Smithville News 1908-08-28

              THE SMITHVILLE NEWS.
VOL. I.	SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908.	No, 5
LOCAL and PERSONAL
NEWS FRESH AND BREEZY PICKED UP BY OUR PASSING REPORTER
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dean May, Thursday, a girl.
Miss Maude Sylvester visited Miss ily Pate, Wednesday night.
Headquarters for School Sup- plies at C. E. Deckard's.
Ora Wooden is on the water wagon this week, he hauls it from Sanders.
A. A. Burris and family are entertaining Mrs. Thresa Duglay, of Kentucky.
Mrs. Robt. Stanley went to Solsberry, Thursday, for a few days visit with relatives.
Miss Edith Richardson, of Blooming-ton, visited Miss Belle Parnell, over Sunday.	
The Gaither and Stull core drilling syndicate, is drilling a well for Wm. Girtman.
Mrs. A. A. Burris and Mrs Duglay spent the day with Mrs. Junia Burris, yesterday.	
L. A. Underwood and wife and daugh-ter Mattie, were down to their farm Wednesday. _
Have the News sent to your relatives living at a distance, they would surely appreciate it.
It the editor of the Star would look over the News this week, he would find some Smithville ads.
Quite a large crowd was out to hear the band Wednesday night. "Old Man'' the tuba player, and the solo alto were absent.
Mrs. Lucy Davenport, Mrs. Maggie TrisTer and their mother, Mrs. Hannah Keith, went to Gosport, yesterday, to visit relatives for a few days.
A Good Business Location.
The room soon to be vacated by J. G. Fogle is for rent. Anyone wanting to get a good location for a paying business. Calloraddressthisoffi.ce.
A post card from Lelia (Duncan) Nossaman, Attica, Kan., says every body out there is for Bryan—but she is a democrat anyway, and would naturally think so.
LOST—Pocket Book containing a check for $385 on First National Bank, note for $40, a $10 bill, a one dollar bill and two half dollars in silver. Finder return to Cull Clark, or this office and get reward.
A much to do lot of advertising has just been storming the newspapers in Bloomington, about a girl representing a E.-C. Corn Flake breakfast sawdust, going to go over that town and -give a dollar bill to every family that had a package of the stuff in the house. She did come all right, but the number of dollar bills given away was very limited.
To-morrow the Wallace-Hagenback shows in Bedford. The Wallace shows, is one of the largest shows on the road and always give what they advertise. Quite a little mob from here is geing down.
Public schools throughout the county will open September 14th. The idle days of the "kids" will soon be over-, and they will soon have to get out of bed early, wash their faces and go to-school.
Clear Creek to be Blown Up.
The band boys will go to Clear Creek to-night, to give a concert, "just for the fun of the thing." The Clear Creek people offer to furnish the conveyance-and it is expected to have a pleasant evening.
Miss Grace Hainey, one of our popular school teachers is going to teach in Indian Creek township. .Miss Hainey has taken a course in the State Normal at Terre Haute, and has always made excellent grades.
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Mr. Stephen Montgomery, soldier, who has been keeping the Clear Creek telephone exchange for the past two years, will move to Blooming-ton Monday, where he will make his future home north Rogers street.
Misses Ella Duncan, Luella Parham, of Bedford, Mrs. Richard Kelley and Miss Gertrude Wright; Messrs Everett Ramsey, Joe Forney, Harney Gould and Richard Kelley, spent the day at Ketcham's Mill Sunday. In the evening they visited the Anderson cave.
The News will upon sufficient notice furnish to its advertisers an ad writer of some experience without charge. It often occurs to merchants who are too busy to get up an ad, and it would take a burden off their minds to have it done by some one else if they could get up the right thing. Try us once and see if we can please you.
A meeting of the telephone subscribers' was held Monday night and decided on a plan for repairing the lines run-ing west, that have been torn down by the pike contractors. The telephone company is to build a mile and the farmers a mile of equal contruction and both have the same wire privileges. Such an arrangement seems to be satisfactory with both parties, and work will commence at an early date.
A new metallic circuit from the Smithville exchange to the Bloomington exchange is being run this week and will greatly benefit the general service. Mr. A. D. Chambers, Cecil Hawkins and Jimmy Butcher are doing the work and will get it completed this week. The telephone company is doing everything possible to benefit the service that the rates and the promptness of the subscribers will permit ? and to maintain a good service should have the co -operation of all subscribers.
Everybody's Kick'in.
