CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. Off. DR. TMJWS
TubtisiuM wwry Sai»t Cfcs**.X. Os
By W. C. Smith.
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waste basket. i
wiu. Y©r srsrAiit rs:
Last week the Xtssctcn nntlertook 1
to contradict an assertion, that the :
white u>au is naturally superior to the ,
black man. \Ye did so. helieeing we
had sufficient proof to sustain us in
the denial. We would he content to ■
rest the ease alone with these declare
tious. Neither do we think it neces- ;
sary to make quotations from others, 1
but we ask erery reader of this paper
w * ;
to present himself a standing and lie- j
ing witness as proof of our position !
Every colored man has a ristht, and it
is his duty to he honest: and if a
man is honest to himself, his fellow
man and his God, he is a righteous
man. Honestv ineludes much. A ;
-
lazy man is not honest, for he fails to i
meet his obligations. Every man should
get all the information possible so he
may know his obligations, lie may
be called upon to instruct, and if he
has failed sufficiently to iufonu him
self, he fails to perform a duty to his
fellowman on account of his own neg
ligence.
Every man should acquire sufficient
property to protect himself and family
against want. If this is done, and
the individual possesses the fore
named qualities, we need not fear
ostracisms from persons who imagine
something is going on wrong with the
races, but when honor, wealth and in
telligence become general with us. we
will take onr proper place among men
as men. Now will every person that
reads this, make a new resolution to
improve his time ? Get. knowledge: j
get money ; be honest.
White the colored man started out
tweuty-two years ago with a practical
knowledge of labor, he had to offset
this, greater opposition, coming from
caste prejudice than any race that ever
existed. He has made greater pro
gress than any race on earth. Our
progress is phcnomiual. The last
court of Wake county adjourned with
out sending a colored man to the peni
tentiary, and this is not the first time. j
The uiau sent up from the county was
a white man. Any close observer has
noticed the continued decrease’ in
crime by the colored man and the
rapid increase by the white man.— j
Every day’s (taper tells of some white
man murdering, stealing or commit
ting some other horrible crime in the
South. Here in this county wc have
had, in the last ten days, burglary,
robbing and stealing by white men.
How can you sustain us 1 Simply
do right by all men at all times.
Live abore suspicion and learn to
protect yourself when accused wrong
fully, by intelligently exonerating
yourself and letting others do the
same. We know it to be a fact that
some of our lawyers prey upon the
iguorauce of colored men and thereby
convict many innocent men. Our
judges do not at all times protect
colored men as an ignorant man should '
be. wheu under excitement.
Avoid the appearance of evil w a
very good motto “No drunkard shall i
inherit the Kingdom of heaven”— j
neither shall a drunken Negro he re- j
spected by decent people nor he con- :
sidered the equal of any white man.
Then let strong drink alone. The
honest man is truthful and deceives
bo one and his word is always taken
Will the young men and old men,
young women and old women who see i
and hear cf this thing, think about it:
and sustain the reputation made for
yourselves and declared by your
press ? Have we spoken truthfully
concerning you ? Then you will «ol
let us down, lei the guilty be
punished always, but Jet us not W
guilty.
Give the Negro an equal start in
lib; with equal advantages with the
white man, and w» aaj to them J
• ‘The devil take the hindmost man 1 "
rnr Brooklyn mvinfs sunday
SERMON.
TEXT: *!>f kirn appoint officers over the
take up the fifth part of the land
of ti'Tjfpt in the seven plenteous years.”
—Genesis xli., $4.
Thosw were the words of Joseph, the Presi
dent of the first insurance company that
the world ever saw. Pharaoh had u d ream that
detracted him. Ho thoucht ho stood on the
banks of the River Nile, and saw coming up
cat of the rivw seven fat, sleek, glossy cows,
and they began to browse in the thick grass.
Nothing frightful about that. Cut after
them, coming out of the same river, he saw
•even cows that were guant and starved, and
the worst looking cows that had ever been
seen in the land, and in the ferocity of hunger
they devoured their seven fat predecessors.
