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- , - . 3" vol. xxxvn. PLATTSMO UTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920, No. 72 MRS. IVON S. WHITE I GALLED HOiE PASSED AWAY AT 8:45 THIS HOEING AFTER LONG ILLNESS AT HOME NEAR MURRAY. AN OLD RESIDENT OF COUNTY Deceased a Resident of Cass County Since 1856 For Mirny Years Re sided Near Rock Bluffs. From Tuesday's Daily. This morning at S:4 3 Mrs. Ion S. White, one of the pioneer women ol Cass county came to the end of life's journey and laying aside the burden cf years and the wearied spirit ol months of illness and suffering sank into the sleep that knows no awaken ing on this mortal sphere. For weeks it had been known to the members of the family that the mother and grandmother was not to abide with those of her loved ones many days and the tenderest of care from the members of her family cir cle. mini.-Jertd to her in the last days, soothing the approaching jour ney into the land of eternal rest. Ann Smith was born May 29, lS2f. in Boone county. Kentucky, the daughter of one cf the pioneer families of that state, and her girl hood was spent amid the scenes of that state, the family later moving to Livingston county. Missouri, where oa February 19. 1S54. she was united In marriage to I von S. White." Mr. and Mrs. Whit? madr their home in Missouri for a period of two years and in 1S"0 came to Nebraska, settling near the then flourishing little city of Rock Bluffs, Cass coun ty, and near where they have made their home for the years since that time. The home life of Mr. and Mrs. White was beautiful to all who knew them and the deep devotion cf the happily wedded couple continued un til the death of the husband and fa ther. some five years ago. Since the death of the husband Mrs. White has made her home with her son, Mark White and wife, who have car ed very tenderly - for the beloved mother, devoting to her a wealth of affection and love. To bless tha life of Mr. and Mrs. White three children were born, Mrs. Celiccia Iliatt of Sidney, la.; Mark White, residing near Murray, ard one child. Lanzel, who died in infancy. In 1S.10 Mrs. White was united with the Christian church and has continued a cry devout believer in this faith up to her death. Beside the two children and one brother, Howell Smith of Granite, Okla.chaplain of the Oklahoma state penitentiary, if left to mourn the death of this good woman, as well as right grandchildren, namely: Mrs Jay Grow of Mansfield, Tex.; Misses I.ovy, Marjette, Martha, Ann and I von Hiatt of Sidney, la.; Mrs. F. R Gobleman of Plattsmouth. and Mrs I,. O. Iliatt of Omaha. . The beautiful life of Mrs. W'hite. ' her wonderful love of home and the members of her family circle, has been an inspiration to those who jiive had the opportunity of know ing her and sublitne Christian faith and unfaltering courage as she ap proached the final scene of life, look ing forward to the reunion with those she had held dear in life and the beautiful words of Tennyson speak truly of the passing of this grand pioneer woman: "Sunset and evening star And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning at the bar When I put out to sea. For tho' from out our borne of time and plase The flood may bear me far I hope to see my pilot face "to face When I have crossed the bar." Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, laborers, rely on Dr. Thomas' Eclec tric Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, and bruises. Should be kept -in every home. 30c and 60c. MARRIED AT LINCOLN 'rm.i Tuesday's Dally. Miss Grace E. Bailey of Alvo and Henry L. Clapp, Jr., of Elm wood, were married Saturday at 2 p. m. at the Methodist Episcopal church. Uni versity Place. Kev. P. VanFleet per formed the ceremony. Miss Alma G. Swanson and William Odjendyk of Lincoln and Dr. and Mrs. J. It. Har- ger cf Chicago were present. Mrs. Harger is a sister of the bride. Mr. Clapp attended the state university and was a member of Sigma Alpha EpsiTon. He served nine months overseas with the SSth division, re turning home June 1. 