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VOLUME XIII
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FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1924
NUMBER 1
tm NEETiJIG FLORA       QOIIC A RUIIBER
COIWERCIAL CLUB OFOPKGIEIS
Hdd   Monday . Ntgiit at    th«> M. B.' Are Now    Hnstlisw    for ttie    IVnrI
Chnrch Basement and Murh Tin- portant Bastness TransMt tA.
IVeeklaces Offered as Prises for New SUMcrlptionH.
XEXIA CinZBNS PRESENT
KVBBT    CnRL    CAN    OKT    ONB
Last Monday night at the M. B. lehnrch basement, the Flora Com¬ mercial Club held their best attend¬ ed meeting ot the paat few months. "When 66 plates were served by the M. E. ladles aid In their usual efM- cient manner,
Four guests    of    the   Club    from Xenla    were present:  Mayor Emmltt Oolclasure   and    Alderman    Francis IBhler..Wm. Campbell and C. C. Mor¬ ris.    Tbe vlsltprs    were    introduced ty K. S. Pritchett, a   former   Xenia bey, and their short talks were Uber- :ally applauded.    The    Flora    Com- ^atetem Clnb always   holds   out  the |0n4~ band of coopereatlon to vlsitlnt brattern from our    neighbor towns. We hope to see   Xenia   succeed   in SatUng bar   cood   road   connection ipa4e with the State concrete road— ; if not with concrete, tben,    with   a 'icood   gravel road;
Rev. W. I.   Terhnne ot   tbe M. B.
«hnrcb, pronouneed the    invocation,
¦nd during the dinner, several son^
:: were sang. Chorister R. B. Campbell
I leading tbe buneh.
Bd Hann, reporting for tbe specla' committed, J. C. Scudamore and W. A. Karr being the other members, appointed to ascertain if we should put on a community street fair, said tbe committee hid decided, that tbere seemed no demand for it thlh year, and the report was adopted.
Meryl Oahan, ehalrman of the uniform flags committee, reported tbey recommended the adoption of the plan, and that the American Region members of thr Club be ap¬ pointed a committee to solicit the business section. The report was adopted.
J. Bowman, chalrmaq^ reporting for the industrial committee, said he nnd K. S. Pritchett had visited Rinard, investigated tho anto wrench proposition and In the present con¬ dition, their investigation tbem to belslve we should not go further with the matter. The re¬ port was adopted.
Prof. Andrews, ar. teacher in the IPlom high school, and County Farm Advisor W. B. Hart of Loulsviiie, aud* Ulks askinc the Clnb to get Mtlnd their pig club show, to be %aM In Flora about Oct. Oth and •Oth. It will reqnlre abont ItSO to pay prcMnms. The OInb voted ip aaataf the boys and girls In this l^ood work by raising the money to finance the show. This alao t^- itlttdea the second and third y^r B. ile O.   ponltry cluh boys and girls.
IndemntfylttK bond for' tree elec¬ tric service for Flora Hospital read I by President R. H. Grant, and on mo¬ tion of Meryl Gahan, the Club vote)) to ask for &o signatures ot business men of Flora to the bond, and the required nnmber of signatures were ' secured Tuesday and Wednesday by the special committee of L. M. Wood auid J. Bowman.
B. H. Arbathnot, reporting for the Ctvlc eommtttes regarding their in- nvstlsatlon of liowue rates for tran- nisat peddlers, preaontad a lot ot In- finmaiiiiii fi*SB Flnea and other towns eottcemlns thla matter. V%« |M>mmltte«, on motion, were Inatruet- «d to file their information with the uatty oouncil and request that body to revise upward the license fees, in their discretion.     '
The matter of the Xenla road con¬ nection was presented by President Grant, who expressed the desire of tbe club to assist our neighbor town in any possible way In aehievins this worthy aim, and the visitors voiced appreciation and gave a review of their offorta to buUd the road.
In tne beginning; soma ol^ tho girls did not understand tha| • erV Birl could seonre a pearl ne#kiaee by aa- curlns new subscrlbem to the Jour- nal-Reeortt; but i