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ATHENS ANCIENT ANA MODEM.
Interesting Sketch Seal te The
Oesette hr Oaetoa Bey aew ea
the Bettleehip lews.
To UM Bettor •* tko OOMtto:
U. S. S. Iowa, Gnantanamo
Bay, Cuba, March 14th—We ar
rived at Piraeus, Greece, the
nearest port to Athena, on June
30. 1904. The distance is about
eight mites. We sailed on the
0th of July lor Carfu, arriving
there on the 8tb and leaving on
the 9th for Trieste. Austria.
Athena is named for Athena,
the Greek goddess of nitdom.
It is a city distinguished for un
rivaled achievements of ait and
literature aad is immortal In the
records of Greek statesmanship
aad military glory. No state
ancient or modern has produced
in proportion to its site so many
orators, authors, artists or has
bad so lasting an influence on
the civilisation and culture of
posterity.
This is perhaps the most noted
city aad state throughout the
world for the above mentioned
characters, aad I am very thank
tot tor navtng D id tbe opportu
nity to visit tbs anoint -and
crumbling ruif • of A then* and
to look upon tbe original and
most wonderful work a of art and
architecture of the old ages,
dating beck perhaps on* thou
sand years before the beglimiag
of tbe Christian ere. It Uinm
that its origin la lost in allegory
and to refer to Greek history,
which will be conducive to a
more explicit anderntandlog of
tbe story of Greece, we Will say
that its twelve rulers were suc
cessively Kfngs of aristocratic
people (800 B. C.,) and demo
cratic rulers of tbe common peo
Pfe <500 B. C ) Draco was a
lew giver of the aristocratic
period, famous for hit extreme
severity. People were seised
for debts end class feeling crea
ted harsh political discoid.
So toe. on aristocratic ruler
sad one of the most famous law
£rers of mil rimes, established a
moors tic code of lew. Tbe
lNyfe hpd legal representation
«jd*fevefy for debt was shot
. tribee of Oreeks
fought bitterly among ‘ them
-nit,™
tupranmey MM united generally
against • common foe.
~ **■ J«iav,
hated Greece and Atheuiaes ca
p-daily. I* m B. c. Mil
tiadei whipped Darina at Mara
thon in one of tha most famous
battles ever fonght. Xerxes,
Persia, forced the pass
of Thermopylae in a seven days
Mttle. Leonidas commanded
the band of warriors who de
fended the pats, all of whom
were killed bat two. Shortly af
terward Xerxes wax defeated
disastrously at Salamaii (480 B.
p-1* hy a Greek fleet of row
boats under Tbemistocles. One
thousand Persian vessels were
destroyed. A Persian army of
three hundred thousand was de
Plstae the next year.
.Th* *5**0 °f Pericles came
and Athens had iu golden age.
_ JV ft?. w* drama, oratory,
and military science were colti
, d **ve vent to the won
• . .1 ?OWtx ot their national
intellect sod instincts towards
tnese worthy achievements that
no modern master has yet ri
jjted.. Sparta and Athena, both
,Ute*\ then straggled
for thirty years in the Pelepon-'
SnSU"'*”d *"»"•
from "?
§P«rtM k07 went
w 7* pjother stood it the
ti? £,d J*1® to «>®« to$k
»£<«*! or upon it.
,?he PoMjicsl and military de
cline of Athene, however, acccn
*2*}*«n glorioua literary
and artistic sopremacy. Rome
i2awertC^SP oi Athens in
14« B. C. without much trouble
j2Lj*J5£ w£? w,tl! hm
lemal strife bat Rome always
teenected the mind end intellect
SsttS^Si!* 'wnotia Latin
authors, Cicero, Virvil. and
SSZSt* r#<£i’ed Km ,helr
The Roman
h„?H^U#VOf*d Athens and
bnilt many monuments end re
“SWasaure
H*B ®"l>7on Jestiniao closed
"At.**?* «<. Philosophy, 1.
K S J S"5*"** tWy were strong
holds of P*«**Un», This edict
**. . *** *»«ntal Hie of
“•fa* Athena. Her ancient
popuUUon was 200,000; at
present It Is about 150.000.
The present King of Greece,
who Is the son of the King of
Dmmark, resides AdlW
ih,-°T#t*,tad T®fk> are con
st mt enemies.
and fail at Athens and will now
turn my pen to a summary de
scription of Athena as I taw it.
Landing at Piraens we taka a
train to Atkens which it not on
the coast bat about eight miles
inland. The country la very
rough and Athena lias between
two high hills to the east and
west. On the west hill stand
the rains of the Acropolis the
old citadel of Athena famed for
its cluster of historic monu
ments. The East Hill is
crowned at its very summit by
sn old Greek monastery where
the priesthood of the Greek
church receive their training.
On July the 24th we visited the
Acropolis and its panorama oi
temples, namely the Parthenon,
the famous temple erected to
Athena, the Virginin 438 B. C.
