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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-06-10

H. E. Curtin spent Sunday in
Memphis.
Moving pictures every night at
the Lyric.
FOR SALE: 2sows and S choats.
j. c. Newton.
Cowgill's Drug Store is the only
place you can get REQ.
c. H. Moore wants you to try his
genuine Dutch Tea Rusk.
If you want first-class Job, let
Schmidt the Tailor, do your work.
Miss Inez Luten returned from
Lexington, Saturday. Miss Luten
has been attending sc hool at that
place.
Mrs. c. G.. Schlenker returned
Monday morning after an extended
visit to relatives in Eaton. Ohio.
FOR SALE-Nearly new rubber
tire. top buggy and harness--at
bargain. Apply to H. H. Green
Hickman. SLIP
Drew Luien, son of DIR. S. w.
Luten. returned from Baltimore,
Md, Saturday. where he has been
attending school.
An effort is under way for the
starting of daily newspaper at Pa
ducah with backing of a fund of
$50. 900, the politics of which would
be the advocacy of Statewide Pro-
hibition.
An exchange publishes the state
ment thata frmofopticians inEpglard
manufacture horse spectacles. the
purpose of these being to promote
high stepping. The glass in these
spectacles is so designed that it gives
the horse the idea that he is going
up hill or over some obstacle. the
result being that he becomes a ''high
actor" without further notice.
A heavy spar aoated ashore at
Long Beacn, Vancouver Island. and
has been identified as a part OF the
British sloop-of-war Condor. that
was lost in December. 1901, with
lao men. The Condor LETT Esqui-
mault for Honolulu December 8,
1901. and nothing was heard from
her after that date. The exact
location of the wreck has never
been discovered.
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Newton sells harvester oil.

Ask for the genuine Dutch Tea
Rusk.-C. II. Moore.
Telephone that grocery order to
Bettersworth & Prather.
Miss Lizzie Tams, of Union City.
is the guest of relatives here.
Call for REQ. You'll like il bet
ter than anything you ever tasted.
S. L. Dodds and family attended
the reunion at Memphis this week.
Miss Jessie Wall. of Cayce, KY,
has been visiting Miss Mayme Nay
Tor.
Call SIT puts you in touch with
the home of good groceries-deliver-
ed promptly.
Miss Ruth Mcconnell returned to
Union City Monday after pleasant
visit to Miss Cecil Barnes.
Ice Coupon Books charged to ac-
count will be at face value. No
discount allowed only for cash.
Hickman Ice & Coal Co.
Miss Rubye Fleming returned
from Lexington, Friday. where she
is attending school. to spend the
holidays with home folks.
Miss Strcther, who has been at
tending school in Martin. has return
ed home. She was accompanied by
her grand mother, Mrs. Brummell.
Of Union City, and are the guests of
Mrs. Vaught, near town.
"Be a good boy" How often in
the misty past has every one of US
heard these words ! The admoni-
ton of doting mother. the dearest
friend boy ever had. But, alas !
How often have we made a fond
heart bleed by disregard for her
wishes ! The boy or girl who does
nearest like mother desires has the
less to regret in after years.
I. w. Dobbins, of Fulton, and who
owns an interest in the Hickman
Hardware Co.. Of this city, was here
Monday to get an automobile which
he had ordered shipped to Hickman.
A short time ago he received Buick
car here but disposed of it SO that
he could get larger one. His new
car is a six-cylinder so horse power
machine, and is beauty.
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Gasoline at the Courier Office

