The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-05-13
STRAY LOCAL NOTES
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Moore.
R. M. Mentheny is painting his
store in West Hickman.
FOR SALE-Large combination,
iron safe. See r. R. Isler.
II you want a first-class job, let
Schmidt the Tailor. do your work.
See our line Of refrigerators-all
prices--on easy payments-St. Louis
Fur. Co.
FOR SALE-Several tons of nice
loose Timothy Hay.-C. c. Bon
durant. 48tfc
Mrs. Maggie Randle is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Horace Luten. in
Fulton.
c. T. Bondurant and Judge p. S.
Moore we're in Fulton, Wednesday,
on business.
Suits cleaned and pressed-phone
No. 80. Work collected aud deliver
ed in the city.
Miss Katherine Jones, CT Hopkins
vile, KY, is the guest of Miss
Mabel Wilson.
Nicely Davidson, OF Obion county,
died Tuesday Of appendicitis. He
was FL years old.
The State Convention Of Christian
Endeavors will be held at Nicholas
vile, Ky. May Ia to 10.
We do guttering OF every descrip-
ton. Let US figure with you Cot
on Adams, over Ellison Bros.
w. A. Johnston, S. L. Dodds and
W. /. Dobbins made trip to Fulton
in the latter's new auto yesterday.
Rev. Watson, of Union City, held
ordination services at the Baptist
church in this city, Tuesday night.
The county officials, with the ex-
ception Of County Clerk Roper. are
in Fulton attending court this week.
We appreciate your patronage so
far and ask your continuance as long
as we please you-Henderson Studio.
II. P. Roberts and r o b ert
Schliecher. OF the Mengel Box CON-
pany, Louisville, visited the Mengel
plants here this week.
Right now is the the time to get
busy and put in that bathroom out
ft. Why not have ii done this
month Cotton & Adams.
President w. G. Frost, of Berea
College, has announced that the To-
cation OF the industrial school for
negroes will be near Shelbyville.
A town man can make more fuss
over spading a two by four garden
than a farmer does over. blowing an
s0-acre field. And, il he does it
himself. the town man can put in
about as much time on the job.
Roy Hertweck. of Memphis, is Wis
iting his parents, o. Hertweck and
wife, this week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hertveck have recently started
to housekeeping in their new home
near the college.
]. A. Henderson, the new photog-
rapher. who came here from Union
City, hnds Hickman such a good
town that he expects to loca,. here
permanently, and will bring his fam
lily over in short time.
A number of the young people en-
joyed an informal dance Friday even
ing at the home of Miss Irene Faris.
A colored orchestra of four pieces
rendered the music, and the dances
we're much enjoyed until the wee
hours.
The electrical storm OF Thursday
night did considerable damage in
this section. The dynamo at the
light plant was put out of business
for few nights, leaving the city in
total darkness. Several phones and
trees in the town we're also victims
of the unruly elements.
The river Is now standing a irac-
ton over AZ teet on the Cairo guage,
and is slowly rising. II will not,
however. reach more than IS feet,
and will likely be falling within the
next three days. At the present
stage the upper and lower bottoms
are submerged, doing much damage
to crops which have been planted.
Glen Morris, of Fulton, was shot
and instantly killed at Hayti, Mo-,
Tuesday night, by Chas. Ellison,
formerly Of Fulton. Ellison is said
to have been drinking heavily, but
the details of the heoting are mea-