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CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. Publlshed’every; Saturday at Charlotte, N. C. By W. C. Smith. Subscription Rates.—Always in mlvance. One Year $1 501 3 months 50 8 months 1 00 2 months 35 6 months 751 Single Copy. 5 Notify us at once of all failures of this paper to reach you on time. All money must ho sent by registered letter, money order, or postal note to \V. C. SMITH. Charlotte, N. C. Short correspondence of subjects of interest to the public is solicited but persons must not be disappointed if they fail to sec the articles in our columns. We are not responsible for the views of correspondents. Anonymous communications go to the waste basket. PROF. ATKINS FOR FAYETTEVILLE The Fayetteville Normal being one of the most important in the State, should have one of the best normal teachers at its head. It should have one well up in the modern school teaching, as a good disciplinarian, and all that tends to make a pure chiistian model for the young. Prof. S. G. Atkins, of Livingstone College, comes nearer this than any man we know. As we know the people of that sec tion, and know Prof. Atkins, we sug gest him as the best selection that can possibly be made for the principalship of that school. Prof. Atkins was born and educated in North Carolina, by nature adapted to teaching, and is a hard student and a fine scholar. We sincerely hope the board will appoint as Prof. Smith’s successor, Prof. S. G. Atkins. NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS. The colored voter is not so very enthusiastic in politics nowadays as he was a few years back. lie has some what lost sight of the office promised by some leading revenuer or big officer elsewhere. He has also been persuaded by Mr. Cleveland’s course that he will not go back into slavery because the democratic party is in power. The white republican of the past has gone to his store, his farm or other business and his politics are hardly known. Our primaries arc now being held in the counties, and in many localities arc run wholely by colored men, because the white republicans fail to go in the primaries and arc not known. Whatever is lost by the party should be laid to the white republicans. They should go in the primaries, make themselves known and assist in starting the party out right. They should not wait to be looked up and then expect the places of honor at the hands of the party. The Negro is the republican party in North Carolina, but he is much better satisfied when led by white men. The Democratic party though in power in National and State affairs, is still restless. Much complaint has been made of the Internal Revenue laws and the democratic party has for years refused to abolish the system after promising the people year by year to do so. Our members in con gress now refuse to support a bill which abolishes the system and sup ports one which retains it simply be cause Mr. Cleveland dont want to do away with the offices. Our Congress men and democratic newspapers admit that the Randall hill suits the people of North Carolina better than the Mills bill, but because Randall is not in accord with the President, they will not support his bill. These poor democratic Congressmen from North Carolina had rather displease the people that seut them there than dis please the President. Poor fellows, the people will learn them a lesson. Odious republican Revenue offi cers and the like are not here to embarrass the people now. The odium is in the democratic party. The white people of western North Carolina arc learning that the “blue bottles” are a worse pest than the “red leged grass hoppers.” They have also grown tired of this auto cratic county government. They want to elect their own magistrates and county commissioners and they know if the republicans get control of the legislature they will change these things. The people know these things and will in November next demand the charge The democrats have greatly increas ed the running expenses of the .State government. They cut off on the left and add on the right and have saved nothing. The colored man is no longer scared of slavery nor greedy for office; white republicans have no spoils to quarrel over and all seem quiet, but on the day of the election all will be found at the polls ready to cast a ballot to abolish internal revenue, to protect the industries of this country and replace confidence in the money interests that will deliver us from a money panic. They will vote to restore to us a