THE MESSENGER.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
-AT—
CHAMjOTTB, N. C.
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WILLIAM C. SMITH.
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t**AU Letters should be addressed
t» W.C. SMITH.
[Faltered at the Post Office at Charlotte, N. C. as
second-class matter.
SATURDAY, FEB. 3, 1883.
Corresponding Editors.
GEO. W GLINTOV Chester, 8.0
KU. L. THOKNTON Washington, D.C.
OSCAR E. JOSES Trave'ing Agent.
All money mnat be Bent by registered let
ter oi money order.
If you don’t eet your i aper et the proper
time please tell us at once.
Bhort correspondence of inter*-1 to the
general public is s-liciied, but d •n't be din
appointed if you fail to see your prod tic ion
in our columns. We are ni»t /esponsiole for
the vews of correspondents. Anonvmous
communications go to tbe waste basket.
WRONG DAT .
By sonic mishap, wo give the
wrong date on our outside ; it is all
right, though, the figures mean no
harm.
The charter for street ears in ‘otfr
city has been granted.
Lieut. Flipper wh'6 joined the
Mexican army sometime ago is now
a Brigadier.
Several civil rights cases arc
pending in the Supreme Court of
the United States. Read our Wash
ington letter on them.
FALSE ARREST.
I, a st Monday a colored woman
was brought up from Mathews, sup
posed to he the one who robbed a
trunk last week. Now, what evi
dence was against this woman wo
do not know, but it does seem to us
very hard and humiliating for one
to bo snatched up and hauled around
in this manner when innocent, then
have no redress. We believe in
punishing the guilty, but at the
same time the innocent should be
protected. There is somewhere a
careless, a looseness. W c believe in
seeing thc'Vuiv take its full scope.
Let no guilty man escape, neither
punish and disgrace the innocent.
CUR OPERA HOUSE.
A longing for a first class play
forced us lo go to the Opera House
Am last Monday night. There we
witnessed “Virginius” by Frederick
Warde. The play was good, hut
the house small.
It is a source of regret to sec that
so many of onr better class ot citi
zens are prevented from going to
operas on account of their color.
Free American citizens and many
of them free horn educated and us
refined as they may be, they are
compelled to take hack seats or
none at all. Our surroundings
Monday night, were several students
from Biddle ami two or three of our
lady teachers. But think of our
silling on hack seat’s—straight, hard
benches—and in iront of us a lot of
rude, noisy hoys. There were seats
in the galcry; they arc also hack
seats of the same class, and there
wo would bo crowded by all manner
of male and female roughs, tobacco,
and blackguard. It is dangerous for
a lady to wear a docent dress to
such a place.
Our people are fond of amuse
ment, and as they are becoming
more intelligent, take great interest
in the theatre board, especially those
plays which take them hack to
Roman history. Under the circum
stances we could not advise our peo
ple to go where they must take back
scats and be left at the mercy of the
worst classes of both races.
Wo sincerely hope that some
changes will be made in our opera
house boforo the oponing of next,
season. We do not wish to push
ourselves upon our good white
friends. We only want good accom
modatios apart from noisy, had boys
and bad women, and we are willing
to pay for the same.
We have witnessed many fine
plays in northern and western cities
by McCullough, Barrett and others
and would be pleased to adviso all
pleasurpaeekers among our people
to attenFthem here at home for their
amusement and instruction.
We hope the management of our
opera house will fix up and give us
some good chairs in some part of
this honse, and wo belcivo they will.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
For the Mesbkngh*.
A rather novel decision involving
the color lino has just been rendered
in the Supremo Court of the United
States is the ease of Toney Paco
against the State of Alabama, in
which it appears that the plaintifl
in error violated the State law by
living in sexual relations with a
white woman. The court holds
that the law of Alabama prohibiting
miscegenation, is hot in conflict
with the Fourteenth Amendment,
or with the Civil Rights legislator
founded on it, for the reason that il
applies the same punishment to hot!
offenders, the white and the black
without discrimination. This decis
ion has called into play many an in
credulous smile, as its intent nod
meaning are clear to every fair
minded man. Any attempt, howev
er, to controvert the action of tin
highest tribunal of the America
government would bo fruitless and j
unprofitable, yet, nevertheless, j
there can be no doubt, as to the i
voice of tho six million of blacks on i
the absolute fairness of this dccis- i
ion. There are other cases before i
tho Supreme court of incalcuahle
moment, appertaining to the rights,
and privileges of the American Ne- 1
gro, tho outcome of which is ex- !
tremclv doubtful. It is high time]
for our people to come to a decisive
stand upon this question. Tho
times demand it, society demands it,
tho great law of human justice de
mands it. There is a growing ten
dency on the part of our young men
towards independent- of thought and
action and it behooves every father
of negro youth to instill in them
principles of manliness, earnestness
and frugality; to crush out the
prevalent spirit of fawning and
sycophancy ; to educate them up to
a full sense of their being, their ob
ligations, their significance as a fac
tor of the body politic.
