The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 05, 1919, Image 2
Al Maidan, a New Street Through Center of Bagdad.
PI ii are :? I ?t i.i he ? I f j *i ?< >i iit
<d i.TT J 'litfdad, liill thi- i- inM tin
i:!if mill, i.i ii I ? ;-*? ? ? 1 1 < ? ln-ar- i ? I ? inly
? Ill III !Uf4 licit wllill IHHV SI'OS III
day is a < ? ? ? 1 1 1 1 ?:i r:i I i\ ? ? I > i i i ??<!<? n i Turcrt*
A rill ? : : m town iiiiil i jiVt ili. vit,\ "fro
I ! i : ?l i ? ? ol Arahiau Nijlit-- ci'l ert nill
nn ii: dial ol hii< prol.^hly iimririimd.
That <>!d ISaudad. ?'!' latin r lMi^-s
Su la i i. . i! v n wVs originally < ailed. w i*
luill.t i.;i 1 1.. ? ? y? ;ir A l>: lr\ A! !\l;.ii
-ill"; 1 h>* -i fid Ahha-jd < alijili. 'Mil of
tin- nuns7 of the city "I < ? i i '!j"ii. I'
miw its i ?:i I m i ? 'St day*. in I hi' linn* of
t'aliph I iaroun-al- Unsehid. the 1)1 lit of
l In* Ahhasid line, who Ijourished li'oin
7 Ml io vim, ,\. I). The city >oV.n after
this came t?? its end.
The ealiphato was for political roa
st ' i moved to Sn 1)111 1't'nli Lu S.'Ii ; it ml
when it was liri/tlulM tiaO-K n u ;i ill to
I'.HKdad in N'-. ?' n'ew city was !>ll 1 1 1
till tin* op| tosi | ??. i, c., left, hllllk of the
Tigris. !? mile or t w ? ? <low n<t ri'iun from
tin1 old vile. < if I >ai es-'Sahini nothing
now unuiins hui a few indistinct
iitoiin<is. snys n writer in tin- Times of
India 1 1 1 1 1 m l rat re! Weekly.
Il taniiol even lu* said thai the. new
capital of which we have just spoken
is i In- Ihiplad that we know today.
The siie has remained the satin*. hilt
of the ('its there is now noihiiu: ahove
ground that ran he iihntili'd a> heintf
liearl\ as old a - M Ila^'dad has suf
fered more often and lll'niv severely
from i |e*? t rii' I i o n and decay than .Kn
ropean or Indian < ities. even takim:*,'
Into account -iieh incidents as tho
Kfeat lire of I ,< >iid< >1 1 or the sc<|in*llc<?
of events that has produced the seven
capitals at I>elhi. or the rheery lnihlt
of i he old Ipiaian emperors of pulling j
down the htlildinus lit' their pivdeees- j
sois "m order to hnild liner ones for
themselves. Twice has itii^dad boon
sul l;ed : in 1'JftS hv tin' .Mongols under
1 1 (i l:t U ii Khan and ni'ain in 1*100 hy
Tamerlane, . It has I In-sieved many
lime-. : 1 1 1 ' f Hooded still more often.
Sin h a lite would he bound to t ?*l 1
on t ).?? ? ?'ii-t it ill ion even of a w ell hull t
e 1 1 y ; : r i d I'.audad was not that. II was
hul?t w i: Ii inferior building material
n nd ux often a? not with inferior skill,
and ii> "-iifl'erinu's have entirely chang
ed it dur.nc the coarse of time.
Tew Old Buildings Remain.
I i 1 1 'A 1 ! i < ? I- . n I U 1 1 1 y I ? : I ? I 1 In' rolls) llH't inii
of v,,!!,,. I'OildiiiL's has been 1 1 1 < i r? ? pnr
1 1 ? ~ 1 1 i : 1 r!y in 1 1 1? ?? 1 ?? rn times ? m.iv he
judi:? <1 from tin' f:ict ihnt two larno i
utltinti'Ts lifloiiiriiiir t?> Kin1 i?f the
IlKts. jvii'x I>f till- rit>. whieh urn* t ? 1 1 i 1 ?
