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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

The Christian Church decided last
Sunday. az the morning services. 10
begin a revival meeting Sunday morn
ing June III. The preaching will be-
done at least In part by the pastor
Arrangements are being made TO Sc
cure the services OF a competent
leader Of the song services and direct
the music. The church has had the
holding OF these meetings under con
temptation for some weeks. but had
not been able to decide definitely up
on a time OF beginning until Just at
present
Mrs. Clara May Curtin was here
Wednesday.
Ice water free at II. Z. Curlin's
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11
Circuit Court.

Fulton Circuit Court convened In
Fulton Tuesday morning. Judge VIM.
Reed. OF Paducah presiding.
The following cases were disposed
of Tuesday.
Commonwealth vs. Frank Twigg.
continued on account OF absence Of
Witnesses.
Commonwealth vs.. L. A. Robbins.
false swearing. passed.
Commonwealth vs.. Clip Foster. gam
ing. fined s75.
Commonwealth VS. II. f. Roach, dis
missed. reasons filed.
Commonwealth vs.. l. c. r. n. nui-
sance, fined $40.
Commonwealth VS.. J. NJ. Harris. on
charge Of robbery. acquitted
Commonwealth VS.. Lee Carter, on
charge OF murder. change of venue
granted and transferred TO Hickman
county for trial. the case to be tried
in Clinton, May %.
commonwealth VS.. Sam Edwards,
fail to answer subpoena, fined $3.50.
Commonwealth VS.. Bob Weatherly,
three cases continued
Commonwealth VS.. Ed Robertson. in
one case fined 500, in another case
5000 and four more cases filed away.
On Wednesday the following cases
were tried:
The case OF Bert Cooper. charged
with robbery Is being tried today.
The young man is alleged to have TAX
en- a $40 bill from the safe OF the
w X. Hall Lumber Co, a few months
ago. The grand jury returned TWO
indictments.
Commonwealth VS.. j. w. Patterson,
motion for new trial over ruled and
case appealed.
t. III. Winsett VS.. City OF Fulton,
verdict for plaintiff for s191. Mr.
Winsett was suing the city for alleg-
ed injuries received in November last,
when he stumbled and fell off a walk,
breaking his leg.
Commonwealth VS.. Florence Taylor,
selling whiskey, not guilty.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11
The New Railroad Will be Finished into
Hickman Before End of Present Week.

Yesterday morning c. T. Bondurant
carried Contractor Mosby, T. A. Led
ford. Pres. Latta and a Courier repre-
sentative down TO where the construc-
ton crew Of the Chicago. Memphis
& Gulf X. R. is laying the steel for
the new railroad, about two miles be-
low Hickman.
We were surprised to find such a
substantial track and road bed; it
is almost equal to that of any trunk
line. The steel weighs 20 pounds.
and the cross ties are heavy cypress,
closely laid.
With the work train of s or 8 cars
are about 100 laborers, a large per
cent of whom are Italians, and the
work is going on at a good pace.
Under favorable circumstances, they
lay about one mile OF steel a day.
At that rate, it will be an easy mat
ter for them to build on into HEX
man before Saturday night. At noon
today they had reached Steve Stairs
farm. about a half mile from our cor
pc. ate limits.
Mr.. Talley. sub-contractor under
Contractors Bondurant & Mosby. fin
ished the work of grading yesterday
at noon, the work terminating in
Washington street in West Hickman.
So II nothing out of the ordinary hap
pens, our citizens will see a new
railroad in Hickman this week; not
only the track, but locomotives and
cars bearing the initials &C. NJ a.
u. r. r." which will be entirely new
10 most of us. Contrary to general
anticipation, this is not a grape.
vine" or Jerk water" road, but a
first class. modern railway system.
Pres. I.atta has spared neither mon
ely. labor or material in making the
new road a good road.
Mr.. Latta informs us that all his
train dispatching will be done by tel
ephone, a service which is fast su-
preceding the old Morse telegraph in
stIument in the officers OF many Of
the big railroad systems. The road
now has this service between Dyers-
burg and Phillippy's Mill. between
which points they are operating pas
senger trains.
The new road almost follows an air
line from Tiptonville to Hickman.
covering a distance OF about 20 miles.
Between Tiptonville and Hickman.
seven new towns or stations have
been provided for. Starting from
Hickman, they come In the following
order:
Owens, Ky.
Ledford, Ky.
Bondurant, Ky.
Tyler, Ky.
Phillippy. Tenn.
Wright's, Tenn.
Proctor City, Tenn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

