KOUIIAY. AUG. 27, 1923.
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3ITBSCKIPTI0H PEICE (2.00 FEB YEAR IS ADVANCE
It seems a shame that the glorious Though the lack of moral courage
record of the United States Marine prevents millions of Americans from
Corps must be sullied by the use of, using it, there is no right which they
cheap and shabby propaganda against consider more sacred and cheer the
loudest for, than tne ngni or iree
speech. They preach it almost fanat-
Go slow in a hurry, one will make
much better time.
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William Allen White never was
very much even in Kansas.
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It was not necessary for Senator
Curtis to say how dry he is.
-rot-
Just E.s well steer clear of cranky
folks. Arguments are all wasted.
If one does not like one set of
politics, there are others.
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It must be said Nebraska politics
are slow in getting up steam.
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The tears of sadness and of joy
are of the same salty material.
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Republican platform planks are
of soft material and easily dented.
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The record of the republicans is
enough to knock it out of favor forever.
Maybe after a while all well regu
lated statesmen will have their own
platform.
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Senator Norris brought it all on
himself. He will have to take it
out by his lonely.
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On the other hand, consider how
much more space prohibition would
take up if it really were an issue.
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On this date, in 1619, the first
Virginia assembly, first legislative
assembly in America, met at Jamestown.
If you have been successful, judi
cious modesty sets it off better.
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The western voters should vote for
Governor Smith because he intends
to stand by them in their efforts to
get proper treatment.
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Speaking of the marvelous cures
wrought by psychoanalysis, we never
have seen a truck driver who looked
like he had an inferiority complex.
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It was the humble Russian ice
breaker Krassin that rescued so many
of the victims of aircraft disasters in
the Arctic. Water craft is still superior.
Putting on a bold face does not
always win, but it costs nothing.
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Stick to your knitting Governor
McMullen. It will make a man of
you.
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Poets may be born and not made,
but statesmen are of the self-made
stamp,
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An optimist, it occurs to us, is
one who figures out how many more
games the Phillies have to play.
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The real test of a quick-drying
paint is to let a 2-year-old with a
clean dress on Jsee the refinished
chair.
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A report says Mexico will soon be
perfectly safe for all foreigners. Any
way the report is safe, the bandit
will not disturb that.
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In the fiftieth regiment of our
force in China, the 1,200 men speak
24 languages. Who says we are not
made up from the nations of the
world.
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The Belgrade government has forc
ed through the Nettuni treaty with
Italy despite bitter opposition from
the Croatians, and Jugoslavia and
Crotiax are once more in the lime
light. Now we'll have to learn that
darned Balkan stuff all over again.
. G. A.
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an enemy. It is especially humiliat
ing when the enemy is one so piti
fully inferior in numbers, arms and
resources as Sandino of Nicaragua.
It suggests that the Marines and
their officers are ashamed of the
business in which they are engaged,
and wish to put the best- possible
face on it by calling their foes ugly
names.
They might save themselves the
trouble. The people of this country
understand perfectly that the Ma
rines must obey orders and go where
they were sent. The people know
that their orders to "get Sandino"
came from President Coolidge and
Secretary of State Kellogg.
Nevertheless, we find Capt F. A.
Hart, lately returned from campaign
ing in Nicaragua, engaged in the
same old miserable game of abusing
and belittling the enemy. He reports
that Sandino has "only 100 men
left," and that most of these are
"not Nicaraguans, but renegades and
adventurers from other countries."
"When Henry L. Stimson returned
from liis Coolidge-appointed task ot
"pacifying Nicaragua" (which con
sisted of buying off the revolution
ary soldiers at the rate of $10 a
rifle) he reported to President Cool
idge that Sandino had only 150 men,
and that the revolution was virtually
over. Since that time, more than
2500 Marines have been sent to re
inforce the 2000 already in Nica
ragua, Since that time Ocotal was
bombed by Marine aviators, and 600
Sandinistas were reported killed.
Since that time El Chipote was bom
barded and captured, and 300 more
Nicaraguants were reported killed.
Since that time there has been a suc
cession of encounters, in which a
total of approximately 100 rebels
were reported slain. And now Capt.
Hart declares that 600 more have
surrendered within recent weeks, and
that "only 100" remain.
Thus, out of the 150 originally re
ported at large by the veracious Stim
son, we are to believe that 1000 have
been killed, more than 600 have been
captured and 100 remain in the field.
We are to believe that a handful of
"renegades" and "adventurers" are
not only willing to wage a desper
ately unequal struggle against 4500
Marines, t equipped with airplanes,
machine guns, mountain cannon and
poison gas, but they actually are
holding out successfully!