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Clapp will make their home at Elm wood. Neb. State Journal. FILES FOR REELEC TION AS DIST. CLERK James M. Robertson Files as Candi date for Re-Election Subject to Republican Primary. p'rom Tuesday's Daily. - This morning filing was made in the office of County Clerk George Sayles by James M. Robertson, clerk of the district court In which Mr. Robertson submits his name for the consideration of the republican vot ers at the primary election on April 20. Mr. Robertson has filed this of fice for a number of years and dur ing his terms has made the county a very efficient official in the handling of the business affairs or this depart ment of the county government and has won the hearty good will of the attorneys and the public who have had business dealing in the clerk's office. Mr. Robertson is ne cf the best known of the county officials, having served the people ror a quar ter "cif a century as county clerk and later in the office of clerk of the dis trict court. It is not thought likely that there will be any other filings for this office on the republican tic ket and the nomination of Mr. Ro bertson seems to be assured. HERE ON ROAD MATTERS From Tuesday's Dally. The session of the board of county commissioners thi3 morning was oc cupied in hearing tne statements in regard to several changes desired by residents of different portions of the county. A number from Manley were present to urge upon the board the necessity of an overhead cross ing over, the line of the Missouri Pa cific south of Manley and the mat ter was referred to County Attorney A. G. Cole, who will take it up with the state railway commission to see what assistance can be secured from that source for the residents. A request from the Meyers Stone company of Weeping Water for the change of the road near the quarry was brought up and will receive fa vorable action from the board and give the company and the residents of that community a much better road. Matt McQuinn of Union was before the board presenting the request for a brlge near his farm over the Weep ing Water creek southeast of Union but this was laid over until more funds were available for this line of work. VISITING RELATIVES HERE From Tixdsv'n Daily. William B. Short of Buffalo, N. Y., is in the city enjoying a short visit here with his uncle, J. II. Short and family. Mr. Short spent his boy hood days here but for a great many days has made his home in the east and this is the first opportunity in 20 years he has had of meeting with the relatives and renewing acquaint ances. He i3 engaged in the whole sale fruit and produce business in Buffalo. GOES TO HOSPITAL From Tuesday's Lally. This afternoon Rev. J. H. Steger departed for Omaha in company with Mrs. Steger, where he expects to un ccigo an cxam'natit.ft and may re main there for t'atmeut at one of the hospitals. Mr. Steger has been suffering from a very severe nervous breakdown for the past six months and his condition has become such that, he finds it necessary to secure treatment of a specialist. NOTED BUYER OF TAX TITLES PASSES AWAY ANDREW J. SEAMAN, FAMILIAR FIGURE AT THIS PLACE, DIES IN OMAHA. WAS REPUTED TO BE WEALTHY For Years Lived on Sum of Seven Cents a Day and Eccentric Habits Are Long Noted Here. From Monday's Daily. On Saturday at the St. Catherine hospital in Omaha passed away one of the strangest figures that has been found in that city and one that was well known over the eastern portion of Nebraska as a wholesale purchoser of delinquent tax title3 and in which he was reputed to have become immensely wealthy al though his real wealth was known only to this aged recluse who. in dying, left little trace of the money he is supposed to have accumulated in the tax title purchases. For many years each season as the taxes on property became delinquent Mr. Seaman would come down from Omaha and spend days pouring over the tax records and selecting those he thought would render a profitable return on his investment and he sel dom made a poor purchase. His ec centric manner and peculiar dress was sure to draw the attention of the stranger to this strange man whose life is apparently a partial mystery even to. those wh) had nam. .In. I rc quent contact with him. Andrew Jackson Seaman wes one of the least attracts e of men persrn- al!y as his attire wa; aged and un til) ar.d his personal appearance : ot tore pleasing wh'b hi silent isd si rijge disposition kept him from n ..cling with 1 n fellow men. the .'.cumulation of ! -.Ci being his only object in life and the pursuit of this greed for gold did little to brighten the life of the unfortunate old man who so strangely refused to gather any of the sunshine from life and passed into the great beyond friendless and without having gath ered any comfort from the use of the wealth he has so long labored for. For years he made his home in a rude dwelling made of empty goods boxes at a place adjoining the Union Pacific yards in Omaha but of late years he has maintained his home in a room rented of a private family but maintained the most exacting thrift and often boasted of the fact tht he lived on seven cents a day. Just what the wealth of Mr. Sea nsri