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WOMEN VICTIMS OF DEvOURIG FLAMES DEATH LIST IN NEWARK HORROR REACHES TWENTY-FIVE. Horrible Scene Presented When Girl Employees Attempt to Escape From Blazing Factory. Newark, N. J., Nov. 26.-In ten min utes twenty-five gi&ls were burned alive this morning or crushed to death on the pavement in leaping from the windows and fire-escapes of the four-story brick factory, at the cor ner of Orange .and High streets. Twenty of the twenty-five bodies re covered have been identified and six girls are :-.ill missi i. They may b among the unidentified dead, or they may be in the ruins The collapse -of a wall toninh. iltErupted fui ther zarch. Fifty wcre- taken to hospital7. of whom two may die. Among the in jured is Joseph E. Sloan, deputy fire chief, who was overtaken by the fall ing wal ;,id buried in bricks and. rubbish. He is badly hurt, but may recover. Petrified With Fright. The rush of the flames was so in credibly swift and threw such unrea soning terror into the huddled work ing girls on the top story that the body of one was found still seated on a charred stool beside the machine, at which she had been busy when the first cry of "fire" petrified her with -fright. % Horrible as must have been, what went on in the smoke of that crowd ed room, what befell outside in the bright sunlight was more horrible yet. The building was extremely inflam mable, and the first gush of flames had cut off all possibility of escape by the stairways. The elevators made one trip, but took down no pas sengers and never came back. The only exit was by two narrow fire-es capes, the lower platforms of which were twenty-five feet from the pave ment below. 'Jumped For Their LiTes. Onto these overcrowded and steep lanes, scorched dancing hot by the jets from lower windows pressed forward a mob of women, blind with panic, driven by the fire and the others be hind them. A net had been spread be neath the windows, and the gir1s be gan to jump. "Like rats out of a burning bin," was the way a fireman described the pell-mell descent. They * $8 The Home Ofi ge ply mihistr THE LADIES' READ DEPARTME Ladies All-Wooil Pan; liantine Skirts, sold for Ladies very fine Tailoi - elegantly trimmed in all and fabrics, sold for a .Ladies all-wool Batiste * ~ Voile Skirts with 'butt * ~ sold for $8.00 and $10.00 Ladies new style fall $12.00 and $15.00 for.. .4 Ladies $18.00 Tailor-Mai wool fabrics in all co-l 250 ladies $25.00, $22.5( man-tailored Suits in styles, in very best ma sold at ... ... ... ... 150 ladies pure silk Cr4 from $25.00 down to $ this sale at ... .... . Ladies Cloaks, colors t * Igray, sdld for $8.50 at. Ladies Cloaks, sold for 4SILKS! si: * 300 yards Silks, 50c. to this sale at ... ... .. Yard wide guaranteed sold at $1.00 for ... ... OUR MEN'S AND BOY 30 Men's $6 to $10 Suits * Men's $25 Suits, ma 3*Th ee ..BL boiled out of the windows lie a thick treacle, rolled up on the heads below them and cascaded off the fire-escape to the pavement sixty feet below. Some of them stood in the windows, outlined against the flames, and jump ed clear; others from the landinf; still others from the steps where they stood. The air was full of them and they fell everywhere-into the net, on the necks of firemen and fifteen of them on the hard stone slabs. Many Crushed by Fall. When the awful rain ceased there were eight dead in the street and the gutters ran red. Seven more were so badly crushed that they died in hos pitals. Fifty are stIll under surgeons' care. Clouds of smoke and showers of burning embers spread over the city and rained down on neighboring roofs. As the news flew-and it lost nothing in the telling-pa-' spread to other factories, where many of the girls in peril had friends and relatives, and several firms had to shut down work for the day. Thousands flocked to the scene and made the work of the fire men and police more difficult. Italian silk workcrs fell in the street and prayed and lamented pitiably. Police Reserves Called