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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20

The river is on a stand.
Going driving' Phone iI9.
Paiiie Pans at the Farmers Hdw.
Co.
Mrs. James Housley Is on the sick
list
Mrs. John Crawford is on the
sick list.
Nick Holcombe spen, Sunday in
Union City.
Arthur Whey returned Wednss-
day from Ashport.
Miss Carmen Crawford. Of Do
rena, No, vas here Tuesday.
The Courier and the weekly Com
mercial-APPeal one year for Si.2S.
Bring me your produce. High
est price cash or trade. c. H.
Moore.
We are nov located over Ellison
Bros. feed store. Drop up and see
Cotton & Adams.
Mrs Sam Parker and Miss Leah.
Barry attended the Presbytery al
Dyer, Tenn, this week.
Miss Virginia Shumate. Of New
bern. arrives here Tuesday. TO visit
Mrs. A. NJ Tyler and Porter Shu-
mate.
THOROUGHBRED JERSEY bull
vii stand at our east farm. Services
one dollar, IN ADVANCE. +. & S.
L. Dodds Co. 54ts
Our city dads ought 10 set a day
for STRENGTHENING and then see 70 Dc
that the rubbish is moved of every
street in the city.
Fortunes Witch Hazel Almond
Cream" is an exquisite aud delight
ful toilet preparation. Sold by
Cowgilrs Drug Store. 50
The best citizens IN town support
their home institutions. are you
smoking cigars made in Hickman or
are you supporting some s.. Louis
hrm2
You may think you are using the
best -four made, but you are badly
mistaken II you are not using Cas-
cade. For sale by c. II. Moore.
Phone No. 4.
We want to contradict the report
which is In circulation 10 the effect
that We are not handling implements
this spring We have the biggest
stocb Of implements to be found 10
this county, or in Western Kentucky.
Hickman Hardware Co., Inc.
Clinton has a club composed Of.
ladies, known as the Civic Pride
Club. This club was organized for
the purpose Of getting the town
cleaned up so that Il will be healthy
and decent. Il looks like the good
ladies Of Hickman will have 70 make
the same move Il We ever get the
streets Of this city Tree from rub
bish and trash.
Miss Sadie Amberg vas taken
suddenly and seriously Ill last Fri
day morning after going 10 work at
the Hickman Bank. She grew worse
fast, and Saturday night was car
ried TO 81. Thomas Hospital at Nash
vile, where she was operated on
Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock for
appendicitis. DR.. Hubbard and her
mother, Mrs. M. Amberg, accom-
panied her. Miss Sadie stood the
operation we'll, and is nov on the
road 70 recovery.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-03-20
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NIP the Sc cigar.
Tas Chaser spent Tuesday in Full
ton.
Mrs. Oma Shaw is on the sick
list.
Leonard Reeves was in Fulton
Tuesday.
Charlie Eros, is in Union City
this week.
Get better meat. have ii.-C.
II. Moore.
Miss Hattie Ballard is visiting in
Union City.
Schwab Clothes are truly tailored.
Ellison Bros.
Mr.. Mcclure. OF Cru,ohfeld, vas
here Monday.
Leave orders for Easter flowers
al Farmers Hdv. Store.
Cowgirl Rogers returned from a
short visit in Fulton, Monday.
Rolla Smith vent TO Fulton, Wed
nesday, for medical treatment.
Miss Gertrude Hall, Of Dorena,
No, vas 10 Hickman this week.
LADIES-We have Pattie Pans Of
all shapes. Farmers Hdv. Co.
Louisiana Sorghum zoe a gallon
It's good, too-Bettersvorth, Prather
& Co.
Ware.room is chock full Of new
implements Hickman Hardware
Company.
Dave Bryant. OF Union City, Wis
tied bis daughter. Mrs. T. A. Led
ford, last week.
Mrs. Lum Carter. Of the Jordan
neighborhood. visited Mrs Mont
gomery Tuesday.
Mrs. S. K. Davidson and Miss
Doiiie are attending the Presbytery
al Dyer this week.
(. W. Pierce and NJ L. Frank
photographers Of Petoskey, Mich,
are here this week.
A car load Of Capt Kidd Disc
and GOOD Enough Sulky" Plows
just IN .-Hickmln Hardware Co.
J. W. H,nn. wife and little
daughter are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Alice Caldwell in Paducah. Ky.
Will Spradlin and VIII Hall. Of
Fulton. we're here Monday. looking
after some business in connection
With the library.
FOR RENT, Nice Office building,
formerly occupied by DR.. II. E.
Prather. Has electric lights and
water. Apply c. T Baltzer. 38tfc.
All persons or firms getting coal
oil from the Standard OIL Co. through
the Hickman agency are requested
to pay the driver upon delivery, and
take his receipt, No exceptions. --
Nose Barkett, Agent.
Miss Mildred Ramage was the
hostess Of an enjoyable meeting OF
the /. T Club Tuesday at her home
on Troy avenue. A contest, The
Discovery Of a True Hear, in an
American Girl" was one Of the
features, after which several vocal
solos we're enjoyed. Tvo.course re-
treatments we're served. The Wis
itors present we're Misses Annie and
Ruth Ellison, Wayne Naylor and
Louise Atwood.
Mrs. Rufus Fields died Tuesday
night at her nome in West Hickman,
after a weeks illness Of pneumonia
Mrs. Fields, formerly Miss Moran
Mahan, was raised near Hickman
and is we'll known. She leaves a
husband and four children 10 mourn
her loss. The Courier with their
many friends extend sympathy to
the bereaved family. Two more Of
the family are stricken with pneu-
monia, and reported very IN.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
The Result in Alabama.

