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TORNADO DEATH TOU REACES NINiT- S EN Numb'r of Dbid Will Pro bly Pass 100, According to Reports From Isolated Sections PROPERTY DAMAGE HPAVY Crops Destroyed, ' Orchards' RdIned Roads and Bridges Washout and Wires Blown Down. I Memphis, A iiil 17.-That the death toll fro mtornadoes and heavy rain storms which swept over' six South ern States late Friday and Saturday will reach 100, was indicated' by re ports from isolated sections .tonight, while the loss of pfoperty and crops will run into the millions. The known dead tonight total ninety-seven. Many of the storm-swept sections are still shut off from wire commu nication and reports of additional casualties are slowly coming in from relief parties. The list of dead and injured, ac cording to reports available early to night, is as follows: Te as-Avifiger, 6; Atlanta, 1; Queen City, Case County, 2; and sev eral missing, and probably 3 near O'Farrell. Arkansas-Pike County 1 dead, 20 injured, 4 probably fatally; Yell coun If you with u. is incr In tim< No ma it too. other deposil and ea The Home CHARLII Presi Ittunuttuumanununntmmsumum *Purel ty 1 dead 10 injured, 2 probably fa tally; Miller county, 10 whites and 7 negroes dead,- 23 seriously injured; Pope canty 3 dead and a number serouysi.Injured; Hempstead County 20 wl c- 1ersons and 21 negroes dead 14 ser o~dsly 'injured, several fatally. A ndmbe of sections hit by the storm hi not been heard from. Eight Dead in Mississippi Mississippi-Five dead at Steen, 1 at Sontag, one at Rural Hill and 1 in railroad awshout near Mosell. Alabama--Five dead at Cave Springs, near Tuscumbia; 5 at Ralph, Tuscaloosa county; 3 at Suligent, La mar county, and 1 in Dallas county. In Arkansas, where the greatest havoc was wrought, the Red Cross is at work in Hempstead and Miller counties, where hundreds of families are homeless. Tents have been fur nished by the National Guard and blankets and provisions are being rushed to the sufferers. The extent of property loss can not be determined for dAys. In Arkansas on many plantation sin Miller and Hempstead counties, a rich farming section, practically every building was destroyed, newly planted crops wash ed out, orchards ruined, roads and bridges' badly damaged, almost all felephone and telegraph wire de stroyed and railroad tracks washed out at many places. Farm houses some distance from the direct path of the storm were damaged. Estimates HOW MANY DO YOU SAVE EACH MONTH? are depositing your f ; each pay day your a easing at a gratifyin you will "have n n can "blow it in" an When you "blow it i fellows get it. Whe : it with us it is still rning more every day wise young manne argument. Bank and Trus 'ON D~uRANT, v'. M. dent. C fred Di 1 Raise I They ar A Pure raised ar to feed",t We -h Bred Bc now. C r over our Bradha . DlA of the property loss in these two coun ties tonight exceeded $2,000,000. Crops Are Hit Hard At Atlanta, O'Farrell and Avinger, across the Arkansas line in Texas, many fdrm houses and outbuil lings were destroyed and crops In these sections are said to be a mos., a com plete loss. Heavy property loss in Tennesseeis reporte4 at Newpott Lynnville and Connorsville. In Shelby county alone, the county commissioners tonight es' timated the loss in roads and bridges was $75,000. In Mississippi, in addition to actual loss from the high winds, much farm land will be inundated by the rapidly rising streams throu hout .the state. A number of railroads in that state report tracks washed out and damage to road beds by the unprecedented rainfall. A report received tonight from Amite County says ten farm houses ere destroyed by a storm late Saturday and ten persons injured, one f atally. In Alabama, property loss in Bir mingham is estimated at $200,00 with ten injured. Havy rains and high wind in several parts of north Ala bama also are reported to have caused heavy property and crop loss. In Georgia, where a heavy wind and rain stor mstruck Rome, the property loss will exceed $200,00, it is re ported. Pavings ccount rate. oney." save n" the n you yours, ohds n t Co. WELLS, shier. irocs! mure Bred Durocs. e money makers. Bred is as easily id it takes no more han for a scrub.E ave a few Pure ! ar Pigs for sale >me out and look I farm. Em Duroc Farmil NNING, S. C. Millions of Damage Birmingham, April 7.