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CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. Published every Saturday at Charlotte, N. C. By W. C. Smith. Subscription Rates. — Always in advance. One , Year SI 50 8 months 50 8 months 1 00 2 months 35 0 months 75 Single Copy. 5 Notify us at once of all failures of this paper to reach you on time. All money must be sent by registered letter, money order, or postal note to w. C. SMITH, Charlotte, N. C. Short correspondence of subjects of in terest to 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 correspondent s. Anonymous communications go to the waste Itasket. THE CHRONICLE AND THE NEGRO. “Another remark wo will make is, that under all the circumstances and relations of the colored man to the white man, such a rushing of educa tion among them as the passage of the Blair bill contemplates might result in consequences greatly to be deplor ed. Let us run no risk here. Edu cation is power, and such a rapid clothing of them with it, should be pondered. Nat urn non facit saltnm. Thus we comfort ourselves in anticipa tion.” We copy the above from the daily Chronicle of this city, of last Wednes day. There is a question that every thinking colored man of North Caroli na should ask himself: Does the Chronicle express the sentiments of the average white man of the South'? Then if the white people of the South are generally opposed to the Negro be ing educated and so much so that they prefer their own children being de prived of it rather than allow the Ne gro to get his share, something should be done to bring about a better feel ing and some of these prejudice en gendering, race hating journals should be suppressed. The new editorial writer on the Chronicle must have different ideas and stronger prejudices than former writers. Perhaps his services as a preacher of the gospel has caused him to lose the idea that the colored man is a brother, hence this writer has no sympathy and love for the poor and ignorant, if that ignorant class be black. He says, to bring about a system of education for the black man as contemplated in the Blair bill might bring about results to be de plored. Says we had better not run such risk. “Education is power, and the rapid clothing of them with it, should be pondered.” What can a sensible black man or God fearing white man think of a professing Chris tian who would make use of such lan guage '! He rejoices in the belief that it will not become a law. He would have the colored man remain in igno rance. The Chronicle is the organ of the democratic party here, and is read by many colored people; wonder if the party is willing to go before the count ry and our people as open enemies to our education and enlightenment. 0, democracy, thou hydra-headed mon ster, it takes a preacher to give full vent to your sentiments. It is said that a preacher once played havoc with Mr. Blaine by the use of three It’s. It is a good idea to muzzle some political preachers. This preacher knows the ability of the colored man. He has examined the white and the black for teachers certificates and he hail seen the black man excel the white and he knows whereof he speaks. We want the aid of our white friends. We want a fair showing in the race of life. BIDDLE UNIVERSITY AGAIN. Elsewhere will be seen a letter from Prof. Davis, of Biddle, asking us to correct misstatements in our last week’s issue. In our paper last week we said: First, the students felt they were mistreated by the faculty; Bccond, they were on a strike; third, a difficulty occurred between one of the students and a professor in the latter’s room, and the student got the best of the professor ; fourth, the faculty expelled the student without a trial; fifth, the faculty refused to hear any statement from the boys; and sixth, “some say, Dr. Johnson says he will resign before he will yield to niggers.” These are the principal points in out statement last week, and we are sorry Prof. Davis denies none of these points in his letter, except the sixth. That was not stated as a fact, but only rumor. We have been in- formed this week that Prof. Johnson certainly made the statement. Now we don’t suppose Prof. Davis heard him make it, but we have the same right to believe he did make it, as Prof. Davis has to believe he did not. We are informed by truthful persons, and it is not said the statement was made in public. Prof. Davis has a right to defend the faculty, and we are not disposed to misrepresent them, hut published the information given us concerning the trouble out there. That there was trouble sufficient to cause a strike, Prof. Davis admits. Now the public wants to know the cause of the strike, and who is to blame for it. Were the boys justified in striking ? If so, who should bear the blame? If they are not justifia ble, then ought not the leaders to be disciplined ? We arc told there were more than a hundred refrained from recitations about a week. They say they were not attempting to defend Mr. Black who had been expelled, but they were trying to sus tain their own manhood which had been insulted by the president of the faculty. From the information we have to this