Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 345, 23 December 1921 — Page 2
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ONLY TWO RAILROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES v.. 4By Afeoclated Press) . - WICHITA; Kas., Dec; 23.-The only j-ailroads now being built in the United States are two In number and both aro fn southwestern KansaB.;according to the man who Js. btiHdin? them. C. P. livers. Tbey aro the Kansas .& Okla noma, a 225 mil line from Forgan, Okla., just across the Kansas line, to Liberal, Kas., and thence west to Baca and Las Animas, Colo., with Trinidad ps the ultimate objective; and tho Wichita Northwest, extending 144 ruiles across three counties, from Pratt to Kinsley and Larned. which is completing a 13 mile stretch from north of Lamed to LaCrosse, where It will have connection with the Missouri Facific railroad. Trains have been opcrating on this road for several year3, although the project Is far from completed. "As far as I have been able to find out, or as shown by the records of the Interstate Commerce commission Jn Washington, thee are the only lines under construction now in the United States," said Mr. Byers, who is president, general manager and construction superintendent of both companies. Jo Work All Winter. Construction of the Kansas & Oklrfcoma out of Liberal, will continue all winter, weather permitting, Mr. Byers said. This month' an entire train load of steel rail arrived and more than 1 4,000 ties are piled at intervals along the right-of-way. Mr. Byers is a type of railroad man of the "old school." His experience dates back more than 40 years when he worked" as a laborer on the old Kansas and Pacific now the Union Dallas, Texas, in the middle of '80's. He was a superintendent of construction on tho Rock Island across Kansas to Dallas. Texas, in the middle og '80. He built the Hutchinson & Southern railway, from Hutchinson, Kas., to Blackwell, Okla., now a part of the Sante Fe system. The counties through which the Byers lines run are heavy producers of wheat, in production of which crop Kansas leads the world, according to a report issued by the state board ot agriculture. . .The Byers lines are financed mostly by the peonje they serve, rather than by rail bonds marketed in money centers. Towns and townships through which thejr .pass vote their proportionate , amounts. .... 3,600 COUNTY SCHOOL PUPiUS TAKE EXAS Thirty-six hundred school pupils, Wayne county, 400 high school and 3,200 grade school, were taking examinations for the first four months of school work this year, Friday. The examination, which takes one and one half days, started Thursday morning and continues until Friday noon. Papers will be graded at each of the schools, and the, grades sent in to the office of County Superintendent C. O. Williams. The.grade made by.the pupils in this examination is averaged with the grade made, by the pupil in daily tests to determine the final average. Everv town In the county, except Cambridge City -which has a nine: months .school.' was holding an ex-j imination Friday.., "Towns where the' rxaminationa were, being held were: Fountain City. Centerville, Milton, f Boston. Green s Fork, economy, weDster, Williamsburg and Whitewater. The next examination of this kind will be held April . 20, the last day of school. -' - CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS AT WEBSTER, CHESTER Webster and Chester churches will, hold special programs on Chiistmas: day. At Webster, the regular Sunday; school hour will le 0:30 o'clock with; a special Christmas pageant at 7:00; o'clock in th? evening entitled, "Car-j lying the Christ to Every Child." Spe-j rial musical numbers will also leature; the program. j Chester will hold regular Sunday-. rchool session at 9:43 o'clock and will; ;ie the pageant. "Carrying the Christ j to Every Child." at' that. time. Uev. Victor K. Stoncr will lake charge of; the programs. Draws is an alloy containing copErr and zinc; bronze is an alloy containing copper, zinc and tin.
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Tweedie Boot Tops We have just received a belated shipment and can again show you the style you wanted, including the black satins that have been in such big demand!
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SOCIETY BEAUTY, FORMER ACTRESS, SUES BISHOP ON SLANDER CHARGE
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Mrs. Marion McAllister Smith. Alleging conspiracy on the part of the Right Rev. Herbert Shipman, suffragan bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New York, Mme. Ar.ne Guerin and Maurice Leon, representatives of the French government, and others to slander and blacken her reputation by representing her as a notorious French courtesan, Mrs. Marion McAllister Smith, formerly Miss Mercedes Hearne, member of a prominent Texas family, has brought suit against them in New York city. She asks $200,000 damages.
