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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1910
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FOR FIGHTING FIRE.
OFFICER SHOT.
The Volunteer Fire
Proposes Up- To - Date Fire
Alarm System and Other Im
provements Could be Install
ed at Small Cost Horse and
Hose Wagon and Fire House
Among Improvements Contem
plated. At a meeting of the volunteer
fire company Friday .evening
plans were set in motion which,
when perfected, will revolution
ize the method of fighting fire in
Lumberton and will give the
town an effective systen for this
all-important work.
Company Deputy T. C. Barnes, in Arrest
ing Negroes, Receives Slight
Wound and is Beaten Two
Negroes Wounded and Arrest
ed by Plucky Officer After
Being Wounded Himself.
Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes
was wounded Thursday evening
at Maxton while attempting to
arrest a negro man and woman,
and afterwards he made the ar
rests all right and brought his
prisoners to jail here.
Ann McLean, colored, whose
home is at Maxton, has been be
fore the clerk of the court once
rr twifp few a Hppisinn ns tn hpr
,Al Tecnt, meeting, as report- sanity and has been dismissed as
RACING MEET.
ed in The Robeson an, Mr. Q. T.
Williams was elected chief of the
volunteer fire company and fore
men were appointed for the dif
ferent wards. At the meeting
Friday evening by-laws were
adopted which look to a radical
change in the system of fighting
fire. Chief Williams, A. W. Peace
andR.E.L.Correll were appointed
a committee to make a list of the
equipment necessary for the sys
tern contemplated and to go be
fore the town commissioners and
ascertain what assistance can be
gotten from the town in install
ing this up-to-date system. The
plan proposed cans ior tne in
stallation of fire alarm boxes
which will transmit the alarm
automatically when tne glass in
the box is broken with a ham
mer that will hang suspended by
the box, to a ward central sta
tion and thence automatically to
the fire house, indicating the
ward, so that the alarm given at
the tire house may indicate just
where the fire is located. This
committee will investigate the
cost of purchasing a horse and
wagon to take the place of the
various hand-reel wagons now
in use, and the cost of erecting a
often. Deputy Barnes was given
a warrant to bring her again be
fore the clerk. He went to Max
ton Wednesday evening and
went to Ann's home in company
with one man, Officer Wren, of
Maxton, but Ann and her hus
band barricaded themselves in
side their house and without
more help no arrest seemed pos
sible, so the offieers gave it up
for that time. Deputy Barnes
went to Maxton again Thursday
evening and went to the house
again with lour other men H.
L. McNeill, T. L. Smith, Gaston
McCallum a Mr. Stone.
Before this party reached the
house they were seen by Ann
and her husband, who had been
sitting on their porch, and tney
went inside the house and barred
the aoor. Barnes and his assist-
ants Dfoice in tne door andiound
that the man and woman had re
treaied to the loft of the house.
Tnere was no way from inside
the house to the loft save up a
ladder and through a little hole.
Mr. Barnes promptly climbed the
ladder and pulled himself through
the hole, but as soon as he got
into the loft sand or something
UKe it was tnrown into nis eves
At Fairmont Saturday Mrs.
Frank Andrews Will Drive
Rex Hal Good Races Expect
ed. There will be a racing meet at
Fairmont Saturday of this week,
at 2 o'clock p.m., and as a special
feature a lady will drive one of
the horses in one race.
Owing to the fact that the meet
of the Fairmont Driving Associa
tion on the 20th inst. was prac
tically a failure, the weather in
terfering, Mr. Frank Andrews,
formerly of Pittsburg, who s
camping with his wife in a tent
at Fairmont on account of his
health, decided to get up another
race and charge only 35 cents
admission. In the races on the
20th Mr. Andrews drove Rex
Hal, who won three of the five
heats that day. Rex Hal, now
owned by Mr. J. E. Anderson of
Fairmont, was formerly owned
by Mr. Andrews, who drove him
and won in many races in the
Carolina circuit before going to
Fairmont. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
going to Fairmont from Colum
bia, S. C. Mrs. Andrews wTill
drive Rex Hal against BiUy Sim
mons, champion trotter of Row
land, owned by Mr. J.E. Bryant
there will be about 14 entries
at this meet and three races-
free for all, 2.19 trotting class,
and 2.35 class. There will be
probably a running race between
two horses from Lumbeiton, but
this is not certain yet, and
mile pony lace.
