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During the Rush and Worry of the Last Days You'll find this list Helpful Most Pleasing Gifts and plenty of them are ready and waiting for your inspection. , For a Lady or Girl , A Coat Suit, Coat or Dress Skirt, A Stylish Hat, Fancy Ribbon, Hat Pins, Furs, Shirt Waists, House Slippers, A Dress, a Waist Pattern, Plain or Fancy Hose, Art Squares, Rugs, Lace or Portiere Curtains, A Silk Dress, a Waist, Kid Gloves, Scarfs, Mufflers, Shoes, Novelty Hat Pins, Beauty Pins, Belt Pins, ' Back Combs, Barrettes, Hair Pins, Hair Turbans, Belts, Sweaters, Christmas Umbrellas, Hats, Fancy Collars, Fancy Pillows, Tabel Linen, Towels, Shawls, Uppers, Trimmings, Suit Cases, Hand Bags, Trunks, etc., etc. For Man or Boy - . sm Christmas Presents that are Appropriate and Desirable at Prices that are Right and Reasonable Smith & Jlmberg Local J$ ftcmis! ult casca at ltlco'i. . All kinds of menu nt Moore' gro I c ry. Movlnn pictures every nloht at the LYRIC. Telcphono 84 or 113 nnd let'n talk It over. Schmidt. Clarence Owmi wns hero from If.......... Onllihlm. .ilwi-liii. til. .ill nil j Smnll boxea of cigars fur Clirtntiunn nt lllckmnn Drug Co. For first-class cleaning nnd press ing, go to Schmidt's. rhrtstmna shoppers nru keeping our morchntila busy this week. Judge It. J. HugK will go to Meileo for lila hmlth In n iliort tlmo. AM)-. 11. I Smith, of Clinton, wns in this city on business Thursday. King Leopold, the rotten oli iiiuh arch ol Ilolgtum, died Thursday. llnrnld Dellow la .homo from lqt anon, Tenn., to spend the holldnys. WANTKI): Udy distributor and solicitor In Hickman. Dr. W. 8. llurk h.wt, Cincinnati, Ohio. Yes, a pair of houao slippers Is Just tho thing for tho lad lea. Wo havo thorn. lllco'a Shoe Store Cot that box of Christmas candy from tho Hickman Drug Co., and yon will bo sum of getting tho bal. Wet weather goods rubber boots. shoos, hats, coats, parasols, etc, nt right prices at dice's Shoo Store. Mlsa I'tlo Parliam Is oipwcteij homo from Clarkavlllo, Texas, on Christmas dny to spend tho holidays with bar parents Tacked In Individual holiday boxes, n hnvo n nlco assortment of umf. tiers, neckties, fanoy hosiery, and suspenders. Nothing better for tho men folks. Itlcc's. zz FURNITURE FOR THAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT W. F. Montgomery i y MAS CANDIES 1 m No one thinki of Christmas without Candy. We could not. Sec the big itork we have and you will know what Candy and Xmat mean. NUNNALLY'S High Grade Xraai Package Candy 40c to SS 00. Helm & Ellison Mwry Christmas! Hivla linll is here from Pembroke. For fin csndy, rail at the lllckma Drug Co. Don't forget to renew your sub scription. Hot Drinks of all kinds at Cowgtll Drug Store. H. T. Beats, Notary Public, at W, A. Doddt' Lumber Office. Hickman's new Hoard of Aldermen-1 You aro Invited to Inspect our big will bo sworn In tho first Monday line of Holiday Goods. Derondes. night In January. Hero's hoping they wilt keep up tho good work now In the hands of the old counollmen. O. W. Newton Informs us that n part of tho story given the press last week regarding nn attempt by nn unknown negro to scduco his dauuti tor, Mabel, was Incorroot. Tho negro ho says, never got his hands on the girl A new steel brldgo will be put in where tho old wooden structure thnt Is known as "Corporation Brldgo" now stands. Tho material has been received and the work will bo done as soon as tho weather will permit It cost $300, half of which will be paid by tho county. A year's subscription to tho Hick man Courier would bo an acceptable and appreciated Christmas prcsont to some friend or member of tho family who has left hero and la Intorcsted In the affairs of Hickman. Tho papo coats but 11 and goes to them every week as a reminder of your thought, fulness. Tho management of tho Hickman Independent Home Telcphono Co., wishes to announce that thoy aro now ready to mako connection with all country lines on either sldo of Hickman. Tho company furnishes nil equipment In tho city and connocta with your lines at tho limits for $1G pur lino and charges 76c a month for tholr exchange sorvico. See