THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JQUBNAL FAGS FOTHL Cbs plsttsrrioutb journal PUBLISHED SE1II-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Catered at Poetwfflce. Plattsmouth. Nb.. a aecoad-clasa mall matter R. A. BATES, Pubiishei SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 THE CURSES FOR DISOBEDIENCE If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are writ ten in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the Lord thy God; then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues and of long continu ance, and sore sicknesses, and of Ion. continuance. Deuteronomy 28:5K 59. -:o: You can drive a dark horse to Washington, but you can't make hir.i president. -:o: A man in Michigan has edited a weekly paper 50 years. We don't j know how he makes his living. : o : As ye sow so shall ye reap. Bak spent his money for peace, the oil men spending theirs for just the re verse. -:o: There is one thing about 1921. We haven't, as the weather man would say, had so many days since 1920. o:o Railroads are buying new equip ment. We suggest they hire' a tall er man for nesting l-uuman . berths. I o : o The South Carolina legislature re- j fused to let one U. S. senator speak I there, than which nothing could be more cruel. o:o Perhaps the winning dogs in the New YorK dog show claim their dog r,i rfPtrrmin.itinn nulled them th:u. Anyway, it was a good show exc.pt that no prizes were awarded to hot dogs. o:o A St. Louis woman who thought she had her husband under her thumb learned he was carrying on a flirtation right under her nose. Some men are little cio-igh to ;o ar.y ;hi:ig. Three Wilkes-Barre, Pa., women had a gun fight, none being hurt very badly. The three women are married. This proves the saying that all married women can shoot straight is crooked. :o: Some doubt seems to exist as to whether a million dollar slush fund was sent to Washington to cover the losses of omcials in oil deals. The doubt is based on the belief that the speculating officials didn't lose. :o: The leaders of the republican par ty must be afraid of McAdoo as the democratic candidate for president, the way they are working so hard to get something on him. His republi can enemies certainly lack candor. rat- This is such an awful country, we have almost as much' trouble in Washington as they do in European capitals. When things come to such a pass sometning snouiu oe aune. But there is no need for restricting , American emigration. -:o: All records for Bible sales in the United States were broken in 1922, the distribution being almost double that for 1922. But the sales for 192 4 probably will drop off a bit, the Teapot Dome and other literature be ing of such compelling Interest. to: An explorer has found a place in Thibet where every woman has seven husbands. Every year must bo put the trouble with Mexican rebel Leap Year in Thibet. But no Ameri- j H(ms fa yQU neyer can tell wnether can woman would stand for seven ;the end ofone isn.t the beginning husbands, ne husband tracking up lo anotner the house a enough to keep her busj ,Q. all day. Mr. Vanderlip "welcomes the suit" o:o for damages brought by the owners The government will not be able 0f the Marion Star. Perhaps he has to reduce taxes this year, as had been j heard a few more ugly rumors that hoped, due to the fact it will have to spend millions of dollars building an nexes at Leavenworth, Sing Sing and Atlanta to take care of all those guilty of illicit and fraudulent oil deals in connection with Uncle Sam's holdings. :o: Herc is one more of many indica - tions that the business outlook is good: Railroads, so far this year. have been moving considerably more freight than in the corresponding period of last year or the year before. This means that merchants, manu-j facturers and builders are preparing for a busy spring. There'll probably be plenty of money circulating. But most of us will have as hard a time c rorralline- our shar. PER YEAR IB ADVANCE J LDJES TO REMEMBER How quickly nature falls into revolt when gold be comes her object. Shake speare. :o:- Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you. :o: The only thing in t'ae way as much as a drum is a man who is as tight as a drum. -:o: Presidential slogans are being ! coined. Here's ours: "More action ! and less faction. -:o: Eve tests for motor car drivers are now being suggested, might include the breathe also. o:o Secretary Denby has put one over on the prophets who predicted that he would be out by June. :o: The senate j considering a $729,- 000,000 postoffice appropriation so we can get out bills on time. :o: A ring of leather thieves is operat- jng i-a gt. Louis, possibly snipping the leather out disguised as steaks. o : o Russia, poor Russia, her troubles never cease; she has been recognized by Italy so may eat garlic out of courtesy. :o: Borah is after Daugherty with a Prent big scalping knife. He'll get him too, if not one way, he will an- ', other. :o:- Sinclair ought to be in the peni tentiary, followed by Fall. Daugh erty Denby and others. Turn the rascals out! :o: We have it from a Philadelphia authority that in the pronounciation of mail jongg the "h" and the last "g" are silent. o:o The question now agitating the public mind is, "Will the oil inter ests make the consumers pay for the Washington exposures? :o: The young lady across the way says she thinks many of the evening gowns are cut too low in the back and some in the effrontery. : :o: A wire says the British