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THK ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 24.1912.
j Fire Razing Three Homes Laid to Defective Hose
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Investigation is to Follow Failure of Apparatus
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SACRAMENTO. April'
tun* Johnson issued the
^atement this morning:
.‘‘A/* will be glad to welcome Mr.
./ah on his arrival While the
I NT*1*ture very properly maintained
e 'Hght of the State to legislate on
Winsome Sarah Allison and sturdy (jeorgie Thorpe (just a i
wee hit tired), and their dog, Jinx, resting up after the Forrest J
Avenue tire, of which they are happy survivors. A probe lias been
begun into charges that bad hose caused delay that cost their j
homes. Four dwellings wer» damaged by the blaze.
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the
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ad bill?, a matter clearly
Viodiction. I am sure there * no dis
union to encroach on international
notions.
Wouldn’t Affront Japan.
Scut We would not willingly affront, the
dom* nlty * J apan, nor offend its price
men jif what shall be said of the propo
high
ion that a great State, Itself an
Ente lpire poaslbilltie* greater than
ha ose mos t nations, shall be halted
Mont ,m lll< “ mere consideration of a leg.
era e afiVf * action admittedly within its
tenet^diction by the protest of a for-
ipjjrn power"
\llia Admittedly California has a right
evim an a,ieri land bill,
bark on,i suggests that such a bill
oiifd in terms desc ribe the Japanese,
cour Following U. 8. Lead.
pow< ihMiaa been suggested that such a
hers< 4 i n California shall follow the dis-
J^Setioiwi which are already an ur.-
an /'tested part of the law and policy
grim the United States.
they T he nation has solemnly decreed
com i
t ^ e at certain races, among whom are
for f Japanese, are not eligible to citi-
A nttilp. The line has been drawn
um>f 1 California, but by the. I’ffited
Scut at< ‘ ?
the i
Aibai^an’s Premier
Dehre of Justice.
Art rQKIO, April 24.—Full faith in
T
Spoof
lerican justice was expressed here
^■day by Premier Yamamoto on the
.urns between Japan and the I’nit-
» omr f
natic ^htes over the anti-alien land bill
othending in the California Legisla-
ed°ti**'’ c * ec * are d the relations must
rp^narri peaceful and deplored the
vanc«ty and ill-advised utterances of
the Ct Sh aded “jingoes.'
The 0 J ^ lave ever y confidence, * said he.
pres** 81 American citizens, both official
tion d unofficial, will demand no dis-
cous :n)i nation against the Jupancse
will -
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»fOES YOUR SKIN
w ITCH AND BURN?!
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parti ,
«i iftesinol Will Heal It Quickly,)
atat C Easily and at Little Cost.
r»p*‘ V° ur *kin itche* und burns with
"^vMrna or other tormenting, un-
1 -pUshtly skin trouble, simply wash
rjtie, sore places with Reitnol Soap|
v.,,no hot water, dry, and apply a lit-.
t ““t'-Rtsinoi Ointment.
“be Itching stops instantly, you.
" ..longer have to dig and scratch,
becomes possible, and healing'
elfins at once. That is because the)
oothlng. antiseptic Reslnol medl-.
ation strikes right into the surface,
treats the action of the disease'
nd lets the tortured, lnthimed skin !
esl. restoring it to perfect health 1
uickly, easily and at little cost
Reslnol Soap and Reslnol Olnt-
ient are wise speedily effective In 1
ven the stubbornest eases of pirn-;
tes, blackheads, dandruff, sores and!
fles Prescribed by doctors for!
Jgrhteen years, and sold by every
■rnggisi In the Ur^ted States. For)
•enerous sample of each, write to)
lept. J2-S, Reslnol. Baltimore, Md.
and that all matters can be adjusted
to the satisfaction of both countries
and in a spirit of true Justice."
Baron Nobuaki Makino, Foreign
Minister, said he was satisfied the
outcome of the diplomatic corre
spondence on the anti-Japaneses bill
would be satisfactory to all concern
ed.
Californian Says
Alien Law is Not Needed.
