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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1903-03-27
HICKMAN. FULTON COUNTY,. t<ys MARCH IN 1eoa
COMMERCIAL CLUB ORGANIZED
AND ACTIVE WORK BEGIN.

Hickman already has more induce
ments in every way than any other
town in Western Kentucky or Tennes-
see. Business doubles almost every
year
1t was learned from the n. c. d. 81. l.
office here this week that their freight
business in and out of Hickman
amounted from SIS. 900 10 $4,000 per
month. six years ago the business was
only 800 and $500 per month. The
agent says since Dec. 1902 up 10
present date oyer 250, 900 bushels of
wheat have been shipped out of Hick~
man over the ". G. Il St l..
The Secretary is making an effort
this week TO have a flour mill locate
here. This IS a necessity and an
enterprise that is greatly needed and
the club offers special Inducements for
an enterprise of this nature IL is
understood and almost a certainty that
an ice factory will be built here within
month Below is a list of the charter
members:
b.. Davis, L. p. Ellison, L. I.
Swa6ne, T. ii. Lovelace, Chas. Baltzer,
Finley Randle, Chester Bondurant.
w. J. Barry. j e. Euqua, W. H.
Baltzer. II. c. Helm. w. S. Ellison,
Henry Amberg, 9. G. Smith. F. S.
Moore A. o. Caruthers, Claude Walker.
Jas. T. Stephens, X. A. Fairs, W. S
Henderson DIR Hugh Prather. Rev. c.
A. Warterfeld, Chas b. Travis. Dee
Amberg and Gene Naylor.
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CAYCE NOTES.

Some may thing Cayce dead town,
but that is because they don't know
Everything is on the boom, the gardens
are all ready for planting and some
have planted ; the merchants are get
ting in their spring goods. Johnson
Mercantile Go. have an addition to the
company Mr.. Williams, formerly of
Mllburn. Ky.-who will move here as
soon as house can be secured.
Mr.. Lawson's new house rs going M
and soon will be complete.
MISS Jessie Lauderdale, of Hickman.
was IN Cayce Sunday, the guest of Mrs.
s. A. johnson.
Mr. Binford. of Crutcnfield, was IN
Cayce Monday.
DIR. Mailing, assisted by DR.. Adker-
son, OF Rives. amputated Jim Ammons'
leg Wednesday last. Mr.. Ammons was
hurt some time ago at the Morgan a
Hardy grainery, and is at Union CITY.
Reports say he is getting along nicely.
Mrs. Holbrook is quite i'll aud has
been for some weeks.
Lon Naylor. OF Hickman. was here
Sunday.
The neighborhood around tayce has
suffered a great loss from dogs' shaving
sheep and we are glad to say that on
Yesterday the men were out Staying
the dogs
AT the Methodist church at this place
Rev. Wynn will talk to the children
next Sunday at eleven. and IN the eve.
ming TO the young people, on league
work. An ON SUBscEIBER.
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THREE MORE ARRESTED.

Union City, Tenn. March 26-John
Page, John Chatham and Frank hyler
were arrested Saturday on Reelfoot
for violating the injunction of Chancery
Judge Cooper forbidding them to fish
in the lake unless they sold their catch
to Burdick. who has the exclusive
privilege of the shooting and fishing
for profit the same being granted TO
him by Maj. j. &. Harris, of Lake
County. alleged owner of the lake. The
men gave bond in the sum of $1,000
each for their appearance before Judge
Cooper.
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COURT OF APPEALS
DECIDES BECkfiAM ELIGIBLE.

State House. Frankfort. KY. March
26.-The Court of Appeals holds that
Beckham's name must go on the ballot,
and that primary election can be
4 held.
The court says the primary was
legally called.
The court says it must be understood
that the only question decided is that
the committee has no right 10 raise the
question of eligibility of one who
desires to become a candidate before
the primary. and for that reason refuse
top1ace his name on the ballot.
The Governor will be nominated
q. sl;sS y;-s.rl.ss Is lhe'' '~-s-r-As
opinion here and all over the state.
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ADlUDGEO INSANE,

Tom Ogden, residing at Sassa-
fras Ridge, was adjudged insane
by County Judge Kearby last
Saturday, and was taken to the
Western Kentucky hospital for
the insane at Hopkinsyille, by
Sheriff Carpenter. The cause of
Mr.. Ogden's demented state is
the shooting into his home by
parties recently arrested ON the
charge. 1t is thought that his
reason will return after short
duration at Hopkinsville.
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RAISE 5000 CATTLE.

