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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
EXECUTIVE MANSION,


Hon. ChGunoey y. Black President, ETC.:
My DEAR Sm-The papers which you kindly
sent for my perusal touching the scope method
and purposes Of the association Of democratic
clubs have strengthened my belief In the ex-
treme Importance Of such organizations as
have been thus associated. The struggle upon
which we have entered il In behalf OF ohe reo-
pie, the plain people Of the land, and they must be
reached. We do not proceed on the theory that
they are TO be led by others who may Of may
not be In interest with their interest. We have
undertaken TO teach voters as free and inde-
pendent citizens, intelligent enough 70 see
their rights, interested enough to insist
upon being treated justly and patriotic
enough to desire their country's welfare. Thus
this campaign is one of information and osgani.
zation. Every citizen should be regarded az @
thoughtful, Responsible voter. and he
should be furnished means OF exam
lining the issues involved in the pend
Ing canvass for himself. / am convinced
that no agency 10 so effective to this end as the
clubs which have been formed, permeating all
parts Of the country, and making their influence
felt In every neighborhood by system
attic effort They make the objects OF
the Democratic party understood by fsir
and oalm discussion Of the democratic position
In the contest, aud among those with whom their
members daily come In contact, and by prevent
ing neglect of the duty Of suffrage on election
day, these clubs will become, In my opinion the
most important instrumentalities yet devised
for promoting the success Of our party Yours,
very truly, GROVER CLEVELAND.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
Halovondala,a Rraak.

HALoYoNDALE, GAL Sept 15.-The
superintendent reports that he will be able
to get trains through by noon tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
SHOTS ON THE PICKET LINE.
St. Augustine's Negro Quarantine
Guards Use Their Guns.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Sept. 15.-About
II o'clock last night two negroes, named
Edward Wood and Charles Johnson, doing
picket duty on the quarantine lines, became
involved in quarrel about woman, when
Wood shot Johnson through the 1eshy part
of the neck with rifle. Wood was imme-
diately arrested by the quarantine officers,
brought to town and turned over to the
sheriff. He was examined to-day before
Justice Van Dorm, who committed him to
jail to await the result of Johnson's wound
johnson will probably live.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
CLEVELAND AND THE CLUBS.

Tho President Thoroughly Impressed
With Their Importance.
New YORK, Sept. 15.-Hon. Chauncey F.
Black, president of the National Associa-
tion Of Democratic Clubs, to-day received
the following letter from President Cleve-
land:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
A GUARD KILLED.

At O'clock this afternoon William
Delespin and Charles Collins, both colored
quarantine guards, who had been in town
during the day and drinking considerable,
quarrelled over the ownership of a lantern,
when, after high words, Delespin took his
double-barrelled shotgun and fired charge
of buckshot into Collins left breast, killing
him instantly. Delespin defied arrest until
the sheriff arrived. when he submitted aud
was locked up. Sheriff Hernandez is very
oubspoken in his disapproval Of the police
putting armed negroes on quarantine duty,
in which opinion he is upheld by the public.
He has telegraphed Adj. General Long
for permission TO call on the company of
state militia at this place in case of further
trouble
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
A NEW COMMANDER.

The board of health has turned over the
command of the quarantine lines TO a citi-
zens' committee. who have placed B. f.
OliveroS in command. The object in put
ting colored men on the quarantine line
was TO give employment to as many as pos
sible during the present scarcity of work,
but the results are not proving satisfactory
and they will probably be obliged to do
duty without arms or be discharged
altogether.
The city is in a healthy condition, and
the general opinion is that st. Augustine
will pass through the fever season in safety
and be ready for tourists by the middle of
December.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07

The tracks of the Russian railroads have
a width differing from those Of the Prus-
sian roads. The cars Of Prlssian lines
cannot, therefore, run through to Russian
lines, and vice versa. That is why every
Traveller must change cars at the frontier.
Whenever the imperial family of Russia
passes that point in winter viaduct is
built leading from the Prussian carriage
TO the imperial waiting rooms at Wir-
hallen, the Russian frontier depot. Such
Il viaduct is now constructing. II is made
OF stout wood, covered all over with thick
felt yelled under copious folds of rich
carpets and curtains, lest the sensitive
skins of their majesties and their off
spring, just risen from the measles,
should feel a draueht and catch a cold on
their run from the Prussian to the Rus
sian saloon car. Chicago News.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
This and That.

