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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
Obligation of Good Manners.

No rule of conduct is less diplomatic
IN the young man of business than
rudeness, although some beginners
seem TO deem the terms "businesslike'
and 'ungracious" synonymous; and not
few go out of their way To be sour.
abrupt, point-blank and disagreeable 10
all and snndry. The theory held by
such mistaken persons appears to be
tins: That the man who means 10
wrest success from life must not stop bv
the way 10 waste time over politenesS.
Arguing upon the lines that the world
takes each individual at his own valua-
tlon, the ignorant nIncompop sets him.
self up as one who has scarcely time 10
breathe, much less to smile, so vast are
responsibilities that his important
position entails.
But he Is making absolutely a mis-
taken line. His opposite in manners
tempers his inexperience with a softened
air OF dIfhdence, meets his contempo-
raries with smile of greeting instead
OF With defiant scowl. and goes but of
his way to be thoughtful and courte-
Gus. He knows the value of making
friends and realizes to the full how bad
II Is for young man future should he
earn reputation for bumptiousness
and bad manners. The business king
may please himself as 70 the manner he
adopts. To some the reputation of a
cnolerlc disposition is useful. for il
keeps off trifies. He who desires not TO
be Jostled must himself jostie others
Such is the modern shilboleth Taught
by the storm and stress of existence 10
the aspirant for wealth and wide pros
perity.
The d maxim is more subtle. and
therefore less thoroughly comprehended.
Yet IL Is straightforward piece of
corn sel, teaching merely the beauty OF
each man doing unto others as he
would that men should do unto him.
Presumably, every person prefers to be
spoken TO with gentle courtesy rather
than with brutal insolence. and 10 do
business not as if he and his customer
were bitter enemies, but as friend and
trle"d. Despite this. however. there is
more than tendency to ally the
haughtiest air To a capacity for com.
mercial qualities.-New York CONNER
cial.
We commend the above editorial TO
all young men and ladies in forming
business habits. All of you have time
to make friends and then q all that
business demands of YOU "Without
friends no one can be happy, is a true
saying and the young person who will
try il through life. will find life's road
much more pleasant for having felt
under obligation 10 hold good manners.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
Direct Shipment to St. Louis.

Several farmers near Hickman have
about concluded TO grow several acres
OF tomatoes next year, learning how
profitable the crop has proven to some
of our West Tennessee neighborhoods.
Ii is said that 25 cents a bushel Is a
certain average price. With these
figures you can make the calculation as
to how much better it will pay than
corn or wheat per acre. What is true
OF tomatoes is true in other garden
truck, fruits, MELONS, &c. Only with.
in the past ten days has it been so that
shipments could be made direct from
Hickman TO st. Louis over the Iron
Mountain. so that such things gathered
In the evening can be on the ST. Louis
market the next day, and it Is this fact
that has awakened more lively thought
as TO such matters. The hills around
about. Hickman are admirably adapted
TO such productions, and when actively
engaged in will double and treble the
present values of such lands.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
No Political Bias.

Hon. Alex Humphrey, leader of the
Kentucky bar and uncompromising
anti Goebelite, told the Kentucky bar
association of Lexington that in the
contest for State offices there was no
unseemly political bias shown by the
judges of the courts And yet the
Court of Appeals with one Democratic
majority declared the Democratic State
officers elected and a few months after
the same court, only with one Republi-
can majority. declared the Republican
candidate elected. Here was our
highest State Court actually reversing
itself. with apparently no other cause
than the change of politics, that is a
republican judge succeeded a democrat.
That the Court was honest in each
case may be true, but it does look
little strange that with the same facts
aud same laws before them such oppo
sit conclusions should be reached.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11

Aguinaldo is to makeaa lecture tour
through the United .tes, on the
condition of his countTy -the Philli-
pines.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
Cost of State Primary

Our Kentucky politician very pener-
ally oppose a primary election for the
nomination of candidate for tate offices
and the objection urged Is that It will
cost about $4,000, and that the cand,-
date Will have to pay this heavy tax
and that 1t will practically close the
doors on poor men. There is trutb in
their contention; albeit the real
grounds of opposition on the mari If
some is that state primary c,nno, b.
manipulated and controlled by politician
so easily as county and precinct prim.
aries.
Those who are sincerely in fav,r ~ d,
State primary held under the l,w
should evidence their sense of fairness
by having our state primary election
law amended 50 as to require the nrim
AIRY election to be held on the raa,l,r
election day in November. pern,;,,;,o
as many democrats, republican or nom
lists TO become candidates as choo,o IN,
requiring the election Off .e-s 10 conn,
the full party vote cast for the candidate
OF that party receiving the highest vote
This plan would insure nom;na.. f,r
each party give him HIS full party vote
toward ms election, and the State ,yonld
pay an the expenses. And this wonld
prove the best protection against scheo,.
ing politicians. or any kind of wrong
doing.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
EXAMINE RECORD AS TO
YOUR MARRIAGE.
Carless Ministers Cause Serious
Trouble

