The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1914-11-06

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Between 5 and o'clock Friday even>
ing the fire alarm sounded and the FIRE
laddies and crowd of citizens re@
sponded A cabin, belonging 10 Will.
am Horton colored. was discovered
to be on fire and was soon destroyed.
Icing beyond the fire limits,'' and
the reach OF the water works. The
cabin carried an insurance OF S460.
How the fire started is not known.
While the crowd was watching that
| fire. Miss Luke Rogers, one of tha
efficient postotlice clerks, who was
alone in the postotfice discovered. the
ceiling tos be on fire and Immediately
sounded the alarm. Nearly everybody
being at the fire above mentioned it
TOOK some tina TO get crowd togeth-
er. In the mean time the fire waa
burning briskly, some falling down on
the postoffice floor. A small bucket
brigade was formed and despite the
suffocating smoke, the fire was sue.
cessfully put out, before the arrival or
the fire company and fire lighting ap-
paratus, The postofiice was for
while a mess Of ashes, soot, water
and debris, which was however soon
cleared off. and the only ievidence OF
the near catastrophe Is gaping hole
In the ceiling The fire started In
room above. used by Edmund Noel and
Jarman Gibson as a clothes cleaning
and pressing club. The fact that on
account of the state fair the trains at
night were running behind schedule
time. causing tho postofiica force 20
remain in the office later than usual.
probably prevented most disastrous
fire, one Of the best business blocka
in the city being threatened.
T. W. Boyd was home on visit Sun>
day and Monday from Hushpuckenat
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d. r. Divine Route 8, West Garland
Ellis. Route q West. and Clarence
Yeager, Route 4, Durant, called Tues.
day and .enrolledsas new subscribers
to The Advertiser.
Miss Lillian Coleman returned Sum-
day to her home at Carter after an en-.
tended and very delightful visit TO her
grandfather. Capt. W. II. Faulconer.
Of Ebenezer,
II. X. Harneline. OF Belle Prairie,
spent Sunday night in the city
Capt. W. Fl. Faulconer. of Ebenezer,
was Sunday visitor to Lexington.
T. M. Dale, Of Franklin, visited Lex.
ington Sunday.
C. Hunoldstein, of Durant, spent
Sunday with friends at Tchula.
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X. Il. Dodd and r. E. Dodd. Jr., of
II pnuulinr GNooN mara i,, khn a;kx, Aak
urday with a goodIy supply of that re-.
munerative cash crop, peas. for which
they were paid the highest market
quotations. They were well pleased.
and made some liberal purchases at
our uptodate mercantile emporiums.
w. s. Mcbride, of near West came
over Saturday to see his brother-in-
law, &. T. Bailey. who was recently so
badly hurt in an accident on the rail-
road tracks.
HI j. N.<Dodd. Of Bowling Green, ex.
changed greetings with Lexington
friends Saturday.
| J. D. Kyzer. of Emory, mingled
with friends here Saturday.
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| j.. S. Swinney, ]. II. McNeer, j. D.
Truitt, w. w. Williamson, H. Ma.
bers, A. d. Tate. 7. J. Tate. OF Bow
ling Green. were noted on om busy
avenues Saturday.
II j. ]. Gilmore. of Eulogy, transacted
business in the city Saturday.
II H. W. Walton annd Cole Walton, of
| Acona. were here Friday on a business
errand
| S. H. Lusk, of Silver City, the hiehA
ly capable member from District No.
l 5 of the board of supervisors, attended
the regular November meeting of that
body the early part of the week.
l H. X. Mullen. of Acona, patronized
our progressive merchants Saturday.
Maj, S. Il, Burwell. of Jackson.
spent Sunday in the city.
III The Million Dollar Mystery will
begin at your Royal Picture SHOW,
this month; watch for the date;
nothing bett II has ever been pui