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** * * * * * * : * * * * * * WILL SEABROOK'S TRAVELS * * * * * * (By W. B. Seabrook.) Special to The Herald and News. Arles. Fraiice.-Like Rome. Pon peii, Narbonne, and every other im portant city Of the ancient Empire. Arles had her forum, a public square, which still exists, and has retained the characteristic appellation of "La Place des 'Hommes.'" and which is still the social and political center of the community. FoWmerly it was surrounded by a double colonnade, supporting a series of arcades, richly decorated, paved in marble, shelter ing innumerable shrines and statues; oday it is entoured by hotels and tafes, the marble pavement has been replaced by cobble-stones. and anti que statues by street lamps; but the peculiar function of the spot has been preserved, and the Arlesians of today repair habitually to the ancient for um,. as did their ancestors two thou sand years ago, to discuss their poli tical affairs, drive their bargains, and pass their idle hours in flanerie and friendly conversation. However, th-1 ruins of the ancient forum have not entirely disappeared, and the remaining fragments bear eloquent testimony to its former grandeur. The forum was consider ably larger that the Place des Hom mes, and traces of its monuments and templ.es have been unearthed, not on. ly within the boundaries of the pres ent public square. but in the cellars of adjacent buildings 'and beneath the soil of neighbring streets. In a sub terranean vault beneath the Hotel Pinus a number of richly ornamented arches are visible; many broken col 4 umns, capitals and friezes have been transported to the Lapidary Muse um; and the magnificent facade of a temple of Apollo, still facing the square, calls to mind by its noble entablature and graceful Corinthian columns the Maison Carree of Nimes. In another quarter of the city were temples dedicated to Mars, Diana, Jupiter and Mithra, but they were destroyed in early Ohristian times Ond are known today only by their fragments, their foundations, and the descriptions left by ancient histor ians. A massive circular wall and tower, dominating the Rhone -a hundred 'ards below the point where the Ro man bridge traversed the stream, has been identifiied as a.ppertaining to the imperial palace of Constantine. The palace is built in alternate lay ers of .brick and stone, lavishly or namnented, and constructed with an infinite attention to detail. It was truly a royal edifice, na~erior only to that of Constantinople. In the inter ior of the palace, hidden between two heavy walls. Monsieur Revoil, a Pro vencal archeologist, has recently dis eovered a spiral staircase, the earliest existing example of an architectural principle that was later commonly employed in the towers of feudal cas ties and Gothic cathedrals. Tfhe amphitheatre or coliseum of Arles, older and more interesting than that of Nimes, dates from th'e first * ecentury of the Christian era. It was eomnmenced in t-he time of Claudius Tiberius Nero, father of the Emperor Tiberius, and the first gladiatorial combaxts in the Province were in g urated under the patronage of this second ruler, who sent from his royal garrison and dungeons a hest of gladiators, wild beasts, and an occas ional martyr, to furnish amusement for his distant colonists. It is probable that scenes of this character were never enacted in the amnphitheatres of Nimes and Narhon ne, but it is certain that the sands of the Arlesian arena, like those of the Roman circus. were more than once stained with Christian blood. Ac eording to an ancient -ecclesiastical history, it was in this amphitheai re that the Jew, Lazarus. (he. whom .Christ raised from the dead) . per formed a remarkable miracle. After he had been banished from Ja""m: lemn. Lazarus, in the course of his mis sionary, journefs visited Arles anvd entered the aphithreatre on the day of a great fetL; there, in the presence of 40,000 Romnans, he mounted a tri hune and with inspired eloquence con demned their dissolute. ferocious pastimes. denounced their false gods and proclaimed in thundering tones the resurrection and divinity of Christ: and as he utt'ered the Say zour''s nrame, a rumbling sound was hrd: the massive walls swayed as if shaken by a mighty wind, and the laurel-crowned statues of Jupiter, Venus, and Pallas were hurled from their pedestals by unseen hands and tumbled headlong into the arena. The strange part of the story is its con elusion; when the Romans had re overed from their astonishment. sc r'uns the chronicle, they reverently gathered up their Pagan deities, re stored e-ach statute to its prope niche-and thren fed poor Lazarus to the lions. But even after the Roman conquest the populace of Aries affirmed its partially Hellenic origin by its taste for more refined and intellectuail spectacles than those of the Circus, and the construction of their splen did theatre was a real labor of love, if one may judge by the richness of its decorations, the delicate strength and beauty of its sculptures and the superb marbles in which they were executed. This -theatre was .condemn ed in 446 A. D., by the Episcopate of St. Hilaire, whose priests conceived it their sacred duty to destroy all "pagan'' monuments, no matter how great their artistic or historic value. (Whenever these broadminded churchmen unearthed an anti'que sta tu,e they smashed it into pieces and dumped the debris into the Rhone. The more beautiful the statue, the surer it wvas to be demolished.) Af ter the formal condemnation of the theatre, a certain pious clerk named Cyrille led the