Mr.. 5. A. Wade is a believer In rails
ing good cattle. He sold to Al Alexan
der, the big stock dealer in Jordan, this
week two fine yearlings which brought
him 81. cents. total weight 1895. when
brought him total amount OF as. -.
The cattle were Black Pole aud Roam
Durham.
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MRS. REYNOLDS DEAD.

Mrs. Ettelle Reynolds wife of Mr..
Tom Reynolds died in Union City
Tuesday. of consumption after linger-
ing illness. Mrs. Reynolds was daugh-
ter of Mr. JEFF Clay of this city and a
lovable christian woman who was
highly esteemed by all who knew her.
Her remains were inferred Wednesday
Mr.. Clay and relatives here attended
the funeral.
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TWO KILLED

Two men, ]. 5. Bird and Arthur
Starks were killed and Warren Nav.
John McConley and George MARSHALL
were dangerously wounded in boiler
explosion at a mill near Blandville,
Ballard county. Monday.
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CYLINDER BLEW OUT.

The large tow boat Sprague of Pitts
burg Is tied up near Hickman on ac-
count of the cylinder blowing out. The
boat will remain here several days to
await the arrival of new cylinder. 1t
is the largest tow boat ever built and
cost $500. 900. 1t has one of the largest
fleets of coal that was ever towed on
Mississippi. Ii is curiosity and many
people have been out from Hickman TO
see IT.
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Sheriff George Carpenter and County
Attorney Henry Remley were in Frank
fort this week ON business.
Rev. f. X. Bransford was visitor in
the city this week.
Mr.. John Moore, of Pulaski, ILL.,, was
the guest Of his brother, Judge +. 5.
Moore, q few days this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

were to be cut off for use in the I'M
canny engineering operation. The ma
tivee, it is said. were afraid to walk
in that direction after dark for this
reason.
Again, at the time of the last Indian
frontier war, a fat Babu clerk disap-
peared from one of the government
Offices and could not be found. It was
firmly believed, says my correspond
ent, by his fellow clerks and neighbors,
that be had been seized by order of the
government, to be made into ointment
for the benefit of the wounded sol
diers, Happily, the fat Babu turned
up again safe and sound; so no serious
consequences resulted from this de-
fusion. If an idea like this can be seri-
ously accepted, as my informant says
1t was, by the class of natives who pass
examinations and hold public APP
pointments, nothing that may find ac-
ceptance with the clover orders" can
be wondered at.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
MAKING A
1t May BE Made Very Attractive by
Using stones Found in
the woods.

Anyone who has a fireplace built
knows from sad experience how diff
cult it is to have rough rock done well
in fact, to have it done at all, says
Country Life in America. The very
idea of using an uncut stone for any
thing inside of a house seems the
height of a%bsurdity to the mind of a
country workman. When | showed the
mason my sketch of the fireplace he
remarked that it would require q great
deal of labor to cut the stones into the
shapes l had drawn. A sort of plying
wonder came into his face as | told
him | wanted the rough stones, just
as they were found. The contractor,
thinking to facilitate matters, had
hauled up a huge pile of stones gath
cred from all around the house with.
out the slightest regard to their suit
ableness; some were covered with old
cement and all were badly bruised;
the room was filled with q useless as
sortment of material, which could only
be used for filling in back of the ia
cling, since not Il had any lichen.
We had to scour the woods ourselves
for each stone as it was wanted, Sc
lecting those of proper shape and size
and carrying them in by hand so as to
preserve the growth of lichen. 1t was
two days hard work, but well worth
while as we saw this center of the
home" taking almost the shape we had
hoped for. When the stone can be
procured without much carriage, a
stone fireplace of this sort is not ex-
pensive, comparatively speaking. Ours
is nine feet wide at the base and nine
feet six inches high, lined with fire
brick and having a cheap brick hearth;
the whole thing, built on a solid stone
foundation, cost the labor of a mason
and a mortar-miXer for two and a half
days and the cement and brick-$2O to
$25. This is, of course, exclusive of
my own time, spent in hunting for the
stone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
LIKE FINDING MONEY.
C. A. Sexton Offers Popular Medicine at
Half Price.

