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# f AGB EIGHT. “ >' . f THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THRSDAT, JULY County Club Boys Hold Encampment Joining with Orangeburg and Dor- cheater Counties, the Barnwell Cotin ty dub boys hdd their amnual club encamfMnent at Whisenhurats Pond in Orangeburg County last week. Twen ty-three boya from Dorchester Coun ty, twenty-five from Barnwell Coun ty and aixty-aeven from Orangeburg County were in attendance. The pro gram laated from Tuesday noon until Friday afternoon. The program was made up of in atruction, lectures, contest}* in iden tifying seeds, fertilizers, trees, etc., and bathing, stunts, yells, baseball games and so on. Trucks and auto mobiles were used for carrying the boya to the camp.—■"~ The annual boys’ camp is a feature of club work that appeals to the boys and is looked forward to with much interest. These camps stimulate much interest in club work and it ia showing better results each year. Two of Barnwell County’s club boys attended the Short Course at Clemson College this summer. Their expenses were paid while at the Col lege ar, a part reward for the good work which they did last year. Puby Creech, one of the club mem bers from the Tin Shed Hercqles club, won first prize in the cotton club in the State^ last year, having made more than two bales of cotton on his acre. With the county agent he attended the banquet in Hartsville for the State prize winners at which time he was presented with a beauti ful gold watch- chain and club em blem. The county agent is proud of the showing that the club boys from this county are making and asta every inter^t in the county to co operate with us in making it develop from year to year.—H. G. Boylaton, County Agent. Wonder Joiim, Atlanta, (ia. i<mUv is i'w acknowlrdxrd rating wonder of tin- ago Hi» for 72 hole*. 6 bet- ici than exer wored in British open "lie play, t\«»n lh< crown and hight-M honor*. Advertise in The Peqple-Sentinel. Barnwell, S. C. Friday, July 29th: “Everybody’s Acting” Featuring Betty Bronson, Ford Sterling, Louise Dresser, Lawrence Gray and Ray mond Hitchcock. A Comedy-Drama based on a real life atory—of an orphan girl adopted by the members of a theatrical troupe. 15 AND 30 CENTS. Specil picture show Saturday after noon at 4:80 o’clock for the benefit of out-of-town children. PRICES 10 and 20 CENTS Monday and Tuesday August 1 and 2: 'Love ’Elm & Leave ’Em’ Mamie loves Bill but Janie, her fickle sister, stole his heart So Mamie decided from that time on to “love 'em and leave 'em.” ■ 15 a»d 30 CENTS. / * Wednesday - Tuesday August 3 and 4 “A Notorious Lady” 15 aad 30 CENTS. Bond of Brotherhood Between Poetic Sottii A certain young woman, a ateoog rapber for a New York firm, is beat known In an admiring auburban dr- de as a “poeteta.” She Jots her In spirations down In shorthand notes, transcribes them oti her typewriter and submlta the effuslona to the local newspaper, which sometimes finds place for them. One morning as site was commut ing from New Jersey there was a heavy fog on the North river and the ferryboat was proceeding on Its way gropingly, with frequent stcf>s and much whistling. At one time, out of the gloom, a great hoarse whistle, suggesting an ocean liner, sounded near. There was a stir of uneasiness among the crowded passengers, and the poet’s,male companion looked op from his newspaper with a nervous frown. m '—.——^ “Are you afraid?" he asked of the poetess. “Afraidthe word"* came with wltberlnfe scorn. “Afraid I I? Why, you know Shelley died by drowning.” —Harper’s Magazine. Stained Clast Makes Appeal to Converts In the center of a Christian settle ment in the jungle at Mednk, Hydera bad, India, stands a Christian church of the proportions of a cathedral. This Is the central plaCe of worship for the great community of Indian Christians, numbering over 50,000, who have gathered around Rev. C. W. Posnett, a Wesleyan missionary, aa a result of his 30 years’ work In this native state. The church was opened a year ago, but there seemed some thing lacking In Ita beautiful Interior, despite the marbles and many tinted tiles. There was no stained glass In the windows. Six thousand Indian Christians have given the money for a window, designed by Frank O. Salis bury, a well-known British artist The subject Is the Ascension, and Mr. Salisbury says of the window: “The desire of the donors was that their church should be as beautiful aa any Mohammedan mosque or Hfhdu tem ple, and I trust that my work will hel[5 them to realize their ideal of beauty aa an aid to worship.