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- - ' . . . f - --. - " v" -(- if4 -y-r VOLrvi NOi! OEEJKNSBOBO, N. O: "WpNEIS j"S" : 23, 1900. Price Five Cents m - 21 DEAD AT CUMNOCK EXPLOSIOH YESTERDAY EVEHIIIG WESLEV CLEGG ONE OF THE KILLED Explosion Occurred 'in Mine in the After- HOOn supposed Cause Second Great Disaster at Mine Surgeon Working Over the Injured The Dead and Dying. Many Wounded Cannot Live The Tele gram Has a Man on the Field. Anotherr awful explosion occurred in the coal mine at Comnock in Chat h&m county at 4 o'clock yesterday af ternoon. The explosion is supposed :o have been caused by a miner open ing his lamp and thus igniting the gas of the mine. Seventy men were in the mine at the timeofthe explosion, and the number of dead is unknown. At three o'clock this afternoon twenty-one dead bodies had been taken out, together with a number of wound ed. Large crowds of people from San ford and adjoining towns have has tened to the spot, which is nearly one mile from the main line of the old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley track. Any news is exceeding hard to ob tain. The morning papers had only aline about the disaster, though it oc curred yesterday afternoon. The Telegram sent a man down on the first train leaving here, but up until ") o'clock had not been able to get any message from him. The telegraph facilities are very poor The dead rumber both whites and blacks, One of the men killei is Mr. Wesley Clegg, a brother of Mr "Bll lie" Clegg, and a cousin of Mr. W. F. Clegg, both oi this place. The crew of the afternoon train which came by Cumnock at about 3 o'clock report that big crowds are hurrying to the scene of the disaster, and that scenes of the utmost horror prevail. Such surgeons as can be ob tained are working with the wounded. This is th3 second great disaster that has occurred at this place, in which a large number of persons were killed. Spinsters Coming. The spinsters are coming. If you want a good laugh, see them at the Academy of Music Friday night. Sis ter Florence Goodhope, of Liberty, will make a ringing speech on "Wo man's Rights" in the Spinsters Con rention which meets in the Academy of Music Friday night. Don't fail to hear Penelope. The compromise in the case of the United States against the property of W. O. Couch has been accepted by the commissioner of internal revenue. Makes Brilliant Flames. People who live on the New England coast like to use ocean driftwood as fuel in open fireplaces. It is impreg nated with copper and ocean salts and when burned gives out the most bril liant colored flames. It is asserted that a New Bedford dealer has orders ior the wood from all parts of the country, and even from Europe, and ships hundreds of barrels of it yearly. Various attempts have been made to imitate this wood by artificial process, but without success. Long submersion In the sea water is necessary to pro duce the brilliant flames. New York Tribune. Limits to His Gratitude. "I feel that I ought to make some ac knowledgment to the people who were so kind to us during my late wife's last sickness," said Mr. Phroogle, "and I would like to have you insert this card of thanks in a prominent place in this week's paper." "We are obliged to make a charge for these notices," replied the editor of The Weekly Blizzard, looking over the manuscript, "and this will cost you II." "Then you needn't publish It," re joined Mr. Phroogle. "I am not quite as grateful as all that comes to." Chi cago Tribune. AT THE A AMD M. COLLEGE. Address? by Mr. Peeler and Mrs. Dudley Graduating Exercises Tonight. Reported for the Telegram. -Monday evening at 8 o'clock Rev. S; A. Peeler delivered a very able ad dress before the Y. M. C. A. and Y. P. S. C. E. of the A. & M. College. Rev. Peeler is a .very impressive, pleasing and forceful speaker. We feel safe in saying every one present waB. benefited by hearing such an ex cellent address. The speaker empha sized the necessity of one's learning how to think in order to maintain his place in world. Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the Electric and Collegian Literary societies had their closing exercises. The main feature of the program was an address by Mrs. Jame3 B. Dudley, of Wilmington. Mrs. Dudley spoke on "Literature" and handled her sub ject in an eloquent manner, showing the necessity ot blending with know ledge of agriculture and mechanics the knowledge of the literature of the world. The address was brilliant and interesting from beginuiog to end. Mrs. Dudley may very properly be called one of the great women of the race. The advice given to tuaems and others present, if carefully con sidered, will be productive cf much good. At 8 o'clock p. m. the College Col loquy, "What of the Race," was ren dered. There were a number of stu dents representing the various