The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 31, 1908, Image 4
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BENNETTSVIL?iK. S, C.
Friday, Jan. $t, 1908
DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO.,
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Six months.50
Three months.25
PERSONAL.
John!C Dunbar of Dalzell Sumter
county was in town last week.
Mr. D. 1). Mc Coll. Sr. spent
several days in Columbia last week.
CC Dunn, the operator for the
Western union, vistcd his parents
at Marvin. N. C. recently.
Mrs A D Rogers lins boon spend
ing several days with her motlier
nt Maxton.
The comity road force, is haulimr
gravel from west ol' town to thc
Ul en ho im road.
L C McArthur, of Pnrkton,
visited at the homo of Mrs. T 0
Weatherly recently.
Mr Ceo. A. Rr ito w leaves Fob
? st to take charge of thc Crescent
Cafe and Womens Exchange in
Atlanta.
T B McLaurin is tearing down
the old Cook house and will
build a handsome resilience where
the house now stands.
Mr. and Mrs. (1 A Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Miller were re
ceived into thc Presbyterian church
Sunday morning.
Tom D Pate and his bride have
moved to his mothers plantation
north of town, whore Mr Pale will
engage in farming this year.
II W Carroll attended the meet
ing of the Suite Option! Associa
tion in Col um bin last week and
was elected treasurer of thc asso
ciation.
Clyde Adams, who has hail pneu
monia at tlie Adams house, was al ile
to be taken to the home ol' his fa
ther, noni*Gibson, Inst week. Ile
is still convalescing.
Misses Ly I Crosland, May and
Coline Weatherly, and Messrs.
R N Sampson, Frank Moore, dim,
Eugene Zan ni o Weatherly attended
a play in Harington last week.
Kev. R. P. Faslerling, the finan
cial agent ol' Funnan University,
has been spending SO VC ru I days
here, canvassing for that institu
tion; Mc has received pledges for
about Sl'JPii in UnmettM-ille.
A J Jen )s h ns moved the (wo
cottages which ho bought from
A .J Matheson, in "Yellow Row,"1
on Crosland street, and is building
a two story house there. Ono ol'
the col inges will bo us(.(i ?ls n
kitchen and dining room for the
new house, rt nd (he oilier hus been
moved ueross the stree! and is br
ing onlnrged.
Dr O G Vnrdell, the p esidenf,
and Miss A ndorson, the Indy prin
cipal, ol' ibo Southern Presbyte
rian College and Conservatory ol'
Music at (tod Springy, were in
Kennetts ville Insl week to see Mi-s
Lena donkin, who is still very ill
at tho home ol' her sister, M rs.
Sadie Weatherly. Mjss .Ionian
was formerly bookkeeper and ste
nographer for the college,
Miss Sadie Carlisle who re! urn
ed to Mullins a few (mys n'.'O to n -
s m o her p isitithi ns iisic toucher
i the graded schon1; lound that
r health would ? permit tito
' ?i l., and she rel uri.?.I home
Monday night. Sim hus not re
el v red fully from ihe burn which
she gol at Mudins bi .. re Christ
inas. Der s'<s:er, Miss Annie,
*' nt to Mullins (o < ohio home
\\ iib her.
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Killing in Marlon County.
( llio, dan ?VX Mrs. I ) \\ [>n|i
anti doughier, Miss Lenn, sporn
Monday iii Hennctlsvillc visiting
Mrs. hiles I laughter, Mrs. Albur
ty. Mrs. Pate is just out I rom an
at lad ol' grip.
In an eliott to kill .John Pate
near Judson in Man. . county on
Saturday, Thad McGill shot mid
killed his lather, Gilbert McGill.
McGill and Pate had been in bad
humor and in the moonshine Pate
dodged the shot intended for him
with tho above result,
h '-04-0
Tho trial of I bu ry K Thaw is
approaching nn end. [t is said
that he will cither have to hung oi
go to u madhouse.
$150,000 FIRE HERE
Greatest Loss in History of the
Town
Last Friday morning Bonnetts
villo had tho most disastrous lire
in its history. Tho Skyo hotol and
tho entire block of stores east of
tho hotol, Dr W J Crosland's and
Mrs. Frank Crosland's office
buildings were destroyed.
Not only this, b u t four
residences on Parsonage street
were consumed, by catching from
sparks blown from tho hotel. Tho
people of thc town were powerless
to stop tho progress of tho Hames.
The hand Ciro engine did not got
into action till about two hours
after tho lire started, and then tho
available supply of water soon
gave out. Everybody hud to stand
helpless and see the handsome
business houses and residences go
up in smoke.
