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Charlotte illcsscngcr. r ‘ • . 1 * 1a - —~~ Published every Saturday at CHARLOTTE, N. C. 1$ 11 —BY W. C. SMITH. Subscription Bates. ... (Always in Advance) 1 year, .... - $1.50 fir' b months. ----- LOO 4 “ » ! 3 '* 40 , Single copy, - - 5 1 Notify us at once of all failures of this paper to reach you on time. All money must be sent by Register, Money order or Postal note to W. . SMITH. Short correspondence on subjects of inter T-stto the public is solicited; but persons must not be disappointed if they fail to see their articles in our columns. We are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Anonymous communications go to the waste basket). || ~ OUR SABBATH SCHOOL. %■. /'How the Star of Zion can make r our ’if:.' Sunday school here second to that] in Salisbury is more than our people can understand. They want credit for what they do, and it is unfair for the Star to hold back a part of the facts to make our school appear second to Salisbury when we excelled it and all others this year, as , we always do- The facts are: The Sab bath school in Salisbury raised on chil i, <1 lens’ day S7O. Os this sum s2ll was collected in the school. The other S4O was raised by punch cards, envelopes, &c., which had been out several weeks through- the city and country, added to the church collections of that day. Clinton Chapel Sabbath school in this city raised in school $35 and the church gave sls, which made up the SSO, and there were no efforts outside of the bouse or that day. In holding up the school in Salisbury, the Star should not go so far as to discourage us here. Clin ton Chapel has the best, the biggest and the most liberal Sabbath school in the connection, JONES AND ROWLAND. The campaign has opened and the candidates for Congress are making speeches, each endeavoring to persuade the people to vote for him. In our dis trict both the candidates belong to the . same political party and it may be that a Republican will yet come out and give us Republicans a chance to vote. If no 1 Republican should come out we would have to vote for either Jones or Rowland I or not vote for a Congressman. It is ‘ well, sometimes, when we c annot get our choice, to take the next best. Then the question comes up: What is the diftcr r ence between Jones and Rowland? What arc we to gain by voting for either of h them? Then it becomes necessary for us to know the men. What is the record of each, and what influence will control I j them if elected? In the next issue wc expect to be able to tell our readers whether they may ex pect to have a Republican to vote for or { only Jones and Rowland to choose be tween. If only the latter, then we pro pose to have something to say on the merits of these gentlemen. Our friends in Anson, Union and Robeson, who were so anxious last week, will therefore please wait till wc come again and we will try to tell them what we think they ought to do in this case. BAD POLICY* Some mischief makers are trying to spring the issue of prohibition m this campaign. No man with sense in i his head or honesty in his heart I s would do anything of the kind. Wc want no such issue and cannot afford f to have it now. Wc fought prohibition, pure and simple, iu June and are willing to let it rest until next June, when it will come on us again. We want to see Democracy defeated, not because it fa vors prohibition or because it opposes it, but because of many other things, for which we have fought them year after year. If we are to make a Republican light, it must be made with, by and for Republicans. Wc want no bar room caucuses, neither will we allow our peo , pie to ba led and dictated to by Demo crats who have been our worst enemies and now attempt to lead us thiough the barroom to put themselves in power be cause they could not control the Demo cratic convention. We are opposedto the Democratic county ticket—not because it is said to be prohibition, but because it was put eut by a Democratic convention. iVe will not vote for it. We want a Repub ' lican ticket-~not a whiskey ticket-but i a ticket with good moral men on it who I believe in and will support Republican principles. We hope the men who are attempting to shape our couraTwill re- member that there are more colored pro hibitionists in this town than there are whiskey men. That Democrats are going to vote the Democratic ticket un«t we should make ours to suit ourselves aud the principles of our party. THE COUNTY CONVENTION. The Republican couDty convention as sembled in the court house on Wcdnea ! day, in persuauce to previous call. W. j H. llugler, county chairman, called W. : R. Hinton to the chair. After the coin- ' inittee on credentials reported, J. VV. i (Jordon was elected permanent chairman j and J. Will