The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-10
STORMS TOLL
 DESIGNATION Great Suffering on Wire F Road. CASH SUBSCRIPTION BEGUN Damage Far Greater Than First
 Thought. !, 8 Festv osd Sssrs.s iiay, NesAias Lett ef Their small savinss--Hsia-
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 swept Away.
CASH SUBSCRIPTION BEGUN

Huddled about the feeble Ares In. the homes of nearby negroes. more than forty of the negro residents of the section which was visited by the tor- nado of Friday. and who lost every particle of their food and every scrap of their clothing, and whose homes were destroyed. were sheltered from the downpour and the cold which came yesterday and last night.
 They experienced destitution and
 Ths whits people who are heavy losers by the advent of the storm, Ben tSone and his family, whose home was wrecked, and whose prepa- rations for planting crop were de- stroyed. are finding lodging in the res- loss, probably ruin, is his lot.
 The residence of Mrs, Herbert, near that Of Ar. Stone, on the Wife Road, at the ninesmile post. was wrecked, being uiSf6Vfed, the porch and chin- neys torn away, and the entire house being thus rendered unsnhabitahle. Five or six househ. occupied by negro tenants and farm hands, were totally demolished, The members of the Her bert family, wao were tn the house ct the time Of the storm. escaped with out serious Injury, and are finding shelter at the canteiou home, not far away. ~ fy af8.-4 s=.-sl
 There are others In the section whose loss tst heavy from the storm. which suiHshed into ruins every small build ing ef the restricted area in which 1t 2 The state of the suftsrsrs ia such as probably was never before visited upon Montgomery County residents. The. subscription which Is being raiaed, to bs devoted to their relief, has been augmented somewhat during yester- day. though not to . great extent. The collection is In the hands of w.. N. Cox.
 Ths Montgomery Advertiser win also receive any contributions for the relief of the sufferers. and will forward # tmmediateiy to those whO' are work Ing for the henefit of the storm stricken people of Montgomery. County,
 That the extent of the Manage inc flcted by the storm is far greater than most of the people of MOntgoEneEy have imagined, is readily gathered from the following letter from Mir. c. O. Aber+ erombie to The Advertiser: 'sEditor The Advertisers:
 "The public Reneraly does not seem to comprehend the extent of tie dam- age caused by the cyclone last Friday afternoon in My. Ben Stones ileigh- borhood .a have investigated the mat ter, partiaily, and find some negroes suffering from bruiseg, fractured limbs, etc., and others who had every vestige of furhIture, bedding, and clothing swept away ili less time than live min utes. some lost muTdH, cows, wagons, and much Of their farming implements.
 Hrha urigortunate white sufferers are not so large tn numbeFs. but their loss fa most severe blow. On some plan tations only one or two cabains ren1ain intact. The tenants on these damaged plantations have given their notes for rents, and msde other contracts for the year, and necessarily the landlords must provide house for these people to live in. The loss of these several property owners will run up into the thousands of dollars, and, it is quitesa hardship on them to bear the burden alone.
 .Iset us ali bring this snattsr to .purr selves and do- something to aid these unfortunaates in tightening their bur. bens. T2 N
 aCOntributIons Of any kind will be most acceptable; Nksh.' any Kind of old, unused bed clothing, Mnder clothing, hats, shoes, furniture, tRbipss or so on. l, T mention these things because many families had evsry single heionging swept away, and nathinE recovered. Nothing of the cabins Are left. except a few brick to Identify the place where once they stood, NY sw rf
 Small money eontribptione from . great many people would go Q very long way toward rebuilding homes for these unfortunates, and materially aid the white suffererR."