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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09
New Revenue Law.

The new revenue law is now in
fun fosce aud effect, aud the as.
SCISSORS IN every county IN the
State have commenced work un.
der II.
So radical were the changes
made 10y the General Assembly In
the bill introduced by the revlsory
commission, aud so great Was the
confusion and misunderstanding
over the passage of the act, that
few persons indeed understood
the full scope of the measures or
are familiar with the many great
points Of difference between 1t
and the Hewitt law.
lnasmuch Ms the question is Of
direct personal interest To every
taxpayer Ia Kentucky ANN, rs
has been stated. so little under
stood, II ~ well nj this time 10
give review of the measure,
pointing ont the innovations aud
showing the marked distinction
between IL aud the law under
which taxes have heretofore been
collected.
The first essential point OF diff
ference is IN the matter of eX.
emp;ions. Under the old consii.
tuition. aud the laws framed under
IL, thousands upon thousands OF
dollars worth Of property IN Ken.
tucky were not subject tn taxa.
ton. IL mostly consisted Of cor.
porate property Of various kinds,
private schools and Institutions OF
u like character, apparently con.
dncted in the interest of public
education or public charity. hut In
reality operated for private gain.
The new revenue bill in this RI.
gard simply adopts the language
OF the constitution. and the see.
ton on that subject is as follows:
THE following property is ex.
empt from taxation: Public prop.
erty used for public purposes ;
places actually used for religious
worship. with the grounds attach.
ell thereto and used appurtenant
To the house Of worship, rot eN.
ceeding one half acre IN cities aud
towns, aud not exceeding two
acres Ia the country places OF
burial not held for private or cor.
poraie profit; institutions of edu.
cation not nsed or employed for
gain by any person or corporation,
and the income Of which in devot.
ed solely to the cause of educa.
ton; public libraries, their endow.
menIs aud the income Of such
property as is used exclusively for
their maintenance; all parsonages
or residences owned by any re-
IgIous society aud occupied ms a
home, aud for no other purpose,
hy the minister Of any religion,
with not exceeding oue.haH acre
oi ground III towns and cities, and
Two acreSs of ground in the coun.
Try. appurtenaut thereto; house.
hold goods aud other personal
property Of n person with fami.
Is, not exceeding two hundred aud
fifty dollars ia yalne; crops grown
ia the year in which the assess
meut ia made ana Ia the hands OF
The producer
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Tnr rAssISGo nspuBLIcANly VI

There are infallible signs of De
dissolution of the Republican 4
ty or its reorganization upon u {
ferent lines of policy. wAlh
amounts to the same thing virus, b.
". Its leaders are not blind to
the lessons of the past two II c.
tons and already they are b4n.
ming To dise"ss shc future otysc
party. AS u matter of 60 rise
many Of them speak with M air
Of bravado aud predict that belr
party will come again ia $40,
stronger than ever; that Duo
cratic success is only tempe ny;
but this is only to hide theft ruc
feelings on the subject. 1ere
are none so blind but that ca see
the Republican party futile It's
mission years ago and has zen
kept alive by passion and pelu.
dice, fed 10y greed aud fostctd by
monopoly. But for this it Would
have died years ago. Th two
singing rebukes given itn the
last two elections can but show
it's leaders that the American peo-
pie have awakened and " no
longer he tritled with, aud tn, has
caused them tn begin castiiV The
horoscope to find what is Il The
future. The monopoly.hreoling
protective policy Of taxation las
received ITS death blow, aud hat
being the only issue left &c he
Republican party, dissolution My
can eusue. II the Democ nc
majority in Congress act as The
people expect of them, thee will
he another EZRA of good feel ~
Moderation and u due regar for
the rights OF the whole ~ pie
will bring this aboGt. aud 4 ing
lease of power Will be grantes The
Democratic party lOwensoro
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TIL; COURT.
Our New Judge aud Conn.
TnOUwcalth Attorney.

