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ELECTRICAL
WORKERS ONTHEJOB
Will Do All the Wiring On
The New Temple With
out Chargfe—Next!
That the members of the local
Electrical Workers' Union are made of
the real spirit of unionism was made
manifest at Trades Council meeting
on Tuesday night when their delegates
stepped forward and made a request
for the blue prints of the new labor
temple, stating that their members
desired to do all the wiring necessary
at no cost to the central body. This
action on the part of the veire men
shows that they are not in the move
ment for only what they can get out
of it and they are to be commended
very much.
The electrical workers have blazed
the way for some of the other building
trades to follow. Mighty fine exam
ple! Who's next? Every dollar sav
ed on the remodeling is so much more
to the good and keeps down that bijr
interest payment.
BAKERS"REPORT
Union Men Are Buying
Bread Not Bearing
Label
It is said there is just one bakery in
town where bread is made that does
not bear the union label. That bak
ery is at 567 Main street, and con
ducted by August Ott. This has been
prettv well known to all union men in
the city, but despite this, so the bak
ers' delegates reported at the Trades
Council meeting Tuesday night, there
are n few supposed-to-be-union men
who buy of this non-union bread.
The delegates are to bring in the
names of the would-be union men and
some unpleasant publicity is to be
the result. No real union man will
buy bread not bearing the union label.
There is positively no excuse for it
when the product of all other shops
in the city bear the label. A little
publicity won't hurt, anyway.
KANSAS" LAW A
Texas Advises Other States
To Go Slow on Plan
Houstonv Texas.—The Hougton
Chronicle advises other states to go
slow in adopting the Kansas plan of
stopping strikes by law. This editor
says:
"Up in Kansas all innovation is rec
ognized as progregs, and no proposal
has ever been so freakish but a re
spectable proportion of Kansas in
dorsed it.
"The political philosophy of Kansas
is that the individual has no rights
whatever, even to personal preference
in matters which concern no one else.
"The m'jor'ty rules, you know.
"Before adopting the industrial
court gcheme, the other states may
well sit tight and await developments
in Kansas.
"When the dust has settled, the
spectators outside the ring (which
means outside Kansas) will know just
what an industrial court can and
ought to do, and ought not and can
not do."
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RAILROADS IN
MUDDLE
No Car Shortage if Handled
Right, Says Federal
Commission
Washington.—The railroad situa
tion in the United States hag become
involved in a ghastly transportation
muddle, declared William B. Colver,
member federal trade commission, in
an address in this city. "Since 1916"
he said, "you have heard a continual
clamor about 'car shortage,' and that
is taken to mean that there are not
enough cars and that the poor, half
starved railroads ought to have more
cars. The fact is that if the available
open-top cars, after liberal allowance
to other industries requiring guch
cars had been made, were loaded with
coal and moved at canal-boat speed,be
ing allowed 20 days for a round trip,
and being allowed shop time for re
pairs in excess of the requirements of
this country could possibly use and
experience, there are enough cars now
on the tracks to move all the coal that
have a surplus requirement which
would take care of over 50,000,000 all
ditioral tons, or nearly a 10 per cent
overhead factor of safety."
BOSSES
Continue to Purchase Slip
plies front Unfair Com
pany
The delegates of the Metal Polish
ers Union to Trades Counicl were
wrathfully indignant at the meeting
of Trades Council Tuesday night, and
rightfully so. The Koken Company,
of Chicago, manufacturer of barbers'
supplies, are unfair to the Metal
Polishers' organization. This has
been reported and made known to
every barber in the city with the re
quest that they $fc^tain
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ing goods of this company.
However, so the delegates report,
this request is being ignored by sev
eral of the local barber bosses who
"THINK" they are secretly buying
the unfair goods. The delegates were
instructed to get the goods on these
wise guys and report back when
somebody is going to be made an ex
ample of. Organized labor is going
to sit down on some one, and when it
does it is going to sit so hard that
some one will be a long time recover
ing.
DENIES LABOR 13
LESS EFFICIENT
Official of National Association of
Credit Men Makes
Statement.