If Alapama votes for Gov Johnson, a
number or newspapers OF a certain class
have been saying, it may be possible TO
defeat Mr. Bryan for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. Well, Alabama
has not voted for johnson, but for Bryan.
by a large majority. and the johnson
movement has received a decisive check.
No one who has observed with unpreju-
diced eyes the drift of political sen,lment
in the South would have guessed any other
result in Alabama, or any other Southern
State, for that matter What is true all
over the country is true in the South.
that the rank and file OF the Democratic
party are for Bryan. and whenever the
question is put to popular vote, as in
Alabama. this elementary fact of the
Democratic situation will be d9mon-
strated.
Outsiders appear TO be greatly i'm
pressed with a secondary fact in the
situation. which is that many Southern
newspapers are lukewarn or openly hos
tile toward Bryan. But Mr.. Bryan has
thriven on newspaper criticism, and en-
tireIy too much Importance has been at
taehed to il, particularly as an indlca-
ton Of public sentiment over vide areas.
The anti-Bryan press in New York is a
conspicuous offender in this regard, its
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
BREAKFAST TABLE CHAT.
From the Detroit Free Presa
THE BABY'S HOUR.

41AA tAa beLelt EEr@ EFea4s
THE BABY'S HOUR,
What is the best hour in the day. ah,
baby. tell to me:
Is It the play time that we have directly
after tea?
Is it directly after lunch, you roguish
little chap,
When you and mother settle down to
take little nap?
All, no, though ali your hours are gay
and you are fond OF them.
The hour you really like the best is {
o'clock a, n.
Long ere your mother wants 20 rise. and
long before I wake,
You come a-creeping to my bed and
rouse me with shake:
And though I bid you 90 away and sleep
a little while.
You pull my hair and pinch my cheeks
until have 70 smile,
And then you straight begin 20 romp.
and I 20 haw and hem,
But IN the end I must submit to you at
6 a N.
Though often times really wish you'd
sleep till or 8,
I've found IL useless 20 resist: patiently
resign
When you come romping to my bed and
give myself 10 play.
For you bring sunshine with you at the
birth OF every day.
The years are passing quickly. and, oh,
how ] dread them!
When you viii be TO old, my boy, 70
play at s a, N.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
SOCIALIST PROSPECTS.
POIIed More Votes in 1904 Than Any
Other Third Party.

From the New. York Tribune.
The Socialist party polIed almost as large
a popular vote in 1904 as the other three
minor parties combined In 1900 the Pro-
hibitionists had distanced all the other
trailing organizations, polling 2l9. .o62 votes
TO 921f2 for the Socialists, 50.o39 for the
Populists and $3.50 for the Socialist La
borites. But in 1904 the Socialist ticket
got 402.I59 votes. to 250.550 for the Prohi-
bltion, 1898 for the Populist and &c, 6zz
FOR the Socialist Labor. The large in
crease in the Socialist vote and in the
scattering vote generally was due chiefly
10 the nomination by the Democrats
party Of a Conservative" candidate
Many radical Democrats undoubtedly sup
ported Debs or Watson IN preference to
Parker. The Democratic popular vote
fell from 6.3600l6 in 1900. TO 5000 in 1894
a portion Of that decrease was accounted
for by the contraction Of the electorate
in the Southern States which followed the
enforcement Of restrictive suffrage laws.
But the minor parties all profted by
Judge Parker's weakness as a vote-get-
ter.
Whether or not the Socialist party can
retain its strength OF four years ago viii
probably depend a good deal on the out
come Of the Denver convention II Bryan
is nominated. Socialist gains from the
Democratic party viii be checked. II a
conservative" Is nominated OF a candi-
date ike Gov. Johnson, who viii try TO
please both the conservatives and radi-
Gals, the Democratic drift OF 1894 will be
repeated. The Socialist party has as yet
found no settled place in our scheme OF
national politics The Presidential cleo
ton of 1908 will show 10 some extent
whether or not it has in It any elements
OF stability and permanence.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
Mr.. sims and the House

