The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-09-08

In another column OF this paper will
be found the personnel of the Citizens
Ticket They are all clean, sensible
men-broadminded. yet conservative.
aud II elected. this or any other ticket
should have the united support of this
entire ticket L pledge myself. that I
shaii never speak Of another council
man except In the highest terms I de-
sire 10 be private. yet IL there il
anything 1 can do In anyway tbev
SNOW they have only to command ms.
III the next Council will pull together
themselves they can do much good
otherwise nothing. The old fable of
the man who had six sons will applv
here. He cut six sticks all the same
Size ana length and tightly bound them
with strong cord. Then calling All
OF his sons around him requesting each
one TO try his strength In breaking the
bundle. They all tried. and failed say,l
Ing if could NOT be done he told them 4
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80 Uy one aud they fell useless at his
feet He then had much to saw TO his
boys which have forgotten. anyway he
Illustrated the power OF strength in
unity We hope our next Council will
work together as one man.
our suggestion OF placing three
ladies ON the Council fell ON deaf ears.
but 1 still favor the plan with all my
heart No lady seems To think or care
much. but they will The time Is NOT
coming. IL l. here, and they must and
viii help resuce the things worth while
In this life Hickman has one grand
old mother and grandmother She may
have 600 but | know she has one Thy
their works ye shall know them). For
many. many long years she has stood
like "A stone wall and faced the enemy
with banner high and visor down: she
has lived 10 see and realize her noble
efforts and high ideals have not been
In vain. and now stands crowned with
a God-given crown OF gold l believe
AZ was Hugo who said that II was not
Wellington than marshalled the forces
and won the day at Waterloo. it was
God. I believe II was not the men OF
this Waterloo or the States of the
Nation that gave us prohibition and
womnn's suffrage. II was God. The men
or towards fought IL TO the last ditch
and are still fighting IL. I give here
an extract clipped from a paper last
week that II self-explanatory. You
may have read IL; N SO read IL again
and think We quote verbatim without
comment:
Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 30.-E- II,
Craig. retiring collector OF internal
revenue for Tennessee, today told mem
bers OF "A local club at "A luncheon that
at least % per cent OF the officers OF
the law In this state are cooperating
with moonshiners and bootleggers. Mr.
Craig asserted that there were % IL
licit whisky stills I'm the state today IN
comparison with one I'm December 1913
when he took office. and that 30 pet
81 ~ka. n. r. IN
present enforcement OF the prohibition
law"
The men Of this nation Is divided Il
two Glasses: The brave and the cow
ards I fear the towards are I'm tn
majority. IL - our officials. our Law
makers and county and state officer
are towards. Let's run them out an
replace them with brave. true. nobl
women. / often wonder why IL is tina
when we get good men I'm office the
won't stay there Look at John Shar
williams. of Mississippi. In the u
Senate. f. ID. Craig. Of Nashville. an
down home to our own beloved Bun
Gardner. OF our Judicial Circuit A
cry out I'm disgust or despair, TAX
this yoke of my neck" Williams say
he had rather be n dog and bay at III
moon. I viii give you my idea They M
I'm the minority; the towards are
the majority. The standards are tc
low, the pressure n too great.
I am intruding on space, but n
heart tells me 1 must thank the tw
good old soldiers who at least respon'
ed Gin a way) to our little article q
election They started the journa
OF life q few years before me. but
have travelled the same road They he'
seen two great wars, i only rememb'
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