within tin- memory <>f the inhabitant*;
of I '? a :: d a d . have ii I !'? :n 1 v lost tlndr top
vtorti r.ilf this. Ml' eoiirse. js j( |i i'X
tretm- ? \ : ? n 1 1 > I > ? . On the other I > :i t ?? 1
tin r<- i v the Khan A 11 r T 1 1 1:1 )i . :i 1 : i r k ? *"
brb k \ ? U 1 ! ? 'd I ' 1 1 i I f 1 i 1 1 lT in the <,cnt?T of
the ? \ whieh i u ny. ?i *? won
? l**r ! 1 1 1 :i | ? i i ?? -4 ? <>f rnii<i rti< i ion a< one
tliti s. , ;tIly whore. I: w Vnilt in
l.H.V.1 i , ?.??(! iti i ? v i ? -Tnd fn ?\-rel
lout | . - -< r\ it ion. > The M ? r J> t ? i y :i li
movi|'.. , J I . \ . : i ? . 1 ) i ? - ? r,.; ; t s | ?:i ft
of t'< ? ? d< -w imiif v ? 1 ; ? i nr., Mif derived
frotii' : !.<? Khali A i : ?? : mv !: ;< anofh' T
hii?- <???( ? . . s ? j . ? ? i* -v:w hunt * wo
veil r- I'ffofc tho K ?'! : I ? . ? I of CS>n
sld? rid*lo itr< !t : r ???* t (i r ? i'. n.< r.t.
A ! : r:. ^ - ... : t. . o n. r date
ii r?? he ;'.i it. d in <i." parts of
t In* ? ; ' V S< 1 ! i : ? ? | - . f I ho < ?! I
f o i ? | ? . 1 1 ... j ,.f f ?!*:-' ? h ; r ' " i\;i"
i > I ? ? art tin' ol. \ ? : i : ' . > ? ' ?. :? .. r.-* <
of I I ha /I at"' ? f ' '? <J ? r v.ih
tno-i; at!. ?: ? r ' . . *>:.>? ? * !.
*.\ :? ! ..f the oh! M :-' i - iriya* .
( i ? i ? ? \ ? ' i ? ? ?: i ! r i \ ) ? ?. h. ? rn. ti ' ;? ? . !
tn< ??<; ;? .
Beautiful ? Frcm a Dis*. trcr
\ i . ? : ' f : . . in I h f. \ < \ ? ; , ?.
Hti ? ; . I i ? r period. the !'.;;k'd:i<l we
tod ? x . - 'f i !.. v. \ ?
??? ? r : r i : d ? ????*! : r, j > oi.t urn- - h'rh
in t> rt;iv "f ?ir< hit? i !i:r.- is . .r,,
t I V ? ? I > Ii. : ; ' " ITI . Jlhk'ed ill f - 1 '
liflKdfd ? ii' 't disappoint:*;^ It is
particularly for a y sop< t.. ai.in town
quite a delightful pluce. Kroin the dla
lance it presents a most attractive pic- v
fun*. [<'rom miles nwa.V in tlu? desert
tine can see the green mass of Bagdad
1 1 < ?:i ti 1 1 in i It** atmosphere ami as one
approaches nearer along the dreary.
du>l,\ track, its colored domes and
glided ? ndaarcis eno ? be dint inguMied
show in.i; above the palms and trees.
.\s one enters the tovyn most of this
is lost i'ii sight and one linds oneself
i)i a mil Tow winding street. ? The walls
? ?a either ?ddo are usually Very hare.
I'.ver.v no.n and then one passes a
dooj\ so n let it lies plain, sometimes quite
ornate with jolly brass door knockers.
Above, from the lirst lloor are pro
jecting oriel windows, t.hese, too, vary
ing' from plain brick and timber to
carved wood of ureal richness ? with
pierced screens, often of very beauti
ful design. I 'ait be i bey plain or fancy,
they cast a pleasant shadow on the
road beneath and incidentally block
out from view except for a glimpse
here and there, the domes or minarets
, .vhich -were so noticeable from outside
the city walls.
I <)iit of th?' maze of these narrow
streets one would never emerge had it
not been for the kindness of the Turk,
who very i bought fully cut a broad
road right through the center of the
town in commornorat ion of the fail of
kut. Now. in our day. we use it for
the main stream of traflie.
I'.iii the most charming feature of
hagdad is the river front and this
ajotic is Mitliclent to compel one's ad
miration for the city. Ilasra In com
parison is all mud and shipping.
Amaru is pretentions with a row of
buildings of uniform design facing on
a promenade, which reminds one too
, much' of a terrace on the "front" 'of a
small Seaside resort. Kut is pic
turesque too, but designed on a scale
helming its siy.e and importance, and
.With its mosques and public buildings,
Hie palms and the trees and more es
pecially the numbers of delightful riv
cr->i<!e houses, with their verandas and
b.ili onies and their exquisite little gar
dens overhanging the river, Hagdad
Inis a .character and a charm nil its
own.
