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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Escue and
aunt Patty Wilson are visiting
friends in Memphis this week. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Thelbert Hicks en-
tertained the young society set
with party Friday night.-Miss
Zula Easterwood and a company
of friends from McAnna, visited
Miss Callie Barnes SATURDAY.
night. = Mrs. Bert Howard re-
turned home from Hickman Sat
urday where she has been at
tending the bed side of her sick
brother. = U. Il. Williams son,
Boyce, is on the sick list. - Mr..
and Mrs. John Burcham were In
Obion Saturday.-Howel and
Dolph Hicks drove q Lot of cat
tie to Union City Saturday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Norrid spent
Sunday with w. II. Howard and
family.-Fred Graves who has
been spending a few weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Buck Escue, re
turned to his home in Troy Mon
day.-Amus Parks, of Trimble,
was here Tuesday.-Prof. c. G.
Hill has sold his farm to Mr.. Bon
durant and will enter school at
Martin.-The singing at Mr.. Bon
durant s was largely attended
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Kirk went
to Hickman Wednesday to see
her brother who is very sick with
rheumatism.-Eva Osborn's visi-
tors this week were the Misses o.
borns, of Sanders Chapel. MIR.
and Mrs. II. w. Howard spent
Thursday night with Bob BRITT
and family.-Fred Pinion attend
ed to business in Hickman Satur-:
day. = Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Marshall moved to Union City
Monday. = Lowell Howard spent
Wednesday night with Henry and
Bob Howard.-Miss Fanny Nell
Howard spent Thanksgiving with
Leila Howard Several from here
attended the play at Woodland
Mills Thursday night and re-
ported it a great success.-Til-
don Green transacted business In
Hickman Saturday. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Green, of Mound City,
Ills, visited Luther and Goldy
Wilson this week.-Dr. Il. ID.
Nichols and wife happened to q
Very painful accident on Thanks
giving when out driving In their
car. While going around q cor
ner they ran into a wagon and
team, neither saw the other IN
time to prevent an accident. DR..
and Mrs. Nichols were thrown up
on the wind shield and wore cut
and bruised about the face, but
not hurt seriously. The doctor
had fever several days after,
but is able to be out again. The
car was injured some BY the
tongue of the wagon pushing
through the radiator.-Mrs. Sue
Howard and sister, Lela, spent
Thanksgiving night in Woodland
Mills with Mrs. Jennie Logan.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-12-07
thew will doubtless continue
serve a large patronage.

The trial of Byrd E. choate,
a. charge Of mayhem, has been
at For Dec. 20, at Mayfield- Mr..
S;s Oa anpesrscnce, and, when IN.
d;cted' asked for an 'mmedla1e
trial.
/ r,,.~&.,ed tonight, probspV
pain. 1ki1ay IN.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-12-07

Raisins, in either cans o.
q Prather'6.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
100 Rooms of Solid Comfort

Hotel Savoy. Overland and Stanton;
everything new. strictly modern; can't
be beat for price; $3.50 week up.-Ad7.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
INDIANA HON0RS DEAD POET RILEY;
BODY LIES IN STATE At CAPITOL
Hundreds Get Last Glimpse of Hoosier Poet Who Died
Saturday Night Result of Second Paralytic stroke
Funeral Service Will Be Held at His Home Tuesday;
Riley Was One of Few Who Made Poetry Pay.