de partments of the college and each one performed his part well. Today at 2 o'clock the class day exercise of the senior preparatory de partment took place and at 8 o'clock this evening will be the graduating exercises of that class. The public is cordially invited to attend all these exercises. The Lady and the Teeth. was called one day to a certain hotel to give chloroform to a young woman who was about to undergo a slight surgical operation to remove a morbid growth in the ear," said a phy sician. ."The patient, as, It -developed on my arrival, had been married only a few days before and was in the city with her husband on their bridal tour. Although quite handsome, she was no longer exactly in her first youth, and sfie was very much averse to having her husband present at the operation. However, he insisted, and she finally agreed that he should stay, but I no ticed that she seemed very nervous and preoccupied. "The operation, as I said before, was trifling. She took the chloroform easily and all went well until she was just regaining consciousness, when she opened her mouth, and out fell a set of false teeth. She had said nothing about that detail, and the truth was that she had hoped, poor woman, to pass through the ordeal without the fact of her wearing such things being known to her husband. "But the effect on that individual was entirely unexpected. He gave one horrified glance and then rushed at the old surgeon and seized him by the throat. 'You infamous scoundrel!' he yelled. 'You have broken my poor dar ling's jaw!' "At that stage of affairs I beat a re treat. I never did learn exactly what the husband thought had happened or what sort of explanation was offered." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Origin of the Boat. Only lately has the original boat been found in use and among the savages of the south sea islands. There the natives take the stump of a tree whose roots offer a good seat, and, launching this primitive craft, they paddle around as contentedly as if there was no such' thing as a European steamer, and, to tell the truth, they do not suspect its existence. There can be no doubt whatever that In this stump boat we have the original method of transportation by water. Accident certainly contributed ,to this discovery. A tired swimming savage found a log floating near him. He grasped It and found that it held him above water. He mounted his log and used a floating branch to propel the log. It was but a step from the log to the more comfortable root of a tree and another step from the branch propeller to a shaped paddle. Well Equipped. She You used to call me an angel. He Yes, I remember I called you "my angel without wings." he But you never do any more. HeNo, I've begun to believe that you have wings, after all. It's bo easy for you to fly into a passion. Catholic Standard and Times. All UI1IVERSAL EDUCAHOII. THE ONLY HOPS OF SITtfATION; .Y Prof gmith's Eloquent "AddrsW at the High School Reunion Last fright-The Question of Tarnation hy no Mefcis Settled The State Demands That Her Children be Educated Schools the Greatest Pro ducers of "Wealth Wonderful Growth of the Greensboro Schools. The friends of public education in Greensboro turned out en masse last night to witness the reunion exercises of the former graduates of the High School and listened to an eloquent ad dress by an an alumnus of the institu tion. The exercises were opened by Rev. Dr. J. C. Rowe, who read the 67 Psalm and offered prayer. "Spring Song" was charmingly rendered by Misses Elsie and Lillian Weatherly, after which Miss Mozelle Andrews sang "TheSpring Morning." Mies Nellie Glascock, the bright young president of the class of 1900, welcomed the former graduates in a few well chosen and happily expressed words. The speaker ..of the evening, Prof. David B. Smith, principal of the West End Graded School, Winston, was introduced by Prof. E. B. Broad hurst, who took occasion to speak of the great educational awakening in North Carolina. He presented Prof. Smith as "the best fruit of the Greens boro Graded Schools system " Prof. Smith is one of the many stu dents of the Greensboro Graded Schools who reflects credit and honor upon his alma mater and native town, and who is winning distinction in his chosen life work. Those who heard him last night could but feel pleasure in the thought that he was a Greens boro boy. Prof. Smith said: "Seven years ago, from this ros trum, I received my diploma from the hands of your most excellent Superin tendent. Since that time I have , not been permitted to return here at your annnal festival occasion, which marks the closing of your school, aid it is double pleasure to be here afc this 'time and to speak for a little while to my old schoolmates and fellow alumni. The occasion which brings you to gether this evening is significant and full of meaning and promise for the future perpetuity and usefulness of your institution. For in this modern day of rush and hurry and stern com petitive ndeavor no institution, wheth er it be of a public or private nature can hope to succeed unless it can mar shal in its aid every friend and sup porter. 