FOR SALE-Cow and young calf.
S. N. Sweeney. SIP
Jas. c. Newton sells "Wiberine"
coal ola good grade.
Miss Mollie Bourne spent Sunday
in Union City with home folks.
The high-ball season never goes
out just because the baseball season
comes in.
Mrs. ]. M. Reid has returned
from a visit to her sister. Mrs.
Gardner near Fulton.
Miss Lizzie Corum has returned
from Lexington, where she has
been attending State College.
Miss Belle Mercer who has been
visiting Mrs. Alice Amberg. left
Monday for her home in Kokoma,
Ind.
W. H. Guyn and Miss Albettie
Howell, both of Alexander. we're
married in Fulton Thursday evening.
by Esq. Futrell.
Miss Bonnie Carpenter is home
from Jackson, Tenn. Miss Carpen-
has been employed as one of the
teachers in the M. c. F. /.
Compare our prices with any other
store in Western Kentucky and see
who sells house furnishings the
cheapest st. Louis Fur. Co.
magnolia" garden hose, S.ply,
and guaranteed for one year. Regu-
lar price l5c a foot cur special
price now II l-2c.- Cotton & Adams.
Miss Ute Parham, who has been
in one of the large millinery estab-
lishments Of Leland. Miss. during
the Spring season, is home for a
few months vacation.
You have heard of the twins Kate
and Duplicated So had an Arkan-
sas mother of twins, who liked the
idea and wanted to adopt it. Her
name bing Kate, ii was easy to name
the girl twin in her honor. but Dupli-
cate seemed to hardly fit the boy.
This proved a stumbling block for
some time, but after considerable
discussion II was surmounted. In
delicate compliment to the boys
father, who was mooshiner. ii was
decided TO call him Lubricaie.
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Miss Mena Diestelbrink and neice,
Mss Lois Bartlett left Saturday for
EockPori. KY, where the former
VII visit her sister few days, after
.hich she leaves for Indianapolis,
nd.' to study music, returning in
SsP'smber to take up her music class.
Miss Bartlett will spend the sum-
SsI at RoekPort, with her parents,
w. I, Bartlett; and wife.
The Courier failed to mention last
week the election Of officers in south
sul'on' which was as follows, Up.
s s,, was elected mayor, r. T.
nun milnsi magistrate and DR.. r. N.
wi S1ai'shead, Tom Rogers. L. T.
SSSliahan, W. D. Morgan. w. II.
Won and H. W. Lockridge. council
men n, II is conceded that Jesse
wake walker will be named for city mar.
'nal oy the new council.
george M. Jackson, who is re.
a., %'@Oered in Western Kentucky as
ne ,-e promoter Of Fort Jefferson 8
ooon back in the early 9o's, was
.s.e'n'ly convicted Of perjury in Ar.
,ia,'' and sentenced to the peniten.
vary Tor a term of years.
Frankfort, Ky, was the scene Of
ynehlng Thursday morning about
~ CLOCK The victim was a negro
'aS shot Snowman early in the
mt sS' a. circus performance, al.
N. ' ~. causing a panic in the crowd in
P, Kew w. S. ROney, formerly Of
cIiaSu i mas moved with his family Ia
IoS -'T p and m they are living in the
,aa n Kemp residence, east Of the
fua'e'-Clinton Gazette.
NJ. They have a base ball team uu IN
% s,.s. Jersey with nobody in il but
y So'cn l, Just wait, bows. and
BAN s'll soon have all the SUNDAY
val you may want.
, John Wright and family h.v.
TS,', The lIom the farm to this city,
prODs, nave e rented the Lige Oman
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New telephone Line.

..o,,senla,ive meeting OF the
. W. If Union City and Obion
., held at the court house Sat
oI I.a afternoon, resulted IN the
l a'J Of the obion County
t..n5ons Company with J. c. Bur
n. temporary chairman and W.
. AoJrevs, secretary. W. @.
..aold, addressed the meeting.
|..,ios that by running lines a
L.'mgm distance. long distance
[ lection can be established as far
t.sh as Paducah, Ky. south TO
kr,,i,,ippi. YES, to Hickman and
Ia 10 Mckenzie. Within a radius
h loo miles long distance service
III be free.
The company will be financed by
\, Fading capitalists Of Union City
II Obion county. Causes leading
4, M, organization are that Elbridge
IA Bonbeak in this county have
I.,p cut off from free service and
,,borbi,ant demands are made
Tnion City Commercial.
Fulton county has recently er-
D,nsncsd the same trouble. and a
Ixal telephone company is now be-
hi organized in this city. II would
,,sm that the Cumberland not only
.an,s the earth but would like a
I,nce around 1t.
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Now. that everybody knows that
the tariff schedules will be revised
upwards. why don't the sun Of pros.
perity break from behind the clouds
and begin to shine again. The Gin
FAINT industries" will get exactly
what protection" they want, and
proceed to import pauper labor
from Europe in order to reduce the
wages of the American Working
men.
Mrs. M. Amberg has returned
from Tiptonville. where she has
been visiting relatives for a week.
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Glenn.Prather.

