Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MILLIONS LOST IN BIG SAVANNAH [IRI Seaboard Air Line Railway the Prin cipal Sufferer MUCH COTTON DESTROYED Hutchinson Island, Site of Seaboard Terminals, Swept by Flames in Fierce Wind. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 15.-Fire driv en by a wind almost reaching the proportions of a gale swept Hutch inson Island, the site of the Seaboard Air Line Railway terminals, thi; afternoon. The fire started in the motor roon of the Southern Fertilizer and Chem ical Company, located just west o the Seaboard terminals. Before the force of 125 men coul< be mobilized to fight the fire, th< structure was filled with flumes an great columes of smoke poure< through the windows. A general fir alarm called into action the fir fighters maintained by the Seaboar< Air Line, all the tugs and other craf in the harbor went to their aid, an< YOU CA] Good '1 without good 8-3-3 IDEA GRC supplemented and careful att< you a handsorr year's crop. MANNING B E S T BEST I Reasonat Nothing but the vei our prescriptions, and tl the way your physician ' RUBBER GOG * TOIl and a full and STATI( We SA MODERN S( We keep a SCIGARS, TOBAC( f BROWN'S 0 Below Bank of Manning BIUY WAR SA Fertil Nitrate of S( Muriate of P High-grade 13 We can save y give us a chance a We take Liberty I on Fertilizer. BA AGET T firemen from the Savannah fire do. partment were quickly put over the river. The Seaboard terminals, though on the north side of the Savannah riv'er, " are within a thousand feet of the city hall and that section of the business district known as the Bay. A smoke screen curtained the ac i tivity on the island from the thous ands watching the fire from the city side, but at intervals great tongues of bames burst through the smoke - and fire brands could be seen drop 3 ping on the warehouses, wharves and - sheds to the east. Fire fighters were i stationed on the roofs of the ware s houses and on the wharves and for hours they battled in what appeared i to be a losing fight. The bames - sparing warehouse No. 1, in a por f tion of which is located the agents office, enveloped warehouse No. 3 I and continued their way eastward. 3 As soon as the alarm was sounded I masters of tugs in the harbor went i to the rescue of vessels moored in the slips of the terminals, taking on or discharging cargoes. Two British I steamships carrying large quantities t of ammunition were taken to safety. I As soon as all threatened i ,pping mmEmmmmmmmmmmm ''T GROW 'obacco ! Fertilizers. Our L TOBACCO LWER with good work ntion will insure ie profit on this OIL MILL. DRUGS T >le Prices ry best materials go into hey are compounded just says. )S and ,ET ARTICLES complete line of 3NERY. have )DA FOUNTAMN Pull Line of iOS and CANDIES. RUG STORE, . Manning, S. C. VINGl STArlPS ida. otash. lixed Fertilizer 'ou money if you it your order. ponds in payment &e BOM AR. TO ALWOMEN WHO ARE ILL This Woman Recommends Lydia E. Pinkkamr's Vege.. table Compound-Her Personal Experience. McLean Neb.-"I want to recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to a 11 women who suffer from any functional s disturbance, as it has done me more god than all the doctor's medicine. Since taking it I have a fine healthy' baby girl and have gained in health and strength. My hus band and I both praise your med icine to all suffering women."-Mrs. JOHN KOPPELMANN,,R. No. 1, McLean, Nebraska. This famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, has been restoring women of America to health for more than forty years and it will well pay any woman who suffers from displacements, in flammation, ulceration, irregularities, backache, headaches, nervousness or "the blues" to give this successful remedy a trial. For special suggestions in regard to your ailment write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result of its long experience is at your service was removed to safe moorings the tugs immediately joined the fire fighters. At 8 o'clock tonight, after the wind had died down it was announced that the fire was under control. Even at that time the heavens were aglow and great beds of fire were visible to the watchers on the high buildings along Bay street. At 9 o'clock,'while it is evident that the loss will reach into millions, there has been no estimate of the damage done by the fire. An officer of the Southern Fertilizer and Chemical Company said that their plant is val ued at $225,000 and that the stock on hand at $750,000. As it was not known how much the ruins would salvage, he was not in position to estimate their loss. A large quantity of cotton stored in warehouses and on wharves was destroyed. One cotton man has estimated the loss in cotton at $1,000,000. -o FIND BIG STILL IN HEART OF CITY Chattanooga Plant Was Ready to Turn Out a Total of 8,000 Gallons Daily. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 15.-What is declared to be the largest private distillery ever found in the United States was unearthed in the basement of the Altmore apartment house here today by the police and the alleged op erator and owner of the apartment, H. Kelso Iailey, prominent club man and business man, was placed under arrest, along with three negroes, al legei to b.e assisting him. The distillery was discovered by ac cident, City Detectives Burks, Para diso and Gillespie having been at the time chasing a negro charged wvith housebreaking, who sought refuge in a secret passage to the basement of the apartment. One apparatus of 100-gallon capacity daily was in full op~eration, they said, while arrange ments were being made to place four more stills at work, wvhich wvould have turnedl out a total of 8,000 gallons a (lay. Hlailey was discovered working on~ a new coper wvorm in one of the many apartments undler the building, the detectives report, and great quan tities of corn in various stages of fer mentation for making whiskey wvere foundl. The fumes and smoke were carried above the building by pipes anti a blowv pipe was found in the room where the still was. The equip~ment was newv, but older apparatus which had been discarded in order to secure greater capacity wvas found in the place. Hlailey gave bond for his appear ance in local and federal courts. CITrATION. The State of South Carolina, County of Clarendo~n By J1. M. Windham, Prohate Judge: Wfl ii EAS, Fredl Lesesne madle suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and effects of Matthew Rancroft Lesesne 'PTHESE AREF, TH IEREFORE, to cite and admnaish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the sai'l Matthew Blancroft Lesesne, dleceased, that they he aind appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be beld at Manning on the 14th day of F'eb ruary, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Admilinistration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand this 28th (lay of January, Anno Domini, 1919. ,J. M. WINDHIAM, -2t-p. Judlge of P'robate. Urove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by purifying and on riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength enind. .invigoeating fet Price Cp.s - Seed Potatoes! The Best Maine Seed Grown Irish CobblersI Red Bliss - Early Rose ( Rural New Yorkers Burbank 1 Best selected stock and the finest qualities. ff Big Stock to select from. f SEEDS! SEEDS! I All kinds of Field and Garden Seeds. In bulk and package Plant your Peas and Onions now! DICKSON'S DRUG STORE, THE REXALL STORE. Manning, S. C. IJ0DI3E BROTHER5 MOTO3R CAR Dodge Brothers like to think that thousands of soldiers who saw its wonderful work at home and in France will make the name of their car more than ever a household word. It was the only car of its type and class officially adopted by the War- Depart ment for the United States Army. It will pay you to visit us and examine this car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. SUMTER MOTOR CO., Sumter, S. C.