Southern Illinois Record

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.VOLUME V.
FLORA, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917
NUMBERS
A Car of Flour and a Car of Horse Feed, Oil Meal,
Hominy Feed, Chicken Feed, Etc., at REDUCED PRICES/ Car "Bread-Maker" Flour 24 lb. sack, $1.60. Our Goods guaranteed.   Our Prices Lowest.   Give us your order.
JAY VALBERT CO.
BARN BURNED BY
ELECTRICITY
Loss
Property of Robert Gray. Estimated at Sl.SOO
A large barn on the farm of Uobert Gray, 4,'j miles northwest of Klora, was struck by ligliting last Monday morning and was totally de.stroyed. Tlie Harnes made such rapid headway that nothing iduld he done towards saving llie biiikliug or its contents The lo.ss is estimated al .$hV*i. partly covered bv insurance.
Married at East St. Louis
Miss Anna Whlppo and Dr. VV. N. Holaday were married Thursday eve¬ ning, October '2'>. al (i o'clock at the Presbyterian par.sonage In East St. Louis, Rev. W. K. Edwards perform¬ ing llie ceremony.
The bride was formerly a nurse In the Bethsada Home In St. Louis, but most of the piisl eigiit years slie has made lier home in Flora with Mr. and Mrs. Ilenry Denbow. She is an accom¬ plished yoiing lady and loved by all who knew her.
The groom is one of Flora's prom¬ ising young professional m"n.
Dr. and Mrs. Iloladay will be at home In Flora afler Sunday, Oct. 2'i. Corner Fourth and Locust Sts.
We join oilier h'lora friends In best wlsjies. —Flora .lournal.
Dr. Iloladay Is the second son ofthe lale I. N. Iloladay, a former sherilT of this county, and later a resident of this city until lusdealh. The widow, and mother, lives at the corner of Fourth and Locust Sts.
Roosevelt Suggests
"Womanhood the Glory of the ¦Nation." Is a photo play suggested by Colonel Roosevelt and selected by the I'nlled Stales Governuient as a means to increa.se enliMtments. It is a so'al-slirring f-peclacular drama of love and war- an old theme presentsd in an up to llie hour manner.
See display ad lliis page and Opera program on liie local page.
To Raise a Few noreNillions
Lieutenant Samuel ii. .Murray, of Vandalia. was in Flora a few liours. Tuesilay. Lieut. Murray has charge of the work of raising the IDlli Illi¬ nois District's proportion of thirty tive million dollars which tlie Nation now proposes lo collect lor liie aid of the Young Men's Cliristi»n Associa¬ tion.
II. F. I'ixley, W. A. Karr and T. .1. Friend of Flora, and W. 11. Dillman and A. L. tioodenough of Louisville. were named to take charge of the preliminary work in thlscounty.
A big drive will be made from Nov. lith to the Isth lo raise the full *.!').- (KMi.oOO In the Nation, of which Illi¬ nois' proportion is *3.i» 10,001. Cliicago agrees lo raise of the latter sum *'J.- iHKi.uiti. The mill 'District Is com¬ posed of Fayette, Eltinghaiii, Marlon, Chy. JetTerson. Wayne, lllcliland. Edwards. Wabash anu Lawrence counties.
.\ttentlon Is again called to the In¬ creased postal rales that go Into ef¬ fect to-morrow morning. All Hrst class mail except that Intended for lo¬ cal delivery or rural carrier from tlii.> and otlier" ortlces must have three cents postage. If not it will be re¬ turned to the sender. If known, for the deticient postage. If the sender Is not known It will be rated up post¬ age due and forwarded to tlitstlnatlon for collection there. Il w ff 1 save a a great deal of annoyance and-delay if patrons will give tlils matter their at¬ tention. The regular I'. S. postal cards Htid post cards iiuisl have two cents attached, rmli the present st