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' PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLI JOURNAL
THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1923.
T. W. EVANS
OSES SUDDEN
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a member of Custer Post No. 7, G.
A. R., and past commander, and was
a past department commander of
Missouri. He was an elder in the
V
First Presbyterian church and was i
very active, considering his years, in
church work. For many years he was")
a member of the public library board I
LY AT ST.- JOE!
and doelined reappointment at the
expiration of his term this spring.
. Captain Evans' only surviving rel
atives are a step-brother, who is vice
president of the Louisville & Nash
ville railroad at Louisville, Ky., and
a number of nieces in the south.
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
PIONEER BANK.EE OF WEST AND
THIS CITY DROPS DEAD AT
HOME YESTEEDAY.
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the world.
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single dissatisfied owner. These one and one-half billion miles of satisfactory
service prove positively the outstanding merit of the Special -Six.
It is the strongest recommendation possible for dependable performance,
economical mai ntenance and Ion g life. It is striking evidence of the high quality
that is responsible for Studebaker Special-Six leadership in fine car sales.
To call a car "special" dcesn't make it special unless there is special merit
to back up the name. The Studebaker Special-Six is special not only in
name but in performance. One and one-half billion miles to its credit are
proof positive that it lives up to its name.
The name Studebaker is assurance of satisfaction.
One-piece, rain-proof windshield, automatic windshield cleaner and glare-proof
visor. Qaick-action cowl ventilator. Rear-view mirror. Combination stop-and-tail
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DEATH OF FQP.M
ER FLATTSMQUTH
MAN ill BERLIN
W. A. Derrick, At One Time Printer
In This City, Dies in Berlin,
Germany, Few Days Ago
From Wednesdays Oally.
The announcement has been re
ceived lure of the death in Berlin,
Germany, of W. Alton Derrick, at
one time a resident of Plattsmouth,
and a well known printer n Omaha
and this city. Mr. Derrick was em
ployed in this city in 1887 as a job
printer in the office of the old Ne
braska Herald and from here moved
to Omaha where he was employed
on the Omaha Republican for some
time. While residing in Plattsmouth,
Mr. Derrick was quite active in musi
cal circles and sang in a number of
the local church choirs, geing gifted
with an exceptionally fine bass voice
and after going to Omaha continued
his musical work there.
Mr. Derrick has in late years been
a resident of Berlin, where he rep-
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Plattsmouth, Nebr.
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J. F. WOLFF, GARAGE
T U D E B A K
resented a large American manufac
turing company, but during the
world war from 1914 to 1918, he re
turned to the United States and dur
ing that time paid a brief visit to
Plattsmouth to meet the old friends.
After the close of the war he re
turned to his former position in Ber
lin and has been very prominent in
the American colony there up to the
time of his death.
BURLINGTON HAS
WRECK NEAR BEN
KLEfMH TODAY
"jllo. 2, Eastbound From Denver, Runs
i Into Washout Near Eenkleman
and Fireman is Killed.
From Wednesday's Dally.
This morning at 3 o'clock, east-
: bound Burlington train No. 2, which
j is due in this city at 4:30 p. m., ran
jnto a washout near Eenkleman, Ne
ibraska. and several cars of the train
as well as the locomotive were de
railed. This train is due out of Den
ver for the east at 9:45 p. m.
The fireman on the locomotive is
reported as killed and the engineer
as suffering from several broken
, ribs and injuries and a baggageman
j missing as the result of the wreck.
The vicinity-where the wreck oc
curred was visited by a cloudburst
Monday night and the flood waters
of the republican river overflowed
that portion of the country and caus
ed much damage and which it is
thought caused the softening of the
tracks that led to the wreck.
Owing to the wreck No. 2 was an
nulled today and the other trains
pent west by the way of Alliance.
HAS BAD ACCIDENT
John Terryberry, one of the resi
dents of xiear Louisville, had a very
narrow escape from death Tuesday
morning at the grade crossing three
miles south of Louisville when his
auto truck was struck by a Missouri
Pacific passenger train. The truck
was a total wreck and Mr. Terry
berry badly cut and bruised but very
fortunately not dangerously injured.
His six year old nephew, James
Schafer, who was also riding on the
truck, escaped without a scratch in
the smashup. altho the boy was car
rying his left arm in a sling as the
result of having the member frac
tured some time ago, and the injured
arm was not even jarred by the fall.