It is a deplorable tact that the
old men who fought with tho most
unselfish devotion in that dark
struggle for liberty, are to day most
tardy to secure any effort looking to
the triumph of tbe great principles
which prompted our civil strife,
and look on with fear and tremb
ling while the intelligence and man
hood of their younger brethren are
crying out for justice, for right, and
unquestioned citizenship. Oh, say
they, you are too fast, too previous,
too aggressive. The courts will de
cide against you, they say. Perse
verance, firmness, fortitude, consist
-1 ency and courage are the necessary
concomitants of any cause. Why
decry the effort to secure equal and
exact justice, equality and law,
when so near the consummation oi
centuries of sacrifice and endeavors.
' The persistent efforts of Bcccaria
were necessary to remove' the cru
' elty of the old penal systems ofSoto
1 to prohibit the sale in Africans, of
O’Connell to emancipate the Catho
lics, of William, the Silent, to wrest
I tho Netherlands from Spanish tyr
■ any and fanaticism; of Washing*
1 ton to shake off the shackles of Eng*
1 lish oxaction and injustice. All his
• tory confirms and inspires persever
■ anco. Wo may encounter derision,
: jeers, insult, opposition, hut what
, great measure has been free from
them. We eannot stand still, we
must not go buck but on, both our
* political, moral and social being lin
i | o's us.
Some timo ago the leading col-1
ored men of North Carolina assem
bled at Wilmington and deliberated
to the advisability and necessity
i of building a railroad. This is a
; health}' sign, and the road should
be distinctively the project of Ne
i gro brains and money. It exhibits
i a singleness of purpose which is es
i pecialiy noteworthy and commenda
ble, because of the lack of this most
i excellent article in our storehouses,
■ and its necessity for tho success of
any enterprise or effort.
• Now I wish to address myself to
every colored man in North Caro
• lina. They must join in with the
march for justice and equality before
the law, senrch for and know the
right and dare to arrest it, whether
contending for miscegenation, equal
ity at the church, theatre or public
meeting, or justice at the ballot, be
independent, manly and brave.
Sons arc springing up who can ill
• afford to receive a legacy of igno.
j ranee and dependence. Stay in
America, in South, in North Caroli
i na, colored men, and work out the
social and political problem for which
you have been contending st» long,
so zealously, so manfully. The pur
pose is good, the cause just. Civili
! nation cannot and will not ho com
plete until all American citizens are
accorded their just freodom and
■ rights in law and society without re»
'ard to the color of Skin. What
possible reason can white men ad
vance to gainsay your rights. Tho
apparent justice of their past kind,
n -sscß and forced legislation will no
1 longer he taken for the essential jus’
tice of our being and creation. The
reputation of the country culls out
i for justice. It has been well said
i that “laws anny he wrested,contracts
| evaded, the most solemn terms may
! ho broken, if wo abandon justice
! That community in which injustice
1 and bad faith are habitual cannot
i possibly support civil liberty.” Col-
I ored men should appreciate thorough
i ly the maxim that you cannot cx-
I pcct to love and support you whom
I you affect to disdain. E. ti. T.
aiLDULS & CO.,
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Bread, Oakes, Pies and
Candies.
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TRY OUR “ KING OF THE
j DAY” CIGARS.
’: l-2rt-3m
A Cart-Brggy for Sale.
WE are prepared to furnish a cart-buggy
at manufacturer's prices.
W. C. SMITH.
a. w. oxim,
DEALER IN
SHIES I’D ms,
CONFECTIONARY,
Tobacco, Cigars, Chickem, Egg«,
and Bntter.
'' All kinds of Vegetables
on hand all the time.
. 1 d onrignmenta solicited and personal atten
tion giyert to-such nalta.
i
A. W. CALVIN,
Wfflt Tri-Je Street, Charlotte, N.'C.
