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f 1 PLATTSMOUTH' SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. APRIL 14. 1919. AUK SIX 8 IN MEMORY OF TRULY REMARK ABLE WOMAN MRS. HARRIETT A. SHARP. THE 1! OTHER OF L. C. SHARP. WHO DIED LATELY. CAME WEST IN EARLY DAY Saw First Cabin Euilt in Otnalia Residtd in Plattsmouth Con tinaouslv for 50 Years. I'lattsmouth has just lately h thnu;;h death, one ! its mt r -lu.irkahle women- -out- v. mm dnrii.;i hitter years if l.er Kf-' lived quietly in our midst, yet whie early history reads like a n.n:a are. ln-itiu filled wit li utiiisiial activity. We : -fir to Mrs. Harriet A. Sharp, mnih-r i.r '. Sharp of this city ami YVi.l A. Sharp. ! Grant's I'ass. nrr.:..n. Miss Harriet A. ';. te- "as !.cn: Fet.ni.iry lN-'S. at mid i.i una. .Ww Yrk. Soon afterward the it: i I v n;iivc! to I'.uft'aio. wJ-.-r- a lis;itriis tire, s-t !.y the K-it:l!h who in vstifil the country. ,'.-tny..l their home and hut few s. :u v li : wen- sivf.!. Thfs. Vrs. sha'p k-pi a- relics of the event. V'V'-- s'i'l an ilitatl' the !':ilni!y 'f Mi's fi;iTe moved to the th.-:i wil.i- of Mi-hi-v:i:. wlo-re they look up l:!e :;s h.o U wood.- settlers ami then :i : he urew the il'i-e-jr-ei! wol'l.itl ex Jiero'i-ie.i 111 t 1 all ih privations h-com -n in whi'h fhev v. .'r" then Shortly after senium in Mi.-liiu:-: the lather. .Jason Co.it. s. v. l:o was :i relative of the ii;t i,le rs of the t'rm : J. jt p. foafes. thread to.il.ers. d leaving tlie nn!h:T of a r.ui.ily ! -p.-ii. lent ltpoii h.-r oaii ert'iirss for a livelihood. Atol that w;.s 1 !,u .--lore th- .lays of Mother's pensions. Mi-s U.irrt'tt .- ire. I ;in .-. iiif.it ion as lest she could - ; t ii the I'tni.-.l iiieatis at her di-p'al. S;:- vm:. tesfiil in arii:iri Hi; a '.'"i"! !'it "i for til is heir two s,,; n,i, v- I to PI.. t IMi'.ol;! it where Mr. S.!ian entered into husi- l.ess. eli:la.!;iim ill the lumber and iiifi-t-liat.li.siiii lines. building ),ir,...!f i';illlilv a Koine ill fast unittin.',' iih.i:e. This coot : nurd to he Mrs. Sharp". place of aho.le al most continuously ihroui-h the tnor" than hfty ears that have elapsed Miice the family lirM settle.! h-re. aiol it was here she passe. 1 the last hours of li.r life. After t!:. :r removal to this pla e. a lhir.1 son. I.al'avelte Sharp, was :i.;-n. Twelve years later, on Aus'ist n. 1mi. Mr. Sharp passe.l away, leav ing his wife ami three sums. The h;!y was tak.ii to Ch-nvxoo.l for burial. S'ill later, in 1N!M. !.a Payette. t!ie volll.Uest sol!, theil U llUllh i li ist flll- p!oy-.l in Omaha, iej hesitie Iiis fl'.tl -.-ii'etery. Mrs. Sharp resiile.l in this ity al t.iost ror.! iir.iously lro:n tin timt !:.r eomin-i here in 1M' until tin:, of her death, livinu all As t heir (brings w heM be:t. but ill all iiie.1 ami was bs:r-i-r i:i the (' le'.i wood of the this book learnin' and wa it A. rJt e- - - f ' i MitS. 1 1 A It Ul KIT A. SUA Hi' to pass the examination fur a teach er, atnl liefatne at an early aue an instructor in the schools adj.i'. nt to her home. After a time tlitr" spent she came west via St. I-ouis. arriving at Cains ville. Iowa. anl later Council P.luffs. in the year isr.2, beini: then -J4 years of age. She secured a school at this latter thriving young town, it being a "subscription" school and entailing, among other things, the boarding around among her pupils so common to teachers In those days. While at Council P.luffs she often visited across the river, in Nebraska territory, and was there when the first log cabin was constructed in the present-time city of Omaha, and saw the workmen busy building it. After having lived in Council Pliiffs for a number of years she removed to fllenwood where she continued lier vocation of teaching. It was there she met and became acquainted with Kwing S. Sharp, towhom she was married on November 22, ISaft. They continued to reside in Glen wood but a short time, moving from there to the east bank of the Mis souri river opoosite IMattsniouth where they established a trading post, which became known as Sharps- burg, in honor of their home and business. There they did a thriving business in receiving and forward ing merchandise, which was shipped in and out via boats plying up and down the Missouri river. At that time railroads were few and scarce In the thinly settled west and no overland trains were even dreamed of as yet. Here they continued to reside through the years of the Civil war. during which time were born "Will A. Sharp, now of Grant's Tass, (Jregon, and Lee C. Sharp, ol this city. