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STORM TOLL HEAVY IN SOUTH AND WEST Chicago, March. 28.?A uon of per- * son, were killed and a hundred or more ( injured today l>y a tornado that awept the country and a number of toWna north und west of Chicago, and ravaged Komc of the city's northwestern 8 suburbs. * The property damage ran iato millions of dollars, including the demoli- 8 tion of many bmldinga, and the razing 8 of telegraph and telephone lines. Com- * munication with rural regions was for a time cut off. * : Six persons were killed and a score I * ' injured when the tornado swept through f the center of Elgin, 111., about 30 miles ? wost of Chicago, causing $4,000,000 dam- * ngc to property. Melrose park, a su- * burb of Chicago, reported six desul, and Dunning, another suburb, and Wilmette, a north shore town, each reported two ' dead. I . rmm Bigin tne storm passed on to t the northeast. Half a dozen business 8 buildings, two churches and 20 residences were demolished in Klgin. c Meager reports brought in by farmers ' indicated local damage in a widespread ( rural region. Falling telqgraph and telephone poles out off communication, and many trees, uprooted by tho twist- ? ing wind, so tangled the wires that restoration of communication presented P . a dillirult problem. v Tho Klgin company of the state militia was placed on duty to guard prop- " crty, laid open to tho puhlic by the un- 0 roofing and upsetting of stores. ^ At Melrose Park, on the western edge of Chicago, 00 honseB were destroyed, ? the devastated area covering four n blocks. The tornado followed in the wake of a severe hailstorm. a Tonight six dead had been identified at Melrose Park, and it was predicted E the fatality list would reach 12. Scores wsre injured. Fires followed the collapse of build- C ings and the fire departments of several suburbs were summoned. A score of houses in Kvanston, a nor~ - thorn .suburb, were demolished and a number of persons injured, but no fatalities were reported. Roofs were carrind, front houses and trees were uprooted and carried a half block in some instances. The damage in Wilmette, another fc north shore suburb, was estimated at ^ $500,000. Mnuy buildings in the busi- f ness quarters were damaged, along with 0 the town hall and the Episcopal church. ^ The storm tore a path 200 yards wide through the main part of Wilmette. p Mrs. H. Hansen and Edward Jameson 0 mm i KSll-.l * ' nou Kiucu, HfviTKi nunurea injured and 1.000 made homeless at Dunning, a northwest suburb. More than 1 Ml ? houses, mostly frame structures, were destroyed there. Mrs. Hansen and her four chitdrai m were in the parlor of their home when I the building was blown over by the ? wind. The children were uninjured. Jameson was buried in the derbis of his cottage. The Chicago state hospital at Dunning was not damaged, but several smaller buildings on the hospital's farm were destroyed. The injured were taken to the hospital, which also was converted into a barrack for Lac horn.less. Among nearby towns damaged by the storm, according to reports, were Wauconda, Mclienry, Woodstock, Algonquin nnd Marengo. Dundee was re- I ported to have been passed over by the J Storm, but damngc in the surrounding t farming country was heavy. Atlanta, March 28.?At least 36 lives were lost, hundreds of persons weTe * injured and property damngc prob- ? ably running into millions of dollars, was caused by tornadoes that swept n through Georgia and Alabama late today. Iji Grange, and West Point, Georgia towns neur the Alabama-Georgia 1 border suffered the heaviest, the estimated dead at La Grange running to ? 36, 21 bodies were known to have been f lound. West Point, which lost heavily last December from the flooded Chattahoochee, rcjHirtcd ten dead and severe damages in the business section. The tornado also was felt in Maeon T where property damage ran High and some persons were injured. Washington On., n town near Augusta, also felt the effects of n storm, but apparently no n lives were lost. Some damage also was a thought to have been caused in east ri em Alalia ma. O Wire service, both telegraph and telephone, was partially paralysed and n it was almost imposalblc to ascertain " exact damage, or to get report* from q many sections of the state that have a felt the effects of the storm. Heavy rains fell throughout a great portion of a Georgia during the day and it wan g feared flooded rivers might add to the -ulTi ring ^ SLXEPING SICKNESS SEEMS ^ TO HAVE HOLD ON VIENNESE Vienna, Fob. 28. (By mail).? Encephalitis lcthargious, the deadly "sleeping sickness," against which med- C