The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-07-31


to pull out FISH when he lost his
footing and slipped into the river
which was eight feet deep. Fortu
nately he was near the bank and cas-.
lily drew himself out OF the water
receiving nothing but good duck
ing.
Stuart Advocatae: Mrs. Alta Ban
ner of South Omaha, shot and killed
her husbands brother, Fred Banner
in front OF Fernland's cigar store in
Omaha, the first of last week. Mrs
Banner was formerly a Mrs. King,
and before that Miss Hudspeth, sis.
ter of Rosa Hudspeth, who formerly
edited the Stuart Ledger. and is q
sister of Mrs. Smith, wife of the
Newport hardware merchant.
T. f. Parmelee of Plattsmouth,
president of the Independent tele.
phone construction company, C. A.
Rilhey' director Of the Independent
Construction Company, and C. H.
Smith, secretary of the New State
Line company of Sioux City and
general manager of the Independent
| telephone line of Omaha, are in the
city this week experimenting the con-
struction work of running long dis
| tance lines to Norfolk.
The doors of the primary law swing
shut on candidates at the end of the
present week, 1t being necessary for
! all candidates who desire to get their
names on the primary tickets to have
their nomination papers filed by Sat
| urday. Among the candidates well
known in this section who had filed
at Lincoln with the secretary of
state up to this week are: r. o. Gar
rett, Fremont, Democrat, lieutenant
governor; l.. B. Brian, Albion, Repub-
lican, state treasurer; J. A. Williams.
Pierce, Republican, railroad commits
sioner; j. A. Van Wagenen, Pierce
Republican, railroad commissioner;
NJ. F.. Harrington, O'Neill, Democrat
Populist, elector; j. +. Boyd, Repub-
lican, congress, third district; Edgar
Howard, Democrat, third district, con-
SltSS, -. lJdlld, lthdlIdll, btlllO-
crat, congress, third district NJ. p.
Kinkaid, O'Neill, Republican, con-
gress, sixth district; William West
over, White Clay, Democrat, congress,
sixth district; George w Wiltse, Ran
dolph, Republican, state senator,
eighth district; G. l.. Wood, Ponca,
Republican, state senator, eighth dis
trict; S. d. Thornton, Neigh, Repub-
lican, state senator, ninth district; j.
d. Hatfield, Neigh, Democrat-Popu-
list, state senator, ninth district r.
S. Rising, Ainsworth, Republican,
state senator, fourteenth district;
E. l.. Myers, Newport, Republican,
state senator, fourteenth district;
Thomas n Galbraith, Butte, Repub-
lican, state representative, twentieth
district; E. p. Skillman, Ainsworth,
Republican, state representative, fifty
first district; H. NJ. Duval, Spring
view Republican, state representa-
tive, fifty-second district.
Central Christian Advocate: This
is the closing year for DR.. Thomas
Bithell presiding elder of the Neigh
district DR.. Bithell does not claim
all the credit for the improvements
years, but gladly accords pastor and
people whatever is due them in this
marked advancement made. Notwith-
standing the necessity of cooperation
upon the part of the people for all
material and spiritual advancement,
it remains a fact that any district in
Methodism rises or falls according to
its presiding elder. We would con-
clude therefore, for the improved
conditions upon Neigh district, the
presiding elder is responsible first,
then the pastors and their congrega-
tions. The subject of this paragraph
is in heart-touch with the charges Of
his district, and the churches, small
and great, recognize him as brother
On Neigh district during the past
six years eleven churches have been
built and remodeled at a cost of $751;
400 Ten parsonages have been built
and remodeled at cost of $1,000.
There have been paid twelve
mortgages against church property
and floating Indebtedness to the
amount of $1,000. During his presiding
eldership, DR.. Bithell has received
several invitations to accept pastorates
of prominent churches, but, believing
his duty to be on the district, he has
remained loyal to the trust delivered
into his hands nearly six years ago
by Bishop Fowler-a conference as
sociate.
RAINFALL WAS UNEVEN