Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-05-15

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ese,, tabuIa Ohio that passenger train on
kSSsgsX y! The Lake Shore & Michigan railroad
= plunged through bridge and large
number Of people were killed and drowned Among those
who lost their lives in that accident was P P Bliss
noted revivaisl whose fame was world wide The news
papers Of this country as well those Of Europe we're
sUrIor weeks and months with details Of the horrible
s. In realty the year did not close the discus
'''' 9 horrors Of the Ashtabua disaster.
was, Of course before the day Of fast time and
'Bunaiehc Today one can scarcely pick up a paper
Sss bad ENG greeted BY the headlines in black type
the Bnsg T,eentyEgh Killed or some similar greeting,
and sometimes the story is told in less than column.
Plungng did someone say? Yes, indeed; are
punging in reckless disregard life and property well
as in business matters and Of country development So
many people are so busy rushing into the 6erces Of the
fray for commercial and social requirements that few stop
to think Of the dangers lurking in the pathway and the
haste not sackened in the endeavor get around
the wreck Of day plunge into the path Of another
which may the next
ana VINO IS 10 ulatnG lot teSG WfeCkS Is
agement on the part Of the railroads. in their mad desire
do business and accumulate money for their
stockholders? To a degree, and yet not wholly.
Some reflection on the various causes leading these
calamtous Incidents which send thousands into eternity
annually may not be entirely Improbable
In the FIRST place the people are mad in their hurry
about business dispatch about reaching destination once
they start for it. about having the things they buy delivered
to them in the quickest possible time after deciding they
will order them from elsewhere about everything they
derake They abuse a railroad that runs slow trains
They want to fly when they aveE and thus many buy
ticket to an earthly city only to land in eternity.
The growth Of caution does not seem to keep pace
with the advance Of commercasm and the desire Of peo
pie to ay about the country in the modern conveniences
provided for their use.
We seem to coyet hurry-up trip through this life
which life should be priced above gain anything to b,
obtained BY reckless action Inventive genius has been
especially active during the past third Of century, ye
those things which tend protect life and throw safe
guards around the activities Of the earth apparently
keeping pace with the procession.
Unless we are to accept the rencarnaon theory abso
lutey there is but one life anyone can live on this earth
and since can be made enjoyable voyage it wou,
seem sane place its custodian in position make every
thing else secondary to it Most Of US are in accord witt
the declaration Of that sage who said he would be dead
long time but that his stay earth must necessarily b
short Hence this reckless spirit born Of hungry cbas
alter the dollar is not in accord with our more raona
y reflections
But the difficulty lies in more than one direction. A
nation we are growing bigger but weaker The mixin
oIbloods the dsregarding Of the laws Of Cod the hunee
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proportionae number Of thoughtful careful constellation
members Of the human family Dumping into our coun
try for years the skum OF the old world to blend with ou
Americans and simulate with the succeeding generations
reinforced BY mixing with the negro which has bee
with US for more than century and half century EMO,
ing all the rights Of citizenship has lowered the sandar
Of the inhabitants to dsressingy perceptble degre,
Such mngng must leave its mark in the form Of deger
eraey with all its Incidence Indifference and depravit
And yet il is through the Of such degenerates that
large part Of the progress Of the country is attempted
be made isn the hands Of operators taken from sue
mass that the lives Of the people be placed whe
they board railroad train to journey from one point
another and these sacred loads Of human freight ofdms
are accepted with lesser degree Of concern or care
those upon whose wachlulness depends their safety ha
is car load Of coal cotton or corn.
The degenerate is interviewer throughout the ent
structure Of service in the country. and naturally the raj
roads. as well as everybody else must use him. Il he ca
pass muster 10 handle the work which must be done
matters not what are his bad habbis how little regard
has for the life rights Of others he used because
is accepted as averaging up with the intellect and cha
acier of the country toilng masses.
Imagine man who has been drunk and earoasine
The night before. sitting at the throttle Of monsrous e
CINE hanling tram Of coaches filed with living being