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VOLUME vn.
FLORA, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919
NUMBER 35
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JAY VALBERT COMPANY
Decoration   Dap's   New   Meaning
" I'nderthe Lilies thu Blue I'nder the Myrtle the Gray."
Tlie program announced for the ob- fiervance of memorial services this year as an honor to the remaining •veterans of the Civil War, as well as thoiw of our soldier dead of the later wars, has a distinctively Impressive significance at this time.
A little more tlian a half century ago men of the North looked arms with their brotliers of the .South In deadly combat. Both fought like the Americans they were for the princi¬ ples they believed were right. Hap¬ pily those differences have long since been forgotten, and today thousands of tlie sons of the North and soris of the South are returning liorae from across the seas, comrades In thought Bnd spirit, from crimson fields whose names In history will be the wlilte lights of human liberty as long as the world endures. Yes, tliey're coming home to the states, North and Soutli, East and West, thousands of them, but many, very many will not come— tnany, very many will never come. They made the supreme sacrifice, and they sleep beneath tlie lilies over there.
It is the greatest of wars of all ages which we have just passed through that gives Memorial Day, 1(119, its new and deeper meaning. Men and women who formerly knew May 30th as a day of relaxation and pleasure now understand with aching hearts why It Is a day of tribute to the Nation's hero dead.
It was on the 2.1d and 24th days of May, 18115. that the Civil War veter¬ ans, the armies of the li^ast and of the We.st—Grant's army and Sher¬ man's army- for the first time since Bull Run and Wilson's Creek, were as.senibled at the Nation's capital and -were marched in Grand Review be¬ fore being disbanded and allowed to return to their homes—for the war was over, and the strife between neighbors had ended. During the greater part of these two days-May ¦2.1-24 —the broad avenue from the (.'apltol to the White Iiouse resounded
Getting Ready  for   the  Bi(  Re¬ union
with martial music, and with the strong, steady tread of a column over 30 miles long. The march of these seemingly endless regiments of swn- burnt veterans, bearing their glitter¬ ing muskets and their tattered, smoke-stained battle-Hags, festooned wltH flowers, was a magnlHcent sight. No such spectacle had ever lieen seen before in America. As some his¬ torian has said, "the men who march¬ ed in that review composed the most eltlclent body of troops the world had j ever known." Fifty years later, or' four years ago, the men of that' Grand Review who essayed to march in tlie parade at Gettysburg could scarcely walk. Ambulances patroled their line to pick up those who dropped by the way. Many limped along on crutches. Others made a determined show by leaning on the arms of stronger comrades. It was a bravely pitiful procession. There were cheers, and tears. Fifty- four years before tliey were two days passing a given point. In 1915 they passed In four hours. Today the greater part of that Grand Army has paid the debt and are bivouacing in the Land of the Leal—the place of the faithful. Kut for them and their comrades whom we yet have among us we would not be here, liut for them and what they wrought we would liavB no country, no flag, no united people. But for them and their deeds the boys of 1917-18 would not have crossed the seas to save the world from oblivion.
So let us. as of old, observe Memo¬ rial Day this year, and show these surviving veterans of the Civil War that their deeds dwell In our memo¬ ries, and show to the great new army of boys In khaki -their descendants— now Joyfully returning to theirhomes from foreign lands that a grateful nation does not forget—that the only debt we cannot pay Is the debt we owe our soldiers—the defenders and protectors of our liberties and our national Ilfe.
Lyceum Reader and Singer OPERA  HOUSE
Friday night, May 23, appearing under auspices Ladies' Aid ofthe Christian Church
Miss Corine Jessup will sing and read, assisted by home talent. Miss Jessup has been associated with some of the best Lyceum Bureaus in the United States. She has worked for the follow¬ ing bureaus: Lincoln, of Chicago; Piedmont, of Ashville. N. C; Ellison White, of Calgary, Al¬ berta, Canada.
PROGRAM, 8:15
Orchestra
Solo    Miss Corine Jessup
Cornet Solo .* - Mr. Everette Colelasure
) (a) A^nfidence Beading   > .   Miss Jessup
) (b) Red Cross Number
High Sehool Quartette
Solo  -     Miss Jessup
Instrumental Puet PIxley and  Colelasure
n    HI   «   I (*' Watohln' the Sparkin,
Keaaing   j jj^^ Hoover's Come to Our House,     Miss Jossup
Solo  _ „_.„..'„....- „..„. Mra. Ruth Golden Gahan
"^ (^ Rudder and the Pilot Beading   |{e/Sing Gum Miss Jessup
J (d) When We Haven't Said our I'rayer
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ADMISSION. 25 and 35i-.