Out. Before any semblance of order could be restored every police reserve in the .ity had been called out, and it was not until late today that the esti mate of prop;rty 'loss could eve. be VE:tured. The fire department now estimates $165,000, but no statement from the owners and tenants is yet availabl,. The building was a four-story brick structure, occupied on the two lower floors by the Newark Paper Box company and the A. A. Drake Paper Box company; ahe theoETbg Paper Box company; on the third floor, where the fire started' by the Anchor Lamp company and the Aetna Electric company. and on the top floc;r, where the d(-ath list ran heav iest, by the World Manufacturing company, makers of underwear. The wooden floors were soaked with oi1 drippings from the machinery and the flames ate through them like pasteb.,ard. When they warped and weakened the weight of the machinery tore them from the walls, and they fell into the basement in a horrible tangle of hot iron g.nd mangled hu manity. How Fire Started. Sadie Benson, an employee of the Aetna Eletcric company, was -clean ing an electric light fixture in a gas oline bath. The gasoline took fire .ce of The American Car IcioRs to close out St0o ETOWEAR Bros., all wool mater: T. Boys' Suits, 3 to 16: 300 at $1.48 BySut,fo $5 Made Sirts,in this sale at .... MadeSkits, 300 men's Suits, sd the new styles $5 and $6, to go at ... ... ... . . $.6 475 Suits, sold for $ Panama and Boy Iqnickerbockor >n trimmings, for .. .. $4.47 75c., at ... ....-..-. 150 Cravenettes, all uits, sold fo sold for $12.50 at.. .eSis'nal Men's Hats, sold for lSis fo all-1.8 Men's $2.50 and $2.00 and $20.00 Boys' and men's Caps newest fall ,5.atOvercoats,.so terial, will be Me'Ovrot,ol .$11.96 at ... ... ....---.-. Lveetes sld Men's Overcoats, soli 1.5.00og One lot men's $1.00 Men's Underwear, sol an, black and. . $348go in this sale at.. $10, at . .$4.47 SHOES AND 4 One ,Jot ladies and n K!for $1.25 and $2.00 ft $1.~50 to go in 500 pairs ladies Shol .....2- to $1.50 for ... ..-. Taffeta Silk, 500 'pairs ladies fine ..... 67c. $2.50 for ... ... ... S' CLOTHIN~G. 500 pairs men's ShoE at... $2.76 and all sizes, sold fo: le by Schloss in this sale at.. ONLY A SH AUSTEIN- Manage she does not know how-and trickled in a 'little rivulet of flame on to the floor, where stood a full can of gas oline. The can exploded and the burn ing liquid flew far and wide. Lewis Coxe, an employee of the box factory on the second floor, was standing in the hall at the time of the explosion. The shock was strong enough, he said, to hurl him against the wall, but the girls upstairs at their whirring sewing machines did not hear the explosion. Fireman Brown, who turned in the alarm, was at work directly opposite the building, cleaning the windows of the engine house, where he is station ed. He saw a girl rush out of the fact tory into the street, screaming and wringing her hands. "There's fire in there," she cried, pointing back to the hall she had left. Girls Dazed With Terror. Brown turned in an alarm and then dashed up the fire-escape. Al ready he found forty girls at the fourth story window, some of them so dazed with terror that they had not the wit to pull down the sashes and climb out. Brown smashed in the win dow and began pulling the girls through, onto the fire-escape. He counted forty that filed past him. "It was the most horrible thing I've ever seen," he said afterwards. Fire Chief Astey laid the responsi bility for the loss of life on the delay in turning in an alarm. He says that five minutes were lost in trying to fight the blazing gasoline with sand in a barrel. "If those precious min utes had not been wasted," he almost sobbed, "we wotid not have lost one single life." NOTICE. In the codification of the laws, Sec tion 201: Every automobile, locomo bile, autocar, or other self propelled vehicle, shall be brought to a fall and complete stop by the person or per sons in charge thereof in crossing Main (or Pratt) street and Caldwell street at the intersection of Main and Caldwell street. J. R. SCURRY, C. & T. T. C. N. 11-29-it 'aDreams Realized. The corn crop in the South in 1910 showed an excess over that of 1909 amounting to more than 91,000,000 bushels. If this thing keeps up, the cry for hog and hominy 'from the Potomac to th-e Rio Grande will soon be realized.