BETTER THAN PRE-WAR TIMES
Reports From Representative Manu
facturers Throughout the Country
Show Falsity of Charge That There
Has Been Falling Off in Production.
Contrary to the general impression,
the efficiency of labor is Increasing
and the situation is hotter today than
In December, 1019. according to John
Whyte, Ph. D., director of the depart
ment of research of the National As
sociation of Credit Men.
J. H. Tregne, secretary-treasurer of
the national organization, made public
the result of a questionnaire sent out
by Doctor Whyte to a widely distrib
uted list of representative manufac
turers in regard to the present effi
ciency of American labor.
The questions asked were as fol
lows
1. Is your labor more efficient now
than It was three months ago?
2. Do you feel that your labor Is as
efficient as it was In so-called "nor
mal" times?
8. If your labor Is showing a re
duced efficiency, to what do you attrib
ute it? To Industrial unrest or to
shortage of labor, skilled and un
skilled, or to high labor turnover, etc.?
4. If your labor Is showing an In
crensed efficiency, to what do you at
tribute It—to an abatement of Indus
trial unrest, or to profit sharing, or to
Industrial welfare work, etc.?
One hundred and sixty-nine replies
were received from all parts of the
country and from manufacturers rep
resenting 75 different lines.
The following analysis of all the
replies Indicates that there Is exag
geration, to say the least. In the often
heard statement to the effect that
American labor Is only fSO or GO per
cent as efficient as It was before the
war. The analysis Indicates also that
In 1920 labor Is showing an Increase In
efficiency.
Of the 107 replies to the question.
"Is your labor more efficient now than
It was three months ago?" ten, or 0
per cent, reporled labor less efficient
than three months ago 72, or 43 per
cent, reported no Increase In efficiency
57, or 34 per cent, reported an Increase
In efficiency 18. or 11 per cent, report
ed an Increase In efficiency, but stated
specifically that labor was as efficient
as In pre-war times 10, or 0 per cent,
reported old labor as efficient as In
pre-war times, but new labor Ineffi
cient.
Of the 1G9 replies to the question,
"Do you feel that labor Is as efficient
as It was In so-called 'normal' times?"
121. or 70 per cent, stated that It was
less efficient than In so-called "nor
mal" times 10, or 11 per cent, that
old labor was as efficient as ever, but
that new labor was less efficient 27,
or 10 per cent, that labor was as effi
cient, and 0, or 8 per cent, that labor
today was more efficient than in 'so
called "normal" times.
WOOLEN MILLS
Three Hundred Thousand Textile
Operatives in the East
Get Increase.
GENERAL RAISE, 15 PER CENT
Makes Pay Level About Double What
It Was Four Years Ago, and Adds
$1,000,000 to Weekly
Ssffary Rolle,
Wage advances effective May 81, it
is said, will affect nearly all the 300,
000 textile operatives In New England.
Tills will make the wage level about
100 per cent higher than four years
ago and approximately $1,000,000 will
be added to the weekly pay rolls of
New England mills.
The grant of 15 per cent at Fall
River will affect about 35,000. New
Bedford will add almost 35,000 more,
while the American Woolen company's
50 mills, employing about 34,000 per
sous in New England, New York, and
Pennsylvania, was the first to tfet
among the woolen Interests.
Other woolen manufacturers said
they also would grant about 19 per
cent advance.
GENERAL LABOR NEWS
New York has more than 50,000 or
ganized fur workers.
Weaving mills In India turned out
in 1919 goods to the value of more
than $132,000,000.
Rock Island arsenal will lay off 750
men a week until the peace time basis
of 2,500 men is reached. This will oc
cur about June 30.
Basket workers In New York Wve
led in bgjBlmsi their wagi
27 per cent and the working-week r£
duced from 49 hours to 44 hours.
Union linemen, electrical workmen
and gas stokers of the Denver Gas
and Electric company went on strike
to enforce demands for increased
wages.
The plumbers' strike at Urbana, O.,
was settled by the workers accepting
an offer of 25 per cent Increase. The
men have been receiving 65 cents an
hour.
The General Electric company,
Lynn, Mass., announced the laying off
Of 1,500 to 2,000 employees. Re
trenchment Is necessary, It Is said, be
cause of delay In receipt of raw mate*
rials.