Brown secretary While there was some irregularity, it ' must be said that it was the most respect able convention held here by the party in several years. That venomous reporter of “colored conventions’’ has not a word of ridicule to offer this time, for the signs of the times [mint too clearly to our Improvement. The Btate call was endorsed ami a call issued for another county convention, to meet on the 30th mst., to reorganize the party and take into consideration a county ticket. The following resolutions were ■ adopted: Whkrkah. The Republican party of North (Jurolina is being affected by the controversy between Mott and Keogh; Whereas, Tin-state executive coin nutlet-, with Dr. J. J, Mott as chairman, s ve decided not to call a convention this year, and as a majority o's the State u executive committee, with Mr. J. C. L. Harris, and other leading Republicans at its head, believe that it is best to have a cobvcntion and reorganize the State with , a new committee and chairman, so as to more effectively hold the party, and be better prepared to combat with the Bour bon Democracy iu 1888, therefore, Rewind, By this convention repre- t tenting the Republicans of Mecklenburg i County, Tlint wc do indorse, and sup- t port the call to be held in Raleigh on-the t 22d of September. | Resolved, That a delegation be sent to | Raleigh on said date to assist our citizens | in effecting u change." j The delegates elected arc: Vi. R. | Hinton, AV. C. Smith, E. AV. McDonald, j C. AV. Henderson, A. Brady and C. E. , Dixon; alternates. Lee Davidson, T. A. , McEachen, .1. Howard, J. L. Long, B. i F. Baker, Joseph Cathey. OUR TRIP EAST. Our People—ltevlvals—Personal. Etc. On Tuesday night of lust week we went to Monroe. There we found the people well worked up over the earth quake. A revival was in progress at Rev. Simmon’s church and he reported a large number of converts. He is meet, ing with much success mid the people there are well pleased with him and his pleasant wife. They are our friends of childhood and made it very pleasant for us while iu Monroe. Our people are do ing reasonably well there ill securing property, Ac. The county has become ashamed of the old frame court house, rolled itiu a back yard and lire erecting a thirty-five thousand dollar brick build ing. \Vc spent thursdav in AVadksboho. Here wc found Rev. (Joslin in the midst of a revival. He reported over fifty convertions that week with no signs of stopping. One old gentleman 84 years of age was converted while we were at the church. The people here are well pleased with Rev. (Joslin and suy the conference must send him back to them. Rev. E. AV. Carpenter is iu charge of the school, with Miss Acidic MeAuley assisting him. He lias a tine school, llis church is doing well. As we have said before, the colored people of AVadesboro own more real es tate* according to the size of the town, than any we have yet visited. That end of the' town in which the colored churches are, is owned almost entirely by colored people and they have completed a number of comfortable dwellings nuci are living seemingly happy. AVc made no special inquiry alter the names of col ored property owners here, but noticed among those who have improved and built : Messrs. I. S. Ingram, H. J. Ed wards, Sum Hall, John Chavis, Kluttz Ac. We saw no colored merchant here hut learn there are many successful far mers around the town ; the leading blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, shoe makers, painters and draymen are color ed men. Larger towns may take patera after such industrious towns as this. Fri day morning found us at LAVniKBUBG. Here we were hospitably entertained by Rev. AV. li. Smith and his good lady, ’lliey are relatives and playfellow s of our mother and father. We found here mauy good friends to the Mkbresokk as well as relatives aud old friends of our youth. The ministers all seemed to he having a good time iu their c hurches. Revs. Smith, AVoodward, Sowers and Waddell arc protracting meetings with success. We met here several pleasant and intelligent young ladies and found a number of musical instruments in differ i ent comfortable dwellings and skilled i performers at each. The colored people : here, as in AA'adeshoro, on n a large part lof the tow n, have several business liuu | ses, a number of mechanics and a large I number of colored men in the railroad I shops. The population of the above towns is about 2,000 each. Saturday morning’s sun rose on us in Shoe Heel. Here we found revivals going oil as elsewhere. Our stay here was only a few hours. This is a very small town, but wc found as ill the other eases, the leading men were old acquaintances of ours. Colored men lead here in var|H'n tcriug, painting, blacksinitlnng. wheel wrights Ac. Several c olored men