This will doubtless be one of
the best races ever held at Fair
mont. . An effort will be made to
break the track record with Sandy
Hal, owned by Mr. L. E. Stack-
house, of Marion, S. C, who now
holds the record at 2.16.
Three Runaways Fricay Mr.R.
W. Townsend Slightly Injured
Miss Annie Laura Burton
Receives a . Fall Exciting
Times but not Much Damage.
Friday was a day of runawavs
with horses in Lumberton,no less
than three occurring within a
few hours of each other, but no
one was seriously hurt.
About noon Friday a colored
boy by the name oi Turner, who
drives a pair of horses to a street
hack, stepped into the bakery on
A DAY OF RUNAWAYS.
RED SPRINGS REVIEW.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Miss Eva McGirt Entertains
Pavilion Dance A Deserted
Town Personal.
Correspondence of The K iesonian.
Red Springs, May 27 Mr. Tom
de Vane has returned from Chap
el Hill to spend the summer va
cation at home. Messrs. Doug
las McMillan and Jim Hall are
expected this week from War
ren ton, where they have been
students in the high school for
the past winter. Misses Wvatt
Fourth street, leaving his -horses BKM V- pW5
r,hifnhoH Tkv.7 KJrr 4.:u McKinnon and Eunice Pearsall
' i vi 1 1 f 1 vi r i .n vrift j rronnai
Miss Delia Blake returned Fri
day from a visit of a few days
tire house, to be located near the and all was dark there, so he had to her home near HPe Mills-
power house.
Mr. E. J. Britt was appointed
a committee to investigate the
State law governing fire com
panies, also town ordinances
governing the fire department,
and to reDort at a meeting to be
called by Chief Williams.
A committee appointed at the
former meeting to examine all
the hose reels, wrenches, etc.,
in town reported that a thorough
examination had been made and
that the present equipment had
been put in good condition and
was in shape for use.
wnen tne company is well or
ganized and the up-to-date sys
tern is installed the company will
join the State Firemen's Associa
tion. When that is done the
town will receive from the fire
companies a certain per cent, of
the amount paid out in insurance.
That per cent, will amount to
about $100 per year, which will
be a great aid in supporting the
fire company. It is estimated
that installing the new system
will not cost the town more than
tu coiue aown ana try anotner
way. There was a little plat
form outside level with a door to
the loft, so Mr. Barne3 climbed
up a post to tnat platform and
made for the door. Then the
man and woman got busy. They
cracked the door open enough
to work and while one fired the
other' used a club on Mr. Barnes,
and it was hot times for a shore
season. Mr. Barnes tried to re
turn the fire but his gun snapped
three times before it fired. The
party on the ground below, see
ing Mr. Barnes' perilous position,
opened fire as often as the door
was opened, and the woman was
struck under the chin, the ball
to await trail on charges of steal
ing. McNeill had a strenuous
time for a while Thursday after-
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noon, ne was aetectea. it is
said, stealing a pair of trousers
from a store and when he started
on his run for freedom it is said
that he was followed by a police
man and halt the population of
the down-town section. When
the new Presbyterian church
was reached in the pursuit some
argument arose as to which di
rection' was taken by the thief,
some tnmKing tney had seen
him running through a field of
oats, others contending that he
had gone under the church.
Fin
coming out at her cheek, and the ally some boys were sent under
man was wounded in the right the church to see what thev
arm, atter wnicn tney surrender
ed. It is not known who fired
the shots that took effect. Mr.
Barnes' gun got in working or
der alter snapping three time?,
but he does not know whether he
fired the shots that wounded the
man and woman or not. Nor
does he know whether it was the
$150, which is an exceeding small man or woman that had the gun.
outlay ior tne oenent tnat win oe He was at close ranee but cou d
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not ten ne only Knew tnat one
had a gun and one had a club.
Tney shot at him five times, but
only one ball took affect, enter
ing his right knee on the inside
and ranging down. The wound
is not serious. Mr. tsarnes was
belabored with the club unmerci-
n i i i ii
iuuy ana is cruised an over.
That he escaped killing seems al-
derived.
