CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
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By W. C. Smith.
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Z' THAT NEW CHl T RCH.
/ We have been asked by a number
/ of our white friends concerning the
i causes of the split in the colored Meth
odist church here. Some tell us that
they have been informed that the
“whisky faction” withdrew, &c. Now,
speaking for ourself, unadvised, we
sav this : The new church (Grace) is
not a “whisky faction.” They chajge
no one else with beiug such; but
becomiug dissatisfied with many things
in the management of the old church,
believing especially that the preacher
(though he be a temperance man),
was not exerting a proper influence
with regard to temperance and Chris
tian piety generally, and for their
disagreeing with him, and their labors
in certain Christian temperance efforts,
they were persecuted, insulted iu class
meetings, preaching etc., they went
out, forty-odd in uumber, determined
to worship God in peace and in the
way they understand His directions.
They were without a place of worship,
and of course one of their first steps
was to buy and build. They left th"
mother church in a large and commo
dious house, recently remodeled, &c.
But it seems that the old church, in
order to embarrass the new church,
sets about making plans to build a
brick house of worship—a thing not
talked of until after this little church
had split OS'. The difference is plaiu
enough for any one to see. The old
church has the largest and best furnish
ed colored church in the city, while
this little new congregation is renting
and trying to buy in order to build a
church. We do not call this new
church a prohibition church, though
we are glad to be able to say that,
while all the prohibitionists did not
leave the old church, as far as we have
been able to learn, every person that
did leave and come into this new
church is a prohibitionist, as we think
all. Christians and church people ought
to be. We are not attempting to criti
cise nor defend any particular party,
but make this plaiu explanation, and
we arc personally responsible for it.
LYNCH LAW.
This dreaded practice is becoming
so common that some of our people
and papers speak of it as mere pastine
On Tuesday last five colored men wi re
taken out of the jail at Yurkville. S.
C., and four of them hanged to one
tree and the fifth to a second tree.
Tney were charged with killing a
white boy several months ago in York
county.'* They were brought here to
our jail and afterwards takeu to the
penitentiary at Columbia for safe keep
ing, where they have been kept till
Monday, when they were taken back
to York for trial, which was set for
last Wednesday.
The usual “mob of two hundred
overpowered the jailor” and took them
out and hanged them. The men may
have been guilty, and we have no
reason to doubt that some of them
were guilty, and if guilty they should
have suffered the penalty of the law.
“after being ouly tried and con
victed.”
This lynching business ought to be
stopped. Wc know iu a few rare and
aggravated cases a white man is lynch
ed, but ninety-nine times in a hun
dred the victim is a Negro We be
lieve the sober-thinking white people
of this country can and should put a ,
stop to this thing. Let men be tried, i
sentenced SDd legally executed. !
Lynching is a disgrace to any country
and then it might cause very serious
trouble some day. God will not suf- j
fer it always, and some sections of our
country may be caused to suffer seri- !
ously on account of this cowardly
crime of murdering men in this way.
Renew your subscription.
( THE MILITARY HUDDLE.
There is to be a national competi
tive drill in Washington City the lat
ter part of May, and military compa
nies throughout the country were in
vited to take part. Companies from
Southern as well as Northern States
have entered. Some of the Georgia
companies, learning that colored com
panies from Virginia and Washington
had been admitted withdrew, and their
action is now causing much newspaper
talk. We are sorry to see such a
spirit manifested by one of the lead
ing Southern States. Why, the Gov
ernor of Virginia, the nephew of the
gallant Lee, has assigned these same
colored troops to a place iti the cere
monies at the laying of the corner
stone of the late Confederacy. And
suppose our country should get into a
little spat with some foreign power
that should appear to be too much for
our magnificent navy and our exten
sive army, would these same Geor
gians refuse to take up arms in de
fense of their country because wo have
black troops? Strange that these
Georgians have been sending repre
sentatives to Congress, unless they
were careful always to send men who
were color-blind. Some one said
there are Negroes in the Georgia Leg
islature, but that must have been only
newspaper talk. Georgia is solid on
one thing, though—they allow no
Negroes to ride in first-class cars.
A “Tar-Heel” in the “Lone Star.”
Dallas, Tex., April 1.
Mr. Editor —The Messexuek reaches
my number weekly, and it is needless
to add that its contents are newsy to
the recipient. Allow me to congrat
ulate you upon the survval of the
Messenger.
Farmers are busily engaged in this
section of the State with their young
crops. Some have not finished plant
ing, owing to the want of rain. In
the western portion of the State the
farmers have suffered terribly for want
of good seasons for the past two years;
so much so that the raising of a crop
of any kind was next to impossible.
