Smithville News, Volume 1, Number 20, Smithville, Monroe County, 18 December 1908 — Page 1
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SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
VOL. I.
No, 20
BLOOMINGTON IND.
December, 17th. 1908
“Santa Claus” is scheduled to arrive at Campbells store, Wednesday of next week and will be pleased to have all the little folks call him up by telephone.
Customers fire Availed Tiicmselves 0! Tills Opportunity To Save Money In tuisi-^*
J. B. Clark has sold his grocery store on the south side of the square, and will give his attention to his store on loth street.
High Class Merchandise At Less Than
Mamtfacfergs Prices
There is a talked of movement
on foot to organize or reorganize the band at this place. For some time the general progress of the band' lias been depreciating and it is intended to try in some way to get up more enthusiasm among the members.
We want you to look - - Don’t buy unless you know they are UNUSUAL BARGAINS
Everything included — Men’s end Boy’s Suits, Overcoats, Underwear. Hats, Shirts Hioves, Extra Pants- Etc.
There are a number of applications for liquor dicense before the county commissioners to be acted upon in their next session in January.
The expert accoutants. Wallace & Sutton liare made* their final report of the investigation of the county records I he report snows that there is due the county over $11,000,00 r The local papers hove ah joide hands and refused to publish the report This is wrong, The people paidfor the investigation and they are entitled to Know the result ‘ S’and up for Bloomington and Mon: oe County** and let us have the report.
Bloomington, Indiana
Bi£ Cash Store
Fll ESfllBS XMAS"
fin Paper Xmas Day As Xmas is a national holiday, and everybody will be to well etiTV. > i tention to a newspaper, the News will not appear Xmas day. In the meantime we will wish you a very Happy Chrismas and may “Old Santa” be very liberal to you.
W. H Bloggetj . correspodent-|or the JumlamiponsiveW last Monday and tbok a look at the experts report.
SUITS $5.00 to $25.00
By request of W. H. H. Parks Mr. Smith, manager of the Indianapolis News, furnished the Farmers’ Institute 1300 copies of his paper containing the experts’ report and Mr- Parks distributed them among the farmers of this county.
| LOCAL NEWS
—Buy your Xmas Candies, Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Grapes and Nuts at C- E. Deckard’s. The county commissioners have not yet allowed the election expenses.
OVERCOATS $5.00 to $25,00
BOYS SUITS and OVER-
COATS $3.00 to $18.00
The Mon on will pay off a few days before Christmas, so the employees will get their money in time for the holidays.
Mew Telephone Subscribers
HATS 50c. to $5.00
Newt Wright, general store at Victor, Dr. F. W, Kern, Harrodsburg, Frank Underwood and Albert Moat are new telephone subscribers this week.
George Miller and Fred Reynolds held meeting at Mt. Kbal Sunday.
CAPS 25c. to $2.00
SHIRTS 25c. to $3:00
Nothing would make you feel better to start the new year, than if you would 75 cents for a years subscription to this paper.
SWEATERS 50c. to $5.00
UNDERWEAR 25c. to $5.00
Edd Culwell and John Walls have gone to Knoxsville Tenn. on a three weeks visit with relatives.
GLOVES 25c. to $2.00
MUFFLERS 50c. to $2 25
Editor Feltus is complimenting himself this week on his keeping up such an excellent condition of his paper, week by week, by his own labor. We have often wondered how he managed to set up So much type, make up his ads, get them through the press siraight, all appearing about the same each how his physical condition would always permit him to keep it up so regularly.
\ If you think there is ‘•nothing doing” in Smithville, bring ycnr dinner and come around to the News office and spend a day.
TibS loc. to $1.00
Mrs. Edd Culwell has gone to Oakland, TIL, to visit the family of Abner Scott.
SUSPENDERS 10c. to $1.00
HANDKERCHIEFS 5c. to 50c
Mrs. Lena Trisler and Mrs. Mary J udah visited Mrs. Nannie Humpher)? to-day.
SOX 5c. to 50c
FANCY VESTS $1.00 to $5.00
We wonder if the “graft” investigation would stand a “graft” investigation.
BATH ROBES $4.00 to $.10.00
Raymond Sylvester and wife, Mary Judah, Nannie Humphery and Clara S3dvester visited at Micheal Wamplers Tuesday.
PAJAMAS $1.00 to $5.00
UMBRELLAS 50c. to $7.00
Oliver Collins and Johnny Moore are covering T. Thrasher’s house this week.
TRUNKS $2.50 to $30.00
A gold medal ought to be presented to Frank Kinser, as he is the only office holder ever on record-that never took all that was coming to him.
Many Other Articles Too Num-
Marshall Chambers is suffering an attack of tonsilitis.
—For Xmas, Fresh Oysters, Cranberries and Celery at C. E. Deckard’s.
erous to Mention
Mrs. R w. Johnson arid Mrs. Wesley Oldham attended the Eastern Star meeting at Bloomington, Wednesday night.
'’That you have to go away from home to learn the news” is well illustrated in the Smithville News, is whaUmany people in Bloomington will tell you. The News gives many important matters of news to about 300 people in that place, that all the other newspapers never even heard of.
The program for the next meeting of the W. C. T. U. promises to be very interesting, ft will be held at the M. K. church, Jan. 7th.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Litz spent Wednesday with Mrs. Litz’s sister Mrs. Snoddy, near the Snoddy.
Some merchants if you didn’t happen to be passing their store you would never know they were in business. Try an ad in the News, and watch your business grow.
Why not give the News some County printing? It is a legal publication, and can deliver the goods for less money, and can do as good work as any printing establishment. The News hasn’t learned to “graft” yet and we believe it would be a wise economical act.
Miss Minnie Lucas visited Miss Bertha Miller, north of town, Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Deckard and Miss Minnie Lucas spent Thursday with Mrs. Chas. Litz.