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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

Judge James NJ. Anderson, one of
the Oldest and most prominent citi-
Gems Of this county, died at his home
in Fulton. Saturday morning, at the
age OF "a years. He was a promi-
nent Mason, a valiant soldier for the
Lost Cause and a man of fine moral
character. Deceased is survived by
his wife. son. Claude, at New Or
leans, and one daughter. Mrs. j.
Kelly Wood, at Fulton. He was bur-
led with Masonic honors at the Full
ton cemetery. Sunday.
All persons indebted to me are
earnestly requested to call and settle
at once. as / need the money.-Dr
j. G. Morris. 1Feb.
Rev. II. p. Meeks, of Humboldt,
will preach at Mt. Hermon on the
fifth Sunday in January and the first
Sunday in February. Services at IL
a. m. and p. m, on both dates.
Don't forget to renew your sub
scription to the Courier The paper
stops when the time Is out-no ex-
ceptions.
There is nothing like good sanitary
cleaning and pressing. Schmidt does
that kind Of work.
Rev. II. J. Geiger spent Saturday
in Fulton.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

The three months old baby boy OF
Jas. Langford and wife, residing
south OF town, died last Thursday
morning.
Ernest Jones and G. II. Shriver, OF
Nashville. spent Sunday with Mrs. II.
l.. Gray.
With the exception of three or four
stores, the merchants of Hickman
have entered an agreement to close
their places Of business every even
ing at O'Clock. The move was in
augurated the first OF the week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
JUDGE WISE.
Business Philosopher.

"Some bad tongues are caused by
sour stomaehs, some by bad bargains,
says the Judge. Steer clear Of the
latter by patronizins the Hickman
Drug Co. for anything in the drug
line. Prescriptions a speciality.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

No. 1OO-Will sell on easy terms
a nice broom residence on Troy ave.
Big lot, concrete walks, cistern, etc.
Place can be had for 500 less than
owner paid, which was paid before
improvements were made. Good rea-
sons for selling. Inquire at Courier
office.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

The citizens Of Union City are agi-
Eating a movement to build a hard
road from the city to Reelfoot Lake.
Its a good proposition, but it viii re-
oulie both capital and push to get
the road.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

No. lOi-Prettiest lot In Southern
Heights. II taken within the next few
days can be bought for s475. All i'm.
proyements-concrete walks, electric
lights, city water works. etc. sizo
e2hxl5O. Good view OF river. etc
Courier office.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

Among state politicians there is a
rumor afloat to the effect that ere
long the Hon. ]. c. S. Blackburn
will shy his castor in the ring as a
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the United States Senate TO
succeed his former adversary, Sen
ator Thomas Paynter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
Or. Bells AntIseptie saIve

Is good for anything for which
salve Is indicated-such at plmples,
blackheads, sores. chaps. ulcers. sun
burn and all skin affections. 25c at
all dealers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

More than $1,000 in money orders
were paid out at the Cairo postoffice
on Dec. 81. The bulk of these orders
was turned In by the whiskey mail
mail order houses and Fulton county
furnished her share.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

ton Is astounding. In time the road
will be built; we need II for many
reasons. but 10 agitate the matter
now is wasting ones sweetness on
the desert air. unless something
cheaper than gravel can be thought
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Subscription Rates. si.oo per year

The length of time it takes to get
around a girls waist is not always
in proportion to its size.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
Eczema, Rlnoworm.

letter. chapped hands or lips, boils,
sores and all skin diseases are quick
ly cured by the use of DR.. Bells An
septic Salve. 25c box at all dealers
A creamy snow white ointment.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

A good motto for the fellow who
tries to pick the winners, is if at
first you don't succeed, don't try a.
gain.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

Mrs. Belle Soates and children. of
Tcague. Texas. are visiting her uncle
n. NJ. Mcthcny. and other relative
Ask for Omega Flour. None bet.
er.-Bettersworth A Prather. Z
Have that Suit. Coat. Skirt or CAGE
cleaned and pressed by schmidt the
Tailor,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12