Pharaoh, the King, sent for Joseph to de
cipher these midnight hieroglyphics. Joseph
made short work of it, and intimated the
seven fat cows that came out of the river
are seven years with plenty to eat, tho
•even emaciated cows that followed them
are seven years with nothing to eat.
said Joseph, “Lot us take 0110-
fifth of the com crop of tho seven
years and keep it as a provision
for the seven years in which there shall bo no
com crop. 7 ' The King took the counsel
anti appointed J oseph, because of his integ
rity and public spir;U*dncss, as tho President
of' the undertaking. Tho farmers paid
one-fifth of their income as a premium. In
all the towns and cities of tho land there
were branch houses. This great Egj'ptian
life Insurance company had millions of dol
lars as assets. After awhile tho dark days
came and the whole nation would have
Starved if it had not loon for tho provision
they had made for the future, but now
these suffering families had nothing to do
but go up and collect the amount of their
life policies. The Bible puts it in one short
“‘ln all tho land of Egypt there was
r 1 say this was tlie first life insurance
company. It was divinely organized. It 1
bad in »t all the advantages of the “wholo
life plan, 71 of the "tontine plan,' 1 of the '• re
served endowment plan," and all tho other
fjood plans. Wc arc told that, litv. Dr. An- ,
hate, of Lincolnshire. England, originated
the first life insurance company in KMB. No!
it is as old as the coni cribs of Egypt; and
God himself was the author and originator. ;
If that were not so I would not take your
time and mine in Sabbath discussion of this
subject, l fed it is a theme, vital, religious
and of infinite import, the morals of life and
fine insurance.
About ten or twelve years ago there was a
great panic in life insurance which did good.
Fader the storm the untrustworthy and bo
gus institutions were scattered, while tho
genuine were tested and firmly ©stablinhe 1,
and where dors the life insurance institution
stand to-day' What amount of comfort, of
education, of moral and spiritual advanrago
is leprosentCHi in the simple statist .e that in
this country the life insurance companies in
one year paid $7,000,00d to the families of the
bereft; and in five years they paid $300.00J,-
QJt to the families of the bereft; and are
promising to pay—an * hold themselves in
readiness to pay—52,009,009,000 to the fami
lies of the bereft!
They have actually paid out more by divi
dends and death claims than they have ever
received in premiums. 1 know of what I
speak. The life insurance companies of this
country paid more than j*7,<KK),o()o of taxes to
the government in live years. So, instead of
these companies being indebted to the land,
the Sami is indebted to them. To cry out
against life insurance liocause here and there
one company has behaved badly is as absurd
as it would tie for a man to burn down 1,000
acres of harvest field in order to kill the moles
and potato bugs—as preposterous as a man
who should blow up a crowded steamer in
nud-AtJantic for tho purpose of destroying
1 the bara-v cs on tho bottom of th h i
Rut what does the Bible say in regard to
thi> subject? If the Dibit; favors the institu
riwa, i will favor it; if tlin Bible denounces it,
1 l will denounce it. In addition to the fore
cast of Joseph in the text, I call your atten
tion to RmiTs comparison. Here is one man
who, through neglect, iails to support his
family while lie lives, or after lie dies. Here
is another man, who abhors the Scriptures
and rejects God. Which of those men is tlie
worse! Well, you say, the latter. Paul says
| the former. Raul say ’. .at a man v. ho neg
lects tocare for his «<>.i -hoi- > is more obnox
iousthanamnn vrh> rejects the Scriptures:
Ho that provide th not for his own, end espe
cially those of his own household, is worse
Ilian an infidel.” Life insurance companies
. ill' l-1 of us to provid • for our fnor. <s
Nil ter we are gone; but, if we have the mo ;ey I
| to pay the premiums and do not pay the n,
i we have no right to expect mercy at the hand
,of God in tlie judgment. We are worse
; than Tom Fame, wore than Voltaire,
!a J worse than Shaftesbury. llie Bible de
clares it—w.» are worse than ;.n infidel.
After the certificate of death has been made
, out, and thirty or sixty days have passe.hand
the officer of the life insurance company
comes into liic bereft household and pays
down the hard cash an insurance poiicy,
that officer of the oo .vi a}’ is jierforming a
positively religious rdc according to tho
Apostle James, who says: "True religion
and undciik*d before <n>d and the Father i 3
this: To visit the fatherless and the widow
ia their affliction,” and so on. The religion
of Christ j ropes* sto take care of the tem
i p trai wants o ; .e poo.lea» well .ns the spirit
u I. When lire iih was dying the injunc
■ tcau.e *<♦ . im: "Set thy house in
j Led?.-, .or Uiou shalt die and not live.”