Judge n. r. Moss. the Circuit
Court Judge. elect Of the First Ju.
dicial district, composed of the
counties of Graves, Fulton. Hick.
man, Carlisle aud Ballard. was
born IN Wilson county, Tenn, on
the 18th of February, 1885, and
immigrated with his parents TO
Hickman county, Ky, in 1912.
They settled five miles west of
Feliciana. Judge Moss vas rails.
ed upon the farm with a large fam
lily of brothers and sisters. doing
all kinds of farm labor during the
summer. aud attending the couu.
try schools during the winter, mn.
Ill he was eighteen years old,
when he attended the Clinton
Seminary" for one year. lie fiu.
ished hls education nj Bethel Col.
lege, at that time located at Nc.
Lamoresyille, Tenn, aud, after
teaching school year. began
reading law under the Hon. John
VI. Bullock, in Hickman, finishing
reading under Col. Edward Cross.
land. He obtained license to
practice in 1861, aud Immediately
moved to Texas, where he resided
when the war broke out in 1861.
In 1861 Judge Moss enlisted ms
"A private in Company G. Fifth
Texas Regiment of Volunteer Ia.
fantry. This regiment was one of
those composing what was known
rs the Texas Brigade" in the
Eastern army. and was in n large
sense THE old guard" TO Gen. k.
Il. Lee in his moments of peril.
Judge Moss was ia all the great
battles Of Virginia, Pennsylvania
aud Mary land up to the battle of
Gettysburg, where he was taken
prisoner aud confined in Fort Del.
aware until the close of the war.
After the war Judge Moss set.
tied in Clinton, KY, where lie now
resides, forming law partnership
with Judge VIM. Lindsay, which
lasted until Judge Lindsay was
elected to the Appellate bench.
Judge Moss married Miss Ada /
VI. Semple, very accomplished |
lady, aud sister in.law TO Judge I
Lindsay. They have three chill. I
iren-two grown and accomplish. I
ri daughters and one son eleven
iears old.
In 1888, without solicitation,
'udge Moss was appointed 10y
iov. Bnckner a member of the
State Board of Equalization for
he Fourth Appellate District, and
vas reappoInted TO the same pO.
'ltion IN 1890, serving four years
u all. In the recent November
lection he was chosen Circuit
court Judge over Hon. Sam'l Ii.
jrossland, one of the most pOpu-
ar lawyers in the First District.
Judge Moss made the race upon u
Ugh plane, aud was elected with.
ut the use of money or dema.
'ogy, or any of the arts of The
'olIticidn. AS lawyer he ranks
mong the best ia Western Ken.
ncky, aud possesses the legal
earning, dignity. courage. hon.
sly aud gentle qualities OF head
nd heart which make the lust
udge."
Politically, Judge Moss has al.
'ays affiliated with the Democrat.
party and has always voted the
straight ticket" rs one of the
boys in the trenches" His
'iends predict brilliant future
Or him on the bench. for they
now that he has the ring of the
Ight metal in him.
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One Feature Of the Reeve
nue. Bills WORTHLESS.

FRANKFORT, KY. Dec. 2,-lf
the ideas of the Secretary Of State
are correct, a sensation has been
sprung here that will extend all
over The State before is last
Ills Capt. Headiey's belief that
the second o. the two revenue
bills that the Legislature spent u
year IN enacting is uiohably worth
less in it's most important new
feature. lie is of the opinion that
no such thingas a franchise tax
can he collected uuder the new
law this year or any other year
and that the big corporations
which the anti.corporation ele
ment Of the Legislature sought to
make pay for sperial privileges
will go scot free Of such taxes
just MS they have before.
IL this he so, il will lie difficult
to learn whether the vital defect
in the new law is accidental or the
result of some shrewd legislative
ledgerlemain unseen hy the limo
cent of the Assembly. No less
than six able lawyers have been
seen, who say that he is correct
that the famous Article 3 is worth
less. aud that 1t will he as impos
sible 10 collect franchise tax I'M
der it as If il had never been en-
acted
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THE DEnOCnA ATTIC PRESS.
National Democrat.


