OUR CHURCHFS.
Clinton Chapel, (Zion.) services at 11
a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday School
at l. p. m. Rev. J. A. Tyler, •
Presbyterian Church, corner 7th and
College streets; services at 3 p. m. and
Bp. m. Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Rev. R. P. Wyche, Pastor.
Sc. Michael (l*. E.) Church, Mint St,
services at Bp. m. Sunday School at 4
p. m. Rev. Chas. C. Quin, Pastor.
M. E. Church, south Graham street,
services at 11 a. m, 3 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday School at 0 a. m.
First Baptist Church, south Church
street, services at 11 a. m„ 3 p. m. and
8 p. m. 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. Haughton, Pastor.
SOCIETIES.
G. U. 0. of O. F.—Rising Star, No.
1653, meets bi-weekly, Thursday night.
Odd Fellows Hall.
W. J. Hunter, N. Q.
J. P. Smith, P. S.
Star of Hope, No. 1,790, meets bi
weekly, Tuesday night, Odd Fellows
Hall. G. M. Grier, N. G.
T. N. Davidson, P. S.
Pride of Sharon, No. 2,223, meets bi
weekly, Monday night. Odd Fellows
Hall. Chas. H. Jones, N. G.
T. J. Wedlington, 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— Wm, Fos
ter. Secretary.
Silver Hill, No. 82, meetß every Fri
day night, in Holden’s Hall—John Spen
cer, Secretay.
Ebenezer, No. 103, meets every Wed
nesday night,in Holden’s Hall,—Hen
ry Ross, Secretay.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
—Fine weather.
—Fairy moonlight nights.
—Christmas is only ten days off.
—Eddins has the prettiest Christ
mas presents ever seen.
—Young man, what you going
to give hor for a Christmas present ?
| J —For anything in the crockery
line, call on John Brookfield, the
finest store in town.
—We expect every one of our de
linquent subscribers to pay up bo
fore Christmas as a Christmas pres
ent to us.
—Old Santa Claus having forgot
ten us, we shall depend upon our
young ladies for all our presents
this Christmas. Don’t forget it.
A Pleasant Parly.
In consequence of the early de
parture of Rev. J. A. Tyler from
the city, some goods friends got up
a sociable for Thursday night. We
found our way to the Elder’s after
tho wedding and found there gath
ered about forty or fifty of our best
young ladies and gentlemen as
noisy and as happy as larks on a
bright Spring morning. Mrs. Kis
slo Smith and Misses Lmfr* David
son and Maggie Persell seemed to
be exerting every effort to make all
happier still. Among the many
young ladies present were Miss Ju
lia Henderson of Morganton, Misses
Mary Freeman, Cora and Mary
Butler, Annie Gordon, Julia A.
Johnson, Lydia Robinson, and oth
ers. Confections wore in abundance
(vnd all left after tendering a vote of
thanks to Mr*- Ki**ie Smith, much
pleased with the evenings enter
tainment.
The Fire*.
On Sunday morning last about 8
O’clock, it WM discovered that the
bims and Dowd building was on
lire; the fire department was soon
out and at work upon it. The Sa
maritans, whose hall was on the
third floor, lost a small portion of
their furniture, and tho building
and goods below were greatly dam
aged by water.
On Monday a bale of cotton took
fire at the compress, which caused
much excitement, and was a narrow
risk of a great fire. It was extin
guished before much damage was
done. There was also a very nar
row escapo from a fire in Oates’
factory the same day.
On Wednesday about 7 o'clock
the Odd Fellows hall was discovered
to be on fire. Tho neighbors extin
guished it after tho burning of a
large hole in the floor and nearly
all the carpet. It is not known just
how it took fire. There waß a meet
ing there the night before, but the
fire Was not near the stove.
Married. i
At the residence of the brides ua
rents on Thursday evening at 81
o’clock, by Rev. J. A. Tyler, Miss
Minnie Allison to Mr. W. R. Hin
ton. It was a very pleasant affair.
