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Mrs, A. F. Aydellotte.
Daughter and two sons Of ~.
Aydellottes. ~s
Miss Kate Forsythe.
James Cherry.
Six negroes, names unknown.
FROM AN OFFICIAL SOURCE


Told by the Memphis Repre..,
of the X. ~, F. o. q M. n. r..
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 21.-A toll.
gram received at the general otBcs.
of the Kansas City, Fort Scott g. MAJ
phis railway, in this city, from -.
Memphis representative, saws that IN
lives were lost in Tuesday evening.
tornado at near La Grange, Tenn. ans
that property damage to the amour.
Of nearly $4,000 was done at thu,
place. The telegram follows:
"A very heavy rain storm nas..a
yer Memphis yesterday evening abou,
dark. Two and eighty-ive hundredtbs
inches of water fell from seven o'clocL
until midnight last night Mt Mempbi,
and for forty or fifty miles east. a
terrific wind storm struck La GRANGE
Tenn, a point 40 miles EAST of Men,
phis, on the Southern railway, and
destroyed property to an estimated
value of $4,000 or $4,000, and caused
10 deaths at that place and in yicin.
ity, according to best information
now obtainable. So far as have been
able to learn, there was no DAMAGE
at any of the stations along our line.
though the storm seem to have cir.
cled around Memphis, beginning al
Lula, Miss, a point So miles south O,
Memphis, on the Yazoo g. Mississippi
Valley, and through Batesville, Miss
a point on the Illinois Central rail
way about 60 miles south of Memphis
to the northeast through La Grange
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nroud, to make any advances, and they
,von't either. Then there's Kate Whit
ing and her sister, Lucy Patch, who had
a falling out years ago. and amt spoke
to each other since, and before that
was the very shadder of the other.
| Reuben Hopes and his brother Siias
! and their families fell out over n
| property after old man Hopes oled'
| and they amt spoke since. Then the
| Anderson and Robey families had .
| falling out five years ago, and tney
| don't speak, and before that they were
as thick as flies around a moiasses oarl.
| Then there are other families in the
| district that amt as friendly as they
ought to be, 50 your Thanksgiving din
ner might end in a riot IL all these peo-
pie come together in the schooihouse'.
.Not with a woman Of your tact At
the head of it," I said.
well, you go ahead and get II up
and I will aid and abet you all l car
II will be a break in the monotony OF
things here even if there is a fight"
I spent all of my time before and
after school during the next ten days
in calling at all Of the homes in the
neighborhood and inviting the people
to come to the schoolhouse on Thanks
giving day with well-flled baskets
The schoolhouse was unusually large
and there would be room for all II WI
took out a part of the seats. Three
DAVIS before Thanksgiving old Mrs
Dorton said:
81 guess you'll have the house ful
Thanksgiving. Nancy Ross was IN her
to-day, and she says that the whole
district is coming, and Nancy knows 1
anyone does, for she spends most o
her time trotting about picking VI
gossip and retailing it out again. sh'
is as good as the local columns OF
newspaper for giving news about wha
folks are saying and doing, and sh
saws that the idea of the Thanksgivini
dinner in the schoolhouse has caugh
like wildfre. Nancy says she wouldn'
. miss it for a party"
The larger boys and girls OF tn
school met me at the schoolhouse tn
evening before Thanksgiving, n "
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there he sat talldA' 20 Nellie and Jonn
same as If there'd never been any
trouble at all. And he had that oapy
in his arms the whole afternoon, an
went around as proud sayin' to folkss
See my grandson. Amt he a mighty
fine boy?' It was the first time he had
ever seen the child, an the next week
he made Nellie and John come n i've
with him. Then what did that Hammer
Dorton do but put Reuben Hopes an
his brother Silas and their families az
q table by themselves, an I heard her
say to 'em: Come, now, you folks vans
to be sociable an have q good visit
together same as own brothers ought
to on Thanksgivin' day Their wives
have always wanted to make up, anil
tell you they found their tongues
mighty o an fore that meal was
over they was talkin' away as If there
had never been any row over property
or anything else. An before they knew
it the Andersons and Robey families
found themselves at the sam table
with Hammer sayin' to 'em: Now 1t
don't make no difference about the
past. This is Thanksgiving day, an .
good time to forget that there has ever
been anything but a happy past be-
tween you folks
"Then if she didn't up an set old
Ruth Morse an old Betty Underwood
down side by side, an they hadn't spoke
to each other for years, an before they
knowed it them two old bodies were
chatting away together as if they had
never had a falling out in the world.
