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VOLUME V.
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4.  191* 7
NUMBER 15
DEATH OF NRS. SARAH C. NANEY
PASSED AWAY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
Death  Due   to   Neninfitis,  Has¬ tened On By Iitjtiries Re¬ ceived From Fall
f' On New Year's day at 8:40 p. m.
t        occurred the death of Sarah C. Naney
!at her home at the corner of Locust and Sixth St. Her Immediate death \ was caused by a fall which she sus¬ tained thirteen days previous, and t,. which resulted In cerebral menin¬ gitis.
The funeral services were held at ! the Christian church Wednesday af-
\ ternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by \. her pastor, Elder Mr. Llndenmeyer. ^ Interment In the Elmwood cemetery. [ Sarah C. Slade was born In Ellza-
^        bethtown, Ind., Jan. 16, 1854.    She had thus reached the age of 62 years,
\        11 months and 15 days at the time
F
-,        ot ber demise.
\ She was the third child of a fam-
f ily of eleven children born to David I; Slade and his wife, Treasey Draper \ Slade. She came to Clay county I with her parents In chUdhood and e has resided here continuously, with
the  exception  of a  few years spent In Rlnard, Cisne and Tower Hlll. '¦ She   was   united   In   marriage   to
i D. Naney, March 21, 1878, In Clsne,
f III.     To   this   union   three  children
were born, viz:   Edna  May,  died In Infancy;   the   living   are   Elmer   E. Naney of Mansfield, Ohio;  and Nel¬ lie Alyne, wife of Jack Hodges.    She also leaves flve grand children, Mar¬ garet and Dorothy Naney and Nolon, Nerval, and Alyne Hodges.    She also leaves three brothers, Aaron B., Dav. Id   M.   and   Sammy   H.   Slade,     who mourn   with   her   husband   the   sad taking away of their loved one. •'"\    Mrs.     Nancy     united     with     the Vlhrlstlan church In this place at the \ge of 12 yeara under the ministry of |ir\      Cider   n.   n.   Henry.     Her   life   was ^ ^ \je   of   constant   devotion     to     the >        church   and   loyal   service   to   Jesus f Christ.     For  a  half  century  It  haa
i been her joy to render a faithful r service to her Lord. At the time of her death she was president of the Christian Woman's Missionary So¬ ciety, taught the Junior girls In the Bible school and was a very active member of the Ladles Aid. She was naturally of a happy, cheerful dis- i position, strong In faith,  gentle and
thoughtful In life, patient In suffer- ' Ing,   serving   the   Lord   constantly,
regular In her attendance at all the services of the church; she was len¬ ient and charitable tn her thought towards others; she had a generous heart and nothing gave her more \ pleasure   than   to   minister   to  some
ono In need.    She was a good nelgh- [ bor,   a   kind   and   loving   mother,   a
'' true, faithful and affectionate wife;
one  of  God's  saints.     She  believed with the poet that the "heart grows rich m giving, ,        All Us wealth Is living grain; i Seeds which mildew In the garden,
1 Scattered, flll with gold the plain."
"She watted long on God,
And He forsook not;  through the gloomy night She leant upon his staff until His rod
Brake forth In blossoms bright."
"Sweet lives pass on; the world may
V never miss them,
' And   souls,   though   bright,     may
i shed no dazzling ray;
i. But God will know exactly where to
I flnd  them
\ When He makes up His jewels In
\ His day."
Those from out of town who at¬ tended the funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Naney of Sprlng¬ tield, Ohio.
F. C. Naney and wife of Grayvllle, III.
Mrs. Ida Slade of Grayvllle, 111.
