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CORNWALL AND INVIRONS. if In His Second Letter Mr. Rand Tflls Something About Christmas in Eng land?An Old Well and Old,Church Built Centuries Ago?A Visit to Trerice, a Sixteenth Century Eng- ' Iish Manor House and Its Dungeon ' ?The Magnificent Cathedral at | Truro. | In beginning a letter which will i deal mainly with places of interest I near Newquay I wish In a brief di- 1 gression to devote a few lines to Cbristmas. I had looked forward ( nth much interest to the coming of | Christmas as 1 wished to see how it < was observed in England. For some lime preparations had been In pro gress tor the advent of the festive t season. An abundance of holly and ? mistletoe, the constant decorating of i stores, and the attractive displays in ' store windows were sure signs of Its reproach. On Christmas eve night ( the streets were crowded with people t old and young, of both sexes. Young- I sters might be seen gating longing- .1 ly through glass windows at minia ture ships and toy trains, while the I sparkle In the young girl's eye evi denced her happy anticipation of the < gifts which the morrow would bring. Every one seemed happy and there < was an unmistakable sense of Christ- > raas in the air. Several selections by i the band of the 2nd Cornwall Volun- < teers contributed much to the spirit ( and interest of the time. On Christ- I mas day the weather wus Ideal. It i was fair and moderately cold, with i a light breeze stirring. The day seem- i id like Sunday. It was very quiet, jwing perhaps to the absence ot ure works. In the morning I took a walk along the cliffs by the sea. The white crested waves rolling in from a back ground of deep blue and the distant grass-covered hills peacefully repos ing in the sunshine combined to makt ?a pretty picture and a pleasant walk. About dinner time 1 returned to my room?not to turkey \nd cranberry suuee, but to what proved to be a vt ry good substitute In the form of roast duck and plum pudding. While .1 missed the former, yet on account of its novelty and excellence 1 enjoy ?nd t4ie latter very much. I'lum pud dlngNl am told, is indispensable to the English Christ mi-.s dinner. And .in my opinion It merits the high re gard in which it is held. It is custom i^y here for the stores to close both on Christmas day' and on the day following. It is also cus tomary for people to attend services at church on Christinas morning, and lhe churches are appropriately deco rated for the occasion. Christmas trees with attendant exercises in the churchei are unknown, but t'aihily Christmas trees in the home are quit common. To the yoi;ng mind Santa Clans i;- indispensable to Christmas, ?ind his coming Is hailed with equal ly as much enthusiasm and delight here as In America. Ilut the- main purpose of this letter is to describe some of the places of interest mar Newquay, and I will proceed to this at once. In the neighborhood of Newquay are several places which for antiquarian and scenic interest are unsurpassed in this part of Kngland. Some of them supply material to artists and, 1 ven ture to say, might well furnish in spiration for poets. The lover of an tiquity, In particular, will find near here material which will carry him t>ack a thousand years and more. One ?such place Is the village of Crantock. It is about two miles from Newquay iu nruttUi- cStiiQtni] in a valley, from the bottom of which (hi* surrounding hills move upward by gentle gradations. The village pos sesses two attractions?an old well aod an old church. The well is in the center of the vil lage and is surmounted by a hollow stone mound. It has been in exis tence ten centuries, and the water if .-{aid to be as good and as plenti ful now as It was ten centuries ago. According to history the church had its origin in an oratory built in the fifth century by Saint Carantocus who was associated with Saint Pat rick in Ireland. By the time of Ed ward the Confessor it had become a church and was collegiate, having a school of canons. It was despolledl by Henry the Eighth and was imperfect ly restored two centuries later. The church is situated a little to the right of the village on the side of a hill. Jt stands in the back part of the churchyard and is reached by a walk which runs straight through the churchyard. The church is about 80 Teet long, 17 feet wide at one end an 25 at the other. The surface of the ?nails is scratched and crumbled and ? has a grayish appearance. At one end of the church is a tower which contains a bell whose chimes pos ies* a peculiar twectness. Entrance ' to the church Is effected through a low narrow passage, or vestibule. At ti e front of the vestibule ruing from the roof Is a small stone cross. Fas tened to the wall Just under the cross >s an iron plate upon which appear be following words: Kgo I Sum Ianua; Per Me