A. W. Davis, Manager. The Courier doesn't coino tip to the usual standard this week, owing to tho anxiety of tho editors to gut tho paper out earlier und gut uway on u Christinas vacation. However, wo expect to givo our roadura good menu uru next year, nnd wo hopo you will pardon tho deflclniices of this Ihsiio. During Christmas week the office will b in charge of our foreman, Mr. Armltnge, who will receive all "X mas presents" (such us dollar bill) Intended for us and receipt you for some Ilrlug them on. Office upon on afternoons only. Dillon & Cox, manngors of tho Lyr ic, got mixed on tholr ditto ami book ed two shows for tho same night Monday, Doc. 27. Owing to the fuot that both shows are playing on u guarantee, tho munagers nro up n stump, Hut Dillon, with his usual llplomncy, will not bo caught for a $125 guarantee. Ho proposes to havo both shows on tho samo night. Thoy will begin at 7:30 nnd continue until both shown give tholr eutlro perform ance, thus you can see both of thorn at "one Bitting." Ouo uttructlon Is tho I'otorson sisters, tho other tho Lawrence llussell Stock Co. Tho lat I'icnty fresh cut flowers at all llrars.-rostma, the florist. Union City C. I. Shumate spent tho latter part of last week in Newborn with rein lives. C. M. Vales, tho shingle msn. has been on tho sick llu for the past week. 8eo tbo now moving plcturos tho Lyric every night this week 6c and 10c. 8eo our lino of Winter Lap Ilobes Thoy nro good ones. Hickman Hard ware Co. Telephone your grocery order to No. 38 the Old Itollablo all goods delivered. Mrs. J. H. Saunders Is spending a row days with her daughter. Mrs. E Ilettorsworth. Tho Codlx Record Is boosting Sen ator Jan. H, McCnmry for (Jovernor Looks gool to us. Mrs. J. H. Millet will entertain tho Kmbroldory Club on tho first Friday afternoon In January. A cholco lino of tho leading Be and 10c olgars, packed in boxes of 25 and 50. especially for Christmas gifts. Hickman Drug Co. .Mrs. Idn Cold burg, of St. 1'arls, O.. nnd Mrs. lllllis Kord. of Cairo, will spend the holidays with their parents, O. Hertwcok and wife, nnd other rota live In Illekmnii. Wo have tho finest lino of package candle wo havo over shown "inado last night" by tho greatest candy factory In the South. Prices range from 6c to $10. Hfckmuii Drug Co. Tho new rules of tho Pullman Pal aco Cnr Company forbid tho porters from carrying the baggagu of pas songors. After whllo nil these worth ies will havo to do will bo to stand up and deliver, to which point they havo almost arrived. If you want to build a home, I um agent for a tow lots from $36 up to 1300. I hnvo four ncrcs of land and ouo lot at a bargain nt $400 but It sold soon will sell for $3S0, one third down and balanro on easy terms. These aro closo to tho best school lu Western Kentucky, close to good churches ninl closo enough to work at tho Mengl Hox Factory. It Is going to bo i'. white neighborhood for tho lots wore sold for a whlto settlement and tho pcoplu that own lot In tho Henry Addition say they aro not go- lug to lot colored pcoplo build them. Lot mo sell you a lot nnd build you a lioimo. Hoo mo at Hlckuian jou ter has nine people lu tholr troupe, If hup or at my homo In tbo Henry and will bo lu Hickman all that week.' Addltlou. II, S. Elliott. miRTrmc ... "si BfRRACRl All that i, f. . , - M ,, - --- VI ' u front of ii,. (oljsI-, tffo Pinners i 'wkri'ui ttnt Irfi ttaiMlinic li.jusc cvlH si ol o,ar. !5 tor wIh-h fa. tt3 . j of 1876. hl. Ii u. ere of him si 1 Lis Little Ills II... n . rly oecupi. ii ly office. asiai.u - in j I ftwnd fenu d . ff lug wheat an I . ... Impelled b . um. 1 Urked y shiwit r t o C " i tit tKxl Ih frui,' f t i i ( hud ben p. nt in t - tt sti iii i l u ( ft f 10 Hint oaHK u J..' f l: u: iiiK. iui mi. i u ' m n ' ? t if t li,i . - i tit UIhQ but tho f.r ' f - ' it SOMPTHINO NE Don't Fail to See Our Great Line m i- v av-1 f t ' I i s W " Ware t iriUV MIl'CI P A rlllAV I IMVrM-i-i . INotning prcmci w , vlronMe for Chnstmai gn Let us show you the line cmbrncinB Chafing Dhl Percolator! Sugar Sets TeapoU Butter Dihej Svrup Standi Serving D'j!l Fruit Di'hej Ladles Dipper Celery DUjl!.1 yaitej8iCjc. Mm (ncorported)