3I0iTELft.Y. FEBRUARY 2. 1325.
Poultry Wanted!
TWO DAYS
Wednesday - Thursday
February 4 - 5th
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
BLOODY BATTLEFIELD
IN THE LATE SIXTIES
Col. M. A. Bates Some Early Experi
ences in Warlike Illinois
County.
From Saturday's Daily
The attention of the entire coun
try has for the past year been largely
centered on Williamson county, Illi
nois, where the struggle, long and
bitter between factions, has resulted
in much bloodshed and a few days
ntm brought to a tragic close the
! lives of S. Glenn Young. Ku Klux
. Klan raider, and Ora Thomas, deputy
sheriff and sworn foe of the Klans-
men. rne towns oi aiauuu, iuuuW
seat of Williamson county, and Her-
rin. the mining town of the county,
have been more or less on the front
pages of the leading papers prior to
!iia oo Vio u-arfarp raced there.
A car load of live poultry wanted J These incidents of the great strug
to be delivered at poultry car near f gie have proven doubly interesting
the Burlington freight house. Platts-i to Col. M. A. Bates of the Journal,
mouth WEDNESDAY and THURS-1 as he was a resident there in the late
DAY, February 4th and 5th (two;60E and the early "70s and relates
days) for which we will pay the many interesting incidents which
following
Cash Prices
1 1 A 1 A
I show that from tne eariy aays mai
I section of Illinois was a teeming
melting pot cf molten passion that
Bucks, per lb "Slti
rr it, iqp ' frequently boiled over.
Kens, per lb ic. wgg Jn 1S68 that Col Bates
Springs per lb. 18c then a venturesome young newspaper
' ' ' man, came to the town of Marion,
Old Boosters, per lb 'C,at that time a place of some 1,200
, ! people, and established the paper
Geese, per ID wc known as "The Peoples Friend." As
title indicates, it was a demo-
ic DUDlication. rne population
Guineas per dozen ?3 ; of Marion was largely southern, the
Beef Hides, per lb cTennesfee and Virginia, and the
, . j spirit of the war time days still pre-
Horse Hides, eacn , vailed thpre as Mr. Bates launched
Leghorn Poultry. 1 lb. less. his newspaper.
It was only a short time after the
N pnpor was started that the 6moulder-
t (tinier Sf notice embers of a feud, brought from
. the southland, was fanned into life
Uring your poimry iu uu ; ,n localitv and caused the death
Plattsmouth. e ship in car lots and cf a , number of the residents
pay you the highest price you cap..of thp tQwn of Marion and vicinlty.
get anywhere. At that tlme the town of Herrin was
Remember we'll be here two days not in existence and the mining re
thls time, and will pay above prices gion had not been opened up with its
. 1 m m t - 1 . . .
, mousanns ox ioreign residents mai
j were to come. Col. Bates states that
Herrin's Prairie, as it was known
consisted of a store and postoffice op-
" j crated by a man named Herrin and
SELECT HATCHING EGGS CABE- S Altaian! sorrow. PreSent C"y
FULLY, DIVIDENDS WILL COME But to return to the feud that was
! started in that county and which
The price received for eggs in the ! arose between two families that had
market is dependent more and more come to Illinois from Tennessee and
on size and color of the eggs. One carried with them the hatred that
of the best ways to raise the quality nau existed in the mountains of the
of eggs laid by the flock with respect BOuth and before it was quelled It
to size and color is to be more careful had resulted in the rjractieal wininir
as to the kind of eggs used for hatch- ,-ut of the two families and a large
ins. the Agricultural college, Lincoln, number of outsiders that for reasons
has found. Eggs selected for hatch-' vs-ere suspected of friendliness to one
ing should approach as nearly as pos- or tne other in the strife. The
sible our ideal or a high quality egg feucj opened when the sheriff of the
for market, because, with but slight . countv. a friend of one" of the fami-
cariation a pullet or hen, will layjijes, became engaged in an alterca
tion with one of the opposing fac
tion and received a broken arm and
from that came the demand for blood
that was to take a toll of life that
reached into the hundreds. The fac-
BACK ON SIX DAY SCHEDULE
From Saturday's Daily
Orders were received at the office
of Superintendent William Baird of
the Burlington 6hops today that com
mencing next week, the shops will be
operated on a six day schedule in
stead of the five day week under
which they have been operating for
the past two weeks. The change back
to the regular working schedule will
be very pleasing to the workmen, as
it brings a great deal more in each
month in the pay envelope of the
workmen.
