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OLUME IV.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916
NUMBER 2S
FLORA CHURCHES AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING
PRESHYTEKIAN CHUKCH Sunday School at ll:,'H'.   Classes  for all. Morning service at 10:4."i, Y, 1', C, K, aH):,iii, Kvening service at 'f.'.Vi. The general public is cordially  in¬ vileil to all the servlcesof thechurch, Wm. W. Edwards, pastor.
CNITED BRETH REK IN CHRIST
Services .Sunday school 9:30 a. m. I'reachlng lOr.'U) a, m, .lunior service 2;;!0 p. m. Senior service ()::iO p, m, I'reacliing service 7„'50 p, m, I'rayer meeting Thusrday 7:;iO p, m. Woman's .\ld Wednesday 2;ilO p. m, A cordial invitation is extended the puhlic to attend these services,
E, M, I'ierson, pastor,
CHRISTIAN CHITRCH We are moving forward. Two more additions last Lord's Day, All the services well attended. The worship¬ ful almospliere was especially notice¬ able at the morning services. The lilble school is making a special ellort to have all present there on lime. KIO present at opening la.st Lord's Day. Let us keep on increasing our at¬ tentlance. The cliurch service begins at 1(1:40 a, m, "Tiie I'otter and the l^lay" is the morning subject: in the evening, "The New Hlrth," Come, you will tine the practice of com¬ munion wilh your Lord a most ble,ssed experience,
F, M, Llndenmeyer, paslor.
.M. E. CHURCH
Service next Sunday at the regular hours. We want you in all the ser¬ vices because il will be a blessing ti you and you will lua blessing to us Come to liie S, S, 'I'iiere were forty- one men in tlie Hible Class last Sun¬ day. Will you not join':' Vou will have a new vision of life after an hour spent in llieslutly of (jod's wonl, I'reachlng at ii^-.V) subject, "The Earth," 11 will do you good lo alleiiH the morning worship. In tlie evening lhe W, K, M, S, will hold their an¬ nual Thank Ollerlng Service, A good prograui has been prepared and you cannot alTord to mlss, VVe have tine music al all services. Come and en¬ joy ail the services with us.
M. C. Foltz, pastor.
H-S. T. H. S. Doing Fine
Work and Growing
The fourth year of the H-S. T, II. S, opened last .September with an en¬ rollment of l(i,'i, an increase of •i:>f« over the enrollment of the preceedlng year, Tiiis Increased attendance made it necessary lo add the ninlli teaciier to tlie faculty, Over 'I't'^ of the atleiiilance are pupils residing outside the HIgli Sciiool District, coming from every part of Clay coun¬ ly and two adjoining counties.
The general interest in tlie school and tiie work being ilorre siiows a marked growth this year,
I'eople come to the sciiool al every f.pporlunity, then go oul,to lell of the work they tind being done which is iiroving quite a stimulus to botli teacliers and pupils. The various courses ollered are rfeceivlng careful attenlion and liie pupils in the most part are tilling gootl work.
Tlie grades earnetl for the lirst semester, ending Jan, "in sliowed that H.5% of the grades earned were passing, A few pupils are doing but little, in fact, they will do hut little any where else, but the great majorily are doing good solid work.
Each tlepartmenl of work in charge of an expert in his line will continue to hring gootl results when pupils iio tlieir best. ,
The scliuol has taken on new life in alliletlcs. Last year a good founda¬ tion was laid and this year lias shown results of which we are all proud. Our chief aim is lo induce young peo¬ ple lo be fair, honest and persevering in their work and our Hasket Hall team has shown the result of this training.
The High School visitoror inspector from the Cnlverslty nf Illinois visited us in January and as a result uf his visit our scliool was farther recogni/.ed as an accredited school by having .J points added and the recognition being for two years instead of orie as previously.
The following table shows tiie sub¬ jects and the figures tiie numlier of units of credit in eacii subject:
Schedule uf credits which tlie Uni¬ versity of Illinois accepts.
