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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11
CO-Operatiye stores.

LOuuou lEutn.l
What is cooperative store? 1t
is simply large shop, the funds for
which are provided by the persons
who take its shares. 1t has to provide
out Of profits, interest on shares, and
all working expenses. 1t can only
sell cheaply by selling largely, and
thus receiving very small percentage
on considerable turnover of capital.
A private trader who has large shop
in precisely the same position, except
that he provides his own capital, and
after paying himself interest on it,
obtains trade profit by taking him
self what in the store goes to direc-
tors, secretaries, etc., and by the
greater energy which is always shown
by individual in contradistinction to
cooperative enterprise.
Let any one 90 down one of our
principal thOroughfarcs he will see,
probably, dozen grocers established
within every hundred yards. Each
grocer has a separate shop, and sep
arate establishment of clerks. Now,
if these dozen grocers were to coalesce
and 10 have one shop, it is very eyi-
dent that, as their working expenses
would be smaller, they would earn the
same net profit by selling at lower
rate. What does the public gain by
each having a shop to himself ?
Nothing. The word cooper
alton has been somewhat abused,
for it has come to mean large build
ing where a person can buy every
sort of article. This facility Of
buying everything in the same place
attracts customers, and as many Gus
toners are attracted, the business is
carried on upon the sound principle
Of large sales and small profits. | do
not believe that one single instance
can be shown in which a large retail
trader, not in the habit of giving heavy
commissions to servants, has suffered
by the cooperative stores. What
they have done has been to iniure
small traders who charged high prices,
paid high commissions and gave long
credits, And this is hardly to be re-
gretted.
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rHE sTATE nEBT QUESTION

EDITOR LEDGER-Your views on
questions Of public policy have gener-
ally been reasonable, conservative and
sound. On the question of the ap-
preaching election on fifty and four
proposition you have not spoken out
to the just demands of the question.
Your editorial of yesterday is short
and very short and very ingeniously
non-committal. Pertinent inquiries
are the following;
First-Have the conditions fixed in
act of the general assembly, as prece-
dent to the holding of the elections
been complied with?
Second-If the governor has tran
scended his authority in ordering the
election of August 7th, and the vote
on that day will have no value save as
an expression of the will of the peo-
pie, may the governor, nevertheless,
call an extra session Of the legisla-
ture2 2,tua.HI I.nauaU n
Third-May said extra session, re-
gardless Of the legality of the election
of August 7th, enact a bill providing
for settlement of the State debt?
Fourth-Will an act Of said called
session, providing for the payment of
bonds, whose holders have accepted,
and rejecting out Of its provisions
those who have rejected the 50-4 prop
ositiOn, stand the test as to legality
and cOnstitutionality? Your answer
to these questions will control
MANY VOTERS.
MEMPHIS, July 10. casa
In answer to the above it is only
necessary to say that we believe Gov
Marks knew what he was doing and
that he kept within the bounds of the
law in ordering the election on the 9TH
of August. AS we understand the
facts the official records at Nashville
show that only S2,74l 600 was en-
braced in the Co.'s proposition, that
this was the amount specified in Gov
Porter's message, while over S3,000,-
600 was embraced in the 50-4 accept
ance before Governor Marks ordered
the election provided for in the act
The act only required the same amount
Of bonds to be representedin the So
as was represented in the 6O-6, anC
the official record shows that more
bonds accepted the 5O74 than did thc
6O-6, and hence the law has been com
piled with. and the official records
show the fact.
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THE CHINESE COMING.
Hayes Veto has Encouraged an Excess
sive Emigration.

