Southern Illinois Record

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VOLUME IV.
FLORA. ILLINOIS, THURSDAY.   AUGUST 3. 1916
NUMBER 45
LATEST DISCOVERY IN OLNEY SENSATION
MAY AID STATE'S CASE MATERIALLY
ffias Ratdifle Died In Orchard ia
New Belief—A Search Dia-
closea New Evidence
l-'i-oni I'll.lay's liliu'y liiiil.\* Mall
Willi the arrival yesterday after¬ noon of Kd and .lohn Rattiillie, broth¬ ers of Ellzalietli Ralcllffe. from their home al Hardlnsville, Ind., a new search was made by Sherilf West and tbe brothers  for evidence.
Tlie scene of the murder at Big Creek was gone over anew and tlie ground searched wltli utmost care.
.\nd Ihey were rewarded.
Two shell ornaments for the hair and tive celluloid hair pins were found. A little apart were three handker¬ chiefs one a woman's size and two inen's size, were found tied together. They were sliglitly soiled.
NKW WIKE   FOU .Nil
But the most Important article in this collection Is the wire for the .second catheter, the catheter Ijouglit from Dr. T. V. Weber of West Salem, and whlcli is pmliably the one used in Hie attempted operation.
Today the search was renewed for Hie rublier catheter which is missing. That It will be found is looked upon as probable.
I.tlCATltlN" III   AUTICI.es
These articles were found lastnight a slinrt dLstance frnm the ptisition along Hie road under the elm tree where the tracks and Impre.ssions In tbe sand showed an attempt at the nperiiHon lias been made.
Tlie arlicles were found along the lane leaning into the nrcliard. Tlie pliice was eleven tree rnws frnm the elm tree.
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This discovery suggests a new theory of what actually tiK.k plaee when the girl died.
It is rendercil probable that a start at the operation was miuie under Hie elm tree. That Hie slopping of some passing auloinnblie at tliat point frigiitened the boy and caused them to hurriedly remove to the new loca¬ tion fartlier in Hie orcliard.
In all probability lliere In the or¬ chard, where the combs, luiirpins. Iianilkerchlefs and catheter wire were found last niglit. is wliere Kllzabeth Ratclilfe died when tlie attempted operation was resumed.
The ground there is .sotlded and shoe tracks lefl less Impression. Un¬ der the elm tree Hie offlcliils could absolute'; determine the reclining position of the girl, the position of her feet and the points where her hands ciuti-hed the grass. The tracks of the man were .so plain that his po¬ sition could lie unerringly traced.
REMODELING OLD SCHOOL BUILDING
Work of Tearing Out Third Story Has Commenced
Krank S. Nichols antl force of men are busy at work tearing down th* tlilrti story of the public school build¬ ing which wa.s recently condemneil, preparatory to repairing and remodel¬ ing the same. In remodeling the building we are informed tliat it will be motlern thruout and constructed so as to conform with the sanitary state laws, will have eight rooms and the structure to be finished with stucco work.
The new building is to lie erected on the lots just north of the old one and work on the same will l>e com¬ menced just as soon as the plans and specilicatlons are received and ap¬ proved by the board, the contract let, etc. The structure will be of brick, two stories In height and when lin¬ lshed will compare favorably with any sdiixil building In Southern Illi¬ nois.	
A Nice Shower
Klora and vicinity were visited by a nice little shower Monday evening which cooled off the atmosphere and was a great relief to suffering liiimar- Ity. Small favors are thankfully re¬ ceived. However, we would lie still more thankful should we receive about three times as much rain as we hail, and In fact, a "gullywasher" would be greatly appreciated just now.
CITY NEEDS
MORE WATER
WATER TAKERS NAKE COMPLAINTS
About Payini forSomethinfThey
Don't Get and   Threaten  to
Cease Use of Same
It was reported last week that Klora's water supply had been doubled by an additional new well which it is said will furnish an In¬ exhaustible amount of aqua pura and that the veins which How therein are like "water spouts."
However, this may be, we note that Hie water was shut oil several days last week, and especially on Saturday, when there was a large crowd of people In town, and many of whom were thirsty. We heard one lady on the street Saturday night make the remark that slie would like to have a drink, but every place she went they told her that the water was shut otf.
Numeious coiuplalnts have been made to the Record by water takers who say they are paying for some¬ thing they do not get, antl. If this be true, they have a kick coming, and should be entitled to a rebate on water rent for whicli tliey have paiil but have not received full benelit.
