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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
DIAMONDS

Artificial diamonds that look so
real that only experts can tell the
difference are being made by French,
German and Swiss manufacturers.
And it's one reason why there
has been such slump in the genu-
me diamond market, according to
Holland reports.
Those who like to flash jewels are
buying the nearly perfect limitations
because they are much cheaper and
Hash just as gorgeously.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

Mrs. A. j.. Crumpler and two
daughters Of Sylacauga, Ala, are the
guests Of Mrs b. r BoYl at hel
homie on College street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
lori ESS

Unemployment has been especial
ly acute in New York, Yet savings
bank accounts there increased $110,-
100000 in the first six mcnths of
this year.
That despite wage cuts and with
drawals of savings by those out of
work.
Proving an increase in thrift.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

ATLANTIC CITY, August 2. =.
President Harding looks with favor
on labor's request 70 IA representa-
tion in the disarmament conference,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, told
the executive committee of the fed
Grafton which opened q weeks meet
ing here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
EAEEE Rz7DEAa(,0
J We EKEz.ASv7lERS

GREENSBORO, August 22.-Fed-
eral Judge Boyd today held uncon-
stitutional the national child labor
law which seeks to colect ten per cent
on profits derived from the products
Of child labor. The decision was
rendered in the case of the Vivien
Spinning Mills, Of Cherryville, N. G.,
seeking to restrain j w Bailey, coll
lcctor Of internal revenue. from en-
forcing the act.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

WASHINGTON, August %. n.
With a number of amendments, the
senate bill which would make bill
lion doIalrs available throubh the war
finance corporation for stimulating
the expectation Of agricultural pro-
ducts, was passed today by the house.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
North Dakota's Experiment

The fate of the Non-Partisan League of
North Dakota will be decided at the election on
Oct. %, when an attempt will be made to recall
the highest executive officers of the state The
Independent Voters association is fostering the
election, which is aimed at curbing the radical
political experiment in that state.
One North Dakota newspaper cites the fol-
lowing charges against the league:
Taxes have been tripled in North Dakota by
league laws.
Marketing conditions, which were to be i'm
proved, are worse than they ever WERE
'"The bank of North Dakota is insolvent
The program of state marketing has been
scrapped in favor of cooperative marketing
plan.
THE state homebuilders' department has
quit functioning.
''The state insurance department is more
than year behind in its payment of losses, and
some of the 1920 claims will not be paid for two
years.
Virtually every enterprise sponsored by the
inner circle of the Socialist leaders is bankrupt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

the Consumers United Stores company alone
costing more than S1,000000.
Estate money was deposited in league banks
and re-loaned by them to the political gangsters
for their private schemes. These schemes are
now bankrupt the league banks are bankrupt
and the bank of North Dakota is whistling for
its money.
1.-THE state flour mill lost more in the first
year of operation than it cost to buy the prop
erty''
Only recently taxpayers procured an injunc-
ton against the receipt of deposits by the state
bank Their motive seems to be to save for
themselves the proceeds of a S6000,000 loan
which the state officials recently sought to OBJ
tain in New York. The taxpayers allege that
the bank is insolvent and they are unwilling that
the proceeds of the bonds should he used to
maintain the state enterprises which have been
started.
The New York Times, which can be relied
upon for the accuracy of its statement, says:
1.-THE taxpayers are better friends of them
selves than the officials chosen to represent them
and now on their defense against recall petit
ton The state bank is described as unable to
meet its checks. The state is behind in payment
of its salaries. The Non-Partisan leagues chain
stores company is in receivership. It's home
building association cannot complete the houses
it began. Work has stopped on the state-owned
mill and elevator, which were the hub of the
movement for the welfare of the farmers who
believed in prophecies of the millennium through
the ballot box. The Non-Partisan league is nat
urally said to be much chastened."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
Ripping Rhymes
BY Walt Mason
THE MOVIES

A million children, every night, be-
hold the movie actors; in education,
wrong or right, the films are mighty
factors. And so the famous movie folk
have influence unmeaSured; their
every move, their every joke, in youth
ful hearts are treasured. So they
should make their lives so clean they'll
sparkle in their beauty, and not seem
angels on the screen, and demons when
off duty. AS artists true they should
appear, and not as blooming smarties;
they should cut out the booze and beer
and all the frenzied parties. My little
Willie goes tonight to see a movie
story; the heroine is blithe and bright,
all smiling in her glory; but someone
whispers to the lad, She goes her
gaudy courses as though she hadn' t
whipped her dad, and gained fourteen
divorces And Willie in admiring
mood regards the hero's capers till
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

party. He retired from business at an
early age for most men to tackle pub
lie service. His first idea was the bet
terment of relations between employer
and employed Mr.. Perkins made small
impression on this difficult problem,
for which witness the recently split
Washington conference.
Next he sought to purify politics by
financing what he considered to be the
best end of the game. His one great
effort in this direction, the Progress
i've party, turned the most enthusiast.
tic convention ever held into a wake
of unparalleled political mourning when
Roosevelt declined the 1915 nomina-
ton under Perkins guidance.
The Younger Perkins has $4,000
600 to spend improving our brand of
political effort. He has started by
taking $1,000 job under Will Hayes,
surely a competent practical demon
strator. 1t is his avowed intention to
give his money to political campaigns
to give the man who cannot raise a
campaign fund for the backing of an
idea, an equal chance with the fellow
who can
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
Musings for the Evening

