Southern Illinois Record

              THE Southern Illinois Record
A  (loocl  .Newspaper  i» a  Power in   the  Home.  Sehool.  State and  Nation
VOLUME IV.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1916
NUMBER 35
[GGEST OF ALL
PREVIOUS EVENTS
\S THAT or GOOD ROADS DAY
Isld at Fox Creek  Bottom, Fri- |day,  May  19 — Everybody Did Themselves  Proud
)ne of the biggest stunts ever lied oil In Clay ct)unty was "Good lads Day," at Fox (^reek Bottom, iday. May 11), where over a liundred d tifty teams were at Work digging it the big hill and working the irst stretch of bad roads in tlie Iilllty,
Teams promised by merchants   and rmers were all on   iiand   early   and so tiie parties that were   not   nien- onetl in   last   week's  Issue  of   the ecortl.   They were: (iiarles Spencer, oleman Thompson,  Ciiarle.^ Gullett, liris Kgglnton,   Clarence   Cliandier, , W,   Stout,   Alva   Ilinman,   Mose liickwell,   Ilarve  Shrlner  and  .son, ck Winn,   A, H.   Miseniieimer  and |yayne McVeigh,    Many   professions ere represented attlilsgreat gather- ig, viz:   Preaciiers, doctors, lawyers, ewspaper  raen anil   merchants,    J, 0. Scott,   state   engineer of   Spring- eld, had  supervisltin of the big job nd did his   part  well.     Mayor Geo, 'rice   went out   early and  lie,   and States Attorney, H, W, Shriner,  did good jol) in   holding down   a   gt)t)d trong wire fence until put to   Might ly some of tiie boys.    It is said that he mayor took to the wt>ods. He was 00 light for such heavy work.     Will icmiamore   was kind of a straw boss, at   is  strictly ont) ills job wlien it ¦omes to  hantlllng a   force   of men, Tlie work done under his supervision was   tiuite  elTective   and will   Ije   of llusting benelit.     Will   looked like  a typical  farmer with his coat off,   liis sleeves rt>lled up   and   a red bandana around his neck, Hon WIneland, post¬ master, WDrked all tiay.    I'rof. (Jreen- law alsoput hlssiioulilor to the wheel ami did remarkably woll.  Sam James, .).   O.   Tii)bsantlJ,  Itiwmim,   hard¬ ware tiealers, worked   sitle   by   side ariil  didn't iiiiote prices on hardware eltlier,     J,   C.   Meyer   ami    Dr.  Kd. I'ark Jr.. workeil for three   straight hours,   hut were '¦all in'   when tliey null.   Curt Venablo, a heavy weiglit, wlio never tiill a  ti:iy's   work   in  his life   liefore 1