labor pre mier hasn't done manual labor since he was 20, showing a remarkable in telligence at an early age. :o: An ultra-modern wife i.i one who will carefully see that the canary, the goldfish and the poodle are fed and let hubby shift for himself. o:o We don't see why there should ever be a lumber shortage, seeing how many planks in political plat forms are never used after election. h tfc first frenzy ot repub- Hcan d!3covery of the greatness of Henry Ford has died down, maybe he can lend enough mu3cle to get the old party off the shoals. o:o Most people whether republicans or democrats, will agree with Hiram Johnson that the paramount issue of the campaign is "an issue of just common honesty" in public service The Mexican government an nounces the rebellion is at an end. he feels he should hush up in his quiet, inimitable way. :o: Next August the planet Mars is to be 20 million miles nearer the earth than uual. If at that time the as tronomers decide Mars is inhabited. further complications in onr immi- ' gration laws may result, - :o: There is a growing belief nmong , financiers and tax experts that the high tariff duties are more vicious and inexcusable than high direct tax levies, for whereas the government get all the money paid in direct , taxes, it gets only a minor part or the increase in prices of what the people consume, which results from the existence of the tariff. SLANDERING THE DEAD It will take a mountain of evi dence to make Americana believe Warren G. Harding was a scoundrel. The man wasn't formed in that mold. His life wasn't lived for the piling up of gain. His mind was not hospit able to schemes of that low order. 01 these things America is sure. There wasn't anything deep about the char acter of him, or anything secretive or underhanded. He might have been imposed upon. In some cases It is evident that lie was. Friendli ness of heart lends itself to that ex perience. But it is too much at this dilate date to ask the country to give wsjear to tale-bearing tongues against t.!tbe fame and honor of one who died in the nation's service. The most astonishing thing about the report that Harding was favored by big interests in the sale of his newspaper is the fact that it was given currency by Frank Vanderlip. a banker of international fame, a man whom one ordinarily would ex pect to be carefully guarded in his statements, and quite sure of his ground before uttering such n charge. If a newspaper had origin ated the story it would have been denounced from one end of the coun try to the other. Fortunately tor the American people, newspapers do not make charges unless fortified jwith facts There is entirely too great a readi ness in the air these days to bandy about floating slanders spawned anonomously and sponsored by gos siping suspicion. If a man's repu tation must be handed over as host age to unprincipled abuse in order for him to attain public preferment. what 6ort of inducement i3 that to him as an honest man to undertake he peoples service. Lying accusa tion and groundless questioning are poor coin to pay out our debts of gratitude to those who leave the pleasures of private life to bear tb burdens of governmental responsibil ities in our behalf. The average man is honest. If he weren't it would be difficult for even demagogues to scandalize and gull him with tales of graft, universal and profligacy unrestrained. And if the average man be honest in his easy going average man's way, the chances are that the average public servant is honest, too. In times of epidemic doubt we need to learn the; habit of falling back on thu basic average- of human nature and hu man tendencies. -By. doing so we find sonething for common sense and sanity to rest on. And that what we lack in these distrustful days. The respect of Americans for American institutions and American leaders, living and dead, is worth more than all the oil the United States navy can burn from now until the crack of doom. There has been dirty work afoot. Admit it. But if we cannot clean up the mess and come out of it clean ourselves of un- worthiness, then we are unworthy indeed. If we as a people allow the discovery of treachery to persuade U3 that all men are traitors, wherein have we cause to look for any man's loyalty in times to come?. Wherein, for that matter, can we escape the charge of disloyalty ourselves? Prob ity is not restricted to private life. Honor is not monopolized on the dead levels of comonplace careers. Patriotism is not the unique masses. No need to take care at times that we are just even to our great. Not to do it confesses littleness in our selves. o:o WILSON'S FAITH One phase of Mr. Wilson's life con cernlng which little was said during his lifetime is now a topic of much discussion and comment, and that was his unswerving faith in God and the ultimate triumph of righteous ness displayed under the greatest strain, and through the bitterest dis couragement. This faith upheld him through the long and sordid strug gle to obtain justice at Paris. It was just as strong after defeat as when the whole world was applauding him. It flashed out in the articles written and the brief message spoken shortly before his end. It was with him as he entered the Valley of the Shadow. In a reecnt article, Ray Stannard Baker, who not only was an intense admirer of Wilson, but in a position to know him well and to appreciate the human side of this unfaltering faith, repeats the watchword of Wil son, both at Paris and later after the wreck