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THE DAILY TIMES.
LARGEST CIRCULATION
I. Aka OoH.tlr. MIMHI t 4 T4lu
•I UoiMwtim.
ColuinbuK, <!*•.
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15.1878
JOHN M. HAKTI*. • - * Krtltor.
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111 Tl.dl ASII TIIK DBMOCBAT*.
It really seems to’us that the Blate
Executive Committee of Massachu
setts has assumed upon Itself a great
responsibility In deciding that no
delegate eleoted to the Democratic
State Convention, known.to be in fa
vor of the nomination of Butler for
Oovernor, shall be allowed to take his
seat or vote in that body. We do not
wish to be understood as advocating
the nomination of Butler. That is a
question of policy for the Democrats
of Massachusetts to decide for them
selves. arid we do not propose to
meddle with it. But we say that
the choice of delegates is a
matter for the free decision of the
people composing the Democratic
party, and tbo Executive Committee
cannot restrict them in the exercise
of it. If the Gommitteo have the
right to dictate what class of polltl
clana the Democrats of th.a Stato
shall not tead as delegates to the
State Convention, they have the
same right to Bay what class they
shall send -Indeed the two proposi
tions are convertible. The commit
tee might just as well take the selec
tion of the delegates into their own
hands or make the nomination them
selves, without having any delegates
or any conve ition.
We are quite sure that the Demo
crats of the South would not submit
to this kind of dictation, and we do
not believe that the Democrats of
Maasacusetts will. We see that the
Democrats of the important cities of
Lynn and Taunton have chosen But
ter delegates since the edict of the
Executive Committee was issued, and
their action will doubtless be follow
ed up by the Democrats of other
places. If the Democratic party
of Massachusetts despair of the elec
tion of-a straight-out Democrat as
Governor this year (and we think
t hey may reasonably do so,) it is for
them to decide whether they will
take such a course as to secure the
election of a Greenback iunload of an
unii-Grecnback Republican.
We fear that if the dictation of the
Executive Committee is not over
ruled by the Democratic votes
of the State, we shall see in
Massachusetts just such a
Split between the Democrats and
Greeubaekers as lias been exhibited
in Maine—a loss by just such means
of an election which they could have
easily carried by co-operation. We
fear that'tbe straight-out Democrats
will be beaten by both the Republi
cans and the Greenbackcrs, as In
Maine, and that the very means
adopted to maintain too rigidly an
exclusive Democratic organization
will be the means of breaking it
down.
JIDUItLKNI'HK HJiINCBt.
Mr. David Axe, Secretary of a
Greenback Club of Home, publishes
a curd iu which ho stutes that he
wrote to Dr. Felton and Judge Lester
asking them to deiluo their respec
tive positions on the greenback ami
bond questions. He publishes the
answer of Lester, and says that Pel
toa"pslstently refuses to deiluo his
position.” We copy the following'
points from Judge Lester’s answer;
1. That all bonds aud obligations
of the National Government ought
to be paid in legal tender notes, ex
cept where it is otherwise provided
, by the original law under which the
bonds or obligations were issued.
a. That all bouds that can be call
ed in and paid now should bo paid at
once, aud the remainder should be
called in aud paid as soon as it can
lawfully be done.
3. That the present national bank
ing system should be abolished aud
the national bank bills now iu circu
lation should be retired and legal
tender greenback notes substituted
In their place.
■l. That, greenback notes should bo
made a full legal tender in the pay
ment of all due3 both public and
private.
5. That what is called the resump
tion act should be forthwith uncon
ditionally repealed, and the curren
cy enlarged to au extent that will
furnish the people with au abund
ance of good money to meet all the
demands of trade and business of
every sort.
0. That the general Government
should issue money for the beneiit
of all the people, and it should not
issue it to or through or for the en
richment of bankers or money kings
or gold tyrants at the expense of the
laboring and producing classes.
7. That all kinds of property, in
cluding bonds, should bo taxsd alike,
whether owned by individuals or cor
porations,
8. Tnat the strictest honesty and
tfie most rigid economy iu the ad*
' ministration of public affairs should
mark the course aud be required of
every office holder from the highest
to the lowest.
9. That every mnn who holds
oillce uud who takes part in the ad
ministration of public affairs should
regard the interest of the laboring, in
dustral wealth-producing classes as of
paramount importance to the people
of these United States, and every
thing that can be done should be done
to protect and foster, and encourage
those who labor, aud by enterprise
produce the wealth of the couutry.