It is ai perfect a specimen of
architecture as ever came from
the mind and hands of men. It
has many exquisite sculptures
within, one being a colossal
figure of the Virgin holding a aix
loot statue of victory upon her
right hand.
The Erechtheum and a theatre
are on the Acropolis. Thera is
a portico on the ■noth »<
the Brechtbenm the pillars of
which are carved forma repre
senting the seven graces; one
having been stolen, only six re
main.
To the westward of the
Acropolis upon another hill
stands the monument of Phils
pspas, grandson of Bppiphanes.
*15 klDlt .°/ ^"nsgene in
Asia Minor, which was bailt in
Lt!\5'C*ri1!*’,D- It is 40 feet
high sad 33 feet wide, three
niches on the upper part,
separated by Corinthian and half
columns, bear different statnes.
The figure in the ceutral niche is
PbUapapos, to the left is that of
Kppiphames. bis grand-father;
the vacant one contains the
statue of (be King Sclenkas
k>and*r of the Dynasty
of Jlamsgene.
Southeast of the Acropolis and
near .he foot of the hill is the
theatre of Regila, so named by
the noble Roman Liberins
Claudius Herodes Atticns and
bonor of bis wife
Apia Ania Regila.
Another theatre is that of
Dysmsas Bacchus, the most
ancient and historical theatre of
Greece, once bnilt of wood but
destroyed by fire during the 4tb
centnrv R C __■ _i
marble after the fall of Pisis
tratus but not finijbed till tbe
"5*«of‘he J,ycuir*n in
Z40 B C. The upper aeau were
of stone and tbe lower and most
interesting which stilt exist in
their natural and original posi
tions are of Peatelic marble,
dedicated to the different priests
according to tbe inscription that
each'one bears.
The temp!e of Theseus, the
most ancient and best preserved
edifice of old Athcas, lies to tbe
north of the Acropolis on tbe
way up. The temple is erected
in a peripteral style with thir
teen done coin runs at each side
?”d i,ix f! ««*> eod- The
*Wch is 104 feet long
and 45 feet wide, consists entire
ly of white Pentelic marble; tbe
cells or interior wail U 40 feet
long and 20 feet wide.
Nothing now remains
1b.-*Ka«2S
except the reliefs of the met
•P«». representing the different
heroics! deeds of Thesena and
Hercules.
Between this temple and the
la Mars Hill. A
flight of 15 runted steps cot in
the rock is the only mesas of
•ccess to tbe top. Nothing
aow remains but tbe rock itself
to remind at of tbe great Courts
of Jnstice in which Area or
Mars, whose name the rock in
herits, first was triad for the
inarder of Haliratiss Orestes.
This was a!so the place where
St. Paul preached to the
Athenians of the tree God and
converted them into Christians.
Other placet of note in dif
ferent parts of Athena are such
•• the temple of Jupiter, which
was started by the King Plsis
*? the year 53° BTc. and
pfcror Hadrian In 130 A. D. and
has tinea been the wonder of ell
aocceediog aces. Statistics say
it waa wmouaded by 120
column* of the Corinthian style:
m t^,lr original
ftfM'-jyr heights is 00
The entim building Is
MOfeet long ond 178 feet wide.
of Hadrian is a
beandfnlly csrvpd gateway of
jolid marWe 39 feet high, 44
built by the Emperor
**•««*?„ «« hi* aona, Tbe gate
was built between two towns ac*
f0fd^fI‘o ,b? of tbe
Inscriptions that art still to be
•een on both aides. Tbe one
facing the monument of Lyti
crates aayi tbie i. Athene tbe
Tbeeene, end
tbe other feeing tbe temple of
'.-.W e •
Jupiter Mjri this is the town of
Hadrian sad not that of
Theseus. The monument of
tartcratea erected 335 B. C. in
Hana of a great dramatic vic
tory; to wct of the winds, built
by Adranicus of Hyrlstas in the
last century before Christ; the
rate of the market place erected
by Julias Ceettr and Agutina at
the end of the last ccotnry, B.
C- are also placet of interest.
One place that Is still in
modern use is the great I'ana
tkenaic Stadium which was first
erected by the orator Lycnrwua
io the year 330 B. C. for the pur
pose of the Olympian games. It
ta 070 feet by 109, baa sixty rows
of seats, and will accommodate
00,000 spectators. The Stadium
waaienewed in the year 140 A.
D. by. Atticos who exhausted the
quarnea of Peutelea to adorn it
with marble seats. This great
benefactor, ere it was comple
ted. was buried by the Athe
nians. All these works were
burned by the- Turks aod aban
doned till the year 1085 when
the new benefactor of Athens,
Anemf. a rich Oreck from Alex
andria, whose statue la to be
seen as yoa eater the Stadinm
to the right.” They offered a
for the reconstruction
of it lo its old style. However
it was not yet finished when 1
saw it bat so near that it could
be used at any time. It seems
that they must have exhaosted
mnra than nna nnassw fA«
tire Stadium is of solid whim
marble.