WASHINGTON. April 24.—That ail
the precautions may be taken by the
administration to avoid precipitating
a season of strained diplomatic re
lations with Japan over the alien land
laws In California are "unnecessary
and Inexpedient." is the opinion of
John P. Young, a San Francisco
editor.
“There is not the slightest danger,"
he says, "that til Japanese will be
come owners of t."i eienl land to be
come a menace io the peace and wel
fare of the Stale. They are not
swarming in. The white immigration
more than offseis them. The pend
ing: legislation could be postponed
with, benefit to ail concerned."
Actress Says Girls
Here Are Prettiest
Carrie Webber, Noted for Costumes,
Also Declares Gowns at Opera
Her Envious.
• Miss Carrie Webber, who Is ap
pearing this week at the Lyric, said
to-day that her glimpses of grand op
era festivities had*convlnced her that
Atlanta has the prettiest girls in
America
"I have always heard of the attrac
tiveness of Southern girls, and, as
I an not at all a stranger In Atlanta,
have been myself among their most
ardent admirers. But I surely have
been surprised at the. feast of beauty
spread before Atlanta this week. And
tlie gowns! They make me envious.
New York itself could make no more
dazzling display.”
At that, when it comes to gowns,
Miss Webber should worry—as any
one who has seen her this week will
grant.
Lives Endangered in Night Blaze
in Forrest Avenue—Sick Wo
man Barely Rescued.
DECATUR
ITS EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES
A SF, 1 'ONT) NEW Public School Building, costing ap
proximately spifi.OOO, w ill be erected in Decatur before Sep
tember. The site has been bought, plans have been ac
cepted by the Board of Education, and work will be begun
in a few days. This is the SECOND new public school
nmlding erected in DECATUR in three years, made neces
sary by the growth of population from 2,400 in 1910 to
about <1.600 to-day.
j For the past year DECATUR lias operated a public
H10I1 SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September
|!here will be added a FOURTH 11 Kill SCHOOL grade,
] jnaking it so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE-
1 C'ATUR for the best college and universities in the United
^States and for LIFE ANYWHERE.
£
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(kirows steadily by every standard h\ which a great wom
an's college is judged. To-day it ranks among the tirst
•educational institutions of America.
BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy all the edu-
3 eational advantages of ATLANTA, with which |t is closely
connected by TWO ELECTRIC LINES. Georgia Railroad,
TELEPHONE and DRIVEWAYS
SEND FOR BOOKLET.
DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
LL PHONE OECATUK 14R
DECATUR, GA.
WEEKE9 F.UILD.1G
Charges that hose used by the fire
department is rotten; that it required
ten minutes to get the central tele
phone station, and that a fire alarm
box failed to work, will be investi
gated to-day following a blaze on
Forrest Avenue this morning, in which
four dwellings were damaged and a
number of lives Imperiled.
One line of hose, playing a stream
on the home of Charles R. Allison, at
176 Forres't Avenue, burst twice with
in a few minutes and allowed the
flames to get uncontrolnble headway,
according to eyewitnesses.
E. H. Wright, of 162 Forrest Ave
nue, said to-day that he was on the
scene when tlie hose burst both times
and that for fully half an hour there
was only one stream of water.
Hard to Get Operator.
Allison, whose sick wife was res
cued from the burning house by only
the narrowest margin of time, said
the hose burst once.
Policeman Gaunt declared to-day
that it took him more than seven min
utes to get'the central operator. Other
policemen said that they were ten
minutes in arousing the operator.
T. K. Kenan, owner of the Allison
residence, lived next door to them and
said that tlie delay of the fire depart
ment in arriving caused the greater
eh a re of the loss. The fire alarm box
did not register, he declared.
This circumstance, combined with
the alleged delay in getting central,
was responsible for the fire getting
beyond control, he said.
Captain Terrell, of the. fire depart
ment, admitted that one piece of hose
burst, but said that it was guaranteed
for only three years and had been in
use that long or longer.
Three Dwellings Ruined. •
The houses which were damaged by
the flames were those of Allison, at
176 Forrest Avenue: 1. K. Kenan, at
174 Forrest Avenue; Mrs. Annie
Owen, at 178 Forrest Avenue, and J.