The bride looked very sweot and re
ceived the hearty congratulations
of the many friends present. Among
those present we noticed Mr. J eff
Hagler and wife, Mr. Cato Thomas
and wife, Mr. A. 8. Smith and wife,
Mr; Frank Orr and wife, Mrs. J. M.
Hagler, Misses Mary Lynch, Geor
gie Williams and others.
In the suburban village, Green
ville, about the same hour, Mrs.
Dorcas Taylor was married to Mr.
Andrew Murphy. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Edmond
Davidson.
Near Wadesboro, on Wednesday
evening, ” the 13th, Miss Nannie
Henry was married to Mr. Joseph
Smith, both of Concord. May hap
piness ever attend them.
An Agreeable Evening.
One of the most pleasant evening
entertainments that we have had
the inexpressive pleasure of attend
ing was certainly the one at the res
idence of Mrs. Greene, in Wilming
ton, N. C., on Dec. 13, and compli
mentary to Miss Ada B. Moore, of
Fayetteville.
There was assembled all the love
liness of female wit and beauty. A
deal of praise is certainly due tho
committee for the admirable manner
in which things were conducted.
There were present as follows: Wil
lie Mallette, Miss Bettie Hargrove,
George Minnis, Miss Priscilla Curry
Iloy Pearsall, Miss Frankie Malletto
Walter Evans, Miss Annie Mallette,
Thomas Knight, Miss Mary Mal
lette, Willie Howard, Miss Mary C.
Carpenter, C. J. McKoy, Miss Mag
gie L. Whiteman, Wm. 8. Kellogg,
Miss Annie C. Jackson, D. W. Ev
ans, Miss Sarah Taylor, Wm. Hun
ter, Miss Louisa Nixon, H. F. Ratly,
Miss Sophia Hankins, George Jack
son, Miss Willie Kellogg, A. E. Jack
son, Miss A. B. Moore. After three
hours of solid enjoyment we were
invited to a well spread table, to
partake of the several delicacies
provided for tho occasion, which we
did to quite an extent. After our
repast wo were entertainod for a
few minutes by Miss Ida Evans,
who was accompanied by Mrss Jes
se W. McDonald, in a beautiful
musioal aeleetlon from the opera “II
Trovatore,’’ when we all journeyed
to our homes to enjoy “a dream of
the past.”
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Our Columbia Letter.
At the early peep of dawn on the
morning of the Bth inst., those of
our people who had not already ris
on to enter upon the dally avoca
tions, were aroused by the sounding
of the fire alarms, the yells of tho
excited and the rush of the many
feet and the thundering of the fire
engines as they were whirled along
by spirited horse* and willing hands.
The fins was discovered to be in the
upper story of the store ocoupied
by C. A. Baldwin A Co., grocers.
The fire was all on the inside and
hard to reach. The firemen strove
gallantly to extinguish it. Fortu
nately the wind was not blowing, |
for had it been the entire block
would have been swept away. In
this block are some of the finest
business houses in our city. Bald
win & Co., and J. S. Wiley were en
j tirely burnt out and C. F. Jackson
was considerably damaged. Tho
morning was intensely cold, water
freezing wherever it fell. The fire
resulted from an overturned lamp.
Columbia has lost within the last
week, by death, two of her most
prominent business men; Goo. Sym
mers, grocer, and Jno. C. Deal,
hardware.
Mr. H. O. Reese, of Charlotte,
formerly of this city, and his sister
Miss Lilia Reese, a student at Sco
tia, have been called home to the
bedside of a younger brother who
is dangerously ill.
Hon. H. S. Thompson has been
inaugurated Governor. His term
of office bids fair to be fruitful of
good to all; so we trust By ex
tending that aid to the ignorant and
oppressed which they need and
which is due them by the party now
in dominance, they will endear
themselves to the hearts of all and
obtain their hearty support. There
is a duty, though, no less important
to be performed, which if he uses
not as to his advantage, for the bet
terment of his condition, making
himself a useful citizen, an impor
tant factor in all that results in lift
ing humanity to its proper status.
