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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1930 ItIIEJI AXD THEREI History told as it would be written today It | By IIIVIN S. COSH |[ As Men Eafctled in tha Olden Times || In battle they called him “Richard the Lien-Hearted* because ol bis courage and his *pl '.d -d strength In peace he was “Richard Yea and Nay" because he did not know his own mind, was unstable as water, made pledges only to break them Troubadour, poet and warrior, he was the most picturesque of all the Norman line of England’s kings and on e oi the mest picturesque kings of ary age. I, fc:l t 0 Richard ’ s «c» to lead that Crusade to the Holy Lands which of all such is teg an meet brilliantly and ended in just as disastrous a failure as did most of . ci! s In Pahwtme at the head of his forces he spent 16 months He largely was Me for raisr.ta the siege of Acre, where a starving and exhausted Christian gar i '-as hciragueieo fc» the Moslems under their great lead r. Saladin But his most cut - achievement da ing his career as a Crusader was the winning of his tremendous v against that same Saladin at Arsuf in 1191 V a result, he twice was aole to lead his army within a tew miles of Jerusalem. <he r a truce With the iuUdj's l:y which the Europeans kept certain captured c tcvns and as pilgrims—not as soHiers—were allowed access to the Holy Sepulcher, A greup c! mm—priests, scholars and scldie.s—write letters and narratives de tl-.e battle of Arsuf. These memoirs were preserved, although the names of the e wp;e ro: Tcgeifcoi they term perhaps the most graphic picture of h pitched in medieval limes that is today available ter use of the historian end the antiquarian. or-.’S be to amr mental work cf selection, arrangement and classification made by ,r T. A Arche? and published by G B Putnam s Sons in IGS9. it is possible for cm a.so to v.c w ;.:e batt e through Lie eyes ol these actual participants in it. He s. • men fought in t..cse ancient days and what motives in pired them; he hears their p s when toe tide of war ran against them and their triumphant shouts when the s : • .;> and daring o! thcii leader turned the issue and made conquerors of them. ■j • p i.i. the readings 1 have clone 1 ; iV d yet to find so graphic an ae- A. -t of a medieval battle as this t of the victory of the i'liris ]■ over the Saladin at Arsuf, fol ■ their initial rev arses on that 1i • - „ : v!,) day. True, the completed , .ve in its translated form repro c „ e woven-togelher stories of twc. , perhaps four, participants. ■ c skillfully was the work of com :>r.:l combination carried out t me.it seems more like Jie stor\ < t' e shores of the so-called Sal; - ; r. f:« it ini; the forest of Arsuf. ? < r tian forces numbering about P . ra September 5. 111)1, diseov be!' re them a vast force of flu e; y r i-koned at not less than 1100. pgkilaa men—one of the mightiest a»’!: "-s ike world, until that time, bad kve" Nevertheless, the invaders did not lose heart. They had Richard to load them, and him they regarded as invincible however great the odds Inst him. The chronicle recites how carefully the king arranged his troops in twelve squadrons. Let us quote front the stirring tale: Enragect Turks Advance. “The third hour was now drawing on. when 10l a host of Turks, 10.000 in number, swept rapidly down upon our men. hurling darts and arrows and making a terrible din with their con fused cries. After these came running up a race of demons very black in color; for which cause, because they are black, they are not unfittingly called the negro pack. Then, too. came on those Saracens who live in the desert and are commonly called Beda win, rough, darker than smoke, most pestilent footmen with their bows and round targets —a people light of foot and most eager for battle. These were ever threatening our army. «• “And beyond those we have men tinned you might see along the smooth er ground well-equipped phalanxes of Turks advancing with their several en signs. banners and emblems. They seemed to number more than 20.000 men. On steeds swifter than eagles they thundered down upon us till the whirling dust raised by their rapid flight blackened the very air. Be for the emirs there went men clanging away with trumpets and clarions others had drums, others pipes anti timbrels, rattles, gongs, cymbals, and other instruments fitted to make a din . . . Thus from