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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

We regret that We haven't space
to print a very interesting article
from a Texas paper, handed US by
Contractor G. l.. Collins. OF this city,
regarding the great whale which was
recently washed ashore from the Gulf
near the home of Mr.. Collins sister
In brief this monster fish is a sperm
whale and one OF the largest OF its
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

There once was a writer
named Wright
Foolishly writing to
tighten the right.
But the rights that he
righted
Were wrongly indicted
Cause Wright couldn't write
Wright right.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

kind ever captured and of a dark
blue color. 1t is so feet long. about
one-third larger than the average
whale, which is 60 feet. Its jaws
measures Ia feet. and about 81 feet
around its body. 1t weighs 100000
pounds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

When you buy a three dollar WOOL
en- blanket you get about a dollars
worth of blanket and two dollars
worth OF protection. not from cold,
but for the trust that manufactured
the blanket.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

II the cost OF living is TO be re-
duced. many housewives must be In
duced not TO expect every 10 cent
package TO DO brought 20 their doors.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Marriage may or may not prolong
life but II gives many a Hickman fell
low a lot to think about.
A discarded automobile tire makes
good life preserver. Its buoyancy
Is 1ifficlent TO keep several people
afloat.
Up in York State recently a wo-
man died whose devotion to her hus-
band was marvellous. In making her
will she bequeathed to her husband
an amount OF money equal to the
sum left her dog
Hickman's various millinery open
ings this week. brought forth the fair
sex In goodly numbers, making the
shopping districts all the more attract
i've.
When you buy a three dollar WOOL
en- blanket you get about a dollars
worth of blanket and two dollars
worth OF protection, not from cold,
but for the trust that manufactured
the blanket.
In New York the other day for 3d.
760 one OF the four Confederate half
dollars coined was sold at the auc-
ton OF coins held in that city. This
10 the largest price ever paid for a
coin in this country.
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At Boston, four tons OF eggs inten-
ded for use in bakers cakes and pies
we're taken from cold storage on the
complaint of DIR. Geo. II. Adams. a
government food inspector. and con-
demned as being unfit for use.
o.
The jury In the case of Rob Cherry.
charged with killing Jim Porter. col
ored. brought in a. verdict OF not
guilty. which was a surprise to many.
A great yell went up from the friends
OF Cherry when the verdict was an
nounced.-Tiptonville News.
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Automobiles are no longer strange
animals on the streets of Hickman.
There are now twelve cars here
DIR. J. NJ. Hubbard receiving the last
one Saturday. II is passenger
Cole" touring car. 80 horse power
gasoline engine. II is a handsome
machine and the only one of this
make in this section of the country.
There once was writer
named Wright
Foolishly writing to
tighten the right.
But the rights that he
righted
Were wrongly indicted
Cause Wright couldn't write
Wright right.
An exchange gives an incident
illustrating the impossibility OF telling
where the trouble resulting from a
mortgage will end. A man mortgage
his farm to buy his wife diamond
earrings. The wife took In washing
to pay the interest on the mortgage.
and the first day lost one Of the dia-
monds In the suds. and tried to hang
herself In the barn. but the rope broke
and she fell on $3.50 Jersey COW,
breaking its back.
A new federal law which went In
to effect January 1. absolutely pro-
hibits all schemes involving any ele-
ment OF chance, such as piano or
other contests. by publishers of news
papers and by others. or OF guessing
contests by merchants or others and
provides a penalty consisting of a
fine OF not more than 81 900 nor more
than two years in prison. This bars
the newspapers from circulating thro
the mails II any such enterprise or
guessing contest is advertised. and
bars the merchants or others from
sending thro the mails any letter,
package, postal card or circular con
tanning any lottery gift enterprise or
similar scheme, offering prizes de-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

At Boston. four tons OF eggs inten-
ded for use in bakers cakes and pies
were taken from cold storage on the
complaint of DIR. Geo. II. Adams. a
government food inspector. and con-
demned as being unfit for use.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

In New York the other day for So
100 one OF the four Confederate half
dollars coined was sold at the auc-
ton Of coins held in that city. This
10 the largest price ever paid for a
coin in this country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Automobiles are no longer strange
animals on the streets Of Hickman.
There are now twelve cars here
DIR. J. NJ. Hubbard receiving the last
one Saturday. 1t is passenger
Cole" touring car. 80 horse power
gasoline engine. II is a handsome
machine and the only one of this
make in this section of the country.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

The highest Joys of gardening are
enjoyed about now. as We reyel In
the tropical luxurianee OF the seed
catalogues. forgetting the sterile har-
vests OF September.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

The jury In the case of Rob Cherry.
charged with killing Jim Porter. col
ored. brought in a. verdict OF not
guilty. which was a surprise to many
A great yell went up from the friends
OF Cherry when the verdict was an
nounced.-Tiptonvill News.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Hickman's various millinery open
ings this week. brought forth the fair
sex In goodly numbers, making the
shopping districts all the more attract
i've.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

