THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1930.
PAGE EIGHT
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL
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BUTTER Dairy Maid, in 4b.
wrappings. Per lb
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CORN Narrow grain, 2 cans . . . . .250
TOILET PAPER I. G. A., 3 rolls. 190
CORN FLAKES I. G. A., 2 lg. pkg . 210
SWEET POTATOES Per can . . . 150
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PRUNES Fresh Italian, Ig. can . . . 490
The No. 10 or So-Called Gallon Size
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GINGER SNAPS 2 lbs. for 240
CRACKERS 2-lb. caBdy for 290
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IOWA NO LONGER 'DETOUR
STATE' FOR TRAVELERS
Des Moines, la. Iowa, whose
muddy road for years gave it repu
tation as a "detour state" for trans
continental motor travelers, has an
nounced plans for constructing 1000
miles cf paving in 1930 a larger
mileage than any other state con
templates this year according to
highway officials. This state led the
nation in 1929 mileage and in 192S
was second only to Illinois.
Approximately $33,000,000 is to
be spent on Iowa's primary road
system In 1930. At the end of the
year there will be 10 primary high
ways continuously surfaced across
the state, the State Highway Com
mission states. Seven will cross from
east to west, including the Lincoln
Highway. Three will cross from
north to south, two of them parallel
ing the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers which form state boundaries,
and the third being the Jefferson
Highway passing through Des
Moines, the capital city.
When the 1930 paving program is
completed, 48 per cent of Iowa's pri
mary road system will be paved and
bs per cent will be surfaced with
either paving or gravel. Thirty-four
per cent of the primary road system
is already paved with concrete.
In addition to furnishing the
motorist with a choice of convenient
routes for travel across the State,
Des Moines will be connected by sur
faced highways with every county
seat and practically every town of
1000 or more population.
Iowa today is one of the foremost
states in highway construction and
has received especially widespread
attention for the improvement made
in its primary road systems in the
past decade. In this period it has
transformed this system from one
which was nine-tenths mud to a sys
tem which today has four out of five
r.nles surfaced.
Mrs. J. M. Leyda and daughter,
Mrs.A. O. Moore, departed this morn
ing for Omaha where they were call
ed to attend to some matters of busi
ness for a short time and enjoy a
snort outing.
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Plattsmouth, Nebr.
iPlattsmouth
Woman's Club
Enjoys Banquet
Senator Kenneth Wherry of Pawnee
City Speaks on "Is the Standard
of Americanism Falling."
Prom Tuesday' 7"ariy
The rinse of the year's activities
in the Plattsmouth Voman"s club
th.e chancre in administrative leaders
which comes in May, is marked by
the annual banquet, a custom orig
inating some six years ago and which
has proven a very happy and pleas
ant social feature of the year for the
club ladies.
The sixth annual banquet, which
was held at the American Legion
community building last evening.
market the closing of the year's ac
tivities and the dawning of another
twelve months of interesting study
and effort in the club activities.
The hall where the banquet was
held was still bright with the rain
bow hued decorations that had
graced the Junior-Senior gathering
of Saturday and made a most color
ful arrangement for the banquet
setting, while adding to the charm
I of the scene, there were great bas
kets of the white spirea, arranged in
the center of the banquet hall.
The menu was arranged and serv
ed by the St. John's Altar society,
which offered a very fine treat to the
members of the banquet party, as
the tempting menu discloses:
Grape Fruit
Olives Jam
Special Veal Birds
Escalloped Potatoes Green Peas
Perfection Salad
Clover Leaf Rolls
Strawberry Short Cake with
Whipped Cream
Coffee
As the banquet party came to the
table the processional was played by
Mrs. Robert Reed and the club invo
cation given as the members were
seated.
One feature of the evening that
will long linger pleasantly with all
of the members of the banquet party
was the rare delight of the musical
offerings of Mrs. Kenneth Wherry,
talented wife of the speaker of the
evening, as well as one of the most
delightful vocalists in the southern
part of the state. Mrs. Wherry was
heard In two groups of song3, the
one comprising "I Heard a Robin
Singing." "Where is Sylvia" and
"The Second Minuet," while In her
closing group she presented a Moth
er's day number, "Little Mother o'
Mine" and "Rockabye Train." The
beautiful voice of the singer and her
charming personality made the mu
sical feature of the evening one that
will long be remembered. MisS Bar
clay; of Pawnee City, served as the
accompanist. ' r.,-.,
Mrs. E. II. Wescott in her always
clever ' manner, as the president of
the club, presided as the toastmis
tress and made very pleasant intro
ductions of the various features of
the banquet.
Mrs. John F. Wolff was called up
on to give an impression of the ideal
club woman and in language clothed
the woman with the ideals and vir
tues that goes to make the ideal club
woman and member of the federation
of women's clubs.
