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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

Now that the Democratic party of this
district has put its candidate in the field
for Congress, the people are anxious to
know just how he stands upon questions
that have agitated the public mind Of
late, some who have more sectional
than party pride want to know wherein
Mr.. Rowland is better man than Col
Chas. r. Jones to vote for. Col. Jones
seems to have battled manfully for the
passage of the Blair educational bill and
we think he is nearly right on the tariff
question. How is Mr.. Rowland upon
these questions? These gentlemen are
both Democrats and if either is to be
elected to Congress we would like to see
the one elected that will do the most to-
ward securing the passage of laws to
benefit the poor laboring people of the
country We want men to represent us
in Congress who have the ability and
desire to work for the elevation of the
needy people. The rich are always able
to care for themselves and too often
Cypress the poor laborer by the assistance
of kid-gloved representatives who care
only for notoriety. The laboring men
are masters of the situation and only
need an understanding between them
selves and unity of action to send who
ever they please to represent them in
Congress or elsewhere What do the
people say Of these two Richmonds in
the field? Will you vote for them or
will you put out another?
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

The Republican State Executive Com
mittee meets in Raleigh on next Wednes
day. As there are so many different
grades in the parties of to-day, we can't
say whether this is our Republican party
committee meeting or not. We don't
know whether it is the stalwart. half
breed, liberal, whisky, prohibition, a
mixture, neither or what it is. We fancy
it is pretty well mixed. We are very
apt to take lively part In the campaign
when it opens, yet we are not here to
shape the line of policy. We only give
a hint to the wise men who are to coun-
Gil next week. If a straightout Repub-
lican ticket is put out in the districts the
colored vote will be carried If mon
grel ticket is put out the intelligent col
ored and white Republican voter will
make up his own ticket. If prohibition
ticket is put out hundreds of our men
will refuse to vote it. If a whisky ticket
is put out thousands of the moral and
Christian people will not vote for it. We
would like to see the committee reorgan-
ize. elect a new chairman, make some
suggestions to us, then take and keep
their proper places and let the people
manage their affairs in the several local..
ties.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER,
The Teachers Institute-The State Teach
ers AssOciatiOn-P. F. Oliver, Esq, Made
Its President.

The Teachers Institute-The State Teach.
Its President.
The Teachers Institute is still in SEES
sion. 1t will adjourn, however, on the
Both inst, and the great number of
teachers that have been here drinking in
the principles taught by Froeble and the
other great leaders of true education,
will disperse to their several fields of
labor the better prepared to mould souls
for time and eternity.
Prof. Warren-and there is no other
man like him-has left his impression
upon all the teachers as being a true
teacher, and they no doubt will emulate
him. He has successfully shown how to
teach by the true principles of education,
by induction.
Miss LOOMS has shown how arithmetic
is to be made easy with success. Mr..
Hastings has shown that the science of
grammar is unnecessary if language is
properly taught, and made the study of
geography full of life and interest.
Miss Goodyear has shown with perfec-
ton how to commence to lay the founda-
ton stones to full and broad education
by leading the little five and six-year old
children in natural paths of instruction.
The institute would not have been COM
plete without such instruction. Away
with the fossilsl Miss Harris turned the
study Of dry bones into one of life, and
by her very full and interesting lectures,
using the borrowed organs of dead,
lower animals, has shown the teachers
how important and instructive physiology
and hygiene arc, and the Importance Of
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

