Smithville News, Volume 1, Number 28, Smithville, Monroe County, 19 February 1909 — Page 1

fHE SMITHVILLE NEWS.

VOL. I.

SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 19 1909.

No, 28

LOCAL NEWS

NOW IT IS AN ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

ANNUAL WHITE SALE This Sale Continues All This Week With Unabated Vigor. The Showing and Special Bargains offered are Without Para lell. We Wish to Mention the Muslin Underwear Department

The W. C. T. U. met with Mrs* Lucy Davenport, yesterday.

If everything was done that is talked of being done in this town, we would soon be so “swelled up” we wouldn’t look at anybody that was from a “ja} T town” like Bloomington or Bedford. A number of citizens are now talking either an electric light plant or utilizing the gas from the Paris Trisler well, and negotiations are being made with te Indiat apolis firm to come and see it such a proposition would be feasible. By estimation it is figured that electricity can be used about as cheap as the cost of coal oil and gasoline and it would be much more convenient, safer and better light, but whether there is enough enterprise back of the talk to p ish it to a reality is yet to be developed, j

Mrs. Louisa Leonard of Bloomington, is the guest of her brother, Silas Grimes and family.

Mrs. Kate Lucas of Bedford, was the guest of her sister, Miss E. A. Deckard, last week.

Mrs. Homer Hepley, of Bloomington. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paris Trisler.

?0n Second Floor We say that this depanmen jwas never more complete and never was ou more pleasing and quality and wort t imanship better. ★ ★ ★ I

SPECIAL BARGINS SHOES CLOTHING *■“* AND Don’t forgot OUR Basement. Big Gasti Store, ' • Bloomington. Ind-

Mr. F. Kentling returned to hi .home in Highlandville, Mo., Tuesday morning, after a pleasant visit with his son, Dr. Kentling.

Do Your Duty

Let your neighbor be a back number if he wants to. Let him kick against any proposed imp ovment. Let him live in the solitude his forefathers lived in a hundred years ago—plow with oxen and cut grain with sickles. Hut see that you do your full duty 10 your community, yqur famly and yourself. Work, act, talk for the good of the town and its institutions, and you will be remembered for generations *fter your indolent neighbor has received histhree line obituary in the local papers m\<\ gone to “Hades.”

George Gaither left Tuesday for T ‘xas, on a prospective tour. If prospects lock better in Texas than herehe will move there.

—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.

You can tell by the looks of a country newspaper, when theyareoomg a lot of job printing as will probably be noticed on the News this week. All our type is up on a job and we must apologize for*such a bum sheet 3his week, mavbe it won’t be so bad next week.

The Smithville News is jubilant over the probability of a new stone 3-story building there along the idea of the George buih ing here. The Knights of Pythiasand the Red Men there are behind the move and they usually go thr ough with whatever they undertake, the proposition is for the ground floor to be a sort of opera house »r town hall and the upper floors to be lodge rooms for the two orders, which have a total membership of nearly two hundred.— Oolitic News.

An exchange says that women are usually polite to their company. They meet the company at the train, kiss her, quarrel about carrying her valise, fuss about paying the street car fare, scream when she suggests going home, and then —heave a sigh of relief when she dies go.

Had a legitimate Claim -

There is a Chinaman at Indiana University, who is sent by his government, with about $2000 a year to “blow in.” This Chinaman is a “Chinese gentleman” and with his high-standing, like everybody else, has his “hobbies” one of them is for dolls and to}r pistols etc. Nothi; g but the very best is bought by him, and on last Xmas he added to h4s collection a $10 doll.

A man went to hell, and was walking about putting on so many airs that the Devil said to him: “Say! You go about here as if you ovneu the place-” “I do!” reflected the man- “My wife gave it to me just before I died.”

Are you A Red Man?

is the best route to Chicago, LaFayette, Indianapolis and Louisville and all points North and Northwest.

The large gasoline lamp, the citizen? placed on a pole down town to “light up the town” —like all gasoline lamps has turned out to be a “fizzle,” and is not use! any more. It did fine for a while, sometimes it would burn, and more dims it wouldn’t, so it has been pissed up as a bad deal.

What would people here, do for public amusement if the trains were to stop running through the town.—Stinesvillt Times.

Solid Vestibule Trains, Dining Cars, on through day trains and Pullman Sleepers on all night train.

We are not bothered much about trains here, we play checkers.

—E)OR SAIvK —One two horse McFarland,Buggy, Stan hope'Style. Good is new. Will sell for $35 cash or approved note. Inquire at this office.

A problem. Can you figure it out? A man entered the office and asked the cost of a ticket to a certain station and was told $ 3. He had but a $2 bill. He left the office and took his $2 bill to a pawn shop and pawned it for $1.50. On his way back to the depot he met a friend and sold him the pawn ticket for $1.50 and this gave him the require i $3 for the railroad ticket. Now who’s out that extra dollar?

SMITHVILLF

North Bound

The K. of P Lodge of Ellettsville h having the old budding opposite tin Masonic Hall, torn down in order to ere t a new two story stone building, this spring. The building being torn down is one of the oldest in the town, having been erected by Elisha Allen who.conducted a general merchandise business in it for a number of years,. — Ellettsvi le Farm.

No- 8 Bloomington Accom 5 56 p m

A farmer refunding home from hunting the other day found his neighbor jus; leaving the house, and being of je&lous nature, drew his gun and filled ti e; man’s legs with fine shot. A lawsuit followed, and it was learned that the man was there to borrow the local papey. The lawsuit cost $75 and the doctor’s bill was $25 and 75c. would have saved the trouble.

South Hound

No. 7 Louisville Accom 6 37 a m No. 41 Local Freight 7 20 a m

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Sraithviile, Indiana