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VOLUME VUL
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1920
NUMBER. 50
UNDER WHICH BANNER?
umns of matter wera copied fram Reoubliean nrimary eon- "The Chicago Republican." the ot- -^ _"!^ -S "7«ided Octal paper of the Thompood-Lundln
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XO imMHA oe THK ROAR
teJflnminite Which Witt be decided ™««j»«2I « »• SST??'*^'',^
£r.!^iS2ri;^«'.''f^:ny'i«'" P^^X ^ tnHe^nS^-^^
woman" v^*r'X"cai« VlaZf Z P«bUc^' t"^' '• "^^ •"» «-*- that *iy. Thera can be no comprom- ««" <>w the state now. tee   «tth   disloyalty   and   dtohonor. aaaOU Makes Big PBemteeo
Blther the Lowden administration Candidate SomlU who 1, a farmer wtll he endorsed or It wlU he rape- __,.„,, „ O^, Lowden-to a tamer, dieted. DetoM of the oandMateo m j„iu, odeohy « e farmer and ae to the state admiaiatration alato woald candMMe Smith—eH ara tarawn. be a practical repudiation of Oov. ^^^ ^^ ^,1^ j^ promlaoe. For Lowdon's adminMratiwi and an en- j^rtance be aaya that If aominated doraement of Migror ^OlflM^n a ad- ^^ elected ke wUl lomedtatety mlatotratlon of Ohieaitewd hto eon- i,„ji4 ti,. tuitt Mada, tkengh every dnet dnrtec ttta war. AU other to- ^„ h.^^ ,„^ man to nilnoto knows sues are aeeonttary. that it  to impoaalble  now te  bnttd
i    nrAttno «v\ KIP IT   a   aEKa>Nm    *"><'   mUea of   hard road   with the I     WANTS TO RE 17. 8. 8SK4TtHl    ,^y .fiillons voted In bonda. Owing
i      Mayor Thottpaeh, thwarted In his. to  traaaportation  tranbleo aiad  ai-
t   -greet ambition of being eleeted V. 8. most   prohibitive  eoeto of  Btaterlato
i Senator when MedUl McCormick won and tobor, thera wera only 100 mites
^  at the last aenatnrtal primary,  h^s of  haid  road  built  in  Illinois this
i  now Conceived the idea of wioninK year, yet this record ts second only
i. the   oenatorial  crown   in   a   ronnd- to  Pennaylvanto—which led the U.
^   about way. He and Frad Lundln, of S. In hard road ennstrnctlen.
k^ Chicago,   selected   a  slate   of   state Candidate SmaU saya he vrlll abol-
^ eandldates, headed by Len Small for toh the public utilities commission ai
goverpor and Frank L.Smtth as ean- sOon as he to elected governor, but
didate for V. S. Senator to sneoeed he knows that that Uw was passed
Senat^ Sherman. Shonid ho aaeoeed by the Legistotura and can oty be re>
In noinlnatlng and electing hto slate pealed by legtolattve acttota.
candiiatea, thera Is no power tn UK- The effort ot the Thompaoi^-Lnl>>i
noto  that can   prevent  Th.«p««-. dln^mall    crowd    to ..«»». rgjl;* JJ'J*^'*},^-^
agalnat etoas ts tho work of tbe lotw«- eott type of demagogue and tmda,
dtorupt the fonndotien of. ¦opniMir tattve government on whtoh tjda Re¬ public Is buUded.
aUcago Waoapaai Wtth Crtaae Dnder Thompaon the Ctty of Chi-
eleetlon as U. S. Senator when Sena tor SfcCormick's time expires.