have purchased and improved property here. At ten o'clock we left for —j Fayetteville. This old town shows many signs of improvement. Scores of handsome buildings have been erected in the last \ car*)r so, and two railroad outlets have been added since our last visit there. The AVilson short-cut has the iron hud ; twenty odcl miles on the lower end and :is nearly finished. This will be a great advantage to the town aud when they get the south end built the competition in railroads will lie lively in this old towu. Tlu colored people .trc not left out of the march of progress here. Three or four new grocery stores which will do to both the town and proprietors. F. I*. AVilliston is doing a fine business as is AV. 11. McNcal aud N. Owens. T. M. McNeal is the leading undertaker in the town. Colored men seem to hold their own in the trades, also in the purchase and improvement of property. Much more might be said for this old town. It has and is still sending out mole educa ted and useful young men and women than any town iu the state. Revivals are going on here also. Rev. Hill has had over one hundred converts since the earthquake, and his meeting is still going on. A busy meeting is go ing on just across the river, conducted by the A. SI. E. church. Rev. McDuf fie lias a nice church and « fine congrega tion. lie has tlm finest church organ of any colored congregation ill the Btate. He is a good preacher and is succeeding finely. The Normal and the ciraded schools open next Monday with the same principals as last year. Faulk County, Dakota, has no bondei indebtedness; the District Court has never had any criminal cases from that county, and the Judge has never had occasion to hold a session of court there. ' The reason is this: Faulk County has never had a licensed saloon within its borders. But it hes twenty-four Sunday •ehools, with a thousand members. ADDRESS TO_THE PEOPLE OFj NORTH CAROLINA. The Fnrmore, the Mechanics, the Artlzauo, > the Educators, the Business Men trail the j Laborers In Ever)’ Ilcnurtllicnt of Mu- | terlnl aml Intellect uni Eoleritrlse. AVc again address you in behalf of the continued effort of the North Carolina industrial Association to better the eon j dition of our people by stimulating them j to higher endeavors and grander aecom-1 plishments in the various avenues of J human activity. In this we are not only ] to betlet- out condition and advance our ! standard as a race, but the glory anil | greatness of our good old State ancl all her people must surety follow her sue j ccss. It may be well that wc remind you I of the fact that it is ours to play a com manding part in the great drama of building up North Carolina and in giving her the place ill the galaxy of States for which God and nature intended her. She is fertile in all the elements of u mighty commonwealth and a mighty people. Her rich and varied soil, in which spring almost indigenous every product of which earth is capable; her splendid water powers; her uutuld mineral wealth; her mild aud health-giving climate; her for ests of valuable woods, all these and many other advantages’ point her out as destined by Providence to furnish a field for tlie very finest display of human genius and human ingenuity. These whisper of the day when her great bosom shall be opened aud every pulsation of her great heart shall propel a current of peace, plenty and prosperity into every department of material ancl intellectual progress. Let us do our part in hasten ing such a period. In noway can wc do this more effectually than by cultivating and stimulating the spirit of progressive enterprise, competition and excellence. \\ r e must not he satisfied with simply doing something, and doing that some thing well, but must reach out for tlie very topinc>6t round, and not contented until tlie crown of excellence rests upon our productions. AYe must culti vate, too, that love of State, that pride of native home, which calls into exercise tlie noblest powers of mind and body iu efforts to develop her greatness and give her a proud place aud a potent influence among the sisterhood of States. It is with no small degree of pleasure that wc point to the magnificent work which has been done by the North Caro lina Industrial Association in this direc tion. Opening its first great exhibition in 1879, it lias kept up its organization and its annual display of the capabilities of our race to the present. Aud it is our greater pleasure to inform you that tile officers now in charge have taken Hold with renewed vigor, and that the forth coming eighth annual fair is to prove the most complete in all its arrangements, the variety and character of its exhibits, as well as in its inc idental attractions, of any of its predecessors. While in the years gone by the world