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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER It, 1111
BORROWED BRIEFS.
Secretary of Leber Davi has draft
ed a bill providing for examination of
prospective Immigrant by blood.
phvslcal, mental, and character tests.
What would become of the govern
ment If such a law were passed ap
plying to offlclaUT New Tor Even
ln( Poet
' There ts'oa subject that we think
nly one of the new mathematical
artleta . can do Juatlce to. Woa
' Francis Plcshla or omebdy do a
mil-length oil painting of the pr-
tonal oquatloat Chicago tw.
Tha month! during which we feel
free from Income-. tax worrlei are
the that have a M" In their .polling-.
Chlcaco Journal of Commerce.
Now that doctor are prewjrlbing
for patient, by wirl. the Columbia
Wluourlan wondera anxlouly If
leu. nurae will eome next Kaasa
City Time. ,
' And as the whol country Is plant
In? a-rapea. Well, that beata plant
l5 o7leg patrona - Baltimore
Evening 8ua. - e .
Tha king of Italy t!ll oecupl j
aomewhat d t m m d . Philadelphia
Record. : '
PAXAGRAPHICS.
Anyway, tha Uudrera cannot
complain o a paucity of publicity.
' - a-aaw-a-aaaaw
It is to b hoped, of coars. that
High Point's expansive mood will
not go beyond the bounds of wa
gon ' - '""-: .'
For a man who fivea eridence
that he ta pretty well persuaded he
It beaten at the start, the Preaident
' put up a husky argument for the
ship subtidy. .
' "Peace by Christmas" is the
tlogan at Lausanne. But one dif
ficulty may arise from the circum
stance that the Turks do not cele-1
brate Christmas.
- Assuming that what that partie
ular vicinity of Harnett county
needed for what ailed it was a ju
dicial lecture, that section of Har
nett got what it needed.
. The police now proceed to the
numbering of the people, and if they
cannot count more folks in Greens
boro than the federal census takers
did they ought to be fired.
Wets Rush Beer Bills as Congress
Begins Sessions. But between
mshing beer bills and running up
beer bills, or rushing the growler,
there is a great gulf fixed.
The general assembly can't say,
at any rate, that it wasn't warned
of what would happen if the Bailey
program of legislation should fail to j
receive proper consideration.
The weather: Fair, .with cool
westerly winds. Light overcoat
weather. That is to say, an oc-'
easional overcoated citizen visible
during the day, most men in over
costs after sunset
The attention of the Statesville
Landmark is directed to the circum
itsnce that a Greensboro man has
published an almanac for the year
1923, our contemporary being in
terested in such evidences that they
are fixing to have another year. '
It is undeclared that expecta
tion that some coal operators would
recoup their coal strike losses
through increased prices has failed
to materialize. Here's hoping the
statement is true. Operators hsve
' been suspected of taking a philoso
phical view of mine strikes.
Prohibitionists contended that the
' 18th amendment and the Volstead
act would empty the jails and the
' anti-prohibitionists are alleging that
they are filling them with Vol-itead-law
violators. Which will
work out all right in the long run;
' always provided that Jailing Vol-itead-law
violators cures them.
The Ohio State Journal does not
suppose "the' recount in Massachu
setts will do any good, so far as
actually overturning the unofficial
result is concerned, but we are for
H on the ground that it keeps Sen
ator Lodge engaged just that much
longer in the process of crawling
through the knothole, and it s fun
to look on." And takes off some-
' what more hide in the process.
It is a medical journalist who
i sounds a note of warning for those
practicing the Coue method, which
consists in saying, and thinking,
"Day by day, in every way, I'm
getting better and better." Say a
- bowlegged man is resorting to this
remedy for hi bowleggedness. If
h is not careful to overdo, what is
, th result? Enocknees, of course.
Or a bowlegged woman, for that
. mattat,
, A Cloak For Terrorism and
Anarchy
A farmer named Thornton was
enticed in the night time from his
home In Harnett county by men who
beat him, ordered him to run, shot
at him and drove off. So Thornton
swears, and his wife corroborates
him. One Gainey of the earns
county swears that he was beaten
twice by masked and white-robed
men, last Sunday night. A doctor
testifies that Gainey was very
brutally beaten. Thornton swore
out warrants against two men whom
he identifies as among those who
beat him. It Is in evidence that
various persons ill the vicinity have
been visited by men masked and
robed, and threatened that if these
two men were prosecuted reprisals
would be taken.-
The federal department of justice
is informed that a farmer of Mer
Rouge, La., was torn from his home
and family early in July by masked
men and taken to the woods on the
outskirts of the town, and while
white-robed figures went through a
ritual, others prepared timber, which
was piled about the victim and then
set fire to.