POPULAR PLATTSMOUTH
TEACHERS MARRIED AT
GENOA THIS MORNING
Miss Heen Ceder United in Marriage
to Mr. Lambert F. Folda of
Howells, Nebraska.
for your poultry.
W. E. KEENEY.
From Saturday's Daily
This morning at 11 o'clock at the
home of the bride's parents at Genoa,
Nebraska, occurred the marriage of
Miss Ileen Ceder and Mr. Lambert F.
Folda of Howells, Nebraska.
The ceremony was very quiet and
attended by the immediate relatives
of the contracting parties and the
lives of these two estimable young
people were joined by the impressive
marriage service of the Roman Cath
olic church.
Following a short honeymoon the
young people will return to Howells,
where they will locate in tne ruture,
Mr. Folda being engaged in the
banking business in that city.
The bride has ben a resident of
this city for the past two years as a
member of the teaching force of the
city schools and her charming per
sonality and musical ability have
made her very popular in the social
as well as the educational circles of
the city and her friends h?re regret
very much that she is leaving. Mrs.
Folda is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
P. P. Ceder of Genoa and one of the
popular young ladies in the social
life of that city.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Folda of Howells, and
his family i3 one of the most promi
nent in the eastern portion of the
rtate of Nebraska, Mr. Folda being
interested in a number of banks in
Colfax and Dodge counties, and the
groom will take up work in these
banks at once. Mr. Folda has been
attending the University of Nebraska
and is a member of the Sigma Phi
Epnilon fraternity.
The many friends here will Join in
wishing the young people a long and
very happy wedded life in the years
to come.
eggs like the one from which she
was hatched. It has been proven that
the male bird has an influence on the
egg type of his progeny as well as
the number of eggs laid.
Be more careful to discard from ! tjon of which the sheriff u'as a friend
the hatching eggs all eggs that are.ppr:,ng to ar;Tls cml attacke(i mem
large or small ttwo ounces per egg . bers of the opposing famllv and in
is that normal size), also all eggs;turn tnis Was sought to be revenged
and many battles staged in the pub
lic square and along the highways!
or the county and from ambush many
were shot down, including those who
were marked as partisans of either!
side.
While cot participating in the
struggle on either side. Col. Bates
ha.I two calls from the feudists and
escapea ine Knue or a
Fr.-m sau.Mluv' uMv womn-ae avenger wno sought to put
The ca?e of Chris Parkening. him out of the way. After the sec-
et al.. vs the C. B. &. Q. railroad ond attempt was made to knife him
company, which was filed a few a 3 he was resting on the porch of his
weeks ago in the district court, is i homo, he sold the paper and departed
to be taken to the United States : to a less warlike section of Illinois.
M. D, A. PRESENTS
"ARIZONA COW
BOY" AT PARMELE
Parmele Theatre Packed by Shoo
Ken and Their Families to
Enjoy Comedy Drama.
that are misshapen, pointed, or
round and all eggs that are off color
ed for the breed.
The notion that it is possible to
predetermine the sex of chicks hatch
ed or the fertility by setting eggs of
a certain shape are absurd.
DAMAGE SUIT TO HIGH COUBT
district court at Lincoln for trial. A
motion by the defendant railroad
company, in the district court here.
His successor as publisher of the Da-
per disappeared after a few months
in Marion and was never heard of
was granted by Judge Begley for; again and his fate was a matter of
the transfer of .the case to the fed-;UouDt.
eral court. This is the action in i So from these facts it seems that
which Mr. Parkening is suing for Bloody Williamson" has lone been
damages caused to his farm by over-! a battleground of factions and hat-
flow of water alleged to have been ! reus tnnt equalled the present out
caused by insufficient drainage along i break although in this day and age
tne rignt oi way oi tne aeienaam i me wanare auracis mucn more at
railroad company. j tension than was the case then.
DEATH OF MRS.
