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The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, April 29,1908.
S1ATS AND SVZN
CAUSED BY CYCLONE,
List of Fatalities Will Probably Reach
500?Thousands are Homeless?
Forty-six Towns Wrecked?1,200
People Injured, Many of Whom Will
Die?Property Loss Will Approach
Millions.
The following dispatch was sent out
from New Orleans on Saturday:
Probably half a thousand lives lost,
a hundred or more persons fatally injured
and many times this number
painfully hurt, together with a property
lossjrunning up into the millions,
is the record so far of a series of tornadoes
that originated in the West
two days ago, sweeping across Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia yesterday and last night. It
left a path of death, desolation and
vsrant in its wake, seriously interrupted
communication between cities in
the South and brought about chaotic
conditions in many smaller towns.
Mississippi bore the. brunt of the
storm. Reports l.'rom that State indicate
that the losp of life was by far
the greatest of any section through
which the storm passed.
^Estimates of^those who lost their
lives as a result of tornadoes in Mississippi
place the death list at near
three hundred, with a thousand or
more injured. In Texas, Louisiana,
Alabama and Georgia the death lists
are also large, with loss of life in Arkansas
and Tennessee.
Atlanta, Ga., April 25.?The dead
8md injured in Friday's tornado are
^reported as follows:
Louisiana, dead 99, injured 350; Mississippi,
dead 183, injured 650; Alabama,
dead 31, injured 113; Georgia,
4ead 25, injured 100.
Great Damage in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., Apiil 25.?As a result
Of the storm which last night swept
Into Georgia, 25 persons are dead and
at least 100 were injured, while many I
others received brftis?s and js<?ratglj?? .
Xtpto flying dehrii in a dozen townii in :
ihis Staid.
The storm, which appeared in this
State at Columbus, on the Alabama
line, seems to have moved in a north- 1
easterly direction, striding the towns 1
of Chipley, Harris, Legrange, Griffin, i
* McDonongb, Locust Grove, Cedar- i
. town and Cave Springs, while a por- i
tion of its fury was felt in the eastern i
suburbs of Atlanta shortly after midnight.
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In the vicinity of Cave Springs the l
wind swept a^path half a mile wide 1
and five miles long, from the outskirts ]
of Cave Spring in a southeasterly di- 1
lection to Hamstie, There is not a 1
house left standing in the storm swept i
area. At Cameo two negro section <
were kffled wad one white man
"1j reported dMd at StiiUdfli
At Colmnbna^Mttt Vila Morris and
her daughter were instantly killed by .
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1D0 destruction 011 pavmon at uurui ^
Highlands, in which they were stay- ^
isg> The property loss in this section ^
wffl be heavy*
Griffin reports that three white
women were killed and eight white
persons injured and a property loss of
150,000 sustained. The path of the
storm at this point was directly over
the cotton mill and cottages of the 1
operatives. Twenty-five of the cot- '
tages were entirely demolished and
the escape vf their occupants is considered
miraculous.
The boiler and engine room and the
roof of the card room of the Rashtown
Mills were blown away, as was
the commissary room.
At Chipley Mrs. Frank Hopkins and
Mrs. Forrester and ten negroes were
killed, while the husbands of the
women were seriously injured. Practically
every business house in Chipley
was demolished. The hotel, in
which there were 11 guests, was blown
down, but none of its occupants were
injured. All the warehouses were
damaged and not a negro house is left
standing. The residence of H. A.
Middlebrook was lifted from its foundation,
carried 150 yards and deposited
in its new position without being
damaged.
The depot and three freight cars
were blown away at Harris, a small
station three miles from Chipley.
Engineer Samuel Neisler, of Abbeville,
S. C., and a negro brakeman
were killed and Fireman F. G. Brown
fatally injured, when a train on the
Seaboard Air Line ran into a washout
at Tucker, sixteen miles from Atlanta,
early to-day.
Misery at Purvis, Miss.
New Orleans, La., April 25.?The
lost utter misery of every sort was
found to-day at Purvis, Miss., by relief
parties. Despite the fact that of
the 5,500 mkebitants which this little
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town boasted yesterday morning there
remained only about 900, still there
was not sufficient accommodations in
the wrecked village for even the
wounded. Old negro "mammies"
and little black children lay wounded
and helpless under the broiling sun's
rays. Some had broken bones, some
were partly crushed and others had
been wounded by sticks and splinters.