of his hopes in this country: "The thing is right; it is true; it cannot fail," and Baker continues: "What was tho secret of this in domitable faith, this unquenchable courage? "Sometimes in his bedroom, as wo talked, my eyes shifted to the little table near the head of the bed. Up on it lay a leather covered Bible; one of the familiar Bibles with thin leaves and flexible cover. But this Bible had been worn with reading until the leather was shabby and the leaves loosened and soiled. "Out of that much-studied book, he had learned his essential princi ples and from those soiled leaves the reasons for his courage." Even although Wilson, in physical strength broke under the terrible stress, mentally and spiritually he was strong to the end. This was pos sible only because of his unwaver ing faith, the faith founded in the word of God. Without this faith, spirit, as well as body, would have been shattered. "This great man lies at rest at last," says Baker in his appreciation of the leader he truly loved. "And already the personal animosities and Jealousies are beginning to burn away; the country is beginning to see emerging more clearly the figure of a very great man. At first we re vile the prophets who could stir us out of our slothfulness, inspire us to great vision and high duty, but af terwards we come to reverence and follow such leaders. The truest pol icy for America today, in this time of world doubt and turmoil, is to seek out the message of Woodrow Wilson and be guided by it: " It is right; and right shall pre vail.' " -:o:- THEY SNEERED TOO SOON Unprejudiced and uncolored, the news of the day reveals that those who sneered at the leaders and best minds in the Ku Klux Klan wotted not what they were sneering at. For Emperor and Founder Joseph Sim mons has disposed of all right, title and interest in and to the "invisible empire" for a consideration of $145, 000. This sum, it is understood, is in commutation of his right to $1, 000 monthly from the population of the empire. Now $1,000 a month is not a sum to be relinquished lightly, but neither is $145,000, so the em pire sold by Emperor and Founder Simmons did not act hastily. In the first place the announce ment was made by Imperial Klonsel Paul Etheridge, who is also chief of staff to Imperial Wizard Wesley Evans, which indicates that the min istry of the empire considered the matter one of considerable import ance to other powers. In the sec ond place, or maybe in the first place after all, the sale and purchase of the empire were not set out in formal contract until the transaction had been approved.' by the imperial klon- cilium itself. - Ex-Emperor, but still Founder, William Joseph Simmons, also re tains, as additional consideration for the sale of his empire, his home call ed "Klank Rest." presented to him by loyal subjects some months ago. Then, by way of conceding some thing himself, the ex-emperor has agreed to decline klonger klember ship in the klan. But there is noth ing to prevent him from conquering another klingdom, so he has, it is said, established "The Knights of the Flaming Sword." Soon, they'll be laughing at that new round table, but we'd like to see some bright funsmith write a joke about it and get $145,000 for it. Moral: Don't sneer until the mon ey is counted. NOTICE Whereas, Lloyd Mashburn. convict ed in Cass county, on the 10th day or June, 1920, of the crime of break ing and entering, has made applica tion to the Board of Pardons for a parole, and the Board of Pardons. pursuant to law have set the hour of 10 a. m. on the 11th day of March, 1924. for hearing on said application. all persons interested. are hereby noti fied that they may appear at the state penitentiary at Lincoln. Nebraska, on said day and hour and show cause, If any there be, why said application should or should not be granted. CHARLES W. POOL, Sec'y, Board of Pardons. N. T. HARMON. Chief St. Probation Officer. ORDER OF HEARING and Notice on Petition for Set tlement of Account In the County Court of Cass coun ty. Nebraska. State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss. To all persons interested in the estate of William K. Fox, deceased: On reading the petition of John McNurlin praying a final settlement and allowance of his account filed in this court on , the day of Febru ary. 1924, and for settlement of his final account and the termination of his office as Administrator of said estate, and his discharge from the same; It is hereby ordered that you and all I'srsons interested in said matter may, and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said county, on the 3rd day of March, A. D. 1924. at ten o'clock a. m., to show cause, if any there be, why the pray er of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pen dency of said petition and the hear ing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publish ing a copy of this order in the Platts mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news paper printed in said county for one week prior to said day of hearing. In witness whereof, I hare here unto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this day of February, A. D. 1924. ALLEN J. BEE SON. (Seal) County Judge. Ergophobia is the new scientific name for laziness. We tried to cam ouflage it for a while by calling it hookworm, but .this new one sounds pleasanter. