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plattsmoutb omn VOL. XXXIII. PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEIiKUAItY 1, 1J1. No. ;;. I- .V THE GEO. ELL1NG WOOD JOY MEET ING LAST NIGHT Church Crowded to the Utmost With Parents, to Whom This Lecture Was Principally Directed. From Tuesday's Daily. Yesterday was a very busy day for George Ellingwood Joy, the worker who is conducting Bo,- week in Plattsmouth, and his visits to the school brought him in touch with the young: folks in a manner that was most pleasing and profitable to them. As a worker among the boys of a community, Mr. Joy appears at his best, although his addresses along: the higher thought proposition to the gen eral public are most successful, but when with the boys Mr. Joy appears as he is, a young man filled with a desire to implant in the still youthful minds of the boys the necessity of a proper understanding of themselves and the high mission they were destined for by their Maker. At the meeting at the schools in the afternoon Mr. Joy met the boys from the seventh to twelfth grades, and in addition to the talk along the lines best calculated to aid them in the lin? of thought he is advocating here, he. by his great interest, touched them into a realization that he had at heart their best interests, and the closest attention was given to his remarks. Mr. Joy played and sang a number of selections at the school, which also greatly pleased the young people. The meeting last night at the Methodist church was one that was largely attended by the parents of the boys and girls of the city and they were all glad they were there before the meeting was over, as the speaker dealt some sledge hammer blows at the theory of the rearing of children that is now largely responsible for the condition of the youth of the land. Preceding the speaking by Mr. Joy a short musical service of thirty min utes was held and a number of selec tions were given by the large choir. As a special number Miss Catherine Dovey sang most beautifully, "O, Divine Redeemer," by Gonoud, and the beautiful strains of the song put the audience in the proper mood for the outpouring of the truth afforded them by Mr. Joy. The scripture les son of the evening was read by Rev. Druliner. and the prayer offered by Rev. McHusky of the First Presby terian church. As the speaker rose to address the audience he requested that "America" be sang ly the entire audience standing, before he launched into the address of the evening. Mr. Joy had for his subject lat evening, "The Human Plant in the Home," and in this the speaker gave some truths straight from the should er that should have been heard by every parent in the city, and especial ly those whose children are of a ten der age, during which period the minds of the little ones begin to as simulate the knowledge of the world, and Mr. Joy pleaded with his hearers to prepare the boys and girls by the teaching in the home that they might come in contact with the outside world and not be contaminated and their lives not be blasted by a life of wrong thinking and a low standard of morality. The sneaker again, as at the opening address of Sunday, im pressed that this was the theory which he sought to plant into the hearts of the fathers and mothers, as well as the joung people, and this was the cultivation and training of the mind in the proper channels and the plant ing of the proper knowledge of the great vital truths of themselves and j their duties and functions that theyi would be called upon to perform in the course of time. He showed the l.inocent child as it came to the knee j of the mother with its wondering question as to the creation and the often repeated evasive answer that for a time served to satisfy the child, but which was not the truth in its en- tirety, and then later the child gather ed from its contact with those outside r. wrong idea and conception of the proposition, and this started in the growing rain of the child the wrong line of thought that could not but produce a low standard of thinking and a tendency toward a low standard of morals. Too often the parents of a child viewed the discussion of these vital truths with their children as something to be shunned and avoided and left the child to drift, and when at last the child realized that it had been left in the dark or deceived by the ones whom in all the world they should expect the utmost confidence and truthfulness, in that hour the confidence of parent and child was de stroyed and the knowledge based on wrong ideals was accepted and allow ed to grow into the thought and life of the little one until it completely mastered their future action and be cause of the failure of the parent the child goes wrong. He gave a number of very pertinent stories from his ex periences throughout the world of the different misguided and blinded par ents who had visited h'.oi an 1 told how pure and unsullied their child- en were, when they had been kept in the dark as to the great truths of life, when as a matter of fact the parent and child have deceived both themselves and each other in this matter in which they should have shared with each other. Too often ignorance has been