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Land of Promise. |
(TO AND FROM.)
By 1<ev C. O’N. Maktindalk.
ARTICLE XXIII.
TURKEV [Continued]
|H |Syria: ’Artuz, of Kefr Hauwar,
Beit Jenn, Mejdel esh-bhems,
Along the Eastern and
Southern Slopes of
Mount Hermon, in
the Saddle.
On the afternoon of April 6th
"the Grand Overland Tour through
the Holy Land” on horseback was
begun by our party of forty under
the self-assumed title of "the Da
mascus Rough Riders” (Manager
Clark’s Side Trip Number Three
A.)
A few words further as to Da
mascus before we leave it, how
ever. Here may be found in re
spect of Missions—the Society for
Promoting Christianity among the
Jews, haying one boys’ school, the
British Syrian Mission, comprising
five schools with 600 pupils, and a
staff of 21 European and native
workers, including four Bible wo
men; the Irish Presbyterian Mis
sion, having one boys’ and two
girls’ schools; the Eidinburgh
Medical Mission, Dr. Mackinnon;
also the French Soeurs de la
Charitc; the Jesuits; the Lazarists;
the Franciscans. There are two
leper hospitals, one in>the Chris
tian quarter, and the other outside
the city walls (to which we’ve al
ready referred).
The graves in the’Moslem ceme
tery here are typical in form, and
made of a light brown mortar, in
shape like a sarcophagus with
rounded top, and appearing stran
gely from the fact that they are all
above the ground. The East has
its cities of the dead just as the
West, As sin has entered into
all, so has death come upon all
who sin. But in the Occident one
does not see what is a frequent
sight in the Orient, a person with
a bottle suspended under the eyes
to catch the tears as they fall.
Wherever a human being is there
the tears come, for the sinner hath
no end of sorrows. But thanks be
to God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, th«‘re’ll com - a time when
the dead bodies shall be raised up
and all tears be wiped away from
the godly mourner.
Wheresoe'er you turn in this
region, right on the edge of the
desert, the roads are alive with
long lines of camels and mule
trains, and everything well-nigh
has an ancient look, except the
tourists and their equipment.
Speaking of camels, "This reminds
me,” says the inimitable Mark
Twain, "that we have been trying
for some time to think what a
camel looks like, and now we have
made it out. When he is down on
all his knees, flat on his breast to
receive his load, he looks some
thing like a goose swimming, and
when he is upright he looks like
an ostrich with an extra set of
legs. Camels are not beautiful,
and their Jong under lip gives
them an exceedingly ’gallus’ ex
pression. Excuse the slang—no
other word will describe it. They
have immense, flat, forked cush
ions of feet, that make a track in
the dust like k a pie with a slice cut
out of it. They are not particular
about their diet. They would eat
a tombstone if they could bite it.
A thistle grows about here which
has needles on it that would pierce
through leather, I think; if one
touches you, you can find relief in
nothing but profanity (:). The
camels eat these. They show by
their actions that they enjoy them.
I suppose it would be a real treat
to a camel to have a keg of nails
for supper(?) * * * Here you feel
all the time just as if you were liv
ing about the year 1200 before
Christ—or back to the patriarchs
—or forward to the New Era.
The sceneiy of the Bible i3 about
you—the customs of the patriarchs
are around you—the same people,
in the same flowing robes, and in
sandals, cross your path—the same
long trains of stately camels go
and come—the same impressive
religious solemnity and silence
rest upon the desert and the
mountains that were upon them in
the remote ages of antiquity; and
behold,' intruding upon a scene
like this, comes this fantastic mob
of green-spectacled Yanks, with
their flapping elbows and bobbing
umbrellas!”
Under bright, yet somewhat
hazy skies, which tact was much
in our interest for the first day’s
travel under the Syrian sun, our
variegated cavalcade rode out
from Damascus on a slight trot,
which was kept up most of the
time thereafter save for occasional
spurts on the part of ambitious
riders. First we travel along by
the banks of the Barada, then
across its course, on toward the
western horizon where towered
the snow crowned summit of Her
mon in its soft whiteness, with
mountains to our left on the south,
while on the north were extensive
light‘brown hills, and scant green
herbage on which goats graze, and
well-cultivated .fields. Here and
there we pass a shepherd or goat
herd and his fk>ck some times
standing still, at other times lead
ing them, men and women passing
to and fro on little donkeys or on
horseback, among them Bedouins
with rifle and shotgun attachments,
for whom our dragoman [Shukrey
Hishmeh] had an eye in placing a
trusty man at the head and at the
end of our column—lor on this
trip we seldom travel in groups of
more than two. generally one right
behind another according to the
speed of-one’s horse. About two
and a half hours after midday,when
we began to feel the heat of travel,
we came to ’Artuz jpronounced
Artoots|, with its typical stone
and mud and grass covered square
huts, for they are little else. Here
tradition says Paul, as he was end-
Judaea, and also to the Gentiles,
that they should repent and turn
to God, doing works worthy of
These fleas have other fleas
And so ad-infinitem."
