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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22
DoINos AT DoRENA.

Pearl King is having the chills.
Mamie Tankersley was at Hickman
Saturday.
Henry Cochran. of Charleston. is
here on business.
Paralee Kelley went to Hickman
Friday shopping.
Alfred Dick and family visited at
Medley Sunday.
Preaching next Sunday at Locust
Grove, by Rev. Grey.
Rev. Myles. of Martin. preached to
the people here Sunday.
Guy Hall and ]. o. King had bust
ness in Charleston Wednesday.
Al McDade and family are visiting
relatives in Jackson, Tenn, this week.
Mrs. Dick Bryant was sick last
week at the home o. Mrs. Polhamus.
The people are disheartened over
the loss of their crops by the recent
high water.
James and Tom Campbell. OF Hick-
man. are visiting some OF the boys
hunting is their occupation.
Lizzie Picket and brother. John,
spent several days here this week
with relatives.
Sydney and Roy Stocking attended
services at the Catholic church In
Hickman Sunday.
Myrtle and Pearl King spent a few
days with Mrs ]. H. Pickett's family
OF Hickman. last week
Joe King and wife returned home
last Wednesday, after visit with the
formers brother, J. o. King
Mrs. Mamie l.. Mclaughlin and son,
Guile of ST. Louis. is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]. N. Bradshaw
Mrs. M. s. Ditmore was forced TO
close her school at Bryants School
House last Friday on account of the
water.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22
Eat Jones Homemade
Bread and Ice Cream-m made
fresh daily.

Three months subscription to the
Courier will cost you only 25c. Try
it three months, if you are not al
ready taking 1t.
Mrs. S. M. Hubbard writes from
Mont Eagle, Tenn 81 am irnprov-
ing rapidly, and expect to De home
the last day of this month";"
Master J. Randel Luten went to
Hickman yesterday, to visit his
grandmother, Mrs. Maggie Randle.
Fulton Leader, Saturday.
We are paying you the cost of
collection by selling an Ice Cou-
pom Book at ten per cent discount
from the face for cash. Hickman
Ice & Coal Co.
OF the four men drowned in the
river at Hickman, July 3, only one
body has been recovered up to this
date. The body found was that of
a negro. On account OF the high
water. 1t is probable that the others
will never be found.
Mistaking his mother for a burgler
Peter Hall. aged 10, fatally shot Mrs
Annie Hall early Monday morning, at
Cairo. She was aroused during the
night. and seeing a shadow which he
thought was "a burgler he fired, the
ball passing through her left lung.
The family went to Cairo from Union
City. Tenn, two years ago. The wo-
man is lingering between life and
death.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22

The river is falling.
Have you cut your weeds
Courier want Ads" lie a word.
S. L. Dodds and family are in st
Louis this week.
Jas. c. Newton sells goods for
cash or produce.
I. N. Bradshaw left for Union
City this morning.
A mysterious mystery in the Brass
Bowl. See Sth page.
Judge B. T. Davis was in Cory
don. KY, this week.
Everything reduced at SMITH &
AMBERG's Big Sale.
c. E. Rice was here from Fulton.
Saturday, in his auto.
CowgilIs Drug Store is the only
place you can get REQ.
C. n. Moore wants you to try his
genuine Dutch Tea Rusk.
LoST:-A bundle containing towels
Return to Mrs. b. T. Davis. 1c
CREX Porch Rugs for summer
use at Smith & Amberg's'
II you want a first-class job. let
Schmidt the Tailor. do your work.
You can dress your feet for little
money at SMITH & AMBERG's BIG
Sale.
See Fuqua, Helm & Co. fer bar
gains in Ladies, Children and Misses
Oxfords.
FOR SALE:-A No. 1 Jersey milk
COW (fresh) chesp.-Geo. l.. White.
Cayce. Ky. 6-3p
A lot of new sheet music just re-
ceived. Come and look it over
J. E. Naylor & Co.
FOR SALE-A No. l good milk
COW and young calf. at a bargain.
Apply to G. b. Threlkeld.
The colored population will pull off
their annual emancipation celebra
tion in this city. Saturday. Aug.7
al Love Ny Husband" but "Oh
You Roox." We have it; plays 10
good games.-J. E. Naylor 4 Co.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Last night at eight O'Clock. at the
home OF the bride. Rev. Watson. OF
Union City. spoke the solemn words
which united in marriage Miss Lena
Threlkeld. Of State Line. and Editor
W. V. Caulfield. of Gloster. Miss.
The ceremony was witnessed by a
large number OF relatives and friends
OF the contracting parties.
The bride is the charming daugh-
ter OF G.. b. Threlkeld. and Is one
of the sweetest and most popular
young ladies' In this part Of the
State. and is a member OF one of the
oldest and best families in Fulton
county.
Mr.. Caulfield is a prosperous news
paper man OF Gloster. Miss. being
editor and publisher OF the Weekly
Record. lie is spoken Of very high
ly by those who know him best.
The couple. whose romance was
consummated last night, became ac-
Quainted in the editors home town.
where the bride taught music two
years. After the wedding ceremony.
the happy couple left for Dawson
Springs To spend a few days before
returning TO Gloster. where they will
make their home.
Here's hoping all their troubles may
be summed up In a half-stick OF plea
and that their Joys will fill endless
columns OF solid nonpariel.
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Getting dusty again.

