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FATAL LEAPS Fire Causes Panic in Philadelphia Shirt Waist Factory. FIVE LEAPED TO DEATH Men and Women Frightened by Blaze on Fourth Floor o! Building Forget Fire Escapes and Window Ropes and Jump to Ground Below, Five Being Killed. At Philadelphia five persons, four girls and one man. leaped to their death a few days ago in a panic caused by a fire in the four-story factory building at 208-10 Chancellor street, near Second and Walnut Btreets. Five others received injuries from which they will probably die, and many more or less seriously hurt. Th*? dead are: Morris Pessau, aged 28 years, fractured sktfll. Clara Swart, aged 18, crushed by ' fall. Ida Greenburg, aged 20 years, burned and crushed. Rebecca Kaufman, aged 19 years, fractured skull. Elizabeth Chachkin, aged 16 years, burned and crushed. The probably fatally injured are: Rebecca Chachkin, aged 14 years, fractured skull, internal injuries and burns. IHyman Belokin, aged 25 years, both legs and arms broken and prob able internal injuries. Sarah Cohen, seriously burned and probably Internally injured. Philip K0I08, arm and both legs fractured. Unidentified colored woman, over come by smoke and flames. Nearly all of the dead and severely injured worked in the shirt waist factory of Joseph Chachkln, which occupied part of the fourth floor of the building . Shachkin himself was Injured. One of his daughtj.-s is dead and another dying. A thi.'d daughter probably escaped a like fate by being at home attending the mother, who is critically ill. Chachkin's force of operators was greatly reduced owing to the shirtwaist strike. Otherwise, it is believed the number of fatalities would have been even greater. The flames which originated in the elevator shaft on the fourth floor are supposed to have been caused by the short circuiting of the electric motor, which ran the elevator. Although the fl?le spread rapidly, the employees of the other establishments in the same building nearly all managed to escape in safety. The girls and men in Chachkin's factory became panic-stricken and Jumped wildely from the fourth story windows. Men on the street spread blankets over an awning to break the falls, but because of the dense smoke which filled the narrow street, many fell to the pavement before these improvised fire nets could be extended for them. The building was perfectly equipped with fire escapeB, and nearly every wiuduw had a rope. These proved useless, however, to the panic-stricken shirtwaist makers. One man, in ?lYa(i lowering the rope and sliding down it, jumped from th? window with the loose end in his hands. He died with a fractured skull. Others had their hands burned to the hone by their rapid descent on the ropes. The monetary loss is estimated at $50,000. SHOT W1IILK ON A HUNT. Thomas TaRRert Shot Accidentally by His Secretary. Thomas TaRRart. Democratic nat ional committeeman, of Indiana, was accidentally shot while huntiiiR with his private secretary, Harry Horton, near Fayette, in Jefferson county, Indiana. Forty-two bird shot struck Mr. TaRRart in the face, riRht. shoul3er and chest, and as a result, hesides other injuries, it is feared that the siRht of one eye will he destroy ed. Details of the accident wvre not told in the dispatch received early Thursday nipht, other than that Mr. Horton fired when a covey i of hirds were flushed, the charRej striking his companion, who was in the heavy underbrush. * Child Dies of Hums. The three-year-old child of Nat Chavis at Neec.es died on Wednesday from the effects of burns suffered the previous day. The child was 1 playing near a wash pot when itclothes caught Are. Before the. flames coud 1*? extinguished the ! child sustain d fatal burns. \ About three weeks ago the four , year-old daughter of Lucius Davis was badly burned in the same way and now Is in a critical condition with little hope of recovery. ltig Coal Mine Tax. One thousand and forty-five lives were lost in coal mines In Pennsvl- t vanla last year according to reports to the department of mines. III, * LAID IT TO REST _ f THE HOUSE AFTER LONG DEBATE KllxLRl> THE BILJj Requiring That Crops be Up and Growing Before a Mortgage on Them Will be Valid. After a debate lasting nearly three hours Friday the house killed Mr Hydrick's bill, requiring that crops , be up and growing before a mort gage be valid. The bill might be termed a "follow up" of the repeal ul Lilt? ucu law at tut: iani suauiuu aad in most instances the Bame argu ments were gone over. The bill proposed that no mort gage of any crop or crops shall be good and effective to convey to the mortgage any Interest in any crop or crops other than the crop or crops to be raised during the year in which said mortgage is given, and unless the land whereon said crop or crops are to be raised shall be described i or mentioned in said