President Diaz of Mexico on Sun
day night issued a manifesto TO the
people Of Mexico declaring his inten-
ton to resign the presidency as soon
as p ace Is restored. AS to when
peace is restored President Diaz re-
serves the right to be the Judge, or
in his own words. when my consei-
ence shall dictate"
Mrs w. H. Heath returned Tues
day from a short visit with her hus-
band, near Marble Hill, Mo. Mr..
Heath's many friends here will be
glad to learn that mis- health has
greatly improved by SIMPLE life"
treatment
The City Council has opened the
concrete side walk campaign for the
} ear 1911, and the first instalment OF
ordinances introduced at the last
meeting indicates that they are com
ing strong this year. Five years ago
Hickman had the bumest walks in the
country now We have the best OF
any city our size anywhere. There
is still room tor improvement, and We
trust the city dads will not let up
until they run out OF places to build
them.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

One OF the most enjoyable events o.
the week was the rock party given
Tuesday evening by Mrs. s. l.. Dodds
in honor OF her visitor. Mrs. Ella
Boone, of Philadelphia. The color
scheme was pink. white and green
and effectively carried out In the
decorations, the minis, which were
pink roses and the refreshments.
Pink carnations were presented the
guests as favors. Cream. strawber-
ries and angel food were served.
The guests were: Mrs. E. ID. John
son, ID. B. Wilson, T. A. Ledford, b.
+. Gabby, j. T. Stephens, s, NJ Hub
bard, Percy Jones, T. T. Swayne. j.
NJ. Hubbard. Henry Sanger. w. c.
johnson, Carl Schmidt, c. L. Walker
Cue Threlkeld. R. NJ. Isler. W. H.
Baltzer, c. F. Baltzer. ]. o. Stubbs,
+. B. Prather, Mrs. Mosby. F. NJ.
Ryan, f. e. Case. w. G. Stockton,
II. L. Amberg, j. c. Sexton, F. 4.
Randle, j. A. Thompson, w. s. Eli
son and Misses Light Faris and Liz
zie Amberg.
VIII Dillehay, age 25. and Miss Ma
bel Allison, age 10, were married 1T
the homo Of the bride Sunday.
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All trains will stop at these places,
and side tracks and other convenience
es for handling freight will be pro-
vided. A more fertile country was
never traversed by a railroad, and
some of the stations In time will be-
come towns of more or less preten-
ton.
The c., NJ. & G. will run two trains
out Of Hickman to Dyersburg daily,
with a schedule as follows
Leave Hickman $50 a. m.
Arrive Hickman 1900 noon.
Leave Hickman 900 p. N.
Arrive Hickman at $50 p. m.
Hickmanites will certainly be de-
lighted with Mr.. Latta's arrange
ment Of schedule for us. For the
hundreds OF people who annually Wis
it Reelfoot Lake, this time card is
bonanza
Regular freight and passenger traf-
fic cannot be established until ter
minal arrangements here have been
completed. which. however should
Tot be many days hence. The freight
depot will be located in Bonds Sub
Division in West Hickman, but It has
not as yet been determined where the
passenger depot win be located.
There has been some negotiation
With the ~. c. & St l.. for passen-
ger accommodations at their station,
but nothing definite has developed in
that line.
The citizens of Hickman. as well
as Pres. Latta and his associate. Mr..
Rice. are delighted with the fact that
the road is so near completion. IL
will be of inestimable value to he
town and adjacent territory. The
Mengel Box Co. has already contract
ed for a train load OF logs to be de
liyered TO their factories daily, and
present indications are that the road
win enjoy a splendid patronage in
both passenger and freight depart
ments, and in neither case VIII II De
confined solely to their local stations.
The advent of this new road marks
an intensely interesting epoch in the
history OF Hickmsn-it is the firss
number on the program Of Greater
Hickman" with greater things to fol-
low. Let US cooperate in making
the new venture a success. It is
permanent and worthy institution.
meaning much to us as a city. The
Courier knows that the management
win be found right In line with US
in making Hickman the metropolis OF
the South.
Why not declare half-holiday in
Hickman in honor Of the event, and
90 down and help drive the first
spike within the city limits? We are
not blessed with a new railroad and
clever men at the head OF it every
Gay; let's show our appreciation.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

