Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-03-08

rested M and would naturally seem a new man.
The frequently itinerant life he was eOmpeed-Rot
through preference-to live had a naturally de-
moralizng effect. Genial and whole souled he was
the personifcatiOn OF bouyaucy when with friends;
fine conversatiOnalist experienced by travel aud
acquainted with the leading lights OF our land, he
was aver the center of attraction, and his counte
nance would fairly beam and his soft gray eyes verify
sparkle with delight when narratirg some expert
ence for their deectatiOn,
Mr.. Herman was no doubt Que Of the mat purely
poetic writer's America the world has ever pro-
duced. He unique and individual writer,
bold, fearless he penned his thoughts, all jewel
winged, regardless OF the "pOwers that be-" His
verses are as perectin construction and all the arts
of beauty as the poems OF Poe, and excel them
greatly in strength of imagination and depth Of
passion His ETHEREAL grace of fancy is as notable
as Shelleys, aud Byron has not written with more
flaming and ardent power Mr.. Kernans book Of
poems ''The Flaming Meteor his only work as yet
in bOOk-fOrm, is gem in poesy OF the purest ray
serene.
Here are few lines from Mr.. Kernan's poem,
''The Poet Boy OF Mississippi;
'The day when We lOs spoke farewell dead
No summer fn the Years @ be its radiance can rest TesoFe
WINDS sing As in & tRet halcyon hour
It's my mystic lights and melody forever Wii miss
with e from me vision went is & very s0g from me-
M was eyeTy S cySe eye T S 3 ns Sfn within
. deeds urging 70 shrink s from from sin
Gong golden 6losoml9g the shrubs and trees
whispered the lips Of spirits sheltered from mortal yiew
Fenperng passion when twin soul takes its flight
From ne depths Of sgreftOn
r. That I YOKE letters tier only
Thrilled Win triumph the and the forever won
And reaching them new happiness remains
When the atfui rost lives Overpast"
Though born in Ohio, Mr.. Herman had a big,
Southern heart. He was every ready to defend the
South and right for rights sake His caustic cata-
pult and scathing nvective stayed many traitOTOus
thrust. No matter where he was, nor how big or
renowned the perpetratOT OF the misdeeds, Mr..
Herman was ever the same steadast and true friend
to our beloved cline. Listen to his poem ''SOuth-
i land''s
oyssss gS gs @ ne sH bending e
sense Of gladness was vas mine when ,9 first Sc SCI
love tSy iR@e@ora his 6y human iad untrod;
The lights Of their Fapured heights touched by the kiss OF God
that
Ioye by valley lands they sois beauty y never
As @ taea t3 P m T % % beT S5bee s ~ 9me
A9 b Ssg 'R Of % & s9 asse e esn sna @
love Thy wild and wavisg woods where 10 the gooms Of green
where mOcbis twitter pipe through long esplendent
TIL Leaf and seem to dance in with their lays
! Strange as it may seem, while Mr.. Herman was
but mere youth,
Loveable,
Brilliant
i Young man, with ambition that aimed at the
stars, he was misunderstood, aud bis kismet hurled
him into an abrupt prominence through the erst
while seclusive Okolona (Miss.) States, brief his
tory OF which by request in Mr.. Kernan's language,
appeared in the Washington Cd. CD Times March
49, 1884, during bis visit at the capital at that time
under the caption Of "An Editors Vicissitudes'
"While passing through corridor Of the Capitol
yesterday saw an old Ohio newspaper man, one
whom I had not met for more than twenty years.
We recognized each other at glance, however, aud
after brief recall Of old times, be said:
"sI am still in the newspaper business and would
like you to furnish me with an interview concerning
sissipp
'sAll right, 1 replied.
"sWell, then, the first question want to ask is
this: How much did tho Republican managers pay