The lire started about (Ivo
o'clock in tho Skye hotel building,
at or near tho rooms of tho music
school. The opinion of those who
lirst discovered tho lire is divided
as to whether it started in the
music room, or in a vacant room
in the hotel, adjoining tho music
room. It seems to bo generally
conceded that it started up stairs,
about (ho division between the
sleeping apartments and the music
rooms or the auditorium.
"When Mi*, .loni's discovered the
smoke and lire, he found it hard
to awake the rest ol' the inmates.
Et was a bittor cold morning, and
utan hour when most people were
soundly asleep.
MK, HKOKAIIT 11 ll KT.
Aniong those who were sleeping
in tho hotol was ,1. .). Ileckart,
president of tho li and C railroad
and manager ol' the Scott Dumbo
Company. His room was in tin
real' of the hotel, opposite when
tho lire started. When ho trie*
to get out, ho found tho hallway
afire so that he could not roach tin
stairway. Ile went to the win
dow to look- l'or a means of escape
Dan E Odom, who was rooming
in tho Ex um building, adjoining
the hotel, learned of Mr. Hock
art's predicament and threw a IHM
from his window under Mr Hock
art's window. Mr. 1 Ieckart jumpei
out on the lied but in fining so hi
fractured a hone in his leg, nea
tho anklo. ami was othorwis*
bruised. I lo was taken to lb
oflice of Dr. Kinney for treatment
Several esoapod very scnnt.il;
clad, milong them Mrs. .Innes, (ii
wife ol' tho proprietor ol' the hotel
( ?. 1\ liourdclat, trnllic manage
of thc li ami C railroad, also ba
a narrow escape. Ile cl i m 1)0
down a telephone polo and was oil
on thc cold jiro und barefooted
assisting Mr. Ileckarl and try in,
t ) saVC properly.
The hotel building was soon i
a blaze, with n still wini! Mowin
from tho north-west, car ry i ii
sparks and burning cinders n
over the south-eastern part <
t iwn. Kor awhile Uro \\a^ I'allin
like hail from tho hotel (.0 th
( loasl 1 lino railroad.
I?K.S1 D?-jNCKS Kl.K Kl j
< hie of th?s . cinders M't lire i
the roof ol' the residence of iii
late A. liri lbw, occupied !>
rh1 ree liristoSv anil his sister
Misses Kloi'ohhO and Fannie, ?i
the corner of I'Vyotleville avenu
and Par-o niue strict, about
Ijliarloi' ol' a mile fl'Oin the hotel
'I he lire \\ as soon by a number o
people when il was the size ol
loan's band, bul they wore po wei
<?.?. io extinguish ii. No; oven
{adder could he found to renell t
! he mp ol' t he two-story buildinc
The roof burned slowly I'orawbih
but, soon tho whole buildim' WM
on lire and burned to the grouni
While the Bristow Inane wu
burning, ?Judge Hudson's residenc
on Parsonage street caught in th
same manner and was also destroy
ed. Prom Judge. Hudson's
M Rowe's bouse caught, and froi
Mr Howe's, Claude T Moore's. A
of them were burned down. Cai
V [J Iircodon's house occupied b
,J T Medlin, also caught, but b
heroic efforts was saved.
NO KIRK I'KOTKCTION
lu tho mean time, tho bro froi
tho hotel had swept down tho block,
consuming the three stores of O E
Ex um, occupiod by Sol Brown,
E L Hamilton and li D Rogers
and Bro. and the store of E D
Mooro, occupied by tho Excelsior
Hardware Co. Tho Uro engine
had not yet arrived, and it scorned
that tho whole block would bo
burned, and that tho Hamos would
swoop from Fuller's stables to tho
residences to tho east.
About this time the engine was
got to work, and began to throw
water on Mrs Frank Crosland's
office building. A bucket brigade
was also formed, under the direc
tion of Mayor Breeden, and car
ried water upon the building. 'The
water soon gave out, however, and
all efforts to save Dr. Crosland'*
and Mrs Frank Crosland's build
ings were futile.
The lire halted at tho wall be
tween tho buildings of Mrs. Cros
land and Dr. Townsend, and by
the-heroic o floris ol' George Min
son, F C Morrison, NV P Breeden,
.Jr., and others, tho building was
saved from the lire, although it
was badly damaged by water and
the roof being torn oil' to get tc
tho interior. This was the last
brick building in the row, and had
it burnt, it would have been im
possible to save Baldwin's marke!
and Fuller's warehouse and stables
The stores tinder tho hotel wilie]
wore burned were the Marl bon
Drug Co.,S. ,J. Pearson and Mer
CHM-, Rouse and Bos tic, also tin
ollices of the Scott Lumber Co.