The minimum wage bill and the
eight hour day bill for women and mi
nors In factories and mercantile estab
lishments have been killed by the New
York assembly.
All Qulncy Industrial plants Joined In
a signed agreement to conduct their
plants In the future as "open shops,"
and used page advertisements in the
city newspapers In making the an
nouncement.
At Pawtucket, R. L, D. Goff & Sons,
braid manufacturers, posted notices
announcing an upward wage readjust,
ment, effective on May 31, but not
stating the amount. More than 1,000
employees will be affected.
Delegates from the 29 locals of me
chanical workers employed by the New
England and Providence Telephone
companies, concluded a two days' con
vention at Boston by organizing the
International Brotherhood of Tele
phone Workers.
The strike of the timber workers at
Iron Mountain, Mich., has been settled
by mutual agreement between the
union and the Von Platen Lumber
company. Although the eight-hour day
was not granted the present good
wages will likely be Increased soon.
The walkout took place on May 1.
Because of the disturbed labor con
ditions in the United States, orders
for tin and steel plate lately poured
Into South Wales from all over the
world, buyers being willing to pay al
most any price for early shipments.
One order for tin plate amounted to
1,000,000 boxes. Some workmen were
getting $100 a week.
A proposal that members of carpen
ters' unions be burled In caskets bear
ing the union label has been sent to
labor headquarters by Local Union No.
2G2 at San Jose, Cal. It Is in the
form of an amendment to the consti
tution of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Delegates attending a meeting at
Chicago of the national bo:ig' of farm
organization refused to Midorse a
movement to bring Chinese labor Into
the United States temporarily to meet
the shortage of labor. The plan was
proposed to the meeting by a repre
sentative of the national Industrial
and agricultural development commit
tee, which has offices here. "The re
sult of such action would be to kill
farm and labor organizations," said
Charles A. Lyman, secretary and
treasurer of the farm board.
In two of the largest provincial
towns In Denmark the strike of dock
workers has been broken and men who
have been Idle are returning to work.
Satisfactory adjustment of a wage
scale for the cement finishers' local
union has been made and the mem
bers have returned to work after an
idleness of six weeks, it was an
nounced by O. C. Plerson, secretary of
the Building Contractors' association
of Indianapolis. The finishers will re
ceive 90 cents an hour until June 15,
from which time their pay will be 91
an hour, according to the agreement.
CHANGE IN LABOR TACTICS
Eastern Periodical Sees Lesfc Disposi
tion to Call Men Out on III
Considered 8trikes.
That is a significant Item In the Aus
tralian news which records the loss of
£4,000.000 as the result of direct ac
tion by labor. The loss, too, in the
main Is labor's loss. The striker often,
to use a homely metaphor, cuts off his
nose to spite his face. He throws
down his tools and enters ou the po
litical strike only to find, perhaps, that
victory Is worse than defeat. In the
famous squabble over "Glnx' Baby," It
will be remembered, the Detectoral as
sociation discovered that It had spuan
dered In public meetings, salaries and
tracts all the funds raised for G. B.'s
support by benevolent zealots. The
parallel Is obvious. No wonder that
labor Is getting tired of Its familiar
tactics and showing a disposition to
strike, according to a Canadian leader,
not for higher pay but to reduce the
high cost of living, which it now sees
Is the direct outcome of a successful
strike. The logic of the new step Is
irresistible. It will not bring a new
world into being for labor, but it will
save something from the wreck, and.
after all. labor by such action can
bring us all nearer than before to the
renll&atlon of that league of mankind
which will recognize only common In*
terests and aims.—Christian Science
Monitor.
Fewer Profit-Sharing 8chemes.
Profit-sharing and labor co-partner
ship development is not on the in
crease In the United Kingdom, accord
ing to a report Issued by the ministry
of labor, which says that 182 such en
terprises Involving 243,000 employees
were In existence last October as com
pared with 380 which had been started
since 1805.