mortgage, and unless said crop or crop, shall be up and growiag at the time of the i execution of the mortgage. Mr. Richards, who had the floor < the day before, when the debate was adjourned, made an argument for the bill. He quoted concise figures from United States federal reports to show that the people who loaned money were ready for the chango and that It would be of value to the farmer to pass tho bill. (Mr. Carey argued against tho bllV It would, he claimed, put the small tenant farmer at the mercy of the 1 landlord. He knew something about farming, he said, in answer to a question by Mr. Richards. He raised more corn than the gentlemen from Kershaw. Mr. Rucker also thought the bill a hardship on the small farmer and saw no use for it. He referred to the "fine Italian hand" of the advocates of the repeal of the lien law last year and thought there was some shrewd politics iu the bill. Mr. tsunpkins said the repeal or the lien law was of no effect unless the present a,ct passed and taking the ^ opposite view to that of Mr. Carey and Mr. Rucker, held that it would be a benefit to the farmer to remove them from the grip of the ( money lender. M. L. Smith explained the legal , end of the bill, the different forms of mortgage uud urged its passage, j Mr. Yyche also favored the bill ! ( and claimed that the talk about tho i ( poor farmer did not apply in tho , arguments against tho bill. J. W. Ashley also favored the bill 1 and told the house some of the ex- , perlences of the poor farmers now said to be at the mercy of the lien j lender. Mr. Daniel had voted for the repeal of the lien law but was against ( the present bill. He hold that It would strike at the credit of erery j poor farmer. He urged tho house to defeat tho measure. Mr. Wyche also favored the bill tlon of personal privilege to deny remarks made by Mr. Rucker to the ' effect that there had been shrewd 1 >olitic.8 in the passage of the bill, j ( Mr. Hydrick read the records from i( the journals of the house on the ! 1 bills along that lino to show his ( 1 former votes. Mr. Richards also arose to a ques- ' 1 tion of personal privilege and de- | 1 nied that there had been any "fine ! ? Italian haul" in th?. p.muoi r*t ?v._ ' lien law the year before and the In- * troduction of the present bill. Mr. itucker denied any persoial reflection on these members. He J had simply quoted the records, he said, and thought that they would I bear hlni out. No personal feeling * was Involved. On a roll call the house killed the hill by a vote of *>0 to 4 7. * 1 THREW ItltlUR INTO WKLL Husband and Male Companion Tried to Murder Young Woman. 1 Knocked in the head, throw* into ( ( a well by her husband and a male } companion and left for dead, was , the fate that met Annie Mosklll, a . f bride of three days, who was mar- , ried in Chlcopee, Mass., on Friday. { On striking the water the woman t regaine<l consciousness and drew herself out of tho wattr l>y means of ( an iron pipe. This she clung to until the next moining, when she was found. Her, feet are frozen, and will have to be amputated. The men ch eked a trunk belonging to the woman, which she said contained $700 to Springfield. Turned the Tnbh ?. At Mohawk, N. Y.. C'.y f of Police Hronner was capi a roil '>/ * ur burglars Thursday morning, talc n to a room in th jn. ?t? .11 and bound and gagged. Tin- robin s blew op a the postolllee safe an l (I d wit it th | contents. Pciiilly (lasoline. One man was consume I by tb flames, and six others are in bos-> pitals suffering with burns received shortly aftor 3 o'clock Th unlay morning, when a huge gasoline tauk exploded at the soap plant of the Walker Brothers, 011 Herrs Island, a few miles from Pittsburg, Pa. # NEWLY MARRIED BRIDE j Seeking m Divorce From Her Old Preacher Spouse. A special dispatch from Spartanhurg says after giving married life lesa than a month's trial, Mrs. Nogle James Burnett, wife* of Rev. uleorge W. Burnett, a Baptist miniser of Aberdeen, Miss., ^ho, before her marriage was Miss Nogie James af Wellford, has returned to Spartanburg county, pending an applt cation for divorce, which has been filed in the office of the clerk of court rxt ????* ? W1 ??