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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
CABARRUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Mr.. EDITOR-Dedr ,Str-Please al
low us space in your valuable columns
to commend and endorse yours in last
weeks paper regarding public school
authority taken by some of the boards,
and taxes paid by white men, as they
claim, running Negro schools, &c.
With all the previous success, Cabar-
rus once had praise, for we regret to
say that by some treacherous scheme,
or lack Of manhood and womanhood,
the teachers are forced to teach for
comparatively nothing.
Fellow teachers, we believe that the
day is nigh when the white man will
close, if in his power, every colored
school in this county, on the ground
that they pay for the education of the
Negro children. The Times states
that the Negroes pay $500 into the
public treasury, and receives$3, 900.
Now, fellow-citizens, who between
heaven and earth believes that state
ment. Grant it the truth, then, is
$500 the amount lawfully assessed :?
The answer comes, yes. What more
then could just man require of the
Negro? We can account for some IN
paralleled attacks on the Negro Many
of these keen-eyed Northern men,
who are down South carrying water
on both shoulders, are both Negro
and white man, dragging bones from
one race to the other. This we know
by dealing among them. Some Of
them come to teach in colleges, and
others come to sign petitions for the
removal of colored teachers, and most
anything else A few nonsensical
colOred men will bow to their sceptre
for an education. But we are glad
that class of men are not educated at
BIDDLE UNIVERSITY. We encourage
no mans DOWNFALL but encore the
young men of Biddle for showing
their manhood. More such young
men in our county would add to her
educational progress ten-fold.
Now, in conclusion, let us say, as
relates to public school teachers sala-
ries in the county, when we are salts
fed that we, as competent colored
teachers, receive such pay as the white
man in the same circumstances, then
we can say that is one just act, if de-
barred from all others
More anon. Il. Y.
Concord, n c., Feb. 10th.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25

funds among the Freedmen in the
South. To notice the many wants of
so worthy people is not only enough
to rouse the heart of every Christian
giver, but the seat of the affections
of those who make our laws. The
Blair Educational Bill should have
passed through Congress without the
least discussion, for there is just as
much illiteracy among certain class
of white people as among the colorcd
people. The North has always advo-
Gated the cause of public schools, and
to-day is ready and willing to render
almost any assistance in behalf of the
Improvement of the colored race.
Northern statesmen have done all in
their power to facilitate the education
of the INDECENT class of youths, both
white and colored, in the South. This
important question is left to the
honest and intelligent congressman
from the land of the oppressed mil
lions to say whether the condition of
those who are now sitting in gross il
literacy shall be improved or not.
Yours, H. WINFIELD ScoTT.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
THIS AND THAT.

LUMBERroN, N. c., Feb. IA, 'SS.
Dear Eaitor Please allow a word
in your columns from OLD Robson.
Our county board Of education made
a second apportionmcnt of the school
funds Of the county among the sevo-
raj school districts, last Saturday, and
We are happy to say that they gave
Fifty cents more, or one dollar per
capita for the scholastic year.
This is the largest apportionment
we have had for several years, and
many of the poor teachers are rejoic-
ing over the result Well they may,
for there is no class of the community
whose labor brings in so small re-
turn as the teachers. Many Of their
patrons are envious of their monthly
pay, and some of them ask, "What
do you teachers do with your money :
Why, if were to get so per month
! would feel rich, and never would
owe a debt" Others are seeking
teachers who will teach for fifteen dol
lars per month and board themselves.
The committees are generally ruled
by the people, and any time the peo-
pie feel disposed TO close the schools,
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
EASTBOUND TRAINS.

Trains Nos. l. and make close connection
at Hamlet to and from Raleigh.
Through sleeping cars between Whining
ton and Charlotte and Charlotte and Raleigh.
Take train No. for Statesville and stations
on the w. n. c. X. r. and points west. Also
for Spartanburg, Greenville, Athens, Atlanta
and all points Southwest.
Local Freight Nos. 5 and 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. and tri-weekly
LIauriinPburg ana Charlotte; No: leaves
Fridays. No 8 leaves Cha lotte on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
L. c. JONES, Superintendent.
f. W. CLARK, General Passenger Agt.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
Republican State Convention.