LONDON LETTER.
THE LOWER CLASSES OK LONDON—AN
ENGLISHMAN CAN’T LOOK LIXE A "GEN
TLEMAN”—POLITICS AND LOTALTY OF
THE PEOPLE—THEY HATE OCB PRO
TECTIVE TABirr-THEIR CHEAP GOODS,
CO-OPERATIVE STORES, ETC.
From our RoguUr Corre*|>oDditut.J
London, Sept. Ist, 1878.
From Faris to London is not more
than nine or ten hours (they esti
mate distance by time In Europe) but
that gives no Idea of the immense
changes in scenory, life and manners
involved In the transition from one
city to the other. Faris is clean,
whltewalled, ever wearing an air of
holiday and refinement. In Paris
the humbler clussas are cheerful,
happy, healthy-looklDg, and cheap
ly but neatly attired; her dandies
are exquisite and diabolically gay,
and her ladles, what more need be
said of them than that they dictate
fashion to the female world, and are
at the bottom of hard times.
London is immense, labyrinthine,
unclean, mephitic. Her lower class
es are numerous, blear-eyed, Illthj
and meanly clad—they wear a wor
ried. wearied, appeariuoe, giving
the impression of a hard, struggling,
past, and doubtful future. Her mid
dle classes have a shoppy air, home
ly features, with ungainly physique,
and elaborate but ungrticetul man
ners. The want of taste in dress of
the English people Is proverbiul, but
I aui disposed to think that the de
fect is less in the eye and msthetic
seuse of tne subject than In the
want of a proper figure for the dis
play of good clothes. The sartorial
genius has not yet been born that
can make uri Englishman look like a
gentleman. The average English
man is neither an Adouis nor Auto
uius. Either his urtus are too long,
bis shoulders too narrow, his atom
aeti too large, bis shins too short, or
his toes are disposed to turn in. I
know that many who imagine that
they have seen Englishmen will be
.disposed to criticise my criticism;
but let no oue suppose that he has
seen a people until be has seen them
in their own habitat. The only way
to compare the English with the
French or Americans is to see them
in the mass, as tb,ey may bo seen in
their respective countries, and 1
think that those who have remain
ed for a few weeks In England
will bear me out in wtiut I
have said. Next to the French,
there are perhaps fewer native En
gllsh people in the United States
than of any other great nation, and
the specimens with us do not fur
nish a sufficiently broad premise for
a general estimation.
Politically the Englishman is loyal.
In spite of a discontented element
that finds fitful expression here and
there, nineteen of every twenty En
glishmen you meet will speak with
pride aud praise when the Queen,
the Prince of Wales, or any or the
Royal family are referred to. The
tenth one, however, will call her
Britanie Majesty an old hag, aud has
awful stories to tell about the stu
pidity or the Prince of Wales, his
deceased body, and dissolute life.
All Englishmen praise the superiori
ty of our railway cars, but there
their concessions cease, they think
they have the best government in
the world and are ready to prove by
figures that our frequent elections,
by breaking up industrial routine
and habits are indirectly a greater
strain upon tbe exchequer than the
enormous amount expended for the
maintenance of the Royal family.
No Englishman can quarrel without
informing his adversary, at some
stage of the altercation, that he is au
Englishman, and he cannot talk
long with an American without de
nouncing tbo protective tariff of the
United States. That is where the
shoe pinches. If we would but give
free ingress to the numberless
cheap and excellent that things
they make, they would love
us more. The marvelous cheap
ness and superior quality of the
thousand and one articles that
are indispensible to civilized life,
here in London, cannot but astonish
Americans, who cannot see how they,
can be made for twice the sum asked
for them. A tooth-brush that will
cost -to cents in the States may be
bought in London for five or ten
oents, and thousands of ether things
in proportion. I cannot of course
make a list, but will sav in a general
way that our tailors and dealers in
useful and fancy manufactured ar
ticles are perhaps the most extortion
ary sinners in the world, and that
one hundred and even two hundred
per cent, is not an unusual profit for
them.