San Francisco CALL
The Chinese are coming as fast as
ever There is now larger number
of vessels on their way to this city
than at any previous time for many
years. Every merchant vessel which
will take passengers is crowded with
Chinese. For this revival of the
Chinese ;mportation wd are indebted
mainly to the Presidents veto mes
sage. The single piece Of news that
the President had vetoed a bill pro-
hibiting unlimited Chinese Immigra-
ton would be regarded in China as a
determination of the policy of our
government, The will of their en-
peror is substantially law, and. they
do not understand the wide differ
ence between the power Of the
chief executive of the two ma
tions. In the coming political
contest California must not for
get to distinguish between friends
and enemies. Every member of
congress has a right to his individual
opinion, but communities want repre-
sentatives who represent their inter-
ests. California cannot cast her cleo
toral vote for a Presidential candi-
date who favors unlimited Chinese
immigration. With us this question
is all important. If we do not have a
congress and an executive which will
shape national laws against this tide
Of MOngolian immigration, the State
will be compelled to act in the matter
herself. 1t is due the relations a
State sustains to the general govern
ment to wait reasonable time for the
national government to redress griev
ances of this nature; but if the ma
tional government refuses to act, the
State is driven in sclf-defensa to take
such action as she can. We have
nothing to expect from Hayes or any
member Of his cabinet. Eyarts talks
one way and acts the other, and it is
not known that Sherman used his in
| tluence to prevent veto of the meas
ure that would have given us relief.
This coast has twelve electoral votes,
which cannot In Justice be given to
any candidate on either side who is
not with us in this all-important mat
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NASHVILLE American Senator
James +. Bailey, Colonel T. S. Yam
cey, Hon. Thomas NJ. Reynolds and
Hon. C. G. Smith, of Montgomery
county, made speeches on Monday at
Clarksville. Colonel Yaneey is an
Old-time politician Of that county,
cOntempOraneous with Colonel House,
and engaged him once 10 fierce con l.
test of that county, but lately has
taken only an active and not a very
prominent part, paying most of his
attention to bis profession. Colonel
Yancey has been one of the leaders of
the low tax party in Montgomery
county, but now that they have gained
their point nearly every intelligent
member of the party is for the COM
promise. eB.I E3gai8s
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GENERAL W. B. BATE.
The People Of Robertson Anxious TO
" Hear Him on the State Debt
Compromise. hli

A number of prominent citizens Of
Robertson county have united in the
following call, which appears N the
Nashville American Of the 10th;
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn, July7, 1879.
General w. b. Bate-Dear Sir. We
are glad to learn that you are in favor
Of the proposed compromise of the
State debt at 50-4.
We earnestly request you to address
the people of Robertson enunty, at
Springfield, on this subject, at such
time as may suit your convenience,
and give us the benefit Of your views,
suggestions and counsels.
We know you to be wise in counsel,
brave aad patriotic in action, and that
you will recommend 10 the people
that course which, IN your sound
Judgment, will best promote the per-
manent welfare, prosperity and re-
nown of Tennessee.
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GALVESTON. July II. - Cotton is
lower to sell. Middling, l2c. Receipts
% bales. Stock, 2259 bales.
New ORLEANS, July II, 1l:30 pm.
Cotton isquiet. Middling, lie. Re
ceipts, sc bales. Sales, $50 bales.
LIVERPOOL, July IL, 2:3O pm
Cotton opened this morning frmer but
at unchanged quotations. Uplands,
GID Orleans, G l5-16d. Sales, 5000
bales; export, 1000 bales. Receipts,
1900 bales; American, 1850 bales.
Futures opened l-16d cheaper !;
now steadier. Deliveries for July,
and August, 6 13.16d; August and
September, cd: September and 0c-
tober, 6 1906 29-32d October and
November, 6 19.32d November and
December, 6s.
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B. ]. SEMMES ( CO.
SUMMER RESORTS.
A Delightful Summer Resort.
Board, sIS per Month.


THE proprietor Of Branner Institute, at
i Messy Creek, East Tennessee, on
tbs, East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, Is miles east of Knoxville, has con-
sented to open the buildings during the
heated term, putting board at the low rate
Of SIG per month. .aIIuT
The buildings and grounds are handsome
and oOmmodious, situated on an eminenee
overlooking the village and surrounding
country; rooms large and we'll ventilated;
several acres inclOsed, intersected with walks
and ornamented with shade and fruit trees.
For beauty of situation and healthfulness Of
location, cannot be surpassed. The noun
tains north and south loom up in the distance,
presenting scene worthy Of the highest arts
Of the painter. Good roads, splendid drives.
Many attractions, both natural and artificial.
Pure limestone and ristern water. The
chapel, so feet long, is at the disposal Of
guests. Fare as good as the country affords.
One-fourth OF mile from the depot and tele-
graph office. Drug store and good physicians
iIn the illage. Will be opened S9th Of June.
For particulars address
99-l4 G. w. McELVEEN.
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THE outlook to-day i decidedly Re.