allowed to be considered innocence by the parents, and the growing child was called to pay the price of the neglect of its parents to pertcrm th? function given them in parenthood in planting the trursi in the mind of their child and naming the mind to be pure and mold it along the higher ideals of life that it might control the future of that O ild and Iring it forth from its battle witn ihe world unshaken and unsullied. The address of Mi. Joy was listen ed to with the closest attention by the entire audience ui I thiie is r.o doubt that if the persons present do not at tend any of the othe. lectures they have been uplifte 1 by the clear-out appeal made to them last evening by this talented gentleman, who for the f ast twelve years has labored in the cause of the youh all over the world in the spreading of the doctrine of the higher and pur r thinking and in the uplifting of Ire standard of liv ing and morals. The address this evening will be on the subject of "The Boy Problem as We Face It," and gives promise of be ing as interesting as the previous ones and leads on a step farther in the discussion of life's vital questions. At the song service this evening a male trio, consisting of Bert Norr, E. J. Browning and B. A. McElwain, will furnish a special musical number, in addition to the special work of the choir. COUNTERFEIT HALF DOL LARS "SHOVED ON" SOME OF OUR BUSINESS MEN From Tuesday's Daily. In the past few days there has been much complaint among several of the business houses over the fact that someone has been working them with counterfeit half dollars of the date of 1913. The "queer" is a pretty crude appearing job if a person pays close attention to the coin, but as most peo ple do not give more than a passing glance at the change they receive or in a small pmce of money that is paid to them it is pretty easy to get by with the bad money. The specimens of the half dollars appear to be most ly lead, as the difference between them and the real 50-eent piece can be easily discovered if close attention is paid. The public is warned to be on the lookout for these "bum" coins, and if anyone secures a 50-cent piece they should pay close attention to them and try and locate the place of circulation. Conorer's Jury Meets. From 'Wednesday's Dally. The coroner's inquest on the death of the late Joseph P. Wood was held yesterday morning :it Louisville Coroner J. F. Urer.dei and a jury composed of Lee May field, M. N. Drake, It. C. Yant, L. Boedeke" and C. W. Marrian,who viewed th2 body and took the evidence in the case and returned a verdict that th j deceased came to his death y !ein struck by u moving passenger train of the Mis souri Pacific. We have just received our Valen tines and Washington Birthday Novel ties, consisting of the crepe paper folds, napkins, seals, cupids. little red hearts, hatchets and the like. Come in and see them at the Journal office. TRAGIC DEATH OF JUDGE WOODS AT LOUISVILLE More Details in Reference to the Tragic Death of One of Louis ville's Best Citizens. From Tuesday'3 Dally. More complete details of the tragic death) of Judge Joseph P. Woods of Louisville have reached this city and state the facts of the untimely taking away ol this splendid citizen. ine r.orth-bound passenger train of the Missouri Pacific was standing at the station as the judge came to the depot on his wav up town, and started to pull out on its way to Omaha, and the judge started to cross the track, when the train suddenly backed up to get a better start, as the track was filled to quite a depth with snow, and the rear car of the train struck Mr. Wood, knocking him down, and his head was almost severed from his body where the wheels passed over it. The snow was blowing and swirling very badly and it is thought this prevented a view of the train from where Mr. Wood was crossing the track, and it was upon him before he could escape, as there were large banks of snow on each side. The accident occurred at 11 o'clock, as the train was late in reaching Louisville from the south. Judge Wood was 70 years of ago, instead of 80, as was stated yester day, and besides the widow leaves five sons and two daughters as follows George II. Woods of Beach. North Da kota; John Woods of Mt. Ayr, Iowa; Charles, Lamont and Clifford Woods of Louisville; Mrs. Louis Eddy of Lin coin, and Mrs. Charles Jackman of Wabash. For years Judge Woods has been one of the leading citizens of Louis ville precinct, and there' were few in that section of the county held in more higher esteem and respect than this worthy citizen, and his place in the life of the community will be hard to replace and his absence "from a large circle of friends will be missed indeed. He was very prominent for a great many years in the Modern Woodman circles of the state and held the position of state deputy for sev eral years and was at all times a man who done his utmost in any task that might be given him. To the sorrowing widow and family in their hour of grief the deepest sympathy of the friends throughout the county will go out in their loss of a kind and loving husband and father and a most useful citizen. IS THE GROUNDHOG A LEGAL IZED WEATHER PROPHIT? "orr Tuesday' Dany. Today was