Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25

Il . :. creduhty tor Walter Weman to tul-
lT(%e-% tE14A bill his promise to hazard dash into
~ - ~ the frozen North in quest OF the pole
I TAYlA M the comes Of another disaster to
i ~ M N\\h\ Arctic expedition in which several
Et$ ~ lives lost and a ship went to
OMNASW1l the bottom OF the It will be
I GMIll sometime, perhaps before the details
( (V/kSN. Of this latest tragedy are given to the
!, S9>~/&%S world but enough is known to
the statement that this expedition of the MkkeI
senLeflngweIl Anglo-Amercan Exploration Company
has been complete failure Nothing Of value apparent
! H, gained by the sacrifices made, and only the
pathetic debris Of hqh ing for their lives remain to telE
the story OF another attempt OF puny human beings to
wrest from the field of eternal desolation
The Of this failure will not be calculated to put
much heart into the Weman party which appears on the
verge Of giving up indeed it has already done So
In the latter part Of August word received from Mr.
Weman that all was ready for his sensational dash
northward in his airship and that he was waiting for
favorable Winds The is so meager from Mr.. Well
man headquarters that must presume the wind has
continued contrary and with each passing day there is
less and less likelihood that the expedition will start this
year In fact Welman quoted as saying that unless he.
could start by September o. the would be too far
advanced for trial this year. and that date is passed
Since the first intrepid voyager turned his expecant
face toward the Arctic seas hundreds of lives have been
lost in pursuit OF this geographical phantom and there has
been no lack OF men to volunteer to follow the fatal
course urged by the promise of the worlds applause
Although the danger certain and and the pri-
walton and suerings TO be endured must always be reck
oned with explorers hope on, and with weary feet and
agonzed lies push little further into the realm Of aw-
ul silence, and with drawn faces and CLASSY eyes still
turned toward the black horrors Of the North they expire
as if upon forgotten plane.
Perhaps day the pole viii be found and science in
its mysterious way will reap ric reward in the discovery
and perhaps Mr. Wellman has hit upon the method Of
penetrating the forhddng wastes. Yet will there Be com
nsosaon IN bis martydom i he efS So. world may
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his life but the world has only ause for those who GO
forth try for the prize. There fascination in taking
desperate chance, and perhaps after all that is the
incentive that has spured many to their deaths and
will continue TO Others until finally c3nquers the
barriers nature has put about her ice-ockei sec-et
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This is the fourth season Of the Mississippi SAFE Fair
and Exposition al jackson This institution starting in
small way in the abandoned Old Capital Building has
steadily grown in usefulness and Importance adding q
building each season Th year their exhibit space
than double that Of last ha premiums are larger
moe attractive and cover peins they are spending
more for amusements and teniences for the public
hey can't otter as high premiums the fairs that receive
state aid but aim give back to the public all its re-
ceipts. The last Legislature granted six year lease en-
their vacant and waste lands at jackson, The Fair
Association has made ha most Of it. improved The proper
y, and have done everything they could to encourage
competitive contests in every line of industry The Star
Poultry, swine and stock raising have received an impetus
that alone is worth many times the cost Of the FAIR Be-
ginning November s. there will be assembled the best Of
the years harvest with mnsatons Of improved impIe-
ments and farm machinery and road building Almost
every phrase Of agricultural science will be illustrated
including the ornamental and aesthetic such as art and
woman handicraf and magnificent flower and crysan-
hemum exhibit day Of field spots and athletics is ON
the programme Mississippi has ME within her bordeys
than the best informed citizen is aware By
encouraging county. local and Sae fairs we will soon
have verabe Paradise. So let's Leep the work up and
give all the aid A "trip to our Capitol once
year is good thing Of itself The city slept for while
but life has taken hold Of her citizenship, and they
realize that TO build the towns cities and country Of the
State greater things for all