The undersigned Executive Commit
tcemen call State Convention of the
Republican party of North Carolina,
to be held in Raleigh on Wednesday,
the 23d day of May, 1888, for the
purpose of electing four delegates and
four alternates to the National Repub-
lican Convention, to be held at
Chicago, on the 10Th day of June,
1888, and for the purpose of nomina-
ting a candidate for Governor and
other State officers and three candi-
dates for Supreme Court Judges, to
select State Committee and for the
transaction of such other business as
may be deemed proper in the judg-
ment Of the convention
Each county is entitled as delegates
in said convention to twice the number
of Representatives in the lower House
of the General Assembly.
All persons without regard to past
political utilization, who are is SYM
pathy with the principles of the Re-
publican party of this State, are in
vited and requested to unite with the
Republicans under this call in the
selection of delegates.
j. G. L. HARRIS,
V. S. LUsK,
j. H. WILLIAMSON,
GEo. c. SoURLocK,
r. Z. YOUNG,
II. +. DAVIS,
j. H. HARRIS,
A. V. DooKERY,
w. G. COLEMAN,
j. j. Mort,
j. r. SMITH,
G. w. CANNON,
j. H. MONTGOMERY,
E. A. WHITE,
L. NJ. ARGo.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25


January, they must be closed, Let
few warm days come in February,
and you will soon hear some
farmers saying "Well, my boy John
must 60 to cutting down corn stalks,
and Jane must pick them up, and the
little ones ought not to 60 to school
while the big ones are at work.
Thus in many places, as small as
the apportionment is, the poor chill
dren cannot attend long enough to
consume the little money which we
receive.
Now, let us look at the wages of
the teacher and the common laborer.
The former teaches three, four, five or
six months during the year, and must
board himself, and very often his
family. If the first grade teacher re-
ceives $35 per month, (Which is doubt
full in over half the counties) then in
six months he would only receive
210, but this is the highest sum pos
sible for him to earn The lowest
sum for the same time is S15 per
month, or 800 for six months. But
nine-tenths of these schools are off
from their homes, and, therefore, they
must pay board, which, in this sec
ton, is generally five dollars, but
sometimes six or seven Say five
then there is $50 to come off Of $210,
which leaves $3.50, and from the 800,
which leaves $50. The second grade
with the same number of months
would be $120, which is the average
for the three grades. Now, as the
present system is, it is impossible to
pass the requisite examinations from
year to year, and not attend school
some each year. Therefore, if he
spends month or two away from
home every summer, to fit himself for
his profession, and has to pay his way,
what is left for the family if he or
she has one? And if single, what is
left for dress, and books, and board
the balance of the year? None of
his patrons look at these things. The
majority of them say, "Let them
work when not teaching, as we do. "
But if they did how long would it be
before there would be no teachers at
all? Then they expect teachers to
60 dressed every day. Now, how is
this to be done out of $12O? Now,
sir, I fail to see how a teacher can
teach school, go dressed, attend some
school or institute every summer, and
support himself and family out of
$120. There are scores who do not
earn this amount.
Now, how is it with the common
laborer, who, if well, can work 300
days during the year. at from Is cents
to one dollar per day. At IS cents
per day for 800 days, would bring
him 1925, or a hundred dollars more
than the teacher. Generally, 1t is
possible for common laborers to get
work at home, so there are no deduc-
tiOns to be made for board at all.
The laborer has no outlay for extra
clothes. He may go as ragged as the
beggar, but no one looks down on
him for that. Thus, he is actually
twice as we'll off in pocket as the
teacher, and ten times better off in
his good name.
There is nothing in the teachers
position to excite envy-not to those
who teach. Surely he who raises
family on $120 per annum, and makes
both ends meet does far better than nc
can do. But more anon.
Yours truly, TAR HEEL
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
REVIVAL IN COLLEGE.
CHAPLIN UNIVERSITY,
ORANGEBURG, S. c., Feb. 10.