The Brass Bowl"-page s.
c. p. shumate and wife are at Glib
son Wells. Tenn.
Mrs. Mittie King, of near town,
is again seriously i'll.
Gus Bard. near State Line, had a
pony stolen from him July IL.
Geo. L. White. Of Cayce, was
here on business, Wednesday.
Mrs. F. t. Randle left yesterday
for Mayfield to visit relatives.
Get a Porch Rug and make your
porch more attractive.-SMITH &
AMBERG.
on page 3. we give two columns
OF matter OF special interest to our
lady readers.
Our entire stock Of Wash Goods
and Fancy Silks at cost Fuqua.
Helm & Co.
Editor W. V. Caulfield. Of the Clos
ter Miss Record. was a pleasant
caller at this office yesterday.
Don't fail to read the opening chap
ters of our new story-"The Brass
Bowl" beginning in this issue OF the
Courier.
A. ID. Caulfield. Of Water Valley.
Miss. attended the marriage of his
brother. w. v. Caulfield, at State
Line last night
f. A. Hawkins, wife and baby were
guests of a. J. Hunziker and family
yesterday. The visitors were enroute
to Humboldt. Tenn.
Misses Annie and Ruth Ellison re-
turned Tuesday from visit with
relatives at Roanoak. Va. Louisville.
Ky. Cincinnati, o., and other points
They have been gone since May LIST.
J. c. Sexton. one of the Courier
men, is at his home in Sturgeon.
Mo-. confined 10 his bed with ma
larial fever. His absence is giving
the rest of the force a run for their
money"
Sherman Douglass was fined 500
in Judge Roney's court for violating
the local option law.-Maggie Oldsby
S. for breach a the ace.-Will Jor-
dan $40 for breach Of the peace-Har-
ry Williams So for breach of peace
No small number of Hickmanites
are wanting to know the wherefores
OF a strange luminus body which ap-
pears on the eastern horizon about
10 o'clock at night. People who are
not known to drink are vouching for
the nightly appearance OF this strang
light, and large crowds have watched
IL from the hill tops for several
nights past. 1t has tendency to
travel from east southwark. never ris-
ing as does other celestial bodies.
and at times will disappear complete
ly then reappear in a changed man
ner 1t is larger than a star and OF
dark color. A party Of Fulton PEG
pie watched the new light for five
hours Monday night. Hypothetical
analysis is now In order.
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Jack Sarrett, who has position at
the veneer mill as Oiler, was knock
ed from a ladder. Wednesday morn
ing. by a slipping belt. He was hurl-
ed to the floor, falling on his right
wrist and crushed the bones In II The
break was a bad one. the bones pro
truding through the flesh. DIR. c. w.
Curtin was called at once and the
wound dressed. Mr. Sarratt may be
disabled for two months.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22

ode Jones, wife and baby. of New
Jersey, arrived here Monday to visit
Mrs. Emma Stephens Mrs. Il. b.
Prather and Mrs L.. p. Ellison.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22