has looked in upon our grounds und through our halls with wonder and admiration, it has con stantly remarked by those better ac quainted with the capabilities of our race, that it has not, thus far, fully in dicatcd its productive genius. Such an exhibition as the colored people of North Carolina can make and should make, would not ouly call forth the astonish ment of the stranger, but would surprise the race itself. From now forth the effort will b to make such a display at our next fair as will, in some adequate measure, chi jus tice to rile productive capacity of our race. This is an end so devoutly to lie wished, that we rely most confidently upon the thoughtful men and woiiic u of our race iu all parts of the State to aid us in every possible way. Set to work at once. Look through the premium list and begin the preparation of articles which come in your line. Put in your very best work. You will lose nothing by tlie effort, it will prove its own reward. Talk the object j of the fair to your neighbors and friends and assist the Secretary in reaching the people in every county, city, town and village in the State. Remember that wc are on trail. The critical eye of ihe world is passing us under review year after year, ancl is adjudging us as the value of contributions to the greatness of man arc manifest. Let us eoine up grandly to the full measure of our oppor tunities and thus dissipate the doubts of many of our inherent forces. AVe again return thanks to the white people of the State for the commendable generosity with which they have aided our enterprise. In this they have not only evidenced the existence of kindly interest in the future of Hie race, but have evinced a love of State and a breadth of conception which cannot fail of results of lasting benefit to all. To the railroads of the State, we make grateful acknowledgement of (lie service which they have rendered us. The officers of each have treated the Associa tion with great kindness aud courtesy, and have seemed deeply interested in the success of our work. To the State press, the great |iower which has done so much for every enter prise looking to the material development of the State, we owe a debt of lasting gratitude. The very first to fall in the line of sunport, the unselfish gentlemen of the newspaper fraternity of North Carolina have never fullered in devotion to the best interest of our race ns espoused by our organization. They have rendered us such aid as we could not have suc ceeded without. To the Statu of North Carolina, the Governor and the Commissioner of Agri culture, wc return hearty thanks for the patriotic manner in which they have fos tered our humble effort to rise among the enlightened races of men, and by our progress and prosperity add to the pro gress and prosperity of our State, May they live to witness the full fruition of their best ho|ies for the good of our pco ; pic. And now so one and all who have had I a kindly thought or wholiave givena kindly hand to I hr, wc extend thanks and a cordial invitation to the eighth 1 annual fair of the Association, which will open in Raleigh on Monday, the 8»h day 1 of November, 1S8I», and continue d iring the week. Uome with lug hearts, big h.* nds and big pui|»oses. Come prepared to m*o the negro standing amid the uplendor of his bruin and muscle with arm outstretched and index finger pointing on to tlie g ran( * I possibilities which the near future holds out to our advancing fortunes, i In behalf of the Executive Committee, Chab. N. Hunter, Geo. T. Wassom, J. H. Williamson, A Defective on “Crooks.” ! “A big thief is never deserted by j friends. ° AVhen he is in the hole he can I always raise money, and tho amount is Ino object. Thousands of dollars would ! be forthcoming in half an hour’s notice I to get Johnny Beaucleigh away from , Clayton. A peculiar thing about crooks j is that they are most often given away by the women they associate with, the betrayal generally arising from jealousy. Many of them have nice wives and fami lies, and not seldom they live in neigh borhoods ultra respectable, and their dis covery startles those who associated with them. AVithin the last ten years there have been only one or two good jobs done in the city. A big sneak was made on the office of the St. Louis Ore and j j Smelting Company when they were pre- j paring to pay llieir hands. The men sneaked out a box containing 11,700 in 1 cash and got away. Quite a Clever , sneak, netting about $6,000, was worked f some years ago on the Biddle Market i Bank, and the men were not captured. AVe know pretty well who did the job, but wc couldn’t make a case. They were i the last jobs of importance. Since then ; the kids have been doing all the crooked j work in the town. They are not very fly, but if they were