The following week a man who
was said to be a notorious character
in that neighborhood disappeared.
His family enlisted the aid of the
authorities " to establish his where
abouts, but without success. Fear
ing ha had met with the same fate
that had befallen their neighbor,
who had been burned as a living
sacrifice at the altar of the "invisi
ble empire," relatives of the man
searched the woodland. Less than
two miles from Mer Rouge, the
man's body, heavily weighted with
iron, was found in a lake.
1 Prior to the murder of tha eiti
sens of Mer Rouge, it was said that
three other men were tortured in a
field on the outskirts of the village.
The men were taken out and mad
to strip to the waist. Masked men
with heavy rawhide whips lashed
their bare bodies until writhing in
pain, the victims, fast losing con
sciousness, fell to the ground. Early
in August 35 armed men kidnaped
five men, three of whom were re
leased and the other two have been
missing since. The masked raiders
told the men they would never see
their relatives or friends again and
so far this has been true.
There is an organization, sup
posed to exist under legal charter,
extending its ramifications through
the United States, which bears the
title of Eu Klux Elan. It did not
originate this title, but picked it up
from the pages of history. Its
methods are similar to those of vari
ous organizations of half a century
ago ihat bore various names but
were all popularly termed Eu Klux.
Its roster is secret and its members,
usually operating in numbers and
at night wear masks and robes
similar to those worn by the original
Eu Klux klan. Any mob so dis
guised may call itself Ku Klux, .re
gardless of whether or not any of its
members are affiliated with the per
sons who are pleased to style them
selves genuine "klansmen," and who
can point to a charter legally au
thorizing them to operate, issued by
some malfeasant state official.
Let us suppose that the purposes
of the chartered organization are
of the highest and that its methods,
whatever else may be said of them,
do not include these coward acts of
masked murder and torture. What
is the relationship between the Eu
Klux klan and any one of these
"klans" that do tak the law nto
their own hands for the purpose of
murdering, torturing or terrorizing
let us presume, even, that the
membership of the regular organiza
tion is of such a consistently re
mark We quality that no "real" Eu
Klux has ever engaged in an act
of violence or anarchy. We are as
suming, to take a concrete case, that
the men who beat Thornton because
he does not go to church and is not
a prohibitionist had formed a klan
of their own for that particular pur
pose and occasion, or for that and
other similar purposes and oc
casions, and that not one of them
acknowledges the imperial majesty
of Simmons, or is acknowledged by
the Simmons outfit
They employ violence, their in
tention Is to keep their identity
secret they wear masks and robes,
the whole idea one suggestive of
terror. That Is exactly the way th
old Ku Klux operated; and it is
largely identical with the way the
Simmons klan operates. They have
as much moral right to call them
selves Ku Klux as anybody else.
Their motive is tha regulation of
society, by extra legal means, ac
cording to their own notions; which
is true of both the ancient klan and
the Simmons organization
It is not at all difficult to con
ceive that the moron cowards who
beat Thornton and those who tor
tured to death the Mer Rouge
farmer, were acting according to
their highest conceptions of duty.
Many an officer of the inquisition
was a conscientious man. John Cal
vin heartily approved of the decapi-
tation of Cervetui for heresy, and
he was a conscientious man. The
New England saints who persecuted
old women but probably burned
none for witchcraft were con
scientious people. All these were in
telligent, too; which the Louisiana
and Harnett county anarchists are r DBa contempt, tends con
not According to their lights, ac- !Untly brek down cautlona
cording to their point of view, the
Louisiana midnight assassins may
indeed claim to have as much justifi
cation for their course as any group
of the "regular" klansmen.
The whole idea, the whole sug
gestion, of these irregular mobs
which, in charity to the regular or
ganization, may be assumed to be
guilty of all the masked anarchy
and outrage in all sections of the
country, comes from the same
source as the terroristic regalia.
