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COMMERCIAL CLUB
BANQUETS EDITORS
Cass County Editorial
Shown a Good Time
Plattsmouth Boosters.
Association
by the
FEAST OF REASON
AND FLOW OF SOUL
Over a Hundred Men Enjoy Both Inward and Outward
Refreshments Last Evening.
(From Wednesday's Dally)
The Cass county editors, the city
boosters and the members of the Com
mercial club dined last evening at
one of the most delicious and enjoy
able banquets that has ever honored
a riattsmouth banquet hall. The
royal spread was given by the Commer
cial club in honor of the Cass county
Editorial Association, who's members
were in session during the day in the
city. The position of toast master
for the evening was filled in the most
capable manner"' possible irj" the Hon.
Byron Clark and on the list of speak
ers were some of the most prominent
men of the county, who were, in most
cases connected in some way with the
press.
The diners gathered previous to
the banquet hour in the rooms of the
Elks club at the Coates building, and
a little after the hour of eight, their
forces, numbering over a hundred
strong, filed into the hall and the
festivities of the evening began. In
the hall was the large table forming
three sides of a square, daintily dee.
orated with lilacs and ferns and ornn
mented here and there with burning
candles. The music was prettily
rendered by the M. W. A. Orchestra.
The sumptuous feed was prepared
and served in the most faultless man
ner by the Ladies Auxiliary onf the
Presbyterian church and the menu
of the evening was as follows:
Orange Trifle
Salmon Croquells Peas in Timbks
Wafers
Salad Wafers.
Meat Loaf Creamed Potatoes.
0. K. Pickle
Dread and Butter Sandwiches.
Coffee.
Cake
Xeopolititan Ice Cream.
Cigars
The list of toast makers was some
what different than had been origin
ally planned. The address of welcome
was given in a short but spicy manner
by J. Stewart Livingston, being dep
utized by the city Mayor Sattler.
The first speaker to follow the ad
dress was Harry E. Graves, Vice
President of the Association, of Union
who responded to the address of wel
onic and who gave a short, witty
talk and ended oy saving the people
at his place would do everything pos
sible to help Plattsmouth get her new
jail Probably the strongest toast of
the evening was delivered by Judge
Travis on "The duty of the press to
the judge and court." He gave a
short history of the origination of
law and its connection with the press
lie spoke of Jefferson as being one of
the first prominent men m the up
holding of the press in the right to
criticise the proceedings of law. One
of his remarks that drew hearty ap
plausc from his interested listeners
was "The people and the press must
respect and honor the governor of
Nebraska, no matter what their poli
tics arc." and one of his closing re
marks was that Roosevelt was the
first president of the United States
to be upheld by the public press.
The speaker following was N.
Ludi, president of the state press
association. His talk was probably
the most interesting from a news
paper standpoint, and in opening he
said at present he was busy dodging
the sheriff who was trying to serve
the papers for a $10,000 libel suit
because he had injured a dagoe's
reputation to that extent by falsely
lying he had stolen some corn. The
irong piirt of his addros was that
lattsmoiilh is getting too much news
paper, that the people et more paper
in this town than they pay fur ami that
there is not enough business to pi on
ly pay for two daily pupil's in the
ity. Jle viid that the papers were
using money on their truly editions
ind as a rcmcdv he susircstcd that
ich paper be published every other
av which bv alternating would uive
daily paper for the people and
would not only save the residents
money, but would mean business on
profit paying plan fortl- publishers,
He closed his remarks by giving an
original poem and telling how he had
mdetl in jail in less than six hours
after his arrival in the city ami how
they unlocked the tloor to let him
out for fear he would kick a hole in the
wall and crawl out to be present at
at the evening's festivities.
His few lines of rynie were as
follows:
Below the mingling of the streams
hat flow from north to south,
As perfect as a peacful drca,
Reposes Fair Plattsmouth.
Crowned with the splendor of its hills
That rise majestic from the flood,
t fiills the heart with rapturous thrills
'air Platts, thy looks are good.
With hum and clang thy busy shops
Resound from morn to night.
The wheel of industry scarce ever stops
Fair Platts, thou art all right.
For also in the marts of trade
The stores and stocks arc grand.
Thou hast us all laid in the shade.
Fair Platts, you beat the band.
On whom came all the work and stress
In fas'ning thy proud estate
It was your booster club and press,
Fair Platts, they take the cake.
"QUALITY CLOTHES"
Stands for good clothes
nothing else. Whenever you
hear the phrase QUALITY
CLOTHES yu may
know it refers to the highest
type of ready made clothing it
is possible to buy. We search
all the markets of the east for
this particular type of clothing
and you may be sure that noth
ing is good enough for this line
except the very best. Therefore,
if you really want and appre-.
date the best clothing that's
made ask for our QUALITY
CLOTHES $20 to $35.
other good clothes $5 to $18
Charles Allen of Eagle responded
to a short but interesting toa-t "The
Country Newspaper." He spoke of
the amusing life of a country editor
and how he was compelled to make
note of the cuttinir of Mrs. Maria's
baby's teeth, etc.
