The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, October 28, 1909, Image 4
THE.CONQUEST OF THE POLE. (font In in''l from opposite pajre> DlltlXf} two days of .wily l.tiix ter Hi* 1 sled* were forced along w ith tiuuuruging result*, ami / on the evening of March -<i with a isslutiicter ami other method > of dead re* Lolling for | >• >.'l l i*»i». w<- were placed at latitude s-l degrees fi,’{ Miinnli'S. The western lior'zoli re utahicd |***r*i*tently iiiidlMurl****!. A brisk storm, it seemed. was gathering, hut It was a lout: time in coming i eastward. (in the evening of the gurli l we pre(>uml for the Mast ami liullt tin* Itiloo stronger Until usual, Imping that the horizon would be cleared bv a good blow on thi' morrow ami afford iis a day of rest. The long. steady H.an lies, without time for reeupernlion. bud l«* Klin to check our etithusliiHlli. In the daily monotony of bards|il|> we had h-armal to appreciate more and more lit** j**\ of lll** sleeping bug ll was i|i<* only animal comfort with li as forded a relief l«> our life of frigid**. , ami with II w** Irlml lo force upon the weary body In tin* loiiK marches u pleasing anlhTpal lon. 11l the everting. after the blocks of allow walled a dome In which wo could breathe (pilot air lie blue liauie lamp sang the Doles of giisiitiiii>llll* al tie j light*. A heaven given ill ink of lee water was tilsl indulged In in ipieneli the I‘hl'onie lllll’Sl. allll lllell lll** proeess of disrobing began. ofie ill a lime, for there was uni room for all to act al once THE NEW LAND PHOTOGRAPHED Tea In an Moor. The fur stuffed I tools Were pulled, and lie* bearskin pants were stripped Then half of the body was quickly pushed into tin* bag. A brick of pom j lulean wits next lakcn ollt, and lie* leelb were s*‘t to the grind of tins bunellkc siihstainc The appetite was always large, hut a half pound of • old wh tiered lieef ami liillnvv chunges a j hungry uum « though!* eiTeciually. The lea, an Imni In Hulking, was now readv. and we rose on elbows to. lake it I mlri i lie inllilel.il e "t i lie warm drink llie l'ur • oat wllh Its lunsl; of h e was removed \<*M the shirt, with its ring of tee ahum tin* waist, comes oil', giving tla* lasi sense of shivers. Push ing farther into the hag. the hood was I polled over the lace, and We were lost to t In* vv ol id of lie. T lie warm sens** of menial and phvs j leal pleasure vvlihll follows Is an In lets! lug study Tile movement of nth i el's, the tiling of the till', the noise of torturing winds, the hlllidlug rays of j « limitless still, the pains of driving shows and all the biller elements were absent I'he mind. Heed of tin* agita tion of frost, wandered to home and better times under these peculiar < h eumstaiucs, there comes a pleasing srusc with the touch «if one’s own warm skin while llu* companionship of tla* arms and legs, freed of tliolr ctlliihersiiine furs, makes a new dis enver.v In the art of getting Uext to | oueself. In the Heart of » Storm. «>n Muroh II blew a half gale at night, lull at noon on the following drvv the vv hid eased The blight sill! and rising tomiswaltiro vv wo 100 tempting to remain quiescent. and. | I hough the west was sun darkened In thivutelihlg < holds, till- .bigs were pill to itie sleds and off ihey Went among the wind -wept liiimmo. k* We had not gum* many miles before the first rush of a storm struck us. Throwing ourselves over the sled*, w*• Waited tin* passing **! the lev blast t here was no suitable snow near to begin tin* creel ion of a shelter, hut a few mile* northward was a promising urea for rump and b* this we hoped in take ourselves after a few nn> meins' rest. The si |iiu 11 soon spent its force, and in the wind which followod g.KsI progress was made without suf fi ring severely The temperature was ; 41 degrees below zero I', and the ba i ism icier '.Tvi.Y *(ins* in moving order, the drivers re-' ijulred very Hill*' encouragement to