Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-09-18
OUR TRIP EAST.

went to Monroe. There we found the
people well worked up over the earth
quake. A revival was in progress at
Rev. Simmons church and he reported a
large number of converts. He is meet
ing with much success and the people
there are we'll pleased with him aud his
pleasant wife. They are our friends of
childhood and made it very pleasant for
us while in Monroe Our people are do
inc reasonably well there in securing
property, &c. The county has become
ashamed Of the old frame court house,
rolled it in back yard and are erecting
a thirty-five thousand dollar brick build
ing. We spent thursday in
WADEsBoRo.
Here we found Rev. Goslin in the
midst of a revival. He reported over
fifty conventions that week with no signs
of stopping. One old gentleman "a
wears of are was converted while we
were at the church. The people here
are well pleased with Rev. Goslin and
say the conference must send him back
to them. Rev. L. w. Carpenter is in
charge of the school, with Miss Addie
McAuley assisting him. He has fine
school. His church is doing well.
As we have said before, the colored
people of Wadesboro own more real es-
tate according to the size of the town,
than any We have yet visited. That end
of the town in which the colored
churches are, is owned almost entirely by
colored people and they have completed
a number of comfortable dwellings and
are living seemingly happy. We made
no special inquiry after tie names of col
ored property owners here. but noticed
among those who have improved and
built Mcssrs. |. S. Ingram, b. J. Ed
wards, Sam Hall, John Chavis, Kluttz
&c. We saw no colored merchant here
but learn there are many successful far
mers around the town the leading
blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, shoe
makers, painters and draymen are color
ed men. Larger towns may take pattern
after such industrious towns as this. Fri.
day morning found us at
LAURINBURG.
Here we were Hospitality entertained
by Rev. w. II. Smith and his good lady
n hey are relatives and playfellows of oul
mother and father. We found here
many good friends to the MESSENGER
as well as relatives and old friends Of
our youth. The ministers all seemed tc
be having good time in their churches
Revs. Smith, Woodward, Sewers and
Waddell are protracting meetings with
success. We met here several pleasant
and intelligent young ladies and found :
number of musical instruments in differ
ent comfortable dwellings and skilled
performers at each. The colored people
here, as in Wadesboro, own large part
of the town, have several business hou,
ses, number of mechanics and large
number of colored men in the railroad
shops. The population of the above
towns is about 1900 each. Saturday
mornings sun rose on us IN
SHOE HEEL.
Here we found revivals going on as
elsewhere. Our stay here was only q
few hours This is a very small town,
but we found as in the other cases, the
leading men were old acquaintance OF
ours. Colored men lead here in carpen.
tering, painting, blacksmithing, wheel.
wrights &c. Several colered men have
purchased and improved property here.
AT ten o'clock we left for "A
FAYETTEVILLE.
This old town shows many signs Of
improvement. Scores of handsome
buildings have been erected in the last
year or so, and two railroad outlets have
been added since our last visit there.
The Wilson shortcut has the iron laid
twenty odd miles ON the lower end and
is nearly finished. This will be great
advantage to the town aud when they
get the south end built the competition
in railroads will be lively in this old
town.
The colored people are not left out Of
the march of progress here. Three
or four new grocery stores which will do
TO both the town and proprietors. F. p.
Wlllistou is doing fine business as is
w. H. McNeal and n. Owens. 4, NJ.
McNeal is the leading undertaken in the
town. Colored men seem to hold their
own IN the trades, also in the purchase
and Improvement of property. Much
more might be said for this old town. II
has and is still sending out more educa-
ted and useful young men and women
than any town in the state.
Revivals are going on here also. Rev.
Hill has had over one hundred converts
since the earthquake, and his meeting is
still going on. A busy meeting is go.
ing ON Just across the river, conducted
by the A. NJ. Il. church. Rev. McDuf-
fie has nice church and fine congrega-
ton. lie has the finest church organ Of
any colored congregation in the State.
He is good preacher and is succeeding
finely. The Normal and the Graded
schools open next Monday with the same
principals as last year.