THE outlook to-day is decidedly re.
assuring Two deaths only have been
reported out Of four cases classed as
yellow fever. No new cases have
been reported since nine O'Clock
yesterday morning. People are
still going away, but not with such a
rush as yesterday. The panic Of yes.
terday has greatly abated, and people
begin to accept the theory of sporadic
cases. Business has generally re-
sumed to-day, and men who failed
to get off on the trains last
night stand around the corners
and abuse the doctors and the
LEDGER. This is a good sign. There
is life in the old land yet. We stood
a sure enough epidemic last year and
can endure a panic or two at least. In
'7S the papers and doctors were blamed
for not bringing on the yellow fever
sooner, SO that all could get away in
time. This year we brought it out too
early to suit them We hope they
are right this time for once, and that
there is no yellow fever here. To-day
is certainly tranquil and bright com
pared with yesterday.
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How Eugenie Heard of Her SONS
Death.

A recent London letter says:
1t happened that on Thursday night
Lord Dorchester hearing the news in
the lobby of the house of commons.
wrote a private letter of coincidence to
NJ. Pietri, the empresss private sec
rotary, and dispatched it by train.
That letter was delivered as a special
parcel either on Thursday night late
or very early Friday morning. Pietri
had gone abroad, and in his absence.
at very early hour on Friday morn
ing his imperial mistress opened the
letter The first greeting her people
had at daylight was an inquiry from
the empress, 4" What has happened f?
Give orders for my immediate depar-
ture for the Cape" Mgr. Goddard, her
confessor and cure, of 0hiselhurst.
was sent for, and presently had to tell
the anxious mother that it was too
late for her togo. Struck as if by a
cruel blow she staggered under the
fatal news, and for many hours suf-
fered a world of mental anguish; but
her prostration did not continue as
long as the reporters who had com
mand of the telegraph wires from
Chiselhurst to London led us to be-
lieve | saw Mgr. Goddard Saturday
He told me that the Empress had
then recovered her composure suf-
feiently to converse calmly and give
directions. fADAe 4h-te
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RersonnI.

Mrs Colonel W. w. Ware and two
children left to-day for Loves Station,
DeSoto county, Miss, their cid Aoms,
where they will spend the summer,
Meanwhile Colonel Ware, as deputy
sheriff in charge, win look after Affairs
on Presidents Island,
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The first kindergarten in St. Louis
was established in 1873. Now there
are in the city over fifty public kin
dergartens, in which between four and
five thousand children are TO be
found. The kindergarten is compul-
ssry land no charge for school material
enforced) in so far that children under
seven and a half, if sent to a primary
school, must spend half the day in a
kindergarten. unless they have previ-
ously been in one for two years.
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Candor. Brown" What Blobbs
an overrated dufer ? Come, l say
now, Topsawyer, you once told me
yourself he was the greatest genius
that had shone on the world since the
days Of" Little Topsawyer-"Ah,
that's when nobody had ever heard of
him, you know! But now-why,
hanged if they don't make more fuss
about Blobbs than they do about me !"
Punch.
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THE GLOBE MUTUAL LIFE.
A Circular Sent to POlicy-HOders by
Receiver Fish.

jas. d. Fish, receiver of the Globe
Mutual Life Insurance Company, has
sent a circular to the policy-hoIders
OF the company and the following is
a copy of IL: 4sn
SIR-As receiver Of the Globe
Mutual Life Insurance Company, |
will receive payment of premiums
only on request of policy-holders, and
upon condition that such premiums
shall be deposited by me in special
premium account with the Central
Trust Company of New York, subject
to such dispositions of the same as
may be ordered by the Supreme Court
of the State of New York.
eIa JAMES d. FISH, Receiver.
One of the policy holders submitted
the circular to his attorney, Raphael
j. Moses, ir., of No. 81 Wall street,
and asked if it was necessary to pay
premiums on a life policy in the Globe
which fell due after receiver had
been appointed. Mr.. Moses replied
that it was not necessary until the
court should order the company's bus
mess to be resumed. and quoted from
section 10, chapter 9 2 of the laws of
1869, which provides that when the
court shall, upon the coming in of the
actuarys report, decide that the bust
ness is to go on, the receiver Shall
notify all the holders of said policies,
annuities and other obligations requir-
ing them to pay him as such receiver
all premiums or other payments due,
or TO become due, to said company
from time to time on their respective
policies, annuities, or other obliga.
tions Hg.rE1lIgUe
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If you intend to travel either for
pleasure or profit be certain to protect
yourself against the changes of Diet
and water, by having with you DR..
Bulls Baltimore Pills and using them
in time to prevent the disorders usu-
ally resulting from such changes.
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A singular Cnse.

