T MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1923, TLLmmWEEL - SEJD - WXEEL1 J01TB2UL PAGE ,THBE2 4 J tbc plattsmouth lournal rdULlSKED SEMI-WEEEXY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA trJ at Poatofltlc. Platumouth, Nab., m ooad-ai&M inaU Ttr R. A. BATES, Publisher suBscfiipnon pkice $2.00 A new dockyard planned for Sing apore. :o: . James A. Patten, "wheat king," dies at Chicago, aged 76. :o: In the game of life many a trick with a trump of game. :o: Fortunate indeer is he who loses his temper and never finds it again. :o:- Is there anything that doesn't hurt you? It there isn t you have the flu. :o:- After marriage many a girl dis covers that she trifled with the wrong man. :o: Too many of our coming men nev er get any farther than the back ground. ' :o: . Some feminine matchmakers seem to make a specialty of friction matches. - . . :o: Some women's idea of economy is to spend less money for food and more for clothes. :o: Maybe one way to make daugh ter behave would be to tell her that her mother didn't. io: Rather "than pass through a gate the average boy will go out of his way to climb a fence. If you dont hurry up It will be everlastingly too late to do your Christmas shopping early. -:o:- One-half million dollars worth of soaps are being sent from this to other Countries each month. :o: Kansas City claims to have 1,000 open saloons, but Kansas City was always given to bragging. :o: - ' JVIany houseboats on famed Loch Lomond were submerged during re-i cent galeB and rains in Scotland. :o: - An order of 28 airplanes has been! placed as part of the plan for re-' equipment of the Royal Austrian Air; Force. -:o:- Dr. Gosmo Gordon Lang was en- . ... . ' . .advice furnished. by Mr. Isaac N the new Archbishop of Canterbury,' England. :o: ' Westminister Cathedral, London is being decorated in mosaic work, and the task will require a century. :o: at least' "Is All Fair in Fair Play Rule?" which will have Love, or Should asks an article no effect on the situation whatever. :o: I "One man was arrested for investi gation" says a news item telling about the theft of eight Victrolas. Imagination that for a one-man Job! :o: In New York the telephone charges five cents for every time central an swers the queries, yielding the com pany over 500. :o? British piano manufacturers claim to have captured both the Australian ana ixew eaiana ma.KCtS i.u.u ..i.i. American rivals. rot- President Coolidge has asked Con gress for 15 new cruisers. You can't tell when we'll have a hurry-up call for good-will envoys. :o: Newspaper agencies complain of a scarcity of good news pictures, Aren't there any more 160-year-old people to ride in airplanes? :o: In the Pacific there i3 a species of shark which eats only the brains of its victims. That's one hazard re- moved for bathers from Hollywood.' per yeas is advakci - Prepare to turn over a new leaf. :o: England has a new non-skid high way. :o: The liberal buyer is always the happiest. :o:- Only two more shopping day3 un til Christmas. -:o;- Most of th3 lame ducks will be j home lor Christmas -:o:- Boulder Dam bill sent to Coolidge by 162 to 122 vote. :o: Nine hundred millions is the esti mated population of Asia. :o: And the next week will be tough, with an empty pocket book. :o: Get ready for the New Year, then the time to resolve to do better. :o:- Santa Claus is going to have his hands full making, everybody happy. ! :o: An American firm will construct a wireless China. station at Shanghai, -'.ol The Netherlands exported 214, 000,000 pounds of cheese in the past year. :o:- He doesn't expect to clear the traf fic jam by blowing his horn. It's his way of swearing. :o:- Every woman knows that she talks too much, but what she doesn't know is a remedy for it. :o:- I A contestant is a person with a will of his own who tries to break the will of another. :o: Some people are never satisfied until they find out something that makes them dissatisfied. :o: A literary man claims to have j cured himself of insomnia by read- J ing portions of his own work. -:o: Why doesn't some enterprising cigarette manufacturer give away a fresh lung with each package? :o: Among the most valuable tips of the day to stock speculators is the ew- Dark eyes and hair whip the aud ience to emotional heights far quick- er than blonde beauty can do, it seems. -:o:- The majority of the people