writing, we hold that the young men who refused to recite were right, and acted like men until they surrendered without satisfaction. Gratitude for support and education docs not consist of slavish submission to insults and assaults calculated to unman a man, and make him more despised than a crouching canine. Ed ucation without manhood is not worth having, and such manner of educating our people will do us more harm than good. Biddle has done and is still doing a great work, but it is not too late for bad precedents to arise, and every one should be nipped in the bud. If there is a student in the College insulting and disobedient, he should be sent home; if there is a member of the faculty unkind and inhuman and otherwise unfitted, he should be asked to step down and out. THE TROUBLE IN STATESVILLE. It has been published that two colored men, Dave and Sam Ramsour, were put in the Statesville jail last Saturday night for seriously cutting one J. Lamphrecht. We are reliably informed by persons from Statesville that the facts are not as published in the Chronicle. After these men were put in jail, things were heard and seen to justify the colored men in believing these prisoners were in danger of being lynched. Colored men went out de termined to protect them. That is about the full size of the trouble. We learn this same Lamphrecht had been beat by a white man a day or so before this. Such prompt and de termined action by colored men at all times and places would transfer much of the work of Judge Lynch to its proper place. There are two or three crimes for which executions arc practically de manded, and certainly one crime in which the speedy services of Judge Lynch arc contemplated with marked satisfaction. The above is from the Raleigh let ter to the daily Chronicle. If that is not encouraging and endorsing lynch ing we are not able to tell what is. “The speedy services of Judge Lynch are contemplated with marked satis faction.” The Colored V. M. C. A’s. Convention. Louisville, Ky.—The National Convention of the V. M. C. A’s., will convene at Louisville, Ky., June 17, 18, 19 and 20, 1888. All the asso ciations are requested to send one or two representatives, places and cities where there arc no association, the churches arc requested to send some of their active young men. All the leading men arc arc invited. Done by order of the Y. M. C. A. No. 1, Head Quarters, Louisville, Ky. A. M. Mack, President. Letters should be addressed to Jeff Coleman. Corresponding Editor. (122 W. Green Strqct, Louisville, Ky. Got there Ell. The colored troops fought nohly. A row at the Jefferson Barracks, Bt. Louis, Wednesday, between white and colored soldiers, ended, after a battle of half an hour, in the withdrawal of the white troops, who, though out numbering the colored troops, were outfought by superior discipline. The colored person seems to be "a comin World. Prof. Davis, of Biddle, Speaks. Mb. W. C. Smith : Editor Messenger —Dear Sir : Will you kindly make some corrections in your next issue in reference to some statements made in your last Satur day’s issue anent Biddle University. I regret that you were misinformed about the state of affairs. You were correct in your statement that the students were “on a strike.” But the statement that Dr. Johnson said, “He would not be controlled by a set of nigger students,” is untrue and has no foundation in fact. Dr. Johnston is a Christian and (necessa rily) a gentleman, and the personal favors he has done for our race, aside from his devotion to this institution, entitles him to kindlier treatment than to be misrepresented. It is not true that a professor of this University assaulted a student in the class room, but it is true that a professor who has been personally and all the while the warmest and firmest friend of a student, was abused and battered up, and that as that student had been be fore the Faculty (not in person) for other charges, this last one was thought to be sufficient to expel him. We have never denied the students a right of appeal in a pßoi’Eit way. You will kindly set us right, as you were no doubt misinformed about the entire matter. Please do so and oblige, Truly yours, Geo. E. Davis. Jan. 11th, 1888. Wilberforce in Luck. Mr. Wheeling Gant, originally of Kentucky, but now of Yellow Springs, Ohio, the seat of Antioch College, has donated in his will thirty thous and dollars or more, to endow a chair of theology and of Natural Science in Wilberforce University. He has also willed five hundred dollars to one of our Mission Churches in the same town. This act upon the part of Mr. Gant makes him the greatest Negro philan thropist this country has yet produced. True, Rev. Stephen Smith, of Phila delphia, gave more to found an old folks home, but when the old folks die his “Smith’s,” charity dies. But Mr. Gant’s donatiop will continue to live for ages to come.