Unless ho thus demonstrates him
self to the world by such capability,
he is unworthy of the name man.
Dec. 12, ’B2. Flynn.
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For the Messenger.
THANKS.
As I am about to enter upon the
duties newly conferred upon me, al
low me to tax your columns with a
tribute of thanks to a number of
sisters and brethren of my past
three years charge for the many
handsome and useful presonts given
us on the night of Nov. 21st, before
our leaving for conference. Also to
the superintendent, teachers and
scholars of the Sabbath school for
the present of a 842 suit and silk
hat. Also my appreciation of the
further expressions of esteem evi
denced by a social entertainment
given us last night. May they live
long to make others as happy as
they have made us. Respectfully,
J. A. Tyler.
Dec. 16th, ’B2.
Personals.
Mr. Milton Noble, of Raleigh,was
in the city this week.
John S. Henderson is the happi
est married man in town.
Elder A. F. Moore will leave us
very soon for his new field in the
neighborhood of Newbern.
Geo. C. Scurlock, of Fayetteville,
has secured a position as clerk in
the Treasury Department. A
worthy appointment.
A. P. Hunter has been transferred
from the North Carolina road to the
C. C. A A. road.
Rev. J. C. Price passed through
the city last Tuesday on bis way to
the Alabama conference.
Mr. Joseph Smith was in the city
last Tuesday on route to the Wades
boro fair.
Miss Laura Lomax left us last
Sunday to enter Zion Wesley at
Salisbury.
W. H. Houser and John Smith
are tho colored men on the Federal
Court jury.
Messrs, Green W. Johnson, J. E,
Raftley, Z. llaugbton, Jr., and oth
er Sabbath School workers are re
quested to buy their Sabbath school
presents from Mr. J. R. Eddins, for
two reasons; he will sell them as
cheap as they can be sold, and he
aids us all by helping to keep a
newspaper alive he** among the
I colored people.
THE
MESSER
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY SATURDAY
AT
CHARLOTTE,! 3ST. CL
In the interest of the Cot*
ored People and the
Republican Party.
It is the Cheapest and Best
paper in the State.
Only $1.25 Per Aim.
Every colored man and
every Republican in the Caro
linas ought to take the Mes
senger.
WILLIAM (. SMITH.
Publisher.
Charlotte, N. C.
ANDERSON & PILGRIM,
BARBER SHOP.
SPARTANBURG, S. 0.
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WE have the best shop in the city.
and do good work, Give us .a
call on Church Street
Shaving 100. Hair Cut 250.
.1. A. ANDERSON. > Plv .
A. PILGRIM, ) PtopA
8-12,-tf
School Books.
To My Customers and the Citi
zens of Charlotte.
T desire to have it distinctly under-
J. stood, that I am still furnishing
books for the Graded Schools either by
exchange or introductory prices, m
cheap as any one in the city. It does
not matter to whom you are instructed
for your books by slips given your ahil
dren, always understand that they can
be had at the same rates at my store.
Just bring the slips to me and I will Oil
the order as cheap as you can get them
any where, and will make you a present
besides. Very respectfully.
JNO. B. EDDINS.
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GOOD TEMPLARS.
Notice is hereby given that the
above named Body will meet in the
City of Wilmington, N. C., on Wed
nesday, the 15th of November. A
large attendance is requested. All <
Deputies, Past W. C. T., Worthy C.
T. and Worthy Vice T. of all Lodges
are requested to be present. Keep
in mind the time and place. Lodges
will elect delegates as usual.
BY ORDER EX. COUNCIL.
Sept. 23rd 1882.
Star of Zion, Africo American
Presbyterian, Raleigh Banner, Golds- ,
boro Enterprise and Newbern Lodge
will please copy.
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