the day officially known as groundhog day, as on this notable occasion the wily weather prophet is supposed to emerge from his winter quarters, and coming up view the out look for the breaking up in winter. It had been hoped by the believers in the power of the groundhog that he would not be able to cast his shadow, but the sun came out sufficiently to allow his hogship to view his shadow for a few minutes,-and according to all the rules of Hoyle, this means six weeks more of winter, but we can at least take consolation in the fact that the weather cannot get much worse than it has been during the past month. The appearance of the groundhog was really cheering only to the coal man, as it may mean more consumption of coal. One of our oldest citizens, how ever, states that there is not much in the groundhog theory, as these ani mals do not flourish in Nebraska, but only exist in Missouri, and there the people have to be "showed" anyway. Left at One of the Stores. About two months ago, a man's light gray heavy overcoat, lined with gray and white striped satin to waist. Anyone noticing such a coat in their store please notify the Journal office. List your Farms and City Property with T. H. Pollock. Returns Home From Hospital. j Krom Wednesday' Dallv. This afternoon Mrs. Joe Wales, why has been for the past two weeks in the hospital in Omaha undergoing an operation, was able to return home to this city. She is feeling much bet ter since the operation and her many friends will be pleased to learn that she has shown such improvement and to welcome her back home. Mr. Wales accompanied her home, having gone to Omaha this morning to as sist her in her journey. GROUNDHOG DAY IS PAST AND WE KAY ENJOY SOME BRIGHTER WEATHER SOON The indications for a few days of good weather appear brighter today than for some time, and the sun, long hidden behind the dull, gray clouds. beamed forth at intervals 'during the day, cheering the residents of the city, who had almost forgotten what the ord appeared like, ar.d the sunshine and breaking clouds aliowed the prop erty owners to begin an assault on the snow which has covered the walks for the past few days, and as there has been almost a continuous down fall of snow it has been impossible to remove the snow as it should be, al though it has been looked after nicely by the residents of the down-town dis tricts. If it were possible there shouli be some means provided whereby the city could remove the snow from the walks and tax the same to the prop erty owners, which would insure the snow being removed more lapidlv, but such a plan would of necessity call fo- '.he employment of a large number of men to look alter the work anu see that it' was done in the proper man ner. STANDING OF THE PIANO CONTESTANTS AT EAST WOOD HARDWARE STORE From Wednesday's Daily. The standing of the contestants in the piano contest at the store of G P. Eastwood are as follows, and shows a keen interest being taken in th race for the fine piano: Mrs. Philip Rhin Mrs. II. W. Klinger Miss Josephine Warga . . . 108,375 144.50 Miss Klara Bizanz 131,2.0 Miss Tillie Halmes 117,375 Miss Violet Keil 105.015 M. E. Sunday School 101,328 U. B. Church 101,105 Presbyterian Church 100,825 Miss Grace Nqlting 100,495 Mrs. J. McGee 100,175 Miss Vera Campbell 100,105 Miss Helen Horn 100,000 Mr. Charles Isner 100.009 Miss Bessie Wiles 100,000 You will have to work hard if you expect to win the $25 Vitaphone to be given away on February 15th. G. P. EASTWOOD. THE ELKS ADD TO THE FOLD SEVERAL WORTHY MEMBERS LAST NIGHT From Wednesdav's Dally. The Elks last evening enjoyed a most pleasant session at their beauti ful club house on North Sixth street, and also gathered into the fold of the order County Commissioner Julius Pitz, Claus Jess and C. A. Miller, who were properly adorned with the ntlers of this splendid benevolent order. After the close of the regular business of the lodge a social session was enjoyed and a feast of spare- ribs, sauerkraut and pig-tails, which was most thoroughly enjoyed ana proved a pleasant feature of the gathering of the representatives of the order. The Elks have in prospect a minstral show which they will pre sent after the Lenten season, and all of the talented members of the lodge will be drafted in taking part in the entertainment. Wall Paper. Gering & Co. Phone ,36. 1ST SDCCESS-FULJOYMEETING YET LAST RIGHT The Biggest of All, and the Church Jammed Wilh Surging Audi- . t-nce of Hundreds. Joy truly reigns in the city, if the large crowds attendin.g the meetings of George Ellingwood Joy can be taken as an indication, and the keen interest taken by young and old alike in the meetings grows on apace with each passing day. The Methodist church was filled again last night to its doors with an eager crowd of the citizens of Plattsmouth, all awaiting the appearance of the magnetic speaker, who has outlined so many truths during his stay in the city. Pieceding the opening of the ad dress of Mr. Jov the large choir of forty voices, under the leadership of Miss Malhilde Vallery, gave a num ber of very inspiring selections, an I the special number contributed to the program was the bass solo of Mi. Don C. York, given in his usual plea-sing