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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1909)
Mews a ALB, TWICE A WEEK HKRALI. btiiUihd April 16. ISM Co"olldt1 Jn- 1895 PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOISHH 14, 11K)! VOL. XLVI NO. 52 k, t 11 i 3L muh ii A. rm mil mmm til Jv- Mi Hl.r.- . C0PYRI6HT-I909DAUB,CQN& Cq. In the Past. There are gome very interesting itt nis i tucked away in numerous old boxes : yesterday in St. Paul's German Lvan in the oilice of the News-Herald and : gelical church in this city. The morn- mm time to time we expect to re-pub- j li 1 s lish them for the benefit of our readers. . Tliey will be of epe i:d interest to old I settler, and of considerable interest to those who have not een in Cass county long enough to be classed among the pioneers. Here is something from the riattsmouth Daily Herald bet 3, 18ii9: of Decern- Ilailrands at .powerful -k1-wi the de- J ton, .l.laho and Montana, and has or velopmenc of country Mid in the con- j ganized seven new churches, told of centration of capital. They hold a pre-! his work. In the evening Gen. Rcpke pondering influence over favorable lo calities milder climate, superior soil, di rectness ot route ai!U slower tnoroujrh- fare. ' Without the aid of railroads. lichardton, Nemaha, I'awnce, Johnson j ,j fi , f....,i r,i.t ,,,! mot above, all other localities in the State. Brownviile. when all towns were j gave promise if becoming the metrcpo- i lisr.f th- StHle. ( Imal.a. aided bv tho ! ., ..t c p I. i i ,i i her by many thou.-a,.d,, Nebraska City I standing tremolingiy second, as h-r prospective railroads were considered more or less certain, and for a long time Rrownville held the position of the third town in size and cornmercitl im portance. No-, the U. & M. being completed to the river, comes to the aid of Plattsmouth, and we reluctantly yield our place to that growing city. Brownviile Advertiser. Fire meeting. The city lire men nut in the city cou::ciI chamber luetday evening and the meeting was called to older by President Weaver, who presided. Joe Libershal and Oliver Kdinonds were given a life certificate of honorary membership. The committee appointed ikfviook alter the recent street carnival wi ie discharged. The $10, won for the hub and hub race, was used to pay the expenses of the fire department for the contests and the remaining $1 was given to the Chief, Anton II. Koubek, who invited the boys to Ivl. Mason's store and set up the cigprs. The com mittee appointed to consult the city council in regard to building a new hor.e house on west Main street re ported that they had visited that hon orable body and was informed that they were shy on cash at the present time, so the matter was laid over for the present. The next regular meeting will be on NovcmbT D, at 7::!) p. m. Charles Troop and Will Adams visited the .stockyards in South Omaha Tues day. si His Best Girl nttd His Best Clothes You Furnish the Girl We furnish the Clothes C.E. Wescott ' s Sons The Home of Satisfaction. ' Harvest Feast. The annual Harvest Feast was held ihg sermon and the initiation of the new pastor, Rev. Mr. Steger, was by Rev. J. F. Langhorst, formerly pastor of the church but now pastor of a church in Nebraska City. In the after noon Rev. F. H. Freund, another for mer pastor of the church but now in charge of the missionary work of the northwest, including Oregon, Wahing- Devall, a nephew of Paul Kruger, who lost l'ourj sons in the South African war, gav a glowing account of the war and of ths country. Arfuavfienrf Letter Llt " Remaining uncalled for in the post ofli at Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 11, Ladies; Dicbel Mis8 Katherilie, Miss Cordelia, Fair, Merill, Mrs. J. W. Ratle, Mrs. Pearl, Ross, Mrs. Scott. Gentlemen; Blunt, R. D .Rerg. Hugo, Campbell, Arthur C, Crisman, G. A., Cunnins, August, Edward, R.', Finder, Otto, E.'