: The destitution in that section can
i only be described by the action and
promptness of the Legislature. That
body, which met last fall, appropri
ated SIOO,OOO for the drought-stricken
section, to be used iu buying food and
clothing. The citizens, in other por
tions of the State, in the meantime,
set about to secure seeds for those in
the unfortunate region, in order that
they might be furnished with the
means of planting a crop this spring.
Prohibition is creating some excite
ment. An election will be held this
year here to decide by the ballot
whether there shall be a constitutional
amendment prohibiting the liquor
traffic iu this State. Prohibition has
many able advocates, both in person,
and the press, but the antis are as
usually well armed, and if the pro
pos'd <■ institutional am iidmeiit is car
ried, it will be by what "I I n-tiui
people call “the skin of the teeth.’/
Dallas, the most enterprising city
: in tli 1 S ate, is on a regular boom
■Jay Gould, the great financier, who
was hero some time ago. disclosed his
opinion in reference to this city by
saying that Dallas was tin: leading city
iin the South. There are about 4,000
colored citizens in the city, who own
about $150,000 worth of real estate.
There are about a dozen colored
church' "f which the A. M. K.
Church, the Missionary Baptists, tin
C. M. E. Church, and the Christian
Church, are in the ascendency. The
minister of the latter spent last fall in
the North, in the interest of a connoc
tional college, and he it said to his
credit that he was very successful in
collecting funds and arousing the in
terest and sympathy of the friends of
this noble enterprise. Fie has the en
dorsement and the encouragement,
hacked by the liberal subscription of
the wealthiest whites of the city.
The Colored Brothers’ State Educa
tional Association convenes in this city
in July, and of course a grand treat,
social and literary, is anticipated. The
writer has been selected to deliver the
address of welcome.
Heretofore the Stat Legislature has
made an appropriation of s<i,ftoo an
nually f>r *’i ' uip o of au in iu r nor
mals, to he held in each Congressional
district or >nmonth during the sum
mer, but fa I Itod IS ' fir t'e ii-n
--ing y.ar Tibs, ■ v r, J ' »
affect the State normals.
The city graded schools are doing a
good work. You may remember that
they were spoken of in a former com
munication. The city board of edu
cation has established, in connection
with the graded schools, a high school,
where the sciences and Latin are
taught to the more advanced pupils
free of charge.
The California fever has smitten
many, and some of the poorest and the
richest arc soiling out and casting
their lots near the “golden gate,”
among whom is one Mr, George Haw
kins, a good citizen w T ho has just pur
chased a splendid residence in Los
Angelos, Cal., for $2,000. He is
worth $25,000, and one of his quaint
sayings is that he came to Dallas with
25 cents, or “two bits,” as it is called
here ; but now, by economy and in
dustry, it is $25,000.
Not long since a colored gentleman
by tlft name of Hill, of Austin, Tex
as, who had accumulated considerable
wealth, bequeathed in his last will
and testament $5,000 to the Waco
College (col.), Waco, Texas; $5,000
to the 51. E. Church (col.), of Aus
tin, Texas; $5,000 to the A. M. E.
Church; $5,000 to the Baptist Church
(col.), also of that city. Mr. Ilill
leaves some $15,000 to his widow.
Hu was au industrious and economical
man and a good financier.
There arc three colored colleges in
the State, two or three academics and
one State normal for colored teachers.
The Legislature has taken in consider
ation the advisability of establishing a
State University for colored youths,
and it is probable that ere long Texas
will have a university for colored cit
izens, and in fact an appropriation has
boon made fir such a school, and it is
attached to the colored denominational
college at Austin for the present. My
school w ll cl »se on the 18th of June.
N. W. Harllke.
Notes from Wadesboro,
We have not much news this week.
Everybody seems to be preparing for
Easter, and our Sunday-schools are
1 preparing too and are expecting to
have a great time.
Swiftfoot nine No. 2 challenges
Lindsay’s nine No. 3 for nine innings.
Baseball prize, $2.25.
We had two marriages in the past
week, both colored.
Mr. Frank J. Ried has returned
J from Washington and will be with his
many friends for a short while.
Our young men are about to organ
/ ize a debating society,
' Messrs. M. G. Watkins and D. A.
Alexander left Monday for Fayette*
• ville. Yours, respectfully,
1 W. S. Ingram.
The Quarterly Conference of the M.
E. Church will be held today by Pre
siding Elder S. M. Haines. Sacra
ment tomorrow.
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k. W. Galvin,
—DBU.EU IN —
I
I Family Groceries
of al! kinds, Co” :try pr< dtice a«-
; w y on hand. CHICKENS, EGGS.-BUT?