The American Tobacco Company.
which IL now fighting In the federal
suit for its dissolution before the U.
S. Supreme Court. has made public
It's annual report for 1909. which show
cd that the so called tobacco trust
earned 6oh per cent on its $40. oOO.-
009 common stock.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Up in York State recently a wo-
man died whose devotion to her hus-
band was marvellous. In making her
will she bequeathed to her husband
an amount OF money equal to the
sum left her dog.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
ton J. @. crabbe is preparing for a
general celebration of Arbor and Bird
Day In the public schools OF Ken
lucky on April 18th. To this end he
has just given an order for 400 OF
the handsome. highly colored pro-
CRANES for the day. such as the de-
partment issued last year. Every
teacher in Fulton county should CO.
operate In this cause.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24
Sunday Is Easter.
o.

Everybody is explaining that the
cost Of living ls high, but nobody is
making II any lower.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

A discarded automobile tire makes
good life preserver. Its buoyancy
is "lffic,ent to keep several people
afloat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Marriage may or may not prolong
life but II gives many a Hickman fell
low a lot TO think about.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

The movement to protect Ken
ncky's trees Is a good one and
should have hearty encouragement
from every section OF the state.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

All auto rides are not "Joy.rides."
Several OF our good Hickman friends
went out in the country In autos Sun
day afternoon-and came back on the
night train. lie is sensible chat
feur who will not get to far away
from the railroad.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-24

Fires cost the people OF this coun.
try st56.i95,OOO In the year 1908.
caused the death OF 1,4is persons
and resulted In injuries TO $3.50 9th
ers. These are the statistics present.
ed In a report edited by the United
States Geological survey.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
INFLUENCE OF THE MOTHER
Well to Remember That She is Ever
! Model Of Behavior to the
Children.

It Is hard for q young mother, who
has not yet overcome the wayward
tendencies of her own youthful nature,
to realize the influence she exerts
over her little one. She is constantly
surrounded by critical imitators who
copy her morals and manners.
AS the mother is, SO are her sons
and daughters. If a family Of children
are blessed with an intelligent moth
er, who is dainty and refined in her
manner, and does not consider 1T nee
essary to be n woman In the draw
ing room and an entirely different per-
son in her everyday life, but who is a
true mother and always a tender,
charming woman, she will invariably
see her habits of speech and perfect
manners repeated In her children.
Great, rough men and noisy, busy
boys will always tone down their
voices and step quietly and try to be
more mannerly when she stops to
give them a kind word and a pleasant
smile. For a true woma will never
fail to say and do all the kind, pleas
ant things she can that will in any
way help to lift up and cheer those
whose lives are shaded with care and
toll. The mother Of today rules the
world of tomorrow.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
INCREASE WHEAT ACREAGE
BUYING SEED IN ron
BIG CROP.
Already Assured That 1911 viii See
Largest Cereal Crop In tho States
History.

Observation-Disclosures will be more
Il 3 wheat producing state than ever
before next year, as many Thousand
acres of land will be planted in this
cereal during the next few months.
And this same land, after the wheat is
cut, will be planted either in late corn
or peas or peanuts. thus producing
two crops a a instead Of one.
The farmers have been bordering
seed wheat for some weeks, and the
shipments to all parts Of the state
the last two or three weeks have been
heavy. Orders for seed wheat are be-
ing received daily, and already the or
ders are sufficient to make the pre-
diction that more than four times the
acreage of last year will be planted in
wheat this year.
This is in addition to the farmers
who planted last year and saved their
own seed wheat, and the indications
are there will be even a larger acre.
age than at present provided for in the
seed orders.
Oats, too, will be more generally
planted this fall, and this will be
a heavy crop next year, from present
indications, while many farmers will
plant barley and other cereals.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
COURT IN PIKE.
Heavy Docket of Civil and Criminal
Cases to Be Tried.

Heavy Docket of Civil and Criminal
Cases to Be Tried.
Magnolia.-The fall term of the Pike
county circuit court convened here
Monday morning, with Judge D.. M.
Miller, the newly-appointed judge OF
the new Fourteenth judicial district,
presiding. The official docket of
cases triable at this term shows a to-
tai of seventy-fiye civil cases and fifty
one criminal.
There are three important murder
cases to be tried. One is that of E.
T. Ellzey, a Pike county farmer, charg-
ed with the murder of his wife as she
lay asleep in her bed at their home,
two years ago. Ellzey was tried at the
spring term Of court. but the case
resulted in a mistrial.
Charles Bacot. a Quins Bridge mer-
chant, is charged with the murder OF
Tom Brown, a negro. Bacot's case
has been before the court for seyera
years, and he is under a 100000 bond,
pending a new trial of his case, or
dered by the supreme court. His last
trial resulted in a conviction and SEN
tence of ten years in the ~penitentiary.
j. M. Moye is charged with killing
his father-in-law, w. S. Johnson, near
Tylertown several months ago. John
son was one Of the most prominent
farmers in this county, and a man
highly respected.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
CAMPAIGN.
Determined to improve Health Condl-
tions in Mississippi.