But for the organization to which
belong a number of respectable citi
zens who are. rdinf these lines
this morning, there Would be no
Ku Kluz crimes committed by un
affiliated mobs. The regular or
ganization might be as pure as it is
dangerous to society, as high-minded
as it is mistaken in its notion of
what is wrong with the times and
how to set them right; nevertheless
its methods, of cowardice and an
archy, serve to cloak anarchistic
cowardice and reckless, fanatical
zeal everywhere. The public thinks
of every act whether of violence
and lawlessness or not done by per
sons who by their dress proclaim
themselves En Kluz, as an act of
the Ku Kluz, without discrimina
tion. And the public is far from
being altogether wrong.
"A WAR MEMORIAL.
The hope has been entertained
that memorials to those who lost
their lives in the world war, and
monumental honors to those who
served, might take practical rather
than conventional forms. Struc
tures for housing community center
activities, hospitals or -hospital
wards, parks, avenues of trees, were
among the suggestions offered, and
given a large degree of favorable
consideration. But if the conven
tional shaft topped with the con
ventional sculptured figure, the tra
ditional method of expressing a
community's honor far its martial
and other heroes, such as the county
commissioners propose to erect
the county's testament to future
generations of the honorable esteem
held for the men and women of this
greatest of conflicts, is acceptable
to the veterans themselves, there
would not seem to be much left to
be said on the subject , .
ine men wno are now coming
into control of affairs in our county,
as in other communities, are those
whom it is proposed to honor; and
especially the proposal is that of a
fitting memorial to their comrades
who made the supreme sacrifice.
Anything that expresses the senti
ment of these veterans as to what is
fitting in honor of those fallen
comrades is no doubt the appro
priate expression.
dertainly the design, long since
formed, of placing in enduring stone
or metal the full roster of these
soldiers and sailors of Guilford, and
men and women who otherwise
rendered active service, should be
carried out without further delay.
"TAKING A CHANCE."
The New York World says that
Magistrate Bruce Cobb, of New
York, "puts his finger on an out
standing cause of traffic accident.
It is the autoihobile drivers who
'take a chance' who account for
most of the casualties. They con
stitute the great body of offenders
against the traffic law not because
they are ignorant of its provisions
or incompetent but from sheer dis
regard of caution. They cut cor
ners and drive rapidly in and out of
traffic and pass other cars with a
margin of inches between safety
and disaster. The margin is ample
if nothing occurs to contract it But
something often occurs.
"Naturally it is the taxicab
drivers and th drivers of other light
cars who most indulge in this form
01 reckless speeding, iney occa
sion nearly half of the cases heard
in the traffic court and are the
main factor of difficulty in the
problem of traffic regulation. They
present a peculiar menace to street
safety because of the virtual im
possibility of curbing their reckless
practices by ordinary methods of
police control. It is only when the
accident occurs that the offense is
detected
"Its punishment then is a matter
of court routine, but the larger
aspect of the contempt of traffic
; safety exhibited demands measures
of prevention. In the case of taxi-
cabs and pleasure cars this is a re
form work in which their occupants
can nave a nana, it is a measure
of the wide prevalence of the 'tak
ing a chance' kind of automobile
operation that few persons now-
adays enter a taxicab without appre
hension.
This am "taking a chance" that
account for to ussy acstdenta that
occur under city trafflg conditions
is the explanation also of 'many k
grade crossing aeoidont where con
ditions are altogether different and
where the penalty of taking too
much of a chance does not Include
arrest and fine, or Imprisonment
And "taking a chance," In either
sort of circumstances, more partic
ular when the chance is taken with
a railroad train, la attributable to
the fact that familiarity with dan-
;ger breeds contempt, tends
fact of human psychology that can
not be argued with, or about The
only way to prevent death and dis
aster at railway crossings, due to
this fact, is to abolish th cross
ings at grade.
The Spartanburg Herahitellt of
an old fashioned doctor who, speak
ing to the profession in Chatta
nooga th other day, prescribed
turnip greens', pot liquor and onions
lor the effete generation of Amer
ican who have departed from th
"raisin" of thir forefathers. And
he i a wise doctor, the Herald
opines. He is indeed, but why on
earth he should have omitted en
tirely to mention raw cabbage we
cannot imagine.
