Smithville News, Volume 2, Number 6, Smithville, Monroe County, 22 October 1909 — Page 2

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Bloomington Solecisms,

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The Daily Student, issue Oct. 18, deprecates the forming of a Greek letter fraternity among the hostlers of Bloomington. There seems to belittle difference, professionally, between a frat man who uses “ponies” during examinations and a hostler. The latest thing in elongated hose and Stock Companies is playing the Harris Grand this week.

Miss Ocie Clay is visiting friends in Indianapolis.

ey, who has inch better.

H. T. Smallwood have returned to Martinsville, after visiting rel-

atives here

r. U. met with Mrs

Memorial services at the Christain church Sunday Oct. 24, 1909, 3 o’clock p.m. All members of K. of P. meet at hall promptly at 2:30 p.m, and march to church. Services will open by singing song 221, Blest Be The Tie, Prayer, by Rev. Trusty, Song, Reading of Biography of our Deceased Brother? A taBrby Rev.. Trust} 7 on Pythianism. By order of committee.

Fred Stotts has returned from a visit with relatives in Illinois.

Lan

.ard yesterday

The schools will give a box supper Saturday night at the opera house. All are invited to attend.

Mineral Water is a mighty fine thing for a ‘bum’ stomach. Try it-

The recent distressing accident on the Southern tracks which occured on Wednesday last adds another to the disproportunate list of sudden deaths occuring in Bloomington in 1909. A superstitious mind would see herein the penalty for the town’s awful wickedness.

Miss E. A. Deckard has received another large shipment of Fine

Several from here attended the “egg” social at Smithville last Saturday night.

Hats,

E. Judah has gone to Eafayette to attend the Merien Methodist

FOR SAFE —A good milch cow call John S. Keller, through Smithvill exchange.

The chorus girl who arrives in this town and throws herself on the tender mercies of her student escort after the show, is apt to bWlisappointed when, expecting a she is treated to dry beer and IPjcombination sandwich.

Geo. Gaither Geo. Deckard Lusty Judah.

college

Mrs. Geo. Burks was shopping in Bloomington, Tuesday.

The wife of Win Sutphin died at Plattsville, Col., last Saturday, of consumption. Win is cashier of a bank in Plattsville.

[as. Burkhart will have charge of :he singing. The general public nvited.

Mr. and Mrs Jos. Taylor entertained a number of their friends at an informal dinner party Sat.

An official affiliated with the U..S. Gelogical Survey was in town Tuesday collecting data respecting the different stone mills and their output, facilities From him we learned that Uncle Sam will build 13 postoffices in Indiana in 1910 agnmst 21 in Illinois.

BURGLAR FIRES AT PURSUERS. Mrs. Fogle Chases a Man.

Cecil Carmichael has a position in the Bloomingtcn exchange.

Fred Rice, of Clear Creek, who recently went west has gone to work with an Electric Construction Co. in California, at $8oper month.

Ed Crum was a Sunday visitor at at Smithville.

Wednesday night as Mrs. Pogle ppened the door to go for the mail after the 7 o'clock train, she ran “pell mell” into a man at the door, she demanded what business he had there and he made no reply and ran. Mrs. Fogle is no coward and could clean up two or three ordinary men in a fair scrap, so she

The Editor of the Smithville News erred in stating in his last issue that the ladies in the audience “viewing” the Monte Carlo Burlesque were silent when it came time to applaud. We have on the authority of the minister who attended incog, that there were no ladies in the audience.

Alex Chambers was a business visitor at Indianapolis Wednesday.

On account of the K. of P. memorial services at the Christain church Sunday, Sunday school will be held one-half hour earlier, 1:30 to 2:30.

H. Brassfield and wife spent Sunday with Henry Bishop at Mitchell.

Ed Crum, of this place and Miss Edna McNeely of Ellettsville were married at the home of the formers cousin, Mrs. Myrtle Speer, at Bloomington, Tuesday evening and were given an old fashioned “chivarie’ ’ by his Harrodsburg friends, Tuesday night.

An assistant editor for a leadinglocal paper with a student friend tried to gain admittance to the dressing room at the Harris Grand Wednesday night, they, were caught by an irate stage manager who read the law of etiquette to them and they burnt up the dust in the alley, making their get away.

Miss Glen Butcher, who teaches at the Mitchell school took in $25 on a box supper last Friday night. Some boxes sold as high as $5 each, and if you don’t betieve it, ask Andy Stull.

gave = vM^and called Daye Burkhart; a next door neighbor, .who came out with his old breech loader and chased him through the

garden, when the man fired a revolver at them and succeed in getting away. Mrs. Fogle’s husband is in the west and this is not the first time that she has been annoyed by some one prowling about, but some of these timemes someone Avill get about six sky-lights bored through their anatomy with a big 38 that she has and is not afraid to use it.

Mr. Mrs. James Johnson, and children, came up from Bedford, last Friday, and spent a few days with his father, R. W. Johnson. James is a stone milF foreman at Bedford, and is doing well.

The stone men of Bloomington, Bedford and outlying districts, held a meet ing in the interest of their trade at the Hotel Bowles Monday morning at 9 :30. Various schemes tending toward better mutual understandings and prices for their work were discussed, but nothing definite decided upon, until they meet again at Bedford during November. The outlook for the stone business is very bright and prospects are that it will continue so until more tariff legislation in 1913.

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Luther Crimes, of Des Moines, la., writes the news a reprimand on his failure to receive the News regularly, and closes in saying that he misses the paper much, he says that it is a great deal of pleasure to him after a long busy week at the office, to take up the paper and drop back again with memories freshened of his old home town and friends.

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Best Service,

S. L. HARRELL

DOCTORS LAID UP

Our doctors have been up against bad luck this week. Dr. Jackson while working around the barn, stepped on a nail and has been unable to answer calls since Monday Dr. Kentling recently bought a fine bird dog and was'playing with him Wednesday, when the animal bit him on the finger, making an ugly wound.

Judging from the interior of the last weeks News, the friends of Peary are sparing no pains to show why and wherefore they are the only original authorized polar explorers and deciples of Truth, and that Cook had no business discovering the north pole if he did accidently happen to do so. Sympathy is always with the under dog in a case like this, and Peary may be a: succeptible to this as Cook when investigations now irf process are completed. \ —— —~ ■■■ . 4

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Funeral Director North Side Square, BLOOMINGTON, IND.

Is it possible that the citizens of this place are going to lay still and permit this egging business (a side line for white capping) to continue. Whitecapping is a credit to throwing rotten eggs into a crowd of respectable people. Between the two crimes white-capping is the most honorable. The fame of Smithville for white-capping has been advertised sufficiently, and to permit a respectable crowd, who canfe and spent their money *with us, to be ambushed aud egged, spoiling their clothing besides being gagged with the offensivs fumes. It is time to call a halt.

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Now who .has got the nerve to help push for a moving picture show in this place. It would be the best pa} 7 ing proposition of any investment in town. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to keep the money spent in other places for amusement here, if they could get the amusement. All amusement places in Bloomington compliments Smithville for its patronage. So why not have some amusement without having to go so far.

TheW. C. T.U. will hold a contest at the M. E. church, Saturday night, October 30th.

Office and residence phones 916 DR. C. A. COLEMAN, Special Attention to General Surgery and Stomach Diseases. Suite 1 Allen Bldg. Bloomington, Indiana

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swain, of Gosport, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Waltet Hepley and Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Trisler.

The govenor of North Carolina and the govenor of South Carolina meet quite often up about Sauders.

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