Then when she had got all the people
that were enemies set down side by
side she seated every n else, an then
she said:
1--WE will now sing:
'Blest be the tie that binds
An everybody sung it, an then Elder
Sharpe asked a blessin' an the dinner
was begun. There never was such q
spread seen before in these parts, an
you never would have thought to hav'
seen them people eatin' an laughin' an
merrymakin' together that there wal
such a thing in the world as malice OF
envy or bitterness or ill-will or any
thing o that sort, no you wouldn't
After the dinner we had games an
sung songs an made speeches, an from
that time on there was more peace an
happiness an sociability in the neigh
borhood than there ever was before.
tell you, we'd good reason to stand u
as we did before we started for HON
an sing Praise God from whom a
blessings fowl. L. Harbour, in Dt
troit Free Press.
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AT LOVES STATION.
One Man Fatally Injured and a Dos.
en- Houses Wrecked.

en- Houses Wrecked.
Memphis. Tenn, Nov. 21.-Loye',
Station, Miss, reports none killed
outright by the storm of Tuesday
afternoon in that vicinity. So far as
known, j. L. Doney was fatally in.
ured by falling timbers. A dozen
houses were wrecked, and much 9th.
er property damage done. The course
of the storm was down the Coldwater
river. There is no definite news of the
effects along that stream at points
distant from Coldwater.
A report arrived here at noon stat.
ed that four negroes were killed and
| hundreds of cabins on plantations
near Lulu. Miss, demolished. Five
miles north of Tunica, a cabin in
which five negroes were assembled
was wrecked, and all of them killed.
A school house, a church, and a
number of plantation houses in the
same locality were demolished.
A white man and negro were killed
six miles south of fernando, Miss.
Many plantation houses. a cotton gin
and a church were destroyed. The
names of the victims can not be
learned at this time.
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TORNADO IN tennessee.
West Tennessee Swept by q Fierce
and Destructive Tornado
Tuesday.
SOME MISSISSIPPI TOWNS STRUCK
The Loss of Life Estimated Mt Fully
Fifty Persons, hut the Lines o.
Communication are So badis
Tangled that Facts Are Hard TO
Get At.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 21.-A lorna
do swept over west Tennessee and
north Mississippi, Tuesday afternoon,
and the list of killed and injured SC
far ascertained is about fifty.
The town of La Grange, Tenn, 4o
miles east of Memphis, on the South
ern road, suffered the most severe in
jury. Other villages in Mississippi
struck were Loves, Batesville, Guys
and Townsville. At La Grange the
tornado struck at three o'clock, and
in two minutes it had done its work
All of the La Grange churches except
the Episcopal were blown down. The
Southern depot was also wrecked, as
well as a dozen business houses and
residences.
somee of the victims.
The store of Panky & Gather was
blown to pieces, and the body of Wal
ter 1. Moody was taken out. He had
been crushed to death by falling tim
bers. Two negro women were ais
killed, and several negro women and
| children were hurt. The stores of the
| following firms were wrecked: w. =.
| Lipscomb & Co., j. C. McMill & Co.,
| McNamee & Co., II. NJ. McNamee,
Paky d Gather, c. L. Panky, G. W.
Goodwin & Co.
The tornado struck the residence
portion of the city, but there its VIC
lence was not so marked, though sew
eral residences were ~unroofed. The
Southern railways depot is valued at
$4,000. The total property loss at La
Grange is probably 500, 200.
At BntesviIle, Miss.
At Batesville, Miss, the tornado
blew away the root of the Methodist
church and damaged several resi-
dences. The injured at Batesvile arr
Sterling Rogers, L. F. Ship, wife ant
two children, and Riley Robinson.
At Guys switch, John Guy, a well
known planter, is reported to hav'
been killed.
At Townsville, Tunica county, Miss
Clancy Thomas, colored, his wife an
son were killed. Their bodies wer
blown a quarter of a mile, and the
= were badly mangled.
Thirteen Dead.
A. n. Collier, who reached Memphi
at ten o'clock, reports that betwec
Love and Coldwater, Miss, 10 peopl
S are reported killed. They are all nj
groes, tenants. An effort was mad
r to reach the territory by wire, but
IS did not succeed.
8 At Coldwater several houses wei
destroyed, and the daughter of job
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MORE
Deaths at Lnvergne, T~hompson's
station and tennessee Points.

