is worse.
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bring an expert player with you. Thtn
the tone aud volume of our pianos are
brought out in all their beauty. Then
the quality of our instruments is proven
better thin any attempt at description
we might make.
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urniture and Carpet Co.
LmnbertQH, N C.
A Reliable Baek
Is one which nuts the Interests of its Depositors above the
Interests of its Officers and Stockholders.
Conservative and Safe Management is more "Important
than Bir Dividends.
It hai been the Policy of this Bank to follow these Ideals.
Our President and Cashier borrow no money of the bank.
We require the same security of every. one who bor
row ftvm us. "
Not a Dollar Lost bv Bad Loans in our Existence of
Eleven Years.
Is it to Your Interest to Deal With Snch a Bank?
Open an Account with us and be Convinced.
The Bank of Lumberton,
Luiiibertoti, N. C.
A. Y. Mrf.rV.N. President,
A. P.. WIIITK, Vice-Pres.
TIIOS.
OFFICERS!
R. O. CALDWELL, Vice-Prea.
C. B. TOWNSEND, Cashier,
MOORE, Ass't Cashier.
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We pay 4 Per Cent. Interest, Compounded every
Three Months, on any sum from 25 Cents Upward.
Now is the Time to begin to save, and opening an ac
count with our Bank is the Best Way to begin the Sav
ings Habit.
If you are our customer, we lend you money when you
need it.
Your money when Deposited with us, is payable on De
mand. If you have no account with us, call or write us for furth
er particulars about our methods.
Robeson County Loan and Trust Company,
(Bank of Lumberton Building.)
LUMBERTON, N. C.
A. IV. McLean. Stephen Mclntyre, C. H. Morrow
Pre Mtlelit.
Vice-President.
Cashier.
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ROBKSOHIAH BUSINESS BUILDERS.
Members of Board of Audit and
Finance Refuse to be Sworn
I y Commissioners and to Tes
tify Concerning How They In
vestigated Officers Preamble
Accompanying Subpoena and
Statements From A. and F.
Board and ex Sheriff McLeod.
Mention was ictde in Thurs
day's Kobesnnian of lengthy
communications received by the
ooard of county commissioner.
it their meetings held last Mon
day and Monday night, these
communications being called
forth by the subpoenaiissued by
the commissioners for the mem
bers of the board of audit and
finance to appear before them at
their meeting on the 4th of May
and giye any information in their
possession that would enable the
commissioners to settle with ex
Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod. It will
be recalled that the members of
the boardof auditand finance were
requested to meet with the com
missioners on April 21st for this
purpose. This the members 1
the audit and finance board failed
to do, but they sent to the coai
missioners a statement, which
was published in The Robeson
ian of April 23d. As stated in
Thursday's Ilobesoniaa, ex-Sheriff
McLeod has brought suit
against the commissioners for a
settlement of his tax accounts,
and in order that readers of The
Robesoniau may understand
from their own statements the
positions taken iu this matter by
the board of commissioners, the
board of audit and finance and by
ex Sheriff McLeod. it has been
decided to publish their state
ments in full- The communica
tion from the ,board of audit and
finance to the commissioners on
April 21st has already been pub
lished. The next step was the
subpoena serred upon each mem
ber of the board of audit and finance-
Accompanying this sub
poena was the following pream
ble and resolution, unanimously
adopted by the commissioners al
their meeting on the 21st of
April:
"Whereas, the time limited
by law for the settlement of the
State and county taxes for the
year 1906-190" has long since ex
pired; and
"Whereas, Geo. B- McLeod.
ex-Sheriff of Robeson county.