If these reports are true, they are
no credit to the Marines. Of course,
they are not true. Nobody believes
that one ragged Nicaraguan is a
match for 45 well-equipped Marines.
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Jill. BUSCH COMES
OUT FOR SMITH
Although an admirer of Herbert
Hoover, August A. Busch will sup
port Smith for the presidency. Mr.
i Busch is quite frank and to the point
when he explains why he takes this
step. It is to protest against the
evils of prohibition, to end the super-
j government of the Anti - Saloon
! League and "because I believe his
! election will be regarded as a man-
date from the American people to
i establish a real temperance system
j in this country, which I have always
t advocated, and which my father, the
i late Adolph Busch, advocated thru
I out his life."
There is little doubt that, if elect
; ed. Smith will end, so far as he can
j do so, the vicious domination of the
Anti-Saloon League. He will not per
' mit the successors of Wayne B.
; Wheeler to dictate to him the ap-
pointment of prohibition administra
! tors. Federal Judges and the re
mainder of the army of enforcement
officers. Nevertheless, having taken
his oath to enforce the law, he will
doubtless make at least as sincere
an attempt as the Republicans have
marie to enforce the dry laws.
; More, however, is expected of
Smith than that. He has assumed
leadership of the prohibition ques
tion, and we look to him to lay
' down the .foundation for what Mr.
Busch terms "a real temperance sys
tem." It is not an easy assignment.
It is difficult to see how it can be
done unless Smith cuts into the very
heart of the problem by a proposal
to junk the eighteenth amendment
itself. If it was possible to put this
sumptuary provision in the Consti
tution, it is also possible to take it
out.
Such a stand on Mr. Smith's part
would not be popular with those who
ically, yet practice it sparingly. It
is given them in their bill of rights
now sadly battered but still afloat
and they dream of it in their cars,
afoot and as they march up and
down the millions of corn and cot
ton rows of the land.
There is one occasion, however,
when they rarely fail to practice that
privilege and that is when they are
called upon to pass judgment upon
the religious faith of their fellow
citizens, forgetting that within that
same bill of rights there is another
provision which says men may wor
ship God according to the dictates of
their own conscience.
In the darkest hours when the na
tion's life is threatened, we draw
no fine theological distinctions. Men
are needed to carry guns and it mat
ters not whether they are Protest
ant, Catholic or Jew. We forget that
there exist such things as religious
beliefs.
But safe at home in the midst of
peace men return to their tribal in
stincts and look with suspicion upon
the stranger, whether he be an
"alien" in religion, in politics or even
in social customs. His word means
nothing unless he "conforms." He is
denied the right of free speech even
before he is denied the right to wor
ship as he wishes.
What does Governor Al Smith
think of free speech? During 1920
when the department of justice was
running amuck and yelling "red" at
every man who held political opin
ions of his own, the New York legis
lature was swept off its feet by the
hysteria of the times. It expelled
its socialist members and passed bills
which made freedom of speech a ridi
culous mockery.
When those bills were presented
to Governor Smith he very prompt
ly vetoed them. He refused to ap
prove Taws that not only would have
denied men the tight of freedom of
political thought and speech, but
would have created an immense es
pionage system.
Although Governor Smith vetoed
these bills they became laws under
his successor. In the campaign of
1922 he made them an issue and se
cured their repeal at the first session
of the legislature in 1923. Further
more, he pardoned all political pris
oners in the prisons of the state.
That is the Al Smith whom Tom
Heflin would have us believe is an
actor in a great plot to deny us the
right not only of freedom of re
ligious belief but of freedom of
speech. Arkansas Democrat.
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WATCH YOUR STEP!
The speculator who has acquired
a little experience in the market al
ways wants to speed up action. If
he buys a stock that he believes will
depreciate in value, he uecomes im
patient for results. If he holds it a
week, and nothing happens, he be
gins to get nervous and looks around
for something else with more im
mediate prospects.
If, on the other hand, he finds him
self with a loss, he wants to do
something about it right away. He
may be scared into selling without
due consideration. But, smarting
under his loss, he looks around for
something that will go up quickly in
order to recoup. Few men who
have any other business to attend to
can trade constantly without divert
ing thair attention from everything
else. Buy or sell only as a result of
cool judgment and watch your step.
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Miss Carrie Kleiser was a Lincoln
visitor Tuesday.
um GcGinness is quite ill and in -dti
the care of an Ashland doctor.
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spent Friday at George Bornman's
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graham spent
Sunday with Mrs. Ellen Moran at
Lincoln.
Miss Mildred Johnson spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Hazel Jonee
at Gretna.
Mr. and Mrs. W. a. Jones spent
Sunday afternoon at the Ed Pal
meter home.
