Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1926 — Page 5

on || \RI) ERWIN Kl< TELLS OF STORM (10NTIM KO I HOM Mttoum ■ i»7r<’Ul(' with ,he “ n<l bucMetll ' ■ /kept hi H f‘ ,r 15 hour * " ntl “* Uy *’* I h »w the only real dry "P ot » k “ o *’ I "' .Most people gave, up ana let ‘ho ■ r run all o*t* their platen and I ruin everything. There lo t a "«• | 'or spoiled Piece of furniture In | place, but the yard was a wreck. r 4 , least It looked a wreck. AU ■ he shrubbery was flat on the ground. I lht . south eoeoanut tree was torn flat E the ground and there were »t,ran K e ■ trees, irunfs. board* and what not in ■ the front yard. » Aw” in 9 8 Torn To Pieces. | .. T l le ;l wning were torn to pieces I an d blown away, the aereen. on the I sleeping porch are no more, but that g wen t cost much. 1 got quite a thrill I when the south windbw in the dinS Ing room went out and the wind drove the water straight through to the XHchen. I dragged the dining room furniture in the front room and wiped it of! quick and it len t hurt a bit. Then took my sheepskin coat aud nailiil It ovet the window. I tbok all the clothes out into the bed room and nailed a piece of oilcloth over that window, mopped the floor ami nothing was hurt. The water dashed into the living room under the French doors ami covered the floor hut I got it out and today 1 couldn't tell any water had been over It. Water was so deep in the sleeping porch that it was alroiit to run in the housu io 1 took a brace and bit and drilled two boles so it could get out. I was afraid the weight, of the water would i rush the porch. We are the only ones here that 1 know of that has nothing hurt in the house. • You should se e the rest of the town. Apartment buildings arc torn to pieces everyplace and are a total wreck, not just one or a dozen, but hundreds of them. Trees Down Everyplace. "Trees ate down everyplace and ft is almost impossible to go around town. All little store buildings' are in ruins and there are a few places only that have a roof on. This bouse rocked like a b'>at ami old niaft Shannon got seasick. I don't know what kept this house on its feet and there were times when I thought it couldn't stand much longer. “Uptown they say it is terrible for there isn't a fu.ll plat.; gla*» aud lots of buildings are Lulu tu pieces. They have martial law and I eiruldn’t get up there to send telegrams, so I went to Cocoanut Grove, via West Dixie, the only route open, then 1 had to drive over boards, trees and through water to the running board to get there. "Thousands of people are homeless and the loss is estimated from 25 to 50 millions. The Pancost hotel is wrecked and the Honey Plaza is undermined. I can't get aefoss the causeway without a permit and don't know where to get one. 1 drove down Sixth street and dozens of stores and apa-'nients are torn to pieces and ' - .a,...,. ... ' ' 1 »•**«*- M A- J I off than here. The Elaii e apartnu nt, which you owneu. is a wreck, Dave,

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DECATUR DAILX DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926.

Imy haml with glass. My hands ami arms are sore, but 1 am tickled pink !to think I kept your things dry and the damage down to a minimum. "Don't worry about a thing for I itm allflght and yotir things are tine. Your good lin k pulled your property through. Hight hero where people have lost millions your alnire won’t boa hundred dollata and I think yon

. , , — — -z — are mighty lucky. •‘t bought a big supply of canned goods and I cun gat until the trains get here with more. Nobody has bread stv. I out soaked cracker!. 1 eat with Nance Shannon and her dad for I don't have ally fight, power or water. I carry water from Carter's pump. "State troops have control uptown t

to keep people from stealing from the atoree. When 1 give it a look tomorrow I will write again. “Dick." ■ — -ft ■ French Lower Prices For Native Customers Paris. — (United preaa.)—Tourlats may or may not bo aware of It but,

• they pay more in Paris restaurants for a meal than a Frenchman pays The scheme la Ingenious. In a restaurant overlooking the Seine much frequented by foreigners two Frenchmen were dining. The waiter brought the bill amounting to ISO franca. The ' guest glanced at It and noticed that 11 ten per cent was taken off. He eyed .he water inquiringly. per

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"It’s like this.' said the attendant. "The manager Knows you are Frenchmen and on account of the drop In the franc you cannot be expected to pay like the Americans and British. As we have not right to make two prices we settle the difficulty by giving you the same chock as a foreigner would get but In your case we deduct the ten r cent."