] tbit injunction in our day would
\ man: “Make your will; settle up your
i account's:: make tilings plain; do:i t de
] <u»v,- your heirs with rolls of worthless
i ir.inug slodi: don't deceive them with
fee western lands that will never
j yif'-l any crop but chills and fever; don’t
I ace ior tVm :k*«s tliat have been out
!awrvl, and seoonl mortgage's on property
: 5 :g.j wji: i.ivtjwv the first,” ‘‘Set thy house
;n<ord.-r, T That is fix up things so your
£«*!•; out of tlie world may make as llttla
<OMfi*nnitian ns possible. See the lean cattle
outing the fat cattle, and in the time of
. pk-ntv prepare for tho time of want. Tlie
difficulty is when men think of their death,
they ore afraid to think of it only in connec
tion with their spiritual welfare, and not of
the devastation in tin* household which will
<yvi • bream of tliah emigration from it. It
i- nvoamly selfish for you t«» bo so absorbed in
! the fara\'< ato w hich you are going that you
forget what is to become of your wife and
diiUn«n after pm are dead. You can got
out of th.* world withootleaving ailollarand
yet die happy if yon eould not provide for
! ihr«a: yi« can trust them in thehaivls of the
tMii w ho ow ns ail i be harvests the herds,
and lor fiocU; but if y- u cor. d pay the
premiums on a policy and neglect them it is a
meat, thing for you to go up to heaven while
they go into the fioorhoose. You, at d: ath,
moYciutoa mansion, riverfront, and they
:«<ove into two rooms on the fourth story of a
faocmcnt house in a l»ack stns-t. When they
are out at Ibc elbow s and knees, tho thought
of your splendid robes in heaven will not keep
them warm. The minister inav preach a
. sermon over your remains, and the
Qiuu'Wi nuv Mng like four angels in the
organ lait your death will !c a swindle.
You had Um means to provide for tho com
fort of yornr hiwnli lid when you left it and
• you wicfcodly iHifhcted U. “ Oh,” says some
; owe, “I have more "aith than yjju; I lieliove
when I go out ( this world tko li<ird
will provide for \vm.” (Jo to Black
«-u' s Hlan l, gothr igh all th? poorhooaes
country, and 1 will show you how
often God nrov e 2cs for the negle.-fcd children
«sf otlwußl parepta That is. ho pi-ovides
for them through public charity. As for
mvndf, I would raUwr have the I <ord provide
, •"' my family in a (<ri rate hone , and turongh
. myowi in !qtfry, and pjttfstl aal conjugal
IwlWnbeKi. Hut says «onae man: mean
la the nryt tea or twenty yo irs to make a
Itvwat fortune, and so [ shall leave my family,
whan I go out of this word very comfort
• iiMtbJxto Y:h
n*■ How do you know yon are going to j
live tau or twenty yairs.' If ivo could look
up t!ie» highwav of 1 1*1 future, wo could sao it ;
* sod by pn uuionfa. and plourisiM, and
c'j.LjUinplioii.;, and colliding rail trains, and
runaway hoi :;P3, and breaking bridges, and
funeral processions. Are you so certain you
nro going to live ten or twenty years, you c?n
warrant your household any comfort after you
go away from thenif Beside that, the vast
majority of men die poor I Two only out of
a hundred succeed in business. Are
you y ery certain you are going
to be one of tlie two? Rich one
day, poor the n xt. A man in New York
cot $2,000,009. and tlie money turned his
brain and lie died ill a lunatic asylum. All
his property was left with the business firm.
*»nd they swamped it; and then the family of
the insane man were left without a dollar. In
eighteen months the prosperity, the insanity,
the insolvency, and the complete domestic
ruin. Beside that, there are men who die
solvent, who are solvent before they get
under tho ground, or before their estate is
settled up. How soon the auctioneer’s mallet
can knock the life out of an estate. A man
thinks the property is worth $15,000; under
a forced sale it brings $7,000. The business
man takes advantage of the crisis and he
compels tho widow of his deceased part
ner to sell out to him at a ruinous
price, or lose all. The stock was sup
posed to be very valuable, but it has
been so “watered” that when the executor
tries to sell it he is laughed out of Wall street,
or the administrator is ordered by the surro
gate to wind up tho whole affair. The estate
was supposed at tho man’s death to be worth
$09,000; but after the indebtedness had been
met, and tho bills of tho doctor and tho un
dertaker, and the tombstone cutter have been
paid, there is nothing left. That means tho
children arc to come homo from school and
go to work. That means the complete hard
ship of the wife, turned out with’nothing but
a needle to fight the great battle of the world.