In this vicinity .are sick at this writing with colds and flu. Some are better and some are not. Education of women in Japan is finding such favor that some girls colleges have more applicants than capacity to care for them. :o:- A woman in a Utah city asks the Mayor's Christmas Tree Committee for a baby. If that isn't ultimate faith in "this prosperity," Just what is? :o: The ambitious deceive themselves ambuIon fnr that end when ed, becomes a means Rochefou cauld. A new system of chain drug store one thousand in number, has Ju been formed, and it is rumored thpt some or tnem wm actually cany drugs. :o: j It is true, as the Journal says ed! J torially, that on the breakfast table? of modern - newspaper readers are daily spread more achievements of science than were offered to mankind for cycles in the past. MICHIGAN'S FOLLY j . When a Michigan Jury found Mrs. Etta Mae Miller guilty of selling two bottles of moonshine whisky, it became the duty of the Judge, un- , der the State's new criminal code, to sentence her to life imprisonment, This was because the habitual crim- inal section of the code makes a life sentence mandatory after a person has been convicted four times of felo- nies. Mrs. Miller was convicted of bootlegging thrice previously. She! had served one 60-day term and two! terms of six months each. The severity, even barbarity, of the sentence and the personality of the woman make the case of nation - wide interest. Mrs. Miller has borne 10 children, of whom four are liv - ing. She is 48 years old. Her life! has been one of extreme hardship. By taking in washing, working inl factories and as a household drudge, with a little bootlegging on the side, she has managed to eke out an exist - ence. Her husband, also a bootleg - ger, Is serving a term in Jackson prison, having been sentenced March! 10, 1927, for a term of six months to two years. It would be a mistake to blame the jury for this forlorn creature's fate. The Jury was merely called upon to say whether or not she was guilty of the offense charged, and not to assess the punishment. It must have known I that conviction automatically would! be followed by a life sentence, but that did not affect its duty of giving an honest verdict. The fault lies in the law Itself Modeled after the New York Baumes law, the Michigan criminal code re cognizes as a habitual criminal any one who has been convicted of a felony four times. This mechanism arbitrarily though it may be, is of value. A man who has committed murder four times, or highway rob- bery, or some other serious crime. may very well be considered beyond the hope of redemption, and subject to life-time segregation. What Michigan's criminal code fails to do, however, is to discrlm - inate between types of crime. If the! St.ito nrmlrt nnt rpnUt th Imnnrtun - ities of the Anti-Saloon League to designate as felonies even minor vip lations of State prohibition laws, it at least should have exempted that class of crime from the operation of the habitual criminal section. N bne "believes that a poverty stricken woman who supplements her income by selling a few bottles of cheap! whisky is in the same category as a hardened murderer or safeblower. Gov. Green may cave Michigan Michigan from the derision of the nation by! extending clemency to Mrs. Miller, And he will do well to urge upon the Legislature the task of revising the habitual criminal section . to - m ,. oQa M exclude from its minor offenses, es- pecially those dealing with so con- troversial a subject as prohibition, j It will be remembered that one Fred Palm was sentenced to life imprison ment in Michigan after being con vlcted of the awful crime of possess Ing one pint o liquor, and that more recently another bootlegger suffer' ed the same penalty. The third case is just too much. Even the Anti-Saloon Leaeue oTinnii tha wicni , o-i oJ , I, thelwl8do r iuc iuii;ui(itu law, Nothing could create more antipathy to prohibi tion than such medievalism as it brings into play. :o: . NOT ON SIDELINES Prevalence of influenza at many I points in the United States reminds us that medical science is still con fronted by elemental problems which baffle its best minds. The common cold, which perhaps gains immunity from study because! it la not a serious diseaRA in Itnelf. I - - - " " is yet unconquered. And influenza. tne areanea piague oi me war nays, still