Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-09-01

Unehl 10 10 1Or the success OF repHb-
licanism in this county.
One Of the best citizens OF Fayettc-
vile says he lays the charge of the
recent disgraceful scenes in that town
to language used there few weeks
ago by one Daniels, of Tarboro.
Ground has been purchased for a
park for the colored baseball club.
The game has become very popular,
and there is money in it for some one.
The park is back of the colorea graded
school.
Durham suffers from another des-
tructive fire, in which the colored
graded school building was burned
with many other buildings. The loss
in this fire is estimated at about
$4O,O
The editor is invited to address
normal school closing at Clarkton on
the 18th. He will try to be present,
but somebody else will have to do the
speaking. Politics will not absorb
the whole of our time.
The cotton compress in this city
was destroyed by fire last Tuesday
night. 1t is said to have been the
work of an incendiary. Several bales
of cotton were burned Another com
press is to be built at once.
The Charlotte Daily Chronicle was
sold this week by Mr. W. S. Hemby
to Mr.. g. w Chalk, who will con
tinuc it as democratic paper. Mr..
Chalk is we'll known as a newspaper
man in this and CASTOR county
The Sunday School Convention
held by the different districts in the
State have proven very successful and
pleasant They have all been closed
for some weeks and we will not make
special mention of the work in either.
The meeting held by the Republic
cans in this city on Thursday night
amounts to nothing 1t had no sort
of right to recommend ticket to the
county convention, and it is hoped
the convention will disregard the
meeting entirely.
Our city graded schools will open
on the 10th. 1t is understood that
all the colored teachers of last year
we're reelected. The whites have
been notified Individually. 1t is
supposed the colored teachers will be
on hand,
What do these great political de-
monstrations mean :? In this State
and other Southern States it is in
tended to intimidate more than any
thing else. The demonstration is
always before the speaking. When
the speaking begins, the sentiment is,
"Fowle and out" Dockery wins.
Col. Dockcry does not say, as
charged by the press, that Mrs.
Cleveland kissed Negro wench, but
he reads it from the Wadesboro In
teliyencer. bitter, Negotiating
democratic paper. If slanderOus, it
comes from the democratic party.
Men sometimes know thing and
yet can tell nothing about it intelli-
gently. A person should study him
self and attempt that for which he is
we'll adapted. If it is contrary to
mans nature to preach, he may try
ninety years. but he will always
worry his congregation in the start
Union and Arson county will give
Dockcry hundreds of votes from the
white men there. They are openly
enthusiastic for Dockery and protect
ion. They have enough hard times,
want more money and better wages.
Somebody said there were twenty
five colorcd men in the democratic
procession at Monroe. 1t is not so.
There we're only two-Mills and
Massey--each of them rode a mule
and had bandana pinned on his left
shoulder. There is said to be seven
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