TI1K LOSS KS
The largest loss falls on A. .J
Matheson, the, ow ner of tho Sky
liotcl and all tho stores and office
ll udor it except S ,1 Pearson's
Mr. Matheson says tho buiklinj
cost him about $'21,000 and he lui
about. $2,000 worth of furniture i
it. 1 le had ?10,000 insurance.
C E Fx um valued his building
at sin,ooo. l ie had $10,000 ii
surance. Ile also lost about $20
in his oil'lCQ.
K D Moore's building wits wort
about, $5,000 and be had $4,00
insurance,
S ,J Pearson valued his buildin
al $1,000 and had only $1,400 ii
surance. Iii1 had a ??'?l,000 stoc
which was insured for onl.y SI,HOI
ile saved some of his valnab
jewelry and watches.
The Marlboro Drug Co., had
s H.ooo stock, with $D,000 insu
?ince.
Sol I'rown had a $7,000slock
furniture insured for .$ft,?0th
i E li I lumilton had $1,500 insu
ance on $0,500 worth of groceric
K ! > Rogers & Bro. had tin
$5,0.00 stock ol' groceries instil
for s:i,.")O0.
Mrs. Frank Cropland's buildin
valued (if S.I,J10? was insured I
S850.
Mercer, Rouse and Bostio's h
was about $2,000, with si,coo ?
surance.
Kitson Brothers hui $1,750
surance on their book store, Th
saved very little of their $2,<S
stock.
V I ' Morrison, elect rician, a
auto dealer bad $700 insu ran*
11 e g> >t his ant onto! ?iles and UK
Ol' Iiis other st UH' out, but t Iii
was considerable damage fri
moving.
( 'ol Knox I ?\ in"- ton \ allied
olliee I ix tu ros and binary at s:'>i><
! le had only $500 insurance.
The FiXCOlsior I lard ?varc (
hud about $10,000 stock, w
.fii,ooo insurance.
Dr ll F Stockston ha.! $500
surance on $1,200 worth ol' den
Kiwis and fixtures.
The Twentieth Century Cl
library was valued at 81,200, w
$700 insurance.
The IJennettsvillc Club I
$1,500 insurance on $2,500 wo
of furniture and fixtures.
.Jones and Powell, proprio!
ol' the Skye, hotel, lost about $li
worth of furniture and had no
surance. Mr. .Jones and fan
also lost all their clothing :
other personal property and o
$100 in cash.
,1 F Spencer, photographer,
timatcs his loss at $1,500, w
$5U() insurance.
Mrs W C Carlisle and ?V
Hallies Lytch lost two pianos i
a lot of furniture, music, etc.,
valued at $600. They had $337.50
insurance.
Dr. W J Orosland's ofllco build
ing was worth $1500 or more, in
sured for about $1000.
Tho Scott Lumber Co., had a
small loss from moving.
J W Smith, who had his insur
ance oilice in tho Ex um building,
lost some valvablo papers.
li B Crosland, Dr. UL Spencer,
Dr, O A Matthews, J M Brasing
ton and others, who roomed in the
Exum annex, sustained losses.
Mr. Brasington lost all his
patents, a lot of valuable papers,
family mementoes, ami over $150
in cash which ho had in his room
for the purpose ol' taking a trip
to the west.
W B Crosland, who lived with
Judge Hudson, lost nearly all his
furniture, partly insured.
C B Crosland & Co., estimate
their loss at $2,OOO from moving
stock and breaking ol' ??lass ant
other damage to building, eovcrei
by insurance.
.1. T. Douglas plato glass fron
was broken and his loss is ovo
?100, covered by insurance
The McCnll-Woalherly C". Wn
damaged about $50.
W ,1 Baldwin and ll B F?lle
were each damaged $1 OU or mor
from moving and scattering goods
The Bell Telephone Co., wa
damaged $500 by polos and wire
being burnt down and tangled.
lt will cost the town of Ber
nottsville about $100 to repair it
electric light wires anti poles.
W A Atkins and D V Bichan
were each damaged some by mo\
mg.
Dr A S Townsend's loss is aboi
$500, covered hy insurance.
Judge 1 liaison's residence ai
furniture were worth about$800
He had $4,200 insurance.
CT M nore had only $ 1,000 i
su rance on his residence ami fun
ture, and his loss is over #2,500.
IO M Howe also lost $2,500
more- lie had $1500 insurance.
The Bristow residence was vi
.it'll al $4,500 and was insured f
$-2,i>50,
Townsend ami Hogers cs ti nu
their loss al $300, covered hy i
su rance.
