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THE ALBANY DAILY HERALDS THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, *4906. lYER, JONES 6? COMPANY." 25c Socks at 15c to interest most men, especially ■ve add that they are Super Quality :o, full fashioned, high spliced heel and and winter weignts. Godd at a quarter, but great at 15c Just Half for Skirts lat’s all we want for a lot of stiff bosom /inter shirts that we carried over from last /ear. 'Neat patterns, excellent fabrics. rtanhnttaiis that were $1.50, at • - 78c Faultless that were $100, at - ■ 60c Others that were 50c and 75c, at - ■ 25c Cuts on Pajamas, Too £This season's Flannelette Pajamas, warm and comfortable; Just what you want for these cold nights. $1.75 Pajamas, now - • • - $1.50 2.50 Pajamas, now - - - • 2.00 1.25 Night Robes now ■ - - .98 ■59c Night Robes, now ... ,49 25c For a 50c Tie. These pretty Ascots and' Four-in-Hands ought to ..go in a hurry at such reductions. Some Deep Price Cut On Tilings That M en Need Now- Ask the young men about.town. They know and will tell you just what place this store occupies in the realm of men’s furnishings. They know, as have their fathers before them, that our rpen’s togs are j'ust what they should be--so distinctive that one could easily spot the good-dressers who buy their furnishings exclusively at H., J. & Co.’s. And because we are the recognized leaders, the big price cuts on seasonable goods in this department during the annual iriven- ory sale are of unusual interest to men. STORE CLOSES EVENINGS AT 7 O'CLOCK. Hofmayer, J ones u Company HOFMAYER. JONES & COMPANY. Buy Tkat House Coat Now The one you wished for Christmas, per haps, bur did Wot 'receive. We have a few left from the. .holiday trade—very choice ones. ^We can't, see how any man will do without one who appreciates solid comfort at little expense. The mere saving to one’s other coats would pay for a smoking jacket in the' course of a year, leaving out of the reckoning the comfort it gives. Right now is the time to. have one, too, to wear during these long winter evenings of lounging at home. $ 4.50 House Coats, now 5.50 House Coats, now. 8.50 House Coats, now. 12.00 House Coats, now. All our House Robes have been cut respondingiy for the stock-taking sale. 'Woolen Gloves for Winter AVear .$3.50 . 4.50 . 6.50 . 9.75 cor- == A very seasonable item. Ten dozen men’s Scotch Gloves. Easily worth 40c, will go during this sale at 25c xsa&vuBxnannBBBnBBa THE STORM. , The Story of Yesterday’s Destructive Tornado. •> •' ' ' 1 '. '-m " '(From The Herald'* Extra Edition Issued at 6 o’eloek yesterday evening;). It 1b an experience never to be for gotten to pass through a oyolono. A Herald man was- a witness early ' this afternoon to tho harrowing scenos of the- tornado which struolt this oily—a witness not only to tho desolation, the wrenkage of humble homos and manufacturing enterprises, but of tho storm, Itself, * ,| Tho writer .was at the Intersection f Madison and Tift streets when cyclono passod. i first warning of tho approach. was such a dolugo of ruin n« perhaps never fell In this part or tho country hoforo. it swept up from the southwest, bringing with It n ,’nrkenlng of the hoavons like twi light. The streets, almost in the wore flllod with from the southwest. It was Impossi ble to 4eo, on account of the rain, but the ears needed no prompting to enable them to grasp the full Import of what the roar Impended. In a moment came the mighty de tonation which accompanied the crashing of tho big acid chamber and oven house of the Virglnla-Caroltna Chemical Co. With the speed of tho lightning, It seemed, tho tornado swept over tho few acres of vacant ground lying to the west of the fertilizer plant and was In the midst of tho thick group of frame buildings lying near the old site of the government pond. The crashing of timbers, tho screams of terrified women and chil dren, the agonized shrieks of the in jured, the snapping of treeB—all theBe sounds Joined with the gloating song of the winds and the unceasing rat tle of the pounding ralh. It wns all over In a minute, though , it seemed l|lte hours, for amid suoh scenes the mind pauseB not to take note of time. Terrlflo Force of tho Wind. The force of the wind wns terrific. It was Impossible to stand erect * ofjari eye, mailing torrents, and tbe rain boating ngnlnst It, and It seemod to The Her- th* unprotected sk'n stung n'd man that lie was about to tie pick- , na lhough tho water were bolting hot od up and thrown Into tho seething '. But In a moment the roar of the vortox above, ruin was drowned by the; mighty voice! The Mr was fitted with flying ttm- oncoming tornado. i hers, trunkB nml branches of trees, senses of the startled be- whole sections of fencing nn.l even Boomed that all the forces articles of household furniture, cook- tiad Joined In the terrific lng utensils, brushes, pictures, bed wind* which Bwopt up olotlilng—nil Bwept by like frighten- ) tilt ed birds*or fell to the earth from tho mysterious maelstrom overhead. As was stated In tAc Herald ear liest report of the cyclone this after noon, it seems a miracle that Bcores were not instantly killed Instead of a few, as now seoms likely. Many houses were completely de molished, being transformed, with the quickness of thought, from tangible structures, to masses of shapeless debris; yet the occupants, In many cases escaped with but slight Inju ries, crawling out from the wrecits without assistance The storm struck the city on the suburbs just south of Pine street. Af ter crossing Flint North, Madison and Residence streets, It lifted, as tornadoes often do,' and passed over several blocks which were thickly studded with dwellings, without injur ing any. But at Washington street, near the opstern end of / Tift, the tornado struck again, partially wrecking plant No, 2 of the Albany Artesian Ice Co. and strewing .wreck In Its wake as It passed over the yard of .the Cen tral o.’ Georgia railway. _ . Were you ever lii a cyclone? God grant Hint vou may never be! To feel that you are an Infinitesimal atom In the hands of a battle of the elements, to realize thatln an In stant you may be ushered Into eter nity—to almost touch ' fingers with Death—fs nn experience for a Hie time. R oom Suit Sale ) ■ 1 | For the month of January we ue go- g to offer. Bed Room Suits.at unusually ow prices and will quote a few prices ust to show you: A good, solid Oak Suit, regular & I jSZ Sin $22.50 value; this sale beautiful full quartered and polished Suit, regular $60.00 value, during ico ca this sale •POA.'JU Aoveiy>handsome Suit, full quartered and poll ished, 30x40 mirror, regular * *70 $85.00 va|ue; this sale We have a large stock of these goods nd we are sure we can please you. W. T. Freeman. { ; a?-——■ b H Expand Your Christmas Lars Our holiday' lifies we limitei in.number! but as far as we go re leave-rid dfiltnbsif-cr cohipetitioni Wejcaf-ry no trash or use- 6, [handled are sensible, useful ones that vice every day in the year; while r * u — ' I of service every day m the year; while in getting them here ve elftughTo malkef money 1 go fal*. ’ Money is apt to ; at holiday tirne^ especially -wbai) <you pay ,t,ancy holiday es. Every day with us is a bargain day, you can buy just as i' before-Christmas as you can Afteh ‘Come here for Fine erftwies in packages or bulk, Fine Heir and , Cloth Brushes. ' / Combs, Shaving Sets. Stationery Items, Toilet Articles,- [ ard Drug G o. PHONE 75. 8eem» Like a Miracle. The whole cyclone, from beginning to end, from the time that It struck the ncld chamber of the Virginia- Carolina Chemical’ Company, until It spent Its 'orce on n line of trees across the . river, seems a miracle. One great line of trees on Residence street, right on the sidewalk line, with not a houso down, some houses with Just the foundation down, and the strucilhrei Itself standing perfectly upright, the steps of some buildings down and tfie house proper not touched, the chimneys of some homes swept off. and the roofs not molested a particle; all attest the kinship of n miracle. It seems thnt the cyclone gathered orce three miles or more west of Albany, and It began to cut a swath) of trees In its path. Dr. P. I,. Hlls- man hnd the cyclone, when In Its embryo, to' sweep' by him as he wns coming into town, nnd he got a per spective of the general outline of the whole thing. Its first great obstacle was the ncld chamber of the Virginia- Carolina Chemical Co., and the walls fell before it ns if chaff. One negro, Ben Jones, was killed. Walker Saim ders, a young whlto man, wns Injured, and several negro women werA badly hurt, Mary Callaway probably the most seriously. The acid chamber Is now a large heap of timbers plied high on each other. A mule standing by the wall wns struck and will probably die. One o.’ the most miraculous Paris of the storm was the fact that with a large supply of .groceries, run by a negro, J. F. Golet. The last nam ed store was turned sidewise, and the foundation was 'knocked from under It. The storm continued in the same direction down Residence street, through large fields of trees, letting nothing Impede Its progress, and It was woe to whatever happened to be in its path. Mr. J. A. Johnson was probably the heaviest loser on Madison street, sev en nicely painted negro one-story houses, which he rented out, being put out of commission, probably per manently. On Residence street, the cvclono kept perfecty straight for a while, and fortunately this was when following a line of trees. The trees wer etorn up by the roots, and the limbs of some of them were hurled hundreds of yards in front and on all sides of it. One very pretty little cottage on Society street had the foundation tak en from under It just as nicely as If the job had. been made to order. This is the property of Miss Dollie Mayo. Writing the line of the storm In nil directions was a great row of fallen trees. On Residence street, there are probably 15 or more hmlses down nnd out of commission and no end of them damaged, with sides blown off, or roofs torn down. All this without the loss of a single 'Ve or tho maimtrg o! a limb. although a score or more of negroes and white people were in the phos- Soing all the way,to the^ river, phate plant, but one was killed, and a handful injured. Where tho Storm Turned. Just as the cyclone reached Wash ington street, It turned as If on pur pose, and with clear discerning eyes, and went straight at the Georgia Cot ton Oil Company’s plant, this being the biggest'meat thereabouts to feed 'upon. It swept by Brinson’s coal and wood yard, taking Mr. Ike Brinson and one of his negro employes off tbflr feet and carrying them about