.zelindo, Biondi, Frink, F. C, Hixon, C. VV., Kislik, Frank, Lee, J. A., Lloyd, Joe, McDonald, Fred, Alorn ing, Charlie, Satterlee, L. G., Sillger, Amil, Sitzman, Frank, Wagner, John Henry, Weir, Fred L. These letters will be sent to tho dead letter oiT.ce October 25, 190!), if not delivered before. In calling for the above please say "advertised" giving date of list.. C. H. Smith, P. M. Enjoy Visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bradlield were visiting the family of Judge W. 11. Newell, an uncle of Mrs. Bradlield, in this city over Sunday, departing for their home in Veedersburg, Ind., Mon day morning. They have been away from home two months and have vis ited the Yellowstone Park, the big ex position in Seattle, and other cities along the Pacific coast. From a Foreign Shore. Miss Juliette Atwood, who has been visiting in Germany, France and Switzerland, arrived in New York City last Saturday and is visiting her brothers there for a few weeks before coming home. Miss Dora Frieke, who has been en joying a visit in Germany with friends for more than one year, departed from Hamburg one week ago on the Kiser Wihelm and arrived in New York City Tuesday afternoon. Miss Fricke is ex pected to arrive in this city over the Burlington Friday morning. THAT QUESTION HAS IT BEEN SETTLED FOR THE WINTER? IF NOT NOW'S THE TIME TO HAVE US GF.T liUSY. BAYLOR COAL 2000 MAN The Journal Opens Its Mud Battery Loaded to the Muzzle With Misrepresenta tion it Fires its First Volley at Sheriff Quinton. The campaign between the republi can and democratic candidates up to a week ago had progressed fiinely and had been free from mud slinging nnd misrepresentation. The candidates on both sides were acknowledged to be clean men and good citizens. Every body was congratulating themselves that at last we were to have a political battle which would be free from ani mosities and which would end with both Bides feeling that friendship had not been severed because of methods used w hich would not bear the light of investigation. j However it seems that such is not to I be the case. Sheriff Quinton, who is I known all over Cass county as an hon ! est official, an exempliary citizen and a ! man who can be trusted at all times, 1 failed to make his quarterly reports, and this gave a chance for the Journal, aided and abetted by the democratic chairman of the county central com mittee, to open up a campaign which on the face of it shows how little they know the feelings of the people of the county. We do not propose to give anything but the facts in the ca.e and will there fore give the record, first giving be low the article published in the Even ing Journal of last Saturday: WHY HAS SHERIFF NOT FILED REPORT. An Accountant Employed to Investi gate Books and Learn the Reason if Possible. There has been so much said about the law which compels county officials to make quarterly reports to the county commissioners, and why the comniis sionere ordered Sheriff Quinton to make out his several quarterly reports, that we print below the resolution which was presented to the board, which no doubt was the reason for that body's action in the matter: STATE OF NEBRASKA, County of Cass, ss. Whereas, Carroll D. Quinton is the dfily elected, qualified and acting sheriff of the County of Cass and State of Ne braska, and lias been such ever since the Cth day of April, lt)()7; and, Whereas, There was a law duly passed by the legislature of the state of Nebraska, in the year 191)7, and ap proved by the governor of the statu and in full force and effect from and after the tith day of April, 11)07, rela tive to the fees of the office of sheritr in this state and the making of qua L terly reports of all fees earned and colected, which contained the following proviso, towit: Provided, further, That the sheriff shall, on the first Tuesday in January, April, July and October of each year, make a report to tha board of county commissioners or supervisors under oath showing the different items of fees except mileage collected or earn ed, from whom, ut what time and for what service, mid the total amount of fees collected or earned by such officer since the last report and also the amount collected or earned for the cur rent year, and he shall then pay all fees earned , to the county treaserer; and Whereas, The provisions of the por tion of said law quoted above have not been complied with by said Carroll D. Quinton; there, Be it Resolved, by the board of countv commissioners of the Countv of Cass, in the State of Nebraska, in ses - s , i ww o n oay oi weiuimr, & lovviuuuhii) iiv.oi tiiuv t v- tvi vun nil employ an expert accountant to care- fully examine and check the records of the several courts of this county, the fee book of the said sheriff and other records showing any and all fees earned . or collected by said sheriff, and all bills and receipts rendered by said sheriff to the board of county commissioners of this county for any and all services performed by said sheriff since the taking elTect of the law above quoted and referred to and that said expert accountant report his findings to this board immediately after making the same. The above is the article appearing in the Journal. The inference taken from it is