Others damaged to some cxt<
by moving and water are.I T Mi
lin, Judge Townsend, Sol Brow
\V S Howe, W H Crosland and
l'? [freeman. The total loss is
lunated at $150,000,
l\i inr.NTs OK Tlll<; KI UK.
Wlnlc tho Uro was in progn
Mr. Matheson was asked if be i
tiny insurance on the hotel,
laughed and said, "Vos, a lit
This is the only building I over
sered. 1 always trusted in
old Master to take care ol' w ha
had, Inil ! lost faith in bim and
lowed Warren t<> persuade mo
io insuring t ho hotel, and now
has lim ned,"
Mos! of the inmates ol' the h
escaped by the stairway opoii
io Darlington street, bul il is ;
that Miss .Johnson, the steno;
pinn- for the Scot! 1 aunbor (
ran down tho stairway into
lobby while the stairway whs
blaze.
Sonic canaries were kepi in
front w indow of t he Scot t Dun
t 'o.'s oilice. W hilo (Le house
on lire, somebody gol fl slick
broke out tho ?lass, allowing
I>ir<ls to escape.
Mr. .Iones was so excited,
ing to <r('i his family and gi
out of the building, that ho
tho wrong vest from his room
left one which hail about $131
rash in the pocket.
Mr. Jones sa.VS he always 1,
thal lhere were gOO 1 peopl
Bonncttsvillo, bul be hover re
i'd t be extent ol' their kindnes
their attentions to himself
family during and since tho lil
ll, is said that one. comme
traveler ran out of the hotel i
night clolbes and did not stop
liing till he ran into a room a
Marlboro hotel. Another gra
his clothes and ran in the lobl
D B Orosland's store. Others
led on some of their clothe
Lhey went. Many left part of
roaring apparel.
After tho lire had practi
swept out tho entire brick block
and had caught in the ceiling of
Dr. Townsend's office building,
next to tho unsightly old wooden
1 structures occupied by W J Bald
win and II B Fuller, there was a
general disposition to let tho old
stables go. Henry B. Freeman,
however, realized that tho burning
of tho stables would endanger thc
residences in all tho eastern part
of the town, as the wind was blow
ing that way. Ho said that tho
lire must bc stopped if possible.
Ile offered live dollars to anybody
who would stop i t . Mayor
Breedon was standing by and said
he would make it ten. George
Minson acre pied tho proposition
and worked about an hour, with
tho assistance ol* several others,
and by cutting through tho roof
extinguished the (ile and stopped
it there. Mr Minson had already
done heroic work in saving some
residences.
While the homes of Ki. M,
Rowe and C T Moore were burn
ing thc hand lire engine arriv?e
ou Parsonage street and did cf
lectivo work in saving thc rosi
dence of .1 T Medlin. It was to<
hot to stand on tho building nex
to Mr Moore's but the hose wa
run through tho front door ah<
Howard Bounds stood at a win
dow, holding the nozzle out an
throwing tho water up on the en
ol' the building. Some one sfoo
on the outside and gave direction
w hore tho water should bo throw)
The building was badly scorohc
and "could not have been save
without the lire engine. Mr Me(
lin and family were away froi
homo,- at Wilmington, where Mi
Modi in's mother was dying at tl
time tho fire was in progress.
The signboard which h u n
in front of the Marlboro Drug C
was not burned and was left han;
ing in good condition. The wu
kept the lire blown away from it
Those who were in the hotel wi
first saw the lire say that in roo
No 30, next to the auditorio
when Mr .Iones and Mr Bourdcl
oponed tho door of that room,
was blazing up in one comer. ?
Bourdehvt ran and got a hose a
attempted to turn on the wat?
but the hose would not work. I
ran and got another and fumed
the water luit by thal time it 1
made such progres that he COI
not do anything with it- Me ll
started into his own room, next
NO 3<?, but it was ablaze, and
could not got his clothes. Me ll
went into Mr Hcckart's room i
wake hiniup. Mo then ran
to the front and escaped by go
down a telephone pole.
Mr I lochart waited to put
his pants and shoes, which did
lake more than a minute. W
he pushed his door open to get. (
the lin> singed his mustache
hair. 1 le started to push open
t he screen door, on the out S
and the w ire was so hot that it
its imprint on his lingers,
only means ol' escapt was thro
thc window. 1 le looked in
closet for a l'Ope lo let bin
down by, but never once tina
ol' taking a bed sheet.
I lo gol in the window, a
bed \\ as thrown under it foi1 1
Ry thai lime the. lire had b
through the t ransom ami lil loci
room. Tin- stnoko was so t
he could not see the beti or
ground. Mo lot himself il
from tho window and drop
I lo si ruck a slant ing root'
tho stairway into the cellar,
tllO small bono in his leg, a
inches above tile ankle,
broken.
