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PAGE SIX PLATTSMOTJTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURWAI MONDAY, JULY 7, 1924. ' i Conserve Your Energy in Summer YoucanJiter;iIIy,pet"rocre.!tionMVe"madeover" again, I n-h,.n vournhvsica sell i I re ;,J,wur energy and your i 9 ' . . , r l T7 1 D U., 1 11 - 1- ... J 1... 1. 1 11 . i ' i r . m 1 1 i 1 1 i ti i v i l . H i i srrenwi cuusc-icvi vj v - WU Simplicity and qood t :rte sre embodied in the lines y and appointments of this popul ur car. Uninterrupted HI use is insured by nation-wide, "around-the-corner gjl Ford service. Better get your order in noull g g J fV!! DMrofc, Michigan H 3 ToTiCCar$295 Cct-fS2S TlorSIan $590 Fordor Sedan $689 S & Ail (,,.-, t. , "...'iron t;i I rir Tur ;rnjrc"- IZXD FORD DEALER 111 1 fill " 1 J C I I -V-r-,qP- p De.ant.We R.. 19 ' ' ' fPifg-y "nd Slnf $85 p II -- -.' iV5i:... - Ak -i I I THE UNIVERSAL CAR Vn. .-jin (av ct vr ifcl h i srrc.'l (d,'j.fi-paymfn and arranging ear , I I JrJZZ.VF&?ZZtt I I I 7 i tJeatr oar im BVOfWMi .. "--' . L ed the fad that it was not danger- a at. a a PRETTY MONTH END WEDDING AT WEEPING WATER Miss Geneva Shupp and William Hart Joined in the Bonds of Holy Wedlock in That City. On Monday evening;, Juno 3 0. at 8 o'clock, at tlx home of the bride's : n;.r nts. occur 1 th- marriage or William Hurt and Geneva Shupp. The rooms were tastily decorated in pink and white with the right pro-J portion of green to bring out the: delicate colors of the daisies and! roses. A big heart of pink and' white roses in hank of green dotted with daisies, made the back ground for the bridal group, the design be ing very suggestive of the name prominent on this occasion. The service began with a solo I entitled "Promise Me," followed by the wedding Much. The minister, entered, followed by the flower girls, who scat:-red pink roses to' mark the path of the bridal party, j The bride and groom were accom panied by Harold Hart, brother ofi of the groom an! Margaret Shupp, sis ter of the bride Lois Giles and I Margaret Johnson were flowers; I girls, and little Evelyn Johnson ring j bearer. Rev. Evans performed the ceremony. The bridesmaid wore pink, the groom wore gray. The bride was attired in blue and carried a large bouquet of pink and white i roses. The lhny fouls of the bridal veil blended with these colors most beautifully, ami made Miss Shupp a very attractive bride. The taste fulness of the entire group and the impresaiveneaa of the ceremony made a very beautiful service which closed with the solo. VISITS OLD HOME Mr. and Mrs. (Jeorge S. Delo of Los Angeles, California, are here en joying a visit with the relatives and friends in this community and which was the former home of Mrs. Delo, who was formerly Miss Agnes Mc Carty, sister of Joseph and Prank .McCarty. Mr. and Mrs. Delo are on their vacation, Mr. Delo securing a vacation trip from his duties as fore man in the S. P. shops at Los An geles and are looking over the cen tral part of the country. While here hey are visiting at the home of Mis. Lena Droege. Mr. Delo reports that Prank McCarty is now located at Los Angeles, where he is following his trade as a tinner. BAB PARTY CIRCLE Petition Siled at Lincoln Asking to Have This Voted on at Forth coming Fall Election. C. A. Sorensen petition Thursday State Pool for amendment which died an initiative with Secretary of a Constitutional will abolish party ARMY DE STROY MANY ILLI NOIS FARM TRACTS Three Thousand Farms Affected by Plague ; Farmers Fight Against Spread. Helvidere. ill., July .'5. Army worms in almost a solid front are marching across northern Illinois, eating up the crops as they go. Armed with torches, plows, spades, post-hole diggers, poison bait and kerosene. farmers have worked from sunup to sundown today in all parts of Dupage, Kane, Mcllenry and Boone counties, trying to save their crops from the pest. designations on primary and general eletlon ballot t except for president United States senators and con gresaman. The party circle is to be I abolished also except In relation to 1 these three classes of candidates. All I state, county. P-gishitive and mu nicipal officers are to be nominated and elected with out reference to their political faith so far as the bal lots are concerned, just as judicial 'and educational Omcers are now j nominated and elected in Nebraska ion. what ie termed a non-political ballot. ' Proposed petitions for a one-house legislature, hacked by