!. N. Jones has returned to Middle
Tennessee after a visit of several
weeks with his daughter. Mrs. r. L.
Gray.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
II Il; H q IL II
OF the condition OF
The Hickman Bank

doing business ut town OF Hickman. County
Of Fulton. state of Kentucky. at the close
OF business on the 18th day Of Dee. 1905
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-01-12
A Romance of Progress.
AboIishmett of Time and Space

zone of six interesting articles written for
The Hickman Courier. Don't fail to read 10
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state Of Kentucky. .
County OF Fulton.
I. W. q. Reed. Cashier Of the above nam.
cd Bank. DO solemnly swear that the above
statement q true 10 the best 81 my knowI-
edge and belief.
Correct-Attests We. REEp. cashier
=. l.. uouus
X. A. TaLEu directors.
j. W. CowgGLL
Subscribed and sworn % hefore me by
w. a.. Reed. this 18th day Of Dec. 1910.
My commission expires Jan. n. 1871.
n. q. HELa.
lSEALl Notary Public
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RESOURCES

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The Washington times., 1911-06-04
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

The stage doorkeeper stretched his
arms, yawned and settled back more
comfortably in his chair. It's pretty
tough" he began, Ito have to work on
your day off. kid, but I've gotten used
to II. Twenty-three years sittin'
around the stage door have hardened
me to a whole lot of conditions, and
one of them is the American public
must be amused on three hundred and
sixty-five days in every year except
leap year, and then 1t wants some
thing extra for good measure.
Used to be a Snap
Why, when 1 first came here We
only had shows six nights a week.
Then we began TO have the Saturday
matinee. Then they slipped the We'd
nesday matinee over on US, and then
came two a day. We amt putin on
six a day yet like the movies but
the continuous is just as bad, and
now they've wished the sacred con-
cert on to us. 1 used to go out home
on Sundays and take off my shoes and
DO nothing but soak up rest all day.
But them days are over.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

same sofer with her, mulch less tell
her he thot she was awl rite.
So wat did he do but hunt up his best
friend, Capten John Alldin. and ask him
to go and tell the gerI that he, meen-
ing Capten Miles~Standeesh, wood mar
ry her eny mint.
GO avn, john" Capten Miles Stan
deesh sed: go avn. Yure a good tawk-
er and can tell her wat a good fellow
1 am bettir than 1 Good. You go and
get Engaged for me. and sum day III
let you kiss the bride"
Capten Alldin Explanes
So Capten John Alldin went to the
gerl and told her Capten Miles Stand
eesh was awful bashfull. but he wood
make a good husbind if his wife
woodent look at him to mulch, on
akkount of him loozing awl his nerve
wen the gerls looked at him.
l don't think he would make as
good a husbind as wat you wood. sed
the gerL Yure mulch kuter looking
enyhow, she sed.
Do you meen that. sed Capten John
AIldin.
May be I don't, sed the gerl.
So, Capten John Alldin kissed the
bride enyhow, and married her after
wards. witch shows that you got to
have littel nerve in this werld evfn
to get a wife.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Our Grocery Clerk
Saws Cider Runs

Any chump knows that cider is one
of the incest, wholesomest, wettest
drinks ever put up in liquid form, and
that's why the boss couldn't under
stand why the keg he had on display
just squatted around day after day
almost as full as when he first put 1t
on the counter.
But I guess you know the boss is not
the man to let little brown keg of
cider stump him. The boss can fix any,
thing; It's his speciality. If somebody
pushed him in the bottomless well,
he'd see a way out of it.
He used crackers, the dryest, saltiest
crackers that ever cracked. The boss
put about three pounds of 'em in a
little basket marked samples" And
my, how the customers love samples!
Well, after a customer had eaten about
three crackers, and made himself
about as thirsty as one person can
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

did you see that picture In this morn
ing's paper about Estelle D'Albinini.
who's singfn' at the sacred concert to-
night? She was dressed like she used 10
be when she sang in the supplied choir
in Omaha or Fort Dodge. or some place
like that.
There was a lot of history of he,
early life tellin' how she has always
been reachin' for an ideal and only
went on the stage singing the Moody
and Sankey variety of gargies because
she had mission. And say, kid, when
she gets on that white nightie and
sings in the half light with the organ
throbbin' away in the scenery some
place 1t makes a lot Of them get thick
in the throat and resolve to lead better
lives"
Fined Five
But, say" asked the staxe-struck
youth, II heard that the stage manager
bawied ont somebody for usin' profan-
ity in the dresstn' room and fined who
ever it was five dollars. Who was It?''
"Aw," said the doorkeeper, don't
tell anybody I told you, 6ut It was
Miss D'Albinini"
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
No Heat Apoplexy
After Reading These
SAFER AND SURER

It want you for my very own" said
the rich old gentleman when he had
succeeded in getting the beautiful girl
to listen to him.
But how can I be your very OWN"
"why-why, you can marry me, can't
your
IT suppose I could; but don't you
think, II you really want me, it would
be safer to adopt me?"
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
The King of Freaks;
Or, Is It Possible?