PUBLIC PULSE
with rsircRioui raiGALmr
Editor of the Dally News: ,
In your issue of November 10th I
am politically branded as follows:
"It the Democrats nominate Got. Al
Smith, of New York, two year hence
Mr. Johnson will vote the Republican
ticket" I have Barer written a line
that can by any means be tortured
into such sentiment. J want to be
courteous to "member of any de
nomination" who are quoted aa de
denninc my political status, but I
must aay they handle tha truth with
penurious frugality.
ARCHIBALD JOHNSON
Thomasvllle, Nov. 11. 'Is. -
SHEARS AND PASTE
Greensboro's city council has voted
larger appropriations to th public
norary. That le one item of expense
from which High Polntera are Im
mune. Hih Point Enterprise.
Parties aad Taxes.
The Democrats say the taxes in th
Republican' counties are the highest.
Well. well. Just look at Caswell
county -with only 14 Republicans In
the whole county and the tax rate Is
ti.so, the highest In the state.
Moeksvllle Record.
A MagaMeeat BUt.
In miking Lenoir college a gift of
JJQt.OOO, -the second large donation
In the past three year. Daniel E.
Rhyne. at Lincoln county has further
aided the cause of education and, cul
ture In his section of the state, sir.
Rhyne already had given HQp.OOO to
th colleg and wa an Inspiration
In the M 00.000 endowment fund that
eloaed so successfully.
The Record wa advised by Presi
dent Peery over the long distance
telephone this morning of the synod's
plans for Lenoir college. Then in
clude raising the endowment fund to
a total of 1900,000 and In addition ob
tain 1250,000 as a building fund The
college plant would have a physical
value of 70,000.
If It were not for men of vision.
tha smaller denominations1! colleges
soon would be unequal to the contest
The larger institutions, even the stats
universities, bars grown to Immense
proportions by 'reason of the fore-
Igbt and public spirit of their
friends. s. -v..
Wise men look about them for op
portunities to do good and do not
wait to make bequests In their wills.
Mr. Rhyne Is a type of such men.
Lenoir college, with comparatively
ew wealthy friends, has struacled
nward and upward for 10 years, and
is at the beginning of greater useful
ness. Mr. Rhyne s gift will be the
means of enabling many worthy boys
na girls in this section of develoolnc
the best that Is In them, and will be
a blessing In many ways to this com
munity and the state.
Friends of the college should rally
all the stronger to It support-
Hickory Record.
CHARLIE HANES HURT
WHEN AUTO HITS CAR
Yoang Winston-Salem Man in Se
rious Conditio As Result of
Collision.
itjirrtil Is nsny Kml
Winston-Salem, Nov. II. As a re
sult of a collision between a Ford au
tomobile and a street car on 8outh
Main street, near th Intersection ef
Mill street, at an early hour this
morning. Charlie Hanes, a young man
employed by the Markland printing
house, I In the City Memorial hos
pital in an unconscious condition
with a fracture at th base of the
skull and, C. P. ghelton, of the Spry
barbershop, is being held, pending the
outcome of Mr. Hanes Injuries.
It Is repsrted that Mr. Shelton
and hi sister, en route to the city
from their home on Southslde, picked
up Mr. Hanes and was carrying him
to his work. At a point Just north of
Mill street. Mr. Shelton, in attempt
Ing to pass a truck that, was headed
In the same direction he was going.
swerved sharply to the left and the
rear end of his ear cams In contact
with a street car headed south. Ths
sudden Impact threw Mr. Hanes to
the pavement, rendering him un
conscious. He was hurried to the
hospital, where an X-ray examination
revealed a fracture at 'the base of the
skull.. His condition this afternoon
was reported very serious.
The Ford was pretty badly
wrecked, but Mr. Shelton and his sis
tr escapes with only a severe
shock. -
A tentative charge of recklessly
operating an automobile was lodged
against Mr. .Shelton, pending the
outcome of th Injured man' condl
tlo'n.
Mr. Shelton stated to officers that
he noticed one street car pass him
and, not thinking that another was
trailing It, started around th slow
moving truck ahead of him.
