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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK
celebrated deliberately last
evening in the auditorium of
st. Patrick's church, North
Twelfth and streets. Several
ladies. of the church helped
with the serving, and joined
heartily in making the evening
an suspicious one for the new
ly organized mems club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
or INTEREST TO WOMEN

THE NORWEGIAN SEWING So
Getty will meet with Mrs.
Henry Olsen, 1923 North 26th
st., next Thursday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
A Word from Josh Wise.

'sBroken Hearts
are more frequent
in poetry than
prose-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

Isn't the Teddy bear fad about
beaten to a FRAGILE anyway?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

Observation-Disclosures meth
DDS demand that you should. ***
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

When airships arrive it will b.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

MRS. JOHN BAGLEY will be
hostess for a charming after
noon tea tomorrow, at her res
idence on North 21st ST., the
hours being from 8 to 5. The
tea is complimentary to the
ladies of st. Patrick's church
and their friends. An infor-
NAL musicale will be given by
a number of promising young
musicians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
AN APPROPRIATE COMPLEMENT

Mamma MicrObe: What shall aso7s1s2 young
est?
Papa Microbes Let's them searchem-he
covered them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

DIR. AND MRS. CLAUDE KIN
NEAR will entertain for the
members of the Laetitia club
and their husbands this even
ing. The hostess will be assist
ed by Mrs. H. Thompson, Mrs.
o. Stevenson and Mrs. H. Leu
ders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19
A TALENT, NOT ACCoMPLI

| Home Missionary: My poor man,
taste for liquor?
Gargling Gregory (prondly): It
To- me nature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

Fighting Bob wants 4S battle
ships to maintain the peace at
any cost policy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-19

THE AURORA CLUB will enter
tain tomorrow afternoon in
honor of invited guests at the
residence of Mrs. A. e. from
maid, COS North ]. The occa-
sion is the annual open meet
ing.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
Institutes for the Housekeepers.

IC1I1 YET ONLY ONE Southern state. North
lAl Carolina. has done much In supplying IN
S[ ntituics for tho women In tho farm homes
The women on tho farms have as great problems
and as many difficulties To solve as the men who
Work the soil Moreover. the right sort OF insti'
tutes for giving help in solving household prob
lens would be as helpful To the women the IN
h,itutoH have been 10 the men They have proved
sHeccaa In North Carolina because they have
been helpful To the women the farms. They
might be equally helpful and will be- established
IN all southern States when there 1. "A demand on
the part OF the women for them The only objec-
ton urged against them has come from the men
ana IL based entirely on prejudice. They help the
women and add 10 the attendance and interest In
the Institutes for the men Our women are en-
utled To this help. and. moreover. the best farms
Viii never liz built up without the best farm
homes.
We know OF nothing suggest that VIII
more largely or more certainly aid the readers OF
ths paper to obtain that help which Will surely
increase their earning powers than Attendance on
the farmers Institutes, Every community should
demand these meetings. and every farmer shoud
attend them and do all In his power TO build them
up to the highest point OF helpfulness.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

~ HERE ARE FACTS we'll established and
kkI practices thoroughly tried and proven.
wv which every farmer in our territory might
easily learn and put into operation and which
would promptly revolutionize our agriculture and
quickly increase the earnings OF the average far
mer well along towards $500 more year. Mind
you, we have no reference to anything In the ma
ture OF an experiment. nor TO any costly or din
suit changes In our general agricultural system:
but TO simple, established and easily applied facts
and practices, which hundreds are now employ
ing and which the masses OF our farmers have
steadfastly refused TO adopt under the mistaken
belief that such methods were not practicable or
possible without greater capital than they pos
sess 1t is the purpose OF the farmers Institutes
tices direct to the farming masses by word of
mouth.
The writer has been attending farmers insti-
tutes for about eighteen years. and for portion
of the time has attended large number each
year. lie has heard quite number OF institute
lecturers In several States. and with fcw rare
exceptions. he has not heard fact stated. or a
practice recommended. that VAS not at that very
time ia successful use by hundreds and Thousands
OF farmers who were working under conditions
Of climate. crops. and soils practically Identical
with those under which tho farmers addressed
were working Farmers institute lecturers may
state facts recommend practices which are new
20 some of their hearers: but IL In tho aim aud
practice of the best institute lecturers To advice
nothing which has not been tried sufficiently un-
der the conditions existing on the farms of their
listeners TO make lts value and applicability Ger
tain
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
$500 More aYear Farming: How to Make 1t.
WILL BY Attending the Farmers Institutes.