DcfsamMsInc Stata AdaainistratkHi The Thompaon-Lundin alato can- 4idatea era travoUng over IlUnoto de- nonnelag the LoHrden admlntotratlon in 6rder to diacredit it with the' peo¬ ple hnd thua cover ep the reeord of cago is tn snch tinaacial straits that Thompoon dnring the war and since, it to now proposed to llcoaae all It wonld be elmoot a politieal oaUm- kinds of huslneaa to ratoe reveono, Ity ahould a maiortty of Illlnoto Re- even to the extent of levying a. ten pnkUcana haed the atran voice ot the per cent tax on every grata that to
» Chiaeso red radlcato led by Thonw- dug. In contrast, the sUte Of Illinois aon,. and turn down the Lowden ad- under Lowden, haa rediced tbe mhilatratlon which haa been recog- state taxea and there ara millions in niaed by nnprajndiced obaervera in the treaaury. Ctay comtjr nkid $4000 Illlnoto and other sUtee ot the less taxes to the state ot Illinois tn United States, as one of the best. To 1920 than gbe had been pairing, rapudtote the aidministratlon would Under Thompson vtcejSnd crime mak* It up-htll work in the fight for are rampant tn Chicago. Qimmen ara final vietory in November. The rec- robbing and murdering. ; Pay roil ord of the state administration to as robberies seem to be without end. far- superior to Thompson's Chicago Bootleg whtoky ^s being sold record as the tight ot tbe sun to com- througliout the city and the police pared to that of the moon. are making no effort to stop it, a«-
>. .i^-. .- .    „, in.«__.«_ cording to federal agents, who have
S^UOnt'Biate of Thonpsm   ^      appealed In vain for aid in enforce.
^     ¦ Hfsiouneee mm mgnt  of   tbe  constitutional   amend-
Col. John V. Ctinnin, who com- ment. Two policemen were shot down manded tlie 130th regiment of the in a notorious cafe on the south side IllllMia division tn France, was a open tn violation of the law, only a 8chiM>l>niate ot Thompson's and his few days ago. Oambling games ara peraonai friend until Thompson's running unmolested. Saloona and acta drove him away trom him. Cal| cabarets ara running wide Open aU Clinnln's regiment was a fighting night. Defiance of the law seems to buneh during the Worid War aad the reign suprame. Colonel told In a speech at Rockford It is up to the Repnbliean votera > a  few nights ago  liow Thompson's which  they deaira  to endorse—the
" proi^Oermaa propaganda was spraad economical, patriotic administration in Bnrope during the war. There was of Gov. Lowden, or the bankrupt rule published In Berlin a paper called and disloyal acts of Mayor Thomp- "The American in Burope," and soo—and there should be ringing theae papera were dropped In the endoraement of Oov. Lowden's bual- American   tranches   tn  France.  Cot- ness admlntotratlon
MRS. LULU TANNGR-RARNBS
Mra. Lulu T. Barnes died at ker
BNTBRTAiWS K>R HOUSjB GUBST
Miss Kvelyn Sanger entertaihed in home tn Chicago, Saturday, August honor of hor gneat. Miss Helen Wll- ;18. She had been «ick tor four; Uams. of Chempalgn. at her home in montlu. Her death was expected: North Flora 'Saturoay afternoon A three months ago, but she rallied and; moat pleaaantUime was spent Miw improved for a abort ttme. Mrs. i WtUtoms was.a tbrmer studaat of tbe Barnes was the daughter of Bx-Oov-lH. S. T. H. 8. and tt was a great emor John R. Tanner and sister of J. t pleasure for her to have tbe opporr Maek Tanner of Flora. She grew up tuntty to meet so many of her ctosa in Louisville   and married   John A.! mates.
Barnes. Mr. and Mrs. Bardes occu-' Miss Byrdia Songer assisted Mtaa pied the-old Tanner hosao, now tbe'Bveiyn in entertaining the yonng home of Dr. Oibaon, until after her j todtea. Niee refreshments wete father tiecame Ooveraor. when she served.
moved to Springfield for a ahori time and'Boon afterwards to Chicago where oif haa resided moat of the years alMM. She leaves surviving her three «MMrelu John, MUdred and Fred I ii|Bii> ht Ckteso. The tw» hoju ani:%i Cgeedo. so tiaal taaeni arWhgeflientg will not be made until tbey raturn. Interment will be at Oak KUka eemetery, Springflrtd, near ber bitber's tomb.
