Smithville News, Volume 1, Number 32, Smithville, Monroe County, 19 March 1909 — Page 2

Wednesday was St # Patricks day

VAUDETTE

line Popular Little Theatre

SOUTH EAST OF TOWN

PROSPECTS BRIGHTER Forlndependent Telephone Companies.

Mrs Lon Sylvester visited Mrs Cora Fox Wednesday.

Mrs. Francis Parnell and daugh-

ter Verdie, were the guests of Mrs. Winfield Scott Tuesday. James Smith of Handy is visiting S. D. Huffman this week.

There is much more encouraging out lookfor independent telephone companies in this state since the recent granting of a raise of rates of the Indianapolis Telephone Co. This Co. has been held up for the past year on accpunt of a fight to gain an additionol concession on their franchise, which has just been granted by the board of works. The Indianapolis Co. effects all other companies in the state. Under their new prospects they will spend $200,000 in £im provements.

M rs. Lpn Sylvester visited Mrs Abb Humphrey Thursday night.

Mrs. Bud Young continues very ill.

Ora Wooden and Chas. Botkins are leveling up the school campus.

Miss Millie Tate is a new member of theMt. Ebal church.

I Every Eveaing —Matinee Saturdays You sure get your money’s worth

Miss Maud Sylvester visited Miss Grace Stanley Thursday night.

Miller and Reynolds held meeting at Mt. Ebal Sunday and Sunday night.

Misses Grace and Clara Stanley visited Miss Minnie Lucas Tuesday

Mrs. Matthew Butcher is not so well at present writing.

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Misses Ruth and Verdie Parnell visited Mrs. T- G. Harden Wednesday.

RAYLTOWN Geo. E. Knight and wife spent Tuesday in Bloomington. David Shields and wife spent Sunday with W. N. Show and wife.

MODERNIZING OF BLOOMINGTON

A FREAK

Mrs. Robert Stanley and little son called on Mrs, Pink Zike Thursday afternoon.

Not so very long ago when there was anything of importance to be done in the city of Bloomington, it had to be done with the consent and through a little ring of fellows who dished out* what they were ashamed to take themselves, at so much per dish. Such a condition has almost ceased to exist there now, as there is more equality, more rings have grown who are able to compete with the other and one ring will not allow the other to take a mean advantage over anyone without being given a fair chance. The old monarchial rule “do as we say or off comes your head” will no longer stand and the bringing about of such a modernized and republican government of the general city affairs is attributed to r

Is our County Treasurer Regester. Mr. Regester just recently refused to accept additional fees for the collection of delinquent taxes. Any office-hold-er that will refuse legetimate money is certainly a freak and certainly deserves a great deal of credit fer it.

Miss Nettie Shields spent Tuesday with Miss Nellie Wampler.

Major Grimes is putting up notices on his farm against trespassers, so be careful.

Eeon, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mitchell is recovering from a serious illness.

There is to be some degree work at Harrodsburg, Saturday night in the K. of P. order. Several from here will attend.

Misses Daisy Zike and Sallie Wampler called on Miss Ruth Parnell Thursday afternoon.

Miss Rosa Wampler, spent Sunday with Mabel Duncan. Ellis Show of Bloomington, came out to his farm Monday. John Wanpler and John Souder have completed a fine eight room dweelling near Friendship church, for Frank Knight. Mrs. Len Shields and Miss Nellie Wampler, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Mary Elgar of Benton township.

some of our exchanges put us next to a Challenge Pony paper cutter, 16 or 19 inch?

Campbell &Co. have commenced house-cleaning, and are making several important improvments in their already popular store.

Robt. Stanley and family, Josephine McCormick and Edith Judah visited Eon Sylvester and family, Sunday.

CLEAR CREEK

The I. O. O. F. will organize here Saturday night. Miss Maud Koontz of Harrodsburg spent Saturday and Sunday with the family of George Thrash-

Gaither Davenport, Moore and Stull the carpenters are erecting an addition to the new mill at the \ * National quarry.

Quite a large crowd attended the meeting held at sister Deckards Sunday night.

few men with which all our readers are familiar and they certainly deserve really more than has been credited them. There is to be yet more ‘bombs” exploded in the monarchial nests until Bloomington will soon become a real desciplined honest working people.

J. Hayse and Ed Duncan conducted church at the lower Moores Creek school house Sunday. Miss Maude Knight of the Bloomington high school, spent Sunday wiih her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Knight.

Mesdames Jos. Stull, Win. Girtmam, Ora Wooden, Homer Eads Robt. Stanley, Margaret Girtman, Clara Dixon and Miss Jane Chambers took dinner with Mrs. Walter Clifft, Wednesday.

John Douglas and family spent Sunday with Gus Rices.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Robinson and little daughter Dorothy, are visiting the family of James Robinson this week.

Elza Shields and Wm. Duncan who lived quietly to gether on Allens Creek have separated. Misses Mary and Bertha Vaught spent Sunday at Clear Creek.

A subscription paper was. passed around last week to raise money to cover Caroline Nikirk’s house, and it wasn’t long until enough was made up and the local carpenters, Gaither, Stull, Davenport, Collins, and Moore, put on the covering without charge. Caroline is one of the best known women in this part of the county and has done washing for nearly every family in this vicinity. She lives alone in a little house in the east part and the roof had become so bad that she could not stay in it during rainy weather, so Mrs. Foster started out with a paper, thus doing an act that will add good marks to the credit of several people in this place, in the hereafter.

Dora Howard who recently went to Yakima, Wash., with Wm. Crafton, where they are working on a large ranch, writes the News that they are having a fine time and are well pleased with the country.

Mrs. Luther Tell and daughter Vernon, are visiting Mrs. Harry Tell this week.

Miss Gladys Hays entertained Misses Gertrude Wright and Edna Reeves Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Bouher spent Sunday with relatives at Smithville and Sanders. Mrs. Emmit Cazee is on the sick list. Also Dr. Simmons.

Smithville correspondent in the Bloomington World: “The young people here have reorganized the Christian Endeavor Society with Miss Maude Oldham for president and Mrs. Dr. C. M. Jackson for vice-president. The society met Sunday evenings for the first time and held a fine meeting. If a few ofTthe older people will go to preserve order, these meetings will be a good thing as all our young folks want to have something to do on Sunday evenings.

The W. C. T. U. are ready and willing to build a public hall for this place if they could get a little encouragement and induce some one to sell at some reasonable price a piece of ground to build it on. It is generally the women that will exert themselves more for the town they live in than the men.

Mrs. W. H. Krutsinger of Ellettsville visited her daughter, Mrs. Lorine Robertson Sunday, Mrs. Otto Fowler visited at Mrs. H. F. Dillmans, Tuesday. Frank Dickerson has sold his household goods and will move to Oklahoma soon.

The following was taken from the fly leaf of one of the church hymn books and handed tp us for publication, to show how bad love sick some boy or girl must be, to write such stuff in the church book. This was written by a girl however.

The great fine of $29,000,000 against the Standard Oil Company thatso much to do was made about, has been played around in the Chicago courts until a judge recently knocked the whole thing out. Laws are so made, that if you have got money enough and stay with it long enough you can win.

Miss Elsie Jones of the Bloomington high school spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Vesta Simmons who is teaching in Indianapolis spent Sunday with her parents.

. Don’t forget that this office will print your Horse and Jack bills, Sale bills, anything in the printing line, at very reasonable prices.

Dear Friend:I love you bv the bushel, I love von by the peck; But I love you better With my arm around your neck.

Bloomington will never be dry as long as they do not close the express office.

Newland Duncan was a caller at Jas. Robinsons Tuesday.