LUMBERToN, n. c., Dee %, 1887.
Dear Editor: Permit me 10 say
just word in your valuable paper.
1t comes to our house every week, and
is read by all the young folks who are
far enough advanced to read paper.
Our young ladies who are now off
teaching, receive it as a welcome
Messenger" every weok-whilo
at home; aud we shall have to send
it to at least one of them each week
Old Robson is still struggling with
ignorance and we can see many i'm
provcments.
During Christmas there were fewer
under the influence Of liquor than We
have ever seen here You perhaps
know that our burg is a dry town.
1t is true that many of our way
ward sons 60 to Maxton, "a wet TOWN.
on "tickler business, and some
times that business is not large
enough, and they 60 on jug or key
business, yet, even then, there is not
one fourth Of the critter used as was
before we became dry.
There was very little lighting or
carousiug and so far only one case
of cutting is reported, that not being
serious. Sunday was the best OBJ
served day for Christmas day ever
seen in this place.
We have about twenty schools in
operation so far, in the county, and
we may add six more yet, for the
winter.
Our standard is much higher than
formerly; and many have failed to
secure certificates this fall. Our
young people fail to see the importance
Of attending some good school until
they become thoroughly equipped for
the work Thus every lime the board
moves up, there is scare among the
teachers.
Our own school here in Lunlberton
began its winter term December 8.
There are now eighty-one enrolled /,
and still they come. In about one
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
gunday rromenade IN washlnglon.

Usually Saturday is the great 'show
day" Of Washington, though the great
pedestrian parade always takes place
Sunday afternoon (or ''evening," as they
call it here and in the south) on Connec-
ticut avenue, at from 8 to 3 O'Clock.
Then the world Of fashion appears
on that beautiful avenue. Carriages,
grooms, glittering harness, liveries,
clanking silver chains, village carts,
coupes, and even BIZ and tricyles are ADAM
doned, and the great swell, official. diplo-
matte, home and foreign, blooded and
shoddy, and old family and nodveau
richie. newcomers and old timers, blue
blooded and 10 blooded, beau monde and
hoi polloi, walk up and down Connect
cut avenue and exchange bows and
greetings, cold stares, or "hoVdies," as
the case may be.
II is great sight on Sunday afternoon,
when the American aristocracy and the
aristocracy Of foreign legations and the
Americo-European hybrids get out in
style on Connecticut avenue for the
weekly Sunday afternoon stroll. II beats
"Unter den Linden" by large majority.
The Misses West, daughters of the Eng
lish minister, appear with small ''but-
tons tugging at the leash Of couple of
beagle hounds chained together; and half
a dozen dudes who have just got through
with their demi-tasse of cafe noir and
their Chartreuse at Chamberlain and
tackled their cigarettes, are dragged
along by their enormous st. Bernard
dogs and Siberian hounds, while the IT.
reverent remark, Whore is the dog
going with the dude?'
A young lady from Scott circle, who
IS very plain herself, attracts attention
BY leading at the end Of scarSt ribbon
blacls-and-tan TERROR, which is about
rs big as o cockroach, with legs like
limiting needles and tail like a Limerick
fish hook and sore eyes. A tall young
lady, the daughter Of a cabinet officer,
walks along with her sinewey left hand
gripped upon the silver rivet studded col
lar Of big Newfoundland dog, while in
her right she carries laced rawhide
whip with a silver handle.-Cor. Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Gas and Sewer Gas.