Everybody's kickin'
Kickin' 'bout the heat; Kickin' 'bout the prices
We pay for things we eat, Ki kin' 'bout the butcher, - An' the steak he sells; Kickin' 'bout the grocer, An' the coal oil smell: Kickin' 'bout the doctor,
'Cause his pills are small; -Kickin' 'bout the telephones,
Hate to answer calls: Kickin' 'bout the railroads,
'An the government; Kickin' 'bout the taxes,
An' the Way their spent: Kickin' 'bout the restaurant man, Says he charges high: Kickin' 'bout the paper,
Cause the news is sh;y— Kickin' 'bout the preacher, An' the things he said;
Kickin' while their jiving, Kickin' when their dead; Old mule looks dejected,
Say in tones demure: When it comes to kickin' I'm an amachoor!"
That Bhoy.--
Miss. May Fox is visiting her sister, Mrs. Walter Clifft.
It is amusing to note the interest taken in Smithville and vicinity by some of the other newspapers in this county, since the starting of this paper some few weeks ago. It used to be Smithville was never credited with any event unless it was a white-capping or some matter discrediting the place, Al? that would do us credit would be in "the south part of the county."
The Smithville branch of the W.C.T.U. met at the M. E. church Thursday afternoon. Mrs.Serbanthal and Mrs. Telfer were present from Bloomington, and delivered able talks on the effects of alcohol and tobacco on the mind, heart stomach etc. The subject of Sunday base ball was also discussed. The next meeting will be held next Thursday at the same place, and new officers will be elected.
The following are the ones we have added to our subscription list this week, on the paid list. Get your name in next week.
Wm. E. Doub, Smithville. R.W.Johnson, " Clarence Zikes, " Mose Burris,	"
; Andy Stull, Orville Pate, Mrs. Louis Litz, " Loebe Warring, " Geo. Hensley, John S. Keller, Chas. E. DecVard, " James Sexton. " Hugh Baker, Bloomington, Wm. Profit, John Mason, EL V. Eagleson, T.E.Bowles. Alex Small wood, Dave Brown,
Mrs. Sam Peters, " Mrs. Julia Eiken, " Lon D. Rogers, Mrs. Lou Helton, " H. P. Tourner, H.N. Swindler.
Mrs. Geo. Smith, Harrodsbarg, Ind. Hon. W. A. Cullup, Vincennes, Ind. Mrs. Lelia Nossaman, Attica, Kan. | F. Kentling, Hfghlandville, Mo.
Red Hawk Quarry to Resume Operation,
The old Fulwider quarry, in the quarry district, near the National quarry, is being refitted with machinery and it is the intention to commence operating it again as soon as everything can be put in readiness.
A Peculiar Incident,
Theo Thrasher, has been making quite a "howl" about some one carrying off 3 panels of his fence. An investigation found it fastened in the horns of one of George Gaithers "male cows." The fence was constructed in such a manner that when the bull ran into it; fence, bull and all stuck together.
The Bedford Buff Stone Co. at Peerless, in which Mr. Mc Millen is the largest stockholder, and president, Is erecting a tramway and traveler at their mill. Have also put in a new derrick and a complete stripping system, consisting of a large pump of sufficient capacity to give 300 lbs presure at the nozzle after lifting the water up 300 ft. from Salt Creek bottom It requires a 150 H. P. boiler to furnish the steam for this pump.
Business Changes.
J. G. Fogle, who has been running a restaurant in the stone building has formed a partnership with Noble Burk-hart and will move his stock into the old Underwood building now owned by Geo. Gaither and Paris Trisler. Their new location is undergoing repairs and they will probably get raady for business ?
been very successful in the restaurant business and has the best wishes of the .... News in his new location.
We would like for our readers to pay close attention to the advertisements appearing in this paper an if there is presented something that you are in need of, patronize them and in doing so mention this paper. People who advertise, are people who cater for your patronage and appreciate your trade. We are inclined to think that people who do not advertise do not care much whether you trade with them or not, and are not much interested in the public generally. We may be mistaken, but this is our opinion.
Young Folks Have a Jolly Time,
Last Tusday night a wagon load Of young folks drove down to the handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mercer, south of town. The evening was spent in conversation and games. Those present were: Misses Lillie Butcher, Belle, Goldie and Ruth Parnell, Sallie and Amelia Wampler, Maude Oldham, Maude Updegraff, Cecil Bot-kins, Edna and Gladys McNeely, Ada, Mattie and Maude Gaither, Ruth Heis-tand, Anna Grimes Kate Reeves and Daisy Zikes. Messrs Homer Clark, Clarence Zikes, John and Buster Parnell, Willie Clark, Chauncey Wooden, Eugene McCormick, John Mitchell and Edgar Butcher.
Dr. C. m. Jackson
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Successor to Dr. J. E. Luzadder  Calls made promptly day or night.