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The Flora Journal-Record
PART ONE
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VOLUME XI
THK toaauAU WaL as.    No. s*
fLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JtlLY 26. 1923
NUMfiER 45
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WmrBBSED BY BI« CROWD
Mndreda nf Visltars te Ctty to Hee
BA Jjotfla NsUowd Ijnsgnsrs Wta
Fron Flora bjr 8 to S 8e«t«
In s hot bsss bsU gsme st the tslr grounds the St. Louis Csrdlnsis won from Flors, yesterdsy by s store ol S to s: ("Hot" pertslsliig to vresth- «r, not the gsaie.) It vrss Hornsby Ogr here snd the his crowd showed Ultense tnterest Is the "big leagnsrs", :pAirtlsslsrIy Is Hornsby, ^BotMl|K^. a^b and North.
As wae expected the norstaonr 'were never In sny dsaaer ot wtantag tka ksme, bnt svoryone prssent on- j^Sd thenMdvsa to tho stnMist sp- pUndlng esch snd every welt ezecu- 'Isd plsy vigorously. 'The Csrdlnsis n|«ye4 their regnUr linenp In the tmit. rrelgsn, whe hss p^syod st short sbont halt el the ssasaas rs- ¦laeed Lsvsa ajft MeCnrdy waa bs- bind the piste recalvlag the banders sant In by North.
, • The Cardinals were s mighty tlhS %iineh of fellows snd hept the crowd Unghlng the biggest psrt of thS thne with their clesn fun snd bnr- Isaqne base ranning and bonehead fielding of the hsll.
The plsyers of both tesms' were dUner gnesU of the Rotsry clnb st the Christlsn chnreh at (:SO. All present st the bsnqaet hsd a roysl good time.
Fhrat toBtag '! Smith, first msn up, hit s high Unl -which wss csnght by Trsgo sfter * hsrd run to the center of the race track. Blsdes, next man at the bat, Sansbl Lents' first offering squsre en the besk (or a homer to deep right center field. Hornsby wslked sad scored on Bottomley's triple to eanter. Stock then hit for two scor¬ ing Bottomley. He scored on Muel¬ ler's single. McCttrdy died, Lents to Qreenwood ssd Mueller died stealing home, sftsr rrelgsn had received s base on balls. 4 hits, 4 runs
FLORA r Henlro struck out, Cra¬ mer out to Bottomley. Tracy out to Hornsby. .' 0 runs, 0 hits
Seoond Inning
CARDS: North out Lents to Green- Wood. Smtth singled. Blades hit for 2 bases, scorihg Smith; Hornsby hit s single, blades in; Bottomley died second to firsts Stock, singled and Was csught In s barlesque run-up, in which he was flnslly killed off..
4 hits, 3 runs
FI^RA: Trsgo struek out, Msan •at to Bottomley; Vensble out. shoft- te first. 0 hits, 0 runs
IMird Isalat
CARDS: Mueller hH sn wss ont sttsmpting to stesl, LenU to Schnell. lleCnrdy kit; Freigsu Mt s long fly which wss csnght In left hy Msan. North ssfe on Tracy's error. Smith ont Lents-Oreenwood.   3 hits 0, rnns
FLORA: Schnell out to Freigsu. ^iraeawood fanned, Lents opt North to Bottomley. 0 hits, 0 rnns
Foarth Inning   .
CARDS;  Blades fsnned;. Hornsby
seat s,hlgh fly to Cramer; Bottomley
bit snd was ont Lents to Ureenwood.
1 hit, 0 runs
FLORA: Renfro fsnned; Crsmer caught one for a saftey snd msde 2 bases. Trsey filed out to Mueller. Trsfo wslked, "Cheesy" fsnned.
1 hit, 0 ruiis Fifth Inalng
CARDS: Stock got his third bit, s ¦ingle; Mueller fsnned on fsst work by we~.tiBiplre: McCurdt hit snd Sto^ went to third. Freigsu sgsln VNtlked. Stock wss ont when Renfro egt Trsgo sssfesslnsted him near the bome Btstlos. Freigsu out Oreen- to Schnell. S hits, a runs
FLORA: Vsnsble tripled to deep
tell oat oa hooker to Stoek
, aacrltloed, Toporesr. wko
^orasby la this laalng get-
gironader snd throwing to
J while yeaabla seored witb
yiilia^s itrst ttin.    Lests ont. short
to ttrst. 1 hit, 1 ran.
StatOi iBatasc
CARDS: North hit. Smith bit Into a doable plsy, Trsey to Sebaell to gm North sad Schnell to Oreenwood killed oft Smith. Bladea vrslked aad was pnt ont on -tke path la a 9«-tOot rsea with Qrasawood.