There are several educational
institutions; one school purpose
ly for girls has about 1,000 at
tending every day. Greek is
the language spoken but many
of the higher classes speak
English plainly enough to be
well dOOtfltOOd.
The dress of the peasantry is
very odd. The meu wear a sort
of shirt fastened at the kaecs
and baggy like an old sack. The
Ring’s Guards wear kilts, white
hats, beautifully embroideried
jackets and slippers, with a buff
bail of red oa the toe. They are
also fine specimens of the old
Greek warrior, tall, muscular,
and handsome. The Ring gets
about $260,000 a year of which
Great Britian, France and Rus
sia furnish each $20,000.
There is no industry and
scarcely any commerce. Its no
toriety I suppose is her chief
money making capacity for
thousands of tourists infest these
regions eternally and undoubt
edly leave millions of dollars to
sUmulatelta declining prosperity.
I was much amused at the dairy*
■"o’* unique way of delivering
milk. The early morning riser
would be particularly attracted
by this method npon hearing the
tinkling of many little bells.
One looks out to see whence it
came and perceives a flock of
goats wending their way slowly
along the narrow streets driven
by a slow going shepherd who
stops now and then as the trade
demands to furnish bis custo
mer" with that nourishing fluid
of life milked fresh from the
goats into the receptacle handed
him by his patron. I diank a
cup full just for the notoriety of
the experience but don’t care
for another one.
Jab. A. Hicks.
—1 1 i ..._a———
Good Health
to the
Children
Children especially are fond of dainties,
and the housekeeper must look carefully
to their food.
As good cake can be made only with
good eggs, so also a cake that is health
ful as well as dainty must be raised with
a pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation of the highest quality
of food. It imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finmt cake, biscuit, dmighnuts, crusts, etc,
and what is more important, renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
*•<*•«• Ml* MW MM.
Piwab, March 23.—T b e
weather continue* pleasant, with
* ®°w ud again.
.. The farmer* are ban Hug ferti
Users home; the haulage is not
as heavy as usnal.
Von AxthoiMl. bat it
did not hit the graand as hard
as Makdcnl
A century ago nearly, An
drew Jackson and tbe Southern
farasers conducted a fight from
behind cotton bales. To-day
tbe Southern farmer* are agwla
conducting a fight front behind
cotton baits)
Prom our lofty position on the
watch tower, we observe symp
tom* of much cotton acreage
aad fertiliser* reduced. In our
travaUwe note a great redaction
in both acreage end gaanon.
The weather hat beta wet
and cold, and farmer* at* some
what behind with their work.
It is too late for them to pre
pare the ground an thoroughly
as they usually do.
Tbe cotton acreage of this
section will bo lens' than last
year. All in all there will be
considerably leas cotton planted
than last yttr Farmers an
now busy engaged ia preparing
for tbe cominw mm Uiiu
plowing was done op to tea
days ago. bat since then work
has been going on vigorously.
Low price of cotton does not
cease farmers to cat off gaanos.
Oomo pays when liberally used,
sad they have been baying to
P“* Oar people are
not cotton tots* and are pros*
pering in spite of low price cot*
ton. The writer knows farm
ers m this section who are
money lenders.
There has been a good deal
■aid about the name '‘Piegah.*
We know it is not n pretty
name, bat there are some pret
ty girls here—at least, a good
many of the troys think so. and
it U a good place to live—those
who move array generally want
to move back.
Mrs. Milton Howell is gtthg
along all right. Some timeagb
•be had a tumor removed
For several days she was in a
serious condition.
Mr. Robt. L. Wilson win
move is a few days to his hand
•a*W_.^,idcn<;e recently
built in west Gastouia. We re
gret for Mr. Wilson to leave
Pfaffb. aa be is one of oar
sturdy men of basiness
The writer hTj Elbert*
Pt«ch tree* in bloom. And
Bmrtlett perns will report in
about* week.
There was * party of magnifi
cent splendor at Mr. R. L Wil
•on*. Tuesday night. We are
informed that standing room
was at a premium.
Work Is progressing at tha
site of the Gray Mills/ Several
cottage* arc an and the monad
,a5d lot ‘"BdU
building.
. We are informed that Mr.
Aathonr has purchased
the William Wilson estate from
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we have laaocfced la this ceuaty and fir
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Gastonia, N. C.
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Him Carrie Belle Wihoa,
yoaarjBrt cklld of the late Wil
liam Wilton aad lira. Amanda
Wilson (bow Mrs. Isaac N.
Da via.) Uter. Mr. Aabtooy
booght Miu BclW, shared
Th. reatofthabalra
are bolding their aharea. Tha
houae and" tf acres fell to her
;b*re. The consideration was
21jMOX»-184 par acie.
The farmers of Piagah sra
moving the soil these days. It
fa In fine condition. They
rtally begin on their cottoo bad{
and prepare that dnt. la rid
ing over tha coeoty it ia fonnd
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Mr.J.B. Malien trotted ont
Me antoraotor cycle and broke
the record—22 niilea in (8
telaetM K mil” ,n b°0r &ad "
look fine and have a*bealthy
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