that the board of county commis sioners adopted the resolution and ap pointed an accountant to investigate the matter. The record on file in the office of the county clerk of Cass county shows this: A resolution was this day received requesting tho sheriff, to file his quar- I terly reports according to law and the j board instructed him to file all quar- I tprlu rpimrta nn nr linfnvo niivt mcml'ir J "h" meeting of the board. The facts in the matter as far as the resolution is concerned is that the reso lution was found with other papers in the box containing the papers which come before the board. When the mat ter came up there were several demo crats present, among them the chair man of the democratic county central committee, but none of them had enough confidence in the resolution to sign it. They were a great deal in the position of the man who did not want to go to war but he wa3 patriotic enough to be anxious that all of his wife's relatives should go. With a resolution before the board which no one would father, or even mother, the board simply requested the sheriff to file his reports by the next meeting, which he said he would do, and even offered to allow anyone to look over his books who was not satisfied with them. However, the democratic chairman saw his opportunity, and he forthwith hired J. II. Donnelly to go over Sheriff Quinton's books and see what he could find. The Journal fell into the 6cheme gladly, and knowing that it would be expected to mislead the people, a posi tion which it could ably fill, proceeded to open up its mud batteries and pub lished the account above, adroitly word ing it so that the people would be de ceived into the belief that Sheriff Quin ton s affairs were in such shape that the county board looked with suspicion upon mm To show just how much ground they had to stand upon, Sheriff Ouinton has agreed to have his books looked into by an expert accountant, but asks that the books of all county officers be treated the same, fie does not relish the idea of being picked out as a mark, but thinks that if an investigation is start ed that it should be thorough and corn- j pk-te. Thm. haa hvvn mM in th tU. i . . , c, . JL. 1 tu,L' ot Snonff W" since this mat- ter came up which would have any ten- dency to make any person think that he was dishonest. In fact, no one be lieves that he is. Investigation will show that in not making his report he has technically broken the law. That is all there is to it. The enemies of the sherifl, however, are mt backward in taking advantage of a technicality to ruin him if they can a. ul defeat him for the office he is aspiring to be re-elected to. The ques- ! tion k are the friends of the sheriff ; going to stand for this kind of a deal. , Another question to be considered eu is, 15 llR accountant finds that the books heriff are all right, is he going oi tne to make that report before election or will the men who hired him withhold that report until too late to vindicate the sheriff. In other words, is this a political scheme to defeat Sheriff Quin ton by unfair methods, or is it a square deal. If it is a square deal, why could not the democratic committee and the Journal waited until the next meeting of the board, which convenes October 19, and seen what action the sheriff would take. Is it the intention of the democratic committee to be fair with Sht rilf Quin ton, or do they intend to let the Journal continue its bushwhacking methods? Does the Journal consider t hat the sheriff's office is of such importance to its financial future that it is willing to destroy the reputation of a public offi cial? If tin. is to be a fair and square cam- paign, conducted upon fair and square methods, would t not be better to wait till a man is found guilty before you seek to ruin him, insteadof ruining him first and investigating him afterwurda? "Whom tho Gods destroy they first make mud," is a saying that might be applied in the case of the Journal, for it looks to any fair minded citizen that it' must certainly be very mad or it would not resort to such rotten and flimsy campaign balderdash. Delightfully Entertained. Miss Helen Travis most delightfully entertained the High School Faculty, consisting of Principal Benj. Harrison, Miss Allison G. Johnston, Miss Pearl Nichols, Miss Genevieve Howard, Miss Blanche Horning and Superintendent and Mrs. J. W. Gamble at her home in this city on Friday evening at six o'clock dinner. A splendid dinner was served and the evening spent in social conversation. Miss Travis and her mother are exceptional hostesses and