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Republican Ticket.
Chief Justice:
Ralph P. Buxton.
For Associate Justices:
John IV. Albertson,
Virgil S. Luske.
For Superior Court Judges;
Third District:—W. F. Bullock.
Fourth T. P. Devercux.
Eighth ** W. S. O'E. Robinson.
Sixth “ D. M. Furchcs.
Ninth “ A. E. Holton.
Tenth “ J. W. Bowman.
Twelfth “ Perry A. Gumming.
Senate:
E. C. Hinson.
For Sheriff:
T. K. Samond.
For Constables Charlotte Township;
C. T. Thomas.
OUR PARTY OF PRINCIPLES.
The principles laid down by the
republican party in convention as
sembled at Raleigh recently, are the
true principles ot the party. That
the correct way to keep party or
ganization, was to run republicans
for public office, and not run after
strange gods. Liberalism, fusion
and independentism means defeat,
demoralization and disintegration of
the party, a complete surrender of
the manhood of the party—Ours is
a party of principles and not a party
of plunder. The vote of the county
is nearly evenly divided between the
democratic and republican parties.
There is a strong feeling of opposi
tion to the democratic party and its
oid-leaders for broken promises and
business depressions and hard times,
which they promised, should be al
tered for the better, when they came
into power. It strikes us with pe
culiar force, that this is the time
above all others, that we should be
represented by an able republican
ticket—true and tried men who have
borne the burden of the party —men
who have stood the ostracism and
tyrany of the democratic party for
long years—men who are fire-tried,
patriotic and unflinching in their de
votion to principle.
But the independents urge their
claims upon our party, for the fol
lowing reasons: That we have been
uniformly counted out at the ballot
box, and that the men now being
run on the independent ticket, are
the very men who were familiar with
the frauds and the peculiar manner
of manipulating the ballot and the
count, when the frauds were com
mitted in former years, and that they
know how to prevent a recurrence of
those frauds, that the friends of the j
ticket and the promoters of the
scheme are the very men who have!
been manipulators of elections on
the democratic side in former elec
tions, but have left the democratic
party for the reasons that the different I
appointments under the general gov-!
eminent in the revenue and other
branches of public service, were
given to others in the party, who
were not active in their Irauds, and
that these men now should be placed
on our ticket, and we, as republi
cans, compelled to vote for, them to
keep from being defrauded out of
-our vote. We express most un- 1
equivocally, our firm opposition to
any such a code of moral or politi
cal ethics.
We should support the independ
ent ticket tor the reason that they
are exceedingly friendly to the re- I
publican party and its principles— I
then if it be true, why not make an I
even division of the spoils and let us
have a union ticket—half republican !
and half independent ? But if this !
arrangement is made there must not
be any such arrangement that col- 1
ored republicans are to be excluded
from the ticket. When republicans
are placed before us for our support
we never ask the question as to the
color of his skin, it he is honest,
capable and reliable, we tee! it our
duty to support him, but we think it
to the interest of the colored race
that in public office, there should be
no discrimination as to race or color.
When the colored men casts ninty
n:nc hundreds of the republican
votes in this county, they should
have some representation on the
ticket. This is only just and fair,
and unless this is conceded to us, we
think it should be the policy of the
colored republicans to set right down
on them on election day .
We have the strongest assurance
from prominent republicans in this
and other eoUhties, that our views
are coffett, and that this paper re
flects the views and political senti
ments of a very large majority of the
republican party. We are for any
and all measures which are for the
benefit of the colored race, and we
believe the republican principles are
for fequal rights under the law and
at the ballot box; but independents
are a fraud upon the party. There
can be no such thing as an independ
ent party. There are but two great
parties belore the people—the repub
lican party and the democratic party.
All others are mere side-shows.
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THE COUNTY TICKET AGAIN.
We learn that Mr. Eli Hinson de
clared himself a candidate lor the
! Senate at a public meeting one night
last week, and is now full in the field.