T Instead of preparing for the prac-
+ tice of law, as his father wished, the
son turned itinerant sign painter. For
| 10 years he roved through the Ohio
valley. painting signs on fences. He
had the trick of the brush and pencil
and cleverly drew sketches illustrating
| the virtues of merchandise. He was
naturally musical and Shone as a fid-
der in the villages at which his party
stopped at night He played for dances
and a concerts in country hotels He
wrote rhymes. which sometimes found
their way into country newspapers.
Became NeWspaperman.
He led this cheerful. free and easy
life late in the 70s, then he took en-
ployment as a reporter on a newspaper
at Anderson, Ind In 1877. for the pur-
pose, as he said, OF proving that he
could write poetry Of value. ne perpe-
trated the Poe hoax which for years
was a literary sensation. He wrote
poem in the style of Edgar Allen Poe.
TO which he gave the characteristic title
OF "LeOnanie." and il was offered TO the
public as a hitherto unpublished prod
uct of the genuius of Poe. One of the
stanzas was:
'Ieonanie-angeIs named her.
And they took the light
OF the laughing stars and framed her
In a smile of white
And they made her hair of gloomy
Midnight and her eyes of bloomy
In the solemn night
In some quarters the poem was ac-
cepted as genuine: in others It was de-
nounced as a fraud After the contro-
versy had waged for months Riley
confessed
He Read His Own Verses.
In the early SOS he began writing
verses in '.HoOsier" dialect for the old
Indianapolis Journal He sent some
of his poems to Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow and they received his
praise A volume was published and
the Hoosier poet began to win a
public He was an excellent reader of
his own dialect verses and for the fol-
tours OF the country, appearing in pub
lie with great success both alone and in
association with the humorist. Bill Nye,
who was his intimate friend
Publication of books of poems year
after year brought Riley a fortune and
wide recognition of his literary genius
In 1902 he received the degree of
master Of arts from Yale university and
in 1904 the University Of Pennsylvania
tor Of letters. Indiana university
conferred the honorary degree of LII D. !
on him in 1907.
In July, 1911. the poet presented to
the city of Indianapolis property valued
at $4,000 for a site for a public Ii I
brary and school administration build 1
ing.
Never Married.; Loved Children.
Mr.. Riley never married but he was
a lover OF children. whose spirit he |
OWNED so intimately. and of family
life Many of the last years of his life /
he spent quietly at his home in a Sc
Guided section of Indianapolis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

and would tell them stories of Little
Orphan Annie and the Gingerbread
Man.
Home on LOckerbIe Street.
The Riley home on Lockerbie street
set back among the naples. was wor-
shipped as a shrine by all Indiana To
go TO Indianapolis and not drive out
past the Hoosier poets home would
De like going 70 Mount Vernon without
visiting WashingtOn's home No one
disturbed him with calls except his
closest friends for il vas an unwritten
la " that the poet was not TO be dis
tured among his books and reveries IN
the cool library Of the big old fash
toned house with the vines and flowers
and sugar naples for 4 setting. His
nearest neighbOrS were the most en-
Wed people in the Hoosier capital
They Knew Riley. When one neigh
borly house wife baked a good batch
Ct gingerbread or another made a
mountain of pumpkin pie (they call
il 'punkin" back there) she rolled
down her sleeves. busted the flour off
o. her bingham apron and ran over to
Mister" Riley's with it
Requited Love.
This great love was requited by the
famous man of LOckerbie street He
gave the proceeds of his poems for a
year 10 build library that the poor
VINO lived along POgue's Run and IN
the shop district might live with the
great writer's as he lived with them
in his library where the morning sun
poured in through the high window
with its box Of verbenas and petuniss
holding in the breeze Once each
ear. on his birthday, he would have
his easy chair placed on the veranda
and, all afternoon ne would keep the
court of love as his little subjects
poured past reverently. fingers in
mouths and faces shiny with too much
SOAP. At the close Of the day Riley
would sigh as ne watched the sun set
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
By NORMAN WALKER.

-rIS harp is stiIled. The Hoosier
n sweet singer will sing no more
- = Of the fields and woods and run
aing brooks. All Indiana mourns to-
day for the best beloved man in
Hoosierdom- James Whitcomb Riley
has gone to sleep to awaken in the
land Of Elsewhere" of which he
sang 50 sweetly-
In many ways Jim" Riley was the
typical Hoosier. Gentle without be-
ing effeminete. great yet unaffected.
rugged but as polished as a courtier,
he was the perfect product OF a state
which stands for sincerity and for
things Cand people, as they are.
Running through his writings is a
note OF loneliness which gives them
an added charm. Jim" Riley was
lonely for he lived much alone with
his books and his dream children and
his memories He never married and
his An Old Sweetheart of Mine" is a
page out of his life. Having no family.
he adopted the children of the state as
his own and poured out from the full
ness of his heart all the love OF little
children which welled up from that
great fount Of love And his love
Uas not lost upon the children Of
Hoosierdom for they worshipped Riley
as the god of childhood
Received His Children
Each year, when his birthday ami
verSary arrived. he recelN ed a flood Of
post cards from his children" as he
loved to call them, crowds OF fluffy
frocked little ones crowded about the
home on Lockerbie street and wor-
shipped al the shrine of their patron
saint Riley would smile in his sad,
sweet way. pat the little curly heads
who swarmed around his easy chair
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