As the smoke of the politica
battle rolls away, revealing veto
rs far.reaching aud complete il i,
evident that the most potent fac
tors were the Democratic news.
papers.
To these faithful watchmpn on
the towers, to these guardians OF
the peoples rights, their counsel
lOrs aud friends, the National
Democrat extends greeting 01
congratulations. With brilliant
minds that sciniillated with epi.
grams, and with logic intrenched
behind incontrovertible facts, they
poured the telling fire of sound
reasoning into the ranks of the
allied enemies of the people. Day
hy day they trained their tren.
chant pens upon the ranks of ,he
pIntocrats, the autOcrats and mon.
op0llsts, aud to-day they see the
hosts OF the G., o. Il. routed and
swept of the earth. In season
and out OF season, ever aud an.
ceasing, the Democratic press has
carried on campaign of educa.
ton aud aggression against the
oppressors aud robbers of The
people.
1t is a campaign committee ever
on duty in the lull of current
events, or in the forefront Of The
hottest of political contests.
All honor to the Democratic
press.
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming 50 well known
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ton. All who have used electric Biiters
sing the same song Of praise.-A purer
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

PLEASE give some account Of
the land living in the angle Of the
Mississippi aud Ohio rivers, called
the Purchase" Why 80 called
What are the boundaries 7
The land lying west Of the Ten.
nessee river in Kentucky formed
part of a tract in Kentucky and
Tennessee, which was purchased
from the Chickasaw Indians H.,
1918. II includes the counties Of
Ballard. Carlisle, Hickman, Fnl.
ton, McCracken, Graves, Marshall
aud Cal!oway.- CouIieI.Journd..
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

THE Committee on Retrench.
mcnt aud Reform in the House of
Representatives. at Frankfort, has
reported favorahly \ bill prOvid.
ing for deduction Of pay for alb.
srnteeism and il il thought the
bill will pass the House. It pro.
vides there shall he deducted from
the per diem of each member of
the General Assembly - for each
aud every day he is absent from
the session of the House, provid.
ed snch member cannot give
good and sufficient reasons for his
absence. aud such reasons shall
he spread upon the minutes of ,he
House, aud Il the reasons he for
any other cause than sickucss of
the member or his immediate fam.
lily, II shall require yea and nay
vote.
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HON. VI. Il. SHFLBOURNE.

hoN' W. IL on lBO " ~ r.,
the newly elected Commonwe alth
Attorney for the First Judicial
District, composed of the c0un.
ties OF Graves, Hickman, Fulton,
Carlisle and Ballard, WAS born at
Lovelaceville, Ballard county, Ky,
September O, 1851; was educated
in the public schools of the com.
~ and IN BlaDdville,C0llege; stud.
led law and was admitted to the
bar In 1878 and elected County
Atthrney of Ballard county in
1857 and continued in Office until
1886, when Ballard county was
divided; he located in Bardwell.
Carlisle county, where he has sue.
cessfully practiced his profession
since, aud where he was elected
Comn0nwealth's Attorney with.
out opposition. He is n fluent
speaker, and being an able law.
yer, Will make the district a capa.
BILE attorney. Politically. Mr.. SheI.
bourne has always been a staunch
Democrat never scratched his
ticket, aud is an ardent admirer of
the "Star.eyed Goddess
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Residence for Rent /!

Nice residence Of \ or 0 rooms TO rent,
near depot on Magnolia street, or will sell
on easy terms. Also, nice residence lots
for sale. Terms, one.fourth c,sh, 9. ~
and Is months. Apply TO ID. u. Bryant
OF l.. 81 lsler. ll.2o -iw.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

Two of the Republican rotten
boroughs" cast their electoral
votes against Harrison this year
aud two of them will each send a
Senator in opposition TO the Re.
publican party. The latest re.
turns show that Montana will send
~ Democrat to the United States
Senate, which will wrest that body
from the grasp of the monopolists.
The six new States were created
TO keep the Republicans in con.
troll OF that body, aud il in the
irony of fate that these same
States should now break their ma.
jOrity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

THE theory that there is luck in
odd numbers, says the Greensboro
Messenger, seems to have been
,issipated in this year of record
breaking. There are A States in
the Union, aud i4I. votes in the
electoral college. The Democrats
will have ODD Representatives and
Al Senators IN the next Congress.
Cleveland carried % States and
got S,SSS plurality in Indiana: aud
he WAS nominated on Friday
against the protest of the entire
delegation from his own State,
after he had been once beaten for
the Presidency. Worlds records
aud superstiti0ns have been beat.
en- on all sides in this year of our
Lord, 1892.
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HuckIen's AruIca saiye.