teaching it in their schools to the least
children in order that sturdy and fully
developed race of negroes may be the
outcome of few years.
Teachers who have missed this Insti-
tute have lost much. Hereafter the
greatest sacrifices should be made to be
in attendance. 1t will pay, if not them,
the cause of humanity, and they will
reap a reward by and by.
The State Teachers Association has
been in session here. Mr.. r. M Alexan-
der, acting president, delivered the
annual address. The subject was "The
Dangers of Ignorance. He paid an ap-
propriate tribute of respect to the mem
DRY of the late Prof. Dart, who was the
first and only President Of the Associa-
ton, even up to his death. Mr.. Alexan-
der's address was an able argument. He
clearly showed many of the dangers that
lay in the way of the progress of the
State in the future unless the masses are
well educated. Rev. ]. ]. Durham, M.
D., delivered the eulogium upon the late
President Professor W. M. Dart. 1t
was glowing and fitting respect to his
memory. Col. Coward, State Superin-
tendent of Education, paid high encomi-
ums to Prof. Darts memory also in a
short speech. The Association adopted
appropriate resolutions to his memory,
ordered them to be printed in the daily
papers of this place and Charleston, and
in some weeklies too, the MESSENGER
included.
At the business meetings of the Asso-
citation number of resolutions and
petitions tending to promote the educa-
tlonal interests of the State were adopted
and passed. The following list of
officers were elected for the ensuing year /:
President-Mr. P. F. Oliver; list Vice
President-Mr. p G. Drayton; I'd Vice
President-Mr. N. S. Shelton; Sd Vice
President-Miss NJ. F. Avery; 4th Vice
Presid ent-Mr. F. A. Peters; Recording
Secretary-Mr. J. E. Wallace; Assistant
Secretary-Mrs. Lucy Jackson; Cores
ponding Secretary-Mr. NJ. ]. Williams,
Jr.; Treasurer-Mr. I. J. Gregory.
Mr.. Oliver IN his inaugural urged the
teachers to return to their work with
high hopes and full determination to
elevate the masses. He said, although
his entering upon the duties of President,
was attended with depleted treasury
and lack of much interest, he felt sure,
associated as he was with such able
officers, with the cooperation of each
member. next year would find the edu-
cational cause of South Carolina step
ahead He desires to make the organl-
cation practical and more potent for
good. The Association, then adjourned
to meet next July.
Columbia. S. c., July 80, 1886.
FLAM.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
COlored Men on Jury.

In our last issue was an article refer
ring to colored men on juries. This is
question of vital importance to our peo-
pie, and we know of no better time to
agItate the question than now. Is 1t
right to have colored men Disseminated
against in drawing juries? Then we
would ask whose fault is it that no
oolored men are ever put on the jury in
fhls county. To what extent is the
Sheriff responsible9 What part does the
county commissioners play in this act?
Does the Clerk of the Court have
anything to do with it9 Intelligent,
honest, tax-paying colored men are the
injured parties in this matter and they
should awake from their lethergy, look
to their interests, forgetting persons,
party and all things and support for
Office only men who will deal Justly by
US in this jury question as well as all
other questions.
If there is any such thing as a court
house ring, one need not go outside of
that ring to locate the obstacles in our
way to the jury box. We have numbers
of good, sober, intelligent, honest tax.
payers among us and color prejudice Is
the only objection to our names being
placed in the box to be drawn as jurors.
The negro IN Mecklenburg has no access
to the jury box, while it is of no less i'm
portancc to him than the ballot box.
What is the ballot worth to the negro in
North Carolina and how is it counted?
Give him access to the jury box and he
will be in position to do himself and
lis race much more good than with a
ballot that counts only one way. The
negro is not a free citizen with no Jury
privileges. It is an insult to every
decent colored man in the county to say
We have not sufficient intelligence and
don't pay enough tax to be put on jury
Look at the class of men who fill the Jury
Oox in courts from time to time.
COlOred men, who do you expect to
vote for in the approaching election? Do
you expect to elect a candidate of your
choice or are you going to vote for some
one simply because it is your privilege to
vOtes If your vote will count and is
worth any thing, why not make it count
10 your INTEREST," You have not the
privilege of voting for county commits
sioners; the great Democratic party has
said you have not sense enough for that,
but you may vote for Sheriff and other
officers. Say to them all, you will cast
your vote for no man who will not agree
TO give us colOred men on jury; that you
will vote for no man for the Legislature
who will not promise to give us justices
of the peace and county commissioners
who favor doing justice to the colored
man in the jury question.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

A kiss is an unfailing barometer. The
initiated can tell ''the signs of the times
invariably. 1t is sure Indication of a
cold wave if the young lady's best beau
tells her her kisses are ever 40 much
sweeter than the girls across the way
There is sure to be a storm If the vouno
woman's father catches him in the act
There will be heavy clouds in the skv
II, when he is just about to kiss her he
stops short and asks her '.how's he,
mothera" The rule is Just as sure when
the girl has been eating onions.
If he puts his arms around her lie i,
bear and almost smothers her when he
kisses her, they are not married II he
comes up with his hands in his pock,,.
and gives her tasteless smack ~.
probabilities are that they are.
After all, what would Girl h. With
out lipsf She might be blind. and We,
be. beautiful. She might be bald and
yet wear some other womans hair R,,
II she had no lips life would be a dessr,
drear. Nese''
Ah, it Is woman's lips that try mon,
soulsl- Chicago Ledger.
A chicken snake, killed In Florida VA.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