others, failed to materialize, so did a proposed pe tition by the American legion for an educational test for voters, one re quiring ability to read and write the English language. Thursday is the last for tiling initiative petitions. Seretary Pool will examine the pe tions filed by Mr. Son man and if they are found legal and sufficient in number the proposed constitution al amendment will be placed upon the general election ballot in Novem ber. The petitions contain 43.7S0 names, being 5 per cent of the voters Farmers bv the score have been found with practically all of their ln 6G of tllP 93 counties. The re crops completely destroyed, while Quired is 39.000. being 10 per Others made their attacks on the in- cent of thfl vote cast for governor vaders in time to prevent 84 vere ' 1 "ars ago. t.-ougias county ci,n ! losses. More than 15 hundred dol-' trlbuted 8.0 88 names and Lancaster I lnrfl worth of rons hrtvp lioen rlA t COUUty 4,91. istroved on Richard D. Weisemann I Mr. Sorensen induced Secretary farm near Burllnsrton. III., during ' State Pool to listen to remarks ss 4. - ... "W--" AJrn, wu.iv SJSiw- f A.' ' Love Me Truly," after which Mr and Mrs. Hart were congratulated J the last three days, by relatives and friends, who had I Whi n Mr. Welsmann came home many nice words to say about the from a picnic Sunday, he found happy event. - army worms mowing down his crops Mr. and Mrs. Hart leave soon for on almost half of his 100-acre farm, a trip, after which they will be at By mobilizing his neighbors he has home in Weeping Water, where the been able to save only a few acres groom's business locates them. Mrs. of all the crops planted this season. Hart has for some time held a no- The worms are so thick on the Mr. Sorensen induced Secretary of State Pool to listen to remarks of I half a dozen or more citizens rep I resenting different classes and pre sented a statement of his own and J one from W. E. Barkley of Lin coln, president of a joint stock land tsltion ln Weeping the Marshall shoe store. Water Republican. Weisoman farm m a m WEE r.; RTV It aO A If NARROW ESCAPE Editor Charles. Seeley and Wife with Friends aie in Very Bad Wreck South of the City. From SnturJ.-iy's laily Last evening when Editor Charles Seeley of the Weeping Water Re publican and his wife, with several friends, members of the Weeping Wat r band, were frcm this city, they were hurled in to the ditch alon the federal high way two miles south of this city, :uar the old L". B. church corr.er that just a short time before had heen the scene or another auto ar-1 . Ideal The Weepinc Wafer car was coir.:: south and being unfamiliar with the roa' and a crat deal of dust flying from the passing cars, the driver tailed to see the turn west in the road and drove the car on into the bn ken, but an examination reveal ed the fact that it was not danger ously injured. Mr. Seeley also re ceived a severe bruise on the head, where the top of the car had evi dently grazed over the flesh. Mrs. S eh y was also injured to some ex tent S ur the most serious injuries were those received by Mr. Crawford, the Weepiuir Water hotel man. who had a very deep gash cut on the :ide of his fate and chin. AVhile the members of the wreck led party were extricating themselves from the wreck, the car of Jesse Perry came alone and took Mr. and Mrs. Seeley back to Plattsmouth, : w hile Fred Morgan and wife In their cai brought In Mr. Crawford. The in 'jurM people were taken to the office returning home tuu its. L,r.ins,'sion. wnere weir injuries were iookou alter by ur. J. H. Hall while Dr. T. P. Livingston was engaged in looking after the in juries to Miss Elizabeth Sheehan. With the seriousness of the acci dent, it is fortunate that the par ties were not more eerlously injured in the mix-up. GIVES INFORMAL BREAKFAST. ditch on the south side resulting in the front ear being broken as well as one of the wheels damaged and the members of the party covered by the flying lass from the broken windshield and ; 11 badly bruised and shaken up. Mr. Seeley v as throw n Bis bit leg badly bruised From Thi Saturdf first it was thought that it might be ; daisies Daily r-oinintr Mr. and Mrs Wil- of the road. Ham A. Robertson and their guests, axel of the Mr. E. O Jones and son F.noch Ton.s of Sioux Kall3, South Dakota, were entertained very pleasantly at an In formal breakfast at the St. Luke's rectory by the Lecte family. Miss J BSie M. Robertson was also a auest The table decora white and