-Charlotte Observer. .....g.+... h Purchasing Co. is be! k by January 1st and t al, for ... .$11.74 HOSIERY, GLOVES rears, sold for $3 CR11 ... $1.49 00 to $8.50 to go Ladies' 15 and. 20c ....69 Hose......---. -Men's and Ladies B] fro $1 to$1 sold at 15c., for.. ... . . - Men's and Ladies' ~ $10 and $12.50 . .. .....$4.78 Handkerchiefs, 5 an Pants, sold for TABLE LIN~ENS .. ... ... . 46. sizes and colors, Bleached Table Lit .. .....$5.97 for ... ...-..--..--. P1.00 at ... 48. White Table Linen Hats at .... 98c. go in this sale at . , sold for 50 and Cotton Towels for .... .....17. Bleached Bath Tow' 1 for $7.50 to go Ready-'Made -Pillow .. ......$3.33 18c., at each.. i for $12 to $15 Hemstitched Pillow .... ...$5.89 for 25c., at ... .... hirts ... ...9 Ready-Made Sheets .d at 50 cents, to 75c., at ... ..-.-. ..... ...18. Table Linen, sold fc )XFORDS. Napkins. ,rld at $1.4 .isses Shoes, sold at per dozen.. )r ..j ..I ..I 49c- BLANKET DE s, sold for $1.00 ...... ..69c. .Large Blankets, sol Shoes, sold for go at ....---.---. .. ....$1.39 Pure Wool Blanket s, in all leathers to go at .-.--.-..-. $4 and $5 to go 10, 12 and 15 cents . ... ...$2.46 at 25c., to go at.. ORT FOUR WI Some One WILL GET A $375.00 Piano PREE. You stand as good a chance as any one else. All that's necessary is to buy your gro ceries at I! ~IA1~fl 13f05 Main St. One coupon given witk each dollar cash purchase. Besides getting the very best groceries at the very lowest prices, you get this coupon absolutely FERE. Frist Patent Flour, sack 70c 20 lbs. Rice $1.00 7 lbs. good Coffee $1.00 10 lbs. best Keg Soda 25c W.O. WILSON'S, 1305 Main Street. The pleasant purgative effect exper ienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create, makes one feel joyful. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons holding claims or de mands against the estate of Mary M. Humbert, deceased, are hereby notified to present same duly attested to John M. Kinard or to our attorneys, Messrs. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, on or before the 27th day of December, 1910. John M. Kinard, James P. Kinard, Executors of the last will and testa ment of Mary M. Humbert, deceased. 11-22-4t-ltaw. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY O NEWBERRY. SOURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Lewie L. Lane, William L. Lane and Verner Lane, plaintiffs, AgAnst Drayton L. Lane, James F. Epting, Jr., and Harry D. Epting, defendants. By virtue of an order of the court A.FT ihid us red hot and ha' o carry out above we AND HANDE- THIS IS RED FS. T Hooks and Eyes, .Seamless Black Paper Pins .... .. . ... ..e. Thimible ... ... ack and Tan Hosa Button Hole Ti - -- -- . . .. .c. Belding Bros., SI hite Hemstitched the spool at... d 10c., for . .. .8c. Coats Spoot Cott AND NAPKINS. La'dies 25 and 5( 25c. Box Soap, 3 'en, sold for 50c., Full size Bed Sp .. ........2C- at ... ... ... .. sold 'at 79c., to LaisRbeV . ... .....89c. ga.... .... ... ...Sc. Lde ibd1 ls for ... ..8 . oc,togoa Cases, sold for 5 oe nat .... ... ...o.,at Cases, 42X36, sold Lde 15 n .... ... ..12%c. g t.... 72X90, sold for LaisCher ..... ...4.to a... r $1.25, at .... 79c Lde 0ad3 0 per dozen, to go 10Lc uti .......~9 15 ace ...r...i. PARXEN. 50Ladis Ribbe V Sa $150 air to whc toeg ae go. ......or the. dlat.... s, $5 ad $6aii eA~s AND5 and go.at.... ... .. Emboie'~, '~h Janis 50old 52 .. ... .. ..59e. All Wlersain PATENT. 