Uncle Sam and the By FREDERICK WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 23. Stamp enthusiasts all over the country are responding with promptness to the Postmaster General Hays announcement .that the post office de partment has established a stamp t agency and has certain stamps for sale. Nearly a hundred leters a day are being received from collectors who wish to buy stamps, but a 3uprising number indicate that the government's new venture is not altogther understood. Some think that the government is selling obsolete and rare stamps. They esk casually for such valuable old issues as those of the eighteen-sixties. As a matter of fact, the government agency is selling at present only the folowlng: three cent Victory stamps, all denomiantions of the Pilgrim Tercentenary issues, airplane stamps, a small quantity of special delivery stamps with a pink back, and the ordinary current isues. The only place from which the govEveryday Ad-Ventures That's what you call service! Whn the best cook you ever had up and left you to get married two weeks ago and you've been struggling along up to the holiday season without bring able to locate any sort of a substitute And you're getting good and tired of housework and cooking, and your husband says that he's all out of practice in drying dishes and that he doesn't want to get good at it again, either And you've invited a number of your friends in for New Year's dinner, thinking that you'd surely have a cook by then, hut you wish now that you'd made it New Year's. 1923, because the chances of getting a girl before that date seem pretty slim Until you hear that one of your friends has just found a very good cook through The Palladium's Help Wanted column, and that gives you an inspiration to try one of those little ads 'yourself And two days later, you and your husband are freed of kitchen cares and ready 1o start the New Year right with a "bang-up" cook Oh, lady! Thai's what you call service! (Copyright 1921)
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Whether you are choosing lor. son or bro- - ther and want a snappy Oxford or Brogue, or for father or husband, who prefer the superior comfort and style of a
Florsheim Shoe, we can make selection an easy matter. No other shoe equals the Florsheim in fit, comfort, style and . quality. Of course we'll
gladly exchange sizes after Christmas.
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x fx IS 5k Stamp Collector J. HASKtN crement stamp agency can get its stock to sell collectors is from the post offices of the country. In the past, anyone who wrote to the post office department to buy stamps for a oollection was referred to his post office and told that if his local post master I did not have the particular kind desired, perhaps some other post master j would. Following this suggestion often meant a wild goose chase for the collector. Perhaps some little country ; post office might still have a few of: the desired stamps. But the chances' of striking these caches were about j even with those of digging up a buried I treasure. j Now, the post office department is geting stamps, such as the PilgrimTercentenary issues, from the postj offices, and will sell them direct to stamp collectors. Postmasters have Candy Special Just received more of that good Xmas Candy. Mixed Candies from and up Chocolates from 19c up SPECIALS VENUS CHOCOLATES, SOc value, pound PEANUT BRITTLE, per lb 35c 14c Figs, Dates and Nuts OLD RELIABLE PAINT COMPANY 10-12 South 7th St.
More Footwear is being sold this Christmas than ever before. People want, practical gift Hundreds are buying that kind, and will give footwear. Shoes purchased here- will pleas Thev are not only correct in stvle. but the duality is the kind that makes coed fripnds. Wh
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Boys' Shoes Where is the boy who won't like new shoes from Santa? Whether he wants or needs dress shoes, school shoes or high tops we can fit him and guarantee pleasing quality.
Girls' Shoes Pretty styles in durable shoes for the little lady in the home. Won't she be proud of a new pair of these fine shoes! An extensive stock from which to choose. All the new styles for the girls.
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been requested to report any discontinued issues of postage stamps whtch remain in stock. But up to the present time onfy those kinds which we have mentioned as now being sold have been reported. Another point of misunderstanding is that the post office department is I setting up a commercial stamp agency. One man wrote to know ir ne couia represent the department in Philadelphia to buy and sell stamps for it there. Post Office Does Not Buy Stamps The fact is the department is not buying stamps at all. and it is selling them only at their face value, It is written into the postal regulations that no employe in the postal service may buy or sell stamps at more than their original sale price. Other people have thought that fhe government philatelic agency would be disposing of freak issues, such as the airlane sheet that was printed with the design upside down, or the famous issue of two cent stamps with several fives on the sheet. These are great rarities, and bring prices which only a stamps collector can understand. The 24-cent airplanes have a border of red and the airplane in the center of blue. By a mistake which will probably always remain a mystery, on one singe sheet of stamps the airplane design was put in. upside down. The Bureau of engraving was itself turned upside down in vain attempts to tind out how
r this ratastronhf nc-! . u l u. PiJie wno nave never coi'ists howeve ? reioic- leCted 8tamps might not see how the
curred. Philate ed. One congressman who has three of these stamps recently refused $1,600 apiece for them. The plate of twos on which the fives occur was also due to mysterious mistake. Perhaps an engraver absentmindedly took up a die marked five cents thinking it was the master die j for the two-cent sheet. No one knows. And no one knows just how many of the sheets were printed. But we are told that one of them might bring $350. It is because such accidents are rarei almost unheard of that the mis-' printed stamps are so highly valued by: collectors. The post office department says emphatically that it lias none of these rarities for sale. One collector suggested that the department might render a service if it would get some of the Shanghai overprinted stamps. The conference on 1 limitation of armaments plans to abol-
Just What I Wanted a KODAK That's the nice thing about giving a Kodak you know it's what they want. All the Kodaks are simple to work, as we can show you, and they make good pictures as we can show you, too. Kodaks from S8.00 up Brownies from $2.00 up
" Special $2.00 Snapshot Album gQ .
The Yes & 22 North 9th St. and buy it here. Newest Oxfords
Women and Misses will wear Oxfords and wool hos all winter and a new pair oj Oxfords will be keenly appreciated. Many new, snappy
styles in black and brown are shown. Ladies' Shoes B. & K. offer splendid quality and every correct style in all the wanted shades of brown; also in black. Shoes for mother, wife, daughter or sister, in just the style they like best.
