The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-30
A DAY OF RUNAWAYS.

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 runaways
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 OF Turner, who
drives pair of horses to a street
hack, stepped into the bakery on
Fourth street, leaving his horses
unhitched. They became fright
ened and started to run. Harry
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
flee building to Second, turned up
Second. ran across Elm, and be-
tween Elm and Chestnut came
to grief. One of the horses jump
ed into a wagon, fell out OF that
on to buggy belonging to MIR.
Frank Bryant (who lives near
Rowland) the buggy turned over
on top of him and the horse be-
gan kicking with might and main.
When he was gotten out of the
miX-up it was found that the bug
gy top and seat had been kicked
into cooked hat, so to speak,
and the buggy was sent to shop
for repairs. The horse that did
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 stop after running a short
distance. 1t 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
Lunrberton from his farm al
. Raynham, met Mr.. Sandy Nc.
Le1d's automobile near the bal
grounds across the river from
town. Mr.. Townsend got out t,
; hold his horse at it's head ant
: when the machine passed the
! horse began rearing, struck Mr.
! Tewnsend's legs with it's feet
bowled him over into the ditcl
f beside which he was standing
! and ran. The horse was caugh
: not far away by a colored mar
o and brought to Mr.. C. M. Fuller
stables. Mr.. Townsend wa
bruised up considerably but no
y seriously hurt. He was brough
F to town by Mr.. Mcleod and stay
q ed at the home of his brother
= Mr.. L. 7. Townsend, corner 0
> Third and Walnut streets, unit
v Saturday morning, when he wa
3 : taken by Mr.McLeod to Raeford
r The buggy top was damaged t
q some extent.
= Mr.. Evander McNair. of Clark
# ton, drove two horses to a surr
4 to Lumberton Friday and whe
q he started away that afternoo
+ from Mr.. E. D. McNeilPs liver,
> stables on Fourth street tn
h horses started away on tn
% % run, seemingly without cause
"a They ran to Water street an
=, turned toward the iron bridge
IS but were stopped within a shol
r distance. No damage was don
~ ~ beyond the breaking of parts 0
~ the harness.
- Miss Annie Laura Burton, Q
# Danville, Va, who is visiting 3
20 20 the home of her brother-in-la1
i and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. R. S
+ Slegde, corner of Fifth and Pin
at At streets, received a great surpris
IT and a severe fall about noon FIR
h. day on Fourth street, betwee
n Walnut andPine and a horse We
~ the cause of that. She was rit
20 ing Mr.. ]. H. Wishart's pony an
~ as the horse did not go tC he
= liking Miss Flora Wishart han'
ed Miss Burton a switch. Pres
change! The pony got gay vel
suddenly and started off at SUE
o, lively pace that Miss Burte
e. could not keep up, so she W.
to dropped suddenly, rudely. wit
n out apology CIR by your leave,
b, upon the hard ground. With SUI
Is force did she come in conta
ry with the ground from her per