The recall of country girl to life
by a sisters shrek is one of the local
topics of The journal, of Evansville,
Ind. The young lady had been quite
i'll for weeks, and was thought to be
dying of consumption. She had grown
so weak and emaciated, that her
strength was no more than ehild's.
One afternoon, while lying upon her
couch, her sister came in from walk
and sat by the bedside. A conversa-
ton began, and the invalid began to
speak. As she uttered the first word,
she felt bewildering weakness, and a
sinking hutter of her breath. Her
eyes became fixed, the lower jaw
dropped as in death, and the body
became mOtionless, while conscious
ness disappeared The sister leaped
from her scat and ran to the door
shrieking to her mother that her sister
was dead. The sound of the shrek
penetrated through tine veil of death,
and reused the sinking faculties. The
blood, which had congested the lungs,
was sent back by the nervous shock
and gathering her strength by strong
effort of will, the invalid opened her
eyes and awoke 10 life again, breath
less and amazed at the thrilling peril
she had escaped.
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New York Herald, 4th.l
y" Your husband was arrested by an
officer, Mrs. Powers" said the Justice
in Essex Market Court yesterday
morning to a sad faced little woman,
ION a charge of beating you. | have
sent for you to make complaint
against him"
Against my husband, sir2" she
asked in a low voice.
Why, of course. Your face is
cut and swollen, your arms black and
blue and yOur lips quiyering now from
the pain his brutality has caused you.
Your cries were pitiful to hear, your
neighbors say, and they add that your
husband is a drunkard and that you
have to support him.
Oh let him CO. said the little
woman, crying. y" He didu't mean to
do it. We've been married Just a
year and a half. Our little boy is
home asleep. / would not have il
said his father ever had been arrested
for beating his mother. You'll let
him go, please do" and the woman
wept afresh.
And what do you say, Powers ?''
answered the court. n. 4.
Say p answered the drunken
brute. Why say damn her I'll
give it TO her when get her again.
I'll stop her blubberipg and her baby
stories. = I.
You will not if ! have the power
to prevent you. You are committed
for six months in default of 5000 ia
keep the peace.
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CARD.

To all who are suffering fromthe errors and
indiscretiOns of youth, nervous weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was diseov-
cred by missionary IN South America. Send
a self-addressed envelope to REV. JOSEPH 7.
ISMAS, Station D, New York City.
eOd-2-NXx-1kw
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BROWNSVILLE STATES: The an
noulcement that the j. and N. rail
road company viii bnild q draw bridge
over Hatchie river at very early day
will be received with great satisfaction
by the farmers along that water course
from Bolivar to Memphis.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-11