prolong tin* <*tTort i<* a fair day s march In spite of tin* weaiher \- th** sun settled in tla* western ghson tin* wind Increased ||s fury ami for*s*d us into <-:• ni|* before the gloout was Ituisln-d a Steady, rasping wind brush ed the hummocks and plied Up til** Know in large dunes like the sands of borne shores. The snow bouse was not cemented witli water. The tone of the wind dai not sis'iu to indicate danger, ami tur ttierumre. we wore beginning to real i7.e the great inssl of fuel economy We therefore did n**t *l<s*iu it pru dent to use oil for the tire to melt Know, except lo qUetteh thirst, Vol particularly imvioli* atsiut the tsitieme of ilie storm Mini w ith senses blunted by overwork ami benumbed Will* Cold. We aulijlU fbe CdUitV'lt of tfcD fcggs. 1 I mined Under the Onov*. Awakened in the course of a few hours in drifts of snow about nttr feet, it was non*! that lhe win*! hail lair rowed holes in the weak »pot-. through h>* snow w ill Still, we were IkjUiiil no! to he cheated out of a few hours sleep, and w ith <*ue eve <>|k*ii we turned lover. I..iter I was awakened h.v fall ing snow hhs'ks. I'oreilig m,v 111-ad out of (In* he in - e.a-i d hoed, i saw that the dome had ; been swept away and that vv*- were ■ 1 tieipg buriist under a dangerous weigh: ,ul snow. In sonic way I had tossed nl#< nr sufficiently during al**** to keen : on to|i of tla* accumulating drift, nflf j ruy companions were out of sight and i did not respond t*> a loud full. After a little search a blowhole w«x : located, and in response to nnotli**i' call : in nit* hskiiuo slnmis. Violent effota * well* mad** to free their hags, but tbe 1 snow h*.*iiled on them tighter with ea* h tussle. I was surprise*! a few momenta later as | was digging their breathing place open to feel tbelli burrowing through J the snow. T hey had entered the bag ; i without undressing and half <*iii**ig*s| . with shirt ami pants on. but without feet. After a little more digging their bonis j were uncovered, and (hen, with pro- i teeted feet, the hag was freisl uml placed on the side of the igloo. Into ft the hoy s erept ill fllll ill'eH**, except coats. | tolled out lo their side ill ruy j bag. Move on Rcfrtuhed. Tbe air cam** in hissing* spouts, like | jets of steam from an engine, but noon j V«*r noon of the iilflh tin* Ice under our Heads loigtltened it became pox ! slide to breuilie vvitliuul being choke*l i with rtoafing crystals. and as the ice alxiut Hie I'ui lul fill's was broken a Id i He blue was detected in the vvesi. The ilogs were freed of snow entail i gleiiii’iils uml* fed. and a shelter was, made in which lo melt, snow and make tea. A double ration was eaten, ahe . Mien the sleds began to iiiiive again. Soon the sun hurst through the sep | | Slating clouds and raised Icy spires ii ! lowers of glitter. T'lie wind then censed entirely', and a scene of crystal glory ! was la hi over the storm swept fields. ! W ith full stomachs, fair weaiher and i ! a much needisl rest, vvf* moved with in I sphaiimts anew. Indeed, we felt re ! fleshed ;is one dues after a Cold hath. The puck had been lunch disturbed ' mid considerable time and distance ! were losi in seeking a workable line ot j j travel, camping at midnight, we link J ! only made nine miles for it dn'y's'ef'j fort. Awakening In time for observation' on the morning of the Ilrtth. the weatb or was found beautifully dear. Tie fog. which had persistently screened llu* vvesi. had vanished, and land w.-c discovered at some distance west, ex tf-mtlng parallel to the line of march , The oliservallolls placed ‘is at latitud si degrees 50 minutes, longitude 05 degrees ,'tii minutes. A Long Coast Line. In the occasional * lenrln - spells for several days vve had seen sharply do j fined laud elands drifting over a U>v\» band of pearly fog, ami vve had ex I ! poctod to sec land when this veil lifted ! We had however, not anticipated t see so long :t line of coast. Til** land as vve saw It gave the Impiession ot j ! iM'ingtwo islands, but our observations ! 