Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 14, 1876

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 14, 1876

• The first cotton bloom of the season in Fulton County was credited to Sassafras Ridge on July 1^st.
• The crops in the “bottoms” south of Hickman were noted to have “never looked better for years” and Madrid Bend did not have enough farm workers to harvest crops.
• Eliphater Case constructed a sidewalk at his own expense before his property in Hickman.
• Fulton County Court was scheduled to meet on July 17^th.
• S. Trimble was expected to speak in Hickman on August 2^nd.
• President Ulysses S. Grant was reported to have polled 6,000 votes in the First Congressional District.
• William W. Tice, a former officer in the 12th New York Light Artillery and longtime resident of Mayfield, campaigned regionally for Henry H. Houston, the Republican candidate for Congress and former Confederate officer that served with the 20^th Mississippi Infantry. Hickman citizens were noted as being “opposed to bringing war issues or war records into our election” and that the “bloody chasm be bridged.”
• Friends of A. R. Boon, candidate for Congress, stated that “he is a good, pure, upright gentleman, and faithful public servant.” However, others have found him to be “connected with the dissentions of the district.” Friends of Oscar Turner, also a candidate for Congress, stated that “he has given a life’s devotion to the Democratic Party and that he has always fought our political battles and others reaped the rewards.”
• The citizens of Fulton have encouraged Clint Randle to campaign for Congress in the District and organized a “Clint Randle Democratic Club” to persuade him to run. Numerous news publications across the State appear to agree.
• A barbeque was organized for July 20^th at Archer’s Springs near Moscow. L. S. Trimble, Ed Crossland, Tom Gleeson, Oscar Turner, and other politicians were expected to speak.
• B. Ferrell withdrew his candidacy for Fulton County Sheriff.
• W. Wallace was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Fulton District after the resignation of R. E. Smith.
• The Mayfield Monitor reported that a meeting of Republicans was held the week prior in Mayfield, where William W. Tice “announced himself as being an uncompromising Samuel J. Tilden man.” The editor of the paper, wrote that “his pathetic allusions to the old flag were greeted with thunders of applause, and his humorous remarks about the flags being ‘young ones’ were followed by shouts of laughter.”
• The Fulton Times extended high compliments to the citizens of Hickman for their Centennial Celebration – “Too much praise cannot be awarded the ladies of Hickman and vicinity for their unexampled attentiveness and hospitality.”
• Sheriff B. R. Walker placed a notice in the Hickman Courier that he could be “found in his office in Hickman every other Saturday,” and every Monday and Tuesday “except when attending court.”
• A “Select School” in Hickman advertised for “twenty pupils” to “open next session.” The school was to be taught by Colonel J. H. Davis, who had experience in preparing young men for West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Virginia Military Institute.
• A “Ladies Ice Cream Saloon” opened in Hickman upstairs above the barber shop.
• The storehouse of Corman & Company had “thoroughly repaired and renovated” their building.
• The citizens of Paris, Tennessee voted a $30,000 dollar bond on July 8^th to build a narrow-gauge railroad to Cairo, Illinois via Mayfield.
• The wife of Thomas E. Gleeson, of Hickman, gave birth to a son.