'The question of taxation for public schools in the cities of North Carolina is by no means a settled question, and I daresay there are men in town, per haps in sight of this school building, men of means, men of property and of inCuence, men whose children come here day after and derive the benefit of its training and culture, who would not hesitate one moment to reach forth their hand and strike this instiution to the ground. In those times of cri sis, when the question of school oppor tunities for all the children will be raised and must be answered, and an swered successfully, who can better present the claims of your school sys tem, who can better oppose its com mon enemy, who can do better.battle in its behalf than the one hundred and forty alumni, faithful men and women, who have received the beginnings of their training here. And it will be successful. I absolutely refuse to see any other outcome. Give me one hun dred and forty devoted men and women, men and women with one purpose in view, and who-will know no defeat; and let me send them out in this town, and I can accomplish anything. Unite your one hundred and forty alumni into one solid, aggressive band; let them rally as one man to the support of your school system; let them join hands and form a magic circle about this institution here, and they may de ride and laugh at the destroying at tempts of the violator. And as one of your members I bid you godspeed in your work and congratulate yon that it is beginning with the greatest eduv cational revival that has ever -visited whe southern section of this continent. "Forty years ago the the old South land, with its caste distinctions, lay serenely dependent upon the black slave iabxr;the two extremes of aris tocrat and serf; -gentleman and .. slave me there being no middle class, no trained skilled toiler. In the North the two estrones mentioned were not found, and every man belonged to the middle class. ': Every man was a skilled laborer. . Since statistics show that the average toiler can produce six times as much wealth as the average untrain ed toiler, It easily follows that the North developed six times more rapid ly than did the South. In 1790 the group of free states and the slave states were about equal in population and wealth. In 1861, or 70 yearslater, those same free states had four times as large a population, and the differ ence in wealth was even greater.. While we in the South were gaining one thousand in population the north was gaining four thousand, and while we were making one thousand dollars, they were making more than six. Why was this difference? Was it because the people of the South were less ener getic and les3 industrious? Was it because a weaker blood flowed through their veins? Was it because they were a debased type of the Anglo-S axon race? Certainly no one will for a moment cont'nd that thev were lacking in any of these things. Certainly the men who bore the brunt of battle on a thousand battle fields, who poured out their blood like water, were not de ficientin courage, industry or natural ability. Then why this great depar ity in the development of the two sec tions? The answer is simply this ed ucation. On one side of Mason' and Dixon's line was an army of trained, skilled, educated toilers. On the other side was an army of ignorant, un trained and unskilled toilers. The trained labor is six times as produc tive of wealth as the untrained, hence the South, possessing the untrained labor, fell behind in the race. The contest came, the shock was received and borne and returned, but at last we were defeated, and the old South lay crushed and mangled and bleed ing, all besmattered and smeared in the blood of her heroes. In every village and' hamlet, in every home and by every fireside there-was weeping and mourning and anguish, and Rachael refused to be comforted. "Upon the necks. of the 5,000,000 of white people of the South, defeated, crushed and impoverished, there rested the weight of 4,000,000 brutal, vicious ignorant, freed negroes. "In addition to this came the carpet bag rule, and pur people, discouraged and disheartened, were, forced to neg lect all else in order to repair the ravages of war, were compelled to till the farms which heretofore had been tilled by negroes; , and as a result school houses were neglected; the chil dren were allowed to grow up in ignor ance; the per cent, of illiteracy in creased and the old South, under tb.3 accumulation of its misfortunes, and North Carolina went down, down, till it