The members of the volunteer
company are willing to give of
their time and labor to protect
the town from fire, but they
should not be expected to fight
fire under such disadvantages as
the present poor equipment
makes necessary. They should
not be expected to haul hose
wagons trom one end of the
town to another. If they are
willing to give their time and at
tention to this all-important mat
ter the town should see to it that
the proper equipment is furnish
ed.
Concert To morrow Evening by
Oxford Orpha nage Singing
Class.
The singing class of the Oxford
Orphanage will give a concert at
the Lumberton opera house to
morrow evening. Go to the child
ren s concert and use your influ
ence to get as many others to go
as possible. You will thus lead
people to spend an evening of
genuine enjoyment and profit
and you will render aid to an in
stitution which ranks among the
most valuable in the State. The
concert will begin at 8:15 o'clock.
Mr. Hector McLean, of Maxton,
s in town todav.
could see and one of the bovs
was horrified a few seconds later
to find himself crawling over a
prostrate form that was covered
with dirt, part of one hand lust
sticking out. The boys called
for help and the negro was dug
out. He had gotten into a ditch
under the church and had cov
ered himself completely with
dirt, only leaving a small space
at his nose for breath, but he
had done the job almost too com
pletely and when rescued it is
said that he was almost all in. It
was some time before the negro
could be revived sufficiently to
lock mm up.
There were five warrants out
for this negro. It seems that he
began operations about Wakul
most miraculous, and he display- lah and took everything in sight.
en wonaeriui grit ana nerve oy
standing his ground under such
circumstances, when the odds
were so great against him.
wnen i;he man and woman
gave up they were placed in an
automobile and carried to Max
ton, where their wounds and Mr.
Barnes' wound were dressed,
and then Mr. Barnes brought
his prisoners to Lumberton and
lodged them in jail. In spite of
the amount of powder burned
and the close range at which the
shots were fired, no one was ser
iously wounded.
A cloud of witnesses appeared at
the trial and when they got
through with bandy he had noth
ing on but a pair ot overalls and
a shirt. One old lady even claim
ed his socks. Sandy had a valise
full of stuff that he had gathered
up, but they took it all. He is a
comparatively young negro.
Negro Buries Himself and Al
most Meets Finish Stripped
to Overalls and Shirt.
Sandy McNeill, colored, who
says he is from Cheraw, S. C,
was brought to jail Friday
from Red Springs by Deputies
Jno. F. Brown and Jas. Taylor
rranK Airora. a young negro.
was brought to jailThursday eve
ning bv Deputy G. E. Bond
a a 1 j! 1 n
await tnai on tne cnarge ot en
tering the home of a Mr. Cobb,
for whom he worked, in Alfords
ville township. The preliminary
hearing was before Justice A. T.
McKellar. Mr. Cobb had been
missing things from his house
and had suspected one of his
hands for some time, and Thurs
day Alford was seen entering
and coming out of the house.
Nothing but some provisions was
missed at the time.
ened and started to run. Harrv
McQueen, colored, tried to stop
them when they reached his
blacksmith shop a few doors be
low the bakery, but failed, and
the horses turned down the street
at his shop and ran behind the
stores there, crossed Third street,
ran behind the Waverly hotel and
the Lumberton Cotton Mills of
fice building to Second, turned up
Second, ran across Elm, and be
tween Elm and Chestnut came
to grief. One of thp horses jump
ed into a wagon, fell out of that
on to a buggy belonging to Mr.
Frank Bryant (who lives near
Rowland), the buggy turned over
on top of him and the horse be
gan kicking with might and main.
VVhen he was gotten out of the
mix-up it was found that the bug
gy top and seat had been kicked
into a cocked hat, so to speak.
and the buggv was sent to a shop
for repairs. The horse that dicl
the wagon-buggy stunt was hurt
very little and the other, while
the performance was going on,
broke out of the traces and came
to a stop after running a short
distance. It is said that this
same pair of horses ran away at
Elizabethtown the day before and
has run away here before.
About the same time of day
Friday Rev. R. Walter Townsend,
of Raeford, who was driving to
Lunberton from his farm at
Kaynham, met Mr. Sandy Mc
Led's automobile near the ball
grounds across the river from
town. Mr. Townsend got out to
hold his horse at its head and
when the machine passed the
horse began rearing, struck Mr.