We live to learn. Every householder
has been worrying himself about the
plumbing in his residence, expanding
money to put the best traps that can be
procured under his sinks and basins,
making experiments with all sorts of in
ventions to consume the foul gases, pull
ing his wall to pieces to build air shafts
from the cellar up to the roof and six
feet beyond, and nevertheless living in
constant dread of diphtheria, typhus
fever and other diseases supposed to be
engendered by the escape of the deadly
sewer gas. And now we are told by doc
tors and learned professors that we have
been frightening ourselves with ghost
stories; that sewer air is comparatively
free from noxious gases and contains pro-
portionately fewer micro organisms than
the outer air of the same locality.
Of course, unscientific people will be
apt to discredit these conclusions and to
pronounce them ''humbug.'' But what
are we to do when those by whom these
conclusions are reached offer proofs of
their correctness? How can we reply to
the matter of fact statements that ''scav-
tHScio WIZ WIN Ill oeNeIS are SeileIdlly
healthy and long lived;" that plumbers
seldom die of zymotic disease" and that
''sewer rats grow gray in their subter-
ranean quarters:"
Such proofs Of the nourishing qualities
of sewer gas are unanswerable. Yet it
is questionable whether they will remove
the popular prejudice against the inhala-
tion of the elastic fluids of the house
drains, or induce people to abolish traps,
ventilators and air shafts, notwithstand-
ing the long lived scayengers, the healthy
plumbers and the venerable subterranean
rats. New York World.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07

1t has been published that a Catho-
lie priest, and recently professor in
the college at Belmont, Castor
county, was arrested and fined few
days ago, in Atlanta, for being drunk
and boisterous. We dislike to hear
of the fall Of any man, and wish we
could see the white press of this
country treat all men with fairness.
Had this been a colorcd man, we
would have seen full head lines,
"Nigger preacher drunk" or some
such ridiculous allusion to reflect upon
the entire race. The sins of white
people cannot be hid by their efforts
to expose ours, and we know as many
Of them 90 wrong in the great and
small evils as of us. This poor priest
is to be pittied as well as other white
and black preachers here in Charlotte
who have been caught up with in
their sins. Pity the fallen and weak.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07

jority of the members could not get
out and the collection will be contin-
ued tomorrow when all the friends are
invited to help make ont the hundred
dollars
Among the many visitors in our
city during the holidays were Mr.. and
Mrs. G. r. Harris, of Salisbury !;
Misses Rosa +. and Della D Bichard-
son, of Wadesboro. Miss Della Toole
was home from school. Mr. Joe Smith
Cato Thomas Thos. Wellington,
Albert Terrence. Rufus Hyatt and
others came in from the South.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
IN THE FRENCH CEMETERIES.

That Favorite Emblem, the Everlasting
Flower, Superseded by the Glass Bead.
The everlasting flower, which used TO
be the favorite emblem of mourning in
the French cemeteries, has now been
almost superseded by the glass bead. At
the recent festival Of the dead, to every
person who carried a wreath Of immor-
telles to the cemetery a hundred carried
wreaths of beads. Those who along the
shores of the Mediterranean gather the
everlasting flowers to be sent to Paris
must be sorely tried by this change of
custom. There is little town called
Ollioules, near Toulon, whose inhabitants,
about $500 in number, have for many
years earned their living by collecting the
everlasting flowers on the sun scorched
hills and preparing them for commerce.
Care must be taken to pick them in the
bud, for if the inflorescence is advanced
the seeds will ripen afterwards, and the
SO called flower, which botanists describe
very differently, will fall to pieces. There
is still certain demand for immortelles
in Paris, for there are workshops in the
Roquette quarter, where women are con-
stantly employed in making them into
wreaths. crosses. ctr This is us1alIv
done bv fastening the heads If tbe flowers
unon n foundation of TIGHTLY hacked
straw.
But, as l have already stated, it is the
bead wreath that is now a la mode. The
change is not one for the better. The
immortelle. ALTHOUGH II is one of natures
sham flowers, is, like the amaranth, a
poetic emblem of eternity. That II de-
GAYS. those who went to the cemeteries
on An Saints or All Souls had annie
evidence. but it will last a few wears
without looking very shabby. II. there
fore. imposes no great tax or expense
upon mourners to put n fresh wreath over
the old one as the latter wears ont. The
bead wreath is without beauty and with
out any of that association of poetic and
religious idea which pives an emblematic
value. Ii is simnlv an economical exne-
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
A srethodicai Authorcss.