allowed to run they would tear the town wide open in very . short order. The only thing that keeps 1 them down is keeping after them con -3 j stantly. They are being constantly shown ' | up to the police, and their haunts are alt ; reported and watched. They are run in j ! on every possible chance, and they don’t ri 1 have much time between their stays in ' prison to do much work. Theyare finally driven out of town or sent to the peni -1 tentiarv.” — Globe-Democrat. A Return to Knee Breeches. , The popularity of knee breeches marks i; another of the transitions of fashion in - the last six - months. Coming in first as a 1 mode of dress for the country, tennis, I bicycling, etc., it seems probable that i they may yet be worn as part of the full c i dress of the ultra society swell. The ten . dency of fashion in upper swelldom is \ \ toward a more elaborate attire for cven -1 ing dress, and it is a tendency which is u rapidly taking shape. In full dre3s s shirts the most elaborately decorated are the most stylish, and the straight up and down collar is giving way to the long ' rolling one. In handkerchiefs the Prince n of AVales has lately made fashionable the h j brightest colors in red, blue and old '> 6°>d- It would not be surprising to see, dur ing the coming winter, the introduction D of Knickerbockers, buckles, gaudy col s ored vests with gold buttons, and other l ways the prevalence of styles familiar to r I us in the pictures of the swells of the last century; and the change would cer tainly be an agreeable one. Trousers are ,* j not nearly as graceful as kuee breeches, y | and the latter would more distinctively ' ! mark the difference between evening and e : ordinary dress. Besides, it might give , fresh impetus to pedestrianism, a most I healthful exercise, for no young man de t sires to expose poorly developed calves. s —Clothier and Furniehcr. Chloral and its effects. L , ; The action of chloral hydrate is very r j similar to that of opium, but it docs not c | lessen pain nor contract the pupils of tho 1 \ eyes to the same extent. It does weaken 1 i the action of the heart and lessen the f production of heat in the body to a far greater degree than opium. It induces r sleep in doses that are not dangerous, c | and the unpleasant after effects of mod * i erate doses of opium are avoided by its use. The fatal dose is a very large one. , Its taste and odor are alike unpleasant to i 1 most people; hence the risks of acquir c ing au appetite for it are not so great as with the latter drug. The habit, once c ; formed, is much easier to give up than u that of opium eating. The treatment of , a case of chloral poisoning is almost ex , j actly the same as for an overdose of c j opium. One important fact to be re | membered in such a case is to scrupu j lously avoid the loss of animal heat. Not t attending to this point has cost many : I lives. The patient should be kept warm; a : the stomach must be emptied of its con | tents, and stimulants should be given to i keep up the action of the heart until the I poison has a chance to escape by the 1 lungs and kidneys.— St. Louie Globe Democrat. A writer for the Boston Herald, says , that the construction of the American railways has practically quadrupled the i efficiency of the army on tho Mexican r frontier, and the ability to put the troops into the frontier States—where trouble [ generally begins—gives the Federal Gov ernment a sense of security which was | never felt before. The Mexican soldier, 1 though largely recruited from the crim inal class by that system of compulsory , service based on army enlistment being I made tho alternative of vegetating in prison, is a good fighter. He has recently ■ done some effective work in the A’aqui I I war in Sonora, and, as a trailer of savage . Indians, may be relied on to fight hard . ancl march far, and all this on very light 1 j rations. Hr. J- T. Offers his professional services to the general public. CALLS ANSWERED DAY AND NIGHT. A. W. CALVIN —deamf.r in— FAMILY GROCERIES srassss sss and all kinds of VEGETABLES and FRUITS. ALSO DEALER IN lumber and Building Material. Free delivery to all parts of the city. HENDERSONS BABBER SHOP The Oldest and Best. Experienced and polite work J? e “ always ready to wait on customers. Here you will get a Neat Hair Cut, and a Clean Shave. John S. Henderson. East Trade St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Use and Abuse of Tea. It is not a little curious, says the Lancet that the diseases arising from tho wrong use of tea should be met within greater frequency in countries foreign to its growth. The diseases due to this cause are well known to doctors, but the public seem to be strangely indifferent to the teachings of their medical advis ers in these matters. Recently in