The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-06-03

inc SlOI1, oNeTtOOkinB HtNef.
began TO form Yet Mills Point dick
mani was the hub OF the commerce
Corn. cotton, tobacco and the farmers
products In general, were brough, here
for boat transportation to markets
Look back over nearly hundred
years OF steady growth and note the
wonderful change. The savage ana
his savage custom. with their weird ro-
mantle sitfugs have vanished before
be good influence Of civilization like
mist before the raYs Of summers sun
The old se tiers one by one, have nearly
all long since passed away and . the
@.sa. . h-..- .ss. asssare- ILL Nsns b =
erlng the gale OF lie. the h.N past comes
before then only "a a phan Um--ehm.
he battle u reality, was o,e Of hard-
ships. hut n HE dream he recalls the
faces OF the loved ones gone on before
he sees anew the wild flowers clustered
among the cnEged cliffs, he tastes only
" the sweet, the bitter was his lot in
pryation and self sacrifice, to pave
the way Tor others. he has drank from
"a cup the very dIegs and now Only
pleasing and pleasant thoughts of long
ago shoulder In his breast
From hamlet uf log capi's set N
clearing In the edge Of great forest, to
a hus;Eng Town modernIzed with i'm
pr0VemCnts OF the age, electric lights
wa.cr works. a small city filledwith bus
mess house Of brick and stone, with
handsome residences scattered along
broad streets Is a far cry. This, how
ever, is the history OF Hickman No
, boom has come o create fictitious values
FOR a time and then collapse, leaving in
It's wake scores 81 ruined men ard acres
OF valuable property. The grow h has
been slow but steady, her business men
, ifcs,atIous 10 push forward Is not
! ephomeral; they are never found want
ing in l,berali.y, especially is thlashOwu
In their munihcent contributions to pub
lie enterprises,
The city of Hickman is not only the
: most substantial town In West Ken
. lucky. but he fair hand of nature has
been lavish In her gifts OF beauty, Could
. the eye conceive for an instant the beau
ties Of Paradise when inhabited by
? Adam and Eve, and then could the same
Q eye be cast upon Hickman in her spring
IL time garb II would at once see a re-
b prOsimc ion OF the first scene Naure
3 'certafhly eXerted herself In the creation
d OF this spot 1t is n magnificent loca
? ton f. Il 'r'''n~ ties thI bee, In III,
}. world. The Kaleidoscope view rest
+, upon Landscape rs fair as the Vine-claC
I hills OF sunny Italy. The city is peculiar
e ly situated along the river front tax
4 ing up the leve ground above hlgh
5 water mark (the base Of the picturesqu,
g hills in the backErOund) Is the businee
;, portion Of Hickman, The principa
- street OF Hickman il Cllrton, cut O
which is shown herein. The elegan
!. business blocks, with their massiv
| French plate windows, splendid sores
with colossal stocks, portrays In an In
adequate way he life and energy OF he
business men, they are enthusiastic
hopeful and buoyant and well the,
should be for TO town In the great mid
die South has so bright future or $
glorious a destiny Many Of them ar
men who have spent the grea or portio'
Of their life in mercantile luos; the
have prospered, they could hardly q
Otherwise. They are located in the yer
heart Of Ken,ucky's most fertile so
n and a timber producing region socon
to none in the uni, ed States, BY serNic
Of water ard rail they are afforded
freight rate on import and export ware
that advantages them to pay goo
prices for the farmers offerings and
sell him his goods at much less figure
W with a profit than towns that claim
III be competitors, Along with the gener
" array OF business houses two most e!
cellent national banks are represente
The industries, while not numerou
are Of great importance, the benefits