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DJ BENNETTSVIL?iK. S, C. Friday, Jan. $t, 1908 DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO., (Subscription Price: i ne year.$ 1-00 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. -O'i-O 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. -o+o-? 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.