On motion the foregoing reports
we're received, ordered spread upon
the records. published and filed.
On motion Council adjourned.
Attest: II. c. HELM, c. Clerk,
Tom DILLON, ST., Mayor.
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Tom DILLON, IT,, c. NJ.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-07-22

Report of City Marshall for May
1909:
Taxes collected during Mays Ass
Fines collected during May 1880
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Bal. to CT. this accounts 3S9.75
No change in City Hall Account
since last report.
Balance Al
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
PASS OVER JESTER
MEN OF WIT SELDOM RISE HIGH
 IN sTATEsMANsHiP.
Annals of American Public Life Show How Many Masters of the Merry ouip Have Met with
 Disaster.


 Wit is dangerous. The annals of American public life abound with the wrecks of men who have paid the penalty of being humorous. The dis position to make an audience laugh has been fatal to countless political ambitions. When the late Representa- tive Cushman entered congress he made speech which convulsed the l house. But he was brought to realize that too many spicy anecdotes and l too many good stories, while capti- vating to the ear for the time being. were serious handicaps to upward : progress; and he ceased almost en- tirely to exercise a talent in which he was little short of peerless. The pro pensity of Sunset Cox for humoring 1 the jest losr him the coveted prize of the American toga.
 In like manner when Private" John Allen. the wit of congress. ran for the United States senate he suffered an | ignominious defeat.
 Tom Corwin was another man who became the victim of his own keen Damascus blade. and who summarized h.s experience in the terse observa- ton that tc succeed In politics it was necessary to be "as solemn as an ass" Proctor Knott, by his famous Duluth speech. made an international reputation. but for the remainder of his life was pursued by the averaging Nemesis. Tom ReeG failed to secure the Republican nomination for presi- : dent of the United States because his tongue was never lacking in retort which produced 6 ripple of mirth. Abraham Lincoln found his love of anecdote less of help than of a hindrance when he was called to the helm of affairs.
 Statesmanship is something serious. i The immortal masterpieces of elo- 1 qaence contain no suggestions of humor. The apostrophes of Edmund Burke-the philippics of Demosthenes the splendid orations of Cicero-are
 all profoundly 5oiemn.
 And when it comes to the men who i; are to represent us in the austere and august forums of statesmanship or in the grave responsibilities of the su-
 preme command of public affairs, it is not the jester whom we are prone to
 choose.
 1 For seasoning purposes it is well i enough to employ the salt of Attica
 if We can do so in moderation, but ] we cannot acquire the reputation for ] wit without making up our minds to take the consequences.-Atla 1 Georgian.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
LEGISLATION AND CONSERVATION.

In the recent discussion on con servadon Giford Pinchot has been at tackled as an oyerzealous person who was a law unto himself He has shown that he is capable of making very good defense, but it is evident that the laws regularly passed and approved bear investigation poorly. Witness the warning issued by. Dr. Charles ". Eliot, president of the Ma tional Conservation association. It points out that the great sources of heat and mech2n:cal power in the United States are water falls and coal; that there is urgent need of immediate measures to prevent their control by monopolistic organizations; that un- de. existing laws the wisest use of them is practically impossible. Spe- ciaI attention is given to the coal lands of Alaska, which it might al most be said are being thrown away. Whether certain claims that have been held up are valid or not, what the law actually permits is indefen- sible.
 It is obvious that Dr. Eliot is not the man to reyel in sensations; that he could not be classed by any stretch of the imagination as notoriety-seek- ing official; that he is not after stock in trade to commend him to the edi- tors of popular magazines. But what he says comest to much the same thing as the declarations of stump speakers and the revelations of the magazine writers. The water pow, ers," he asserts, cannot be effective ly developed in the public interest un- der the present law" They can be very extensively developed for the benefit of a powerful private interest, however; can be seized and held apart for those monopolistic organizations to which reference is made. And we may be sure that both as regards coal and water power the very tact that there is reservation movement will act as an incentive to renewed efforts at control on the part of private greed and monopoly. What can be secur. ed under existing laws will be SC cured.
 4 quick response should be made therefore, to the appeal Of the Amer ican people ito bring the urgent needs of the situation to the attention ot their repFesentatives in congress ir order that comprehensive Legislation on this vital matter may be enacted at the next session of congress" Le every individual citizen do his par and act at once as suggested.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
VERDICT IN THE STEiNHEIL CASE.