1 were insufficient to warrant such an : a-sortlou They may bo islands, they tuny be a part of a larger land extend ; 111-: far to the west. What was a*e. of tin* most southerly coast extends from V! degrees minutes lo Sfi lit*- ana's .51 minute -, close to the one hut* tired and second int*ridlau. Tills land has an Irregular mountain oils sky Hue. is l crimps eighteen nun vtn-d feet hlgn and resembles in it up|x'i' iisi* hes the highlands of liei Ih"i g island IT it* lowci sln.iv line vva at no time v isiide. I ro n X| degrees minutes, extend Ills lo S 5 tlegrees 1 I minutes, close to the olio hundred and si'iiiul meridian J the coast is quite straight, lls nppev surface v- tlat and musily ic** c:t|ipevi .rising iu -loop cliffs to aln ut twelve iiuiiilreil f.s-t The lower surt uv *as so tmhsiiiioily Mfii that vve were unable to dcits't glacial streams or ice wails Both laud- were ho|*elossly burbst Uinli'i' a*cumulated simvvs We Wort* **ag*'l to xel foot oil til* newly ttlscoi clast c ast. fo| wo In llevcd then, as proved by later e\|H*ri once, that these were tile earth’s north erluosi t.vks, lint the pressing nvast for ratpld ailvaucex in the aim **f our main mission did not |»*riiiii of <l** lour* Itesiilul lulls w ere re-etlfoivec ami «'iiei'gv was harbored l<i press <*n ward for the pole in ml air line. Fair Marcbos Made. Kvcry oltserv*lion. liowevi*y. imlicat .-it an «*asterly drift, and a westerly course uiilsi Iw couiinuouxly fi-n-.sl to (Siitutel Isilauee the uiov»*uo-nl. A *'tir uilii was drawn over tin* land in ti*>* atlel LiosiU *■( \iiU'ili ill »nd We vw I 111 K MoN IT Itt.MKKY MOMTOK—THI K.SJtAV, OCT. i>, UMiO. no more of it. Kay after day we unV j.iis(iis| along iu desperate northward efforts. Strong winds and fractured, irregular i*•»• iii*'rt*u**-d the *lilbcuiii<*s. ITogivss was slow . in one way or oilier vv*- innnrf/ctl to gain a lair march bet wueu atorins dur lug (*ni h tweiity-fottr hours. In an ». - ca*ional spell of stillness mirages spread s. iccns iff fantasy mu f.,r mir eiipTiiiinnu'iit. Curious elilTs. mid , shnpeil iiiountiilns ami inverted ice i walls were displayed in attractive <*nl ors. I(is*-*iv encs were made ofleli. hilt w ith clearer horizon the deception was detected. (hi April 5 llu* barotiieier remaiiusl steady and (In* tiiertnoineter sank. The vveutleT h**» am*' sett P-i! and ( tear. i The pin k ticca me a more permit neut . glitter of color and i**y. At n*»oii Ihere was iniw a dazzling tigtit. vvhi*- tlic i siiii at midnight sank for hut a few ; moments under a persistent northerly i haze, leaving the frosted blues bathed I in noonday splendor. Iu flies** days wc made long marches i The Ic** steadily improved, fields he | cauie larger ami thicker. I In* pressure lines less frequent and less trouble some. .Nothing changed materially I T'lie horizon moved; our footing was i seemingly a solid crust of ice. hut it | ‘ shifted eastward. All was in motion. 11l tell vv*- Were too tired to l/llild snow houses, amt iu sheer exhaustion vve j bivouacked in the lee of hummocks f Here tlic overworked body called for i sleep, but the mind refused to close the | eve. Irv a Lifeless World. There was a weird attraction in Hie I anomaly of our surroundings which , | aroused the spirits. We had passed Is-yond the range of all life. for many days vve had nm seen a siigges ll*.n of animated nature. There were j lio longer footprints t*> indicate oilier life; m* breath spouts escaped from I ; I lie frosled bosom of tin* sea. fven the sea algae of the surface | waters were no longer detected We | ! were alone, all alone, in a lifeless | world. We bad route to this mental ' blank in slow but progressive singes j | As vve sailed from the barren areas o! | ! the Halier folk along th*' outposts of i civilization the complex luxury of the i metropolis was lost