Qui Intrabit i Servabltur i. kind of gloom pervade!) the in interior of the church, owing to the Insufficiency of natural light. The walls contain several memorial tab lets. At th" lower end of the church Is a stone font which liars the date 1474. The church yard Is Interesting, con alning many old graves and a stone ?offin which was unearthed near the ?hurch. The regulations of this church con Lain a peculiar requirement. This is to the effect that men must attend services with heads uncovered and women with heads covered. Another interesting place near N'ew luay is Trerlce, a sixteenth century manor house. The manor of Trerlce was at an early period the property ind residence of a family of that name, whose heiress In the reign of Edward III brought it to a branch >t the Arundal family. During suc ceeding generations it passed through [wo other families and in 1802 came Into the possession of Sir Thomas /Vcland whose grand son Sir Charles \cland, the present liaronet, Is now lie owner. - 1 quote here from a local descrip tion. "The Mansion was built in 1572-8 apparently on the site of an ilder house as portions of a very wild masonry have been found un Jer the soil. The house must have covered a large area. Local tradt Iion says there was a chapel here ind the ground whereon It stood Is ittlll called 'Chapel Close.' Many strange legends are told of the place - J ? ??- ?? I? tho 1111(1 Ol Lilt' KIUIIVI mail' lit nuivu i?< Itarons lived. The main walls are of great thickness and there are at least two secret underground passages, no doubt serving as means of escape In troublous times. There Is also a dungeon." Only two rooms of the manor are open to inspection by visitors. These are the Hall and Drawing room. The Hall, which Is on the first floor, is 3?! feet long by 22 feet wide, and 24 feet in height. At the north end is a minister's gallery extending the whole width of the Hall. On the right side of the Hall as one enters is an Immense fireplace, large enough in fact to roast a small ox. The wall above the fireplace bears the date 1572. In the wall opposite the fireplace Is a very large window containing a great number of small square panes. There are said to be 570 panes In this window. The ceil ing in the Hall is beautifully decorat ed. A careful survey of the celling will reveal near the center the mono grams J. A-?K. A.?M. A., which are said to be the initials of John, Katherine and Margaret Arundel. The drawing room, which Is on the second floor, is 32 feet long by 20 feet wide and 30 feet high. This room also contains a large fireplace above which appears the date 1573. lust below the date the coat of arms of the builder of the manor is work ed in the wall. The mantel-piece is very fine as are the vaulted 'celling I and frieze also. Opposite the fire place Is a large oriel window. At one end of the room is a very old table of black oak; the top Is one solid plank. The table is about 14 feet long and 2^ feet wide. It is said to have been in the house over 300 years and its appearance would seem to bear out this statement. Besides these two rooms there are other portions of the manor which would doubtless be interesting, viz: the Turret or spiral stairs of sto le, * I. %*? 1 PnKKMnr u lth itc four ?Pi?h in*- ncm vv/i ? iuui toot ?vw . _ oil windows, and fragments of a beau tifully decorated ceiling. These can not be shown to visitors as they now form part of the living and working rooms. % The entrance door to the manor Is worthy of notice. It is a very heavy door made of oak boards three inches thick, and is strengthened by long narrow plates of iron secured by bolts. Judging by the appearance of the door nothing less than a batter ing ram could force an mtrance. The dungeon is also worthy of mention. The door of the dungeon opens from the side of the Btalr-case on the Interior of the manor. The keeper pointed this out to me as I was going upstairs to view the Draw ing room, and I opened the door and looked in. It was damp and dark preventing my getting any idea of the dimensions. There seemed, how ever, to be a clear drop of many feet. It certainly looked uninviting. The lot of the prisoner of today is doubt less bad enough, but if he had his choice between a modern prison cell and a mediaeval dungeon and could take one look at the latter he would In- very quick about making up lite mind. When one sees a den like this he can imagine what many poor wretches suffered during the Middle Ages. And when he thinks of the numbers who languished and died in the semi-darkness and foul air of vile dungeons he is grateful for living lr a more human age. There was, tc i b? sure, a romantic attraction abou' life in the Middle Ages. Its battles. Its tournaments, and its knights in glittering armor appeal to the imagi nation. But It had its disadvantages; mid not the least of these was