twenty feet through the -I- They caugth on some wioden framing and thus narrowly escaped death or se rious Injury. The cyclone struck the oil plant on the south side, and took It off as smoothly as If it had been a chunk of cheese and had a cheese kal e run through It by an expert gro- cer.vmnn. The hull house, which hap pened to be the thing struck, fell In, nnd the cyclone went after the line of freight cars on the east side. It turned fully fifteen of them on their s’des, and In various ways damaged cl hers. The Cyclone went nfier the new frame structure of the storage plant of the Artesian Ice Company, No. 2, arid this fell to the ground. y Mr. S, E. Bush’s delivery wagon happened to be on the line which the cyclone hnd picked out for operations, nnd the wagon, horse, driver nnd all went, sailing through the air. The negro driver, Jesse Woodal. was picked up and put in the hands of a physician for treatment. It is feared that he Is seriously injured. ' Standing on the track just north of tho cotton oil plant,The Herald reporter i\\w a Hue of ‘alien trees^ but | no fallen houses or 'evidence of aiiy than mentioned here are hurt, but as far as could be learned, none outside of the two negroes killed, seriously so. Photographer Holland, with charac- lstte enterprise, was out just a few minutes after the cyclone had finished Its work, taking snapshots of the damaged buildings and the great number of charitable Albanians who are doing their best to alleviate the suffering, and also of those hurt, but not seriously enough to prevent them joining in the good work. Business In on a lull, merchants, clerks, porters and all leaving the stores to view the wreckage, and to sutis’y their curiosity. Anxious mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, are rushing to what ever friends or relatives who might have been anywhere in the vicinity of the cyclone-ridden section to find If any of their dear ones fell before the Eoythe-like cyclone. A cyclone is something almost ab solutely new to Albany and this Im mediate section, and nothing proba bly could have been farther from the minds of the residents of this city. V.’lml telephone and telegraph lines that are in order are kept hot by Incessant wires to relatives and friends, and from newspapers all over the country to knew the details. The Killed and Wounded. Ben Jones, a negro employe of the Virglnla-Caroltna Chemical Co., was instantly killed. Jake Johnson, Jr. a nine year old negro boy, was Instantly killed just beyond the city limits. Jessie Lee Da>-ia and -An.lie Davis, Lula Glndman and Rosa Anderson, all oclored, were seriously hurt. Walker Saunders, assistant mana ger of the Vlrginla-Carolina Chemical Company, 1. C. Brinson, R. D. Denson, J. L. Bennett, a 1 ' white; and Etta Anderson, Dan Toy, Mary Johnson, Maggie Hanley, Mary Callaway, Amy Winchester, Loii—Flewellen, ' Mattie Goodyear, Mary Coleman, Tobe Friday and Susan Hill, all colored, besides many whose names It has been lm-1 possible to secure, are slightly injured. The Cyclone 'n Sand Town. The cyclone, struck the old Thair place on the west side of Sand Town, where the negro hoy was killed and tile two negro girls were Injured. Th e cyclone knocked down several houses In this section, and the stockade was scattered to the four winds. FOR X ornad o I insurance . om SEE V entulett OR onald Davis OR - Phone 343-106-122 Jos. S. Davis Co. Dc Nectar for the Gods s^- was never sipped with such gusto as the epicure feels when" a glass of our delicious, sparkling and highly Invigorating FLINT ROCK trickles past his fastidious palate. When run down in health, or when you have that “all-gone” feeling, try a bottle of FLINT ROCK. You will think It the long-sought-for fountain of youth, and renewed vigor. I. Clifford Hale, Leonardo. Speer HALE & SPEER, LAWYERS. Office, 98 1-2 BroadJStreef. Albany. Ga Prompt and careful attention fciveu u $U basinesa submitted.^ «**ir '?*ro. .more great damage. It is conclud'd, • From the acid chamber, the mighty, therefore, that the cyclone had neari'j constantly gathering wind force kept ^ spent itforce when it swept across ‘ on in its work of devastation, follow- tlie clint. lug Its northeasterly direction. It The telephone and telegraph lines! struck Mndison street, just north of In nearly all directions are down. All where- Pine street intersepts, and a whole block of negro houses, with a negro church and several small stotres Included, were turned tops}- tarvy, hut not-a soul was Injured. There were two stores thus mo lested; one one-story structure, un occupied, and owned by Mr. Morris the linemen are busy this afternoon cutting fnllen live wrles, and doing their best to temporarily repair tho lines, and get. then) busy again. All the physicians, of the city have their hands full this afternoon, searching for the injured, and doing all In human power to relieve them. W’eslosky, and one two-story store. The chances are that many more School Shoes Get Them H ere This is the time, above all others, to look carefully to the children’s shoes. Wet, cold weather is very trying on chil dren—thev are not as careful as grown folks, if they are not shod with thick, warm shoes, colds are liable to ensue. Then grippe, pneumonia and==but send them down. We’ll fit them up proper ly. You’ll hardly miss the price. C. R. 'Davis & Co. ■