cable and effective by others on their farms will
not also be practical and helpful on ours. We
have repeatedly heard men state that such and
such crops would not grow their farms and
later the very same persons making these state
fully and probably. We have also frequently
known TO try n crop. an Implement or a
method OF cultivatng or preparing the Land and
after one trial conclude that 1T was not pract
cal under their conditions: but later. som fur
Their trial they learned that these new thiuEs were
so practicable and helpful that they adopted
them. What others are doing can do. is a
good motto In such matters. II implements OF
methods have proved generally profitable ON other
farms, they likely tn bc Of value to any man
growing similar crops. II given n prop"r trial.
thing he has not tried. anything which hun
drods have not already found valuable and
using under similar conditions 10 yours; there
fore II your experience differs greatly from that
of Others the chances are tina, the fault Is not In
the crop tho Implement. or tho method but In
your management OF IL. II IL IS OF great value TO
Others. should try hard 10 make Il OF value
TO Nine out OF every ten who have attended
tho Institutes are ready to admit that they have
received much bcnent from them. and they con-
tinue to attend them regularly every year II
tho Institutes arc helpful TO those ~ho attend
them. they would be equally helpful to tho great
err number who do not attend. II IL pays good
farmer TO attend the instliutca.-and this is the
kind that generally so TO them.it ~il pay all
farmers TO attend them.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
How to Profit by the Institutes.

r~7 Ills BEING A CORRECT abatement OF tho
fSk~l purposes OF the farmers institute. IL mus,
l- be clear to all that IL il 20 tho personal tn
torcSt of every reader OF thia paper TO do all In
HIS power TO aid In making the institute In hia
locality aA nearly an possible meet It's highest pur-
poses and aims. our observation convinc.s a
that tho failure OF the farmers institute TO
timea accomplish that good which might reason
ably be- expected IL more frequently due to tho
farmers themselves than to any fault of tn. nsti-
tutc: but II is not denied that institute lecturers
have not always fully measured up To their OPP
portunitics and responsibilities aA teachers OF
practical agriculture. The chief cause for tn.
failure OF the institute system To do the full
amount OF good possible II the we'll known con
servatsm OF the tillcrs of the soil or their dialik.
and reluctance 10 change their methods of doing
things
IL In very much easier for all OF To do our
work the old way In which long practice has
made us perfect: and IA new way which IL much
better. and which after practice In also much
easier. may ut FIRST be very mush III, g dificult
than the old way with which 'amiliar
This accounts for our tendency to get into 'ruts"
and stay there.
IL the Institutes are going to materially aid ua
In making that $500 More n Year Farming" We
must avoid the common error OF concluding that
methods which have been demonstrated as praeti-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
How to Help the Institute Work.

6>XTI r APPEAL TO the readers OF this paper.
NJ they have attended an institute and re-
G'A ec!vcd benefit 10 cndcavor to persuade
their nelghbors TO attend tho next held 10
their section: and OF thos. OF our readers Who
have never attended. we ask that they make
Hpecal effort 30 80 this year. Go In tho sprs, oil
help anainE. and II encouragement and proi, are
no, derived from the meeting. write giylng
your views as TO how the Institutes should be
improved. The object OF the institntc is TO help.
and help wc all need. so ~ tho institutes are no,
helping the farmers much they should. let
TIA set together and make them serve their pur.
poac better. We all believe in sending our chill
drcn TO school Why should wo 80
selves Arc ~e too old To learn The institute
II but = on~-day school. and all children
In the art of farming. We need much more
knowicdg. and the farmern' institute is an effort
To partially supply that need
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