The following were confirmed:
s. L. Dodds and Ed Palmer Admit
Oscar Digs.
Il. NJ. SAMSON Admr. r. n Gouger
X. A. Napier executor } NJ McAdoo
Robert Carpenter Admr J. r. Don.
nell
Julian Choate Admr. Ruth Fuller.
W. A. Brown Committee for C.
Herring.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

After lingering illness OF some
months. Mrs Ella Noonon Scott. the
beloved wife OF Str. a. n Scott. pass.
I'd away early "Wednesday morning
at her home In Fulton. AGED q years
Mrs. Scott vas the daughter OF
Samuel J Scott. deceased. and was
born In this county near Cayco. she
vas a faithful member of the Mctho.
dist Church and was not only faith
ful TO her church. but Just az fal,hml
In believing that Il was her duty az a
Christian 20 do the viii Of her Master
AT all times. and vas always ready
10 lend a helping hand In time Of
need. She was an every day Chris
tian. The beautifying influences OF
a pure religion were spread over a
life and character as spotless and
charming as was ever possessed
She is survived by her husband.
one daughter Lucille. and one sister.
Miss Susie Noonon.
The funeral will be held today at
? o'clock. Rev McGnl and Dr. Boiling
officiating. Interment az Fairview
cemetery.
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County Court,

The regular May term of County
Court was held Monday, but very lit.
tie business was before the Court.
The following fiduciary settlements
were filed:
F. S. Moore guardian for Ida May
Adams.
w. w. Watson, guardian for L. N.
and G. j. Rhodes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-05-11

Ice water free at II. +. curlin's.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14

In other words, he mounted his
high horse and rode off. He had
been in the House of Care az long
as was good for him. The morning
was fine. There were several ex.
cellent adventures awaiting him.
Why should he tarry? He had
started upon a quest which had been
temporarily interrupted by petty
anxieties. Now that the sun was
shining, he sailed forth again with
stout heart.
The spirit Of Sir Scudamour is
the spirit of Easter. Here we NAV
see Religion casting aside the apollo.
getic manner and issuing forth with
new confidence. It is the festival
OF the resurrection, of the flowing
back OF the life currents through
channels which for time had been
left dry. 1t is springtime, and as
the sap mounts in the tree 80 does
hope mount high in the human soul
There is sense of perennial youth,
fresh JOY in:
The freer step, the fuller breath,
The wide horizons grander view,
The sense of life that knows no
death.
The Life that maketh all things
| new.
Fortunately, this glad sense OF
life and Of its boundless possibilities
is the monopoly of no sect: nor is
it determined by any dogma. It is
mot a theory but condition. - 1t
is the coalition Of OVERLOOKING
health physical and spiritual. There
is the sense of what the New Tesla
ment calls the power of an endless
life," of something SO strong that
it carries all before it. Walt Whit.
man, half pagan that he was, had
this joyous confidence, while many
ain anemic saint has been beset by
continual fear. The fact is that il
is an out-of-door feeling. It belongs
to the open road, where it is natur.
al to be going on.
In the House of Care we may dis.
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"De Is Risen"

cuss the problem OF Immortality,
and hear great argument about it
and about" But the real skeptic-
ism is not so much about the con-
tinuance as about the quality of life.
Is it, after all, worth keeping up?
What is it but a weary round Of
futile efforts and petty duties? Per-
haps it does not matter much how
it turns out. It is but a series Of
monotonous and meaningless events
But some fine morning we awake in
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14

q different mood. We will not ex-
list any longer among the shut-ins.
Why should we tarry longer in the
stuffy, noisy, House of Care? Let
US go out into the sunshine where
men are at work. Let us take q
full breath, and stand erect, and
step cheerily forth upon our journey.
If we cannot define life to our salts
faction, we can, at least, try to live.
Let us take counsel of our hopes and
not of our fears. Let us keep on
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! a new adventure, we begin to see
the meaning of the Immortal Hope.
It is not selfish demand for re-
ward for what has been done. 1t is
rather the eager desire to continue
the work that has been begun,
TennysOn expresses the SOULS long
ing.
She desires no isles of the blest,
no quiet seats of the just
TO rest in golden grove, or to
bask in a summer sky;
Give her the wages of going on,
and not to die.
There is community of inter-
est" among all idealists. They all
crave the wages of going on"
Whether he be an artist, or pat
riot, or a civic reformer, or a pro-
phet of rel gion, the idealist is one
who has caught fleeting glimpse
of some good thing which is at once
the symbol and the promise of a
better thing for which he eagerly
waits and works. The vision he
has seen makes him expectant of
what is to come as its fulfilment.
So the idealist loves words which
begin with the plucky particle
"re''-again. They are great words
whose meanings may not be exhaust
ed-Religion, Regeneration, Res
direction, Reformation, Revolution.
1t is as if the spiritual elements in
us, over-borne by daily cares and
given up for dead, sprang up and
cried cheerily: Here we are again!"
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bravely and not think that every
turn of the road is the end.