vellow out and at the breakfast, and at ! tions were in the t -Vassar Athletic! bixjiu aalurday'a Dally This morning President Searl S. Davis of the Plattsmouth Chamber of Commerce was feeling in a very pleasant mood as the result of the splendid outcome of the Fourth of July celebration. Mr. Davis states that he feels that the splendid work of the different residents of the com munity should receive more than i passing comment. President Davis mates that the i committee composed of Henry Goos. Guy Morgan, L. W. Lorenz and W.iluemar Scenniehsen have worked hard for the success of the project and also that Messrs. Goos and Mor gan were largely responsible for the soliciting of the funds to which the generous business men and citizens gave very liberally, thereby making possible the putting over of the big celebration. Others to whom Mr. Davis wishes to express a personal appreciation of their co-operation and assistane are Mayor John P. Sattler ami the members of the city council. Judge. James T. Begley, whose splendid ad dress was one of the main features of the celebration, the Legion mem bers who took part in the handling of the fireworks display, the Elks and county commissioners for the use of their club house and court house as rest rooms, Fred Vincent for conducting the sporting events and to the Journal and the general public for their magnificent assistance. STORED POWDER CAUSES A LOT OF ' EXCITEMENT Nesidents of Nehawka Have j acres mass. of bank, in support of the non-political method of nominating and electing state, county and legislative candidates. that thev cover ur- oareieys statement said he ground in almost a solid."1" not employ peopie in his busi Millions of them have b.en'nef;s because of their political afiliia- trapped in postholes ei-ht inches Hon but for efficiency. Homer L. deep, and are found in almost evervKv!e- an attorney of Lincoln and an one of the postholes dug a foot anil : ''-service man. when called upon by a half deep everv 12 feet along the'Mr Sorensen said the man who furrow which is more than a mile votea the Party circle is the tool of and a half in length.. Kerosene and P"nciana and is a goost stepper, and tractor oil are used to kill the 14 waa l,,p latter class the soldiers tranned worms i fought to abolish when they went to Sweet clover Is about the only crops the worms have not touched )w "women can swim! Scare on tniH farm. uver uuaruty of liun rowder Stored Near Old Quarry This is count v, only of the where more than 3 thousand of the 4 thousand farmers are having trouble with the army worms. IS A REMEDY m bills of mm flaSi The Cool Summer Under wear that Wears! e one button nn t h- leaturtr is side, drop seat j a great improvement over i style knitted back. They Do Not Tear Oof! Pay a little more and get the brat $1.25-$1.50 Genuine B. V. Other Athletics D. $1.50 85c & $1 i i j weights, sleeve Our assortment of knitted complete all is garments and ieg lengths $1.00 to $2.50 p ZFhiaiciL 1 1 1 i r irr"wii in OBITUARY. Margaret Ward Livingston waa born April 26th, 1S54. at Savannah, Mo. She moved with her parents to Nebraska when a small girl, where she spent the remainder of her life. She united with the Christian church at Glendale at the age of 13 years, which faith she has kept until death. She was united in marriage to Jesse Livingston July 3, 1870. There was horn to this union 13 children, 9 of whom are still living. Carla Sack and Grove Livingston of Fairfield, Neb., Mrs. Emily Kohler of Lincoln, Cyrus and Harrison of Weeping Wa ter, Mrs. Lelia Ixng of Aneheim. Call., Aaron of Denver, Clarence and Lloyd of Deweese. One sister and three brothers are living Mrs. Emily Sayles of Greenwood, Ote Ward of Callaway, Chas. Ward of Weeping Water, and Hen Ward of Denver, all of these were present at the funeral except Ben Ward. All the children were present at the funeral services which were held at the Christian church at Louisville, the services were conducted by Jack Leonard of the East Lincoln Chris tian church, assisted by Rev. Goings of the Louisville Christian church. Harold Harmon and Clyde Jenkins sang three appropriate selections, accompanied by Mrs. Harmon at the piano. j Some little excitement was mani fested this week when it became known that a large quanlty ofi .blasting powder was stored in an j old shack In East Nehawka, belong-1 lnir formerly to the Murphy Con struction company, of Omaha, but whose Dronrieaarahin at the oreaent time Is unknown. It has been