WANTED. AGENTS.
STARTLING as the pages of ro
mance—from the lowest depths of
slavery to a position Mining the first ih
the land. M Life and Tiints” of
FREDERICK DOUGLAS.
Written by himself; 15 full page illustra
tions; price $1.4 ) Outrivals ‘‘UncleTom'a
Cabin” in thrilling and romantc interest
with the i d ted charm that every word is
true. A marvelous story most graphically
vo'd and of great historic value. This vol
ume will be eagerly sought fir by the hun
dreds of thou ands who hive watched the
remarkable care*r, and have been thrilled
by the eloquence of this wonderful man.
Extra terms to Houtheru Agents.
PARK PUBLISHING CO.,
7-29-2 m. Hartfujd, Conn.
WANTED.
FORTY or fifty acres of good land, adpated to the
raising of cotton and corn, Including timber,
dwe 1 ng-huuse a* id water Ihe undersigned wish
es to purchase the aforesaid in this county (Meck
lenbarg) mid wl l pay a fair price to procure the
same by the ensul. >g year For apply
l °Nov. 20. Charlotte.
Carolina Central Rat nay
Train No 1 going West. *
Leave WUmlngt n, Mil*
~ Lumberton, - - - - 1037 pin
, , Laureiitmrg, -- - • 12/{*» a
! , Hamlet, St 13 a in
, , Wadcsboro, -- - -4, •*a Ml
* Monroe, «, < 4 a m
Matthews, -----♦> N* «• m
Arrive < liarl tte, 7,4« a m
, , Tuekaseege. - - -9, 32 a tit
, , Lincolnton, - - • *n, •* » m
Arrive rlielby, 12, 4'* n m
Train No. 2 Going Kasl
Leave Shelby. ----- 1.4 • p m
„ Lincolnton,--3 22 i* m
~ Tuskaseege. --- L f *2 ;« in
Arrive • harlotte, ---54' p in
Leive Charlotte, - —7 5> l* m
„ Matthews, 837 P n»
Monroe. 9 37 pm
„ Wades boro 1145 pm
~ Hamlet, 2.00 a in
„ Laureiitmrg, - -3.1*7 a m
~ Ltunbelton, --4 52 a m
Arrive W Umlngton. -850 a in
Each of the above trains connect with the
AA. Airline for i aleigli. No trains leave bar
otte, for Wilmington, on Saturday nor liming
o s on Sunday.
TIME TABLE
Cap? Feir aid Yidkln Valley R'y.
To take Effect on Monday,
June 12th, 1882.
OP.
(DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.)
Arrive. Leave.
Fayetteville, - - 40°p. m
Little Hlver, - - -449 pin 4 4T» p m
•- jKMit prlngs. - - r>. I *»p in 52" pm
*-wHim\s station, - - - H.osp in rt. opm
Junesboro, - ttaft pin II Ho pin
Sanford, - - - 705 p m 725 P m
Fgyit, - - - - 745 pm 755 p m
Gulf, - - - - - H2op tu
DOWN.
(DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY )
Arrive Leave.
Gulf. .... <> oo a m
Egypt. - - - * rt’fiam r».2"ain
Hanford. ... H. 45 a ni 7 ioj» m
Jonesboro. - - -7 20 a ni 7 87 a in
Swanns tntion, - - son am NOS a m
snout -prings. - - • K 55 a m W .‘>s ain
Little River ... !».:{«> ain PBS a m
Fayetteville. - - in. 15 ain
THE BEST WASSM
—ON WHEELS —■
IS MANUFACTURED BY
FISH BR0&. & GO,,
RACINE, WIS.,
W'i MAKE hVKUY VARIETY OF
Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons,
And by confining onrvelve- strictlv ;o oue cla**i» of work; by employing non ■ but the U rt nt
of WOltK'lliS tiding nothin ' Inn Fin'ST-CLASS IJIPUOV l> >l Vi’tllN KitY and thevhax
BEsT of shL CTBD T MB U, and by a THoIioUGU KNOWLEDGE of tha business, we hive
Justly eurne 1 the reputation of lunkhig
“THE BEST WAGOSiI ON WHEELS.”