, after what he always called the one
perfect day of his whole year. Once
he drove in his automobile TO Green
field. his old home. and there received
tbs homage of his children"
Like Lincoln.
{ To Indiana Riley has always been
what Abraham Lincoln is 10 Illinois
Il was not his fame which spread
beyond the seas, nor his wonderful
v orks. but the love which comes first
/ in the minds of all HOLSTERS They
are as jealous of this love as a be
trOthed lover or the mother for the
first born The world may sing Jim
Riley's songs and cherish his gems but
Indiana claims his love for her own
This has been so since Riley first
toured the state lecturing, singing his
h0mely songs OF HoosierdOm and low
ing little children.
II was characteristic Of New York
end the east that II awakened to the
fact that the world had a new Keats
had Acknowledged him. But Indiana
hid known him for what he was since
he first struck the lyric Tyre and made
the whole world listen
The Tie That Binds.
Hoosiers who have been exiled have
never lost their love for their home
state and Riley's writings have done
more than any other thing, save only
the old home ties. TO bind the exiles
TO their native state There is no dis
LOYALTY in this love for they love their
adopted state no less because they
10 e their home state more just as a
man loves his own home more because
he retains with deeper love, the old
home of his boyhOod.
Melody of the Meadows
Riley's writings are filled with the
melody Of the mellow autumn and the
fresh spring as il is in no other place
than Indiana He has caught the Tilt
OF the meadow lark across the freshly
plowed field and his lyrics breathed
Enf-neGz
word pictures are Of the rail fences
v it'll their angles overgrOwn with
goldenrOd and the daisy fields nodding
in chorus 10 the symphony OF the west
wind His lutte poured forth liquid
notes which were always true and he
caught the spirit OF his state as did
Wordsworth and Byron their own land
SubcOnsciOus Impressions.
When he was boy swimming in the
ole Swimmin' Hole" a young man
painting these same fences with patent
medicine signs and riding from place
10 place on a patent medicine wagon,
Jim" Riley absorbed the spirit of his
state II was a subconscious impress
sion that he gained and one that he
probably never knew he possessed IN
I'll he started 10 write when the melody
Of the meadows and the brooks and
fields poured forth from his pen like
liquid music
sad. Sweet Smile.
When his hand was stilled by the
stroke" he said he would never write
again for he feared il might not be
TO dictate a centennial poem but Il
was not the Riley who wrote of old
He was patient and lovable TO the end
and, as the body lies in state today in
the capital Of his beloved state. I can
see a sad. sweet smile on the face OF
the sleeping singer.
Jim" Riley sleeps but his songs
live on in the hearts Of his children
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
4 NarratiOe of Everyday Affairs
" Their Married Life "
Helen Meets Her Mother In Cleveland

rhe night was breathless. Helen lay
In her upper berth and never closed her
eyes The rattle and rumble OF the
train which was usually so soothing
Kept her awake, and the heat was ter
z.ble
Helen had never dreamed that she
could not get lower berth. but a
convention OF some kind was taking
place in New York. and the best she
could get was an upper.
BY the time the train rolled into the
Grand Central she was cross and al
most sick She felt illtreated. too. for
after due reflection she had decided
that a few days more or less would
not have mattered. and that she might
Just as well have taken a rest and
returned the latter part of the week
She hoped that Warren would appre-
ciate her efforts to be with him, but
he probably wouldn't. he hadn't been
particularly thoughtful of late
Helen got off the train with the
crowd and relinquished her bag to a
porter II seemed warmer in New York
than il was in Ohio. and everyone
looked wilted. In spite of the fact that
she had powdered her face she could
feel little spots of perspiration gather
under the hair on her forehead. This
TACT did not make her any more COM
Portable and by the time she saw War
rem in the crowd she was so tired and
hot that she could hardly take an
other step.
Warren Consoles
You look tagged out" Warren said,
taking her bag from the porter. Sup
pose you had a bad night in the
sleeper"
Helen smiled a little YEARLY and
followed him outside. where he piloted
ncr into d taxi
Had the car here to meet you and
had a blow out just as 1 started 1t
was too late to 20 back and wait to
have the shoe changed. so 1 came right
Helen lay back on the cushion and
let the cool air fan her hot cheeks
then she turned to Warren Where
are We going, dear?"
Going to take you somewhere cool
for lunch"
"Oh. Warren. 7 couldn't eat a thing
Got one of your headaches. 1 sup
pose"
Yes. I have, dear I couldn't eat a
thing"
Did you have any breakfast"
Just some orange juice"
Thought so. No wonder you have
a headache You'll Just have a decent
lunch and then I'll take you home and
you can rest. Tonight We'll take a
spin in the car and go to some roof
garden It's great to have you back
again, even if you were only gone for
only three days"
Helen was cooler when they reached
the little restaurant, and she let War
rem order what he wished. A fan was
whirling near her, and when the waiter
brought her some iced boullion she
realized thai she was hungry. For
tie first time she saw the tired look
IL Narren's eyes as she smiled at him
across the table. After ALL how glad
she was TO be back with him, and at a
question of his about the trip she be-
gan to tell him everything in detail
Copyright, 1916. International News
Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

= INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 24--In-
diana today paid tribute to the
u memory Of James Whitcomb Riley,
the Indiana poet. who died Saturday
night as a result of his second stroke
OF paralysis. The body lay in state
at the Indiana capitol building from
o'clock this afternoon until o'clock
tonight and hundreds Of people passed
by to get a last glimpse OF the great
'Hoosier poet"
Gov. Samuel Ralston, in a letter to
Henry Eitel Of this city, brotherinlaw
of the poet, asked that the body lie
in state at the capitol The letter
which met with a favorable response
from the poets relatives, follows:
flames Whitcomb Riley was loved
by the people or Indiana as was no
other man In an exceptionally ten
der sense the people Of his native state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
DEFECTIVE WIRING CAUSES FIRE;
WOMEN ALMOST OVERCOME

Defective wiring in the basement of
the new 9. Z Warehouse apartment at
2ll West Missouri street. is believed to
have caused several residents to run
lot their lives Saturday night at $50
vast columns Of smoke were seen
coming up from the basement shortly
after the alarm was turned in and If
was necessary for firemen TO carry
MIS-. W; f Ward out OF the apartment.
Mrs. T. P kepley had a narrow es-
ape from the smoke Damages be-
caused by the fire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

TELEN had never remembered
n working so hard as she had to
= l. get Winifred ready to go west
for the summer. The dresmaker had
teen at the house for three days max
ing little dresses and Winifred had
worried Helen continually. for at
every hot day she seemed to droop a
little more, and Helen was afraid that
she would not be able to get the child
away before she became really i'll
Warren treasured Helen. although
he was worried and it was with re-
lief on both sides when everything
was finally ready and Helen and Wini-
fred had departed on the sleeper for
Cleveland
Helen met her mother on the morn
ing of a rainy day, the GOODNESS of
which was welcome
Cant you possibly come out for
Just a few days, Helen2" her mother
had asked earnestly. You look pale
and tired yourself. and the change
would do you so much good"
Helen thought longingly of the little
country town. the quiet doctors house
wnere nothing was hurried. the pros
3ect of a real rest, but she shook her
I couldn't. mother. promised War
rem I would be back
Warren would be the first one 10
tell you to stay if you would send
i Know that. but It wouldn't be
fair"
Not for few daysg"
NO. mother. much as I would like
TO come and you can't know how much
1 really want to come. / don't think /
ought. I don't approve of wives who
leave their husbands alone in the city
at any time, and Warren needs the
rest as much as I do
When are you going to take a vaca-
tion?''
Later on in the summer Warren
can get away-fOr two weeks, then L
snail go with him
An Invitation.
Cant you both get out herer'
I don't think so. dear. ] don't be
heve Warren would wan to some so
FAR. But you and father must come to
The city this fail when Winifred comes
home Just think, she is going to start
in school,
Helen's mother looked proudly down
az her small granddaughter.
That is" Helen went on. "if she is
good and drinks lots of milk and gets
fat and rosy We can't have any thin
little girls going to school, can we.
grandma 90
I'm not thin Winifred protested,
it's the hot days. they make me so
Helen exchanged looks with her
mother.
she seems to droop at the first hot
spell, she explained under her breath
Warren and I could hardly wait to
get her out here with you"
1T certainly agrees with her, and
you know. Helen, how glad We are to
have her"
Helen had left that night for New
New York The rain had stopped and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
Indiana Society To Haze
Riley Memorial Service

a Riley memorial service Will be held
by the FL Paso Indiana society No
date has yet been arranged for the
memorial service but W. H Case, presi-
cent Of the club, will name the COM
mittees soon for the service
Il will be held in one of the churches
OF the city and will be open to the
public There will be a sketch Of Riley,
readings from his poems and the play
ing of Riley's poems set to music
The Indiana club had arranged TO
have a Riley night the first meeting to
be held this fall and the memorial
service will be held instead
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
U. S. WAR VETERAN SAYS HE
WAS DRIVEN FROM IREL AND

