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ITiEPARED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MURRAY If any of Vie reader of the Journal know of a m-cinl etnt or an itthi of inttrott Wt icant all iton of iniertft. Editor Journal. DC X Murray State Bank Capital Stock $1 0,000.00 We possess unequalled business. Vour banking, no f how large, we give It careful We loan money for legitimate purpose!. We solicit your business. Chas. C. Parmclc, President. F. P. Nutzman, Vice-President. W. (1. B0EDEKER, Cash.er. t . ' i ' DC The little four-year-old boh of Leonard Murray Is quite 111. MesdameH Carroll and Mrs. Ilerger were Omaha visitors Tuesday. Will Smith and Will Sporer were Omaha visitors Monday, and took in the hall game. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Drown were Sunday visitors In Omaha. Jlmmle Lotighrldge, wife and daughter, accompanied by Joe Gam ble, spent Tuesday at Lake Manawa Mrs. Addle Stokes, : tho clever Manager of the telephone exchange, whs a Plattsmouth visitor Tuesday. Mis. Albert Queen and Miss Etta Nickels were I'lattsinouth visitors, and were accompanied by Miss Edith Pitas, who had been visiting with Miss Nickels for a brief period. Uncle Hi 11 V U'llev u hn him lu.i.n I quite ill, is gaining slowly. We lupe our, old friend will be well and be able to attend Pioneer day at the Plattsmouth ('Hrnlval. He Is one of the earliest pioneers of Cass roun ty. ' v , ' John Cook departed for Norfolk Saturday to attend a family reunion and celebrate his mother's birthday. John is great mother's boy, 'and -always goes at her calling. J. Walker Gllmore celebrated hit fteventh birthday last Sunday. A few of bis relatives were present. The Journal hopes the little fellow may live" to enjoy a hundred more such rvents. . Mrs. Will Smith, accompanied by Grandma Harding, went to Lincoln Tuesday morning to attend the As Hcmbly, and from there Mrs. Hard ing will visit friends. In other sec- lions of the state. Mr. Smith 'will meet her father, Mr. Holmea at Lin coln, and from there he will go to Dallns, S. D., to visit a mi. Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Ilrendel will go to Avoca next week, where ho will take Dr. Will's plac ewhile he takes a trip to South Dakota, to look at the country. Tho party of three will be looted overland by yam (Johnson and his auto, who has contracted to take bot through In good shape, and return them "as good as new.' John Thomason and M. G. Church- Ill were called to Lincoln Saturday morning by tho death of Mrs. A. L. Busier, a sister of Mr. Churchill Mrs. Thomason, a sister, was called there several days previous by the serious Illness of Mrs. Busier, who passed away Saturday morning. Mrs. Hen Noell met. with an ae cldent last Saturday, by which she came very near losing tho sight of both eyes. She went to a shelf for something and tipped over a box of concentrated ' lye, the contents , of wmcn ien in ner race, and a por tion In her eyes. Tho tlmly aid of a physician relieved her, the only injury being a few burns on the face, ' . f i Tho Ladles Aid society of the Christian church met with Mm Florence Fleming a mile west of Murray Wednesday afternoon The announcement that the society was to meet at the Fleming home was sufficient assuranro that all who at trcded would have an enjoyable time, and particularly so about lunch time. This assurance was fully ful filled and the guests went home feel Ing that "it was good to be there i array uepBrmi&m DC r". ' 1 facilities for the rare of your mutter liow small, no limttor attention. w DC James Campbell is numbered with the sbk this week. Dr. Frank Cummins of Platts mouth, was a Sunday caller In Mur ray. Glen V'allery has been on the sick list for several days, but nothing serious. Threshing Is still in full force. Much of the grain still remains in the shock. Miss Llz.lo West from Mt Pleas ant, precinct,, had a large tumor re moved from iier last Monday. , Mrs. Campbell and her grandnon, Tude ilenry.'of Omaha, are visiting this week at the Walker home. Miss Emma Graves, who has been quite ill with symptoms of typhoid fever, Is now able to get around. The com In many localities Is 'firing' some, and a good soaking rain would be Joyfully welcomed. Frank Gorton, of Dunbar, was In town Monday and Tuesday in the In terest of the Dulck automobile com pany as their talesman. ' Miss Ida Hoedcker was a Platts mouth visitor Tuesday evening, com ing up on the evening train, and re turning v. 1th ;her brother Oleij .and party in his auto. The lecture course committee feel highly