Dear Editor We have had a
glorious revival among the students
of Clafin. 1t came almost volunta-
rily, and very little preaching has
been done. One week ago it begun
with the conversion Of two souls, and
has steadily increased since. In one
day there were sixty conversions, and
to-day there are 131 who boldly
speaks for Christ The interests of
the mourners were so intensified that
the recitations Of the classes have been
stopped for nearly a week, and the
interest among all present has been
greatly manifested.
On Sunday a College Church was
organized with about 240 members.
1t promises to be grand success. 1t
is not a denominational church, and
all can join it without interfering with
their home church in any way. We
have quite a large school, numbering
about 600 students.
Revs. N. T. Bowen and S. W.
White, of Old Bethel church, of
Charleston, were with US Tonight.
Bro White preached an able sermon.
$. p r.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
EruptiOno

OF the skin. whether in the form OF Fry
sipelas, Pimplcs, or Boils, Indicate that the
blood has become vitiatcd, and the system
diseased, and that prompt treatment is
Indispensable. Ayers Sarsaparilla purgcs
the blood of all impurities, and speedily
restores health and strength 10 the
system. '*For nearly three years was
covered with Scrofulous
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-25
Can kerS

Are so corrosive in their nature, and their
cause so deep seated in the system, that
powerful Alternative is needed to eradicate
them. For this purpose, Ayers Sarsapa-
;llla is The most effective medicine that can
BE- procured. No other remedy can COM
pare with it rs Il cure for all diseases
originating ia viiiatcd blood. - 1 suffered
greatly, FOR months, from two running
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-11-27

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IN SUPREME COURT, STATE OF FLORIDA JUNE
TERM. 1898
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
A Japanese Comic Artist.

Coming to more modern times brief
glance on the wag of the distant land is
in pleasant order. About one hundred
and thirty years ago the most famous ar
tist Japan has ever known was born.
His name was Hokusai, and of the weird,
peculiar work of the artists of that
wonderful country heis said by his coun-
trvmen to have excelled all Others. All
other artists confined themselves almost
exclusively to lords and ladies of the
court, rich dresses and gorgeous silk
costumes, with vases and palanquins.
But Hokusai made new departure. He
gave himself up to humor. He opened
a studio in Yeddo in 1910, and labored
steadily until 1S49. He has left many
books of sketches, and the results of nu.
merous trips are left in illustrated al
buns. His favorite study was the horse.
One of his drawings represents horse
with his hind legs wildly waving in the
air, while young woman stands on the
lariat which had been trailing behind
him as he ran. The scene is supposed to
be laid in Kaidru, little village on Lake
Biwa. The young woman, named Kane
ko, is noted for her strength. In stop
ping the runaway she simply stepped on
the lariat and tn, horses further flight
was at once checked. Kokusai is dead,
but his pictures are still held among his
countrymen as examples OF perfection IN
art. Globe Democrat,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
Amiable Side of George Washington.

When Washington, after the Revolu-
tionary War, was travelling through Con.
necticut he visited Hartford, staying at
the Bulls Tavern there. A boy came
into the kitchen of the tavern and said
81 want to see General Washington"
The functionary on duty did not pro.
pose to let any mere boy see General
Washington merely for the asking, and
said as much.
"But I have a note for him. remon.
strated the boy.
"From whom"
"My father. Chief Justice Ellsworth. !"
"Oh-well," and the functionary re-
Tented. General Washington read the
note and said to the boy: Your father
invites me to dinner, / will do more
than that, will go and bsafast with
him. =,
And he did the next morning. And
after breakfast he took the twin sons of
the Justice, each on a knee and sang
them the "Derby RAM" an old Eng
lish ballad, beginning: "It was on q
market day, and setting forth that the
Ram of Derby was so big that the birds
built nests in the wool on his back and
the butcher who undertook to kill him
was drowned in the blood. .-Msa0 York
Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
National Appetites.

