The Hickman Courier from Hickman, Kentucky • Page 1

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We dont believe la foroins a paper oa anyone. If you do not want to mil a copy, keep the ubaorip-tlon paid up. A notice of expiration li siren bere tf daye ahead with A Blue Mark THE HieKMRN COURIER. Volume 52 HICKMAN, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912 Number 5 1 GINS CHANGE HANDS. Bondurant and Driver Sell To Roberts Cotton Oil Co.

THE M. 0. EXTENSION. Soma Inside Facta About The Propoted New Lino. Aa a general rule the inaldu work ing of railroads aru curried on with Uio utmost silence.

Those not con-iiccUxl wHh such a corporation tut ho enjoy. Uio confidence o( its wan-ngomcul likewise ndbcro to tuo tacl-tuni rulo governing railroad business Hut, In Uio instance of the CI tuo now road from Dycrsburg to lllckinau, which projoaoa to extend It limit (row Hickman to Metropo lu, wo consider it no Im-acu of i-OllfJdellCO (O glVO SOUW ftiCU con- ctuIi tlii movement. 11m) publio la well aware Ui.M the M. fc O. In lu UUgalon with tin-Illinois Central.

Tho laitor road trying to got control of (bo now vnu. Thereby bans a tale. Hickman people should bo luteresl-td lu tho outcome of IhU null, which Is pondlug In the court of Teunus- see. iu outcome would of course uo of no great cotuequenco a regard tlio future operation of Uio pr.ent Duut; tbo service would doubUitm cotitiuuo saUsfactorlly llut wo arv lntoreud in tbo extension of Uio Urn-from Hickman to Metropolis, or ratn vr l'aducah. Tho buudiug of Uio rood from Hickman- to Metropolis would give tut an eastern outlet con-iivcUou with roads al l'aducah and iho 1.

G. at Clinton nud tho O. at some point in tho iKtniiy of Jliiwow. ThvM) would mean more lo us than Iho road we hao in op-'ration; although tho line from Lljr emburg to this city ha boou of great I4hiU to us lu many ways, oiw of which la tho supplyiug of our biggest loco Industry with Umber llut to set thi eastern counucUon. In short, means that tho 11 (1.

must build before tho sotUomout of tho suit In question, If the I. should set control of tho line. It is HluiMta cinch that. they would never WuAU tho Hue- roro illckuwu oa vast thoy would huvo no good naeon for doing o. However, thoy havo mado t.oral crand stand plajs by survey las between I'aducah and HJcknian, lu fact.

It Is thought that liny havo a surveying party on tho routo at -work now. llut If tho ixicoeeda In making tho extension, whatowr tbo outcome, tho road and bervlco would hao to bo maintained It is thoivforo a matter of interest to us that tho M. 0. build tho lino from Hickman, to Clinton, at least, beforo tho first day of Novcni-tor, at which timo tho final derision In tho railroad fight will bo forthcoming. If anything Is to bo dono, it should bo dono at onoo.

If tho matter hi of sufficient Interest to us to want tbo extension modo, wo should hit while tho Iron Is hot This Is the present utatus of tho matter, as wo undcrvtond It, and Is Blvon without reserve, bocauso wc nbould bo Interested In an castorn outlot, which will mean much to JUclonan In a business way. The Crystal tc and 10c. Coal at swomer prices. A. A.

lrU. WEATHER: Unsettled today; Friday fair and warmer. llarsatfia la shoos and slippers at Millet Iloorn Drown and McKeo Johnson woro in Kullon Sunday. Judgo W. J.

JicMurrj' has been commissioned a notary public by lov. MoCreary. MoWng pictures at tho Lyric Sat urday nlglit. Thrco big reels of pictures and Illustrated faonft. MUxs Lola Copcland and William Wcaks, both of near Wlngo, wcrv married at I-'ulton, Sunday.

Don't mlflo tho bargains that Mlllot ft Aloxandor offer In urokon lots of Mens, women and Chlhlrens Oxfords nnd Slippers. M. Monro won hero from Union t'ity, Tuesday, looking nftor tho illtitmnn exchange of Iho Cumber-tuid Tolopliono Co. Tho cool, damp weather of the past days hns boon anything but bonc-tnin to cotton nnd corn crops of 'Mh scotlon. KoporU from tho hot-lonw any tho cut worms havo about mined all corn thnt wti up and have nttnckwl Uio cotton.

Unless wo have some hot weather right awny, tho rop conditions are not going to bo Vury encouraglBK. Here A Steel RangeSix Holes, High Warminp; Closet Galvanized Reservoir Side Feed Pouch Large Size Oven Burns Wood or Coal. Economical in Use of Fuel Uy Uio solo of Uio ball park to tho Kast St. Louis Cotton OH Hickman Iosch tho training grounds for Joe Cnntlllon's Minneapolis baso ball team, besides grounds for our fast locul team. Efforts are bolng ninuo to find anoUior placo but if nono can be found, Hickman will not have this team training hero any more.

This club coming hero overy year is an xcollout ndvcrtlsimont for Hickman nnd wo should not let them go olso-whero If wo can holp ourselves. W. L. Mosby, tho loveo contractor In partnership with C. T.

Hondurnnt, Is dnngorouBly 111 of pneumonia and reports from his bedside this morning say that ho may not recover. Atty. T. N. Smith is hero from Fulton today on business.

mm iA- -v" is the On The $25.00 Sold on installments, if desired. Ellison's Incorporated. CIRCUIT COURT. Kred McClaln et al vs. T.

