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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1922)
Fj j) t vWfc lrt(sMIw' nf r RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF nmuiimMH. napwl I i fe Shaker Sect Is Fast Dwindling 'X- Most, Remarkable of All Religious Groups That Found Sanctuary in Colonial America. TWELVE COMMUNITIES LEFT .Introduced Idea of Equal Rights for Women Two Yearo Before Declara tion of Independence Prac ticed Real Communism. Washington, D. C Tho Idea of cquul rlRlits for women wus introduced In America two yours beforo our Dec laration of Independence declared nil men are created euual." Spirit mani festations, nkln to tho recent popu larity of other world communication, hnd a vogue In tho colonies before tho Revolutionary war. These facts are recalled by the pro posed abandonment of the Shaker com munity In Enlleld, New Hampshire, which Is reported to havo dwindled from 850 members to only six mir vlvors, says n bulletin from the Wash ington, D. C, headquarters of the Na tional Geographic society. "Of all tho religious groups thnt found sanctuary on the soil of colonial America tho most remarkable, perhaps, were tho Shakers with their customs that wero partly medieval and partly far ahead of their day," the bulletin continues. "And tho persistence of a firmly grounded religious belief is aptly Illustrated by their survival to this day although their virginal vows provided no younger generation to car ry on their tradition, nnd their delib erate .Isolation In Holf-sustnlnlng coffi niunlties "cavo few opportunities to make converts. "Tiio HiiaKcrs never nail moro tnnn 5,000 members nnd tho 12 communi ties remaining today reported 307 mem bers In 1010, which means n population ot not more tlirtrj. a thousand. The longevity of Individual members, com bined with their nhstlnenco from meat and fish, their prescribed manual labor and hygienic living, hnve made their communities Interesting human experi ment stntlons for tho biologist as well ns tho geographer. Tho bodily move ments as they worshiped closely re ,seiiiblo tho noon-day gymnasium oxer jclsos of many an American business man. Arrested for Gyrations. "Ann- Leo, self-styled, 'Ann tho Word' but known nmong her followers ns 'Mother Ann, founded the Shakers, whoso otllclal tltlo Is 'United Society of Tmo Ilellcvers In Christ's Second Coming.' After four children died In their Infancy Ann I.ee sought solace among an offshoot of tho Quaker sect In England, which hnd been Influenced by tho early Eighteenth century wnvo of 'manifestations' nmong what wo would call 'mediums.' Ann could not rend or write, and her husband later deserted her. For her shouting, lenp- jlng nnd bodily gyrations during her iexhortntlons slio was arrested in Man chester. "While in Jail tho young womnn as serted that tho Christ appenrcd to her In a vision, told her ho was one with her, nnd upon serving her sentence she gntliered a few followers and set out to America to proclaim herself the fMnhodlmcut of Christ 'In Ills second wmlng. , "On the wny across tho ship's cap tain forbado tho Shakers to Indulgo 'in their athletic form of worship. 'Whereupon, according to Shnker liter ature, a storm arose, a plank wns .sprung, and the vessel began to fill. 'Mother Ann' reassured the captain saying two angels hnd appeared beforo .her In a vision to promise her tafo (passage.- Just as tho crew was be 'coming cxhnusted from pumping a 'huge wnvo again struck the ship and Jammed tho plank bnck Into plncol "For two years 'Mother Ann' worked In Mew York as u washerwoman, then, Painting Given Legion Post in Paris - .. 'i.i.liCA. .V,' ' t J- w """"n,ryV1TMJi.iij.-lT)f l-lr- it iii ... i Marshal Foch presenting to Amerlcnn Legion Post No. 1 In Paris tho symbolic, canvas "America," tho work of M. Itenl-Mcl, ofllclnl painter to tho French minister of war. Tho painting, of an Amerlcnn soldier aiding n wounded French comrade, will hang on the wall of tho post headquarters tin Paris. In 1770, she founded the llrst Shnker village at Watervllet, Now York. "In such strange fashion wns Insti tuted, the year that America dates her national birth, tho Western world's llrst experiment in communism. Lat er societies, or 'families,' grew up In New York, Massachusetts, Now Hamp shire, Maine, Connecticut, Ohio and Kentucky. Tho