T *r.rdown the lambrequins, olaso the piano,
rip up the Axminster. sell out 1 lie wardrobe,
an 1 let the mother take a child in each hand
an 1 trudge out into the desert of the world.
A life insurance would have hindered all
tint.
But, says some one. “I am a man of small
m ans, and I can’t afford to pay the premi
um.” That is sometimes a lawful and a genu
ine excuse, and there is no answer to it; but
in nine coses out of ten when a man says that
he smokes up in cigars, and drinks down in
wine, and expends in luxuries enough money
to have paid the premium on a life insurance
policy which would have kept his family from
beggary when he is dead. A man ought to
put himself down on the strictest economy
until he can meet this Christian necessity.
You have no right to the luxuries of life un
til you have made such provision. I admire
what was said by Itov. Dr. Guthrie, the great
Scottish preacher. A few years before his
death ho stood in a public meeting and de
clared: “When I came to Edinburgh the peo
ple sometimes laughed at my black stockings
and at ray cotton umbrella, and they said I
loookod like a common plowman, and they de
rided me because I lived in a house for which
I paid £25 r. year rent, and oftentimes I
walked when I would have been very glad to
have a cab; but, gentlemen, I did all that be
cause I wanted to pay the premium on a life
insurance that would keep my family com
fortable if I should die.” That I take to be
tho right expression of an honest, intelli
gent, Christian man.
The utter indifference of many people on
this important subject accounts for mu :h of
the crime and *!:e pauperism of the day.
Who are these children sweeping tho cross
ings with broken broom and begging of you
n penny as*gsnii go., by!'Who are these lost
sii v v : Aiivictims of want;
i:f nia iv >. t : • forecatf; of parents
.an 1 grandpa:-. have prohibited it.
God only ‘py -s how they struggled to do
r ight. They pr.typd until th a tears froze on
their cheeks. ’vowed on the lack until the
breaking of !. day; But they could not get
enough money to pay the rent; they
<«‘ul<l not get enough money to de
<■ ntly clothe themselves; and one day
in that wretched home the angel of
p irity and the angel of crime fought
a groat light between tho empty bread trav
and the liioEss hearth, and the black winged
angel shrie.cod: “Aha: T have won tho day.”
Says some man: “ I b.diaVe what you say;
it is right and Christian, and 1 mean some
time to attend Ij this matter.” My friend,
you are going to lose tli3 comfort of your
Household in the same way the sinner loses
heaven, by procrastination. I see all
around mo the destitute and suffering families
of paivii who meant some day to attend
to this > hristian duty. During the process
of adjournment tho man gets his feet wet,
then comes a chill and delirium and the
doleful share o the doctor’s head, and the ob
sequies. If there bo anything more pitiable
than a woman delicately brought up, and on
h r marriage day by an indulgent father
given to a man to whom she is the chief joy
« 1 1 pride of life until the moment of his death,
and then that same woman going out with
helpless children at her back to struggle for
bread in .a world wh v.* brawny muscle and
rugged so are necessary— l say, If there bo
anything > • pitiable than tliat, Ido not
know will, it R And yet there are good
women who are indifferent in regard to their
husband'd duty in this rospoct: and there are
those positively hostile, .as though a iifa
insurance subjected a man to some
fatality. There Is in Brooklyn to-day a
very poor woman keeping a candy shop,
who vehemently opposed the insurance
of her husband’s life, and when application
had be-n made for o policy of $10,009 sho
frustrate i it. She would never have a doc
ument in the house that implied it was pos
sible for her husband ever tn die. One day,in
quick revolution of machin *ry, his life'was
instantly dashed out. Wluit is the sequel!