has appeared betore .this board
and requested a settlement of his
tax accountsfor said year; and
"Whereas,' it appears to this
board that the statement of
the tax accounts of the sheriff of
Robeson county for the years
1906 1907 as contained in the re
port of the board of audit and
finance of Robeson county, dated
December 2lst, 1907, and in the
further and final report of said
board dated February 29tb,
1908, are so meagre and incom
plete that no intelligent settle
ment of said tax accounts for
said years can be had thereby,
and
"Whereas, it further appears
to this board from said reports
filed by said board of audit and
finance that the said board has
failed to rrake a seperate report
as to the various county funds
for said years 1904-1907, and that
the reports as tiled fail to show
what amounts, if any, are due by
George B. McLeod, ex-sheriff,
to each of the rarious funds, and
that said board has lumped the
entire amouDt due by said ex
sheriff into the general county
fund, and
"Whereas, it appears to this
board that it is impossible to de
termine from the said reports of
the board of audit and finance
what sum, if any, is now due by
said George B McLeod, ex sher
iff, to the general county
fund; what sum, if any,
is due to the geceral
school fund; what sums, ifuny,
are due to the various special
school tax districts; what sum,
if any, is due to the general road
fund; what sums if aoy, are due
to road funds of various town
ships in the county ; ana wnat
sums, it any, are aue oy mm on
account of license and privilege
taxes for said years 190b-190 ;
and
"rt'hereas, it further appeared
to this board that ex Sheriff
George B. McLeod has apt eared
before this board and has offered
to make settlement of his tax
accounts for said years in ac
cordance with the amount found
i by said board ofaudit aid dnanca
to be due by Dim to tne general
c unty fund, to-wit 1521 03, pro
vided the board receipt hi in in ft 1
against all claims for taxes due
by him for said period, and
"Whereas, at the same time
said ex-sheriff has notified this
board that said amount does not
correctly represent the amount
due by him to the county of Rob
eson for taxes collected during
that period, and that while, as he
contends, he docs not owe the
general county fund, still that he
owes the school ana roaa iuuas
an amount greater by several
hundred dollars than the board of
audit and finance finds he is aue
to the general county fund; and
"Whereas, tke said ex-sheriff
has also offered to settle with
this board upon the basis of the
amount due the county for that
period as claimed by him as
aforesaid; and
"Whereas, i view of the afore
said statements made by said
ex Sheriff McLeod, andin further
view of the meagre information
before this board as to the cor
rect statement of the tax ac
counts for said period, and in
view of the further fact that no
information whatever is before
this board as to the proper dis
tribution of the amount due bv
said ex-sheriff to the various
county funds, and in further
view of the fact that no informa
tion whatever is before this
board as to how any of the
amounts are arrived at, this
board is unable to accept anj
settlement from tx sheriff
George B- McLeod, and
"Whereas, at the meeting of
this board held on April 16th,
1908,, a. communication was pre
sented to this board by said
Sher iff George B. McLeod, as of
record will appear, and thereup
on a resolution wa9 passed by
this board that the clerk of the
board be directed to address
communications to each member
of the county board of audit and
finance, enclosing a copy of the
communication j foresaid, and re
questing each member of said
board of audit and finance to
meet with this board on this date
to advise with us and to assist in
effecting a settlement of the tax
accounts of ex Sheriff George
B. McLeod for the taxes ofl9JI
1907; aud
"Whereas, the clerk of this
board advises us that such no
tice was duly.'given to each mem
ber of said board of audit and fi
nance; and it futher appears to
this board that the said board of
audit and finance, and each and
every member thereof, has fail
ed, neglected and refused to
comply with said request, and
has failed, neglected and refus
ed to appear before this board
at the time and place requested,
although a majority of the said
board are at this time in the
town of Lumberton and vere
here duriug the meeting of this
board and had ainple opportuni
ty to com ply with the said re
quest; and
"Whereas, ex Sheriff George
B. McLeod is again before this
board and is demanding settle
ment of his tax accounts for the
years 1906 190" and has made
tender of the amount found by
said board of audit and finance
to be due from him to the jener
al county fund and has also ten
dered to this board the amount
due by him to the county as tal
culated by him, the same being
larger in amount than the
amount found by the board of
audit and finance; and
"Whereas, on account of the
matters above set forth it is im
possible for this board to effect
an intelligent settlement of the
tax accounts of ex Sheriff Geo.
B. McLeod for the years 1904
1907 with justice to the county
of Robeson without further in
formation from the board of au
dit and finance of Robeson coun
ty and without further figures
as to the amounts due the vari
ous funds of the county, both
general and special, for said pe
riod.