I Mr. Hinson is a republican in poli
i tics, has uniformly voted with and
I given his most cordial support to re
publican nominees, and has never
i been ashamed of his principles and
| his party, and will act with the re
publican party in the Legislature,
and vote with them on all measures
for the good of the party. We can
trust him, but what will the other
candidates do, if they should be
elected? Will they act with the
democrats or republicans on party
questions, or will they squat?
What will Mr. Deal, Dr. Bruner,
and Dr. Sloan do? Arc they going
!to vote for Mr. Hinson for the Sen
| ate, or will they vote for Capt. Alex
-1 ander? The colored republicans ex
pect you to answer this question.
You can do it cither before the peo
ple in your public discussions or
through the columns of this paper.
You shall have a fair showing.
The further question naturally
suggests itself: Will you support for
Speaker of the House a Democrat
or a Republican? The selection of
a presiding officer of that body is a
very important matter. He appoints
the important committees, and more
or less formulates the business of that
branch of the Legislature. Will you
identify yourself with the democratic
or the republican party? Now, gen
tlemen, answer that question square;
let there be no dodging. We feel
almost certain what will be Mr- Hin
son's course. He is a republican,
and will stand by the party, and de
serves the support of the party; but
as for the rest, we will see what we
will see.
There is another question worthy
of consideration. What will Mr.
Cooper, the candidate for sheriff, do
in making his appointments? Will
he give any to republicans? The
mere fact that he does his shaving in
a colored barber shop patronized
exclusively by colored men, while it
goes a little that way, is by no means
sufficient proof of his political senti
ments as to entitle him to the colored
vote. When these questions are sat
isfactorily answered, we may have
some others of equal weight to pro
pound. We shall make ;it a point
to hear a joint discussion!, when we
shall have more to say.
T. K. Salmonds is also a candi
date for the office of sheriff. He is
, a true republican, has voted with
| us, and always acted with us, and
j is not ashamed of his colors and his
I party principles. He is the only re
publican candidate (or that office,
and should receive the support of the
party. But Mr. Salmonds does not
suit the McNinch - Gordon - Sims-
Schenck party; and they have issued
their orders that Salmonds shall be
set aside and Cooper brought to the
1 front to receive the republican vote.
NOT FOR SALE.
A certain leader among the inde
pendents in this city approached a
close personal friend of ours a few
; days ago and offered him sioo to
stop our opposition to the independ
, ent ticket. That same leader told
another creditor of his that he meant
| to make money enough in this cam
paign to pay his bill, &c. That
same leader is very busy in catching
| hold of and circulating and manu
; facturing all sorts of every little
! thing, false or true, that he thinks
‘ will in any way injure us—person
ally. socially, or otherwise.
VVe are glad to inform this gentle
man that the Messenger is not for
sale. Had we been for sale we would
have tried<Jong since to get on the
wrong sideb and asdic, would have
paid no attention to the chidings of
conscience—if he has any. We
would rather be right than chairman
or leader. We have no policy but
the principles of the republican
party. After the defeat of this
mongrel whiskey democratic con
cern, we propose to tell our people
the reason there is no harmony
among us, and who our false leaders
are. VVe think we have the clinch
ing points. No, sir; we are not for
sale. We propose to publish an j
honest newspaper for the good peo
ple of this city and section many I
years to come, and cannot afford to
betray our trust by selling our peo-!
pie for a few dollars. Judas hanged |
himself after he sold Christ, and how !
ought a poor fellow of this day fee! \
after he has sold his brethren to the
democratic party for S3OO or $400? (
He ought to feel worse than Joseph’s I
brethren felt after he made himself I
known to them; for some of our !
modern brethren do more malicious ;
back-biting now than was tolerated | :
in those days. When men resort j
to lying on and villifying us, we are 1
encouraged, for we know we are j
driving old Satan into hard quarters, \
where he has neither arms or ammu- j
nition to fight with. We know we ;
are putting our words just where j ■
they are felt.