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Sharp and time in the homest. :;l at the corner of Carti'M park. p.iessed with an excellent memory, this remarkable woman, who also had the t; f f t of tine conversational ahilily wool.l oftfimes entertain the yoiinu .r "eneraf ion in recounting iv.ci.'ents of tarly life in (his section of the ,. on. try. and the experiences which, the pioneers passed through. In :!:os- days the spirir of co-operation !l.o not been developed to the tine point i: now lias, and u i "n on w an' .i ai'ythii:-' it was li.-ce.-sary in mosi cases thai th.-y make it themselves. Ciothe: were of l!: home-spni- va riet v ar.! otior ree.-ssit i r" life -.'.. -' for the iiiu-i par: pro, ii. red by I he users t hems. 1 vt s. S'oves were not to he had and the -.Id fa-hioti-'d lir.-p'.ice was the pop ni.u p'ace to cook, as well as afj'erd the :::.:!! i I" i'.eitinir the house. -. I.'cl; was si'Mor.i. liurii;,: th- v.in-t-T t'.o'iiiis. anv t.' wariii. Cooking as linn.' in a p' swunu fr. in t:' iioliio'i-- over the blaze in the t.!a . S a com ven ie-ice as a :' i:ig '.!a!:i:;e wa- link tiov.:: in there early da-s. Mrs. Siiarp r"ial!eii o:j ii i; .-e'i oe.':: si.Mis of I'.aviii-i ..:; e i;..!ie so'ee tw rty-tive miles to see ; wi'i:; bird. invention which Ii 1 the c'oth " l.ile lb.- oj.erator !; ! the -ewiim by hand. They .Ire-s.-d all tlo-ir ir..-. it. trade th- ir own 1: l''. .-i;i. i:-.-ar. ie. purei:as.-s beii;:: limited .; salt :.i'd crud.- iron tool :'.!o ' :u 5 ! 1'i'T. i s. V t this uoo.l wo v ;,s privileged to see the day of automobiles, a. :'"p!a m's. am! f;i--r.i.v'i!'.1 'rai'is ;:id troliev Ciirs. V'.'ith -uel! a ;is' fund of experi .!. it is . lit :i:i; ir:'.l t'.;;:t ;i ci.ar ..(:! slioi;i.i be f .rnied diiferenf in i.sii.'fi- from that of the many who v.iti ii'l pl'i vi leg-d to e. p--r:-t:c" lite ba r-Kh : ps of early day pioneer?!;-:. Naturally el'oi:uli i;:i;r.V"i.ieiit of a " y 'ii. i was sliv to ! acc.'p.ie.l by this r-m.irl;able woman, sis the . 1 . ! ' .-(- ;'! '11 teemed !iet. and newer methods which conflicted with h.-r f.rmer life and experiences were not :"( ii'i'il. Her idea and practi."- was i t'fotioi: ii.e ,ied tile often Illlirvelel fit the extravagance of the present day g-.-.-Htat ion. declaring it would be the means of causing widespread ru'ti and disaster. Always an observious reader, es pecially of the daily press, she con tiiued h-r habit of reading without th aid of glasses even to the last. She criticised the present adminis tration and could not see why there sh uld hare been the last war. hold ing that America could not assiniu laie the foreigner or cope with his influence and when the sirmh lie finally brought an end to hostilities, she did not believe the president should have gone to Kurope, as even greater necessities required his pres ence at home. She also expressed the opinion that no diplomats of this country can cope with the for eign experts, and the result will be another war to untangle the alli ances of the present peace treaty. Her mind was a storehouse of economic theories, evolved through a long life of pioneer hardship and her will, unconquerable, continued to fight for the ideas which she be lieved for the best. Thus in the closing years of her life did the cir cle of her more intimate friends narrow- as one by one they were unable to see and understand everything as she saw and understood it, and she herself became more or less of a re cluse. She reached the outer life and the world largely through her son. I,ee (. Sharp, who continued most devoted to her since the time of the passing of the husband and father in 1S80. Thus one by one are being sever ed the links that connect the past with the present, as the architects of the past are laying down their tools, finding it difficult to use them since fleeting time has drawn new plans for which these tools are not adapted. A new age is here and with it has come new conditions many of which seem strange to the pioneers of the past. i mo! her. Mrs. Sharp was most devoted to her three .