"Therefore, be it resolved by
the board of commissioners of
Robeson county, that the chair
man of this board be and
is hereby authorized and
instructed to forwith issue a le-
gal subpoena to compel the at
tendance of A. B. Pearsall, Gra
ham McKinnon and J. M. But
ler, before this board at a meet
ing to be held at the couutj jail
at Lumberton, on Monday, the
4th day of May, 1908, it being
the first Monday in May, 1908,
at 1 o'clock p. m., then and there
to testify as to all such matters
and thing as they shall know of
and concerning the correct and
proper amount of taxes due to
the county of liobeson by ex
Sheriff George B. McLeod on
account of taxes collected by
him for the years 1906-1907; and
to give testimony of all such
matters as they shall know of
and concerning the correct and
proper amount due by the said
George B McLeod, ex-aheriff,
for said period to the various
funds of ttee sounty of Robeson,
including the general county
fund, the general school fund,
the various special school tax
districts, the general road fund,
the various township road funds,
and also on account of license
aud privilege taxes; together
with ail such matters aid things
as they shall know of and con
cern. ng the accounts of said ex
sheriff with the county of Robe
son for th; taxes collec ted dur
ing the years 1906-190"; and the
said chairman will futher re
quire the said parties and each
of them to have and bring with
them, and produce at the time
and place aforesaid, all books,,
papers, memoranda or docu
ments as they may have which
contain any information as to
the matters thereinbefore re
f erred to, or as bear upon the
tax accounts of ex Sheriff Geo
B. McLeod with the county of
Robeson for the years 1906-19' 'T
At the meeting of the com
missioners on Monday the mem
bers of the board of audit and fi
nance appeared beforethem with
their attorney. Col. N. A. Mc
Lean, and moved through their
attorney to quash the subpoena
for them on the ground that the
boardof county commissioners
has no authority, or jurisdiction
matters upon which they have
acted. The motion was overrul
ed and the board of audit and fi
nance excepted. Col. McLean
addressed the commissioners at
length in support of the claim
that the commissioners have no
power or authority to examine
the members of the board of au
dit and finance, either as officials
of the county or as private indi
viduals, concerning any matters
connected with the tax accounts
of ex-Sheriff McLeod. Informa
tion concerning the things
set forth in the subpoena was
igain demanded, and Mr. A. B
Pearsall, chairman of the audit
and finance board, asked and was
given permission to read the fol
lowing statement.
Lumberton, N. C,
May 4th. 1908.
To the Board op Commission
ers op Robeson County:
There has been served on me,
by the sheriff of Robeson county,
a subpoena issued by J. W. Car
ter, chairman of your board,
dated April 21st, 1908, which
subpoena directs me to appear
before the board of county com
missioners on Monday, May 4th,
1908, "then and there to give ev
idence concerning all such mat
ters and things as I shall know
of, and conceraing the correct
and proper amount of taxes due
to the county of Robeson by ex
Sheriff Geo. B. Mcfjeod, on ac
count of taxes collected by him
for the years 1906 and 1907, and
of all things I may know of and
concerning the correct and prop
er amount due by the said Geo
B. McLeod, ex sheriff, to the va
rious funds of the county of Rob
eson for said period, &c-"
Attached to said subpoena is a
preamble adopted by your board,
which recites that "the time lim
ited by law for the settlement of
the State and county taxes fority officials, for, as its very
before the board of audit and fi
nance came into existence.
By reference to Chapter 438,
of the Public Acts of 1907, you
will find that the board of audit
and finance for Robeson county
was not created until March 1,
1907, and they did not qualify un
til April, 190; whereas, it was
your duty to have appointed not
less than one, or more than three,
of your body to make the settle
ment between the sheriff aud
treasurer and all other county
officers at your regular meeting
in December, 190, or a subse
quent meeting thereafter. I aai
informed that you have never
done this.
3rd. You state in your pream
ble that "the time limited by law
tor the settlement of State and
county taxes for the years 19061
and 1907 has long since expired "
This is true. By reference to
section 91, Chapter 25S, of the
Public Acts of 1907, you will find:
"The sheriff or other accounting
officer, shall, on or before the
second Monday in January of
each year, settle his State tax ac
count with the commissioners of
of the county, and pay the
amounts for which said sheriff or
collector is liable to the treasurer
of the State in such manner, or
at such a place, as he shah di
rect.'' It was, therefore, your
duty to have settled these taxes
with ex-Sheriff McLeod on or be
fore the second Monday in Janu
ary, 1907, which was long before
the board of audit and finance
evtr came into existence; for, as
before stated, there was no law
for the existence of a board of
audit and finance for Robeson
county until March, 190?.