LoccrriLLs w. w. m. soctsnr
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The Women's Foretgn Mtostenary Society et LenlovUle wee aflelaH •t the heme of Mm. M. V. Jenktee on aeat-Thlfd Areet en Thnraday after¬ noon Ai«gaat S4. On aneount of the'tlemu rain the attendance waa not ao large, j ua—but
After aa intereetlng program led eminently «nalttted fer thto position
The guests wete: Misaae Lois Bradford. Francos Stantord, Dorothy Anderaon. Mary Bownmn, Cora Edith Harwood, Kathryn Rlcketta. Pauline Moren, OeetUe TlMw. ATto Cruae, of tWa oity, Mtos Men Tobe, of Mt! Brie, end the gneat ot honor, Mtaa Williams
R. S. C. RBAVOH OCT
FOR NTATV8 ATTtHtNEY
In thto issue of The Record wIU be soon the annonneeihent of R. 8. C. Roongh aa a eandldate tor Bute's attorney of Oa^ Connty. , Mr. Renngh Ia too well known aa a pretonnd lawyer and eapable gen¬ tleman to need any oomment from 'wo mnat aay that he to pre-
AnJr of the ax-ataUaaat eatiora, or maitees of the world War, now re- aldlac tn Ctoy Connty, Itlhioto, who need tlnaaeial aaatotaace In complet
        ing their edncationa, ahould oommu
by "ira. jShTTh^'klMd Tte'hMtei^ I He ranto firtt Tt^he'bar of Soutto^ »*»»'? ^i*»tJi!lL ?k'''l7l1^°**'   ""' °'
Uii by Mre. Chaa. RieketU, Mn. John Theobald and Mtoa Lilltan Jen- kina served refreshments constotlng of ice cream and cak^.X Those pree¬ ent from Lontsville were*-Rev. and Mre. O. W, Hall. Mre. T. W. Cnlbert¬ aon, Mra. James Otordon. Mra. J. H. SPkffer, Mra. S. KruUlnger. Mra. - ihn Theobald. Miss Zetu Farris. Those from Flore wera Dr. and Mrs. Macnrdy, Hn. Chas. Myen.Hra. Chas. Rlcketts and daughter Lorena, Misa UlUan Jenktoni, aad' Miss Ida Blackhnrn.
A SENSATION AT THE (MPBRA
"What to marriaceT is it the exe- ention of a contraetT la it (be sign- tng ot a regtoterT Is it even the Uk¬ ing of an oath hetore an a]urT No. Marriage to the sacred covenant hieh tw* aonlf meke with each oth- r, the vroman with the man, the with the «oinaB, whoK sbe ehooses him from aU other men. when be ehoooes her from all oth< wtHBon, to belong to each other fo^
lUinoto and is a good citisen. Hta aelectlon as the RepubUcan eand|' date wonld mean his election, and the best and most efficient service for the people of thto couaty.
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Mn. Bart Taylor met with a pain ful aecldent Sunday morning. Sho ptokod np What she thought to be an empty bottle which had conUined tinctnra of Iodine, but some of the drug still remained in the bottle and the eoatento was spilled over hsr left hand. Her sufferlac was Intense. The bnra was enlte oovera bnt afUr medical attention had been given oho rooUd easier and to aetting along as well as could he expeeted.
Mr
HmUDlT XERIA
Wns. CamrbeU Sfajra Hoshend In Fit of Jealeno Rage.
NOW      IN      OOITNTY      JAU.
Ope of the most cruel, cold-blood ed murders ever perpetrated tn Clay couaty occurred Tueaday morninc simnt 4:90 o'clock, two mttea weat ot Xe^te, (When Mrs. Amy L. Campbell mtti her husband, Wm. Campbell, with a ahot gnn and an ase.
A neighbor heard tho ahot and ae- cured another neighbor and together tli^r went to the farm and diacover-
Stko woman acting eraay and try- J«;(et away. Sho denied kaowing gaynuag about her hdokend. oo they teett^ a lantern. It b^ng yet dark, ahd on going into the honae dto- 9«Wdted Campbell lylag oa the floor With a ahot gun wound Juat above fhe lett nipple and hto head chopped With some sliarp Inatmment. A further search disclosed an axe hid¬ den in the wood shed, covered with plood aad hair.
The murderess made ber escape on toot acroes a wooded field, but waa fapttired and Sheriff McBlyea .plaeed her In the county jail without bond. State's Attorney Shriner acting Af. aam tn the matter.
Ootener J. M. Deon. of ICenta. tm- j^deled a lury Wedneaday morning
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vttk murdoroua intent by hto
Saaiaaay the SnppOsed Cause. From .the story we get. It seems tkat Mr*. CampbeU had beeome inr aaaelx Jealous of her husband and IIie(r son'a wife, though it is aaid tliere wag no foundation tor her sns- plottma. 'The couple had been married aeveral years. Deceaaed waa in the Spanlah-American war. Mra. Camp- beU'e maiden name was Amy Lou Dfer.