We .'annot blame a patron of the city water who pays his rent for sprinkling Hie dusty street in frontof ills premises, tluis enabling liimself ami family lo keep from choking to dealli. antl Hie little children from tliat dreadeii disease of infantile par¬ alysis, which is said to lie partly caused from dust.
The water situation in Klnra has about reached it's limit antl unless something is tlone in the near future to better it's cniiilition there will lie many of the water users cease It's use.
Owners nf hniiies, who'lave toilets to Hush are in a sad pretlicaiiienl and these places are not sanitary unless Hushed with running wiiter and are breeders nf disease.
It is high time to get liusy and remedy our water situation and see tliat tlie user gets what  he pays   for.
The Record is not iulverse to criti¬ cism, neither should our city be. Tlie only thing to tlo is to go after the de¬ fects and remedy them and not put them oft from tiay to day as has been done from time immemorial. Service is wliat our citizens want, especially when tliey are paying atop price forit.
HOLDUP'S BLUFF
DIDN'T WORK
Highwaymen  Attempt   to   Make D. F. Hodges CouMh Up
Tuesday night about !l o'diK-k a couple of would-be hold-ups at¬ tempted Lo make D. K. Hodges, the groceryman, cougli up his "long green" but were talked out of It. The young highwaymen wore white handkerchiefs over their faces and walked briskly from Mr, Hodges' barn to the front porch of his resi¬ dence wliere he was sitting In a chair. One of tbem nourished a gun In his hand and demanded of .Mr. Hodges that he prtxluce his wealth, holding the pistol down to the latter's feet Instead of; ils heatl.
The woulil-be victim not being alarmed said to the amateur hold-up "you woultln't shoot anybody," and Mrs. Hodges then appeared un the .st;ene. Her husband told her to go and get his gun and lie wonld shoot the Intruder, and the would-lje-bold bandit told Mrs. Hodges not to move. But her husband told her to go ahead, that the fellow wouldn't shout, and she, obeying his orders. Hie bluffers took to their heels, disappearing In the darkness.
Mr. Hodges told a Record reporter that he knew the young fellow's voice.
It Is t|Ulte evident that the parties to the wouid-beholtlup thought that Mr. Hodges liad a roll of money on lllm and that he would lie easy pick- In' but they were fooled.
A short time before the highway¬ men arrived Mr. Hinlges was check¬ ing up Ills bank iKmk and had a bunch of checks in front of liim and there is no doubt but what Hie parties had been watching blm and thought they would make a big. fat haul.
Photo by Americnn Pr
State Troops Building Pontoon Bridges
Rpsuliir army tactics are followeti hy the national guard In hullding po toon hrldges.    This Is an important feature of warfare, particularly with Inviuliiu; urmy In a couutry such as Mexico.
45 Special Feature—1914 National Guard Pictures
The Second Vote Period
Closes August Sth, 10 P. fi.
Only Three More Weeks Until Close of the Trip Contest
A Great Nany Changes in the Standing  of Contestants  Over  Last Week's Published Vote
This week's vote standing of the I a suhscrlplinn will bea grtiat deal contestants fnr the Recortl's Niagara less than this week. No one likes tn Killls and World Series trip.'- show a | help a loser and each cnntestiint great many chiiiigi's in the pulillshed I shoulil s'lovv their friends tliat they list slaniiing over lust week's issue. | are alive antl up and tloing and lliat In fact. pi'iicHcally every district lias they intend to win anil they vvill tiiitl a new leader in this week's Issue. tlie   public   ready   to   lielp them   far
There are some dislricts in wliich a ] quicker than if they goal 11. half new cantiiil.ile could enter totlay   antl   hearted.
with a   c.iuple   of   days'   gimd   wnrk       Kaliit lieart never   wnii   fiiir among tlieir friends take the   lead in   and Hie s.iiiie  saying will   hold
that parliciilar district, wlille there are other districts wlildi have .several gonti aclive candidates, but there is no district in which any one lias such a great leatl but wimt some other canditlate cuuld pass their competitor Willi a liltle active work among tlielr friends in securing subscriptions.
Some of Hie contestants don't seem to understand the voting system. They should liear in iiiiiid tluit we is¬ sue cerliticates for suliscriptlnns at the time that tliey are turned intn the Record oflice, ami If the vote certlti¬ cale is left with us we vole same lo your credit in the paper, and If the contestant takes It home willi tliem we do not vote it until same is re¬ turned to tills nfflce. Hereafter, if ynu wish to have your entire vote ap¬ pear in tlie paper each week vmi sliould mail all your vote certlHcates that you have received for subscrip¬ tions from this offlce back to the Record and then Miey will appear In the next Issne.
