Smithville News 1908-09-18

              THE SMITHVILLE NEWS.
VOL.1.	SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1908.	NO. 8
LOCAL NEWS
Tom Clark is clerking for J. L. Warring.
Born to Newt Cox and wife, north of town, a daughter.
Headquarters for School Supplies at C. E: Deckard's.
B. F. Gotwals has received a fine buggy from the Ohio Carriage Co., of Columbus, Ohio.
Ivra Butcher is having his buggy repaired by Milt Pittman, and painted by Geo. Davenport.
Mrs. Win. Butcher and son Edgar, have gone to make a weeks visit with Abner Scott, in Illinois.
Tell us the news, you want to see it in the paper, so do not hesitate to tell us everything that would make an item.
Noble Burkhart was at Harrodsburg, Thursday, to look after some fine beef cattle he had bought from John Sherlock.
If you do not get this paper let us know. If you haven't got the money now, your credit is good. Don't do without the News. Let us hear from you.
The sensational fact that some one shot at Pres. Roosevelt, while he was riding along a country road near Washington, seems to have been an accidental shot from some hunter, instead of an attempt to assinate him.
A petition is being prepared to present to the county commissioners in their October term, to move the cinder pike running between the Adams and Empire quarries. If the road is changed we want some provision made for the telephone line along that road.
Frank Deckard, east of town, was a business caller yesterday.
The little son of Wilf Adams is recovering from typhoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Tell, of Clear Creek, are visiting at Louisville.
Mabel Borland and Kthel Parks, of Clear Creek, have returned from a ten days trip at Niagria Falls.
Mrs. Earnest May, of Clear Creek, who has been confined |to her bed for some time, with typhoid fever, is convalescent.
Arland Hays, was down from Bloom -ington, yesterday, posting advertisments for the Eagle Clothing Co. He was accompanied by his sister Delia.
Some of the "old farmers" are wondering what became of the hitch rack chains. They think it ought to be divided up amongst them to use on their log wagons.
From the looks of the depot platform Thursday morning, and the tonage of freight unloaded here, it dosen't look very much like hard times. The Monon should be asked to build a new freight depot.
First Speaking of the Campaign.
Hpn. R. Miers, candidate for judge, will speak from the band stand to-night. This, is the first political "dope" tolbe turned loose at this place. The band will break the ice and "whoop her up" to the spell binding stage.
Gaither and Stull are up against it. In drilling a well for Wm. Girtman, they drilled a hole about 35 feet, when Ora Wooden accidently knocked a piece of steel in the hole and got the drill fast, after long efforts the drill was finally gotten out and they have now struck a blue flint rock that is almost impossible to cut with the drills. No water to amount to anything has been struck yet, at 50 feet.
Mrs. Frank Sherlock is ill with typhoid fever.
James Walls is going to Tennesee to spend the winter.
Geo. Davenport has put a new roof on Walter Hepley's kitchen.
Any one may become an agent for the News and be allowed 15 per cent commission on all subscriptions, when as many as three are sent in.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the M. E. church next Thursday afternoon, There will be a selection of delegates for the state convention, and a full at-tendence is desired.
How would it suit the patrons of the News, until after the election, to print one half of it Tuesday and the rest on Friday. Hands up	if you would
prefer it this way, to Nov. 10th., in order to get everything a little fresher during the campaign.
Mrs. Ed Martin, of Clear Creek, returned home Saturday, after a weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. Ray, at Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Martin while at Detroit, saw the worlds famous fastest horse, "Dan Patch" and a man experimenting with an air-ship he is constructing, which would travel in the air for an hour or more, and was under perfect control.
Overcome by Gas.
Char. Keutzer, while digging .a well in his yard at Ramp Creek, fired a heavy charge of dynamite and after waiting a little while for the smoke to clear away, went down  in the hole. He felt himself becoming sick and called for his wife to put the ladder down and help him out. After she got down there, she also fainted. Oscar Deckard who happened to be passing heard a scream and ran to their rescue. He went down holding his breath, until he could put a chain around their bodies and drew them out one at a time, in an Unconscious condition. Dr. Jackson was immediately telephoned for and succeeded in bringing them to life again. The fumes from dynamite explosives are very dangerous and it is miracleous that they escaped death.
The hitch rack question has already been settled, that there will be no more hitch rack around the public square. It was intended to leave it to the people by popular ballot next Nov., but that was considered most too risky, so' in order to make a sure thing of it, the city council is to make a proposition before the comissioners in their October session, proposing to co-operate with them and get a lot some place and turn the old farmer loose at them, to either hitch in or sit and hold his horse or stay at home. Of course all people living in Bloomington, excepting the merchants, would really rather have it away, but it would eat on their pocket books for a while until the old farmer got into the habit. All the farmers would really rather not see our beautiful and costly temple of justice looking like a Christmas tree with a lot of all kinds of "rattle traps" scattered around it. but in doing away with it, do the next best thing if you want them to come to town. .
Oliver Collins is working with the Stull and Gaither well drilling trust.
The following is a list of new sub-scibers this week.
Milt Pittman, Smithville,
Joe Stull,
Dan Rhorer, "
Jas. M. Deckard, Harrodsburg,
Lora Johnson,	"
Nettie Johnson	"
Edd Martin, Clear Creek,
Henry Dillman "
I. O. Sutphin, Bloomington,	
W. W. Weaver "
John C. Dolan "
A government post office inspector was here yesterday, to see if Robt. Johnson, our efficient encumbent, had donated all the government money to the campaign fund. He found that he hadn't and complimented him on its excellent condition. What we ought to have is inspectors elected in the coming election, whose duty it should be to inspect all the public offices at certain intervals and less corruption and more honest men would be elected to office.
Patrons of the News get better returns, from an investment of an ad in the News than from any other paper. Nearly half of Monroe county takes the News and the other half borrows it from their neighbors and reads every word, because it is the only paper now being published in this county that has some thing else in it besides politics. Politics is getting to be an "old gag" with the people. Nothing in it only for the one that gets the office of a few he lies promised "some pie" to help elect him. Am I right?
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