Besides our forty pilgrims and
we
their repentance. Truly a light j£ n g]i s h director, we had two
greater than the light of the mun-. dragomen, two cooks, two waiters,
dane sun, bright as it is in Syria, ^ muleteers under a chief, 53
must have shone into the depths h orseSi ^g mu ] es 20 donkeys ;mak-
of his soul that memorable day,'
even the light of the Sun of
|inginali89 persons and 122 ani
mals, under the guidance and
Righteousness, The Light of the, guardianship of M r. Hillier and
World, even the revelation of
even
God’s Son our Saviour. May
every reader of these lines experi
ence the same inshining from
above which carries healing on its
wings to the soul!
Resting at 'Artuz but for a lit
tle, we remounted our horses and
pushed on toward the Mount which
for a time was o’ershadowed with
cloud, and later revealed in the
background glory of the setting
sun; the words of the Psalmist
[Psa. 121:1-2] coming home with
a new force to me: "I will lift up
mine eyes unto the mountains;
from whence shall my help come?
Shukrey. And at each camp-stop
the natives were paid to furnish
“protection," which is but another
way of expressing "blackmail” in
the land, and the "watch” has in
its turn to be "watched,” though
in the long run saving travellers no
little inconvenience and real
trouble.
And how we did sleep that night
after our day’s toil! Altering some
lines slightly to suit our purpose,
we may say—
“Our night was not filled with
music,
But the cares, that infest the day,
My help cometh from Jehovah, ^ 0it ^ their tents like the Arabs,
who made heaven and earth.” On
our way we rode by the side of
and across the Sarbar River [a
branch of modern ’Awaj, and anci
ent Pharpar], making the land
fresh wherever it flowed. We
would call it more of a creek than
a river at this time of the year.
This region is well-cultivated and
fruitful, with rich wheat and bar
ley fields, but without any trees.
The ground o’er which we travel
seems of the character of “earthy
rocks” rather than "rocky ground,”
Christ’s parable of the sower and
the different kinds of ground on
which the seed fell being illuminat
ed wonderfully by a view of th is
condition.
About nightfall, when we were
beginning to feel quite tired of our
first day’s jaunt, we came in sight
of the River ’Arny skirting a green
hill, and all about the hills and
fields were clothed in green velvet,
And as silently steel away!
Imagine how sore one would feel
from the comparatively new ex
perience of 25 miles in the saddle
one afternoon! We slept with re
newed confidence in our Lord and
Saviour’s might and care.
Kefr Hauwar is a large village
populated by Druses and Moslems,
and has about it on the southeast
corner and west side an ancient
monumental base and a small
ruined temple of Roman times.
Awaked by "the donkey-bell
band” we arose at 5 a. m. next
day, at once breakfasted and again
took up our march, spending most
of the day travelling on the lower
southeastern and southern side of
giant Mount Hermon, from which
cool breezes blew. It was fine rid
ing, all of the party moving for
ward in good order. The writer
was one of those fortunate enough
to secure a real good horse and to
with flocks of goats grazing, and ; keep near the head of the column,
plenty of shady trees in trim rows; Kefr Hauwar is not far from the
and here at Kefr Hauwar ["Village head-waters of the ’Awaj River.
There are but few trees on these
ridges or plains, and where they
are found, they are mostly olives,
and planted for commercial value
thereof. We pass near Beit Jenn
“[the Garden-house,” or "House
of Paradise”], a village clinging to
a cliff’s sides, with numerous
tombs bearing witness to the an-
the site, yet whose
of Poplars”) our camp was pitched.