Cs A.. Sexton, the popular druggist, is
making an offer that is just like finding
money, for he is selling a regular 80 cent
bottle of DR.. Towards celebrated spe-
ciic for the cure of constipation and
dyspepsia at half price. In addition to
this large discount he agrees 60 return the
money to any purchaser whom the spo-
cifc does not cure.
Il is quite unusual to be able to buy
fifty cent pieces for a quarter, but that is
what this offer really means, for it is only
recently through the solicitation of Drug
gist Sexton that this medicine could be
bought for less than fifty cents. He
urged the proprietors to allow him to sell
it at this price for a little while, agreeing
to sell a certain amount. The result has
justified his good Judgment, for the sale
has been something remarkable.
Anyone who suffers with headache,
dyspepsia, dizziness, sours stomach, specks
before the eyes, or any liver trouble,
should take advantage Of this opport0n-
ity, for Dr.. Howard's specific will cure.
But ii by any chance it should not, G. A..
Sexton will return your money.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
China's Population,

We have heard so much Of what is
POLITICALLY termed the "teeming mis
lions of China, that the Official cen
u recently published by the impe-
rial treasury department Of China is
of no little interest, since it furnishes
a method of determining just how
many ''teeming millions there are. 1t
appears hat the celestial empire con-
tains 426, 600, 900 inhabitants. and that
China proper-the IS provinces-con-
tains' 407, geo, 600. The table is given
in the Movement Ceographique, Of
Brussels, to which readers are referred
for details. The number of inhabit-
ants per square kilometer varies from
POI, in Ho-Nan, to 80, in hanson. and
is, on the average, 103 in the IS prov
inces. In Mongolia, the number is or;
in Manchuria, 9; in Yibat. 3. and in
Turkestan, 0.8. For comparison, we
may recall that Germany has 105 in
habitants per square kilometer; Bel
GUM, 220, and the United Kingdom,
130.-Scientifc American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
CREDULITY OF THE HINDOO.
HarbOrs Many DeIusiOns and Is In
nuenced by Amusing Cur
rent FictiOns.

Here is a remarkable instance of the
eredulity of the Hindoo and the wild
Kind of decisions which he occasional
iy harbors, says the London Truth.
phe writer is described as a Hindoo of
standing and reputation, and this ex-
tract is taken from a letter written to
a man in England:
F"We are having awfuily serious news
circulated in the papers here. Elk
tracts purported to be from the Morn
ing Leader of London and La Bon
Guondia of Spain impress us that the
emperor on the coronation day was
dangerously i'll and was never really
crowned, for the ministers caused him
to be pe~rsonated by a beggar of White
chapel. We are really very concerned
to hear it, and we firmly believe the
news to be a false creation, but won
der Mhy the government is still mac
tiyE in regard to taking any steps to
y punish the author of so foul a
, oalumny."
The mar who sends me the above
extract gives some other quaint ex-
amples of the amusing f~ictlons which
gain currency among the natives of
! India. The bigger and the more pre-
#posterous the lie, he says, the nor
kreadily it is believed. When the jubilee
bridge over the HoOgly was being
Euilt the story got about that the gov
gnment required 1000 heads of ma
ges for the foundation of the bridge,
had given orders that all natives
king over a certain place after
k were to be seized and taken to
Sultan Khana (the native namefor
zassonic lodge), where their heads
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

Perth Amboy whether the historic
building and surrounding grounds
will be cut up into building lots or
whether it will be preserved as it is,
a historical landmark, a revolutionary
relic and reminder of olden days when
the nation was young and even before
the nation existed at all. Every day
women of all nationalities, who live
in crowded houses, bring their chill
dren and some sewing to the City Hall
park so as to be out of doors. This
will soon be too small for them.
What better spot than the Westminster
property could be found for recreation
and outing?
The city of Trenton, with 80, 900
population, has 100 acres devoted to
parks and its inhabitants are asking
for more. Perth Amboy has 20, 900
population or one quarter that of
Trenton, but even with the West
minister property open to the public,
this city would not have twenty-five
acres of parks, yet that would be Its
proportion in comparison with Tren-
ton. Will not something be done to
secure for the people this old land
mark before it is too late?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

The movement on the part of the
factory teams to form a baseball
league next veal is bound to be popu-
lar. Several weeks ago the Evening
News called attention to this feature
and declared that it was not too early
to begin to plan for next year. That
the managers of the factory teams
approved of the suggestion is evident
from their prompt action. The league
is bound to make baseball more popu.
lar than ever in Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

