Southern Illinois Record

              The Southern Ilunois Record
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VOLU.ME 3
FLORA. ILINOIS. THURSDAY. Si:i>lE.M»ER 9. 1915
NO. 5^
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THE FAIR A SUCCESS
All   Previous  Exhibits  Excelled
The   Entertainments    Clean
•nd First Class
The exiiibltsof horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry that arrived in Flora early Monday morning in many car load lots from a distance, together witli unpecedented like exhibits from this and adjoining counties was en¬ couraging to the Fair management and give tiie best of assurance of suc¬ cess. Tlien ali day Monday the horti¬ cultural hall was being lilled witli fruits and vegetables of all kinds, corn liay and grass; beautiful textile fab¬ rics in tlie woman's department, also cakes, bread, pies and canned goods. The school display and beautiful bou- (luets and banks of llowers, which made a display far superior to any former year, not only in quantity but liuallty, especiail}' In agriculture and liorticulture.
The '•Kilties" band arrived Tues¬ day at 10 o'clock and give a tine con¬ cert in the grand stand at 2 p. m. to a small but appreciative number of attendance.^ At_seven-tliirty another conce'rt"was given at the Fairgrounds.
The attendance was unusually large for Wednesday and all signs indicate that Thursday wiii be a record breaker In attendance with Friday, when the big siitool children's parade comes off a close second. Nothing but unfavorable weather can prevent a successful and proHtable Fair this year, speaking of it as it now seems certain at tlils writing.
Most of our buslne.ss houses agreed to close at noon, Wednesday, Tliur.s- day and Friday .so as to give all a chance to see the great exhibition and hear the splendid concerts by the "Kilties" band. It Is freely predicted that this Fair will be the making of alliuture fairs, as it shows what benetit it really is to our own and surrounding counties
Yeck Bros. Make
Good Business Record
W. W. Yeck, the .senior inemlier of Yec'ii Bros.opened a two chair barlier shop in Flora Oct. 1, 18%. and the fol¬ lowing year In September,E. 1). Yeck bought the shop owned by A. B. Wolfe. The two brothers then com¬ bined and formed the tirm of Yeck Bros. In 18MS they purchased the lot on which tlie shop now stands with a small frame building whicli they used for a shop until 1892, wben they built tiielr present sliop. In 1898 they eiiuipped tlieir shop with the latest improved liydrollc chairs. In nun tliey put in a hot water plant and this week they installed the lat¬ est improved sanitary   barber chairs.
There Is nothing too good for the customers of these boys, wliose trade lias steadily Increased from year to year. In addition to the new chairs, the inside of their building lias just Ijeen newly painted and decorated by Os>'ar Bonner. The wcKid graining liy Mr. Bonner Is a model of taste and good work. These Improvements make the Yeck Bros, shop one auiong the miLSt sanitary and best eciulpped in Soutliern Illinois.
D. H. Moore Dies
The East Texarkaiia news has the following announcement of the death of D. H. Moore which occurred al his home In that city Septemlier 1st.
•¦I), H. Moore, one of the oldest cit¬ izens of East Texarkansas, died at 2:'-'n this morning while silting In a chair after a physician and members of the family had spent about an iiourin an effort to relieve lilm from a violent lieart attack. He leaves a wid¬ ow and four children surviving lilm,"
Mr. Moore was born and reared In Clay County and was a brother of Mrs. Sarah >Z. Presley of Flora. He lived at Louisville before going to Tex.irkana twenty-live years ago. where he moved to engage In the grocery- busine.ss. He was an upright good man and was successful in his business.
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A Mix Up
Flora defeated the East St. Louis Packers ball team Sunday last at the East Side Flora park by a score of 17 to 5.' The I'ackers team came to Flora with a record of defeating the Empire East St. Louis team by a heavy score the week before. The Flora team had a record of being de¬ feated by Clay City by a big score.
The Empires played Clay City and beat them as badly as Clay City b«at Flora. Now will some one tell us how tlie Clay City and Flora teams stand AS ball players?
Ladies Reading Club
The opening meeting of llie L. R. C. was held on Friday aflerniHin Sept. ;t. at the lieautifiil suburban home of .Mrs. John Wilkinson. The guests were conveyed to the destination by automobile (kindness of Bertie Scuda¬ more) and were greeted by tfie host¬ ess upon their arrival.
This being the tirst meeting (after an adjournment for tlie summer months) the meeting was In charge of the new program committee —Mes¬ dames Wllklns