-While no frther reports of death have been re ceived from the Alabama are'a swept by Satutdays storm, property and crop damage figures have mounted until the estimates placed at many millions of dollars. Houses and barns were wrecked by the hundreds, and much freshly -plowed farm land. was wpshed flat by overfloWed streams. Information received in Birmingham tonight from Waverly says the dam age in that vicinity will total a quar ter of a million dollars. Twenty-five houses there were demolished and a large number of others badly damag ed. Several persons were injured. Telegraph and telephone lines which were blown down are being repaired and the debris in the various com munities is being cleared. In Birmingham the street car and electric serqices have been restored1. In some sections of the city street paving was washed away. A large number of -local telephones are still out of commission, although long dis tance lines are again in operation. Nu merous buildings were wrecked or damaged here and trees and telegraph poles were bowled over in all sections of the city. Downtown streets were not. badly damaged. Crops Are Damaged Atlanta, April 17.-The crops roads and bridges in Colquitt county were damaged by a rain and wind storm Saturday night, according to reports received here tonight from Moultrie, the county seat. No lives were lost but several persons were injured when lightning struck the house of a farmer With the exception of Rome, where anproximately $225,000 loss was caus ed by the storm, no further damage had been reported in Georgia. 0 IN REMEIlltANCE In sad and lovionr remiem bra Ice of mv de'ar mother. Mrs. W. J. Tucker, who departed this life March 22, 1921. I'm lonely today, mother without you, Tonely and sad at heart. Von were always my joy, And Sunshine. mother. Why is it we had to part? Vet mother denr, I must not. complain, Mor think God's ways unwise: le in0 loaned you here on earth, Mothme', Then took you to His skies. ,%r eos are din witi tears Mother, Mv soul is sick nnd Sore. To think on earth dear fother, I will nevet' see you more. Rit may my od in heaven, bless and comfort me. Tu mv nraver today, Ilother. As I think of thee. But Cod is ;, lovine Father. T will trust His wondrons (?trace, And - d1V nrecions Mother, I'll meet youl fnee to fice. A Devoted DuToirhfter. Sallie Wise. WIFE FOR D'ANNITNZIO Goe(-vn. Anril 18.-Gabrielle D'A n 1n1nzio the qoldier noet. wsI )m1rin ill -1 e'il cter"n"opv neorfuned Sat -.4-1" in a1 vill1aan near Lnano 4n ni,'norlinn L'tgsiollI Reer. ai t al '311 fl;t list. savs a digndtch receivel 'nre frni ,i'q iio. D'A1 nuinzii nn1 his hvido ns ""ndin' their honey monn inl the tialinn lko eonntrv. A t thi cer(''oionv D')' A iltnvio de-. scribwl hinself qs a divorced man, says the dispatch. CATTS FACES INQUIRY Tallnhassee. FIla.. Anril1 18.-h ......................"tatives latte toeln" ndloltedl*m~ " tha ot con,('irrent reosnhgtioni nrovidinfr for an investi trotion of r'tumor's re4lati11" to certain offivinl nets of formter Gov'. Sidney JT. (Catts. In an noS tiit lEn'mou to the restliinnl nunetoe hv the bouse th(' n""nnosed mlv~e*tatmo-v 'omittee would ex.. tendt in findelin' to 'in'indo 'any mom..)) her of the nnr'lon hou ,'d wvl)E du'iri the noorse of the invnst irrtion mui(Yhl be' fntnnd to have'( commtlitte'd illen:i piractic'e. NOT1ICE~ All creditors and1( debtors in re:es ate of the late L. H. Asbell (Sumtmer ton Drug C'o., Summertt, S. C.,) (14. 'eased ar'e hereby not ifiedl to rentder hieir accoutnts d1uly atteste'd and to nake aniy and all patymentt dlu said 'at ute to tihe utnersignedl at Edgef'teld, 0.1' o to Summenrton Drug Co., at E. ('. AS3EL, Admoinistruator', E'stateo of tL. B. As.. hell- 8-tf-.. CYPRESS ~, SASH DOORS BLINDS MOULDINGS 1 AND MH.L.WORK NOTICE OF DISCHARGE Iwill apllY to the Judge of Probate for Clarendon County on the 2nd day of May, 1921, at 11 o'clock a. i. for Letters of Discharge as Admninistra tor of the Estate of John Gilbert Hodge, deceased. John B. Progdon, Administrator,. Alcolu, S. C., April 1, 1921. o . NOTICE OF DISCHARGE I will apply to the Jud e of Probate for Cla rendon County, S. C., on the 2nd day of May, 1921 at 11 o'clock a. in. for Letters of Discharge as Guar diuai for Alta Clarice Staton, formier ly Alta Clarice Cobia, formerly a minlor. Renjamin H. Cobia, Gluardiianl. Manning, S. C., April 1, 1921 pd CHICHESTERS PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. yearsknownas Best.Safest, Alwayseliabe OLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYHERF 1-'very one who has a Washi our Washing Mach ine atinoers machine whenever it is convenien circular. Also one of our Litt< away with the unsightly Clothes mn ornament than an eyesore s 'uch out clothes i. a ites. fors. A icsula COLUMBIA Slit 823 West Gervais St. I STO] a and look ov have to sla I our line ne: am come to to' I be Vou are I market juw a what we h I but would i C privilege at of showing a anyway.W you onlysu a will give y I Prices and waysinlin us when in I II.M. 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