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A DEVIL IS EXERCISED
Then Saul (who also is called
Paul), filled with the Holy Ghost,
set his eyes upon him, and said. O
full of all subtlety and all mischief,
thou child of the devil, thou enemy
of all righteousness, wilt thou not
Cease to pervert the right ways of
the Lord? And now behold, the
hand of the Lord is upon thee, and
thou shalt be blind, not seeing the
sun for a reason. And immediately
there fell on him a mist and a dark
ness; and he went about seeking
some to lead him by the hand. Acts
xiii, 9 to 11.
It i9 hard to be crooked and keep
a straight face.
:o:-
You can't make ends meet if they
are loose at both ends.
-:o:-
Talk may be cheap, but cheap
things don't pay.
-o:o-
One of the homes at which char
ity should begin is the orphan's.
:o:
Money doesn't talk as much as
some people who have no money.
-:o:
So live that it won't be necessary
to have a high priced alienist de
clare you crazy.
:o:
Wise indeed is the radio fan who
is able to distinguish between state
and political speeches.
o:o
This difference between a fiddler
and a violinist is that the fiddler
plays "Pop Goes the Weasel."
-:o:
Another melancholy a u t n m n
thought: The moths will soon be
chewing on your summer bathing
suit.
Every politician has his bag of
"perils" for campaign ammunition,
but Mr. Dawes, of course, is not a
politician.
o
The proper thing to do with our
speeders is to send them to exercise
their talents by speeding up work
on the streets.
o:o-
Both McAdoo and Governor "Al"
Smith will campaign for John W.
Davis. And they will whoop it up,
too. Don't forget that.
KM
The treasury is going to try to
popularize silver dollars as if any
kind of a dollar worth one hundred
cents had been unpopular.
:o:
Senator Norris discards all party
lines and in doing this he must also
discard Howell, who is the biggest
deceit that ever held an office.
:o:
Probably the first thing proved by
the flight around the world is that
men everywhere are all-round good
fellows when given a chance to be.
:o:
"The average apartment is a lit
tle cheaper this year," we read. So
there may be consolation ni knowing
that ours is not an average apart
ment. -:o-
What the., world needs is an edi
ble shaving cream. If we could get
a combination shaving cream and
dentrifice, fewer regrettable mis
takes would be made in the morn
ing. Democracy in Nebraska will show
by ballots that it does not approve
of the saturnalia of graft, fraud and
corruption in the republican party
and that it has no respect for com
munism, socialism, anarchy and bol
Bhevism. o:o
We rejoice to know that Rev.
Frank Emory Pfoutz has been re
turned to this charge. The entire
community feels grateful also. He
not only is a minister of ability, but
a gentleman and a scholar who is
universally liked by all our people.
We could epecify more, but suffice to
say, that we individually love him
for his goodness and true spirit he
breathes.
:o:
In another week or so, throughout
the length and breadth of the Unit
ed states, crovd3 of enthusiastic
spectators will be cheering them
selves hoarse as some young college
athlete or high school star carries
the ball over the line. Even before
the baseball diamonds are deserted,
the football season is upon us, and
for the next eight or ten weeks stu
dents a.nd older men and women, the
whole America, in fact, will follow
eagerly every play of the gridiron.
FEB YEAS IN ADVANCE
Some of the Big Guns in politics
ought to be fired.
A smile goes a long way, but it
usually comes back home.
:o:
The children run about everything
now except the lawn mowers.
:o:
Coolidge and Dawes are on the
run. Keep them going, boys.
o:o
Wheat seems to be doing its best
to keep up with the price of bread.
:o:
Well, if religion gets into politics,
some of it may get into politicians.
:o:-
That fellow Means is waking up
Daugherty and the Coolidge admin
istration in general.
:o:
Anyway, Mr. Coolidge is the only
candidate running for presidency
who has four-wheel brakes.
:o:-
We sometimes wonder if saving
the country every four years isn't
pretty rough on the country'.
:o:
Nebraska cows don't even turn
around to look at a fiery cross, but
the politicians still take notice.