There was not enough shelter in the
town to protect them from the sun,
and many of the walls which remained
ni'nnJinn Via/! M/1 KAnfa On/3 HV 0. flllPPT
BWlUUillg uau uv ivvio) hum ?/j
freak of the tornado many of the trees,
which had not been uprooted, had
been snapped.off a few feet above the
ground. A grove of pines was mutilated
in this manner so that it appeared
as if a giant scythe had swept
through the grove about twenty feet
above the ground. /
The greater part of Purvis's population
to-day were refugees in Hattiesburg
and Lumberton, Miss., about 150
of them being badly injured. Of those
who remained in town many appeared
distracted and told remarkable stories
of the number of their fellow towns
people who had been killed. Some
gravely asserted that a third of the
population was dead.
Many hurried funerals were held
to-day, and a count of the visible
dead revealed only 34, about half of
them negroes. Many other negroes
were reported killed in the vicinity of
Purvis.
The manner in which the tornado
acted at this village was apparently
enough to unbalance the reasoning
powers of some of its witnesses. In
stead or entering the town at one side
and passing out to the other the storm
whittled and seesawed about. ^ nee
or twice,;judging from the lay of the
debris to-day, the wind veered so
much as nearly to double on its trail,
The result was terrible for its inhabitants,
many of whom were caught
and either injured or killed, after
they apparently had escaped. Scores
sought safety in running, and the story
is told of a yonng woman who ran
away from the storm as it struck on a
street corner, but who was killed as
she reached the next corner, where
some timbers fell on her.
The usual freaks were played by the
wind, one roof having been transferred
from ft house to a nearby building,
f weuty?sey$? prisoners were in
the little town j&U, The root was
lifted off the jail, leaving rain and de
bris beating upon exposed prisoners, |
but so terror-stricken were they that I
not one'gained his freedom. None of
the prisoners was seriously injured.
The wreckage which remained on the .
site of a lumber mill near town con- 1
sisted quite largely of splinters from
the size of tooth picks up to small
sticks.
The total money loss at Purvis was
to-day estimated at |S00,00C. These
figures were obtained from dozens of f
business men, each of whom calculated
his individual loss. The State
io-nightis furnishing tents and neighsoring
towns supplies, and with the
nartial law the town is practically
?fe from looting.
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Mosey to Ltad. <
The First National Bank of Bates*
surg has money to lend their
'armer patrons who can fufhish satis'actory
security. 4'Tell your friends
ibout it."
IRA C. CARSON, Cashier.
W. W. WATSON, President.
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Tho Calhoun County Board.
Gov. Ansel has appointed the commsssion
to apportion the division of
indebtedness between Calhoun county
and the two counties from which it
was formed.
Hon. Jno. S. Verner, of Columbia,
is the non-resident member. The
others are: Prom Orangeburg, A. W.
Summers and M. F. Inabinet; from
Lexington, G. A. Guignard of Brookland
and Wm. Martin of BakersVille;
from Calhou^ county, T? A, Amaker
and J. H. Loryea of St? Matthews.?
The State.
Anderson Man Returns After
Absence of Tears.
After an absence of 24 years and
mourned as dead by his wife and children
for more than 23 years Mr. Jas.
Moore returned to his home in Anderson
county last week at the advanced
age of 75 years. The old man
had changed so much in appearance
that his family failed to recognize
him at first, but when his identity became
known there was great rejoicing
in the home.
He Got What He Needed.
"Nine years ago it looked as if my
time had come," says Mr. C. Farthing,
of Mill Creek, Ind. Ter. "I was so run
down that life hung on a very slender
thread. It was then my druggists recommended
Electric Bitters.. I bought
a bottle and I got what I neededstrength.
I had one foot in the grave,,
but Electric Bitters put it back on the
turf again, and I've been well ever
since." Sold under guarantee at Kaufmann
Drug Co. and Derrick's Drag
Store. 50c.
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A woman and her alimony are soon
married.
"College Place," Columbia.
Forging to the Front?Beautiful Residential
Site North of the City, Adjacent
to the New College, Being
Rapidly Developed.