Oh, how glad we were! And such
a delightful camp, too! I will lift
a tent-door flap; ah, it is already
open. Look in, and hear a com
rade tell what you see there in one
of fifteen good-sized army tents
ready for the American pilgrims:
"Great rainbow-colored characters
ing his long journey from Jerusa-• in Moorish or Arabic figures, fan- j tiquity of
lem with an eye to the persecution
tastic and weird, make a lurid wall identity with the past is not ascer-
paper design different from any-, tained, the stream .Jennani flowing
thing seen at home. But it is a down the glen oi white limestone,
cozy effect, and it is not wall-pi- ]jy the ruins ol some old town
per, hut substantial, heavy cotton, across another ridge, and travers-
as I journeyed to Damascus with 1 backed by the stout canvas of the ,j n g a ] 0 £ty plain just beginning to
of the followers of Jesus, and as
he “drew nigh to Damascus,” had
the vision that led to his conver
sion: Acts 26:12-20. "Whereupon,
the authority and commission of
the chief priests, at midday, I saw
on the way a light from heaven,
above the brightness of the sun,
shining round about me and them
that journeyed with me. And
when we were all fallen to the
earth, I heard a voice saying unto
me in the Hebrew language, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou Me? It
is hard for thee to kick against the
goad. And I said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am
Jesus whom thou persecutest. But
arise, and stand upon thy feet; for
to this end have I appeared unto
thee, to appoint thee a minister
and a witness both of the things
wherein thou hast seen Me, and of
the things wherein 1 will appear
unto thee, delivering thee from
the people [the Jews], and from
the Gentiles, unto whom I send
thee, to open their eyes, that they
may turn from darkness to light
and from the power of Satan unto
God, that they may receive remis
sion of sins and an inheritance
among them that are sanctified by
outer tent. Two or three cot-beds : be carpeted with flowers and called
of metal frame, a table holding tin Merj Hadhr [from a Druse village
wash-basins and pitchers, and the
grassy floor covered by Oriental
rugs, complete the furnishing of
Legal Advertisements.
DISMISSION.
GEORGIA—Coweta County.
Mrs. Alice V. Sewell, Unardian Essie P. and
Alvan Freeman Sewell, having applied to the
Court of Ordinary of said County tor Letters
of Dismission, all persons concerned are re
quired to show cause In said Court by the first
Monday in February next, if any they can, why
said application should not be granted. This
Jan. 2, 1906. L. A. PERDUE,
Prs. fee *8. Ordinary.
DISMISSION.
Georgia, Coweta County.
V. A. Ham, Guardian of Emmie Cleone Ham
and Mary Lucile Ham, minors, having applied
to the Court of Ordinary of said County for
letters of dismission from his said trust, all
persons concerned are required to Bhow
cause In said Court by the first Monday In
February next, if any they can, why said ap
plication should not be granted.
This Jan. 2,1904. L. A. Perdue,
Prs. fee Ordinary.
LEAVE TO SELL.
Georgia, Coweta County.
Mrs.Rosa E. Lester, administratrix of Estate
of L. L. Lester, deceased, having applied to the
Court- of Ordinary of said county tor leave to
sell the lands of said deceased, all persons con
cerned are required to Rhow cause in said court
by the first Monday in Februarynoxt, if any
they can, why said application should not b*-
grantod. This Jan. 2, 1905.
Prs. fee 18.
L. A. Perdue,
Ordinary
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Etta O. Bingham
Coweta Superior Court,
March Term,
Jake R. Bingham ) 1908.
To Jake R. Bingham, the defendant in the
above stated case:
Yon are hereby commanded to be and ap
pear Bt the next term of said Superior Court,
to be held in and for said County of Coweta,
on the first ;Monday in March, 1906, then and
there to answer the plaintiff In a libel for total
divorce, as in default of Nuch appearance the
Court Will proceed thereon as to justice may
appertain. Witness the Honorable R. W.
Freeman. Judge of said Court, this Dec, 81,
1904. L. TURNER, Clerk.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Patizoe Hunter Drake ) In Coweta Superior
vs / Court, March
Charles S. Drake ) Term, 1906.
To Charles S. Drake, the defendant in the
above stated case:
You are hereby commanded to be and ap
pear at the next term of said Superior Court,
to be held in and for said County of Coweta,
on the first Monday in March, 1906, then and
there to answer the plaintiff in a libel for
total divorce, as in default of suoh appearance
the Court will proceed thereon as to justice
may appertain. Witness the Honorable R. W.
Freeman, Judge of Bald Court, this Dec. 31.
