CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, ;iBB7.
OUR CHURCHES.
St. Michael’s (P. E.) Church, Mint St.
Service! nl 10 a. m. and Bp. m. Sunday
school at 4p. m. Rev. P. P. Alston, t»s
tor.
M. E. Church, Graham Street. Ser
vices at 3 p. in. and 8 p. m. Sunday
school at 10 a. in. Rev. E. M. Collett,
pastor.
First Baptist Church, South Church St.
Services at 11 a. m., 3 p. in. and 8 p. m.
Sunday-school at 1 p. m. Rev. A. A.
Powell, pastor.
Ebenezor Baptist Church, East Second
St. Services at 11 a. m., 3p. m. and Bp.
m. Sunday-school at 1 p. m. Rev. Z.
UIAUOHTON, pastor.
Presbyterian Church, corner Seventh
and College Sts. Services at 3 p. m. and
Bp. m. Suuday-schnol at 10 a. m. Rev.
It. P. Wyche, pastor.
Clinton Chapel, (A. M. E. Z.) Mint St.
Services at 11 a. m., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday-school at Ip. m. Rev. M. Slade,
pastor, f
Little Rack, (A. M. E. Z.) F, St. Ser
vices at 11 a. in., 3 p. m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. Wm. Johnson, pastor.
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LOCAL.
The colored people of Wilmington
arc trying to establish a home for the
aged and infirm.
Rev. W. A. Alexander, of Wil
mington, lectured on evolution last
Thursday night.
Another colored member has been
admitted to the Legislature. Now
there arc twenty colored men in both
houses.
Married, in Lumberton, at the
bride’s residence, Miss Nancy Jacobs
to Mr. Thomas Manuel, Rev. C. W.
Blalock officiating.
The Young Ladies’ Independent
Club has been turned into a literary
society. It meets weekly and has ex
ercises as well as socials.
Let the Legislature abolish the
present system of county government,
and let the people elect their own
magistrates and commissioners.
The editor is still out of the city
and begs the indulgence of his patrons
a little while longer. We will try
to give the locals when he returns.
Dr. J. T. Williams left the city on
Thursday night of last week for a little
recreation. It was thought when he
left that the objective point was Nor
folk, Ya.
The United States Senate has re
fused to confirm Jas. C. Matthews as
Register of Wills for the District of
Columbia. The Republicans voted
against him and the Democrats voted
for him, a few exceptions on both
sides.
We want a college in this State, run
by the State, for the accommodation of
our boys. We want more than the
normals; we need more. Give us
room, gentleman; let us pass. A col
lege, a college !
If you have but one quarter when
you go to church tomorrow, give that
to Christ and he will prosper you
through this hard winter. God loves
a cheerful giver.
Our stay in Fayetteville has been
prolonged; hence we will not return
home as curly as we expected. Sub
scribers along the Carolina Central
road need not give us out. We may
visit Raleigh first, but will call on
them soon.
Scarcity of money and hardness of
times seem general. It s earnestly
hoped that money will be turned loose
somewhere and that people may take
it for the purpose it is made.
The time of our Legislature is half
gone. Some pretty good bills have
been introduced, but what good has
been done we hope to be ablo to tell
our readers after the body adjourns.
Mr Arthur L. Butt is traveling
with his paintings, giving exWbitions
in halls and churches. Ilis exhibition
is the finest of the kind we have ever
seen and is worth double the admis
sion fee.
Farmers arc busily engaged prepar
ing for plautiug. It will soon be
seed time anti it is hoped less cotton
and more eoflg, peas and potatoes will
be planted. J
Rev. J. A. (/resfield, several years
iu charge of the Presbyterian work in
Raleigh, has been assigned to the
church in Monroe and has taken
charge of the work there.
Mr. John H. Williamson has ex
plained away the charge that he voted
against petitioning Congress to pass
the Blair bill. All the talk in our
Legislature about it amounts to noth
ing, and Mr. Williamson heartily en
dorses the bill. He is on the people’s
side.
Local News Items.
BY A. W. CALVIN.
Miss Annie E. Donaldson, of Hills
boro, N C., is on a visit to herneice,
Mrs G. W. Johnson, of this city.
Mr. Lam Hill, the headlight of the
Cape Fear Advocate, is in the town,
and is painting it a bright carmine.
There will be services at the Grace
A. M. E. Zion Church next Sunday
morning, Rev. Mr. Bloiee officiating.
Rev. Henry Mosely died at his res
idence in this city Thursday night,
Feb. 3, at 12 o’clock, of consumption.
Mr. James Foster can be found at
grocery store of A. W. Calvin, where
he will be glad to see his old friends
and customers.
Mr. W. C. Smith, editor of the
Messenger, is at his old home, Fay
etteville, where he has gone to have a
good time with his old friends for a
few days.
They may not suit some people in
their way of trying to save souls, but
they arc dead in earnest and mean
business every time. “Collections at
the door.”
A special called meeting of the
Young Men’s Social Club will be held
at the residence of Mr Claiborne Brat
ton, Monday evening, Feb. 7. All
members must attend.
Mr. J. C. Roberts, of Shelby, N.
C. went to California six weeks ago
and is engaged now as shipping clerk
in Sail Francisco, at SSO per month 1
with more promised.
Messrs. Caldwell & Osborne have :
gone to Liberia. Mr. Harrison Hun- .
ter has gone to California, and Mr. J. 1
C. Maxwell is going soon. These !
men arc all substantial farmers.
i
Mr. J. F. Moody, a popular mer- i
chant of Logtown, died at his resi- 1
dence Thursday, of pneumonia. He
was well beloved by the colored peo
ple as a kind and obliging gentleman.