Sho is, with annoying tug, m iking the half
of a miserable livin Her two children have
be n taken away from her in ord r that they
may be clothed and schooled, and her life is
to Lie a prolonged hardship. O man, before
forty eight hours have passed away, appear
at the desk of some of our great life in
suran o companies, have the stethoscope of
the nhy-i •: m put to your heart and lungs,
and l>y ihc <‘ il of some honest company de
cree that your children shall not be subjected
to the humiliation of financial struggle in the
dav of your demise.
But I must ask the men engaged in life in
eurance business whether they feel the im
portance of their trust, an l charge then £
must that they need divine grace to help
them in their work. In this day. when there
are so many rivalries in your lino of busi
ness, you will ba tempted to overstate tlu
amount of assets and tho extent of the
surplus, and you will bo tcuiptod to
abuse tho franchiso of the company,
and make up the deficits of one year by
adding so:no of the reoeiyts of another year;
and you will be tompto l to send out mean,
anonymous circular derogatory to other
I companies, forgotful of the fact that anoay
-1 mous communication means only two things
I —tho cowardice of the author aril the ine.'n
deucy of the police in allowing .-;ueli a thing
1 to b • date 1 any when# save insi le of a pwu
j tentiary. Under the migtyty p;vsiuro many
have gone down, and you will fallow them if
I you have too much confidence in yourself,
and do not appeal to tho Lord for positive
| help. But if any of you belong to that inis
: creant Has* of people who, without any finan
i cial ability, organize themselves into what
; they call a life insurance company, with a
j pretended capital of $.*00,00) or $ M), 099,
! tli«-n voto yourself into the lucrative position,
1 and then take uli tho premiums for
yourself, and then, at ttii approach
of the Ktate Superintend -nt, drop all into tho
hands of those life insurance undertakers
whose business it is to gather up the remains
of defunct organ!/.itio.is and bur/ thorn in
their own fault—then, I wiy, you had better
get out of tho bositusH, aivl disgorge the
widow’s hous « you have swallowed. But my
word is to all those who are legitimately en
gaged in tho busiiiesi. You ought to be bet
ter than other men, not only because of tho
rcs)Kmsihilities that rest upon you, but bo
causo tho truth is over confronting you that
your stay on earth is uncertain, and your life
a matter of a few days or yo in*. Do not tho w
block edged letters that oome into your office
make you think! Does not tho doctor’s cor
tificate on tho death claim give you a thrill!
Your periodicals, your advertise nenta,
and even the lithography of your policies
warn you that you are mortal. According
is .'TAi .. _ ■Jc Z'ik '
! to your own showing the c‘n-» • tYc
j will die this year are i i* i j pjr < -eri Ar j
you prepared for tin t v ova inus soy
The moib condemned nm ia tin judgment
day will be tho unprepared life insurance
man, for the simple mason that Ids whole
business w m connected with human exit, an l
ho cannot say: “I did not think.” HD whole
business was to think on that one
thing. O, my brother, gel; insured for et -r
--nity. In consideration of what Chritbhat
done in your behalf, have the indenture t >s
day made out, signed and sealed with Ik • red
seal of the cross.
But I have words of encaurag tn *nt and
comfort for those of my hearers who are en
gaged in the fire insurance business. You
are ordained by God to stand between n : an 1
tho mo3t ragingelement of nature. ' v r e are
indebted to you for what the national board
of underwriters and tho convention of chiefs
of tho fire department have effect 51 t a rough
your suggestions and through your encour
agement. We aroindobW to v«: t'"or what
you have effected in t. \o e * -Von of
buildings, and in the cha i ..e in th j ha' »it.i of
our cities; so that by scientn »»Eu •» )'o»
orderly companies extinguish' an ;•* *. i ■ • • 1
of the old time riots which n-c l ■ • • n u . ; • i
the citizens. And we are in 1 d»;o 11 >yo i. »■
the successful demands you have ma lo f >r
the repeal of unjust laws--for the battle yo i
liave waged against incendiarism an 1 mso i
—for tho fatal blow you ha ve given to * a >
theory that corporations have no s»uG\ bv
the cheerfulness and promptitude with wliich
you have met losses from which vou m* -'.it.