.Jackson.-During the past summer
the public health inspectors working
under the direction of the Mississippi
State Board of Health have made con-
siderable investigation in regard TO
the health conditions in MISSISSIPPI.
It is the purpose of the board to use
every legitimate method to reduce
the mortality from infectious and pre-
ventable diseases.
At a recent conference OF those men
in Jackson, it was shown that the re-
suits of this work are of the most en-
~couraging nature. The health prob
lens in Mississippi are similar 10
those in other states, but 1T is a 1act
h a this work among our people mas
been greatly neglected in the past.
The work which is being done IN
the state of Mississippi at present VIII
result in great good to the people, ana
nothing can be of more service, II
make a better impression abroad, then
for this state to show that it is careful
to protect and conserve the health,
life and material resources OF her peo-
ME.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BETTER.
State Farms Will Tide Things Over
For the Present.

Jacksonville finances of the state
are not so gloomy as they were a Week
or more ago. The big state farms
have come to the rescue, or at least
h e ar~e-preparing to do SO, by having
their cotton crop slnned as speeoliy
as possible. There are now on mani
something like 700 bales OF cotton al
ready ginned and ready for Market,
raised on these farms. AT a meet
ing of the prison trustees the adylsa-
bility of placing this cotton on tne
market was discussed, the sentiment
seemingly favor doing SO.
With the prices that are now being
paid. this cotton would bring In the
n%eighborhod Of $500 per bale, or some
thing like $4,000 in the aggregate.
This would tide things over Tor the
time being, enable the state TO meet
its obligations which are now due, OF
will he in a short while, and grease
the wheels of government until the
bond issue can be disposed OF.
The governor is very much enco'r-
aged over the prospects OF a speeo5
DISPOSITION of these bonds. He is re-
ceiving letters every day making IN
uuiries about them, and believes that
in a very short while he will be ape
TO place the last of tine series.
There are some big obligations tnat
must be met shortly, but it now looks
as IL the t will be able to dispose
of all her promises to pay without put
ting the holders of these promises 10
the necessity of having to walt TOT
fxla;,, ronn0u HHaa#N
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
STATE CREATED BOOK TRusTs
Question Raised Over Sale Of Second
Hand School Books.

Jackson.-Can children use books In
the public school OF Mississippi, other
than those bought through the book
repositories? That is a question the
courts may be called upon to deter
mine, but 1t is, at present, a live issue
in Warren county, and the department
OF justice is looking into it.
The question was referred to the de-
partment of justice by q Vicksburg
firm, and, If the law is Interpreted
here as the courts of Alabama have,
the children can use only such books
as are bought through the state depos-
itory or county agency. In Alabama
the courts hold, in SO many words, that
the contract of that state with the pub
fishing houses gave them the exclu-
sive right to sell all books used in the
public schools. These books to bear
the stamp Of the depository.
The court held that a child, unless
he bought his books through the state
depository. could not attend the pub
lie schools, thus giving the publish.
ing houses, with whom contracts were
made, a monopoly on the school book
business, SO far as the public schools
are concerned.
The Mississippi law is similar to
that OF Alabama, and If the courts OF
this state take the same view Of the
contract with the publishing houses
as the courts OF Alabama, the book
houses will have a monopoly on the
business here, too. The department
Of justice has not handed down an
opinion on this question, and will not,
for several days, and it is not known
just what position will be taken. as
the question has not been put as clear
~ as desired to the department.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
coNvIcTs SHOW HUMANITY.
Donate Their All to Give r: L. Farmer
Christian Burial.

That even the criminal, serving q
.ong term of years in state prison is
not shorn Of sentiment and a love OF
the purest in life was shown at Ran
kin state farm when the convicts con-
tributed money to give one Of their
fellow-convicts a decent burial at his
old home.
r. L. Farmer, sent up from Merid-
ian in August, 1908, for a term of four
years for forgery, took wood alcohol,
1t is believed, with suicidal intent, and
died a short time afterwards in great
agony. 1t was this that brought out
the better part of his fellow-convicts.
all Of whom had a little money they
had saved up.
A convict may be hardened to crime
and a prison term, but he wants to be
given a Christian burial, and when 1t
was known that Farmer was dead, the
~convicts contributed their nickels and
dimes and quarters to raise enough
money to send his body to Meridian
for burial.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
CARRY OWN INSURANCE.
%Penitentiary Trustees viii Assume
Fire Risks.