JONTRRTAINS ^OH BOSS
AtTDRET DIHRLAXD
Mlsi^s Mary and Martha Bowr man's inviution to an Informal gathering Monday afteraoon at their home on Seventh sad Sycamore streeto found eager response from the reeipients, who made the Bow¬ man home a gcepe ot unlimited pleas¬ ure where the happiness ot the group of girls radUted during the houra of their stay. The occasion was in honor of Miss Audrey Dur¬ land, of St. Elmo, who is visiting relatives in this ctty.
The young hostesses served dainty refreshments to the following gneaU: Hisses Dorothy Anderaon. Frances Staaford. tcvetyn.* Songer, 0(adys Barker, Cora Edith Harwood, Panline MeCpniloy, Pauline Meyera. Mary Cummtas. Kathryn Ricketts, Cediia Tihha. and the gnest ot hon¬ or, Mtss Audrey BMrland.
RUN OVBR m AVrOMOBBUE
Oarnet, the dHea-year-old daugh tar of. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie James, narrowly escaped a taui accident Sgtnrday eevnlng. . She was at the bome of her grand-parenu, Mr. and Hn. S. C. Jamea. on Lincola avenue and Main street in south Flora and weat to the atreet to speak to the ice maa. After sto had delivered ber meaaage to him ahe started to return to the bouse and stepped from be¬ hind tbe wagon directly In front of a papaing antemoblle. she was run •oor by flie ear and received numer¬ ate Utjafies, badly bruising her face en* cvtting   off aulte a lot   of her
^t eerUtnty was a miraeto that the little child escaped with a few bruises.
A NBW SLOGAN
, j^emocrats sre teaerting to every VHai at a aohome !• eecura votea thto yeu-. A Democrat te Arkansas, who had served one teni aa sheriff and , Moeme unpopttUr. dOeided to have a>slogpA and run etnta. He had cards printed aaylng "VaUi tar Bill Jones tor  Sheriff,   he'R  keep  you  out   ot
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EXSERVICB M^r.'•TemrMtl-N:
before September Ik, l»*o.
C. B. HBMPHILL. Chairman. H.  p.  FRIBWD, SecreUry.
LEASnrO FOR OIL
ACOirST WEDDING
A aniet home weddiog took place at tho home ot Mr. and Mn. Jamea M. RnaaeU. Fonrth and Elm atraeto, Wedneeday evening of laat week, when their niece. Miaa Winifred Raaeeli, datighter ot Mr. Oeorge RnaaeU. was united in marriage to Mr. Curtis Btlltngton of Lovtngton, III.
At S:SO o'eloefc. Mtss Fairy Bur¬ gess ptayed the wedding mareh. As the bride and groom entered tbe liv¬ ing room, led by Uttle Mlaa Virginia Rntger, nieee of the arlde. bearing a bonanet of white Hlies and accom- pealed by Mlaa Maude Russell, a eonsin aa hrideamatd and Mr. Edson BllUagten, of Mt. Pulaski, as beat ¦wn. Dr. Macnrdy. paator of the First Methodtot Bpiacopal church of Utto city officiating, using the beau¬ tifal and impressive ring ceremony.
The bride is well known in Ftora, having been born and reared in Flora and has a host of friends hera who wtoh her every happineaa in lite. Tke
Eroom, ia a ieadihg yonng fanner ot evington, and is prominent tn busl- nese a»4 social life.
This weddingw as the culmination Of a romance that had its beginning wfUle Mr. Bttlington was serring hto country tn France during tbe great World war, a mutual triead intro¬ ducing Hiss Russell and Mr. Bltltng- ton. Throagb a correspondence which Aaanlted tn Mr. BllUngton coming to Flora to meet Mtos Rnaaell on hto ra¬ tnm from France. The rest ot the atory ia told ta the aanoaneement of the happy wedding In Flora.
The bride and groom vtoltod a few days with Mr. BUllagton'a paranU In Ctoae aad after a vtolt with ralaUves ia Flota WiU ge to Lovidgton whera they wUI nuke their futura bome.