Algebra   1'.^'.    I'laiie    Geometry   1,
Solid (ieometry '^, Englislit. Latin 4. ('¦erman 4, History -.i.' Economics '.j. Hook keeping 1, Com. Geography ',]. I'hj^iography ^... Physics 1. (Jliemls- Iry 1. Hotany '.^. Zoology '.;, I'hyslol- og.v 'j- Drawing ',.^, Manual Training 2, Domestic Science 1, Agriculture 1. Total ,111',;,
In order to maintain this high standard parenls, citi/.ens, pupils antl teachers must all work_aiid stand to¬ getlier.
Each succeeding year will prove tliat tlie building of the High School was* a wise step from every stand¬ point,
Tlie school is proud of tiie patronage given and il goes williout saying lh;it noihing Will be left undone to merll a contii.u ius of lhe same.
¦^'oung people preparing for life's work can do no better than spend four years here where you can tind the kind of work you desire and enougli of it to make it worlii your lime and money.
Teachers and pupils surely appre¬ ciate tlie inleresl the community has sliown tills year ill every activily ol Uie school.
'Young Counterfeiters
In The Toils
.\ quiTl-el of ymiiig coiinlcrfeileis wilh head iiuarters al Olney were ar¬ rested Salurday last. "Ralpli Clcdhill, age 20: Wayne Carrico, age IS): Frank llaniiiiel. age'20: all Olney boys and Frank McCoy, of East St, Louis, the ring leader of the band, are held prisoners at this wriling, and will be taken before the United States Com¬ missioners at Danville for a hearing. Tiie coiiiiterfeiiing outtit was found in tlie possession of   Voung   C'arrico,
ll Is learned that tlie coinage he¬ gan aboul two weeks ago. and in ail, only aboul sixteen iialf dollars had been made. Ralph Uledhiil came to Fiora aboul two weeks ago and was employed as niglil clerk ;il the Worth- inglon hold iiiiLiI arresLed hy M;irslial Tatman Salurday evening, upon ad- vii'C from SberilT West of Oiney, So far as can he ascerlaliied none of llie coiinlere I was passed in Flora.
Good Roads
'J'he Illinois liigliw:iy Coiiiiiiissiiui is giving careful allenlion to road coiislruclion and galhering data as to various kinds of roads and tlieir diir- abilily, Earlli roatis are spolien of and IhesUilemenlis made lliat "wlien an earth road Is in good condition il Is very satisfactory to use. It Is also pretty well understood that cerl;iiii parts of almost any earlli roati are very much better than olher parts. There is always a reason for this, im¬ proper drainage, grading, or other features of coiistuclioti account for mpst of Ihe'bad spots,"
is tliere a tax payer or traveler in Illinois today, or has there ever been one in tlie stale who will deny the truth of lhe above stalement, and wiio i1ik;s not feel that all these years he has been robhed in being assessed for the conslriiclion of earth roads that have no drainage, hut are full of mud holes because of improper grad¬ ing'? IIow much longer are the tax payers willing lo have this wasteful, inellicienl system of road work con- tlnue'i' It may cost more money to^ iKive better road.s, but you will get your money's worth when you make tlie change.
Flora Amusements
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Heginning Salurday of Ihis week tlie (Jpera will show six reels of tiie best pictures produced by the \'itagrapii, Essanay, Lubin, Selig and Kalem Companies,
Wednestiay is comedy nigiit al tiie Opera and we are promised a two pari Iveyslone cometly each week,
Tiie best live reel features obl;iln- able will be shown at the Oiiera eacli Thursday al the regulac price ol ad¬ mission,
CASINd
"The Moth and tiie Flame" the greatest of all the celebrated plays by the gifted dramatist, Clyde Filch, lias been produced wllli remarkable ellects by the Famous I'layers Com¬ pany and is tlie feature attraction on tiie raramount program al the Casino Friday, Marcii IT, The Moth and Flame " is a forceful drama in four parts with Adele Jley ami Stewart Haird in the leading role,
liosworth presents Elsie Janls and Owen Moore in a live part Paramount feature, "Hetty in Searcli of a Tlirill'' at tlie Casino Tuesday. March 21st. Elsie Janls is iiere depicted in a com¬ edy written by herself and In her own vivacious manner drives liome the pitfalls Into whicli any inexper¬ ienced girl Is apt to stray.