The trustees of the Mississippi PEN
itentiary have decided to carry their
own insurance. The money that has
been paid out in premiums heretofore
will be laid aside, instead OF paid over
for policies.
The last legislature enacted a law
allowing the state institutions to carry
their own insurance, and the penlten-
tiary trustees have taken advantage
of this. Several other state lnstltu-
ions decided some time g not to
take out fire insurance policies, be-
lieving it would be the part of econ
omy to carry their own risks.
The University is one of these insti-
buttons, while the A. & M. and l. L.
& Co. are included in the list. The
legislature did not make any appro-
priation for these institutions to pay
premiums, and the state will carry the
risk instead.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
MANY FOOLISH QUESTIONS.
Attorneys Write for Information and
Advice on Many Subjects.

Attorneys Write for Information and
Advice on Many Subjects.
The Mississippi Department of JUS.
tice is the trouble wagon of the good
old ship of state. 1t is the fountain
head for information for every one
who wants to know something" and
Attorney General Hudson and his two
assistants are kept busy answering
letters of inquiry.
Letters come in asking for informa-
ton about planting crops, raising
chickens, the best market for eggs.
and a few other matters Of this kind.
The amount of work turned out by
the department is amazing, all things
considered. There are certain state,
county and municipal officers who
have a right to call upon the depart
ment for legal opinions, and these are
always furnished, but some OF the
problems submitted are hard to pass
upon, requiring much care and study,
while many unofficial" opinions are
handed down for other persons. It's
a hard job, and one that keeps the
attaches of the Office at work early
and late.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
TREASURY is EMPTY.
Golfers Of Treasury Can't Cough Up
a Red.

Jacksonr-"Empty is the treasury,
the cash IN all gone"
That's the refrain State Treasurer
George f. Edwards is singing. He
has, because of the depleted condition
Of the treasury, suspended payment OF
all bills.
One account Of ST. 1000, which was
due Wednesday, was presented, but he
could not meet it. There are no funds
on hand that can be used for any pur-
pose, except those belonging to the A.
& M. AID Alcorn colleges. This can
only be paid out for those institutions.
The state must have 100000 by
November 1, but where it is coming
from no one knows. The sale of state
cotton may help out, while probably
$4,000 in taxes may be collected, but
that would not be a drop in the buck
ct. The only relief in sight, and that
is but temporary, is the sale of the
state bonds, and not much progress
has been made in that direction re-
Gently.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
"%sUNshixg- HAWKS.
Ie Is to Visit Rankin State Farm
Very Soon.

Jackson.-"Sunshine" Hawks is to
,isit Rankin farm when he comes to
Jackson in the near future. The pen
itentiary trustees granted permission
for him to go out with Miss Emily
Butt, the Sunday school worker, who
has been conducting services for the
convicts for SO long, and Secretary
Robert Ringer of the Y. M. c. A.
The trustees are enforcing the rule
that relatives and friends can visit
the convicts only every six months,
but special permission was glen Miss
Butt and her Sunday school workers
to visit Rankin every Sunday.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
WILL BE A CHEAT FAIR.
Farmers Of Mississippi VIII Show
What They Can Accomplish.

Farmers Of Mississippi Will Show
What They Can Accomplish.
Jacksonville State Fair which
opens up in Jackson October rs and
continues through November 5, is go
ing to be the best we have ever had.
Farmers who have hitherto had only
the regulation load of cotton to bring
to market, and who have been able
to find nothing in this annual crop
worthy to enter at the State Fair, will,
this year, have a grand variety OF
good things to show his neighbors and
the strangers within u gates.
For instance, the wheat of which
many a farmer is now boasting will be
there by the bushel; oats of the finest
grade; rice of the finest quality; bar
ley good enough to make experts open
their eyes; millet and many other nu-
t~ritious grains, the culture of which
has already opened up unexpected gold
mines on some OF our poorest, most
worn out farms. While the corn
which Mississippi has grown this rear
will amaze the best growers in Illinois
The Tupelo journal., 1910-10-14
Manaaina a Husband.

Men are like children; they want
managing, although you must never
let them dream that you think so. No
child likes to be ordered about, no
man will endure coercion. But man
aging! 1t is an art so subtle, so elu-
sive, that few women understand even
the %rudiplents of it. Sisters mine, let
US reason together, says Woman's
Life. In every human being there is
a spark of the divine; it is yours to
fan that spark into a fame-that is
managing a man-it is to get the very
best out Of him there is to have. and
not two women in ten can do it.
Do not think that there is anything
unworthy in managing a man-to
bring out the best is a high vocation.
Only let us see to it that we are
worthy of 1t. There are women who
have made angels of men, but at the
cost of their own divinity. There is
room for more than one unselfish per-
son in a family.