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|f York, April 24.—Cotton goods and
cotton yarn markets have grown firmer
and broader during the week. The higher
| value on cotton .seems to he more gen
erally accepted In the buying and there
have been many evidences of increasing
confidence in the intrinsic worth of mer
chandise. In the colored goods division
| acute dyestuffs situation in manufac
\ turing circles is becoming more widely
| recognized as a merchandizing influence
by buyers. They are now trying more
: generally to cover futures requirements.
Many additional lines have been placed
at value or withdrawn, w’hlle some houses
now decline to take orders for certain
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! of indigo blues and fast reds.
Prints and percales have sold freely
| for future delivery, the higher prices be
ing firmly maintained. Bleached cottons
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brands being closely under order for
weeks to come. Discounts were shortened
i, on cotton duck and the large export move
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many of the finishing companies being
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OPELIKA
.1 Opelika, April 24.— (Special.)—A few days
I? ago a report was current here to th* ef
* feet that the Columbus, (!»., Chamber
t of Commerce was making an effort to
get the Central of Georgia railroad to
; extend the Amerieus train through to this
city at night and having it start from
here the following morning, and the
Opelika Chamber of Commerce at once'
f gut busy in opposition to the movement,
i A committee was appointed to make a
J protest, and a letter was sent Mr. Bald
\ win, superintendent of the Central of
Georgia railroad, asking that the said
train be not extended to this city. It is
very probable that should Superintendent
Baldwin’s answer to the Chamber of
Commerce letter is unfavorable, a com
i mitten will be appointed to visit Colum
bus and Interview him on the subject.
Opciika will not have professional base
ball this season, but in order that the
i.iea! fans may have the pleasure of en
joying tile sport to some extent, the Kast
Alabama Sunday School Baseball league
was organized at a meeting held here this
week, and the following officers elected.
.1. O. Webb of Waverly, president: Prof.
S O. White of Opelika, vice president and
tiraaurer, and C. B. Maybery of Waverly,
.secretary. The season will epen May 16.
and there will he one game a week until
•June 1.1. when the progranutfe will be re
arranged.
Miss Willie Kelley, a missionary front
this country to China for the past sev
iji seal years, and who is now on a vacation
J here, spent yesterday In this city giving
lectures at the First Baptist church.
LLOYD-GEORGFS
VIEW ACCEPTED
Coming to Regard Prohibi
tion as Necessary
EXPRESSIONS OF PRESS
The Manchester Guardian Voices
Philosophic Acceptance of Situa
tion—Loss of Immense Revenue
Regarded With L'neasiness
London, April 16.—(Correspondence of
Associated Press.1—England seems to be
rapidly coming around to the Lloyd
George view of prohibition as a neces
sary war measure, according to the Brit
ish press.
“We believe that the country is quite
prepared to submit to any' dislcpline that
needs of the war may demand,” says the
Manchester Guardian in an editorial typi
cal of the British newspaper comment,
but the more important as coming from
the kingdom's greatest manufacturing
city.
“It is clear that if you are to have
prohibition at all. it must be total pro
hibition,” the writer states after review
ing the various schemes for restricting
the sale in laboring districts
“We do not wish to press the ordinary’
temperance arguments, for whatever is
dene will be a measure of temperance in
a secondary degree and primarily a meas
ure foi Increasing national efficiency In
war times, if drunkenness increased ef
ficiency it might at a time like this be
accepted as a national necessity and even
a virtue. There being no doubt that
abstinence, whatever else may be said for
o** against it, does help a man to work;
steadily and hard, abstinence is a duty.
If the thing is worth doing at all it
is worth doing well.'
Sends Out Investigators
The Guardian has also sent out inves
tigators to report on the effect of short
ening the hours in which liquor houses
may' now remain open. Formerly the
houses opened in the morning at 6 o’clock
in the working districts, although there
was not much business until about 9, i
when the women would appear. Now the
doors are closed until 10:30 a. m.. which
prevents an early start in drinking and
gets some of the idlers to work. But
the change in the night closing hour from
11 to 10 p. m. seems only to concentrate
the amount of drinking and to encourage
the sale of bottled goods.