Most of the contestants and tlieir friends do not seem to realize the value of securing subscriptions now while the vote schedule Is high. The contest has Just a little jrver three weeks to run and wit' JS decreasing vote scliedule It means'C great deal to a contestant to get tlielr friend's help now anil not at the last of the contest, for one subscription this week is equal to four and a lialf siib- Hcriplions at the clo.se of the contest, and after next Saturday the value  nf
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gnod
wide
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win-
in this cnnlest. ^'iiii must be awake, aiiibitlous antl a hustler, if you are. you are sure to he a ner, as all ambitious iieople succeed if Hiey keep everlastingly at il. The time is short and it will not be long until you will be rolling across the country to -Niagara Kails and the east. Let your friends know tliat youare out to will and that youlntcnd to bea winner ilild they will sure help you out-
DisTiiiir Mil
Maurice   Workman
Carrie Rider
Maud Rii.s,sell
Earl t;. Ikemire
Merlbali   Krlend
Arthur Collins
I)ISTKI(-"T Nd.  2
Mrs. Chas. Crum. Kdgewnml I'. A. David,  Louisville Christina Rogers. Luuisvllle L. H. Smitii Xenla R. 4
DisTiiitrr Nil. .1
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.lames B. Mills, Clav City            Ho.ixxi Lubert (^uliin, Louisville          lixi,ixxi I'auline Dillman, SallorSprings I(XI,(XXi Ella Kopey, Bible Grove             ll(l,(J(X)
District .nu. 4
I'ansy Baker, Klora   R I Bertha .McBratney. .\enla Meryl (iahan, -Xenia Helen Snvder, Klora R J Mrs, Edith Kitley, Klora 1! .1
DlSTKItT Nl).  n
Leo Krank Chapman. CIsn" Cecil Orr, Mt. Erie Geo. Karris, luka James,tones, Xenia  R" A'-  es RiK'helle Rlnard
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ABE MARTIN
Indlanapolla N«W0
Lafe Bud says th' lioneymiK.n Is over when a wife asks her husband if he wants coffee fur breakfast when she knows he does. A straw hat nev¬ er recovers from Its Hrst rain.
Farm House Burglariied
Saturday night aluiut H ur liio'cliK-k burglars entered the home of Kred Gibson while the family was absent and stole about *'2.'i wortb of jewelrv, HX) pennies and some food. No clue to the robliery has been obtained up tbe present time.
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Where ia Our Xenia News
Kor the second time since Hie Rec¬ ord has lieen published our .Xenia correspondence failed to reach v:s. However. Mr. C. C. Morris, our effici¬ ent and special reporter, phoned us yesterday ami .saiil tliathe had worked up till Id o'cliK'k Mnntlay night pre¬ paring the copy and liad mailed tlie .same that evening. We are at a loss to know what tiecame of it, but we know that it was not Mr. Morris' fault. The tlrst time that il failed to arrive was when our reporter was out of the county. We hope this will not occur again.
MRS. E. E. WILCOX PASSES AWAY
AT HER HOME IN PAYSON JULY 26
Was a Former Resident of Flora
Who Had  Nany  Friends   In
This City
Wm. Burns,  of   Ixiuisville,   trans¬ acted business In this city   .Saturday.
Elizabeth M. McCiellan wasborn In Hinckley, DeKalb county, Illinois, Novemlier II, isnii died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Koscoe A. Di.'k- Inson, in Tayson, July'2(1, liilli.
She was united In marriage to Kly Elswortli Wilcox, uf Hinckley, Kel> ruary I, Iks;!, Three children ble.ssed this union: all of whom are now liv¬ ing, Mrs. Roscoe A Dlckln.siui, of I'aystin: Karl I'. Wilcox, of Canton. Mo.i and Mrs. Arthur Wells, of .\ilams.
The deceaseil is also survived by fnur brnthers and two sisters, .lames of San Diego, (,'allf.i Russel, of Brig- den, Ciinada: Alfred and Ralph, uf Tyviin, Canada, Mrs. II. J. Wllcnx. of llin.'klcy and Mima McCiellan, of Santlwich.
Mrs. Wilcox was a wuiiian of a re- iiiiirkiibly sweet chiiracler. She uiiited with Hie I nited I'resbyterian church nf Snuinnauk, at an early age, and lived a consistent cliristian life. Her christian fiiilh and fortitude eiiiililett licr to bear Willi piiticnce and Impe the inten.se sutferings liidilent to Hie last few weeks of lllne.ss.
