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VOLUME V.
FLORA, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MARCH 29,  1917
NUMBER 27
HARTER'S REPUB¬ LICAN TICKET
EACH CANDIDATE WELL QUAUFIED
Well Known AU Over Township Individual Comment in Fol¬ lowing Artlcl*
For supervisor, James McGregor and Logan Gibson, have been selected as candidates by the Republicans of this township as their unanimous cliolce expressed in a large and repre¬ sentative convention. Cliarles Mc¬ Veigh as commissioner by a big ma¬ jority 6ver two other good men whose names were presented, S, C. Dayton, John M, Luse and Cliarles E, Wolfe for justices of the peace. J, S. Simp¬ son, Daniel Bryan and Logan Coll for constable. All splendid men and will make capable ollicers,
Mr, McGregor has served the town¬ ship two years. The tlrst year he served on the bulldlng.publlc grounds and claim committee and showed such ability and business foresight. the other members of the board made him chairman one year ago, which position he now holds and is ex-oficlo member af the county board of equal¬ ization. Through his efforts, ably assisted by Mr, Gibson $3417 of the state good roads fund was secured to Improve the Fox Creek bottom road, west of Flora, Every body In this townslilp should feel grateful for this. He has made a splendid ofllcial and with Ills two years experience, Is now better i)ualltled to till tlie place for the best Interest of our county and township and should be re-elected,
Mr. Gibson made a most etilclent and creditable member. He has served asa member of the Important committee on finance, and has been right on all iiuestlons, and a most useful member Ibroughoul. Roth of these gentlemen should be re-elected as a well merited reward for failhfiil service,
Charles W, McVeigh for road com¬ missioner Is In every way competent. His past experience gives hlm the right kind of capacity for making a good otllcial. Having lived In the country, all his Ufe except a short tlrae, he knows the needs of the farmers when It comes to making them better roads. The fact that some objections are iTiade against his candidacy because he does not live on his farm Is hardly fair, and such ob¬ jections cannot in any possible way make him less capable of rendering jfood service. The place where a man liappens to reside should not be made the test of merit. Any one who knows Mr, McVeigh, and this perhaps means nearly every one In the town¬ ship, win know that If Reeled his en¬ tire time will be given to bettering the roads In the country and not a moment of time spent on the streets of Flora, and also win know that he will do the -work honestly and econom¬ ically, Anolher strong recommenda¬ tion for Mr, McVeigh Istlie fact that for two years he was employed by the
J. D, Adams" Road Machine Co, of Indianapolis as an expert road builder. Ills duties consisting of showing the most economical and etilclent metliods of road grading and thorough drain¬ age. Ills work with this company was satisfactory at all times and he could have continued In this position had l.e desired to do so.
The men named for justices of the peace and constables are all worthy and capable. Republicans should see to It Hiat their ticket l« elected. This does not mean the men alone, but the women who can vote for all the candidates except justices of the peace and constables.
Neetinl Old Friends
S. A, Stanford of LoulsvlUe, was a Flora visitor Sunday, Mr, Stanford was once a leading merchant In Flora, Ills popularity and fitness made hlm county clerk for eight years and he made good, After this he went In¬ to the hardware business at Louls¬ vlUe and Is now a leading merchant of the hub. Sam has a host of friends In every part of the county who will always wish him success.
COOPER'EICKM PTIALS
Will Live on Farm Southeast of Flora. Mr. Cooper a Pros|>erou» Farmer
On Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Liille Burgess, occurred the marriage of Miss Stella Elck to Frank G, Cooper of Stanford township. Elder F, M. Llndenmeyer of the Christian church spoke the words that united them in the holy bond of matrimony, using Uie beautiful ring ceremony.
The bride was very liecomlngly at¬ tired In a gray charmeuse while the groom wore the customary black, Aftef the marriage vows were spoken and heartlets congratulatlonsotTered, the guests sat down to some splendid refreshments.
