Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, July 9, 1910, p. 1. SELLS 'PHONE LINE TO RETIRE Fairfax System Sold by Curtis Mitchell for $8750. Curtis Mitchell, formerly of Fairfax, this county, and who started into the telephone business some ten years ago, has sold his interest in Lawrence county to Fred Bingham, who is the manager of the Bedford Telephone Company. The price paid was $8,750. Mr. Mitchell will complete his stone building started some time ago in Oolitic and will likely return to his farm at Fairfax. He will come out a few thousand dollars to the good, but says that he will not tackle telephones anymore for a while at least. Mr. Bingham, his successor, will move his family to Oolitic and commence improving the plant at once, [sic] There will not be much of a general change in the business excepting that the line from Oolitic to Smithville, will be made a toll line instead of being used free by Oolitic subscribers.