500NpirsLac ? d t$.0pau o wich seaegi . .... .82.thCOL - Mrs. Emu MILLINE MILLII Our season is nearing an end and as our stock is yet complete we have decided to let the goods go, regardless of cost and value, Trimmed Hats, Shapes, Trim mings and all Notions and La dies Furnishings. Our styles are right and prices the lowest. You must see the value to know how great.. A FEW STARTERS. $6.00 Trimmed Hats now $3.98 $5.00 trimmed Hats now $2.75 $3.50 trimmed Hats now $1.98 $2.50 trimmed Hats now $1.49 Mrs. Emr MILLINERI herein, I will sell before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid der, on salesday in December, next, the same being the 5th day of said month, all that tract, piece or par cel of land, lying and being situate in Newberry county, State of South Caro lina, containing one hundred and thirty-seven acres, more or less, boun ed by lands of W. A. Cline, deceased, J. H. Chappell, Southern Railway Co., and road leading from Newberry to O'Neall's bridge on Bush river. The same to be sold in two tracts, plats of whichi will be on file in the master's office on and before the day of sale. Terms of sale: One-third of the pur E R ring determined that wa cut all prices again. I EOT YANKEE N.- UK! [ONS. 75c. Um.brelles, per card ... ... ..2c go at ... ... .. .. ... ... ... ...1c.. $1.25 Umbrellas ... ................2c. go at .... ... . ~ead, per spool . .le. DRK ool Si'lk, 53 yards to English Broadc] ..... ... ... ..3hic. at $1.50 for ... on.... ... ... ..4c. All-Wool Cashmn c. Belts at ... ..9c. 50c., for ... ... akes to the box 10c. Mohairs, all col reads, sold for $1.25% at 75c., to go foi .... ... ..... .7Sc. Tafieta Suitin ~sts, sold for 35c., to in this sale for . ... ... ... ..18c. Broadcloth, sold ~sts, sdle for 75 and this sale at.. .. ... ... .....86. Poplin, sold at Ribbed Vests, sold during this sal4 . .. ... ......4%c. Yard Wide Blea $1.00 Kid Gloves to at 12c., for.. ...... ... ....7Sc. Feather Bed Tic 50 and 85c. Gloves to go at ... ... ... ... ... ....1c. Outing Flannel . Gloves at . .. 19c. for 15 cents for s, at per pair . .48c. 5000 yards fine Sat per pair ... .57c. at 12%s cents ya ~urtains, odds and White and Red. nd 5 pairs of a kind for 35c., to go a ng to seill for 25c. onl Chanmbray, all ec to go at ... ... RSEYS FOR MEN'S Shirting and 4 LNTS. and 10c., for ... . at.... .. . . .--lc Embroidery Shii sold for 40c. at . . 19c- at $1.50, $1.25 ai (NUARY 1st. ngCom AND BROS. OLD S ra Hair's STORE qERY! NOTIONS, TRDINGS NE(K WEAR AND BELTS These are great values. They go in this sale at very low prices. All 50c. Collars now.....19e. AI 35c. Collars now.....19c. All 25 and 15c. Collars now 9c. Big lot 50 and 75c. Belts now 30c Big lot 35c. Bets now .. .19c. Big lot New Cuff Pins, Broach es and Belt Pins in mourning styles, very low in price. Ask to see them. A bargain in every article. Come and buy your Christmas presents in usefdl ar. ticles from us. na Hair's STORE .hase price in cash, the balance in one aad two years in equal annual instal ments, the credit portion to be secur ed by the bond of the purchaser and. 3. mortgage of the premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to anticipate payment of the credit portion in whole or part. The credit portion to bear interest at the rate; of, eight per :ent per annum paid annually. Said bond and mortgage to contain a stipan. lation of ten per cent. for lattorney's, !ee In ease the samelis collected by suit or put into the hiands,of an at ~orney for collection. K Rkard,. Master Newberry Cojuinty. ~ November 10, 1910. U S Smust corn lere they are It) BRELLAS ladies and gents, to ..... ... .......42c. ladies and gents, to E GOODS. oth in all colors, sold/ .. .,.......67c. ere, all collers, sold at ... ... ... ... ..28. ors, 50 in wide, sold g, sold at $1.25, to go4 .........o9e.. 3 at 75 cents, to go in; 20 cents, will be sold ~for ... ... ..9%e. ~ched Domestics, soAld ... ... ... .....6%e. king, sold for 18 cents ... ... ... ......9c. and Flannelette, sold ...... ... .....7%e. Dress Ginghams, sold rd, for .'.. ....7e ill-Wool Flannel, sold ... ... ... .....14c. >lors, sold for 10 cents Jheviots, sold for 12%k ... ... ... ...7%e. . twaists Patterns( sold. Ld $1, to go at....47C. FAND. ill Ae+e+e+e+ + -,6+@ .- -