I TER and nil kinds of VEGETABLES ai d
- FRUITS.
i —ALSO, DEALER JX —
Lumber,
1 and Building Material.
1 ..yLfl-Frec delivery to all parts of the city.
Tim’s Pills
Kllmulnt<v« the torpid liver, Hfrcngth*
eit* !!»«> liiufHtive organ*. re|fiilute» the
bouelu. Mud uro uuequuled mm au
ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE.
In malarial dlntricta their virtue* are
v. idely recognized, um they poNMeitM pec
uliar propertiew In freeing theMyntem
from thut poUoii. Klegantly nugar
coated. Uomcmiuull. Price, 25c1«.
Sold Everywhere.
Office, 44 Hurray St., New York.
VIRGINIA HOUSE,
CHARLOTTE, -V. C.
Accommodations furnished travelers at
reasonable rates. Comfortable bods and
rooms. House located in the central and
: business part of the ;dty. Table furnished
with the best of the market. Meals at all
hours.
J, M. (rOODE, - Proprietor.
ERA If LOTTE, .V. O.
jjpffljjj'
> A Urge Atlu. givinr cats and
lllßSßggjfe. full deecrtpt ionit of Jo'O> i rat ft
f&-v,2Jivamodern uouees. coating 'rum
S4«I>uplo#«,O00. rrojuttly
it In $t ratin'/ rift/ ifrtat! and mo.
V •‘STfUMWW original MJean.Houaeeadapt.
‘\ feftVpL w» to all climates described, j
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JJICIIMOND & DANVILLE R. R
Condensed Schedule*.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Aug. 1, 1880. No. 50, No. 52,
Daily. Daily.
Lv. New York.... 12:00night 3:40 p. m.
Philadelphia. 7:20 a. m. 0:03
Baltimore 9 50 9:00
Washington . 11:15 11:00
Charlotte ville 3:50 p. m. 3:00 a. m.
Lynchburg... 0:15 5:15
Richmond.... 3:25 2:00
Burkville 5:20 4:05
Keysville 0:05 4:35
Drake’s Br’ch 0:20 4:59
_ Danville 0:25 8:04
Lv. Goldsboro 11:50 a. in.
Raleigh 5:00 p. m:
Durham 0:07
Chapel Hi 11... 4:55*
Hillsboro 0:47
Lv. Greensboro." 11:21 p. m. 9&OQ. mT
hr. Salem <>:•”) ;>. m. 5:55 a. pj.
Lv. High Point... 11:55 p. m. 10:19 a. in.
Salisbury 1:10 a. in. 11:23
Concord 1:57 11:59
Charlotte 3:00 1:00 p.m.
Spartanburg. 5:50 3:34
Greenville 7:14 4:49
Ar. Atlanta 1:40 p. m. 10:40
NORTH.
Aug. 1,. 1880. No. 51, No. 53,
Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta 5:45 p. m. 8:40 a. m.
Ar. Greenville . ... 11:32 .2:30 r». in.
Spartanburg. 12:15a. in. 3:43
Charlotte 4:05 0:25
Concord 5:01 7:25
Salisbury 5:48 8:01
High Point... 7:04 9:08
Greensboro ... .7:35 9:43
Ar. Salem 11:40 a. m. 1; i. a. m.
Ar. Hillsboro 11:45 a. m.
Durham 12:28 p. in.
Chapel Hi 11... 1:00*
Raleigh 1:35
Goldsboro 4:40
Danville 9:42 a. m. 11:28 p. m.
Drake’s Br‘ch 12:20 p. in. 2:42 a. m.
Keysville 12:38 3:05
Burkville 1:20 3:57
Richmond .... 3:37 7ioo
Lv. Lynchburg... 12:45 p. in. 2:10 a. m.
Charlottevillc 3:15 4:25
Washington . 8:45 9:45
Baltimore 11:25 10:03
Philadelphia. 3:00 a. m. 12:35 p. in.
New York.... 0:20 3:20
Daily, except Sunday.
*. r. & o. » ivihion.
|52 •
SOUTHWARD. Mail and
Express.
Leave Statesville 8:30 a, m.
Troutman’s 8:52
Shepherd’s 9:15
Mooresville 9:30
Mount Mourne 9:48
Davidson College 10 00
Caldwell’s 10 20*
Huntersville 10 30
Stonewall 10:55*
Section House 11:12*
Arri veCharlotte 11:30
t53~
NORTHWARD. Mail and
Express.
Leave Charlotte. 0:50 p. m.