Shaker Platform. "The cardlnnl principles of the Shak ers' rejlglon are virgin purity, con fession of their sins, complete separa tion from what they term tho world's vanities, nnd a communism which ap proaches political socialism. If a tnnn nnd wife Join n Shaker community they nro supposed to live as brother and sister. "Until recently they prohibited tho taking of photographs and they for bnde pictures of all kinds ns Idola trous. Even tho cultivation of flower gardens for decoratlvo purposes was frowned upon In former yenrs. And there Is still doubt among 'tho older members about the propriety of musi cal Instruments. "Tlie Shnker community Is ns nenrly self-sustaining ns possible and about tho only Importations In their begin nings wero Iron for their plough shares. In their Industrial and agri cultural development they have con tributed many valuable Ideas which havo been seized upon for general use. They are credited with tho revolving harrow, cut mills and the planing ma chine, liaising herbs for medicinal uso wns ono of their enrly mujor Industries." American Perils - Is Big Hindrance to Travelers and Exchangeable for Less Than Bank Drafts. MRS. TENNAMT IS SEARCHED Fined for Attempt to Leave France With United States Coin She Brought In French Law Lim its Amount Taken Out. Paris. Americans traveling In Eu rope who persist In the time-honored custom of carrying about n certiilu amount of gold may profit by reading of the disagreeable experience of Mrs. Palmer Tennant of Hugerstown, Md. Mrs. Tennant has Just returned to Paris after eight months of travel on the continent and in North Africa with her husband. On leaving New York last August Mrs. Tennant and her husband bought u small amount of gold to uso In any emergency In case' they arrived In nn out-of-the-way place where checks and letters of credit did not pass current. Mrs. Tennant kept $100 In gold pieces In an envelope In her dressing bag. Sho passed through various cus tom houses without nny difficulty or delay save for the usual formalities. On arriving at Ilellegnrde on tho French frontier on her way to Geneva a few days ago Mrs. Tennant fell Into the hands of the only woman Inspec tor in the licllegiirde customs. This woman, after being assured that Mrs. Tennant hud nothing dutiable to de clare, started to make a minute ex amination of tho contents of Mrs. Ten nnnt's dressing hag and picking up nn envelope of tho Honker's Trust company found tho live 110 Amerlcnn gold pieces, which she Immediately confiscated. Sho then ordered Mrs. Tennant Into f !' ftrFvyr? "" vqrv$tmwr w" ""t GIRL IS ATHLETIC STAR m Miss Dorothy Hough, hero seen go ing over tho hurdles, wus a star pcr-l former In nn athletic meet In Phila delphia. She made tho 75-ynrd dash' In ten seconds, tying tho women's rec ord. Lays Real Golf Ball. Independence, Knn. L. Kcnoycr' famous hen Is again in tho limelight. This biddy n yenr ago laid eggs on n roof, shied them off and then grabbed them as they fell. She devoured her own eggs. One day recently sho Inld a round egg, which Mr. Konoyer, after treating with ncetlc ncld and formalde hyde, finds makes an excellent golf hull. lie tins refused $500 for tho hen. toJ Powdered shark's polishing diamonds. skin Is used Gold .Tourist an Inside office to bo searched. Mrs. Tennant and her husbnnd protested strongly and pointed out tho fact that they wero not carrying French but Amerlcnn gold, which thoy had brought Into France. Protests were of no avail and Mrs. Tennant was forced to dlsJ robe down to her Inst garment. Tho womnn Inspector even tore tho lining out of her lint nnd run her Angers through Mrs. Tennnnt's hair. After their trunks wero examined In n vain quest for more gold, tho Tennnnts wero marched by n half dozen ofllclnls to the prefect of police, who took tho American gold, figured out n very low fato of exchange nnd guvo Mrs. Tennairt French notes for her gold. Ho then fined tho American woman CO francs for attempting .to evirry gold out of tho country. Mrs. Tennant was so upset by her experi ence thnt sho paid tho fine lest nny further indignities bo offered her, nnd continued on to Geneva with her hus band after four hours' delay. Subsequently Inquiry has developed that tho woman Inspector nt Belle garde makes n specialty of gold dig ging, whereas the male Inspectors nt