The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-10-29
Election next Tuesday.


Only So days until Christmas
or less than two months.
Born TO the wife of Luther
Hurt, Tuesday, a daughter.
The Episcopal congregation
has installed furnace for heating
the church.
Cotton pick sacks-lots OF
them, all iszes and at lowest prize
Is at Bradley's.
Allie Ringo and Miss Nell Car
ter, of Clinton, were married at
Fulton, Sunday.
Mrs. Emily Marshall, mother of
Mrs. W. w. Richmond, at Gin
ton, died Tuesday.
SIX PER CENT MONEY fur
nished if you want to build a
house. See w. A. Dodds.
The stork left fine baby girl
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robt
DeBow Wednesday morning.
A committee should be appoint
ed TO erect a monument in mem
DRY of the city leyee proposition.
Hickman s Royal Arch Masons
enjoyed an oyster supper ut
Frost s Cafe last Friday evening.
The Fulton Leader says Mack
Roach, of that city, is a prcspec-
tive candidate for the State SEN
ate.
Query: Who is that mysteri-
GUS stranger, farmer, of the east
EN- said 10 be grooming for the cir
cult clerks racei
Col. Armitage, the Courier's
foreman, has Joined the buy a.
bale" ranks by purchasing a
bale from Harvey Wiseman at
Nc a pound.
Mrs. Tom Turner, of near Duke
dom, the young married woman,
who cut her own throat last Sat
urday night, because of de-
spondency over domestic matters.
died Wednesday. 1t is thought
her dependency led TO tempo
rary ALTERATION Of her mind.
She was married about two
years ago, when only l6 years of
age.
In order to cut expenses, the
Fiscal court discontinued the
lights in the clock tower on the
court house. We hear quite a
good dead of complaint in regard
10 this matter, as insignificant as
it is. The county, we are told,
agreed to furnish the lights for
the clock if the town of Hickman
would furnish the clock and
keep il in running order. Some
of our citizens say we have COM
piled with our contract and posi-
bly, the county fathers overlook
ed their obligation in their desire
TO economic.
j. NJ. Pullen, for the past four
years in the photograph business
in Hickman, and his wife left yes
terday for Crystal Springs,
Fla, where they viii make their
future home. Crystal Springs is
socialist colony, and j. NJ.
being a dyed in the wool
socialist, will now experience his
beloved principles in practice as
well as theory. Mr.. Pullen is
jumping from the tripod and
hyp0 to the mug and razor; he
is going 10 try the barber bust
ness. Their many friends here, in
Guiding the Courier, wish them a
full realization of their dreams
in the land of sunshine aud
orange blossoms.
There il wide spread move
ment on all over the United
States to send a ship load Of
Christmas presents to the father
less little ones IN the warriug
countries of Europe. The spirit
of this move win find ready re
spouse in TIE heart of every
Uercon who witt think for mo
ment what il means. A toy, Il
cap, sack of candy-any little
thing that will bring cheer TO
childish heart-md tighten the
sad burden of the mothers, who
now, perchance, faces the world
in want and sorrow K. NJ. lsler
informs the Courier that his
company (Southern express will
carry free Of charge any box Of
gifts we would like TO send.
Nothing to do but deliver it to
the company's office The
Christmas ship, sent at the ex-
pense of our government will
leave Nov. 18th, and our box
should leave Hickman not later