Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1923, Page 22

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= 22 THE EVE G _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, . tion. That the board has failed to|other equipment, the property of an- e 01d School. set aside one-fourth of other road district, and that Harri- ,Th, Scho s for a macad: e son failed to turn these moneys over [ From the New York Sun. \ r =S roads as e to the county. Governor Smith said at a banquet January 1, 1920, ally every That although required by law to|in Utica: clal act of 3 S lattend all meetings of the board, the chairman of th , has commonwealth attorney has failed to | Dellver us from the say nothing, ¢ | without tiie sanef 1| do so, and has failed to resist the al- | 8t2ndpat politiclan of the old schoo s rt C at and contrary to the express provisions |1owance of claims, many of which| “A politician of this cautlous type ports Loats < s traveling In the west when he of law. e bee N in accord- r.."‘ hexe o \“U“. ‘."“d Bty me upon two cowboys. The cow- That Harrison has received large [ance with the luw n L e o vs had just awakened from a long Pain and Plaid, ) > o The new plaits—in sums for road work when the law: That I Ballinger ix a resident of [ JPY7 Tad JURt Bwakensd from - H Y - , o - and Ix no 4 sleep, 3 & about 3 g 2 4 = A \:ln\u\!n-ll that no supervisors shall l\al"f(‘i”f.‘jr,.'i..,::.|l n‘\}-m'm-lr It:‘u;:\ln-:l‘;:xm a-dim, Hght in the aky. Wus it the }lrly and Tan .efiec.!s. plain and plaid patterns Futo King Merely Wanted to be vaia ror su o " Lo unty treasurer, |SUn OF was it the moon? One cowboy in smart straightline R ¢ or road wo to Harri- : irained by the or.|held o the sun theory, the other was and belted mode’s. many favored Sh C His Po- | 219 by : - from the county and | moon advocate, and on the politi o ow Congress HIs A 6 3 D R ey _dated |clan’s appearance they agreed to lay 5990 G _ Secona. Foor. ‘Ghe Economy Corner na post-dated a J i t ny of the county funds. |their case before him and abide by Zth.and H.Sts. N\ discounted or % col- | Strained from authorizing any war-| “The politician listened carefully e lateral in the National ik ants upon the county funds, con-[l0 the cowboys' arguments pro and don, and Citizens National Bank | trary to law. The treasurer fs re- |con, then he shook his head. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, jof Alexandria, Va. to the credit 4w [strained from issuing further war- ‘Aln’t got nothin' to say, boys,’ FIREG Fosd probabiy Wil win that | Bimselt: X other than for mileage und $6 |he muttered. ‘I'm a stranger in these = 4:;‘“_“ o probably Wil g me e rison collected certain | Der meéting to Chairman Harrison. |parts. sums of money from the town of —_— gt L i the presidency mely. Musele . in payment The United States, with only one- & tes rendered by him on the Tennysou left college Without tak- | sixteenth of the world's populatiyn, hus B et Mary stthe aver s and for hire and use of a tractor and | ing a degree | one-sixth of the world’s live stock. up to Mr. Ford's latest p ementin favor of President | {EEEUEHEUENELENRUEMEMURNEVRVIE) Spend Your Last Shopping Minutes With Me Prices Slashed In All Departments ical ne ination, but that n advant Ives, Lionel and Bing Ives and Bing Electrical Train Sets, Mechanical Train Sets, $2.49 to $60.00 $1.49 to $12.50 s the politi- could command Transformers. . $2.49 to $9.08 Mec. Track; O-Gauge. ' 3 . Crossovers; O-Gauge. litical Strength. 