Great Britain’s brewing and distilling
trade represents an outlay of nearly a
billion and a quarter dollars in capital.
It pays to tie government in licenses
about $200.tHX),000 annually. This loss In
revenue would be serious, and causes
considerable apprehension among the
wealthy taxpayers, who fear they may
have to make up the difference.
The Economist, in its issue for April
3. devotes a considerable portion of its
space to Chancellor Lloyd-George’s asser
tions that drunkenness in the large ship
ping and manufacturing towns is holding
back the supply of war munitions. The
Economist passes lightly over the possi
ble effects of throwing out. of work the
large number of persons employed In
connection with the manufacture and sale
of intoxicants, and urges that the gov
ernment at once proceed to enact laws
absolutely prohibiting the sale of all al
coholic drinks.
Urges Absolute Prohibition
“The government.’ says this journal.
‘ after saying so much, will not deserve
the confidence of the country, or be
worthy of the awful responsibilities which
it has assumed, if it does not take strong
measures. The matter is of urgent im
portance .and Parliament could be sum
moned a week earlier in order to give ef
fect to the policy. We say this with
out withdrawing the criticisms we have
passed over and over again upon many
of the autocratic measures taken by the
government since the w-ar began. We
believe that the suppression of news and
view's, and the attempt to intimidate
opinion by abrogating Magna Charta,
were most unwarranted and mischievous.
“But temperance is a curse, the sup
pression of which the strongest demo
crats and the most fervent upholders of
parliamentary government have advo
cated in times of peace. It is a measure
that has been adopted, not alw'ays with
success, by various states of the Amer
ican, union; and if in an emergency like
this it will enable us to shorten the ef
fusion of blood and treasure, it is a
measure which ought to he adopted with
all speed and with the good will of all
sections and parties in the community,
even though it involves a pecuniary com
pensation on a moderate scale to those
who are depeendent for their livelihood
upon the production and sale of intoxi
cants. Let beer and spirits give way to
tea and coffee. The cost, to the revenue
for a year, including compensations, may
run to 50,000,000 sterling ($250,000,000), but
the economic and social compensations
will be enormous.”
Operated on “Pretty Poll'*
From the New York World.
Springfield, Mo.—Attended by trained
nurses, “Polly,” a parrot belonging to
Mrs. A. L. Bailey, w'as operated on by two
physicians for the removal of a diseased
gland. “Polly” entered strong objections
to being put under the influence of an
anaesthetic and it was not administered.
The operation required an hour and «
half, after which the bird wfas bundled
up by Mrs. Bailey and taken home.
Talking over the telephone, singing and
W'histling are some of “Polly’s” accom
plishments. “Polly” Is 50 years old.
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WHAT ALABAMA EDITORS
TTHNK OF THE DISASTER
Tuscaloosa News: Through what ap
pears to have been negligence or in
competence on someone's part, at least1
lour people were killed outright an-l
many other injured Wednesday after
noon in Birmingham when the wall of
the Steele-Smith building fell arc*,
wrecked three adjoining stores. The
wall which fell had been loft stand
ing when the Steele-Smith store burned
sometime ago.
In discussing the tragedy. The Bir
mingham Age-Herald promptly le
mands a rigid investigation.
The attitude of The Age-Herald In
this matter Is proper and demands the
fullest consideraiton. From the evi
dence at hand, there seems to have
been little necessity for such a disas
ter. There is no justification for al
lowing dangerous walls of burnt build
ings to stand and menace the lives of
citizens going about their legitimate
affairs.
But it is not enough merely to fix
the responsibility for such affairs after
| the victims are in their graves. What
is really needed is such vigilance and
attention to duty as will make the oc
currence of similar tragedies Impos
sible. Birmingham had a very severe
lesson in the necessity for safe build
ings when the structure occupied by
the Birmingham Railway, Hight an 1
Power company burned with a loss of
several lives. The people have a right j
to demand protection from such need
less tragedies and they should make
their officials .balize that fact.
Decatur Daily: One of the most ap
palling accidents in the history uf Bir
mingham was that of Wednesday aft
ernoon. when the walls of the burned
Steele-Smith building toppled over >11
the building below, crushing out a
dozen lives. Xo warning was sounded
The helpless victims of the tragedy
were caught like rats in a trap. Some
of them perhaps were instantly killc d,
while others lingered to be tortured by
fire and smoke.