have escaped through technfenlit' < " t'i»
law. Ido not know any class o" : •
midst more high toned an*i w "•* -f ••* i
denco than these men. and yet 1 liar • • i -
times feared that while your chief 'o i o ;i
is to calculate about los*m oa earthly
property,* yoa might vit ioufc faifli vent
thought go in > tliat w!vljh. in regard to
E our soul, iu your own pa'dan’o might
o called “hazards,” “extra bazar Is,” ‘‘spe
cial hazards.” An unfo’gi von si iin t!ie soul
is more inflammable and exnlo five than cam
phene or nitro glycerine. However the rates
mav be—yea. though tho whole earth wore
paid down to you in one solid premium—you
cannot afford to lose your soul. Do not take
than risk lest it be said horeaftor that while
in this world you had keen business faculty,
when you went out of the world you went
out everlastingly ins five it. The scientific
Hitchcocks and" Rid ’* w mvl Mitchells of
tho world have uni!. *! wi i t i * : re l writers
to make us believe *hr. r,!u»a» i: coming a
conflagration to swoe*»oss the earth, com
pared with which than of Chicago in ISBI. an 1
that of Boston in 1872. and that of New York
in 1835. were mere nothing, Brooklyno;i fire!
New York on fire! Charleston on fir •! 8 m
Francisco on fire! Canton on fire! St.
b*irg on fire! Rprls'on fire! London oa fire!
the Andes on fe- •! the Appenines on ' *' th j
Himalaya on lire! What will b> v nliar
about the day will ba that the wi‘ • with
which we put out great fires will r ' ; t ike
flame; and the Mississippi, and the O .io. an l
the St. Lawrence, and Luce Erie, and the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and tumbling
Niagara, shall with ro l tongues lick th ■
heavens. The geological lieat3 of the canter
of tho world will burn out toward the cir
cumference, and tho heats of the outside will
burn down from tho circumference to the
center, and this world will bocom > noto.ilv
according to the Bible, but according tn su
ence, a living coal, the living coal a Grwir.l
whitening into ashes, the aslios scatt j. ed by
the breath of the last hurricane, an l all that
will be left of this glorious p’anet will be the
flakes of ashes fallen on other worlds. Onion
that day will vou bo fireproof, or will you be
a total loss? Will you be res *'.xe 1. or will you
be consumed? When this great cat’io Ira! of
the world, with its pillars of rocks, au l its
pinnacles of mountains, anl its e*l:ir of
gplden mine, and its upholstery of ranming
clop(l, and its baptismal font of the sj.a, shall
blaze, will you get out on the fire escape c.‘
tho Lord’s deliverance? Oil! on that day
for which all other days .ve • mads, miy
it be ftNxtid that these life limr J o amhil
a paid up policy, and these !i • • ns-.n- i*ice m -n
ha 1 given them, ins :• id oi* t <» \
consumed worldly estn'o, a hois* »j :i i
with hands, etenn! in th • lie iv. t.
fx "/rrc« - -a
ii. i Eli S ri..
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tlon, Dyspepsia, ilt.niiaclipytt m, ty.
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which they arc a safe, sure, prompt, and
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Pills l»y cmiLont physicians in regular prac»
tiec, shows unmistakably tho estimation in
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lion.
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substances only, and arcßhsoluiely free from
calomel or any otlmr injurious ingredient.
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1 sevvre sufferer iroin Headache, and your
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when occasion offers.
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Franklin St„ Uichmon«!,Va., dune 0, 18&2.
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J. T. Hayes."
Mexia, Texas, June 17,1882.
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MONEY
O * AN*i)
DISAGREEABLE CONTROVERSIES !
with agents who persuade you to send off
your little pictures to Now York to have them
j enlarged and framed. You can have all this ;
j sort of work done at home much better and
I just ns elicap, notwithstanding the false asser
tions these agents make to you, by calling at
H. BAUM&ARTEN’S
Photograph : Gallery,
Charlotte. N. C.
|“ HELLO! 1
WHO’S THERE?
Y_SS?
Come up Wsule, and sec the improvements
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,;
TELEPHONE,
ELEVATOR,
And various other attractions. Just think
j of it, 435x70 feet of flooring to be filled with
, Crockery, China,
Glass, Silverware,
Tinware, etc.
Each department is to lie seperate. and
under the management of polite and at
tentive clerks.
GRAND OPENING OF;
JANUARY 25, 1887.
Each visitor will receive a Souvenir, j
R. B. HARSFIELI).
CHINA PALACE.