Attention is called to the advertise- 1
ment in this issue, of 4'College Place,"
one of the newest, as well as the most
select of Columbia s sudutds.
This splendid enterprise is backed
by some of the leading financiers and
business men of the city, and is
destined to add to the fame of Columbia
a9 a city of homes, by reason of
the excellence of its location, and the
beauty of its surroundings. Situated
on an elevation 55 feet above the
city, far enough removed from the
river to insure absolute immunity
from sickness by reason of location,, '
in the direct path of the city's growth,
it is only a question of short time i
when College Place, will be dotted
thickly with elegant residences. Indeed
there are now quite a number of
artlendid bnildincrs under nrocess of
erection, and many more under contemplation.
The splendid college
building costing upwards of $250,000
adds materially to the value of home
sites in ' 'College Place," as it natur- ,
ally attracts the best clasf of settlers. '
There are two essential conditions
of success: First, the opportunity,
and secondly the man of men to appropriate
the opportunity. Awake to
the possibilities of development of
property near this fine educational
institution, seven prominent substan- |
tial business men of the capital city
secured the property, and they have
gone about its development in a man- i
ner that attests their firm belief in its ;
future. They are expending thousands
of dollars in permanent improvements,
grading and paying
streets, planting shade trees and beautifying
the property in a manner in
keeping with its environment.
After reading the advertisement on
another page of this issue, write to
M. W. Mason, sales manager for j
terms and prices of lots, Columbia,
S. O. r
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Letter to Frank C. Corley. {
Lexington, S. C. i
Dear Sir: This is short;
Every iob painted Devoe takes less 1
gallons than of any other paint.
If not, no pay.
Yours truly,
F. W. PEVOE & CO.
P. S. The Kauffflann Drug Co., sells
our paint. ' ( "
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White Man Held for Bobbing ;
Safe in Greenville.
A white man giving his name as W.
J. Heiry was lodged in the Greenville
county jail last week, charged
with blowing open the safe in Carpen- '
ter Brothers' store in Greenville. The ,
evidence against him is said to be
strong.
Fire At Clemson.
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Fire destroyed a barn at Clemson .
College on Friday night about 9:30 |
o'clock. The building was worth
about $500 and the contents were val
ued at $1,000. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Every Weaw Will Be latereatedt
If you have paina in the back, Uri- .
nary? Bladder or Kidney trouble, and '
Want a Certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman's ills, try Mother Gray's ]
Australian-Leaf. It is a safe and i
never-failing regulator. At druggists J
or by mail 50c. Sample package free. ]
Address, The Mother Gray Co., ?
LeRoy, N. Y. 27 3
Saved the Dimes. ,
A farmer in Plainville, in the east- ,
era part of the State, is the greatest '
hoarder probably in Massachusetts. 1
In buying a $2,500 farm sometime ago,
he offered in payment 25,000 dimes,
which couldn't be counted inside
seven hottw* The buyer had not been \
affected in the least by the recent 4
money famine-., Years ago he began }
to hoafd ten-Cent piecesy his settled
purpose being to buy the farm in 5
question.?Ex.
"Health Coffee" is really the closest
Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
This Clever Coffee Substitute was re- <
cently produced oy ur. onoop, 01 i
Racine, Wis. Not a grain of *eal coffee
in it either. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee
is made from pure toasted -grains, with
malt, nuts, etc. Roally it would fool
an expert?who might drink it for
coffee. No 20 or 3? minutes tedious
boiling. "Made in a minute" says the
doctor. Sold by M. D. Harman.
T. B. RO!
Quality
j 037 Gervais Street, :
Special prices to the Lexing
Pinacle Flour $5,40 per bar
Hay, Grain, Feed, Cotton M<
Groceries.
Prices alwiys the lowest,
A Healing Salve for Burns,
Chapped Hands and Sore
Hippies.
As a healing salve for burns, sores, sore
nipples and chapped hands Chamberlain's
Salve is most excellent. It allays
the pain of a burn almost instantly,
and unless the injury is very severe,
heals the parts without leaving a scar.
Price 25 cents. For sale by Kaufmann
Drug Co.
