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r j iiitijk. rrui nai , _ , *. "WALLS OF < (>.\STt\ UNOI'I K. 4 They Have Kept the Ancieut Capital " T'""* Hundred rustic iur r?^i LI^UI uuuu'xu ' Y ears. ;0n May, 29, 1453, the Turkish hordes, under Mohammed II, " the conqueror," stormed the great city _ which has since then been their capiW tal, as for a thousand years and more before it was- the capital of the Roman empire. In those days it was a vast fortified camp, the strongest fortress in the world, as it was the i V!-. - ~ 1/Nn^v O Q greatest city, impregnate su xun5 it was adequately garrisoned. That was not the case in 1453; 9,000 men could not maintain nearly 14 miles of walls against the attacks of 15,000 supported by such an artillery train as ku > had never previously been gathered ir together. Since 1435 the city has never ben actually beseiged, though more Jl than onoe threatened. The' mighty walls which for a thousand years held every adversary, at bay were allowed to decay, and are now in ruins. In 330 Constantine the Great et : tablishment and renamed the city of "Rvzac as the new capital -of the Ro man empire. The population of Constantines's city soon outgrew the bounds that he had lain down, and in 413 Anthemius, the city prefect, states-' man, financier, administrator and milritary reformer, raised the first TheoJ dosian rampart more than a mile in advance of that of Constantine. Shattered by Earthquake, In 447, in the stress of the disastrous war with Attila an earthquake I fell on Constantine City, overthrew the! wall, and shattered 57 of the towers, j The danger was* imminent. The Huns were in Thrace. The Illyrian pro 1 J fr/\m oaq fn ! YZLlOfS H'dU uctJii woo tea uvui ow ^ ^ sea. Three Roman armies had perished in the attempt to hold hack the; raging torrent of Mongol savagery; j . j and Attila, the "Scourge of God," the "Dread of the World," was advancing against the city. Hope there seemed none, but Constantine rose grandly to the occasion- Every craftsman in the city was set to work on the task of restoration; 16,000 citizens served as laborers; in 60 days the fallen wall had risen anew, and a second line of j defense had been constructed in adj vance of it. On the gate called anciently of Rheugium we may read to % this day the simple, proud inscription which proclaims it to the world. "In 60 days, by command of the sceptered Emperor Konstantinos the Eparcfc. added wall to wall." Gigantic Moat and Sea Walls. In the succeeding years the work ! was completed; the gigantic moat, with its solid embattled scarp, its counterscarp and dams was excavat ^ ed. The sea walls were constructed,! ^ and when Avar and Persia ana Sa- j l racen began to beat at its gates the j citadel of the Roman empire, was in- j f deed mighty. The enemy who came! from the side of Europe was faced by three or even four successive lines of defense. First came the moat, 60 j feet wide and probably 20 feet deep. | with on the farther side a masonry i , * scarp topped by a solid stone wall or j 4* 'breastworks some six or seven feet I i ? "U i Vv Ivi o or>r? i 1 \ XUgLl, ilVUi UtrLlJlIU nmtu anucis auu ; slingers could fire directly across the; ditch. The solid stone bridges which spanned the latTer were broken down ; in times of seige, the great civil gates ! closed or walled up, and only the nar- i 1 rower military gates which gave ac- [ oess to the esplanade behind thej breastworks wrere used. Great Esplanade in Rnius. This outward esplanade, anciently known as the Paratelchon, is about 40 feet wide. Along its inner side stood the second wall, fearfully shat-j tered by the Turkish cannonade in j 1453, and today largely heaps of j ruins. It stood originally about 251 feet to 30 feet high. Its solid thick-1 ness was about seven feet but on its j f inner side the earth was banked up | ^ against it to within about 12 feet! from the top, and the portion rising i above the esplanade thus formed was j strengthened by casements of mason- j rv, with loopholes, for archery pierced j in