Southern Illinois Record

              The Southern Illinois Record
A   (lOod   Newspaper  i» a  l*owcr  in   tho   Home.  School.  Stato  and   Nation
VOLUME 4
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. DIX L.MHER 9. 1915
NOU
FOR THE GOOD OF FLORA
Obedience To Law  And Respect For Noral Sentiment
The City Council is making a re¬ cord and one that Is proving cn,stly for the law breakers and no douht will have a wliolesoine and restrain¬ ing Influence upon others, with like Inclinations. A numlier of arrests were made last week, some of the of¬ fenders _plead guilty and were heavily Hned others stood trial.
The charges preferred were for "Ixiot legging" and gambling. The Council is determined to prosecute all olTenders and In doing so It should command the approval of all good citl/.ens, as well as their active and open support, witliout which the task will be a more dilllcnlt one and le,ss Ilallle of success. That such evils as gambling, "boot legging" and otiier violations of law exist is unfortunate and always regretable but such is true in Klora and ei.sewliere. While It may not he possible to eijlircly suppress or eliminate evils it is pos¬ sible to prevent tliem from llonri.sh- Ing by vigorous and speedy enforce¬ ment of law. Hut lo accomplish this much is too often a iiard task for of¬ ticlals and made mucli more dllllcult forthem unless lliey have the moral suiiport of the coiiimunily. With all due respect to the good people of other days, wlio liad to tiglit these evils: we think it may bc staled as a trutli, that ;it no time in tlie history o!' Klora lias the senlinienl and de¬ lerininalion of Klora people heen stronger tlian at this lime, to sup¬ press these wrongs. Not only is lliis siatement true, but another stale¬ ment ciiually true may be made, that at no time has the cily of Klora had a city council more willing, delei- iiiined or zealous in caring for the low ns material interest and ils moral welfare. The council by what it has done and is now doing is empiiasizing Its lixed purpose lo carry out this policy; not in spirit of mailce, ui - friendly acls or persecution of, iiidi- viduais except to hold the individual amenable lo llie law and piinisli him without favor w hen found guilty of violations. This deterniiiialion will not lie clianged, because certain clas.ses wish to liave prosecutions made through personal spile or lo g,iin popular favor hy trying to get in tlie lime liglitand assuming virtues lliey do not po,ssess or proclaiming a sincerity tliat Is not In tiiem, .Nor will tiie couiicil be made afraid to perform its ful! duty becau.se of tlireats or attemps at inllniidalion, Tlie purp(i,se in view is not to inflict individual punishmenl, only as il may lie necessary towardsestablishing the supremacy of the law and enforcing respect for tlie moral sentiment ol our town fortlie gener.il good.
I'nder the law every man is entitled to a f:iir trial when  ciiarged   with   a criine, be lie rich or   poor,   a   pig   or Utile olTender.   This kind  of  a  trial will be given to eacli one so far as   it is in tiie power of the  council   to  do Iso, without any act upon  its   part  to prejudge   Ids   ease or  jeopirdize  Ids (rhance to prove  ids  innocence.    Ilut 1 it should i)e Ijorne In mind that a fair trial does  not   mean   that   a   man's I character sliould be a.ssailed   hy  any- lone before he is tried or that a friend l(ir sympathizer sliould bear false wlt- Iness to shield him,   or   lliat   his at- Itorney should re.sort to sharp practice, |or that Ids friends and  .sympatiii/.ers sliould crowd the court room   and   by Jiipplaudlng and doing other unbecon - |ing acts, seek to  gain  popular favor for the accused.   To do this Is   inak- ling a mockery out of wliat should  al- vays be a dignltied  and  orderly pro- L-eeding, so Hie truth  can   lie  as(.'er- talned and the accused properly pun¬ ished or go free.    The law must  take Its course and that it  may  take  the right and just course Is what the city Vouncil and a  large  majority  of Hie Iieople of Klora demand.    It  Is  what Ihey will have and what they can   se- Jure If they sland togellier   and   sup- irt their olflcers in performing tlielr lulles.    We   believe   the   people   of riora will do this and   tliat   the   rc- lults will make Klora a cleaner,   bet- nr and more prosperous  town in  all lings for its presenl and future we'- ire.
Glass  Houses
j Pld you ever nolice tliat when a Jan lives In a  glass hoii,se  and finds
Jt that others see him as lie really |, he at onee goes to   throwing   mud
I them. He does this to hide lilm- llf, but as a rule lie make-- a mistake I'cause every one knows he is be¬ lnd the mud and is unly slinging it cover Up. '.
Teachers Neet at Louisville
The Clay County Teacher's .\*o- cialioti was called to order promplly at lii:,'iil a. m, Kriday, Uec, 1. by the I'resident. Miss Clara Sliumaker. at the court house al Louisville.