Miss Kitty Mott Glenn, the pretty
and talented daughter OF Marshall
Glenn, Of the Mt Zion neighborhood.
vas married on Thursday. June 5. TO
d. Peter Prather. son Of DR.. John
praihsr. and a prominent young
physician Of Woodland Mills. The
Wedding vas solemnized at the
bnde's home near Union City. After
June IS they will be at home in
Woodland Mills.
Dr. Prathsr is we'll known in this
city, and has host Of friends who
pm the Courier In wishing he and
Mrs Pra,hsr all the good things in
lie.
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A new counterfeit SIS silver certi-
hcate has come to the attention Of
the secret service bureau. II is Of
series Of 1899 indian Head) and
is a photo mechanical production,
printed on bond paper of good quail.
ty. blue ink lines having been used
to initiate the silk fibre of the gen
uine. According to Acting Chief
Moran, Of the bureau. the poor
character Of workmanship on the
Indian head should be the meaus Of
detecting the counterfeit now in
circulation.
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In brief. the closing exercises
marks one Of the greatest epochs
in the school history Of this city.
Nowhere will better High School
be found. The able and efficient
mana cement OF its affairs are clearly
demonstrated by the past years
work-and by the trees fruit we
Judge It. Our Board Of Education
and teachers have worked hard TO
make the school what II is today,
and we should not fail to tender
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them our support and make known
our appreciation. For the coming
term, number Of extra studies mot
generally found in any High SCHOOL,
will be included in the prescribed
course. With a $4,000 library
and support Of the county in making
this school County High School ,
we are sure to have even better
school next year than this-which
is saying a good deal for the sue
cess of the next term.
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ried upon the stage, making a most
delightful scene ere the last number
was reached. Our local orchestra
rendered number Of splendid selec-
tons Interpreting the regular pro-
gram. These exercises we're
concluded by the presentation OF the
scholarship and diplomas by Prof.
B. F. Gabby, who in a few we'll
chosen remarks gave the class some
good advice and thanked the patrons
and friends Of the college for their
hearty support during the years
work.
Miss Rose Campbell. who made
the highest average in her grades,
was awarded the Dodds Scholarship.
This scholarship is gift OF S200
from our generous tovnsman. S. L.
Dodds, and is much sought prize
each year.
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The Hickman College closed
another successful term OF school
with the commencement exercises
which we're held Thursday and Fri.
day evenings OF last week, at the
Lyric. with large attendance on both
occasions.
Thursday evening the High School
exercises we're held. the graduating
class being az follows: Miss Lillian
Choa,e. Miss Louise Mcconnell,
Miss Nell Bondurant, Miss Margue-
rite Fuqua. Miss Rose Campbell and
Mr.. Frank c. Smith.
The program was carried out in a
very pleasing manner. rejecting
credit on both pupils and faculty.
The honor graduates we're Miss Rose
Campbell. the valedictorian an d
Miss Lillian Choa,e, who gave the
salutatory. Names Of the graduates
on the programs appeared as follows !:
Work for Humanity Lillian ohoa,e
Tendency OF the Age. Louise Mcconnell
A. the Moon Hose. ...........Nell Bondurant
Power OF song ............. Marguerite Fuqua
Repablic that never Retreats. Frank smit
rrainins ..................-....R Rose campbell
Lack Of space forbids a detailed
description Of these splendid nu m
bers. but all we're excellent and
showed careful thought and prepare
ton. At the conclusion OF each
number. gifts and flowers we're car
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Friday night Miss Lillian Johns
tons music pupils had their inning
in Musical Recital. The program
included several very interesting
numbers-readings. drills, panto-
mines, vocal and instrumental music.
The younger set rendered their parts
in way that was interesting from
start to finish. showing that their
training had been Of the best charac-
ter. Following is the program Of
the recital:
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In nlny frock she stood upon the stage
And In voice that carried far,
She proudly spoke her graduation piece:
TN hitch my wagon TO q starr
She stood upon the stays. arrayed IN
white,
A. sash OF blue about her waist
And wisely. In a voice Of confidence,
She told OF crises we have facedi
She told Of struggles won by nood ana
ned
And how she meant 20 do or die:
She put her finger on the warp Of time
And made the willing shuttle nyi
She stood thsre. slight and slender a. .
reed;
Her lips the wisest counsel puried--
when Mandy spoke her xraduatin' piece,
You bet, she nrsd IN hull blamed
world
Evening star., 1909-04-28
inexperienced, But Efficient.
From the New York Times