It is not the duty under the law
of the board of audit and finance
to make a settlement between the
sheriff, treasurer and other coun-
j The
! Sel
eciion
Of a Piano in wry much like
the choice of frieuda.
The nvire enre tx reieed in
the selection, the morn cr
tain we are of last Lug friend
ship; and the grenter on;'8
refinement and education, the
m ire judgment is displayed
in the choice of friends.
The selection and exclusive
use of STI E FF PI A N( )S i a
many of the greatest educa
tional institutions in the
United StateB is a source of
gratification to us, and we
feel justly proud of ihe fttot
th'at in about two hundred
colleges we have morn than
one thousand Stieff Pianos.
There must bs a ruuson.
INVESTIGATE !
Chas.M. Stieff
Manufacturers of
The Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and
Stieff Self-Player Pianos.
Southern Wareru. tn,
5 West Trade St.,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
C. B. W1LMOTH, Mgr.
PROFESSIONAL CAKDS,
w. H. K INLAW,
Allorney-al-La w
LUBEIiTON, - - N. C.
AU business promptly trausacted.
4-l6-tf
Stephen Jlclnlyie,
,iUlcb 1).
R. C. Lawrence
I rocior.
Kclatyre, Lawrence A Procter
A LUHirih HIlll COUUMrlOIMkl
LUMBERTON. : : : N. C
Practice in State and Federal Court.
PiOiup attention wivi-n to all h.u.,..
LEON T. UUuK,
Attornky at Law.
LUMBERTON, N. C.
Office in First Natioual Bauk Building.
T. A. McNkill, T. A. McNaiu., Jr.
McNeill & McNeill,
Attorneys at Law,
LUMBERTON, N C.
Will practice in all the Courts. Baal
ness attended to promptly.
WADE WISH ART,
Attornby at Law,
LUMBERTON, N. C
Prompt attention given to all business.
Office over Bank of Lumberton. 8-i
the years 1906 and 190V, has lony
since expired;" that ex-Sheriff
McLeod has appeared before
your board and requested a set
tlement of his tax accounts for
said years; that you are unable
to determine frein the reports of
the board of audit and finance,
what sums are now due u.y him
to the various funds; that it is
impossible for your board to ef
fect an intelligent settlement of
the tax accounts of ex-Sheriff
McLeod for said years without
further information from the
board of audit and finance, and
without further figures as to
amounts due the various iunds
of the county, &c.," all of which
will appear from the resolutions
adopted by you on the 21st day
of April, 1908.
I respectfully submit:
1st. That such information as
I may have concerning the
amounts due by ex-Sheriff Geo. !
B. McLeod to the county was de
rived almost entirely from the,
official records in his possession,
in the possession of the register
of deeds of the county, and your
own minutes. This information
you can very easily obtain from
the same sources, which are open
to you as they were to me, and
indeed, are under your control.
This information was derived by
me in my official capacity as a
member of the board of audit and
finance of Robeson county, which
said board as has been recently
decided by the Supreme Court
in the case of the Southern Aud
it Company against McKenzie,
is independent of your body and
having the power under the law
to investigate the actions of your
body. I deny, therefore, the va
lidity of your subpoena, and as
the Supreme Court has decided
that the board of audit and fi
nance is charged with the duty of
investigating your official actions,
together with the official acts of
the other public offices of the
county, and as such information
as I have came from this investi
gation made by me as a meaiber
of the board of audit and finance,
I deny your right or authority to
examine me as to how I investi
gated your body and the other
officers of the county. If, kow
ever, you really desire to ascer-'
tain what amount is due by ex
Sheriff McLeod to the county, I
am willing to assist you to that
end so far as may be in my pow
er, not because I recognise the
validity of your subpoena, but
because as an individual and an
'official of the county I am anx
ious that all public monies paid
by the people shall go where the
law directs them to go.
