Smithville News, Volume 1, Number 16, Smithville, Monroe County, 20 November 1908 — Page 3

i LOCAL NEWS

WILD MTS

win Get von. it von Don’t Watoh on

“A PANIC

Narrowly Averted.”

From time immemorial there has always been something exciting going on over east ot town. Several years ago a great sensation was going that a house was haunted over on Chapel Hill, and people from all over the country

SOUTH OF TOWN

Because the News missed one week, caused a greater panic than that of ’93, or the recent “financial flurry” in the east. The election did hit the News a pretty hard jolt and “blowed her clear up in the air”—that is, with such a strenuous life a candidate is naturally subject to, especially when trying to handly two or three other business’ with it, “ye pen pen scribbler” and “spitoon cleaner’became so physically exhausted that it was necessary to stop a minute and draw a long breath. So the News did not appear last week and only on one side the week before. So if our patrons will overlook that descrepaucy and continue their support it need not be necessary to have a similar occurance. This instance illustrates how quick the world is to help kick a man on, if he should happen to take the downward grade. Bradfute, Feltus and Wentworth nearly had a “coniption fit’* over such a possibility, that jjhe News was down and out,~- i.LJ 1 seemed to rather regret. Even Weiltworth bought up some of the News ♦Advertising deals, thinking he womld reach over and cash in the plant, na!

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Mrs. Anthony Deckard and Mrs. Sarah Chambers spent Tuesday with Mrs. John M. Harrell.

were excited about it. Many would ..go

and sit up at the house to have a chance

to see a ghost, but it finally turned out

be only the stone giving away and falling down an old chimney. Now everybody over east says there is a

Mrs. Wm. Burkhart and Nettie Johnston were shopping in Bloomington, Saturday.

wild cat or something worse roaming

Miss Lora Johnst n will attend the county institute at Bloomington, next week.

around and is frightening many people. Last week Elza Deckard, son of Bud

Deckard, a well known farmer, south

Mildred, the little daughter, of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Harrell, has been on the sick list for the last week.

east of town, says he saw a large brown

animal with a long tail and had ears

like a cat, and that it screamed so he

ran for home. It could be possible that

The Harrell Rios, haye come in from shredding for this fall.

there might be a cat family living over

in the hills, but we are not particularly

anxious to exchange visiting cards with

them

Mr. John M. Harrell was shopping in Bloomington Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Biirkha t and daughter Mary, Mr. and Mrs.'Anthony Deckard spent Sunday with David Burkhart and wife.

7 PEOPLE

Will Get The News For I0CENTS

Not so! It was never the intention to completely discontinue publication, with such support as the News has been favored with is the past and if we can only continue to get s«ch patronage, there is no probability that it will cease publication, and if there is any thing in “delivering the goods.” You will certainly get them in the News. With an an additional correspondent, to be put on next week and from Bloomington too, one who even the city papers would feel honored to have, ought to put the News in better stamding before the public than ever. So if you want to be sure to get the paper regular every week, hand over about 75 cents.

Mrs. Wallace Anderson was visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Mercer, Tuesday.

Bad Weather

Mrs. Cora Peters, was down from Bloomington over Sunday, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Sciscoe.

The following have taken advantage

of our offer before the election

Is Coming

“Taking advantage of your offer con-

tained in the issue of your paper dated Oct. 30-1908, I herewith furnish the names of the subscribers, with the name of the man they expect to see elected. r *

Glen Carter, son of T. W. Carter, of Bedford, came up to take a hunt with “ye hd” last Thursday. Four birds and a lot of atmosphere was badly shot up.

Get a

Telephone

BRYAN

J. W. Dust L. Fox

Is it possible the extreme dryness in Bloomington is due to the recent effort in effecting that town to become a “dry town?” Surely the present water famine is not a “curl” on that account from any divine power especially.

H. Wright B. Linthicum Mrs. Sherman Fox Mrs. W. Forney Mrs. A. Forney D. Simms

You can undoubtedly risk 75 cents on this paper, if we can risk hundreds of dollars. We belieVe you line the paper, so at the very worst you could only loose 75 cents. We have got too much tied up in this plant to want to quit, so if you would like to have a paper published in Smithville, invest 75 cents in it. Don’t put it off, do it now.

Put fn your

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Smithville, Indiana.

C. Storms G. Sylvester L. Jamieson,

Dora Howard, an old Smithville boy, was down from Bloomington Wednesday. He has just returned from Areola, 111., where he has been working with his brother Sam on a large farm. Chas. Dral e also lives at Areola and is a near neighbor to Mr. Howard.

TAFT

J. Whitted

J. Rager J. Baker W. Sare W. Srygler S. Greer A. Moat.

It had begun to look like there never was going to be any more business transactions up to “last Saturday. But there was an old time trade with the me.chants ©n that day. and everything was on the hum. A merchants business is effected very much by the weather. Dry warm weather, no trade. No trade, ho advertising. No advertising no paper. So lets hope for a change in the weather.

Mrs. George Stipp (Lizzie Grimes) and her sister Emma’s little boy, Robert Roudebush, of Ensley, Alabama, are here for a months visit with home folks. Mrs. Stipp says there is plenty of rain in Alabama, and the only trouble there is a big strike with a steel plant, which is causing quite a little bloodshed.

So 7 will get the News for 1 year and and the others will only get 10 cents

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