OUR CHURCHES*
Clinton Chapel, (Zion,) services at li
a. m„ 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School
at 1. p. ra. Kev. J. A. Tyler,
raster.
Presbyterian Church, corner 7th and
College streets; services at 3 p. m. and
Bp. ni. Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Hev. R. P. Wyche, Pastor.
St. Michael (P. E.) Church, Mint St,
services at Bp. in. Sunday School at 4
P- m. Rev. Quinn, Pastor.
M. E. Church, soutli Graham street,
services at 1 1 a. m., 3 p.m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 9 a. m.
Rev. G. W. Price, Pastor.
First Baptist Church, south Church
street, services at 11 a. m., 3 p. m. and
8 p. in. Rev. E. Eagles, Pastor.
Second Baptist Church, east 4th St.,
services at 11 a. m , 3 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 1 p. m.
Rev. Z. llauuhton, Pastor.
sogleties.
G. U. O. of 0. F.—Rising Star, No.
1055, meets bi-weekly, Thursday night.
Odd Fellows Hall.
W, J. Hunter, N. G.
J.P. Smith, P.B.
Star of Hope, No. 1,790, meets bi
weekly, Tuesday night. Odd Fellows
Hall. • G. M. Grier, N. G.
T. N. Davidson. P. 8.
Pride of Sharon,’ No. 2.223, meets bi
weekly, Friday night. Odd Fellows
Hall. Sandy McKee, N. G.
T. J. Weddington, P. 8.
Masonic. —Paul Drayton Lodge, No.
7, meets first and third Monday nights
in each month. John Smith.
Wm. Smith, Secretary. W. M.
Lodge Directory.
Good Samaritans, working under
Grand Lodge No. 2.
Reliance, No. lO.meets every Tuesday
night, in Holden’s Hall, on corner of
Trade and College Streets -Richard
Pethel, Secretary-
McPeeler, No. 11, meets every Mon
day night, in Holden’s Hall—Lizzie
Means Secretary,
Golgotha, No. 25, meets every Thurs
day night, in Holden's Hall—VV’m, Fos
ter. Secretary.
Silver Hill, No. 82, meets every Fri
day night,in Holden’s Hall—John Silen
cer, Secretay.
Ebenezer, No. 103, meets every Wed
nesday night, in Holden’s Hall, —Hen-
ry Ross, Secretay.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
Good rains this week.
Cotton is doing splendid.
A great many fine peaches in
market.
They have commenced to give
melon feasts.
Clinton Sabbath school runs up
to over 175 scholars.
Small fish aro traveling tho water
mains, and here and there one leaks
out.
Hail, stranger I Do you know
where to get ice-cold soda water ?
A. W. Calvin’s is the place.
Hot I hot 1 hot! But that ice cold
soda water at A. W. Calvin’s has
made me as cool as a cucumber.
Now that we have good rains,
they use a sprinkler on some parts
of the streets from the water plugs.
Yes, you may walk all over town,
yet you must go to Calvin’s to get
soda water. Our druggists are too
high-toned to sell it to colored folks.
The Odd Fellows are to have a
big time next week, but they don’t
advertise and tho people don’t know
what is to be done.
We expect an excursion next
week and with them we will not be
surprised to see little John William
son trying to persuade some one to
to go the fair in October.
The schedule was changed on the
Statesville road last Sunday. The
train which has been going out at
9in the afternoon heretofore goes
ai 5 now, and returns at 9 in the
nhrning.
fcur friends along tho Cape Fear
Yadkin Valley and tho Caroli-
M Central roads will have an op
portunity to take advantage of the
pdd Fellows celebration and visit
■our thriving Httle city.
Cooks wilFcio tvell to call on Col.
John L. Brown. He wants a good
cook and offers good wages. They
say he has the best furnished and
most convenient kitchen in the city.
Miss Sarah F. Young has opened
a school for small • children in the
school house in the rear ,of Zion
Church. Her terms are very easy
and we trust parents living in that
part of the town will send their
children. They will be kept out of
mischief.
