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SOME THINGS ARE HUMOROUS WHICH OCCURED DURING THE FIRE FRIDAY A vS.vd Group, Some Sleepy Chick ens, A Fire Extinguisher, are Among the Number. Among the most "touching" in cidents ot' tho recent lire may li classed this one as related by a c.ye witness, who, however, ga\\ no names and for the same reason this is a ''nameless"' article. There was a group standing last Friday morning watching thc progress ol' the lire in front of thc recont stand ol' the Marlboro Drug Company. Their faces were lon*: drawn and very .sad and they watched thc rapid progress of thc destructive monster with dread and trembling. v'l tell you sin will go in a minute," said one willi un anxious look on his face. "Won tier if we could lind some menin of saving it,"1 another of the grotll ejaculated with his careworn fact turned toward the blaze. "Oh Kellows there she <j;oes, "cried an other one ol' the heavily ladei when the Hames at last consum?e the building and its contents Casting one. long last look at tin falling debris the group disperse? looking very funereal and lifeless On inquiry it was found tim tho cause ol' il all was the destruc tion of a gallon ol' grain alcohol. "The crashing timbers and th 'falling walls were keeping the ai lively and everyone was makin; frantic efforts to lieht the Hames "Ohl .lohn." shouted one at th top of his voice, "Brina me an Other bucket of water. 1 was get tine' in good work around lien Thc lire is not so dangerous. When John got there ho found Iii speaker gazing at sonic vapc which was arising from son: bricks near tho burning building and on which ho had boen busy keeping water to prevent them from burning. Under one house which was sit uated near a burning structure were several chickens, lt was evi dently too carly for them to rise for they appeared to bo totally unconscious of their danger. Tho lire crept nearer and nearer and li nal ly became so hot that thc 'eathers of thc chickens begun to cordi. Throe of tho gang, an old i rooster and two hens, at length I leeided that they bad enough and made a hasty exit. The other two lingered, wrapt in slumber and glorying in visions of coming feasts on tho morrow. Nearer and nearer drew tho Hames, and hotter and bollol* they got. Suddenly tho tails of both tho hens got on lire and they awoke with a start and a very warm feeling? Jumping to thou* foot thoy made for tho opening and no sooner bad they hit tho outside than they ti r?se on their wings and loft be hind them only an odor of scorch ing ('(dithers. About thc time the Bristow house bad about burnell to tho ground a small colored citizen ran down Marlboro street shouting, "lire! lire! Mrs. Brist6w\s house is o i lire." Ono gentleman who was sleep ing in the Skye hotel tho night of tho lire says that he was roused by tho sound of breaking glass, (ilass was falling everywhere, and at li rsl ho imagined that he was in a sleet storm. Hui he said that on second inspection he saw a man's leg slicking through and heard tho fellow shouting, "wake that man in there and toll him tho hotel is on lire." -,.. TOR SA LE. 12 aunes i i,wii horse wagons I one herse wagons with gin. also fanning tools for a 12 horse farm, will sell cheap for lack o? use. W. S. Ml >WRY 75-78-A I). ^laiii^Ta??olttii Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre Ni** ^Jlt is~*aT well-known scientific fact that in order to produce the very greatest possible yield from any soil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly bc made on it by thc plants. Many farmers will feed their stock as much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet will starve their crops on tho mistaken notion that they are "economizing" on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts, and agricultur alists every where confirm thc fact that plants, like ani mals, need thc fullest possible amount of nour ishment that they can obtain if they are to bc developed to thc utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in thc amount used but in thc ratio of quality to cost. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers arc thc best in the world for thc least money. More than one million tons were ?p fl sold to Southern farm ers last year ; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the good old stand-by crop of the South, follow thc application of 200 to 300 pounds of thc right fertilizer. Virginia - Carolina Fertilizers will greatly "in crease your yields per acre" of corn or any other crop, even on poor land-and thc most wonderful result.i arc produced through ils usc on good land. Write today to thc nearest office of the Vir ginia-Carol ina Chemical Com pany for a copy of their latest Year Book or Almanac,alargc 130-page book of thc most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk. Vn. . > Charleston, S. C. Columbia, S. C. Baltimore Sill., Allanta, Ga Columbus, C?a. Savannah, Cia. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. j S Having bought out I 1 E. V. Moore's stock, I 1 9 am now prepared to fill I H your orders. I carry J| I af"eof i 1 Groceries, 1 I Dry Goods I I and Shoes fl I GOODS RIGHT | 1 PRICES RIGHT I Your patronage isso licited and satisfaction guaranteed, 'Phone 1 your orders to 227 and goods will be delivered at your residence. Make my store head- j quarters while in town. This up-to-date store is located on Broad St. 1 below the Union Sa vings Bank. H Respectfully, I Z.P.Wright I Phone 227 Ti!'A 11 Ul 9 k^J H ? <E? o The temporary shutting dowe, of thc Scott Lumber Company at n^nnoto and business reasons demand that ? reduce my stock. ? will therefore Sell at Actual Cost ?piions, utu?r *0* '9 ?.il ere chance, as all these goods were bought before the market went up. Be certain and attend this sale for it will last only 10 days. Goods must go and R,ock Bottom prices will prevail. Remember the date, Wednesday, Jan. 29, and continuing 10 days only. A. C. McRAE, Marlboro, S. C. Groceries not included in the above cost sale.