refuses to accede for long to the assaults of science. But it is an endless warfare and. knowing the wonders of accomplish ment in the world of medicine and surgery there can be little doubt in our minds as to the direction in which the tide of victory is sweep ing. The Individual is not Just a spec tator on the sidelines. By observing the rules of good health, and by tak ing recommended precautions in times of epidemic, we can all help to lessen the toll of sickness not only as it affects ourselves but also our families, our neighbors and our fellow-workers. :o: ' Having scored a notorious failure in their hypocritical effort to convict the big grafters who had stolen mil lions from the national resources the Republican bosses at Washington should refrain from shedding croco dile tears over the acquittal or. a few negroes alleged to have picked up a few dollars here and there in trading Federal patronage. MAKE CHRISTMAS REAL I Perhaps your Christmas is not gQ- ing to be the old glad time that It once was. It may be that life has lost a little of it liavor, that things seem stale; somehow the eager zest is lackinj You no longer feel the thrill of the old mystery, or delight in the warm red of the holly berries, It may be that you are far from I home, and that the day will be a lonely one. Or maybe the children have grown up and scattered. The house is quiet. I strangely quiet, no longer the merry I place it was when eager boys and 1 girls light at sight of their bulging I stockings, or the glittering Christ- mas tree. It's hard to have the Christmas feeling when things are I so different. Or then, again, perhaps there are memories that come crowding upon J you that make the season a sad one. 1 Maybe the child of your love for 1 whom you used to plan has gone to I the land where the toys never grow old, or maybe there is some other va- leant chair about your fireplace. No, Christmas isn't just the same to you. You can's lure back the old enthusiasm. But there Is another way. If your I Christmas will be a little dull, at I least you have the memory of the happy Yuletides gone by. Why not help store up some such beautiful J memories for those to whom the day I will seem a mockery unless you helpl to make it otherwise? For the sake of the merry times! when you were a little boy or girl, because of joyous Christmas days i that you once spent when you were I at home, or with your loved ones, won't you make Christmas dreams I come true for the needy little ones about you? I There are some very pitiful cases, I There are homes ' that at best are poor and dull and sorrowful. Sure- ly there must not be bitter childish tears to add to the burden of poverty and distress. j You can work a miracle in one ofj these poor little ones, by causing a 1 little child to lauirh out In elee and Joy. And in working that miracle, your own heart will be the lighter. Christmas won't be Just the same, but the day will have a new and happier meaning. I There are several agencies in this I town In which you can accomplish I this object. Take your choice. --:o: PICKING GIFTS I Some of the male editors have started a little propaganda against the practice of women of selecting socks and ties for men as Christmas I presents. They bluntly affirm that women's taste in the selection of " - , I V , v . these articles Is not as sound as that cf men. Then God help them! The average man has about as much vnni.a of h.t i nnnrnnHate ... .. . . and attractive in -tne way oi socks and ties as an educated chimpanzee, What spoils the holiday season fort .. . - . .. . -V1" , ' woiuau.mny ocirvt u. . -"V"""-" cigars. - Women "have not yet had BUf- ficient experience with tobacco tc maVo them trustworthy in selecting! . . ,i tu . smokes for men. Give them two or three years more, however, and they should be as skillful as males in se lecting cigars. :o:- Mary Garden, who applied for citi zenship a few years ago, says she should not be forced to pay duty on foreign purchases, because she is a non-resident of the United States Mary, you will remember, was bom in Aberdeen. Scotland. :o: On railroad has ODened a college fnr ita ,. Mf.mninT Pas-I . sengers wno are meniauy composeu toward xio being spilled on curves ft,i HmIa thins like that mar have a chance to qualify as bachelors of dining-car philosophy. To All Our Friends We are wishing you a Merry Christmas