-oiis. whom she loved to such mi extent that she com-i.bT.'ri I hem solely as her child ren in the la.tr years and oft times off-1 ed ci it k ism ol i .. .!.. .-rued It lor t he lie was most siliteie. She could Hot reconcile herself to the invasion by a daughter ill the affections of her Mm--, a right which she considered belonged solely to her. which con dition in their lives caused her much iiisuit Tit ti.lt- - a trait in her mother love which she thought should not be shared in part by another. H rs v.rs of the spirit which mov ed ...ir hardy pioneers to conquer the f.rest. to i::ake the plains sub servant to the needs of civilization, and in short to overcome all obstacles in life's pathway. S'.k i: ' spirit is truly American. uiK'ontaininated by foreign influence, and fo-'tered by call id.als as furnish"d in the lives Washington. Lincoln and other great men of the past ges. Airs. Sharp was a direct desceu d.Mit of the Coates thread people of P.nglanri. but she like her forefather, who fought ihe.'-e people in Kevoii:-;ioi-.;:ry tiir.es. maintained the con-fe-t v. n to the last. She was ;il;o r.lat--d to the family of President 1". S. Ora:!t. thou::h not of near kin. This pioneer woman lived a life filled with earnest work and a ten der interest in the lives of others. !i.-r tri.iiiim: was of the "old school of experience" which in this instancj tr.rmd out a pupil wh;se insight in to the depihs of life was much deep er than that gained by the p. resent hi r rstooi!. we gather false theM clot.r as the ipiir.i seem to us t rans- i!ay scholar. s;.ie lias passe. i to in" ot"ir world, but h.-r stay lure was on.- rich in experience and filled wit-i sympathy for ht r fellow traveler. I" n !eri'.e:if h her pillow, after death l ad claimed her sonl. was found the follow ii.e i i'ort po.iii. symbolic of ht r view of ii.'c: -:;ct Understood" Not '.ersiood. w move alon - a- a I'der : '!:r paths ;:mw wider as the sea s..i,: crre;:. Al.insr the years. We marvel :. we v. on.'.i-r Why lii" is life. And then we f ill a ieep--NOT r.N'liKKSTOOl'. Not l":id im predion s And hug go by; Til! virt lies ofte ri's ioiis And thus men rise ami fall and iive and di' NOT I'.N" 1 KKSTOO! . No? I'nderstood -ho.v trifles oft n iia lige u.-. The thoughtless sell'enco or tl; f. 'iei 1 i.iight - - l)etioy long years of f r i.-pdsh I , am' e.fr;' i"e lis; And on our soul there falls i freezing blight-NOT I'NI'KUSTOOli. How many cheerless, lot.ely heari ;. re : c:iii:.:.. 1'or hick of sympathy. Ah! Iay by day - Mo.v many cheerless, lonely heart.: are brrakir.fr; I!ow many noble spirits pass awgv NOT lNIKi:ST001. Oh. Coil! That men could see a little cU-artr; Or judge less harshly where they cannot see. Oh. C'lii: That men would draw v. little nearer Our another. They'd then be near er Thee AND CNDPRSTOOD. SANFORD SHORT HOME FROM SERVICE IN NAVY Machinist mate San ford Short, who was discharged from the navy at Pensacola, Kla.. dropped off the train from the east this afternoon, and surprised his paronts J. II. Short wife and sister. San ford has been in the service during almost the entire war, and has not seen the folks for eighteen months, and i. glad to get back and see the folks. The folks are also very much over joyed to see the son and have him with them. This is not all the good news they have, for they have a let ter from another son f. T. Short, who has seen some seven years ser vice in the army and navy together. Throe years he served in the navy and four years in the regular army. He is to be home in a short time and probably next week. These are but two of the four