-Four years ago we thought our best
interests were in the old Republican
party. The bosses said no we want a
Liberal party, and such men as Folk,
Johnston and Chas. r. Jones were put
upon our ticket and voted for. If that
is to be the course now we are not the
one to open the fight against it. Perhaps
we are too young and inexperienced.
A great many have told us recently that
we were right and that they want no
more liberal in theirs; yet we say we are
not the judge yet, and we will be more
discreet than we were four years ago.
II any of our liberal friends entertain the
same views as then, why Chas. r. is
just the man for them. We find no
fault with Chas. r. just yet, though,
for we say elsewhere that he has in
time past expressed and maintained
views agreeing with the Republican
party upon the most of the national
questions. He has advocated them in
defiance Of Senator Vance, the great
Democratic party Of North Carolina.
The MESSENGER is for the negro first,
last and all the time upon true manly
principles. We mean to sacrifice no
principles. We are not the advocate of
any party, but the advocate Of right
and justice, and defender of the poor
man and the negro.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
The Picnic.

Inc picnic is an ancient institution
Dut II mas reached its full blown maturity
On american soil. With all its bio hug
ana little bugs and red bugs and hum.
ougs Il comes to Us like water in a th;r.tv
anu, hAe a benediction Of rest 10 The
weary; IL Is better than the ball with
a ~ iuil dress and its flirting. amid lamps
s ssS and laughter below. II is better
u. .han the religious festival so common in
sne great cities Of the North. when =
man Is robbed to the sound Of sscred
music music and eats oysters for CHARITY Al =
ouirsr- Sun. N0a') 1"-
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
Reducing Ones Weirht

An ex-Judge of this city has been re.
ducing his weight to the extent of thirty
pounds by horseback exercise, and Mr..
Blaikie declares that any exercise that
causes perspiration for half an hour daily
will be followed by similar result. He
has witnessed many demonstrations of
his belief in this respect, aud he profes-
sionally advises his corpulent friends
that no system of dietetics is half so eff.
cacious for the removal of superabundant
flesh as the perspiration that comes from
daily exercise in the open air. He in
tends to communicate his views on this
subject to President Cleveland. at is
surprising to note" remarks the London
!Ncics, chow large a portion of humanity
is perturbed over the question of fat and
its preponderance. Mr. Blake once
lost FOUND in weight by rowing a boat
twenty minutes. -Hdrper's Weekly.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
SATURDAY. AUGUST Z, 1885.
To Our Exchanges.

Our exchanges will please direct to
CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. There is
Church Messenger published here. This
will prevent confusion.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07
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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

The city Of Granada. in Spain, which
has at the present time less than as. 900
people, had in the days Of the Moors
population Of owe. 400, 900.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

The population of Brooklyn by the
Federal census of 1880 vas about 5e6. 6O3.
The compilers Of the new directory Of
that city, just published (which contains
175, 761 names), estimate that the present
population is 76S,075--an increase OF
20l.41 in less than six years.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

Now that candidates are offering
themselves so freely to the people, they
should all be put to the test on those
things which most directly interest our
people We should not care so much
with what party they have acted with
nor what party they will act with in the
future. Our test should be how are YOU
on the negro. Do you believe he is
entitled to all the privileges white man
enjoys jury privileges not excepted? Do
you believe in the education of the
masses? Do you believe in the wealth
of the country bearing its part of the ex-
penses! Do you believe the people
ought to elect their own officers. Is it
right to pauperize the honest labor of
our country by flooding us with convict
labor? Then will you work to bring
about what you believe to be ri sht2
These hints are submitted for the consid-
Grafton of our readers. If they are
unworthy of thought, pass them; if
coed, keep them.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-08-07

A chicken snake, killed In Florida was
found to contain q china nest egg.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-15

