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I ,t ?V. ? > Abbeville Press and Banner Ef1844. $2 00 thg Y???-- Tri-Weekly. Abbeville, S. C., Monday, April 18, 1921 Single Copies, Five Cento. 77th Year. MANY ARE KD TERRIFIC PROPERTY LOSS FROM WIND A SOUTHERN STATES SWEPT B NICATION NOT YET ESTAE i TIONS?HUNDREDS OF H ROADS AND BRIDGES Memphis, Tenn., April 17.?That the death toll from tornadoes and heavy rain storms which swept over ctotoa lat<? Friday and SU OVUWC1U . Saturday will reach 100 was indicated by reports from isolated sections to night while the loss to property and crops will run into the millions. The known de<ad tonight total 97. Many of the storm swept sections are still shut off from wire communi cation and reports of additional cas ualties are slowly coming in from relief parties. Torrential rains which followed the wind in all the states hit by torna v does have delayed relief work and hindered the compiling of accurate lists of casualties. In Arkansas where the greatest havoc was wrought, the Red Cross ie at work in Hempstead and Miller counties, where hundreds of families are homeless. Tents have bee* fur nished by~*the national guard and bankets are being rushed to the suf ferers. The extent of property loss can not be determined for days. In Arkansas on many' plantations in Miller andl Hempstead counties, a rich farming section, practically every building was destroyed. Estimates of the prop erty loss in these two counties to night exceeded $J2,uuu,uuu. Heavy property loss in Tennessee is reported at Newport* Lynnville and Conneraville. In Shelby county alone the county commissioners tonight es timated the loss in roads and bridges wag $75,000. In Alabama property loss in Bir mingham is estimated at $200,000 with ten injured. Heavy rains and high winds in several parts of North Alabama, also are reported to have caused heavy property and crop loss. In Georgia, where a heavy wind and rain storm struck Rome, the property loss will exceed $200,000 it is reported. Birmingham, April 16.?Thirteen ai6 known dead, more than a score hurt seriously, a half hundred farm houses destroyed and orchards, tele- j phone wires and forest trees razed * by a tornado that visited the north-) western, eastern and central por tions of Alabama this morning. The property damage will total $500, 000. Ralph, a settlement in the south western part of Tuscaloosa county, was the hardest hit. Four are dead there, a score injured, and the town virtually demolished. Thirty build ings in the community are a total wreck. The dead include Mrs. David Barton, an 18 months old baby and j two negroes. In Colburt county, northeast corner of the state, the storm swept over a vast area, v killing five. At Cave Springs, a small settlement near Tu^cumbia, in that county, Bob Mullins, his wife, Temple Davis and two .unidentified men all negroes, are dead. Haf a score injured and hundreds - narrowly escaped serious hurt. ...; , Jefferson county in which is lo cated Birmingham, paid enormous toll in property loss, but there were no fatalities. The storm at this point demolished houses, electric and tele phone and telegraph poles and wires outhouses and other buildings. The storm hit Birmingham at a elocity of ?0 miles an hour. Memphis, April 16.-^3eventy-five persons dead, several hundred in jured and property damages roughly estimated in the millions made the toll of a series of tornadoes which broke late yesterday in northeast Texas and swept eastward today over sections of five states into ? i Georgia. LLED AND 1NJI STORM THAT; " * *' " t<? ,ND RAIN AMOUNT TO MILLIONS lY STORMS?WIRE COMMU LISHED WITH MANY SEC IOMES DEMOLISHED AND. ARE WASHED AWAY. l Arkansas, with 50 persons report ed killed in Hempstead and Miller counties, suffered the heaviest toll. In Alabama, the number of dead was estimated at 10, seven were killed in Texas and 6 in Mississippi. T? +-Via rufViar ctoff* which Ill iriiUCMC\;| VUV WMV* felt the effect of the storm, no fatalities were reported. Owing to interrupted wire com munication only fragmentary re ports have been received thus far from the sections reported to have suffered the greatest loss of life and Relief parties still were searching property. the storm swept areas and until they report the complete death list will not be known. * The storm apparently broke in Smith county, Texas, swept sections of Good, Gregg, Cass and Bowie counties and passed into Miller, and Hempstead counties, Arkansas, where the reported death list to night had reached 50. Six of the seven persons killed in Texas were crushed to death when their homes in the village of Avinger were wrecked. Another death was report eu at AllUUUt, 1CA?3. Crossing into Arkansas, the stornj skirted the city of Texarkana, and cut a swarth a half mile wide through a heavily wooded section of Miller and Hempstead counties. In the ricinity of Hope, Hemp stead county, the list of reported dead tonight