Mr. Terryberry states that the en
gineer on the train failed to whistle
when approaching the crossing as is
the custom.
Advertise your wants in the Jour
nal for results.
BIG-SIX '
126' W. B., 60 H. P.
$1750
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2750
STANLEY BALDWIN
IS NEW PREMIER
OF GREAT BRITAIN
Chancellor of the Exchequer is Pro
moted to Succeed Bonar Law
New in Public Life.
London, May 22. Stanley Bald
win is Great Britain's new prime
minister. He accepted- the premier
ship offered him this afternoon by
King George.
The chancellor of the exchequer
had been recommended to the king
by a conference of the unionist
party.
Stanley Baldwin played a compar
atively minor part in British poli
tics until the advent of the Bonar
Law regime, following the resigna
tion of Premier Lloyd George and
the break-up of the coalition which
guided British destinies during the
war.
Possibly his most notable achieve
ment as chancellor is the negotia
tion of the war debt settlement with
the United States, during which he
visited Washington at the head of
the British debt mission. His hand
ling of the current budget, which
makes possible various reductions in
taxes, notably the levy on incomes,
brought much favorable comment.
Since Mr. Bonar Law's illness had
incapacitated him from personal par
ticipation in the parliamentary de
bates, Mr. Baldwin acted as govern
ment spokesman in the house of
commons.
Bonar Law Remains in Commons
"Mr. Bonar Law had a very good
night. His condition is unchanged.
No further bulletins will be issued
at present."
This statement was issued after
the former prime minister's physi
cian had visited hira today.'
Mr. Bonar Law has written a let
ter to the Glasgow Unionist, in
which he says he desires to continue
as a member of the house of com
mons. He presumes there is no objec
tion to his remaining as the member
for Glasgow central division for the
present, although he adds that it is
very unlikely he will be able to at
tend this session of parliament.
OR. H. G. LEOPOLD
4 Osteopathic Physician
Eyes Tested and Glasses
Fitted
Union Block Phone 208
PLATTSMOUTH
E R YEAR itel
Was Cashier of that Bank Here From
its Foundation in 1872 Until
1874. Going to St. Joe.
From Wednesday's Dally
Yesterday afternoon, a message
was received by Horatio N. Dovey,
president of the First National bank,
of this city, from Jay Johnson of St.
Joseph, Missouri, announcing the
death there yesterday of Thomas "W.
Evans, one of the pioneer bankers
of the west and the last of the men
who had been active in the organiza
tion of the First National bank in
1872 and who had ofliciated as cash
ier of the bank from 1872 to 1S74.
Mr. Evans, who had reached the
ripe age of eigrty-six years, came to
Plattsmouth from his boyhood home
in Ohio in 1S67, in company with his
friend, John R. Clark, and the two
young men being favorably impress
ed with the thriving settlement of
the western country, decided to lo
cate here and where they become in
terested in the banking house of
Tootle, Hauna & Clark, then han
dling the banking interests of the
frontier, having established them
selves in 1866. After a few years in
this line of work Mr. Evans became
interested with John R .Clark, Sam
uel Maxwell. John Fitzgerald. C. H.
Parmele and E. G. Dovey in the for
mation of the First National bank,
and in the year 1872 the bank was
organized and Mr. Evans named as
cashier of the bank.
In the year 1874, Mr. Evans re
moved from Plattsmouth to Crete to
become cashier of the State bank of
Crete and after a six weeks' stay
there departed for St. Joseph, Mis
souri, where he took up his work as
a clerk in the First National bank
of that city and has since been close
ly interested in the business affairs
of that city and taking an active in
terest in the conduct of the First Na
tional bank of St. Joseph and was a
director of that institution. In the
years that have past Mr. Evans gave
fifty-six of his long and useful years
to the banking interests and was
known as one of the ablest men in
this line in the. west and until the
end of his lifp retained the keenest
interest in the affairs of the bank
with which he had so long been as- J
sociated.
