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THE CYCLONE’S PATH
A Tramp Among the Wreckage
Around Sherman
“ZAIR AS A GARDEN OF THE LORD”
Was the PiOapect Prior to the Storm But
Dee late as a Desert Alter It
Had Pelt.
•’Fair as u garden of the Lord” is
north Texas in the month of May. The
corn is to the horses’knees; the oat
fields are heading; the cotton plant is
ready for hoeing out; the orchards show
the new growth; nature is pushing her
productive pojver to its limit. All of
this influences yon as you ride toward
Sherman, and then without warning
you come upon a strip of desolation
stretching across and marring the scene.
Where nature is doing her best, nature
has dojqe her worst. The two are side
by side in ruthless contrast. Twenty
thousand people coming from all direc
tions have spent Sunday in Sherman.
They have trumped over the cyclone’s
path from wftere it tore through the
cemetery on tne south, leveling tomb
stones and uprooting evergreens and
oaks, to Fairview, one of Sherman’s
beautiful suburbs on the north, now a
field of wreckage. They have marveled
greatly and have gone away on the
excursion trains with strange tales to
tell. Sherman’s own people are still
burying their dead and crying for their
injured. That is as far as they have
been able to get with the problAi of
Friday evening’s visitation.
All day the relief committee, those
strong, resolute men who come to the
front in every community in times of
great emergency, was in session in the
front part of a store in the public
square. The y sent nurses here and there;
they gave orders for coffins; they re
ceived reports from the searching par
ties ; they revised the list of the dead
and missing. Gradually the work of re
lief took on practical and definite form.
The path of the storm was so narrow
at the Pearce place that had the family
left the house and gone east or west 100
feet they would have been spared. Not
even the foundation was left of the
house, and the path was swept as clean
of vegetation us if it had been harrowed.
But 100 feet to the east or the west the
corn was growing, and the foliage was
undisturbed.
Cedar is one of the toughest of trees.
In the Sherman cemetery stands a cedar
„ tree with a pine board driven through
its trunk as neatly as if it had been
mortised there. The old sexton is a man
of powerful physique. He was at work
among the graves when he heard the
roar and saw the black cloud. He flung
himself flat on the ground, with his
hands clasped about the trunk of a small
cedar tree. Several times in that five
minutes of awful suspense he said the
cyclone seemed to raise him from the
ground and almost tear his bauds loose,
with all the vantage he had.
The finest monument in Sherman
cemetery, if not in Texas, is the Scotch
granite shaft reared to the memory of
the late C. C. Binkley. The force, what
ever it was, tore the shaft from ped
estal and flung it off, UDt in the course
the spiral cloud was moving, but in the
opposite direction. The cyclone moved
northward through the cemetery. The
shaft of the Binkley monument lies sev
eral feet to the southward of the base.
Dr. Michael had been to the cemetery
and was just driving out when he was
overtaken. The mysterious force lifted
him from his new buggy and carried
him back into the cemetery, 200 yards.
Here again the force of the storm was
exercised in the reverse. Dr. Michael’s
horse was found standing beside Post
creek, some distance from the ceme
tery. Dr. Michael’s new buggy dis
appeared, as completely as if it had been
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doctors who could not relieve her. A
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caught up in the clouds. The willow
bends to the breeze and saves its yield
ing branches when other trees suffer.
The rows of willows along Post Oak
cifeek are as bare as so many telegrapl
poles.
Mr. W. J. Dunn had one of the finest
rose gardens in north Texas about his
pretty home in Fairview. His fence was
made of Bais d’Arc posts, a wood into
which it takes skill to drive a nail. Mr.
Dunn's rosebushes are as bereft of blos
soms and leaves as if a December bliz
zard had struck them; and those Bois
d’Arc posts are twisted and snapped as
if they had been inch pine pickets.
Such evidence helps to a realization
by comparison of this resistless force. It
dealt destruction which left nothing
whole. Where a house stood squarely in
the path, as did Jem Brown’s at Fair
view, suburb, the fury not only tore it
apart in the original timbers and boards,
but it shivered and snapped every tim
ber and every hoard It took the con
tents and broke them,
Miss Maggie Dnpreedame home from
her country school teaching and left $(»(•
in a safe place in the house. The. house
is gone, and neither Miss Dupree nor
any one else has found tire money.
Philip Nichols, a gardener in the out
skirts of the city, lost a roll of $96 in
the same way.
