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Jhe fewest Spring JLyhs
Jfn Corsets jtfra flora
We can fit any figure. Our showing embraces ' so
many different models that we feel that there is a
mo'del for, every woman, whether she be tall,' short
slender, stout or medium. Our stock includes all the
sizes for the various shapes. This method of thot
oughness has made the corset department' one of the
most important in the store. .
At the ANNEX you will find the Redfern, Warners''
an,d the W. B. The W. B. includes the x celebrated
REDUSO model for-short, stout figures.
Warner's Corsets sell for ti to $3 pair. .;.-,
The Redfern corsets are priced at $3 on up.
W. B. Corsets sell for $1 to $5 pair. ,
The Reduso, the best in the world for -stout figures,
is priced at $3 to $5 pair.
In the MAIN STORE on the second floor, are the
following imkes: C. B. a la Spirite, Thompson's
GTove Fitting, and the R. & G. ' V
These Corsets are priced at $1 to $3 and $3.50 pair.
Jhp jQssortmerit of Summer
presses at the jflnnox
Js the (greatest &)et
mite goods of Quality on Jah Jiis Wc
.Fresh, new White Goods go on sale Monday morning at very special Pes- .
Our Special Weekly Sales are proving successful. We are pushing these goods as much
as. possible with an eye to the future. ' . , 'vnawnr fmm nnv vmi
You' will find that Special Sales from now until we move will be mJW y0U
have ever attended before.: They will mark a new era in Asheville's merchandising, ...
. Glance in at our windows, which are working in unison with our advertising . . . , .
Up to 50c fancy waistings, 27 inches wide; for 25c yard. v
12 l-2c Persian lawns, 32 inches wide, for 8 l-3c yard. V
25c Madras,, 25 inches wide, for 15c yard.
19c Persian lawns. 45 inches wide, for 12 l-2c
12 l-2c sheer fancy waistings, 27 inches wide, for 9c yard.
Very good Values at the Mnex Jhis Week
We are going to close out certain garments at the ANNEX before we move into the New
Store. These are to be worked off slowly. We can truthfully say that values for the next
two months' will be better than ever before in the history of the Bon Marche.
Customers looking for bargains will do well to drop in at the ANNEX during this week.
' $1.25 ' Boys ' Wasli Suits this week for ... ... ... ... . ...95c
$1.75 Boys' Wash Suits are priced at. ... $1.30 ,
$2.50 Boys' Wash Suits are priced at ... . . . $1.85
" $1.25 and $1.50 Lingerie and Linene Waists, special this week at .-95f . , .' i,
; Pin Striped Messaline Wait ts are priced a.t. .... . .. ... ... ....... ...$2.50 ,
'-' ; One Special lot of Wool Skirts are cut to. ... . ... ...... ONE-HALF
$5.50 Wool Skirts are priced at : . : . . .75
$6.50 Wool Skirts are priced at... . ... ... ;.. .. ..$5.50
f $7.50 Wool Skirts are priced at .....s $6.00
Special ot of Pal aces ffalf price
Another unusual value will be the Val Laces
placed dn sale at half price Monday. They are bro
ken lots that we have to discard from our Books.
Regular price was 5c to 25c, now 2 l-2c to 12 l-2c yd.
More (fovelties in Ifeckmar Dept.
In no other department is Bon Marche Superiority
so apparent as in the Neckwear.' Here you can see the
newest things that come out. We show them at. the '
same time they make their appearance in the' big
cities. Prices from' 25c on up. ' '
T LIVES LOST
IHATRAIff WRECK
Special from Ut'ca to Washingtoa With
School Teachers Aboard Com
, - pletelf Deitroyed.
RUNNING 50 MILES AN HOUR
TRAIN LEFT TRACK AT CURVE
Fire Started at Both Ends and All
, . Coaches Burned Heroic Efforts
Saved Many lives.
Easton, Pa. May I. So far as It Is
possible to ascertain here and at the
cehs of the accident, eight persons
wers burned to death, three fatally
injured, two others so seriously in
jured that their lives are despaired
of, and scores of persons were cut
and burned and bruised, some of
them dangerously, In the wreck of
the teachers' special from Utlca, N.
T.. to Washington, D. C, on the Bel-videre-Delaware
division of the Penn
sylvania railroad at Martin's creek
Saturday afternoon.
The line was reopened for traffic
Sunday. Bones of eight persons have
been taken from the debris and the
wreck crew have quit work.
The missing, given up as dead, are:
Misses Bessie Walker, Sophia Knolt,
Louise Lindeman, Sarah Jones and
Mrs. Mary Allen, all teachers of Utlca,
and Miss Susan Sessions of Utlca;
Harry Wllmer, Trenton, N. J., bag
gagemaster of the train; James Bick
nell, Philadelphia, tourist agent for
the Pennsylvania railroad.