Hon. Thetus ". Sims has served notice
upon Congress that he does not propose
TO allow the laying of tracks to the new
union passenger station until the street
railway companies are required by law
to adopt the universal transfer system.
He will fight and obstruct until dooms-
day, and keep the people walking TO and
from the station until doomsday, or have
his way. His ire is aroused, and he in
tends to fall in his tracks rather than
surrender
So that is the fix We are IN.
Now. We wish this doughty Tennes-
seean no harm. and would not for the
world see him drop in his tracks. But
this trackage deadlock has already been
prolonged beyond all reasonable endur-
ance, and we cannot believe the House
is now In q mood 10 eountenanee or tol-
crate further foolishness. It is time for
action-high time; and for action Of a
decisive sort. Therefore, We are quite
reconciled to see the Hon. Thetus ".
Sims in this instance peremptorily side
tracked for the public good
When we say the public good We mean
it literally. The public of Washington
and the travelling public Of every State.
including Mr.. Sims. demand facilities for
getting TO and from the Union Station at
the National Capital. The present condi-
tion is not only a local disgrace. but a
national disgrace. which reflects directly
upon Congress. Is the Hon Thetus w.
Sims greater than the House? We do
not believe it, but to-day will tell.
This newspaper credits Mr.. Sims with
good motives. He showed. in one notable
case recently, that he had the interest
OF the community at heart. But he Is now
decidedly standing in the way Of the COM
munity's interests. The hearings before
the District Committee made it unmis-
| takably clear that what the people are
/ asking in connection with Union Station
facilities is good service, with certain
S%NNSAiSt5iiS NSiliaANF4 bS q btNHi4S pNpu-
latiOn and proper supervision of the
public utilities.
All this is provided for IN the agree
ment reached by the conferees. But Mr..
Sims, forestalling the report. gives notice
that the universal transfers shall be in
cluded. or the present disgraceful con
dltion at the station viii be prolonged
indefinitely. Now. even if there be merit
and justice in his idea, it is impossible
of consummation at this time-absolutely
impossible-and his attitude means only
the imposing Of continued hardships upon
the public because he cannot have his
way. We cannot believe that he will
obstinately hold to so untenable a posi-
ton or that the House will sustain him
in such a position.
AS we have already said. the House
ought to act decisively without further
delay. and the laying of tracks ought to
begin within twenty-four hours after
action is taken.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20

under sixteen years Of age. and depend
ent parent. or 70 the survivor or surviv-
crs. It will be noted that the bin does
not go es far as President Roosevelt
would deem essential in workmen's com
pensation legislation, by making the
employer liable for all accidents, with
out regard to the question OF contribu-
tory negligence. However. it appears
more generous in payments to the work
man and his dependents than the legis-
lation of any other country.
What the bill VIII cost is an unknown
quantity there being little available in
formation respecting accidents TO gov
eminent employees. But it is estimated
that It would have cost the government
about 5000 a year to compensate the
workmen in arsenals. armories, and other
establishments under the War Depart
nent during the past ten years for in
juries and deaths due to accident. On
the Panama Canal. l42 employees were
killed by accident during 1901, ana 1870
injuries were treated in hospital Al
though 25.oO0 men are employed by the
Navy Department, no statistics are kept
Of the accidents resulting in injury to
employees. Accidents in the postal serv-
ice. an extremely hazardous employ
ment, cost the government s9S.OOO last
year. and those In the Life-savlng Service.
$A.ooo. over 1900 men are employed
In these two services.
When We consider the difficulty OF es-
tablishing claim for damages against
the government. and the endless delay
in settling it, the desirahiHty and the
justice Of legislation that will enable
an injured employe or the kin OF a work
man killed on duty TO obtain redress
without unnecessary red tape seems in
disputable. The government, as Mr..
Roosevelt has often said. should be
model employer, and the bin which has
just passed the House is a step in the
direction OF realizing that ideal.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
Where We May Learn.