Miss Ester Chapin of Omaha ir
spending this week at the Glenn
Armstrong home.
Mrs. George Bornman spent Sat-
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work would have been laid and he1 Miss Hulda Bornman and Miss
would have fulfilled in the deepest Florence Birky called Monflay morn
. . . . . . , ,ing on Mrs. Homer Carnicle.
sense his duty to his convictions. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Fitzpatrick of
Weeping Water spent Saturday even
ing at the Ed Palmeter heme.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Fiddler spent
Sunday with relatives in Lincoln.
John Bornman and familj and
their guest. Miss Florence Birky
spent Sunday at Capitol Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carnicle anc
son, Wayne, were supper guests Sun
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Mr. Joe Shipman and Il-.b?rt Cr
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lake and sou.
James, of Elmwood, spent Sunday
afternoon at the Bert Mooney home
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Carnicle drove
to Wahoo Monday morning taking
up their daughter, Ruth to attend
the institute.
Miss Florence Birky of Milford
Nebr., came Wednesday of last, week
to spend several days at th? Jj.ir
rSjrnrnan home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stander and
son, Charles, spent Sunday after
noon at the Peter Spangler home ner
Weeping Water.
Air. atid J.'rs. Paul Reink i an'. Jr
s, id XTrs. Ccnaid Reinke and son.
spent Sunday at the Julius Reinke
home in Murdock.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kromrofski of
Hastings came Saturday to visit p
week with relatives in this vicinity
and near Louisville.
Alfred Johnson and daughter, Mil
dred, and son, Roscoe, and Miss
Blanche Jones spent Friday evening
at the Jim Welch home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kupe and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Herman tl.iko
meier and family spent V.dneoJav
visiting at Shennadoah, la.
Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Dill and sons
returned heme Tueday-evenin j rom
their vacation spent at Alexandria
Mini., and the- Biack Hiils.
Mrs. Frank Ross and children and
her uncle, Phelix Alloway. drove to
Hopkins. Mo.. Tuesday where they
will spend a week with relatives.
While working at the cement fac
tory at Louisville, Wilby Cox ran a
nail into his foot, which has caused
him to take several days vacation.
Mrs. Bert Mooney has recoverec"
from the injuries she received agout
ten days ago when she was knocked
down by an axe while out doing he
chores.
Mr. Frank Groham Is improving
his property by putting new asphalt
roofing on his three houses. It war
put on by the Becker Roofing Co. of
Omaha.
Charley Brown, who hn.s been fl(T:
evi?ral days, -is still unable to ctrry
the mail. His son, Francis, came
down from Omaha and is carrying
the aiml for hiui.
Sunday dinner guests at the Fred
Xeuman home were Mr. and Mrs
Julius Komrofski of Hastings, Mr
and Mrs. Louie Neuman, Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Roeber and son3 and Mr. and
Mrs. Louie Wehrman.
A baby girl was born Saturday
morning to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Copsey
but she only lived a few hours. The
body was taken to Omaha for burial.
Mr. and Mrs. Copsey's many friendr
sympathize with them in theid loss
A numbti fiom this vicinity at
tended the funeral Saturday nr pr
H. L. Henry at Ashland. Mrs. Hei.ry
was formerly Miss Tillie Zaar of thir
vicinity, and her many friends ex
tend their sympathy to her and dau
ghters in their bereavement.
Sunday a number of Mrs. Glenn
Armstrong's relatives gathered at her
: home for a family reunion. Those
present to enjoy this happy occasion
J were Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Mayfield
of Louisville, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
.Laughlin, Mr. John Mefford, and
'daughters, Louisa, Gladys and Lois
Mr. Henry Kirk and daughter. Marine
May, Mrs. Albert Bowers and daugh
ter, Lucile Bonnie, all of Greenwood;
Mr. Isaac Mefford of Sioux City. Ia.
Mr. John Rouse of Jennings, Kans.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Chapin and dau
ghters, Maxine and Ester of Omaha
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Laughlin and
family of near Ashland, and Mrs. Wil
liam Booth of Houston, Texas.
NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received by the
County Board of Commissioners of
Cass county, at Plattsmouth, Nebras
ka, for the building of the following
bridge and approaches:
One four panel, 70-foot span,
lS-foot roadway, riveted truss,
15-ton steel bridge. State Stand
ard Bridge Plan No. 1C34, de
signed for concrete floor, com
plete in place, except concrete
floor, but including painting;
One R"t of 8-in. column H pil
ing, consisting of ten piling and
four 10-in. channel caps complete
to place 70-foot span on piling.
