The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-12

from the steps. Freed from its load,
the iron monster darted up the noun
tain side alone to meet the coming foe!
A long gray streak of smoke marked
the way as with the speed of the wind
it dashed around curve and cliff and on
to to the mortal combat! Meanwhile
down the track in full sight came the
wild cars at speed so fearful that, as
they rounded the curves the wheels rose
from the track and came down with a
resounding crash. Then with q mighty,
tiger like rage, they few at each other!
The crash shook the hills! A roaring
cloud of steam burst into the air, and
then the shattered cars, q grinding,
cracking mass, rose higher, higher,
higher, until it quivered and tottered
for moment at it's base, reeled, and
went laundering down the embankment
into the ravine below. The grateful pas
sengers draw near. There were the
splintered ties. the deep ugly furrows in
the road-bed, the broken rails and the
,snameless fragments of an utter wreck.
The gallant engine was q hopeless ruin.
There it lay, like some noble, wounded
animal, with its iron ribs broken and
crushed, its brass lungs burst, and its
great heart torn out! It had fought q
battle in which hundreds of lives and
untead interests were at stake, and had
won. 1t had died that men might live!
And yet that grateful tkrong lever
even lnquired the name OF the engine.
They reared no monument to its mem
CRY there. And why2 Becouse the en-
xine had no power of choice. 1t was
compelled to do what it did, hence no
moral quality could be attributed to the
deed.
His A'labor" had proved priceless, but
there was value on the machine, the
work and construction of which were
the salvation of many lives.
Mr.. Dixon spoke one hour and twenty
minutes, Turing every moment of which
he commanded the most earnest and in
tense attention of more than thousand
listeners.
Cor. Fowle Called Up.
At the conclusion of Nf. Dixon's ad-
dress there were calls for Gov. Fowle.
+ He was on the rostrum and was led
to the front by President Taylor.
! He gracefully alluded to his adnira-
Htiea and partiaity for Wake Forest. He
said he felt like he wanted to thank God
for what he had seen and heard to-day.
He referred to the great speech just
made 10y Mr.. Dixon, and declared that
it was the greatest and grandest
address he had ever heard from
that stage, and he had heard
speakers whose fame. as intel
lectnal men and orators was co extern
sive with this broad country. 1'Oh! my
| friends" he exclaimed, pathetically and
earnestly, ''if the principles which have
just been set forth by your speaker could
be put into practice all over this State,
what grand old commonwealth it
suppose the Governor 81 the State Modfd Sffdd
be called upon to call out the militia to
quell riots. How many times would
people assemble themselves in mobs,
mask themselves and Law in wait to lynch
their fellow man. It would never be, my
friends-no; never, never, never! l feel
now that but echo the sentiments OF
this large audience and of the people OF
this whole State when say, God Bless
Tom Dixon"
Degrees Conferred.
I The board Of trustees of the college
! were in session yesterday. Among the
very graceful things they did was to con-
| tier the degree of D. D. on Rev. O. Dur
ham, of Raleigh, and the degree of L.
L. D. on Rev. DR.. Thos. Hume, OF
Chapel Hill.
! Rev. G. Durham is confessedly one O
the deep thinkers and strong speakers o
the State Baptist ministry, and the col
l %1o Io
gree upon him. He will wear the homo
worthily and with dignity.
DR.. Hume is the polished and cultured
literatus and English scholar of Mort
| Carolina No man more Worthily merit
the honorable degree given him, and Gel
l tainly those who know him are of tn
4 opinion that the action Of the board is
s very happy and graceful acknowledgt
d ment of the scholarship and attainment
s Of DR.. Hume.
!, Tonight the baccalaureate' sermo
4 4 was preached to a tremendous audient
- qinia. It was a mastery effort and mi
/" with great and cordial appreciation.
N For two days the board of truste'
"a have been considering the election of
4 successor to Prof. W. Il. Michael for Il
,e chair of physics. There were quite
4 number of applications before the boar
h Ind after long discussion it was decide
Il to postpone the election till July.
IL The late Rev. DR.. J. S. Purefoy b
10 auaathed some of money to the colle|
to establish an inirmary. This matt
IS was before the board of trustees, b
re they did not seem to think that the
il was any pressing necessity for the
d firmary, and the matter was laid over
IL future consideration.
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