Someone was to blame for this horrl
ble catastrophe.
It is evident enough that some of
ficial had erred in judgment, oi had
been negligent in duty, or the walls
would have been razed as soon as pos
sible after the Steele-Smith structure
was wrecked by flames. That the ac
cident of Wednesday was directly due
to brisk winds will probably be the
explanation. This is plausible, at least.
But it does not exculpate the RUllt>
for it requires no coIohsrI imagina
tion. or unusual foresight, to predict
strong air currents for March ami
April, even in the pacific climate of
the southland.
Mobile Register: Somebody ought to
go to the penitentiary—whoever is ic
sponsible for allowing the four-story
high will to remain standing after a
lire, a menace to peoples lives in the
city of Birmingham. Investigation w ill
shew*, no doubt, that monetary consid
erations Influenced the owners of the
wall; and that some influence or some
Incompetence influenced the official
whose duty it was to protect the lives
of the people.
Tl*e Register desires to express the
sympathy of Mobile's people for the
sufferers. the sorrowing parents and
relatives of the dead and injured in
the terrible affair of the fallen wall
that destroyed two buildings, anl
killed a dozen of people and injured
as many more.
Montgomery Journal: Several peo
ple were killed and many injured in
Birmingham when a brick wall of n
burned building fell on two other
buildings that were crowded with
shoppers. It seems to us that such
an accident could have been prevented.
However, it serves as a warning that
hereafter walls of burned buildings
should be torn down without delay.
It is said that this wall was five
stories high, and had been permitted
to remain standing for about two
months. Even under ordinary condi
tions it would seem that this was dan- .
gerous. When a high wind and heavy j
lain came the wall collapsed and as «> |
result many were killed and Injured. I
The wall should have been razed im
mediately. If this had been done there
world have been no accident.
New Decatur Advertiser: Tt would
seem that they had better abolish the
office of building inspector in Birming
ham. If he could not see the weak
wall in the Steele-Smith store, how
could he see anything that others '*ould
rot see ns easily? We remember in Sc
Louis. 30 years ago. the building in
spector condemned a wrall and said it
was liable to fall any day. but the wall
is standing there yet. as bold as brass.
DECATUR
Decatur, April 24.—(Special.)—Mrs. W.
F. Boswell died late yesterday evening at
the family home on LaFaye*t"e street after
a short illness. Mr. Roswell was In Mis
sissippi and he was telephoned for. reach
ing here last night Just after his wife had
died.
Mr. Boswell was superintendent of a
street paving company and for some time
past has been looking after some work in
Mississippi.
Mrs. Julia Callahan, aged 80 years. <Jied
in Decatur yesterday morning and the fu
neral was held from the residence of her
son, W. W. Callahan, yesterday afternoon
at 4 o’clock.
Mrs. Callahan was one of the few re
maining people of the old school. She
was one of the oldest and niost highly
respected ladles of the Decaturs. She was
born and reared in Da w'rence county. Her
only child. W. W. Callahan, is a preemi
nent lawyer of Decatur and last fall
received a most flattering vote for the
democratic nomination for Congress,
against Judge E. B. Allen, who received j
the nomination.
_
James E. . Penney of Birmingham and
Morgan county have compromised on the ,
assessment of Mr. Penney’s property in
this county at $55,000. The property had
been assessed at $39,764 and the commis
sioners raised the assessment to $71,698.
The case was taken to the circuit court by
Mr. Penny, but the case was dismissed
by Judge Robert Brickell w'hen the com
promise wras affected.
At the county courthouse In Decatur
yesterday Miss Etna Mason and Herbert
Willis, both of Somerville. were quietly
married before a few witnesses, the cere
mony being performed by Frank J. Davis,
clerk of the probate court.
Former Justice of the Peace T. J. New
some will now remalfi in the county Jail
here until the supreme court of Alabama
passes on his bond.
New'some is charged with the murder of
C. E. Hatchett and for the second time
Judge Thomas W. Wert allowed him bond
in the sum of $]fi0O on a habeas corpus
trial. The state appealed to the supreme
court. This is one.of those pec uliar cases
in which the state can appeal from the
decision of the lower court In a criminal
case.