Section House 7:09*
Stonewall 7:20*
Huntersville 7:45
Caldwell’s i 7:54*
Davidson College 8:10
Mount Mourne 8:25
Mooresville 8:40
Shepherd’s 8:58
Troutman’s 9:22
Arri vcStates ville 9 50
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains 50 and 51, Pullman Buffet
sleeper between New York and Atlanta.
On trains 52 and 53, Pullman Buffet
sleeper l>ctweeii Washington and New
Orleans, Washington und Augusta.
Pullman sleeper between Richmond and
Greensboro.
Through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
For rates and information apply to W.
A. MOODY, Agent, or
E. B. THOMAS. C. W. CIIEARS,
General Manager. Asst. Gen. Pas. Agt.
Richmond, Va.
QAKOLIXA CENTRAL R. R.
On and after Jan. 22d, tie* following
schedule wiil Ik* operated tFiis toad :
Passexoeu, Mau. and Ex mu. ■ i'lUix.
NO. 1. Daily,"except Sunday.
Leave Wilmington at 6:09 » in
Leave Shoe Heel at 11:00 a in
Leave Charlotte at 3:42 pm
Leave Shelby at 0:52 p in
Arrive at Ruthefordton 8:10 p m
NO. 2, Daily except Sunday.
Leave Ruthcrfordton at »>:00 a m
Leave Shelby at 7:53 a in
Leave < Charlotte at 10:28 a in
Leave Shoe Heel at 3:50 p ni
Arrive Wilmington 8:00 p m
NO. 3, Daily except Sunday.
Leave Wilmiugton at 0:45 p m
Leave Raleigh at 7:00 p m
Arrive at Charlotte at 7*25 a m
4 Leave Charlotte at 8:15 p, m.
No. 4. V Arrive at Raleigh at 8:35 a. m.
j Arrive at Wilmington 8:45 a. m.
Trains No. I and 2 make connections at
Shoe Heel with trains oil the C. I* 1 . & Y.
V. railway.
Trains No. 3 and 4 make close connec
tion at Hamlet with Raleigh and Augusta
trains to and from Raleigh.
Through sleeping cars between Wil
mington und Charlotte and Raleigh and
Charlotte.
Take Train No. 1 for Statesville, stations
on the Western North Carolina R R.,
Ash ville and points west. Also, for »par
iimburg, Greenville, Athens, Atlanta and
all points Southwest.
Lotal freight Nos. 5 and 5 tri-weekly be
tween Wilmington and Hamlet.
Local freight Nos. 7 and 8 tri-weekly
between Hamlet and Shelby.
Trains 5,0, 7 and 8 will not take pas
sengers. L. C. JONES,
F. W. Clark, Superintendent.
General Passouger Agent.
MIM.EB BROB. STEEL PENS
THE BEST IN USE.
When not for sals by \ «d dealers, w* 'trill mai"
ia leotlln'f st-les in u bo*«4 o'f*| dcze.i each, o
receipt < 1 81.2.*.
4 1 School Pens, 4 beans, i dot. each, 90.4 *
4 “ Business " 4 M I " •• .4S
4 " Business h. Stubs, 4 boxes, 1 drr.. each, .4*5
mm in vm m craat w, m* c™.
WATCHES !
Clocks, - Spectacles,
Eye-Glassses,
and all kinds of
Fine Jewelry
can be bought cheap at die Jewelry Store of
HALES & BOYNE,
West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C.
attention paid to orders by
mail and satisfaction guaranteed. Wc refer
you to tlie editor of this pajier.
OAVK MONEY
AND
DISAGREEABLE CONTROVERSIES 1
with agents who persuade you to send off
your little pictures to New York to have them
enlarged and framed. You can have all this
sort of work done at home much letter and
just as cheap, notwithstanding the false asser
tions these agents make to you, by calling at
H. BAUMGAKTEN’S
Photograph.: Gallery,
Charlotte, N. C.
pROFKSSOKS
E. MOORE and S. G. ATKINS,
—EXPERIENCED—
NORMAL SCHOOL WORKERS &
INSTITUTE CON DOCTORS,
Will be prepared lo accept calls to any work
in tliis line during the summer.
Superintendents or other seliool officials
who would avail themselves of the profes
sional services of these gentlemen are invited
to address either one or both of them.
ZION WESLEY COLLEGE,
Salisbury, X. C.
/• C\UK FEAR AND
Vv YADKIN VALLEY
RAIL WA Y COMPANY.
Condensed Schedule, No. 19,
Taking Effect 1 p. in., Sunday. Feb. 20. 1887.
Tkaixf Moving North.
Passenger Freight and
and Mail. Passenger.