despite tho fact that they were com pelled to go home in the rain, all the teachers would willingly be compelled to do the same again under like circutn tanc es. William Crabill Dead. William Ezra Crabill, aged four years, passed away in the home of his Grand mother Crabill in this city early this morning with diphtheria. Tho funeral service at the home this afternoon at 2:30 will be conducted by Rev. W. L. Austin, pastor of the Methodist church. Willie and his mother have been vis iting relatives in this city for Beveral weeks. W. E. Crabill arrived this morning from his home in WaKeenay, Kan., to attend the funeral services and burial of his son, which will occur here. Banquet Next. The annual rally day contest of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school was very spirited. George Hall was the captain of the winning side, with eighty members, while Captain James Rishel only had seventy-five. The seventy- five will furnish a splendid banquet iir the basement of the church for the en tire Sunday school on next Thursday evening. The Red Men. Big Chief Sachem John Cory pre sided during the big powwow of the Red Men in their wigwam Friday even ing. A twenty-two pound catfish and many other good eatables were served at the sumptuous banquet. A special train will carry the tribe to Omaha to attend the national convention of the order in Omaha the 19th of this month. The funeral services over the body of the child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mason were conducted this forenoon by Rev. Luther Moore. is ii ii n i i .: ,i n i it i it i i !l it f it J M ' "II 1 K '"yi 1 1- 9 H Edcrheimcr, Stein & Co. MAKERS or r FM M m M jr J Ancient History. ' In an old box containing somo papers under date of 18&1, we discovered the following which to say the least was certainly going some when it comes to word painting: v Plattsmouth. What is more beautiful than Platts mouth, situated as she is, among valleys and hills, with tho old Missouri rolling down in all her splcnor to the east, while to the north the Platte steals silently along until she reaches the Big Muddy to swell her tide? Then again her draws and ravines running in various direct ions are pleasing to the eye. Scattered promiscously hero and there are many beautiful trees. The hills sloping to ward all points decked with cottages and mansions. Let the searcher of beauty ascend the hill to the high school building and from there behold the ele gance of tho surrounding country. Tho picturesque scenery off to the south west to be appreciated must bo seen, especially the past few days while the trees were hanging with sparkling par ticles of frost. Then go with us to the river bank and peer north, south and cast and behold the grandeur of all fair nature. Women's Club. All roads, at least for the club wo men, will lead to Lincoln the coming week, when the Nebraska federation of Women's clubs will be the guests of tho local club women there. Several social features have been planned which will add to the pleasure of the visitors. The first will take place Tuesday aftej-noon, when tho members of the Tuesday Review club will assist Mrs. A. C. Shallenderger In receiving the state officers, delegates and out-of-town visitors, at an afternoon tea, from 4 to 6 o'clock, in the executive mansion. ' Wednesday a box luncheon will follow the morning session at the state farm. In the afternoon the faculty of the University School of Music will give a reception in honor of the officers, dele gates and visitors at the school of music. In the evening the Lincoln women's club will giVe a reception in the temple, following the musicale. Revival Meetings Closed Evangelists Wilhite and Tuckerman closed a series of successful revival meetings in the large tent Sunday evening. More than one hundred per sons went forward to the alter during the meetings. The evangelists and Rev. and Mrs. Luther Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wiles, Captain and Mrs. Isaac Wiles and Mr. and Mrs. Luke Wiles departed on the midnight train for Pittsburg, Pa., to attend the national convention of the founding of the Christian church. Our new high collar over coats are cer tainly going fast, the chief reasons are that were showing such a largo assortment, and selling such good coats at such low prices. Colors are mostly light shades in tuns, grays and greens. High collar over cuats at lfIlr.;$io.5oto$i8 We have a special line of Hart Schatrner & Marx overcoats and cravanetted, that can be worn either high or low. Convertible collar overcoats ... $18 to $25. m