the spirit of cruelty which caused heart less barons to confine men In Just such dungeons as that of Trerlce. Professor Turlington voiced the sen timent of most of us, 1 think, when he once said In substance that he much preferred living ia the present age to living in what were called the good old days of the past. In front of the manor is a long nar row court through the center of which a smooth hard walk leads up to the entrShce. The court is enclos ed on both sides by high walls. It contains two large trees, one on each side of the walk, and several small cedars. In the wall on the right i'de of the court is a spring of pure vater, running from the rock. The manor garden Is situated on Ke right side of the ho- se. it is beautifully laid out in walks and con tains many flowers and large plants, and much shrubbery. In one part of thy garden is a very pretty yew hedge formed by two yew trees whlcl situated about five feet from -ach other, grow out of tUu ground in solid trunks to height of six or eight in ches. The two trunks send out nu merous interlacing branches and the branches In turn put forth twigs which, ending in numberless tiny dark leaves .or:u a '.hick impenotra- j ble hedge. This hedge is very large and forms one of thi prettiest sights of the garden. The yew i? of ex tremely slow growth and the hedge, In consequence of the size it has at tained, 1h reckoned to be 150 years m m A few days ago I walked out to Mawgan, a village about six miles from Newquay. The village is situ ated on a valley and is charmingly screened by trees on the hillsides. The main interest in the village cen ters about the church. It is a very old church and has a tall square tow er. The church contains several fine stained glass windows and a Nor man font dating back to 1100. On a list of the deceased benefactors of this church appear the names of the King and Crown I'rince of Portugal. In the churchyard are two old cross es?one an ornamented stone cross with the date 1420, and the other a plain stone cross of the tenth centu ry. There is also in the churchyard a curious wooden memorial, in the form of the stern of a boat, on which are painted the names of nine men who were found In a boat, frozen to death, on the coast In 1846. Its c&armlug location and Its lnterfsttkg old church make Mawgan a very ?t tractive village. Artists are said to make frequent visits there during the summer months. On December 23rd I went over by train to Truro and spent the day. Truro is a city of about 7,000 people and is 16 miles from Newquay. The business part of the city is not at tractive, but there are some/ very fine buildings in the residential sec tion. The city contains a public park called Waterfall Gardens, which was presented to the city by an ex mayor some years ago. In the resi dential section of the city is a Doric column erected in memory of John and Richard Lander, explorers of the Niger river. The most attractive build ing in the city is the cathedral. It is a handsome and Imposing structure both on the exterior and the interior. It was built about 22 years ago at a cost of $1,000,000. The tower is 250 feet high and is very fine. The cathedral has a seating capacity of 3,000. The entire length of the ca *1 1 ? * 1 ~ koiirht from llU'Urill IS i)vvr ICCt. . nv uwpuv the floor to the roof on the interior is 70 feet. The width on the interior is 76 feet. In the rear of the ("athe dral on one &'de is a memorial to th. Cornish .oMIers who were killed In the South African war. The names of all who fell are engraved on a large marble plate which is secured in the wall. At each end of the pla^e stands a statue of a soldier. The number of names engraved on the plate is large, showing that Corn wall did her full duty in the struggle. Fastened to the wall above the plate are two tattered and bullet peirced flags which were carried by Cornish troops in English wars of many de cades ago. One of the flags con tains the names of the battles it has gone through. There were more than a dozen and among others I noticed Salamanca. Dettingen. Corutina, and Lucknow. Cornwall is proud of its cathedral. All classes and all sections of the county contributed to its building. Rich in design and splendid in exe cution It is a source of admiration to the visitor and of pride to the native Cornishtnan. OSCAR R. RAND Newquay, Cornwall, Dec. 28, 1908. i Plneulos for the Kidneys are HttH ? golden globules which act directly oi i the kidneys. 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Great IVIilitar-y Parade For further information, reservations, etc , call on nearest Ticket Agent or write W J CliAIG, T. C. WHITE Passenger Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent WILMINGTON, ..... N. C. ITrJT1 CLOTHES ? An(I ,||C igsfflsSErf^ Keller they are Better Clothes ^wi?i| Clonics |BEam^ L i First. They are made of Brand New Cloths which have been thoroughly shrunk. '~rj{ Second. They are cut by the very latest models " j of our own selection. - ?j Third The collars are tailored so as to fit per ? fectly to the neck. The lapels are specially hand tailored and hold ?5; their shape. ! 