MlbS Jrh.sup will lie accompanied lit  Ml>-, KIder.
W. A. Karr, President of the Com¬ mercial Club of this city, announces this week the following committees to have charge of all arrangements for the HIg Reunion that is to take place at the Fair Grounds July 2d, .'ird and 4th, next:
Finance—F. H. Simpson, L. R. Keith, A. L. Carney, Howard Patton,
E. D. Yeck. Entertainment—Col.    R.   Smith,
Harve Hough, F. L. Medley, U. F. WIneland, W. C. Dietz.
Speakers—Col. J. Mack Tanner, H. (;. Chaffln, Prof. G.   O.   Lewis,   Prof.
F. W. Cox, J. H. Smith. Commissary—T. J.  Friend.   Dr. N.
W. Howman, C. C. Venable, E. R. Ralley, .1. M. Carney, Leslie Hrissen¬ den, Chas. Clark, E. R. Byers, Earl Snyder, Bert Mathews.
Advertising-Ernest Taylor,  N.  K Prince, Shaw, C. O. Stanford.
Grounds—A. A. Adams, S. C. James, Fred Ritz, C. O. RIggle, J. C. Petit.
Tents and Housing—A. E. Meyfer, Thos. Patton, A. E. Medley, E. W. Bryan, John Borders.
Music—W. F. Chaney, P. A. Meyer, Walter Greenlaw, Fred Smith, H. C. Mlchels.
Reception—H. F. Pixley, John Throgmorton, H. W. Shrlner, Dr. C. E. Duncan, Rev. C. H. Wells.
Soldiers Welfare-J.   Bowman, J. M. Boyles, Lloyd Monical, Rev. C. Foil/., Elder IT. S. Johnson.
Lights and Water—H E. Allen, T. Wilson, Chester Edwards, F Nichols.
Decorating—Mrs. F. S. Nichols, Mrs. L. B. Keith, Mrs. V. S. John¬ son, Mrs. Ernest Bunch, Mrs. Claud McDannel, Miss Nellie Gorrell.
ExecuUve--W. A. Karr, J. C. Scudamore, 'F. H. Simpson, II. F. Pixley, T. J. Friend.
A meeting of tlie chairmen of each committee was held at the City   Hall
ATTENTION I Soldiers,   Sailors   and   Narines I
This is to inform you that there Is now In proce.ss of permanent forma¬ tion an organl/.atlon of men wlio wore the uniform of the Cnited Slates army, navy and marine corps.
This organization is known as the .\merlcfcn Legion, a name decided up¬ on at a caucus of enlisted men and of¬ ficers at a meeting of the A. E. V. In Paris last spring, but one wiilch must have the endorsement of later conventions.
The enlisted personnel of the army, navy and marine corps is behind It.
Lieutenant Colonel 'I'heodore Roose¬ velt, Jr., and Lieutenant Colonel Ben¬ nett Clark are among the men who are temporarily directing the tenta¬ tive organization.
The purposes of the Legion is non¬ partisan   and   non-political.    It   will
D. F.  Hodges," Albert "waT>'*««P »"'¦«*¦''«  Prli'-'Ples  of justice,
•¦freedom and democracy fpr which these veterans fought and will pre¬ serve to future generations the his¬ tory and Incidents of their participa¬ tion In the war, and will cement and perpetuate the ties of comradeship formed in tiie service.
There is a committee of the or¬ ganization in your slate.
This committee wants you to Join, and its temporary secretary will wel¬ come a letter from you and will reply to It. By the time you get home there will be a post or "dugout" form¬ ing in your ^wn home town in all probability. You can't akkoud nol to join this service man's organiza¬ tion, which will be conducted by en¬ listed men from all who have served In the army, navy and   marine corps.
W. R. McCaulley, ofOlney. Illinois, who Is the organizer of the American Legion for this district, will address a meeting of all soldiers, sailors and marines of Clay county at the (^lly Hall In this cily, 7:.iO p. m., Friday evening, May 2,'