The English Court OF Criminal Appeal.
which has at last been established after
years OF effort upon the part Of those who
believed 1t necessary, will be watched
with very great interest, we suspect by the
American bench and bar. That such a
court is needed in that country has long
been the plea Of a great and constantly
growing element Of practitioners, but the
necessary machinery for its establish
ment and operation has only been pro-
vided by tireless warfare against that
typical ultra-conservatism marking the
usual progress Of English thought
In speaking OF this court, Lord Chief
Justice Alverstone announced that 'It win
carefully avoid the tedious delays to
which the American criminal courts are
subjected" and it is this sentence. we
think. that will particularly interest
&. American jurists. It cannot be denied
that cur methods Of disposing OF criminal
cases are subject TO grave criticism.
While the average obscure and impover-
ished defendant may depend upon fair.
speedy. and sensible trial. in the main,
there are two other classes Of criminals
the trials Of whom have frequently re-
suited in the most farcicaI performances
and have brought forth verdicts most as
tonlshingly al variance with the evidence
and the law as it should be applied to the
evidence. Reference is had to the very
wealthy defendant, on the one hand, of
course. and the defendant whose case can
be made TO appeal to the peculiar sympa-
thies Of juries on the other
If England will show us a way out Of
some Of the many difficulties that beset
us in the matter Of criminal practice. we
shall be very grateful to her That the
new court is to make a point Of carefully
avoiding the tedious delays" to which
American" courts are subjected, we are
frankly informed by Lord Alverstone.
That We need correction and enlighten-
ment in that regard is not to be denied
in sincerity. Il may be that England has
erred as far on the side OF conservatism
as we have on the side OF technical delay
and captious quibbling under certain cir
eumstances. But even if that be true. we
suIl may reasonably hope that from care
ful observation of the two extreme
schools Of thought may come a system Of
Jurisprudence vastly superior to our pres
ent system. and approximately, if not
actually. ideal In the end
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
COMMANDER OF ZEE FLEET.
Rear Admiral sDerry's Qualifications
for an Important Tnsk.

for an Important Task.
Park Benjamin. In the New York Evening Post.
BY general consent. Admiral Sperry is
the best naval tactician we have He has
filed the Office Of president Of the War
College with notable ability. he is a
thorough student Of the science of naval
maneuvers and man of strong intellect
excellent judgment. and broad views
For these reasons he was sent as q dele
gate 10 the late Peace Conference at
I The Hague. His past naval record
wholly free from anything akin TO the
spectacular. has been distinctly credit
able. He has undertaken no work which
has not been done well, and quietly. He
is hater Of display and newspaper no
toriaty. he is keen. shrewd. the possessor
Of a mordant wit. which some mistake
for cynicism, and sharp diseiplinarian.
He is exactly the tonic which the fleet
needs after its recent debauch.
But the task which he has undertaken
His far from an easy one. Unfortunately,
he Is approaching sixty-one years of age,
and hence has less than two years of
active service before him. Nor Is his
FLArd4tA especially ROBUST. NO one KNOWS
better than he the extreme Importance
OF the practice of battle tactics-the ma
neuvering Of squadron against squadron.
and how grossly it has been neglected.
How he is TO DO anything OF the kind
and at the same time meet the require
ments Of a junketing expedition is a
problem for him full OF trouble, and one
which most men, especially when forced
Or tEa drst time at the close OF a long
and arduous career into worldwide
publicly, might well shrink from attempt
ing It. II VIII be interesting 70 watch
him tackle it-for tackle II he certainly
willard there will be results Just in
proportion to the extent that the Navy
Department let's him alone. There IS now
IN that institution no one al all competent
to tell him how to do anything. Nor is
there any public service at present which
the Secretary OF the Navy can render
Of more value than minimizing the time
10 be wasted by the feet in further
entertainments. preventing possibilities
Of interference by the bureaus, and
simplifying the routine relations OF ad-
miral and department.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
CompensalIon lor Government EmpIoves.

compensation TOT GONGFnmeHf I'm pi0yeS.
The principle of employers liability
for the injury or death, by accident, of
workmen engaged in occupations in
volving more or less hazard is rec
ognized and extended in the bill
passed by the House on Saturday for
the compensation Of government en-
ployes for injuries sustained in employ
ment. II passed. this bin will AFFECT
over 5000 government employees in ar
senals. shipyards. factories. and on The
Isthmian Canal. AS provision has here
tofore been made for the compensation
OF postal clerks and emp.oyes Of the
Life-saving Service. The aggregate num-
Der Of government worzsnen entitled to
compensation when accidentally injured
through no fault Of their own viii be
7l.soo, of whom, Approximately, 1900 are
employed on the Isthmlan canal.
In the matter Of compensation. the bin
follows the precedent OF the legislation
relating to the postal and Life-saving
services. A workman injured in actual
employment, without contributory negli-
gence or misconduct. mag be paid his
wages for one year. unless sooner able to
resume work. If the workman is killed.
or dies from injury within the year.
sum equivalent TO years wages, OF
the remainder thereof. may be paid in
equal portions to his widow, children
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
MR.. LILLEY'S FAILURE.
Connecticut Folks Think He HASN'T
Had - Square Deal.
From tie Hartfort Courant.