boys which Mr. and Mrs. Short have in the service. AGREE ON ALL PEACE PQ! AT PAR! THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE IN ACCORD ON TERMS. Last Details of Treaty Will Be Settled in Few Days; Monroe Dcc irijie in League Covenant. Paris. April 11. The league of nations commission completed us consideration of the league coven ant at its meeting last night. No sections were included granting the Japanese and French Ueiiu nds. but Japan and Prance announced that they would reserve the right to bring up the de-ired amendments before the plenary session of the peace conference. The Monroe Doc trine was recognized in the docu ment. Paris. April 11. The peace con ference has reached an agreement on all questions concerning peace with tlerniany. reparations, indem nities and the frontiers of the Uhine and Poland, according to an inter view in the Petit Journal with the private secretary of Premier I.loyd Ctorge. Certain details remained and it is added they will be settled in two or three days. The C.erman delegates will be summoned to Versailles in two or three weeks. The Pritish premier, his secretary is quoted as saving, thinks that if the allies agree as well at present as during the war. the achievement of the peace conference will be lasting vul numerous dangers. inrludin.' bolsl-f ism. wlil be averted. Indications tonight are that Da vid I.loyd (leorge. the P,r;ti?h prime minister, will not leave for London until it is determined mi v hat date the German delegates will be a.-kel to come to Versailles. An Ameri can delegate asked for the nearest estimate as to this date, pnt if be tween April 2fi and May 1. Monroe Doctrine Put ir. Covenant of Leairn0 Paris. April 11. While the t: of the Monroe dictrine amendment adopted by the league of nation. commission at its session last nigh? is withheld, its main feat tiros ore substantially along the follow inc lines; Article X Nothing in this cove nant .-hall be construed as invali dating any agreement such, as the Motiroe doctrine for the mainten ance of peace. The exact language of the amend ment is closely guarded and efforts to obtain a qopy of the text met with the statement that, although, there is peculiar American interest in the amendment, th-re was vo reason for departing from the defi nite policy of the commission not to disclose textual changes tn the cove nant as the work progresses. The official statement on lat night's session i-stied this morning does not mention the action en the Monroe doctrine amendment. al though if has been admitted offi cially from other sources that the amendment was adopted. Discussion Dramatic in Character. Discussion of the Monroe doe trine amendment by the league of nations commission is desrribed by those present as having been of a dramatic character, concluding with a speech by President Wilson de precating the opposition which had been expressed and upholding the doctrine as one of the great bul warks against absolutism. The de bate came late in the session, which continued more than four hours. The British attitude had been in doubt until the last, but Lord Rob ert Cecil turned the scales by an nouncing that he saw no objection to the amendment in the form pre sented by the president. M. Lnrn aude of the French delegation fol lowed Lord Robert With objections to inserting the Monroe doctrine. The Chinese also offered objec tion to the amendment on the ground that its language was so ex tended that it might validate cer tain principles and claims affecting Chinese affairs. i ::7t-;y, t'ffjtf," ' ; How is Your Complexion? EARNEST NELSON RE JOICING JUST NOW 9 ' a . ft '.'X MM 'jfj'jtf'' 'j Meets If filuc Miles No mistaking Red Crown Gasoline. It shows its colors in the get-a-vay a.id cn the road. The rythmic tune of thj exhaust milestones slipping; to the rear tell of gingery, powerful gas. Red Crown Gasciinc is ell gas. That's wiry ouch gallon gives most mileage. Contains no foreign matter no cdlmeni foul spark plugs and cylinders. The Red Crown you buy at the comer garage oz service station io identical .vith vhat ou et a hundred iniies Irom home. Feed vour enir.u- a steadv ciet cf Red Ci.ov. n Gasoline procurable everyvhexe. L.cck for th-- J-ign. Usj t'CJai-lAJC for perfect labri c avion to keep cylinders clean owe: :.t par. . v7wZv,' W,7777,777'?77M fel 23 Li-t 53 O 23 3 STAMS5AHD C-IL COMPANY Omaha 13 CI20WM iTAKXXf.:io oil c .;vNy ',7'7A ''. 