manner. The scripture lesson was read lact evening by Rev. W. is". Leete and the prayer offered by Rev. F. M. Druliner, while at the close Rev. A. G. llollowell pronounced the benediction. The address last night was, in its strength and logic, really the strong est delivered so far during the course cf lectures and took up as its subject "The Unity of the Educational Pro- The speaker, in the opening of his remarks, touched on what the meaning of a successful life really was in its truest sense of the word of the standard of the world that measured success through the eyes, of the almighty dollar, instead of that cf a true, pure Christian life, which had been filled with the spirit of Christianity from its starting. Mr. Joy pointed out the difference be tween a life filled with only thoughts of selfish sorid gain and one that had been touched by the spirit of the life of the Master, and drew a beautiful mental picture of the close of the two lives when the man whose life had been warped throughout by his living rjurely in piling up wealth and pass ing leaves it behind with no good deed to mark his life, while the other, 11'ed with the spirit of Christ, could -as on and look back on a career clan and pure and with many deeds of helpfulness to their fellow man to Tark its course through all time. He thoroughly impressed on his hearers 'he fact that a life not touched by the spirit of religion was not a suc cess in any way, as it had left out the greatest of all gifts. The speaker pointed out the close connection that exists between the body, the mind and the spirit of the boy and man, and that to secure the greatest success these parts must ne trained in unity with each other that a training of the spirit along toward a religious life without the physical body and the mind being de veloped along similar lines would be fruitless, as the great operation of nature provided that all functions should move in thorough harmony with each other, as God had intended that they should, and impressed on his hearers that this work in the church, the school and the home should proceed along the great lines laid down in the creation of mankint'. Too often each are taken up to be handled without regard to the other elements that enter into the makeup of the man or boy, with litUe suc cess. Mr. Joy pointed out the neces sity of the mind being trained in early childhood to clean ideals, the ldy treated with the same care and thought and the spirit brought into touch with the religious life in keep ing with the advancement of the per fect body and mind. As an illustra tion, Mr. Joy pointed to a number of slight physical defects that would af fect the mental advancement of a child and retard their progress in education and life, which had been overlooked in the training in the school where the efforts were center- j ed on the mind without the due re gard for the physical causes that might retard the proper development of the child or boy. The same care should be given to each of the three j great functions of the boy or child, that v. hen they had reached the apex ! of youth and passed into manhoo they might .stand clean and upright among their men and with the proper training to form their spirit to resist the things that tempt and lead off so many from their path of a pure, un sullied life. As in the lectures of the evenings before, Mr. Joy pointed out the neces sitv in the home of starting the train ing of the mind of the child, the care of the body and the cultivation of the spirit, that as they came from the home into the school they might con tinue oi this perfect operation of the three great attributes of the human race, all of whom had been intende to be a necessary part of the perfect man by his Creator. The logic and argument used by M; Joy in presenting the theory of the unity of education were most con vincing to everyone, most ot whom had, as is generally the case, never viewed the rearing of the child from this viewpoint, which is undoubtedly the correct solution of what has often baffled the parents in their efforts 10 bring up their child by spending nil their efforts on one phase of the mat ter onlv, and ignoring what was clearly the divine plan of life, anJ through this the years have been fill ed with misshapened lives, when the application of the training of the child in body, mind and spirit in per fect unison would result in a perfect man. This evening the meeting will be in the nature of a popular number, and Mr. Jov will answer any question in regard to the lectures given that may be presented to him, and anyone get ting their written question in by 8 o'clock, or who desires to ask them at the meeting, will be given the privilege and have the questions an swered. At the close, in compliment to the 'young people of the city, Mr. Joy will give a number of musical selections. IMPROVEMENTS AT WEYRIGH & HADRABA'S DRUG STORE from Wednesday's Dally. The firm of Weyrich & Hadraba are contemplating some very ex tensive improvements in the interior of their store that will give them a great deal more room for their large stock of goods and its proper displav. They have secured the use of the sec ond floor of the building, which was