pleased with their success In disposing of season tickets. The. first number will" be "the Male Quar tette," the "Castle" Square entertainers some time In October. Glen noedeker, his father and W. Ilrown went to Omaha Tuesday morning, going up to platsmouth in Glen's auto in time to catch the early morning train on the Burlington, re turning 1iome the same route. Mr. and Mrs. Grow, and son and daughter, of Mansfield, Texas, came In Wednesday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan White. Mrs. Grow Is a grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. White, and the and her family were royally welcomed to the home of her grand parents. Alex Rhoden received quite a ser ious Injury to his right hand Sun day In Union. He was at the stock yards looking over a bunch of hor ses, with his hand hanging on the Inside of the fence, when one of the animals ran against It. The member wbs very badly bruised, but la improving as rapidly as could be expected. Mrs. N. Klaurena recently enter tained a number of her friends at a 8 oclock lunch. Those fortunate enough to partake of the many good things sat before them wore Dr. and Mrs. Gllmore, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Holmes, , Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Boe deker, Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Brendel, Mr. and Mrs. Ora Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brown, Misses Pauline Oldham, Margerlo Walker and Mrs. Sawyer of Yallsca. la. The Itllojr Content. The Murray lecturo Course It ar ranting through Its committee a hold a Ulley contest In the future. The coo test lll consist of sir young ladles, and each contestant will receive season ticket to the course. The chief prlio winner, however, will receive In addition to the ticket, a valuable prUe. The contest will be under the direction of Miss Pauline Oldham. AND VICINITY ESPECIALLY 1 in this vicinity anil will mad tome to thti Picnickers Go to Idirslic. Early Wednesday morning 33 Jol ly picnickers loaded buggies with edibles and started for the picnic grounds on the, Larsh place three miles east of Union. The day was very hot, but when a gang of festive seekers get a startled expression in their loft eye, heat, '-dost nor red ants cut much figure, i In the Larsh pasture ' jusf' "north " of the "Big SprlngsV.la the coolest place in the county on a hot -Jay. In this beau tiful shady place the ravenous throng partook j of Jhelr raid-day repast about two-thirty In the afternoon. In fact they took about all they had, leaving nothing for evening refresh ments. When the forest trees on the hill above the spring cast long shadows "slaunch-wise" across the green sward, the merry crowd gath ered at the swimming pool for a dip. Among the mot notable feats per formed by the swimmers was the high dive. The ladles excelled In this line' and received the applause of the crowd on the shore. Mr. John Larsh and family Joined with the picnickers for a good time and did everything to make the day a pleasant one for them. Each pic nicker Individually and the bunch collectively extended the Larshes a vote of thanks for their hospitality. Lloyd Gapen, accompanied by his mother, departed Monday for South Dakota to visit relatives. Mrs. Charles Spangler and child ren departed this morning for Ar lington, Neb., where she will make a visit of several days with her sla ter. They came up this morning from their home near Murray. Pain anywhere stopped In 20 min utes sure with one of Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets. The formula Is on the 25-cent box. Ask your Doc tor or Druggist about this formula! Stops womanly pains, headache, pains anywhere. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., for free trial, to prove value of his Headache, or Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by all dealers. Buggies I . ltug(U! I have several new up-to-date bug gies that I want to sell right away, and I am going to cut the prices to bed rock, In order to do so. Come quick, : while you can get one of these fine buggies at almost cost. I mean' Just what I say, , , John II. Cook, , . , , Murray, Neb. t i C When the Stomach, Heart, or Kid ney nerves get weak, then these or gans always fail. Don't drug the Stomach nor stimulate the Heart or Kidneys. 