The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-02
CLARENCE c. coRUM.

After a two weeks Illness OF ty-
phoid fever. Clarence Corum died at
his home in this city. Tuesday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock. For several days
he was considered a very sick
boy. and although his death was not
unexpected, the sad news was a great
shock to his many friends.
Clarence was born near this city,
May 25, 1888, a son of Mr. and Mrs
". J. Corum, and next to the old
est of family of eight chidren-sll
of whom survive him. He was bare.
ly past n years Of age-just In the
bloom of young manhood-and his
soul was filled with hope and ambi-
ton, which a few short weeks ago
we're more than propitious. He was
a boy of industry and good habits,
enjoying the fullest confidence of his
associates in both business and social
circles. In the early part of the pres
ent year, he professed faith in the
Oliver of all good gifts" and later
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fact, few young men were held in
higher esteem than Clarence Corum,
whose name, it would seem, has been
untimely stricken from the rool of ha-
man existence.
Young Corum's ambition in his
business career was that of law, to
which end he has been working for
some time. During the school year
of 190S-9, he attended the State Uni
versity at Columbia, Mo-, and was adj
vancing rapidly with his studies.
Since the early part of the year,
however, he has been at home where
he looked after the interests Of sew
eral of the large daily papers. and
held a position with Schmidt's Tailor
ing establishment
Funeral services took place at the
home of his parents Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock, and were conduct
ed by Rev. Price, of Fulton, and Rev.
Waters, of Hickman. The remains
were laid to rest in the City Gene
terry in the presence of an unusually
large crowd of sorrowing friends and
relatives. The pail bearers were
Floyd Naylor, Guy Hale, Fred Case.
Gee Harris, Clarence Reed, Goalder
johnson, John Meacham and Harold
DeBow.
The bereaved friends and relatives
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity.
The Hardy Grain Co., of Union
City, and one of the largest firms of
the kind in West Tennessee, is in
the hands of receiver. This is the
sequel to the tragic death Of Mr..
Hardy, who shot himself last week.
His liabilities are said to be 100000
and assets nominal.
A score or more of Fulton county
farmers will be big losers by reason
of having wheat stored in the Hardy
elevators This failure also catches
few of the business men of Hickman
who were interested in business with
Hardy. Whether the grain company
will be able to pay its creditors any
thing remains to be seen. Some of
the more optimistic have hopes that
small per cent will be forthcoming.
When the state of Mr.. Hard's ar
fairs became known to the public Sat
urday afternoon, rumors were afloat
as to the condition of the Union City
fTrust Co, of which Hardy was presi-
dent, and other business concerns in
which he was interested, and to the
effect that his death was not acci-
dental. In consequence. a run was
made on the above bank Monday
morning. Other local bankers went
to the rescue and the run passed
away when it was found that the
bank was perfectly solvent.
1t is said the Mr.. Hardy carried
about $4,000 life and $4,000 accident
insurance, payable to his wife. At
any rate, his failure will be felt by
many of the concerns in which he
was interested. as well as the banks
with which he did business.