— Southern Re corder. The Constitution of the 28th ultimo, says that there were one hundred and ten men and women in the city prison the previous morning from the effects of liquor. This shows that Atlanta is in a prosperous condition, far more so than under prohibition, when a drunk en man was a rarity or a strange sight. Business is abundant. The police and city courts are busy day and night. What more prosperity would Atlanta want than a hundred and ten liquor cursed fools in prison. Shame upon the prohibitionists for trying to break up this good order and matchless pros perity.—Southern Recorder Presiding Elder’s Appointments. Charlotte District. —lst Round. Little Rock—December 1-4. Rockwell and Jonesvillc—Dec. 9-11. Torrence Chapel—December 16-18. Biddle—December 23-25. Moore’s Sanctuary—Dec. 30-Jan. 1. Clinton Chapel—January 5-9. China Grove—January 13-6. Pineville—January 20-23. Grace Church—-January 26-29. Ilenryville—February 3-6. Trinity—February 10-13. Kings Mountain—February 17-20. Monroe—February 24-26. Redding Spring—March 2-5. Rock Hill—March 9-11. Matthews—March 16-19 Mowing Glade—March 24-27. R. S. Rives, P. E. Fayetteville District. —lst Round. Fayetteville—December 8-11. Manchester—December 17-18. Jonesboro—December 31-January-l. Lillington—January 7-8. Oak Grove—January 14-15. Haywood—January 21-22. Johnstonville—January 21-22. Glover’s Grove—January 28-29. Gee's Grove—February 4-5. Egypt—February 11-12. Carthage—February 18-19. \ New Zion—February 25-26. A. M. Barrett, P. E. Raleigh N. C. Wadesboiio District— lst Round. j Flat Rock—January 7-8. Lethee—January 14-15. | Jordan’s C. Manly—January 21-22. | Green Lake—January 28-29. Chcsnutt—February 4-5. Hallic’s Grove—Februury 11-12. ltoper’B Grove—February 18-19. I Bennette’s—February 25-26. Forestvillc—March 8-4. \ Rocky Mount—March 10-11 I Robeson’s X Roads—March 17-18. I < j Republican State Convention. The undersigned Executive Commit teemen call a State Convention of the Republican party of North Carolina, to be held in Raleigh on Wednesday, the 23d day of May, 1888, for the purpose of electing four delegates and four alternates to the National Repub lican Convention, to be hold at Chicago, on the 19th day of June, 1888, and for the purpose of nomina ting a candidate for Governor and other State officers and three candi dates for Supreme Court Judges, to select a State Committee and for the transaction of such other business as may be deemed proper in the judg ment of the convention. Each county is entitled as delegates in said convention to twice the number of Representatives in the lower House of the General Assembly. All persons without regard to past political affiliation, who are is sym pathy with the principles of the Re publican party of this State, arc in vited and requested to unite with the Republicans under this call in the selection of delegates. J. C. L. Harris, V. S. Lusk, J. H. Williamson, Geo. C. Scurlock, R. E. Youno, H. E. Davis, J. 11. Harris, A. V. Dockery, W. C. Coleman, J. J. Mott, J. R. Smith, G. W. Cannon, J. 11. Montgomery, E. A. White, T. M. Argo. QAROLINA CENTRAL R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 1, 1888. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 1. No. 3. Nos. 5 tfe 7 BTATIONB. Daily ex. Daily ex. Tri- Sunday. Sunday, weekly. lvWilm’gton C:4op.m. 7-00 a m. f>:4sp.m. No. 7. ivLaurinb’rg 11:33 a.m. 5:00 a.m. lv Hamlet, 2:03 7.00 ar Charlotte 7:00 3.00 p.m. lv Charlotte 8:45 a.m. lvLincolnt’n 11:09 lv Shelby, 12:54 p.m. ar Rutherfn 3:00 EASTBOUND TRAINS. No. 2. No. 4. Nos. 0& 8 STATIONS. Daily ex. Daily ex. Tri- Sunday. Sunday, weekly. lv Rutherrn 8.40 a.m. lv Shelby 10.52 lv Lincolnt'n 12.45 ar Charlotte 3.00 IvCharlotte 8.00p.m. 7.00 a.m. lv Hamlet 1.25 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 4.00 No. G. IvLaurinb’rg 2.27 5.45 a.m. arWilm’gton 8.25 4.25 p.m. Trains Nos. 1. and 2 make close connection at Hamlet to and from Raleigh. Through sleeping cars lie tween Wilming ton and Charlotte and Charlotte ami Raleigh. Take train No. 1 for Statesville and stations on the W. N. C. R. R. and points west. Also for Spartanburg, Greenville. Athens, Atlanta and all points Sonthwcst. Local Freight Nos. 5 and 0 tri-weekly between Lauritiburg and Wilmington. No. 5 leaves Wilmington Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No. G leaves Laurinburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Local Freight Nos. 7 ami 8 tri-weekly Laurinburg and Charlotte. No. 7 leaves Laurinburg on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. No. 8 leaves Cha lotte on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. L. C. JONES, Sujierintendent. F. W. CLARK, General Passenger Agt. A. "W. Calvin, —DEALER IN — Family Groceries of all kinds. Country Produce al ways on hand. CHICKENS, EGGS. BIT TER and all kinds of VEGETABLES and FRUITS. jSW'Frt'c delivery to all parts of the city. II R- KENNEDY, DEALER IN ConfcctionoricH, Fancy and Staple Groceries. Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Vegeta bles, and all kinds of Country Produce. Everything kept in a well rcguluted Grocery Store. Fine Fruits a speci alty. No. 303 South Graham street, Charlotte, N. C. Illustrative Sample Fiee HEAL THYSELF! Do not expend hundred 3 of dollars for adver t icd patont medicines at a dol'ar a bottle, and drench your system with nauseous slops that prison the blood, bat parebsso tbo Orest sad ! 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