Deaths Mt LnVerEne, Thorn ps0n'p
station and Points.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 21.-The Nash
vile & Chattanooga depot and eight
cen other houses were demolished by
n tornado at LaVergne, a station on
the Nashville & Chattanooga road, %
miles southwest of here. More than
a mile of telephone and telegraph
wires were destroyed. 1t is known
that a man named Robertson and his
child were instantly killed, and n sec
ton boss injured.
There is another break in the wires
at West Harpeth, a station rs miles
fouth on the Louisville & Nashville
road, but no particulars can be
learned. Wires across the track at
Lavcrgne caused a delay of several
| hours.
At Thompson's station a number OF
houses were blown down. A child was
killed at the latter place. Two per
sons were killed and several fatally
injured at Nolensville, Williamson
county. 1t is reported a number o.
persons were killed in Maury county
Near Nolensville, Miss, Mamie
Hampton was killed. James Hampto,
was internally injured, and will die
Emma Hampton, Ernest Stephens AM
Miss Black Hampton were s%eriousl,
injured. James Chrisman's house wa
blown away, and his baby is missing
The home of j. ID. Vernon was dc
molished, and Mrs. Bromlet, a sister
killed.
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decorated the room beautifully with
evergreens and several flags we had
been able to borrow. Provision had
been made for two long tables to run
| almost the entire length OF the room
| with SOM smaller tables in the cor
ners.
81 suppose hat we will have to be
careful how we seat the people at the
tables" I said to Mrs. Dorton.
"You Just leave that to me-" said
the old lady. 81 know the people bet
ter than you do, and l won't be so apt
to make awkward blunders. I'll set
'em down all right"
Nancy Ross was right when she said
that the whole district would be pres
ent at the dinner. The dinner was to be
at one o'clock, and by moor the house
was filed by a merry, happy crowd, in
GLIDING almost every family in the dis
trict.
There were baskets and boxes and
even tubfuls OF turkeys and chickens
and doughnuts and pies and cakes.
There were baskets of big red apples,
and Hiram Hawkins brought half a
, barrel of sweet cider. Some one
brought a basket of popcorn balls for
), the children, and there vas an infinite
4 variety of jellies and jams and pre-
serves and pickles brought forth from
boxes and baskets.
There's enough stuff here to feed
O. an army" said Hannah Dorton, as she
hustled about from table to table, the
happiest and most active person in the
- house.
II A few minutes before one o'clock
a heard her say to Mrs. Kate Whiting
% Come, now, Kate; you and your hus
n band and two children are to set a
N this table over in this corner. Com
right along" And when they wer'
t. seated the old lady hustled up to Mrs
ID Patch and said:
of "Now, Lucy, you and your husban'
he and the children are to sit here at thi
he table"
"And if she didn't plump them RICH
MT down with the Writings that the
hadn't spoken to for years." said tn
be voluble Nancy Ross afterward. Indee
he Nancy was SO iona OF tenihg ABOUT tha
=" Thanksgiving dinner afterward that
think I will let her tell about ii now.
nv sThen." she said, III that Ham,
Dorton didn't set old Squire Bent dow
nv at the head of one table with his daug
mt. ter Nellie at his right hand and b
be- son-in-law, John Waters, at his lei
ers an their baby in a high chair at
vas ~gran'pa's side. an it want three mi
hat utes before the cd squire had tn
hat baby in his arms and ne ct his Wit
Ielp dinner with the little thing in bis Ia
yer I heard his daughter say to him 'shal
icn I take the baby, father, so that y
up can eat your dinner in greater CO
too fortT' But he held right on 10 II, .
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And a cloud bank rolled up gloomy to
the west'ard, threatenin' snow,
So hurried on, and wondered what would
wife say when I told her
About Rover. She and baby thought so
much of him. YOU know.
As l reached the corner yonder could see
the lamplight burnin'
At the window, and / knew the folks were
waiting there for me.
And | walked on in the darkness slowly,
though my heart was yearnin'
To sit down once more by Mary, with
my baby on my knee.
At the open door, awaitin' with . welcome
smile, stood Mary.
"Where is babe?' She went to meet
you when she heard old Rover bark"
SO she answered. and my heart fell as l
looked out on the prairie,
Just to think of her a wanderin' alone
out in the dark.
"she's all right: the dog is with her." Jays
her mother. speakin' cheerful;
But. you know, / knew he wasn't, so
stood without a word
And just then we both were startled by a
dog a howlin' fearful.
Somethin' like a coyote yelpin'; just thu
worst l ever heard.