the thickness of the frontal wall.: The whole was buttressed by somS j 100 towers, ranging from 30 feet toj 35 feet in height from the Paratel-; sn/? ncn-nllv nhrmt 1 fppt OrlS ' feet in diameter. The inner and higher esplanade j was known as the Peribolos, or inx closure; it averaged about 60 feet in -width. On its inner side was the first or great wall, a huge barrier * rising 45 feet from the level of the esplanade and to considerably more on each flank of the towers, where it was carried up to protect the stairway which gave access to their tops. This w-all had a solid thickness of 15 ? i feet, increased in many places to Ak over 20 feet by the staircases which led up to the platforms. There were *7 flankinsr towers nbout R0 feet' high, projecting from 18 to 30 feet into the Peribolosi, chiefly of square or octagonal shape. Nearly Surrounded the City. This vast bulwark of wall and i Stop ar Would you 1; Loan of $3,0< at 7 per cent, or farm lands 5 or come and talk v J. A. B moat did not quite cover the land front of the city, but ended at the hill of Blachernae, a quarter of a mile from the Golden Horn. In .front of this hill, which formed a vast natural platform and embankment to it, a single wall extends to the xyloPorta on the Goldem, Horn. This w wall, though never apparrentiy covered by any ditch, is in itself immensei ly strong, and backed up as it is by a hill, was judged by the Turks in 1452 too strong to be attacked. Sucessive emperors gave their attention to the fortification of this quarter, and in some places the rampart is nearly 70 feet high and 33 to 60 feet thick. . Its pride was the city of Constantine guarded from attack. Before that vast bulwark in their myriads I lie the bodies of Huns, Slavs and | Avars, of Saracens and Bulgarians of ! Magyars and of Turks, of those who | i cam^ and fought and perished in the 1 vain endeavor to beat down the desperate resistance of the rear guard of Christianity, standing at bay against ' unremitting onslaught through the j long ages. At Bay. I (May Byron. "The Wind on the Heath," Springfield Republican.) My child is mine. Blood of my blood, flesh oi' my flesh ie he, Rocked on my breast and nurtured at j my knee Fed with sweet thoughts ere ever he drew breath, Wrested in battle through the gates of death With passionate patience is my treasure hoarded, And all my pain with priceless joy rewarded, My child is mine. Xay, but a thousand thousand powers of ill Dispute him with me, lurking wolflike still In every corner of the ambushed years Disease and danger dog him; foes and fears Bestride his path, with menace fierce and stormy, He^ me, oh, God! these are too migh ty xor me: i My child is mine, But pomp and glitter of the garish worldMay wean him hence; while, tenderly unfurled Like a spring leaf, his delicate, spotless days Op-en in blinding sunlight. And the blaze Of blue and blossom, scents and songs at riot May woo him from my wardenship of quiet. My child is mine. Yet all his gray forefathers of the past Challenge the dear possession; they o'ercast His soul's clear purity with dregs and lees Of vile unknown ancestral impulse; Ana viewless hand from shadowy regions groping. With dim negation frustrate all my hoping. My child is mine By what black fate, what ultimate doom accursed. Shall be that radiant certainty reversed ? Though hell should its fiery gulfs between , Though all the heaven of heavens should intervene. Bound with a bond not God himself will sever. The babe I love is mine forever and ever My child is mine. What the Warden Didn't Understand. Joseph Jefferson was once fishing when a game warden approached and examined his catch, which consisted of on-e beautiful black bass. Then the warden said: "It will cost you sir, just twenty-five dollars for catching this black bass out of season." "I take a black bass out of season?" exclaimed Jefferson. "Nev&r! Suck an, i id Read! ike to have a DO to $15,000 i well improved 10 years? If so, ; rith me. URTON. I ?> <$> LODGE DIBECTOBX. ?