and the bruin call ; **il for food. lteyouii. in I lie half savage wilder j j liess of Hatiish (Jreetilaml. there was i tin* dawn of a new life of primitive . delight. Still, farther along, in th*'l j ultima Thille of the aborigines, the j i sun rose over tl*** day s of prehistoric j |oys Advancing beyond the haunts •if man, vve reached the noonday splen ! dm of thought in times before man's ! creation. ' Vow, as vv e pushed lie.Vniid the lialil tat of all creatures, ever onward, into I I In* sterile wastes. The sun sets. Be \o im i were nigh! and hopelessness, i i With eager 'eyes vv** searched the dusky plains of frost, hut there was no speck of life In grace the purple | run of death. In this mhl-|*olnr basin the ice does l not readily escape and disentangle. It Is probably In motion at all limes of Hie year, and in tin* readjustment of the Melds following motion ami expan- I s(i>n ihere are open spaces of vvaP*r. I uml these during most months are quickly sheeted with new ice. Measuring the Ice. In these troubled areas vv *• were glv- I en frequent opportunities lo measure j Ice thickness, and from our observ a j lions vve have come to the conclusion rtiat ttie ice during one year does not freeze to a depth of inure than about feu feet. But milch of the ice of tla* central pack reaches a depth of from i twenty to twenty-live feet, and occa sionally vve crossed Helds ttfty feet thick. These invariably' showed signs of many years of surface upbuilding. It is. very difficult to surmise the i amount of submerged freezing after tin* tirst year, but the very uniform thickness of the antarctic sea ic** lends ; t<> the suggestion that a limit is reach -1 c*l In the second year, when th** ice. with Its cover of snow, is so thick that ’j very little is added afterwurT from be j low . I ii* Tease in size after that is prop ably in the main the result of nddi tlun to the superstructure. Frequent falls of snow, combined with tie* a! termite melting and freezing of sum 1 met' and a process similar to the Tip building of glacial ice, are mainly re j sponsible for the growth in thickness j The very heavy, undulating fields which give character to the miiT polat I h** nnd escape along the east and west coasts of Creetdand are then fore most ly augmented from tile surface. (Continued in next issue) M. 15. CA I* IU) I N, At tv at Law, *■ Mt. Vernon, Georgia* Hamilton 7 Bi rch, Attorney and Coun selor at Law, ricRAE, GA. (•'nmioal Law &i»d CoilecMotm. l.n'ludmg Kail mad roil Ckh<‘«, a Specialty. BLACKSMITH - SHOP. All kituis Repair Work. Iron and Wood. Fine line of Bicycle Material *>n hand. Ilijjh-Grudt* Repair Work on Bicycles, Sewing Machines. Guns. Revolvers nnd (’locks. Sec me before placing your work ; I will save you money . Work promptly and n**atly done J. SELLERS, : : AILEY, UA. 1 5 Unchanging Laws. 8 M . n Such were the statutes of the Modes and Persians. gj| oo \\itli us it’s different—we are always changing high-class jg| * fe/ $ goods for money, and the customer getting goods from my w place gets the* bettor of the bargain—all the time. || 6 i | YOUR OPPORTUNITY | ALWAYS | I I d got 11 ii’ host values goes on from season to season when . ... H £2 von make this store vour regular buying point for a m | Farmers’ Supplies, Dry Goods, Groceries, g 2 §j Clothing, Notions, Hardware and Stoves. |j Get the top of the market by bringing mo your cotton. f| I . . i & P. S. —New Home Sewing Machines are still Leading. j| Have you bought one yet? jj| jw. fi McQueenJ (Commonly known as the “old stand-by”) p MT. VERNON, GA. | k s I'l riTION FOR INCORPORATION. Slate l»r < »f*Ort»i:» MniitgOllMt v ('nuntv. I*o ili< Supci jr>i <'onri of said Comity: 111*• )>• till »" '>r W i. Wiilit-‘.liny. R. K. Diudcu. D u i<l >1 iftl«'i■. (• W. I’. V Wall* i ;m 'i »’ 1” Widler, and their us- S‘>ci it< s, sii' i'i"- >is iiinl assigns, nf said Comity, i»i«*i ;-iM t ami ol iton, (In . said State. »• M|nvf tally shows; 1. That tin \ ili am* for tht-ins* Ives, their JM-oriuti rt Itllli •>l|(vi‘*!ii'lS, t<> In ilu-iirjlol at i d. :uul made ii hotly |> lit if, under tin- minhand style n) tin Vwio. r-.iol, wan- llouse Corn-: puny, tm tin- i of twepty yrui*. j. ‘l. 