Uellegrado usually mako only a most cursory inspection, and, in most enses, pass trunks without opening them nt till, after making tho usual Inquiry ns to dutlublo tobacco, liquors and per fumes. An American woman with two children had $.150 in American gold taken nwny from her recently by tho same womnn Inspector at Iiellegnrde. Amerlcnn men currying gold pieces on their watch chnlns have been similar ly relieved. Gold Is Hindrance. The French law prohibits any per son taking moro tnnn G.000 francs in currency out of tho country. Gold la not only n hindrance to n traveler, but it Is exchangenble at a lower rnto than n bnnk draft. Purls banks recent ly pnld 10.05 francs for American dol lars In the form of hnnk drafts or travelers' checks, but only 10.20 frnncB for Amerlcnn gold. Travelers coming from Germany who admitted to tho customs ofllcer thnt thoy wero In pos session of moro thnn 51,000 marks wero invited to hand over tho surplus or go to Jail. In er.ch enso they wero given n receipt for their money nnd In formed thnt thoy could redeem It when they returned to Germany. Ono Amerlcnn, who Innocently told n German Inspector thnt ho hud only $500 but thnt Its equivalent wns In German marks, hud to turn over nil but about $150 with which to mako his way as best ho could south, through Switzerland, to catch his steamer. This Incident happened nt Unsel, whero tho German Inspection of trunks Is most minute. Anything b -tight In Ger many und not declared Is confiscated. Tho Immense purchases by foreigners In Germany has brought about tho most rigid scrutiny of bnggage. JAP SCHOOL BOYS SUSPENDED Call Principal "Despotic" In Discharg ing Old Professors Vote "Want of Confidence." Kyoto, Japan. Tho boys of tho high school of Kyoto who passed a voto of "want of confidence" In their prlnclpnl were suspended for n week. Tho uon conlldenco voto wns based on tho al leged "despotism" of tho prlnclpnl In discharging old professors. As u con ferenco between the principal and tho' scholars could not como to nn agree ment, tho suspension of tho boys was decided upon. S raft JF i I 1 r I lEBMSHJI BRIEF Timoly News Culled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. Sninuel Gibson, former veteran sol dier of the plulns nnd now white haired messenger In tho ndjutant general's department in tho army buildlug nt Onialiu, 1ms Just been uwarded honors by his country for "gallantry in action" fifty-live years ago. Millie Helnze, I), wns Instantly kill ed In front of the home of her fnther, Georo Helnze, near Mlmiture, when sho ran Into the road In front of an uutoiirobllc. A coroner's Jury absolv ed the driver from nny blame for the girl's death. Iteprcsentutlves of the state depart ment of ngrlculturo are making n sur vey of Pawnee county m the uttempt to eradicate the barberry plant from the state. The barberry causes wheat to rust. Considerable corn In northern Ne braska has been plowed for the last time and farmers are now laying by the new 10212 crop which has been hastened nlong by penetrating rains. Tho state legislature will be peti tioned nt Its next session to change the stnte boxing and wrestling law to allow amateur boxers and wrestlers to compete for a chninplonshlp. Lots nt Iiko Mlnatare near Scotts bluff, released by the government, are to bo sold by the chumber of com merce und the proceeds used to beauti fy the pluco us a summer resort. The contractor Is now on tho ground und machinery and mnterlal is arriv ing to start construction of the first permanent bridge across the North Plutte river in Garden county. A grandstand Is being constructed on the grounds of the Knox County Better Live Stock und Fnlr associa tion ut liloomtield, to bo ready for the fair, September 12 to 15. Sebastian Salerno, for many yenrs a resident of Omahn, has been ap pointed Italian consular agent nt that place, succeeding A. Venuto, who, nt tho uge of SO, hns retired. Terrific rain and hnll storm, said to havo been the most violent ever experienced In that vicinity, caused a heavy damage to crops and property nround Holdrege last week. Over 300 claims for stnte hnil Insur ance adjustment, following tho recent storm, faced State Hall Insurance Ad juster L. G. Brian when he opened his innll nnd telegrams. Two thousand persons attended the dedication exercises for Platte coun. ty's new $350,000 court house last Sunday. Governor S. It. McKelvie wns tho principal speaker. School board members at Dubois signed their names 3,300 times to the sixty bonds und coupons Issued for building the school house now under construction. A home-coming celebration to bo held Into this summer to show off the city's extensive improvements. of tho past four yeurs, Is being planned by Pawnee City. Arbor Lodge, the Inrgo estate near Nebraska City of the late J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor day, may be offered to Nebraska fo- state ptrk purposes., Frank Differ, Dlnlr poultrymari, gntliered nn average of twenty-three eggs from ench of his hens during May and clenred $709 on them In the month. Ebon K. Long, 03, oldest Nebraska Mason nnd ono of the curly settlers of Omaha, Is dead ut the Nebraska M'sonlc home nt Plnttsmouth. Tho Endicott Stnte bank, recently purchased from the College View bank, has closed Its doors by requost of Its board of directors. Norfolk business men donated their time and work und constructed' n new outdoor swimming pool nt the country club nt thut place. Farmers of tho Dlnlr neighborhood have Joined forces to light grass, hoppers which nro doing dumngo in some grain Ileitis) Tho Missouri Vnlloy Vcterlnnrlan's nssoclntlon will hold Its annual con. ventlon In Omahn, July 10, 11, and 12. Ira Wells of Alvo wns lined $100 nnd costs for slaying u robin red breast, contrary to the game law. Packing houses at Omaha are work ing over tlmo In order to keep up with tho Increased demand for ments. Corn generally continues In very good condition, although the hot, dry weather of tho first of tho week caused some datnnge in tho state, ac cording to the weekly crop nnd weath er summary. Llfo on the Nebraska ranges fifty yenrs ngo will be reproduced nt the Platte river round-up nt Sutherland In August, when pioneers of Lincoln county nnd all this section will have, their first reunion. Forty Indians of tho old warrior typo will t'uko part In tho show, staging n realistic attack on an old stage coach, the first one operated by Wells-Forgo. Washington county goes on record as tin area In Nebraska which Is prac tically free from tuberculosis among cattle. This wns brought about as the result of a deflulto lutcnslvo cum. pnlgu of tuberculin testing nil tho cattle of tho county, thereby locating tho Infected herds nnd the diseased en t tie. Tho number of litters of spring pigs In Nebraska Is20.5 per cent greater and tho number of pigs saved 21 per cent greater than last spring accord ing to the results of tho pig survoy announced by A. E. Anderson, Ne braska agriculture statistician. Lester Mabeus, postmaster, clcrtt and letter carrier of St. Helena, Neb., nnd his bride, lute of Paris, are on their way lo their home In the west after she had been detained by lmml- grntlon authorities In New York, who were skeptical us to tho validity of their mnrrlnge by cable. Under tho chiiperonngo of the Travelers' Aid Society, the two were again married at close range nnd she was given tho freedom of America. The annual meeting of the Western Dar association was held In Lexington nnd lawyers from the Thirteenth und Seventeenth Judicial districts and Chief Justice Morrissey and Justice Deun were present from the supreme court. Addresses wero given by Senu tor W. V. Honglnnd of North'platte, Justice Dean of Lincoln, W. A. Stewnrt of Lexington, and Dale P. Stough of Grand Island. Two thousand and nlno miles of permanent stnte und federal highways will have been constructed in Ne braska by tho close of 1022, accord ing to figures of the stnte department of public works. This will bo almost half of tho 4,.r)00 miles laid out In tho stnte system ut the time of the ndopt ion of federal aid live years ago. A large leopard which escaped from a circus exhibiting nt Uehling nnd terrorized the countryside for miles nround, wns shot nnd killed loss than a half mile from tho place of its es cape by one of the hundreds of farm ers, business men uu ' boys who had hunted the animal all through tho night. A sample of the first wheat thresh ed, which came from the J. L. Harms farm in Jefferson county, was mailed to n Kansas City laboratory for a test ns to tho per cent of protein It con tained. Tho percentage was 11.20, 2 per cent greater than the average o Inst year. A