THE PANCAKE SEASON is ON.
The fapjacks are Tapping, for winter
is nigh.
The boys in the windows are tossing
EN- high.
They're hot off the griddle.
They're dough in the middle,
But I am a fan for EN- so what care
I?
SO, grease up the griddle and let 'em
come fast.
We're always afraid this stack will be
the last.
And pour on the syrup.
Vermont maple syrup
Made ont in Chicago fol many years
past.
I've pancaked around for full many a
year,
And some have been tough as the hide
of steer.
Come on, Indigestion,
I'll not ask question
You'll get me, know, but I'll croak
with a cheer
Half the women in the world don't
know where the other half get their
gossip.
An optimist is a person who eats
candy off an uncovered street stand
Every once in a while we see
brief cable dispatch about the league
of nations, but it doesn't seem as
though the league has much to do to
while away the time. We would sug-
gest that, in order to keep away from
the doldrums, the league get busy on
the following problems:
The rent situation.
The bootlegging ships from the Ba-
hamas.
Hunt up the Stillman case.
Find some substitute for work.
Tell us how we are going to buy
Christmas presents
Find out what Marconi has heard
from Mars.
What has happened to Luther Bur
banks edible cactus
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
PEANUT CROP VALUED
AT MANY MILLIONS

The American peanut crop is al
ready valued at about 100 million dol
lars year and its cultivation is
spreading and its value rising. We
are eating peanuts and peanut oil and
peanut butter in many forms and
feeding hogs and cattle with peanut
hay or peanut vines, and turning the
meal or cake" which remains after
the oil is expressed, into pork chops,
spare ribs and country sausage and
into milk, cheese and butter
R. B. Handy of the office of expert
ment station, department of agricul-
ture, wrote % years ago that While
the peanut has been cultivated in the
United States to a limited extent for
a number of years, it is only since
1866 that the crop has become OF
primary importance in the eastern Sec
ton of this country, which seems pc
culiarly adapted to its production" He
said that between 1866 and 1870 the
rapid spread of the culture of the pea
nut was probably due to the knowl-
edge of it acquired by the armies
which operated in the eastern part of
Virginia and North Carlonia. Before
the Civil war we imported peanuts
from West Africa, but today, notwith-
standing the remarkable increase in
the production of American peanuts,
we are importing peanuts from Spain
and Africa, and importing the nuts
and their oil from China and Japan.
What is a Peanut?
The peanut is not a nut, it is a pea.
1t is a trailing, struggling plant, grow
ing from one to two feet high, with
thick, angular, pale-green, hairy stems
and spreading branches, and it ripens
its fruit or its peas or nuts, under
ground. 1t is a strange habit. Small
yellow flowers are borne at the joints
where the leaves are attached to the
stems and as soon as pollination takes
place the flower fades and the peg"
as it is commonly called, buries itself
in the ground, where the pod de-
velops.
Mr.. Handy wrote, that the peanut,
like many other extensively cultivat-
ed plants, has not been found In
truly wild state and hence it is diff
cult to fix upon it's habitat or the place
which it would call home. So widely
has it been cultivated in eastern coun-
tries that some botanists have at
tempted to trace its spread from China
to Japan, thence through the East In
dia Islands to India and thence to
Africa, where N the seventeenth cen
fury il was so extensively cultivated
and had become such an important
article of native food that the slave
dealers loaded their vessels with It
using it as food for their cargoes of
captives.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
TODAY'S TALK
BY George Matthew Can" IT, "Up"
LIKE GPANDEATHER2g CHAIR

went into furniture shop today
WONDERFUL chair When in
you tell all
pocket! - f -A
wanted 1t much 1t and the
FABRICS told all their
Nv
been thinking O things
that cost little
anyhnglike
wonderful. (And did ~
It's warns
$4,000 49, - N0NT
appreciation
and have come to find sincerity of
attitude toward life of
fresh polished gold. - 0 49,
Like Grandfather chair yous "Please
old to be
There popular
there lady
All of sudden exclaimed
killing
darn socks audience
laughed!
Like Grandfathers chair the primary
things before they
other things like
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
WOULD SLASH NUMBER
OF CHICAGO SOLONS

