The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28


Hickman holds towards The Surround
ing country, if viewed with candor,
readily explains to the business mind
why Hickman i capable of large and
profitable t,ade. Through years of
frugality. prudence. sagacity. enter
prise aud energy, her business men
have accumulated large capital, aud
this large capital enables them to buy
large stocks, and buying large stocks
enables them to buy goods at better
figures than smaller merchants. BE
sides, their rate tor freights 10y river
gives them considerable margin over
interior points. These advantages can
not be successfully combatted. An
other thing is that these large invest
ments gives Hickman a permanent,
fixed interest, with the surrounding
country. True, merchants come and
90. and it always will be so tall the end
Of time: but the Hickman market Is
absolutely essential to all the surround
ing country. The farmer finds cheap
er trans oriatiou for nearly every char
acter Of his produce at this point than
anywhere equally as accessible, and
this being the case, Hickman natural
" becomes his market The average
prices paid to the farmers by Hickman
produce leaders warrants the state
ment. that our market has maintained
prices equal to the larger cities, les
freight aud commissions The books
of every commission merchant will e.
tablish this. Hence, we say, that Hick-
man a. town aUd market, Is absolute
" essential to the interest aud pros
perity of the farmers of our surround
ing country. These facts give lIick
mau permanent advantages. Circum
stances, here and there, of temporary
aud local nature, may divert trade, and
Justly 80, as illustrating the value OF
competition, but the nalural tendency
tbi. point. Here Is its natural chan
mel and it will require unusual aud *
traordinary causes to permanently az
yert ouch of it. These are thoughts
worthy OF CONSIDERATION, both 10y ciu
zsns Of Hickman al the farmers O
s"o savraunding country, U,eause the,
are relatively essential to each ether'
permanent interest aud prosperity.
AS A ArANUFAcrCRING PoI4r.
The success which has attended eve
~ class Of manufacturing which ha
been attempted at Hickman, prove
that one day it will be the seat Of man
uiacturing for this sections Of country
The few experiments already mad,
will, by degrees, attract the zurplu.
capital Of the country into that class
OF Investment. Because, il j. dawn
lug upon our people that such invest
ments pay a better per ceutp.e than
commerce or surplus lands. Nature
supplies the raw material at our very
doors for any hind Of wood factories,
and farmers grow the cotton. wool, to-
bacco, etc together with an abundance
of grain for cheap living All that l.
now needed is business leaders aud
skilled operatives
CLIMATE AND HEALTH.
The climate is mild, pleasant, and
whatever opiuiou may have obtained
to the contrary in early days, the sec
ton Is on the average very healthy
The dense forests which years ago bred
aud busbanded malaria have now given
way to broad open acres teeming with
the luxurieot products Of the farmers
labor. On the whole. our health com
Pares with any of the older parts Of
Kentucky and Tennessee The idea
that this section was unhealthy ha-
always retarded Immigration. But
with the construction of the great IA
tionaI enterprise. the
MISSISSIPPI LEYEEs
the last vestige of malarial influence.
will be wiped ont. Noone can doub,
from the ripeuius tone Of naiiouai
sentiment but that the qpnsummation
of tins great national work is in the
near future. The whole nation need.
it, and is demanding it. We doubt
not that Congress, at its approaching
session, will make the necessary an,
preparation 10 commence the work
The country owes this great develon.
ment to the Southern States, and the
hand writing on the wall indicates nm
erringly that its building is a part Of
the great national plan of reconeili,.
ton between the North aud South
When it is completed our section will
be the
GARDEN SPOT OF THE WORLD.
This prospect adds to the perma- I
nent values of land and realty, and
buoys the business man and strurolip.
to continued energy and
industry. Some of our home people
DO not properly appreciate the pros
peetive. But it is fact which be
Ongs to the certain future.
EDUCATION FREE IN HICKMAN
One of the chief attractions Of
Hickman to mechanics, working peo
lie, aud men Of moderate circum
tanees /. that, any and all children
ave the advantages OF good Eng
ISL education offered to them without