Smithville News 1909-02-26

              THE SMITHVILLE NEWS
VOL. I.
SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 28 1909.
No, 29

Our' Dress Making and Ladies' Tailoring Department Opens MONDAY, MARCH 1ST, WITH MLLE AMUNDSON OF CHICAGO, IN CHARGE.
Mile Amundson and assistant, of Chicago, will arrive Friday and will be at the store all day Saturday to meet the ladies preparatory to opening the department Monday morning.
These ladies come to us highly reccommended and any Dress-making or Tailoring entrusted in their hands, we will positively guarantee to be high class city work in every detail.
Orders may be left at Dress Goods department any day this week and we suggest early engagements.
Cambell & Co.
Big Cash Store Bloomington, Indiana.

Local News
Mrs. J. G. Fogle visited at Guthrie Wednesday.
J. M. Bennett, of Lafayette, spent Sunday with home folks.
Mrs. Mollie Fox, of Bloomington, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Walter
Clift.
J. H. Davis, of Borden, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. John Foster, over Sunday.
The Butcher Bros., who are making molasses at Geo. Hensley's camp, have made over 100 gallons.
FOR SALE—One GAS—oline Plant. Call or address, Bob Johnson, J. G. Fogle or Dr. Kentling.
Rev. Auffut, G. W. Oldham and wife Maude Oldham, Tom Clark and wife, spent the day yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. David Fox and Mr. and Mrs Lovell Bowers, West of town. Pulling taffy and general good time is reported.

Misses Ruth and Mildred King, of Bloomington, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. John Foster.
New telephone subscribers: A. F. McCormick, Harley Koontz, Fred Reynolds, Chas. Tosti and Grace Hennings.
Master Maurice Bennett, of Lafayette, is spending the week here with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Bennett.
Ora Wooden and family, Wm. Girtman and family, Joe Stull and family visited Mr. and Mrs Geo. Eads, north of town, Sunday.
Uncle Jack Mercer, an old citizen of Maumee, Jackson Co. and father of John E. Butcher's wife, died Friday of last week, aged 85 years.
Girls, get married, even if you can't support a man. You can change name from Miss to Mrs. and get divorced it looks awkward to see an old grandma sort of a woman dragging through life with that childish Miss clinging to her name. And every woman ought to get rid of it. It looks like an apple hanging on a tree in the winter time.

A GREAT MEETING
Rev. Auffut is conducting one of the greatest meetings at the Christain church ever held here for years. Already 9 additions have been made to the church. The Rev. Auffut is an in teresting speaker and with his unlimited stock of good jokes, undoubtedly believes that people should go to heaven in a good humor, he will have you laughing one minute and crying the next. Wednesday night at the K. of P. lecture, there was scarcely standing room. A collection of $16.40 was taken, the following is a list of those who have united with the church. Maude Sylvester Anna Sylvester Grace Stanley Clara Stanley Jessie Sylvester Daisy Deckard May Wooden Elma Deckard Mrs. Frank Trisler. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 there is to be a men only meeting, after which there will be a baptizing down the railroad.
—SAFETY RAZORS—25c., 50c., or 75c. TYPEWRITERS, rebuilt machines at one-half price of new machines. Send address for catalogue.—Rekab Supply Co., Bloomington, Indiana.

Every old farmer that has some maple tress is a very busy man, just now and the weather is fine. The local market at present is $1.00 per gallon and a little better grade of syrup is being put out this year than common as the scheme of adding a little "store sugar" has to be cut out, unless it is labeled to contain so much adulteration. The fact that maple molasses comes under the pure food law requires all makers to label every can sold. There is a heavy penalty on failure to do so and a rush has been made on this office for labels this week.
The Game Of Checkers
Checkers, checkers everybody is playing checkers. Checkers is a game that never grows old. It is a game where you use science, deplomacy, strategy and human magnetism. When you play ball, you use your activity and strength, when you play pool, you depend on your skill, when you play cards you depend mostly on your luck, but when two opponents sit down to play a game of checkers, there is a clash of human magnetism throwing out all its magnet power to overcome the other. The person who can retain his composure and self confidence stands the best chance of winning the game.