From tae Har1foTt Coarant
The effort evidently emanating from
Washington. TO eliminate Mr.. Lilley from
Connecticut politics is another Of the
many illustrations Of the recognized fact
that the poorest place TO size up public
opinion is the National Capital What they
do not know down there about the senti-
menr OF the people would III a book, and
a book that IL would be well worth their
while 20 read.
The story goes that Mr.. Lnley has
failed to make good. and when a man
fails 10 make good, they say, then the
American people are through with him.
But there is an out about that reasoning
which is vital. No man can make good,
II the opportunity is denied to him BY
those who control the situation. Mr..
Lilley has maintained from the begin
ming that to prove his case the books OF
the submarine company must be produced.
He has asked for them. II Speaker Can
non in his sutOcracy had put him on the
committee, he could have demanded them.
AS an outsider, he can only ask for them:
and the committee has not called for
them. Look behind the door. and YOU
will find the Tascals, Lilley SAYS in ef-
feet and the reply Is that there is not
sufficient evidence Of any rascal being
hid behind the door 10 make it advisable
10 look there and see
Refused a place on the committee and
refused sight Of the company's books.
Mr. Lilley does not make out a case.
Man after man whom one meets in
Washington says that he believes that
Liliey was "onto" something real. They
will tell you all sorts Of stories in private
conversation. but they go no farther
except TO say that on general principles
it isn't safe to tackle too big a graft
Here IN Connecticut the feeling is wide
spread that Mr. Lilley has been denied
the square deal, and it is no exaggeration
to say that he is more popular than ever
before in his own State. Our folks be-
lieve in fair play.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
New Alignment in Religion.

From the American Hebrew.
The truth seems TO be that the near fu-
ture must see a new lining up Of the re-
igious forces. The theistic religions viii
have to face the various faiths or nom
faiths which are trying to do without
God In the world Under the name OF
agnosticism or ethical culture or mod
ernism or whatever title be chosen an
ever-inereasing number of persons are
trying the dangerous experiment Of let
ting the natural man exercise his full
powers without any check from any
supernatural considerations. At the root
of the new movement is an attack on the
family as the center of civilization. AS
against this tendency it may we'll be that
the great theistic - religions - Judaism,
Islam, Chrlstianity-may find it necessary
TO ally themselves and Prof. Delitzseh' S
suggestion may cease to be an imprac-
ticable dream.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
Protective view of paper Duty.

From the Minneapolis Journal
The newspapers Of tie country are ac-
cused Of inconsistency in demanding a
reduction CT the duty on print paper and
an abrogatiop OF the duty on wood pulp
while they uphold protection for other
Industries. The charge does not success
fully lie. The press has very generally
demanded that ali the tariff schedules be
revised. This is not an attack upon pro-
lection. but an assault upon duties which,
in addition to legitimate protection. af-
ford opportunities for the contrel of
prices by trusts and combinations V'ilieh
are in themselves Illegal
The Washington herald., 1908-05-20
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. 1905.
Julius Caesar. Safe and sane.

stampede at Chicago! Never! The
Hon. julius Caesar Burrows is interposed
10 prevent II,
Who that knows the fame of the Colum-
bian orator can doubt that his keynote
VIII take the Rooseveltian spirit out OF
the convention and convert it into the
safest and sanest throng ever gathered
to do a national duty? The national
committee, with this purpose in view, has
chosen wisely and well Let the emer-
gency come. The Hon. julius Caesar
viii take care Of it, Pin your faith to
him for that.
a standpatter Of high degree, a reluc-
tant admirer Of my policies" the Kala-
mazoo statesman can be depended on to
sound a keynote warranted 10 be sooth-
ing. soporfc, and megaphonic. The Co
lumbian orator VIII be heard and listened
TO: he viii be both resounding and in
spring There VIII be no stampede while
Julius Caesar stands within the breach.
Never!
All hail the Hon. Julius Caesar! The
gavel viii be in trusty hands.