C. Owens, of Bedford Place. The last
residence is only slightly damaged.
A young negro woman was probably
fatally wounded by a bullet which
was fired in a fusillade of shots to
alarm the neighbors. She ran to her
window at 24 Fairfax Street just in
time to get the missile in her breast.
Mrs. Allison, who is the mother of
a 4-week-old baby, is recovering from
the shock of her terrifying experience.
She w as carried from the burning
building by her husband and swooned
when she reached the street,
necessary to call a physician to treat
her.
The crowd which gathered about
the burning structures was alarmed
for a few minutes by the cry that
Mrs. Allison’s baby was still in the
house, bu tthe infant was found safely
shortly afterward. It had been carried
out by Miss Louise Marsh, who
roomed in the Allison home. She had
given it in charge of a neighbor while
she returned to get some of her be
longings. and because of this no one
knew for a time what had become of
the child.
Hose Reported Rotten.
Reports have reached the Mayor
that as soon as the water was turned
on some of the hose ripped open like
wet paper and seriously interfered
with the work of the firemen in try
ing to check the tlames that totally
destroyed the Allison home and two
adjoining residences.
These reports bear out the evi
dence 1 have obtained, that no tests
of the efficiency of hose in the de
partment are made and no record of
the guarantees kept,” declared the
Mayor.
"I'p to two years ago the hose pur-
h.ised by tKo department was guar-
i anteed to stand a pressure of 40u
i pounds for five years. The hose
i bought now has a three-year guaran
tee From documentary evidence I
J have obtained 1 can prove that the
; important matters of tests and guar-
I antees have been ignored.
“There is no telling how much rot
ten hose a thorough investigation of
our Fire Department might reveal.”
Fire Fhief \Y. 13. Cummings said
to-day that it was not defective hose
hat caused the bursting, and that
th^ break did not occur until the
~ virtu.*. ;I> vva. out. He said the
ho e burst because cf kinks, made by
*t being wrapped around a tree.
i.iv first to see
the flro. noticing the reflection on the
windows of neighboring houses. She
awoke tier husband, who wrapped her
quickly in a blanket and carried her
from the house to the home of a
neighbor across the street. She was
placed under the care of Dr. O. M.
Matthews, of 23 Highland Avenue,
and Is in a critical condition.
Their two-year-old daughter was
hastily rescued, and a moment later
Miss Marsh appeared with the baby.
Charles.. The occupants of the other
houses escaped without mishap. The
negro woman, Sally Jones, was taken
to Grady hospital. She is not ex
pected to live.
Committee Reopens
Probe of Fire Department.
With the postponement of the in
vestigation of Alderman John E. Mc
Clelland’s graft charge until Tuesday
afternoon, the probe of the Fire De
partment again commands the center
of the stage of city political affairs.
J. H. Harwell, chairman of the inves
tigating committee, is expected to call
a meeting to-morrow afternoon to re
open this investigation.
Mayor Woodward will present con
siderable new evidence. Thomas Rey
nolds, the mysterious man form Bal
timore, and others have been busy
for more than a week collecting addi
tional evidence bearing particularly
on the purchase and upkeep of hose.
Declares Chief Must Go.
Reynolds has declared the new evi
dence will sound the political doom of
Chief Cummings.
After a conference with Mayor
Woodward, looking to the purchase of
an automobile fire engine for the new
Tenth Ward station, the Board of Fire
Masters has advertised for bids.
Hoke Smith Doesn’t
Think $20,000 Too
High for Ty Cobb
Pores Over Star’s Contract and
Big League Laws to See if
‘Trust’ Exists.
WASHINGTON. April 24.—“I am
for Ty Cobb,” was the platform an
nounced by Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, when asked where he stood
on the baseball trust.
“I want to do anything 1 can for my
distinguished fellow citizen. The peo
ple of Georgia, as well as the rest of
the country, like Ty Cobb, and they
want to see him get all he earns.