The city of Plattsmouth was held
in the tenderest regard by Mr. Evans
and in the years following his re
moval he delighted to return here
to visit with the old friends and re
new the ties of early friendship, but
these visits were saddened by the
fact that those .with whom he had
been closely associated had, one by
one, preceded him to the better land.
i It was while living in Plattsmouth
that Mr. Evans met the lady that j
was later to become Mrs. Evans, Miss j
Molhe enable, who had come from I
her home in Memphis, Tennessee, !
for a visit at the home of her aunt J
Mrs. Hanna, and from that meeting j
sprung the sweet romance of the ,
lives of these two estimable people.
Mr. Evans later visited Memphis and
on November 8, 1869, these two
young peonle were joined in the
bonds of wedlock and for the years j
that followed their lives were very j
hanpilv SDent toerether until the !
death of the wife on July 31, 1906.
Since the death of the wife, Mr.
Evans has been awaiting the time
when he, too, might lay aside the
weight of years and the trials of life
and embark on the journey to join
his loved one and as he stated to old
friends here he was "Only waiting
till the shadows had a little longer
grown."
Mr. Evans was a gentleman of the
old school and to those he knew as
friends, he leaves a precious mem
ory of a dear, kind friend and asso
ciate and the friends in Plattsmouth
who have had the pleasure of meet-
ing him on his visits here with thef"t n the school is not all possessed ,
Dovey and Parmele families, his
death will bring a sincere regret.
In speakiuy of the death of Mr.
Evans, the St. Joseph New-Press has
the following:
Captain Evans was born in Guern
sey county. Ohio, in 1S43, and was
tnere reared to mannooa, recievmg i the evenin and demonstrated that
his education in the common schools , (hc PIattsmouth school attendants
At the age of eighteen years in 1861 le certainIj- pifted in their appre.
ho enlisted in company B, 15th Ohioic,ation of d mugic
volunteer infantry, and served as a i The clagg of 1923 and the entire
private four years and four months,
being in the 4th army corps at the
time of his discharge at San Antonio,
Texas, at the close of the war. He
returned to his home in Ohio and re
mained until 1S67, when he came
west and located at Plattsmouth,
Neb., with the banking firm of Totle,
Hanna & Clark, which established
the First National bank there. He
! served as assistant cashier until the
'spring of 1874 when he came to St.
Joseph and entered the old First Na
tional bank in the same capacity. In
18S0 he became cashier of the Mer
chants' bank and served as such un
til 1887, when the stock of this bank
changed hands. In July. 1890, he was
again made cashier of the Merchants
bank and later became its president.
- Mr. Evans was married to Mary C.
Venable. ,a daughter of Joseph Ven
able, who had resided in St. Joseph
nrinr to lRfil hut who was livincr at
Memphis. Tennessee, at the time of !
his death by yellow fever, in 1878.
In politics. Captain Evans was a re
publican, and from 1882 to 1S84
served as city treasurer. He was
OF
BESS
EVER G!V
"EELIEVE ME, XANTIPPE" VEEY
PLEASING COMEDY A2IB IS
WELL GIVEN.
PARMELE THEATRE IS FILLED
Cast Well Chosen and Gives Eendi
tion of Various Eoles That
Does Credit to All.
From Wednesday's Dally
The class play of the class of 1023
of the Plattsmouth high school, giv
en last at the Parmele theatre, will
long be remembered by the large au
dience in attendance as one of the
very best that any class of the school
ever present anil for their excellent
work the members of the cast with
out any exception deserve the high
est credit as does Mrs. O. Sandin,
'who has had charge of the directing
of the play.
The selection of the comedy, "Be-
i lieve Me, Xantippe," gave the young
people a very entertaining feature
r.nd into the different roles the cast
was molded.
The story deals with the lark of
three young men in betting on the
ability of one of their number,
"George MacFarland," to commit a
crime and for a year escape from the
clutches of the lav, and what fol-
llows after makes a very pleasing se
! rics of laughs as well as an enter
taining love story. The course of the
play finishes in George winning
the bet as well as the heart of the
daughter of a hard-boiled Colorado
sheriff. The role of "George MacFar
land" was teken most capably by
i Harold Mullis and his work was all
j that could have been asked by the
most exacting theatrical critic, and
he was supported by Miss Edith Far-
I lpv jig 'Tlrn'' tlio rlf ll r?V t at r f flip.
fhcriff, who was very charming and
pleasing in this role and presented
the character with all the ability of
an experienced actress. The roles of
the two friends of "MacFarland,"
"Thorton Brown" and "Arthur Sole"
were taken by Leonard Born and
.naries tLisenoerger anu mai 01 i
"William" the valet, by Elmer John
son. In the part of the sheriff, Frank
Gradoville made a very realistic.