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FLORA: Reafro oat, Fraigsa to Mnoller. who hsd traded places wHb Battoaday. Cnmsr gi>t a saCS hR sad he snd Trsey were donbte-tlmed by Toporcer snd Mueller on Trscy's dinky grouser to second. 1 hit, 0 runs
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who replaced Trsey,   oat   to   right
field. S hits, eaa mn
Ultatt ImUag
CARDS: Toporcer hit ssfely sad was out st second, Lents to Lee, who raplseed Schnell. BottsiUey ssts m Topor^r'fe oat. Bottomley out. Bar- foot out, Lse to Oreenwood. \ 1 htt 0 mas
PLORA: Corry fsnned; Magv out Nortk to Mueller. The entire P«rd- issl taam camo onto tba field aad gsthered sr^nd tke pitcher's bos while VeasMe tawasd. » hits, • raas
Tli»Tdaew> C^rds Flars
MeOardy, 8Bgdsa....c....Trago, Ravfra
llortk ..:. _.. P ..._  Vaata
Bottoatlsr. Msallsr IB.... Oreenwaod HomSby, TBporeer, IB Schnell, Lae Stoek. Barfoot ..SB ..Renfro. CraaNr
Freigsu   SS  Tmcy.  Bruner
Bladsa   LF  Msan Bros.
Mnsllsr, Bottomley CF Cramer, Oorry
Smith  ,.„-..... RT ............Vetisble
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BRIDAIi SHOWIER FDR
MISS BRADFimD
m. umm mtmn USSR, mm oumc
Held OB    Board   gteaairr   AlalMiBsa
From Ht. Lonis to Keoknk Jaly,
14tb  to  17th.   IMS
Qt^BTN-BRAnFORD XCPTIAia
DBUOHTFUL     PliBASURR    TRIP
A happy crowd of M people rep¬ resenting the Soathem llllaols Bdl tsrlsl Aseoclstioa members sad thetr faminas. enjoyed thoronghly their aanual samaser meattag aad outtng from Ssturdsy, aaly 14th, to Tuas¬ dsy, Jaly 17, on hosrd tbe Stssmsr Alabama from St. Lonls to Keokuk Thts boat is one of the St. Louis snd Tsnaessee River Psckst Co's eomblns- tioa freight snd psssenger. stesmers snd mskes St. Louis to Quincy reg¬ ulsriy, but the Keokuk extension was for the editorial party. Cspt. Mas- sengale, traffic manager, and Csp- tain Rogers and Purser Crosier were very courteous to the guests and han¬ dled the trip in (ine styte. Tbe en¬ tertainment committee, Messrs. Bas¬ tin snd Richsrds. were 100 per cent ss nsusl. f
This being the first nortUern trip, the scenery was new and impressive. Stops were made at Alton, Clarks- ville, Louisiana, Quincy, Hannibal and Keokuk.
The two hours stop st Hannibal wss enlivened by members ot the Chsmber of Commerce entertaining with an auto ride about the city, viewing the many beautiful public and private buildings. The most In¬ teresting and impressive scenes were the Msrk Twain homestesd. River- view psrk, Mark l^aln atstue, the Msrk Twain cave, which most of the bnpch went through with s com¬ petent guide.
At Keokuk the huge dam scross the Fsther of IVaters, the Immense locks snd power house, the giant ms¬ chinery were gone oxer with cour¬ teous guides who thoroughly explain¬ ed every detail.
On the return trip Mrs. 0. B. May- hail of the Lonifiikna Thnes. who ac* companied the party to Keolcuk, ar¬ ranged (or a trip to the (anious Stark Bros. Nurseries, two miles (rom Louisiana, and the Starks prov¬ ed  excellent  entertsiners.
At the business session reports o( the secretary snd tressurer snd the stssdardlistlon snd reeolntions committees were read and spproved.
The report of the nominating com¬ mittee was sdopted ss tollaws:
President, L. M. Wood, Flora J'our- nsl-Roeord.
Vlco-Prastdent, I. 8. Dunn, DIvtfr- non Nsws. -
Beey-Tress., Howe V. Morgsn, Sparta News-Plslndsaler.
Among the smnssments on the bost were sn orchestra, snd moving pictures of Illinois University, showa by Jos. F.  Wright
Those   who  sttended  from   Flora
were Mr. and Mrs.' L. M.    Wood snd
_ . -Msry Kstherlne Wood of Bridgeport,
County Clerk Odell has Issued the      The outing wss one o( the most wn-
(olloarhig license t* marry dnrlng the  joysble ever held by the Association
past week:
A lovely surprise hridsl shower wss tendered Miss Lily Brsdiord ,st her home Monday evening. When she mturned (rom s ride with her fiance, Mr. ¦ Lswrence Quinn, she found the house in darkness, on turn¬ ing on the light she found a Jolly bunch of friends to waleome her. The table was piled high with num¬ erous dainty gifts of china, cut glasK. linens, etc. A merry time ensued while the bride-to-be opened her gifts parcels. Ilefreshments appro¬ priate to the season were served. The gueets were: Mrs. W. A. Bmd- (ord, Mrs. Guy Bradford, Mrs. Hasel Stewart, Mrs. O. D. Brissenden, Hrs. H. E. Southwlck, Mrs. Ralph Meyer, Mrs. Howard Patton, Mrs. Ray Ber¬ ry, Misses Bdna Marshall, LOIs Bmdford. Ocle Churchill, Msbel ShrMer, Mary Kacberofske, Elsie Winters.
HBRB  ON  SAO  MISSION
Mrs. W. C. McCsully ot Sspulpa, Okls.. was called hem last week on account of the illness of ber father, C. Q. Archibald, whose desth oceur- erd st his home In Cisne lsst Thars¬ dsy. Mr. Archibald was a prominent Wsyne .county   pioneer   cltisen
Inent
The funersi wss hel