Goodness me-" says wife, that's Rover
But / never heard him cryin'
Out in such a dreadful way as that
then, suddenly, once more
Game that doleful sound a-ringin'. just a
II the brute was dyin'
An was asking us to help him, SO
dashed out through the door.
See those cottonwocds. just yonder? A
the ground there's full of water,
Soft and marshy. full of pit holes, dee
enough to hide a steer.
As 1 ran along / prayed that God woul
save my baby daughter
Then thought of murdered Rover, an
/ wished that he was near.
II was darker than a pocket. but tn;
made no difference to me,
s., run on calling Baby" till 1t echot
all around,
Tier stood stock etill and listened. and
thrill OF JOY vent through me-
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land birth, and she had not come to the
west until some years after her mar
She was a woman OF a good
deal of force of character, and no one
in the neighborhood had a nimbler
tongue. One evening about two weeks
before Thanksgiving I said to her:
do the people observe Thanksgiving
very generally in this neighborhood?'
NO, they do not" replied the old lady
with considerable emphasis. And IL
has always been a good deal of a trial
to me that so little attention was paid
to a day that we made so much ofback
there in dear old New England. 1t was
the greatest holiday of the year to
us, and how we did enjoy it'll"
"Why do they pay so little attention
to it hereP"
well, l guess it is just because they
have never got in the way of paying
any attention to it. They never cele-
brated the Fourth Of July as it ought
to be celebrated until my husband got
them started to doing it ten years be-
fore he died, and now we have a big
celebration every year."
"Some one ought to start them to
celebrating Thanksgiving"
$50 they ought. But who is to do it?"
7 reflected for a few minutes, and
then I said:
Suppose we start them of in that
direction"
"How?" asked the old lady dropping
her knitting into her lap and mani
Testing eager interest.
1 Suppose we get up a Thanksgiving
dinner in the schoolhouse. Invite al
e the folks in the district to come AM
bring their dinner with them. Their
!. does not seem to be any social life ii
7 the neighborhood unless one can ca
occasional spelling matches and sing
ing schools in the sc~hoolhouse social d
versions. The people never eat an
drink together in a merrymaking
I anv kind. Don't you think that til
idea of a Thanksgiving dinner in tt
+" schoolhouse would take?"
lie The old lady reflected for a momei
and then said:
=, Eyes, l think it would. IT would
a novelty to every one, and l think Il
= folks would turn out big, only-only-
=. "Only what?" I asked.
"Well, the fact is, there are so mai
I folks in this neighborhood that dor
-, speak to each other. / e saw an
AL thing like 1t. There is old Squire BeI
ep who won't speak to his daughter
cause she married John Waite
I'D against the squire's wishes. There "
nd nothing against John, excepting tn
he was poor, and he had a brother tn
-. had been in Jail, but John couldn't h
that, and he has done s~plendidly g.
led since he married, and it is my opind
that the squire would like 10 make
with John and Nellie, only be II
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LEFT HAVOC IN ITS PATH.
Columbia. Tenn, was Hit Hard and
Fifteen Persons Killed.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 21.-Telegrapia
and telephone communication in the
path of Tuesday nights storm is still
interrupted, and although every effort
is being made to reach the scene OF
devastation from various points, no
definite information has been re-
ceiyed as to the loss of life, or the
extent of the damage. The storm il
believed to have reached the height
of it's severity in the middle and west
ern parts of Tennessee and northern
Mississippi. as no reports of damage
elsewhere have reached this city.
At Columbia, Tenn, according to u
message by telephone, the loss of life
was Is. The list as reported Is:
Miss Florence Farrell.
Miss Evelyn Farrell.
Capt. A. F. Aydellotte.
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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A Outuont of the "BuHs" Surprises
Southwest of DalmorSi-
The Casualties.

London, Nov. 21.-A long dispa'ch
received from Lord Roberts refers
O number of minor occurrences. Inv
only incident Of importance is .s
surprise of an outpost of the BUNS
southwest of Balmoral, November II,
Six of the Bluffs" were killed an,
five were wounded. An oincer am
30 men were made prisoners. Inc po''
has since been reoccupied.
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Death Of Gen. s~chalkbure'.

London, Nov. 21.-The repo.
death of Gen. Schalkburger, ac.I.
president of the T%ransvaal since M
Kruger's departure from thai c1u'
try, is discredited here. Ihere
mere umo that he died at Johan =,
burg, November 9,but the report ,ah
confirmation. Lord Roberts oisp a0s,
from Johannesburg this morn'hs
not mention the generals ue"""
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and me-anu even Our III uoes |
Should thank God for all His goodness
in a song Of praise this season,
Though my gen'ral disposition Is to grum-
BILE like a hog.