JOHN C. YORK
ATOMAHA, NEB.
Passed Away Last Night After Ill
ness of Several Weeks from
Heart Tronble.
HEBE FBOM UNTVEBSITT
From Saturday's Dally
A number of the Plattsmouth
young men students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, taking advantage
of the fact that this is the close of
the half year at the university and
the examinations and grading of the
papers of the students are being
looked after, are enjoying a short
vacation here with the relatives and
friends. Otto E. Trilety, Frank
Gradoville, Stuart Chase, and How
nrri Dwver are among those who will
From Saturday's Dally I enjoy the vacation periuu uuu uyc
The old time friends of the York an outing from their strenuous worit
family were profoundly shocked last at the university.
night to receive a message announc
ing the death of Mrs. John C. York,
which occurred last night at 8:05,
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Jelinek, 1320 North 35th
street. Omaha, where she has been
for the past few weeks suffering
from a very severe attack of heart
trouble and from which she failed
to rally and has been gradually
growing weaker for the last few days.
The deceased lady has resided n- Edythe Johnson and Mr. Gus
Plattsmouth for the past twenty SS X.ayte-ou
years and by her quiet and unassum
ing life she has raade many friends
who will share with the family the
deeD sorrow that has come to them.
Mrs. York was a home loving wire; From Saturday e jjuy
and mother, whose greatest delight ( The marriage or juisb
was in the welfare and happiness of Johnson, of this city, and xur. uus
her husband and children and in;swanson, of Long Beach, California.
her going they will find a place in occurred yesterday afternoon at 4:jS0
YOUNG PEOPLE
WEDDED AT LOS
ANGELES FRIDAY
Swanson United There in Wed
lock Friday Afternoon.
Overcoats as You
Like Them!
BIG, roomy, graceful and warm,
ulsters, box coats, with or with
out belts. Whatever yeur faaoy,
yeu'll find it here. There is still
plenty of seasonable weather in
which to sport one of these big new
eeats. The priae will not be lower
this season.
$
250-2
Frnm Saturday's Pailr
Last night the Parmele theatre
was lined to its utmost capacity by
the members of the M. D. A. and their
families and friends to witness the
offering of the comedy-drama, "The
Arizona Cowboy," presented by a
numoer or tne talented young peo
ple of the city. For several hours
the audience laughed and thrilled
with the adventures and many hu
morous situations that arose in the
play.
The cast of characters was well
cuosen ana in me leading roles as
Bheriff and Miss Margaret, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Vincent appeared and
were well selected for these Darts
Edward Gradoville made an excellent
iwwuoy anu miss i.aura L.eacock as
"the young 'on" was very attractive
and pleasing. In the role of the aged
man, Hezekiah Bugg, Ed Matschullat
was as usual very pleasing and Mrs.
Hans Ileinrich was also quite a fea
ture in the play as Mrs. Buge and
her work assisted very much in the
success of the production.
The villain of the play was Wil
nam Matschullat, who was lifelike
in his part and showed his stage ex
penence in this role. Hans Heinrlch
and Miss Gladys Arnold were also
very effective in their rendition of
their parts. One of the pleasing char
acters was "Grisley Grimm," in which
Llmer P. Johnson appeared and with
his charm and pleasinsr nersonalitv
made a decided hit. As an Indian
maiden and the big chief. Miss Jean
Fitch and Marion Beardsley added to
the interest of the play.
iuring the intermission several
clever songs and dancing numbers
were given by William Wells that
showed real class and made a decided
Impression on all of the largo audi
ence. Mrs. Joseph Bulin served as
the accompanist for the numbers.
The interest of the evening was
added to by the fact that Peter Grad
oville and his orchestra nlaved
number of elections preceding the
performance and dutinjr the inter
missions.
their livou that will lnnsr remain va- nt Los Aneeles and was attended by
cant with the vanishing of the touch & few intimate friends of the young
of the mother hand and the sweet people. The bride left here the first
music of her voice that had stilled of the week on her journey westward
many of their troubles in their child-i where the happiness oi me weuuius
hood and more mature years. jwae to take place, and arrived in the
This estimable lady is survived-by ' California city yesteruay 10 oe met
the aged husband and 6ix children, ; Dy tne groom anu iub wcuums
Mrs. William Gravett, Don C. York, ! curred at once.