* Queen Victoria Story Some amusing slories concerning Queen Victoria are told by Sir Felix Semon In his autobiography. The jueen had a great sense of dignity, hot she also possessed a keen sense of bumor. For Instance, when Sir Jamee Reid, her majesty's physlclan-ln-qMll- nary, became engaged to -one of her maids of honor, the Hon. Miss Baring, the queen was exceedingly angry, and, lending for him, lectured him severe ly. He ought to have known, she told him, that nobody was permitted to propose to a maid of honor without obtaining the queen's permission. Sir lame* listened, then humbly answered that her majesty whs quite right; he certainly would not do It again! This so strongly appealed to the queen's «ense of humor that she laughed heart ily, and without further ado extended her pardon. Strictly Private He was a newcomer to the bank and consequently found his duties rather hard to rememlier; hut all this was forgotten when he 'received his first pay envelope. In a businesslike manner he quickly checked the contents before signing the receipt. Then his eye caught the words underlined In black: “Your salary Is your personal busi ness and a confidential matter. It should not be disclosed to anyone." The clerk grinned as he picked np a pen and signed his name. Below be added, briefly: **1 won’t mention It to anyone. I am as much ashamed of It as yon are.” tndia*» Holt Festival At the time of the vernal equinox, on the night of the full moon, the popular Holi Festival Is celebrated by the Hindus of India. The ceremonies, lasting for three days, are derived from the ancient spring festival. This festival, originally a solemn religious rite, has degenerated and Is now known as the Saturnalia of India. Bonfires are lit around the temples and sacrifices are made to the gods. Red powder called kunkuma Is thrown about, as Occidentals throw confetti, and the clothing of the people becomes covered with It. Brain Works Rapidly Assuming you began to think con sciously at the age of five, then at thirty, if you have done an average amount of thinking, your “Impressions” would number about 1,920,000,000. Those whose work Is entirely mental would double those figures. A woman’s brain Is about five ounces lighter than a man’s, but It Is of superior quality—of a higher specific gravity. It lasts longer, too. On an average a woman of sixty has a 20 per oent better brain than a man of the same age. Hats Not Alwoays Common In Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,* the Merchant had upon his bead “a Flaundrish Meter hat” It seems that from this period hats became more frequently worn, for there la mention In some of the early writings by dis tinguished people of “felt batten,** and “Mem batten" Throughout modSerat times the wearing of hats was n mark ot distinction and of nobis bfrfh. ^ The Colosseum at Roms. (Fr#P Soc?etr y w-MhiScton* 1 0^)^°*“* I 8, °P« «nd the highest are seldom N THE Colosseum in Rom. ®” r “ ""T ,h,, * ,h * olosseum the slope was steep—ap- W+3 I where many hundreds of early Christians were crunched by wild beasts under the sanction of an ancient Roman government, Rome’s present-day government recently re placed a huge wooden cross commemo rating the martyrs. The cross, ortg- ( Inally placed by Ipope Benedict XIV ' In 1749, had been absent since 1862. This great amphitheater, shown In in numerable pictures. Is probably the most familiar rain In the world. The Colosseum is a monument to a highly civilized people’s brutality—a depth of brutality that Is hardly con- ' celvable from the point of view of the ( Twentieth century. The huge struc ture was built deliberately to furnish the best facilities for three classes 6f spectacles: fights to the death be tween armed men. fights between wild beasts, and fights between men and beasts. Gladiatorial combats had developed from customs of primitive Roman days when on the death of a man of.note, all his slaves were slaughtered as hu man sacrifices during the funeral rites. It was really a step forward In a way. though a feeble one. when It was decided to have the slaves fight so that only half would be killed. These slave combats came to be staged in the forums and were viewed by the populace from teui(>orary wooden ■eats. As the lust for this sort of spec tacle grew, the professional gladiators came Into being. Their combats were moved to the circuses, the long, straight-sided courses, lined with seats, where chariot races were held. These had been In exlsten«*e In Rome since several centuries before Christ. With the spread of Roman arms In the Hast came the Importation of wild beasts, and the first fights In which these animals were used were also -staged In the circuses. But these long, narrow enclosures were not well fitted to such spectacles, and so the amphitheater, an entirely closed circuit of seats around a relatively small ■level space, was Invented expressly for them. Ranged oq their ateep tiers of seats, a great multitude of eager spectators could watch these bloody combats In all their Intimate details. The%nu permanent amphitheater was built In 29 B. C., In the reign of Augustua, of stone and wood. In 57 A. D., Nero built a wooden one which burned a decade or so later. In 72 A. D„ Vespasian began the greatest of ampltheaters, which the world has come to call ‘the Colosseum.” No short cuts were taken as In the build ing of many other ampltheaters, where mounds of earth are thrown up and faced with stone or concrete. The vast Colosseum was built from the ground up, and far below ground, out of masonry. Few single structures, until the day of the super-skyscraper of America, have contained as great a