Townsend' s legs with its feet,
bowled him over into the ditch
beside which he was standing,
and ran. The horse was caught
not far away by a colored man
and brought to Mr. CM. Fuller's
stables. Mr. Townsend was
bruised up considerably but not
seriously hurt. He was brought
to town by Mr.McLeod and stay
ed at the home of his brother,
Mr. L. T. Townsend, corner of
Third and Walnut streets, until
Saturday morning, when he was
taken by Mr.McLeod to Raeford.
The buggy top was damaged to
some extent.
Mr. Evander McNair.of Clark-
ton, drove two horses to a surry
to Lumberton Friday and when
he started away that afternoon
from Mr. E. D. McNeill's livery
stables on Fourth street the
horses started away on the
run, seemingly without cause.
They ran to Water street and
turned toward the iron bridge,
but were stopped within a short
distance. No damage was done
beyond the breaking of parts of
the harness.
Miss Annie Laura Burton, of
Danville, Va., who is visiting at
the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Slegde, corner of Fifth and Pine
streets, received a great surprise
and a severe fall about noon Fri
day on Fourth street, between
Walnut andPine and a horse was
the cause of that. She was rid
ing Mr. J. H.Wishart's pony and
as the horse did not go tc her
liking Miss Flora Wishart hand
ed Miss Burton a switch. Presto
change! The pony got gay very
suddenly and started off at such
a lively pace that Miss Burton
could not keeD un. so she was
to j dropped suddenly, rudely, with
out apology cr by your leave,
upon the hard ground. With such
force did she come in contact
with the ground from her perch
upon the back of the erstwhile
sluggish pony that she was knock
ed unconscious, but when con
sciousness was restored it was
found that she had escaped in
iury beyond a few bruises.
Friday was certainly a day for
cut-ups among the equines hereabouts.
a ball
game in Fayetteville last week.
Mrs. H. M. Dixon and little
son Paul have returned from
Jacksonville, Fla., where they
had been visiting relatives for
several weeks. Miss Rosa Mc
Millan is at home again after a
short visit to relatives and friends
in South Carolina. Dr. B. F.Mc
lviuian spent a tew days in
Charleston, S. C, last week at
tending the sixth annual meeting
of the Atlantic Coast Line . sur
geons. -MissSallie Shaw.of Kins-
ton, is the guest of Miss Ethel
Johnson. Rev. Mr. Jopling has
returned from Lewisburg, West
Va., where he attended the meet
ing of the General Assembly of
theSouthernPresbyterianChurch.
Our town seems quite deserted
and quiet after the college girls
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leave us and so your correspon
dent has very few "notes" for
this time.
The dances given at Hotel Red
Springs during commencement
week were very much enjoyed
by the young people. The first
dance in the new pavilion will be
given on the evening of June
sixth.
Miss Mamie McMillan, who
The X-X Club nicnicked af.
the High Hills, three miles from
town, Friday afternoon.
The local baseball team went
this morning to Rowland, whre
it will play the Rowland team
this afternoon.
Mr. J. H. Wishart and fam
ily began moving today from th ?ir
residence on tr.e corner of Pm
and Sixth streets to their rw
residence on the corner of Pine
and Fifrh streets.
Messrs. H. M. McAllister. T.
A. McNeill, Jr., D. P. Shaw and
R. M. Norment, Jr., have gone
to Fayetteville this afternoon to
witness a ball game between
Wilmington and Fayetteville.
The one-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. L. Prevatt. of
Page's Mill, S. C, died Thursday
and the remains were interred
Friday near Ten Mile at the
M' White graveyard at the home
of Mrs. Prevatt's mother.
The Pleasants-Cox Hdw. Co.
of Rowland has been granted a
charter, authorized stock $25,000,
subscribed, $4,500. W. G. Pleas
ants and D. A. Cox, of Rowland.
and H. E. Pleasants, of Ports
mouth, Va., are the incorpora
tors.
Work was begun this morn-
.a .
ing on the erection ot cottages
for operatives at the new Jen
nings Cotton Mills, on the north
west edge of town. The contract
was awarded to Messrs. Dodd &
White, of Vineland. The contract:
for the mill buildings ha3 not
been awarded yet.
