The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-21


stopped Hiase Ia Thine 90 save .
Lot Of Miserable oid shanue-.
Columbia. s g. Dec ~ -co.umhia's
burnt district presents nn unsightiy ap-
pearnnce to-day There IS general regret
that tho nreusn uuthle to save one OF
th, best bL,sk of buildings ia town. sue
ceeded ~ stopping .ne flames just when
thcy reached tho meet OF hideous and in
expensive shachs on Assembly street For
three blocks this thorougblarc Is lined
with ouo-stors shansies. ana although most
81 them are od ana built of wood. they
have Immunity from IRE that Is wonder
ful
There is much speculation aa TO Wheth-
81 the Jerome Hotel viii be rebuilt Mr.
Thomas Faeau. tho present owner and
proprietor ls not "a hote. mao by prefer
cucc and being advanced in years a. un-
disposed 20 embark in the business. but
thc hotel which was built by hts brother
ten years ago hha always been "A very
profitable investment ana viii control pay
ing patronage n rebuilt Since IL was bullt
thc land occupied has more than doubled
in value. ami the site b. one of the best
corners in toNu. n the land can he
bought from Air Fagan there viii be- live
iy bidding 10 Us an admirable place.
either for su office DulLiiug o. bank.
All the rest OF the burnt district will
n' reconstructed a. soon as possible. and
/ in each Instance tno building erected will
ho hn improvement ou the old
}. a Wills. an alderman. and the iarg-
es' Manufacture - engines hn1 farm
/ INK machinery in South Carolina. had a
/ very narrow eacape from death IN the
/ hotel Ho had managed IL years ago. when
/ o. was nret opened. nud knowing tho
I halls. led some 81 tine most venture some
I hrrmrn 60 spot where they could nght
I ihc hfr 90 advantage on fho third noor.
/ They cxtinguishcd the fire where 81 was
/ visible, hut iu the meanwhile it burst
/ out between thc party and the exit Tho
! hremcn went down on ladder. and Mr.
| Wills attempted to Raiu the door Just
! then the lights were cue n. and tho
/ whole uppsr floor filled with dense smoke.
/ 10 was black as uiEut. and Mf. wits got
/ lost BE- cried for help hut the roaring OF
/ the nnmcs drowned AN sound 0f his vO.ce.
1 BE was overcome aud feil uucouacious
where the nTe wua scorchirK his face. A
/ hreman who had heard one call 81 help"
was crawling along on hands and knees.
ana touched the hand ~ the fallen man.
ie dragged him out ~ the building Mr.
| willis says q will be the last time be will
PLAY nTemArA
The tanic managers 0f the chief rail-.
roads IN South Carolina are endcavoring
60 get the railroad commission 90 Increase
| tho rates on cotton seed making them
/ equal 20 those maintained in other states.
/ These rates we're reduced several years
/ ago. when small Of mills needed nurs-
! Ink ana have MT since been increased.
/ rhey are much below tine rates in every
/ other Southern state For haul of -
miles tho rate in South Carolina b 70
cents. ia Georgia 81 ~. for 100 miles. the
south Carolina rate g. ti.20. that ln Geor-
gia. s. 90. aud the same disproportion ex-
lists az other distances.
| Tho commission Is considering the petit
/ ti0n. also one asking that the minimum
rate per tou on fertilizers in carload lots
he fixed al rs cents Instead Of 10 cents
n is reported that English capitalists
are buying up mineral land ia York anI
| Cherokee counties along the waters Of
King creek and Broad river. Nego:ia-
I tions are nosy under way for the purchase
of the Fiint Hiil gold mine property oo
Broad river
The town Council Of f.aurens nae au-
| thorized the Mayor 20 draw an ordinances
dividing the city into wards. and has also
decided to mark the streets and number
/ the houses.
Mrs william Carter died Of smallpox
in Union. under unusually sad conditions
she was married JUST a year and was
only ~ years OH. She leaves a baby
two weeks old.
Dr, James Evans chairman Of the State
Board Of Health. reports 10 the Governor
| that the smallpox conditions IN Spartan
burg have improved. The public schools
| closed there two weeks ago on account OF
the diseaee. and that occasloned conad-
erable alarm.
Because steamboat companies. like rail-
roads. must get their charters from ths,
legislature. the secretary of state has
refused a charter 20 the Charleston aud
Wilmington Steamboat Company Of
Georgetown. This company OF George
town men recently purchased tho
beats OF the Carolina Steamboat Company