In her daily life Mrs. Dinah Mulock-
Craik was remarkably methodical.
Though many Of her works appc1sed in
periodicals, she would never under any
circumstances consent to beginning Of
publication before the work was entirely
out Of her hand, and, what is very sigu-
lar, she is said during the whole course
of her forty years labors never to have
begun writing anything which she did
not carry straight through, and it is be-
lieved that she has not left behind sim
gle line OF unfinished work intended for
publication. Indeed, everything she ever
wrote with the view to publication has
been published. London News.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Our Christmas.

A portion of our holidays we're
spent on the railroad. In Whining
ton we spent two days very pleasantly.
1t is always pleasant for young man
to visit Wilmington, and meet such
amiable young ladies as Misses Sa-
rah Taylor, Maggie Whiteman, Lula
Smith, and Emma Hooper.
At Clarkton we were entertained by
Hon. John Newell. His two daugh-
tiers, Miss Lucy and Savanna are intel
ligent young ladies.
At Elizabethtown we had picnic of
a day and night Misses Mary Shaw,
Anna and Lizzie Russell, Anna MUIR
Gibson and the Sheridans made it
pleasant for us till leaving time.
We spent only few hours in Fay
etteville, and at Maxton met the ever
pleasant Miss Carrie Miller and the
Rev's Champlin, and Blaylock who
are among the good friends of the
MESSENGER. We had huge time
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07


month from now, come down to sec
US. Wen show you a hog.s-full-
School has had recess to let the
children get Christmas cut Of their
bones and to have their good time
over what Old Santa Claus brought
them. We shall call them from their
morriment this morning Did Old
Sandy send you anything? He sent
me "what the boy shot at"
Excuse this random letter, and
will do better next time.
Truly yours, Tar FEEL.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Euaslsn omclals Not Cruel.

1t may be supposed that officials who
are capable Of treating prisoners in this
way must be constitutionally cruel, cold
blooded and heartless; but such a suppo-
sition would be, in many cases, perhaps
in a majority of cases, an erroneous one.
Many OF the officials are naturally no
worse than other men, but they have
been trained under q system which is in
tolerant Of opposition, and especially of
that form Of opposition which in Russia
is called insubordination; they have been
accustomed to regard themselves rather
as the rulers than as the servants of the
people; they have not felt personally the
fun weight Of the yoke Of oppression;
they have been irritated and embittered
by a long contest with fearless and i'm
pe!uous men whose motives and charac-
tiers they misunderstood, and whom they
regard rs unreasonable fanatics and
treacherous assassins; and, finally, their
fortunes and prospects OF advancement
depend upon the success with which they
carry on this contest George KEENAN,
in The Century.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
Charlotte Light Infantry.

The adjutant-General of the State
was in the city to inspect the colored
military company. They turned out
36 men in arms and uniform and
passed crcditable inspection. They
are now a part of the regular State
militia, and entitled to the $500 al
lowed each company by the State. 1t
is known as Company b., N. G. State
Guard
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
This is the Last.

We failed to get our new subscrip-
ton book ready for this week, and
many will get this paper, whose time
is out. We give them blue mark
again and beg them to send in what
they owe us. We cannot afford TO
send the paper to them without the
money, and if we could, we should
not, for each should bear an equal
burden. We know you mean to pay
us, but good intentions will not pay
our bills Send us the money for the
time you have had the paper and then
renew for the year.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07

The price Of quinine has been reduced
from s. an ounce TO less than 81, and n
dealer says that it viii remain cheap
hereafter. The reason is that the chin
chona frees are destroyed in raking off
The bark. Formerly the bark was stripped
clean and the trees were left naked to
bleed to death. Now when the bark is
removed the trees are swathed with
moss, new bark forms on thom, and, in
stead OF living to bear ono crop of bark,
they yield their bark yearly. Boston
Transcrint
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PrcsidingElder's Appointments.