Miss Eleanor Rutherford, a teach
er in the Utlca school, died In the
Easton hospital, as did Walter Van
Oye of Trenton, engineer of the Ill
fated train, and Charles Pearson, con
ductor, of Stroudsbunr. Pa.
Miss Augusta Lyte of Utlca is In a
serious condition in the hospital, suf
fering from burns and shock, and
George W. Parsons of Lambertvllle,
N. J., fireman, is so severely burned
that neither is expected to survive.
Sunday Dr. J. J. Qulncy, local
health officer, took X-ray pictures of
the injuries of Miss Fredrica Schwab
and Miss Mary Conderon, both Utlca
teachers, and found that each had
sustained a fractured arm. Both the
young women an1 ail the other New
Yorkers, excepting Miss Lyte, are
resting comfortably and the hospital
authorities see no cause for, alarm.
Local officials of the road are uncom
municative as to the canse of the ac
cident Gem F. L. Sheppafd of the
Pennsylvania, was at the wreck but
refused to make a statement. . He
hurried back to Jersey City. Other
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SPECIAL SALE
ffl (Tk ' Men's Blue Serge Suits ftA
See our window display of. these $15.00 Suits. Men'
Come Here let us show you these ' new spring suits.
It's only on account of their late arrival that we are
forced to sell these $15.00 suits at . ! ' V
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high officials Wave been at the scene.
Spreading Rails the Cause?
It is the genera) belief that the rails
spread and caused the train to leave,
the track and plunge over the em
bankment to destruction, carrying its
load of humanity. Trackmen had
been at work at the point of the dis
aster, and It Is alleged that the tracks
were Jacked up, that no signal was
out, and that the engineer, believing
he had a clear track, rushed into
what proved to be a death trap at the
rate of 50 miles an hour.
One hundred and five excursionists
were registered at the Martin's Creek
hotel Saturday night Many of them
went home on the special that was
run down by the Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western railroad, and
others. Including those who had been
taken .to farm houses and hotels at
Belvidere, N. J., and Stroudsburg, Pa.,
left for Utlca Sunday. A number of
Utlcans came down to Easton to look
after the dead and Injured.
' Dr. Hennessy of Utlca was among
those who remained at the Martin's
Creek hotel. She assisted the injured,
and while doing so she was suffering
intense pain from a severe injury to
the spine...
Gas Caused Explosion.
The explosion that occurred at the
wreck Saturday night was due to the
ignition of gas In a tank under the
dining car, the only car which did
not go Into the ditch. A flying frag
ment of the tank struck Harry Fran
cis of Titusvllle, Pa., a student at Le
Fayette college, on the head and in
flicted an ugly gash.
. While Charles Pearson, the conduc
tor, lay pinned In the wreckage, he
suffered excruciating pain and had
a premonition of death. He said to
W. a Cummins, district passenger
agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western rallroftd. Who lay pinioned
over his prostrate body, that he knew
he was going to die. He took Cum
mlngs by the hand, saying he could
not see. It was Inter learned that
Pearsoa't eyes were burned out Cum-
mlngs managed to free himself and
later assisted In extricating the man
gled body of the conductor. .
. Banning 50 Miles an Hour.
The train was traveling at a rate
of SO miles an hour and whenthe
locomotive struck a sharp curve
where men had been repairing the
tracks It jumped and ran along a
hillside, carrying four of the Ave cars
with It
.Hardly had the train come to a
stop before fire started and Spread
so rapidly that tome of the Imprls
oned passengers Were . burned to
death. As the train left the track It
sideswtped and broke a tank of oil,
which ran over the wreckage and
added to the fury of the flames. The
fire broke out at both ends of the
train, coals from the firebox of th
engine starting the fire at that end
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and fl antes - from the stoves in the
dining car starting the destruction at
the rear.
Twenty minutes, after the accident
there were a score of physicians on
the ground and every farm house in
the vicinity was quickly transformed
Into an Improvised hospital, while
farmers' wagons were pressed into
service as ambulances. Telegrapff and
telephone wires were torn away and
for some time It was impossible to
reach tho outside world.
Had it not been for the heroic ef
forts of the men and women some of
whom were cut and bleeding the loss
of life would have been appalling.
Unconscious forms are pinioned beneath-
the wreckage with the flames'
leaping toward them when the lean
seriously injured plunged into the
debris, worked the unconscious vic
tims loose and carried, them beyond
reach of 'the flames. One young wo
man was found singing and dancing
on the railroad track half a mile from
the scene of the wreck. She was cut,
bruised and burned, but in her hys
terical condition did not appear con
scious of pain or or what had hap
pened. '
. Priests from the Easton and Phil
Iipslmrg, N. J., parishes, were taken
to Martin's Creek in automobiles and
worked amoi the Injured.