government of the people for the people and by the people. They care not for the name of the party. They no longer fear the “Niggir” cry of Mr. Vance, for they all have sense enough to know white men are going to rule this State, it matters not under what name. North Carolina is ripe for a change. We care not for the name of our stan dard-bearer. We have hosts of good men. We will follow any. FROM STATESVILLE. Mr. Editor. —As quite a number of your readers arc acquainted with Statesville, I beg leave to say some thing about the recent festivities of the children, through the valuable col umns of the much beloved Messenger. On the 26th of March the closing exercises of the public school in dis trict No. 42, taught by Mr. D. S. Alexander, took place The incle mency of the weather prevented our being present, but we are told that the exercises were a credit to both teacher and pupils. Friday evening, March 30th, the children in school district No. 90 en tertained their parents and friends with a short programme, which was much enjoyed by all, and highly spoken of by friends. Rut Monday, April 2d, crowned all. A proces sion, consisting of the members of the A. M. E Zion and Second Presbyte rian Sabbath Schools, formed at the latter named church, and headed by the S. C. C. band, marched to Union Grove, where they listened to ad dresses delivered by Revs. D. Brown, C. C. Somerville, and M. V. Mara ble—after which they repaired to the tables, ladened with good things, and partook of a bountiful repast, Next in order was the debating, by a num ber of gentlemen, which was much enjoyed by all. The exercises were carried on with precision. Everything passed off quietly and lovely. The addresses were*-all timely, and the debating very good, which shows that our young men are trying to improve their minds But we should feel that we had done the race, and also Rev. D. Brown an injustice, should we close this letter without special men tion of the address delivered by the above named gentleman. It was what some call a “temperance speech,” but we shall call it “an earnest ap peal to our race.” He reasoned with the fathers in behalf of their chil dren. He spoke of the misses, who would ere long be Mrs. , and appealed to the fathers to vote that their sons might be honest and sober men, and that their daughters might not be the wives of drunkards. Mr. Brown is, indeed, a model minister. He not only teaches by precept, but by example also. He loves his race, and we believe that he would con sider no sacrifice too great could he but know that it would lift them to a higher staudard of virtue and morali ty. When we sec him putting forth such strenuous efforts we think of Jeremiah ix:l, “Oh, that my head were waters,” Ac. Now, Mr. Editor, for fear of being consigned to the waste basket, we close. Respectfully, Annie Robinson. April 3d, 1888. HAVE SOME EMI IN VIEW. However apparently extravagant nature may seem in some of her out lays, a close observation generally re veals an inexorable law of economy running through her handiwork. The existence of every object is the ful fillment of some plan of the Creator. The higher in the scale of creation an object is, the more plain becomes the cud for which it exists The broader becomes its sphere of usefulness.— .Standing highest of all earthly, man has, corresponding to his place in creation, hU obligations, responsibili ties and reciprocal duties. He exists for a purpose, the worth of which de pends upon the purity of the motives inspiring it, for an end whoso termi nation depends largely upon his own making Man does what he wills, but only a great and far-seeing being knows what man will do. Nations become what they will, but only the Great I Am knows what they will be come. A people are the shapers of their own destiny, but only the In finitely Wise knows what that destiny will be. We should live for some thing, if not we arc otherwise nothing but drones, that are not any service to themselves or any one else. To accomplish anything in the end we should depend entirely upon self reliance, and be men of backbone and manhood—then we will reach the helm by and by. We, as colored people, should hold to the right things and turn loose from those things which arc obnoxious. Among any people, intellectual ad vancement, purely in itself, is no in fallible proof of progress in the broader sense of the word. It is the devotion to an application of sound, virtuous principles, upon which de pends the elevation of any people. Our intellectual trainiag should uot be