bravely and not think that every
turn of the road is the end.
1t is upon the Open Road that We
find the hearty believers, the men
who "have life and have it more
abundantly." They take life as an
adventure. They meet all its diff
culties with resilient energy. They
accept no limitations as final, and
they find in danger only chal-
lenge.
There is religion of courage and
of cheer which transcends all creeds.
Bunyan's Mr.. Great-heart met up
on the road one Mr.. Honest, whom
he slapped on the back, saying: Il
know thou art cock of the right
kind" Mr.. Honest described life
as he had found it. 1T happens to
us as it happeneth to wayfaring
men; sometimes our way is clean,
sometimes foul; sometimes up hill,
sometimes down hill; we are seldom
at certainty; the wind is not always
on our backs, nor is everyone a
friend that we meet with in the
way. We have met many notable
rubs already, and what are yet be-
hind we know not"
These notable rubs Mr.. Honest
took as a matter of course. 1t was
a good journey and he was going to
keep on. And when he came to
the dark river. Mr.. Honest was not
greatly disturbed; he simply took
the next STEP. Then Mr.. Honest
called for his friends, and said to
them: I die, but shall make no
will. As to my honesty, it shall 60
with me; let him that comes after
be told this When the day that
he was to be gone was come, he adj
dressed himself to 60 over the river.
Now the river at that time over
flowed the banks in some places
but Mr.. Honest in his lifetime had
spoken to one, Good Conscience to
meet him there, the which he also
did, and lent him his hand, and
50 helped him over"
When we see Mr.. Honest trud.
ging along the common road care.
less of notable rubs'' he has re-
ceived and anxious only to lend a
helping hand to Mr.. Feeble-mind
and Mr.. Ready-to-Halt and when
we see Sir Scudamour riding forth
from the House of Care in search OF
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-14
g The Renewal Of the Quest I
The Spirit Of Easter is the Spirit Of the Open Road
By SAMUEL M. CROTHERS in Golfers

N THE "F~rie Queene" we are
told how Sir scudamor came at
n;ehtfall to miserable cottage
.he aide OF muddy stream. 1t
y the House of Care. Care was
W. s,' old blacksmith, "a wretched'
rsarish elfe'" Who working 'n'es-
sanity,
ITO small purpose yron wedges
made,
These be unquiet thoughts that
careful minds invade.
uo,r after hour the bellows wheezed
and the hammers rang, while the
tired knight sought rest:
Oft changing sides. and oft new
place electing
Where better seemed he mote him
self repose;
And oft in wrath he thence againe
uprose,
And oft in wrath he layd him
down againe.
And all the night the dogs did
barke and howle.
We know the ways OF this wret-
ehed old disturber of peace, for we
have all at some time spent night
il the House Of Care. We are curl
o,,s to know what Sir Scudamou1
did.
Had he been a conscientious gen.
teman Of sendentary habits he would
have spent the following day labor.
inq with the old blacksmith and
seeking to convince him of the
vorthlessness Of his iron wedges.
He might have gone so far as to or.
eanize an anti-noise society, across
the road from the blacksmith shop.
But being only healthy-minded
knight-errant, what he did was alb.
surdly simple. At peep of day,
without stopping to argue the mat.
ter,
Unto his lofty steede he clomt
anOne
And forth upon his former voiagt
Jared.
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Easter Superstitions.
Draw the egg Of violet hue.
Means friends fond and true.

Easter superstitions.
Draw the egg Of violet hue.
Means friends fond and true.
Pink viii bring you luck.
A lover full Of pluck.
Gladly take the egg OF green.
,-ood fortune soon win be seen.
Wealth and happiness with the 80
OF gray. :
Keep It and hide safely away.
The egg Of blue y
Means lovers few.
Do not touch the egg Of red.
II You do you'll never wed.
lover this very night
II you draw the egg Of white.
Youth marry in another town
II you choose the egg Of brown
White Wyaudotte eggs for setting.
(DustOn Strsin) Prize winning cock.
erel ut kannewick. III. w. Reaugh,
HanfOrd, Wash. SO
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80 -.ss ~Sr- "a -. .@..,.. e
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-05
The Jeers of a Crowd.