4 Thai is "simply a make shift."' Get a'Dresrrlptlon'Ttnowfl'to Druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The Restorative Is pre pared expressly for these weak in side nerves. Strengthen these nerves, build them up with Dr. Shoop's Re storative tablets or liquid and see how quickly help will come. Sold ty all dealers. Entertained. The young people of the Bethany Evangelical church Friday evening entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Hobeln in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Langhorst. Over fifty were present and the evening was passed with games and music and delight ful refreshments were served. The occasion presented the pastor and hla estimable wife an opportunity of be coming acquainted with the younger members of his congregation and all certainly enjoyed the evening to tho full. Nebraska City Press. Erlck Backstrom and R. H. Pat- ton depart thlt evening for Chicago, III., where they will spend a few days proceeding from there to Lake Inde pendence, Minn., where they will spend several weeks and enjoy a well deserved vacation. Notice to Eighth Grade Pupils. There will be an examination held at my office August 25th, 1909 for those pupils who lack one subject on ly of passing Into tho ninth grade. MARY K. FOSTER, Co. Supt. The undersigned has about 40 acres of good grass to rent for pas turing horses only. Good running water and plenty of shade. One dollar per month per head. C. Bcngen, 74 mtlei south of Plattsmouth. Union vs. Plattsmouth at the Chi cago Ave., park on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 3:45. OR THE JOURNAL READERS. ojfke it u-rfl appear undtr this kiadiwj Tliomas Troop Down Town. a Thomas Troop, mention of whose severe illness has been made at dif ferent times in the Journal, today had so far recovered that the at tending physician permitted him to come down to his store. He was worrying some over the conduct of the store and rather than have him feel things were being neglected, he was al'.owed to come and look after them. He Is getting along nicely and it will be but a short time un til he will be himself again which his many good friends in the clt will be glad to see come to pass. A ppreclat ion Mentioned The delightful manner in which the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pollock In many and unexpected ways, gracefully expressed their kindly regard on the celebration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary day, deeply touched the hearts of the recipients. In addition the cordial greetings and good wishes of all present, from Mrs. J. F. Buck Is her 9 1st year down to the smallest assistants at the festivities rounded out a day, the memory of which will never fade. Congressman J. A. Magulre of the flst district arrived home yester day after spending several days on the way from Washington visiting relatives. Mr. Maguire declares the new tariff bill will bring no bene fit to any state of the middle west but on the contrary will Increase the burdens carried here by tariff taxation. Lincoln Journal. Served as .coffee, the new coffee substitute known to grocers every where as Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee, will trick even a coffee expert. Not a grain of real coffee in It, either. Pure healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc., have been so cleverly blended as to give a wonderfully sat isfying coffee taste and flavor. And It is "made In a minute," too. No tedioui 20 to 30 minutes boiling. F. 3. White. j . Adresses Wanted. J The committee In charge of Pion eers (?ay at the fall festival, desire the names and addresses of all form er Plattsmouth and Cass county resi dents now living in other localities, so that an Invitation may be sent them to return and celebrate during festival week. Deliver or mall ad dresses- to Hon. R. B. Windham, Chairman Committee, Plattsmouth, Neb. If you want this, take it up quick. It will be gone inside of a week: 160 acres 4 1-2 miles north of Englevale, N. D.; small house and barn, good water, 40 acres fenced, 50 acres under cultivation. Price, $22 per acre. Terms, $1,000 down, balance in five or ten annual pay ments with interest at 6 per cent. J. E. Barwlck, Dovey block. Hrs. E. E. Lowry, formerly Miss Mamie Graves, of Lincoln, came in last evening for a visit with friends in the town of her childhood. She Is the guest of the Misses Garnett and Florence Cory at the Perkins House. The Journal is pleased to note that Mrs. Lowry is enjoying good health, and Is pleased that she can escape the Lincoln heat for a few days. Old People NeedVINOL it strengthens and vitalizes VInol tones up the digestive organs, aids assimilation, enriches the blood, and rejuvenates everv organ in the body. In this natural manner Yluol replaces weakness with strength. We are positive It will