less, but our aims and purposes should be more clearly marked, and our means of attaining higher fields of usefulness should be more closely ad hered to. He who enters upon the arena of life with nothing in view, without any particular thing to be accomplish ed, or any end to be reached, is like a ship steaming out to sea without com pass or rudder. There is a possibility of its making any port; the greater probability is that it will make no special one; the greatest liability is that it will be dashed upon some rug ged coast, or driven upon some gloomy shore, and there perish un heard of, having served no one any useful purpose. Many a man half fitted for nothing lives and dies, leav ing nothing of which his posterity can boast. Whereas, had he applied him self to some calling, his life would have been a blessing to humanity. G. W. Baucum. Madra, N. C. The recent municipal election in Mobile, Ala., was rendered not worthy by the breaking down of the color line for the first time in the history of the city and indeed, on any large scale in the State. Hither to the whites have voted one ticked and the blacks another, in local as well as national contests; and so long as the Republicans were in power at Washington, no change seemed possible. But the negroes in Mobile have at last discovered that black men have nothing to gain, but rather everything to lose, by voting in a solid mass. As the Christian Register, a Mobile paper published by colored men, says: “We have learned that there is nothing in a name, and our action on last Monday is a proclama tion to the world that the negro is no longer a tool in the hands of ambi tious men; neither is his vote a cat’s paw for the use of political monkeys.” Newspapers in 1888. From the edition of Geo. P. Rowell & Co’s “American Newspaper Direc tory,” published April 2d (its twen tieth year), it appears that the News papers and Periodicals of all kinds issued in the united States and Can ada, now number 1G.310, showing a gain of 890 during the last 12 months and of 7,130 in 10 years. The publishers of the Directory assert that the impression that when the proprietor of a newspaper under takes to state what has been his exact circulation, he docs not generally tell the truth is an erroneous one: and they conspiciously offer a reward of SIOO for every instance in their book for this year, where it can be Bbown that the detailed report received from a publisher was untrue. “Times Bitten Better.” )From Salisbury Truth.) Baldy Boydcn gives us this good one: As the chain gang went out to work a morning or two ago, an old negress leaning over the fence watch ing it pass, exclaimed: “Eh! times gitten better—four white and three niggers in the chain gang.” ÜBBER STAMP, with your JDO name in Fancy Type, 25 visiting cards, and India Ink to mark Linen, 25 for cents (stamps.) Book of 2090 styles free with each order Agents wanted. Big Pay. Thalma. M’x’o Co , Baltimore, Md. » BUCKEYE BELL FOUNDRY. B«1U of Par* Copper and Tin for Chartbw. warranted, cnuiogun mbi fro*. VANDUZIN 4Ttrr, Cia.i.uli, o. QAROLINA CENTRAL R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 1, 1888. WESTBOUND TRAINS. No. 1. No. 3. Nos. 5*7 STATIONB. Dailyex. Dailyex. Tri- Sunclay. Sunday, weekly. lvWilm’gton 0:40p.m. 7 00 a.m. 5:45 p.m. No. 7. lvLaurinb’rg 11:33 a.m. 5:00 a.m. lv Hamlet, 2:03 7.00 ar Charlotte 7:00 3.00 p.m. Iv Charlotte 8:45 a.m. lvLincolnt’n 11:09 lv Shelby, 12:54 p.m. arKutherf'n 3:00 _ EASTBOU ND TRAINS. No. 2. No. 4. Nos. 0& 8 STATIONS. Dailyex. Dailyex. Tri- Sunday. Sunday, weekly. lvßutherf’n 8.40 a.m. lv Shelby 10.52 lvLincolnt’n 12.45 ar Charlotte 3.00 IvCharlottc 8.00p.m. 7.00a.m. lv Hamlet 1.25 a.m. 2.30 p.m. 4.00 No. G. lvLaurinb’rg 2.27 5.45a.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 between Wilming ton and Charlotte and Charlotte and 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 Sonthwest. Local Freight Nos. 5 and G tri-weekly between Laurinburg and Wilmington. No. 5 leaves Wilmington Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No. 6 leaves Laurinburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Local Freight Nos. 7 and 8 tri-weekly Laurinburg and Charlotte. No. 7 leaves Laurinburg on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. No. 8 leaves C'lia lotte on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. L. C. JONES, Superintendent. F. W. CLARK. General Passenger Agt. CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY R AIL WA Y COMPANY. Taking effect 5.00 a.m., Monday, Dee. 19,1887. Trains Moving