* k/i 4ixuu iuc tuuuij, mi ho. Alio ipplication for the divorce is made by consent of both parties on the ground that Mrs. Burnett declares that she does not love her husband. Rev. Mr. Burnett, it is said, loved his wife with a love akin to worship. He is a man 58 years of age, while Mrs. Burnett is but 25. They knew each other but a month before marrying. A dispatch from Aberdeen, Miss., says "Parson Burnett has applied for divorce; case pending. Court now in session. No reflec tlon on lady, who has respect and sympathy of all who know her." It is said that Rev. Mr. Burnett was a widower with ten children at the time of his marriage to Miss James, which was on Sunday December 26, 1909. Mrs. Burnett 5ave out a statement in regard to tier asking for a divorce, in which she say6 her husband was kind and loving, but that sho was just dissatisfied and did not believe it the Lord's will that she remain his vife. HKVKNTKKX MEN' CLAIMED. Dread Beri Beri Attacks Crew of lll-Fat?xl Ship Goodwin. Captain Peter, of the good ship Goodwin, will probably make au of 'ort to recruit his greatly decreased :rew before he sails from Savaulab, Ga. The Goodwin got into port >n Tuesday of last week with 17 >f its crow of 63 men short. The 3oodwin sailed from a Chilean port November 18th. with a crew hirirelv nade up of Lascars or East Inllans. The men developed berl berl and :hree of them died af sea. Others lied at ports that were touched en route to Savannah and at Montevideo, eight men had to be left because they suffered with the diseuse. Just before the Strait of Mngellan was reached the ship struck a heavy sea and the carpenter was washed iverboard not to bo seen again. Between illness and fatalities of 17 of the crew who had originally sailed with the ship were missing when this port was made. Captain Peter said it was the worst voyage he had ever made. Thi three Lascars that died at sea were burled according to the rights of followers of Mahomet. QROW1XU DEMAND FOK COTTON. Dr. S. A. Knupp Points Out Increasing Demand for Raw Material. In his lecture in Mississippi the ( ither day. Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. i lead of the government demonstra ( lepartment, points out the growing iemands of cotton and predicts what ] will be the consumption la the years I o come. i "Look for a moment at the in- i creasing demand for cotton," said ( )r. Knapp. "If you note carefully, i rou observe that it has doubled once s n about twenty-two years. If we 3 'Htimate 13.UOO.OOO bales as a mini- i nuin supply on the part of the Jnlted States for the world's cloth- i ng at the present time, w? go back 1 wenty-two yeras and ind that a lit- . le more than 6,000,000 bales were 3 infTicient at that time, and twenty- e wo years prior to that 3,000,000 1 jales tilled the demands, while twen s y-two years before that 1,500,000 ? net the ex i gen ices of trade. t "if wo pursue the same line for \ he future, we discover that in 1932 t he world will require of us 26,000, e J00 hales and in 1954, 52,000,000 s >ales of cotton must lie produced in t he United States. Here is one of he most wonderful opportunities for r wealth that had been known within i he historic period. Our lands and i :limate aro exceedingly well adapted < o the production of the fleecy staple < ind the intelligence of the farmers i if the South and their long experi 1 ?nce with cotton have equipped them 1 to do the work and do It well. ' 1 * ( Suicidal Attempt Foiled. 1 Erhart Willis has tried several ' times to commit suicide in Pittsburg, Pa. A few nights ago as h ' drained a bottle supposedly of car < holic acid, lie told his wife he would ' lie dead in an hour. lay down on a couch and ttui hours ln???r ' 1i>mpfcnining "the 1 : :i stuff's no Kuon.'' lit* had swallowed a hurm1'ss piepura thui of \ toi -t cream the drugeist had Kt?'eii him, having been wuriie I l>? the man's wife. If you woul 1 have the town a !vance in which you live two things aiv necessary -f..ith anil enthusiasm. i i.ith in the possibilities of the place and an enthusiasni which reflects itself in earnest work to make the possibilities actual, houthintr and indifference never built up any plac1 Attend a neighbor's vendue and help him out a little. i . i * ? DON'T GO COTTON CRAZY \ BIG CROP MAY GIVE US VERY LOW PRICES LATER. Plunt Plenty of Food Crops snd Keep Down the CV>tton Acreage and Get Good Prices. It does not need the report of Commissioner Watson, published in The Columbia State a few days ag^f for one to know that South Carolina farmers start the new year in better flnanctal conditions than ever before, says Prof. D. N. Barrow, South Carolina field editor of the Progressive Farmer. Mr. Watson shows that there has been an increase of $54,715,880 in the value of the crops since 1906. All of the crops of the State, except tobacco and tea, have contributed to this increase, although there has been a decrease in the yield per acre in wheat, tobacco and hay. These figures are interesting, but as previously stated, were not npm?. sary to convince one that peace and plenty was In the land. To one traveling over the State, the evidence of this fact was on every hand. Everybody Is traveling, and the smile of contentment is on every face. It is certain that the street show has never done better, and 1 douVt If there la a cross-roads town In this State that has not had its street carnival. All this makes the heart glad, but one who stops to think can not look forwnrd to the new year without some little misgiving. While all crops have increased, of