:o:
The Cass county fair is holding
forth at Weeping Water this week
and having good weather for the
show.
:o:-
If the truth were known, Secre
tary Wilbur may have smashed all
records In hurrying home to get a
spanking.
:o:
Men's new styles will be plain, ac
cording to a fashion note, but in
many cases last year's styles will
continue to prevail.
The Prince of Wales has learned
to chew gum, but he probably hasn't
yet learned to stick it under the ta
ble when he sit3 down to lunch.
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A trip that formerly took two
hours can be made in 30 minutes
with the car. And you can spend
two hours looking for parking space.
o:o
There are so many road hogs on
the streets of Plattsmouth each
night that an automobilist runs his
battery down blowing his horn to
demand fair share of the road.
-o:o-
Pirst returns in the Literary Di
gest's presidential poll show recall
the poll on the Mellon tax bill has
not forgotten that the Literary Di
gest sometime suffers from political
indigestion.
-:o:-
A Los Angeles dispa.ch says that
Mabel Normand, the i.iovie actress,
is recovering from an infection of
the right ear. Maybe Mabel has
been listening to some of the stories
told about her.
:o:-
The papers are making much of
an Ohio woman who has baked a
fresh pie for her husband every day
for twenty years. Let U3 hope that
other wives will be inspired to try
for this glorious record.
; o:o
Big bankers say 400 million dol
lars worth of European securities
will be floating in America the last
four months of this year. We trust
that the leans represented by these
securities will be paid back to Amer
icans faster than the war loans.
-:o:-
Wake up democrats! What we
mean by waking up i3, it is the duty
of each and every democrat to re
solve right now that he will go to
the polls cn November 4th and also
that he will set aside that day to
getting other voters to do likewise.
-:oi-
The national debt now i3 about
21 billion dollars. This is nearly
four and a half billions less than the
peak which was reached in 1919. A
considerable part of the reduction
was brought about by salvage sell
ing surplus war supplies. From now
on, the debt will decrease slowly.
Any cut will come out of taxpayers'
pocketbooks and repaid allied loans.
:o:
"Honest Abe" Lincoln would re
fuse to recognize the republican par
ty as now constituted. Republican
leaders evidently thought that the
victors were entitled to the spoils.
They bartered away valuable and
vital resources of the government.
We cannot "Keep Cool With Cool
idge." We get almost overcome with
heat whenever we think of Teapot
Dome. Republican officials ran I
things into the ground. And even
the funds of the Veterans' Bureau '
did not escape republican grafters.
LABOR AND LA FOLLETTE
By this time, it is thoroughly un
derstood that the endorsement of La-
Follette by the executive council of
the Amrican Federation of Labor
has no weight whatever with indi
vidual members of organized labor
If any member of a labor union votes
for La Follette, he will do so because
he. himself thinks La Follette would
make a better president than Davis
or Coolidge not because the execu
tive council of the federation has at
tempted to deliver his vote.
But why any member of organ
ized labor should vote for La Fo
lette were elected, and suppose he
became a dictator over congress.
what possible benefit would the la
boring man derive from his election
and dictatorship? It would be pos
sible for Dictator La Follette to
bring about the enactment of radi
cal laws, some of which might bring
artificial aid to the large farmers of
the middle west and west; but in
the end all .the laws that congress
might pass would he subordinated t5
the laws of political economy.
Take, as an illustration, the cer
tainty that Dictator La Follette
would cause government ownership
and operation of railroads. In that
event railroad workers would be giv
en higher wages than they are paid
now.
Unquestionably, too, the railroads
would be far less efficiently operated
than they are now. Who would pay
the cost? The people of the United
States, of course, including the la
boring man.- Either higher freight
rates would be exacted, which would
increase the cost of living and this
cost would bo passed on down the
line until the ultimate consumer
paid it; or the people would be taxed
in some other way to pay the high
cost of government operation. If
the laboring man would delude him
self with the thought that the taxes
would be paid by employers, he
would be brought up with a short
turn by the realization that the cost
of taxes is also passed on down the
line.