North. Passenger Freight and and Mail. Passenger. Lv Benneltsville 8:15 a m 1:30 p n Ar Maxton, 9:25 3:35 Lv Maxton, 9:35 4:10 Ar Fayetteville, 11:25 8:10 Lv Fayetteville, 11:40 10:00 am Ar Sanford 1:55 pm 2:25 pm Lv Sanford, 2:15 3:10 Ar Greensboro, 5:40 7:45 Lv Greensboro, 0:50 a m Ar Ararat 3:00 p in Passenger and Mail No. I—dinner at Sanford, Pass, and Mail, No. 11—dinner at Germanton Trains Moving South. Lv Ararat 4:00 p nt Ar Greensboro, 9:00 Lv Greensboro, 10:05 a m 7:30 a m Ar Sanford, 1:30 pm 1:52 pm Lv Sanford, 1:50 3:00 p m Ar Fayetteville, 4:15 0:30 Lv Fayetteville, 4:30 5:30 a m Ar Maxton, 0:27 9:00 Lv Maxton, 6:40 9:45 Ar Bennettsville 8:00 12:00 m Passenger and Mail No. 2—dinner at Sanford FACTORY BRANCH—FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION. Trains Moving North. Leave Miilboro. 8:00 a.m. 4:oopm Arrive Greensboro, 9:30 5:40 Trains Moving South. I,oavc Greensboro, 1:30 p. in. Leave Factory June. 2:15 5:05 pm Arrive Miilboro, 3:00 5:45 Passenger and Mail Trains rnn daily except Sunday. Freight and Accommodation Train runs from Fayetteville to Bennettsville and return on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; from Fayetteville to Greensboro on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday's, and from Greens boro to Fayetteville on Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays. Trains on Factory Branch run daily except Sundays. CITVLOTSFOIiSALET r OFFER FOR SALE ONE LARGE _L Pity Lot, in ward 2, on D and Boundaiy Streets, Ironting John Smith, Janies Strong and Crcecy Mebane—adjoining Howell and J. G. Shannon house. This lot is large enough for four beautiful buildings. I will sell cheap for cash. Address F. R. HOWELL, _ I/>ck Box 38, New Berne, N. C. HENDERSON’S • BARBER SHOP ! THE OLDEST AND BEST. Experienced and polite workmen always ready to wait on customers. Here you will get a neat HAIR CUT and clean SHAVE. JOHN S. HENDERSON. East Trade Btreet, Charlotte, N. C. QAVE MONEY O AND DISAGREEABLE CONTROVERSIES ! with agents who j)ersuade you to send oil your little pictures to New York to have them enlarged ami 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. BAUMGA KTEX’S Photograph : Gallery, Charlotte, N. C. Dr. J. T. Williams Otters bis professional services to the general public. Office hours from 9 to 10 a. m. 2 to 3 p. m. Ottice No. 24 West4tli street. Night calls from residence No. 508 South E. street, Charlotte, N. C. H B KENNEDY, DKALKR IN Confectioneries, Fancy and Staple Groceries. Chickens, Eggs, Butter, Vegeta bles, ami all kinds of Country Produce. Everything kept in a well regulated Grocery Store. Fine Fruits a speci alty. No. 303 South Graham street, Charlotte, N. C. NEW COFFIN HOUSE. Largest Stock Coffins in the State. We are prepared to furnish everything in the Undertaking Line. Everything New. Open at. all hours. NEW HEARSE ESPECIALLY FOR THE COLORED TRADE. CLOTHING of all kinds foij buiiial purposes. Charlotte Undertaking Co., 14 S. Tryon Street, opposite Central Hotel. GRAND DISPLAY O IF LADIES’ DRESS MATERIALS, at 10c.. 12£c., 15c., 20c., 28c. and up, in 18 of the newest shades. MOIKEE SILK, | SURAH SILK, 14 Shades, at 08 cents per yard. I 19 Shades, nt 0G cents per yard. BUSTLES j CORSETS at 25 cents each. These stand unsurpassed, j nt 28 cents a pair. Perfect lilting. LADIES’ MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, CHEMISE at 25 cents and up. DRAWERS at 25 cents and up. CORSET COVERS at 25 cents and up. SHIRTS, full long, 39 cents and up. CORSET COVERS 25 cents and up. BRAND NEW STOCK Gentlemen’s Clothing has arrived. NO SHODDY GOODS. .A. | AT 48 cents you buy a man’s unlaundriet IN THE Dress Shirt, linen bosom, rc-inforecd liack HAPPY HIT SHIRT and front and Patent Seams. H. BARUCH, Regulator of Low Prices. E. M. ANDREWS, Has the largest and Most Complete Stock of FURNITURE In North Carolina. COFFINS & METALLIC CASES. Pianos and Organs Os the Best Makes on the Installment Plan. Low Prices and Easy Terms. Send for Prices. Chickering Pianos, Arion Pianos, Bent Pianos, Mathushek Pianos, Mason & Hamlin Pianos. Mason & Hamlin Organs, Bay State Organs, Packard Organs, E. M. ANDREWS, ; : : Trade Street, Charlotte, N. C. TH IE Messenger is published every Saturday at CHARLOTTE, - - N. C„ in the interests of the COLORED PEOPLE AND THE REPUB LIC A N PART Y. It is the only Republican paper in the Western end of the sixth Congressional District. Subscription, $1.50 per year. W. c. Smith, Editor and Proprietor. Charlotte, N. C.
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