The ceremony was witnessed by lhe following guests: .Mrs. Lillie Hurge.ss, Mrs. Myrtle Burgess, Mr, and Mrs. Henry E, Elck, Mrs, Carrie and Miss Jessie Hayward, Mr, and Mrs Harve H, Hoard, Mrs, Hannah Dulaney, Mr, and Mrs, Garfield Cooper, Mrs, Mollie Clark, Mrs, Rebecca Naney, Mr. and Mrs, S, II, Lathrop, Mrs. J. E. Adams, Mr, A, A, Adams, Mi,sses Anna Routt, Minnie C, Cole, Eftle A, Warren, Lou Warren, Essie Hoard. Masters Malvern D, Hoard, Elwln H, Elck, Earne,st Hurgess,
The bride and groom were the recipients of many useful and beauti¬ ful gifts,
Mrs. Cooper has lived in Flora for a number of years, where she has many warm friends who love her for her modest, cheerful disposition and her splendid christian graces, Mr, Cooper Is one of the prosperous farmers of Stanford townslilp, known and ad¬ mired for his sterling i|ualltles of manhood. They will make their home on the farm of the groom, seven miles southeast of Flora, where the groom has everything In readiness for his bride.
The Record joins tlieir friends In wishing Ihem many happy, useful years.
HAVE   YOU   GOT   THE
COUNTERSIGN?
^^H ERE may be many passwords which win  open   up
(Q   the doors to success.    Hut,   when  several   hundred
1^ men  and   women  In  this county  sland   and   say,
"there is the CdUNTERSlGN   that brnught  siici'ess  In
uur home, ' it will do no harm for you to give the  matter
some serlmis llmughl,
THERE'S A REASON, and Its Bowman's Countersign-
"Quality Hardware"
Like other things of great worth,  this  name   Is guarded and protected with a watchful care that never ceases.
And that is the thing that makes it valua¬ ble to you.
"QUALITY HARDWARE" and the goods It stands for is the "Password" to a Rigger, Hetter Business with  you.
Then Think—
Bowman's Hardware Store
Flora, Illinois
APPLE GROWERS' ANNUAL MEETING
TBE NOST SUCCESSFUL EVER HELD
Expert Nen in Apple Growing are
Present and Program Handled
Successfully
On Friday and Saturday, Marcii 23d and 24tli, 1917, the Clay County Hor¬ ticulture Association held one of the most Interesting meetings In the Ca¬ sino Theatre, In Flora, 111,, that has ever been held In Clay County.
Tliere were present speakers who were experts tn various lines of hor¬ ticulture, and who have made a suc¬ cess In the business. In fact the meeting held here last week would class up well alongside the S4ate meetlngS'Of the Horticultural Society held al Champaign every winter,
Mr, A, J, Dunlap who has recently moved here fmm Oregon had been as¬ signed the topic on pruning, but ow¬ ing to sickness was unable to be pres¬ ent, and an extremely practicable talk was given on this topic by Cap¬ tain Itobert A, Simpson, of Vincen¬ nes. Indiana.
The Department of Entomology of the i'niversity of Illinois was repre¬ sented by L. M, Smith who has done a great amount.of experimental work In Hie control of the coddling moth. He stated the dllTerenl stages of growth and descMbed them so that Uie prchardtst could find them In the various stage*of their development. The l'niversily was also represented by Mr, W, S. Brock who has exiierl- mented especially with various kinds of spray for the control of the cod¬ dling moth and fungus dlsea.ses and who has had charge of the State's work al their largest experiment sta¬ tion, at Neoga, 111, The special work of tlie University on apple blolcli and tlie results of the experiments were desi-rlbed by Mr, J, A. Gunderson. Mr, (Junderson e.vpects to carry on experimental work In Hie Dr, Suggett orchard south of Flora, this year and In fact has his arrangeiiienls all made and material practically all on hands at tills time.
W. S, Perrlne, of Centralia, 111,, former President of the State Horti¬ culture Assoclaalon, was pre,sent and Is well enough posted to cover almost any subject on commercial apple growlng.gave several Interesting short talks on various topics, one of which was on tractors and their use In the commercial orchard and the kind to buy.