Hurrying throngs Of pleasure seekers
sought pleasure as they hurried.
Hither and yon, and back again, they
made the two-horse circus TEEN (tesm3
with life.
This way! This way! This wa-ay"'
doomed the side-show barker. For
the small sum of two nick-uls, or one
dime, ladies and gentlemen, you can
see, hear and touch the sf-r-reatese
living curiosity ever saw for the small
sum of two nick-uls. or one diner
The pleasure seekers gathered about
him and looked up into his face with
awe.
Not at. all. Not at aII!' shouted the
side-show barker. THE freak ladies
and gentlemen, is inside the tentr'
What can 1t be?" murmured one
pleasure seeker. rs il possible that
they can have a hookworm on a
string?"
step pup! Step pupil On the other
side of this canvas. to be saw for the
small sum Of two nick-uls, or one dime,
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Loretta's Looking Glass
Drawn for The Washington Times.

s. MANS what he is. A woman's
"A ANYTHING. II a mans a
damn fool one day of the week,
he shows, unmistakable symptoms of
his condition the other six. But a
woman! She can be goddess of wis
dom for a month running; and, on the
first day Of the next, turn utterly silly.
It's queer!''
A good-looking, much-experienced
bachelor was doing the talking.
|, Imbecilic Feminism
what is the particular imbecilic fem
inism?" 1 began.
Don't be SUPERIOR" he cautioned.
ITS inherent in your sex to have these
silly spells"
Robbed of my fire, listened.
The wife of a friend of mine had a
diamond ring-and a buff Cochin
rooster. She had nursed and tended
Chanticleer with expectations. Her
husband had sung peans to her domes-
tic traits and had invited all OF US
poor unmarried to a nice home chicken
dinner. Then the. ring disappeared.
The wife had been surf-bathing and
motoring and might have lost 1t in
any one of a dozen distant or damp
places. .... ..
Chanticleer suddenly stopped crow
ing-and croaked. She found him stiff
and cold beside the water pan. Like
Socrates, he had drunk and died.
II will not bother you with the init
mate details of the obsequies. Except
to say that my friend, indulgent of
his wife's grief, made them touching.
Accompanied by a spade, he inferred
Chanticleer in the chrysanthemum bed
at the side of the house.
after about two weeks, when Chan
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
she HOLDS IT UP TO THE
Eternal Mystery-Woman
For Him

rushing into a closet and out again in
a kimono. Come and dig him up!'
The wife was rushing about getting
his dressing gown and slippers. And
she was rushing on in a mad torrent Of
speech.
That's what killed him! 1t slipped
from my hand when was feeding the
chickens. And he swallowed it,
Then a mere chip diamond wouldn't
have given him a fatal indigestion" her
husband protested, clinging to the bed.
Yes, 1t might 1t was round. and he
might have swallowed it crosswise," she
asserted.
The rooster was exhumed. The smell
was-awful! But the Waterman was
worse. He saw their lantern. He took
them for thieves and ran toward them
shootingI They fell on their knees and
broke all the chrysanthemums till they
could prove their right to be digging up
their own rooster at any time of the
night.
Did they find the ring?" I asked in
tently.
They did not! And II cost my friend
twenty-five dollars to get a doctor to
dissect the bird to find out he had not
died of an overdose of diamond ring!'
A Silly Spell
THE husband appears to have had a
silly spell! The idea Of paying twenty
five dollars for
That's it! The idea! The ring wasn't
worth more than thirty-five. One of
those little ones that a man gives a
girl when he is working on salary"
/ radiated.
ssr
mol that's what makes me stay un-
married. It's q kind of id1ocy that Is
catching! l have no ambition to have
the germ get me at 8 a. M
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

ticleer had been moldering comfort
ably in his feathers and passing odor-
iferously to dust, his wife sat UP in
bed in the middle Of the night and
cried:
Fred. know where my ring Isl"
Fred walked and called soothingly with
g. view to a quick return trip to the
Land of Nod, Good, Dorothy"
But she wasn't. A silly spell was on.
Its in the rooster" she screamed,
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
CHIN MES HISTORY