largo barn on the stnte Industrial school grounds at Kearney was struck by lightning nnd completely destroyed, with contents, by the lire which fol lowed. Much grain nnd liny was stored in the building, but no live stock was housed then at the time. Premature ripening of winter wheat caused by high temperatures and drouth has shrunken part of tho Ne braska winter wheat crop, according to A. E. Anderson, who has Just re turned from nn Inspection trip through out the wheat belt. Affirming a judgment of the district court of Otoe county the Nebraska supremo court holds thnt tho law was complied with In the creation of Con solidated School, District No. 7, the building site of which is nt Dunbnr. A drop In taxes of approximately .$1.00 per citizen for Lnncaster county wns announced Monday morning by the board of county commissioners for the next levy. The reduct'on will h fiiount, in total, to at least $1,250,000. Mrs. J. Tenney wns fatally burned and her three children, nil small, r.ro In n serious condition nt u hospital nt North Platte as n result of burnlrga suffered, when gasoline exploded in the tent in which they wero living. Georgo Logan, n resident of Greshnm for over forty years, wus found dead In bed In his apartments, by neigh, bors who were making a visit. Ho wus n civil war veteran and hud been living alone. Among the 500 college men intend ing tho Deserve Olllccr's Training enmp nt Fort Snellln, Minn., nro fifty-four from the University of Ne braska and sixteen from Crclghton university. Further irrigation of the largo fields of potntoes nnd enhbuge In tho vicini ty of Gibbon will not he necessary fol lowing the showers of Inst Sunday and Mondny. One and one-fourth indies o rain fell. Mnrcella Sharp, 4, daughter of Tom Sharp of Nebraska City, was seriously injured when a torpedo which she hud placed In her mouth exploded, hi cak ing her right Jaw and loosening nil tho teeth. One and one-half Inches of rain, no compnnied by high winds nnl de structive hull created considerable damage In the neighborhood of Fre mont. Grain nnd fruits wero badly wrecked. With 109 names on Its membership roll, tho Platte Couuty Pioneer nssoc lntlon wns organized by old settlers attending tho dedication of the new court house nt Columbus. Elmer Keckloy, n farmor nenr Osh kosh, wns killed when lightning struck him, the horso ho wns riding, and n, cow, all meeting death from the sumo, bolt. With $5l)0,0S0 nvallublo for dis tribution to the 0,807 school districts ot Nebraska ns tho semi-annual July apportionment from Income of tlio $10,000,000 stnte permanent school fund, this yenr's total of $1,039,000 exceeds that of any previous year, according to State Superintendent John M. Matzcn. In obedience to orders handed down by the Dodge couuty district court nnd tho stuto supreme court, the city of Fremont bus taken steps toward aba'tlng the nulsnuco declared to be present in tho Itawhide creek as tho result of the sewer system In that city. At nn enthusiastic meeting nt Goth enburg, with representatives from Co zad nnd Lexington, the Dawson County Sorvlco company was assured, with W. D. Hoover ns manager, for tho purpose of establishing tho sugur beet industry nnd forwarding tho Irrigation project for Dawson county. Ninety-eight boys nnd girls, repre sentatives of in Pig clubs In Custer county, held their llrst conferenco lust week. There are 10 clubs In tho county. Prof. L. It. Frlsbeo of tho State Agricultural college, who has charge of all the club work In tho state, gave a talk. WOMAN COULD NOT WORK Made Strong and Well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound St. Paul. Minn. "I took Lvdia R Pinkham'B Vegutablo Compound for a tired, worn-out feel ing and painful peri ods. I used to pet up with a pain in my head ana pains in my lower par to and back. uitcn i was not a bio to do mv work. I read in your little book about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound and I have taken it I fool so well and strong and can do every bit of my work nna not a pain in my duck now. l rec ommend your modicino nnd you can uso this letter as a testimonial." Mrs. Phil. Maser, 801 Winslow St, St Paul, Minn. Just another case where a woman found relief by taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. 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