cubic volume of stone and brick and concrete as this ellptlcal grandstand of old Rome, built for the spectacular slaughtering of man and beast. Begun by Vespasian, work on. the structure was continued under his son, Titus. . It was the latter who sacked Jerusalem. Twelve thousand of the many Jews captured at that time were set to work to complete the great building. With Its dedication Id 80 began one of the goriest chapters in the story of Romgn amusements. The celebration of Its opening lasted 100 days. Thousands of wild animals and hundreds of men were slaughtered to make this gigantic “Roman holiday.” The Colosseum Is not quite so large In area covered as the modern foot ball amphitheater. The ellptlcal arena (named from' the sand that was spread on Its surface to absorb the blood of Its victims) Is Id round num bers 280 feet long and 180 feet across; while the rectangular playing space of a football field Is 300 by 260 feet. To enclose such s playing field, allowing a margin- outside the gridiron, s football amphitheater most be 390 feet or more long and about 290 feet wide. Inside dimensions. Ita Walla, Arches and fiesta. In most modern athletic amphithea ter* the seats rice an a relatively gso- [proxlmately 45'degrees—and the out side wall of the structure towers 160 feet above the ground, or approxi mately to the height of a 15 or 10- story o&ce building. The outer wall was built of great blocks of stone, while the interior wsa mostly of brick and concrete. The outer wall was made up largely of arches In three tlera, one above the other, and extend ing side by side entirely around the building. The arches on the ground level were numbered, and through them the Roman populace poured on the way to the spectacles. Thfi choice aeats were those closes! to the 'arena. From them one could lean over to tease the tawny lions who could leap almost, but never quite, to the top of the protecting wall; and from them one could almost feel the air of swishing swords hack ing at the heads of the gladiators. In these preferred positions sat the em peror on a slightly raised data, and below and to the sides, senators, lead ing patricians and the Vestal virgins, the young priestesses of the Temple of Vesta, who were so carefully nur tured and guarded by Rome. Many a time the thumbs of these young women gave the final signal which determined ths death of a wounded gladiator. Next above the senators sat patri cians and other citizens In a dwindling scale of Importance. All but thq top most seats were numbered and tick ets were provided. For places in the unnumbered section the less fortunate had to wait In line, sordetlmes all night, as Is the case of world-series fans in America today. Grim and ghastly as the purpose of the Flavian amphitheater whs, it was In no sense crude. It was a marvel of solid construction admirably fitted to the uses to which it was to be put Beneath the arena In chambers and passages were concealed Ingenious mechanisms by means of which sec tions of the floor could be raised or lowered, popping animals or men un expectedly Into view or removing them as quickly. Also the entire space could be flooded for naval combata Fortress In the Middle Agea. fhe Flavian amphitheater played It* bloody role In Roman affairs. It was not without mishaps that might have put It In ruins much sooner had not Rome still been a going civilisation. It was twice struck by lightning In the Second century and twice Injured by earthquakes In the Third; but each time It was restored, and the long ser ies of deaths in Its arena grew even greater. After Rome’s fall. In the turbulent Middle ages, the old amphitheater, then the Colosseum, was used as a fortress by one of the family factions pf Rome, the Frangipanis. In these times, too, It was robbed of the Iron clamp* of the outer wall which held the stone blocks together. The outer walls that stand today are deeply pitted because of these depredations. In 1349 an earthquake shook down a large part of the weakened miter structure. There was no power able or Interested To restore It, and the ruin of the build ing then definitely set In. For a long time after this the Colosseum was a quarry. Thousands of tons of travertine, marble, and other materials were dug out of the fallen pile or stripped from the por tion still standing, and carried off for use in building many of the palaces and churches of Renaissance Rome. So active were the vandals that the Colosseum .might have been entirely destroyed but for Pope Benedict XlV, who, In 1749, protected It by conse crating It to “the Passion of Chriat" and raising In it a great wooden cross Id memory of the sufferings there of the martyrs. From time to time In modern days steps have been taken to save the amphitheater from further Injury. ^ .. Only a little more than half of the original structure pow stands, consid ering the entire cubic contents of the masonry. Bat moat of those who hate viewed it feel that the part la more majestic ♦h** the whole. Wow on display at allBuick dealers T ", Denmark Buick Co. Denmark, S. 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