The Steinheil verdict was received with shouts of exnltation, but cer- tainIy the joy could not have been increased by any sense of surprise.
 Reports on the trial have indieat- cd for some tine that the acquittai of 'the accused was confidently ex- .pected. Though the merciless char acter of the examination has been fiercely denounced and cited as proof of the desirability of a change to a mere humane procedure in the inter est of those who are subjected to criminal trials. it has been said at the same time that it aroused sym pashy for Mme Steinheil and So was to her advantage. Whether it will have a revolutionary effect on the system remains to be seen. That un- .doubtedly is question that cannot be determined now. Changes there may be, but perfect substitutes cannot be picked up as if they were ready at hand. It must be remembered that what has occurred is not a sudden exposition. The methods pursued are the traditional methods of a country which has not been ignorant of the ways of foreigners and which has not been convinced that those ways were altogether satisfactory.
 It is to be noted also that the prin- cipal reason why the case collapsed was the lack of evidence against the prisoner, the reason that should pre- vail under any system. With all the gossip and all the melodrama pro and Icon, this fact stands out with the ut most clearness. Prejudice on the one hand, sympathy on the other, had lit tie influence by comparison with this central fact. Mme. Steinhefl may have been fiend, a woman of most inn moral life; she may have been cruel ly attacked and may have exhibited fascinating qualities. but did she com nit the murders4 The flimsy evil dence on this point left the charge improved. and the jury found accord ingly
 It may be said, however, that, this being so, the defendant was put to much unmerited suffering during the trial; she was actually punished though she was innocent An old problem is thus emphasized, and it will probably provoke much discus sion in the French press and among French lawyers and politicians which should be very interesting, whether it leads to radical reforms or not.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
SEALBY A "FREsHlE" AT 50
Captain of Steamer Republic, Recently Sunk in Collision, Enters Uni
 versity of Michigan.

Ann Arbor, Mich-Capt Inman Sealby, commander of the White Scar Line steamer Republic when she was sunk last February after a collision with the Italian steamer Florida, haf entered the University of Michigan as a freshman law student at 50 years of age.
 The collision, with the litigation which has followed to determine the responsibility for it, turned Capt. Seal by's attention to admiralty law and its opportunities.
 T want to be treated like any other freshman in Ann Arbor," Capt Seal by said If there is any ducking O.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
Fatal Gift of Humor.

Would a citizen bs president, let him eschew all jokes. laughter and vain witticism. There was once a man named FrankliS = Benjamin FrankIin-who joked himself out of tue loftier range of office. tradition says. And on the other hand, only a few years ago. and in our own town, there was harmless fat man who be- came mayor, and a first citizen, and all that sort of thing merely by look ing like the sacred white elephant and talking like a bass drum. Truly 8 wonderful gift, this solemnity, with 3t the humble bee may rule a king dom, and. lacking it, the eagle must search for living.-New York Eve uinng Post.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
Asleen in Jury Box.

That jurymen could fall asleep dur ing murder trial, when a mans life may depend on their verdict. does not seem probable, but it happened at Gorz. Austria. recently. The stifiing heat in the crowded little courthouse oyercame the jury during the trial ot a man for the murder. of his sweet. heart, and at one point a person in court pointed out to the eudge that several of the jurymen were asleep, After the hearing had lasted for IA hours without break the prisoner was pronounced guilty of murder. He was then condemned to death. and the indignant audience made a furious rush at the jurymen. They. with the officials, had to flee by side door It is expected that the man will be pardoned.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
The Meanina of EducatIon.