E. Ilrndy. Jlaintlff sues- by next frlond for damages ho claims to have received by being bitten by a dog owned by tho defendant. Ho claims ho is dnmngeU to tho oxtont of $760. Ellison's Grocer vs.

Sain Salmon. Suit on noto for 2S7.76. Georgia Pnto vs. Andy Dowd. Tho nlniii'Ui says some cotton that sho ralbcd is being hold unlawfully and is suing for posesslon of Uio cotton vnlued nt $80X9 and $10 damages.

Grovcr Salmon vs. Joo Cnntlllon. Suit for $C5 for balanco duo on contract for paintlnf Standard Oil Co. vs Smith Spark- man. Suit for account of $89.27.

Lon Binford Guardian et al vs. Mrs. jL ir 8 Best Rane Market Grocery It. A. Roblnuon.

Settlement of estate Ella Vincent vs. Win. J. Vincent. Suit for divorce.

Waltor D. Wallace vs. Dorothy M. Wallace Suit for divorce. The cou-plo wus married In- Troy, on lilarch 21, 1911, and plnllnUff claims ho was abandoned by her husband April 1, 1911.

Margaret Gilbert vs. Iko Gilbert. Suit for dlvorco on tho (rounds of a-bandonment. They were married In March, 1909. Ganey SmlUi vs.

Itnstus Smith. A suit for dlvorco and custody of two children. Abandonment ia alleged. C. G.

Schlcnker was in Union City Monday. AINT IT THE TRUTH? Prof. E. S. Clark, who was elected principal of Uio Hickman school, vis ited the town and then decided ho would decline tho position.

Ho must be hard to plcaso li he doesn't like Hickman: Clinton Gazette. Gen. Edward S. Bragg, commander of tho famous Iron Brigado during tho Civil War, died at Fon du Lac, Juno 20. Gen.

Bragg had been In feeble health for a number of years. Ho was 85 years old last February. He served sovoral terms in Congress as a Democrat from Wiscon sin. After his retirement from Congress he represented tho United 6tates in diplomatic positions in Cuba Mexico and China. The two big cotton gins at llick-mau were sold Monday to the Huberts Cotton OU with hfcaduuur-ero at Mumyhhi, but who operate ex tensively through Uio South.

One of these gins was owned by S. Driver, being established several years ago by S. JL. Dodds, and the other, known oa the Farmers Gin Grain was organized by local capital -is 's three years ago and was the property it C. T.

Bonduraot. At the same time Mr. Iloberts, president of Uio Hobem concern, waif-ncgoUaUns a trade with Bonuumut and Driver, the Kast St. Louia Codfuti Oil -which is a bis concern op- eroUug a large per cent of the gius -fh souUieast Missouri, started a crew of men on the construction work of 1 building a big gin here for themselves. The new gin is being erected on the property in West Ulckman, used as I a baseballnark, and will be of gen- erous capacity.

In a word, there ia a light on between those rival oil companies; may not bo a question of the survival of the fittest, but merely that of dollars and cents and it hi to he presumed that both companies are financially ahle to make the thin; interesting. Unless something new develops, the cotton planter of this section will hae a chance to get the top price for his product this year If he succeeds In raising any cotton This state of affairs In hrought about by the ifiict that boUi companies claim this territory, and in addition to this some local business sparks fell in Uio powder keg. There is also another cotton oil concern the East Tennessee Cotton Oil Co. looking into the Hickman field with longing eyes and lncrsas- teg appetite. Their regroEontattve jwa here, a cured options oa such sKee aa he thought might suit his corporation.

It is that they may yet Install a gin here. Prospects then become good for four gins in thiB city. Ail this is well and good; hut there Is one danger. While two opposing companies operate here they will pay right prices; when the -weaker one is forced to pull out, then trust policies as a rule are brought Into play. It is necessary, as thoy figure, to get back what they spent in the fjght also wLat their opposition put into the fight and the planter with a big crop, encouraged by good local prices, suddenly finds the bottom 'dropped out of Uio market.

The surest preventative for such an evil is the existence of a small gin owned and operated by local men; even then, an oil concern has the beet of those who depend exclusively upon ginning. The oil men can make their profits on Uio oil products. For Uio present our cotton growers will sit In the grand stand and tho fur and feathers fly as the commercial giants lock horns for the championship In Hickman territory. "FIRE." Kennedy. "Better be Insured than sorry." Kennedy.

Lum Carter and wife wereh ere from Cayce yesterday. Wo have several Refrigerators lo close out at about coat. Hickman Hardware Co. Carl Johnston, of this county, but formerly of Memphis, and Miss Ola Whltworth, nteo of this county, wore married June 25. LOST: Deep red cow, with horns, split in each car, branded on hip.

Got away Sunday night. KoUfy Courier office and get' reward. 3p D. P. Lelbovltz is spending the week with home folks at Lowisport, Ky.

His brother is here looking after the storo during -Dave's absence. The Cumberland Telephone Company moved their office yesterday from over Cowgill'a Drug Store to tho second story of Uio Courier build- Ing. Too company has installed new switchboard and cabled the lUckman system. There is every xoa-reason now to expect first class ser-Jllckman system. There is every reason now to expect first class service.

Tho change has cost several thousand dollars. The Western Union Telegraph now under Uio same management as the Cumberland, will also havo their office fn the Courier build-in. 4.i5.- y.H.