In England the co-operatiou system
is having a very appreciable effect
on local trade. The object of
this system may be described as the
furnishing of members of a trading
association, formed for the purpose,
witb genuine and moderately priced
goods on tbe principle of ready
money payments, tho cheapness los
ing sechred by economy of manage -
ment and by contentment witb small
profit. Notwithstanding the opposi
tlon of retail and even of wholesale
dealers, It has of late years made as
tonishingly rapid progress In Lon
don, where there are about thirty
00-operative stores, carrying on an
immense trade. The chief company
Is the "Civil Service supply Associa
tion” which consists of share holders
of members belonging to the civil
service, who pay about GO cents a
year, and of outsiders (who must bo
friends of members or shareholders)
who pay $1.25 annually. All have the
snme advantages in the pur
chase of goods; but while the civil
service members may have goods
sent home, carriage free, the others
must take their purchases away with
them, or pay for their carriage. The
Association now employs about GOO
persons, who receive salaries amount
ing in all to $250,000 annually. The
cost of the string, paper and straw
used in packing goods amounts to
$50,000 per annum. The sales in
1877 amounted to the enorgious sum
of $5,500,000. the net profits being a
little over two per cent. The articles
sold comprise groceries, wines, spir
its, provisions, tobacco, clothing,
books, stationery, fancy goods,
drugs and watches. Indeed so com
plete and varied are their stores that
it is not necessary to go elsewhere
lor the purchase of unytbing.
C. A. 8.
the c;t*va*n in UE iiuai
Tho nomination of Judge Ham
mond by tho Convention of the Fifth
District, leaves only our own (the
4th,) in which the Democrats have
not yet made a nomination for Con
gress. The following are the nomi
nees and Independent candidates so
far announced;
Ist District—Democratic nominee,
Col. John C. Nicholls, of Pierce.. 8.
A. Corker, of Burke, has been nomi
nated by a mass meeting of Green
backers and Workingmen, but we be
lieve has not yet signified his accept
ance of the nomination.
21 District—Hon. Win. E. Smith,of
Dougherty, re-nominated by the
Democrats, Hon. Jas. L. Seward
has announced himself an indepen
dent candidate. H ) denies afilUation
with the Republicans; but it is evi
dent that his support must mainly
come from that party.
*3d District-Gen. Phil Cook, of
Sumter, re nominated by the Demo
crats. No opposition yet.
stb*Distrlot-Hon. N. J. Hammond
nominated by the Deinocrais. There
will probabiy be a Greenback, and
possibly a Radical candidate.
6ih District—Hon. Jas. 11. Blount,
of Bibb, re-nominated without oppo
sitlon.
7th District—Hon. George N. Les
ter, of Cobb, nominated by the Dem
ocrats, and opposed by Hon. Win. H.
Felton, present member, who runs
independently. The canvass is warm,
active and exciting, and the result
doubtful.
Bth District-Hon. A. H. Stephens
re-nomiuated by the Democrats. No
opposition in sight or expected.
9th District-—Hon. J. A. Billups, of
Morgan, nominated by the Demo
crats, and opposed by Col. Emory
Speer, of Glarke, independent. This
canvass is also very active, with the
indications in favor of the election of
Billups.
RussellCountv, All-Items from
the t he Seale lle<jlster of Thursday :
The Circuit Court for Russell coun
ty convenes on the third Monday In
October. There are up to date, not
exceeding twenty-live eases on Un
civil docket.. Of the State cases there
are about twenty, ten of which may,
from the testimony, result in felooy.
Dave West, colored, who wus re
ported here several days ago as being
iu a dying eoudiiion, lias, wo learn,
recovered. This is the negro wUo
was knocked iuthe head with a chop
axe by one John Thomas, colored,
about two weeks ago. Both parties
lived near Crawford. •
The meeting at Villula in the M. E.
Church closed on Monday night, the
9th lust., after ten days protracted,
day and Dight witn most happy aud
gratifying results. Tnere were over
sixty names added to the Church
and over forty conversions, some or
which were the clearest and most
satisfactory. One of the grand re
sults of the meeting was the estab
lishing of|a Young Men's prayor
meeting at Villula Church.
Our little town is putting on airs
of business and activity. The new
cotton crop aud the new goods are
making their appearance simultan
eously ana the stir and llutter is no
ticeable iu all departments of busi
ness.
A Regular Revival in Business.
New York Letter to Bsltimure Osrette.)
There are indications that a decided im
provement in business is not far oil. Wes
tern merchants have been pouring in lure
during the past couple of weeks, and the
jobbing houses now present a striking
contrast with their condition a month ago.
All the salesmen are kept so busy that
they can hardly get out to lunch, and the
porters and packers have to work till 9
or 10 o’clock to gat goods ready tor ship
ping, and Cut of the way for next day’s
business. The down town hotels, where
business men mostly put up, are rather
uncomfortably crowded, and tbe traveling
salesmen, who are off on their rounds, send
favorable reports from all quarters. In
addition to the activity in the jobbing and
importing houses, there are marked signs
of improvement in the retail trade and
tbe much-needed “restoration of confi
dence'' seems really to have taken a start
at last, for almost every one speaks more
hopefully of the busiuess prospect.