Our good friend will please tell the I ,
gentleman this paper is not for sale, j ,
That the good people of this city j ;
want a reliable paper published by a
man who is not purchasable. No,
sir; ike are iiol for Sale. Men who ,
negotiate and make purchases of \
stolen goods, are held by law guilty j
of crime as well as the rogue. Hence 1
there is no escape for this leader, as I
we have two reliable witnesses, and ;
in the proper time will turn on the ;
lights.
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WHAT WILL THEY DO ABOUT IT ? |
Now that the third candidate is 1
fully in the field for Congress, what
will Col. Chas. R. and his friends do
about it? Will Col. Chas. R. stay in
the race or will he come down? The
announcement, in the shape of an
address, is circulated throughout the
District. The name of the candidate
is William E. Mayo, of Wilmington.
He is a mechanic, and a Knight of
Labor. He claims the suffrage of
the Order throughout the District;
and, as true and loyal men, we sup
pose they will stick to a man of their
own order and choice.
The Knights of Labot is a good
order, and is destined to be a power
ful factor in the politics of this coun
try. It is organized to aid and pro
tect the laboring masses. The
greatest oppressor of the laborer is
bad laws in the control of capital.
The way to remedy the evil is in the
legislative halls. It cannot be done
in the lobby, either. Laborers and
true friends of laborers must be
elected to our State and National
Legislatures.
It is not for us to say who is the
proper candidate for the Knights to
support in this emergency. They
have before them to choose from—a
Democrat, an Independent, and a
Knight of Labor.
IN MEMORIAM.
BY S. F. WENTZ.
God loosed the silver cord
Which bound a class-mate dear.
And took from our number one
That sparkled bright and clear.
The angels bore his soul away
And laid it at the feet
Os Him who sits enthroned
Upon the mercy-seat.
A. A. Dryer, our mate, has faded away,
For precious life has fled,
Earth unto earth returned—
She ever claims her dead.
His body is mouldering fast,
His soul in heavenward flight
Regained the further land of pure delight,
A land where all is light.
The sun of life has ere eventide approached
But rose again in realms bright,
Where night has never been,
A city where God is the ight.
The light of heaven outshone
The dimmer light of earth.
And shed a halo around his soul,
His soul of heavenly birth.
God bound the golden cord
That linked the soul divine,
With that immortal life
Unmarked by age, by time.
That link once formed by God,
Unbroken shall remain,
Forever with the Lord
That soul shall endless reign.
Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C.
An Elephant's Memory.
An amusing circumstance happened at ,
Hythe yesterday, when an elephant be
longing’to a circus freely helpd himself
Co an early breakfast. It appears that
between 3 and 4 o’clock in the morning
the animal managed to affect his e cape
from his companions, and paid a visit to
a house, with which hi : memory had n
pleasant association—a little shop at the
comer of Market street. On arriving at
the place the elephant found that it was
closed, but, nothing daunted, he coolly
lifted the door off its hinges and helped
himself liberally to the contents of the
shop, potatoes, apples and sweets. When
he had cither sati-tied his appetite or had
exhausted the supply of good things, he
retraced his steps, and on the return jour
ney he was met by his keepers, who had in
the meantime become aware of his ab
sence. The animal in question visited
By the about eleven or twelve years ago,
and when passing this house was treated
by its then tenants to a good meal of
potatoes. This seemed to have left so
good an impression on the animal s mind
that he was led to pay another visit to so
pleasant a spot with the result recorded
above. About the samo time the next
morning he again got away, and was
making for the same place, hut was dis
covered by his keepers before he had ,
gone fsronhis expedition. —London Tele
graph.
The Chestnut Bells.
Hesr the noisy chestnut bells—
Nickel be 1.1
What a world ot merry chat, tboir Idiocy
dispels:
At the int.le, on the street,
Where'er we chance to meet.