7" 'am' mm wy''7' z m k E gg & -B--r.V-J-T'r'rff,-CTTTIgi7j MRS. V.'. T. ADAMS SOIE BETTER .'i S;! ! ii ! 'i.-i 's a r I .x.i evening on a late ;rain M;ix v.til A(i.;:;!s ;ud hrmlier .Ta(ol Adam-i f !;:nri"briu, a: riv.-d in this fity. for a vi it with relatives, eni'i-iiiu- e.-p.'ciaily in iKni:iii! of the H! !ie..i of their mother. -Mrs. V.". T. Adams, who h;is heeii very sick for the p;it few !;:.:. Ileports :iie now that Mr;;. Ad:wns is some hett. r. the ot!iin of the hoys l.-:n'j; worth more than the n:'d:.-inv. Spraluinr of t!:e weatht-r at their home o;:t in t!ie sta'e. Maxvell Adams had. to sr.y. th;st the ; :..iw falleT! to the depth of 'dir,.1 IS i:uh"s. lut had h-iran to Tiie't ye-.-i.rday. enoti::h -o that there was seme hare siwds. The hoys will rem:. in until the firs of the w.-ek before return in?;- to tiair home. .1- 99 SEE "The Lure, of the Gircus with EDDIE POLO It's the Greatest Film Show on Earth, at THE GEM Next Friday. a" f II! 4 d u 9 A m A fl U ii I V i. K i L V-rtH SPENT NIGHT IX A CAR. Frmn Saturday's Pail v. T net even ntr one ot umaii.i.- sa lant swains, in company with, some j other man's wife, started for Plattjs- j mouth to look after some business J matters, and after having gotten ; this .side of the Platte river bridge, j found very soft roads, and just be- j fore approaching the Burlington ; tracks, the car with all th- uruimr of pas and electricity, refused to j proceed, they were compelled to : spend the remainder of the niaht in j the car. listening to the serenades j of numerous hull fro-s. who were i practicing for the -summer concerts. which they hold in those parts r-vrry season. i ! tl W'lien you want your Ford car repaired, insist always upon getting the genuine Ford Parts, made by the Ford Motor Com pany, in order to insure reliable quality. There are "spuiious," "counterfeit," "imi tation" parts made by outside concerns who have no regard for quality in material, so insist on your Garage or Repair Man furnishing you the genuine Ford Parts. AH reliable garages may now buy. the gen uine Ford Parts from us so there's no ex cuse for any one using the "bogus" parts. To be sure, bring your car to us for repairs or replacements. T. H. PoSiock Auto Co., Authorized Ford Dealers for Plattsmouth, Murray, Louisville, Nehawka and Union Plattsmouth Phone No. 1 able model A woman should prow more beau tiful as she prows older and she will with due regard to baths, diet dear little jrirl bahv at the home of From Saturday- Pally. Because dame fortune in his dis pensing of the blessings which she ahs in store for irood people left a and exercise, and by keeping her liver and bowels in good working order. If you arc haggard and yel low, your eyes losing their lustre and whites becoming yellowish, your flesh flabby, it may be due to in digestion or to a sluggish liver. Chamberlain's Tablets correct these disorders. Fancy stationery at this office. Mr. Nelson and wife yesterday, and at that place everybody is happy and getting along nicely. Mr. Nel son has been a great whistler when about his work, but he is not doing any of it ju.st at this time, he keeps smiling so he cannot get a pucker on his lips. T7all Paper, Paints. Glass, Picture Framing. Frank Oobe'man. A Real Coatee Cape! A model made of all wool poplin men's-wear serge p with yoke and vest lined with seco. jj Notice the shirring around yoke and buttons that H trim the front, which makes this garment a very desir- g Colors Navy, Tan or Copen; Sizes 1 6 to 40. PRICED ONLY in' ?22.50 and $27.75 i This coatee cape in Children's and Misses' sizes, fpf; 8 to I 7 years, braid trimmed, i'rice 3y.or 10 io.ou. - I The Ladies Toggery, FRED P. BUSCH, Manager f i m si i ti in m hi m m A 4 X in