ical science hns, thus far, proved powerless, is victimizing scores in Vienna. The mysterious germ of the new disease apparently enters the brain of the patient and induces a profound torpor S which ordinarily ends in death, without return to consciousness. American J physicinns ami surgeons here are assisting the local medical authorities in their 5 active researches to discover an effective specific for comltating the disease which g usually appears as a complication of acute influenza. o Vienna's population, impoverished and c famished,- offers a fertile field for the n spread of influenza and its sequel, X encephalitis. The poorer classes, living in unheated tenements with the ?] temperature hovering around the zero B&: malt. |. ttll^!n!cBT^ELfiCTION "^ Obedient t? a pstitfao riptd by a najorfty of tfc* freeholders of the Town >f Fort Mil), as shown by the tax books, Jid filed by sakl freeholder! with the lOWd CooDcii, praying that a special lection be ordered for the purpose of ubmittiag to the uualifisii-elestera of he Town of Fort Mill the question of he issuance of the bonds as hereinafbsr et forth, and in accordance with law, totice is hereby given that a special lection of the qualified voters of said Town of Fort Mill will be held on Friiay, the 16th day of April, 1980, between the hears of seven a. m. end four >. m. at Uutchinson'a Drug Store, Fort fill, S. c., at which election there aril! >e submitted to tbe qualified voters the ollowing question: "Whether the Town of Fort .Mill hall issue coupon bonds as provided bv sw, in the sum of Thirty Thousand )ollars ($80,000.00), for the purpose of laying for improvements upon the treets of the Town of Fort Mill." The ballots shall be prepared in acord&nce with law, and shall contain hereon the following: "For the issuance of street bonds," Tee or No." Those voting in favor of said issue I 11 J la - * -?? a ?*' - - luui uepysu a uuuot wun ine wora 'No" erased thereon; and those opoeed to the issue shall deposit a ballot nth the word "Yes" erased thereon. Books of registration will be open > the office of the Clerk and Treasurer, n Main Street, in the Town of Fort (ill, on the 27th day of March, 1920, or the registration of qualified electors f the Town of Fort Mill, and will retain open for a period of tea days. The following are -appointed mangers of said election: J. M. Hutchison, J. C. Saville, J. M. telk. F. E. ARDREY, Mayor. !, S. LINK, Clerk. L. A. HARRIS, J. L. SFRATT, NILE CAROTHERS, Street Commission of Fort Mill. REGISTRATION NOTICE. ' Notice is hereby given that the regitration books of the Town of Fort till will be opeaed at the office of the 'own Clerk, over Lytle'a Drug Store, n Main Street, Port Mill, S. .C., on larch 27th, and will remain open until, ipril 6th, 1900, inclusive, for the puroee of registering the qualified elect-; ra of the Town of Fort Mill. C. S. LINK, ? Clerk and Registrar. D0N"T FOBGET THE 1 lasli and Carry Store in making your purchases. Come a-runnin' with ycur nickels and dimes for choice Fruit, Candies, Fancy Groceries, Etc. D. A. LEE, Prop. iEMPELAtWINTHROP The World Famous Freida tampei will sing at Winthrop lollege, Rock Hill, on Friday ight, April 16th. Reserved seat tickets, $2.00. hey will be mailed out upon reeipt of a check to Winthrop !ollege. CITATION. he State of South Carolina?County of York. !y J. L. Houston, Esquire, Probate ! Judge of York County. Whereas A. L. Parks has applied to te for Letters or Administration on all nd singular the goods and chattels, ighta aad credits of W. P. Hyatt, late f the county aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and adionish all and singular the kindred and irfitw of the newt deceased to be and .ppear before me at our next Probate lourt for the aaid County, to be hold en t York Court House on the 8th day of iprtt to show cause, If mar. why the lid Administration should not be ranted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 3rd day of March in the year of our .ord one thousand nine hundred and wenty and in ths 144th year of Amersan independence. J. L. HOUSTON, Probate Judge of York County. STATEMENT if the Ownership, Management, Etc^ of The Fort Mill Twos, Published Weekly at Feet Mill, S. C, Required by Urn Act of Amgmt 34, 1111 Editor?W. R. Bradford, Fort Mill, i i. C. Managing Editor?W. R. Bradford, 'ort M ill, It. C. Publishers ? W. "R. Bradford, Fort till, S. C., and J. J. Bailes, Fort Mill, ; c. Owners?W. R. Bradford, Fort Mill, I. C., and J. J. Bailes, Fort Mill, S. C. Known bondholders, mortgagees and ther security holders, holding 1 per ent. or more of total amount of