Post lard Dealers
Printers & Stationers
Talking Machines
and Records
Rubber Stamps
And Novelties of
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P?
every ueurijjuuu
CALL OR WRITE FOR
WHAT YOU WAMT
]. Wilson ibis
COLUMBIA, S. C.
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BraSHy & i The Only PainBHm/MPK
1 ,6>> Tooth ExBHteiniyot
trac4?r ,n th?
South Without
^I^/jQh Gas, Ether or
HK' J|H| Chloroform.
DR. 6. R. HARDING,
rhe Old Veteran Painless Tooth Exractor
and Dentist, 1316 Main street,
Dolumbia, S. C., sign of the Big Tooth,
L u; cc? ?J ?:n i 11
.8 ilUVV cmj UiS VM-IIUO tmu Will LXJ tUi suixxner.
where he will do all kinds of Dental
Work in the best manner and with the
Dest material. lApr
For
INSURANCE,
LIFE,
FIRE,
ACCIDENT,
SEE '
E.G. Breher,
LEXINGTON, S. C.
Strongest and Best Companies i
Lumber and
, Building
Material
N. H. DRIGGERS,
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Columbia, S. C.
Manufacturer of
Lumber, laths, Shingles .
Paints and all kinds of building
material. Call or write
for prices. Will save you
money.
Lumber bought in any quantity
at highest market price.
Notice,
All persons having d&H&nds against;
the estate of W. & Smith, deceased,
Will file same for payment and those
indebted Will please make payment on
ir before the 1st day of June, 1908.
M. E. and J. B. SMITH,
Administrators.
Notice to Creditors.
All persons having claims against the
estate of Howard Wilmot Conner, deceased,
are requested to present the
same duly attested unto the tindersigned,
or his Attorney, Jno. T. Seibels,
C P Qtid oil rwiro/Mi G 1T1.
V>UI ULUU1U) v.j auu un j^vAkjviAw ***
debted are requested to make payment
to the same.
JAMES W. CONNER,
Admr. Estate H. W. Conner, j
Styx, S. C., April 8, 1908. 3\V26 |
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[ Grocer,
: : Columbia, S. C
ton trade.
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;al and Hulls, General Family
JULIUS H. WEIL & COMPANY,
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS and NOTIONS,
Rear of Palmetto National Bank, COLUMBIA, S. C.
Complete stock of Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods and Notions.
Quick shipment, minimum freight exIpense,
prices always guaranteed against
New York or Baltimore jobbers.
I We sell to Merchants Only.
WITH
I PUMPS, PULLEYS, PACKING, ROOFING I
I AND TIN PLATE. I
I Plumbing Supplies. I,
I Southern States Supply Co., I
1 COLUMBIA, S. 0. I
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I LEVER, "The Shoe Man," I
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I (IN COLUMBIA.) I
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1 The place to buy your every- A
day and Sunday go-to-meeting I
I, Shoes. Largest handlers of
I Shoes in the Carolinas. Prices
are extremely low at this sea
g son. Come and inspect our I
I stock. V
LEVER, "Hie Shoe Man"
(In Columbia.)
BEARDEN & LUTHER
922-924 Gervais St - Columbia, S. C.
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Groceries, Hay, Grain, Hardware, Wheelwright Material,
Wire Fencing, Tinware, Farming Imple^
' ments, Harness, Saddles, Collars, Fads,
Bridles, etc.
Best wagon yard in the city for the benefit of all. j
Call to see us. Prompt and courteous
treatment guaranteed.
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bargains! bargains!
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D. B. SPHALER S,
PELION, * - - - S. C.
Call and see my line of Fine Dress Goods and Calicoes. They
are going at prices that will surprise you. 300 pair Fancy Dress
and Plow Shoes to move at once. Get prices before buying else
where. L. W. WISE, Manager.
at cost:
We are now selling our entire stock of Dry Goods* Notions,
Shoes, Glass and Crockeryware at COST.
NO FAKE SALE
We mean what we say. Call to see us in our new brick
store across the railroad.
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6ANTT & RAST,
Swansea, - - So. Car.
I BROOKLAND BANK, i
NEW BROOKLAND, S. C. W
'jfoj We Want your business. It is our desire to please. Leave *]t!
l(/ your money with us ustil you need it. We pay interest four ^
KM notes a year. m
fjl J. C. GUIGNAftD, L. S. tROTTI,