entire population of the Episcopate, men, women and chil dren, in a campagn of pillage and destduction, from wh~ich the noble Imonument emerged in ruins. But what glorious ruins! If nothing were left but the two gigantie monolitbic col umns of the proscenium, the "deux belles~ collones'' described by Romu Ianill, one in y-elow marble of Sienna. the other in green marble from the Nile, they would amply serve to pro elaim the former splendor of the edi fice and conmmand the ecstatic ad miration of modern beholders. . During the reign of Louis XIV, two Arlesians, while digging a well on a property adjacent to the site of the theatre, unearthed an arm'less sta tue. whieh t.he local savaints pro nounced a [Diana. but which is known todlay throughout the world as the~ Venus of Aries. and the city in turn presented it to the king. It suffered a faulty rest oration at the hands of Girardon. ::nd is now one of the price less treasures of the Louvre. Beneath the ancient ramparts of ~the city, near the Porte de L'Or, in a deserted valley. shaded by eypress trees and littered wit-h the debris of the ruinedl sepalobras, iextends the Avenue des Aliscamps, a celebrated cemetery of the middle ages, once the holiest and most carefully guarded spot in Europe. now the most deso late. Its massive stone sarcophagi are yawning and empty as if the Trump of Doom had already sounldedl for their countless vanished dead, and its er'umbling. barren tombs re call Ezekiel's prophetic viin Arud this mortuary field are elus tered myriad gho( stly leoends, and wh:en the Alesian greybeards gath er on winter eveinigs to doze and gossip) in some :hospitable chimney corner, they tell st.range tales of saints and devils and grim specetral bands. unhappy spirits, who return by night to p)rowl like ghouls among the sunken graves, searching in vain for earthly bodies that vandal hands have long since scattered to the winds. The history of the Aliseamp, according to mo( nkish ehronicles. is mina-led from the earliest times with me'steries and marvels. Formerly a pagan burial ground, it was dedicated to Ohristianity during the reign of. Constantine, and when the first bish ops of Gaul were assembled for the consecration rites, so it is recounted, JeInrst deseended4 in glory from the skies. acompani1d by a multitude :f a:&el5, n with hVI i piered( hiands >: t:vie:ta, or.m1 oun..j they benedie o \ m-aite honider marks the spot, and to this very day credulous Provencals point out a curious de pression in the rock, said to be the Saviour's foot-print. This cemtery has yielded more an cient tombs than all the cities of Tus cany combined, and. barring the col lections of the Louvre, Arles is the richest city in the world in -early Christian sareophagi and mortuary sculpture. NEWBERRY UNION STATION. Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. M. Sunday, June 7th, 1908. Southern Railway: No. 15 for Gre'enville .. . .8.57a.m. No. 18 for Columbia .. :.1.40 p.m. No. 11 for Greenville .. .. 3.20 p.m. No. 16 for Columbia .... .8.47 p.m 0., N. & L. Ev. "No. 22 for Columbia .. ..8.47 a.m. No. 52 for Greenville .. 12.56 p.m. No. .s for Olumbia .. ..3.20 p.nIi. 'No. 21 for Laurens .. . .7.25 p.m. *Does not run on Sunday This time table shows the times at which trains may be expeeted to de part from this station, but their dea parture is not guaranteed and the time shown is subject to change with ut notice. G. L. Robinson, Station Ma.mer. ADMINISTRATION NOTICE. All persons holding claims against the estate. of UT. J. Stuck, deceased. wi!1 present the same, duly attested a1d aill persons indebted to said estate '.ill make immediate payment. to Eu ;ene S. Blease. attorney for the un derimed. Willie E. Stuck. Qualified Admini.stratrix. Jan. 21, 1909. A Night Rider's Raid. The worst night riders are calomel, roton oil or aloes pills. They raid your bed to rob you of rest. Not 3o with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thev never di.tress or inconvenience, but always cleanse the system, cur ne Colds. Hea dach e. Constipation, 3alaria. 25e. at W. E. Pelham & S:m's. Newberry. S. C'. Plant Wood's Seeds For The Garden &Marm. Ti years in business, with a s ymiceasig trade every year-until we have to-day one of the largest businesses in seeds in this country-is the best of evidence as to DTe Superior Quality of Wood's Seeds. We are headquarters fo Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and all Farm Seeds. Wood's Descriptive Catalog the most useful and valuable of Garden and Farm seed Catalogs mailed free on request. TW.WOOD & SONS, Radmn nmn.W CALL ou J. W. White if you care t< have first class plumbing done. SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY By virtue of the authority to m, given in an order of the Probat, Court for Newberry County. Sout] Carolina. I will sell to the highes bidders, for cash, at public outcry, a late residence of U. J. Stuck, deceas ed, on Tuesday, February 9th, 190C beginning at 11 o'clock a. m., th personal estate of the said U. J Stuck, consisting of two mules, thre cows, two buggies, hogs, corn, foddei two wagons, peas, cotton seed, farm ing implements, household furniturE etc. Willie E. Stuck, Admninistratrix. Jan. 22, 1909. 