bonds, sortgagee, or other aecurittes: Mortgagee#-Savings Bank, Fort MiU, S. C. B. W. BRADFORD. Sworn to and subscribed before me his 1st day of April, 1920. W. B. MEACHAM, Notary Public S. C. chassis fjp factory !; ' ;.u':a i:C .1; mn (lfl ^K| | U^BV \\\\\\V nr 1 WliB n p lin^vil A|/lin{HP THE 16WESTPH The unprecedented demand f< est priced 4,000 pound capacitytru unabated. The Traffic Motor Truck Corpc tending every ounce of pressure to TlHjflfi/* Tannl/o o/* ?? aL - a ft imiiv aiuvno ou mo iAJ lUCtib 1116 roand for them. The Traffic fac day. The men in the production < Company are exerting themselves keep the supply up to the demand A * s* New buildings are being erec ent plant of the Traffic Compan; completion, are being used to he into the construction dT ?he Traffic The factory reports That not the Traffic the most popular and tl everywhere in the I/nit*! States. I tries, the Traffic has been acceptec ? y A Red Seal Continental 3 3-4x6 shell, cellular type radi&tO?;drop f< semi-elliptic front and refflrsprings 122-inch length of frame^Behind dr back seat and cushion regular equij j 1. %v "ALL TRUCKS TRAI BAILESMC Dist re * ??? ??? ? ICE - ICE 0 Our plant is now runnin are prepared to furnish the quantity. Phone your orders to No. I O. T. C || Fret Distilled Water : Recharging anc AO Kinds of I :: < tfv* ROCK HILL BATTE -'* The Dettwry Specialists J Q|| I?is WsHiVS-Ms JL. Bleck J !> . The cost of The Times is * 'V . " . ~ ?\v" * riT*' n^Tr rafficTr e?laTma* ICED 4,000 POUND >r Traffic Trucks, the low- There tck in the world, continues and there possible to .. . 0, T five knowr ration, at St. Louis, is ex- . . , , \ . structed 01 increase the production of ^ truck constantly increasing de- * . - - 01 nara us! tory is running night and times abso iepartment of the Traffic carry its lc to the limit in an effort to motor true truck of lil demand fo tted, additions to the pres- ^ue f, and, even before their to manufa >use materials that enter were not a j. desired. 1 in the yeai only in South Carolina is ed. We th le most desired truck, but er who is g Canada and foreign coun- month or t 1 "with open arms." delivery at SOME TRAFFIC FEAT motor; Covert transmission; multiple disc c :>rged front axle with Timken roller bearinj ; 6-inch U-channel frame; Standard Fisk ti iver's seat; oil cup lubricating rystem; chas jment. Pneumatic cord tire equipment at ITIC BUT THERE IS O >TOR COMP; ributors of Traffic Trucks foi - ICE | Al|f0 g regularly and wo ' > 7 ?\_ public ICE in any 2 LS\J i: Co15 | the i > mm LA >u I p f Pyr I JAS-A-J J for Batteries 1 Repairing I batteries. | Trade St 1 Desire RY COMPANY, f year and Ro*k Hill, S.CL | , k. Pkane 624 Z Call ai ii i i i good wil \ only $1.25 a year. II ?? ??????? Tf CHASSIS IP* $1495 FACTORY TRUCK IN THE WORLD must be a reason for this extraordinary demand, is. Motor track buyers are realizing that it is buy a motor truck that will fill four out of every t hauling needs?to buy a motor truck that is conit of units recognized as standards?to buy a mohat is so constructed as to withstand a great deal age and abuse?to buy a motor truck that is at all lutely dependable?to buy a motor truck that will >ad on any road, and at the same time to buy a k for hundreds of dollars less than anv other ke carrying capacity. This is the reason why the r fho Troffin Tmrtl/ i'? ? . ...v Ainiitv xiuva 10 uaiijr nicicaaill^, > the fact that it will be impossible for the factory cture as many trucks this year as are wanted we ble to contract for the number of trucks that we ?or that reason, we will not be in a position later r to make deliveries of Traffic Trucks when needlerefore surest that any prospective Traffic ownroing to need and will want a Traffic in the next . wo, place his order now, so as to be assured of the time the Traffic is wanted. URES____ :lutch; Bosch high tension magneto; 4-piece cast ?s; Russell rear axle, internal gear, roller bearings; j ires, 34x31-2 front, 34x5 rear; 133 inch wheelbase; isis painted, striped and varnished; driver's lazy- < extra cost. CHASS1S-$1495-FACTORY I I NLY ONE TRAFFIC TRUCK." VNY, Ft. Mill, S. C. p York County* DOES YOUR | mobile Need Painting? 1 es it need a New Top, Seat vers, Cushions, Etc.? If so, ! "Pyramid Way" is best. amid Paint Shop, ; ROCK HILL, S. C. ] \ OHNSON, Mgr. '*A?k the Man Who Know*." J J II THE ROYAL CAFE II reet. Hutchison Building, - ROCK HILL 1 s the patronage of the people of Fort Mill this H i will strive to deserve it as we tried last year and lat ever since we have been in business. jj id let us know your wishes and we will win your D 1 and continued patronage. jj