Quite aside from the physical horror of the thing, it isn't a pretty spectacle--a youth burned to death in mIdair, his body dashed to earth. because crowd had jeered him as coward and he had taken the dare" As the news dispatches have told, that is what happened at Troy, N. |.
 A big crowd had gathered to see an aviator fly. The weather con- ditions warned against an attempt and the bird man. wanted to heed the warning. But the crowd. ig- norant and skeptical, called at him mat he was a coward; so he made the try"
 There are few emotions more pit- eous than the hesitation of a human being between false ridicule and a foolish bravery. Courage called on the young aviator to smile in the faces Of the crowd and walk away. But a sensation of bravery pricked hlm to take the dare." He yielded when he should have refused. and his life paid for it.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-05
reached their present chaotic con-

reached their present chaotic con- lditions,
 Would you select for the cashier lof your bank a man who had been charged with bribery, but who had never been tried to see II ne was guilty or not?
 Would you take such man into your family as a brother, and per- init him to take from it the flower of your flreside?
 Would you take for your spokes- man in an affair of great magni- tude man whom the public has adjudged to be guilty of a crime, which the law permitted him to escape trial upon?
 No, my friend, you would do nothing of the sort. In affairs which deal directly with you you want men of integrity, of proven worth and who have your interests and welfare at heart, to attend to.
 Are you not most intimately con- neeted with the affairs of the state government? Are you not citizen and taxpayer? 10 yon pay your taxes to have the money squan- dered? Do you vote for a man simply to shelve him and give the community rest?
 If you do anything of this sort, then you are not a good citizen.
 Until you take some interest i'll Arkansas government, the state will have no real government. We must have the good men, the real men, to come forward and sacrifice a portion of their time for the good of the commonwealth.
 We do not need politicians i'll the legislature. We need business men. We need men with horse sense, for the affairs of our state are just the same as business affairs you all meet daily.
 Come, wake up and look over the timber offered in your community Study the man, and instead of wink ing at the smooth deal the political friend who is seeking office has pulled off in previous imposition upon honest taxpayers, exercise a vote in your own interest.
 It is time the political blood suck CT was being divorced from his fat living.
 If you send one of the blather- sixties back here that served the 1911 term, or elevate some of the pup pets who desire exalted seats in that Choir Celestial, the Arkansas Senate, you should have the right of suff- rage transferred from yourself to your wife. She would not throw away her vote, or womanhood.- Arkansas Free Lance.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-05
The Equalization Board.

It seems that this year many of the equalization boards ill the dif- ferent counties appear to have taken the view that they are not mere automatons, but are supposed to equalize wherever equalization was needed and was equitable.
 In fact, the boards have in so many instances made increas s in the assessments that they have been called by some facetious persons the Board of Raisers."
 The board in Clark county has raised the assessment on real es- tate about $i,000,000, and is going to investigate the personal assess ments this week.
 In Miller, Faulkner and in many others they made large increases in the assessments, and it is reported that many increases were made in assessments in this county.
 The boards are appointed for the equalization of assessments and where assessments of the same character of property has different assessed values they should equal ize the values.
 The law now furnishes adequate relief to those whose property is assessed too high in the first in stance, and also to those who as- sessment has been raised too much.
 The boards are to be congratulat- ed where they make the proper ad- justment of assessnents-The Polk County Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-10-05
The Laxity of the Bank Law.

The failure of the Night and Day Bank in Little Rock again shows the laxity of our banking laws.
 ! His was another one-man bank, and it is reported that it will per- haps pay 40 cents on the dollar.
 No statements were published by this bank, and the public did not know who were the stockholders, the amount of it's paid-up capital stock or the status of it's business.
 A bank honestly conducted with an adequate paid-up capital has nothing to fear from a reasonable law, and while the state of Arkansas has had few failures, we should have law which would protect creditors and depositors before the damage is inevitable.
 Up-to-date banks are glad to give the public information in re- gard to their capital stock, stock holders and business, and will not object to a law requiring them to do what they do voluntarily--The Polk County Democrat.