Senator H, M, Dunlap, of course, was present and took an active part, and his talk giving out his program for spraying, the coming season, was valuable information to the orchard¬ lsts of this Immediate locality. The Senator's Ideas are good and we all know that his plans generally work out.
Col. J. Mack Tanner, the President of tlie Association, talked on the peacli, and gave some valuable point¬ ers on tlieir care, handling and mar¬ keting.
.Mr. R, H, Hale, of Omaha, Illinois, one of the most successful commer¬ cial apple growers of the State, gave Ills experience with his fifteen year old orchard of Hen Davis, He gave the costs and the amount of pro¬ duction In dollars and cents and sta¬ ted Ithat he had ^tn dale sold off of Ills >^n acre orcliard, fifteen years old, approximately $80,11110,011 worth of fruit,
Mr. J, A, Drew, of Fairfield, 111., read an Interesting paper on nrcii- ardlng and Its future prospects, Mr, Drew Is an extensive grower and his article was \ery interest ing.
Oilier slmrl talks were given by W, .M, Keach, Clay City, 111.; Arlliur P, Hull, R, li. Henry, Joe Ren .Mc¬ KnIght, Flora, HI.: C. G, Winn, Grlggsvllie, III,: Prof. Campljell, of Louisville, III,, and several nthers.
Il will be noted that there were a iiumljer nf out of town people who were Interested enough to cnme ijulte a distance. There was a good hx'al attendance, but at the same time there were a number of orchardlsts In this Immediate vicinity who were not present at any of the sessions. There Is not an orchardlst In the county but what sliould take the lime lo attend these meetings and at least encourage them tiy their presence, because tbey are doing an Immense amount of gooil In bringing the right kind of Infnrmatiun to the fruit growers nf tliis county.
It Is our Intention to publlsli from time lo time some of tlie most In- Inslructlve papers and talks given at this meeting.
Tlie new otilcers forthecomlngyear are: President, Rolia H. Henry: Vice President, J, A, Drew: Secretary, F, H. Simpson: Treasurer, .\rgiis Deam,
Tliose pre.sent. from out of town, were as follows:
H. M. Dunlap. Savoy, 111.; C. G. Winn, Grlggsvllie, 111.; W, S, Brook, Urbana, 111,; L, M, Smith, 07,ark, III,; A, A, Doney. Parkersburg,, III.: Robt, A, Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; Thos. E, Cook, Decatur, IU.; R. H, Hale, Omaha, 111.; Dr. C. O. Trus- cot, Clsne, III.; A. Blrkett. Geff., 111.: Walter White. W. S. Perrine, Centra¬ lia, 111.; Wilmer H. Poff, F, R. Lan- denberger, E, A, Allen, Olney, 111,: Geo, Welier, St, Louis, Mo,: J, M, Tully, .Xenla, 111,; W, H, DlUman, L, V, Dillman, J, T, Campbell, Louis¬ ville, III: J, A, Drew, Fairfleld, HI,: Dr, Stevens, Robinson, HI.: Frank Cooper, Edgewood, III,; II, W, Roth¬ koff, .Xenia, 111,: W, M. Keach, Clay, City, 111,: E. H, Hawkins, Louisville, 111,
GOOI)   ROADS   COMING
If liond Issue Carries  Flora   Will   Ue In Line for Some of lhe Itenetil*
The LoulsvlUe Republican pub¬ lished the following Southern Illinois routes for gixxi roads In the event of the people voting a sixty niilllon dol¬ lar Imnded debt at tlie general elec¬ tion November 11)18 to be paid out of the automobile llcen.se fund,
"Route No. 3 —Beginning al Morri¬ son and extending In a general south¬ erly direction to Chester, affording Morrison, Proplietstown, Moline, RiH'k Island, Aledo, Mnnnimilh, Ma- cnmb, RushvUle, Beardstown, \'lr- glnla. Jacksonville, WIncliester, While Hall, Jerseyville, Alton, East Sl, Louis, WallerliHi, Chester and in¬ tervening communtles reasonable con- necllon wltli eacli other.