THs BEsr SALvx in the world for ru's
Bruises Sores Ulcers. Sal Rheum fevor
Sores, letter, Chappei Hands, Chilhlain'
Corn-, and all Skin Erup,ions, aud po.
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. D,
is gnaran iced to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded Price - cents pcr
box. For sale by q. A. Holeombe, Drug
gist
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

The Henderson Cleaner is al.
ready discussing the political prob.
abilities for 1895, aud starts with
thiG ut begins to look like the
next Kentucky gubernatorial race
is shaping itself now. The fol.
lowing are the candidates already
in he field:
L. Wat Hardin.
Cassins VI. Clay, Jr.
VIM. J. Stone.
John Il. Casileman.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09
A Cure for Rheumatism.

DR.. L. 4. skinner, Of rexsrksus Ark
Is an enthusiast In the praise % Cham
hetlain'- P,in Balm lie used ~ fur
Rhrumaiism, aud s,y-: Il found " TO be .
most excellent local r~msiy' FOR sale
by q. \ llutcosn,. Druggist
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

SENATOR KYLE. of South Da.
so,a, elected 10y the Farmers Al.
lance, Announces that he will act
with the Democrats on the taria
question, aud will vote for "auy
judicious measure that will I've a
ste? ia the direction Of tariff re.
form" There will he several 9th.
er Senator'S from the Northwest
who will do the same thing. They
have heard from the people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

IT is said, says the Trenton Her.
aid, that Miss Agnes Rankin the
famous female horse thief, was in
town last week. She wears mems
clothing aud is Il hustler for mum.
Der one.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09
THE UNPARDONABLE CRIME.


~ inuit hloOe- bemOcfat itfr|
Mr.. Frederick Douglass is out
in a manifesto on the subject of
the recent election. In winch he
expresses the opinion that the
colOred people of the SOuth will
find better protection against out.
rage under the Cleveland admin.
istrati0n than they have found IN.
der the administration Of Harri.
son. He pathetically points ont
that the law should project the
weak against the strong. So it
should. But in the cases to which
he refers, he very badly mixes the
elements Of strength and weak.
ness. lie classes the whites who
do the lynchings as the Strong,
and the negroes who are lyuched
AS the weak. The fact ia, that the
weak in such matters are the un.
fortunate and helpless women.
and the strong are the bury aud
brutal negroes who Outrage them.
No law and no administration can
ever stand between such brutal
crimes and their prompt and ter.
rlble punishment. The only way
to stop the ravisliings.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

The Chinese are going hack to
the Celestial Empire. II is said
that not u steamer has sailed from
this country for China, for months
past. that has not taken from 800
to 800 Chinese. They are beng
frightened away 10y the anti-Chi.
nese legislation Of this country.
Nobody seems to be opposed to
their going.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

In answer to inquiries regard.
ing an extra session of Congress.
aud the repeal of The Kinley
bill, 1873 out of 1856 Congressman
are said TO have expressed them.
selves as follows: Seventy.two
for an extra session, scveniy.eight
opposed, aud thirty. eight nOn.com.
initial. On the tarilf, seventy.iive
for repeal. forty.four favored it
with notifications. fifty.seven op.
posed to any change, and twelve
.cOmmittal.
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ANSWER To PRAYER.

Evangelist Dwight l.. Moody,
who was passenger on he steam.
er Spree, which was disabled at
sea last Sunday, declares it was in
answer to prayer that the big ship
was saved. After the accident the
seven hundred passengers assem-.
nled IN the saloon aud prayed for
deIIVerence. Shortly afterward
the sea became quiet, order was
restored, and at night there came
the vessel which took them safely
INTO Queenstown harbor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

THE Louisville Post says that
Hon. w. j. Stone is spoken Of
quite hvorably at Frankfort as
the next Democratic candidate for
GnxernCy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