The following relatives and triends were present at the wedding:
Mr. and Mn. James M. Rnaaeil. Hiaa Maude Rnaaell. Mr. Oeorge Rus- aeil, Mn. Ohm Rutger aad daughter Vtrglnto. of Loviagton; Mr. Bdaon BliUngton. ot Mt. Pulaski; Mr. and Mn. Smith Burgess and 'daughter, Mtss Fairy; Mr. and Mrs. James Mor¬ rison and daughter. Miss Nellie, and Dr. and Mn. W. C. Macurdy.       .
After cordial congratulations, re- freshuients were served by Mrs. Rus¬ sel and daughter. Mtss Maude. Tbe newly-weds took their departure fol¬ lowed by tbe good wishes of those present tn which Tne Record and a large circle of friends heartily Joins.
ATTENTION PARENTS.
vVorjfO  PEOPLE!
The students who are now enroli- ing at Oreeniaw's Busiaess College will leave the College next May graduate stonograpners. They will have ae«ttirad the satll and attained the trateed abUtty to do the work of assisUau ta any business office, in¬ dustrial or goverumental. They will be paid saUries ranging from $*0.00 to $tSS.e« a month within a short ttme after graduation. Their bust ness edneation will represent an in¬ vestment equal to $36,000 or $40,- 000 in United Stetes Oovernment Bonds. Before them will lie a broad highway to soctol position and busi¬ ness auccess.
The record at the students of thts school rends Uke a tatry atory. It has been a surpriee to parepU and teach¬ ers and to themselves to discover what the world estimates them worth when it finds out that tbey have the spectal training offered In thto school,
Time is fleeting. The Bternal Now to tbe period ot right dectoion. Now to the time to enroll tn Oreeniaw's Businesa College, and next May is the ttme to gradtutte, tlntohed stenogra¬ phers and aoeonnunu, randy to en¬ ter upon active and profiUble service.
Be wtsel Do not tet someone aug- geat anything to your mind that wtll divert yon trom tbe main chance,and that to, getting a bnalaeaa edncaUon thto yoar at Oneanlaw'a Buaineaa Col lege, it WiU prove the beat invoatment of yonr Uvee, It will change your Uvea. Ton wtU be dttferont men and women trom what rou wilt be, ean peealbly be, it yon do net eome into eoatact with ihe teecben aad dto eipllne aad uaege and inaplration of thto thoroughly teated acbdol.
LEASES BUIUMNG
See "The W.iman rL„„ „	
p-nall Calna's most ta«nona' n«vel, at the Opera^'ueaday,
V. a.- Suggett has sa«arad tbe leaae
on  the bnslneas  bulldhMr one door
west of the Record ottiee. formerly
opted by Paul Clark aa ah anto
learoom. Bd Tladato will aao rear
ot the buUdlng untU cold weatber,
MO" Mr.  Suggett to fixing np tW tnmt
. room, bat haa not yet decided what
i he wfll use It tor.
Tho aamples of kerosene ooslng from the bed of.tbe creek on Jesse Curry's farm, southeast of Flora, that Mr. Cnrry exhibited in thto ctty a tew daya ago, cauaed ao much ex* eitement and eurtoaity that leeoos are now being taken by Jocal poople on $,000 acres, with a view to proapect- ing for crude oii.
HAVE SPUBHDID TRIP
The 'party eontpnoug of Harold Smith and Roy and Ony Bradford re- tnmed Saturday morning frdm a oldot deltghtfni rneltnm trip to Hin- neioU makUg the trip by anto ronto. They report a fine ttme..'
LBOH>NAIRMS TO STATE MRT H. b. Frietid and L. B. Ptslep left TnoaMy for Ohieeco. to attead the elate eonvontton of the Amerleen Le- Sioa. and will be abaent natO Satnr: day. TMa Peet to one otjhro In aontbem Httnola with antfMokft meaa- ben to entitle itto two delatntaa.
'  RBPtnU4CAN    MBBTUfO:
There wlU be a Repabllcan poll tical meeting at Opera House, Flora. IU.. on Friday. September 3, 1920. at tl o'eloek e. m.
Thto mooting to in the Interest of the SUte administration candidates aad wtit tie addressed by Hon. Julius Kline, Lieut. Oreenlng, Hon. Edward Fitch.