> <3> Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W.,! meets every second and fourth Wed- \ nesday night in Klettner's Tiail, at 8 ! o'clock. Amity Lodge, Ao. 87, A. F. M. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meeta | every first Monday night at 7.30 o'clock | j in Masonic Kail. Visiting brethren J cordially invited. T. P. Johnson, i W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Wodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wednesday evening at 7.45 o'clock. Visiting brethren are corially welcome. D. D. Darby, J. A. Derrick, Clerk. C. C. Bergell Tribe, >To. 24, I. 0. B. M. Bergel! Tribe, No. 24, Improve*! Order Red Men, meets every Thursday night at 8 o'clock in Ktettner's Hall. J. 0. Havird, ! 0. Kletfc yr, Sachem. Ohief of Records. / Omaha Tribe, I. 0. B. M. Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M., | Prosperity, S. C., meets every first and third Friday night at 8o'clock in Masonic hall Visiting brethren are welcome. G. H. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. 6-11-12-lyr. Caoteecbee Council, >o. 4, P. of P. 1 0. B. M? Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., meets every other Tuesday night at 8 o'clock p. m., in Klettner's Hall. Signet Chapter, J?'o. 18, B. A. M. Signet Chapter, No. 18. R. A. M., meets ?very second Monday night at 8 r?'r?lr?r>lr in TWasnrnn "Wall Van Smith, T. P. Johnson, E. H. P. Lacota Tribe, I. 0. R. 51. Lacota tribe, No. 79, I. 0. R. M., Ja- | lapa, S. C., meeting every other Wed- j nesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer i hall. Visiting brethren are welcome. T. C. Dobbins, J. Wm. Folk, Sachem. Chief of Records. I >*ewberry Commandery, Xo. 6, K. T. Newberry Commandery, No. 6, K. T., meets every third Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, T. P. Johnson, E. C. Recerier. idea never even occurred to me. I'll | tell you how it happened," as he handed the warden a cigar. "That black bass was eating the bait off my hooks as fast as I could put it on, so I thought I would just tie him up where he couldn't get at it until I got through fishing."?Exchange. PROTECT THE BIRDS. I "Audubon" Pleads for McLean Bill >*ow in Congress. To the' Editor of The State. Every bird lover and farmer should write immediately to his representative in congress urging the passage at j this sessiQn of the McLean bill for the; protection of migratory and insectivorous birds. This bill has already passed the senate, but has yet to come before the house. It is most important and far-reaching, and its economic effect incalculable for good to the people of the whole country. If such slaughter continues as prevails now in some States, notably our own, no song birds, no weed seed eat ers, no insect eaters, no birds at all to patrol our forests and fields and keep down the insects which destroy trees and crops, and keep down the injurious weed seed, the flourishing crops of which cause the farmers so much trouble. Audubon. Barnwell County, February 19. um - vy* .1 ' ^ " *f vw. ?>. ar'te.ftwuwc^aw-L? am i.. /"rt nvre.-g'C.M!!. --*> >j--.^--.--y -t.*-- -r^/-. -----:. ..77-w. Ma nrsifir.ftnl" Market 1 Dining There was jc 1 wnen n was am blend of Frencl everywhere in t Ebm* 11ICI For over a hund joyed only at the ol building of the Frei hermetically-sealed Market Coffee any\ unimpaired. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, , nniTXTY OF NKWBERRY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 0. B. Mayer, Plaintiff, against Olie Waites, Hattie Waites or Hattie Livingston, Katie Bell Tribble, Jolm Waites, Queen Ann Hall, Mimmie Hall and Gloria Waites, Defendants. Puisuant to an order of the Court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder, v/ithin the legal hours of sale, on Monday, saleday, March 3,1913, at public ouccry, before the Court House door at Newberry, S. C., the following described property, towit: All that tract, piece, parcel or plantation of land lying and being situate in the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred sixty-four and one-fourth (164 1-4) acres, more or l-?ss, bounded by lands of Mrs. Ola C. Floyd, Ann Clark, estate of J. J. Reed ? - ? ?i. er, J. S. Pitts ana oy cusu xuvei. Terms of sale: One-half cash, and the balance in twelve months from the day of sale, the credit portion to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold and to bear eight per cent, interest from tlie day of sale and until paid In f,,n navaTile annually, ^ 11 i 1 j 1 XX C A V/O V/ w w v/ m ^ and th-e said bond and mortgage to further provide for ten per cent, attorney's fres in case of collection or suit by an attorney, with leave to the pur- j chaser to anticipate the credit portion in whole or in part. The purcliaser will be required, as soon as his bid is accepted, to pay one hundred dollars cash as an evidence of good faith and to bind his purchase. Purchaser -<? 11 ~ ~ryr>A TV?./"V/-\Tr1 in <-r ftf to pay ior an paycis emu same. H. H. Rikard, Master for Newberry County. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Schedules Effective December ft, "1111 Arrivals and Departures Newberry, S. C. fN. B.?These schedule figures are shown as information only and are not guaranteed.) 8:51 a. m.?N?. 15, daily from Columbia to Greenville. Pullman sleeping car between Charleston 11:50 a. m.?No. 18, daily, from Greenville to Columbia. Arrives Columbia 1:35 p. m., Augusta 8:35 p. m. Charleston 8:15 p, m. 2:45 p. m.?No. 17, daily, from Columbia to Greenville. 9:05 p. m.?No. 16, daily, from Green- j ville to Columbia. Pullman sleeping car Greenville to Charleston. Arrives Charleston 8:15 a. ul Arrive Savannah 4:15 a. m. Jack- |. eonville 8:30 a. m. Four further information c^ll oa J ticket agents, or E. H. Coapman, V. P " " T* TTr.?v<??+rtT, ri n? j. L. (Sc ij. M.t r? aon-iiifeUL/*^ ? Meek, A. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga., or F Ii Jenldn?, T. P. A., Aagwrta, Ga. CHICHESTER S PILLS TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladles! Ask your Druggist for A\ (( CIil-chcs-teHs Diamond Brand/VV\ Pills in Red and 4?old nietalllcV^r/ Vy ?boxes, sealed with Bice Ribbon. T*1 ^ Take no other. Buy of yoor ? 1/ ~ m Dnxgrist. 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Today we are known as th of fine old whiskies in the world. ~~ Sunny Brook reached the surpassed all others in mellow flavc quet and tonic properties. The friends S of its high quality and purity are still its frie of the discriminating public demands Sunn; of any kind. Sunny Brook is a real hoi a J mwm KA*I J PirAnr io IUilliiCU AM wvuu. UUIUC O uavu aiiu t.j the direct supervision of U. S. Inspectors, best always ask .for Sunny Brook?The Pu ernnnfVfRfn I I i ?J| I I K] * I I J HI ^ j| Y# ISend youi PAUL HEYMANN E. B. GIBSON HARRIN BROWN & HAGIN Chattanooga, Ten PETAaJMAINCUtf |$8-5g WE PAYEFREIGHT I Pay Freight, is the greatest bargain ever < water incubator. Order right now or at cular, because you ought to know all aboi; Finest Catalogue ever printed, FREE, carne about," mailed free. It will interes the oldest maker of Incubators. PETALUMA INCUBATOR C kBS Box Indianapolis. Ind. Box STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ' COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. COURT 0F COMMON PLEAS. 'Thomas E. 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Then lean: about t ie l'ctaluraa 'ersons ordering Toy c.'i 0!:"cks" *-o*n Emm hatcheries are specifying "these clucks Kgnjj st be hatched in I'etaluma Incubators." it tells its own storv. ?50? G CITY INCUBATORS are the best gjj id. Model 63 eggs for $3.50 and We j?K offered in a small hotk^n| t you. Tells who is ^^9 I Petaluma. Calif, nHHWHHiHHHI Motorcycle, Motor No. 5644. Cannon G. Blease, Sherilt Newberry County, S. C. THE COMMUTATION TAX. The law is clear and plain that tie commutation road tax must be paid, if at all, by the first of March. The time can not be extended. It is better to pay this tax, for it may not be convenient for you to work the roads when the time comes. w A TTill. County Supervisor. Ne-wberry, S. C., February 19, 1913. >?!-&