will amount to is unknown as the estimates range from $100,000 to $500,000 but the exact figures will not be known until the matter is fully' investigated by D. W. Mor row, attorney, who on Friday filed an application to be appointed guardian of the aged man. Seaman was found by Mr. Morrow to be suf fering from a badly infected hand on Friday and was brought to St. Catherine's hospital for treatment and where he died early Saturday morning. For the past three weeks Seaman had been attempting to pre paret a well but was unable to decide what he desired and accordingly passed away without making any disposition of his property. He leave3 a sister, Mrs. Harriett C. Wolf, re- ! siding at Los Angeles, and this is the only known relative. The only show of sentiment ever made by Mr. Sea man was the request that he be i buried at Wahoo where his name sake and nephew is buried and in ac cordance with his request his attor ney will have the body taken there for burial. ROAD OVERSEERS RESIGN From Monday's Daily. Two of the road overseers of Cass county have filed with County Clerk George R. Sayles their resignation from the office and desire to have the same accepted by the board ot county commissioners. I. T. Royer of Avoca, who has for the past seven years been the overseer in district No. 13, and former County Commis; sioner C. R. Jordan, overseer in dis trict No. 6, are thos resigning. NOW BACK AT DUTY From Monday's Dallv. . This morning Miss Delia Frans was back on dujy as bookkeeper, at the C. E. Wescott's Sons' store after an enforced vacation of some ten days due to illness. .Miss Frans has been suffering from a slight uttack of appendicitis and it was thought at first that it would be necessary to operate but after an examination by the specialists at Omaha and a course of dieting it was decided that this would not be necessary and the patient allowed to return home whre she has been recuperating for the past few days and was feeling so much better this morning that she decided to resume her duties. The fact that she has improved .co much fill be very pleasing to her many friends. NATURALIZA TION DAY IN THE COU A. H. BODE OF IMMIGRATION DE PARTMENT EXAMINER AT THE HEARING. TWO HAVE PAPERS REFUSED Had Claimed Exemption from Mili tary Service on Account of Being Alien Enemies. From Tuesday's Dally. The district court and the office cf District Clerk James Robertson were very busy places yesterday when the hearing" dnth"e 'TTl:ipaper3 '6f a large number came up for hearing. The hearing was conducted by A. II. Bode of the immigration department 3f the government who submitted the applicants to a series of ques tions covering their knowledge of the government and the laws of the United States and the new citizens gave clear and concise answers that indicated that they had been giving the matter of citizenship their best study and were all earnest in their desire to become citizens of the great republic of the United States. Final citizenship was granted to John W. McLean, Joseph Sedlak, Thomas Krachtville, Vincent Slat- insky, of this city; August C. Bernei of Avoca; Joel Johnson of Louisville, and Frederick O. L. Wolhemer. In the matter of the application of Franz J. Svoboda, action was post poned until June owing to the fact that the witnesses were not present. Max Dusterhoff had his application continued also until June on account of one of the witnesses failing to appear as was also the application or Axel Okerbaum. In th'e application of Frank Dvorak, an error in the deposition taken in the state of Iowa was discovered and this will have to be corrected and the applicant await until June for the final hear ing. In the application of Otto and Au iust Peteriet, both of whom reside near this city, the court denied the application for citizenship on the grounds that at the time of the se lective draft during the war these two men had filed their question naires claiming exemption from military service for the United States on the ground that they were alien enemies and could not bear arms for this nation. As has been the ruling of the federal government this fsna t 5 f t A nn Pf iVl'pn t (rrnnniTc f nr ...... ., - .. the denial for all time of application for citizenship in the United . State,-? of America and in accordance with this the application were rejected. DEPARTS FOR WEST j From Monday's Daily. John F. Cook and wife and little daughter, who have been enjojhg a visit for the past two weeks in this community with their relatives and friends, departed this morning on the early Burlington train for their home at Beaver City, Neb. Mr. Cook and family have been visiting in .Oklahoma and Texas prior to coming to the old home in Cass coun ty and are' feeling that they have had a pleasant outing -and are now ready to enjoy the home scenes once more. UNITY INC PROVED SUCCESSFUL LARGE NUMBER GATHER AT H. S. AUDITORIUM TO ENJOY A PLEASANT AFTERNOON. TO MAKE EVENT PERMANENT Sentiment for the Holding: of Com munity Gatherings at Least Ev ery Three Months Urrpd. Fro.n Monday's Daily. The community sing which was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the auditorium of the high school proved to be one of the most delight ful community gatherings that has been held here in many months and the large number present attested the popul.ity of this form of enter tainment. The committee in charge of the community sing. Rev. II. G. McClus l;y. Miss Kittie Cummins, Mrs. E. II. Wescott. Rev. A. V. Hunter and Mrs. A. D. Caldwell, had prepared a very pleasing program which was heart ily joined in by the residents of the city who took advantage of the oc casion to be present and the passage of the afternoon hours was made most delightful in the singing of the old and well loved songs as well as in hearing special numbers prepared. Miss Ognes Knoflicek, one of the most gifted violinists of the west and , who" Is" a'TTanshtcr-of riatfsmortth; was present at the sing and gave two very beautiful selections and her ar tistic numbers on the violin demon strated the great gift thot has won this talented lady the highest praise of the masters of music who have had the pleasure of listening to her playing. Miss Kittie Cummins was the accompanist for the violin sclos and her artistic playing added great ly to the beauty of the numbers. Mrs. Christine Coughlin was anoth er of the pleasing features of the afternoon program in two well se lected and beautifully rendered pi ano numbers which wrre received with delight "by the audience. The male quartet composed of Rev. II. G. McClusky. Rev. A. V. Hunter. F. A. Cloidt and D. C. York offered two of their always pleasing selections to the program which proved a great delight to the audience. The sing ing of the old songs was heartily joined in by the audience and under the direction of Rev. A. V. Hunter, the songs were sang with a volume and beauty that made a deep impres sion upon the audience. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America," and "How Firm a Foundation" were stirring to the soul and the tender memories were stirred by the beau ty of "Loves Old Sweet Song" and "Old Black Joe." During the pro gram the salute to the flag was given by Master Randall York, who in t. snappy military manner gave the honors to Old Glory, the flag being held by No.rris Cummins as standard bearer and this feature of the enter tainment was one that pleased ev eryone present. The finale of the afternoon was in the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner." Those who were present yesterday at the high school as well as the larger part of the citizens of the community are hopeful that this will : not be the last of these community . sings and that the committee, can be prevailed upon to remain in the service and arrange these enjoyable gatherings at least once every three months as it is the most uplifting and ejoyable form of community en tertainment that can 'be found and the community center at the high school an ideal place for holding it. SUIT TO QUIET TITLE Fronr. Tuesday's Dally. An action has been commenced in the district court in which Peter Halmes is the plaintiff and John Rouse, et al, are the defendants. The action is to quiet title to certain farm lands near Greenwood. Attor ney C. A. Rawls appears as the attor ney for the plaintiff in the action. com I. . ENJOYING LIFE IN GERMANY Leslie Hall, a former Plattsmouth hoy, but who is now in the United States army, writes very Interest ingly from .Thur, Germany, where he is at present stationed to his aunt, Miss Anna Hall in this city. Leslie is engaged in special work as an j electrician and finds life very inter- i csting in the old world and enjoys very much the scenes in the Rhinish i provinces cf the German republic. The conditions there are not bad writes the young soldier and in many ways the conditions are more enjoya ble than in the United States, al though of course, the young man 1 misses the home folks a great deal. FIRE SWEEPS OVER AN OLD RESIDENCE Horns of Chaplain Wright. Landmark cf City, Visited by Fire Sat urday Afternoon. From Monday's Daily. Shortly before 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon Harry Long, who was go ing up North Eighth street to the Charles Ulrich heme discovered flames bursting from the