'Hi »t tin- pntieipitl iilti ••• of .-taiil (’oni ! | any shall hi- in tin- town ol‘ JSoperton, Si.it» i and County at maid, hut perilmm is desire : t.n transact business eU» whcn-.-in .-aid slit„• « j tinder ruh - niift i eguht i ions, outdo Ip tlu- ili reetois and st<»fkholders, when t-v« r suit! pat’- ; ti<-K may *e« lit so t»* do. ;i. 1 In- nhj.fi of Mil id i-ni poi atimi is pf-I cm.mi \ fain to itssfil aiil its HUK'liholib'is. 1 The hiihim ss to la* carried on hy -jili'l I eoporation is storing, w«-il*i»»*4. ami hand ling cotton genernHv. and tin buying and sell- » ini; "I l-’ertiii/,er, (.train, (iiofi-nt-s ami otln-i j 1 coinniodun s. f». The capital s*oek of sai d cm pot at i n shall h. two thousand dollars (s*2,otHi.ou) with the privilege <d un-teasing lit*- mime to the sum of ten thousand d<'Haiti (•£ 10,000.00) hy u majority vnt* of tin- stock holden*. said stock j jo* he divided into diaros ot five dollars! <>.'» U 0) ea< lu Allot ilie amount «»l eapiial * to la* employed hy them has actually been J paid in. letitiooers desin the right to > have tin- subsenptiou to aaid capita* stock paid 10 money, or propel tv to he taken at a ! tan valuation. | t» Pcii*'oners desire tin- right to site and i sued, to ph-ad and he imph-aded, to have .ml use a i-ouiiii ui weal, t«» make all 1 eeessury by-laws a d regulation*. Hi.d to do alt and any * tin r thing* that may he ueeesHurv for tin ! '.uceessfnl carrying on of saiu hnsioeas. in- : Puling the right to execute notes and bonds ! «. - \ ide* c- t nidi bled tens in* 111 red or which [ aoav In ineu t i d%tn the conduct of tlie afi *ii> •-t tin- c 1 poi uti *n. and to s* cut s the sa nu bv m u tgugc s. cm ity -deed or othci form **f In n under existing aws. 7 Tin -y d« sii. f*»i said corporation to apply t r . ud mvi-j.it amendments, or tin- andioiity ; n-apply l a 'and accept amendments to said. , *dm. fei of ettliei f.irui ot substtntv hy a vme j •f -I 111 o j --lit y"l its slock out Standing at til i Tine. Idiey also usk authoi itv for said in-j eorpeiation »•* wind up its attain*, liquidate j and disc Mti».ue its business, at any nine it ; may ih ter mine to do so hv a vote of two thirds . of its -t ek at tin- time. S. They »|. Bit" till' the sill.l illCOtpifclßMofl the right ot renewal, when and as provided bv The laws of Georgia, .ind tluu it udieall sucii ? j ofliet lights, powers privilegeM and immune’ I ties ns are n eldent t<» like incorporations 01 I l*t 1 misMihle under the law* of Georgia. Wherefore petitioner-* prav t> ho incorpo-; rated under the .sine and style aforesaid with | the |H*w.rs, privileges and immunities herein j set forth, and a** are now. •*1 may hereafter be, showed a eoi pot ation of similar eliur.ic.ei iui dvt the Imv* «»t w. J. Hig Willie fl»v, I* S. fiind' ii, David Mill- r. 1’ I*. W ili.-i, <i \V. SamiiNMis. C. T. Waller. MoneytoLoan (.hi improvi-d Inrin. tin th*' north siih- nt .VlMiitgnmi.ry Comity, t< *r tin- term i>l live year* at Imv rate' of inter. >l. Bring ileedv when making appli . eat ions for loan. \\ rite or ae»- me at once ii you need money Can get it for you without the usual delay. J. E. 11ALL, Soperdon, (Jtt. ' j <5) (*) | We have 1 (*) ® | :a :> 1 no schemes 1 j|j to |ininmte I OUR PRICES I t#) {*) jp tts they can consist- 0 | are as LOW ently i»e | I Quality and Service <§ Considered @ A TRIAL SUFFICIENT | MOUNT VERNON DRUG CO. | 0 JAS. F. CURRIE, Mur. 0 0 0 00000000000000000000000000 i Choice Millinery, i * m J #- J The kind that pleases J the ladies The season is now on for FALL. jj&r Jk those attractive __ _ a ~ & * I have them in STYES * -3F % Millinery , Notions , Novelties. % J MRS. J. L. ADAMS, Mt. Vernon