William Robertson made a short
address on a young lawyers work with
briefs and other matters connected
with the printing business and how
in the printing shop he had heard of
a case he had never before scan or
read of in his business, and that was
the "lower case'
C. A. Burdick of the Religious
Field Glass in his few minutes of time.
introduced his new religious pnpe
of the county. He took for his sub
jeet "Tone" and he said he believed
in moral tone in the work of a news
paper and in the conducting of pol
tics. His remarks were well set fort
and from the manner in which the et:
itor spoke it is expected the new paper
of the county will be a great success
"Tim tnr it iti irnuu1' tt'ipj tlio
X Ills l 'l V Jiv I' k'kJ " t- nv. ,
topic well dwelled upon by County
Judge Beeson. He stated the public
press had more influence on the people
than any other organ on earth, and if
they didn't believe it, to run for office
once. He told how the papers made
the people think and study and he
likened the country paper to the little
brook that was such a benefit to the
community, and the larger paper
to a stream like Niagra but that one
or two of the latter kind was enough
for a country, anil that it was the small
brook and small paper that brought
the benefiting results to their fields.
P. A. Barrows of the News spoke
briefly of "The early experiences of
a newspaper man. telling of Bonn
comical adventures he had
gave one of the impre.-sive talks of
the evening as he stated it, on nothing
particular, lie told of the develop
ment of the town being due largely
to the work of the commercial club
and a remark that received ureal ao-l
plause was, "If the community is
good enough for a man to make his
money in, it ought to be good en
ough for him to upend it in." Ho
Iwelt quite at length on this topic and
losed 1 v saving the commercial
ub ami papers should stand for the
nforcemeiit of the laws of the eoin-
nitinity.
Living-ton llichoy, representing the
Journal, made a few remarks on "The
first impressions of a new local," and
on the part of the city reporters, de
sired to thank the Plattsmouth people
for their usual courteous answering
of the reporters many nosing inquir
ies. George Olive of the Weeping
Water Republican made a witty little
toast on "Newspaper men at the pi
(pie)) counter," ami in his few wonts,
he gave the commercial club a gentle
pat on the shoulder for having such
an enthusiastic organization.
The closing toast of the evening was
a fine one given by Father Shine on
Cooperation." He brought out the
strong needs that the press and the
club must work in harmony to bring
about gootl results, lie spoke of the
editor as. a middleman in the great
medium of instruction, the daily
press, and of the paper's relation to
the people both in a business and moral
way.
The entire evening was most cn-
joyably spent ami the hours flew by
until the darkening of the electric
ights announced the hour of twelve
just as the last speaker was finishing
lis remarks.
THE COUNTY EDITORS
HOLD BUSINESS SESSION
Elect Officers lor the Coming Year
and Talk Over Tlelr Troubles
of Business.
ANOTHER
DRY ONE
Itas "Writ" a Book.
Rev. Ward L. Austin, pastor of the
First Methodist Church m this
city has just written a very able book
entitled "Pardon Versus Cleansing,"
in which he gives quotations from
Wesley's sermons, History of Metho
dism, Carl F. Fitzhilta on Wesley's
coniersion and Santiheation, Dr. C.
B. Spencer and many others.
The one point the writer seems to
make and surrounds it all with argu
ments bearing on the question, is
that justification ami regeneration
are sepcrate elements in the Christain
experience, and may or may not oc
cur at the same time, ami that these
elements, as well as all others, may
be sepcrated by a longer or shorter
periotl of time, and that great nenibers
of members in the protestant churches
while having enjoyed the evidences
of pardon yet give no evidence in
their life of regeneration or the new
birth, and that this condition in the
churches haH become the eroneous
system of teaching the doctrine of
holiness.
We quote from the ministers writ
ing: "I believe that thousands of
believers in the church totlay will
have to be born agaiu if they are ever
see he Kingdom of God. A life is
either right or wrong, it cannot be
both. Some church members (be
lievers) say that they sin every day
of their life, and we have no reason
to tloubt their word, but the idea that
a christian, a regenerated person
(From Wednesday's Dally)
The Cass County Editors Associa
tion heltl their first olhcial annual
meeting last evening at Coates Hall
mil the officers elected a few months
ago at the Weeping Water meeting
were reelected for the year. The of
ficers of the organization at present
are:
P. A. Barrows of the News, Presi
dent.
Harry Graves of the Union Ledger,
Vice President.
L. J. May field of the Louisville
Courier, Secretary.
George Olive of the cepmg atcr
Republican, Treasusrer.
Tho urgent questions of the day
were talked over by the pencil pushers
and a number of interesting remarks
were made by N. J. Ludi, of Wahoo,
president of the state press association.