stood at the very bottom of the list. For the last thirty-five years the Southern people have been falling further and farther behind their brethren of the North in the race for wealth. A solution of the difficulty has been earnestly sought, and only recently have the leaders of public thought and public sentiment found the only true remedy, viz: Universal Education. "I greet you, my friends, on the dawn of the greatest educational activity in the history of the South. And the South having at last shaken off every evil effect of slave labor, having at last shaken off the last vestige of de feat, stands up and demands that her children be educated, skilled and trained in order to better prepare them for the battle of life and render them larger producers of wealth. And North Carolina has caught the con tagion, for last year her .Legisla ture dug down into the public treasury and appropriated $100,000 for the bene fit of the public schools of the State. That $100,000 would not mean much for the schools as a whole, but to the thinking man is a straw that indicates very clearly the truth of the public thought. This year North Carolina is to vote on an amendment providing an educational qualification in the ex ercise of suffrage, and the guberna torial candidate of the great Demo cratic party is making his campaign on the sole issue of education, and on every stump in the State promises to extend and increase the public schools A (Continwd on second page. ) ... Te Haml BeelRace WasWon By Colum bia Greensboro Made a Close Rub, Syeoial to the Telegram. Charlotte, May 23 The great event erf today was the races. There were three classes of races. Hand hose reel. Horse hose wagon. Hook and ladder. The first races were by hook and ladder teams, scoring as follows: Phoenix of Columbia 56 1-2 Charlotte 53 4-5 Asheville , 54 1-6 The hand reel race was won by the Independent Company of Columbia, time 21 3-5. Southside No. 4 of Greens boro made third time at 22. CHEEKED WHEN NE6BQ SWUNG. A Mob this Morning Avenged the Murder of Two Little Orphan Girls. By wire to the TelegTam. Pueblo, Col., May 23 A mob of five thousand lynched Calvin Kimblern, a negro who assaulted and killed two little white girls who were inmates of the Pueblo Orphan's home. The lynching occurred at half past one this morning. Women cheered as the negro swung from the telegraph pole. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. Graded School Graduates Effect a Perma nent Organization. i At the conclusion of the reunion ex ercises at the Lindsay Street Graded School last night Superintendent Grimsley requested all the former graduates to remain and assist in or ganizing an alumni association. Mr.' Thomas A. Glascock was called to the chair and Mr. Hugh Smith was requested to act as secretary. A roll call showed a large percentage of the graduates present. A permanent or ganization was effected by the election of the following officers: President D. B. Smith. VIce-PresidenMisa, lsie Weath erly. Secretary Hugh Smith. A committee composed of Miss Weatherly and Messrs. Glascock and Ross was appointed to formulate by laws for the government of the associ ation. The association will strive to assist the Superintendent in all matters which can benefit the school, and es pecially in improving the library. Alumni day will hereafter be an es tablished fea ure of the Graded School commencement. Catholic Services. Tomorrow the Catholic church cele brates Christ's ascension into heaven forty days after His resurrection. This mystery took place on Mount Olivet, in the presence of His disciples, whom He blessed as He parted from them. There will be high mass in St. Bene dict's church at 8:30 a. m., at 8 p. m. the unveiling of the statue of St. An thony and benediction of the blessed sacrament. Bishop Haid, of Belmont, N. C, who is considered one of the the ablest orators in the State, will preach tomorrow night. He will an swer the the question "Do Catholics worship images?" Mr. J. Wesley White will sing "Ave Maria," by Gunod, and "Veni Creator," by Mame Decio before the sermon. Pub lic generally invited. Advertisers. The Moore Optical and Talking Machine Company will play at the lawn party at Lindsay street School lawn this evening. Cream of wheat, Pettijohn's break fast food, Silver leaf flour etc. at Shaw Bros. & Co's. S. G. Hodgin & Co. are offering special bargians in Ladies' hats, hose and shoes. The eye of a needle demonstrates failing sight. Drs. Moore. J. W. Scott & Co. today opened up a fine line of Chocolates. A Small Blaze. A small fire occurred between twelve and one o'clock today in the old Peter Doub hou8eon Mendenhall street, now occupied by negroes. Some papers were swept into the fire place, and the wind blew them up the chimney setting; the roof on fire. 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