K. Parish and wlfeof Xenla
C. E. Hendricks, Sprlngtield. 111.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our appreciation and thanka to our friends and neigh¬ bors for tlieir asslst^ince to us during the Illness and death of our wife and mother
Mbb. D. C. Hodqes E. E. Nakby U. Nanbv
Winners in neyers. Bros. Contest
Miss Nora Jeffries waa the winner of the $000 piano given away by F. G. and P. A. Meyer on Dec. 26. Miss Laura Daniels won the second prize, a 20-year watch bracelet and the third prize, a silver comb and brush was carried away by Mrs. Fred Gib¬ son; fourth prize, a TO-year watch, Mrs. Nelson Murray; fifth, a 10-year wriicli biacelet, Miss Anna Cooper.
PULLS OFF BLACK FACE STUNT
ON STREETS OF FLORA YESTERDAY
Veria Pierson, Insanely Jealous,
Causes Much Excitement
in Flora
Verla Pierson, who resides near Riffle, occasioned considerable excite¬ ment on the streets of Flora yester¬ day morning after alighting from the south bound train due here at 10:40. Ills face was blackened and he was accompanied by a couple of ladles, said to be his sisters-ln-law, who had came with him to assist him In effect¬ ing a reconciliation between him and his wife, who had separated from hlm some time ago. Since their separa¬ tion Mrs. Pierson ha? been attending Prof. Greenlaw's Business College In this city. We were Informed ye.ster- day that Mr. Pierson and his wife had a conversation relative to a recon¬ ciliation in which she positively refused to ever live with him again. Mrs. Plersun stated that her husband was acting In disguise with his black¬ ened face so that he would not be recognized while others who saw him on the streets thought that he was demented from hlf strange actions. The editor of the Record met him and asked for an Interview but the dusky-faced gentleman requested us to keep on moving which we did with¬ out hesitation.
Pierson wended his way to the P. & U. tracks and started northward. He was followed by some boys to Mc¬ Veigh's crossing where he was over¬ powered by them and had his face washed with some soft water and soap secured at 'Squire McVelgh'.s. Pierson was then brought back to town and turned over to City Mar¬ shal Neal Tatman. He wanted to meet his wife again and the marshal granted his request. In conversation with Mrs. Pierson he told her how he loved her and how often he had swam the river to get to see her dur¬ ing their courtship days, but there was nothing doing. She refused to llseen to his pleadlags and told hlm to go his way, to return home and make a man of himself and she would take care of Mrs. Pierson. He went. His excu.se to the marshal for pulling off Ills black face stunt was that he was told In Louisville that the Flora boys would hang him If he wasn't disguised.
Mrs. Pierson was formerly Miss Coa Bible, her parents being very promi¬ nent people living nortii of Louisville.
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Clara  Walters
Clara Walters was born near Flora on a farm. She was the youngest daughter of Daniel and Emallne Wal¬ ters. She moved with her mother to Vincennes, Ind., early In 1890; from there she went to Chicago, and was married to Glen Murry In 1896. They moved to Denver, Colorado, soon af¬ ter, and lived there until her death, which occurred Dec. 22, 1916. Her remains were brought to Flora and laid to rest in the family lot In Elm. wood cemetery Owing to the short stay of the relatives that accompan¬ ied the body we did not get the date of her birth. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband, three sisters and one   brother.
Annual Chronology
On pages six and seven of this Is¬ sue you will find tbe gleanings from the record of 1916 presented tn dairy form. National and International politics, home and foreign Items of Interest and miscellaneous events. Also you will see a dally summary of the gr"at war In Europe on land and sea—the progress of the world con¬ flict In 1916, great actions and heavy losses. Warfare In the air and under the water, new campaigns and huge drives. You will flnd all the Im¬ portant events of the past year In crisp,   condensed  form.
In Business Alain
Scudamore hros. have opened up again on a small scale In the R. I). Hancock building, adjoining Rich & Rutger's furniture store. This Is only temporary, however, and when larger quarters are secured this ever popular Hrm will open up with a big¬ ger and better stock than before.
Adjuster Was Here
The adjuster for the Insurance Co. in wliich Krank Downard's property was Insured was In Flora Monday and settled with the latter. Frank re¬ ceived the full amount In which his building was Insured and &