The banner-enterprise., 1883-06-07

may Ne termed capltal essays mat re
Elected credit Oh themselves, the
school, the cause and the race. Rev.
Mattocks and Messrs. Smith, Fisher,
Walker, Bum and others deserve
much credit for their Jealous effor,t
to advance the Sunday school cause.
JUSTICE.
"When the enemy shall come in like n
flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a
standard against him."
MEssRs. EDITORS: Please allow ME
space in your organ to correct a states
ment made against me by William
Crawford, of Nashville, Tenn
noticed in your issue of April Goth,
1888, saying he, Crawford had
captured one A. S. Walton, an ex
PEELED member, and who had been
playing the part of an impostor, &c.
Now, Mr.. Editor, allow me to say to
the public the whole charge cannot
produce a grain of truth but false
hood. wrote to DR.. w. A. Had
ley, 5. NJ. of the |. .. l., as follows:
GREENSBORO, N. c., March %, 'S3.
DIR. VIM, A. HADIEY, Dear Sir and
Brother: | have the honor to &C
knowledge the receipt of your com
munication, dated LIST inst, of which
| received on my return from South
Carolina, where | have been for two
weeks on business appertaining to
another order, which | have the
honor to represent. Excuse my de.
lay in answering. | would say in
reply would respectfully tender my
resignation as an agent. | cannot
represent an order that has such men
as Elijah p. Mayor and Perry Stanard
cut in the field, nor do | care to be-
long to any order where they hold
membership however, | shall not
do your order any injury, but shall
do all | can to aid its progress, DC.
| shall send in outfit as soon as |
hear from you. | am yours with
respect, A. 5. WALTON.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 81, 'S3.
A. S. Walton, Esq, Greensboro,
N O.:
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER: Yours of
recent date is before me. Allow me
to say in reply, that hope you and
your order may have abundant sue
cess
can readily understand how hard it
viii be to represent two orders. Your
resignation will therefore be accepted.
You will please return supplies and
remit what is due on lodges and
courts organized by you.
Respectfully,
WM, A. HApLEY, S. NJ.
Per s. B.
This shows that | was not ex-
PEELED from the order. lie (Hadley)
accepted my resignation which showed
that | was in good standing with the
Supreme Lodge. Mr.. VIM. Crsw-
ford, II swell head negro, thought he
would break down the order | now
represent. He knew that | knew too
much Of their sham work. | think
colored people of North Carolina
have had enough Of these so-called
beneficial orders of Tennessee. 1t is
time for us to recognize oul own or
iars which have their own grand
in our own State, for we know
Carolina is a health, old State;
we should make our orders
n our " State a living auccess.
We cannot afford to let our own or-1
lers 90 down. We don't offer any.
hing for AN Undue, ment only, but
promise what we know, the order
md it's members can hold up at. |
aspect Dir. iladley as a gentleman 4
md bid him God speed, for the world {
$ large enough for all societies.
been always for anything that {
would unite our race together as a c
Charity begins at home q
therefore, let us, AS citizens of North :,
jarolina, do all We can to build up
'ur own institutions, and send them .
$ far as they will 90, and they will L
tand as a monument before our 9
hildren and gel erations yet unborn, |
OF in them lies unity while the union -.
asts. We have high, exciting, graft ;,
wing prospects spread before us for !
$ and our children. Beyond that | '
eek not to penetrate the veil. God
ant, in my day at least, that curtain
lay not rise. God grant hat on
~ vision never be opened what has
cen in the past, and my eyes shall
e turned to behold, for theI last time =
ls sun in the heavens, may | not '
,s him shining on the broken and u
isbonored fragments of a once glo
.ous union. Fellow-citizens, build
p your own institutions aud suffer {
OF yourselves to be betrayed by'a
ISIS. | am yours for God and the
pbuilding of the race.
A. SOLOMON WATSON.