2nd. By examination of hap
ter 25, Section 98, of the Public
Laws of 1907, you will fiad that it
is your duty and not ours to
make the settlement between the
sheriff and the treasurer. This
section provides: "The board of
county commissioners at their
last regular or other Subsequent
meeting in each year, shall ap
point one or more of their, num
ber, not to exceed three, to be
present at the accounting and
settlement between the sheriff
and county treasurer, aud also to
audit and settle accounts of the
county-treasurer and all other
county officers authorized to re
ceive or disburse county funds.
The accounts so audited shall be
reported to the board of county
commissioners, and when ap
proved by them, shall be filed
with the clerk and recorded on his
book, and shall be prima laeierevi
dence of their eorrectness and im-
peachableonly for fraud or special
error." This has been the for
name
implies, it is only to audit these
settlements after they shall have
been made by you, determining
if you have made any errors ia
the settlements made by you
with the other officials. This has
been admitted to be the law bv
your attorney, and while the
board of audit a:sd finance tabu
lated a statemtnt of the amounts
due by ex-Sheriff McLeod to the
various funds, they did this be
cause of the fact that you had
made no settlement with him, as
the law now and for many years
directed that you should, in thej
D. P. SHAW,
Attorney al Law,
LUMBERTON, . . . u.
All business entrusted to him promotli
attended to. 1
Office in Shaw Building.
A. Mclx-
Mclean
AT L-AVi
Mclean &
AiTOKNKVt
i'MBKRTON. . :
Jffloei on 2nd floor of Bank of Lu
burton Building, Booms I, 1, t, &
.oiiiv atlcutu..
ROUND TERMS
Means Square Dealing. What vou pay
for your Groceries is a family affair, but
family affairs requi.e attention usually.
For the sake of every family in Lum
berton and vicinitv there's much in our
ctrV tf CDAi Ctiir ...... '-
full knowledge that It was not the ! fention. No better lot of thinis for the
duty Ot the board OI audit and Mining room, the kitchen and the liun
CHAS. B. SK1PPKK,
Attorney at Law.
LUMBERTON, - -
All husineM entrusted to him wl:
ceive prompt and carelul altuntlou .
Office in First Naliounl Bank buihta.
ver Post Office
to examine the members of the many years, and applied to the
board ef audit and finance as to t settlement of the taxes f 196,
'- - X
finance primarily to pass upon
these questions and determine
what was due, but that it was
your duty.
As bearing upon the taxes due
to the county for the year 190B,
under Schedules B. and C; that
is, taxes due by livery stable
men, dealers in pistols, lightning
rods, sewing machines, &c fec ,
we would call you r attention to i
Section 89, Chapter 256. of the ;
Public Laws of 1907, the same i
prevision being found in Section j
19, Chapter 588 of the Public j
Laws of 1905, to wit ; that it shall i
be and is hereby made the duty i
of the Sheriff of each county iu
the State to make inquiry as to
whether or not all license taxes
provided for under Schedules
B and C of this Act shall have
been paid, and any person, 'firm
or corporation liable for such li
cense tax, who fails or refuses to
pay such tax when demanded by
the sheriff, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished by
fine or imprisonment at the dis
cretion of the court; and it shall
be the duty of the sheriff, upoa
the failure of such person, &c,
to pay such license tax on de
mand, to swear out a warrant,
Ac " Same section: "It shall be
the duty of the sheriff to furnish
to the judge of tue Superior
Court,ateach term of the court,
the names of all persons in his
county doing business enumera
ted in these schedules, specifying
those who have paid the tax and
those who have failed to pay, and
the judge shall charge the grand
jury Ac." As showing how this
law has been euforced, we re
port to you that for the present.
examination of the books of
Sheriff E. C McNeill, that he has
already collected and turned over
to the State and county of these
schedules B and C taxes, the
sum of $2,546-50, and from an in
vestigation of his books, we nna
that he has charged against other
parties, and wbicn he reports
that he will collect, the sum ot
about 1900 additional, making the
total of these B and O taxes for
this year, collected and to be col
lected by Sheriff McNeill, th?
sum of about $3,400, of which a
large part goes to the county, in
many instances half ef it going to
the county, the remainder to the
State.