How they All our souls with terror
With their beating.
Lest we fall into the error
Os repeating.
And one and all keep mum,
badly dumb.
For fear that some rheap “bum' 1
Will ring us down.
—Boston Globa.
LIFE ON THE ATLANTIC
PHASES OF HUMAN NATURE ON A
810 OCEAN STEAMER.
Extravagance in Dress—Cliques on
Shipboard—The Smoking Room
—Various Ways of Gambling.
A returning tourist said to a Chicago
Herald, reporter: “As you know, 1 cross
the Atlantic once or twice every year,
and I seem to notice a change every time.
The gambling has always been carried
on to a greater or less extent, but it is
only lately that they have begun to dress,
both men and women, in the way they
have. Formerly people used to cross in
the oldest decent clothes they had, but
hovk nothing is too good for them. Would
?rou believo it, one day a certain Chicago
ady and her son appeared, the one in a
colored silk dress and the other in a
Prince Albert coat, plug hat and patent
leather shoes. That was the worst break
I ever saw. Then another thing, cliques
and sets are worse than they used to he.
The set at the captain’s table will hardly
acknowledge those who sit at the doctor’s
or chief officer's table as belonging to the
same order of beings, and look on them
much as the guests at a first class hotel at ,
a fashionable summer resort do upon
those residing at a socond-class hostelry. 1
I put this all down to the women. It I
Becms impossible that they can even cross
the ocean without what they consider
fashionable dress, but which, to any
sensible man or Woman, is in execrable
taste. But, thank goodness, the smoking- ]
room always remains as a harbor of ref
uge. And what on earth or sea can com
pare with the comfort of the smoking- j
room on a first-class liner. Nothing to
do—you couldn’t do it if you would—ex- |
cept to 101 l and lounge and drink, smoke,
chat and listen to others talking to you.
Then in the evenings, if it is blowing
hard outside and the rain, perhaps, beat- j
ing against the windows, how cozy does
the smoking room look in contrast. And j
what good stories you sometimes hear j
and what pleasant men you often meet.
I have made some of the pleasantest 1
friendships I ever made in my life in the j
smoking-room going over. And then if !
you want gambling at cards or dice or !
pools you can have it. In this, how
ever, you have to keep your weather eye
open more and more every day. The
companies say they prevent known and |
regular sharps from crossing, but this is ,
nonsense and they couldn’t do it even if ’
they wanted to. The day alter we sailed J
this time the word was pissed by the (
purser that there was a card sharper on
board, but no attempt was made to point
him out; the consequence was that for a
few days every one looked upon his
neighbor as the possible Jonah, and to
the end of tire voyage no one really
knew. I had very strong su picions
about one man. and if he wasn't the Si
mon Pure he was a mighty good imita- !
ton of one. I watched him playing one
night with a well-known Chicagoan in
the clothing trade, and if he wasn’t
cheating I would be surprised. At any
rate, he won a great part of the old man’s
money.
“Another form of gambling that is
coming in is tossing or matching coins
ala John T. Kaymoud. This is carried
to a ridiculous extent. I saw a young
New Yorker, crossing for the first time,
and with more money than brains, lose
$1,500 at a sitting match. Another sharp
trick is betting on the height or distance j
of things. You know people who would
never make a bet on shore from one
year’s end to another will do anything
on board to 'kill time.’ Sharpers know
this and are well prepared for it. A
man will casually lead the conversat on
to the delusion of distances at sea. The
process is easy to the distance of the
smoke-stack, the mainmast,or the length
of a particular piece of planking, all of
which has been carefully measured by
the sharper beforehand, maybe on the
previous voyage. In fact there is hardly j
a moveable or likely article on board staji’
that he has not got the exact length I
breadth, and depth of. In connect!*’' !
with this I heard rather a good tale, i
sharper was bothering another man to be*
with him in this way, and he, knriwisfc
very well all the tricks of the trade,
fused to be roped in. At last the sharp*#
took up the sash of one of the smokin?”
room windows, and pointing to t#e
leather tags hanging at the end, 6aif I
‘Well, now, you cant guess the numW
of tags there are here.' Still he would Bdf j
bite and finally strolled away. His would
be victim the first quiet opportunity Ike
had counted the number of tags, anil,
finding there were exactly tUirtv-tw'\
cut two of them off and pm them in m
pocket, shortly after the sharper Ct
turned ana resumed the conversation. !