Owing TO the failure Of ministers.
justices Of the peace, and Others who
celebrate marriages TO make returns IL
the County Clerk offices IN Kentucky,
husbands and wives have only, it is said.
about nine chance in ten Of proving
their wedlock by the records. An in
vestigation has proven this in jefferson
county, says the Louisville CONNER
cial
If the statutes were obeyed the mar
riage registry in the clerks Office would
contain the names of the couple mar
ried, the efficient, the place the date
and the names of at least two witness
es. The statutes provides that oliicients
shall, on January 10 Of each year return
list Of the marriages they haye per
formed during the previous year, and
that this list shall embrace all the mar
riages performed until ana in Dccem
Der 81 previous. Formerly as penalty
a fine of not less than IS nor more than
$50 was imposed to enforce the pro-
vision; but now the penalty has been
revoked as far as ministers are concern
ed, and they perform the great maior-
ty of marriages.
The record in the County Clerks
Office is the best evidence. and MAORI
ty of married people may never need 1t, (
but when trouble comes and you do /
need it you may need it mighty bad, |
like the Arkansas man when he needed /
a gun. Without this record your
is reduced 20 a common law I
and common law marriages /
lrr.good as TO legitimising children, but I
no further Ministers and witnesses I
10 marriages like other people die, and I
therefore it is well for you to examine /
he record in the County Clerk 5 Office
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
number of any in the county.
WHERE TEACHERS TEACH.

District No. PROF. j. G. Cheek
principal; Miss Emma Lee Deupree
Mrs. Susie Nooncr, Miss Hettie Collins
Miss Gussie Nichols, Miss Nannit
Brown, Miss Irene Cason
District 80. Miss Birdie Saunders
District 20. 5-E. w. Roach.
District No. 9-Mr Luby Hargrove.
District No. l0-Dora Maddox.
District No. l2-Mr kenndy.
District No Mr.. Ramer
District No. 10 Mrs Udney.
District No. IS Hickman A.
II. Boone, Miss Sherron, Miss Merry
man, Miss Wiseman, Miss Outten. Miss
Cayce.
District No II Mrs. Wheeler.
District No. lS-A. l.. Scott.
District No. l9-Mr. Noel.
District No 20 Miss Roach.
District No. 22-Miss Balew.
District No. 23-Mrs. Stanley.
District No. 24-Miss Davis.
District No. 25-Miss Bone.
In the other districts where no names
are given the teachers have not been
elected yet.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
DEATH OF ABE UNDEE
WOOD.
UNDER

Mr.. Abe Underwood, and old and
well known citizen, died, at his home
miles from Hickman. Tuesday morn
ing, and was buried in the city GENE
terry Tuesday evening, The county had
few better citizens. Honorable, mp
right. and conscientious in all the
walks of life Sincere sympathy to the
bereaved wife and relatives.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
Y0lMQGR START
JET NIGEY ION.

A thoroughly delightful event for the
younger smart set was the party which
was given Wednesday evening, 10y Mr..
and Mrs. J. ii. MIllet, in honor Of their
niece Miss Katheryn Kngman, Of
Dayton, Ky. The pretty and tasty
home was decorated in palms and sword
ferns dropping gracefully from the
mantels IN reception room. their cool
looking leaves being reelected in the
mirrors. a cluster Of lilies was the only
touch of color against the green. Could
one imagine an evening more pleasant
than spent amid music furnished 10y a
fine graphaphone, placed in a home
where host and hostess are generally
declared always, atTable and gracious -
where the cool breezes blow continually
from the rivera porch bedecked with
many japanese lanterns, and in one
coy corner Frappa was served by
Misses Parks and French At nine 3
prizes were offered to the couples guess
ing the most answers in A Musical
Programme, airs given on violin by
Mr.. Jack; Mr.. II Haden winning the
prize.
During the evening ices and cakes
and refreshing drinks were served.
July the nlreth will be a pleasant
memory in the minds and hearts Of
each OF US
Guests were -
Mr.. Gus Alexandes and Miss Crittenden.
Mr.. b. Isler and Miss Mabelle Fuqua.
Mr. +. Prather and Miss Annie Ellison.
Mr.. p. Powell and Miss Estelle Reno.
Mr. I. French and Miss NJ. Ramage.
Mr. +. Moore and Miss Laura Brown.
Mr.. g. BOndrant and Miss Katie Reid.
Mr. H. Haden and Miss X Kingman.
Mr. ID Amberg and Miss May fIehey.
Mr. c. Rogers and Miss Homer Green.
Mr. l., Baltzer and Miss Bette DeBow.
Misses Maud Parks and Bessie French.
Mrs. n. Kingman. Rovers: Jno.
Amberg Claude Whitney, Roland
Amberg, Evan Faris
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11

Bryan and Cleveland appear deter
mined to have Harmony in the Dem
ocratic party if they have to fight for
it. The "boys in the trenches do the
fighting and they want new leaders
those with courage TO fight the enemy
and not each other Rest assured that
the leaders who Willy and abuse each
other are for the spoils Of Office, and not
for the good of their country or party.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
FULTON INSTRUMENTATION
In Session at Fulton this Week.