All Republieahs are Invited to be present and tbe todies are especially Invited to attend and liear why the sUte sdmlnlstratton. abould be en¬ dorsed at the September ISth pri¬ mary.
Mra. Qeo. T. Palmer of Spring¬ field will speak at the woman's meeting Friday at trOO p. m. at the Opera bouse.
By order of COMMITTEE
DISASntODS FffiC AT       r SAILOR SnOIGS,
RAIldROAO NOHB
Fife starts tn the Levitt War«*oe»e.O*5*8»>">" •»<*?¦. .?T^*Lil»-
-•l«.aeo  Los.  wtth  PrectfcaU, '^ 1^ WS   F^'ML'^
No Insarance •¦'• ¦""  '•'•¦ *». ,F, TMH»er"aad
"'¦¦*"^- Mre. Chnp. abyoyar «era frtdhy aad
A   dtoastrou.   tire  took   plaee  at *tl^*Slbl!S[''^5U?*iJfto ?to aew Ssllor Sprlags about noon taat Sa^nr- aeSTtaat^k onslantk Main it, day. The fira alarm wne given and    .Mr    and    Mra.    Oeorge   Dntilirr peopte be^n hurrying to tb* aaene w«,»uir ^i^inn at Springftold taet of the conflagration. It woo aoon dia-, ^^ '
covered the fire waa besrond control. Everybody responded euiekiy to kelp but it proved to be alow work fight¬ ing the flames with bucketa of water. ^^ t^, ,oed aad aow aira. Welt fceepa The fire aUrted In the warahouae atftam tummtm m>Iii> ^»a a. mmZT^
BtlHo Wolf to pntUng a new tnr- aeee In his kouae. ,.BIlUe aajre Mhn Pontw keeps tbe daglne hot for him
Mw tnmaeo going aad he eeeopa no eoal. '.   '•-,,  ,
J. W. Jenntnga'df pumner, viaited in Flora laat week with hta aon, F. H. ioaalaga. 	
Mr. aad Mra. Bd. CoU oad daagh¬ ter, Virgtnta, arrived the tint of tbe week trom a two weeks' visit at Den¬ ver, Colo.
Mn. Jennto Oillmora at Bdge¬ wood, IU., wns a Sunday viiuur with her alster. Hn. F. H. WrldtC
rUkHe-.t
the Levitt stora bnilding and. spread rapidly, eonauming all the bulldtaga in the entire block with ttae oxeeptten ot the new bank bnildtag and a real- donee at tke rear of the bank.
The loea to eaUmated at $10,000 and it ia raported that Mr. MUler ta the only one who carried tnanranoe on his property. It ta doubttnl it tke ownen will rabutld.
During the tira Mra. MUler anftar^
•* Jf .'?"*'?•* "*• 15* ''"^ aecldent.        j,r. ead Mra Allto Davto^U, ^w_„
Foiiowlag  are the  aames   of the j^hn ,b4 Oeorge. departed«4ke tint
ownen aad the buUdlngs destroyed:  of the   week tor   Bagde  OmM. to.
S- •'• if'*"Air"'^!"*"= .«>»"«i»'- whera the> will vWt wltMi« »« floe;  "pioa Qutnn. rtataurant;  Wm.  j|„  u  Lln<toey TT'T?
Smith, reeidenee; Wm. Beaatay, rea-      j|n 'john Wilderaon, o'tiov^tea. tauraat   aad   reaidence;   old   bank i.., arrived la Flora Moodidr^Stl t
bnildtag: Albert MUler. reatanraat aad atora bnilding; and aa unoc' aad uneeoupled atora building.
THE SAME SPtVEV
That the leopard can't change IU apota to p tme aaylng now aa ta the paat, and ts being osemplltted in the penon of A. T. Spivey, formerly of the Shawneetown News-OIeaner, but now editor of the East St. Louts Jouraal. For four years he has been receiving $4,000 per year as an ap¬ pointee ot Oov. Lowden. Now, aa he says, because Lowden decided for Ogiesby for' Ooveraor against Frad Steriing, he comes out for L« Small and the Oovernor handa btm hia dla- cbarge. Bvery gtiveraor mnkea mta- takes—they are only hnman, aad some refer to Sptvey's appointment as the biggest error of tbe Lowden administration, while othera call him the supreme Ingrate of the state ad- mintstrattoD.