FOR RENT.
ON VBBY REASON ABLE TERMS. A STORK
HOUSE In Flurenc*. G„ ft ml rely now, and
exceedingly well located. Apply to
A. J. GILBERT A BRO.,
Auui JHlh, 1878. Florence, Ot,
agXQ dlwfcwtw
FOR RENT.
The dbuo store how occupied by
(iiltart k Thornton—-on the eaat eide ot
Broad street. from the first of October next. All
In good arder.
P. OIITTINOEB,
g l4 If or W. H. BRANNON,
FOR SALE OR RENT.
V CONVENIENTLY arranged
DWELLING of 6 rooms.
with a owlets, Bath Hoorn, Wtllfl tgfißTjßL
*od Kitchen, all under one Toof,WQs&4£ttm£-
aud Outbuilding*: situated oq Jackson street, in
front of Dr. Ware’s residence.
agßl an k we2w ROLLIN J EFFEB3QN.
FOR RENT.
SEVERAL large and cominod!-
gum room* upetairs over tit”
Merchants am! Mechanics HnukflS ii TRoTauL
and Mrs. Lee’s mill!nary store.HlvSSliß?-
They are suitab e for Ofllc or Dressuiakur’s
rooms. For iutorm&tiou apply at
tf Mna. Lee’s
FOR RENT.
STORK Heu*e No. €9 Broad street, formerly
occupied by Jostpli k Bro. Poss *s*lon iv*-n
immediately without charge until October ist,
to a tenant renting top' one year fr-w October
Ist.
. Also desirable to rent.
Apply to
auglC tf LOUIS F. GARRARD.
FOR RENT.
/ \FFICEB and Sleeping Rooms In the
* / 1 t‘ l |A l li
Heat and water furnished free. jdHB
Apply to i'MEUM
CtiAS. COLEMAN. *-*
_ Al. 17 tf
FOR SALE.
Desirous ot changing my
location, 1 offer for Sale, wduk
my home on Rose Hill hall a
mile north of tne city, contain B.i i
lng twelve or more acres. Dwt.hug I tciy re
covered aud in good repair—Ou -houses also;
healthy, in good neighborhood and good water.
Or©en House, Dry Weil, Fruits, J.iwers and
Shrubs. Can be inspected at any tin. .
oetlH tf J.C. 'IOGZ.
STORES FOR RENT.
October Ist, Store No. 78 E*t side of
j Br>>ad etreet, now occupied by Mrs. M. It,
Howard'a Mdilnery,
AJLB >,
Store No, 79, West aide *f Br ad street next
above Carter’s Drug Stffre, irw occupied by 8.
Simon Optic an. THOb. .1 NUCKOLLS.
During my absence from the city. Capt. W. A.
Little will be u.y agent.
aiig 4 tf.
N< )TICE.
y&BOYD & DOUGHERTY.
OSSi, I JAVE ON HAND AND * ILL
CX.JLI II keep f* r the rteuson, go *d IJLAJ
IIOUHEH AN l> MULEM,
To be fimud at Diabrow A- Oo.’a Stables. Call at
' * * n tOvk. SCj-M tt
Valuable City LolforSale.
V QUARTER acre lot (more or less) on Ogle-
street just above Swift’s store.
Su table tor a Store, or a Neat Dwelling.
For sale fwr Cash, and VERY CHEAP. TITLES
PERFECT. Apply to
CH VS. COLEMAN.
augW tf. or T. K. WYNNE.
Slade's School forßrys,
SLADEVILLE HALL
cou nm G t.
Will Open 16th September 1878.
9N| TTtOR terms, board and tuition,
l 1 s* nd for circular or apply to
sept! tf. j. j. SLADE.
Redding’s Russia Salve.
ESTABLISHED 1806.
H undreds of thousands have been
beueflited by RUSSIA HALVE, and this is
tin; gr*at reason why it ranks among the most
lib: SOW NED FAMILY ME DULSES
ot the world.
Tho iougth of time it has been before the pub
lie and the thousands of families who are never
with utout is aa strong an endorsement of its
reiiabi iy for the c<aplet cure oi all Flesh
Wounds Sores, sore Joints Salt Rheum, Erysipe
iaa,Felons and all Skin Disoaae* as can be needed.