Newsom is under indictment for mur
der in the first degree. Just when the
trial of the rase against him will be heard
In the courts lw*re is not known, and will
not be known until the matter of bond or
no bond is decided.
SHEFFIELD
Sheffield, April 24.—(Special.)—A
Jack Smith, a young man who recently
came here from Memphis, has been ar
rested on a charge of passing worthless
checks. It is said that he is prominently
related in Huntsville and Haleyvllle,
the latter place having been bis home
for sometime. Being unable to make
bond he is in jail awaiting action of the
grand jury.
A large surveying party is now
located on the Tennessee river above
here, the purpose of which is to de
termine the exact amount of each
farmer's land that will be submerged
by the back waters caused by the build
ing of dams acros sthe Tennessee river
In the development of Muscle Shoals.
Maj. W. H. Winn of Nashville is in'
charge, and associated with him in the'
work are D. C. Trevarthen of Birming
ham, J. O. Sallee and C. W. Thomas of
Nashville, and R. B. McWhorter of
Chattatnooga.
The new schedule of trains recently
inaugurated by tlie Southern railway
between this city apd Memphis is prov
ing very satisfactory to the people of;
the tri-cities of Sheffield, Tuseumbia
and Florence. It is now possible to
leave here early in the day for either
Birmingham, Memphis or Chattanooga ,
and return the same day.
Much regret was caused in Sheffield
and Tuseumbia when news was received \
by friends of the tragic death in Bir- j
mingham Wednesday evening of Miss ]
Mattie Lou Dedman and the serious in
jury of her sister. Marie Dedman. The |
Misses Dedman formerly resided here,
and were the nieces of Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Kirby of this city, whom they had
frequently visited. A cousin. John
Sharp, of this city, went to Birming
ham and brought the remains of Miss
Dedman here for interment, the funeral
being held at tlie home of Mrs. J. C.
Kiser, an aunt In Tuseumbia. this morn
ing.
Boy In Fierce Fight
With Big Trail Dogs
From the New York World.
Fairbanks, Alaska.— Jack Craig, 11 years
old. son of Fred Craig of Fox. was saved
in the nick of time from being bitten to
oeath in a thrilling battle with trail
dogs recently.
Three large dogs, half wolf and half
Mal&mute, attacked Jack within a quar
ter of a mile of the village. He fought
off the big brutes while he called for
help.
“John the Finn," a local trapper, heard
his calls and saw the battle from a dis
tance of about 3000 feet. He ran from his
rabbit traps across the snow. When he
lifted the hoy, who had thrown himself
face downward to escape the dogs, the
big animals jumped on th«* man and for a
time the trapper had to fight. This sec
ond battle ended only by the timely ar
rival of a crowd of men who ran out from
Fox. bringing with them a gun.
The boy’s clothes were torn to shreds
and upon his scalp alone 21 marks were
counted by the physician, who was sum
moned from Fairbanks.
The dogs are handsome specimens. They
belong here in the city and are usually
kept shut up, but it is thought that when
let out Friday morning they wandered
out along the trails In search of rabbits.
From them they must have gotten their
lust for blood.
HUNTSVILLE
Huntsville, April 24.—(Special.)—Memo
rial day will be fittingly observed in
Huntsville Sunday afternoon, when the
Daughters of the Confederacy will dec
orate the graves of all Confederate vet
erans who are buried in Maple Hill cem
etery with flowers. Mayor J. D. Hum
phrey will act as master of ceremonies
and the oration of the day will be deliv
ered by Douglas Taylor. An original
poem, prepared for this occasion by Miss
Ella H. Ware, will be read.
When the petition of the Nashville.
Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, ask
ing for the privilege of increasing its
freight rates on the Huntsville division
comes up before the Alabama Railroad
commission, it will be opposed by a com
mittee of Huntsville business men. A
special meeting was held by the Hunts
ville Chamber of Commerce last night,
and it was the unanimous opinion that the
rates aVe high enougli on this road. The
Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants'
association, and wholesale merchants will
each send representatives to oppose the
Increase. High officials of the Southern
railroad, learning that the now passenger
schedule on this division is not satisfac
tory to the business interests of Hunts
ville! have expressed a willingness to re
vise the schedule In any way possible in
order to better serve the people here. A
committee was appointed by the Chamber
of Commerce to take the matter up at
once. It is suggested that the restoration
of the Newsboy train schedule and the
running of a new accommodation train
daily between Huntsville and Chattanoo
ga will be sat'sfactory to a great number
of patrons of the road, especially the
wholesale men.
The Tennessee Valley Motor company
was incorporated here under the laws of
Alabama yesterday by J. L. Kendall, Wil
liam P. Dilworth and L. C. Gibbs. The
new company will establish a large garage
pnd repair plant and automobile agency.
Rube Bennett and his two sons and the
McKelvy brother*, who engaged In a
bloody affray with knives at Owen Cross
Roads last Sunday, have all recovered.
Pi ret reports of the affair were to the
effect that (our of the participants would
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BELGIANS HURT AT
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Attack Made on British
Socialists—French Also
Criticize Them
t/Ondon. April 15.—(Correspondence of l
the Associated Press.)—“We Belgians and
French, who are now suffering most
cruelly from German aggression, are
grieved and astonished to find that in
the eyes of a large part of the trade
unionists of Great Britain, the war now
raging does not seem much more import
ant than a colonial expedition, in many
places, indeed, the working men act ex
actly as if England were not engaged, as
we are. In a struggle for life or death.”
In these words M. Emile Vandervelde.
the Belgian minister of slate ami leader
of the socialist party of his own country,
sums up his case against British social
ists in an open letter to the Daily Citizen,
Hyndman, the leader of the social dem
ocratic party in England, had assured
M. Georges Clcmeneeau. the French so
cialist. that the vast majority of British
workmen and socialists strongly believed
! In the war. Vandervelde denies Hydn
man's statement, adding:
“I have been told that in certain fac
tories of arms and ammunition where
there are Belgians and English, the Eng
lish advise the Belgians not to exert
their /nil strength so as to avoid inton - 1
slve exploitation of their powers of labor.
Such action is legitimate in time of peace.
If persisted in now. it is obviously be
cause the workers of England do not
sufficiently realize the gravity of the
situation.
“But we may ask if there is another
cause—if there is not in certain quarters
some had feeling, and If the propaganda
of peace at any rate is not in part
responsible for a crisis which Earl Kitch
ener deplores and Lloyd George strongly
denounces.”
Vandervelde points to the resolution
adopted by the international labor party
at. London, declaring victory for German
imperialism would be the downfall of
I liberty and democracy In Europe, and
| asks Keir Hardie and the labor party
i leaders what is being done to carry out
this resolution. II * is the duty of these
leaders. Vandervelde urges, to enforce
the seriousness of the war upon the
laboring men of Great Britain.
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GADSDEN
Gadsden, April 21.— (Special.)—Thai
the cotton acreage of north Alabama
will he practically the same ns it was
last year, despite the campaign which
was carried on for acreage reduction,
is the belief of many cotton men and
farmers. Reports from Marshall, Chero
kee, DeKalb. St. Clair, Calhoun and Eto
wah indicate this. At one time it was
thought that a reduction of 50 per cent
was probable, but it Is doubtful If tin
reduction will reach 10 per cent. Some
of the Etowah county farmers insist
that the present price is regulated b>
the law of supply and demand, and is
not a trick of speculators, as has been
charged by some. These farmers expect
a fair price for the staple next fall.
At a special meeting of the finance
committee of the council Monday night,
the financial condition of the city will
be considered, and plans for retrench
ment made. City Clerk Balfour, in a
semi-annual report several days ago.
revealed the fact that receipts for the
first half-year are $13,000 less than for
a similar period last year. Rumors have
It that cuts are being contemplated in
the police, street and perhaps a few
other departments.
News was received here today of an
attempt to assassinate (lid Wright, a
justice of the peace In Marshall county.
Mr. Wrl£ht was shot in the leg by
an unknown person, and his injury is
not serious. His activity against tin?
lawless has aroused tl»€.ir enmity.