Irge Federal Wage Inertaaew
A resolution requesting the navy
department to grant a 40 per cent
wage Increase for clerical, drafting,
inspection, watch, stockroom and mes
senger forces was adopted at the clos
ing session of the tenth annual conven
tion of the National Association of
United States Civil"Service Employees.
Depew Urges New Union.
A middle-class union of men and
women was urged by Chauncey M. De
pew at New York, as a solution
of the present labor unrest. He said
he had been dealing with unions all
his life and believed in them so long
as they come down to a fair, square,
man-to-man talk, but .that no class
be allowed tp .prevent
THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
"GO IT ALONE"
Army of Million Children
Start Out for Jobs
Washington.—An army of more
than 1,000,000 children between 14 and
16 years of age marches out of the
schools each year to become wage
earners, says the United States child
ren's bureau.
Only a few children, it is stated,
receive any aid from their parents in
finding suitable positions, because
parents do not know what opportun
ities are open to boys and girls, how
to go about finding them or what is
the best thing for a child to do. More
than nine-tenths of these children go
into "blind alley" jobs that require no
skill and offer no opportunity for ad
vancement. Many drift from job to
job arid become incapable of steady
work. Some find work for which they
are phyiscally unfitted, sometimes to
the permanent injury of their health.
The bureau says these conditions
suggest the need for some organiza
tion in the schools, or in connection
with fhe schools, to tell the children
what and where the jobs are and what
ability and training are required to
fill them.
K to
BUY A BUILDING BOND
JUDGE ALMOST
KILLED
By "Free and Independent
Workman"
Detroit, Mich.—While Judge Jayne
was hearing the plea of employers for
an injunction against striking plumb
ers, the court proved that one of the
strike breakers was a perjurer and
that the judge himself came near be
ing a victim of the thug's bullets.
The strike breaker testified that he
fired shots at a unionist named Har
rington, who was pursuing him. Har
rington had testified that he had nev
er seen the strike breaker and Judge
Jayne then informed the strike break
er that he recollects the shooting be
cause he was in the vicinity at the
time end came near being hit by one
of the bullets. The court also stated
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that he had a clear recollection of the
strike breaker coming out of an al
ley, saying: "I wonder whether I got
him lhat time."
Tha strike breaker is one of a gang
of "free and independent American
workmen" that employers are paying
high-priced lawyers to defend in their
right to "work."
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UNIONIST KIDNAPED
Birmingham, Ala.—When Organiz
er Moran of the United Mine Workers
attempted to address a mass meeting
of miners at Coal Valley he was plac
ed in an automobile by company
guards and rushed out of that section.
In reporting the incident the daily
press ignored this outrage and said
Coal Valley miners refused to listen
to the unionist.
Despite West Virginia tactics of
some Alabama coal owners, the Min
ers' Union is making progress and
continues to sign agreements.
Bungalow
Aprons
$2.00 values,
$1.39
TRIM.MEb HATS
Beautiful styles, value
to $5.00.
$2.00
Georgette
BLOUSES
$0.00 values
*3.98
SMOCKS
colors—$3.25
values
$2.00
All
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Men's 85c value Shirts and Drawers ....„.48
Men's $1.00 values, Ribbed Knee Length Union Suits.. ........48c
Men's $2.00 values Work Shirts—Biack sateen and black
white included ....,..,...........,.$1.46
Men's $2.50 values, light Percale ana Madras Shirts,
collars attached ......1 81.69
Men's$2.50 values Dress Shirts, French culFs, latest patterns $1.69
Men's $7.50 values Silk Shirts, tax included $4.69
Men's $10.00 values Silk Shirts, tax included $6.89
Men's 25c values Hose (black, bluo, purple and gray), pr. for 85c
Men's 39c values Hose (black, tan and gray), 4 pairs for 90c
Men's 50c values Hose (black, tan, navy and gray), 3 pr. for $1.00
Men's 75c- values Hose, mercerized lisle (black, tan, gray
and white), 2 pair for $1.00
Men's Outing Shoes, $4 values go at .......... $2.94
Men's Outing Shoes, $4.75 values, go at ................$3.69
Men's Outing Shoes, $3.00 values, go at $2.19
Men's Satin Calf Blueher Shoes, $5 values $3.49
Men's Mahogany Colored, Blueher or English toes, $6.00 values,
go at
$4.80
Men's Black Calfskin Shoes, Goodyear Welts, $7 val., go at $5.25
Men's Tan or Black Oxfords, Goodyear Welts, $8 val., go at....$5.75
Men's Tan Oxfords, Goodyear Welts, $10 values, go at $6.25
Ladies' Tan or Black Oxfords ind Pumps, values to $8.50,
go at
$3.95
Boys' Outing Shoes, sizes 1 to 5 1-2, value $3.75, go at $2.69
Blisses* and Youths' Tan Lace Oxfcrds, stitchdowns,
$2.50 values, go at $1.64
AD FOR TEACHERS
In Attempt to Better Educa
tion
Washington.—At the recent educa
tional conference in this city these
suggestions were approved as means
to recruit teachers:
Salaries must be raised to a reason
able living wage qualifications raised
and salaries graded on training and
experience better housing conditions
for teachers and social recognition of
the service make profession attract
ive for more men teachers furnish
employment for 12 months in the
year certificates based on training
and experience to be issued by the
state security of tenure graded sal
aries increasing with successful ex
perience pension system financed by
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38 High St.