Mannfacturen* have abo|ii>hei tb<* wHrrantyt but Agents may, on their own responsibility, give
the foilowin warranty with «‘ach wi.mii. if eo agree :
We Hereby Warrant tn.. KISH BUDS, W ADON No lo he well moil-In every p«Hc
nlar and oi good inater ; a , and that the *trengilt of th*? wam** 1$ wnfllclent ft»r all work with tair
■sage. Should any h eakage occur within one year fronvthis date by reason of defective material
or workmitindiip repairs f«»r the same will be furnished at place of sale, free of charge, or tue
prire of sald re|>.i'rß. a- p«;r agent’s price il-*t will bo paid in cash by the purchaser producing a
•ample of the broken or defe live part* an evidence.
Knowing w« can suit you. we solicit patronage from every s**ctlon oX the United States. Pend
Off Prices and Terms, ana for a copy of TllE UACINK AGRICULTURIST, to
K Flvll BHON. a Karine, Wll.
HORACE WATERS & CO’S
“NEW SCALE’ 9
Square and Upright
!■ pstnt
HORACE WATERS & CO.’S *
woua-inowiiD
ORGANS
la BsMUiftoi r«Ms,
Suitable for Parftw.Charrii and Chapel Use. J
Orchestral GRAND ORGANS, with Chime of 30 Bells.
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Imliwmli nllllrirli nr--*— —■n --1 fTlttf r~* r ""*-
AT TAOTBBT rsicn. Sm 4 far IlfaMmud CfalHW.
HORACE WATERS A. 00.
WimooDS, 826 Broadway,i „ _. .
‘ WACTBBT. H..MHMI B BAT WO, f NSW IOf»
nA, n Great chance to maht nmney.
: I Those who always take a<lvan-
I III! II take of the k'ssl chances for
| l|| maklnn money that are offered.
|||| | 111, generally become wealthy, v hll,-
v ß* ** *those who rto not improve sucli
chances remain In Jeivei ty We want many men
women, boys and plrls to Work (or us rialn in
their own localities. Anyone can do the work
properly from the irst start. The business will
pay more than ten times ordinary wakes r.j.
pensive outfit furnished free No one wlioen
flakes fails tnmakemoney rppldly. Youcan le
vote your whole time to t e work, or only tour
spare moments. Full information and al: that
is needed sent f.ee. Address j-tinson Si t >•.
Portland r'ame.
W business now lefore the pubPc.
You can make money faster at
work for us than at anythini; else,
i apital not needed, vve will start
you *l2 a day and upwards, made
at home by the industrirus. Men,
women, boys and girls wanted everywhere to
work torus. Now is the time. You can work
in spare time only, or give your whom tune to
the business. Youcan live at home and do the
work. No other business will pay you as well.
N o one can fail to make enormous pay oven
gaging at once ' o-tly outfit and terms Iree.
Money made fast, easily, and honorably.
Address Tkue ft 0., Augusta, Maine.
«a week in your own town «5 outfit
free. No risk. Everything new i api
tal not requited. W e will furnish you
everything Many are making for
tunes Ladies make as much is meu,
and boys and girls gr. at pay. Kearteq
If vou want a business at which you can make
gaeat pay all the time you work, wiite for par
ticulars to H Hallktt & CO.. Portland. Maine.
S->ly
School Books.
To My Customers and the Citi
zens of Charlotte.
I desire to liave it distinctly under
stood, that 1 am still famishing
iKpiks forth*) Graded Schools either by
exchange or introductory prices, as
cheap as any one ire the city. It does
not matter to whom you are instructed
for your hooks bv slips given your chil
dren, always undersfand that they can
lie hail at the same rates at my store.
■Just bring the slips tn me and I will Oil
the order as cheap as you can get them
anywhere, and will make vou a present
hesideß. Very respectfully.
JNO. It. EDDINS.
15-2 t
ANDERSON & PILGRIM,
BARBER SHOP.
' SPARTANBURG, S. C.
o
WE have tile best shop in flieci y,
and do good woik, Givi us a
call on Church Street.
Shaving 10c. Hair Cut 25c.
.J A. ANDEItSOX.) .. .
A. I’lLGltlM, l lrp
8-12.-ts
Barber Shop.
Experienced aiwl p“lit« workmen al
ways ready to give you a
Neal Hair Cut
AND
A. CLBAX HHAi/R,
Jno.S. HENDERSON
South side—East Trade.
7—ls—fim.
STYLE, FINISH,
WORKMANSHIP,
DURABILITY, and
QUALITY OF TONE,
Haivdi a44s4br4l the
HIGHEST STANDARD.