The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-08-02

Mr. aud Mrs. Jno. Pollock, and chill
dren. visited in Newbern and Trimble
this week.
Mr.. S. w Emmerson, an old citizen,
died, at his home in Columbus, Ky,
Saturday.
Good Pasture For cows only slOO
per month. 5. STRONG.
Luke Shaw. an old and well known
colored man, eX slave of the Shaw fam
lily Of This county, died, this week.
DR. f. 4. Hoyer left Friday night for
his home IN Paducah, after a pleasant
visit to his friend DIR. Prather Curtin.
Dr. Bondurant went to Jordon, Ky
! yesterday TO see his aged mother who
is reported dangerously i'll Cairo Bull
letin
DIR. Alvin Phelps. Of Jordan, KY. was
married TO Miss Eunice Byrd, of the
Alexander neighborhood. on Wednesday
evening of last week.
Mr.. Tom Lovelace, editor Of the Dixie
Democrat, Bardwell, Will edit the Full
ton Leader, during the absence of Col.
Mott Ayres in Colorado.
DIR. c. II. Hubbard and wife left Tues
day night for Monteagle, because CT
Mrs. Hubbard's Ill health, and will be
gone probably six weeks.
Miss Matte Sanger, who has been
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Levi Bates, returned 10 her home in
Lake County Tuesday night.
We are agents for the best Laundry
IN Western Kentucky. Will save you
70 per cent. on Collars and Cuffs.
Shoe Store RICE Il NAYLOR.
Col Mott Ayres, editor Fulton Lead
er, IS in the city to-day. He will go on
the press Iaunt out west and will re-
main in the mountains a month or so
before he returns. -Mayiield Messenger,
An Omaha widow who attempted TO
commit suicide because "A number of
small debts were annoying her. recover,
cd in time to find she had fallen heir TO
a small fortune.
The Hamiton-Brown Shoe Company
will present your baby born during
1901 with its FIRST pair of Shoes, made
of Nici Kid FREE of CHARGE at
BALTZER 81 DODDS.
Mr. Allison Tyler, Col. Mott Ayres,
and Others. are booked for an extended
trip TO Color ado. The party will camp
at Wagon Wheel Gap which is situated
in the heart of the Rockies. until cold
weather. says the Leader
WHAT most people want is something
mild and gentle, when in need of a ply
sic. Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets till the bill TO a dot They are
pleasant in effect For sale by Cow
gill 4 Cowgirl, Hickman
Citizens of Mayleld who had propertv
destroyed in the late fire have brought
suit for damages against the Water
Company of that city in the amount of
100000, for inadequate protection. The
result Of this suit Will be interesting to
otner towns
W. n. Erickson, recruiting officer U
$. Army, has established a recruiting
station in Hickman, and will remain
here until August 10. Any and all per-
sons desiring to enlist in any branch of
the service will find him III his office,
Holcombe building, Clinton Street.
Miss Dora Smith, our worthy Demo
cratic nominee for County School Su-
perintendent. underwent the examlna-
tian before the State Board of Examin-
sra at Frankfort, last week. and was
awarded her certificate with honOrs. In
fact IN class of . applicants at the
time, her grade was the highest.
Only year has passed since the cen
sns was taken, and yet the increase OF
population in some parts of the cOun-
try Is so marked as TO arouse curiosity
as 10 its extent. The governor of Ok
lahOma maintains that the population
OF that territory is now one hundred
thousand greater than year ago. The
growth of all the Northwest has also
been remarkably rapid. The oil dis
coveries OF Iexes. will give that state
considerable impetus. The country i
starting in well for tho census showing
of 1910
WIN all the Joking bout the unrelia-
bilty OF the newspapers the people
come pretty near believing what they
read IN them, aud the man who comes
along trying TO convince a newspaper
reader that what he has just read in a
newspaper Is untrue will have hard
job on his hands before he accomplish
Is his object. The newspaper is taken
for the purpose of getting the news,
and it would be very curious to suppose
that, having taken and paid for news
paper to inform him OF the news. a
reader would deliberately choose to dis
believe what it tells him
Prof. David Y. Thomas who has been
spending some weeks with his mother.
near Cayce. left Saturday for a brief
visit TO friends in Nashville. From
there he Will go TO New York CITY to as
sumo the duties and privileges of a fell.
low in Columbia University for one
year. Regarding this appointment the
little Rock, Arkansas Methodist says:
This Is an honor but few men win,
there being but two history feIlowships.
FOR which hundreds of applications
come up from all the civilized world.
1t is awarded on the basis of papers.