Smithville News 1908-12-18

              VOL. I.	SMITHVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.	No, 20
-------------------------------------
EVERY DAY
Customers Are Availing Themselves Of This Opportunity To Save Money In This
GREAT REMOVAL SALE
High Class Merchandise At Less Than Manufactures Prices
We want you to look - - Don't uy unless you know they are
UNUSUAL BARGAINS
Everything included - - Men's and Boy's Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, Hats, Shirts, Hloves, Extra Pants- Etc.
CAMPBELL & CO.
Big Cash Store Bloomington, Indiana.

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.
J. B. Clark has sold his grocery store on the south side of the square, arid will give his attention to his store on 10th street.
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 has been depreciating and it is intended to try in some way to get up more enthusiasm among the members.
There are a number of applications for liquor (license' before the county commissioners to be acted upon in their next session in January.
The expert accoutants. Wallace & Sutton Ti are made" their final report of the investigation of the county records the report snows that there is due the county over $11,000,00, The local papers hove al joide hands and refused to publish the report This is wrong, 1 he people paidfor the investigation and they are entitled to Know the results and up for Bloomington and Monroe County and let us have the report.
W. H. Blogget, correspod-ent. for the Indianapolis News was in Bloomington last Monday and took a look at the experts report.
By request of W. H. H. Parks Mr. Smith, manager of the Indianapolis News, furnished the Farmers' Institute 1200 copies of his paper containing the experts' report and Mr. Parks distributed them among the farmers of this county.
George Miller and Fred Reynolds held meeting at Mt. Ebal Sunday.
Nothing would make you feel better to start the new year, than if you would 75 cents for a years subscription to this paper.
If you think there is "nothing doing" in Smithville, bring your dinner and come around to the News office and spend a day.
We wonder if the "graft" investigation would stand a "graft" investigation.
Oliver Collins and Johnny Moore are covering T. Thrasher's house this week.
Marshall Chambers is suffering an attack of tonsilitis.
Mrs. R w. Johnson arid Mrs. Wesley Oldham attended the Eastern Star meeting at Bloomington, Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Litz spent Wednesday with Mrs. Litz's sister Mrs. Snoddy, near the Snoddy.
Miss Minnie Lucas visited Miss Bertha Miller, north of town, Sunday.
Mrs. Peter Deckard and Miss Minnie Lucas spent Thursday with Mrs. Chas. Litz.
SUITS	$5.00 to $25.00
OVERCOATS $5.00 to $25,00 BOYS SUITS and OVERCOATS	$3.00 to $18.00 ' HATS 50c. to $5.00 CAPS 25c. to $2.00 SHIRTS 25c. to $3.00 SWEATERS 50c. to $5.00 * UNDERWEAR 25c. to $5.00 GLOVES 25c. to $2.00 MUFFLERS 50c. to $2 25 TIbS loc. to $1.00 SUSPENDERS 10c. to $1.00 HANDKERCHIEFS 5c. to 50c SOX 5c. to 50c. FANCY VESTS $1.00 to $5.00
BATH ROBES $4.00 to $30.00 PAJAMAS	$1.00 to $5.00
UMBRELLAS 50c. to $7.00 TRUNKS . $2.50 to $30.00 Many Other Articles Too Numerous to Mention.
THE EAGLE Graham & Marxson
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.
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.
The Monon will pay off a few days before Christmas, so the employees will get their money in time for the holidays.
Edd Culwell and John Walls have gone to Knoxsville Tenn. on a three weeks visit with relatives,
Mrs. Edd Culwell has gone to Oakland, Ill., to visit the family-of Abner Scott.
Mrs. Lena Trisler and Mrs. Mary J udah visited Mrs. Nannie Humphery to-day.
Raymond Sylvester and wife, Mary Judah, Nannie Humphery and Clara Sylvester visited at Micheal Wampiers Tuesday.
—For Xmas, Fresh Oysters, Cranberries and Celery at C. E. Deckard's.
"That you have to go away from home to learn the news" is well illustrated in the Smithville News, is what many people in Blooming-ton 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.
No Paper Xmas Day
As Xmas is a national holiday, and everybody will be to well-? otherwise to pay any at-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.
New TelepHone Subscribers
Newt Wright, general store at Victor, Dr.F. W. Kern, Harrods-burg, Frank Underwood and Albert Moat are new telephone subscribers this week.
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 issue and how his physical condition would always permit him to keep it up so regularly.
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.
The program for the next meeting of the W. C. T. U. promises to be very interesting. It will be held at the M. E. church, Jan. 7th.
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.