924, and they have Niimi | The Supervisors are temporarily re- | his decision. agers of the Dakota re- Adoo for | Muscle 0-Gauge Crossovers 9 Switches; 0.Gauge O-Gauge Bridges $ 9 Tunnels . Stations - O-Gauge Switches 9 N $2.00 Mechanical Train Sef: O-tauge Switches; t 5 S ron I motive_and $1 49 lighted; pair 3.98 L tender, arsandtrack o Standard ige Switches; n PR ,:J',,l‘- R D s L ra iR E e eI e e T T L T T T T T T T T T T E I I T e T e T Ta e L e e T T a eI I T T e 3T aeessssseesy $4.00 Mechanical Tron Eu- g gine, Tender, 3 Cars, - S e o ™ $2.98 $4.49 » % ——==to - Dry-Cell Co ¢ P lumbia Bat g 5 r : and mech. engines, teries, S N S 0 G SeR S0 I 5 @ lamp posts, signals, 3 §1.00 semaphores Complete Line of Ives, Bing and Lionel Trains and Accessories Catalogues Free On Request = 14-Volt Mazda Bulbs, for series 1, | Fancy 14-Volt Decorated and outfits; each. . 12¢ Bilkos each 10¢ 15¢ 14-Volt Carbon Colored Bulbs; Fancy 14.Volt Mazda Bulbs; 2%5¢ cach . Extra Cars, elec. )t comment on the nts to his offer, hite House in a nial me last been ured ¢ of his A Sale of Fur-trimmed Cloth, Fur, Fur-Fabric Coats You Buy at After-Xmas Prices NOW tor Up to that time, there had been some volitical fear ons had had as nsr the Musele T President has ! 1S a cons o With the Headlight Bulbs: opal bac k: t 8 14, and 24 watts 25¢ nd rhe each Jonstrated in win- $9.45 Elsitic Stract i i - he Lamps; complete with up 390 i) (irxin) B6G- o $30.00 Ives Standard Gauge = bulb .......... 98¢ AL ey = Set: high power locomotive Little Hustler nd/teacl D | 2nd two larce cars Motor ; $1.69 track and rheo. @O QR Full Line of Motor Attach- $3.00 Ives Train Set; rlectric stat : ment Toys—Windmills, Foun- Iocomotive, two Z Signals and Telegraph ()¢ tains. Merry-Gio-Rounds and track and rheost Poles . many others FREE! When You Buy From Me TRANSFORMER free with every Electric Train Outfit as follows: With g Reen b o . $4.00 Transformer With 825.00, . s . «esr....$5.00 Transformer With ast $ S s ...87.50 Transformer With GRSy s 10.00 Transformer BELL—With every purchase of a Velocipede, Tricycle or Scooter. Mechanical Horn, Taol Baz and Taols, Pump and Stand—Iree with every Bicyele. Robeson 2-blade Penknife with every Soccer Ball. —_— | = = - — Pen Knives, 3 !‘q,|‘,:,{_, = 3 N 39¢ to $5.00 s ; Tree Lighting Outfits ' “ae t5eren S $5.49 N Battery _Outie; w2t B Mechanical Boats, 11 ¢10.49 : e . g $1.35 up .30 House € : Tennis Rackets, Same, with sixteen lights Baseball Gloves, £30 Q¢ P R $ nd 50 Fewre. $26.49 | <8 NS ! S e oot ot - G y and o oasfer agons, i . $33.49 Y PR (e 30 2 p $8.98 up e $23.49 ) X B Golf Sets, $8.98" up 15 Black, Gray, he su specially t should ace Brytona, Truvenette, Lustrous Bolivia, Crushed Plush, Regular and Coney Fur. - Extra Sizes. Brown. D5 envugh wlone FUNDS FOR FAIRFAX OFFICIALS STOPPED Judge Brent Signs Injunction for Taxpayers, Who Charge Irregularities. You'll find Iots of these Coats with the enormous Gray Fur Collars that answer a fad in exclusive fashion. We've elected to make this reduction before Xmas, instead of after—so that you can buy now for yourself — or for Xmas-giving and enjoy the full saving. ———Second Floor—— l‘nSigmund’s Bargain Basement Another Monster Dress Event! On sale, beginning tomorrow morning, a truly wonderful assortment of more than 100 different styles of really high-grade Dresses— These vpopular 3 All sizes included— n.:aurials'-— For Misses and Poiret Twill, Women. A on complaints of taxpayers, Judge Samuel G. Brent of the cireuit court of Fairfax county, in ation, Sweaters Ask the Boy Velocipedes Fairy ana o Tvi Joh All-Wool Sweaters, in What He Wants makes Taal: white, mnavy, maroon A\ bearing and and Hiack, @ for Xmas ’ built Tk« = $6.95 7 And He’ll Say: 3 \ bleycle: ot /g . <) from 2 years Pull.over Style, wih (¢ inT i bber 95 eripsand ped «Jo } 2 s; large spring saddle; cush.on b b vesterday signed temporary injunc- tl ainst the six members of the board supervisors of Fairfax county, the county treasurer and the commonw s atto restrain- fng them from drawing any money from the county funds other than for mileage and for attendance at legal meetings of the board The court issued @ rule on the of- ficials to show why they should not give an ting of the ex-! Boys® Sweaters, pull A bell with every veloci- over, with 53‘95 up %} : > $10.98 to $20.00 penditures of the road funds of th district road hoards, the chief com plaint of the bLill being that the su- pervisors have disbursed a la part of the county funds “in defiance of . the law." ‘The petition requesting the injunction sets forth that “the superv | directed the issuing of war: Ice Skates 3 ; Ball-Bearing Then he will he “another : : Canton Crepe, A 4 g PEREY ;i our neteiborhood i Roller Skates Satin, Designed for Cluny, v Street, Spanish Lace, H - Afternoon Velour, and Tricoknit, L Evening Wool Crepe. Wear. Every model is an effective one and every value makes this price decidedly a big bargain. Come early—for first choice. * Sigmund's Bargain Basement. S Bieyel today it ix stlll leading. Ask dad—it is almost u “sur shot” he rode « LA FRANCE when @ Loy, He knew how GOOD it was then. We'll 3 guarantes this wheel to be . 5 even beiter mow. e also All Styles and carry Sizes L $1.50 Up i Union Hardware $1.98 Up member: in comp N more meetings than is re the petitic having Footballs ’ ) 5 = FAIRY LA FRANCE IVER JOHNSON Juvenile Models. .50 up . Large Models . .$30.00 up tation Teather: @ Catalogues Free Upon Request. rubber bladder $2.50 Football; ex- tra quality leather: | $5 Football; regulation size; | Boxing itea X trs wuality pethled $3.49 bladder. | grain leather, guaran- @9 Q5 regulation size; = Special teed bladder ... . $ extra quality pebb]edgmlnlea!her$3'ga $3.50 Footballs; | $8.00 Special Football; grain | Pen Knife free with each soccer ball good quality; peb. | finished cowhide leather: a good $3.50 Soccer Ball, 8-piece $2.98 bled grain ther: | sturdy ball; complete i 1 ball . | right from England . The petition also calls attention to the fact that the s Tmitted by law to col only twenty-five ‘ and charges they sums for meetings which were not held, A charge of using county money to cover expenses incident to trips to other paris of Virginia also is placed axainst the officials by the pe- tition 1L is further charged that no audit | counts of the road boards pt and money was without requiring bond; that in mak- ing awards for rozd huilding the board has not given contrae to the s, ax required b roud work ha asking for itemized affidavits and vouchers, reguired law. The citizens' petition, which was filed through Attorney T Wampler ot Washing following _defends ¥. L. Ballinger, Geor . F. P, Reid, C. N. & ey and Donald visors; Wilson M T, m wealth attorney, and . W. Huddles- ton, treasurer The complainants are listed as F. ° M. Mohler, Cooper, F. F. Th Son, D. . Mahoney, H. A Dudding, B. F. McQuire Kirk. Further Charges F merated. 4 gFurther charges enumerated in the I Potition are: “That Commonwealth Attorney Farr yad knowledge of the acts of the su- Jikyisors and failed to take any ac- ¥ v & o i a i ¢ Y ¥ \ y i y bt ¥ ¢ 14 i §¢ § i i i v 14 134 ¥ [ A i ] R Y 8 ag Y §’g v 1 ¢ I o y B §§ 4 v Y 4 i u § Y : 4 4 : ¥ g ¥ i i Y v o i PRRIRERRELR 3

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