Smithville (Monroe County, Indiana) News, April 9, 1909, p. 2. NOTE: The item below is abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. .This small community can boast of having put out a bunch of telegraph operators that deliver better goods than the average operators and have gained high positions faster than operators that spent years in schools and study. For instance, Fred Lucas, Vernon Sheritts, Joe Davis, Miller Bennett, George Burkhart, Alfred Fox, Earl Burns, all of whom started in with a little practice in the Harrodsburg office. Most of these boys had great difficulties in getting started on account of financial means, but all of them have rapidly worked their way up to the highest positions and some have passed on to higher positions than telegraph operators. Most any Monon official will tell you that the Smithville boys are "making good." Many other Smithville boys are rapidly climbing the ladder in other business. For instance, Ed Adams, who never had much of a chance here went out west and is now considered one of the best judges of law in Nebraska. The Grimes boys, Luther, John, Perry, Irvin and Taylor, are all doing well in the west. John Grimes, who went into the newspaper business at Cassville, Mo., is now senator of that state. Luther is operating a telephone system in Des Moines, Ia. Taylor is operating a bank at Reading, Ia. Henry Baker, a well known Smithville boy, has just struck a good luck job with the Buttrick Publishing Co., at $25 per month and all of his expenses. He travels all over the state of Wisconsin.