The new Democratic Cover.
nor OF Illinois is pres sing his plan
OF working the peIfiteutiary con.
victs on the county loads. IL il
the true solution Of The convict
labor question, aud our readers
know that the Courier has advO.
Gated It for twenty Years, but
somehow, we can never get the
Kentucky Legislature 10 even dis.
cnss II. A full, free, general dis
EMISSION would bring our people 40
strongly 10 its favor hat the Leg.
isIa'ure wonId be compelled TO
obey.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

THE Australian ballot was too
mnch for the g0ggle.eyed Bean.
eaters. Over nineteen thousand
ballos had to be thrown out in
Massachusetts, and the queer part
OF 1t is that the most of them
were Republican votes. aud the
errors let in Russell for Governor
hy comfortable plurality. Bos.
ton NAV he the seat of learning
and the hut Of the universe. but
the Australian ballot is beyond the
comprehension Gifts bespectacled
Inhabitants.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

children Ike "a take "C.C.C.
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-09

The condition of the National
treasury which cOnfrOnts the in.
coming Democratic administra.
ton is one of grave importance.
The balance is on the wrong side.
thanks Ia Republican protiigacy.
The conditions are such that it is
thought an extra session of Con.
gress may he necessary to pro.
vide means by which the Govern.
ment may keep its faith, aud pay
debts made by the extravaganza
of Reeds Billion Dollar Congress.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-04-15
Nurrah for the House.

The L. S. Senate is Repu biican
and the House is Democratic. The
House is now making magnifl.
cent record for the people. Its
practical bills for reducing tariff
taxation are object lessons that
all men can see and know. which
no amount of theoriziug can mys.
tify. The Democrats voted solid.
ly for cheap clothing, aud here is
the practical beginning of the
greatest reform of the century.
Tie Republican Senate can kill
such bills, but if they do they
must bear the responsibility; but
IL they pass il the people will get
the benefit of it. Let the people
also note the fact that the Demo.
Gratis are solid aud unanimous on
these practical questions.
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WHAT BE REPREAENyS.

Politics in this land Of ours takes
very quick turns in very short
time, and there is no telling what
may happen between to. day and
the session of the Democratic
National Convention. But at the
present writing Mr.. Cleveland is
far to the front in popular favor.
Ii is what Mr.. Cleveland repre-.
sents that makes him strong. He
stands for tariff reform aud sound
money, for efficient and ecoaomi.
cal admiilistration of government.
al affairs and for the whole Jsffer.
sonian creed. The people. whom
he has never disappointed or de.
ceived, have faith in him. lie il
never evasive or equiTOcal. and,
regardless of personal consider.
alton, has at all times practiced
Democratic doctrine in its absO.
ute purity aud with exact aud
most eloquent Interpretation.
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FlOpping Together.

The two wings of the Demo
cratic party are commencing to
flop together. The seven million
Democrats Of the United States
are united and harmonious on the
great issue of tax reduction aud
against the principle of taxing the
many TO sustain the favorite few
IN some tariff protected business.
They want the people TO be privi.
legged to buy where aud from whom
they can buy the cheapest, and
to sell the products of their labor
where and TO whom will pay them
the best prices. The question Of
men should have but little to do
with the situation, further than is
he honest, and is he capable. A
large majority of Democrats think
that Mr.. Cleveland represents,
truthfully, these two essential re.
quirements. and from the fac, that
the whole cosntry knews that be-
does possess these qualifications;
therefore, they think his nomina.
ton the best that can be made.
However, such men as Gen. Pal.
mer, Gov. Boies, Gov. Hill, Gov. |
Pattison, Gov. Campbell, John G. !
Carlisle, aud others. whose abili-
les nnd distinguished political
services invite Democratic ADM.
alton, may bear the banner.
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An Office Of Honor.

The counties of Graves, lick
man, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken,
and others OF this District, are
respectfully notified that Fulton
county ia seeking none OF the OF
fees of pccuniary profit, but she
is, modestly, asking that X. I. Ty'
Ter be made one Of the Delegates
TO the National Democratic Con.
ven,ion. He the equal in abil.
ity aud party fea',y to any OF the
"favorite sons being mentioned
IN these counties, and n proper
reciprocity Of Democratic trater'
nal regard would say give Fulton
county the Delegate.