known by afew red I dents living that part of town tthat a quanlty of powder was stored in one of the bunk houses jthere. and an Investigation revealed jthe quanlty to be thirty-three large cans, said to weigh approximately j President j twenty-five pounds to each can. The) voiced his Istore-room is a frame affair and it I to create waa only until recently that it was 1 education. KccesMDiB to anyone who cared to I net member. The speech enter, but the neighbors finally seven-day convention of th propped cue windows with bed al education association, springs from the inside, after it was, The education plan desired by the learned th-t small hoys were vialt- teachers, embodied In the Sterling jing the place and helping themselves I Reed bill before congress, has his to articles Ftored in the buiidinc. UndnrivmAnt. tlm nreniilAnt :iil rivate parties learninir or thoi mean any interference local control and dienitv. but is rat li the members of thelnr :in Attnmnt to reenrn i?p the im. President Coolidge Tells Educators Voters of Country Able to Work Out Own Salvation. Washington. July American teachers stood and closed a nation- ! conditions took It upon themselves to visit the place this week, includ ing some of .village board. and we Understand i nnrtanrn of MtnraHnnal efTort that the present owners, whoever " Terming "ignorance' the uij may oe. win ne kindly asked fruitful source of to remove the powder to a less dan- i crime, the nresidi geroUS place for Storage. th tautian Ihol than nro n flii'VOters The powder was formerly owned i emin'rv threo million n-iiiio-hnrn ii!T"crit by the Hugh-Murphy Company, and was used rock at the rock quarry operating up to about 'ago. Nehawka Register. i- ranee W. F. Dale said the farmers with whom he comes in contact desire non-partism methods of selecting of ficers. Mr. Clara C. Clayton of the child welfare bureau under Governor Bryan, spoke for the W. C. T. T". and other women and said they did not believe the proposed plan would in jure party organizations. Prof. L. E. Aylsworth, instructor ln the university, p. L. Bollen. demo cratic and progressive candidate for railway commissioner, spoke in sup port of the proposed amendment. A statement in support of it was filed by F. H. Frickey of Lincoln chairman and George B. Wylie of Fairbury. secretary-treasurer of the 4. Nearly 1,000 Nebraska legislative board of the and educators Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen cheered here today whenand Bnginemen. It states that under Coolidge in an address jKe present laws this organization lf l.iii i Can do nothinir in nnlittp; hut nnrtAV (I Ul ill ll C t UUllth, u I 1 I a - - www a federal department of!t!lt' proposed amendment they can presided over bv a cabi-1 worn in a collective manner. It states mat tne railroad brotherhoods have entered the political field. Now the members are required to take an oath at the primary to support the major portion of some political ticket before being allowed to vote at a primary. M. C. Sorensen's statement savs the with the 1 amendment will write into the con stitution the direct primary and thus I safeguard the primary, an institution which, tho repeatedly ratified by the people, is still under fire from reac tionary interests, and it seperates state from national nolitiea. enabling to deal with each on its and jJOW she pauses in her smart, trim Jantzen welcoming coyly the ap praisal of flattering eyes. Then she springs rises straightens and disappears for a second at the end of a graceful swan dive. Shades of yesteryear! Can this be the modern sister of the frightened young thing vho u-ed to "bathe" with trep idation, and couldn't swim if she wanted to because her skirts and trappings impeded her? That was before the day of the Jantzen. With the Jantzen, women nowadays can swim. Our stock offers you a wide selection of color combina tions. We have suits for men, women and children. THE SUIT BATHING The Nation's Swimming Suit THAT CHANGED TO SWIMMING p;WES00TT'$siM ON THE CORNER most verty. vice and pointed out to Constrution for blasting when it was throe years THE FOURTH YEARS AGO. literates, as well as 14.000,000 foreign-born illiterate white persons, who must be given an opportunity to read and write the English lan guage "that they may come into more direct contact with the ideals be sacrificed to the municipal bosses." national interests will not local interests of SMALL AUTO ACCIDENT Satnrir s nxtilr - While the citv