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ALEPPO Vlow of Ateppo and the Ctudot. (FiwiU Ir the National Qoomphlo Bo cloty, Wnohlnrtoa. o. O.) Bastern dispatches are coming to carry more and more often the name of Aleppo, little known to the ears of the present feneration. But the name waa once more familiar to western earn than that of almost any other city of the Near Bast aare Oonatan tlnopie itself, and It la probably des. tlned to be (teat again when Its por tion of the world settles down. Foot thousand years ago when Abraham moved to Palestine there was an established caravan route north and south through Syria from Bgypt toward Babylon. And at least from the time of Phoenician greatness there waa a similar route between the coast cities on the west and Assyria and Babylonia to the east The oasis near which these great trade routes Joined became the site of one of the world's lint "crossroads towns," and since then, whenever the world about It has snjoyed peace and carried on trade, it has reaped the benefits in prosperity and Importance. Its own world sufficed tor many cen turies to keep Aleppo a thriving city Into which scores of long camel can vans came yearly. The Ousades did not greatly Interfere with this pros perity, for the successes of the Cru saders Mopped literally at Aleppo's walls. Antioch, on tile Mediterranean, barely TO miles away, was toe first Syrian stronghold to be captured by the Christian knights and toe last to be surrendered; bat they were never able to subdue Aleppo, which stood tor 900 years as a bar to Christian advance inland. This Mohammedan city, so close to toe Oruaaders" strong hold, became Saladin's capital, and it waa from there that toe Christians were finally driven out of the country. After toe Crusades Europe demand ed an ever-Increasing supply of apices and other products from toe Ffer Bast, and Aleppo, near the western end of ffie land route ever which such goods suae, became more and more prosper ma. Nearly all the weetera trading nations established representatives and warehouses In toe city. The es tablishment of a sea route around Af rica to the Best Injured Aleppo some what, and the opening of the Sues canal almost dried up Its stream of east-west trade and brought up toe pessimistic picture of n time when camel-trains might be a curiosity. Now a Railway Junction. Bat the railroad locomotive which westerners nickname "the steel horse" has proved Aleppo's "steel camel.'' and Is bringing the dty back to Its old place of importance. The famous Bag dad railroad, which connects the month of the Bqphratas with the Bos porus and Europe, dips to Aleppo al most exactly at its mid-point and meats the railway which now extends from Egypt northward through Syria. The oM Important camel trails have thas given way to mora Important trails of stool, and where the one con tributed the equivalent of pennlea the latter may yield the equivalent of doHata. Aleppo Is in a fair way to become "the Chicago of the Near East" The Aleppo of today may be com pered In Some ways to Damascus, 900 mllos to the sooth. Both, on oases, are well watered by streams that lose themselves In the desert?or more properly are made to transform them selves Into delightful orchards and gardens through ancient Irrigation sys tems. Both are made up of whit* flat-topped houses punctuated by ths tall, slander towers of mosques. Both have their crowded, narrow streets surging with a motley mixture of many Arabs, Jews and Armenians, and lepraseotatlvaa of almost every other people ef the Near East Now that Ryrta Is andar French mandate, there Is as wsD la Aleppo's csowded streets a R>rlnkltng ef the Latins who tried vainly to penetrate there during the Queadoa. Moat interesting ef Aleppo's eights, ?tttngly enough la a dty built by com merce, are Ms huge covered bazaars, hardly to be matched elsewhere la the wwUm These arched rooms of sub dsad lights are stocked with almost every conceivable ware from crude act of the rug-weaver's art la th< meat bazaar one may choose a steal ef beef, camel or horse and have 1' w>S M a turn while he looks on The accommodating batcher wflt com plete the meal by sending to other parts of the bazaar tor fruits, sweets, coffee and wine. About the city are Innumerable sweetmeat shops in which one may buy delectable concoctions of honey, line floor and the pistachio nuts tor which the surrounding or chards are famous. Citadel Dominates the City. A great man-made feature domi nates Aleppo almost as the pyramids dominate the