CHARLOTTE DIsTRIcT. LIST Round.
Little Rock-December IA.
Rockwell and Jonesvillc--Dcc. Oil.
Terrence Chapel-Decembor 1918.
Biddle-December 1925.
Moore's Sanctuary-Dcc. 3O-Jan. 1 j.
Clinton Chapel-January 50
China Grove-January 1876.
Pineville-January 20-23
Grace Church-January 5000.
Henryville-February SO.
Trinity-February 1913.
Kings Mountain February 17-2O.
Monroe-Fcbruary 1926.
Redding Spring March 2-5.
Rock Hill-March Oil.
Matthews-March 1918
Moving Glade-March 24-27.
r. S. RIvEs, ?. Il.
FAYETTEVILLE DIsTRIoT. list Round.
Observation-Disclosures sill.
Manchester Decembcr Ills
Observation-Disclosures 31-January-1.
Lillington-January rs.
Oak Grove-January 14-15.
Haywood-January 21-22.
Johnstonville-January 2l-22.
Glover's Grove-January 28-29.
Gees Grove-February 40.
Egypt-February Hip.
Carthage-February 1919.
New Zion-Fe February 1926.
A. NJ BARRETT, p. 4.
Raleigh n. G.
WADEsBoRo DIsrRcT- LIST Round.
Flat Rock-January IS
Lethee January 14-15.
Jordan's G. Manly-January 21-22.
Green Lake-January $3.50.
Chesnutt-February 40.
Hallie's Grove-February Hip.
Roper's Grove-February 1910.
Bennette February 25-26.
restville-March 81.
Rocky Mount-Narch 10-11
Robeson's X Roads-March Ills.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
BARRIERS Moving.

John Henderson has moved in with
AMI Rudisill, next door to his old
stand. The firm name is now Hen
derson and Rudisill Moore & Sum
ner have moved their shop to the
south side of Trade street, opposite
their old stand.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
&c d yolln 1Iar.haIl,g pescendants

Cne Of John MarshaIPs Descendants.
The descendants of Chief Justice John
Marshall are a sturdy race. One of them,
bearing the great jurist's name, owns a
farm in Virginia and runs q sawmill
thereon. He got down in the buzz saw
pit not long ago to fix loose screw.
Suddenly he felt something moving be-
hind him, and he threw lis arm up and
felt the saw cut through above the elbow,
almost from skin to skin. Raising his
head, he struck the saw, which cut
groove right through his hair, over his
forehead and face, and down into
his throat. When he was taken
out his face was one mass of
bleeding flesh. They laid him on the
grass and brought a surgeon. While the
latter was running across the fields to the
spot where the men had left Marshall he
heard his voice saying, as well as the
wounds would permit: "Shove this stuff
away from my eye SO that | can see
whether it's hurt" They did ''shove the
stuff" away from his eye as carefully as
possible, and he gave them one CHASTITY
glance and then murmured: "It's all
right; can see." 1t took the surgeon
an hour and half to dress all his wounds.
He endured the pain with perfect COM
posture. Within a month he was out
again as well as ever. Some one was
telling one Of the old darliies on the
place, while ''Marster john was still in
bed, what a narrow escape he had had
from death. "Huhn' said the darby,
''take heap more than that to kill Mars
John. Why, if you wanted to kill Mars
John you'd have to cut his head off-and
then hide the head. Detroit Free Press.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07
IMPORTANT NOTICE
To all the CoIored BTas0ns in the
United States.
j. W, FRY. Gen'l supt.

The Masonic fraternity will at once
see the utility, of having in their pos
session an Annual Masonic Directory
that will give the name ofevery Grand
Lodge, Chapter, Commandery or mem
bers of the Consistory, Town, City or
State in which they are convened.
And the name and residence of each
and every individual member. Such
a book published annually, viii be
invaluable TO eyeery member Of the
Fraternity
The publisher earnestly requests
that the Grand Secretary Of each and
every Lodge Chapter. Commandery
and Consistory viii please forward to
me, on a Postal Gard his name and
address, as | with to forward each one
Of them printed letter: desiring Of
them to accept the agency, and guar
antceing them a royalty on each book
something TO their financial and pcrson-
al interest Address
iiEsgY II GRIFFsN.
Boston Advocate, Rooms ana I,
60 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-01-07

Six and half tons Of diamonds-
surely even Sinbad the sailor never ven
turca 70 compute his diamonds by the
ton-valucl at about $40 geo 900. have.
VIC are informed, been extracted from
four African mines alone in the course Of
the last few years.-St. James Gazette.