course, the major part of this gain has come from a good cotton crop and the big price therefor that has been realized. There is no telling where this price will end. for it is still going up. If it were not for the fear of being mobbed, one could almost wish this soaring tendency would cease. The farmers have about sold out, so the further advance can do them little good. But remember that fifteen-cent cotton this year is not the work of anybody or set of men. It is the work of Providence, and our prosperity has only come at the ex pense of our less fortunate brethern further west. There is grave danger that this may be forgotten in the face of the present cotton prices, even so those who have learned the lesson best, the temptation to lighten up other crops and plant a few acres more of cotton will be strong. Our brothers whose short crop has kited the e........ .......i- ?in >- . * n^-cv.,7 dui|mu vrtu na tempted 10 piant more acreage so aa to make up for their 1909 losses. Then there la the plunger?the man who, attract e<l by the fancy price, is leaving other business to take a shot of a few hundred acres. All these influences mean an assurance of a full acreage this year, and then, should anything like a favorable season prevail over the cotton belt, where will the crop go, und how far down will the price irop? You who have not had your tiead turned will be able to smile, but woe betide the plunger! That die latter is already at work, is shown by the number who have ^ouie to me for advice as how to )laut 100 or 200 acres, and the itatement: "I haven't farmed for rears, but am going to plant 100 or J00 acres of cotton next year." Farmers of South Carolina, this s your opportunity to insure your irosperity for all future time. You ire out of debt and have money in rour stocking. l)o not be persuaded to spend that money recklessly. Remember that though the sun is ihining today, it stormed yesterday, ind will storm again. Use that mon ?y to build up your property: equip rour farms wi^ an.t mnrn mildlngs; buy labor saving tools of ill kinds, and get rid of the scrub itock and replace it with animate rained to return you a profit. If you must raise more cotton text year, it will be far cheaper to ncrease your farm by placing an nch or two more soil at the disposal )f your plants, by placing more veg 'table matter in that soil so as to make available more of the plant 'ood from Nature's store-house, and it the same time taking out, as it were an insurance policy against Iroi.ght?this will be a cheaper way if increasing tho crop than by buytl /*? run i n <r 1 ?? A I) ... r. v> * \ utility uii'i ti rum, ivrmcill j her. that your true policy should ! be first to raise all you need to live iff of; then what land is left alter! the livin? Is provided for can go into cotton for a cash crop and should he made to yield every ounce it is capable of. You will then own your cotton, and will have a right to say what you want for it, and to uiforct that demand Anyother year may let our less fortunate brothers get Into as pood shape as you now are, and then will the South leap to the van of prosperity? * Suicided ?>, pa; ?vlie Had. James Burton, a widely known marine pnotourapher, of New York, committed suicide at the Lymbronk. I.ong Island club on the anniversary of the death of his wife, who a year ago also died by her own act. w Will Dyt LmIIm' or Men's Garments Cleaned Cleaned a C. C. Laundry; COLUME Southern States IVIeohln^r: OOLU Ml THE NEW FERTILIZER. A discovery of far-reaching importance to tho farmers of the South ii the new fertilizer which has been perfected on one of the islands near Charleston. S. C. It has long been known that lime is an essential food for plants of all klndB and that they cannot live when it has been exhausted from the soil. It has also been known that old worn-out lands are extremely deficient In lime, and that sour, badly-drained lands have their lime is a for mthat is not UBable by growing crops. Farmers' Rullettn No. 124, U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, says: "All the applications of lime increased the yields The best yields were obtained with the lime in the form f carbonate, the finely ground oyster shells standing first * Lime with fertilizer wee more profitable than depending upon fertilizer alone." ThiB new fertilizer which presents lime in its most usable form Is made by a new process of burning oyster shells and using a burner that can supply potash. The result is a hfgh grade fertilizer costing the consumer only $7.00 per ton. It reclaims worn-out lands in a marvelous manner if applied broadcast two months ahead of ammoniated goods. It's sweetening effects on sour lands is almost magical. Charleston freight rates apply on this new fertilizer. The factory is located on Young's Island. S. 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