every part, by lan<K and sea, so that for two miles there was not a hand's breath of space where this hostile race was not to be found. “That day our own losses and the Sufferings of our horses, who were pierced through and through with nr rows and darts, showed how persist ently the enemy kept up the attack and then indeed we found out the usi of our stalwart cross-bowmen, out bowmen and those closely-wedged fol lovvjrs who at the very rear heat back the Turkish onset hy constant burling of their weapons so far as they could “Yet for all this, the enemy in a lit tie while rushed on them again like » torrent of waters, redoubling theii bows and so drunk with fury that at last many of our cross bowmen could hold out no longer, but, throwing away their hows and cross bows in sheet dread of death, gave way before the Intolerable onset of the Turks anti forced a path within the close ranks of our main army, lest they should he cut off from our comrades. Hemmed in By Fierce Saracens. “But the better men and bolder V'liom shame forbade to yield, faced about and strove against the Turks w ßh unflagging valor. So they marched backwards in their anxiety to keep themselves from the danger they would run by advancing too con fldently in the ordinary method; and a M that day they went on, picking their way rather than marching, with their faces turned toward the Turks, who threatened at their rear. “Ay! in the stress and bitter peril that day there was no one who did nat wish himself safe at home with his pilgrimage finished. And of a ’ r uUt our little handful of people was hemmed In on every side by so vast a multitude of Saracens that it could not have escaped had it been so mind e, J; and like a flock of sheep within the very jaws of the wolves, our men. e( x>ped up as they were, could see no?hing around them excepting the sky amt their pestilent enemies swarming up m every side. “lord God! What were then the feelings of that weak flock of -Christ? Who ever had to hear up against such cruel oppressors? Who was ever ground down by such want of all things? There you might see our sol diers after losing their steeds march .along on foot with t!u? footmen, shoot ing arrows or anything else that chance supplied them with. The Turks, too, whose special pride it is to excel with the bow, kept up the show er of arrows and darts till the air re sounded and the brightness of the snn itself grew dark as with a wintry fall of hail or snow hy reason of the num ber of their missiles. An the King. “Our horses were transfixed with ar rows and darts, which covered the sur face of the ground so thickly every } where that a man could have gathered twenty with a single sweep of his hand. And now cur assailants smote on the backs of our men as they ad vanced, as if with malots; so that it was no longer a case for using arrows and darts from a distance, but for piercing with lances or crushing with heavy maces at close quarters; for hand-to-hand attacks with drawn swords, while the blows of the Turks resounded as if from an anvil. The battle ranged most severely in the rear rank of the Hospitallers because they might not repay the enemy, but had to go J\long patient under their sufferings, silent though battered hy clubs and. though struck, not striking in return. At last, unable to bear up against so vast a host, they began to give way and press upon the squadron ahead of them. They fled before the Turks, who were madly raging in their rear. . . , “At last more than 20,000 Turks made a sudden confused rush, batter ing at close quarters with clubs and swords, redoubling their blows against the Hospitallers and pressing on In every way, when lo! one of this broth erhood, Gamier de Napes, cried out with a loud voice, ‘O, illustrious knight St. George, why dost thou suffer us to be thus confounded? Christendom it self is now perishing if It does not heat back tin's hateful foe!’ There upon the master of the Hospital, go ing off to the king, said. ‘Lord king, we are grievously beset and are likely to he branded with eternal shame as men who dare not strike in tlieir own defense. “ ‘Each one of us is losing his own horse for nothing, and why should we , put up with it any longer?’ To whom . the king made reply, ‘My good master. It must needs be endured.' So the master returned to find the Turks pressing on and dealing death in the rear, while there was no chief or count who did not blush for very shame. . . . The Tide of Battle Turns. “O how blind is human fate! On what slippery joints it totters! Alas, on what doubtful wheels it moves along, evolving human events in un certain succession. Truly an incal culable host of Turks would have perished if matters had been carried out according to the previous arrange ment. . . . For whilst our men were retreating together and had at last determined that the time for charging the enemy had come, two knights, impatient of delay, overthrew the whole plan. For it had been de creed that when the moment for set ting upon tiie Turks arrived, six trumpets should sound in three sev eral parts of the army. “If this plan had only been carried out the whole body of the. Turks would have been cut off and routed; but thanks to the overhaste of these two knights the order was not ob served, to the great disadvantage of the common weal. For these two, you must know, breaking from the ranks, spurred their steeds against the Turks, overthrowing and transfixing each his man. “Now when the other Christians saw those two rushing against the Turks so boidl.v and calling upon St. George for aid in so loud a voice, they all in a body wheeling round their steeds, in the name of Christ the Savior, followed and flung themselves against the foe with one mind. . . . AH the rest advanced boldly and at once; behind them rushed in the swift-footed men of Poitou, the Bre tons, the Angevins and others whose valor was such that they transfixed each Turk as he came against them with their lances,-'and bore him to the ground. “In this encounter the air grew black with dust, and the whole body of the Turks who had of set purpose dismounted so as to aim their darts THE CHATHAM RECORD, PITTSBORO, N. C. and arrows better, had their heads cut off, for* our toot soldiers deeapi luted those whom our kniglds had over!l l r* wn. “King Rieltnrd, seeing the army in confusion, put spurs to liis horse and lle.v i.| to (lie spot, not slackening his course till lie had made his way through the Hospitallers, to whose aid . he brought Ids followers. Then he , bore on the Turks, thundering against : them and mightily astonishing them ;by the deadly 'blows he dealt. To right and left they fell away before i him. Oh! how many might there he ! seen rolled over on the earth, some groaning, others gasping out their last : breath as they wallowed in their blood. : and many, too, maimed and trodden ■ underfoot by those who passed by. j Everywhere there were horses rider less. i | “Then King Richard, fierce and ! alone, pressed on the Turks, laying them low; none whom ids sword ' touched might escape; for wherever he went he made a wide path for liirn -1 self, brandishing Ids sword on every j side. When he had crushed this liate ; ful race by the constant blows of Ids I sword, which mowed them down as if , they were a harvest for the sickle, the l remainder, frightened at the sight of | their dying friends, began to give him a wider berth; for by now tlie corpses of the Turks covered the face of the ground for half a mile, j “At last the Turks_are really routed; | they leap from tlieir saddles; a dust ; full of danger to our men, rises from i the combatants. For when our war ' riors, fatigued with slaying and eager | to catch even a breath of air, left the j thick of the tight, they could not ret* , ognize one another owing to the cloud of dust, but began to lay about them ; indifferently to right and left, slaying ' friends in mistake for foes. I “But still the Christians pounded : away with their swords till the Turks j grew faint with terror. . . . There you might see many 'a bearded Turk lie maimed and mutilated, hut, still striving to resist with the courage of 1 despair until, as our men began to prevail, some of the enemy, shaking ! themselves free from their steeds, hid among the bushes or climbed up the trees,, from which they fell dying with horrid yells before the arrows of oui men. . . . Truly in a notable man nor was that hostile race driven hack so that for two miles you could see nothing but the flight of those who just before had been so pertinacious in attack, so haughty and so fierce But with God’s aid. thus did tlieir pride perish. . . *(£) by the Bell Syndloate. Inc.) Odd Table Etiquette i of Sixteenth Century A few rules of etiquette from “Gal athee,” a handbook of the Sixteenth century, seem amusing: j “At the beginning of the meal ev eryone should wash their hands in each other's presence in order that those who are going to put theii hands in the same dish together may have no doubt about the cleanliness of each other’s hands.” It was perfectly, proper to throw the bones, the gristle, the uneaten ■ parts of the vegetables on the floor i behind one—the servants swept it up 1 “Galathee” says: “It Isn't proper to j scratch yourself at the table, and one ! should abstain as much as possible i from spitting, but if one has to, do it ‘gentilely.’ ” “I have heard it said.” the book continues, “that there are nations so well behaved that thej do not spit. ‘Furthermore, one should 1 not gobble one’s meat so rapidly that one makes a noise and loses one’s breath.” I Henry 111, by a royal decree, or 1 dered that when he was at his meals no one else should lean on the royal chair but the captain of the guard * Furthermore. Henry ordered that 1 guests should arrive at meals clean and sober, should not drink too con stantly lest they get drunk. I have personally always been in terested in historical romances, aryl it was trying to imagine what the condition of the inns was in the times of d’Artagnan and Porthos that first aroused* my architectural interest in conditions of food, travel and habi . tation. ) Alexandre Dumas wrote a cook , book himself. He was a great gour I met, but he was also a great story j teller; and I am inclined to think j that the descriptions he wrote in the | Nineteenth century of Seventeenth century conditions were no more at* curate and no more capable of giv ing a correct historical impression than was Paul Veronese's greai painting of the marriage feast at Cana of giving an accurate picture of the miracle of wine and water.— Guy Lowell in Scribner’s Magazine. Practice Will Make Any Voice Charming “A woman without charm is like u ..rose without fragrance,” writes Fran cesca Doane in the Physical Culture Magazine. “There is nothing that so quickly denotes the presence of a gentle woman as the sound of her voice There is nothing that detracts from an otherwise pleasing personality tie a coarse, strident tone or a shrill nasal accent. A melodious, restfu* voice is far more appealing to tke harrassed nerves of the tired business man than the most provocative giggle or piquant bah.V talk of Broadways snappiest chorus. A “One of the pleasantest way# of ac quiring a harmonious voice is b> talking to music. Do not sing th< words. Talk them. You will fii*' ! that your vocal tone will unconscious j ly adjust itself to the music. TUt ! theme of the melody will be reflectet' in your voice.” (INTERESTING j | DOINGS OF I Farm News I s = ! I ’ I STOCK FARMING, f CROPS. I Edited by N. C. SHIVER, County Agt. { P °FTr ! i i | News of the Week on Chatham County Farms “There’s a living in a full crib of corn”, stated a Chatham farmer in a conversation with the County Agent recently. Continuing along this same line, he said, “I always plant my corn first in the spring of the year. I can manage to get by without cotton if weather con ditions are such that I cannot plant it, but what would I do for corn meal, feed for the family cow, pork or chicken feed without my corn?” ❖ ❖ i* Lespedeza orders are coming in fast at the present time. Mr. W. 1 Houston Fox of the Jordan Mill community is seeding three acres in Lespedeza this year for the first time. Mr. Fox has noticed the adaptability of the native Japan Clover to our soils, and feels that the cultivated strains of Lespedeza' should be better in proportion. * * * Mr. Joe Sam Dorsett of Siler City recently seeded one acre in alfalfa. This acre had been seeded in sweet clover previously, and so j needed inoculation. .. * * * We had often attempted to point out to dairy farmers the necessity of their raising their calves to ma turity for replacement in their herds, rather than attempt to buy! mature cows for this purpose. Not only do we raise better cows by this method, but we also have a chance to dispose of our mature; cows as bred heifers. Mr. R. M. Connell of Pittsboro is following this method. For the past seven years, Mr. Connell has kept a registered Jersey bull, and also several females. As a result, he has been able to begin produc ing milk without such a large initial outlay of cash for cows, and he has a number of Heifers that will freshen next fall, thus enabling him to produce more milk. * * * A