The Holt County sentinel., 1918-10-25

ease and four in the country and SO
far all are getting along just fine with
the best prospects for their recovery.
The doctor has been very busy the last
week looking after his cases and has
taken extra precautions to see that
the disease does not sprcau, and he
thinks this week will just about clean
up the cases now on hand.
Mrs. l.. W. Duncan, Of Mounl
City, the first of the week received
a card from her son. Tommy Duncan,
saving he was wounded and in the
hospital, that he is getting along all
right and hoped to be discharged
from the hospital in short time. He
did not say what the nature of his
wound was. This makes the third
Bigelow boy who has been wounded
on the firing line to date. From Tom
my's card, 1t Is presumed he is only
slightly wounded and is anxious to get
back on the firing line.
Mrs. J. II. Hrnnett is in receipt OF
letter fiom her son, Ed, who is now
in "a hospital in France, suffering
from shrapnel wound in the right
ann, the piece striking his arm Just
above the wrist and coming out above
| the elbow. He has been on the firing
line for twenty-five days. and was
wornded September 20. The nurse
who wrote the letter, says he is get.
ting along all right and there will be
no serious results and what Ed needs
most now H. letters from home. Ed is
the second Bigclow boy to be wounded
on the firing line so far as Is known
! at this writing.
: Our citizens should take notice Of
the fact that It's time to pay your poll
| taxes and our town taxes. There "
quite lot of work that is needed ol
our streets and our street commits
sioner cannot do this work without the
hearty cooperation of the people.
Many people think IL they can beat
their poll taxes they are that much
ahead. This Is an entirely wrong
vicw--the more poll taxes we have,
the more work our street commission
or, MIR. Jim Walden, can do on our
streets. So far this year we know OF
several citizens who are too old IN
pay their poll taxes. volunteered and
paid them In order that We may have
better streets. Another important item
IL to nay your real estate and personal
property taxes. George Poynter is
collector, and can always be found 1T
| the bank. Now, make IL YOUR bus
ness 10 drop In and pay your taxes
and don't make IL necessary for the
collector TO have to 20 to the extra
work Of having TO ask YOU for your
taxes. As matter Of fact, our town
Is well lighted, we have as good &C.
mcnt sidewalks as any Of our neigh
bors, our city dads are doing their bit
Now, let's do our by paying up
promptly, and do not make II ncccs-
sary for the street commissioner to
ask you for your poll taxes or the
collector TO ask Tor the taxes that are
due the town. DO your bit and do II
now.
John ". Smith was born March
30. 1852. in Morgan county. Ind, and
died at the home of his son. Frank
Smith. October Is, 1918. When he
was 8 years old his parents moved Il
Holt county, and with the exception
Of one year he lived in the state OF
Texas. he has resided in this county
since the year 1855. He was united
in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Hale
November 2S, 1882, and to this union
seven children were born, four sons
Willie. Silas, Frank and Louis, tho
latter having passed 10 the great be.
yond November 7, 1908. aged about
| IL years; three daughters, Mrs. Maude
Gardner, Of Fairfax, who was unable
to attend the funeral on account Of
sickness; Mrs. Daisy Simmons, of
Mound City, and Mrs. Katie King.
Mr.. Smith was one Of our Oldest and
most respected citizens, q good father
and husband and will be sadly missed
by his old time neighbors. About two
years ago he suffered q paralytic
stroke and since that time he has been
under the doctors care more or less,
and he and his wife have been making
their home with the children, Frank,
Willie and Silas. Besides his wife and
six children to mourn his loss there
are q number Of grandchildren and u
host Of friends and neighbors. Fu-
neral services were conducted ut the
home Of Frank Smith ut II a. M,
Thursday Of last week by Brother l..
A. Hunt, who delivered a very able
sermon Of comfort to the relatives and
friends, taking his text from Job l4:i.
"Man that Is born OF woman is Of few
days and full of trouble" the scrip
ture reading was 1 Cor, 18th chap
ter. The pail bearers were Ben Ter
hume, Mr.. Oberheimer, Chas. Knowles,
II. NJ. SpillmaR, Harry Larson and
Mr.. Galloway, and the remains were
laid away BY loving hands in Mt. Hope
cemetery.