The 33rd annual session OF the Teach
er's Institute of Fulton County. Miss
Dora Smith, Superintendent, in charge
has been IN session in Fulton this week.
There Is a full attendance OF the
teachers Of the county, and the reports
of the teachers shows the school of the
county in a first class order and the
parents everywhere helping the teach.
ers in their work
The report shows 500 books in the
Hickman District library, the largest
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11
LOOK OUT,

have saw mill grist mill and {
acres of land for sale, good stand foI
grist Mill. best stand in the county fol
country store. Will sell cheap and on
easy terms. call and see
j. X. BROWN,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11

And you would let a fellow mortal
starve would you.
Why not this is free country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-11

The election is more than a year OH,
and already there are three candidates
for the Legislature in Graves county.
Newspapers must raise the price for
announcements if candidates come out
this early.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25
4 REAL ESTATE MERGER
A Movement on Foot to Combine the
Rental and Real Estate
Boards.

. Some agitation is ON foot to combine the.
Minneapolis rental board and the Mime
apolis real estate board. It is argued by
those who favor the plan that the ends
of these organizations arc similar and
their interests closely allied, therefore 1t
would be to- the welfare of both to be.
combined. -
Those who have been active in promot-.
ing the life of the former board say that
the scheme is only one of lazy individuals.
Several members are connected with both
boards and figure that by the combina-
ton would be saved the labor of attending
two meetings. Although both boards
have occasionally gone out of business
only to be revived time and time again,
the rental agents say that their orsaniza-
ton is now on a good basis and should be
preserved separate as reformations in the
matter of collection of garbage. punish
nent of sneak thieves and in the forming
of q clearing house to protect agents
against dead beats could have been ac-
cmplished only by a separate organiza-
ton. These members are dead set against
the merger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25
THE INDEPENDENT BOARD
The New Grain and Stock Exchange
Is Incorporated.

Articles of incorporation of the new Min
neapois Independent Grain and Stock Ex-
change have been filed with the register
of deeds. The incorporators are George
K. Shaw. Harry S. Zoler, E. J. Kneen. AL
bert Dollenmayer, J. E. Osborn. E. J. Day.
export F. D. Woodbury.. P1iny w. McAllis-
ter. Pliny E. Cooper. Willis A. White.
The officers: president, George K. Shaw;
vice president, Harry S. Zoller: secretary,
E. J. kneen; treasurer, Albert Dollen-
mayer
The membership is limited to 500 and an
assessment fee of not to exceed 800 will
be charged in addition to the price OF
membership. The capital stock is not an
nounced.
The organization is incorporated as a
chamber of commerce and board of trade
for the purpose of advancing the CONNER
cial, mercantile, manufacturing and agri-
cultural interests Of the city, including just
and equitable principles Of trade; estab-
fishing, maintaining and enforcing uni
forrnity in the commercial usages of the
city, acquiring. possessing and dissent
mating useful business informal ton; adj
justing the controversies and misunder-
standings which may arise between indiv-
iduals engaged in trade or business; pro-
noting the general prosperity Of the city
and generally such business as pertains to
such organizations
The new exchange room in the New
York Life building is to be opened Jan. l,
Business will commence after Dec l.
Stocks, oil and mining shares will be feat
ured in addition to grain.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25
Tawney Opposes a Commission.

According to the Washington CORES
pondent Of the Chicago Chronicle, Mr..
Tawney Is opposed to a tariff commission
and knows of no better commission than
that which the people have elected" It
may be uncharitable to suggest it, but one
cannot escape the reflection that MIR. Taw-
ney is a. member of the ways and means
committee. 1t is perfectly natural for
members Of that committee to feel that
their committee is quite as we'll qualified
to revise the tariff as any special COM
mission, and yet people not on that COM
mittee have been strongly impressed with
the idea for some time that 1t would be
businesslike and sensible arrangement if
we had permanent tariff commission
whose duty 1t should be to study indus
trial conditions constantly, collecting in
formation which ought to be of immense
value to the ways and means committee.
The ways and. means committee is
very able body of gentlemen, made up
from the membership of the house, with
special reference. presumably, to their
capability as tariff experts, and vet it is
quite possible that even a better com
mittee or commission might be chosen en-
tirely outside of the membership Of con-
gress, who, instead Of devoting few
months at intervals Of several years, to
an casioral tariff revision. could accom-
plish very desirable ends as result Of
continuous study of the subject in general
and in detail.
The creation Of a permanent tariff COM
mission is entirely consistent with the
practical business methods in everyday
business life, and the nearer we approach
to practical business methods in the treat
raent of the tariff, more likely are we to
have satisfactory results. Furthermore,
the development OF, the facts with regard
to protection and revenue gradually and
in particular cases, would seem to create
less disturbance in the business world,
where it would be understood that the tar
if changes are to be gradual and applic-
able to only a few articles at time, than
where the whole arrangement of industrial
activity is affected at one time by sweep
ing and general revision such as we get
when the subject is left entirely to the
occasional, and, SO to speak, spasmodic
consideration Of the ways and means
committee Of uncertain tenure.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25
DAHL DIVERSION
It Was Doubted-Andrew Carnegie late