Dr. J. T. Williams
Offers his professional services to the gen
eral public.
CALLS ANSWERED DAY and NIGHT.
Office —Fourth street, between Try on
and Church, rear of Express Office, Char
iotte, N. c.
Hardware Dealers,
CHARLOTTE, X. C.
Tiie largest stuck of
Hardware,
CUTLERY, GUNS, WOODEN - WARE, j
ROPES,
Agricultural
Implements,
BLACKSMITHS’ AND HEATERS’ AND
OTHER TOOLS,
it the State. A call is solicited.
Brown, Weddington & Co.
BOARDING HOUSE.
coxc o n d , x. c.
The tmveli’ig public will bo accoinmo- ‘
'luted with* eomfor'table rooms and Iniard.
House situated on Depot street, iu front of
the Seminary, near d: pot, and convenient
to all visitors. Terms reasonable.
J. E. .In!tNY/TUX.
VIRGINIA HOUSE,
CII Mi LOTT K, A'. t\
Accommodations furnished travelers at !
reasonable rates. Comfortable beds nml i
rooms. House incut d iu tlie central and 1
business j*art of the city. Table furnished
with the best of the market. Meals.it all ,
limits.
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liI.ACK SILKS. COkOltKl) SILKS.
SI’.M.MKR SILKS, SUIt AI! SILKS.
f»r •*. ••lilit,.* N »' fcl.H.fe nf i.
11
Ladies’ Muslin
Underwear!
:m l •*l prie* k lower tluiu over. Full
l.u» *•; u/iutLi (’orw’G. Wi»«ii»rv,
Oiovo. Mits. Ae.
iia lußi ayi: a ai.i:x yndkh, ■
M Kns: Trade Street.
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QAiIOLIXA CENTRAL R. R.
| CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Wiiminglon, N. C'., May 15, 18s7.
WESTBOUND TRAINS.
No. L No. :$* 1
May 10, ISvSf. DaUw ex. Dailv, r
.Sunday. Sunday.
Leave lialejgli (R A), 700 IkM.
Wilmington, 7 25 A.M. a 00
Max ton, 11
Hamlet, 12 50 P.M. 2 33 A.M.
Wades boro, 2 15
Charlotte, 4 '.VI 0 55arrive
Lincoln ton, 0 17
Shelby, 7 -fit
; Arrive Rutherford ton, 9 10
EAST BOUND TRAINS.
No. 2. No. 4
May IG, 1386. Daily ex. Daily ex.
Sunday. Sunday..
ITeave Rutherford ton, 7 15 A*M.
Shelby, H IS
Lincolnton, 10 07
Dharjotte, 12 02 P.M. 8 45 I\)r,
Wades boro, 2 30
Hamlet. 338 155 A.M.
Maxton, 5 20
Arrive Wilmington, 905 800
Raleigh, (R&A) 8 35
Trains Nos. 1. and 2 make close conned ,;!
at Mart'-n to and from Fayetteville, Lrcc,.-
boroaiul other points on e . F. & Y. V. IP.
At Wadesboro with trains to and inn-..
Clicraw, Florence and Charleston.
At Lincolnton toatul from Hickory. I>',. lo ; r
| and points on <’. * J,. Narrow (laiige’Ry.
Trains Nos. 3. and 4 make close comic: •,
l at Hamlet with trains to and from Bale;,:!,
Through sleeping cars between Wilinmg
! ton and Charlotte and Charlotte and Rale \ s \,.
Take train No. 1 for Statesville and sin; : ',,*s
i on the W. N. C. R. R. and points west.
Take train No. 2 for Cncraw. Florcc. v,
| Charleston Savannah and Florida, also for
| Fayetteville and C. F. & Y. V. stations.
Train No. 2connects at Wilminngton wiih
W. a W. No. 14 and W. C. a A. No. 27.
Take train No. 3 for Spartanburg. Green
-1 ville, Athens, Atlanta and all points south
west; also for Asheville via Charlotte and
1 Spartanburg.
, No. 3 connects at Wilmington with W.
W. R. R. No. 23. Train No. 1 connects ..t
! Wilmington with W. W. No. 7s. Lo.-d
Freight Nos. 5 and 0 tri-weekly between
| Wilmington and Laurinburg.
i Local Freight Nos. 2 and 8 tri-week!v
between Laurinburg and Charlotte.