roof of the old Chaplain Wright home, which has for several years been the prop erty of the Plattsmouth Water Co.. and which was occupied by Superin tendent L. II. Cushman and family. Mr. Long, who is a stranger in the city, and not familiar with the lo calities turned in the alarm but it was some little time before the ex act location of the fire could be as certained and by this time the blasf had gained quite a headway. The fire had evidently started ty sparks falling en the shingle roof of the building and which had been fanned into flame bv the brisk wind blowing and i.t soon spread the fire into the interior of the house and a3 a result practically the entire roof and upper story of the house was de stroyed while the plastering of the rooms of the lower floor was dam aged by the water which it was nec essary to extinguish the flames. The neighbors and members of the fire department who responded to the alarm were able to remove the great er part of the household goods of Mr. Cushman from the burning building and this circumstance is very fortu nate as the owner had no insurance on his household effects and that which was destroyed will be an en tire loss. The biiilding was covered by insurance and the damage is esti mated to range from $1,500 to $2,000. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend to those of our friends, who duriag the illness of our husband and father, J. B. Cot- ner, and at the time of his death, who so kindly ministered to his needs and extended sympathy, for the flor al tokens, of love both during the ill ness and after the call, for the many ministrations of friends at all times, to tho.e who, at the burial, furnish ed music, and all who ministered and especially those of the Burling ton shops, our most sincere thanks. Mrs. J. B. Cotner and children. With Perfect Safety! Your Own Home Town! A home represents an investment which or dinarily increases steadily in value and pays its owner steady dividends in the form of increased contentment, satisfaction, independence and money. The man who rents eventually pays for a home without having anything to show for his money but rent receipts. Buy or build a home of your own. Pay your rent money to yourself. Houses are badly need ed in Plattsmouth. Plan yours now. First National Bank "The Bank Where JOHN B. COT NER IS LAID TO REST TODAY FUNERAL HELD THIS MORNING AT 11 :30 FROM LATE HOME LARGELY ATTENDED. LOCATED HERE IN YEAR 1888 Had Deer, in Pocr Health for Past Nine Years Passed Away Sunday Morning;. From Morula v'h Dallv. This morning at 11:::0 from the late heme occurred the funeral ser vices of John 1J. Cotner, one of the old and highly lespected resident"? of this community who passed away yesterday mornfnr after a long and lingering illness and at the advanced age of 73 years, one month and 20 days. The services were in charge of Rev. A. V. Hunter, pastor of they Methodist church and were very largely attended by the sorrowing relatives ar.d friends to pay their last tribute to the splendid citizen and friend who had been called to his last Ions rest. John B. Cotner was Lorn In Harri son county, Indiana. January 9; 1847. and departed this life Febru ary 29, 1920. He grew to manhood in the place of his birth and when the call came to battle for the pres ervation of the union Mr. Cotner was one of the first to respond and served three years in the great civil conflict. At the close of the war he returned to-ilia home and was on February 18C8, unitedjiu marriage to Surah A. Smith, and to this union there were born 14 children, 12 of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. De ceased was among the old residents of this community, coming to Cass county and 1838 and has since madi his home here. He was injured by a runaway team nine years ago and has been a great sufferer from the complications following. He leaves to mourn him, besides a host of friends, a loving wife and 11 chil dren, Rebecca J. Chriswlsser of Ben nett, Colo.; Mary E. Lloyd. Murray. Neb.; John H. Cotner. Plattsmouth; Dr. James W.. Kansas City, Mo.; Lee S., Plattsmouth; Walter G., Belden, Neb.; Edward E.. Plattsmouth. Mrs. Cora Maple of Helve, Neb., Clarence C. and Albert A. Cotner. Plattsmouth and Howard M. Cotner, Bladen, Neb. All of the children have been at the bedside of the stricken father. Three sons have preceeded the father In rest, Charles Robert, infant, Roy Ev erett, aged 12, and Thomas Grant, aged 36 years. There are also left to mourn the death of this good man 20 grandchildren and twj great grandchildren. FOR SALE Some alfalfa hay, also two incu bators. Call phone 480-J. You Feel at Home. 2