had ' reached 20. Fif teen others were said to have lost their lives in the vicinity of the town of t*rescott, and a like number north of Texarkana. One faatlity was reported in Yellow county. Five persons were reported killed at Steen, a small town near Colum bus, Miss. The rainfall in Mississippi was re ported the heaviest on record. At Jackson 6.5 inches of rain fell from noon yesterday until early to day, damaging a number of stores and dwellings. Train service throughout the state was disarrang ed and in some instances suspended because of washouts and damage to the roadbed. Announcement was made tonight at the headquarters In St. Louis of the Southern division of the" Red Cross that all its available resources would be offered for relief of the Red Cross that all its available re sources would be offered for relief storm sufferers, while relief funds already have been started at Hope, Ark., to afford immediate re lief to the stoj*m victims in that state. PLEASANT VISITORS Mr R. F. Ritter, of Rahway, N. J., j is in the city for a visit of some time to his friend, Frank E. Harrison, Jr. Mr. Ritter has a fine record as a soldier having served in France dur ing the big conflict as a member of a Trench motor outfit in the heavy ar tillery. In addition to being a fine looking j young man, he is a Mason of high degree, a Shriner and is ak employee of the Pennsylvania Railway Co. Mr. Harrison also has as his guest, I Lieut. Allen P. Bruner. who is in the army and is at home on leave visiting his people in St. Matthews. Lieut. Bruner has just completed two years tour duty in Panama. He is a graduate of the class of 1914 at the Citadel. ! The young men are having many ! pleasant attentions shown them. i CATHOLIC SERVICE I * / Services were held Sabbath in the Catholic church, Rev. Father Mulv chill, of Greenville, being here for the occasion. , JREDBY 1 i SWEEPS SOUT ? H 'l. Ab t i tiv? Mr. nig W. lani Ahl ALBERT HENRY IMPROVES ?rille Merchant Suffer* from er Effcati of Influenza?I line* in Nature of Sleeping Sick aeaa?May Recover I message from Atlanta to r s of Albert Henry announced t Henry spent a good night it and is better this morning. A Calvert who has been in ta for several days returned ipville vesterdav. Af. u ela hat last Mr. At- < to < y It is announced that the condition! of Mr. Henry is due to something akin to sleeping sickness, a result of influenza. While the symptoms are not exactly the same as those which evidence a genuine case of sleeping sickness the physicians have decided that Mr. Henry's illness is due to this cause. In the hope of relieving him they are applying the remedies usu ally applied for that disease, and the results are encouraging. The physi cians encourage Mr. Henry's friends to believe that he will shortly recover from his trouble. Mr. Henry was first taken sick some four weeks ago with influenza. After being confined to his home for a week or more he was able to come down s ^ T_ _ * J 1__ ill T town, in a lew U?JS lie was wiivcii m again, and since that time has been suffering intensely from pains in his head and from nausea. Sleeping sickness following influ enza is a disease due to some kind of I inflamatiott of the brain, but it is now generally relieved after a brief period. The disease is however, a new disease and it is not generally under stood and its treatment is still in the experimental stage. THE BASEBALL FEVER The baseball fever is breaking out everywhere it seeqjs. Saturday was a great day for the game. Early p that morning, after a week's preparation, Hoodie Bradley, of Greenville 9teret, gathered together a team of players from the city schools, made up fTom those who failed to make the regular team, and went down to Troy to show the people down that way how the game was played. They did but the/'score stood the wrong way. x Hoodie and his crowd have all kinds of excuses for getting the lit tle end of the score. They say that the whole town turned out to play against them. Jack Link, who went along, 3ays that over half the mem bers of the Troy team were "old married men." Saturday afternoon a team from Greenville street made up of such fine players as Jesse Hall Bill Greene, Horace McAllister and with Rayford McMillan and Tom Howie as recruits, styling themselves the "Aristocrats," went up against the "Laboring men" from Fort Pickens The game was played at the ball grounds, and when rain broke it up in the ninth, the score was 15 to 14 in favor of the "Aristocrtas." PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION The April meeting of the Parent Teacher association will be held to morrow afternoon at the high school building. A full attendance of mem bers is desired. SHEET IRON PRICES HAVE BEEN CUT C New York, April 16.?Price re- t ductions for sheet iron were an . v nounced today by the American g Sheet and Tin Plate company, a sub- j. sidiary of the United States Steel _ . s Corporation. , Mrs. Wm. B. Fleming, of Antre- e ville was here today shopping. 