Piling to be not less than 25
feet in length, and extra bid to
be made per foot for piling of
longer length;
One 20-foot span. I beam
bridge, 18-foot roadway, 15-ton
capacity, and designed for con
crete floor, for the north ap
proach; One 28-foot span, I beam
bridge, lS-foot roadway, 15-ton
capacity, and designed for con
crete floor, for south approach;
One set of eight 8-inch I
beam 20-foot piling complete
with four 8-inch channel caps.
The above bridges are all to be
built in place complete, except con
crete floor, at the south limits of Ne
hawka Village, across the Weeping
Water Creek, in Section 19, Town
ship 10, Range 13, Cass county, Ne
braska. Bids to be filed in the office of the
County Clerk of Cass county. Nebras
ka, on or before two o'clock p. m. on
Friday. September 7th. 1928.
Bids to be accompanied by certi
fied check in the amount of 5 per
cent of the total amount of the bid,
drawn in favor of Cass county clerk.
Bids will be opened at 2:10
o'clock p. m. of the same day In the
office of the Cass county Commis
sioners. The County Board of Commission
ers reserve the right to reject any or
all bids.
GEO. R, SAYLES.
Cass County Clerk. Platts
5 mouth, Nebraska
ministered in the State of Nebraska.
and that the Court determine who
are the heirs of said deceased, their
degree of kinship and the right of
descent in the real property of which
the deceased died seized, which has
been set for hearing on the 21st day
of September, A. D. 1928, at 10:0
o'clock a. . ni.
Dated at Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
this 16th dav of August. A. D. 1928.
A. H. DUX BURY.
(Seal) a20-4w County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE
NOTICE OF HEARING
on Petition for Determination of
Heirship.
Estate No. of Frank Freeman
and Cynthia A. Freeman, deceased,
in the County Court of Cass county,
Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska, To all per
sons interested in said estate, credi
tors and heirs take notice, that Ida
Freeman, who is one of the heirs of
said deceased and interested in such,
has filed her petition alleging that
Frank Freeman died intestate in the
State of California, on or about Sep
tember 6, 1907, being a resident and
inhabitant of California and the
owner of the following described
real estate, to-wit:
Undivided one-fourth interest
In the east one-half of the south
west quarter (E SWU) of
Section 30, Township 10 North,
of Range 14 East of the 6th P.
M., in Cass county, Nebraska
and that Cynthia A. Freeman died
intestate in Union, Cass county, Ne
braska, on or about December 27,
1909, being a resident and inhabi
tant of Cass county, Nebraska, and
the owner of the above described
real estate.
And the said Frank Freeman leav
ing as his sole and only heirs at law
the following named person, to-wit:
Cynthia A. Freeman;
And the said Cynthia A. Freeman
leaving as her sole anc. only heirs at
law the following named persons, to
wit: Ethel Saxon, Ida Freeman and
Mark M. Freeman;
That said decedents died intestate;
that no application for administra
tion has been made and the estates
of said decedents have not been ad-
State of Nebraska, County of
Cass, ss.
By virtue of an Order of Sale is
sued by Golda Noble Beal, Clerk of
the District Court, within and for
Cass County, Nebraska, and to me
directed, I will on the 18th day of
September, A. D. 1928, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of said day at the South Front
Door of the Court House in the City
of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, in said
County, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing real estate to-wit:
Lots One (1) and Two (2),
Block (1), White's Addition to
the City of Plattsmouth, Cass
County, Nebraska, as surveyed,
platted and recorded
The same being levied upon and
taken as the property of Clara A.
Owens and- Orval Owens, defend
ants, to satisfy a Judgment of Judd
Court recovered by The Standard
Savings and Loan Ass'n of Omaha,
Nebraska, plaintiff, against said de
fendant. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, August
9th, A. D. 1928.
BERT REED,
Sheriff Cass County,
Nebraska.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Maria G. Baird, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in said county, on the
21st day of September, 1928. and
the 22nd day of December, 1928, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, to receive
and examine all claims against said
estate, with a view to their adjust
ment and allowance. The time lim-
jited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 21st day of September, A.
D. 192S, and the time limited for
payment of debts is one year from
said 21st day of September. 1928.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 14th day of
August. 1928.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) a20-4w County Judge.
LEGAL NOTICE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
To CHARLES JONES, whose place
of residence is unknown and upon
whom personal service of summons
cannot be had. Defendant:
You are hereby notified that on
the 7th day of May, 1928. Nellie
Jones, as plaintiff, filed her petition
against you in the District Court of
Cass county, Nebraska, Docket 4,
page 21, the object and prayer of
which petition is to obtain a divorce
from you on the grounds of extreme
cruelty and non-support.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before the 1st day of
October, 1928, or said petition
against you will be taken as true.
NELLIE JONES.
Plaintiff.
L. N. BUNCE, Attorney,
Securities Bldg., Omaha
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