That he is tbe same nnscrupnlous, undependable politician as of yore ts fully evidenced by referring to past political history.
In the year 1902 Col. Randolph Smith, of Flora, was a candidate for the Republleaa nomination tor Con¬ gress against Pleas. Chapman of Vienna, and tbe race was very elose. Oaltatln county, then tbe home of Spivey, heid the doelstve position and in the primary Col. Smith car¬ ried  60 of the 72 delegatea.    How-
end Will irlatt a tew dayaMIlk -bar atater. Mra. F. H. WrightC MM bee father, A. O. ftavto. /'-/V
We were aum Staid to ileetSberiM Dnaniaan ea the atvaeU a .fear daya
ago.   Deck   ia  gettist    	
and WiU aooa be oadlu
We aura era gtad the over, aa ao many wanted I end onr etek report look amateur baaeball acera at
HAPPBLV    NARRlW^
The home of Mr- and llr White tn  Mt.  Vemon, III., acene of a pratty weddtag i eraoon,   Auguat   22, 1920/^ tracttng   partiea    being   Ja Simpson and Miss Lottte M/ Rev. M. C. Folta. pastor ot'i Methodist   chnreh,   annon^ words that made these vibi and wife.     Tbe riag caret' ' used. Their attendanU weii Mra. S. P. White, of thta ei^jfj
The  bride waa  lovely ~" white georgette and eatsa* whtte  georgette  hat ahd' allppera.    'The groom wor«^') ventlonal black serge ault.7,',Vj;,
A aumptuotM wedding dlMir was aerved betora the weddlaaT^liMtrlceB. Atter tke marriage vow* kait^beea Uken, and heatty oongraMilatloas had been extended. Neapolliaa creem and ealw wera aerved.
The bride kee beea a aehool teach-
ever.   Jim    Btackmaa" atdid   and "'"» *!2i !?fi":/iL*"#^2'''^^'*'
and ta the danghtei of Mr», aaa Mn. J. M. White, termerty of tkla city, but now reaiding ta Mt. V««ob.    .
The groom ia the eon ot J. L. SImpaon. living north ot J^lain. Ho ia tn mllroad aervkio ta ¦t.l^uto.
Tbe, happrwtarte aMipptfaaied Hr, and Mt«. White te Flora Monday add famaliwd theit sueata unUI laat
abetted by Spivey and other Oaltatln county poilttetans, held anSther con¬ vention, selected a coateatias dele¬ gation and aecured recognition for them at the cottgraaalonal con¬ vention. Then Btockman eame to Col. Smith and offered, for $2«00 cash, to vote bis delegation for CoL SmUh, but the latter rafased to be held up and spumed the ottei'. (Thap- man was nominated, bnt was defeat¬ ed to the November election by H. Robert Fowler, of Bltxabethtown.
The   leopard   cannot   change   Its spots nor the Ethiopian his skin.  -
8 8 CONVENTION     ''
The annual convention of the Clay county Sundsy sohool aaaoetatlon was held at the M. E. chureb. Louis¬ ville. 111., on Tuesday and Wednes¬ day, Aug. 24-2$.
Convention Text—Dent, 81:18
"Assemble the people, tbe men and the women, and the little onoe, and thy sojourner that Is within thy gates, that they may hear, and tbat tbey leara and fear Jehemh, year Ood, aad to observe to do all the words ot thta law."
Tbe followtag etflQers were elect¬ ed for the ensning year:
President, H. V. Jeasup, Xenia; vice presideat, Bdward MeOonaoIl, Louisvilie; .secretary, J. H. Holmaa, Clay City -    .    ^     .
Fridny. when they len «n their hea eyaioon trtp to Ntaiiara FaUa aad Buffalo, N. T. At Buftaio tbey irtli vtoit the hride'a brother, J. O. WhHe aad wife. On their ratnm the# wiU go te St. Lonto whom they wHl^;nuke their home. Their many iHirnds ex¬ tend to them congratutatione and best wishes fOr a bappy and preaper- ou8 life. They were the recipients of many pratty and useful preaento.
Those present at the wedding wera Mrs. Henry Cameron. Mrs. S. She¬ horn, Mr. and Mra. S. P. Whtte, Mra. Chaa. Detaney and aon, Miaaes Vldta Baldrfdge and Mabel OnUett, J. U. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H, WUIe and Rev. M. C. FdRs.