The reports of the officers for the
year showed that the club had ac
complished much in their study and
educational work in the club, as well
as civic enterprises and the promo
tion of the scholarship fund, one of
the outstanding items of the club
year, the dub having made it pos
sible for two boys to attend school
during the past year. Other notable
work included relief and Christmas
work among the residents here.
Mrs. Mabel Bozard, the efficient
president of the first district N. F.
W. C. gave a few words of greeting
and in which she complimented the
Plattsmouth club on their work in
every way., Mrs. Bozard gave a short
history of the club work in the
United States from the days follow
ing the civil war when study clubs
were first formed, to the present day,
when some 3,000,000 women are en
listed in the various women's organizations.
The task of introducing the speak
er of the evening was delegated to
Judge James T. Eegley, who very
ably and eloquently presented Sen
ator Kenneth Wherry, one of the
outstanding members of the Nebras
ka state senate in the past two ses
sions, and who discussed very ably
some of the real problems of the day
with the American people.
Senator Wherry in taking up his
subject, paid a very well deserved
tribute to Judge James T. Begley for
his decisions on the bench in the in
terests of the people in bank cases
that had come before him and which
had retained for the depositors of
banks much more of the bank assets
than had been found in other sec
tions of the state.
The theme of the address of the
distinguished visitor was that of "Is
the Standard of Americanism Fall
ing," and in which the speaker said
in part:
'It Is not my purpose to be pessi
mistic, nor to throw cold water upon
the spirit of this banquet. In fact,
it should be the duty of each of this
active generation, to be optimistic;
to excel in leadership; and to raise
the standard of American citizenship.
There are, however, internal evils
creeping into our national life, which
are striking at the very heart of our
Americanism. Evils which tend to
destroy our American ideals and to
lower the moral, social and religious
standards of our people.
"In the small cities and towns
and rural communities of this great
middle west, such evils are not as
apparent as In the larger cities, es
pecially of the industrial east. Nev
ertheless, It Is recognized by leading
political and social authorities that
an increased spirit of lawlessness has
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They catch property
owners unprotected
uninsured. Noth
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Searl S. Davis
AGENT
Plattsmouth
Nebraska
come into our nation within the past
few years. In many communities,
disrespect and wilful violation and
non-enforcement of our laws is
widespread. When the name of that
great city, Chicago, is mentioned,
you thfnk of gang rule and murder.
"Editorials appear in the daily
newspapers and in almost every
.magazine calling attention to the
violation and non-enforcement of
our statutes. Only recently, the
Woman's national committee for Law
Enforcement, devoted an entire vol
ume to the subject 'Save America.'
The chief concern of our public offi
cials in the higher offices of our gov
ernment, is that, vital question of
law enforcement, President Hoover,
n a recent address said: 'The domi
nant issue before the people of this
country, is the enforcement of our
laws, both state and national. Its
solution is more vital to the preser
vation of our institutions than any
other question before us.'
"A close analysis of the laxity of
law enforcement reveals that the re
sponsibility has been shifted from
where it rightly' belongs. Our Amer
icanism has b?pn . built upon the
foundation .of ou American institu
tions. These include the govern
ment, the school, the home and the
church. In the past each has had a
definite work to .perform, but during
recent years there has been a ten
dency to blame each of them for not
performing the functions of the other
three.
"Doctor Atwood, in his book 'Safe
guarding American Ideals.' comments
upon the foregoing conditions. He
says, 'It would )iave a very healthy
effect on the general situation if all
individuals who undertake to inau
gurate reforms to improve conditions.
would begin by asking themselves
the question: Is this a problem of
the home,, or the school, or the
church, or the government? and
determine that question carefully
before procedure.
" 'The home has to do with the
care of the physical life, the school
with the development of the mental,
the church with the enrichment of
the spiritual, and the function of the
government is to protect individuals
in their right of person and right of
property, in such manner as may be
consistent with the best possible
public welfare.
" 'There is a tendency, however, to
neglect the home and criticise the
school for not doing what is properly
the function of the home or the
church, and to criticise the church
'or not performing what is properly
the function of the home or the
school.
" 'There has been a very serious
tendency during recent years to criti
cise and call upon the government
to perform the functions of all four.
" 'These four institutions are
closely, related and interwoven; the
proper functioning of each aids the
ffort of the three others; but they
are separate and distinct, and each
has Its proper place in the develop
ment of the human plant, just as
the four seasons of the year, which
are closely related and interwoven,
have each their proper functions to
perform In the development or plant
life".'
"If the influence which permeates
the home, the school and the church
as well as our seat of government
is an influence for good, the in
evitable result will be to continue to
raise the standard of our citizenship.
and this will place our Americanism
on a higher plane than ever before.