VOILE DRESSES
Beautiful patterns, all
samples, $8 values.
$4.98
White Wash
SKIRTS
Good quality gabardine
$2.00 values
$1.39
VOILE WAISTS
$1.50 values
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We Must Raise
IN TEN DAYS
The backward season and overbuying has put us in a perilous position. We must resort to this method of raising the $8,000. Our
entire stock at your mercy for 10 days. Not only profits will be done away with during these 10 days, even the wholesale cost will not be
considered until we have the $8,000 raised.
NOTICE THESE PRICES
S O E S S O E S S O E S
Y O O S
35c C.ii:l-ocs, li .in .r dark, per yard 23c
50c 3fi-in. Percales, light or da»k, per yd 37c
35c Apron Ginghams, small or large checks, per yard.. ...25c
49c Everett Shirtings, in stripes or check, per yard..... .........37c
35c Checked Dress Ginghams, only 200 yards in the lot, per yd. 24c
55c Dress Ginghams, all of the latest patterns, fast colors,
per yard
40c
75c Bates Zephyr Ginghams, very choice patterns, per yd........ 50c
85c Madras Shirtings, latest patterns, per yard .........64c
45c Outing Flannel, white and coloi-ed, per yard ...35c
35c Canton Flannel, unbleached, per yard .......29c
59c Canton Flannel, unbleached, per yard ........42c
$1.10 Unbleached Pepperall, 81-in. wide sheetings, per yd..... 89c
$1.1 5 Bleached Pepperall, 81-in. wide sheeting, per yd .....93c
30c Bleached Muslin, 36-in. wide, per yd ..........21c
$1.75 Bates Colored Table Damask, per yard $1.29
$3.00 Scalloped Linen Table Cover fine quality $1.98
$3 Henstitched Linen Table Cloths, fine quality $1.98
$1.25 Dotted Swiss, white and pink colors, per yd .79c
65c Voiles, white and colors,-to clean up, per yd 47c
75c Pique, a very extra fine quality, per yd ,... ." 53c
75c Silkaline, white and pinl', fine grade, per yd 47c
-45c Nainsook, 3 yards for $1.00
60c Nainsook, in a fine stripe, per yard ..........39c
65c Gabardine, extra fine quality, per
yd........<p></p>PRXSSMAN'S
.....:,.....49c
House Dresses
$3.00 values,
$2.00
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SILK DRESSES
Taffeta, combina
tions,.. Georgette—
$18.00 values
$10.00
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Men's $1.00 Silk Hose. 3 pairs
Men's $1.25 Leather Belts
Men's $1.00 Leather Belts
Men's 75c Leather Belts ............... .......
Men's 50c Leather Belts
Men's 50c Wash Ties
Men's Leather Palm Gloves, 3 paiv for ...
Men's Leather Gauntlet Gloves, 75c quality, 2 pair for.