RETirRNS FROM INTBRMfT.
ING TRIP TO caumuno
Mr. and. Mrs. Ed C. Coil aad daughter, Virgiata. arrived kome on, No. 2 Tuesdey from a tkree weeks' vtoit   wttk   hta  aiater,   Mra.   M.   S;
    Chaadler   and   famtly   et   Pnebto,
treeanrar. H. A.' £eaeh] Colo. While thera thejp made a trip
XeAta; aaperlntendent. ehildren'a dlvialon, Mn. J. L. Bradley. Flora.
Superintendent Young People's divtoion. Cbas. Sayder. Flora.
Superintendent Administration, C. C. Harkland. Xenta; anperintendeat busineas, H. L. Cosstag, Louisvilta: superintendent Educational, O. W. Brewer, Louisville.
BIRTHDAV PARTY
Un. Wm. Drake gave a pleasant party at the Drake bome. Sixth and MUl street August ns. la honor of her daaghter Ruth's eleventh birth¬ day Many gamOg ane contests wera ptayed on the lawn, followed by de- lletona Ice cream, cake aad all-day aneken, which the boateaa aerted generoualy. The girls preaent wera MUdred Morgaa. Bleaaor Madn, MaydeU Luena, Margaret Songer. Helen Bdwnrda, Ruth Bdwards. Martha Mana,. JnaniU Lindaoy. Vir- gtata SUnford, Rowena Oray. Car¬ men I^tadaey Qenry Harrtaon,Janiee Stewart, Orace Whltmora, Marjorie Irwtt, rfaneea, Rewena aad Fatrleta Henainger. Mary aad Leah Belta Moatgomery. Joateaa Conley, Lenlpa Bdrdera,
INDIANA BimrCH noiTRINO
ON SHOW LOCA-nON
Ralph ,p. Stogadill, repr^aentlng the Cosmopollun Advertising aad Amusement Co. of Iddtana, a eorpor¬ ation, has been tn Flora for several iayt, proapecttng toward either bay¬ ing the building now oecnpied by S. B. Pirtle's movie theater, and also Mr. Pirtle's lease, or else the putting in Of another show bouse. They haVe approached Mr. Pirtle and he baa turned a price for the lease, but so fair the company has not, accepted the offer.
Up to Wedneaday. thera had been nothing definite done tn the matter.
HLivoR ARRIVES mmx
FROM wasmraN trip
Mayer.. George J. Price reached honw llai narMlay trem a montb'k vialt wUh hla Irothar, L. S. Price at Uvingaten, Moai. Mayor Price alao enjoyed a visit to America's most beaatitnl aeaato—Yetlowatene Park, k4»Wn all Ofer tbe world for IU mag- alfttlent gitadenr.
Thta to Mr. Prfee'a flnt vaeation
TheO. r. Dntt and A. ii, fomUtae    arrived    home night trom a abort r^Mlela.  They idtel weether, I graat ^me in general,
alttae he wn« etaetod Mayer ee ear iaeladed taffaaapoht,
eity five yean ago. I Dajrtea. O.
to tke Royal Oorge, Ipeatod between Sailda aad Orand Caayen. Goto. Tko day following thair visit to tbto well kaown placa a heavy dowa ponr ed rain and ball ia thto vicinity ity cauaed an agahmeke wbtob eor- ered tke Denver attd Rio Oraade railroad track for a diataaee pf tS miles, tn aome ataces tbe dekrft eraa tweaty feet In depth. The paiimitara on the O. and R. O. had t^lie the narrow uinge railway over flH moan- Ulna and detour hundreds of alea.
Five ateam ahovob end *^ti. men were immediate^ aent to t^eeeae end pnt to work cleartag aymr the Immeaae alide of earth, .fmm
ttaaa.
NOW  IN   ARKANS^
A. R. I>rappard?>whe halp«4*en lo¬ eated in St. Louto. writea>Ar,ehaaae hto paper to Camp PlkeVAilr^ *5ere be ta tnstmctor in reeruit'(Maoetioa- al center. He aaya: "I aa ~ ' ' ing in orgaaliatloa of work amoag 8oldi«ira > viaion to nude to $4ee %\ elemenifiry odaeeH aehool eSneettea to I will ftahaltftt be here ai
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