Price 25c.; suc. and SI.OO per boat
Ak for RUSSIA H ALVE Take no other
Redding .k Cos., Proprietors, 4 Charlestown St.,
Boston. Mass. aug’27 8m
STA.TE
Agricultural & Mechanic il College.
rpHE FIRST TERM OF THE NFXT
1 a ademic. year will begin
Wednesday, September the ‘Jftth.
1878, and end Tuesday, February v ky' '
11th, 1879. war
Six independent courses, Agricul
ture. Literature. Science, Engineering, Survey
ing, Book-Keeping.
Excellent Graded Preparatory School.
Tuition FREE in School & College.
$03.50 to $79.50,
Will pay all expenses of Board, Fees. Fuel,Lights.
Washing and Attendance for a Term or a hall
year.
Two hundred and thirty-eight cadets in at
tendance the past year.
For Catalogue, or further information, address
I. T. TICHENOR. President,
ag7dJtw3m Auburn, Alabama.
WESLEYAN
Female College,
Macon, Goo.
THE Forty-First Annual Session //*3SI
begins September 18th, 1878.
Elevated course study.
corps of faithful, competent in
s true tors, best advantages in Lit
erature, Science, Ancient and Mod
era Languages, Music and Painting
In addition tb the regular College Course, a
liberal Post-graduate Course has been provided,
offering to graduates of all resp ctable Female
Colleges, special advantages in Higher Culture,
Modern Languages, Natural Science and the
Fine Arts. The services of able Lectur* rs have
been s> cured. The Fall Term will open in this
Department with a full Course of Lectures by
Dr. Lipscomb, of Vanderbilt University.
For Catalogue and lull information, address,
REV. W. C. BASS, P. D„ President.
C. W. Smith, D. D„ St c. julyl6-2m.
135 Broad Street. - - 10 Broad Street,
Brannon & Carson,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRUGGISTS
Desire to state that they are in a condition now to supply
a long felt want in this market, viz: to compete
successfully with any of her sister cities in
Drugs, Patent Medicines, Seeds and Lamp Goods f
We buy our Goods for cash, taking a
trtMfil advantage of all discounts, and feel
sl"Sy that we can offer Country Merchants
advantages never b-fore enjoyed by f V
them. It is unnecessary to enumer- 4di?SCßr
ate articles. We simply say that we keep everything that
Druggists usually sell.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS will find it to their interest to
examine our stock before buying anywhere else.
Please write for price list, which we shall be happy to
furnish.
BHANIN <> IN A CA It SON,
COLUMBUS, GA.
We are also the only authorised manufacturers of
EPPING’S CELEBRATED BUCHU,
An unrivaled remedy sll urinary troubles.
P. B. Patterson & Cos.
WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL DEALERS IX
Cooking and Heating
Crockery. Tabic and Pock
et Cutlery, Glass Ware,
Silver Plated and Britan
nla Ware, Wood and Wil-
MANUFACTURERS OF AND JOBBERS IN
Tin Ware of Every Description.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
STAMPED AND PIECED TINWARE
Always liept in Stock.
WE HAVE THE LARGEST STOCK OF
House Furnishing Goods
Ever brou ht to this market, which will bs sold cheaper than such articles can be bought elsewhere
in thiscity A trial will demonstrate the truth of the asseriion.
MR JOE BREWER, an old veteran iu this line of business, having bad 33 years experience, is
now with us and w ill be pleased to meet his many old friends.
P. B. PATTERSON & CO.,
100 llroml Street,
Pearce & Binford,
O - O
Grocers and Commission Merchants
HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
Bagging and Ties, Bacon, Sugar, Coffee,
Syrup, Flour, Rice and Shelf
Goods of all Kinds, Also
Shirting, Sheeting, Osnaburgs, Cheeks,
Stripes,. Jeans, Kerseys, Yarn Shoes, Ac.
Which we Offer Low and Gaurantee,
—y
A NEW DEPARTMENT.
Manufacturing and Merchant Tailoring
BY
THORNTON & ACEE,
Xo. 83 & 85 Broad Street,
T TAXING determined to add to onr CLOTH ISG BUSISF-SS a Manufactory to Cut and Slab
II up sum to order, secured the eervices of First-Class Workmen, and shall kaep ok
hand a splendid assortment of
CLOTHS, CASSIHERES AND SITTINGS.
antee Satisfaction. _ . J
Wccitoisr and Full Dress Suits a Specialty. [aug29-tl