Route Nn. 11.—Heglnning in a pub¬ lic liighway on Hie Indiana slate line east of Marshall and running in a gen¬ eral southwesterly dlrecllmi In E. St. Louis, affording Marshall. Greenup, Ellingham, Vandalia, Greenville, Higliland, East St, Lmils and the in¬ tervening communities reasonable cnnnecllons with each other.
Route No, 12.- Heglnning at the Indiana slate line east nf Lawrence¬ ville and running along such line In a general westerly directlnn to Flasl St. Louis, affording Lawrenceville. Olney, Flora, Salem, Carlyle, Lebanon, East Sl, Louis and Intervening territory reasonable connections with each otlier.
There will lie anotlier route which wlil come down from Ertlnghani thru Hord on to LoulsvlUe and tlien to Flora. This will make two hard roads through the county. It Is pro¬ posed that the roads be of brick or concrete and lie  eighteen feet wide,''
Senator Dunlap who was In at^ tendance at the Clay Counly Fruit Growers Association lasl week in¬ forms us that a different rmile soutli has been selected In the nulllned plan, from Efllngham the road will pass through Dleterlck, Bible Grove, LoulsvlUe, Flora and on to Fairfield. This gives two roads througli Clay counly wlihoul Increased taxation as the state builds and maintains them.
Reminiscenses
n.  S. T. It.  S.   I'I.EASK NOTICE
There has jubl ciiine to our notice an old bill giving a record of the Orchard City College Football Team for the year liKil. Also lineup of the O, C, Team,
Lefl End    Fulweller-Campliell
Laft Tackle      Frank Broiles
Left Guard Ivan Harmon
Center ....,_  Joe Snyder
Right Guard     C,   Mimical
Rlglil Tackle, Ernest Taylnr
Right End L. McGiiiiiion
(Quarterback Vli.'lnr   Warner
Lefl Half Jnlin I'nrler
Right Half Marvin Elliott
Full Back. Waller ll.iiion
Subs Lenn 1'oll--Sliiors I'earce
IIA.MKS
Sep. 21, O, C, C. 10; Salem 0,
Oct. 5, O. C, C, 17: Browns Bus, Col¬ lege, Centralia, 5.
Oct. 12. (.1. C. C, M; Vincennes Univer¬ sity, 10,
Nov,   6, O, C, C, 12; Fairfield 0,
Nov, 11, O. C, C. 311; AusUn College, Efflngham, 0,
Thanksgiving, O. C. C, '23; Olney 0,
GREAT REVIVAL MAKING HEADWAY
THOMAS CALLS A SPADE A SPADE
Ust Night Waa Railroad Night—
Braas Band Accompanied
Boys to Church
The revival continues with Increas Ing lntere,st, Sunday was a great day. The Decision Day In the Sun day school was Impressive and re suited In about twenty-fiveyoung peo pie deciding for Christ, The Mother's Day was a most bles.sed hour and several came forward signifying their desire to Ilve for C'lirlst. A large crowd of men were present at the Men's meeting Sunday afterniMin and the address on "The Real Man " was a powerful appeal for a pure and con¬ secrated maiihiHid, A great crowd tlUed the churcii to overfiowlng Sun¬ day nighl This was a* wonderful service, a most fitting clo,se In a day that had lieen sn rich In ginnl things. In all forty persons had registered their names as followers of Christ In the first day of invitation.
The Hlgli School nlglit was a ser¬ vice that had to be seen to lie ap¬ preciated, Abotit a hundred young men and women came in a Imdy and sang their sclioni songs, gave their yell and put life Into the .services. The church was beautlfullydecoraled in Hie class colors. The deep Interest manifested by the students was most impressive and we are sure this ser¬ vice will mean much tn the spiritual and moral life of the ciiuimiinlly.
We have only a few days lefl and we must be busy for (Jod, We would urge every nne regardless of denom- Inatlnn In rally and help In lids great work. The evangelist and helpers are doing a heroic wnrk but lliey can¬ not do all that needs to be done. The excellent preaching and music must lie backed up by the persmial effnrt, Lel us rally for thulliial efforl and make closing days the most wonderful.
wnrk was done and much accomplish¬ ed to vards a big clean up. Passers by admit the Improvements and ac¬ knowledge that tne cemetery looks one hundred dollars worth better. Those giving help were: James Oil- clasure, Charles Markham, ( has, Win¬ dle, Clarence Koons, W, H, Tackett, Arlle Windle and G, R. McGrew. Let us not forget these small duties which show respect for our departed friends. Remember that we may soon be rest¬ ing st this sacred place.