11 Miss Lavinia Fleming was in the city yesterday on her way from Ver dery to her home at Antreville. Miss Fleming has been attending school iat Verdery. iVORK IN COALMINES NOT YET TO BE RESUMED?TWO OTH ER CRAFTS NOT TO JOIN EF FORT. LABOR QUARTERS IN LONDON DISCUSS ACTION OF RAILROAD MEN AND TRANS PORT WORKERS IN CALLING OFF STRIKES. London, April 16.?Although' still jonfronted with the strike in the :oal minea and the possibility that work in the pits will not be resumed for several days at least England faced this week-end somewhat more lopefully than it did the last, when t was threatened with sympathetic rtrikes by the two other branches of ;he triple alliance?the railway men md transport workers. All labor quarters tonight were itill excitedly discussmg yesterday's iction by the railroad men and ;ransport workers in calling off ;heir strikes and the effect of this nove on the future interests of la yox. The best hope for an early solu ;ion of the crisis is held to lie in the lew attitude for an independent in restigation shotvn by a large section >f the house of commons. It is even mpposed in some quarters that it vas the sympathy which these mem >ers displayed on Thursday while istening to Frank Hodges the min es' federation secretary, which led rim to go further than he originally ntended in the direction of a com >romise and ao brought him into onflict with the miners. In view of the possibility of a pro racted stoppage of mining opera ions the board of trade in line with he other precautions which .hare ieen taken by government agencies onight issued instructions for dras ic enforcement of the regulations roverning the use of coal, light and rower. Local, authorities, are enP lowered to cut the supplies if any igns of waste appear and are asked o urge the public to eiercise the itmost in economy. No further action by the miners s expected before the conference in jondon next Fridy when represen atives of miners throughout the :ountry -will discuss what shall done. BASEBALL AT DUE WEST. The game of ball between Erskine College and the Greenville team of he S. A. L. League which was to lave played last week was postponed in account of the weather. Announce ncnt is now made that the game will >e played Thursday of this week at I o'clock. Erskine and the College of Char eston will cross bats the following lay, at the same hour, it is announc MAKE IMPROVEMENT York, April 16.?New buildings md other improvements to the value >f $20,000 at the Church Home or >hanage, an institution here under he care of the Episcopal church, lave been authorized by the board if trustees. Details of the improve nents are now being worked out by i buL'ding committee. VINHSBORO MAN TAKES OWN LIFE Winnsboro, April 14.?J. W. Crawford, one of the employees of he Winnsboro mills, shot himself 0 hrou,?h the head early this morning nth a 32 calibre pistol dying in bout three hours. He had been in 11 henlth for some time and it is uppos^d that his mind had becomt leranged. He leaves a wife and ig-ht children. The coronor's jury nvesfigating his death brought in a erdict that he came to his death rom pistol wounds by his owr and. Crawford was in his roon: rith only his 14 year old son, wh;> ras i sleep at the time the commit ed the deed. BODY OF VI TAKEN T ? o DEATH OF JUDGE STANTON j Forner Resident of Mt. Carmel Dies i A t Home in Columbia.?Magis trate of this County Many j Years?Readies Ripe Old Age. I The many friends of Capt M. L. r :u i? i a uwiuuuii) xaiuiiiaiijr Aiiunu iu nuuc ville county as Judge Stanton, will be sorry to hear of his death, which oc curred at Columbia, at the home of his daughter, Mrs E. C. Townaend, Saturday, April 16th. Judge Stanton had been in ill health for some years, and his death was not unexpected. For twenty years or longer the de ceased was a magistrate in this coun ty. He resided at Mt. Carmel, and his office was at that place. He had a good knowledge of the duties of his office, and he handled it to the satis faction of the people of his commu nity, and it was no easy matter to hold the office of Magistrate on the Savannah side, where there are so many negroes, during his day in that office. Some years ago on account of fail ing health he left his old home and went to reside with his children. Since that time, the people back at home have heard with regret of his * growing infirmities. The following account of his death is taken from The State of Sunday: Capt Martin Luther Stanton died j yesterday morning at the residence j of his daughter, Mrs. E. C. Townsend, Barnwell street The remains will ; be taken to Bethlehem cemetery near Elberton, Ga., today for interment. Captain Stanton was born in Abbe ville county, January 15, 1841, and ; hence was 80 years of age at the , time of his death. He spent the greater part of his life in Elbert, county, Georgia. He volunteered for'^ service in the