OLD LONDON MADE MODERN;
Circumstances Under Which the Trav- j
eler May See All That He Has
Traveled Far to See.
St. lOt hehlreda, in l!lv place, 1 1 ol
I urn, London. js niii' of the nh! city !
? hiirchi's :i I n ? ? 1 1 which Hirkrns ? 1 ? ? 1 n r- !
? ?< 1 a full half of hi* pleasure in them j
arose from their mystery. That they !
? ?xl-tffl in the streets of London whs i
ii - u fli ? icnt sal Isfaet ion t<> him. hut pos
sibly I:.- would have added St. K'.hel
< 1 ri ?? l.i to the li^r of tin* three famous
old churches whoso names h ? ? admit toil
were household words, if. on his ni^ht I
wn Iks abroad he had heard I In* watcli
!-;n ????> the hour, as L: heldreda's
watchman does to this dav. < >td Lon
don. lurking up byways and round 1
corners. i< still to be discovered hy the
. urlotis who carry the lantern of a
?rt n I n knowlrdirealdfnevs. Tlw cry.
"Past ten. past eleven." from the
wat< hmnn of the church with the Sax
on name lylm; off llolborn with Its
asphalt cd pa\?'tn?'nts itrel motor hnses.
hears witness to the as-, rt ion.
Lawsuit Lastrd ??8 Years.
V i-n'-'i;' re.;. ??! i._r !{!?? >?!.? -i :t ti :nin
ri-'hts. nl i- h has r? a bed the
' ; of lord- in :t? fourth yea r. Is
a h ,*al infant v ! ? iiiipared
v j * ? > 1 1 ? r ! ? ? i h a ' have | ' ? ?!?!'' The
:i--oti \\>n .vkc. f.?r example,
r r . ."_*??? ! oil ' In t h ' - f r< ?m I 7'. <7
1^-7. Alio- h?-r *-'M>ihir a ?ton nt law,
now n as the ItNliop I ?.??.??-,, will
? i ?r. !.!-?? ? ! l'JJ v'-ar- li\'-'; ?' - * o\v
\ > r 1* iio* a i . . i,nl in l'.1"* 'here
a;iv ?eff!.d a' I r ? ti a a l;i\**.)(t that ;
had hi . n 1 1 1 proc ro^? ^ n4? ?? 1 ?'U). The
: ii i of a dam w ,i - tie point at issue j
it occuped the Courts for GLiictlj
478 years.
I
AN OKIHN \M ?:
r?? : Supplies for the Clt> ??f ( Kill
den. H. (*., for t !?*' Ve?r I Witt.
r,. n hi t!;iiiii'<i i>> the Mayor ai
d.rm.'ii >?f tip- City of Camden, S. ,
.ml |>\ aijthoritV of tUtt " that t h??
>Ydi<?\\ >ug l(ivr> In*, mill tin- -Him- an
u, \ i.> levied f"? Hie < 'i' rent >?'?r from
l-? -Ids ? ? I .lannun U?tW (<? tlx*
of I leceuiber. 11*10.
S.i'li'.u I, \ tax iif IN mill" ?>?>?
each and even dollar ot real and per
souh} property within 1 he ( i* limit*
of tip' <'it\ Camden. S. O,. from I li ??
;ir>t <Ih,\ Of .1 a i? n?? ry . j
Si'i'i i?>ii ^)??? nij hMk-ImkImmI turtle;
|>t I t Ween the atfe.s of t wrllt.v -one
und sixtj years. residing within lhi> cor
p.'natV limit* of tip/ < 'ity of Camden. S, :
t I ) ? ? I < -M-IOpt ffoui l"ilil Uut,V Hlltlrr
tin- laws of tin* State, shall work the
st root*. \ym,v* ami bridge* under the ill* j
rm-tioH "t ?m li as imiy be up
pointed,, for such space of lime, u.?t ex>.j
ceedinu st#>Hf) days in one year; Pro
vidltitfK thiit at the time of i'ecoivlnK such
n. .1 if an \ person may pay to the per
,xtui xlviiiK such notice Five ( ff5,00 ) , Uol*
lars, Commutation, which shall he re
ceived in lieu of the work and that per
sons refusing to work Oil said streets of
to pay snid Commutation, shall he tinert
not fin** t|)an Ten ($10.00) Dollars, nor J
more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars, or bo,
imprisoned not less than ten days nor
more th. in twenty l-0) day>j, in the dls
vret ion of the City Recorder. <*> j
Hecfiou .'i. The tax Isioks for the col*',
lection of city taxes will be Open in
Council Chamber. Camden. 8. C., on the
lift een t h ( 1 fit It ) .day. of September, 1910.
