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jjebrask S cal Societv a v. oum VOL. NO. XII PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1925. NO. 83 tie r Jury Throws Kettlehut Will Out of Court Sealed Verdict Arrived at Last Evening and Opened in Court Today Find Will Not Legal. From Thursdav's Pally The long drawn out battle that has been waged over the allowance of the paper presented for probate as the last will and testament of Henry Kettlehut. deceased, prom inent farmer and pioneer of Eagle, was ended as far as the courts of this county was concerned today when the sealed verdict of the jury was opened in the district court this morning and which gave as the verdict that the document that had been presented for probate in the county cort was not the last will and testament of Henry Kettlehut. de ceased. The case has been fought from the county court where the will was al lowed on the presentation of the same for probate to the district court five of the daughters and two of the sons of the deceased pioneer con testing the will while the probating of the will was supported by three of the sons and one daughter. Henry Kettlehut was one of the early settlers of Eagle and vicinity, coming there at an early day and by his thrift accumulating many hun dreds of acres of land in eastern! Lancaster county and western Cass county that he secured at a low price and which by his work and assistance of his sons were made val uable. The will that was presented left to the daughters the sum of $1,500 in cash and which was secured by the payment by three of the sons Henry Kettlehut. Jr. Otto Kettlehut and William Kettlehut of sums in cash sufficient to pay the amount that was paid the sisters. Rheinhold and Albert Kettlehut. two other sons were deeded property but were not required to pay over any cash. The three sons, Henry, Otto and William were given deeds to farming lands in Lancaster county as their part of the estate, the dee'ds In the esse being a part of the transaction that was attack by the rontest-a-nts.' The deed was etecuted in Lincoln in 1920 and the contestants charged that the proponents of the will had exercised undue Influence on the father to secure the making of the deeds and the will that was offered as the last will and testa-" ment of the deceased Henry Kettle hut. The proponents as part of their supporting evidence pointed to the fact that the three sons had lived on the farms and placed improve ments thereon with the understand ing that the farms were to be their's some day and in accordance with the understanding with the father the deeds and will had been pre pared. The case was delivered to the jury at 5 o'clock last night when they prepared a sealed verdict and which wus opened by Judge Begley in the district court this morning at o'clock. WHO OWNED THE PINTS? From Friday's Daily A few days ago there was occasion for soino wiring to be done at the First Methodist church and as the result of the explorations of the workmen in the belfry of the church there was unearthed three pints of the real old honest to goodness whiskey. The work at the church was in cident to wiring for a series of sig nal bells for the use of the Sunday school and County Judge A. H. Dux burv. who is also the superintendent of the Sunday school. W. C. Schaus. deputy sheriff and Walter Herger were the trio that were called upon to do the wiring. As the workmen were climbing around in the space above the ceil ing in the belfry they were to say the least surprised to find three fine husky pints of pre-war whiskey and which from the label guarnteed them to be of full strength and quality and that they had been pur chased of Adolph Geise. who prior to 1917 was engaged in operating the Schlitz saloon here, so the whiskey was at least twelve years old. The trio of workmen took the liquor and smashed the bottles on the walk, wasting the precious fluid that would been worth in the neigh borhood of twenty dollars at the present bootleg quotations. Who the liquor belonged to is a mystery but whoever it was he is certainly to be pitied that he over 'ooked this cache of old time Joy producers when he was working on the belfry. MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE From Thursday's Dally Yesterday afternoon County Judge A. H. Duxbury was called upon to officiate at the marriage of Arthur Jenson of Murray and Miss Pauline Christian of this city . The cere mony was performed at the chamb ers of the county court and in the usual impressive manner of the judge. - - . . Blank books at the Journal office HEAR FROM OLD RESIDENT Louisville relatives of Mrs. Celia V. Shyrock, former resident of this city and Louisville, have received letters from this estimable lady, who is now making her home at Ietroit with her daughter, Mrs. Harry E. Chapman. The Shyrock family were residents of Plattsmouth many years ago and Mrs. Chapman, formerly Miss Lillian Shyrock, was reared to womanhood in this county and where she as well as her mother have many warm friends that learn with pleasure of the fact that they are doing nicely in their home in Detroit. Mr. Chapman is manager of the Dodge Boat Works of Detroit and has been very successful in his work there.. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have a son. Joslyn. who is a senior in the Detroit schools this year. Store of Liquor is Poured Into Sewer Today Sheriff E. P. Stewart Has Annual "Dumping Day" for Illicit Liquor With Jury as Onlookers. From Thursday's Daily This morning the assortment of illicit liquor that has been accumu lated in the vault of the county at torney in the past several months was sent on its way to the great Missouri river to cheer up the fish, when Sheriff E. P. Stewart had the various bottles and containers dump ed into the sewer at the corner of 4th and Main street. The members of the petit jury panel were onlook ers at the scene of the making of the wet offering and many had the first opportunity of whiffing the odors of the most popular of the Volstead beverages. There has been considerable amount of the various kinds of bev erages seized in the last few months that have accumulated and which; the county attorney and sheriff wished to have disposed of public ally as the law provides for and ac cordingly as this was a dark and gloomy day and the members of the jury panel about ready to go on to their homes it was decided that they should enjoy the occasion. The crashing ofthe bottles and the aroma that was whiffed to and from on the breeze attracted a grent deal of attention and a number gathered at the corner to watch the sacrifice, some to rejoice that the rum demon was being given an other knockout blow and others to mourn the destruction of the strong drink. SEEKING SAFE BLOWER If there is anyone in the com munity who is an expert yegg and can open the old time safes with speed and dispatch, he will receive a welcome at the Walling abstract office that will make his heart glad. Many years ago, Thomas Walling, Sr., secured this safe which he used; for the care of the valuable docu-, ments that are handled every day in ; the preparation of abstracts and as; this was the only use made of the safe, Mr. Walling never made a! practice of throwing the combination when he closed the door at night, and in time the card containing the mystic numbers that would cause the safe to open was lost. No longer be ing familiar with them, the owner continued to leave the safe unlocked, as it served its purpose as a protec tion against fire Just as well this. way as if locked. Robert Walling, manager of tue business since the death of his fath er, never learned the combination, and thereby hangs the tale. A few days ago there was neces sity to secure some valuable papers from the safe and accordingly the documents were hurriedly withdrawn and the door closed, but in so doing. the party thoughtlessly turned the combination to the safe, locking it. When Mr. Walling tried to open the safe the next morning the dis covery was made that the combina tion had been used in closing the teafe and that as far as all practical use was concerned the safe might as well have been in the South Sea islands. The services of locksmiths were hurriedly called for. but with out result as the safe remained firm ly closed and the last reports in dicate the owner will have to secure the services of some of Billy Fen ton's star boarders to try and work the combination or have the door cut away with a welding torch in order to get into It. AFTERNOON AT BRIDGE From Saturday's Dally The home of Mrs. Charles Peter son, Jr., on south 5th street was the scene or a very delightful gathering yesterday afternoon when a group of the lady friends were entertained at bridge. In the playing the first prize was awarded to -Mrs. F. G. Egenberger and the consolation prize to Mrs. Mullen. The afternoon was filled with the greatest of pleasure and as the evening hours approached the members of the party were serv ed with 'a most dalieiou luncheon that culminated th afternoon of real mjovment. Do Your Gift Buying Early, is the Slogan Stocks of Local Stores are Now in Readiness for the Inspection of Prospective Buyers. The postoffice department is bus ily engaged now in sending out to the nation the message, "Do Your Christmas Shopping Early" and their advice is appropriate and to the point to insure the prompt handling of the vast Christmas mail and this attitude is also reflected in the warn ing of the express companies to get the packages that are going to dis tant points in early in order to guar antee their arrival in time for the Christmas season. To assist the shopper in the se lection of gifts that will be appro priate to the glad yuletide season the business houses of Plattsmouth are now getting on their shelves and on display the fine arrays of articles that are both useful and ornamental for the Christmas season and which affords the shopper a real opportunity to get around and select their gifts while the lines are new and not picked over and in ample time to have the gifts packed and sent to distant points to insure their deliv ery before the Christmas day. The beauty of shopping earl- is that it gives the purchaser ample time in which to make their selec tion of gifts instead of having to hurry through the last few days with the result that they make their pur chases hurriedly and are often dis-; appointed with the results, when if they had taken more time they would have secured just what they desired and avoided the strain of the last minute shopping. Early shopping makes it easier for the clerks In the stores to han dle the trade and to give the shop per the fullest benefit of their ex perience and assistance in the selec tion of the gifts that may be desired. When the last days of the shopping season are at hand, the purchasers who have been out early and picked their gifts can rest, . well pleased with the result of their foresight and leave the last minute shopping to the tired and rushed public that has delayed shopping until the very last minute. Jury Finishes Work and Takes Its Departure Last Case Set for Jury Trial Waived and Judge Begley Dismisses Jury for the Term. From Thursday's Dally This morning the petit Jury panel for the November term of the dis trict court was dismissed by Judge Begley as the cases that required trial by jury had been completed and disposed of. The case of Fred Krecklow vs. John Habel and Joe Mesina, appeal ed from the justice court of A. H. Humble at Manley and involving the sum of $30 was by agreement of the parties tried to the court and the jury waived. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $30 and both parties to pay their own costs. In the case of the First National bank vs. Ed Fitzgerald, defaut of the defendant was entered and a decis ion of the court found for the plain tiff on the sum of $1,000 as prayed for. The present jury term has been one of the longest in recent years outside of the memorial grand jury sessions in 1923-24 and the jurors given their share of labor in dispos ing of the cases on hand. CARD OF THANES We wish to take this means of ex pressing our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation for the kindness and assistance given ua during the time of our greatest sorrow. Each little deed and thought for us are separately remembered and appreciat ed alike. We wish to especially thank the neighbors of Wintersteen Hill, the Loyal Workers, Berean class, cast of "Sweetheart Town," Mr. Baird's ofTice, Storehouse office, Chas. W. Hula, the singers and members of the Christian church, those loan ing cars and sending flowers. Ben Parker and All the Children. ENJOYING COLLEGE REUNION From Saturday's Daily This morning Miss Alice Pollock departed for Omaha where she goes to be the guest of Miss Eloise Thom as, former Rockford college girl and classmate of Miss Pollock. The members of the Rockford College Club of Omaha, composed of former students of this popular western college, will be the guests of Miss Thomas at a dinner and reunion this afternoon and evening when the ladies will enjoy tn renewal of the pleasant associations of their school days. ENJOY FINE TIME Prom Thursday's Bailv Last evening the members o Plattsmouth lodge No. 739, B. P. O E., with their ladies and a few in vited guests, enjoyed a very delight ful social dance at the Elks club house on North 6th street. The music for the occasion was furnished by Dee Atherton and his array of clever musicians who gave a program of the best and most enticing melodies and to which the members of the party enjoyed dancing from shortly before 9 o'clock until past the mid night hour. The Catholic Daughters Elect New Officers Ladies Organization of This City Has Interesting Meeting and Se lects Officers for Year From Thursday's Dally Last evening the ladies of the local court of the Catholic Daughters of America held a very pleasant meeting at the St. John's school building, which was largely attend ed by the membership of the order and the greatest of interest shown in the election of the officers for the year, the following being chosen: Grand Regent Miss May Murphy Vice Regent Mrs. Mattie Egen berger. Prophetess Miss Kathleen Darcy. Lecturer Mrs. Hlen Woolcott. Historian Miss Anna Rys. Financial Secretary Miss Gene vieve Whelan. Treasurer Miss Eleanor Hiber. Monitor Miss Mildred Sohlater. Sentinel Miss Josephine Rys. Organist Mrs. Maryetta Reed. Trustees Mrs. August Bach and Mrs. Elizabeth Meisinger. , The ladies also decided that thev would hold the initiation of new candidates on ueeemoer urn, ac cording to the present plants and that they would enjoy the social meeting on December 15th, at the home of Mrs. Herman Reichstadt. There was a great deal of inter est shown in the .Tweeting and the ladies felt well pleased with th. re sults of the large amount of busi ness that was handled in the gath ering. Former Well Known Girl of City on Radio Mrs. C. A. Young, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Seybert. on the Radio Program at Dayton From Thursday's Dally This evening one of the former well known and popular ladies or this city will be heard over the radio, as Mrs. C. A. Young, formerly Miss Honor Seybert of this city is to be one of the artists on the pro gram to be broadcast from Station WSMK. at Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Young, who has been mak ing her home since her marriage at Davton. is one of the popular mu sicians of that city, as she formerly was of Plattsmouth, and has attract ed the attention of the music loving pubjic which enjoys the excellent radio programs started by the new Dayton station, and accordingly tnis talented lady has been prevailed upon to give piano numbers on the pro gram this evening and also on Sat urday evening when sne win make her second appearance before the "mike." The Dayton station is one of the new ones in the Ohio valley and the Plattsmouth friends of Mrs. Young will be tuned in to enjoy the oppor tunity of hearing her skillful play ing. Station WSMK operates on a wave lengths of 275 meters. GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY From Friday's Daily Last evening the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. John McNurlin in the north portion of the city was the scene of a very delightful gathering when Mrs. McNurlin entertained in honor of the birthday anniversary of her neice, Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Jr. The occasion was marked by a splen did dinner such as only Mrs. McNur lin can prepare and joining in the event were Mrs. A. F. Seybert and Mrs. Andrew Kroehler, both of whom were observing their birthday an niversaries, the occasion being de cidedly of a birthday atmosphere and which all of the members of the party enjoyed to the utmost. Those who enjoyed the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Marshall, Jr., and son, Cary III. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sey bert, Mrs. A. F. Seybert. Mrs. An drew Kroehler and Mr. and Mrs. McNurlin. A fin 1 1 n ff f!l fl cf"m a c aaviq iti . , - v r j , , all designs can be found at the Bates Book And Gift shop. Orders for en-r graving and plates taken. Call early! with yot order. . Funeral Service of Mrs- Parker This Afternoon Held This Afternoon at the Home on Wintersteen Hill and Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. From Thursday's Daily The funeral services of the late Mrs. Benjamin Parker were held to day from the home on Wintersteen hill and attended by a large num ber of the friends to share with the family the sense of loss that her passing has brought. The services were conducted by Rev. Walter R. Robb of the First Christian church who was assisted by Evangelist Nelson Gardner. During the services three duets "My Savior First of All," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Shall We Meet Berond the River" were given bv Mrs. George Nelson and Mrs Hal Garnett. Mrs. O. C. Hudson assisting at the piano. The inter ment was at Oak Hill cemetery. Minnie Elizabeth Berger was born in Brownville, Nebraska, February 11, 186S. and passed into the great beyond the evening of December 1st, 1925. at Plattsmouth. When the de ceased was fourteen years of age she removed from Brow:: vi Ho to Ca!- vert, which is now known as Auourn Nebraska. While she was a resident of Auburn, having grown to young womanhood, she was united in mar riasre with Mr. Benjamin Parker on December . 1SS6. Here she and her husband took up their home for a number of years. Later thev made their home in a number of places, among them St. Joseph, Missouri: Galveston. Texas; Beatrice, Fairbury and Plattsmouth, Nebraska. In the city of Fairbury, this state, they resided for a period of fourteen years from which city thev came August 27th. 1923. to make their home in Plattsmouth. To the deceased and her husband were horn eignt cniiarcn. six oi whom were girls and two boys. All of these with the exception of Ethel Lee Parker survive the mother and with the husband remain to mourn th loss of this good woman. The daughter. EtLel -Leg. Tarker... was drowned during the flood in Galves ton. Texas, in 1900. at the age of ten years. Besides the husband. Benjamin Parker, the living children are Mrs. Elmer Elliott. Mrs. Bert Donaldson, Mrs. Earl Redd, Mrs. Clare l pp. Miss Pauline and Mr. Harry Parker, .all of Plattsmouth and Mr. cnauncey Parker, of Omaha. There is also a brother-in-law, Mr. Will Sanders, of Del Rapids. South Dakota, the wives and husbands of the Parker child ren, nine grandchildren, one nephew and many cousins who today are most sadly missing the departed and n their great sorrow they are join ed bv a host of friends whose hearts ikewise are deeply grieved. When a child of about eight years of age. the deceased made profession of her faith in Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal church of Brownville, Nebraska, but upon moving to Fairbury. this state, her membership was transferred to the Methodist church of that city, where she remained a member until death. Mrs. Benjamin Tarker will long be remembered by those of her family and friends because of her kind and sympathetic nature. To her child ren, though they had grown to man hood and womanhood, she still re mained solicitous for their welfare, and to their sorrows and troubles she was keenly sensitive; to her hus band she was faithful to her mar riage vows, being an affectionate, helpful wife. For a number of years she has been seriously afflicted with ill health and excessive weight which prohibited her from many enjoyments common to others. Being confined almost con tiniously to her chair for years, she found opportunity of expressing sun shine to others by being cheerful and kind. She loved the old hymns of the church and was frequently singing them while rocking in her chair. A really good woman has gone the way of all the earth, but the con tribution from her life will not fail in its power to bless until the day of judgment shall come. If her child ren continue to walk in the pathway of her teaching, in their day of har vest they will rise up and call her blessed. SUFFERS INJURED FOOT From Saturday's Dally Guy W. Morgan, proprietor of the Sweet Shop, is walking very softly today as the result of having his foot injured by a nail last evening. Mr. Morgan was assisting other members of the order in the redecorating of the lodge room in the Masonic tem ple last evening and while he was walking around the room he stepped on a large nail that was protruding from a board with the result that the nail penetrated through the sole of his shoe, and Into" the foot for quite a distance, making a very nasty and disagreeable wound that is proving a source of the greatest inconvenience to the genial entiemari. -" ' ; ;-- : ; ; Your ad in the Journal is read by 75 per cent of the buying public, ; , - RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL From Friday's Dailv Mrs. Earl Redd of this city, who for the past two weeks been at the hospital in Omaha taking treat ment for her badly injured hand. jwas called home by the death of her mother, Mrs. Benjamin Parker, and (expects to remain home now for the ! present as all possible for the care of the hand seems to have been done. The first two fingers of Iipt left hand will be