‘All right,’ said the fiy to the spider, Til j
go you once only.’ ‘Well, what will it'
bo? Suppose we take those tags there
we were talking of:’ ‘AH right, so bet
it.’ They matched for fir t choice and it
fell to the sharper to make first guess.
‘Well,’ said he. toying with the strap, ‘I
always used to be a good gucsser. Lcm
me sec, I should say there would he
thirty-six, thirty-seven—no, thirty-four, j
thirty-three—no, I guess there are just !
thirty-two.’ He gave an exulting grin. I
which quickly changed when thewould
be victim said quietly: ‘ Vou are a good
guesser. There were exactly thirty-two
when you last counted them, but there
are oifly thirty now. Here are the other j
two in my pocket.’ It stopped that man •
for the rest of the voyage. Perhaps the |
most popular form of betting a on pools 1
on the dnily run of the ship, and they
have got that down to a fine point. On
some ships the ‘gams’ will make regular
pools on it, the same as at a horse ra <O. i
For instanco, the run of the ship ought 1
to be 380 miles. Well, any number ”>o
tween 3110 and 370, ten above and ten be
low, will be the favorite. They will lay
short odds on either of these ten figures,
but they will lay good pdds against any |
particular number, of course lengthen, j
ing them the further they are away.”
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Who Owned the Egg.
A hen, while being driven out of a
neighbor’s garden, let fall an egg, which
the woman who drove her out picked up
and utilized. A suit was brought in
court to recover the pr ce of the egg
when it was decided that “tho egg being
lai i on the premises of the defendant it
was her egg.” An appeal was taken to
b higher court, when this decision was
reversed on account of the word 'laid”
having been used. The hen did not
lay the egg, butdropped it. ’ The moral
of this story is not very obrcurc.—Lon
don Paper.
Making Mexican Bread |
At certain hours of the d»J »
slapping is hewd in every 1 t 0 I
letter from ill as a del , (1 bJ
the Cincinnati An»»<r-*'. ’* ofac t.„.
the wife at her daily task o' "> a J ,n, { ac |ir * |
ing tortillas, the .lexicon • . . o
which an ancient author desg .1
* the 1 u- j
nhrates, she feeds her %„“"v
leavened bread. It is made by s.m|
soaking the corn in lime waternn 1 '•
in" Unite paste on a stone metntewJh
a stone roller; then smail dumps of th
nuttv-like mixture are moiled 1 1 !
2 by patting them between the |
hands, after which they arc baked qu c£
Ivon a heated stone or
‘•kitchen ’ of the n-.y;. S'■ •
woman is the most primitive that eialt
imagined, any convenient spo'-S cl "
ally out of doors —answering so, the
purpose.
In ten years the consumption of horses
as 1 in Paris has risen from «
.) 485; of asses, decreased from ulB to
307, and of mules, increased from six to
| forty.
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Patent Medicines,
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Prescripts Carefully Compouifiei (
OR. H. M. WILDER,
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Charlotte, N. C. I
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Virginia House,
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Accommodations fttrni'ihed traveler*’*;
reasonable rates. Comfortable beds it: L
rooms. . House located in th*- rentrv N
and busines part of the city. Table fr m
nished with the best of the market gh .
Meals at all houra.
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CHARLOTTE N. C.
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The Oldeet and Bert.
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always ready to wait on customers. He it
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aad a
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