was takinir on the festival of the great Fourth of July yesterday, P. E. Ruflner, who is one Of the oldest residents of the city! having come here at an early day, ! recalled the Fourth of July fifty-three years ago and which far different from the fine weather and general festivity of the present day. On that occasion Mr. Ru fi ner stated there was one of the heaviest rain storms in the history of the city and the creek that flowed through the heart of the business section of the city was a raging river and the bridge that spanned Main street at Fifth street was swept away in the rush of waters and the whole buainess section was under water for several hours. Mr. Ruff ner at that time lived on Oak street where the residence of H. A. Schnei der now stands and the water swent into the basement of his house and I covered the family cook stove and took all the jov out of the Fourth of car i jui.y. here sen talls wts agitators and standards of our political and social life." Asserting that "our institutions are constantly and very properly the subject of critical inuiry," the president warned that unless their origin is understood, "unless thdr value be properly assessed, the citi- ready prey to those selfish who would exploit their prejudices to promote their own ad-1 vantage." "On this day, of all days," he con tinued, "it ought to be made clear that America has had its revolution and placed the power of government squarely, securely and entirely in the hands of the people. For all changes which they may desire, for all grievances which they may suffer, the ballot box furnishes a complete method and remedy." U: $.. CLOSES FISCAL YEAR WITH SURPLUS OF HALF BILLION balance In the fund with which the new fiscal year was started was $235,411,481. Custom receipts, although small er by 10 million dollars than were estimated a year ago, added $545, C37.503. to the government's Income Receipts from the import duties, therefore, were about 15 million dol lars below those from the same source in the year ending June 30, 1923 Internal revenue payments after deducting the 25 per cent credit allowed in the new tax law. aggre gated $2,795,157,036. or more than 10 million dollars above last summer's estimate. Largest Ever Recorded: National Debt Reduced More Than a Billion. Also. Attorney Omaha, H. A. L. j From Satiir1T'n Dally Last evening while the Ford of a Mr. Lawton of Weeping Water was parked near the residence of Russell Todd on Elm street, it was ran into ny a passing car ana the e;.t of i,irr-,v rear end of the car and rear fenders j coin, mother of smasnea to a greater or less extent. The car that ran into Mr. Lawton was from Omaha and the driver of car stated that the accident was un- ; avoidable as ne did net see the car i parked in time to avoid the meeting, j William Rice motored over to ! Fortunately no one was injured in Weeping Water yesterday where he tne accident, ana tne repairs on ttie spent the dav visiting with his car will not amount to a great deal, daughter, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and fam- ny. tney returning witn nim arter a awa waata. visit here at the Rice home. S. Lewis and wife, of Gayer and wife from Mrs. Humpe of Lin Mrs. Gayer, and Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Sherman of near Mur ray, were here yesterday visiting with Sheriff and Mrs. E. P. Stewart and W. R. Young and wife. I'lirnui una get remit. Standard Bred Single Comb Washington. D. V .Tniv nr 'ficial figures made public by the I i treasury tonight show the govern-1 ment ended the fiscal year June 30. with a surplus of $505,366,986.31,' the greatest ever piled up. At the! Ban e time the national debt was cuti $1.09S, 894,375. S7, to -21,250,812,989. 1 The reduction was accomplished .by use of the entire surplus and $457,999,750. which was accumulat-' ted through application of the sinking Ifund and other public debt charges i against receipts together with $135, ; 527,639 for the general fund. The W. W. Dowler and wife and Oscar Dowler and wife of Weeping Water were here yesterday visiting with their friends anil enjoying the great Fourth of Julv observance. We Repair Autos! Any Make or Any Work and Guarantee Absolute Satisfaction IVERSON GARAGE Pearl Street. Roy Long. aaajk aajflB ft -Vi RED E. F. S3YB3KY Plattsmouth Phone 3634 Mynard, Nebraska ERTERTAINMENT POSTPONED! WANTED !i Every man, woman and child to attend the free en tertainment by the Community Club. Saturday Evening, July 1 2th