sTt is curious to study the appetites
of different nationalities and the amount
of food they annually consume" said Q
well known New York doctor to a Mail
and Eswess reporter. !.
"Englishmen are the biggest eaters, 1
presume; are they not, .doctorl". querlet
the reporter.
"Not according to carefully prepared
statistics. The Partisan, although
popularity supposed to make up in quality
what he doesn't require in quantity,
strange to say, requires more annually
than the Londoner. The result is ar,
rived at by a general average, and IS
about as scientific as any one should de.
sire. The French are by far the largest
consumers of fruit and vegetables, al
though the English think they are
gradually becoming a race OF vegetable
eaters. The comparisons are interesting.
The average Partisan is credited with
consuming annua ly in quantity 146
pounds of apples against the Londoners
IS pounds and 8 ounces. In pears the
Frenchman is far ahead with record OF
ITO poueds and 13 ounces, to John,
Bulls 80 pounds and 5 ounces. To carry
the comparison still further, I'll simply
saw that the larger amounts are credited
to the Partisan and the smaller to the
Londoner, peas, pounds and 8 ounces,
6 pounds and Is ounces; carrots,
pounds and 3 ounces, 81 pounds; celery,
il ounces, 9 pounds and 1S ounces;
cherries, 2 pounds and Is ounces, 20
ponnds and II ounces; plums and dam
sons, II pounds and 10 ounces, !SS
pounds and 4 ounces; and raspberries,
4 ounces, 2 pounds. But there are some
foods that the Londoner consumes twics
as much as his neighbor. The Briton
eats 173 pounds and 4 ounces OF
potatoes, and the Partisan only 49 pounds
and 4 ounces. The average consump-
ton of cabbages, cucumbers, onions,
tomatoes and turnips is also greater in
London than in Paris. With these e1'
ceptions the French are by far the
largest consumers of fruit and vegeta:
bles. 7 think the Americans would
equal the English possibly, but not the
French. The English eat more beei
perhaps than any other nation
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
Freaks of Birds and Animals.

As an instance of the seemingly un-
natural actions of animals and birds un-
der peculiar conditions, Iwsh to report,
says writer in the New York Star, an
incident that came under my observation.
While returning home after being nearer
to a water spout, or cyclone, than ever
before or than I desired, I saw prairie
chicken in the road, few rods in front
of rue surrounded by sharp stream run.
ming over the road just beyond him and
by wide ditch on each side of the grade.
He ran trantically about as I approached,
as though looking for some way to escape,
and then, while was yet five or six rods
distance, plunged into the ditch, and
well. I am at loss to know what word
to use, but will venture to say that he
seemed to me to swim to the other side,
some ten or twelve feet, I rubbed my
ewes, but dsmounted, and, after lively
chase, cornered and caught him as, for
last resort, he again took to water.
The body was barely submerged where
he appeared to swim, and the ditch was
ten or twelve feet wide and averaged
fifteen inches in depth. The bird was q
healthy. vigorous cock and seemed to be
perfectly sound, but when let him 60
the next morning it was evident that one
wing was injured a little in some way,
80 that he could not rise much above the
ground, although quite competent to take
care of himself when dry. 1t reminds
me of another freak that saw
when a boy, some sixteen or eighteen
years ago, on the Manchester mill pond,
on the outlet of Canandaigua Lake in the
State of New York. While picking
dew-berries on the east shore, the banks
at that point being, quite high, l saw
what appeared to be muskrat swim
ming toward me from the other side,
but was astonished as it came nearer to
see that it was large woodchuck. |
could hardly believe my eyes, bet
allowed it to land and chased it five or
six rods up the hill into hole, where l
afterward set a trap and caught wood
chuck; though whether the same one OF
not is, of course, uncertain. In that cese
the bath was voluntary.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
Prec0cious Villains.

