Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-02-11

u uiherchO way W WnaJ one sees III
our own town. One can see the pub
lie spirit of the place in the general
mprovements-in the streets, the care
taken of them, the way they are
lighted, and the way the town is
guarded every night, by hired watch
men. Some say the thrift of this place
is due to it being acet toUn. 1t is
true that barls Of the criHer leave this
place for our own and other towns,
yet we do not admit that its prosperity
is due mainly to that A town is
made what it is by its citizens, and
wherever you find the right kind of
citizens in any town, that is a pros
porous town. The character of towns
and communities is the character of
its citizens.
We left Prof. Jacobs down at Moss
Neck, among our Croaton friends,
among whom he will teach for the re-
mainder of the winter, and he has
also an offer to teach their normal
school, which was given them during
the session of the last Legislature,
because they are so much more re-
fined (P) and better than aee niggers-
they cannot 60 with us to school-so
the Legislature gave them this school
But there are Democratic rotes in this
thing. Hold Robson, and save
the State . :"
We went up to NJ on par (tickler)
business, but our lawyer friend on
lady business, but alas for slow trains
for she was out Of torn, and our friend
had to leave without feasting his eyes
that time. But he has had many
look 'afore, and only he can tell what
the result will be- Oh, we forgot
she can tell too.
We called on our esteemed friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who entertained
us highly till late hour. Also Hon.
0. S. Hayes, who does business here.
He is clever gentleman, and has
good trade. With Hayes mans a
man. He is a Republican an deed.
From here we called on the Rev.
Blalock, the M. +. preacher, who,
with his good lady, entertained us
very kindly. But as the train is not
due here, from the west, till three
A. NJ, we chatted until one after an
other took his journey into the land
of mod" where we stayed till time
for the train.
We arrived at our home by five A.
NJ, and our bachelor friend sneakcd
off to find some place to stop till day,
while we, who have better-half and
babes by the room-full, reached our
home in due time, where everything
was warm and CHEEKY. Observing
the contrast, who wouldn't 60 up the
road, if he be bachelor?
Four were sent to the penitentiary
from Robson Court-all colored, and
all young men in the prime of life.
When will our young men learn to
take the advice so kindly given them
from day to day? When will they
learn that the way of the transgressor
is hard ?
Just for the lack of sense and the
want of thought, honor, and race
pride, these four men must stay in
prison, deprived of their liberty, for
eleven years, in the aggregate-long
enough to earn, at seventy-fve cents a
day, two thousand fire hundred and
serenity four dollars. But this is for
one county. Now take the nearly
one hundred counties, at this rate,
and you have the enormous sum of
1921 400, worse than thrown away.
Yea, far worse. for it's the measure of
the labor of four hundred men, all
from one race; and far worse still,
four hundred men, with all that is
dear to man-his honor, his character,
and perhaps his soul, lost-lost for
nothing.
There is one thing We never could
understand, and that is, why it re-
quires so much to convict white