A Fkiksd ok Tub Ckmktrv.
Amusement
The Opera Is presenting an unsu¬ ally attractive program this week, Edna Goodrich In a story of an Amer¬ ican artist abroad.
Dear Little Margurete Clark In a true and tender refiectlon of every youthful dream that was ever dream* ed.
The unusual Production of the week Is George Beban In "An Allen," a big Nine reel Paramount special, directed by Thos, H, Ince. See the display adv, and program on the local page.
RE(iIMENTS     FORMING
Comimny Will Ite Kurinrd in Flora and lie Ready lo .\n»wer (all
Cleaned the Cemetery
Flora, 111., March'2^, 11117. Snuthern lllinnls Record.
A working day was called at the Camp Ground Cemetery Thursday nf last week, by .someof llmse who were Interested and wished to see .some long needed cleaning up done. The meeting was called by one of the trustees who gave news as far as pos¬ sible. Only a small crowd came, a mere handful compared wllh the number who slmuld be Interested, Bnt wliere there are a few gathered with a willing spirit, there is always a way,    Hy a delermlned  effort good
There was filed last week at Spring¬ field with the Adjutant General and tendered to the Governor a provision¬ al Infantry Regiment to be used either as volunteers or Illinois National Guard. This is Hie first filed since the severance of relations with Gerniany and will no doubt lie the first called if a call Is made for ad¬ ditional   troops   by  the government.
Flora, Salem, Ml, Vernon .md Fair- Held are the towns In which com¬ panies are lo be raised for the Batal¬ llon of which R. S. Jones will be major. Oilier towns In which com¬ panies for llils regiment will be raised are Roblnsmi, Lawrenceville, Mt. Carmel and Carml wilh Clias. Russell nf Ml, Carmel as majnr; Duliuolii, Murphysboro, McLeanslKiro and .Marlon with Samuel Hunter of Du- (^iinlii as major, Chiiide E. Ryman of Elllngliam will lie colonel and Tom Denney of Vandalia, llent, colonel,
A machine gun company at Green- vllle will alsn be a part nf llils regi¬ ment.
The Flnra cmnpany will be In charge of the folluwing ortlcers: John W. Wilkinson, caplaln; C. E, Smith, first Ueulonanl and R, J, Cunning¬ ham, second lieutenant.
Miss Peeples VislUng Hers
Mrs, L, E. Peeples and daughters, Misses Margaret and Katliryn, re; turned home Tuesilay frmn a sliort visit with relatives at Shawneetown, They were accompanied home by Miss Kate Peeples who will visit here for some time.
Makes Week-End Visit
Miss Lucretia (iabaiinf .\eiila spent the week-end with Mlss .Maud Rus¬ sel,
Don't Niss Reading This Advertisement
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BEGINNING NOW AND CONTINITING ALL NEXT
WEEK WE WILL SELL YOU IN OI'R
STORE FOR CASH:
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Whala Grain bulk Catlaa         20c Mr Ib I lb. Idc; 3 Iba. 4Sc
Old Hanaatvbulh CatlM  SBc par Ib I Ib, ISc; 3 Iba.eOc
Bulk Paabarrr  Callaa   aSc par Ib I Ib, aSe: 3 Iba, eOc
Gualamala Bulk Cadaa 40c par Ib I Ib. Sac; 3 Iba. 11.00
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FaUar'a Lalana   . . 3Bc par Ib I Ib, 31c; 3 Iba, BOc
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FARMERS KKMEMBER-
We are cash buyers of   FRESH (REAM, COUNTRY lUJTTER,
EGGS, POULTRY, POTATOES and all Farm Products.
FLORA CASH STORE
ECONOMY CORNER FLORA, ILL.
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