And remain open each day. except Sun
day, fioin 0 A. M. to 1 1*. M. and from
p. m. to 1 :.'j0 IV M. until the 15tli
day of October, 1010. inclusive.
Section 1. That when the taxes and
assessments or any |x)rtioD thereof
changed against any property or parti'
on the duplicate for the current fiscal
year, shall not be paid on or before the
liftccuth (1. "it lit day Of October, the ('ity
Clerk amT Treasurer shall proceed to add
a penalty of one centum on said dupli
cate and the.' said Clerk and Treasurer
shnlj collect same and if the said taxes (
and ii^sesMiieti t s and penalties are not
paid on or before the fifteenth (15th) ;
day vf November thereafter an addition
al penalty >>f one per centum shall !??? |
a hied I ?> the . ("ity Clerk and Treasurer
? m the said duplicate and Collected b.v,
the City Clerk - at.ul Treasurer; That
if s,?r;d taxes, penalties and assessments.,
Ht'e fp-f paid ,.n <.r before the 1st <lnv
Deci inher. m xT thereafter, an addi .
rii.jwi! )>???) a ! H i.t five ;P?M' c'i nfiim thereon
-liaii I" added l?\ the City ('Jerk and
Tr.-asur. ? on -aid -duplicate and collects
bv ihe C,r\ ? iitiiI TrcaxilJ-er. And
?aid lax,'-. | tena 1 1 ies a nd. a^sevsiupnl <
'are n..t paid on ? . r li.f.ire the 15th day.
?if J -r; i ?n i . ne vt thereafter the City
' ? t !< and Treasurer sJm]J i>sip- his tax
e \ ecu I ion s a1! taxes. a-scsMiienfs aii'l
I ! en a 1 t.H's air-aiitsl the property of the d?.
i.fdtiTtjr taxpa \ er a c<-o rdiii^ to law.
Ha t i lied by the Mayor and Aldermen
"f tip t ity <?( t amdeii. S. ( in nunicil
as^euildfd 1 1 1 1 s 'Jnd day of Sept. 1010.
S I *. I'.I'ASI ,\( ;to.\.
Mayor. (
ii sim;lkt<i\.
i fiv C|er.k and Treasurer.
iSaturday afternoon Wade Wyse. c<?!
"ii'il, coming int'> t<?wn on upper .Main
street. accidentally ran into an anto
if* >.i ii k out . containing Mrs. Mattie Hunt.
Mi-. Mollic Malcolm. Mr. Hugh Mal
colm. Mr. .lovic Malcolm ami Km mitt
0Tu\vle:\ ?!! of Monroe. ( fa'. This patty
was ret nrning home from a tour in
Kloriila. ami wen1 fortunate not (<? he
injured. while the car was wrecked bad
enough to lay them over until Monday
afternoon, when they continued their
journey homeward. W'ade Wyse, sorry
indeed, and a good, trusty colored :nDa
he is. paid for all repairs to their car
and for their expenses while detained.
Lexington Hispatch News.
" Smoke Virginia-Carolina Straight 99
Some smokers still pay a fancy price for
"descendants" of Virginia "Carolina tobacco
that was transplanted years asJo to Turkey. But
men who judj?e tobacco by quality rather than
iprice prefer Virginia- Carolina.
For this tobacco has all the qualities which
men want in a cigarette ? flavor, body, zest and
"life."
That's why Virgin nia- Carol in a doesn't need to
be mixed with other tobaccos, but tastes best
when you smoke it straight ? in a Piedmont.
The Virginia ~ Carolina Cigarette
TRAFFIC MOTOR TRUCKS
When you buy a Trunk- Truck you have purchased something more than simply a motor truck ? you ha\e
bought cheaper transportation ? cheaper in dollars and cents than the cost of hauling with any other known carrie
regardless of its type or character. It costs twice as much to haul with teams as it does with a Traflic.
saves you hundreds of dollars in first cost and hundreds-ef dollars in maintenance cost.
Don't fail to come in and see the Traflic Truck and let us show you where it will pay you to buy one.
Camden Motor Co.
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