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 22.-Chicago
may have her representation in the
state legislature cut if plans of the
state farmers association are carried
out
The executive committee of the as
ISOLATION recently passed a resolution
calling for limitation of Cook county's
representation in the senate to one
third of the total number, although
still allowing representation in the
house to be apportioned according to
population.
A number of down-state farm bu-
reaus have endorsed the resolution.
The farmers call attention to the fact
that all the other four states which
have cities with more than half the
population of the state, limit the rep
resentation of those cities. These
states are New York. MARYLAND. Della
ware and Rhode Island.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and now l am in
the best of health and enjoy doing my
work every moment of the day. It
surely put life and pep into my sys-
tenn. Mrs. L. M. DARRAs, 46 Howard
ST., Detroit, Michigan.
It is not always in business that a
woman is forced to give up her work on
account of i'll health. It's quite as often
the woman who does her own work at
home. When backaches and headaches
drive out all ambition, when that bear
lng-down sensation attacks you, when
you are nervous and blue, the one great
help for such ailments is Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Advertisement.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

during the next
iIre years, his idea
of serving humani-
ty. Young Mr.. Per
kins is a New York
product, twentysiX.
His father was the
late George w. Per
kins, who climbed
from office boy to
head of the New
York Life, and then
jumped over to j. P.
Morgan's office as
a partner.
The elder Per
kins was angel"
for the Bull Moose
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
Memories Of Old DAVIS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Patrolmen were given orders by |. A.
Gormon, superintendent of police, to
order proprietors of cigar stores groc-
erles, bowling alleys and other stores
who had slot machines in their places
OF business to discontinue the opera
ton OF them. This order took effect
Immediately and the machines were
taken from the various places.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

to eat any break
fast and always COM
of a headache
or tired feeling which
at times required me
to stop my work and
rest. | have never
had a physician and
never took any medi-
cine for it until yours
was recommended to
me by a neighbor
whom | used to visit
frequently, / took
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

Q. | would like to know what kind
of rock plymouth Rock is. T. H.
A. Plymouth Rock is granite
boulder
Q. What was the largest atten-
ance at a world series game? r. w.
A. The largest recorded attendance
at World series game is 42.620, on
October Il, 1916.
Q. Why is the Symbol 81" used for
ampheres instead of "A? H. A. S.
4. The symbol 81" had its origin
in the word intensity and in GER
tain languages other than English,
this word is regularly used as we say
current" English writer's used the
letter &C" TO denote current" but In
the interest of international unifom-
ity this was sacrificed in order to gain
other points. The letter Il" is now
the accepted international symbol
Q. What countries are included in
the Near East? V. S.
A. The countries included in the
Near East are: Abyssinia, Afghanis-
tan, Albania. Arabia, Armenia. Asia
Minor, Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Cytrus.
Malta, Mesopotamia, Morocco, Pales-
tine, Persia, Smyrna, Syria, Tripoli.
Tunis, Turkey.
Q. Is glass porous? B. N B.
A. Glass is impermeable to liquids
and gases and is therefore not por-
Gus.
@ Where did geraniums come from
F. G. w.
A. The ordinary garden geraniums
are species of Pelargonium which are
natives of South Africa.
Q. What is German silver made of?
W. \. D.
A. German silver is white alloy
composed of nickel. copper and zinc.
The best quality consists of four parts
copper, two parts nickel and two parts
zinc, but in this proportion It is diff
cult to work. For some uses a small
amount of lead is added.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
IT'S A GRAM oID REMEDy

You can't keep strong and well with
out sleep. Whether your rest is brok-
en- by painful hacking cough or Just
an annoying tickling in the throat the
system becomes weakened and run
down. Mrs. K. d. Drake, Childs, Md.
writes: After an attack of the flu /
was LETT with severe cough Nothing
relieved me till I used Foley's Honey
and Tar, which l can highly recon-
mend. 1t covers irritated membranes
with healing and soothing coating
loosens phlegm and clears air passages
a. O. Luken Drug Co, 626-62S Main St
Advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
SAVED FROM STARVATION
(From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
.
graph.

graph)
Little Willie had been told that he
must always wait patiently until he
was served at meals, and not to cry
across the table or grab for his food.
One day while dining at neigh
boris with his mother the little fellow
was accidentally overlooked He was
very patient for time, but at last
could bear the strain no longer, seeing
everybody eating but himself So,
leaning quietly across to his mother,
he said in loud whisper:
Mother, do little boys who starve
to death go to heaven?"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

Don't Say:
| don't know AS l can go with
you.
l went OVER the river.
The bird flew ACROSS the river.
He is as good AS, or better THAN
any other man.
He is AWFULLY religious.
Say:
/ don't know THAT l can go with
you
l went ACROSS the river
The bird flew OVER the river.
He is as good AS any other man,
or better THAN they.
He is EXTREMELY religious.
Animals obtained less value from
the food they eat than the man, and
therefore consumes more.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
A WORD FOR oUIJA
he WASHINGTON Star.

