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


mani was the hub OF the commerce
Corn. cotton. tobacco and the farmers
PRODUCTS In general, were brought here
or boat Transportation to markets
Look back over nearly a hundred
Iears OF steady growth and note the
change. The savage ana
his savage custom, with their weird To-
mantle sliings have vanished before
he good Influence OF civilization like
mist before th. rays OF a summers sun.
rhe old sc tiers one by one have nearly
All long sinCe passed away and the
minds 81 h. -. hasrare GnL-x.ses b. /!
erlng the gale OF life the hsypast comes
before then only "a a phantom'-sam,
he battle q reality Was o-e Of hard
ships, but his dream he recalls the
faces Of the loved ones gone on before
he sees anew the Wild flowers clustered
among the dragged cliffs, he tastes only
Of the swee, the bitter was his lot In
priyation and self-sacrifice, to pave
the way Tor others. he las drank from
,,s cup the very dGegs, and now OILY
pleasing and pleasant thoughts Of long
ago shoulder In his breast
From namlot o. log capirs set n a
clearing in the edge Of a great forest. to
hus;Eng Town modernlzed with i'm
proyemcntS OF the age, electric lights,
wafer works a small city filled.with bus
handsome residences scattered along
broad streets Is a far cry. This, how,
ever, Is the history OF Hickman. Nc
boom has come o create fictitious values
for a time and then collapse, leaving In
It's wake ecores Of ruined men ard acres
OF valuable property The grow h has
been slow but steady her business men
are stable and conservative, their man
lfos,atious TO push forward Is no.
ephomeral, they are never found want
ing In liberallry. especially Is thisshOwr
In their munifcent contributions to pub,
lie enterprises.
The city OF Hickman is not only IN,
most substantial town in West Ken
lucky, but he fair hand OF nature ha'
been lavish in her gifts OF beauty. CoulC
the eye conceive for an instant the beau
ties Of Paradise when inhabited b!
Adam and Eve, and then could the sam,
eye be cast upon Hickman in her sprinl
time garb II would at once see a re
produc ion OF the first scene Na,@rD
I ceftaihly exertod herself in the Great io
! OF THE spot II Is a magnihceut loca
, ton IL 'u''lns~ ties, the bee, in IN
world. The Kaleidoscope view rest
upon landscape as fair ms the yine-cla
hills OF sunny Italy, The city is peculiar
? ly situated; along the river front tab
I ing up the leve ground above hig
! water mark (the base OF the plcturesqu
! hills in the backErouud) is the busines
/, portion of Hickman, The principS
street of Hickman Is Clirton, cut
which is shown herein. The elegar
| business blocks, with their massiN
| French plate windows, splendid sore
with colossal stocks, portrays In an II
adequate way The life and energy of h
business men, they are enthusiast
hopeful and buoyant and well the
should be, for TO town in the great mi'
die South has so bright future or
glorious destiny Many OF them a
men who have spent the grea er portit
Of their life in mercantile linIs; th'
have prospered, they could hardly
| Otherwise, They are located in the We
heart OF Kentucky's most fertile 81
J and timber producing region secol
to none in the United States, BY servI
Of water and rail they are afforded
freight rate on import and eXport war
that advantages them to pay go
prices for the farmers offerings, and
sell him his goods at much less fgur
with a profit, than towns that claim
IA be competitors, Along with the gene,
u array OF business houses two most ,
cellent national banks are represent
The indus ries, while not numero
are OF great importance, the benefits