As against this sum of $2 54 -
50, already collected and paid in
by Sheriff E C McNeill, under
schedules B and , and the addi
tional sum of $900 which he re
ports as being good, making a
total of $3,400 already collected
and to be collected of these tax
es for the year 1907, we find ex
Sheriff McLeod collected a total
of only l'4-90,or about one-fifth
of the amount collected and to be
collected by Sheriff MeXeil), and
:ess than one third of the ameunt
already collected and paid over
by Sheriff McNeill. We call
these discrepancies to your at
tention, for we know of no rea
son why dealers in pistols, ear
(Ceatinned on 4th page.)
dry has ever been gathered together, and
UL K FKlLbS ARE RIGHT.
These things insure the best living at
low. at cost.
J. H. Wishart
Free Delivery.
Phone No. i.
Y-LO
raicum Powder,
Natural Violet.
E. M. BRETT,
Attoraey at Law,
Lumberton, N. C.
OfSee upste;rs ia Argus Building
Ail business promptly transacted
E. J. BRITT,
Attomjtsy at Law,
Lumberton, N. C
Office over Pope's Drug Store
STOCK REMEDIES.
Erery bottle of Dr. Edmnnd's Colli
and Lung Fever Cure is Guaranteed foi
colic, gravel, pneumonia, stomache and
lung disorders. Also a blood purifier.
Dr. W. O. EDMUND,
3-21 Lumberton, N. C.
By-Lo is so fine that it floats in the
air, and so de'icately perfumed with
the odor of fresh flowers, that we
know you will like it. It does not
have that Talcum Powder odor, just
J. M. LILLY, M. D.
Practice limited to diseases of the
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
115 Green St. Fayetteville, N- C.
4-16-tf
.De Smell OI I VlOletS. I Dr- Thomas C. Johnson,
Physician and Surgeon.
Lumberton, PC. C.
Office over McMillan's Drug Store.
talis answered promptly day or night.
nume ai residence ot 1
4-i7-tf
We handle all the different kinds of
High-GrasJe Talcum Powders,, but re
gard By-Lo as the b. st '.here is You
will think so too when you try it.
Your? to Please.
3r. J. D. McMillan & Sod,
DRUGGISTS,
Lumberton, N. C.
fnne 18th
Prof. J. R. Poole.
Dr. N. A. Thompson,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBGBON,
Lumberton, : : : : N. 0
Office at Hospital. Phone Tfo. 41.
Down town office over Dr. McMillan'i
fh-ug Store. Calls promptly snswerw!
night or day, in town or in the country.
Dr. R. T ALLEN
Dentist,
LUMBERTON, N. C.
See over Dr. McMillan's Dreg wtv
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The wise man secures the protection of
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When fire occurs, the most valuable pa
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pany We represent some of the best
companies in existc.ice. They pav
promptly and honorably all losses incur
red, some flay you may te sorry you
didn't let us write a policy t -day.
Q. T. WILLIAMS.
GEO. S. BACKER & SON
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MANDFACT iRI 8 sP
oors. Sash. Blinds. . Mooldlaae,
Building Materia Sash
Weights and Co.-d.
Charleston, S. C
Purchase oar makes, which we gua
antee superior to any sld South, anr
thereby aave money . Window and Pap
cy Glass a Specialty 4-20
Dr. JOHN KN07.,Jr,
Physician and Snrgeon.
Lumberton, N. C.
Office st McLean-Rozier Drug Store.
i-z-08
J. A. MacKethan, M D,
MacKetham BurutMo,
Fayetteville, N. C
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a Speeialty.
E G. JSiPHEn,
ELECTRICIAN.
Lumberton, N C
Building, Phone 118
Office in 5 ha
1-6
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r. R F. GRAHAM.
DENTIST,
Lumberton, N. C.
Office over Bank of Lumberton.
Rooms No. 7 and 8, 1-20-08
D1! EC l InuBed&e relief iron
(ILLJ Br. Shoot's HsgcOiataesi
Dr. J. O. McKENZIE,
Physician and Surgeon,
ORRUM, N. C.
3-9-tf
Lumbeitoa Pressing Club
A Hospjfal for Your Cloth
ing. We Clean, Press
aud Repair. : : : :
Ladles Fabrics a Specialty.
R. T. M"CSSELWHITE, Mgr.
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