After the invocation by Rev Al¬ brecht two excellent papers on aritii- metic Were read, 'riie lirst one was on eight year arithmetic and was pre¬ pared by (i. S. Wooter. In tiiis paper tlie value of the concrete ratlier tiian tiie abstract was fully eni|iliasiz.ed in the teaching of arithmetic. Al.so tress was laid on objective teaciilngs In malliematics. .Mr. Wooter stafHl that: ('liildren should alivays be led lo think for tliemselves; tliey siiould h^able in tlie elglitgradelo make proli- lenis for themselves and to formu¬ late delinitions and must understand fractions, li. K. Hook followed witli sixtli year arlthnielic ill wldch short divisioii being Ignored and tliat precentage should never lie presented by the fractional metliod. He said: "I'rinciples and rclationsiiips are oi more iuiporlance llian ru'es " Then folliiwed a general discussion in wliicli I'rof. tirisaiiiore sl.ited that lie con. sidered divisioii to be Hie hardest pro- ce.ss in ariliimetic. Hr. Lord followed with an address on gramniir and literature. 'I'iiis was along tlie lines of Hie new education and w;is en¬ joyed iiy all.    .Xdjournmeiit idllowed.
'i'lie As.socialion reassembled at l:i,'i p. 111. and was addressed by S. ,1. Cur¬ lee, Subject: The 'i'eaciier's rension and Iletirement Kund. A general discussion fulluwed in whlciitJo. Supt. (i. (), Lewis endorsed Hie new law in regard to teacher's pensions. II. II. McKnelly was ncxlwitli Heading Cir cie and .\s.sociation Work: lollmieii tiy Language Work by Hei tha Mc¬ Hralney and di.scussion In Ine/. Kal¬ ley. Hr, Lord spoke on Sclioul .Maii- ageiiienl. He considered liiis Irom two view points: Tlie Organization and Hie Coiitiol of a School, i'nder Organization lie placed the program, curriculum, lexl Uioks, eiiuipment, lieating, ligliting, ventilation and ef- ticienc) 111 a school under ('ciiitrol ol¬ der, justice, lienevolence, corporal punishment and expulsion, A few maxims from ids address are: A scliool is not a liospital. We all like lo lie liked. No man lias a rigiil to iisk a leaclier to love his cidld, cieri man lias a right to ask the leaclier to (leal justly with iiim. I would rathei he iiati^d tlmn despised. It Is lieller to lie feared tiian to lie iield In coii- tenipl. Cliildren should drink from a living not from a slagii:int pool. The .Association then adjourned.
Al7:.'ill p. m. Dr. Lord addressed the teachers on: Sometliing about Human Nature. The Opera House was .se¬ cured for this session. lie spoke ol the vast progress liial liad lieen made in recent years in lutiire study and the comparatively little that iiad been done in the sludy of human na¬ ture. He said: ".A recent autliorlty sa}s that man Ii.is been on the earth not less tiian ^uD.Odii years and yet in the daysof Abraiiam lie was still of¬ fering up luiinan sacrltices tliat Is most civilized man was a little wiiile afterwards he was olfering Hie body of some beast; il would be many hundreds ol years before One liang¬ ing on tiie cross would whisper: Kather forgive tliein for they know- not what they do, Tiiat was only two thousand years ago. We often hear the ()iiestion asked nowad.iys: Is civ¬ ilization a failure? if we consider the time tliat man lias been on the earth as a cosmic day of twelve hours then lie has learned to love his enemies al six minutes before twelve o'elock In this day. Wiilch should of course give us hope for the future."
On the following morning the A.s¬ socIation reconvened at lhe (;ourt Hou.se, Tiie tirst number was a paper hy I'rof, J. K. Urisamore of Hie Klora schools entitled; Supervision of Indi¬ vidual Grades, wliicli was considered so good tliat the .Vs-iociation voted lo have thesame puiilislied and a copy placed In Hie hand of eacli teaciier in thecounty. This was followed by a splendid demonsl ration of Hie art of teacliing lillie folks Willi an actual class and blacklKiard. Cininly Supt. Lewis coinmentlng on tills, spoke of tiie woeful inefflcency of much of the primary te.icl4u^n thiscounti. Tlie demonstration^^^ln charge of .Miss Croughan. I'rof (). A. Towns followed on History, Miss I'arrlli told of the Normal at Hie Harter-Stanford Town¬ ship High-School.
Prof. (>. W Hrewer spoke Immedi¬ ately after dinner on: The KInal Kx- aminalion, etc. Stewart Dow follow¬ ed. Civics was dis(.'us,sed by Miss I,.outzenliiser. One of the most siiccessttil Institutes tliat Clay Cuiiii'i I,,IS ever had closed by an a(f- (Irc.-s iiy (i. O l.ewis on School Sani¬ tation. "Term Registers, Reports and Kxaminalioiis.