Mr. R. P. Bearden is in New Or- 1
leans, with a tendency to move fur- j
ther South. If “Dick” keeps on j
South, the, next we hear of him he .
will soon be pacing the halls of the <
Montezuma?, in the city of Mexico. (
There has been a union formed of J
all the white churches in this city to <
carry on an extensive revival, and a i
good time is expected. The meetings *
will commence this week. The Rev.
Mr. Pearson, of Meridan, Miss., has ,
been called tohelp in the work. ;
There is a restlessness and discon- J
tent among a great many colored |
farmers of this and adjoining counties, j
and the emigation fever is high. Many '
have gone and others are only waiting 1
to hear favorable news from their (
friends in order to go. California is ’
now the objective point- It is to be ,
regretted that in this desire to go I
there are some of the best men in the '
i
county.
A telegram was received Monday
announcing the death of Mrs. Lula
Petty, wife of Rev. C. C. Petty, in ‘
the city of San Francisco, Cal. The
many friends of this estimable lady ,
will regret to hear of this sad event, ■
as she was loved by all who knew her, '
and to know her was to find a friend. 1
She was the daughter of Mr. Richard
Picherpack, of this city, and a grad- |
uate of Sartia Seminary. Efforts will J
be made to bring the remains home I
for burial
If the colored people of Charlotte, 1
or any other town, wish to build each |
other up, they should encourage col
ored men in business, or at least give
them a share of their patronage. There 4
are plenty of loud-mouthed hypocrites ,
who pretend that they want to see
colored men of business succeed, and ,
who never spend a cent with such ,
men. A lack of raco pride and unity 1
will always cause the colored race to 1
be bottle-holders and cup-bearers to
others.
The Salvation Army struck this
town laat week, and are holding meet
ings day and night in the Academy of
Music. They have caused a big sen
sation, and the meetings are crowded.
They have a brass band and an or
chestra, consisting of two tambourines,
two fiddles, one cornet, and a triangle.
One of the leaders picks the guitar
and blows a mouth organ at the same
time. They have made quite a num
ber of converts. Dr. Poyne’s former
partner is one of them, and his little
rod is quite a conspicuous figure
among the soldiers.
That Dam Roaring.
Ayoung buck went to see the daughter
of a Presbyterian, lately, whose house
was near a mill dam. It being spring
of the year, the waters made a con
siderable of a roar as they tumbled
over the dam. The modest young
gentleman tapped lightely at the
door at first and received no answer.
Again and again he repeated his
knock, but still he was unheard.
Mustering up courage, he proceeded
to inflict some severe thumps on the
door, which brought the staid old
gentleman out.
“I suppose.” said the youngster,
who had by this time become sliglftly
savage, from being compelled to wait
so long; “I suppose you could not
hear me for the dam roaring.”
“The dam roaring! What do you
mean, sir? How dare you speak in
that way?” said the divine, somewhat
angered at hearing the young man
swear in his presence.
“I mean to say, sir, that I suppose
you could not hear my knocking on
account of the dam roaring.”
“Dam roaring again! you yonng
scoundercl! Have you the impudence
to insult me with a repetion of those
words? Begone, sir?”
“My dear sir,” quote the now
bewildered youth, “I intended to
say that I presumed I could not be
heard on account of the dam roaring ,”
laying particular emphasis on the last
two words.
“Insults on insults!” shouted the
infuriated man, and he rushed at the
poor fellow with the evident intention
of ejecting him. but was restrained by
the voice of his daughter, who ex
claimed:
“Papa, I suppose the young man
intended to say that he could not be
heard on account of the roaring of the
dam.”
“Oh—l beg your pardon, sir—l
beg your pardon—walk in, really —
ah, well! I declare! The dam roaring!
Capital! Come in, come in. That
is really too rich !”
It is needless to add that the young
ster went in, and in the excellent
society of the young lady soon forgot
the “dam roaring.”
Proper Persuasion.
Boston’s newest labor publication,
The Persuader, says: “What we do
propose to accomplish is, to place be
fore our readers each week practical
lessons on the Labor question from re
liable teachers, that they may digest
and consider them and by so doing
educate themselves to a thorough con
ception of the movement they are en
gaged in, for the abolition of the pre
sent infernal system of industrial
slavery, and prepare the way for the
introduction of the new system of in
telligent and equitable co-operation.”
An exchange says : “The postal law
makes it larceny to take a newspaper
and refuse to pay for it.” A newspa
per in Illinois recently brought suit
against forty three men who would not
pay their subscriptions, and obtained
judgment in each for the full amount
of the claim. Os these, twenty-eight
men made affidavit that they owned no
more property than the law allowed
them, thus preventing attachments.
Then they under the decision of the
Supreme Court were arrested for petty
larceny and all bound over in the sum
of S3OO. All but six gave bonds,
while six went to jail.
Making Magistrates.
A Methodist minister while going
out to one of his appointments, met an
old acquaintance, who was a magistrate
of the country. He asked the minister
why he didn't do as the Savior did—
ride on an ass. “Because,” said the
divine, “the people have taken them
all to make magistrates of.”
The New York Senate has passed
the bill making the first Monday in
November a legal holiday, to be
known as Labor Day.
The federation of book-keepers and
office clerks of New York City intend
to raise a fund for their deserving
members who may be out of work.
The Standard Oil Company is about
to be dragged into the courts of Ohio.
The result will be an indecent expo
sure of a monstrosity.
The United Labor party of Phila
delphia held a conference Tuesday,
Jau. 24, and nominated candidates for
mayor, city solicitor, receiver of taxes,
and police magistrate.
A Lady* Unfortunate Experience,
Was that of one of our acquaintance
who suffered from scrofula, a yellow
complexion,and distress of the stomach,
for years before using Dr. Harter’s
Iron Tonic, which finally cured her.
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