Local Freight Nos. 9 and 10 ti i-weekly
between Charlotte and Rutherfordtou.
Nos. , 5 6, 7. 8, 9 and 10 will not take
passengers.
L. C. JONES. Superiutendeiit.
F. W. CLARK, General Passenger Ag!.
riAPE FKAB AND
v YADKIN VALLEY
HA IL \VA Y COMP AS Y.
Taking effects.lsa.m., Monday, Aug 22. U>7
Thaixs Moving Noutu.
Passenger Freight and
and Mail. Passenger.
Lvßennettsvillc, 10:10 am rmtiam
Ar Maxton, 11:20 7;(>5
I.v Maxton, 11:30 7-:;n
. Ar Fayetteville, I:3opm nilr.
1 Lv Fayetteville, 2:<X) !*:M<ai .
Ar Siinford, 4:05 | 40 «,
Lv Sanford. 4:15 2:15
A r Greensboro, 7:25 8:00
Lv Greensboro, 10:10 am
! Ar Dalton 2:lspm
| Passenger and Mail—dinner at Fayetteville.
Trains Moving South.
iLv Dalton, 3:15 p m
Ar Greensboro, 5:45
jLv Greensboro. 7:15 a m 7"o.im
! Ar Sanford, 12:55 p m lq; j,
Lv Sanford, 1:15 \
i Ar Fayetteville, dfjo
Lv Fayetteville, 3 :;;o 12:! •
Ar Maxton, 5:15
Lv Maxton, 5:2., 4 15
Ar Rennettsville 0:45 oq. a
Passenger and Mail—dinner at Sun ford.
FACTORY BRANCH—UREK;*IT AND
ACt OM MODATION.
Trains Moving North.
Leave 51 ill boro, 8:05 a. m. .".•in;
Arri ve <! reensbi»ro, 9:.‘J. >
Tkainm Moving South.
Leave Greensboro, 2:!f» p. m.
Dave Factory June. 3m 7 .». ~,
j Arrive Millboro, 15 vi«,
Freight and A(vou;mo*!n!ioti train runs 1«-;
I Benncttwille and Payette vide < n Mond;t\-
Wednesdays and Fridays, uul l et. Favetn
: ville and Bcnm-ttsvilh- *• n l ucsdavs,
i days and Saturday.-,
j Freight and Accommodation train runs Oh.
I Fayetteville and Greensboro Tuodays.TliU '
I days ami Saturdays, and between Greensboro
; and Fayetteville Mondays. Wednesdays a,.d
Fridays.
Passenger and mail train ruu> dailv e\<« r
1 Sundays.
The north bound passenger and mail tr.ua
makes cioso connection at Maxton witli Ccr
, oHna Ctntral to Charlotte and Wilmii •••<,-)
Trains on Factory Branch run chillv «ui i.r
, bumlay. W. E. KYLE.
j.w.FßY.oiaagy 1 " '
HENDERSON’S
BARBER SHOP !
THE OLDEST AND ItKST.
Expt'rlencHd iiuil jwiliti' v/otAniri, aiwa . -
| ready to wait on niotomc,-. [h o vmi «ill
Ret n SHAT It MU CfT a,,! cir; V
S//A VH.
JO I! X S. II EX |) !■: it sox.
East Trade Street, Cfiavlotb . N. r.
WATCHES!
Clocks, - Spectacles,
Eye-Glassses.
Fine Jewolry
can be l»oug!'.* t-ap at ! • J«-v.»‘!rv Store* of
HALES vx . >VNE,
West Trade Str -. t. <’!m. ! •;»:•. N C
attention jKiid to ordcß* l v
mail and satisfaction gua ut«t t| W• n f
you to th*. wiitor of this i M ....
Photograplis,
ill nil tlie latest style, a,»l finish.
ITIUTOGHU’ILS KN LA RUL’D
ts any -ij ‘ tnmism .il im tun s. No ne«l
to s-.iai them North.
•Inst as s-»»l asirk d 0.... ri.-iit here at
oo,m. att.l as ett.-aj, as in w V„ r |c.
WORK Gl AHAXTEKD!
Call auil us.
H. BAUM GARTEN,
. • "AittiOTTK, N. C.