Our young men are organizing a
military company. It is to be re
gretted that the Blues allowed their
commissions to be taken. We hope
this new company will succeed in
their efforts. Go ahead young men
you shall have our help.
An oxcursion leaves Raleigh next
Monday evening for our city by
way of Hamlet. Among the best
excursions we have'seen come here
was the one from Raleigh a year or
so ago. We hope they will bring a
large, well ordered crowd, and we
expect nothing else.
Efforts aro still being made to get
up a camp-meeting at Biddleville.
We think Bishop Hood a~d preach
ers are expected. A great deal of
work is to be done before the meet
ing can be had. The old shod is
said to be almost a complete wreck.
We can’t say just yet what will be
done.
Rev. J. C. Price. ofNorth Caroli
na arrived home from Europe this
week. During his trip there he
collected $250, on an average, every
week for the Zion Wesloy Institute,
located in his State. Mr. Price
comes home in time to bo the dark
horse in the 2d N. C. Congressional
district. —Peoples Advocate. >
Brave (7) Policemen.
The Observer of Wednesday pub
lishes an account of the arrest of
Wm. Pennington and his wife by
four police officers which Be styles
“bravely done.”
We give below what we learn
from Pennington.and wife and sev
eral of the neighbors who witnessed
a greater part of the affair on Tues
day morning.
It seems that on Saturday night
Mr. Pennington and wife were play
ing, she trying to take from him a
handkerchief with some money tied
in a corner. An officer demanded
her to go with him, but the bus
band refused to let her go. On
Tuesday morning, policemen Car
ter, Orr and Blackwelder went to
the house corner Mint and 2d street,
found her sitting on the bed un
dressed (for she was in delicate
health); arrested her and had her
between the house and the gate'
when Mr. Pennington arrived, de
manded her release because her
health would not permit her being
kuffed and dragged about. The of
ficers told him then to give bail or
put up five dollars forfeit for each
for their appearance bofore the May
or.
Mr. Pennington then goes to the
trunk to get the money; just at this
time Irwin came in and says to
Pennington: What is tke matter
with you 7 and upon receiving the
answer “nothing more than I am
getting the money for these gentle
men,” fired in upon Pennington
while ho was yet down at the trunk
getting the money—-justthen Black
welder felled Pennington's wife to
her knees and struck her several
times over the head while down.
The officers were in possession of
the pistol and Pennington’s cane
was upon the outside of the houso.
They bad all gotten out the gate
and Pennington was going along
quietly with Irwin, his wife drop
ped the box with her money and in
attempting to pick it up, was struck
over tho head with a billy by 'Orr
while in tho hands of Blackwelder
and Carter.
Now these are the facts of the
case as given to us by several wit
nesses. Brave officer to come up
behind a woman and club her over
the head while she walks between
two men! Brave, brave! Shame
on such bravery. This clubbing
and bruising up the heads of citizens
by policemen is becoming of too
common occurrence. If our police
force’is not sufficient let it be in
creased, let officers summon assis
tance, and let them learn to go to
people like officers of the law should.
From our own observation these
are the bravest set of officers we have
yet seen. An officer does himself
no credit if he makes an arrest with
out bruising a head. We would be
glad if the case is not so bad as rep
resented, but some of the witnesses,
white and colored cannot be disput
ed. Friends of humanity should see
if the law is properly executed by
its officers and when they become
too brave be asked to step down and
out. Judgment is a more necessary
qualification of an officer than brav
ery.
Penonah.
Mr. G. S. Leeper was in the city
last Monday.
Rev. A. D. Waugh spent a part
of this week with us.
Rev. J. W. Smith speaks of trans
ferring to New Haven, Conn.
Bishop J. W. Hood is expected in
the city ntr* week.
Rev. Dr. Stokes is looking much
better since he married. Anis en
courages us.
Mr. J. W. Gordon has taken a
class of young ladies in Zion Sab
bath school, but is not happy yet.
We may give him his old stool at
the organ again and still he will not
be happy.