Mr I leek art could hardl.N bit
tor the smoke, but, he was t
out and be managed to lu
around to his ollico and ope
door, not knowing that his le*,
broken. Ile then sat out on
street in a chair for about
hours, till the excitement I
to subside, when DrsOoslant
Kinney examined him and si
broken bone.
Mr [lochart is at Dr Orosl
and his leg will have to renn
splits for about six weeks,
says he deeply appreciate!
many kindesses that the peo
Bennettsville have shown 1
his affliction.
While thc hotel block was
? ? ? sri .i
ing, cinders and sparks fell over
the premises of Drs Crosland aqd
Kinney. There was a pile of pine
straw in Dr Orosland's lot, and it
was at time'i nearly covered with
burning chillers, but it did not
catch at all, although roofs of
houses wore (ired a quarter of a
milo away.
While Judgo Hudson was cai ry*
ing out his beaver, in a band box,
ho s.umb.ed and foll, but was not
seriously hurt. Thc judge especi
ally regrets tho loss of tho hand
some trees that surrounded his
homo.
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Receiver's Sale/
State of South Carolina,
Marlboro County.
I ii ( 'ommon Pleas.
A. J. Matheson suing on behalf of
himself and other stockholders and
creditors of the .Marlboro Fruit Com?
pany, Plaintiff
vs.
The Marlboro Fruit Company,
Defendant
NOTICE.
Pursuant to an order of Court of
his Honor lt. C. Watts, dated Jan
uary Pith, P.I08, 1 will offer for sale ab
the Court house door in Marlboro
county , on the first Monday in Feb
ruary within the legal hours of sale;
all that piece or pieces of land belong
ing to the Marlboro Fruit Company,
containing six hundred and ten acres,
more or less, being all the land owned
and possessed by the sahl Marlboro
Fruit Company, and are situate in
the Northwestern part ol' tim County
near Osborn, and are the tracts
hought from I). I). McColl, Toney El
lerbe, '/.. T. Pearson, Adeline Stubbs,
Martha Ann Steen and others. Als?
at the same time and place I will sell
all tb* fanning implements, tools
stock and supplies of the said Marl
boro Fruit Company of every kind and
description owner by the said Marl
boro Fruit Company, consisting in
part of live mules, two two horse
wagons, one spraying machine, and
merchandise to tho value of about
eight hundred dollars, und the usual
plantation implements.
Terms ol" sale, ?ne third cash, bal
ance In two equal Installments at ono
and two years time to bo secured by
bond of purchaser, and by mortgage of
the promises, and to bear interest at
seven per cent, with privilege to tho
purchaser of paying all cash. Pur
chaser to pay for all necessary papers.
;'.-7 Warren Moore, Receiver.
BENNET TS VILLE
Marble Works.
Orders for MONUMENTS or
TOiVX33r 3 -J 3 .. . ? a ?.*.. i I
Cull on ruo, tu my pince ol business near
the Aliando. CoaM hine and die Sons
boa id Au Li JU Pa-sciurer Dopols, or
write mo. boxions uud fri?os furnish*
ml on upphomi m.
Phone No. 95.
J W. MeKLWtiK.
.J unuitrv 25, 1906 *
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
1 have for immediate sale a lino
farm containing 300 acres, situa
ted about one mile from the cor
porate limit? ot' the town of
Lomb.'?lon. KU) acres of this
land is cleared and is in a high
stale of cultivation. There ure
two good franni tenant houses
and other out houses on the
same. Parties wishing to buy
a good farm svill lind this a
great bargain.
Kor furl ber information apply
to A. \v. MCLEAN.
Lumberton, N. C.
Doo 0th 1907.
" FARM F?TS?LE.
844J Aerea in 701t Township, Cnmbor.
lund county, N. 0,, S milos from Raeford,
4 miles from A. & H Railroad, 100 acres
cleared. Kino locution for a Shiuglo mill.
Can bo mude a voluublo furm. Will Boll
lt in ono tract or divido it to euit purohas?
or. Terms, two thirdH cash, balanoo in 12
inonthH. J. T. BOSTICK,
Doo. ao, '07 Rod Springs, N. 0.
LAND FOR SALE.
87 3-io Acres six miles north osfit of
Red Springs and 1$ milos from main lino
of A Coast hine Railroad. Twenty aorcs
oloarop. Timbor anti wood will pay tho
oxponse of clearing. Prlca $2.000. Terms
CuBh. J. T. BOSTICK,
Deo, ao, 1907. Red Springs, N. 0.