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PART ONE
VOLUME XIV
THE SOtmBAtj, Vol. 5S     No, 46
FLORA. ILUNOIS. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1925
NUMBER 9
I6RTICULT0R4L mGIT FOR NEXT NONDAY
Meeting   of   the   Floni   Oominereiel ,^lvb to   Br   HeM In   Chrlattaa .'\&'' Charrh Basement,
SPEAKER     FROM      CNIVRRSITr
Tbe n«rt monthly meeting ot tbe
'>^ Vlora Commercial Clnb   will be beld
¦'^ in tbe Chrlatlan    chureb    baaement
¦'^r   Monday eTening, Nor. 16th, at (:30
o'clock, the ladies to serve the menu
.«t SO cents per plate.
It is to be horticultural night and the speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Roy S. Marsh ot the Horticultural ¦ztenston Department of the Unirer- sitj ot Illlnots. Dr. Marsh comee highly recommended as a speaker on thla Important subject. Fruit grow- ' iag la one of Clay county's greateat induatrtes and the topic should be Interesting and profitable to our peo- '. pie.
E. A. Medley and Ernest Taylor are the ticket committee for thts meet¬ ing, which should be largely attended.
AI.BION HERB SATITRoAY
The nezt game ot football fpr tbe locals will be with Albion htgh here on Saturday aftemoon. It ts expect¬ ed to be a good game as A-tblon baa a heavy, experienced team, and hold (heir opponents well, a lack ot of- fenae being tbetr only fault. Flora's Itfla will reeelTe another teat tn thts (ame.
The game with Ht. Carmel last Saturday at Mt. Carmel was called ott on account ot the water being over the playing fleld, wblcb Is tn the bottoms. Flora's boys hated to mtsa playing this game as they tett con¬ fldent ot a win, and thus even np tor the defeat they handed us last year.
8CHNEXL.'8   BREAD   WINB   FIRST
H. R. Schnell attended a meettng ot the Trl-Connty Bakers' Associa¬ tion held In Mt. Carmel Wednesday, mnd came back carrying tbe capital prUe of tbe day, hts bread wining first place tn tbe contest open to all. The bread In tbese contests are Judg-
SEVERAL THOUSAND VIEW DAIRY SPECIAL
Train at Flora  liMst  Monday  Atter-
nooa. Including 800 School
ChUdren
DAIRT CAR ATTRACTS "KIDDIES'
(By W. E. Hart, Farm AdTlser)
A large attendance of intereated people Tlslted the B. A O. Dairy train Monday afterneon, SeTeral hundred farmers gathered at tbe train, while tbelr wives met at tbe Christian churcb. All the pupils from the graded school were dismissed In order to see tbe educational exhibit and to see the ds'ry cattle tbat were on the train. ''. is estimated that at least 1600 to 2000 people saw tbe exhibit during tts stay in Flora.
The grade heifer that was financed by the Flora Commercial Club was drawn by Oamette McNeil, who llTes with ber grandfather, W. F. Cun¬ ningham, southeast of Flora. Sbe chose a Jersey that is due to fresben shortly after tbe first of tbe year.
Three bulls were sold during the stop at Flora:—One Jersey to C. A. Mnrfin of Vernon; one Guernsey to Dr. Oore of Lawrenceville and one Jersey to Will Fry of Louisville. Mr. Fry's bull ts a yearling bull ot straight Island breeding, whose dam made a reeord of S48 pounds of but¬ ter fat as a five-year-old. Tbts bull was raised by J. C. Piper of Sumner, Illlnots.
Tbe first talk on tbe program was given by O. K. Qlvely Agricultural Agent of tbe B. A O. Railroad. Ha was followed by A. J. Glover, Kdltor- tal Manager of Hoards Dairyman.
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