hydraulic ram that is practical and labor-saving has been installed on the farms of Mr. Will Perry and C. H. Lutterloh of the Gum Springs community. The water is piped direct to the dairy barns of these men from a spring on Mr. Perry’s farm. * * * A .survey for the installation of a hydraulic ram on the farm of Mr. J. Lee Harmon, Moncure, R. F.D. 2, will be made shortly. FARMERS ATTEND DAIRY MEET Mr. A. C. Kimrey addressed meet ings of dairy farmers and farmers interested in dairy development at II FOOD Your Corn Crop LIKES IS it just another corn crop for you thii year< or have you decided to join the ranks of farmers who make a crop that really is a crop? Now is the time to decide . and you can just as easily make a good crop. No luck to-it... just one single rule for success. Chilean Nitrate of Soda is the difference between a good corn crop and a poor one. A side dressing with this nitrate fertilizer (the only natural nitrate in the world) greatly increases the .yield. Makes larger ears with more corn per ear and more ears per stalk. A North Carolina Farmer E. B. Faulk, Jonesboro, N. C., made 46.9 bu. of corn per acre when he used 300 lbs. Chilean Nitrate per acre with acid phos phate and potash. On corn fertilized with only acid and potash— no Chilean Nitrate —• he made only 29 bu. per acre. A clear increase due to Chilean Nitrate of 17.9 bu. per acre. Chilean Nitrate is not synthetic. It is mined and refined in Chile, largely by American capital, brought here in American ships and sold to American farmers at a low price. See your local dealer. If he does not carry Chilean Nitrate, he can easily get it for you. FrM Farfilixar Soak Our new book, “How to Fertilize Corn in the South,” tells how to make a real corn crop. It is Free. Ask for Book No. 5, or tear out this ad and mail it with your name and address written in the margin. 1830-1930 ... One hundred years of fertilizer service to American agriculture. Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU , N 229 Professional Bldg., Raleigh, N. C. In replying, please refer to Ad No. 68 V "IT'S. WOT LUCK* L Hackney’s store. Gum Springs, and Hickory Mountain Monday and Tues day of this week. Mr. Kimrey dis cussed the value of cow-testing as sociation work for dairy farmers in this county, advantages to be de rived therefrom and methods of organization of such an association. This association will follow the bi monthly plan v rather khan the plan of testing once a month. This method enables the work to be done cheaper. ALL DAY DAIRY SCHOOL TO BE HELD AT PITTSBORO FEBRUARY 11TH. Prominent Speakers Have Been Se ; • cured for the program. In cooperation with the Depart ment of Dairy Extension of Stake College, and the County Agent, an all day dairy school will be held at Pittsboro Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 10 A. M. at the Pilot Theatre. All farmers are cordially j invited to attend this school. In j eluded on the program are Mr. A. C. Kimrey of State College, Dr. A. H. Kerr of State College, and Mr. ‘S. ’J. Kirby of State College. The following subjects will be discussed; I Economical Grain Mixtures for [ North Carolina —Mr. Kimrey. I How to Reduce the c-ost of the Dairy Herd’s Ration—Mr. Kimrey. Dairy Herd Management—Mr. Kimrey. Contagious Abortion and its Con trol-j-Dr. Kerr. Prevention of Common Dairy Cattle Disease—Dr. Kerr. The Importance of Pastures in the r i Chatham County Dairy Program— * Mr. Kirby I What Has Been Accomplished in Dairying in Chatham County—N. C. Shiver. I This announcement not only ex- S tends a cordial invitation to all ; dairymen in Chatham county to at tend this school, but to all other farmers who are interested in dairy ! development in this county. Make this an all day outing, and bring some of your neighbors. TO UNLOAD LESPEDEZA SEED AT PITTSBORO JAN 30-FEB. 1 A shipment of 350 bushels of common lespedeza seed, and 50 bushels of lespedeza Tennessee strain No. 76 will be unloaded at Pittsboro, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 30 and 31, and February 1. Only a small portion of these seed are booked, and farm ers may get them from the county agent at Pittsboro on any of the days mentioned or during the fol lowing week. The common Les pedeza seed will be delivered for $3.87 per bushel, while the Tennes see strain No. 76 will be delivered for $6.37 per bushel or 25% cents per pound. “FARM PHILOSOPHY” Prosperity