Mrs. Katherine Hull, Jesse York and j The bride has grown to woman
Mrs. Charles Jelinek, all of Omaha, ! hood here in Plattsmouth and is a
and Russell York, who resides at.tiaugnier oi jwr. auu ai...
Petersburg. Alaska. Johnson ana a iaay very Pn'"ii
Tho hrwiTr n-n. lav in Rtatft todav ! amoDR a large circle of friends who
at the Jelinek home and a short ser-jhave parted with her witti i great re
vice will be held there at S o'clock ' gret and will her very much from the
Sunday morning and the body be circle of friendship. She was edu
taken on the 9 o'clock Burlington cated here in the city schools and has
train to Watson. Missouri, the old been quite active in the young social
home, where the services will be held sets of the city.
at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon ana
the body laid to rest in the ceme
tery at that place.
EAGLE MAY LOSE
HARDING HIGHWAY
THRU THAT CITY
Construction of Boulevard in Lan
caster County May Change
Koute of New Highway.
From Saturday's aily
The conditioner the roads these
lays should ia:press upon our peo
ple the fact that better roads are
needed, and can be had if gone about
in the right way.
If some of the money wasted on
surveyors on federal "projects" had ;
been spent for hard surfacing, we;
would not now be wading in. the
mud or bumping the bumps on frozen I
roughness. There will be some sur-1
facing done in .Cass county this year,'
and our confidence in our county
board is such that we have no doubt
we will get araare deal from them, j
but the thing that sticks in our craw;
is why the Lancaster county board"
builds a boulevard two miles south
of O street butting up against bluffs
that will not be opened for many
years and neglects the unfinished fed
eral project on O street from the
county line in. It is just such stu
pidity or selfishness that makes lm
The irroom was for two years a
resident of this city, coming here
from his home at Randolph. Nebras
ka, and has for the past year been
employed with the Pacific Electric
corporation at Long Beach. He is a
young man of the highest standing
and esteemed very much by all those
who have the pleasure of knowing
him and in this city made a large
circle of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Swanson will enjoy
a short honeymoon on the Catalina
Islands and will on their return lo
cate at Long Beach where the groom
has a home awaiting the coming of
the bride.
The many friends here will Join
in wishing Mr. and Mr3. Swanson
a long and very happy wedded life
and all the happiness that they so
well deserves
MALVERN HIGH
SOORES A WIN
OVER LOCALS
Iowa "Farmers" Outluck Blue and
White Cagesters in Slow Game
Here Last Night.
Under State Supervision
Deposits Guaranteed by State Guaranty Fund
Living Up
to Our PJame
The Farmers S'ate Bank is all that the name implies.
We try to live up to it at all times in serving the
farmers of this vicinity.
And the farmer who banks here finds that he has
truly acquired a banking home. Our combination of
intelligent service and personal intere&t in our pat
rons makes them our friends as well.
We bank on the wheat, the corn and the products of
the farm. If you are a farmer, deal with your own
bank -The Farmers State Bank. You'll ficd us ever
ready to help you.
We serve the Farmer!
Farmers State Bank
Plattsmouth
Nebraska
Mrs. L. C. Sharp was a visitor in
Omaha today, going to that city on
early morning Burlington train.
Ed Stoner departed this morning
for Omaha where he will spend the
day after a visit here with relatives
and friends.
Anton Hula and wife were among
the visitors in Omaha today to look
after some matters of business and
visiting with friends.
A new 4 00 horse power boiler is
being placed in the Hastings elec
trical plant.
From Thursday's Dally
In the slowest game seen here this
season, the Malvern High school bas
ketball five defeated the Blue and
White here last night by the score
of 19 to 16. The Iowans could not
miss the basket no matter how hard
possible the placing in county hands tney tried and tossed them in one
the spending of road funds; and it handed looking in the opposite way
is the lavish employment of "engi- from the basket. While Plattsmouth
ueers" that makes even more dan- had hard luck In making the ball
gerous the placing of funds with connect with the hoop, they played
swivel chair officials in Lincoln. i ragged ball for the most part and
What is the solution? in many Instances failed to pass the
A Highway board or commission, ball to open men when a pass would
which would take pride in "pulling have meant a basket.