Captain Miles Standeesh was a brave
man awl rite, but he sertenly was
afrayed of the gerls. He dident think
anything of shooting 100 Indiuns be-
foar brekfust jest for the exersize, but
wen the cook kan in to see wat he
uantid he dident have nerve enuf to
tell her how he liked his eggs, if she
was lady cook.
Blush Awl Over
It was fearse the way he lost his
nerve wen eny ladies was GROUND, for
sutch a brave man. Wen he was a
boy in shoart pants he wood get bad
marks in skool evin If he new his
lessins fine, on akkount of beeing so
bashfull. Before the teecher he ackted
dunn as enytbing.
. 1t seams funny to think about it, but
one day Caption Miles Standeesh fell In
love with a gerl. The idea of him fawl-
ling IN love wen If enybody menshuned
kissing games he wood blush awl ovir
and leave the room. unless some gerl
jest for fun set on his lap and held
him down to teeze him.
1t was awful pretty gerl he fell in
love with, too; ony, of course, she
dlden't no II bekause he diden't have
nerve enuff to hardly evin SIT on the
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
RuffleS From The
Skirt of Mirth
ENGLISH JOKE FOR TODAY

Mother-why have you left the 9TH
ers? What do you want. dear?
Little Girl-Tve come here because
Elias so agglavatin. "a pause). At
least she will be when she finds I've
broken the leg off her new doll-Punch.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

{.
They brave little however, fighting against
ventlons and modern life them according
few weeks.
Each little reveals in its simple telling of
woans heart and shows how such modern things
bulbs or cold storage be aids to love
One is the tale of girl who, helping her father his
supply house slipped little into package with pocket lamp
and now to wed the who found it
Then there the another
embroidered with her resort
engaged the who found searched
of Cupid and directory there
of who the that
Of have the world bring
their love-
all youthful perhaps
such and weddings lead often divorce happ
nstl
life does make daily path much
the girl who brings with Dreams
who the joy of youth her and her
attractive to every
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Like Woman

Mr.. Minks-What a haggard, harassed.
woebegone face that lady has! - won
der what the matter is.
Mrs. Minks-Poor thing! She has lost
all her relatives in some terrible catas-
trophe, or else she can't find a spring
style bonnet that is becoming.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
He Laid Off

Jason-Doesn't Jabez work any more7
Lucas-No; they don't allow smokin'
at the powder works, so, he laid Off
for couple of months to color that
new meerschaum pipe he got for his
birthday. E..
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Not Enough Fats

did you go to Smiths burying7"
Yes, l did; an a measly affair II was
Tea and bread and butter! I've buried
two 'usbands, but, thank goodness, 1
buried 'em both with seedy. cake an
'am Sandwiches"
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

hadn't had picture taken for long, Belle, really
ough was goin to sit in front the imitation
raj and maybe little bored machine
press his little bulb and bow out.
Well, sat front the imitation clouds all right Ny
the love to get back nature by Posn their patients
IN somey background
sorted clouds the clouds enough right there
the program started to
Mamie Couldn' t Look Natural
Instead o1ookin natural which photographs
look but don't Strengthened up soldier at atten-
uon and started to smlrk dom best
Look pleasant please the photographer, maxim like
o those vivisection doctors in Life
Belle could thrown his imitation clouds him. What
he think that sm1k but ookn pleasant? And why didn't
himself about
through with Bill and he's crazy to have
him couple but won't promise I'm too
modest Bill thinks but really because or
the off before that photographer
the bulb
But the pictures faern III proby they're the
had taken and change opinion photographer en-
tirey | let have Belle. 1t all depends.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Deucedly Clever

Cholly Ceiling a story)-The train was
coming and pulled and pushed at the
beam that was across the track
,Ethel-And you couldn't get It of?
Cholly-Naw; It was moonbeam.
Ethel-You can go now.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Fish Products

Teacher-What useful article do we
get from the Goldfish, Johnny?
Johnny-Cod liver oil
Teacher-That's right. Now, Tommy,
tell me what we get from the seal.
Tommy-Sealing wax.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
He Knows I!