Railroads and their fate, if the La
Follette theory were put into effect,
offer only one illustration. All the
La Follette doctrines are based on a
sort of communism; communism
means the highest possible cost of
operation; this, of course, means a
heavy increase in the cost of living;
and the ultimate burden is invari
ably borne by the consumer who is,
in the mass, the salaried man
and the wage earner.
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GOVERNOR AL SMITH
Al Smith's reported decision to
run another term for the governor
ship of New York confirms hi3 ad
mirers' opinion of Al and may have
an important bearing cn the nation
al presidential contest. Gov. Sjjiith
did not wish to succeed himself. He
wanted to leave politics for the pres
ent to earn the competence for old
age and his family which an honest
man in public office usually needs.
He has postponed that plan, how
ever, for no reason of gain to him
self. He has done it in response to
the solicitations of friends and par
ty leaders who reason that Smith
can carry New York state without
lifting a hand and would bring the
state with him into the Davis col
umn. His failure, as one of the two most
popular Gemocratic candidates, to
win the presidential nomination
must have been a disappointment to
Smith though it was not Davis who
kept him from success. He is an ad
mirer of Mr. Davis, but has nothing
to gain personally from the latter's
election. In yielding his personal in
terest he is making a sacrifice for
his party and for better government
in Washington.
At leant one7 election that of Wil
son in 1916 was won without New
York's 45 electoral votes. But as
this is the largest single block of
votes from any state it is the prize
score of the electoral game. The
winner if it can hardly lose the elec
tion. Thus it may come about that
the second most popular candidate
for the nomination at the New York
convention may, by a personal sac
rifice swing the balance necessary to
elect the successful nominee.
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Coolidge's managers are "bluff
ing" to keep their courage up.
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Beer is so high in Germany the
poor people can't buy it and the
same is true in the United State3.
-:o:-
Sacket keeps pretty close to Sena
tor Norris. Is he trying to combine
the factions. The Senator will not
join the ring.
:o:
The country at large has been
working part time for months, but
it certainly must have had a fat roll
hidden behind the clock. There has
been plenty of money to 6pend on
motoring. In the first seven months '
this year the public used 116 gal-j
Ions of gasoline for every 100 used
on the corresponding months of.
1923.
AfterEveryMeaL
It's the longest-lasting
confection yon can buy
and it's a help to di
gestion and a cleanser
lor tnejmomn
and teeth.
Wrlgley's means
benefit as well as
pleasure.
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1 MAKERS OF CASS COUNTY
Almond H. Austin
In Linn county Iowa, on the firth
day of March. 1S53, Almond II. Aus
tin, was born and there he went to
school until he was about eight
years of age, and with his parents
came to Nebraska in 1861, when
they moved to this state crossing
the Missouri at Rock Bluffs when
that was one of the livelest towns on
the frontier, and settled south of that
place about three miles a little below-
old Kenaosha, where they lived for
a number of years. Growing to man
hood on the farm he was used to
work, and assisted in bringing the
farm under cultivation, and later
acquired a place for himself, which
was near the Missouri river, ana
which with the encroachment of the
waters ever spring and summer final
ly lost most of it, the residue which
was but a - few acres were finally
disposed of. For some eleven years
Mr. Anstin was in the west wnere
he was engaged in mining in Colo.,
going there in 1S76, and returning
to Nebraska in 18S7.
He was married some thirty years
ao, and from the union there were
foud children born, tney being J. 11.
Austin, C. D. Austin and L. J. Austin
all making their homes near and in
Union. A daughter also blessed this
household she being at this time
living in Lincoln, Mrs. H. A.Giguars.
