(II W Ul Ul (.110 V/iblbbux -• • • • •Meridian—Eighteen thousand dollars damage was sustained by the stock of goods In the W. T. Earley store and haberdashery of Do’.and Smith as the result of a fire on the second floor of the Smith building. The fire was extinguished with but slight damage to the building, but not until the stores below were flooded with water.