Interesting barn burning stories found in the archives of The Crittenden Press in September 1906. A familiar sight from years ago, not so many to be seen today, especially in our area of Crittenden County.
The Barn Burning Season Is At Hand. Care Should Be Taken.
At this season when fires are started in tobacco barns it will pay the raisers and owners the biggest kind to be a little careful and not burn the barn.
The loss is always double in that the crop is gone and the barn is gone and nothing but a pile of ashes remains.
During the last week we notice that the tobacco and tobacco barn of M. O. Eskew located about six miles from Marion, burned Monday night about seven o'clock. There were about 900 sticks of tobacco in the barn.
Also the tobacco barn of Henry Thomason burned a few days ago, containing about $200 worth of tobacco. This barn was on the Bradley Crider farm three miles south of Marion. The barn was owned by Miss Sallie Crider.
Lee Hughes tobacco barn, near Chapel Hill, burned Tuesday afternoon. The barn was full of tobacco and Tuesday was the first day they put fire in it. In trying to extinguish the fire, Mr. Hughes sustained a very painful burn. His hand was severely burned.
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