Confederate war when j 20 years of age and served the full f* v tpur years under Gen. John B. Gor don, going in as a private and being . promoted to the rank of captain be fore the war was concluded. He was wounded twice at Chancellorsville, May 2-4, 1863. His wife was Miss Sallie Blackwell, daughter of Judge S. D. Blackwell of Elberton. She died | about 20 years ago. , j Captain Stanton is survived by the i following named children: Dr Gor don Stanton, Hastings, Fla.; Black well Stanton, Columbia; Mrs. B. 0. Cosby, Auburn, Ga; Mrs. S C Wood, Webster, Fla; Mrs. E. W. Warren,! Palatka, Fla; Mrs. E C Townsend, Columbia. i NEWS OF FRANK GARY i Judge and Mrs. F. B Gary havei received the news that their son, | Frank/ will be graduated from the I Naval Academy at Annapolis in June, which is six months ahead of the schedule time. This makes the young man complete his course in three and a half years instead of four which is the usual time. A class of six hundred will be graduated in June which is the largest class* ever to leave the Academy. Frank will come home for a short vacation before being assigned to a ship. THE TWINS i3N A VISIT i Mrs. Charles Brown, of Spartan burg is in Abbeville visiting her sis ter, Mrs. E. F. Arnold. She is accom panied by her twin babies, a boy and ( a girl who are about a year old. The babies are named Charles and Ash-,. more uuu aie juai> wc iigu? v ? . make themselves heard in the house.1 Miss Gertrude Ashmore and1, James Ashmore are also visiting at } Mrs. Arnold's. LOWNDESVILLE VISITORS 11 i : ( Mrs. Eugene Clinkscales and Mrs. t Sam Baskin were in town Saturday ( from Lowndesville shopping among, their friends. CTORIA 0 GERMANY FORMER EMPEROR, BROKEN WITH SORROW TAKES LEAVE AT TRAIN AND RETURNS TO EXILE?ALL TRACES OF FOR MER GLORY DEPARTED FROM ONCE PROUD RULER OF FATHERLAND. HIDDEN FROM VIEW Doom, April 17.?Never was con trast between former glory and x m present suauc ui uuuiiutturuu uivic accentuated than when Wilhelm, the former German emperor, followed the body of his wife, Augusta Vic toria, to the station at Maarn where he entrusted the faithful com panion of his gTandeur and his sor row to his sons and friends to take back to the fatherland. The emperor that was and the former crown prince and other sons present were all attired in full uni form of the Prussian guard their helmets crepe covered. The funeral procession arrived at the little station at Maarn in dark ness broken only by the light from a few lamps on the railway embank ment. First came a huge car with flowers followed by servants, who loaded the wreaths into the railway carriage. About ten minutes later the hearse arrived, flashing power ful search lights. It was draped in with black cloth with white cross and border. Hidden From View. From the next automobile Chap lain Dryander alighted wearing black #robes. Immediately behind came an automobile carrying the former emperor and his daughter, Princess Victoria Louise, which drove on until it reached a shelter of shrubs, hiding it from view. Frederick William ,the former crown prince, and Prince Adalbert in long gray mantels walked briskly forward. Other members of the fam ily alighted from their cars?Prince Oscar, the Duke of Brunswick, Prince Fperstenberg, General von Gontard, chief of the household, Countess von Keller and Countess von Rantzau the staunchest friends of the late empress and ladies in waiting in the old days, and the court chamberlain Baron von Spitzenberg. Representatives of Queen Wilhel mina of Holland, the dowager queen and the prince consort, with repre sentatives of the King of Spain and the King of Sweden, and a number of such officials closed the proces sion. When all had knelt around the coffin court chaplain Dr. Draynder, his voice vibrating with emotion, de livered a brief oration The coffin was then placed in the railway carriage, which Wilhelm, Frederick William and Princess Louise entered, re maining for a few moments. Then the former emperor led thd way to the cars in which the oth^ members of the party were to slieep tonight and remain during their journey. He thanked them all and took leave of them. Com Back to Exile. For a brief period Wilhelm be came dimly visible to those who had gathered to watch the ceremony, his figure that of a man broken by sorrow. Princess Louise entered the automobile with her father the door closed and the car glided on, carry ing the exile back to confinement at Doom, to face his fate without the devoted wife who until now has shared his humiliation. Soon after the departure of the former emperor, the ex-crown prince left tfte station precincts and returned to the castle, with the Duke of Brunswick and others who ire staying in Holland. The last farewell visit to the fu leral car will be paid tomorrow norning before it proceeds to Pots lam. Those who remained on the ;rain to accompany the body includ ed Princ Adalbert and his wife, (Continued on Page Eight)