I WARNING   TO   CHILDREN
(^aptain Walnman who lias charge of Hie H. & O. police force for tliis division, in company wltli the Record editor visited every room in onr puli¬ lic s.-hoils an 1 also tire St. Stopnen's I'arocliial sciioul last week. Captain VVainman had Ijcen instructed by Hie company to stop the practice of child¬ ren playing on Hie railroad tracks, in the yards and jumping on and otT of trains. Tliese acts of childien are Iiecoming nmre annoying to Hie com¬ pany and dangerous to Hie children all the time.
Willie prosecutions could be made under the law and penalties imposed, it is not the wish of the comp.iiiy nor Captain Wainman to use tiiese means, .so an appeal was made to Hie cliild¬ ren :ind tlirough tliem to tlieir piir¬ ents asking for a discontinuance of these acts of trespass in violating the law. Captain Wainman warned Hie children to be careful wlien it was necessary lor lliem to cross the tracks and impressed iipni liiem tlie danger of life and liiiili when in tlie yards or on the tracks and told them arrests would be made unless these warnings were heeded. Not long ago Hie Record publislied Hie following: ".Nevers" for children written by Kdward L. Tinker for "Leslies". II tits tlie present advice liclng given hi the company and Captain Walnman so we repiililish it:
Never cross Hie tracks bv night or In day,
Without stopping to listen and look each way.
Never walk along the railroad   ties — You can't always trust your ears and eyes.
Never hop a freiglit for nothing (|ulte
heals 'riie wound received  under grinding
wi iee l.s.
Never on a hot or a sunny day Sit beneatli a Imix   car to  rest  or   to play,
I Never crawl under a car of freight, Wiien  the crossing Is  bliK'ked   play safe and wall,     /
Never board, or alight from a train lliat is moving,
Acciiienls daiiy its dangers are prov¬ ing.
Never play gai#es   'round the   tracks
at the station There are much safer places  to  seek
recreation.
Never leave on the rail any spikes or
bars, Hecause, in lliis way, you may   wreck
tiie cars.
Never a railroad   bridge   should   you
cross. A train may come md result in your
loss.
Never pick up co:il   'round   Hie   rail¬ road yard, A train may catcli you off your guard.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Dr.   K.  A.   Hopkinson  and   A.   L, Songer motored to Olney Sunday.
1ft
^ Don't Let Your h
^ Christmas Shopping Dollar k
Go Out of Flora
5?  pHRISTMAS time is drawing >k >?  ^ nigh, and gou will sfoend gour JJ
^ moneg for mang things both use- J
12 ful  and ornamental but the im- %
^ portant thing is to be sure and jjj
5( spend gour moneg in Flora. )!¦
^» If you spend your dollar out of town you kiss il goodbye, J^
^ hut If you spend it .at iiome a part  of   it  stays  here  and Jl'
yA gives you a chance to renew- yonr aci|u;ilntatice wltii it. tV
^^ If tlie money that Is spent for  things out of   town   was Jh
^ spent liere, Klora wnuld be a larger city by   several   tlioii-
¦yiA sand   In   population,    'riiere   would   he   no empty   slore
j^ buildings, your taxes would he lower and our cily a inncii
V* more dellglitful place in whicli to live.
Tt II your Christmas money is spenl here it will aid in liringing Hie 31 Christinas clieer to many homes in Klora wliicli otherwise miglit not liave it. You cannot buy better out of town than yn\ can here and your muney stays here, help the merchant and It helps you. If yon did your Cliristmas shopping out of town last year, do not make the mistake again this year.    Do vot'ii  Ciiitisr,«.\s
SHdlTINO IN VOtll IIOMK STlUlKs.
Important Postoffice Information
Tlie I'ostolltce Department has Is¬ sued instructions to all postmasters to make special preparations for handling tlie lioliday malls whicii are expected to be Hie heaviest in the history of Hie service. It is suggested that patrons be advised to mall par¬ cels early in order to Insure more careful handling and prompt de¬ livery. It Is permitted to write or stamp on p.ickages "not to be opened until Christmas." It Is linportanl llial parcels be carefully prepared, well wrapped and legibly addressed, al,s(i liie name of Hie sender In the upper left hand corner, wliicii will insure the prompt return ul mail m.itler that can not ije delivered to addressee. It is also adii.salile to in¬ sure valuable parcels against loss ur damage. '1 lie insurance rates are very reasonable. Kor value up to $,"1,110 3c., from t."!.!*! to Ji'i.lKJ .V'., frotn »25.(io t(^$.'i(l.(Kj KIc., and from l.'/iiNl to »iiiO(J(l i'lC. To tiiose tiial diriiot care to Insure a receipt will be given for Ic. in addition to Hie regular postage rate if re(juested.
Nakes Shoi4 Visit With Relatives
Grover C Ci.sel of Hillings, Mont., left for his iiome Tliursday last after spending a few days' visit with ids sister, Mrs. II. K, I'ixley, Mr. Clsel Is a prominent att