Lost bef re be vas sixty = H. to return.
II III ll-'ao cts -or rather hi- & s.,.p i9.t-
"vra Itl spgt die r} woa'l argue
hot!aag L. tt4e ,.rtc i#.h aiT .ir- Of life
we Id $50, s.I,1 III, act On Jr3J, tirs n /
on exception possibilities Finding tlf.t
a strong mind lnttb.t~a i ), rol5b b,'y: tt4at
taal we.kcI aud decay s. Their. aaI TAFT
ttc Njr"r9I, oca o., .!It1.! II Is tt. Cl-sita
Wpn .ei " ,A' @9rld, Wr sA,il $ . lie -,fI-
-.,I. Il 49,, W. VA. ~fdse 3Ial.i4s It'll tae
Convention II ueAt \ t9t. - -5rc III Il
; prrme 1aalt of men NA ,@e iiyu, lIe a.
mach before them rs behind them, sound
lawyers, Indefatigabie workers, high toned
christian gentlemen; such men Is id ses
Merrlmon, strong, FoWle. Schcuck and
Shepherd, Mr.. Pruden and others who
have fitly been suggested for the position.
Though Slightly out % its logical order, it
may not be amlss to mention that years ago
the Empire state Of the Union, state
whose counocls We're guided by her liam
iltons, her Jays, and hcr Clintons, and
whose judiciary boasted such ornaments
as her kcnts, Comstocks, Liyingstons,
Dcnias and Walworths had enacted that
>:Aty years should mark the age at which
their dicial functiouaries should cease
10 hold oil K. Aud so important and 81
lutary was this rule thought to b. bE the
wis. men who fav red and established il
that not even the loss Of Il Kent from the
bench cou.d tend 10 rs rel Xation they
knowing that kents were born once III il
century and inirm o'd Office lovers we're
constantly growing to decay.
gain, the whole people Of the United
States, expressing tnclr collect, d wisdom,
and the result Of 4 century and Il
continent : experience, through their rep
resentatives III Congress, have actua. ~ un
dertaken to coax off the bench the super
animated judges of the Federal Supreme
Court, by continuing their salaries after
resignation at seventy, a most timely pro
vision. if we may learn aught from the
example Of Judge Hunt of that court, re
tanning his position like Denman, for more
than year after being disabled by para
lysls from dlscharglng lts duties.
This is no matter Of sentiment The u
dcial office is not the gift Of friend to
friend as a token Of personal attachment.
The people owe to themselves the high
duty of having their laws declared and eN-
pounded by the men most fitted, and
most likely to remain fitted, il every way,
for the work We do not repudiate the
present Judges. but merely say: You have
served us faithfully and we'll, but you will
be too infirm, III a short time, to serve us
so effectively We know that you
would be the last to wish TO serve us with
abated powers but, alas, that very decay
which units you viii prevent you from
| detecting its rayages though apparent 10
everyone else! And SO, IN ALL LOVE AND
REVERENCE, we reluctantly part. This the
people will say, and on the 25th of next
August ,sOutsider" will find that in as
Stunning that nom de plume, he builded
wiser than he knew, seeing himself far
beyond the pale Of the majority, who think
with AN INSIDER.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-15

'sWho is going to Congress from the
Black district Z" | asked gentleman who
is we'll acquainted with politics in that
section whom | met on the ". & W. train.
1T is hard to tell. O'Hara wants to go
back. lie is undoubtedly the smartest
negro IN the district and can come nearer
uniting the negroes than any other cOlOred
man. Many think he ought to be retired
now and a new man given chance. There
are half a dozen negroes who would like
to 90 and as many white men The most
prominent among the white men are Jno
\. Moore, of Halifax, Young, Of Vance,
and Lon Moore, of Craven. OF these
John Moore is not only the brainiest but
the cleverost and most popular with blacks
and whites. Living in the same county
with Ollara injures his chances Lon
Moore has to contend against Abbott in
Craven. Young will carry Vance and will.
it is probable, get a part Of Warren. The
Greene county Republicans endorse John
d. Grimsley. Wilson county viii proba-
bly, present Geo W. Stanton Gen Estes.
of Edgecombe, hopes lightning will strike
him. while 10. Martin, of the same county.
would be a willing Barkis These nomi-
mating conventions are always such dis
graceful scenes Of confusion that it is i'm
possible to say who stands the best chance.
The time was when white men could by a
liberal use of money buy the nomination
but the negroes have greater race pride
now and it is more than probable that one
of their color will be nominated. OHara
is so smart and SO shrewd that shouldn't
be surprised to see him succeed himself.
| make the prediction that there will be
a scramble in the district and that more
than one candidate will be in the field
But the Republican majority is SO great
that they can afford to have two candi
dates and then beat the Democrats. II
there is one Republican above another il
/ the district who would reflect credit or
the party in Congress, that man is John
| A. Moore. He would not only be cred
liable representative of his party, but OF
| the whole people of the district as well
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-15
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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-07-15
Oak Ridge Institute.

This school which had an enrolment
last wear of over 200 students seems to be
entering upon a new era of prosperity. 1t
has become one of the permanent lnstltu-
tions of the State. New buildings and
fittings have been recently added. and no
pains are spared to place the school III the
front rank of our schools. 1t has two
nicely furnished literary halls and good
library and reading room we'll supplied
with the choicest periodicals and newspa-
pers 1t is situated in the healthiest part
of the Piedmont section with pleasant sur
roundings Those in search OF good
school, not too expensive, Will do we'll to
write Messrs. Holt. See advertisement.