The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-05-04
CHARLOTTE CHAT.

The Heated MayOra1ty Ca~mpaign-The
City's Interests Not Injured by Such Con-
tests charlotte Baptists Interested in
the Approaching Convention in this
City-Christian End.ayor Meeting-Com.
pliments to The Messenger-Sunday and
Monday Papers Discussed.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Charlotte, n. c., April 80.
The mayoralty contest continues to
be the all-absorbing topic of interest
in Charlotte, and both sides are now
maxim supreme efforts to get their
forces in line for the final battle at the
poi!S next Monday. The past week,
politically, has been rather devoid of
any notable incidents. Several pugi-
llStIc have occurred between
certain elements of the two opposing
factions, but, with the exception of a
few black eyes and battered cheeks.
no harm has been done in these little
"differences;" in fact they have been
altogether more amusing than serious.
The man who carries the blacklist eye
ana the largest lump on his jaw seems
to be the one who takes the greatest
interest in the difficulty after it is over,
and, with the usual characteristics of
the fighter, he is heard to loudly pro-
claim that if his friends had not inter
fered just when they did he would have
done" the other fellow.
The pessimistic citizen is now abroad
in the land crying that the present
contest will work to the injury of
Charlotte's prosperity, but the better
thinking portion of the people pay no
attention to the croaking of such men.
Charlotte, like all other cities, has her
little interior political disturbances, but
when this contest is over, no matter
who wins, you will find our good citi-
zens standing shoulder to shoulder
pushing with prp9tar anarov thor ouor
before in their efforts to land the city
on the top notch of the hill of peace
and prosperity.
1t now looks like Mr.. Springs, the
independent democratic candidate,
would win by a small majority. The
situation, however, changes so often
that there is no telling what may hap
pen by next Monday. It is difficult to
see how, with the large following that
he has from all parties, he a be
beaten, and unless the information
your correspondent can gather is alto
gether at fault, Mr.. Springs will GER
tainly be the next mayor of Char
lotte.
The Southern Baptist convention,
which meets in Wilmington next week.,
is creating considerable interest in
Charlotte, n a large number Of peo-
pie from the various Baptist churches
here will attend. There will also be a
great many who will take advantage
of the low rates offered to make a visit
to the seashOre near Wilmington.
The meeting Of the society Of Chris
tan EndeavOr closed the early part of
his week. The meeting was a great
success, and the visiting delegates and
friends went away greatly pleased with
Charlotte and charmed with the pleas
ing courtesies accorded them while
here.
A special session of the federal court |
1C hainO hold hnra fhi1 uynok Ind oo
Simonton presiding. The session is
held for the trial of civil cases only,
and has been devoid of the general in
terest which attaches to the regular |
sessions in June and December. The !
typical mountaineer from the western J
%fastness of the state has been conspic-
uOus by his absence, but at the regu-
lar session in June he will be here in
all his glory to stand trial for making |
"moonshine."
The last Sundays issue of The Mes
senger, carrying eight pages Of excel
lent reading matter, was greeted with
much favorable comment by it's
hoped that the eight-page issue is to
be a regular feature of The Sunday
Messenger. There is nothing the read |
ing public appreciate greater than hus- !
tie and enterprise, and when a newspa- !
per demonstrates, as The Messenger
mas QOne, lndC II is Keeping abreast Ol
the times and giving it's patrons the
best possible service, it will never lack
for patronage.
Speaking on the subject Of newspa-
pers, it might be we'll to ask why Will
mington and Charlotte, the two leading
cities of the state. cOuld not give the
public a Monday morning paper? The
very c~reditable Monday morning edi-
ton of The Charlotte Observer, giving
a full account of the disastrous wreck
at Harrisburg, and besides giving all
OF the Geographic news and other mat
ter the same as carried on other days,
shows what might be done along this
line. The time has arrived when regu-
lar newspaper readers are becoming
restless at being shut out from the
news of the world from Sunday morn
ing to Tuesday morning, and your cor
respondent trusts that in the near fu-
ture The Observer and The Messenger
will be issued seven days in the week.
The carping critic who shuts him.
self within the contracted limits of his
narrow world and rails out at the Sun
day and against the work
necessary to be done on Sunday in or
der to produce the Monday morning
paper. may as we'll seek a new field for
criticism. The Sunday paper is a fix
ture tina has come to stay, and as soon
as the enterprising papers in North
Carolina fully realize that it is in the
interest of their patrons to issue a
Monday morning paper it will also be
forthcoming.
More Bank Officers Indicted.
Chicago, May 1.-The grand jury to-
~;rbt raf,rno6 indictments against hve