fearless yet tender hearted officer of J
the law who had on his hands a wil- !
ful daughter
kneed jailer.
and a very weak
'Wrenn," played by
Roy Olson, who proved a scream for
his comedy kept the audience in the
best of humor and a laugh awaited
his every move during the last two
acts of the play. One of the clever
pieces of acting was that of Joe
Weber as "Simp Galloway," a west
ern outlaw and bad man, and Miss
Gladys Eliott as "Violet." a hard-
boiled lady friend of "Simp," was'
exceptionally clever and added to
the troubles of the leading: man in I
escaping the consequences of his rash !
bet. The role of the solicitious aunt !
of "Dolly" was taken by Miss Mary 1
Margaret Walling very cleverly and
assisted materially in the pleasant- j
ness of the play. j
During the intermissions between
the acts of the play the audience was
entertained most pleasantly with
musical numbers by the school peo- !
pie. Misses Olive Bonge and Harriett
Peacock gave two very delightful vo
cal selections. Miss Alice Louise
Wescott two whistling solas, and
eight of the little folks of the school
two songs that proved that the tal- '
by the older pupils. These specialties
were exceptionally good and added i
to the general entertaining features
of the evening. I
The high school orchestra in its ;
musical program given before the
curtain and in the intermissions
nmvflfl onnthor nlpncnnt for 1 1 1 r o nf ,
school is to be congratulated on their
clever and entertaining presentation
of the play and Mrs. Sandin on her
work in directing the young people,
so successfully. ;
The directress and members of the
cast feel very appreciative of the
work, of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Smith
in assisting in preparing the make
up of the members of the cast and
to the firm of Christ & Christ which
furnished the "props" for the vari-(
0113 scenes of the play.
F0S SALE OR TEADE
Four new Alamo farm light plants.
Several second hand cars and trucks. 1
Also several houses in :Plattsmouth. '
See Frank Vallery, Plattsmouth.
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Prices $40, $45 and $50
Our big three line $25, $30 and $35
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ON THE
District Judge James T. Begley' de
parted this morning for Lincoln
where he will meet in conference
with members of the supreme court.
Lay in Your Supply of.
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IN THE FACE OF RISING SUGAR PRICES, WE
ARE GOING TO DO THE UNUSUAL.
and Ending
cur stock of "De Monte," "J. M. 1846" and "Hy
Tone" canned fruits will be sold at prices that will not
be duplicated this season. At these prices you should
liberally purchase your next fall's requirements NOW.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT
All canned fruits now being sold for next fall delivery
will of necessity be higher. You can save the difference
by checking this list and placing your order with us now.
Order Blank and Pries Lis!:
H. M. SOENNICHSEN,
Plattsmouth, Nebr.
Enclosed find my check for $ for
which please fill the following order:
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Del Monte Brand
Peaches No. 24 3 cans for 91 ;
Pears No. 2 3 cans for 91;
Apricots No. 1 5 cans for $1;
Peaches No. 1 5 cans for 91;
Peaches No. 2 4 cans for 91;
Peaches No. 2 4 cans for 91;
Red Pwaspberries No. 2 4 cans for 91;
Blackberries -No. 2 4 cans for 91;
Loganberries No. 2 4 cans for 91;
Black Raspberries No. 2 4 cans for 91;
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Sliced Peaches No. 2 3 can3 for 91; dozen, 93.90 .
Yellow Free
Peaches No. 2VZ 3 cans for 91; dozen, 93.90
Green Gage
Plums No. 2 3 cans for 91; dozen, .93.90
Apricots No. 2'2 3 cans for 91; dozen, 93.90
Hy-Tone Brand
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Peaches No. 2Y2 3 cans for 91; dozen, 93.90
Apricots
Sliced, Peeled No. 2lA 3 cans for 91; dozen, 93.90
Apricots
In Halves No. 2'2 3 cans for 91; dozen, 93. OO
Farwest Brand
Loganberries No. 2 4 cans for 91; dozen, 92.75
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We Can Save You Money.
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CORNER"
County Surveyor Fred Patterson
departed this afternoon for Omaha
to look after some matters of busi
ness in that city.
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