and V m&St. a a Prosperous New Year Frady's Garage Phone 50 LOW EXCURSION Every Saturday and Sunday until December 31st BETWEEN AJ1 Points in Nebraska and Kansas within a radius of 200 Miles nfibi rickets on sale for all trains Saturday and Sunday Return to reach starting: point before midnight Monday FOB FURTHER INFOR MATION SEE R. W. CLEMENT Ticket Agent THE PASTOR'S OPTIMISM have a dour feeling that If you the optimist is usually left holding the bag, hark to the experience of the Rev. Crayton S. nrnnka riAHtor moons, pastor of the First Christian church at Ardmore, Okla. Ordered that January 11th, 1929, A matter of a decade ago the Rev. at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. of Brooks went to that church as pas- fai Y te hereby assigned for hear . ,r . , , , ing upon said petition, when all per- iu. xic ueipeu iu ucauuiio uiaw up I a budget for the year, and then sug- gested that instead of giving him a I regular salary the church, at the I end of the year, simply give him whatever surplus funds were left after all other bills were met. He was optimistic enough to believe that this would work. As it happens, it was worked beau- I tifully. The Rev. Brooks still holds that nulnit and is erettine alone nice- j ly. The church has never yet failed to live within its budget something 11 1 !-..t I and the minister's optimism has been Justified by the results. :o: For "her" a new, leather lit e ,i hand bag from the exquisite line at Bates Gift ShoD. Far H. Pollock. Attorney, Stanton, Kebr. ' J NOTICE OF ADMINIS TRATOR'S SALE Notice is hereby eriven that at the hour of ten o'clock a. m., the under - n aia Ja,nu" arT 1929, at the premises In Cass county. Nebraska, sell at nubile vendue to the highest bidder for cash, Lots four, five and nineteen (4, 5 and 19). in tne soutneast quarter lttJS,J or section tnirty-iwo uzj, ,n TownsniD twelve (12). - Range fourteen (14), east of the 6th P. M.,.all persons interested in said matter, containing sixty-nine (69) acres mnra nr loan In Caaa nrm n t v NAhran- ka, under License and Order of the District Court of the-Ninth Judicial mistrict in and for Stanton county, Nebraska, to pay debts, legacies and costs of administration allowed against the estate of Theresa M. Fick- L deceased; and that said sale shall remajn open ror one hour, that is to say from 10:00 o'clock a. m. until 11:00 o'clock a. m.. of said day. Dated this 4th day of December, 1928. - . j ALBERT FICKLER. Administrator with Will An-; nexed of the Estate of Theresa M. Fickler, Deceased. OKDliK OF HEAK1NU and no TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL In the County Court of Cass coun- 7 Nebraska. State of Nebraska, County of Cass, To the helrg at law and to all Lersons Interested in th estate of Malinda Clvmer. deceased On reading the petition of Ralph E. Clymer and Pearly E. Clymer, praying that the instrument filed in this court on the 15th day of De- cember, 1928, and purporting to be the last will and testament of the said deceased, may be proved and al- i lowed and recorded as the last will and testament of Malinda Clymer, deceased; that said Instrument be ad- mitted to probate and the adminis- tration of said estate be granted to the Lincoln' Trust Company, a cor- poration. as Executor; It is hereby ordered that you, and room in the court house at Platts all persons interested in said matter, mouth, Cass county, Nebraska, on may, and do, appear at the County the 28th day of January, 1929, at Court, to be held in and for said the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. to show county, on the 11th day of January, cause, if any there be why a license A. D. 1929, at ten o'clock a. m., to should not be granted to said admin show cause, if any there be, why the istrator with will annexed of said prayer of the petitioners should not estate in the above described real be granted, and that notice of the estate for the purpose of paying pendency of said petition and that taxes, repairs and expenses of admin- the hearing thereof be given to all istration of said estate, persons interested in said matter by It is further ordered that a copy publishing a copy of this order in of this order to show cause be pub the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi- lished in the Plattsmouth Journal, a weekly newspaper printed in said newspaper of general circulation In county, for three successive weeks Cass county, Nebraska, for a period prior to said day of hearing. of three consecutive weeks prior to Witness my hand and the seal of the date of said hearing, said Court, this 15th day of Decern-J - By the Court, ber. A. D. 1928. JAMES T. BEG LEY, A. H. DUXBURY, Judge of the Dlst. Court. (Seal) dl73w County Judge. d!7-3w FOR SALE i Duroc-Jersey boars. Phil . Plattsmouth, phone 4312. Hirz, dll-2td-2tw Phone your Job Printing: order to No. 6. Prompt service. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The State of Nebraska, Cass coun ty, ss. In the County Court. In the matter of the estate of Hans Tams, deceased. To the creditors of said estate: You are hereby notified that I will sit at the County Court room in Plattsmouth, in said county, on the ISth day of January, 1929, and on the 19th day of April, 1929, at 10 o'clock a. m. each day, to receive and examine all claims against said estate, with a view to their adjust ment and allowance. The time lim ited for the presentation of claims against said estate is three months from the ISth day of January, A. D. 1929, and the time limited for pay ment of debts is one year from said 18th day of January, 1929. Witness my hand and the seal of said County Court this 14th day of December, 1928. A. II. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl7-4w County Judge. ORDER OP HEARING In the County Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska." In the matter of the Estate of Alice Cory, Deceased. On reading and filing the petition of Sybil D. Brantner, praying that letters of administration be granted to her, the said Sybil D. Brantner, as administrator de bonis non of the above named estate, to administer upon tne goous, cnatteis, rignis, crea- us- ejects ana assets or Bam Alice . , ,ita tor(w i,nnn i.ui v. uri ranru. itiJL aw cau w a u ui a i la tered gong lnterested in said matter may ap pear at a County Court to be held in and for said county, and show cause 1 m nil 1 wny ne prayer oi peuiiouer suouiu rrt ho err an to1- a n H that nntlra nf the peniency of said petition and the hearing thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing a copy or tnis order in weekly newspaper printed in said county, lor three successive weeks. prior to said day of hearing. uatea mis ioa aay oi ueceiuuer. A. D. 1928. A. H. DUXBURY, County Judge, Cass Coun ty, Nebraska. (Seal) dl7-3w ORDER OF HEARING AND NO TICE OF PROBATE OF WDL.L i in ine wou ty, Nebraska In the County Court of Cass coun- State of Nebraska, County of Cass ss. To all persons interested in the ! estate of John Cory, deceased: On reading the petition of Sybil Brantner praying that the instrument i filed in this court on the 14th day of December. 1928. and purporting to , be the last will and testament of the fa,a aeceasea. may oe prova anu u lowed and recorded as the laSt.wll and testament of John Cory, deceas ed; that said instrument be admitted to probate and the administration of said estate be granted to syDH urant ner, as jsxecuinx; i It is hereby ordered that you, and may, and do, appear at the County fniirt tn-hA holri in . and for flAld county, on the 11th day of January, A. D. 1929. at ten o'olock a. m.. to 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 the seal of said Court, this 16th day of DeCem- .ber. A. D. 1928. j A. H. DUXBURY. (Seal) dl73w County Judge ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the District Court of Cass coun ty, Nebraska. In the, matter of the Estate of 8am O. Smith, deceased. Now on this 13th day of December, 1928. this cause came on for bear ing upon the petition of Frank R Gobelman. as Administrator with wni annexed of the Estate of Sam G Smith, deceased, praying for a license to sell the following described real eetate, to-wit: Lots 10. 