Harry Graves acted as secretary
pro tcm in the absence of Mr. May
held. A committee on by laws, con
sisting of George Olive, C. E. Graves
and P. A. Barrows was appointed to
draw up the by laws of the orgiuiza-
tion and make a report at' the next
mctting. A membership fee of $1.00
was decided upon and what other
dues are necessary will be left to the
committee. Union is very enthusiastic
in trying to land the next meeting of
the editors ami it is very probable
that the next gathering will be held in
that city. ,
The editors talked at length of .se
curing uniform county rates for job
work and expressed their opinions
of being heartily against the method
of cutting rates on the various work,
including the" county prh'tinir, that
is brought into their offices. The mem
bers seemed strongly in favor of set
ting a flat rate for announcements
anil card of thanks and it is probably
that in the near future such rates will
be adopted by the county printers.
In the afternoon the visitors were
shown the points of interest in the
city bv the officers of the commercial
club. The party visited the Burling
ton shops, M. E. Smith's factory and
wound up at the jail.
Capital of South Dakota
Joins the Dry Column
Yesterday.
HAS BEEN WET
SEVERAL YEARS
. Great Surprise to the Voters
All Over the State up there.
SIOlA FALLS, S. D. April 19.
Interest in tho municipal contests
throughout South Dakota today cen
tered on the license question. Up
to a late hour tonight the returns show
a close contest. The following towns
which were wet before went dry:
White Lake, Centerville, Pierre, Fort
Pierre, Sisseton, Viborg, East Sioux
Falls, Volga and Howard. Those
dry before and going wet are Andovcr,
Avon, Armour, Canova, Dalton, Frank
lin, Miller nnd Gettysburg.
From reports received the license
element has lost twelve saloon towns
and Bay these will be made up in gains
from localities not yet reporting.
It is further claimed that the total
vote of the state on the question will
bIiow a gain for license.
The wet towns are: Elk Point,
Bridgewater, Sturgis, Kimball, Plank
ton, Madison, Scotland, Huron, Sioux
Falls, Milbank, Pecver, Willmer.
The result at Pierre was a great sur
prise, as the town has liecu wet lor
a number of years. Redfield is the only
other town shifting to the dry column.
It went wet last year by two majority.
Sioux Falls remains license by 738
majority.
A Fire Scare.
This morning the fire alarm called
the company and a few citizens to
the railroad tracks a short distance
north of the station on the Burlington
where a brisk fire had swept up the
side of the bluff and was endangering
some buildings on the top of the hill.
Water was turned on the blazing brush
heaps and the danger was soon averted.
C. E. Wescott's Sons
THE HOME OF SATISFACTION.
annot lielo siniiiim is absurd. It
would be just as absurd to find hot
ice, an honest thief, a Republican
Prohibitionist, or a truthful liar, as
a sinning saint.
Here on Way to Seattle.
Mrs. A. L. Newton, formerly Miss
Elizabeth Kuhncy, is in the city for
a few days visiting with her family.
in his Miss Kuhncy was married a few weeks
I
first paper work out in Dawson County
On account of the hard times he was
thrown out of a position and ho started
on a 250 milt) trip to his home, on a
borrowce bicycle and with about
$2.90 for traveling expenses.
Charles Graves of the Union Ledger
talked on "Pioneer newspapers of
Cass county." He remarked of the
great times he had in getting sub
scribers for a Rock Bluff paper a gootl
many years ago, and of the first rep
ortorial work of his career, which was
on the staff of the Herald. He told
of the upbuilding of the various papers
of the county and reminded the club
and the county papers to pull togeth-
i
cr to Pring uoout mutual success,
lie explained what was thought by
many to be llalley's comet in the wrong
place yesterday morning was nothing
more than the brilliant foretop of
Editor Allen coining down from the
fivo o'clock train on the Missouri
Pacific.
Paul Jessen, formerly district judge
ago at Wichita, Kansas to Mr. Newton
who is a real estate dealer of the
south. The new husband is in Okla
homa at present, but will come to the
city In a short tune when the young
couple will leave for Seattle, Wash.,
to make their future home. Mr.
Newron is expecting to engage in the
real estate busincs in the nourishing
western city
Miss Kuhncy was bom and raised
in Plattsmouth and has a very large
circle of friends in the city. The family
removed a few years ago to Okla
homa but after living their three
years returned to Cass county. They
have been living for the past year
at Nehawka where Mr. Kuhncy con
ducted a barber shop. He has made
arrangements to open up a simp in
the 'Perkins house building and is
having hisnewfixturesfrom Nehawka
moved into the room, but on account
of sickness, he will not be able to open
the shop for some little time, lie is
now under medical care at Seward.
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customers, and making
closer friends of our old
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When we sell you clothes at'
our "value giving" prices,
we're not getting rich fj'om
the immediate profit, but
we're making sure of gett'ng
your "clothes money" in the
future; making you a solid
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store; that's our aim in sell
ing you such good clothes at
such low prices.
Any day you feel like it,
we'll be glad to show" you
some of the lively patterns
from our large springshowing.
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