Rev. J. A. Tyler will represent
Pride of Sharon Lodge in the Dis
trict Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
next week.
Presiding Elder Leake preached
at the M. E. Church last Monday
night from Rev. Ill—20: “Behold
I stand at tho door and knock.”
Rev. D. W. Smith of Concord was
in the city last week looking well.
The young folks who wont to
Spartanburg County, S. C., send
back encouraging reports. Wo have
letters from Miss Hattie Jackson,
Messrs. W. B. West, J. C. McCall
and J. F. K. Simpson. All have
good schools and getting good pay.
Rev. D. J. Koonce, tho only col
ored Luthoran minister in the Uni
ted States, is in Concord, and will
preach there to-morrow in the
Court House. He purposes organi
zing a church there.
Mr. P. C. Hall, Deputy for the
Samaritans, visited Wadesboro and
other points on the C. C. Railroad
last week in the interest of the Or
der. He had a pleasant trip.
Mr. P. C. Hall, Mrs. Diana Hall
and Miss Georgie Williams, spent
last Thursday in the country with
Mr. Walker of New York, who is
visiting relatives in the county.
Mr. J. E. Rattley has been re-ap
pointed principal of the colored city
graded schools. Misses Mary Lynch
and Victoria Richardson, have been
appointed assistants; the others are
not yet named.
For tho Messenger.
Education.
Allow me space in your noble pa
per to say a few words on this im
portant, though old, subject It is
a subject that has been talked and
written about hi these many years. Yet
no other subject requires so much
attention and receives so little. I’m
glad to see the progress that is being
made in education, but sincerely
hopo the time may speedily come
when tho least shall not say unto
tho greatest, “Know ye the Word,”
but every man will know the worth
of education to such an extent that
there will not be a stone left that
has not be turned.
Parents, yon see now through a
veil what education Will do for you
and your children. Seek to educate
them, and the veil will be torn away
and you will be enabled to see
clearly what education is, and what
it will make the rising generation.
Educate your children, and they will
demand a living anywhere in the
world, and in spite of foes they will be.
men. While educating them, give
them an honest trade—teach them
that labor is honorable.
I love to see an educated, sensible
man. . Sopie would think that all
educated men are sensible, but not
so. I’ve seen men have so much
education that they were perfect
fools. A man that has too much
education to notice his fellow-men
and to help his fallen brother out of
the mire, is just the man I call too
much educated. It there ever was
a race that ought to be kind to each
other, it is the colored race. So men
of color, be up and doing. Those
that have the bright light, lift it up
high, so that we that are groping in
dorkness may, like the wise men of
old, follow your star. May the time
speedily come when education will
know no limit.
Yours for the success of the Mes
senger. 'Jane C. Williams.
Fayetteville, July 22.
From Chester, t. O.
We learn that Zion Church in the
above town, is prospering finely.
The services last Sunday were in
teresting, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Bynum. The Sabbath
School has increased from 13 to 125
in the last few months. They have
a nice organ in the church and a
good music:," n to play for them in
the person of WfL ?ynum. We ad
mire Wil. for his piety, morality and
intelligence. He and his fkiher are
doing mnch to elevate the people of
Chester. Wil. will look after the
interests of the Messenger in Ches
ter and surrounding country.
For the Messenger:
Our Gala Day.
The College and 7th street Pres
byterian Sabbath School, held its
annual mid-summer picnic last Fri
day the 21st, at Phifer’s pond. Ac
cording to arrangement, the school,
with a few friends, met in the
church at 8 o’clock a. m. At 81,
pupils being by pairs in line, pro
cession moved for tho grove under
the following management: Mas
ter Leander W. Hayes, Marshal;
Master Jimmie James, Standard
bearer, with Masters Willie Banks
and Moses Goodwine, as aids ; Mas
ter Wm. Rankin, drummer.