Tngether Willi her husbanil sl e I'aiiie In her daughter's linme in I'ay- s.iii, April .1, last. She was ailing at Hie time and notwitlistanding Hie mn.st devoted care antl altenlion on I he part of her Iiusband. ilaugliters and son she grew gradually worse un¬ til the end came al 1 n'clnck Wednes¬ day afternoon.
Allhougii coming to I'aysnii ncca- siniially ilild making her home here dining t lie last few iiinnths of her illness, Mrs. Wilcox hiis entleiireil her¬ self to a linsl nf friends wlm sincerely mourn her Inss. It may be truly said of such il life, Hiat It leaves In it's wake iiiemoriesof iove and faitli and patience iind hope that are a cimfiirt and iiispir,itltin. "Being dead she yet speaketh."
Kuneral .services will In; lieltl frnin the Imme nf her ilaughter, Mrs. Rns- cue DIckinMin. Kritlay afternoon at 2i:io. Rev. Krank L. Brown of the Oingregallonal clmrch nlllciatliig. Iii- teruienl at Oak .Miiuntl cemetery, Somonauk, Satnrtlayafternoon. I'ay- sori (111.) Times.
.Mrs. Wilcox livetl In Klora .several years ago. She vvas a j greiit churcii wurker In the rresiiyterian church and has iiiiiny friends liere who 'vlll be very sorry tn liear of her ileal li.
GET BUSY AND
CUT THE WEEDS
HAPPENINGS AT COUNTY CAPITAL
Typhoid and   Hay Fever Germs Lurk Therein, Cause Sickness
WRrnEN BY STAFF CORRESPONDDIT
Real Estate Transfers.   Marriaf*
License and Other Items ot a
Newsy Nature
Dr. .\. .M. Sparllngof SallorSprings was a caller last Saturday  afternoon.
All school children antl lovers of poetry, lo.st a friend when our Hixisler poet. James Wliltcouib Rlley, dieit recently at his home In Indiana.
Misses Kaye and Hallle Stanforil accomiianied by Miss Addie Lewis of Bible Grove, left Saturday fura short vacation at Niagara Kails. They were joined in Indiana by Mabelle Van- Den hark.
Col. Crouse and family have rented the I'orter property vacated by Lavvrenco Smith and have moved fnun Lebanon wliere Mr. Crou.se has lieen teaching In the college. Ho Is superintendent of the Louisvilla schools this year.
Law rence Smith iind fiimily have moved illin Kbert Ikemlre's property 111 Hie soiilhwest part of town.
Hiillih Hagle, I'ly.ssls Kincaid antl K. D. Wood,together Willi their fami¬ lies, spent Sunday at Rose Lake near luka.
There will U^ a plaim recital at the Christian church, August A, by Mrs. George Campbell's  music class.
.letT Harmon nf Jnlinsnii city wasa caller at Rev. W. I. Grlffln's  Sunday.
Iiarry Kincaid lias    ved   back   to
town and will lake charge of the feed mill in the creamery building.
Lester Diilf and Harry Vlsnlskkl of Clay City niotnied to Loulsvllle Tuesday on business.      »
Rev. Lloyd Keldi 'if *l»idlana * preiiched at the Kirst Christian* cliurch Sunday morning and evening.
.Mr. and Mrs. H. J. ('ii.ssiiiir. ai;cum- paiiied by Mrs. E. I'. Gilison and diiiigliler Nelle, Mrs. Marlhii Koster and iM iss Sadie McClane niotured to Salem Sunday iiud spent the d.iy with Mrs. Chesley.
.Mr. and .Mrs. Jas. II. Smith and Mr. ami .Mrs. Roy L. Seright visltetl at Kdgewoiid Sundiiy afternoun.
.Mrs. Bert I'latt of Omaha. Neb., spent the lirst part of the week here viisiting her busliand.
Typhoid fever germs lurks in tall weeds and is a menace to goiid|liealtIi. Hay fever victims also sutfer from the same cau.se. and as the weeds grow taller the more the victim sneezes. Now as the editor Is afflicted with this malady and has neither Hie time nor money to spare in going toa summer resort, vie wnulil suggest that tliu city get busy and cut the weeds that lielong to them as they are now ripe and ready to harvest.
We had our crop cut Tuesday and t .so a part which lielonged tn the city and paid fnr it, too.
The sireets belong to Klora and the weeds that grow along side tlieir tliorofares sliould 1-ie harvested by the city.
Now as some of the ladles of the ."jman's Club bave declared t'"ilr Intention tu borru'' .scythes ii" . do tills work Wv i, >. loathe \ i see them start on the Job, and lio|ifVrtliat the work will soon be dune by the right, parties.   So get busy.
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