Nebraska out of the mud." If such. The first half ended 7 to for
men can be found to build a ten mil-(Malvern after 16 minutes of slow
lion dollar capitol without other com- playing in which each team caged
pensation, they ought to be found to three field goals and Malvern one
build highways. foul conversion.
From what we hear a determined The visitors drew away from the
effort is being made to divert the locals in the second half with their
Harding Memorial highway formerly freak shooting until the score stood
routed through Eagle, to connect: is to 8. Here Flynn. local forward.
have been dragged several times during the
past ten days and are now in condition to
travel by automobile.
The last snow has been removed from the
Union-Murray-PIattsmouth-Omaha Highway
and while the roads are rough in places, no
serious trouble will be experienced in mak
ing the trip by automobile to and from
Omaha.
Farmers are trucking hogs and cattle to the
Omaha market every day.
Of course chains are necessary.
sllack Oridgs llompany
with this boulevard, or go into Lin
coln still further south. Our people
have not yet provided the $300 ap
portioned to us by the association,
and should do so at once and settle
the route. Eagle Beacon.
WITH CLAB.KS0N PATIENTS
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS
The 10th annual Stock Holders
meeting of the Farmers Union Ele
vator Co., of Murdock, will be held
on Tuesday, Feb. the 3rd, at 1:30
p. m. at the union, hall, for the elec
tion of three directors and other
business which may come before the
meeting.
FEED STOCK,
President.
'AOORJSX HUGE,
from ifeturdiir'e Daily
The Cass county people at the
Clarkson hospital in Omaha are all
progressing very nicely and seem
well on the highway to recovery
from their various afflictions and
operations. Mrs. Charles. L. Martin,
who had an exceptionally severe
operation a few weeks ago, is now
getting along fine and in the next
few days hopes to leave the hospital
and return home to this city very
much benefited in health by the
operation. George Snyder, Jr., who
is also there recovering from the
effects of an operation for appendi
citis, has shown such improvement
that it is thought that he will be
able to sit up today and in a few
days should be abe to get out some.
George has entirely recovered from
the operation but had several bad
days from the slight attack of pneu
monia and which has delayed his
complete recovery. Little Donald
Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Murphy of Manley, is also on the
highway to recovery now after sev
eral davs of very serious condition
due to an infection in a broken leg
that he sustained some time ago.
The infection has been removed and
Donald is getting along in fine shape
now. .
started a rally which resulted in 8
points but lacked the necessary
points, he,' Buttery and Rebal caging
baskets in quick succession, but the
necessary punch was lacking for a
victory.
Box score:
Plattsmouth (16)
FG FT F P
Rebal, rf 2 0 0 4
Flynn. If. c 3 0 0
Hartford, If 0 0 0 0
Hatt, c, rg 0 0 0 0
Lambert, c 0 0 0 0
Hadraba, rg 0 0 1 0
Buttery, lg 3 0 16
Totals 8 0 2 16
Malvern (20)
FG FT F P
Jones, rf 5 0 3 10
Aistrope, rf 0 0 0 0
Slater, If 2 115
Duval, c 0 0 0 0
Hilton, c 2 0 0 4
Barkus, rg 0 10 1
Cooney, lg 0 0 0 0
Riggins, lg 0 0 10
Totals 9 2 5 20
FOB SALE
Choice Rhode Island Red cockrels.
Call Murray phone 3304. Address O.
D. Sherman, RFD, Plattsmouth.
J26-2w
FOB SALE
Rose comb Rhode Island red
cockrels for sale. Philip Hirz, phone,
2012 Plattsmouth, Neb. J29-2w
In Style Next Spring!
Hat Sale
nPHE Hat you buy in this event will be in vogue right
now and next spring as well. That why you'll be
pleased with the values we're offanna in our January
Clearance.
Smooth finish fur hats in late style Fedoras,
assorted colors,
$f$95
Velour rough finish hats in new light shades
silk lined,
$485
C. E. Wescoltt's Sons
'ON THE CORNER'1
1 JtS-Sbwr SeeMtarr.