formerly occupied by the Eagles as lodge rooms, and this is being re modeled into a large store and sales room for the wall paper department of the story, where their large stock can be displayed to its best advantage in the proper manner. A stairway is being built that will connect the main store with the second floor and allow the removing of the present stairwav. which will be torn out and the space added to the main store room, which will give an addition of some four feet to the width of the room and allow a much better arrangement of the stock than is at present afforded. The dark room used by those who desire in the finishing up of their kodak work, will be placed in the rear of the loom under the stairway that is now being constructed and will be ample to care for the demand of the patrons who find this a most convenient place to look after their work in this line. A number of improvements will be made in keeping with the enlargement of the store room that will add great ly to the facilities of this up-to-date store building. Asks for Probate of Estate. A petition has been filed in the of fice of the county judge asking for the probate of the estate of Elizabeth Stettler, deceased, of near Alvo. The petition is presented by Harley Wolf, a nephew, and states that the deceas ed at the time of her death was seized and possessed of some $10,000 worth of real estate and $1,000 in personal property, and leaves as her heirs sev eral brothers, sisters and nephews. Attorney Dale O. Boyles of Alvo ap pears as the attorney in the case for the petitioner. M. Tritsch, refracting optician, at Gering & Co.'s Wednesday and Sat urday evenings. Examination free. Farm Loans at low rates. Pollock. T. II. THE LIVINGSTON BUILD Annual Meeting of Stockholder, th;' Association in Prosperous Condi tion, Re-election of Officers. Krom Tuesday' Datl. Last evening the stockholders 'if the Livingston Loan V Building as sociation met in their annual m'-ctin,; to look over the business of the com pany for the year ju.t closed and to elect the officers for the ensuing year-. Thecondition of this company, which is one of the leading financial institu tions of the citv, snows a sr.cndi.l gain in the past year ai l iie man agement of the affairs of this sp'-'ii- did corporation resulted in the Joing of sume .c'8, 707.33 worth of buii:"-s during the year 1:13 ami on this showing the stockholders feel th.it they have cause for feeling mighty well pleased. The loans i-t the start ing cf the year U13 were ?130 )7."'. and at the beginning of the year 1!M t were ?150,120.0'., which shows a i t gain of some $10.23 for the yci which is most pleasing, as it shows the growth and the placing of th? funds out to earn divider.. Is for th-? stockholders of the compury. A great deal of credit is due to the oi ficers and directors of the company in making such a spicniiid snwoig and especially is this true of the ('.'.. of the secretary, where Mr. ('. G. Fricke, the secretary, lias been a most earnest worker in looking aftN' tin placing of the loans and handlin r ih arge amount of business of this home institution. The capital stock of the company was increased lrom ?u,.; l tn amount of .114.21i, making a ret eain of some $0,484 in this one item. The recerve fund was increased fro:n $8,000.20 to $10,000, making an in crease of $1. '.(5)3.38. The assets of the association shows a net gain of .-ome ?lf,!85.74 for the year. The repo, t of the secretary to the stockhoi-i n ; hows the following condition of th finances of the company: ASSETS. oans 1 0.12'.0 325 .' i Rent account nsurar.ee and taxes paid and advanced 1 .750 1 .S3 4.'.i5 122 21 Due from stockholders... Real estate contracts .... Cash Total LIABILITIES, 1 (). 70 Capital stock Reserve fund , Dividends declared $111. 217.0.) 10,0' )!.() 3 :,713.7 ' S.K.'(t.O) Bills payable Total $100,8 P. 70 The officers selected by this enter prising association for the ensuing1 year were as follows: President D. B. Smith. Vice President F. G. Egenbergcr. Secretary C. G. Fricke. Treasurer Dr. C. A. Marshall. Solicitor A. L. Tidd. Directors for Three Years H. M. Soennichsen, F. G. Egenberger, F. E. Schlater. This is one of the biggest business nterests in the city and its prosperity may be taken as an indication of the general growth of the city, and aM of he business done by the company i- by Plattsmouth people for Platts mouth and its interests, as the stock holders all reside here ami the suc cess of this splendid institution is a decided boost for the city and it in terests. In the years of its exist nee the Livingston Loan & Building as- ociation has contributed much to the success of the city and the advance ment of the interests of its stockhold ers, and each year a dividend of 10 per cent is declared on the investment made. District Court in Session. ""mm Wednesdays Dally This morning Judge Begley opened he district court for a short session. nd the care of William Dunn, et al.. s. Eva Elliott, et al., was taken up by the court. The court tomorrow expects to resume the trial of the weitter case. The Dunn case was I.ii 1 over until later, as the court has taken the consideration of the attor neys in the case under advisement. 0