You dare to criticise my gownsv
exclaimed Mrs. Flimgilt-
WELL" replied her husband, resolute-
ly, after hearing you refer to your pet
bulldog as perfect beauty, I'm in
cfined to rely on my own Judgment"
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

he desire for romance-how it thrills through
woman's heart be she young or old, doesn't it?
There is somehow never time when the practical
details of everyday life cannot be lightened by the
memory of romantic years of love and wooin9, or
frightened by visions of the future when the ideal
shall, like Lochinvar, ride out of the west
and sweep her off her feet.
But is mostly banished from life
nowadays We practical and full of facts
about love and courtshp and marriage and babies
that Cupid does not have fair show, and it is
only the women who, wstful-eyed and full of
dreams, go in quest of romance who ever really
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Absurd

Boy-A truss of 'ay. please, guv'nor.
Merchant-'Oo's it for-yer father?
Boy-No, silly, for the 'oss; father
don't eat hay.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
The Cause

Son-Pa, what makes you always give
excuses when you come homo late?
Father-Your mother.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Reason He Offered II

Mamma-See how willing baby is to
give me a piece of candy, Lola.
Little LohaAYes, but he knows you're
only pretending to take it.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
M A ME TELLS BELLE
That Any Photographer
Knows From Experience .~
WE ARE ALL CONCEITED

YOU see me smile when there's nothin' funny
visible to the naked eye, Belle, don't ask me to tell
you the joke; got my picture taken yesterday and
the habit amt worn off yet. Havin' your picture
taken is the surest know of for the feelin'
that you're not bit stuck yourself. And it's sur
prism, Belle, how so many painfully conceited peo-
Plell sit up half the night to tell you how modest
they
II you don't want your friends to get peek at
your real character, don't take em to the photog-
raphers with you No wonder most photogra-
pliers are such solemn lookin' men; they must have
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
WHEN NOAH WAS A BOY

His mother never objected to his lets
till he brought home a young hippo.
She said she didn't mind Noah's
friends tracking up the house. but the
hip left dents in the hardwood floor.
She made several sarcastic remarks
about 1t, but the beast was thick
skinned and didn't mind a. all. After
which Noah said, "Hip-hip- hoorah,"
all of which was considered a good
joke in them days.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

get at one time, the boss'd start to
talk cider. And, believe me, with all
that salt in their Threats, they just
simply; could not resist it. Rail- Rah!
Rah! Bossl
The Washington times., 1911-06-04
Same Old Story

Cleopatra dissolved the pearl
"You will never give that ring to
another girlr' she cried. .'''.''''
Herewith Antony assured her she
was the first he ever kissed.
The Washington times., 1911-06-04

is man who does not know the score
Of yesterdays great game between ens
Pink Sox and your home team
With surging unanimity the crowd
forked over two nick-uls, or one dime.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-04
coLouIrT REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESIGNATION
[ey Associates Press. |

[6y Associates Pressl
AUSTIN Texas March 4cheering for Bailey sixty
legislators escorted Governor cu chamber where he
announced his refusal resignation Immediately caucus
Bailey followed
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-04
SERIOUS TRAIN
WRECK AVERTED
IBy Associated Press.l

Marshall, Texas, March EAST
Texas passenger train No. , narrowly
escaped a serious wreck last night
when a wheel flange under the ten
der broke, derailing the tender on
bridge. The train was stopped quickly
and no one was hurt.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-04
SENATE INVESTIGATING
STUDENT HAZ|NG
Predicted That a Dozen Varsity Riot
Leaders Will ee Expelled.
[BY Associated Press.l

IDI -1ooUNIttNl 7 INoo.I
Austin, Texas, March 4.-The senate
committee viii begin an investigation
of the Galloway hazing episode this
afternoon. 1t is predicted that about
a dozen riot leaders viii be suspended.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-04
SENATOR BAILEY
HAS RESIGNED
Gave No Explanation Wired Resigna-
ton to Governor Colquitt
ley AS ocia ted Press. I

IEy AS =
washington March 4-senator Bailey Texas esned
~ e o'eo states senate today He
s''0" ne hrst Presentec President sh
man. VINO refused to Governor coloutt
His term would have expired March g. 1918
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-04
{. H. ASTlN, President
JA0. K. PARKER, Vice Pres.
100000 SAW MILL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
[BY Associated Press.l

Trinity, Texas, March 4.-William
Cameron & Co.'s large saw mill at this
point was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The loss is 100000.