<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>5406</NoticeID><Headline>5 Cents Reward.</Headline><NoticeDate>1865-08-15T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Charlotte, N.C. :  Western Democrat</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Western Democrat</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Charlotte</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Mecklenburg</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>5 Cents Reward. Billy Lee, a colored indentured apprentice to me, aged about 16 years, runaway from my premises in July, 1865. I will give five cents reward and no thanks to the person returning him to me. JAS. [James] B. ROBINSON. Aug 14, 1865   3tpd</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>MEC</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Mecklenburg</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>2</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>7/1/1865</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>James B. Robinson</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Billy Lee</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>James B. Robinson</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Mecklenburg</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>