1tw-2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Sarah Brown hat made suit to me, to grant her letter of administartion of the estate of an effects of Elbert Brown. THESE ARE THEREFORE t, cite and admonish all and singula the kindred ane creditors of the sail Elbert Brown, deeeased, that they b and appear before me, in the Court o Probate, to be held at Newberry, 6 C., on the 10th day of February nex after publication thereof, at 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to shoi cause, if any they have, why the sail administration should not be granted GIVEN under my Hand, this 25t] day of January Anno Domini, 1905 Frank M. Schumnpert, J. P. S. C. . NOTICE. There will be a meeting held in th chamber of commerce on Frida3 Tanuary 29th, at 4 p. mn., for the pun pose of organizing a county Anti-Tu berculosis Association. All physicians ministers, members of Civic associa tion, Bachelor Maids, and all men bers of other associations, and all it dividuals interested in the preventio: of tuberculosis are invited to ai tend. P. G. Ellesor, J. M. Kibler, W. E. Pelhamn, Jr., Memabe:.s of Committee. A-styp-to-dyn. Made from the long leaf pine. Th greatest remedy to present time. Fo sale at Mayes' Drug Store. 12-11-08-taw-tf. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims agains the Electric Laundry Company c Newberry will render in their claim on or before the 18th day of Januar! 1909, on which date, at 11 o'clock i the forenoon, a reference will be hel in the offices of Blease & Dominic for the purpose of winding u pthe al fairs of the said corporation. -Fred. H. Dominick, Receiver. 1taw- td A-styp-to-dyn. The best known remedy for burni ents. bruises or sores of any kind o man or beast. For sale at Mayes' Drug Store. 1-11nla-1t. 'Hardware Compong ho oW Cop ~C) NEWBERRY HARD WARE COMPANY. AN ORDINANCE. Relating to Street Duty in the Town of Newberry, South Carolina. BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor antd Aldermen of the Town of New berry. South Carolina, in Council as sembled, and by aut1or1iV of the same: Seetion 1. That from and after tb passage of this ordinance all porons between t.he ages of eighteen an,J fif ty years in the Town of Newberrv. S. C., are hereby required to perform six days labor during each yeaz upon the streets of the said town, nader the direction of the street ove-seer, or to pay Three Dollars to the Clerk and Treasurer of the Town Couidl of the Town of Newberry each year in lieu thereof, which shall be due and payable on or befoce fhe first day of April, provided that a receipt in full of commri,ation tax shall be issued to any person who .;hall pay the same prior to the month of April: Provided, however, that nothing here in contained shall be so construed as to -exempt any person who shall be come a resident of the Town of New berry, at any time of any year, from performing the labor or paying the commutation tax herein required. Sec. 2. All persons violating the provisons of this ordinance by failing to perforng the said labor or pay said commutation tax in lieu thereof, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five dollars or be impris oned for not more than ten days or sentenced to hard labor on the public works of said Town; provided, that the provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to persons holding a certi ficate of physical disability from a reputable licensed physician, said certificate not to be over one year old, and any person presenting such certificate shall make oath before the said Clerk and Treasurer that such disability prevents him from making a livelihood at his usual avo cation; nor to ministers of the gospel in actual charge of a congregation, teachers employed in the public I schools, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in military ser vice of the State, any person who served in the late war between th-e States, all persons actually -employed in the quarantine service of the State, and members of the Fiare .De partment of the Town of Newberry; Provided, however, that only twenty members of each company of the said department shall be erempt under the provisions of this section, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of each company to file with the Clerk and Treasurer of the said Council, a list of all the members of his com pany on or before the first day of January of each year. Sec. 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances, inconsistent with this ordina-nce be, and the same is here by, rep,ealed. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the Town of Newber (Seal)ry, Souteh Carolina, this the sixth day of January, A. D., 1909. J. J. Langford, Attest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, City Clerk and Treasurer. What is Hlomfe Without lusic? Don't say, ' can't afford a~n ORG AN or PIANO. We wvill make you able. gra'ting fr om oa- e to three years to pay for one We supply the sweet Tonien. Durable Organs and P'ianos, at the lowe.-t ps ices. consi.,tent with qu;ahtv. Write at once- for 'Catalogues, I rices 4 and Tertus, to the old.ntabl shed Malone's Music House, COLUMBIA. S. C. INOTICE TO CREDITORS. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ICOUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In the Probate Court. M. A. Carlisle and John C. Goggans. Executors of the last will and tes tament of W. WV. Spearman, de-. ceased, Plaintiffs, vs. Etta R. Spearman, Lucia Spearmuan, Rosa Spearman, James Henry Spearman. Sarah Spearman. Mar 1garuite Spearman, William Worth ington Spearman and G. F. Long Guardian, Defendants. IAll and singular the creditors of William WV. Spearman, deceased, are hereby required to render in and es tablish their claims and demands be fore the Probate Court on or before tie fifth day of February, 190. 'All of said creditors are enjoined and restrained from prosecuting theiI demands elsewhere than in this action F. M. Schumpert, Probate Judge for Newberry County. SJan, -109. f-ta