Boys' Ribbed Union Suits
Boys' Athletic Union Suits
Men's Heavy Khaki Pants, $3.00 values
Men's Union Made Overalls, blue or striped .....................
1 lot of Men's Striped Overalls, a "t:air .........
Boys' Khaki Knee Pants, small sizes, a pair
Boys' Brownie Overalls, sizes 2 to 6, $1.00 value
Little Gent's and Girls' tan Lace Oxfords, stitchdown,
$2.00 values, go at ..........$1.39
Misses' Strap Slippers, patent or dull kid, 11 1-2 to 2.
$3.50 value, go at .,...$2.89
Misses' Lace Slippers, black or tan, sizes 11 1-2 to 2.
$4.00 values, jjo at $3.39
Misses' 1-strap Slippers, black only, sizes 11 1-2 to 2.
$3.50 values, go at .......$2.39
Girls' 1-strap Slippers, black only, sizes 8 1-2 to 11.
$2.50 values, go at ...$1.97
Children's 1-strap Slippers, black only, sizes 6 to 8.
$2.25 values, go at .,...$1.69
Children's l-.»trap or Baby Doll styles, black or tan, sizes
2 1-2 to 5, $1.75 to $2.00 values, go at ..$1.29
Canvas
HAMILTON'S LEADING LOW PRICE STORE
$1.50 Voiles, just received some extra fine patient, per yd 89c
One lot of Voiles, values up to $1, all go at one price, yd 57c
All our Draperies in colors and plain patterns will be sold for less
than cost.
Ladies' Silk Hose, strictly first quality, black only, the pair 57c
Ladies' $2.50 Silk Hose, black, white and cordovan, extra
bargain, per pair $1.29
Ladies' $2.00 Silk Hose, black, white and cordovan, extra
bargain, per pair ..........,...$1.19
Ladies'$1.00 Silk Lisle TTose, fine quality, per pair 69c
Ladies' 50c Hose, black, white and tan, the pair 29c
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OI OTHER BARGAINS ON Ol
SECOND FLOOR. BUT TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION—Come
and he amongst the first to get your share of these wonderful
bargains.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Clark's O. N. T. Thread, black and white, per spool ..7c
Children's White Hose, the pair 15c
20c Men's
the state equalized support assuring
specific amount for each pupil pro
vision for training of teachers in ser
vice subsidy for teachers taking nor
mal training teachers' participation
in school administration enforcement
of compulsory educational laws wide
spread publicity for need of trained
teachers.
As a means of raising school rev
enue to meet the present emergency
these stiggestions were made:
Give 50 per cent of all fines and
forfeitures to support of schools poll
tax to be levied or increased collect
royalties on natural resources and
public utilities tax on banks and cor
porations inheritance tax proceeds of
sale of school lands 50 per cent of in
come tax and excess profit tax to sup
port of schools state to guarantee
fixed sum per child to be educated
distribute school money on basis of
ability and effort federal aid for
state school systems state to furnish
50 per cent of school revenues.
Children's
VOILE DRESSES
$1.98, $2.98, $3.98
$2.00 Ladies'
BATHING SUITS
•SI. 19
45c LISLE HOSE
.Slightly impeifect 25c
Ladies'
GINGHAM DRESSES
$4.98
$6.00 Ladies'
BATHING SUITS
$3.98
$1.00 SILK LISLE
Slightly imperfect 50c
MUSLIN PETTICOATS
$1.50 values
98c
Boys' and Girls'
BATHING SUITS
99c
$1.00 Children's
SILK LISLE HOSE
(Brown I 19c
Hamilton's
Leading Low
Price Store
$2.00
89c
72c
............44c
............39c
35c
.....SI.25
$1.00
47c
............47c
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$1.94
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$1.39
50c
69c
Second Floor
Gloves, 2 pair for .....25c
25e Men's Gauntlet Canvas Gloves, 3 pair for 50c
50c- Boys' Sport Waists, as long as they last... 25c
$1.00 Boys' Sport Shirts, as long as they last ... .50c
85c Boys' Sport Waists, as long as they last .......47c
One lot of Men's, Ladies', Misses' and Children's Tennis Shoes
and Slippers
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