'j Fifth. The fronts are iuterlined with best En f I glish canvas and Freuch hair cloth which pre vents their breaking down t.ixth. All seems are t ?ped and double stitched jfl to prevent pulling. *^l Seventh. The linings are of the best farmers ? Sj. satin, venetiau, and all wool sirge as the quality of the garment requires H Eighth. Th? trousers are just as well made in tjM every ?av as thp coats. * Ninth. By having our clothes made foi us, we |M get a lowor price for them. Tenth We guarantee our qualities against any ? and all clothing offered at auy price. fl | Galley ft Galley, cugion. UTi | NOTICE. By virtue of the authority contain ed in a mortgage deed executed to me on the 21 day of January, 1907, by Leroy Garner, Catherine Garner and Margarett Garner, and duly reg istered in the Registers office of Johnston county in Book M. No. 9, page 560, I shall sell at public auc tion, for cash at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on the 6, day of February, 1909, the following described lands, to-wlt: That tract of land lying and being in Oneals township, Johnston county, and State of North Carolina, adjoin ing the lands of D. L. Corbett, J. E. Corbett and others, beginning at a lightwood knot, corner in D. L. Cor bett's line, thence East to a hick ory tree in S. T. Creech's line, thence South to a sweetgum tree on the bank of long branch, thence up said branch to the beginning and con taining 73 acres more or less, and fully described in said mortgage. This 6 day of January, 1909. C, R. Batten, Mortgagee. Ed. S. Abell, Att'y. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executor on the estate of John Hales, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 29th day of January 1910 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment. This 27 day of January, 1909. W. D. HALES, Exr. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. By virtue of a mortgage deed ex ecuted on the 20th day of February, 1904, by J. W. Wood and wife, B. C. Wood, and recorded in Book T. No. 8, page 194, records of said county the undersigned will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Smithfield, Johnston County, N. C., on Friday, Febru ary 12, 1909, at 12 o'clock noon, the following described tract or parcel of land lying and being in Banner town ship, Johnston county, described and defined as follows to-wit: Adjoins the lands of Benj. Hudson, J. W. Wood, Jr., Isham McLamb heirs, G. M. Benson and others, and is bounded, beginning at a stake Isham McLamb heirs corner, and runs North 4 East 50 poles to a pine, thence South 86 East 16 poles to a stake; thence North 4 East 64 poles to a stake Benson's corner; thence as his line South 86 East 52% poles to a stake; thence South 1 West 58^ poles to a stakejBenj. ywvon's > oft ner in middle of Smithfield a7i<r~Fa? etteville public road; thence with said road South 61% West 21 poles to a stake, J. W. Wood Jr. corner; thence South 4 West 72 poles to a stake; thence North 89 West 28 2-5 poles to a pine stump, Wood and McLamb's corner; thence North 37% West 40 poles to the beginning con taining forty three and three quar ter (43%) acres and is the same this day bought of said Leander Holmes. Terms of sale cash. ALONZO PARRISH, Assignee of Mortgagee. SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLI CATION. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court, To March Term, 1909. ' Bank of Selma, vs. 1. l, ^auuier. T. T. Candler, the defendant above named, will take notice that an ac tion, entitled as above, has been commenced in the Superior court of Johnston county, to recover judgment for a debt of $580.00, due the plain tiff by the defendant, and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at tha j next term pf the Superior court of the said county, to be held on the first Monday in March, 1909, at the Court House, in Smithfield, N. C., and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for tha re lief demanded in s?^d complaint. This the 14 day of January, 1909. W. S. STEVENS. C. S. C. E. S.'ABELL, Att'y. for plaintiff. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as executrix on the estate of James E. Smith deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 8th day of January, 1910 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 4th day of January, 1909. MRS. NORA SMITH, Executrix. To Amend Charter. Notice is hereby given that appli cation will be made to the General Assembly now in session at Raleigh for an amendment to the charter of the town of Kenly, N. C. C. W. Edgerton Kenly, N. C., Jan. 7, 1909.