Precoc1ous Williams are turning up just
now with alarming frequency, says
European correspondent to the New ~
York San. The Tribunal of Mortaln II
France has just sentenced lad OF IA to
six years Imprisonment for the murder
Of a bow of 7. The murderer, Jean Le'
landais, had been watching a blackbird.
nest With the idea of taking the bird.
when they should have reached rips
age. The younger boy named C9sie'
appropriated the nest in the meanwhile,
and Lelandais, in his rage, killed Cosse,
cutting his throat from ear to ear with a
reaping hook. The youthful murderer
seemed seemed very proud Of the position he had
attained, and posed in court as "a man man
not to be moved by anything. he toid
the Judge he had only one request ts
make, and that was that his honor should
prevent his being pestered by the prison
chaplain, as he had no religion and No
desire to be pardoned. ~.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
The DandeliOn.
The dandelion is a neglected flower.
It blows and dies, returning

The dandelion is a neglected flower.
It blows and dies, returning
To the vile dust from whence it sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung.
Yet it comes early, blossoms freely and
lifts so bright color to the sky that it
rivals the very sunshine that coaxed it
from the cold ground. Not the Cali
fornia poppy, the pride of the Pacific
coast, glows with more brilliant yellow,
or shows more delicate gradations Of
color. The heart of the dandelion is
warm and fervid like the rich gold of
ripe orange, while the tips of each deli
cate calyx reflect the fainter tints that
shine on the tender leaf of buttercup,
ani so perfect is the shading that we
cannot tell when the orange passes into
yellow, and the yellow into the palest
amber. What can be prett!er than this
brave blossom set in the vivid green OF
the new grass?--Dss Moines Register.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
The Useful Banana Tree.

A young Salvadorian, with the dark
eyes and inky hair of his country, talked
to a New York Mail ant Express re-
porter few days ago about the Central
American banana tree. The tree is 2i
to 8 feet in circumference at its base. Its
taperiug fbrous body, without branch,
is from 10 to Is feet in height. The
fbres, separated by thin pith, are as
long as the body of the tree. These
fbres are used in Salvador, just as they
are taken from the tree, as shoestrings,
and as cords for all purposes. The ma
tives use them largely for bride reins
and lariats. The raw material costs only
transportation TO the ropewalks. Each
banana tree bears in the twelve months
of its existence only one bunch of fruit,
but from two to ten trees spring from
the roots of the one that has fallen. In
Salvador the bunch of bananas is worth
fifteen cents, and the dead tree nothing.
A cordage factory or paper mill or cof-
fee sack maker, were not the dead trees
numberless, would give for each tree ten
times the value of the fruit it has pro-
dused. Split, dried and packed, the
bodies of the banana trees might be
shipped proftably to the United States;
but there is no reason why some enter
prising American would not take them
in hand and ship to Salvador the proper
machinery for their manufacture, as la
Dor is fully two thirds cheaper there
than in New York.
For the accomplishment of this end a
special concession and exemption from
customs charge would be easily obtained.
In Salvador ropewalks are found in un-
frequented streets and suburban roads.
Tne native machinery consists of crank
attached to an upright board, with which
native boy twists the fbres of the
banana and cactus. A man skilled in the
rope-maker's art splices the ibres to-
gether, adding to the length and thick
ness of the revolving cord.
The stem of each banana leaf consists
of the toughest and finest threads, and
these leaves, 2I and feet wide and 10
to Is feet long, resting on the heads of
native women, are umbrellas in the rainy
season in rooAess market places and
streets of Salvador. These are the car
pets on which the people sit, and the
beds on which they sleep. There is fine
opportunity, said the salvadorian, for
some enterprising American with small
capital to do thriving trade and make
money by introducing Western ideas and
machinery to the people of Salvador.