IA. Court Amboy No s.. meets at
Nal, first and third Wednesday.
AChief Ranger, E. J. Dalton
lew Brunswick ave.
Or James II. Dandy Post
M Garretson, Commander;
Ad B. French, Westminster.
M. Pc Ambo Tribe No. 65
lCouW p every Thursday. Peter
'Axedn, - EN-, Hans S. Smith, C. of r.
Andrew Jensen C. of W..
Ira B. Tice Lodge No. 600 RAILROAD
TrainSnen, meet every Ist and 3rd Sunday
Knights of Pythias Hall Cor. Smith and
High Atreets. T. J. Griffin Master Robt.
Mulvapey Secretary, Charles Miller Tres
l.. O. of F., Court Keasbey, No. 1867.
Meets last Thursday of every month,
X. of c.. Hall. corner Smith and Rector
streets. G. w. Fithian, Chief Ranger
II. E. Piekersgill, Secretary, II Lewis st.
I. 90 F. Lawrence Lodge. No. 62
Meets Dad Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every Friday night. DR.. Frank Crowther,
N. G.; F.. IL. H~erringtop, Sec'y,s Brighton
Ave. -,
Jr. o. E~4~M. Middlesex Council No.
O.. MeeB every I'd and 4th Wednesday
in City Hall. Charles Quincy, Counsellor,
G. M. Adair, Recording Secretary 2o3
Madison Av.
K. of P. Algonquin Lodge, No. a.
Meets every Monday X. of P. Hall Smith
and High Streets. Harvey Stetson, c.. c.;
Chris Meshrow, K. of R. and S.
K. of c.. San Salvatore Council. Meets
every I'd and 4th Wednesday in X. of C.
Grown n,,' G. K; Recording sec'y.,
Richard A. Bolger, 1874 Market Street.
L. o. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No.
3o43. Meets K. OF P. Hall, High and
Smith Streets, every Ist and grid Tuesdays.
John X. Sheehy, C. R. Peter Poulsen, r
S., los Elm Street
r. A. Middlesex Council No. HOO.
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry
Mccullough Regent, N. H. Moore, Secre-
tary, 60 Jefferson Street.
K. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed,
Keeper OF Records, I2o Mechanic street.
P. o. S. OF A., Washington Camp, No.
70. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day X. of P. Hall, cor. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; J. M. Mills,
Secretary, 2Io Oak street.
w. o. w. Perth Amboy Camp No. 10,
meets at City Hall Ist and grid Wednesday.
Chris. Mathiasen G. c., DR.. H. X. Mason
Clerk, 634 Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in I'm
ion Hall Adelaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 3 O'Clock p. m.
John Clark, President.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

Said a man on a street car who had
already giver up his seat as he nudged
a familiar friend who still kept his:
"Why don't you get up and give the
woman a seat?"
She, who was standing, glared at
hiN.
Sir" she said, 81 will have you
know / am g ladyi"
"Ah! Begfyour pardon, madam" he
replied politely, 81 took you for a wo-
man!"-Port4b nd Oregonian.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01


Unless some further action is taken
on the petition for the sewer i'll Smith
street very shortly, it will be too late
to start the work this year. This is
d~iscouraging for the sewer should be
out of the way by spring so that
nothing would prevent commencing
the work of paving the city's main
thoroughfare as soon as the weather
will premit next year. Ibis is an
important matter and should be
accomplished with as little delay as
possible.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Room Papcred with Envelopes.

A most quaint and novel way of pa
pering a room has lately been invented
by a young lady of more originality
than taste. She has adorned the walls
of her special sanctum with the en-
velopes Of all the letters she has re-
ceived for the last few years. These
are, of course, of every conceivable
shape, color and size, and also bear
all kinds of stamps and handwritings.
so the effect is most odd. She has
pursued ne plan in regard to- them, buf
has pasted them on the walls in all
kinds of positions as soon as she has
received them. The effect IS startling,
but it cannot be said to be in any way
artistic.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Runs in the Family.

MI. Binks-I don't like the looks of
that young nan who calls to see
Clara.
Mrs. Binks-He looks exactly as
you did when you first came to see
me.
WAS l any such fool as tnat?"
ayes, you were, and yet l married
you, in spite of all my parents could
say; and l am afraid that, in spite
of all we can say, u Clara will
now be just as big a fool as 1 was"
=Tit-Bits. ,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
ON BEING A BOY.
What We Used to Think and Do in
the Happy Days of
Childhood,