for one-crop farming is a snare and a delusion. * * * Organization for and tr* farmers is worthwhile only as a means of \ self-help. * * * Electric lights make hens see their way clear to lay more eggs. ❖ * ❖ The test cf a scrub hog is on the meat scale when he is weighed in the'balance and-found wanting. Southern farmers are losing thirty millions of dollars yearsly by leaving so-called non-perishable cotton bales to the mercy of the weather. * * * A pretty stream through the • farm adds usefulness to beauty when harnessed to, a little home power plant. “TIMELY YTOPICS” Given the proper balanced ration, care and time, hogs fed out under the “Shay system” will pay farmers well in this county, provided farm ers produce enough corn per acre, or are able to buy it cheap. Last year, t\tfo carloads of hogs were fed out according to this method. This year, we' would like to see half a dozen cars of hogs fed out. The county agent will be glad to visit any farmers interested in feeding out hogs, and give them the in formation available on this method of feeding. * * * • It is certain that if the men will not appreciate the convenience arid labor saving resulting from the in stallation of a hydraulic ram, the farm women will. There is nothing more tiresome than the continual walking to and from springs heavily laden with water for stock and household purposes, especially in the cold of winter or heat of summer. A hydraulic ram supplies water at the very lowest cost possible. The cost of operation is low, as there are no repairs to be made and the ram usually lasts one a lifetime. Any farmer who has a lasting spring near his house will find that an investment in a hyd draulic ram will be one o» the most satisfactory investments possible to make. Mr. A. T. Holman, extension agri cultural engineer will visit this county at an early date for the pur pose of making hydraulic ram sur veys, and discussing hydraulic ram installation with farmers who are interested. Farmers interested in installing rams should get » touch with the county agent. * * * Why not graze some of that les pedeza you intend seeding this year; or that you seeded last year with sheep? There is just as good a possibility for profits from sheep as there is- in any form of livestock in this county. Our livestock pro gram will not be complete without sheep, and farmers will find that the addition of sheep to their farm ing program will pay well, provided they are willing to give them the proper care, feed and pasture. SIOO for Adjusting Chevrolet Valyes? (From The Hamlet News-MessettgerJ A hundred dollars is a right good price to charge for adjusting the valves in a Chevrolet motor, but that is the price quoted by J. I* Bankhead, local Chevrolet man, last Thursday. But he didn’t collect all of it—in cash. It happened like this: L A well-dressed young couple drove up to Bankhead’s place in a Chevro*- lef roadster with the curtains up. Mr. Bankhead was standing at the door with his little pet fice at his heels. When the man in the car told what he wanted Mr. Bankhead turned to call a mechanic, and as his back was turned he saw through the corner of his eye or in his glasses, the man reach out and get the little dog and him in the car. He said nothing at the time, but called the mechanic to work bn the valves then called the police station. Chief Miller answered the call and Mr. Bankhead asked him just to sit around the office for a minute “in case something happen ed.” Meantime the mechanic was through and Mr. Bankhead was ready to collect. The man in the car opened the door just a little ways and asked how much. Without cracking a smile Bankhead replied: “One hundred dollars; but if you will turn the dog out the price will be the usual 75c.” “Oh, is this your dog?” asked the man as he lifted up the corner of his com panion’s coat and let the. little pup jump out. Whereupon he tendered a dollar bill and Bankhead stepped to the cash register to get the change. As he came back Chief came with him—and the couple in the car were ready to go from there. Mr. Bankhead did not know the pair, but he is convinced that they are not in the market for little black dogs at $99.25 a dog. AN EPIDEMIC? A Harley Street specialist tells us that lumabgo and sciatica are thg, only two diseases that attack a son suddenly in the back. Readers must remember that motor-car is not a disease. —Passing Show. PAGE THREE