France M, Eloy has reminded medical men how vast is the number of diseases owing an allegiance to the dominion of queen tea. America and England are the two coun tries that are afflicted most with the maladies arising from its excessive con sumption. Individuals may suffer in a variety of ways. It is customary to speak of acute, subacute and chronic “theism,” a form th it has no connection with theological matters. The pre dominance of nervous symptoms is a characteristic of theism. General ex citement of the functions of the nervous system may be observed, or the weak ness may be noted more especially in the brain as distinguished from the spinal cord. Perversion of the sense of hear ing is not at all an uncommon symptom, patients hearing voices that have no real objective existence. The irritability that overtakes women so frequently may sometimes be clearly traced to an exces sive indulgence in afternoon tea. No doubt the tannin which tea that has been standing contains does a great amount of mischief; but theism belongs, rather, to that class of diseases in which mor phinism. caffeism and vanillism a:e found. The habit of tea-drinking is one that grows on its victims like the similar ones of opium or alcohol. Taken in strict moderation ami svith due precau tions in the mode of preparation, tea is, like alcohol, a valuable stimulant; in its abuse there is also a certain analogy.— Science. Mexican Vanity. A Washington letter to the 80.- Traveller says: The Mexicans are an ig norant, bloodthirsty lot, cvho are never so happy as when in the midst of pillages, robbery and bloodshed. They are a vain, conceited people? and have the most en larged ideas of their own prowess and valor. To illustrate this I will tell you of a certain incident which happened only a month or two ago. A young Mexican from the City of Mexico, who is connected with the government, came j to AVashington, after a tour of nearly all the prominent cities of the country. I j asked him what his impressions were of our people. He said he was astonished at the strides which the United States I hud made in the civilization and the arts, j He spoke particularly of music, of i which he is very fond, and said that he had the good fortune to be present at j the concerts given by the famous Mexi- ! -an band in New A’ork and Boston. The j audiences were evidently cultivated and appreciative, but he was particularly (truck w.th the fact that th' y applauded ' m the right places. This he considered to be a most remarkable fa< t, because be said, Mexico was two centuries in ’ad- I vance of this country. Now that man "•usperfect’y icrious. He meant every word be said You cannot get a Men ran to believe that hi, country is not tho greatest, the grandest and the most in I vincible nation upon ihe f»,. c of tbc ' globe. Washington figures out that the ■vcly scientific school, number two; manual school.,. 253; medical col 'g s, 14, ); institutions for the t,;„w education of women, 2; i8; |, w fifty seven. There are a»« , . . i »nd colleges in the United w. 522 Students in attendance. ’ **’ W ‘ th V . . ‘ t W. M. Wilson &Go DRUGGISTS, CHAR'*-® n * c ‘ bl t ist’ s NEW OR OP TURNIP SEED . T . GOLDEN RED TOP. FLAT DLTO. W HITE BALL. AMB ™ K - BED GLOBE, AVIIIIE NORFOL . TOP GLOBE, PO.MERANEAN GLOBE, RUTA BAGA, SEVER • SOUTHERN PRIZE, YELLOW ABx ‘ DEEN. all fresh —AND AT — lowest PRICES, Wholesale and Retail. W. SH. WILSON & GO., druggist s, Charlotte, IV. O. PHOTOGRAPHS in all the latest styles and finish. Photographs Enlarged to any size from small pictures. No need to send them NORTH. Just as good work done right here at bona* and as cheap as in New York. Work Griiaranteed. Call and see us H- E AUMC ARTEN. i i CHARLOTTE, N. C. ! 6-10 ts. > ' : co to : ’| ROSS & ADAMS i I ' FOR -V J BOOKS AND STATIONAY, ) AND 7. School Supplies.. Special Discount to Teachers. 1 ROSS ft ADAMS. ~ Next to First National Bank, Charlotte, N. C. C. W. HENDERSON, DEALER IN t ■ GROCERIES, PROVISIONS ; AND Country Produce. Fine Cigars and Tobaeeo. East Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. WE DON’T CARE IF Everybody Knows It That we have a complete Stock of I DRUGS AMD MEDICINES. Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Fancy Goods and toilet Articles. | Which we are selling at very reasonable ; Prices —loj— Paints, Oils, Etc. —K — I A lot of Fresh TURNIP SEED just received. < ■ —— ’ ..TI Prescriptions Carefully Compoimdel DM. H. M. WILDER, Charlotte, N. C. Virginia House, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Accommodations furnished travelers at reasonable rate*. Comfortable beds and '“V”*’ . Hou «’ located in the central and bunnes part of the city. Table fur 2iE> , wi ' h , thc beat of the market. Meali at all hours. J. HR. GOODE, Prop. CHARLOTTE N. C.