11 and 12 in Block 20 in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska for the purpose of paying the taxes, repairs and administration expenses of said estate, it is therefore ordered that all persons interested in said estate ap pear before me in the District Court 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, 8S. To the people of the State of Ne braska,' and to all persons interested in the estate of Mary Kuhney, de ceased: On reading the petition of Mrs. Roy Mayfield praying that the Instru ment filed in this court on the 12th day of December, 1928, 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 Mary Kuhney, deceased; that said Instru ment be admitted to probate and the administration of said estate be granted to Roy Mayfield as Execu tor; It is hereby ordered that you, and all persons interested in said matter may. and do, appear at the County Court to be held in and for said coun ty, on the 11th day of January, A. D. 1929, at 10 o'clock a. m., to show cause, If any there by, why the pray er of the petitioner should not be granted; and that notice of the pen dency of said petition and that the hearing thereof be given to all per sons interested in said matter by pub lishing 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 10th day of December, A. D., 1928. A. H. DUXBURY, (Seal) dl3-3w County Judge. NOTICE In the District Court of the County of Cass, Nebraska Jennie A. Smith. Plaintiff vs. NOTICE Frank E. Vallery et al Defendants To C. W. BURD, first real name unknown; LLOYD O. HULLINGER and MRS. LLOYD O. HULLINGER. first real name unknown, non-resi dent Defendants: You and each of you are hereby notified that on December 1, 1928. defendant and cross petitioner Frank E. Vallery filed his answer and cross petition praying that the mortgage now held by him securlTg the sum of $4,000.00 with interest, dated September 20, 1927, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Ca83 county, Nebraska, January 18, 1928, at 1:30 p. m., in Book 57 of "Mortgage Records," at page 534, be adjudged to be a second lien, subject only to plaintiff's lien, upon the fol lowing described property, to-wit: A square lot out of the north west corner of the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 11, Range 13, east of the 6th P. M., in Cass coun ty, Nebraska, and more particu larly described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of said: Section 23, running thence south 147.58 feet, thence running east 147.58 feet, thenco running north 147.5 8 feet, thence running west 147.58 feet to the place of beginning. . in the County of Cass, Nebras '. ka; That the amount due be adjudged, to-wit: $1,000.00 with interest there on at the rate of 6 per annum from September 20, 1927, to Sep tember 20, .1928, and 10' per an num thereafter, and the further sum of. $3,000.00 with interest at 6 per "annum from September 20, 1927, to December 1. 1928. and thereafter at 10 per annum, and that in de fault, of the payment of such sums. a decree ox -foreclosure be entered, said property sold and you and each of you be' forever barred and fore closed of any right, title, lien, in terest or equity of redemption in and to said premises, and for such other and further relief as may be junt and equitable in the premises. You and each of you are required to answer said cross petition on or before the 14th day of January, 1929, or your default will be entered and judgment rendered according to the prayer of said cross petition. Notice is also given that said cross petitioner has filed an application for the appointment of a receiver as aforesaid and that hearing upon said application will be had upon said 14th day of January, 1929, at 10 o'clock a. m., on said day, or as soon thereafter as cross petitioner can be heard before the Honorable James T. Begley, Judge of the District Court of Cass county, Nebraska, in his court room in the court bouse in the City of Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska, or before any Judge presid ing in said court. That said applica tion is for the appointment of a re ceiver tc take charge of the above described real estate, to collect the rents thereof during the pendency of Bald action, and' to apply said rents in accordance with the order of said court. Cross petitioner proposes for such receiver the name of L. J. Hal las or some other suitable person. and the Massachusetts Bonding & In surance Company, or the U. S. F. & G. Company, as surety for himself as applicant and as surety for such re ceiver. Of all of which you will take due notice. FRANK E. VALLERY. Defendant and Cross Pe titioner. W. A. ROBERTSON. Attorney. d3-4w It is no empty or conventional state masque that is now being en acted in England; the King's illness is a' sincere domestic tragedy; George has earned the affection and respect of his people; but for his faultless conduct, the monarchy might never have survived the post war crisis. in