The Woman's Missionary
Union of Fayetteville Presbytery
will meet here June 14th and will
last for two or three days. Many
has been teaching at Monte vallo, visitors are expected and the la-
Ala., is at home for the summer.
Mrs. Samuel Morgan, of Bur
lington, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Robeson. Miss Genevieve
McMillan has returned irm a
pleasant visit to friends in Tif-
ton, Ga., and Charleston, S. C.
A few young people from Red
Springs went out to the beauti
ful country home of Mr. John
McGirt Tuesday evening to a
lawn party given by Miss Eva
McGirt in honor of her guests
Misses Lillian McDonald and Al
lie Johnson. The weather was
bad but they had a good time,
just the same.
St
ST PAUL PACKAGE.
Paul Boys Win Debate
sonal Mention.
Per-
diesof the Presbyterian church
are beginning on arrangements
for the occasion.
A pool tournament was
booked for this afternoon and
evening between players from
the Argyle Club of Laurinburg
and the Commercial & Industrial
Club of Lumberton in the pool
room of the Commercial & Indus
trial Club, but the local players
i.: c j il:. : i-u-t
were nuuueu uus morning .mat.
the Laurinburg men could not
come today, so the tournament
has been postponed. Messrs. H.
B. Jennings, R. H. Crichton, A.
T. Parmele and David Fuller are
the experts who were selected
to represent Lumberton.
Mr. W. J. Prevatt, who has
been lame and ha3 had to use a
stick to walk with since he was
injured in the wreck at Armour
November 9 last, has been going
without a cane for beveral days
and thinks that his trouble will
have disappeared entirely within
a few days. It was at first
thought that his lameness wa3
caused by the straining of mus
cles at his left hip, but an ex
amination made a "few days ag
by Dr. J- W. Blackmer revealed
the fact that the hip bone wa3
dislocated, and since the bone
was set his improvement has
been steady.
A meeting of the board of
graded school trustees will be
held one day this week to elect a
successor to Miss Leila May Gili,
of Laurinburg, wnose resignation
was received a few days ago.
Miss Gill has been the exceeding
ly efficient teacher of the 8th and
9th grades since the graded school
was established and the fact that
she will not return to the work
to which she was recently re-elected
is a distinct loss to the school.
The trustees will also consider
the election of additional teach-
! ers to relieve th work in the
four grades that have been taught
by two teachers.
Mrs. T. C. Evans and infant
son, T. C, Jr., will return Thurs
day morning from Charlotte,
where they have been spending
some time with Mrs. Evans' sis
ters. Misses Charlee and Bessie
Hutchison. Mis Bessie Hutchi
son will accompany them and
will spend some time with Mr.
and Mrs. Evans, who will begin
The Ten Mile camD. W.O.W. housekeeping within a few days
will unveil a monument at Ten ! in Mr. J. H. Wisha-c's nous oa
Mile next Sunday afternoon at 4 , the corner of Pire and Msta
o'clock, June 5th, to Mr. Jno. T. streets. They will spend the i.r
Barker, who died about a year tervemng time at the Freshyten-
ago. All local camps are invited an manse with Kev. and Mrs. a.
and a large crowd is expected. E. Baker.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
St. Paul, May 28-The public
debate at the school house last
night between the literary socie
ties of Hope Mills and St. Paul
was a success. The railroad
company ran a special train f rem
Hope Mills here and brought
about 50 people from there. The
auditorium was well filled and
the crowd enjoyed the occasion
very much. After a lively dis
cussion the judges, Messrs. A.R.
McEachern, L. Mclnnis and O.
C. Rogers, decided that St. Paul
boys were the best debaters. In
a previous debate at Hope Mills
the Hope Mills boys were the
victors, so it seems that the boys
will have to have another contest
to decide who are the best speak
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. White, of
Lumberton, drove over in their
automobile Monday and spent a
few minutes here. Messrs. A.
R. McEachern and W. R. Mitch
ell, the latter bookkeeper for
Messrs. Wade &Clover, spent
Wednesda in Lumberton on
business. Messrs. J. A. John
son and J. C. Blanchard were
Lumberton visitors Thursday.
Mr. L. H. Townsend made a
business trip to Lumberton Friday.
Mr. L. Mclnnis went to Char
lotte the first of the week fer
treatment, but returned after
examination. He will have to
make a trip every two weeks to
Charlotte for a while.
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