Miss Sarah McKensle, aged 11,
dalghter of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mo
Kenzle, and a popular and attractive
young lady, died at the home of her
parents In Germanton last night aftsr
two years' Illness with Bright' tils
ease. The funeral service will be
conducted from th horn In German
ton at three o'clock Thursday after
noon. Interment will be In th Metth
odlst cemetery,
FILE 11 DEEDS FOR
REALTY OF COUNTY
Property Involving About J8.000
Is Coavayed la Five Township
la the County,
Eleven traneaotlou of Oullfurd
oounty realty aa recorded Wednes
day In the "office of R. H. Wharton
at th county ooorthouae Involved ap
proximately (, 000. Property , wa
conveyed In five townships. The
deed filed were:
A. M, Scale and wife sold to Mrs.
Mary B. Klin and Mrs. Kate B. Keith
property In Fisher park, Junior, for
about I&00.'
J. C. Medlln et el sold to Sadie
Mundl a lot 111 feet north of the In
tersection of Third street and the
High Point asphalt road for about
11.600.
L. B. ?arlow and wife sold to W. S.
Clary property on Highland avenu
for about II.S00.
Ben Ard cold to W. L. Edwards
property on Grimes street, High
Point, for 600.
William C. Johnson sold to H. O
and E E. Bellinger a lot on the wst
side of Laura cvrnuci for about I1.S00.
H. O. - and B. E. Bellinger sold to
W. C. Johnson property on Boone
street for near 1500.
Morris Stadlem, et, al., sold to W.
S. Clary property on th east aide
of Chapman street and another tract
on the east side of Midway avenue,
140 feet south' of Spring Uartfen
Street, for near 12,000.
6. T. Oliver and wife and L. M.
Ham and wife sold to John E. Wade,
about lti acres of land In Clay town
ship for approximately 15.000.
C. J. Fogleman and wife sold to
Harold Walker property along th
Alamance public road, Otlmer town
ship, tor 110 and other considerations.
Roddy Field sold to W. H. Fleldt
property in Fentress ywnship for 1
and other consideration
Mary Rockwell, et. al.. sold to J. L.
Kernodle and J. R. Hutton property
along Rock creek In th east margin
of the old meeting road, Guilford
coonty, consideration near lt.000,
YOUNG NEGROES HELD
FOR SUPERIOR COURT
Robert Tomb Is Fined $500 For
Transporting But H Take
Aa Appeal.
Clayton Sloan, Sim Dewberry and
Robert Ballard, all young negroes,
charged with criminal assault on a
female, were bound over to the next
term of court yesterday morning by
Judge L). H. Collins In city court
without bond. It will be recalled (hat
several week ago th young negroes
are alleged to have caught a young
negro girl,. Cleo Cobb, near a school
bouse In th eastern section of She
city and aaaaulted her.
J. W. Wilson and K. U Bonser, both
charged with operating an automo
bile In a reckless manner, were fined
125 and the costs. They were first
charged with operating an automo
bile wtjlle under the Influence of
whisky, but there was insufficient
evidence to convict them on that
ground. Th Charge was then
changed to the one on which they
were convicted.
Robert Tombs, charged with trans
porting liquor, was' fined 1600 and
the costs, . but notlcs of appeal wae
riiea ana the defendant wa held un-
oer a si, sou oono, some time age
Tom os was arrested for havinc whis
ky In a sack which he waa delivering
In the store of Phillips and Cox. The
defendant claimed that someone left
th sack In hi wagon and he did not
know what It contained.
Nathan Wright and B. F. McKensle,
both charged with failure to pay dog
tax, had Judgment suspended with
th payment of the costs. Other
cases were continued.
LEGION MEMBERS TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Will Disease th Formation of a
Post Band and th Organization
of Basketball Team.
At the meeting of th members of
the Henry K. Burtner post. American
legion, on Monday night, at I o'clock
In the legion' headquarter, efforts
will be mad to organise an American
legion band and a basketball quint.
Athletic will be discussed qn a large
seal, it was Intimated by legion
member reaterda?.
The post members are confident
that they can perfect the organisation
of a band and the first steps to
ward this will be taken Monday
night. Several of the legion mem
ber have already signified th In
tention of becoming a member of the
musical organlsstion. The legion
band would furnish music at all oc
casions held by the local legion post.
Hnouia a Basketball team be formed
effort will be made to place the
team in in city eomraareiai basket
ball league or to hsve the quint play
inaepenaent games it was also indl
cated yesterday by legion members
that they would take some action fa
rorlng th booking of eollegelate
football game for this city next
year.