A Lincoln anecdote, which if not
absolutely new, is not nearly so old as
the rest, is told by a correspondent of
the Decatur Sun. While Judge
Logan, of Springfield, ILL.,, was Lin
coins partner, two farmers, who had
a misunderstanding respecting horse
trade, went to law. By mutual con-
sent the partners in law became an
tagonists in this case. On the day of
the trial Mr.. Logan, having bought a
new shirt open in the back with a
huge standing collar, dressed himself
in extreme haste and put on the shirt
with the bosom at the back, a linen
coat concealing the blunder. He
dazzled the jury with his knowledge of
Z" horse points, and as the day was
sultry took off his coat and summed
upin his shirt sleeves. Lincoln. sitting
behind him, took in the situation, aud
when his turn came, remarked to the
jury: Gentlemen, Mr.. Logan has been
trying for over an hour to make you
believe that he knows more about a
horse than these honest old farmers
who are witnesses; he has quoted
largely from his horse doctor, and
now, gentlemen, | submit to you (here
he lifted Logan out of his chair, and
turned him with his back to the jury
and the crowd, at the same time fip-
ping up the enormous standing cOllar)
what dependence can you place in his
horse knowledge when he has not
sense enough to put on his shirt?
The roars Of laughter that greeted this
exhibition, and the verdict that Lin
coin got soon after, gave Logan a per
manent prejudice against bosom
shirts"
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VICKsBURG HERALD: We are in.
formed that one of the aspirants for
the legislature in Kinds was defeated
solely because he is in favor Of Colonel
Singleton for United States senator.
If this senatorial question is to be
sprung this early, the campaign is
likely to wax exceedingly warm. The
machine men will burst the machine
the frst thing they know.
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COLONEL A. S. COLYAR will speak
10 favor of the 50-4 State debt eom-
promise at Somerville on Saturday,
the 18th inst There is considera
BILE wave of speaking in some parts of
the State, but somehow it does not
come down to Memphis. Call and
see us, gentlemen. We are not all at
home just now, it is true, but we will
give you a warm reception all the
same.
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The Power of Public Opinion. Our
Pet Critic (sOothingly)-" Well, /
cant conscientiously praise it, old
man but Ill tell you what I'll do for
YOU'LL blackguard it so fearfully
that lots Of people will come forward,
cut Of fair play, and swear its the
greatest work Of genius this age has
eyer seen !" Pictor Ignotqs-"Thanks,
my dear boy aud bless your kind
heart ~ Punch, i''i s'''
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Boston Transcript, Little Harry
s., of five summers, who had been
exalted from girls to boys habili-
ments, recently appeared at school
arrayed in the Former, when his teach
er kindly rrmarked Children, l
hope that none of you will tease
Harry, nor speak of his dress, as his
mother has sent him in it to punish
him for being naughty, and he feels
mortified and sorry. =" Thereupon
Master Harry quickly mounted his
seat, and, repudiating his teachers
kind protection, extended his clench-
ed fst and harqngned bis class thus
= If any girl says anything about it,
LII say nothing bpt if any boy does,
III knock his head off 7 and the FIRE
of his eyes bespoke his selfreliance.
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PERSONAL.

CAFE BOARDING PLACE-An elevated
- and healthy boarding place can be Sc
cured bysix ladies or gentlemen, two miles
distant from Bartlett. Good water and ac-
eommodations. Address H, box No. 8, Bart
lett, Tenn. ll4.lli
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The devastating cotton worm has
already made It's appearance in the
lower Mississippi valley. The Viaks-
burg Herald says that it will be hard
10 estimate the damage that will be
sustained by the crop.
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A BROTHER of General Boyntop,
the Washington correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette, died 10 Washing
ton, recently, of malarial fever.
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GENERAL J0sEpH h. JOHNSTON
and family are spending The summer
in tie mountains Of Virginia !.
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Second Edition.
= O'CLOCK, P. N.
The FEVER.
Latest Regarding the Situation.

Up to the hour of going to press
there is nothing of special interest to
report regarding the fever situation.
The latest from Judge Ray is to the
effect tnat he was not so we'll, while
his son, Edward Ray, aged about
twenty-five years, was also quite i'll,
his temperature being 1867 At the
board of health Office all was
quiet and nothing new could be
ascertained then. The physicians ap-
pear to be resting on their laurels for
the time being, and some go so far as
to assert that there is no yellow fever
in the city. When doctors disagree
what are we to expect from less ia
yored mortals
1t is estimated that about 5000
people left the city last night and this
morning The steamer Gaff, now in
port and to leave for the Ohio this
evening, will carry away about one
hundred people. Several of our most
prominent physicians have sent their
families to the interior since the first
alarm was sounded, evening before
last.
THE MASONIC RELIEF BOARD
was organized last Tuesday, not antic-
ipating any emergency, but to be in
readiness for action. The officers of
the board are ready for duty, and are
as follows: A. S. Myers, president
w. R. Kendall, vice president; j. S.
Croker, treasurer; John W. Waynes-
burg, secretary. The board consists
Of the masters and wardens of the
several lodges.