With gay hearts the pupils trip
ped briskly along, keeping time to
Master Rankin’s marshaf-thrub-a
dub-dub! Reaching the grove and
spring about nine, the girls betook
themselves to strolling through the
grove, Ac., while the boys, with
high expectations, betook themselves
to angling in the pond. This latter
amusement being kept up until
quite an amount of patience was ex
hausted, (especially by your hum
ble writer,) the game was abandon
ed with the following flattering re
sult; Highest number caught by
a single individual, fifteen baby fish ;
least number caught by a single in
dividual—nonet How could it be
otherwise when most of the boys
had hooks beyond the swallowing
capacity of the fish 7
Afterwards the boys, yes, a few
girls too, amused themselves suffi
ciently with ball and bat, when
loudly and far more skillful than
ever, appetite being judge, Master
Rankins t-r-r-r-rub, t-r-r-r-rub, tit-a
rub-dub, Ac., summoned the picnic
ers around a splendid dinner. As
to the number of descriptive abjec
tives and exclamatory words neces
sary to give at least a faint impres
sion of tne good cheer and love Ibr
Sabbath schools generated around
that table, we must call some one of
our kind and patriotic editors to
our rescue. One, for instance, who
can give quite a dissertation on
“the sublime” after having helped
to ransack such a table.
Between 3 and 4 o’clock, p. m.,
rain poured down in torrents, how
ever, it did not come in time to msr
Eure, for mirth was somewhat
ng and many had betook them
sto the city. Only a few got
wet since the neighboring houses
and mill was granted to ns for shel
ter. Special thanks is dne Mr. Ed.
Sparkling for his kindly transfer
ring many of the small children
home without a penny of charge.
Space will not admit an adven
ture of which Rev. Mr. Wyche, Mr.
Canty and the writer, were central
characters, however, tke public may
yet receive it in book form. The
writer has long since contemplated
writing a romance but has been
waiting for an adventure.
Tho school, greatly refreshed and
stimulated to more activity, happily
looks forward for the annual return
of its picnic day, and promises, with
a rising vote, that the Charlotte
Messenger shall have a special
written invitation if this brief narra
tive shall find space in its interesting
columns. Respectfolly,
J. E. Rattley, SupL
For the hariotte Mesenger.
* DIED.
In this city, on the 19th inst.
Robert Alexander, aged 43 years.
He was a good and faithfol man in
all the relations of life, and all who
kneiy him well, esteemed and ap
preciated him as a truthful, honest
man. Peace to his ashes.
—■ i ■ m
The Messenoyb, Charlotte, N. C.,
is a new five-column folio, published
by W. C. Smith every Saturaay. It
is neat, clean, and a live paper in
every sense of the word.— The Proof
Sheet.
The Messenger, of Charlotte,
N. C., published by W. C. Smith,
formerly foreman of this office, is a
neat sheet, which can do valiant ser*
vice for the upbuilding of the race
in the old North State. Go it,
Smith, He is pever a man to speak
much, but every time he opens his
mouth he says something. — People's
Advocate.
We have received the third num*
her of the Chariot;* (N. C.) Mes
senger, published by W. C. Smith.
It is a neat and newsy paper, Be-/
publican in po'itics and devoted tr
the interest of the race. If we mis
take not, we once worked at the
“case” in Washington with Mr.
Smith and we founa him a thorough
going “typo," a young man of studi
ous and temperate habits, and not
given to saying more or less than he
meant when he had occasion to give
expression to his thoughts. We hope
friend Smith and The Messskssb a
large measure of Sumport and pros
perity.—New York Globe.
Each and every person who is in any
way concerned in firing off fire works
in a public street is responsible for the
injuries inflicted upon an innocent per
son, in the opinion of the Supreme
Court of New Jersey, in Jenne vs. Sut
ton decided in March.
MESSENGER
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY S'TURD W
▲T
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
In the interest of the Col
ored People and the
Bepnblican Party.
It is the Cheapest and Best
P»per in the State.
•■lj $1.25 Per Ann.
Bvery colored man and
every Bepnblican in the Caro
lina oogfat to take the Mes
senger.
william c. sun,
Pnbliaher.
Charlotte, N. C.