Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-09

man comfortable IN OJneT OIdLSS Will
m8ke him rich in Tennessee.
COUNTRYMAN.
WhIiGIe and Bliss.
EDITORS APPEAL-I see it stated in
the APPEAL Of yesterday that it is the
opinion of certain parties in Memphis
that Whittle and Bliss teach changer
GUS doctrines.n What these dangerous
doctrines are is not stated. l have at
tended the preaching Of Baptist, Meth
Cdist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Cath
Ollie ministers in Memphis, and l have
attended the ''lectures" of Whittle and
Bliss. went with prejudices against
them, and l must say that all my preju-
dices have been removed. Mr.. Whites
lecture last Sunday night on the parable
Of the "PrOdigal Son" was equal to any
thing / ever heard. II there was any
dangerous doctrine in that lecture, 1
could not discern it. / wish that every
young man ia Memphis had heard it.
Such lectures must do an immense
amount of good. You may call it evan
gelism, lay preaching, or what not, it is
eXerting great moral influence here.
Such church singing as that of Bliss has
never before been heard in Memphis,
and never may be again. One OF the
songs sung by him, such as Nearer, my
God, to thee" or the "TTundle-Bed,"
will do more good than many mems
sermons. The effects of their mission
to Memphis will be felt long after they
are gone. l expected to hear sensation
al preaching, but I never heard any
thing further removed from the kind Of
preaching called Sensational" They
preach, Or talk-WbiChevery you may call
1.-THE simple gospel as set forth in the
bible, and for this | admire them. They
are both strangers to me, and / am CIV
ing the impressions made upon
CHURCH MEMBER.
There's Room Enough for All.
EDITORS APPEAL-I noticed in the
account of the proceedings of the city
council an ordinance was passed by that
body for the purpose of removing al
butcher-stOres 70 distance Of more than
six blocks from the market. That seems
very moderate in this land OF freedOm,
when they might have banished them
beyond the city limits, and then made it
penal Otfeuse for any citizen to puT-
chase meat anywhere except in the
markets, at such hours and subject to
such bylaws and regulations as the
clique OF Observation-Disclosures in their wis
dom, think fit. Some ill-natured peO-
pie might say that the butcheT-stOTes in
the city are more useful than the mar
kets, and any business that is afraid of
competition deserves to go dawn; such
people say that all these things should
be regulated by supply and demand and
if they choose to open butcher or veCet-
able stores, all round the market, We
should be glad to see them do so; and il
the markets could not stand the pres
sure we should be glad to see them close.
This class of people, however, have no
sympathy with the mOuOpOlists in food,
and simply study their own convenience
in being able to purchase at all hours,
cheaper rates, nearer home, and, in the
great majority OF cases, better meat. l
myself would suggest to the accumu-
lated wisdom, called the city council,
that instead of debating 10 any dealer
il food, or other necessaries, where they
shall locate their business, they appoint
proper officers to examine the meat and
vegetables, and seize all they can find
in tie markets OF out Of them that is
unfit for food, and critically examine the
scales, and see that the purchaser gets
sixteen ounces to the pound. By SO do.
ing think they would stand q much bet
ter chance of being Endorsed by their
employers, the tsX-paying public, than
they will be by working in the interest
of any market or other rings WhatsOev-
er, and passing oppressive and unpopu-
lar ordinances that call for instant re-
peal. CARNIvOROUs.
FFeishts.
EDITORS APPEAL-Will you be kind
enough to publish the following letter:
KosCIUsKo, Miss, June 3, 1915.
Messrs. VIM. r. Moore Il Co., Memphis, Ten
ness5e:
GENTLEMEN-The goods sent on the
thirty-frst received, and psid sixteen
dollars and ten cents freight on them.
They weighed six hundred and thirty
pounds. You could have expressed
them for one dollar per hundred. Please
have proper deductions made, as the
charge is nearly three dollars per hun
bred pounds. Yours, etc, -.
The facts Of the case are: We shipped
this customer q bill Of goods amounting
to three hundred and nine dollars and
siXty-One cents On an order taken by
one Of our statesmen, travelling on the
Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, So !
Letting trade, and the goods were packed
in two boxes, strapped" and in the
best order. We showed the letter TO the |
freight agent, thinking, of course, as
cur customer did, that it was an error,
but the agent says the charges are cor |
rect, the rate to KOsCiuskO being two |
dollars and fifty-six cents per hundred |
on such goods. This is, as our customer |
states, more than express charges, and |
is over five per cent. land more than our |
net profits on the bill OF goods. The |
agent explained that the charges were |
double ttrSt-cidS5 on cases when the bill |
Of lading stated merchandise was the |
contents. Some time ago we had TO pay |
one hundred per cent. more than regular |
rates because the case was not strapped. |
Since then We strap all cases, and use
none but TelU, strong ones. These were |
dry goods cases, and no marks indicat-
Ing they contained anything else. The
bill Of lading stated that they contained |
''meTcban iise," and the agent claims
double frSt-C}dS8 rates on that account
We dislike to rush into print with our
and, indeed, would not do
30 if the injury was not one affecting
the trade or our city. How is il possible
Tor the merchants Of Memphis to build
lp or keep the valuable trade Of The
country that would do their business
here when they have to pay such freight /
AAAA 65E5s w z "OAlA NC EAhu lOi llAt
and Tennessee road TO ex.
plain. WIN. r. MOORE & co.
"ShsFmaB'3 GemCirs.s'
EDITORS APPEAL-I noticed ia your
Sunday issue a very sensible article
igned by NJ. Lee MeTiWether, in which
re says SheTman's march to the sea with
10 CppOsition-with no one in the ccun-
ny but deienseless women and negroes
is a small thing for Grant and Sher.
nan to quarrel over. The writer says
urtheT, II have seen pictures of the tall
.himney5 left standing in the track, and
think him a brutal fellow and very
lily to brag OF such conduct" The
Undersigned saw some of the smoking
md burning ruins, and heard the pitit1I
Fsiliugs Of women and children after
Houses, food and clothing were burned
Up, and thinks brutality too mild a
FOrd to express General Sherman's
harscter. Pictures Of tall chimneys
nd blackenei earth are very suggestive
( the destruction caused by General
herman, but do not speak the distress
nd agony Of those who realized its !
errors in detail A thousand minute ;