Distance lends enchantment to the
view to such an extent that nearly
every man looks back upon his boy.
hood days as a time of perfect happi-.
ness. If he remembers his tribula-'
lions, they are now objects for merri-l
ment, and the joys of his youth are
enhanced by memory until they are
perfectly glorious. OF course, there are
very few boys who really have a nice
time, but they think so, and that
amounts to the same thing.
For instance" said a writer in
Puck, "a boy thinks it is real fun to-
go to bed with all his clothes on, and
lies awake for three hours till his
father has sought a downy couch.
Then the boy gets out Of bed, climbs
out of the back window and down a
rain spout, barking his shins and
SHINING his knuckles on The way, and
walks three miles across plowed fields
to steal a watermelon out OF a farm
er's patch. And the next day, when
they have watermelon for dinner at
home, do you suppose that makes the
boy feel sore, as it would a man? Not
much. The boy has had his fun, and
the chances are that he'll get up and
do the same old act all over again
day after tomorrow.
again, a boy thinks it's fun to put
an empty soap box on top Of two logs,
and paddle himself up and down a.
brook where there are no lighthouses,
40 harbors, and not more than -
inches of water, counting the mud on,
the bottom.
ga boy thinks it's fun to row a boat,
too. He will get aboard a big, heavy
skiff, with a pair of seven-fOot oars,
when the thermometer indicates 90 de-
grees in the summerhouse, and he'll
pull himself around and around in a
ring, and cut SIS and figures 3 on the
water, and think he's having a glo-
rious time. ,
"a boy thinks it's fun, too, TO get
four old bricks and build himself an
oven, and then to make a wood fire in
it, and roast potatoes with skins on,
and eat them without salt. }
1.-TWO boys, who can have unto
themselves a small feast like this, ac-
companied by the edifying converse
ton about the determination of the
Sioux, think they're having fun
than you or I would at a public din
ner of Is courses.
"When a boy gets over being a boy
and looks back over his period of dis
order. he often wonders how it hap
pened that he lived through it. But it
appears to be pretty generally ad-
mitted by medical experts that the
boyhood disease is not necessarily
fatal.
1T does do away with a few of its
victims, to be sure, but they are those
who are affected with the acute form
in which 20-foot rivers appear three
feet deep, and double-barreled shot
guns are mistaken for Pandean pipes.
There is on& form of the disease
which ought to prove Natal, but for
some inscrutable reason does not.
That is the form which causes the pa
tient to imagine that jewsharps, flies,
banjos and horse-fddles produce music.
Usually. however, that disease wears
itself out. 1t wears a great many peo-
pie out, too; but that doesn't hurt a
boys feelings in the least"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

8 g~6Ie1WhIcn sank ner and nearly cost
the Yves OF eleven persons.
1t has been a subject of much COM
ment along shore that, although the
signal station has been established
here several months, only three or
four times have signals of any kind
been displayed. The flag pole on the
steamboat dock, where the station is
located, is either bare or only a small
American flag floats. in the breeze.
Two or three storms have occurred,
tut no signals have been shown here.
There seems to be something wrong
somewhere. The mariner looks. for a
signal once in a while even if it only
announces clear weather, or higher
temperature, but week after week has
passed here and not a flag has been
seen. If the signal station is good for
ANYTHING at all it will at least tell
when q storm is approaching.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Her Preference.

Edyth-Did I understand you to say
that Cordelia was trying to get into
business?
Mayme-That's what I said.
What kind Of ~business?"
neutrality-suspicious. Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
The Soft Spot.
st men are just a little off

Most men are just a little off
In n way or another;
One thinks the best pies ever made
Were fashioned by his mother;
Another fancies he can sing
Or thinks himself a poet,
And here and there is one who has
A horn and wants to blow it
But nearly every man, down in
His heart, goes on believing
That if he had a garden he'd
Do something worth achieving.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
How She Takes 1t Easy.

"My daughters employer drove the
poor girl to matrimony."
SIN what way?"
"He made her work so hard that she
married the first man who asked her."
"Who was the man?" ,
"Her employer."-Tft Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Uncle Reuben Saws.

I used to believe dat dere was twenty
fo' hours in a day, an dat it didn't
make no difference how long l sot on de
fence to rest my back. AFTER putin a
mortgage on my house | found dat
twelve hours made a day, and dat back
aches increased de rate of interest,"
Detroit Free Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
One Or the Other.

Hes either very rich or very poor"
"How do you know?"
"He always makes people wait a
long time for their money."-Brooklyn
Eagle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Wen Worn.

Wigg-That was a pretty old joke
Borem cracked at dinner.
Wagg-Borem didn't crack it. That
joke has been cracked for years.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01
Conclusive Nvidence.

Charlie-Young Biddley seems to
think the girls are crazy after him.
Flo-Well, the ones who are after him
certainly must be crazy.-Stray Stories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-01

Wife-Oh, what a cream Of a bon
net!
Husband-Yes. but there's no dan
ger of the dream coming true until
the price is reduced.-~Chicago Amer
lean.