benefit even oM person who will give it trial If it Uou't we will refuud their money GEIING & CO. DruKists Plattsmouth, Neb PLEA F03 .V.AN WSiOHUKl HIM Minister Run Cown by Auto L'rei' Driver 8s Not p-csecuted. " Wa.Uinwn. Ams. 1:'. Ke-futlug t? l.e tKeu to the hospital, although per I Laps ta;a- hijuu-,1, until the pruxuiie . was wade to Lim thai the person who' Injured him would not be arrestee, I Kev. William P. Jacobs, an Episcopal! clergyman, aged sixty years, of Clin ton S. C.. put the golden rule of life which he has preached for many year? Jnto practice. The minister! in I Washington on a sightseeing trip, was run over on Pennsylvania avenue by a two seated surrey. "I do not want the driver prose cuted." he said, "as I know It was not his fault" Despite the promise of the police to the Injured man, however, the driver ..was. arrested UNCLE SAM AS LABOR AGENT Has Found Jobs for 3,000 Men Our In 9 Past Six Weeks. Washington, Aug. 11. Work has been found for 3.000 persons during the past six weeks through the infor niatjon division of the department of commerce and labor. Most of them have goi to the wheat fields of the northwest, although, according to a statement made by the department, labor is much in demand In factories as well as on the farm. GRUESOME EVIDENCE IN SUTTON INQUIRY Doctor Shows Course of Bullet With Aid of Skulls. Annapolis, Md'., Aug.' 12. A grue some feature Was Introduced into the proceedings of the court of inquiry Into the death of Lieutenant James N. Suttou when the legal representative of Mrs. Sutton, the mother of the dead lieutenant, brought to the witness stand Dr. Edward M. Schaeffer of Washington, an expert on gunshot wounds. The people in the room crowded around the table and gazed with the keenest interest upon the doctor whjle he placed upon the table glistening skulls, to the exterior of wnieh he affixed, in little lumps of wax, little rods of steel, Intended to indicate to members of the court the course of the bullet in the skull of Lieutenant Sutton. The doctor stretched himself upon the table and showed by pantomime how, in his opinion as an expert, It was qujte Im possible that Lieutenant Sutton could evertave fired Into his own head the shot that put an end to his life. . The evidence 'of Sergeant Todd, touching which considerable Interest had been aroused by a published al leged Interview with him, whjle It did not confirm the Interview in whole, did bring into the official evidence some points not In consonance with evidence which had been given pre viously by officers of the marine corps. MISS SANTA CLAUS A SUICIDE Elizabeth Phillips of Philadelphia Kills Herself. Philadelphia, Aug. 12. Miss Eliza beth Phillips, widely Known as "Miss Santa Claus," committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas. She was found' in a room at her home with a gas tube in her mouth. Pinned to the woman's clothing was a note which read: "I have been In failing hea'.th for some time. . I have always tried to de my best for mankind." LOW MAYl SUCCEED REID Former New York Mayor Being Con , aldered for Ambassador to England. Washington, Aug. 12. The name' of Seth Low, former mayor of New York, is given serious consideration by President Taft In the selection of a successor to Whltelaw Reld as ambas sador to Great Britain. t Man Hunt Near Rochester. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 12. County, town and c.lty officials, with many formers and farm laborers, some of whom were armed with shotguns, soarched the marshes along the shore of Lake Ontario for a man who, It Is thought, may be the urderer of Miss Anna Schumacher, the seventeen-year-old' girl who was assaulted and killed at the cemetery last Saturday. Steel Strikers Evicted. Pittsburg, ' Aug. 12. Forty-seven Schoenvllle strikers and their fam ilies: were evicted -from the Pressed Steel Car company's houses at Mc Kees Rocks by the sheriff of Alle gheny county and a force of armed deputies. vThe question of arbitration In the strike1 trouble Is now in anoy ance until Aug. 18. ' " ' Negro Slayer Arrested. . Chjcago, Aug. 12. ."Doctor" Walton, alias Williams, a young negro who murdered Mrs. Hattle . Duncan here Aug. 4, was taken from a barricaded room after a fight with the police. ' Backbone of Swedish Strike Broken. Stockholm, Aug. 11. The belief Is gaining ground that the backbone of the general strike has been broken. Workmen of various kinds resumed their duties In Increasing numbers. Fourteen Drowned at Monterey. Monterey, Mcx., Aug. 12. Fourteen lives are known to be lost and heavy property loss In this city as the re sult of the overflow of the Sinta Catarloa. STATE BOARD FIXES LEVY Four 2nd a Kail Hlils (cr 11:3 Gem! Fond. ONE Mill FOR UNIVERSITY. Cut In Levy From Last Year Means Decrease of Quarter Million Dollars In Taxes Nothing Needed for State Debt and Increase in Assessment -Will Produce Almost as Much as Last Year. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 12. The state board of equalization has fixed' the state levy for general fund purposes at 4',i mills. The university levy be ing fixed by law at 1 mill, the total levy this year will be 5',i mills. Last year the total levy was 6V4 mills. The board made no levy for the cre ation of a redemption fund, which for some years has been 1 mill, but in creased the general fund levy one fourth of a mill. The grand assessment roll has not yet been made up, therefore, It Is Im possible to give exactly the sum that will be raised by this levy. The as sessment will be, however, approxi mately $399,000,000. The lexy fixed' by the board will raise $1,795,500, which with the 1 mill Tor the state university will be $2,191,500 to be paid . this year by the taxpayers. Last year under the C'4 levy for all state pur poses the taxes paid' amounted to $2, 448,316. This means a decrease of $253,846 In taxes for the year, owing to the cut In the levy. SEQUEL TO HEROIC ACT Fireman to Wed Mother of Child Whose Life He Saved. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 12. As a se quel to the heroic act ot Frank Lar son, a fireman on the Chicago and Northwestern railway," who saved lit tle Earl Delaney from death beneath the wheels of his engine near Exeter, Neb., two years rfgo, comes the an nouncement that the young man is w be united in marrjago to the mother of the little tot at the Catholic church here next Sunday. Larson's first meeting with hla bride-to-be was brought about under the most romantic circumstances. Ha was firing on an engine running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, near Exeter, when he saw a child ahead, asleep on the rails. It was too late to stop the engine, which was pulljng a heavy load of cars. Crawling down over the pilot. Larson thrut the little tot aside with bis foot antf the babe escaped unscathed. . . The child was the only son of Mrs. Delaney, a. young widow, who was teaching school at Exeter. The moth er met the rescuer of her child to thank hlm A warm friendship sprang up between them, constantly growing more dear to each until it has led them to the threshold of the altar. Lar son, who Is twenty-two yeara of a.- Js nearly ten years younger than hU bride-to-be. DINUZZ0 MAKES 2 APPEALS a Closes Omaha Saloon, but Proceeds to Fight Case In Court. Omaha, Aug. 12. "We are prepar ing an appeal from the decision of Judge Sutton to the supreme court to be filed at once," said W. M. Glller, at torney In the Dtnuzio 8 o'clock closing case. "Our appeal from the Sutton decision, whjch upholds the constitu tionality of the. closing law, Is on the same grounds that formed the basis of our original action." Frank Dlnuzzo closed his saloon at Twelfth and Douglas streets, or rather be did not open It, In conformance with the ruling of the board of fire and police commlsidoners, which re voked his license because he sold liq uor after lp.m. "Put we shall also file an appeal from'' the decision of the board," sain' Mr. Glller. . "We shall ask the district tourt for a supercedeas, and If we ob tain it Dlnuzzo may reopen his place and (continue business pending th action In the. courts.'? ' : CRIPPLE ENDS HIS LIFE ' " , Joseph Wackel Blows Top of Head Off Because of III Health. West Point. Neb., Aug.' 12. Joseph Wackel, the , nineteen-year old son of Nicholas Wackel, a well known farmer Uvlnc nine miles north of the city, committed soicldo by blowing he to of his head off with, a shotgun. y Tin boy had' been sickly for some tlrai and was partially crippled and it la believed that his condition caused him to bocome despondent and to take bis life. Ills family are greatly respected In this community and much sympathy Is expressed for them. Tangle Over Normal School. . Lincoln, Aug. 12. A dolegitlon railed at the state houan from Dawet county to get Information regarding the proper steps to take to got a state normal school located at Crawford. As there are two boards, each of which claims to be the real board with power to act In the matter of the selection of a site for the new normal school, towos In the wet end of th state that are anxious for the school are at a lose Just how tu proceed.