Lv Bonne tsvilie, 8:45 am I:3*>|>im
Ar Maxton. 10:00 3:35
l,v .Maxton, 10:15 4:10
Ar Fayetteville, 12:05 p m 7:50
Lv Fayetteville, 12:20 10:mnin
Ar Sail ford. 1:25 2:25 pm
Lv Sanford. 2:45 3:30
Ar Gre»*nd*oro, 0:15 9:00
Lv Giecnsboro, 10:15a in
Ar Belew’s Creek. 12:30 n m
Passenger and Mail—dinner at Sanford.
Trains Moving South.
Lv Belew’s < reek, 4:30 p m
Ai Greensboro, 0:45
Lv Greensboro, 10:00 a m 7:30 a m
Ar Sanford, 1:30 pm 2:00 pm
Lv San l'< rd, 1:55 3:0t»
Ar Fayetteville, 4:10 0:45
Lv Fayetteville, 4:25 0:00 a m
Ar Maxton, 6:20 9:22
Lv Maxton, 6:30 10:15
Ar Bonnettsville 7:45 12:20 p in
Freight and Passenger Train runs between
Fayetteville and Bennettsville on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Freight and Passepgcr Train runs between
Fayetteville and Greenslmro Tuesdays. Thur
sdays and Saturdays, and between Greensboro
and Fayetteville Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Passenger and mail train runs daily except
Sundays.
The north bound passenger and mail train
makes close connection at Max on w ith Car
olina Central to Charlotte.
W. E, KYLE.
General Passenger Agent.
J. W, FRY, Gcn’l Supt.
HENDERSON’S
BARBER SHOP !
THE OLDEST AND BEST.
Experienced and polite workmen always
reatly to wait on customers. Here you will
get a NEA 7 HAIR ('I T and CL KAY
SNA YE.
JOHN S. HE XI) EH SON.
Tinst Trade Street. Charlotte. N. C.
BOOTS
AND
SHOES.
Our store is now filled with New Goods,
lre-1 1 from the manufacturers. We cam
*- full stock of all grades, and of the
Very Best Quality,
uml gun ran too that you shall have the
worth of your money in every instance.
Our Prices
will' e made low to suit the times. Call
and sec us.
A.E.RANKIN & BRO.
• i
TRYOX STREET.
Photographs,
in all tlie latest styles anil finish.
—PHOTOGRAPHS ENLARGED—
to any size from smalt pictures. No need
to send them North.
Just ns. (rood work done riirht here at
home and as cheap as in New York.
WORK GUARANTEED!
Gull and n# us,
H. BAUMGARTEN,
CHARLOTTE, V. C.
HELLO!
WHO’S THERE?
IT.EiS?
Come tip Wade, and see the improvements.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
TELEPHONE.
ELEVATOR,
[ And various other attractions. Just think
j of it, 423x78 feet of flooring to he filled with
Crockery, China,
Glass, Silverware,
Tinware, etc.
Each depart ment is to be seperatf. and
under the management of polite and at
tentive clerks.
GRAND OPENING ON
JANUARY 25, 1887.
Each visitor will receive a Souvenir.
Respectfully,
R. B. HARSFIELD.
CHINA PALACE.
nil ni pram.
This is to certify that , by mutual agree
ment entered into on th-- 15th day of De
cember, 1886, the partnership heretofore
existing under the firm name of
L. B. HENDERSON & CO.,
is mutually dissolved, Nelson Carter hav
ing withdrawn and will do business for
himself. All bills due the late firm of L.
B. Henderson & Co. are livable to and
collectable by [j. B. & W. E. Henderson.
All bills due creditors will be settled by
the new firm.
We will conduct business at our old
stand. continued patronage of
• >ur friends solicited.
L. B. & W. E. HENDERSON.
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jlllfi, BHIINi.ii.N i Hi..
Hardware Dealers,
CIIARLOTTQ, N. C.
The largest stock of
Hardware,
jcut: ■u> i u:. . \vt. ,* } - >,
i:oi'K<.
Agricultural
Implements.
I BLACKSMITHS’ AND iIK .TF.liS' AND
OTHER TOOLS,
in the State. A call is solicited.
BIIOWJf, \V KDDI Xti TON A Co.
Dr. J. T. W ILLIAMS
Offers his professional s-i Tires to the geu
eral public.
CALLS ANSWERED DAY and NIGIIT.
Office— Fourth street, l*twon Trvon
ami Church, rear of Express Office, Char
lotte, N. C.
HOARDING HOUSE.
CONCORD, X. C .
The (raveling puhlie will he aoeonitno
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llou*. miuelcl on De;. t stm t, in tn.;.l ..(
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THE OFFICE.