That man. l think. has had a lib- eral education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that. as a mechanism, it is capable of: whose intellect is a clear. cold, logic engine. with all it's parts of equal strength and in smooth working or der; ready. like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with knowledge of the great fundamental truth of nature. r. Whose passions are trained to come to heel by vigorous will, the servant of tender conscience, who has learned to love all beauty, wheth- CT of nature or of art, to hate all vile ness and to respect others as himself. Such an one and no other, conceive, has had a liberal education, for he Is in harmony with nature. He will make the best of her and she of him. s Huxley.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
SUFFERS PLAGUE OF WAsPs
England Visited by Pernieious Insects and Organized Campaign lnausu-
 rated to Externainate Them.

Isondon.-Farmers, fruit growers and gardeners all over the country are congratulating themselves on the ap. proach of winter, because it will free them from the wasp pest.
 For, although the summer has been none too warm, the wasp has four. ished vigorously and made himself a nuisance to men and animals.
 Men and women, horses and dogs have been attacked and fruit crops half ruined in places so far apart as Cornwall, Essex and Sussex.
 "It is many years since wasps were 50 numerous in Cornwall as at the present time" wires a correspondent at Bodmin.
 These pests have been very troublesome and have done consider. able damage to fruit crops, especially plums and pears. Many persons have been stung.
 In little hamlet near Bodmin a farmers wife has killed nearly bue ketful during the season"
 In some parts of North Devon it has been found necessary to take men from their regular employment and organize campaign against ahe wasps.
 A great run has been made apor chemists for cyanide of potassium with which to destroy the pests. ..
 A week or so ago woman in Esse1 died from a wasp sting and within 2 few days three valuable dogs were stung to death at Robertsbridge, il Sussex.
 Other countries apparently are nt better of, judging from the case O the crown prince of Germany, who ha: just been so badly stung.
 By simply catching wild wasps ant then by starvation reducing them to l; proper degree of submission before re galing them again with a plentifu feast of honey, Miss Black-Hawkin has tanned whole nests Of the crea lures at her picturesque summe home, Bourne court. near Andover.
 Every morning now at daybreak, she said, my bedroom is invaded b, large swarm, which just buzz harm Iessiy round and wake me up. The, are perfectly tame and allow me | handle them at will"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
MUSIC IN THE CHURCH BELL
Modern Tendency to Do Away witI, This Summons to Worship a
 Fact to Be Regretted.

Modern innovations are in most cases of a character to win and de serve approval; but in the list of de sirabie changes from the old customs cannot be reckoned the abolition of the church bell. Though the silvery chimes of the "church-goii g bell" may have grated on the sensitive nerves of the Sunday morning sleeper. it may be asserted. without fear of contra diction, that to the great majority of city and village residents the abolition of the time-honored custom of ringing the bell as a notification to church goers that the hour for worship has arrived is genuine cause for regret. Don't you remember back there in the springtime of your life. back in the lit- tie country village, what a chord of sympathy was touched as the ringing strokes of tie rusty clapper resound- ed through tie Sabbath stiffness?
 Even if you were a bad boy" and were not attracted to the little white, slender-spired building on the knofl near the center of the village, didn't t you lie out on one of the sunny banks on the outskirts and listen, as to real music. to the changing reyerberations? When you came to the city, don't you remember how the Sunday morning church bell recalled the old days and the country with its sweetness and naturalness, and how you listened in a sort of ecstasy long after the last tones had died away on the smoky air. longing for more? Long has the church bell been a part of our most cherished institutions. Its tones warned the thrifty burghers of old New York of danger and helped to build civilization on the western con tinent. It rang out its patriotic warn ing from famous North church and other historic edifices on more than one occasion and called the defenders of liberty to arms against the op- pressor human rights. From the pine crowned hills of Maine to the monas. tery walls of the far southwest, it's far. reaching tones have urged to prayer and to battle.-Buffalo Inquirer.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-11-19
Roston,s coatIx Subway

The costliest mile of underground railway in the world is said to. be the new Washington street subway of Bos- ton, which passes through the shop ping district Its construction and equipment has amounted to $10,000,- coo, or about s2,O00 lineal foot. The first section of Boston's modern sys- tenn of rapid transit, consisting of subway tunnels, was opened about 14 years ago. This was followed by the erection few years later of the ele- yated road. And subsequently, to that the system was extended by the con struction of the East Boston tunnel under the harbor. The opening of the Washington tunnel marks the latest and one of the most important exten- sicns.