American Oil Industry Is "
Greatest In All the Earth
Chicago, Nov. II. Th American
oil industry of today, Inoludlng 175,
000 well producing 1. 500, 000 barrels
of oil dally, started with one well
producing 21 barrel day, according
to th American Petroleum Institute.
Col. Edwin U Drake, a pioneer In
the oil Industry, brought In the first
producing well in 1161 nsar Tltusvllle.
Pa. At th time the well wa put to
the pump the world waa using fat
and grease for Illuminating and lu
bricating purposes and th automo
bile wa unknown.
Today upwards of 11,000.000 auto
mobile and thousands of tractors,
oil-burning ships, airplanes, subma
rines, motor boats and portable en
gines depend on oil and It products
for power and lubrication, the insti
tute estimatas.
Fight Is Launched Against
the Volstead Whisky Ruling
(Br Awxliwl rrssLi
St. Louis, M Nov. 18. A cam-
nalan designed to snow that "the
evils which have accompanied Vol-
steadism are endangering our nation
I life," wa launched this afternoon
by th Association Opposed to the
Prohibition .Amendment at in con
eluding session of a two-day meeting
here.
The association Issued a statement
allealnc that "the general crime
wave which is rapidly spreaaing
throughout th country 1 in a large
measure due to th lawless condl
tlons created by the 18th amendment
and the Volstead act.'
Th association emphasised that It
was opposed to the saloon.
Washington Had To Start Barty,
It waa a vary smell orlb pillow, but
It reposed In th place of honor, In a
ease, in one of the great historical
museum.
"I can't see anything remarkable
about that pillow," remarked one of s
croup of visitors.
"My dear madam," explained the
guide, "It I very - valuable. It In
Washington's original headquarters."
BE SURE AND GET
' . .' ". ... '
MANY OF THE MISSING '
PROBABLY DEAD, WHILE
50 RESCUED ARE HURT
(Continued from Page One.)
Joined th rescue crews, whose opera
tion war directed by Ed Flynn, head
of th Tennessee Coal, Iron and Ball-
road Company ! safety department,
end Frank H. Crockard, "president of
th Woodward company.
Officials of th company directed
that every effort (hould be made to
identify th dead and injured In order
to relieve the auspens of th hun
dreds of famllie In the camp, t
40 Men Uaaergreaa.
At th company1 office. It waa
stated that out of 474 men who
checked In for work today, 400 war
underground when th explosion oc
curred. According to mine officials, a
broken electrlo circuit caused by th
runaway of a train of trip car was
responsible for ignition of th dust.
A detail of Alabama national guard
on duty In th railroad strike area
in Birmingham, with Cspt B. F.
Thomas, medical officer, commanded
by Capt. Harry E. Smith and Lieut.
Walter J. Hanna, were ordered to the
mine.
Military headquarter announced
that an addlttoual fore of 16 man
would be dispatched to the mine to
morrow morning to aid In the gen
eral rescue work and for guard duty
a th mine.
Assistant Superintendent T. W.
Trew, and four men were injured
when they were trapped In the "top
house" following the explosion while
endeavoring to sound th alarm In
th pit when they discovered th trip
train "running wild."
Dolomite i nine mile southwest
of Birmingham.
Th United States bureau of mines
ha ordered a rescu car from th
Kentucky mln field, It was an
nounced at the local station. Daniel
Harrington, of Denver, Colorado, is
directing the work of the local sta
tion. The Kentucky car will Include
full rescu crew and equipment, It
was atateu. .
Fifty men, mostly white, were
caught under th wreckage of the
three "Skip" car which plunged "at
great apeed when they broke loose
from their mooring on th tipple 1,
100 feet above. Rescue crews found
mangled bodies and a soore of injured
men entangled with twisted steel and
splintered wood. The men were
skilled workers, many of them aub
foremen and electricians employed In
the underground yard.
Miners of th Woodward company
boasted of the crack rescue oorp of
tn Alabama Held, having won tin
honor In a competitive drill re
cently. Their -corp had been thor
oughly trained for emergency action
nd It wa believed this might save
at least some of the men yet en
tombed.
According to rescue workers and
survivors, several bodes ef the miners
have been Identified, although th
bodies yet remain in the mine,
The name of those identified were
given a follow: Sam Huer, master
mechanic.
