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VOLUME VII.
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JUNE 12.  1919
NUMBER 38
SOLDIERS' REUNION DECLARED OFF I
But There Will be a
Fourth of July Celebration at FLORA
Acting upon the advice of farmers who will be in the midst of wheat harvest, and the hope that all of our soldier and sailor boys will be home before long, the Commer¬ cial Club of this city has decided to postpone the Soldiers Reunion until a later date, and have only a great Free Patriotic 4th of July Celebration and welcome for the boys who are now here.    When they all return a Grand 3 days Reunion will be held.
VANDERVORT FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
The citizens of this county are Uke¬ ly to fall to take the proper Interest In the judicial election at hand now In a few days. J ust as sure as they -do they make a mistake. One does not have to compute the expense of a day's court but once to realize that very much depends on the kind of a judge we select. A judge who Is not adapted to the work of the bench or who is not active and energetic, causes the loss of thousands of dollars to every county In which he holds court In the run of a year's work. One of the two candidates asking to be elect¬ ed JuneZi, Is especially deserving of our votes. That candidate is Hon. Elbert H. Vandervort, of Salem, Illi¬ nois, Marlon county. There Is nodls- pute about Mr. Vandervort being one of the very ablest lawyers In this Judicial circuit, and that he Is a man whose home life Is splendid and whose