permanently stiff and drawn as the result of the ac cident that she suffered several months ago and as far as treatment can go the fingers have been cared for but there remains only to allow the fingers to remain in their pres ent condition or have them am putated. Mrs. Redd at the present time is not in favor of the amputat ion and will allow the hand to re main in its present shape. Community Chorus Off to Good Start Le ay S. Fager, Supervisor of Music Ci City Schools to Direct the Work of Chorus. This week has seen the organiza tion here of the community chorus, an organization composed of the vocalists of the city that has as its first objective the securing of a suffi cient group of singers that they can carry en the community Christmas music and furnish an open air pro gram, a very cieiigntiui ieaiure oi the holiday season in this city. Mr. Leroy S. Fager, supervisor of music of the city schools, has had charge of the work of organizing the chorus and at the first meeting held on Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium there was some very pleasing results secured from the group of some thirty voices that assures the chorus being a success and it is hoped that there will be from fifty to sixty persons enrolled in the chorus by the time that active practice will be started for the spec ial numbers for the holidays. It is planned "to have this chorus ol high" class voices join in the hold ing of a big community sing on the streets preceding the Christmas day. and which will make a feature of the holiday season that will be a real observance of the holiday season. In line with the organization of the community chorus it is also be ing arranged to have displa's of small trees along the curb line, the various merchants securing the trees and having them placed in the stands used for flag holders and which will give a real yuletide appearance to the main street of the city and a typical Christmas atmosphere to the city that will be a real delight to the residents here as well as to the visitors in the city. Both the plans for the chorus work and the decorating of the streets are live propositions and should have the encouragement and support of the general public in making both of these a real success in every way. Those who are planning to have Christmas cards printed to send to their friends should make their orders at once bo that the work can be handled in ample time. rcr"" S n ET3 Save OFTEN and You'll Save MllHL in The secret of successful saving is simply to keep at it. Frequent small deposits count up faster than occa sional large ones. Open a Savings Account now, even if you have only a dollar handy. Add small amounts regularly and you'll soon have a large amount U BEJ mem n o E3 ET3 wa en The First N&tional bank THE BANK WHEB YOU FEEL AT HQMK otATTSMOUTH u f 1 -anni:ni:z:jieDDOinniDissisc::: Presbyterian Ladies Enter tain Many Bazaar and Chicken Pie Supper Serv ed Last Evening at the Parlors cf the Presbyterian Church. From Friday'B Daily The ladies o f the Presbyterian church comprising the members of (the auxiliary and the Q. Z. focjety 'last evening entertained a very larj: 'number at the parlors of the church, tthe occasion being the bazaar of the Q. Z's. and the chicken pie mpp'T HTved by the auxiliary ladies which has become a real classic in this com munity for its excellence. The ladies had Joined in the ar ranging of the church parlors and which presented a very gay and at tractive appearance with the green and red colors and the settings ap propriate to the holiday season and which were added to by the many piece of artistic needlework and nov elties that were offered for sale by the Q. Z. ladies. The success of the bazaar far exceeded the expectations of the members of the society and will result in their securing a very neat .sum to apply on their church work a well as supplying the Plattsmouth people with a real treat in the way of fancy and useful Christmas gifts. The chicken pie supper was served at 5 o'clock and the ladies of the auxiliary, despite the handicap of the bad weather, were rushed with ihe demands for the fine supper that were made upon them and they were kept busy until the middle of the eve ning in serving, over 200 enjoying the array of good things that bad been prepared by the Iadie6. The members of the two societies worked hard on the task of arranging the bazaar and supper and well de served the success that they found in the generous patronage of the gen eral public and everyone who at tended felt that they had enjoyed to the limit the very happy event. I CHRISTMAS CARDS You will find the big line of Christmas Cards this season at the Bates Book and Stationery Store, where yon hare bought for many years, and the line is bigger this year than ever. If yon want your name engraved thereon let ns have your order now, so we will be able to get them back for you on time. We have an exceptionally fine lint this year to select from, but pleass let ns have your order early as pos sible. ENTERTAINS FRIENDS From Friday's Daily The country home of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Wheeler, south of this city, has been the scene of a very pleasant social gathering this week, when the Wheeler family entertained at din ner for a number of friends from out in the country. Those who were present to enjoy the delightful hos pitality afforded were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chriswisser and son. Karl, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanson and son, Hal. all of the vicinity of Nehawka. NEBRASKA. ii