Some mysteries continue unsolved in
spite of efforts of relief committees. In
front of Captain Ely’s, where not one
brick is left standing on another, are
the wheels and tongue of a wagon. The
wagon bed was found hundreds of yards
away. The horsesaie missing; so is the
man who was driving them.
The relief committee has got a live
baby, about 6 months old. Forty-eight
hours after the cyclone nobody claimed
it. There is nothing about its clothing
to identify it. The little one is some
what bruised, but it .will recover.
“So far as this (Grayson) county is
concerned, ” said Dr. Wilson of the re
lief committee, “we have traced the
path of the cyclone from Farmington,
12 miles southwest of us, to a point
four or five miles northeast. The path
is from a couple of hundred yards to a
quarter of a mile wide and from 16 to
17 miles long. Within these limits the
destruction is general.”—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Remarkable Facts About Baldness.
A French doctor, who has been stu
dying the subject for many years, says
that out of a hundred people from 20 to
SOyears of age, taken at hazard, 27 wil
be found to be bald. Women oonoea
such a deficiency with great cleverness,
and are not often detected; but while
the loss of hair is not so prevalent among
them as among men, yet, if the propor
tion of the fair sex, whose heads are as
smooth as doorknobs, could be accu
rately learned the results would be un
doubtedly starting. Between the ages
of 30 and 40 the percentage of baldheads
rises to 47 per 100.
The critical period, however, is- be
tween 40 and 50 years. Out of a hun
dred chance subjects, only 25 had
fairly good growth of hair; „be other
75 being almost destitute entirely of
capillary covering. When the 60th
year is passed, this physician asserts,
it is rare to find a man who has
enough hair on the top of his head to
make parting a possibility.
It is consoling, however, to know
that this annoying affliction can now
be cured, as a wonderful remedy has
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PEACEMAKER QUAY.
The Pennsylvanian to Be Seen In a New
Role.
Senator Quay long ago won reputation
as a fighter, and now he is going to at
tract a great deal of attention as a peace
maker. At the same time it is not im
probable that he will improve the oc
casion to put in a good word for himself
and his state. There is a strong belief
in Washington that Mr. Quay would
' like to have Governor Hastings nomi
nated for vice president. The governor
has stood by him like a man this year,
and Mr. Quay would like to do some
thing for him.
To tell the truth about it, the sen
ator would like to get Mr. Hastings out
of the way, for the big governor might
prove a stumbling block to some of Mr.
Quay’s plans as to the senatorial suc
cession. The talk of Mr. Quay himself
for the vice presidency is nonsense. He
does not want the place, and the party
is not believed to have any great amount
of yearning for his nomination. If Mr.
Quay, in the role of peacemaker, dresses
Platt’s wounds and lands a vice presi
dency for his own loyal state of Penn
sylvania, it will be a great feather in
his cap.—Walter Wellman in Chicago
Times-Herald.
Wlfere Winter Lingers.
The snow is still two feet deep am.
the ice on the ponds strong enough t<
hold up an Oxford bear in some parts el
Oxford county. Me. At Greenwow
there is a snowdrift which is reported
to be more than two feet deep, aim
which seldom disappears before June 1.
The ice on Muskrat pond, between Rox
bury and Byron, is strong enough to
bear a man, and is surrounded with
snow. In township D there is said to
be considerable snow in the deep, heav
ily wooded gulches. —Eastern Argus.
•
THE ROME TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 18H6.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
•
FOR TBE LEGISLATURE.
1 hereby announce myself a candi
date z* > tne legislature, subject to the
der Attic primarv to be held June 6.
' W. H. Ennis.
We are authorized to announce the
name of R. T. Fouche as a candidate
for the next legislature, subject to the
democratic primary.
I hereby announce myself a < andi
date for re-election to the legislajure,
subjectito democratic primary June 6.
Jo jin H. Rkeck.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the legislature Subject to
the democratic primary, June 6, 1896.
Fblix Corput.
The friends of J. L. Johnson an
nounce him as a candidate for the
legislature, subject to the democratic
primary on June 6th, 1896.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the office of representative of Floyd
county in the next legislature, subject to
the democratic primary on June 6th If
elected I pledge myself and most per
sistent efforts the Bush Bill or the
best prohibitionary measure legislated
upon by this body. J. F. Wardlaw.
For Sheriff.
