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The Southern Ilunois Record
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VOLUME VII.
FLORA, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919
NUMBER 29
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CLAY COUNTY
IN THE WAR
Where Our Soldier Boys Are and in What Service They Are Engaged
The followlnff is a continuation of the list of the enlisted men of this county, still In 'military service, or mustered out and returned home:
Harry W. GUI, age 22, son of Kath¬ ryn and Jonas Gill. Flora. Enlisted at Flora, III., and assigned to medl- •cal department; now stationed at Bordeaux, France. Trained at Camps Taylor and Sherman.
Sergeant C. B. Gill, age 29, son of Kathryn and Jonas Gill, Flora. En¬ listed at Chicago, 111., In the marine service; now stationed at Paris Island, N. Carolina.
Pvt. Lewis Everett Clement, age 23, son of Edw. and Nancy Clement, Flora. Enlisted at Flora, III., and assigned to Co. E, 113th infty., 29th Div.; now stationed at Martinsville, France. Trained at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Cletus M. Campbell, age 24, son of Mort Campbell, Flora. Enlisted at Flora, III., and assigned to Field Hos¬ pital .service; now stationed at Brest, France; promoted sergeant. Trained at Camps Taylor and Sherman.
Ira E. Theobald, age 24, son of John and Carrie Theobald, Flora route. Enlisted at Flora, III., and assigned to ;t7th Infantry; was trained at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, and promoted corporal. Has been mustered out of service.
Denby Coggan. age 23, son of M. M. Coggan, Sailor Springs, 111. Enlisted at Louisville, III., and a.sslgned to engineers; now stationed In France. Trained at Camp Dlx, N. .1.
Ml.ss Surrena Dewey Conley, age 20, daughter of Allle W. Conley and wife, Hoosler Tp. Enlisted for four years at Washington, D. C, in U. S. navy and assigned to II. S. S. Trenton, de¬ tached service: now stationed at Washington, and promoted yeoman. -2d class.
Gill Miller, age 24, son of Margaret Miller. Flora. Enlisted at Indianap¬ olis, ind , and assigned to the dental department of^he .service; now hon¬ orably discharged. Trained at Ft. Dodge, la.
William Cottengaim, age 29. son of Daniel Cottengaim, Hoosler Tp. En¬ listed at Boise, Idaho; now stationed at Camp Mills, N. Y.; disabled by rl'enmatism and pneumonia. Train¬ ed iit ('amp Fremont, Calif.
Delbert S. DeBusk, age 21, sop of W. S. and M. A. DeBusk, Flora. En¬ listed at East St. Louis In the aero¬ plane service; served overseas, and mustered out at Camp Dodge, Is., Dec. 20, 1918. Trained at RIcli Field, W^aco, Texas.
"Society uses marriage as a legal cloak of ermine to make s virtue of Its association in couples."- From "Virtuous Wives," by Owen Johnson —first of Miss Anita Stewart's excep¬ tional-photoplay  starring  vehicles.
Mrs. Lee Windle, of Indianapolis, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Lee on Soutli Main St.
Republicans Will Take a Hand
James L. Berry, chairman of the republican county central committee of this county, attended an enthusi¬ astic meeting of leading republicans of this judicial district at Pana last Thursday. C^ongressman-elect E. B. Brooks of Jasper county, presided. From fifty to sixty prominent repub¬ licans of the district were In atten¬ dance. Re.solutions were adopted pledging a united party etfort to place a republican Judge on the bench of this circuit. The district Is now re¬ garded republican in political senti¬ ment hy the best informed party men.
Hon. June Smith of Centralia, Judge Vandervoort of Salem, and Judge Mllo Yelvlngton of Newton, are already In the field as candidates, and doubtless there will be others. The district convention will take place at Litchfield.
How to Reach tho Speeders
Some uninformed citizens of Flora have been criticising the city ad¬ ministration for what they appear to think is a failure on the part of the council and city olllcers to prosecute persons for fa.st driving of automo¬ biles on the streets of the city. The fact Is that the city has no authority to pass an ordinance regulating the speed of such vehicles, and the driv¬ ing of the same in other respects, nor to prosecute offenses aS that char¬ acter. Tliose matters are regulated entirely by the state law, under which cities are forbidden to pass such ordinances. The state law pre¬ scribes the speed limit for motor vehicles, and fixes the fines .for the violation of its provisions, and such offenses are re(iulred to be prosecuted by tbe State's Attorney, In lH«e man¬ ner as other criminal cases are prose¬ cuted. The city has no jurisdiction over such offenses at all. The state act provides that "no city, town or village shall have power to make any ordinance, by-laws or resolutions lim¬ iting or restricting the speed of motor vehicles or motor bicycles, and no ordinance, by-law or resolution here tofore or hereafter made by any city, within tlite state, by whatever name known or designated. In respect to or limiting the speed of motor ve¬ hicles or motor bicycles, sliall have any force, effect or validity, and they are hereby declared to be of no valid¬ ity or effect."
From this it will be seen that the city offlcial.s are without power to proceed In these matter, and no criticism should attach to them on account of the violation of the speed limit fixed by the state laws. Any person witnessing any such viola¬ tions should report them to the State's Attorney, and make com¬ plaint, whereupon the offense would no doubt be prosecuted without de¬ lay, as some have been tn the past.
R. S. C. REAUGH, tflty Atty.
What does New York society do for amusement*? Miss Anita Stewart's flrst exceptional photoplay, "Virtu¬ ous Wives," from the book by Owen Johnson, will show you.
C. R. Hunter, on a Flora route, celebrated his ('>4th birthday last Saturday by conring to town, and vis¬ iting the Record olflce.
BAKERY SALE !
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Good Things to Eat
And just the things for a Sunday Dinner
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J. F. RICH'S FURNITURE STORE
Next Saturday, April 12th
LADIES AID ofthe CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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HA VE YOU BOUGHT
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Easter Bonnet ?
IF you haven't, may we suggest that you come in and make your selection.    We  will  devote  our time from
April 7 to April 19
to Easter hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. Surely some of these charming New Models will appeal to your fancy.
Exceptional attention will be given the children. We've bought lots of pretty hats, so that they may pick out the very one they like best.
REMEMBER, our Easter Sale.   Don't miss it.
DELLA   GILL
FLORA. ILL.
"NY SOLDIER GIRL"
Presents Many Novel Stage Set- tlnf
The military musical spectacle, to be presented at the Opera House next Tuesday night, is a veritable ex¬ position of the modern showman's tasks and lavish outlays. Its Hrst act is a glittering whirl of costume and scenery, a "Winter Garden" l>eauty show de lux, and measures well up to the hlghe.st standardsof anything New York has sent fortli in many a day, Tlie second scene repr