Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-02-17
HOWELL.

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again alludc TO the happenings OF
Howell and vicinity without tres
passing upon the patience Of your
self or readers.
The principal theme of CONVERSE
ton around the growing little city is
the tobacco situation, and it affords
us Infinite delight to believe that
for once the planters who raise the
weed are in position 10 reap rich
reward for their labor. Some have
sold at prices ranging from to llcts.,
but large number of planters re-
fuse to price crops at anything which
would appear reasonable. We have
six or eight local buyers and they all
talk like it will break them
to pay such prices as they offer, but
If they are sincere they certainly
manifest most unusual and extra
ordinary desire TO embrace poverty,
thesmother OF crime and hitherto the
only patron saint of the tobacco
grower. The weather has been ex-
ceedingly favorable for handling the
weed and by far the largest portion
of the crop 10 already stripped. But
little yet has been delivered on the
market either at Hopkinsville or
GAINESVILLE. regret TO know that
the latter city will more seriously
than.ever encroach on the farmers
trade in this great staple during the
present season and can but attribute
the fact TO the energetic and constant
endeavor of Clarksville agents to
create this diversion of trade, which
Hopkinsville seems TO be making no
effort to prevent. Dust here, Mr.
Editor, let me ask you question.
What kind of pike is that built
out on the Palmyra road? Every
body out here speaks of it as "That
d-n pike.")
Messrs. Whit Radford and others
recently went up to Nashville and
brought back for sale y or Is fine
specimens of that most useful animal
of which it has been said at has
neither pride of ancestry nor hope of
posterity." Their flgur6s for the an
imals seem pretty high, but they as
ON account ,oafiRg IL added to the price
the possibility of reproduction.
Several of our young men took in
Nashville during the Booth Barrett
season, and now unless you are post
ed on Shakespeare you can hardly I'M
derstand half the time what they are
talking about.
Howell continues 10 grow in Size
as well as in trade. A large tobacco
factory is now being put up, and a
new pair of Fairbanks scales is al
ready in use. Our merchants will
all bring on large spring stocks in
addition to their usual drummer Or
ders, which they are receiving almost
daily. AT least one more large store
house, 3 story brick, is in contempla-
ton, and it certainly will be needed
If the volume of trade continues TO
increase in the future as it has in the
past Her once self denominated
rival for commercial supremacy,
IIerndon, no longer attempts to wrest
that well earned honor from her, but
contents herself with efforts 10 down
Bennettstown and Lafayette, IN
which think 1t possible in course of
time she may be able to succeed not
withstanding the "git up and git"
down AGAIN. reputation which these
mighty centers of traffic have had |
during the now slumbering centuries
that have elapsed since their birth,
even to their present magnificent
stage of development.
Mr.. Editor, the discussion of the |
Blair bill which has recently been
going on in your columns, has been
Of immense benefit to a community
which has been hungering and thirst
ing for information. 1t is all now
perfectly plain thanks for the infor-
nation so gained. So plain in fact
that a child of 3 years can under
stand it as tGell as a man-of 30. Tell
the authors to let next the Calcium
light of genius tall upon the theory of
the Nebular hypothesis and devote a
few spare moments to Egyptian
Hieroglyphs and we will know all
that is necessary TO enable us 10 live
well or die happy.
The G. & p. II. Il. now runs six
daily trains, one of them however is
a local train hauling rock, which is
being distributed as ballast all along
the line. Mr., j. Il. Dixon is the rail
road agent at this point. The CON-
pany could have made no better Sc
lection and his universal popularity
will add greatly to its business.
Wheat is looking moderately well
Hogs are scarce $50 was Joe Quarles
until recently.
Wing Kinoheloe's mustache is an
Of all who have seen it.
Jno. Allensworth is local agent for
a matrimonial newspaper published
at Chicago. jeff. Tolison and Bro.
Gardner DR.. Mathews, Ed Gosset
and perhaps few Others are adver-
Using for partners in the same.
Buck Mcknight is prominently