New York. July 24-Richard Ebbett,
veteran Of the Spanish-American war.
arrived here Sunday aboard the steamer
St Paul He said he was deported from
Ireland where ne had made his home
Ebbett said his home at OldcastIe. Ire
land, was rifled by the British authori-
ties May 20. and Malayan sword
which he had obtained in the Philip
pines was taken away.
He said that after he had written
several letters asking the military to
return the sword, he was ordered seized
and deported from Ireland He said
he was put aboard the St Paul when
that vessel sailed from the other side.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
Hoosier Sweet Singer Sleeps;
Harp of "Jin1" Riley Is Still

Best Beloved Man Indiana Passes
Street; Wrote of Fields and Brooks Things They
Was the Typical Hooier; Body a Capitol
NORMAN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
NEGRO LABORER LEAVES A
TRAIN HERE: Is ARRESTED

charged with being a fugitive from
from Louisiana TO California. Sidney
Jones negro, was arrested SUNDAY
afternoon and is being held in the city
Jan. zones. II IS said. was IN route
other laborers on contract with a con-
structlon firm He is being held until
the official in charge OF the train an
pears for him "P-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24

felt and believed that he belonged to
fhrn and they mourn-bitterly mourn
his passing
As governor Of Indiana, am anx-
ious that the people be afforded al
opportunity to show the high respect
therefore to suggest that his remains
be allowed to lie in state in the TO
funda OF the capital"
Present arrangements are for the
funeral services TO be held at the home
Tuesday morning. These will be pri-
Tate and simple in accordance with
wishes OF the poet
Made Fortune From Poetry.
James Whitcomb Riley, born of the
middle west. sang the joys. sorrowS
fancies and humors Of its folk. largely
IN its own dialect The world was so
touched by his inspiration and the real
ism OF his homely symbols that he was
one Of the few, that, devoting their
lives to poetry, gained a fortune
Nj Riley was peculiarly sensitive as
20 the advance of age and evaded in
Quiries as 10 the date of his birth but
the most accurate information avail
able indicates that he was born in
1s4S.
should you ask his age" one of his
friends said. he would answer: This
side OF 40 and leave you TO guess
which side"
He Was No School Student.
The poet was the son of Reuben A
Riley, a lawyer and political speaker
of Greenfield, Ind. The boy could not
days, but he was wise in the lore of
streams and fields His mother. who
was Elizabeth Marine before her mar
rage, was a writer of verse and Riley
in later life attributed some of his i'm
practicability to her.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-24
BOYS ARRESTED IN STORE
CHARGED WITH SHOPLIETINC

Arrested as they walked out Of the
Emporium Dry Goods store al Oregon
and Overland streets. John Rice and
Willie Marshall, two bows. were
docketed on charges Of shopIifting
saturday afternoon at the police sta
ton.
In the possession OF the two boys
were found pair of shoes. two purses,
four cheap rings, two handkerchiefs
and a necklace.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-10-20

A green eye shade was far over
his eyes. One OF them was black.
All had evidently not heen. peacr
In the Park. .S
The annonncers are also the
bouncers below Yesler way.
He wore no coat. His sleeves
were rolled up.
Then the music blsred out again.
The man piano player was hatless.
his silk shirt was tucked In around
the collar. and cigaret wagged up
and down on his lower lip.
A trombone sneezed In perfect
time. as did traps. violin and cor
net.
The crowd surged back and forth
on and off the dance floors. the
girls urging the laggards to dance.
Pat Sullivan Is the alleged owner
OF the place. Ecker works for him.
A fellow named Louis Arnold is the
manager.
Two doors below the Park is
Dick Fleming's. SIG Fifth ave. s.
Other places are the Cave. ON
Occidental. near Washington St:
the Coeur d'Alene. at Sixth S. and
Dearborn: the Casino. on Sixth
ave. s.. between King and Weller
sts.. and the Dreamlaud. at Sixth
ave. s. and King st.
All OF these places run dance
halls in connection with the bar
rooms. One of them was ready to
open a gambling hall upstairs, but
was stopped. Some are said to be
violating the liquor law. others are
said to be shooting straight" on
the dry proposition.
The city council has issued H.
censes to all the places.
Some of the managers don't per-
NIT their girls to leave the halls
until closing time, and they say
the others are spelling the game
by mot being responsible"
The girls, lured by the advertise
ments, must dance with any man
who asks her company--and most
of those who seek girls down below
Yesler way are derelicts.