“It may seem romantic to talk of
a salary of $20,000 for a baseball star,
but that salary is an established fact
with stars of the theater. If a man
draws the crowds that bring great
sums into the box office, he should be
It was J entitled to a salary in proportion
“I have received Cobb’s contract
and I am reading the laws of the
organization by which he has been
employed. I don’t know just yet
whether we shall have an inquiry into
the workings of the Daseball trust."
i High Death Toll in Pennsylvania
Shaft Laid to Owners Refus
ing Federal Aid.
FINLEYVILLE, PA., April 24.—
That the Monanzahela River Consol
idated Coal and Coke Company's ef-
forts to minimise the extent of the
!||\\ Cincinnati mine disaster here, which
1 ' resulted in trie less of at least 100
lives, probubly caused a heavier death
toll than there would have been oth
erwise was the report being investi
gated by Coroner James Heffran to
day.
T. M. Johnston, ’attorney for the
mine company, after talking with
company officials, to-day issued a
statement declaring that 35 bodies
have been recovered and 85 men are
yet in the mine. The company re
fused to admit that the men yet ip.
the mine are dead, but place the num
ber of possible dead at 120.
Declined Federal Aid.
According- to the reports current to
day, the company was notified of the
disaster about 1 o'clock yesterday.
The officials of tin: Bureau of alines
at Pittsburg offered their servlets
about 3 o'clock, ur d, according to ’he
officials, could have had a mine res
cue car on the scene an hour later.
The company's officials, however,
declared they had heard no details -:f
the explosion and refused the prof
fered aid, saying they had a first-aid
crew which could handle the situa
tion.
Federal aid was not summoned un
til late In the afternoon, and as a
result the Government experts did nit
reach the mine util 6:35 p. m.
No blame is attached to the B’ederal
authorities, but many declared to-day
that had the Government experts been
called earlier some of the men might
have been taken cut alive.
Rescuers in Peril.
Rescuers worked frantically all
night endeavoring to break througo
the walls ot' debris so that the bodies
could be reached.
Outside at the various entrances
stood hundreds of relatives and
friends of the entombed miners, wait
ing patiently for some word regard
ing their loved ones inside.
According to the mine foremen, 178
men were in the mine at the time of
the explosion. ,
An unconfirmed report to-day de
clared that several members of a gov
ernment rescue crew had been over
come by the fatal gases and that one
was dead. According to the report,
the men entered the mine equipped
with oxygen helmets, but after going
some distance something went wrong
with their apparatus.
General Manager George J. Schleu-
derberg, of the company, refused to
discuss the explosion or estimate uie
number of dead.
Despite efforts of Government res
cuers. the seat of the explosion has-
not been definitely determined. Nei
ther has the cause been ascertained.
Miners declared the Cincinnati mine
always had been gaseous. It was one
of the oldest In the Monongahela val
ley. It was opened 80 years ago.
Appeal Will Delay
Wilburn-King Trial
Counsel to Fight Decision Denying
Change of Venue for Con
fessed Slayer.
MACON. GA., April 24.—Neither
Nick Wilburn nor Mrs. King will go
to trial next week tor the murder of
the latter’s husband, James King, the
Jones County farmer. Attorney Jjlin
R. Cooped announced to-day tnat he
would appeal from the decision of
Judge Park, of Jones Superior Court,
in denying a change of venue.
Mrs. King, who is closely confined
in the little jail at Grays, is destined
to be a mother again. She already
has six children, none over 18 years
old.
In the hearing before Judge Park on
the motion for a change of venue,
Frank Wilburn, the defendant’s broth-
er, swore he had heard residents of
Jones County say they would lynch
Nick Wilburn if the court did not
sentence him to be hanged. R. L.
Bradley, a grand juror, swore that his
mind was made up before he signed
the indictment.
Wilburn’s presence at the hearing
was waived, ills counsel stating in
open court that he was afraid for
Wilburn to return to Jones County
unless under military protection.
‘BOTTLED IN BOND” CIGAR
BILL GETS 0. K. OF TAMPA
TAMPA, FLA., April 24.—The Board
of Trade last night indorsed the
cigar manufacturers’ proposition to
make cigars in bond just as liquors
are bottled in bond, and Florida’s
delegation in Congress is asked to
work for the measure at Washington.