For. If ever man had special cause to noio
a celebration -
OF Thanksgivin'-in his heart OF near's
that very man is me. .I
If you'll listen for a moment to a "oro u
explanation
am sure that when my tale you've heard
to this you will agree.
Though for years I've been a member OF
a church. yet I'm confessin ,.
That ms vicious, wicked temper ard fault
fndin' spoiled my life.
1t has turned to bitter sorrow days that
should have proved a plessin
And has marked deep lines of care upon
the brow of my dear wife.
She has hoped and prayed and waited.
while she patiently expected
That some day her prayer of faith would
bring an answer from above;
And at last, in Gods W time and way
the change has been effected,
For my heart lost all its anger when 1t
found a Saviour's love.
How it happened? Well. I'll tell you. See
that dog there? Come here. Rover!
He amt much for looks or breedin'. but
that dog no man could buy.
See, he hates to leave the baby-though
she's five years old and over,
Still 1 allus call her baby she's the
apple of my eye.
Monday mornin'. bright and early, came
my neighbor, Squire Carroll
And he told of signs of turkey in the tim
Der down the creek;
So l called the dog and shouldereo my olo
trusty double-barrei, $500
And l grinned when Mary mentioned that
this was ''Thanksgivin' week"
We'll We soon got in the timber and we
walked and walked and hunted.
But no turkey! So, as usual, l got mad
and almost cussed.
And. in spite Of all Squire Carroll said l
grumbled, growled and grunted,
And l felt I'd have to Kick the DOG OF
else I'd surely bust.
So my neighbor said he reckoned there's no
use in us a tryin'
ANY longer, since twas very plain the
birds had gone away;
And he laughed and says: Il see no use
in grumblin' or in signin,
For it's ten to one there's better luck for
us some other day"
So we parted. and I walked on gettin'
madder every minute
At The turkeys, at the squire and at my
self the most Of all
For my wicked, foolish anger-I knew wei
there's no sense III 1t
Well, sir, just then "Gobble, gooole'
came lHt lul hSS > NFANCAAN N
Down l dropped. and when l saw him i
lust made me warm all over,
For" thinks l. you're just about tn
size to suit Th~anksgivin' day
But before l got a bead on him., this dos
of mine, old Rover,
Done some fool thing-least l though
so-and my turkey new away.
What did I do? Like a coward, grabbed
that poor dog by the collar.
And own / beat him shameful. but h
didn't even moan,
Then | turned my gun upon him, Just De
cause he wouldn't holler;
Like a mad man pulled the trigger. and n
dropped just like a stone.
Well. sir, l can't tell my feelings; why,
thought I'd surely smother.
When | saw him fall l turned away
horror from the sight,
And 1 thought l knew how Cain felt whe
he left his murdered brother,
As I walked | cared not whittier till sa
twas coming night
When I got near home I noticed how II
air was growing colder,
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taught in the west a good many years
ago. Christmas was the chief holiday
of the winter, and it was celebrated
without any special demonstration, for
most of the people were poor and there
was not much sentiment in their gen.
eral makeup. Old Hannah Dorton,
with whom 1 boarded, was Of New Eng
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Uncle Eben,s Idea.

az hopes you'll 'scuse me fob men
tionin' it," said Uncle Eben, "but every
once in awhile human folks minds
me O. critters. Some of us can't feel
,ginnerwinely thankful onless ives got
both feet in de trough."-Washington
Star.
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Ethel-Did you have family Thanks
giving service at your house this
morning?
Mamie-No; papa said we had bet
ter wait and see il Harry got back
from the football game.-Brooklyp
Life.
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public Librnry for sycamore III

Sycamore, ILL.,, Nov. 21.-Ihe Mu
of the late Gen. Everell f. Nv.
has presented to the city OF eye l',hlie
at the wish of her husband a oost
library building to be built AZ r.
of SIS. 5000, TO be called the EVef'"
Dutton public library BUILDING
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Arrived tn Port U~ninjured'

Milwaukee, Nov. 21.-The na,dsp
william Edwards and consorN sipcs
Age, which have been m'ss nlyauksA
Sunday. have arrived in @
No damage is reported.
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HEY did not pay
much attention to
Thanksgiving in
the country school
district in which l