But if any one of these closely in
terwoven institutions fails to func
tion and the individual is not train
ed along the right lines of thinking
and believing, then good citizenship
is forgotten and our Americanism is
left to be weighed in the balance.
"A surprising number of our peo
ple, otherwise of responsibility in the
community, have drifted into the ex
traordinary notion that laws are
are made for those who choose to
obey them. And in addition, our
law enforcement -machinery is suf
fering from many infirmities arising
out of its technicalities, its involved
procedures, and too often, I regret,
from inefficient and delinquent offi
cials. "Whatever the value of any law
may be, the enforcement of that law
written in plain terms upon our
statute books is not, in my mind, a
debatable question. Law should be
observed and must be enforced until
it is repealed by the proper processes
of our democracy. The duty to en
force the laws rests upon every citi
zen. No individual has the right to
determine what law shall be obeyed,
and what law shall not be enforced.
If a law is wrong, its rigid enforce
ment is the quickest method of com
pelling respect for it.
"Reverence for law should be so
indelibly stamped in the minds and
in the hearts of our boys and girls
that they would have a wholesome
respect for all laws. This is a solu
tion for the enforcement of the 18th
amendment. Regardless of how you
feel on the prohibition question from
a moral and religious standpoint, no
argument nor obstacle should stand
between you and the enforcement
and obedience of this law 100 per
cent. It is the height of inconsis
tency for one to salute the flag and
take an oath to support the Consti
tution and yet wilfully violate the
provisions of the ISth amendment.
It is un-American and has helped to
create a wholesale disrespect of our
laws and is responsible for a large
part of our huge crime bill.
"It is unnecessary for me to argue
that the very essence of freedom is
obedience to law; that liberty, it
self, has but one foundation, and
that is in the law. Let me recall
the oft-repeated words of Abraham
Lincoln, whose invisible presence
still lives: 'Let every man remember
that to violate the law is to trample
on the blood of his father, and to
tear down the character of his own
and his children's liberty. Let rev
erence for the laws be breathed by
every American mother to the lipp
ing babe that prattles on her lap.
Let it be taught in the schools; in
seminaries; in colleges. Let it be
preached from the pulpit, proclaim
ed in the legislative halls, and en
forced in courts of justice. And, In
short, let is become the political re
ligion of the nation, and let the old
and the young, the rich and the poor,
the grave and the gay of all sexes,
and tongues, and colors, and condi
tions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its
altar.'
"Not only has the executive
branch of our government been cen
sured for the non-enforcement of
our laws, but the legislative bodies,
both state and national have been
woefully weak In securing construc
tive legislation for the benefit of the
general public. The past, regular
session of the Nebraska legislature
cost the tax payers of our state al
most $5 per minute for the entire
time it was in session. Did our citi
zens get value received for the work
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days away (for you. But our official
opening is today. See them in our east
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done? From one end of Nebraska to
the other the legislature has been
criticised as a failure. If it is true
that it was a failure, may I ask what
is the trouble with this department
of our government? Many intelli
gent answers could be made in reply
to this question. The two most com
monly suggested are: Too much leg
islation proposed by special interests
and not the right kind of men elect
ed to office.
"Many leading political authori
ties, including Mr. Atwood, are ad
vocating that we already have too
many laws. They are urging that
the American people get back to the
provisions of our Constitution, which
are more than ample to take care of
their needs."
Following the address of Senator
Wherry, the Installation of the new
officers was taken up, Mrs. E. H.
Wescott, the retiring president, giv
ing the charges to the officers, while
Mrs. John A. Griffin served as the
marshal of the installation in es
corting the president-elect to and
from the installation.
The officers installed . were:
Mrs. James T. Begley, president;
Mrs. L. W. Egenberger, vice presi
dent; Mrs. G. L. Farley, recording
secretary; Mrs. F. G. Coryell, corres
ponding secretary; Mrs. J. F. Wolff,
treasurer; Mrs. Frank Mullen, Mrs.
Fritz Fricke and Miss Clara Weyrich,
auditors.
The meeting and banquet was
closed with Mrs. Begley, the new
president, occupying the chair and
dismissing the gathering after a most
pleasant evening.
DEATH TAKES DR. D0RWART
Friend. Dr. D. C. Dorwart, fifty
six, prominent dentist of Friend, died
Sunday evning at his home, he vic
tim of a heart attack. He had been
in his usual health until Thursday
when he suffered a light attack. Born
and reared in this vicinity, Dr. Dor
wart was widely known in his pro
fession, which he had practiced here
for many years. He was an active
member of Knights of Columbus.
Surviving are his wife and eight
children.
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