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the application of Hans Sievers, Administrator of the estate of Helene Hilbert, deceased, for license to sell real estate to pay debts. Now, on this 23rd day of Febru ary, 1924, comes Hans Sievers, admin istrator of the estate of Helene Hil bert, deceased, and presents his peti tion for a license to sell the real es tate of the deceased, to pay debts and allowances, and it appearing from said petition that there is no personal estate in the hands of the Administrator to pay the allowance made by the- county court for the support of Henry Hilbert, the sur viving husband of the deceased, which is a debt against said estate as provided by Section 1222 of the Compiled Statutes of 1922, and the expense of said administration, and that it is necessary to sell the whole or some part of the real estate of said deceased fcr the payment of such allowance or debt and the costs! of administration; It is therefore ordered and adjudg ed that all persons interested in the estate of said Helene Hilbert, deceas ed, appear before me. James T. Beg ley. Judge of the District Court, at the office of the Clerk of the District Court in the court house in the City of Plattsmouth, in Cass county, Ne braska, on the 12th day of April, 1924, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any there be why such license should not be granted to Hans Sievers, Admin istrator of said estate, to sell so much of the real estaf5 of the said deceased as may be necessary to pay such al lowance or debt, together with costs of administration. It is further ordered that notice he given to all persons interested by the publication of this Order to Show Cause for four successive weeks in the Plattsmouth Journal, a legal newspaper published ami of generr.l circulation in said County of Cass. Bv order of the Court. JAMES T. BEG LEY, Judge of the District Court f25-4w. NOTICE OF SUIT TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE In the District Court of the Coun-; ty of Cass, Nebraska. Caroline Propst, Plaintiff, vs. Rob-(! ert L. Propst et al. Defendants. i To the defendants Robert L. Propst and Mayola D. Propst: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 9th day of Feb ruary. 1924. the plaintiff Caroline Propst, filed her suit in the District Court of the County of Cass, Ne-f braska. against you and each of you . impleaded with . others; the object j and prayer of which is to foreclose j a mortgage given by Robert L. I Propst and wife to plaintiff bearing date November 21, 1921, conveying to plaintiff Lots 7 and 8 in Block 20, City of Plattsmouth, Cass county. Nebraska. filel December 5, 1921, in Book 48. page 356, Mortgage Rec ords of Cass County, Nebraska, toj secure the payment for six promissory, notes dated November 21, 1921, be- ing one note of $250.00 and five notes of $500.00 each; said $250.00 note being payable in installments of $25.00 each on the first day of each month, beginning January 1, 1922, on which the first four payments of $25.00 each have been paid; said $500.00 notes payable in one, two, three, four and five years respective ly from November 21, 1921. the first of which has been paid; all of said notes bearing interest at G per cent until maturity and 10 per cent there after; that plaintiff prays that an ac count may be taken of the amount due plaintiff on her said notes and mortgage, that it be decreed that plaintiff have a first lien on said premises; that defendants be decreed to pay plaintiff the amount so found due; that in default thereof, said mortgaged premises be sold according to law and each and all of the de fendants be forever barred and fore-1 closed of any and all right, title, in terest or equity of redemption in and to said premises; that out of the pro ceeds, plaintiff be paid the amount due together with costs and that plaintiff be allowed to recover a de ficiency judgment against the defend ant Robert L. Propst, and for equit-' able relief. You and each of you are required to answer said petition on or before Monday. March 31, 1924, or your de fault will be duly entered and a de cree of foreclosure granted as prayed in said petition. Of all of which you will take due notice. Dated February 18. 1924. CAROLINE PROPST. Plaintiff. W. A. ROBERTSON. Attorney for Plaintiff. fl8-4w ORDER OF HEARING AND NO TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. State of Nebraska, County of Cass, ss. To the heirs and all persons in terested in the estate of Ada R. Bes tor, deceased: On reading the petition of Frank M. Bestor, praying that the instru ment filed in this court on the 11th day of February, 1924, and purport ing to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, may be proved and allowed, and recorded as the last will and testament of Ada R. Bestor, deceased; that said instrument be ad mitted to probate, and the adminis tration of said estate be granted to Charles K. Bestor. as Executor; It is hereby ordered that you, and all persons interested in said matter, may, and do, appear at thev County Court to be held in and for said coun ty, on the 29th day of February, A. D. 1924, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., to Custom Hatching! With dependable equipment. Reserve space for 1 50 or 300 eggs. We charge V2 cents per egg. RHODE ISLAND WHITES The new popular double purpose fowl. Egg strain. Baby chicks, each Qc S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS New blood. Tancred strain. Highest official egg records. Hatching Eggs Day-Old Chicks $5 per 100 $12.50 per 100 Pedigreed and Trapnested Pens W. F. MYNARD -:- -:- show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted, and that notice of the pendency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy of this Order in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi weekly newspaper "printed in said county for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand, and seal of said court, this 11th day of February, A. D. 1924. ALLEN J. BEESON, (Seal) fl4-3w County Judge. SHERIFF'S SALE ! State of Nebraska, County of Cass, 3S. By virtue of an Order of Sale is sued by James Robertson, Clerk of; the District Court within and for Cass county, Nebraska, and to me dl rtctfd, I will :n the 2?n;i wy of March, A. D. 