Some twenty years ago Mr. Austin
moved to Union and has made his
home there since and for the past
eight years has been the janitor of
the Union school making one of the
best and most reliable which this
school has had during its existance
Vincent A. Kennedy
More than twenty year? before
the borinninsr of the Civil war, at
Greencastle. Indiana, the. parents of
Mr. Vincent A. 'Kennedy were mak
ing their home and on October 15th
in the year 1S40, the subject of this
sketch was born and like other boys
had started to school but when in
the very elementary classes, at the
age of eight years, with his par
ents moved to Terre Haute, Ind.,
where they lived but two years and
during this time he attended school
there and after a two years resi
dence with the family, ith the spirit
of the west burning in their veins,
moved on to Decatur, 111., where a
stop of two more years was made,
the young lad at this time assisting
at the age of 11 years and with the
family then moved to Indianola, la.
Here they remained for ten more
years and this put the young man
to his majority. He completed his
education and learned the trade of
a brickmason and plasterer which
he followed much during his life,
though he also was engaged in farm
ing to some extent. At this time,
1861, he went to Cameron, Mo.,
where he stayed during a few years
and in 1S71 came to Plattsmouth
where the father now lived and there
worked at the trade. His brother,
Ezekiel also lived and was a brick
mason and plasterer there.
Mr. Vincent Kennedy with the
brother built many houses and help
ed materially in the upbuilding of
the community as well as many oth
er places throughout the eastern, por
tion of Cass county. One of the his
toric houses which he was instru
mental in building was the brick
house west and north of Plattsmouth
for John Holshuh and which has
withstood the ravages of time, still
being in good repair. He acquired
a forty acre farm near Rock Bluffs
which he disposed of and later pur
chased a forty acre farm about three
miles south of Plattsmouth. He
came to Murray to. live when the
towu was very young, some twenty
nine years ago, in 1895, and has
mads his home there since. He was
united in marriage with Miss Laura
M. Ellington which union was
blessed with four children, they be
ing Miss Agnes, who for a number of
years was a most excellent teacher
of the Cass county and died some
years ago. Also a son, Norval, who
died at the age of eleven. There are
now two sons, Charles and Ralph
Kennedy, both making their homes
In Omaha. T.ir. and Mrs. Kennedy
are spending their declining years in
Murray where they have a host of
friends who hold this excellent
couple in high esteem.
Henry Ahl
When the last century was but
tt" Yii et . T.stA,
born in Germany, and when but two
years of age came to America with
nis parents, wnere iney maue ineir
home in New York for not quite a
year, and then moved to Evansvijle,
Indiana, where they resided for ur-out
a year, then moved to Weston, Ken
tucky, where they also made a
short stop, and with the golden west
in their thoughts turned towards
the setting sun, and came to Mills
county Iowa, across the river a few
miles from Plattsmouth where they
remained for a number of years, and
in 1S65, just at the closing of the
civil war, moved over into Nebraska, i
when Mr. Ahl was a lad of fourteen I
years, and settled just north of the
farm which is now occupied by Otto j
Spriech, where they built a log house ;
and cleared a farm as it was just a
little removed from the Platte river
and much good wood grew there.
When he had arrived at his major
ity and did for himself he purchased
the farm on which his son now
Earnest,, now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Ahl
the latter being Miss Walradt, after
their marriage worked hard and with
long hours to bring the tiome into
the kind of a condition which met
with their approval, and builded an
excellent home with prosperity fol
lowing their carefull planing and
hard work.
With the blessing of prosperity
also came the happiness of a very
fine family which was composed of
Mesdames N. F. Hennings and Wm.
Lohnes, who reside in the neighbor
hood of their old home, and also
Earnest Ahl, who is now farming
the home place. Mrs. T. O. Pollard,
who lived northwest of Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Ahl are well pleased
with the country and town, Louisa
ville, in which they live, and have
he honor and respect of their hosts
of friends which surround them.
They have surely done tneir best in
making Cass county the beautiful
and productive county which the
present year finds it, and are well
satisfied with their work.
GOOD ROADS OF
FICIALS AGAIN
PLEDGE PROGRAM
State President Says Association De
sires Matter Taken Out of
Politics Forever.