For a child Of the rich who had lived a
sedulously protected life of the sort that
is supposed to be fatal to independence
and initiative. Adele Boas in her little
journey out into the big world showed
remarkable efficiency in taking care OF
herself. Her parents thought she needed
servant to convoy her to and from
school, but she knew better herself. and
she proceeded to demonstrate her abilities
by travelling alone to Boston and on ar
rival there by finding without assistance
both a safe place in which to sleep and
something to do by which she could at
least supply her immediate needs. Ger
tainly she is not a sentimentalist, though
her thoughtlessness as to the sorrow and
suffering her conduct would cause was
the mark of her age rather than of any
special callousness. She has the ever
ready. and not altogether empty. excuses
of childhood-she didn't mean to and she
didn't think. They never do-till after
ward. In that respect they are exactly
like adults in the ethnic stage of progress.
which childhood duplicates closely, to
the justification of the scientific principle
that ontogeny repeats philogyny.
Evening star., 1909-04-28
A Constitutional Sovereign.

From the New York World
An amiable gentleman of sixty-fve.
physically not strong. who has passed all
his adult life in gilded obscurity under
the surveillance Of cunning and suspi-
cious autocrat, became yesterday Sultan
of the Turkish empire and commander OF
the faithful or orthodox Sunni Moham-
medans, who outnumber all the PrOtes-
tant sects in the world.
The manner Of this great overturn re-
veals progress in a land where only one
year ago it was least expected. Turkey
has caught step with democracy. 1t pro-
poses to share in the steady, irresistible.
worldwide advance Of government OF the
people by the people and for the people.
Where Russia has for the time apparently
failed Turkey hopes and intends to sue
ceed in joining the group of constitutional
monarchies.
To that purpose Mehemmed v is
hardly the man to lead successful Oppo-
sition. The obstacles in the path of a
modern Turkey are not In the person of
the sovereign, but in palace corruption.
the clash Of rival races and warning re-
ligions. and the dead weight of ignorance,
poverty and superstition.
Grave enough these difficulties are.
That they may not prove insurmountable
will everywhere be the hearty wish of the
friends of progress and freedom.
Evening star., 1909-04-28

war is by no means over. 1t may con-
tinue for some time. Both sides are grid
ed up for long struggle.
The Argonaut thinks that the coun-
try is falling back upon the rule of sober
second thought" Does it mean by Lat
the country is returning to conditions
which prevailed at the time the present
tremendous temperance agitation began?
II so, it was never in its life more mis-
taken. Those conditions are shocking IN
retrospect today even to many who are
opposing prohibition.
The agitation which has been convert
ing democratic strongholds into prohibi-
tion strongholds, and carrying the war
against the saloons into the heart OF the
saloon country. had its origin in the ar
rogance and lawlessness Of the saloons.
The man behind the bar in our cities
and towns assumed to be the power be-
hind the throne. His place in many
cases was local political headquarters.
Caucuses were fixed in his back room.
Candidates for Office were nominated at
his nod Campaigns were planned over
his tables. with the curtains down and
the bottle going round He would open
his doors and close them when he pleased
anu sell tO WHOHl lie pIcdScu Gil
pal regulations and public sentiment to
the contrary Notwithstanding
At last the situation in a great many
communities became uncomfortable. Po-
litical lines disappeared. and persons OF
all religions and Of no religious commu-
Mons united. i'm an effort to take affairs
out of the hands of those who were bend
ing everything to the uses, abuses and
profits of the liquor traffic. The move
ment has gone far, and those in charge
of 1t are still in fighting mood.
If it should prove to be true that pro-
hibition cannot be made a national policy
"a great many sincere friends Of tenn
perance think it cannot-and that 1t will
fail in certain states which have recently
adopted it, 1t will not follow that the
temperance agitation has been in vain.
The power and arrogance of the saloons
in our politics had never until this agita-
ton begun been fully disclosed to the
public: and the disclosure has been so
humiliating to the great mass of the peo-
pie that they will never permit a restora
ton of so demoralizing a domination.
Even the better class of the saloOnkeepers
themselves are anxious that their busi-
ness be entirely divorced from politics.
Evening star., 1909-04-28
The New Sultan.