NIX institute. therefore. In to spread among
49, farmers "a knowledge OF those facts and
practices which long experience has proved are
applicable TO the farmers and farms represented
ut tho institute.
There are tao principal ways by which this is
done. The artt to by the regular institute lee
turer Who IL usually a man. who by Hpecial train
ing. or by study. has acquired knowledge OF the
scientific basic facts underlying tho boat aEricul'
turai practice. and who. by giving his whole time
and energy the work. has been able 10 learn and
collect a large share OF those facts which Others
have found out through experimentation. obser-
walton and by whatever other means possible. lie
IL "A trained teacher. Whose work !a 10 collect In
formation Ia regard TO correct practices and carry
II to those having ie time or facilities for learn
Ing II In true hat he must usually have done
the things w,S,h he teaches In order TO know
their correct application but his duty IL TO carry
facts to hlt audience. and II he does that IL mat
ters not how where those facts were obtained.
II matters not TO the farmer whether those who
mrs, discovered these facts made money out of
them and actual farmers. or were merely
scientists. II they really facts and well eH,ab-
lished. as they usually are. and the farmer can
use them 90 advantage. that Is Fufrclcnt.
The second way In which tn" farmers institute
may and should spread Information Is by the
farmers themselves relating the methods followed
In their work II IA man has made n failure Of
any particular crop. n statement of the cNact con
ditons under which that failure was made will
do others "A good service. Likewise. II "A man has
made success Of certain crop statement cf
Just how that success was made will be OF value
to those making the same crops under similar
conditions.
The failure may have been made In spite OF
correct methods. but much more frequently II
prepared by pr Tai, Butler Editor.
Chief Southern Farm Gazette viii throughout
the the articles In the series being follows
July l7.-f3y Using n Cream Separator.
July 2t-Hy Saving the W hole Corn Crop.
Shy Working Good schools, iiood Road.
Tele phones.
august J. -Iiy Having GOOD orchard.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

will be found TO have been due TO lack OF knowl-
edge failure to follow better methods known
and proved by others On the other hand, the
man who makes success may have made many
mistakes, but on the whole. his practices will
generally he found 10 be those approved by the
best farmers everywhere.
In short. the object OF the farmers institute Is
10 carry proven facts TO the farming masses by
lectures and discussions and II the regular lee
turer does not give out some real fact. not gen
orally known or not IN general use which the
farmers can take home with them and probably
use in their work: or II the farmers do not dis
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10
How the Farmers Institutes Help
to Better Farming.

tn HERE ARE ESTABLISHED facts
kk and well proven methods. which
49, every farmer In our territory might
learn and put into practice. that would
largely increase his earnings and the prof
It's from his WORK. IL IL the purpose 81
tho farmcr~' institutes To carry an cHplana-
ton of these facts and practices directly
tai tho farmers
II the institute Lecturer dor,~ not give
out some rial fact not generally known or
acted upon. or II tho farrncrs do not dis
Gus. among themselves their successes aud
failures. the institute has failed to fuiall
it~ misston.
Nine out Of trn who have attended tho
institutes arr Erady tan admit that they have
proatct by their attendance, and continue
to go year after year. II IL pays these farm
crs ~ 90. Il would pay others equally well.
Institutes for women have proved = sue
In tho states wi'~vc tried. h<'anx -
helpful Ia the housrkc~p~r~ thc insii-
tutrs for men have been to tlsr farm~r~-
Every community should DEMAND thru
meetings, and every farmer should attend
them and do all In his power tn build tlacm
up tn tho highest point 1t hcipfalnc~~.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-10

cuhs among themselves their success and their
mission.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23

w. A. Carpenter is in receipt of a
letter from b. d. Thomasson, former
ly of Hickman, now residing in
Brooksville, Fla. stating that j. w.
German, his former partner in the
hardware business In this city, is
now very low of Bright's disease and
will only last short time. Mr.. Cor
man, who is an old Confederate vet
eran. visited Hickman last June af-
ter attending the reunion at Mem
phis, and was the guest of his neph-
ew, Mr.. Carpenter, for several days.
Mr.. Thomasson and Mr.. German en-
gagged in the hardware business soon
after the war and are both known to
old residents of Hickman
Miss Maude Lemon, daughter of J.
r. Lemon, editor of the Mayfield
Messenger, is to be married Saturday
to James c. Proctor. a Mayfield to-
bacco dealer, formerly of Hopkins
vile.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23