A renewed pledge of support to
the proposed six-year road improve
ment program for Nebraska, involv
ing the expenditure of 4o million
dollars, was given by officers, direct
ors, and committee cnairnien oi me
Nebraska Good Roads association,
who met in Omaha yesterday after
noon.
This program will be presented to
the annual convention of the associa
tion at Hastings, October S, and the
members then will be asked to unite
for it, and to secure its approval by
the people of the stae and the next
legislature.
To strengthen the work of the as
sociation, a special finance commit
tee was named, with Fred L. Nesbit
of Omaha in charge. Funds are
needed now for the educational cam
paign, according to W. H. Blakeman
of Norfolk, association president.
The decision was reached to in
corporate the association under the
laws of the state, although the ar
ticles will provide that it is not or
ganized for profit. Incorporation, it
is said, will give the association a
dignity and standing it would not
otherwise have.
Mr. Blakeman said Nebraska has
the reputation of having the worst
roads in the country.
"We must change that, and to do
so, tne association tavors, nrst of
all, takinjj the roads out of politics,"
said Mr. Blakeman. "We want the
people to get a full dollar's worth for
every, bit of gravel, every mile of
paving, every bridge that is built
in the state. We favor the state high
way commission system, because it
seems to have accomplished the best
results. It is used in Minnesota,
which state has the best roads in
the west."
Nebraska must give permanent
surfaces to at least one cross-state
highway north and south, and an
other east and west, as the basis of
its road system, feeder lines to fol
low later, according to Mr. Blake
man. He said that counts made be
tween June 1 and November 1, last
year, reveal 1,200 tourist cars a day
using the Lincoln and D-L-D high
ways in Nebraska, and 70 6 cars a
day using the Meridian highway.
Mr. Blakeman said the highway
association had gained 1,500 mem
bers in the past year, for a total of
2,000, and that 10,000 members
could be obtained.
PITTSBUEG ELIMINATED ;
BROOKLYN HANGING ON
New York. Sept. 25. The Giants
eliminated Pittsburg from the Na
tional" league race Thursday and
have to win only two of their three
remaining games with Philadelphia
to clinch the pennant.
There were no games scheduled in
the American league, where Wash
ington maintains a two-game lead
over the Yankees and to clinch the
pennant need to win three of their
final four with Boston even if New
York cleans up its four with the fast
traveling Athletics.
Brooklyn did not play and the
Giants increased , their lead to one
and one-half games over the Robins
who, even by taking their two re
maining games with Boston, can win
the flag only if the Giants lose their
three with the Phillies. McGraw's
team can tie Brooklyn by winning
one of the three.
REAL ESTATE
List your farms or acreage for
ouick possession with C. B. Schlei-
Cher, 1912 Vinton St., Atlantic 0905,
! Omaha. ?4-tfw
V;'hcat may have considerable in-
''lueuce in this year's straw vote.
RAIN OR
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Registered and Grade
3
and Spotted Poland-China Hogs!
Sale will be held in the V. P. Sheldon Red Barn in
the south part of
Nehawka, Nebraska
Fnuy.
Commencing at 1:00 P. M.
40 Head of Gows, Bulls and Calves!
5 cows to be fresh before sale day; 7 cows to be fresh
soon after sale; 9 coming 2-year old heifers, pasture bred
between August 1 and September 1; 5 heifers coming
yearlings, all open; 5 heifers ranging from 3 to 6 months
of age; 2 matured bulls, 4 and 5 years old; 3 good bull
calves.
24 Head of Spoiled Poland Hogs!
These gilts are from Best of All's offspring by Pickett's
Marvel 92133. Best of All 63374 and four of her gilts
and Duke Lassie 192250 are all tried cows and produce
large litters. All bred to Nebraska's Spotted Giant 98795.
The two boars Pickett's Marvel 92133 and Nebraska's
Spotted Giant 98795 are among the best boars of the
breeed.
Cattle are in Perfect Health and Tuberculin Tested.
Hogs Have Received Double Immune Trsatiftent.