Cigar buyers would know whether they
were getting domestic or foreign
goods, the manufacturers say, as
boxes would bear inscriptions ‘man
ufactured in bond of Cuban (or
Porto Rican) toDacco,” as the case
might be.
For Mrs. Jackson.
Killarney roses and \yhite stocks
formed the decorations at the elabo
rate breakfast given to-day by Mrs.
Preston Arkwright for Mrs. Robert
Maddox, of Nashville. Six baskets of
these flowers were grouped around a
large piateau of Killarney roses, from
which a silver vase of Easter lilies
aros*e. Fmilax and maidenhair fern
garlanded the table, and colonial can
dlesticks held pink-shaded tapers. Sil
ver compotes held dipped straw berries
and creamed sweets. The place cards
Virginia's Governor
Too Ill to Come Here
Mann Will Not Talk on Lynchings
at Sociological Congress
in Atlanta.
were in the form of musical instru
ments. Thirty-two guests were en
tertained at the Piedmont Driving
Club.
For Mrs. Charles Phinizy.
Alru. Herbert Manson entertained at
tea at the Georgian Terrace this aft-
ernoon for Mrs. Charles Phinizy, of
Athens, who is visiting Mrs. Ransom
Wright.
Last evening Mrs. Manson enter
tained a few friends after the opera
for Mrs. Phinizy.
Tea for General and Mrs. Mills.
Mrs. Albert Howell, Jr., had a small
tea this afternoon after the matinee
for General and Mrs. Albert Mills.
To Mrs. Albert Mills.
Mrs. Norwood Mitchell entertained
24 ladies at luncheon yesterday for
Mrs. Albert Mills, the guest of Mrs.
Clark Howell.
Parent-Teacher Club, Inman Park.
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Inman Park School will hold its
regular meeting to-morrow afterrfoon
at 2:30 o’clock. The patrons and all
residents of the community interested
in the school are cordially invited to
be present. Dr. Claude A. Smith will
lecture.
Twentieth Century Coterie.
The Twentieth Century Coterie will
meet with Mrs. V. I. Masters, Kirk
wood, on to-morrow at 3:30 p. m.
For Miss Jackson.
Mrs. William D. Ellis, Jr., enter
tained ten girls at a breakfast to
day for Mrs. Robert Maddox’s guest,
Miss Eunice Jackson, of Nashville.
The decorations were of white spirea
and snowballs, with a basket of fruit
by baskets of yellow
place cards were gold
lyres bearing the name of the guest.
RICHMOND. VA„ April 24.—Be
cause of an operation for appendici
tis Governor Mann will not attend the surrounded
Southern Sociological Congress in At- j ^'* ie
lanta. He was scheduled to talk on
"The Prevention of Lynching.” Vlr- M i u
ginia’s Chief Executive has taken ex- ,as ® WIC ^» Hostess,
eeption to the statements of Governor Miss Flora Bewick will be hostess
Blease. of South Carolina, on this j at a grand opera box party at the
qU p?ominent .Virginia delegate, who ‘ ®» tur4 *?-™ at, “e*- "er guests to be
left, to-day for Atlanta are Dr. Roy
K. Flannagan, State Medical Inspec- j
tor; R. C. Stearnes, State Superin - |
Misses Hildreth Burton Smith, Jo
sephine McClellan, Katherine Ellis,
tendent of Public Instruction; Dr. J. |
T. Mastin, secretary of the State
Board of Charities and Correction;
Dr. S. C. Hatcher, chairman of this
board, and Dr. L. T. Royster, chair
man of the city school board of Nor
folk.
Carolyn King und Mrs. Evelyn Har-
For Mr*. Lane.
Mrs. Reubun Arnold will entertain
at a breakfast on Saturday for 5Tr«
Mills B. Lane, of Savannah, the guest
of Mrs. Robert Alston. S
Miss Cowles to Entertain.
Miss Sarah Cow'.es will entertain
at tea at the Piedmont Driving Club
to-morrow afternoon for Misses "Wil
ley Gayle, of Montgomery; Marion
Rous, of Baltimore, and Bessie AVinne
of Demopolts, Ala., who are her guests
at the Georgian Terrace.
Parent-Teachers' Association.