The world will now witness an interest
ing spectacle in the presence upon the
Turkish throne Of monarch without real
power, the successor of sultan deposed
in consequence not of the crimes COM
mitted against humanity. but because OF
his duplicity in seeking the overthrow OF
the reformers who had gained control OF
the government. For many years the
absolutism of the Sultan of Turkey has
been one of the most troublesome factors
in the problems of the European powers.
internationally negligible. save as the
shrewd schemer of the Yildiz Kiosk
was efficient in forming combinations, Abb
dull Hamid was nevertheless supreme
within his own realm. He was obeyed.
not because he was respected in his own
person and beloved by his people. but as
a result of his prestige as secular head
Of the Mahometan religion. change
of sultans incident to the death of one
and the natural succession of another
would probably have meant no alteration
of conditions. 1t is altogether likely that
Mehemmed v, taking his brothers
throne. upon Adults demise. would have
walked in his path. an exponent of the
reactionary policy. needless of civiliza-
tion's demands for advancement and
humanity's calls for succor from op-
preston and sacrifice.
Mehemmed V, however, takes the
throne as the head of new Turkey,
land of aroused conscience and of an
awakened sense of responsibility. Re-
form will proceed slowly in Turkey.
doubtless advancing and retreating as
faction succeeds faction in control. But
it must progress ultimately. There can
be no permanence of reaction now that
the party of progress has obtained con-
stitution for Turkey and has successfully
met a reactionary movement with force of
arms. The Young Turks have assumed
heavy responsibility before the world
and have thus far discharged 1t capably.
Evening star., 1909-04-28
The Merit System.
From the Baltimore Sun.

When we shall get civil service reform
here in Maryland and in Baltimore it will
not be because either our city council or
our legislature cries for it. 1t will be be-
cause the pressure OF intelligent public
management of the public business Just
as in the case Of the federal service, the
demand will become effective not so much
through the members. or the personal in
f1uence of those making the demand, but
through the evident necessity Of the
change in the public interest. The people
who want the improvement are absolutely
disinterested. They have no axes to
grind 1t gives neither them nor any
body else any plums 1t abolshes favorit-
ism and scandal. 1t fosters the idea that
"public ONCE is a public trust"
Evening star., 1909-04-28
Pierre Charles L'Enfant.

Tardily the nation pays tribute today
to the man whose genius led to the pro-
duction of an ideal plan for the Amerl-
can federal capital. 1t was George Wash
ington's thought to establish on the banks
of the Potomac city of model design to
accommodate the business Of the federal
organization. He summoned to his aid
French engineer, Maj. Pierre Charles
I'Enfant, whose skill in perceiving the
possibilities of the ground and whose
wisdom in designing a city plan can
never be sufficiently appreciated by the
dwellers of today.
Mai. L'Enfant worked with raw mate
rails. He designed city not for his
day. but for all time 1t is true that In
the development Of his plan there have
been departures and changes. But, with
his plan as groundwork, Washing
ton has spread for beyond the original
bounds laid down as the prospective
limits of the city. until it is today one
of the foremost of American centers of
population and. in the respects borne In
mind by Washington himself, one of the
most attractive.
Every Washingtonian today should pay
reverence to the memory Of L'Enfant
regularity, for the harmony of the sys-
tenn of intersections. and especially for the
liberal provision of parks and open
spaces 1t might have been possible to
designate upon a map points for the en-
placement of the few then necessary
buildings, the Capitol, White House, the
Treasury, etc., leaving the city 10 grow
as it might, following cowpaths and
thought for the future. Some of the
largest of our cities are today masses or
complexity and problems of inconven-
ience in consequence of the haphazaro
manner in which they have been per-
mitted to expand. Few of them have
been planned with sufficient regard Tor
the public health. Narrow streets and
strict economy Of space have been the
rule. The provision of parks at later
periods has cost enormous sums, whereas
washington's parks have existed In en-
bryo from the beginning.
These ceremonies at the Capitol today
stimulate the local pride and should
arouse national interest in Washington
as a model municipal organization. Next
Monday tribute will be paid to Alex
ander r. Shepherd. the man who forced
the partial execution of the LEnfant
plan after years Of neglect, whose
courage and genius for administration
brought Washington out of the mud
and set 1t in the way Of development
1t is 'eminently proper that these two
events. the reinterment of the remains
Of L'Enfant and the unveiling OF
statue of Shepherd, erected by the COM
munity which owes so much to him,
should be closely related in point OF time.
Every Washingtonian who takes part
in or witnesses these two ceremonials
should resolve to continue uniasgingly
the effort to realize the high ideals which
inspired the man who designed the cap
ital and the man who has been its master
builder.