II IA 10 be regretted that the larg.
est per cent Of the express coming
into Hickman Is whiskey Men are
daily signing for this rot-gut who
could use the same money to a much
better advantage.
John Pillow, charged with the muir
der OF r. J. Bugg. at Fulton. several
weeks ago. will be given a hearing
before Judge Naylor tomorrow The
case will be OF unusual interest, and
large attendance IL expected.
J. ID. Coffey, age 10. died at his
home a short distance below Hickmaa
Sunday night. OF typhoid fever. DE.
ceased was a member of the w. o..
W. In which order he carried 81 600
insurance lie IL survived by his
mother Burial took place Monday at
Sassafras Ridge.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23
FOR SALE-One first-class
CREAM SEPARATOR, prac-
tically new. Will sell cheap.
L. p. ELLISON.

The mistletoe crop is reported as
which means an increase
In the kissing business for the holt
days, for Notwithstanding the inoes-
SAINT warnings of the doctors about
the disease germs In the kiss there
are plenty of people who are willing
TO take the risk.
=. All subscribers whose time expires
this month will be dropped from our
books on the first OF January. n
you fail to get your paper the first
week In January II will be a pretty
good sign that your time is out. II
you don't want 10 miss an issue come
In this or next week.
Il is said that Frank Il. Davis, de-
posed sheriff at Cairo, has employed
counsel TO start suit at once To test
the constitutionality OF the law which
deposes a sheriff when a prisoner is
taken from him and lynched. Also
that Governor Deneen has sent TO
the county board official notice OF
his action In declining TO reinstate
Mr.. Davis as sheriff.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23

Jan. lO-"The Quaker. Lyric.
Jan. l9-'.Uncle zeke. Lyric.
Feb. 3-"Two Married Men. The
Lyric.
Sam Salmon has returned to Hales
Point
John Cox and wife were i'm Union
City this week.
For that Xmas dinner, get the
trimmings at Jones.
Don't forget the show at the Lyr.
ic all week-Dec. q TO Jan. 1.
Judge Remley and wife leave today
for Columbus TO visit relatives.
You may have a Merry Christmas
but the old man will need sympathy
Jan. /.
Attend the moving picture show
all this week-for the benefit of the
poor children, OF Hickman.
The next deputy sheriff of Fulton
county was in our city first of last
week.-Luzelle Weekly Squirt.
Mrs. +. S. Moore and little daugh-
DR.. Royal and wife. at villa Ridge.
his
There must be a deal of borrowing
going ON In the senate. for there are
only eigthy-three corkscrews to nine
ty-two senators.
Peary may have discovered the
north pole but we have the finest
line OF fruits and candies ever seen
In Hickman.-Jones.
Robert Reeves and Miss Ruby
Swift, of Fulton. quietly stole away
with pretense OF attending show
and were married Saturday night.
Mesdames S. NJ. Hubbard and A.
T.. Kennedy will entertain a large
number of their friends at their home
Tuesday afternoon, December 2Sth.
A meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Hickman and Troy Road Tele-
phone Co, is called for the second
Saturday In January, at Montgomery
School House, at $500 a. m. Officers
for the coming year are to be elected.
An irate citizen, who is not over
Joyed with Hickman's stock law. went
up Monday and took his COW out of
jail and asked no questions. Hereto
fore II has cost a fine OF 75c and
costs 10 get Bessie" liberated for
her trespassing.
Rogers Place which lies between
Southern Heights and the city, is
connected with Catlett street by the
iron bridge. II containes the most
beautiful and desirable lots for resi-
dences. Some building will be done
there In the early spring
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23
FORMER HICKMAN WOMAN KILL
ED IN TEXAS.

Mrs. Cindy Everett, wife of Henry
Everett. and former resident of this
vicinity. met a tragic deah at her
home In Texarkana, Texas, Oct. %.
A tree in the yard of her home was
being cut down. and in falling limb
was broken off, striking her on the
head. The blow rendered her uncon-
sciOus and at her advanced age of so
years, she was unable TO rally.
While a resident here, she was a
member Of the Davis Chapel Baptist
Church.
She leaves two children-Mrs. Liz
zie Johnson, Of near Hickman; and
John Everett, of Texas.
%
John Broadhurst was I'm Union City
Sunday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23
Cigars---