The regultir monthly meeting of the
Parent-Teachers' Association' of the
North Avenue School will be held to
morrow at 4 o’clock.
Bowling Party at East Lake.
Mis* .Margaref Nutting entertained
at a bowling 'party this morning at
East Lake for her guest, Miss Ellen
Meehan, of Columbia, S. O., and for
Miss Winnie May Hill, of Macon who
is with Miss Lhura Wyatt. After the
game luncheon was served on tile
veranda.
Mrs. Glover Entertains.
Mrs. Charles P. Glover entertained'
fix guests at tea at the Georgian Ter
race tills afternoon for her sister, Mrs
John H. Jones, of Alabama.
For Mrs. Tobias.
Mrs. IGnton J. Hopkins will enter,
tain twelve guests at bridge to-mor
row afteYnoon for Mrs. T. J. Tobias,
of Charleston, the guest of Mrs. s. s.
Alexander.
Gate City Guard Ball.
The Gate City Guard will hold their
regular weekly hop in their hall at 52
Houston Street to-morrow evening,
April 25.
Atlanta Woman's Club Meeting.
The Executive Board of the Atlan
ta Woman’s Club will meet to-mor
row morning at lA o’clock at the club
house.
L
“Science Not Only
Requisite for Job”
Wilson Answers Criticism of Naming
Georgia Man Director of
Censusf.
WASHINGTON, April 24.—Criti
cism of what has been termed a
political appointment in naming Wil
liam C. Harris, a Georgia politician,
as director of the census, prompted
President Wilson to-day to define
his attitude toward appointments to
positions demanding scientific experts
Mr. Wilson said his mind was clear
that for all positions which demand
ed scientific training alone no consid
eration should be given to political
preference in making appointments.
He differentiated the ’ directorship i
of the census from this classification.
He declared that so much judgment
as to the development and movement
of the business of the country was
involved In filling this position effi
ciently that something more than
scientific training was demanded of
the appointee.
J^TD you ever stop to think of
the value of an I M P E Ii-
SONAL executor? In the hands
of this company your estate will
he administered, and trusts
created for vour minor children
will he managed in strict accord
ance with your wishes without
favor or partiality.
TRUST COMPANY OF GEORGIA
Capital and Surplus $1,800,000
Equitable Building - - Pryor St.
WHEEL GOODS
Now is the time when the chiidren want something that will roll.
These toys give them the maximum of pleasure and the best form
of exercise. We carry a full line of these goods ail the year round.
Atlanta Is After
City Plan Congress
Delegates to Chicago From Improve
ment Association Will Extend
Invitation.
An effort will be made to land the
City Plan Conference for Atlanta in
1914. To further plant* a meeting of
the executive committee of the At
lanta Improvement Association will
be held in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock. Alec W. Smith is chairman
of the committee. The call for the
meeting was issued this morning.
The City Plan Conference has de
veloped into one of the strongest and
livest organizations in the country.
Should Atlanta succeed in landing
next year’s convention it would bring
thousands' of visitors and delegates.
Delegates will be named to repre
sent Atlanta at this year's conference
in Chicago.
If you have aryt^iing to sell adver- I If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar- ! tise in The Sunda
Velocipedes
$ 6.5G
$ 8.00
$10*00
$12.50
$15.00
Tricycles
$ 6.50
$ 9.00
$10.00
$12.00
Boys’ Wagons
Automobiles
UTHONIA AND WINDER
POSTMASTERS NAMED
WASHINGTON. April 24.—Nomi
nations'for two Georgia postmasters
were sent to the Senate to-day by
President Wilson. They are
Lithonia—David P. Phillips.
Winder—William B. McCants.
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
I gest circulation n : any Sunday news- ejest circulation of any Sunday news
i paper in the South.
Gliderole or Roller Coaster
3
.50
Hand-Car or Erisli Mai!
$12.00
Afto Coasters $20.00, Bicycles $20.00 and up.
Sidewalk Sulkeys SI,50 to S5.00, Roller Skates53c to $3.50.
KING HARDWARE CO
87 WHITEHALL
53 PEACHTREE
,)<-.pcr in the South.