The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-08-03
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Ask for Margaret Flour.

peaches California never raised finer
fruit than this.
A st. Louis judge says that he finds
newspaper men as honest as lawyers.
Rather questionable complimentary
the journalists.
Although the center OF population
Is In Indiana, the center OF content
ment and happiness is down in this
end of Kentucky.
Funny how some Hickman men who
are afraid TO invest in a local factory
will fail over them selves to buy
peach orchard in Alaska.
Mrs. T. T. Swayne and children left
Monday for Dawson Springs TO spend
couple of weeks. She was joined &C
Union City by her mother, Mrs. Herr
ing and Miss Ella Whipple.
e. G. Lewis. president of the Lewis
Publishing Company OF st. Louis, tes-
titled that whereas few years ago
ne was worth $4,000. 600. he was com
PEELED TO borrow the money TO go TO
Washington to testify.
Paper money spreads disease germs,
10 scientists claim, but none has yet
been returned to Hickman by mail
order houses with a request that a
doctors certificate of good PHYSICAL
condition accompany same.
A gentleman we'll acquainted with
the corn crop In Fulton county, gave
1t as his opinion Thursday. that II the
remainder of the season should not
be unfavorable, the corn, this year.
will average about 20 per cent. OF
fun crop.
Editor Brice has this 10 say OF Capt
w. A. Shuck, OF Jordan: Capt Shuck
the famous Confederate Cavalry man
who followed Gen. Forrest in all his
fierce and desperate forays and is stln
stouter than out of every 10 young
men Of 20. was here Wednesday"
Mr.. Geo. L. White. one of Union
City's splendid citizens, has moved
back 10 his farm near Cayce temper
anly Mr. White is personally direct
ing work on the farm. The gentle
man Is one of the successful Fulton
County farmers. and is now able to
keep town house, one OF the pretu-
est homes in the city.-Union City
Commercial.
The plans for the new steamer
Aquitania, which the Cunard Com
pany is building az Clyde Bank, have
been modified TO make the vessel the
largest In the world. Her length will
exceed 900 feet and DE ten feet great
or than the length of the 50,000ton
liner, Imperator, which the Hamburg
American will put into service in the
spring of 1913.
The river bank at Birds Point has
been caving for the past two week ow-
ing to the low water in the Ohio River
causing the water in the Mississippi
J 20 flow faster. The caUng this week
is great or greater than ever before
and unless the government puts in
revetment work many hundreds Of
acres OF Mississippi county soil will
yet fall into the river.
After twelve long years Of founder
ing about without rudder or compass
the old Democratic ship of Kentucky
is 20 be supplied with these needful
equipments. without which IL has so
often stranded upon the rocks. A
platform convention is to be held in
Louisville August 10. delegates to be
chosen in mass convention at the
county seats on August -.
We haven't heard OF the appear
ance and ravages of the cotton crops
in the Southern States this year, by
the boll-weevil, but the boil worm
which is as destructive has bobbed
up down there. SO far the Fulton
county cotton fields haven't been in
tested with any kind of pests and If
the killing frost does not come too
early a good crop will be picked.
George c. Avery. one of the Oldest
and best business men of Louisville,
died in France. He was the manufact-
urer of the famous Avery plows. an
implement that we all have met on
the field of battle in the spring
time, and we all remember the adj
monition printed on the beam-"Keep
All Taps Screwed Up" which by the
way is a good motto for a man as
well as for cast pillow.