A fine stock that will at once APP
peal to ladies' who have a present in
cigars In mind. We will help ladies'
make a choice.
HELM & ELLISON
%
On Friday evening Of last week,
Arch DeBow entertained a few friend
at an elegant six O'Clock dinner.
The invited guests we're Mr.. and Mrs.
c. =. Shumate. Mrs. Mollie Prather
and Miss Annie Ellison. After dinner
Rock was enjoyed
Mrs. l. A. Stone and daughter, Ma
ny, returned Sunday from a visit to
relatives in Greenfield.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23
The Round Table

More fruits at Jones'
v,. r. S speed is quite III.
schmidt the tailor is still in town
| r Dillon was In Fulton. Monday
% business
r,,ts candy and nuts-any guam
tr-aIl prices. at Jones.
vu,s is here. Let us clean and
."ss that suit-sobmidt
c.n "A Cumberland and we Will
| M for your clothes .-Schmidt.
Ia. TAYLOR. age a.. died at his home
ar Wingo. Friday morning
rorget not Hlckman's poor. for the
!, Gods test OF your charity.
"a. hoth lose money II you don't
!, YOUR candy from me-Jones.
r seat spent the latter part Of
uesk at his home at Crutchfield.
IL ,our clothes don't III. take them
schmidt and he will make them
schmidt for Fit"
rbos pohannon. OF Louisville. pur.
go the Mayfleld Wooden Mills,
WINS $4,000 for the plant.
Can, II A. Tyler went TO Mobile
n, week TO secure quarters for the
kniederate reunion In April.
Vr T. A. Ledford and daughter.
: Clois and Miss Ruth Walker.
q, in Union City Monday afternoon
Ilu,ber Watson. OF East Prairie.
the guest ~ old Hickman friends
relatives from Saturday TO Tues.
d. Garfield and W. s. Swift were
fined s. and costs in Judge Ro-
court Monday. for breach Of IN
bee
4 young man In Atlanta was fined
,f for stealing kiss. In Ken.
Iky the crime would easily amount
mnd larceny.
LIZ Marshall ID. NJ Weaver. Of
nn Fulton has been reelected for
nod " six months AS head police
oaf on the tennessee side.
b. Home Telephone Co. has more |
y Cor phones than they can fill. |
Nolgh two men are kept busy all
tine installing new phones.
certain Hickman couple will fur
a sensation the first of the year.
0 some clever work IL done be.
IN nov and next circuit court.
foyd Naylor. who II attending
o0l a. Lexington. is visiting his
snts. Mr. and Mrs w. A. Naylor
sll return after the holidays
'np Borbling. who for a mum.
Of years back In the SOS was en-
ID To- The pottery business at Co
1us died In ST Louis last week
hion Is to have another big dry
Z, store l.. l. Arnsteln. of Chi.
president Of the Peoples Dry
d. Co an Incorporated concern.
Tho head OF a.
M No holidays then comes the
lug Of the legislature II would
That The legislature should have
hTsi Yet having had a season
'easure the people perhaps will
oroer able 10 stand a season of
and trIbulations.
II PAST DUE ACCOUNTS AND
us MUST BE SETTLED AT
&c OR THEY WILL BE PUT OUT
; COLLECTION.
C. c. scHlENkER.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23

Or. T.. A. Moore, or Jordan, and
Miss Jimmie Pharis, OF Clinton, were
married Tuesday at Mt. Pleasant NJ.
Il. Church, In the country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-12-23

makes a high quality lasting pres
ent. waterman's Ideal is the best
Fountain Pen made. Every pen guar
anteed. $3.50 to $500
HELM q ELLISON

The Vincennes Bridge Company's
construction crew arrived In Hickman
Monday 90 put up the new steel
bridge over the ravine between the
city and Southern Heights Addition.
This work IL expected to be complet-
ed next week. II the weather Is IA.
vorable. Cotton a Adams also ex-
pect TO complete the water mains.
A warrant was sworn out last week
for the arrest of Whitaker. charging
him with obtaining money under false
pretenses, from 5. H. Seavers. Be
sides what he got from Seavers. he
got small amounts from other parties
IL win be remembered that Whitaker
got into difficulty with a man by
the name OF Holcombe az the Mengel
Box Factory some time ago, In which
he was hit on the head with a scant'
ling For some time II was thought
he would not recover from the blow.