Thanking my friends for past favors,
I announce myself for re-election to
the office of sheriff of Floyd county,
subject to primary on June 6. If
elected my deputies will be J. Dallis
Turner, A. P. Redmond, J. M. John
stone, W P. McLeod.
w Very Respectfully.
J. P. McConnell.
I heieby announce myself a candi
date for sheriff of Floyd county, sub
i’ecttothe democratic primary to be
leld June 6, 1896. My deputies are
T’ L. Cornelius, Dan Byars and Far
rias P. Nixon. If elected I promise a
faithful and efficient discharge of the
duties of the office. J. E. Camp.
For Clerk Superior Court.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of clerk of the Su
perior court of Floyd county, subject
to the democratic primary, to be held
June6th. Vincent T. Sanford.
To! my friends:—Having made arrange
ment with Mr. V. T. Sanford to become
his deputy is case of his election as clerk
of Superior court of Floyd county, I earn
estly ask the support of all nr,’ friends in
electing Mr. Sanford to the office.
Respectfully, W. S. Cothran.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the office of
clerk of the superior court of Floyd
county, subject to'the action of the
Democratic primary to be held June
6th Wm. E. .Beysiegel.
As I am to be leputy clerk if Mr. Bey
siegel is elected I earnestly solicit my
friends to support him in the primary,
June 6, 1896. Walter H. Ross.
‘For Tax Collector.
1 announce myself a candidate
for re-election to the office of tax collector,
subject to the action of the democratic
primary to be held June 6th.
John J. Black.
For Ordinary
To the Voters of Floyd County.
My record as to a faithful and impar
tial discharge of the duties pertaining to
the office of oidinary during the unex
pired term to which the good people of
Floyd county elected me, are well known
to those with whom I have come in con
tact. Thanking you for past favors and
pledging my appreciation for any favors
you may grant in the future, I hereby
announce myself as a candidate for ordi
nary of Flojd county, Georgia, to fill the
next regular term, subject to the pri
mary election. John P. Davis.
County Treasurer.
I hereby announce myself for re
election for the office of county treas
urer of Floyd county, Ga. If again
chosen by the people, I promise to
serve them to the best of my ability.
Respectfully,
J. B.
For Tax R« cel ver.
I announce myself a candidate foi
tax receiver of Floyd connty; subject
to the primary election to be held
June 6. I pledge my earnest efforts to
fill the office to the satisfaction of all,
and will be grateful to the voters for
their support. Faithfully yours,
R. H. West.
I hereby announce myself for re
election to the office of tax receiver
of Floyd county, subject to demo
cratic primary June 6. If chosen by
the people I promise to serve them to
the beet of my ability in the future
as I have in the past.
R. L. Foster.
Promising a faithful and satisfac
tory discharge of duty if elected to
the office, and solicited by many
friends to do so, I hereby announce
myself a candidate for tax receiver of
Floyd county, subject to the action
of the democratic primary to be held
June 6, 1896.
Paul D. Reese.
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For County Commissioners.
We are authorized to announce the fol
lowing named gentlemen as candidates
for commissioners cf roads and revenues;
W. A. Wright, D. W. Simrrtons, Thomp
son Hiles, G. B, Holder, George W.
Trammell. Subject to the action of the
democratic primary to be held June 6,
1896.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for commissioner of roads and reve
nues of Floyd county, • subject to the
democratic primary on June 6. If
elected I promise to use my influence in
reducing the expenses of the county as
far as practicable. lam and always have
been opposed to the stock law in slitting
districts and wholly opposed to the stock
law. Wm. A. Carr.
iFor Coroner.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of cononer of Floyd
county, subject to the action of the
primary on June 6.
F. H. SCHLAPBACH.
Reform Ticket.
The following ticket is subject to
the democratic primary of June 6th:
FOR SHERIFF:
J. E. CAMP.
FOR DEPUTIES:
T. L. CORNELIUS,
D. O. BYARS,
FARRIS P. NIXON.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT:
V. T. SANFORD.
FOR ORDINARY:
JOHN P. DAVIS.
FOR TREASURER:
JAMES B. HILL.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR:
C. J. PRICE.
FOR TAX RECEIVER:
PAUL D. REESE.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
C. N. FEATHERSTON,
W. F. MONTGOMERY,
W. C. NIXON,
L. C. f>. PAYNE,
R. B. McARVER.
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