Ralph Parlette at Library
Wednesday, Narch 22nd
Thai he i,-. coming lo I'lora "not for what be c:in get out of us but for what you can get out of hlm."
We say that on the evening of Wednesday, March ^'itli. Idli'i he wiil give you one of Ids humorous lectures. He will amuse you, inslrucl joii and give you a deliglilful evening's eftler-
Says
lainuienl. Tlie kind you wili be de¬ lighted if you hear and sorry after¬ wards if you don't hear II, He has been in Flora lUice before and pleased every body who lie;iid him ;ind lie will tlo so again. Don'l fail to hear him if you wanl to laugh  and  he  happy.
Mr. Parlette rose from tlie humble position of a "Printer's Devil" to one of the most enlerlaininif, amusing and iiistruclive lecturers before the .Vmerlcan puhlic.
.Vs his lecture is the last nuiiiber of the season course, the Library man¬ agers have made llie low price of ad- iiiisslon .Ticls for atiulls aiul l,"i cts for cliildren.
his present farm eiglit years ago and since that time lias been fully Identl¬ lied Willi the farming business Inter¬ est of the township.
A sliorl time before coming to Ilarter be was assessor of Hedford townsliip in Wayne county, lie made a splendid recortl in this otlice also as collector of Keilli township. He is a gentleman of liigh moral character, a clrirch worker, a giHitl i-ilizen and cap.iblc   reliable  husiness
IIKIII,
Mr. Marshall has iiKiny friends who will give ilim their aclive support as llicy know his splendid i|Ualilications to discharge llie importanl duties of tliis olllce
Candidate for Member of
State Board of Equalization
lion. Dill 10. Rise of .Vlaunle, While counly III., spent a few days in Clay county the Tirst of the week visiting old friends and making new ones. Mr. Rose is oneof the well known Hepublican leader In Southern Illinois liaving represented his dis¬ trict in liie legislature for several terms and having been ;ictive in ids support of liepuhlican tickets and the Repulilican parly for many years.
In 11112 Mr. Itose was the Repulili¬ can camiidate for nieinber of llie State lioard of Iv|uaiizalioiiiii the24tli Con¬ gressional tiistricl having been iioiiii iialed in liie primary that year by a very large majority.
Hecause of the split In the Uepiih- lican parly in lill2.Mr. itose and llieeu- tire republicans in llie district went down to tiefeat, ,Mr, Rose however made a line showing that year oiil.i being delealcd by lllKj voles in the face of an adverse party majority of aboul ."lOOii in llie district.
Mr. KosiVs friends liirtiughiuil the district feel that in view of ids spleii¬ diti light in tliat year and the loyal party service rendered by him for many years he shoulti be renouiiiialcd lliis ye:ir wjieii the party is united anti tlie iiomlnalioii iiieaDs an elec¬ tion.
.Mr. Rose is a successful husiiios man and farmer and Is in every way well c|iialitieil for memlier of the Stale Hoard of Eiiuali/.ationorany oilier po¬ siilon lo which lie may aspire.
The Horticultural  Meeting
The niorning .session of the Clay County Fruit tirowers .Vssociallon opened al lo:.ki today with an ailttVess by President 'I'anner. The meeling was well altended. A niimbi^r of prominent iiorticullurist being pqe- seiil ;ind olliers are expecled
The program for loinorrow, Friday:
,MtluSlNli    SKSSION
',>::io Apple Scab  and   Remetlles   for Same, I'rof, Pickett, University, iii::!o Neglecled Orchardsiii Southern Illinois and  tlielr  Possibilities. L. (¦uillandau. Olney. ll:l,"i Hlisler Canker, What il  is  and IIow Controlled,.I. A. Drew, Fair¬ lield.
.VI'TKUNlllIN  si:ssl(lN
I:,>ii Mainlaiiiing Ferl iliiy iu llie Orchard, W, S, Perrine, Presi¬ dent Slate Society,
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