A carload of poultry was shipped
from Gadsden yesterday over the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis for
New York. Other heavy shipments are
expected.
The Lawyers defeated the Preachers
Teachers in an exciting contest a»
League park yesterday afternoon by a
score of 1H to 15. An accident occurred
in the fifth inning when one of th<*
players caught a tly. The players were
selected from Gadsden's most prominent
professional men.
At a meeting of local traveling men
this afternoon plans were discussed for
securing the 1 !* 16 convention of the
Traveling Men's Protective associa
tion. which meets tills year at Decatur.
Emina Sansani catnp, V. C. V., met
this morning and selected the following
delegates to the annual reunion at Rich
mond: A. Christopher, W. A. T. Oliver.
Joe Rogers and Ed Keeling. Alternates:
J. F. Adams. J. R. Hughes, E. B. Reece
and .1* T). Stout. The party, with otho
Gadsden citizens, will leave here in a
special car on the Southern railway.
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TUSCALOOSA
Tuscaloosa, April 24.—(Special.) A great
deal of interest lias been aroused In Tus
caloosa by the news dispatches, concern
ing ttie kidnaping of Lieutenant Warden
of the British Medical Army corp. Lieu
tenant Warden was kidnaped by his wife
and brought to America as she objected
to his serving in the army. Mrs. Warden
Is a Tuscaloosa girl, the daughter of the
late Judge W. It. Smith, a former presi
dent of the University of Alabama.
Columbus W. Boyd died Thursday night
nt his home in Peterson City, this county,
lie was GO years of age. He is survived
by the vgtfow and eight children. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon and
the interment made in the family burying
ground near his home.
Mrs. B. W. FI. Lewis died Thursday nt
the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. O.
Hedgcoth. on Greensboro avenue. She Is
survived by several children. The body
was taken to Brookwood where the inter
ment took place yesterday afternoon.
The semi-annual convention of the Ep
worth League of the Tuscaloosa district
will open in Northport this morning, to
be In session through Sunday. The ses
sions will be held in the Northport Meth
odist church. The theme for the eonven
tion is "Africa For Christ.' and Is con
sidered a subject of more than usual in
terest.
The annual May festival of the student*
of the Stafford school will be held Fri
day afternoon. An interesting programme
bn* neon prepared.
Task for Human Spiders
Fmm the Popular Science Monthly.
"Rvery three or four years It heceme*
net essnr.v to paint the Brooklyn bride*
in order to prevent the corrosion and de
terioration of its structural members.
This In a task which requires the services
of a small army of 'human spiders/ who
climb about over the web of cables and
stringers with almost as much compos
ure and agility as if they were insects in
stead of men.
"With buckets and brushes they cltntf
in the network, swinging in the wind as
the constant stream of traffic surge*
across the Fast river. Between them
a ml the river beneath there is more than
2tO feet of space and the cables.
"Rvery exposed strand and spot of the
whole structure must ho painted, so th*
men scramble over the cables until they
reach the topmost point of the great tow
ers. which extend 272 feet above the water,
anl finally end up on the scaffolds sus
pended beneath the structure, where the
mastheads of pussing vessels scrape the
plankings, sometimes missing them by a
margin of only a few inches. This work
continues usually for six or eight montha
before it is completed, and costs approx
imately $50,000."
Owners
of Heavy Cars
can now safely expect to more than equal the 6,760 miles
average scored last year on heavy cars in The Automobile
Club of America official test of strictly stock Pennsyl
vania Oilproof 1
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If you drive a light car, your mileage expectancy can n
reasonably be placed at far beyond this average. iff
1915 Vacuum Cup Tires are toughened by a new process that is *
yielding in actual service 50% greater mileages than last year's
tires, which rolled up the A. C. A. record - incidentally
doubling the life of the guaranteed non-skid Vacuum Cups.
And this economy is further marked by our having more
than met our proportionate share of price revisions, reduc
ing our differential over ordinary tires to a small margin.
Interesting new prices just issued for
Pennsylvania Cray and Puregum Red Inner
Tubes — both with unqualified guarantees.
r - i
I Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa.
' lllrmlnshiini llhlrlliutrri
Robertson Tire 6f Auto Co.,
' 1912 Fourth Ave.
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