This will be your best opportunity to secure the best
strain of milch cattle and Spotted Poland Chinas to be
offered in this part of the state this season. The cattle
are our own raising as are most of the hogs. Come and
look them over before the sale.
Car! . Stone l Son
Rex Young, Auct. Bank of Union, Clerk
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In the District Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of John
W. Yardley, Deceased.
Now on this 3rd day of Septem -
ber, A. D. 1924, it being one of the
days of the regular May, A. D. 1924
term of this court, this cause came;0f Daniel J. Panska praying that ad,
on for hearing upon the petition of
Alma Yardley, Administratrix or the
estate of John W. Yardley, deceased,
praying for judgment and Order of
Court authorizing the petitioner as
such administratrix of said estate, to
negotiate a loan of Thirty-one Hun
dred Dollars $3,100.00) and secure
the same by giving a first mortgage
on the southwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of Section twenty-nine,
(29) in Township eleven
(11) North, Range fourteen (14)
East of the Sixth Principal Meridian,
in Cass county, Nebraska, for the
purpose of paying mortgages already
against said real estate and past
due. and securing funds for paying
debts and expense of administering
said estate, there not being personal
property with which to meet such
obligations.
It is therefore ordered that all
persons interested in said estate ap
pear before me at the District Court
room in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on
the 18th day of October, A. D. 1924.
to show cause why a judgment and
order should not be issued by the
Court authorizing said administrat
rix to mortgage the real estate here
inbefore described for the sum of
$3,100.00 to pay oE mortgages
against said real estate and pay
debts and expenses of administra
tion. It is further ordered that ser
vice of this order be made by pub
lication thereof for four successive
weeks in the Plattsmouth Journal.
Dated thi3 3rd day of September,
A. D. 1924.
JAMES T. BEGLE l ,
Jude:e of the District
Court.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, ss.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Hen
ry Kuhnhenn, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
Vnn nrn hprehv notified that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth in said county, on Octo
ber 14, 1924, and January 14, 1925,
at 10 o'clock a. m. each day, to re
ceive and examine all claims against
said estate, with a view to their ad
justment and allowance. The time
limited for the presentation of claims
against said estate is three months
from the 14th day of of October, A.
D. 1924, and the time limited for
oavment of debts is one year from
said 14tii day of October, 1924.
Witness my hand and the seal or
said County Court, this 11th day of
September, 1924.
ALLEN J. liJtSU.N,
(Seal) sl5-4w-sw County Judge.
Debt is a bottomless sea Carlyle.
3C8BSS
SHINE
ORDER OF HEARING
on Petition for Appointment of
Administrators
The State of Nebraska, Casa coun
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In the county Court. f I
j In the matter of the estate of Aug-! ?
Ust W. Panska, deceased. U
On reading and filing the petition S
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ministration of said estate may be &
granted to Daniel J. Panska and
Henry Guthmann, as Administrat-'?
ors; M
Ordered, that October 22, A. D.ll
1924, at. ten o'clock a. m. is assign-!
ed for hearing said petition, when
all persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be!
held in and for said county, and
show cause why the prayer of peti-
tioner should not be granted; and
that notice of the pendency of said
petition and the hearing thereof be
given to all persons interested in
said matter by publishing a copy of!
this order in the Plattsmouth Jour
nal, a semi-weekly newspaper print
ed in said county, for three success-!
ive weeks, prior to said day of hear
ing.
Dated September 22, 1924.
ALLEN J. BEESON,
(Seal) s25-3w County Judge.
COATS LOST
Two men's coats lost between!
Avoca and Plattsmouth via Weeplngf
Water. Finder please phone call No.g
76. reverse charges, for reward. 1
Robt. Propst. s25-2tw
Out where the West begins, un
rest is also beginning.
Well Digging and Gleaning
We are prepared to sink
wells, clean wells or do
any kind of well work
J. W. Hobson & Son
Automobile Painting!
First-Class Work
Guaranteed!
Prices Reasonable
Mirror Replating and
Sign Work!
A. F. KNOFLICEK,
Phone 592-W, Plattsmouth
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