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lish the post offices which the United States and some other countries have' In China. The stamps of our office at Shanghai will probably rise in value In the colector's estimation through this move, since no more will be printed when the post is closed. . r The Chinese Stamps These Shanghai stamps are ordinary United States stamps except that over each one is "Shanghai, China." and the price in local currency which in each case is double the face value. Thus the two cent stamp is overprinted four cents. Anyone wishing to buy stamps with American currency at the Shanghai. China, post office is given the ordinary American stamp. That the post office department will Bend for any of these Shanghai stamps for its postage stamp agency to sell is extremely doubtful. There is a regula tion that they may not be sold by the department except for the local money current in &nangnai, known as 'Mexi can." The post office department has been directing collectors who desire to buy these Rtamps to send a domestic money order to the United States postal agent, Shanghai. He converts the or der to the local currency, and makes the purchase. To sell these Btanips in the United States would need a special order of some sort, and none is contemplated at present. Considering all things it is not estabc-- - uu.uv uiaiuy io U Will f, I li v. collectors a special service by selling them ordinary current stamps and very few recent issues. The important part is that not all two-cent stamps look alike to the exYEAR Give your family the Gift of all Gifts a Studebaker Car. Complete Studebaker Service Repairing on all makes cars, work guaranteed. Let us completely overhaul your car. Brower Auto Sales Co. Studebaker Dealers Phone 6019 fcl-23 S. 7th St. Now Drug Co. Phone 1217 ;s. se. Why Party Pumps Misses especially will just love to have a pair of these party or dress pumps. Many fine styles in kid, suede and satin; also in patent. A number of last minute arrivals in up to the minute styles. Hosiery to Match We offer an unexcelled quality of Silk Hose in shades to match shoes' purchased here. A pair of hose to match will make shoes doubly appreciated.
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pert. The stamp with perforations ruuing into the pink design may be all
right to put on a letter, but it isn't a colector's ideal of Etamp beauty. He wants a stamp that has a neat margin of white around it when it is torn off the sheet. He particularly likes to see the perforations form a maltese cross where they intersect between four stamps. Stamps with this even margin he calls well-centered. Collectors who go up to the post office and ask for stamps are often given badly-centered specimens. Generally the clerk has no time to hunt for perfect copies. This is one of the things that the stamp agency is going to do. In selling to collectors the ordinary current issues, it aims to sell 3D res
Christmas S
Sugar, 5 pounds 29c Country Butter, pound 47c Fresh Eggs, dozen 52c Chickens, on foot, 25c; dressed 35c Fruit Cakes : 50c Tangerines, dozen . w , 30c Eustis Sweet Oranges, dozen 30c Sweet Oranges at 25c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 90c
Clean Bulk Dates, 25c Bananas, pound 12 Grapefruit, each 5 Apples, pound 10? Grapes, pound 30 Cocoanuts, each, 10 and 15 Figs, package 10? Lemons, dozen 30 Fancy Cream Candy, 25c Chocolate Drops, lb. 20d. 25 Xmas Hard Mix, lb 20 Xmas Fancy Mix, lb 25? Basket Mix, lb 18 Peanut Squares, lb. ......20 Peanut Brittle, lb 20 Taffy Kisses, lb 15 Honeycomb Taffy, lb 30
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KOMEY'S THE PLACE TO SHOP For Everybody's Christmas Gift
TOYS for the KIDDIES Here is a collection of toys that are sure to please the "kiddies and the very low prices will make it a pleasure for you to select here. Kiddie Kars 93c, $1.39. up Red Metal Wheelbarrows and Wagons .....$1.48
well-centered and well-perforated specimens.
Gifts for Men and Boys pecials Fancy Mixed Nuts, 30c Black Walnuts, pound 10 English Walnuts, pound -43 Butternuts, pound X2 VzC Filberts, pound 30 Pecans, pound 33 Almonds, pound 33 Brazil Nuts, pound 25 Cranberries, Lb 30c Lettuce, pound Celery, stalk 5 Sweet Potatoes, lb 7 Irish Potatoes, S pounds ..2f Turnips, pound 34 Parsnips, pound fj Carrots, pound Ijj Cabbage, pound ..6 op BROS. 603 Main St. LESS THAN $1.00 ORDERS
QUALITY SERVICE DRINK SAFE MILK The safe milk is Wayne Dairy Products Company's Pasteurized Milk always remember that. And when it is a question of health we should not take chances. All of the dairies supplying- milk for the Wayne Dairy Products Company are inspected bv Richnionds' dairy inspector. Use the home products. WAYNE DAIRY PRODUCTS CO. Phone 5238 South 6th and A Sts.
Suggestion Not Give A Hi' Our Electrical Gift Shop Here are wonderful gifts at prices that are very attractive indeed. Convenient credit terms can be arranged on any purchase. Irons $3.98, $4.93, 6.95 up Lamps $4.50, $5.75, 16.50 up Cleaners $42.50 Premier Electric Sweeper. Electric Toasters ......$4.98 up Large Dressed Dolls with pretty faces and hair ..$1.00 Mechanical Lady Bugs, Cats. Chickens, only -....89c Child's Fumed Oak Rockers, padded leather seats $1.98 See Santa Claus at Our Stor
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