Eugene Robertson, mln foreman,
Jlmmle Summer, electrician,
Tom Warnick, miner. "'
Jeffy Waldroo. mirier.
Hershell Warnick, miner. '
Grady Crowder, miner.
Clave Early, miner.
Llg Stanford, miner,
D-'A, Busby, miner,- - -
The bodies of Foreman Robertson
and th two Warnick brother wr
reported to have been discovered ly
ing close together in th main entry.
All of the Identified bodies are of
whit man.
According to on of th tlrst miners
to be taken out alive, the explosion
cam with little warning to th men
working deep In th entries. This
miner stated that the first warning
he had wa when, the concussion of
th big blast half turned hi body
about. Realising that an explosion
had taken place, this man laid he
started to make his way toward th
mouth of th mln. He was Joined
by other miners, who also realised
that an explosion had taken place.
This survivor, who escaped un
scathed, ssld that after he had pro-
needed only a abort distance he be
1 fan to- feel the eireeta of the area
J after-damp and for a time believed
IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN SO
WILL RUN, UNCLE
tbat he and hi companion wer
doomed.
About this time, he stated, shouts
of other miners were heard ahead of
them and holding their breath a
best they could, muffling their faces
In coats and clothing, th little band
of men struggled onward. Anally win
ning thalr way to freh air and tha
gaining th entry way. These men
wer among th first to reach th
outside with actual newe of th ter
rible scenes Inside th mine. Tliej
told of passing ovr bodies In th
main entry and of seeing other miner
badly Injured and moaning for help
aa th fatal after-dams snuffed out
their Uvea
A. D. Jones, a miner who wa work
ing In th forty-ninth weet entry of
the mine at the tlma of th blast,
proved a hero. When th explosion
occurred, the concussion almost blow
him down. Realising that a serious
accident had taken place, Jon
gathered Ave whit miners and li
negroes who wer working near mm
and led the party toward th mouth
of th mine. ,
After proceeding some distance to
ward what they regarded as life and
safety Jones said that h began to
notice after-damp . In dangerous
quantities. Saying nothing, howev-
to his little band, he struggled
onward, but the after-damp won be
came so dense that 'he felt th Jour
ney to th outside wa Impossibl.
He turnsd to th man:
Boy, It'a all up with us," he told
them. 'There' nothing to It but
death!"
Together th band began to make
preparation to dl. Gathering about
Jones, they sat down, huddling to
gether to await death.
Suddenly they heard a man vote
In th distance asking If there were
any men atlll alive within rang of
the voice. Several of th mn yelled
at once.
"Pull down your bratleer yelled
th voice, "If all right her and If
you can break through, w will all
win out! v
They passed through th msnway
to mln number 1. and thus reaohed
safety.
' About 10 men saved their lives by
blocking a passageway Into the mine
"trip," thereby (hutting off th pol
sonous gases and after-damp until th
fan were tartd. ,
A th night wore en, fresh crew
replaced tlrd - worker. Mangled
form wer born from th pit.
Caravan of ' ambulanoes wended
their way along th narrow, crooked
road that led from mln to hospital.
At t o'clock it wa announced
tbat It would take until 1 a. m. to
remove th Injured, after which th
taak of removing th dead wouldl b
undertaken. .
Dolomite mine, No. I. la operated on
a 0-lnch Pratt coal aeam, and hae
one alope opening. According to the
last report to th state mint Inspec
tor, the mine generated gas but suffi
cient fan ventilation and other safe
guards were maintained to cause th
mln to be regarded as safe, Th
ventilation system had been Improved
within the past few years, a new
underground stable having been
built and sn underground hospital
with pulmotor Installed.
The disaster attracted a large
orowd from Birmingham and ur
rounding communities to th mlp
and late tonight more than 1,000
automobiles wer counted parked
near the mln opening.
TO DEAD. M INJURED IN
DISASTER, SATS OFFICIAL
tBr Auoclsted trm'.t'' '
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. II. At
midnight tonight officials of tha
Woodward Iron company, owners of
Dolomite mine No. I, where 4Tt coal
miner wer entombed thl afternoon
by a dust siploslon, summed up the
result of ths disaster a follow:
Dead: 70; Injured: SO; men rescued
uninjured: 145.
