Show I Dropped Candle In Colon I S A flro that came near beIng serious cc currcd In Uio basement of the Bee lllvo currec shoo store on South Main street ycsterrtay afternoon While piling up some discarded dis-carded Christmas decorations Percy Seal a boy employed about tho paoc drciipd a candia In some cotton natihn which aulckly blazed up to the ceiling rIse hey I mado an unsuccessful attempt to beat out tho flames with his hat and A II Netso riotlcjnt the smoke rushed dovn Into tho basement with a pall of water and put a5tm plL rout the lire In the mean lime the lire department I de-partment was summoned but their serVices I ser-Vices wore not required Th j damage was Very slight |