fiv'n the washington Star
"Do you believe IN what the Ouija
board says?"
Not fully" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. But its conclusions are often
as reliable as those reached by pro-
longed debates and its processes are
rot nearly so yociferous."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
By AID Carter

Whisper says, He's often stewed-I
read it in the papers" Then little
Willie toddles home, his sentiments
unspoken, but mournful thoughts are
in his dome-his idols have been
broken. The Bluebeard door has been
unlocked, one glance therein suffices;
and little kids should not be shocked
by tales of tawdry vices.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
After Dinner Stories

Little Brother Bob was being taught
his prayers. After he had said them
he climbed into bed and went to sleep.
The next night as he climbed into bed
he was heard to exclaim: Its just the
same prayer as it was last night, so
good night, Cod"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
THESE NATIONAL PROBLEMS
[From the New York Sun1

from the New York SUM
Tfm-England has a great many ma
uonal problems on her hands.
Jim-Oh, well, they should worry
as long as they haven't got prohibi-
ton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

Pennsylvania leads the country in
the number of colleges and universe
ties, having 43 such institutions. New
York stands second with SO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

The United States as a whole. is
spending $40 for each city child's edu-
cation. For each country child, it is
spending S24
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

Morals and ethics are among the
new studies to be added this fall to
the curricula of the public schools
of Chicago
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

In the Office of the prison warden
at Canon City, Colo, a clever and no
torious swindler was being Invested of
the contents of his pockets. AS each
article was removed it was carefully
examined, listed and then placed tenn
porarily on a nearby desk. Among the
articles was a badly furnished silver
dollar, barely distinguishabIe as
money, which the owner gave up with
considerable show of reluctance.
At the conclusion of the search the
prisoner pointed to the dull looking
coin and in a suppliant tone, hesitat-
ingly asked the warden:
Would you mind letting me keep
it?"
Why" asked the warden.
'Oh, just a little sentiment, I SUD
pose the prisoner explained. You
know, it's the first dollar l ever
STOLE"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
Who's Who IN the
Day S News
GEORGE w. PERKINS

1t will be an interesting study to
watch the check book stubs upon
which Goor"o w. Perkins will record
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
She TOOK her
FRIENDS ADVICE
Now is In the Best of Health
Because she took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Detroit, Mich was not feeling
we'll for several years and never was able
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22
Answers to Questions

(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Palladium
fnforms ton Bureau. Frederick ]. Hask-
in. director, Washington. d c. This Of
fer applies strictly to information The
bureau does not give advice on legal
medical and financial matters. 1t does
not attempt to settle domestic troubles
on any subject. Write YOUR question
plainly and briefly Give full name and
address and enclose two cents in
stamps for return postage. All replies
are sent direct to the inqUirer.)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-04-21

that put on my hat and strolle'i
across the yard tracks to Kirgan's
Office in the shops. Kirgan was an
old friend. as you might say: he had
been on the Oregon building job with
us and knew the boss through and
through. didn't have anything spe
cial to say. but l kind Of wanted Ia
talk to somebody who knew. So !
loafed In ON Kirgan.
He loved the boss like a brother
As soon as l came In. he fred his kid
stenographer on some errand or other.
and made me sit down and tell hin
all l knew. When got through he
was pulling at his long mustache and
wrinkling his nose as I've seen a bull
dog do when he was getting ready to
bite something.
"You haven't got all the drop-om
business cornered over yonder in the
general office. Jimmie" he said slow
ly. fitting back in his swing-chair and
glowering at me with those sultry eyes
of his. "On that same night that you're
tallxin' about. stand to lose one per-
fectly good Atlantic-type locomotive.
At ten o'clock she was set In on the
spur below the coal chutes. At twelve
o'clock, when the round-house watch
man went down there to see II her
fire was banked all right, she was
gone"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-04-21

now four days old, things were still
in sort of daze down at the rail-
road offices. Mr.. Van Britt. being the
general superintendent and next in
command. had moved over into the
boss office. and Fred May was doing
his shorthand work. They wouldn't
let me do anything much-I couldn't
do much with my right arm in a
sling-so l had a chance TO hang
around and size up the situation. II
you want to know how 1t sized up.
you can take 1t from me that it was
pretty bad. People all along the line
were bombardIng Mr.. Van Britt with
letters and kilograms wanting to know
wnat WAS going TO be oone, ana what
the change in management was 60
Ing to mean for the public, and all
that. You see, Mr.. Norcross had laid
out mighty attractive program In
the little time he had been at the
wheel. and now 1t looked as II 1t was
all going to be dumped into the ditch.
Mr.. Van Britt saw and talked with
everybody, and when he could wedge
of minute or two of privacy, he'd
go into the third room of the suite