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m. of sail day at the south front dror of ths court house in Platts mouth in said county, 11 at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following described prop erty, to-wit: Lots one (1) and two, (2) in Block thirty-nine, (39) in Young & Hayes Addition to the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne braska The same being levied upon and tak en as the property of Frank Det'ef and Amelia Detlef, defendants. satisfy a judgment of said Court re- 1 t-i r . . p. covered by The Standard Savinza & Loan Association of Omaha. Nebras ka, plaintiff against said defendants. Plattsmouth. Nebraska, January 22nd, A. D. 1924. E. P. STEWART, Sheriff of Cass county, Nebraska. O. W. JOHNSON, Attorney. f21-5w. NOTICE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. Leon L. McCarty, Plaintiff, vs. Cit izens Bank of Plattsmouth et al, De fendants. To T. J. Jones, if living, if deceas ed to his unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other persons having any interest in his estate; Jacob Tallon, if living, if deceased his unknown heirs, devi sees, legatees, personal representa tives and all other persons interested in his estate; Jarius E. Neal, if liv ing, if deceased his unknown heirs, devisees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in his estate; William Wortman, if living, if deceased his unknown heirs, devi sees, legatees, personal representa tives and all other persons interested in his estate; the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, personal represen tatives and all other persons interest ed in the estate of Henry Amison, de ceased ; I All persons having or claiming any interest, right or title or lien in, to or upon the north half of the west half of Lot ten, all of Lots eleven and twelve, and the south three and one-half feet of Lot thirteen, all in Block thirty-one, in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska,' real names unknown: You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 28th day of January, A. D. 1924, the plaintiff in the foregoing action filed his petition in the District Court of Cass county,1 Nebraska, wherein you and each of you are made parties defendant, for, the purpose of obtaining a decree from said Court, quieting the title in plaintiff to the following described real estate, to-wit: The north half (N) of the west half (W'i) of Lot ten, (10) all of Lots eleven (11) and twelve (12) and the south three and one-half (3) feet of Lot State Farmers' James Walsh, President ra In,8ur,es Farm PrOFerty and City Dwellings Offers the best policy and contract for less money. Best and cheapest insurance company doing business in Ne braska. Fays the loss promptly. 7,200 members. Organ- 1 m-rf?;xlnsurance in force' $67,000,000. Call or write 1 ODAY tomorrow may be TOO LATE. CALL QN OR WRITE L. L. DIENSTBIER 2615 Harney Street Omaha, Nebraska NOLTE -:- NEBRASKA thirteen, (13) all in Block thirty-one (31) in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Ne braska as against you and each of you, and by such decree to wholly exclude you and each of you from all estate, right, title, claim or interest therein, and to have the title of said premises forever freed from the apparent claims of you and each of you and quieted in plaintiff, and for equit able relief. You and each of you are required to answer said petition on or before the 17th day of March, A. D. 1924, or your default will be entered In said cause and a decree granted as prayed for in said petition. Dated January 28, A. D. 1924. leon l. Mccarty, Plaintiff. C. A. RAWLS, Atty f4-4w NOTICE O SALE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of George Hanson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that in pur suance of an order of Hon. James T. Begley, Judge of the District Court of said Cass county, made on the 31st day of December, 1923. for the sale of the real estate hereinafter describ ed, there will be sold at the eouth 1 door of the court house in the City to. of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on the 4th day of March, 1924. at ten o'clock a. ' , ... - . m., at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the following describ ed real estate, to-wit: The west half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter in Section 32, and the east half, of the south west quarter in Section 29, all in Township 11, north. Range 9, in Cass county, Nebraska. Said sale to remain open for one hour. Dated this Sth day of February, A. D. 1924. THOMAS HANSON and HENRY HANSON, Executors of the Estate of George Hanson, Deceased D. O. DWYER, Attorney. fll-3w FOE SAIE White Wyandotte eggs for hatch ing. Call Plattsmouth exchange 3005. MRS. GEORGE PRIVETT. fll-tfw. f 35 years ! Experience Office Ocetfea Bleek t DR. G. A. 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