plain of Glsa. In the middle of the flat city Its early rulers constructed a huge mound 200 feet high, faced Its slopes with blocks at stone, and on the summit built s strong citadel. It waa this fort-capped artificial mountain which successfully withstood siege by the Ousadera In 1124. Though Its fortifications hare fallen Into disrepair the citadel still stands out as a distinctive feature, and tor the growing stream at tourists It will be the "Woolworth tower" from which the ancient city may be seen spread eut within Its encircling gar dens. Aleppo might have a ehance to be come a world capital If the Arabian dream af an "Arab empire" or n "Greater Syria" should ever come true. Its central location and strategic po sition in regard to Unas of communion Uon might have considerable weight over the claims at the more metro politan bnt more southerly Damascus, the historic but easterly Bagdad, and the more vulnerable ceast towns to the west such as Alerandretta and Beirut The Turks in prewar days considered Aleppo one of their safest strongholds, and those at them whs foresaw a possibility of a forced re tirement from Constantinople even contemplated the raising of this town on the edge of the desert Into the capi ta lahlp of en Astatic Turkish empire Situated on the rim at the desert from which the surplus population has filtered In for many centnries, Aleppo la predominantly oriental and Moham medan. Its typical dwelling houaea are fist-roofed, and Into Its narrow streets, above the heada of the motley throng that traverses them, hang lat ticed bow windows from which seclud ed ladles of the family view the world. Ikt better houses have floors and walls of stone, both covered with the beautiful rugs which Aleppo's cara vans bring from the most skilled weav ers ef the Bast n>e furniture la simple, including only divans, a few chairs, a table ar se and many cash Sean* ?f Hlstortoal Kvonta. Aleppo baa bean the scene of msay of tba Incidents that go to build up the crowded history of the Near Beet. Ob the fringe of the Greek empire of the Tenth century, it waa often fought over. The Egyptians hold the place twite daring the next hundred yean, It waa oae ef the meat southerly cities to feel the wrath of Timor thq Lame In 1400, whan with his Indian elephants hearing archers and flame throwers he captured and sacked It Later the Mamelukes of Egypt cony trolled the city, until dominated by the Ottoman Turks in lBlft. For three hundred yeyrs the Ottoman domina tion was undisputed, hut again during the peat century the Egyptians reached eat and gripped Aleppo, holding tt against the Turks from 1888 to 1841. Aleppo's war chapter waa written In 1818. when It marked Alleoby's ad vance through Syria nt the tfane of the armistice. There the dashing Brit. Ish armored-car squadron, which had driven the Turks and Germans north ward, parked their little wheeled forts, and vied with the Australian flying corps tn cursing their Inactivity. The ultimate point of their advance was the little, la con sequential-looking (ta wny station nt Mnstlmle Junction ? few mllss north of Aleppo. This fe e had the appearance ef the roedBng point of any two unimportant loon) railroads tn western America, hut in faet was the potut of greet potential Importance where the rail line from Egypt met the tine which, hut fler a few minor breaks, extended went to the Bosporus, and eastward toward Bagdad. Later the British withdrew , and. under a mandate for Syria, the French took poeeeesloa and hold tt > today. V Happy Thought. - Bashful Suitor?Darling, ei-'-JW t are the breath of my existence, t She?Have you ever tried holdt^ l your breath? COLERAIN NEWS Mr. J. C. Beasley went to Windsor last Tuesday. Work was begun on the new school building last Tuesday. The first bricks being laid. Mr. J. 8- Deans of Ahoskte was in town last Tuesday. Mr. C. C. Hughes went to Norfolk last Wednesday. Mr. J. E. R. Perry of Powellsville was a business caller here last Wed nesday. Mr. Preston Vann of Chowan Col lege was a -visitor here last Thursday. He visited the school. Mr. C. B. Morris, Mesdames Morris and Britton went to Edenton last Thursday. Mr. Charles Jenkins was in town last Thursday. Mrs. Dora Saunders and son, James spent last Friday in Suffolk. Mr. Edgar Smith of Windsor was here last Friday in the interest of selling automobiles. Mr. C. B. Moris made a business ! trip to Norfolk last Friday. Rev. and Mrs. Lineberry spent the week end in Harrellsville where Mr. Lineberry filled his regular appoint ments. Miss Edwards of the Thomasville Orphanage apent last Friday night in town a? the guest of Mrs. Lineberry| Mrs. G. M. Holly and children spent the week-end at Merry Hill with Mrs. Holly's parents. Mr. Joe Cherry of Windsor was in town last Saturday. A number of our people went to Harrellsville Saturday evening to the concert given by the children of Ox ford Orphanage. Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Phelps and children spent last Sunday in Wash ington, the guest of Mrs. Tankard. Mrs. Addie Williams spent the week-end in Harrellsviile. Mr. and Mrs. Morris went to Ahos kie last Sunday. Mr. Pilston Godwin and family of Gatesville spent last Sunday and ? Monday in town with relatives. Mr. W. J. Barnes spent last Sun day in Ahoskie. Last Sunday, the weather pleasant, and the roads fine, there were lots of visitors at Pleasure Beach, from the neighboring towns. Mr. and Mrs. John Britt and chil dren spent last Sunday at Merry Hill with relatives. Mr. Carl Sessoms spent the week end in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Harden of Windsor were visitors in town last Sunday. Messrs. Eley and Umphlett of Ahoskie yere in town last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Parker of Murfreesboro spent last Monday in town. Mr. J. O. Askew, Jr., of Harrells ville was in town last Monday. Mr. Jim Mitchell and family of Wakefield, Va., were in town last Monday.^ Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Britton were visitors in Ahoskie last Monday. Notice According to the requirements of the new public school law, the Hert ford (^ounty Board of Education is hereby giving notice that the Board will on the flrst Monday in May, 1928, elect a county superintendent of schools to serve for a term of two years from July 1st, 1928. 4-18-81. B. G. WILLIAMS, Chairman of Board of Education ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of A. C. Vann, deceased, late of Hertford County, North Caro lina, this is to notify aU parties hold ing claims against the said estate to exhibit them for payment properly verified to' tHk undersigned on or be fore April 6th, 1924, or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their re covery. Those indebted to the said estate, please make immediate pay ment. J. N. VANN, Admr. This 6th day of April, 1923. 4-6-28-6t. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED DEED OF TRUST By virtue of the powers contained ifl~a certain deed of trust executed on the 2nd day of January, 1920, by S. W. McKeel to W. L Curtis, Trustee, which deed of trust is recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Hertford County, in Book 68, on page 61, the conditions contained in the said deed ' of trust having not been complied with and on request of the holder, the undersigned trustee will therefore, on The 10th Day of May, 1923 Offer for sale to the highest bidder for cas&, in front of the U. S. Post Office in the Town of Ahoskie, N. C., Hertford County, the following tract of land, to-yrit: ? That certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford County, N. C., and more fully described and defined as follows: On the Southwest side of County road leading from Ahoskie, N. C. to Fraxiers Cross Roads and ad joining the lands of W. L. Curtis, Mrs. A. R. Minton, V. H. Garrett and others and containing forty (40) acres more or less and being the farm known as the Minton farm pur chased by S. W. McKeel from E. J. Gerock. Time of sale?May 10, 1928. Place of sale?In front of U. S. Post Office, Ahoskie, N. C. Terms of sale?Cash. This the ?th day of April, 1923. W. L. CURTIS, Trustee. 4-18-28-4L ^I 1 ? == CANCERS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED AT THE KELLAM HOSPITAL The Kellam Hospital treat* successfully Cancers, Tumor*, Ulcers, X-Bay Burns, and Chronic Soree without the use of the knife, X~Ray, Radium, Acids, or Serum, and we have treated successfully over 00 per cent of the many hundreds of sufferers treated during the past twenty-three years. KELLAM HOSPITAL, Inc. 1617 West Main Street. Richmond, Va. , Overcomes^ v Odors Toilets, sinks, closets, out* houses, etc., require little attention when RED SEAL Lye is used to keep them ! dean and sanitary. Cuts the housework in half and does it a lot better at that. We will ten you many other ways to use RED SEAL Lye, Said for booklet. FuU directions in each can. ' r 1 1 11 1 1 NITRATE OF SODA To Top Dress Your Oats Get Our Prices Before You Buy Several Carloads on Hand / 8 J. N. 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