The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-12-23

heo-tour good horses and "a wagon
Tor example with four horses at $3.50
apiece, 5000, the cost Of shoeing aud
harness Is 90 be considered. the whole
viii cost not less than 81 1000. adding
In the cost OF maintaining these horses
az $500 a month IL $500 year and
you have 10 add that TO the original
cost In six years your thousand aud
horses and wagon Is gone. az they viii
be- worn out The maintenance will
cost you not less than $500 year
$500 per day We may say that the
same team will DO double the work
over a macadam road az they will DO
over a dirt road SO that the farmer
IN the Item OF four horse team. wagon
and driver saves al least one dollar
per day by the use of macadam road
When the farmers have calculated the
saving Of one item % transportation,
the taking OF their products to the
market. leaving out the pleasure %
travelling over the macRdam ruads 20
himself and TO his family. leaving out
the advantages 10 The children ln al.
tending school. and hls family attend.
ing church, leaving out the features
OF bringing him closer 10 tho market
or 10 the mill on the basis OF dollars
and cents, there Ia no better Invest.
mcut 20 the producer than Ia the max
lng u a cheap and convenient means
Of bringing the farmers commodities
10 the market
But iot us take a broader and higher
view Every man who casts his ballot
ia the hOIe u receiving some pecuuIa.
~ or personal benefit. either IN emoIu
menis of ONCE OF some pecunlary AS.
vantage 10 a menace iy that mean
that the mar who votes a.mply 10
Keep up some political organigitlon.
the man Who votes at the cali Of a
boss the man vho votes for monet
In hand IL a menace 10 the liberty %
a nee people
This government rests upon the as. /
Interested devotion 10 high ideals u 4
u Is The foundation upon
which the republic rests became a
majority absolutely rules IN this coun i
Try. And whenever that majority /
ceases 10 De honest this government
vii topple Ike a house OF cards
What has preserved this govern.
nieni for a hundred and nny Years or
more' will toll you Tho simple
citizen seated Ia cane bottom chair
on a rag carpet before an open hre
place. With a Bible 90 bis knees and
his family grouped about him h.s head
bowed simply and rpyereufy askiuF
God TO guide him through ne urht
and arising In the fear ~ that same
God AT dawn 10 lake 40 toe simplo
tasks Of The day lie votes OF no
thought 0f profit 90 himself but for
he good N his family and the honor
d bis country and the glory OF bis
sod. This Is the power upon which
his republic tests and must forever
est
Now We iaIk about this simple life.
~ high ideals. aud Iis noble purposes
nd yet there Do loo Kentucky a con.
inual exodus from De country 10 the
oWn. make mo- warfare upon the
lV ] have lived lu towns the most
u my lIie but shat mean 10 say.
hat What we need 10 more good PEG.
PIE on The farms DO the country. II
VII cheaper the costs OF llylng In
own 10 will bI.nE more CUSTOMERS.
nd new lie aud new capital to our
reat cities
II is au iuyIncible instinct for men
D seek the society of their fellows to
alher as Ec have Wlhcred here 10. /
ay In great muttlics II Is az ma.
lfal az Tor partndgos 10 gather In II
OWES In the field. or birds In nocks II
the sky 10 Is essential 10 he hap
mess. the mental and moral welfare Ii
mankind. Just so much az food or
Ioihing The thiug that has de- II
.royed rural lite the thing that has
populated fertile lands ls the lonoli. II
ess and Isolation Of life In the coun. II
y Our girls and boys who live In
iral districts are literally marooned II
The winter without access 10 the
1sloiiice. the church or the school
to the doctor In time Of sickness ID
TO The store for the bare neressi. =
es OF life Ia any other way than on A