Charles M. Pearijpn, the conductor.
was operated upon amt died at eight
o'clock Saturday night, 1 'The surgeons
found a comp
base of tho brain.
CASTOR I A
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Bean tha
lignaturaof
Wanh out old sorns, , festering
Wounds and Ulcers With DAKBY'S
PROPHYLACTIC FLIUD. It Is ; a
wonderful disinfectant and healing
remedy. If heals up running sores of
long stnhdlng that will not yield to
an ordlnnry liniment, heeause It de
stroys poisonous perm", 'cleanses the
sore of four mutter and helps nture
to repair the dnmaKed flesh. Trlee
60 cent per bottle. Sold by all dri
e'Hls. , .
SUPERINTENDENT CF PRISONS
HAS RESIGNED UNDER FlfiE
Inquiry into New York's Penal Insti
tutions, Ilow ever, Will Not Be
. Hulled by This Action.
Cornelius V. Colling hns resigned as
state superintendent of prisons in
New York Rtato, hut his resignation
will not halt the Inquiry Into prison
now being conducted at Governor
bit's reuueMt.
IfflTfflL ISSUES
Refers to Wiley Black and "Saloom"
Uraei .People to Vote for Bonds
and Curfew law.
Before preaching his sermon at
Central Methodist church yesterday
morning, Dr. Charles -W. Byrd stated
that he desired to deal with three
Important matters in which the com
munity Is Interested, namely: the re
cent allegations of WUey P. Black, the
proposed curfew law and the bond
Issue of $50,000 which is to be voted
on Tuesday. ' .
After stating that In all his years as
a minister ho had seldom appeared in
public print and that the recent pub
licity he had been given was not, his
fault, he stated that he had never In
a public Vrny vituperated public offi
cials, that it Was not his to criticise,
nor his prerogative to stand In t..e
pulpit and criticise the people.
Concerning the alleged report that
there are 40 saloons running ' open
with the knowledge of the public
ofllclals. Dr. Byrd said, "I have made
charges against the police force but it
came from another quarter;" and of
the special charge of Judge Webb on
the "blind tiger" question, he, stated
that he had learned that some parts
of the city had taken on a somewhat
better odor during the last few days;
that he belloved the statement, that
there were 40 saloons riHining In
Ashevllle but that he did not pretend
to sny that the officials, as Mr. Blacl:
Is alleged to have snld. know where
they are or by whom they are run.
In regard to the educational bond
Issuo, Dr. Byrd said that . the peo
ple should put themselves on the side
of the community. He also made a
strong appeal for tho curfew"lSw re
questing the people to take a broad
view of the matter, saying that he was
prompted by things he had seen on
the streets thta required attention.
For the ailments of women, DR.
SIMMON'S SQUAW VINE -COMPOUND
Is an effective remedy. It
corrects Irregularities, builds up a
strong body, promotes cheerful spirits
and restores a clear, healthy com
plexion. Price $1.00 per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
tJndcr the Greenwood Tree.''
Ben Greet Woodland Players
In Open Air Performances of Shakespeares' Comedies.
A MIDSUlttMEn NIGHTS
PKKAM
With Mendelssohn's Munlc
Thursday Evening, May 4, at
Auditorium.
. TWELFTH NIGHT
Friday Matinee, May 6,
Manor Grounds.
THE TEMPKST
With Arthur Sullivan's Music.
Friday Evening, - May 6, at
Auditorium. , . 'i
Saturday Matinee- V
AS YOU LIKE IT.''''
Saturday . Evening at -Auditorium
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Season Tickets good for all four performances, $4.C0,t3, $2.50.
Single, Performances: Night, $1.60, $1.00, 75 cts.; Matinee $1.00,
and 76 cents.
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CONSISTS OF LINGERIE, LINEN, SILK, AND PRETTY CHIFFON VAISTS.
Our New York buyer purchased several hundred waists for us from one of New
York's foremost waist manufacturers at n. greatly 'reduced price. Those waists
have been made for some of New York's large store. Some of the waists bear tags
such as B. Altman. etc. ' , " . . . ' .
The nianafacturer made more than the order called for, consequently they had to
be sold at a reduced price. We will sell them today and Tuesday at 75c, C3c, $1.43,
$1.98, $2.48, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98, $6.98, $7.50, $10 and $12.50.
PEERLESS-FAS5IICM STCfCi
51 PATTON AVE.
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