1t Was Doubted-Andrew Carnegie late
ly told this story:
He said he found himself in sleepy
little town in Georgia on Sunday, and
he determined to visit the colored church,
He arrived after the service had begun,
and took a seat in the last pew.
When the plate was passed he dropped
a fifty dollar bank note on it. The old
man who passed the plate put it down
at once, examined the note carefully on
both sides. and then counted the change
in the plate.
This finished he picked up the plate and
marched solemnly to the front. Instead
of placing it on the little table in front
of the pine pulpit, however, he carried It
around to the pulpit stairs and handed
it. to the minister. He whispered to the
pastor eagerly, nodding first at the fifty
dollar note and then at Mr.. Carnegie. The
minister put the plate on the pulpit, fin
gered the note, blinked once or twice,
and said: g.,
"Bre'ren, de Lawd hab ben mighty good
to us dis day. De collec'shun mounts
to one dollah EN- twenty-fo' cents, 'en
eff de fifty dollar bill wha' dat man wild
de gray ha'r 'en beard, who am sittin' in
de back seat, put in de plate, am good, We
have flfty-one dollahs ZEN twenty TO cents
Let US tank de Lawd 'en pray dat it may
be good bill -.
Mr.. Carnegie slipped out Of the church
just before the prayer was finished and
left town before the doubling minister dis
covered his identity. Il.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25

Representatives of the independent mine operators Of
the Pennsylvania anthracite region
TO ask the anthracite railway companies to reduce freight
rates on hard COAL so that they stand increase
o per cent in the of the miners The independent
operators maintain that they already paying for
labor than the railway mining companies and that they
sufer more from the closing of the mines than the
ways because the mines their only of income
whereas the railways have their railway business proper
The rates OF the anthracite railways higher
than the bituminous railways that Is hard
that there Is abundant truth in the orepeated
hat anthracite railways afford
or nothing the actual the since they
FIX the rates Of transportation please themselves
make the public them In the anthracite
carrying railways charge per per mile as
those that bituminous coal, every instance
they charge The following table Of figures
comparison briefly 1t Is compiled from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25

condition. socially and politically, than
any other nation would have done, and
no nation would have granted them inter-
national independence. On the other
hand, If it was fate that the United
States should acquire territory in the orr
ent. better place in which to plant
American institutions than the Philip
pines could hardly have been found. If
the Spanish did nothing else they sue
ceeded in Outstanding major part of
the people and in Introducing European
social customs. The Filipinos are the only
Asiatic people who have been converted
to Christianity. Among them the United
States has no caste problem to solve and
no invincible racial and tribal pre- JUDGES to
overcome. The Moros, of course, are a
problem by themselves, which we shall
probably have to solve by adopting the
British method of dealing with the native
states Of India.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-25
AN ENTERTAINING GOVERNOR
"sob" Taylor Of Tennessee Delights a
Large Audience at the

Governor Bob Taylor Of Tennessee
sang and talked his way into the hearts
Of his hearers at the Y. M. C. A. build
ing last evening. He has all the natural
endowments, in his "stage presence" his
histrionlc ability, his wonderful powers Of
mimicry and his music, which combine
to make the great entertainer. During
the two hours in which he held his
audience spell-bound with his magnetic
personality, he sounded all the deep notes
Of human sympathy. From the spring
time Of joyous youth to infirn old age.
he proved that life is largely what people
make it, that mans inhumanity to man"
is usually responsible for it's somber side.
In fancy this typical southern gentle
man took his northern audience back to
the scenes Of his boyhood in the noun
tains Of sunny Tennessee. where every
bird song was note in the grand Or
chestra Of nature, and depicted to them
as no other living lecturer might do. all
the romance. all the tender sentiment that
clusters about the south of fifty years
ago. His darby limitations and the quaint
old songs Of ante-bellum days. which he
crooned in imitation of his own black
NANNY We're particularly enjoyable.