Officials of tha company said that
the mine would ba cleared of dead
and Injured by 1 a. m. Rescue crews
had explored every entry at midnight
whan an official statement wa la
sued. '
Mora than 100 workara, uninjured
by th accident and blast that fol
lowed, were trapped for eeveral
khoura A raanway connecting No. t
mln with woodwara wo, i snoraea
place of exist tor soorcs, while oth
ers wer brought to urfac by th
mln mouth when It was cleared
about o'clock. Most of the unin
jured men huddled themselves Id
group in various places of safety,
some a mil from the main entrance.
7Lf
t:
WAKE FOREST PUNS TO
OBSERVE HOME COMING
Many Former Studant Plan to R
tnra to College For Big
Colabration.
Bellr lwKI
Wak Fortet, Nov. 11 All Wak
Forest Is prepared for th home com
ing celebrations which will b held
Friday and Saturday -of tht week.
Holidays will be proclaimed by th
faculty for these two day and both
day will be devoted to various a-
tlvltles of pleasur and entertainment
of Wak Forest's former students.
Dr. Charles P. Weaver, who I la
chare of th arrangements for th
two day, state that already larg
number of alumni have signified
their Intention to spend the two dav
at Wak Forest and that preparation
are being mad to accommodate all
the alumni that may return- to th
hill for tha premier festivities of th
fall term. Several hundred alumni
are expected. . . . , - .
Saturday will be the big day ,for
th alumni with th dedication nf
Gor Athletlo Held and th Stat cel-
ig iootbau gun a th chief form
of entertainment. The dedication of
th new athletlo field will take place
in the morning.
Wake Forest' new stadium will be
formally presented to Wake Forest
by Claud Gore, of Rockingham, do
nator of the field, and, Dr. Hubert
P oyster, of Raleigh. To receive the
new field and handsome gift to th
college, Gilbert Stevenson, of Raleigh,
will aocept the athletlo Held for the
alumni: Raleigh Daniel, of Weldon,
will make the accepting speech for
th alumni; John 8. Thomas, of Baxa
pahaw, and of th present senior
class, will accept for the student
body: and Dr. W. L. Poteat will make
th acceptance speech for the fac
ulty. -
Th Belrln W. Maynard Memorial
tablet will be presented to Wake
Fort Friday morning by Dr. J. A.
Ellis, of Raleigh, and will b ac
cepted by President Poteat, of Wake
Forest, on behalf of the college. The
Maynard Memorial tablet eome as a
result of a fund which has h.n
raised by alumni and friends nf th.
college to commemorate th mem
ory of on of Wak Forest's foremost
siumni, wne met death In the early
fall by an auto accident,
Friday, November 14, will be de
voted to the annual Society day ac
tivities. Th annual Junlor-sonho.
mora debate will be held at 1:30 FrU'-
aay aiternoon with the query being
"Resolved that all tnter-allled loan
acquired for th prosecution of the
world war be cancelled." Th de
bater are O. Daves, of Cleveland
oounty, and R. E. Wllllford, of Cum
berland county, upholding the , af
firmative of the Issue and C. C. Rob
inson and LeRoy Martin on th neg
ative. Th society day oration will be
held In the evening of the day and
the orators are E. S. Elliott, K. P.
Kaylor, H. A. Gardner and John S.
Thoma. Larg crowds of collag
girl from Meredith, Oxford and
Loulsburg as well a visitors from
lsewhere will be over for th cele
brations both days.
Olympic Association Plans
For the Contests In 1924
Washington, Nov. 11. Initial step
for th participation of America's
team In th Olympic game of 1014 to
be held in Pari, were completed here ,
today at th quadrennial meeting of
the . American Olympic association
During the two session of th sixty
odd delegates, th American Olympic
committee which will hereafter carry'
the burden of preparation wa ap
pointed, flv new sport governing
bodies accepted Into membership,
funds amounting to 17,600 donated
and the delegates received by Presi
dent Harding at tha White House.
The convention completed Its meeting
tonight with k dinner at whtph Col.
Robert M. Thompson, th leading
plrit In th reorganisation, presided
and prominent government offiolal
spoxs. y
in national war Mothers' assn
cletlon, organised during the world
war, I aotlvsly engaged In assisting
rid e
len
ana looking after former serv
men, particularly those who - havd
been discharged from hospital and
who hav been unabl to get work.
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