1904. L. TURNER. Clerk.
COMPLAINT FOR LAND,
Mrs. Mary Floyd
Court. Sept.
1906.
Super
_ Term
William B.Swearinger
To William B. Swraringer, defendant in the
above stated caseYou are hereby command
ed to be and appear at the next term of the said
Superior Court, to be held in and for said
County, on the first Monday in March, 1906.
then and there to answer the plaintiff's com
plaint. In default the Court will pro
ceed thereon as to justice may appertain.
Witness the Hon. R. W. Freeman, Judge of
said Court, this 4th day of Jan^l908^ ^ ^
DISMISSION.
Georgia. Coweta County.
Lilia H. Bridges, administratrix of estate of
K. W. Bridges, deceased, having applied to the
Court of Ordinary of said Countv for letters of
dismission from her said trust, all persons con-
eerned are required to show cause in said
Court by the first Monday in February next, it
any they can, why said application should not
be granted. This ,1bu. 11th, 1906.
L. A. Perdue,
Ordinary.
DISMISSION.
Georgia. Coweta County.
Mrs. Surah A. Grimes, administratrix of
estute of Fred Grimes, deceased, having ap
plied to the Court of Ordinary of said Coiinty
for letters of dismission from her said trust,
all persons concerned are required to Hhow
cause in said Court by the first Monday in Feb
ruary next, if any they can, why said applies,
tion should not be granted. This Jan. 6th,UK)-''.
L. A Perdue,
Ordinary.
CITATION.
Georgia, Coweta County.
The estate of E, C. Rucker, late of said Conn
tv, deceased being unrepresented und not
likely to he represented: all persons concerned
are required to show cause In the Court of
Ordinary of said County, on the first Monday
in Feb., 1906, next, wi.y such administration
should not be vested in the County Adminis
trator. This Jan. 9th, lftoo.
L. A. Perdue,
Ordinary.
APPLICATION
TO
this luxurious tent-home.” Each
tent has its number; and our din-
Hermon, and stop near Mejdel
esh-Sheras [ "Watch-tower of the
ing-tent is about the size of four! Sun”], a Druse village, on a
of the others put together.
threshing-floor, level ground of
FOR AMENDMENT
CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Coweta County.
To the Honorable Secretary of State of Ga,:
The petit ion of The Coweta Bank respect -
fully shows, ...
1. That it is a corporation duly incorpor-
ness is at Newnan, Georgia.
2. That the character of the business of
said corporation is that of general banking
business.
3. That the original charter was granted by
the Legislature of the State of Georgia and
approved on October 24, 1887.
on its east border], we cross a suc
cession of high ridges striking off .. . ,
c ., . ' ated by the Legislature of the State of Ueor-
from the central chain of Mount ! gia, that its principal office and place of busi-
That night at dinner we had an SO me acreage, where we rest for
up-to-date menu served and printed
together with the list of our party
and a musical program on the fa
miliar and gaily colored "Nord-
deutscher Lloyd, Bremen,” cards.
The menu was rather amazing,
with such dishes as "Potage a la
Balbec,*’ "Filet de Ram de Jeri
cho,” “Artichokes de Jerusalem,”
“Langues de Phau de Salomon,”
"Oranges de Jaffa,” "Fruits de
Mer Morte,” and "Eau de Jordan,
while the "Musik-Program” an
nounced i. Welcome Little
Stranger, March. Shurkrey Hish
meh. 2. Palestine, My Happy
Home. George Jalloup. 3. Cho
rus de la Homah, Full Band. 4.
Schottische de Jackal, Mustapha
JVCU UU UVWIKI
That said charter has never been amend,
ed.
5. That it desires to amend its charter, and
its stockholders and directors have taken
proper action directing that this he done.
6. That the amendments desired are as
follows:
(aI That the name of this corporation be
changed from The Coweta Bank to that of
"Farmers and Traders Bank.”
(b) That the said corporation bemoved from
Newnan. Ga., to the City of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., w.hich shall be the principal office
of the corporat on and residence of a majority
of its Board of Directors.
7. That attached hereto marked "Exhibit
A" iB a certified copy of the proceedings of its
stockholders authorising the amendments de
sired.
8. That attached hereto marked "Exhibit
B” is a certified copy of the proceedings of its
would-be or would-not-be buyer, 1 *£f t d s d r ££T torH authorizin « the “™ nd -
p „„ >• „i • .r , ... j 9- That, as so amended, all of their rights.
3-S they lie about in restful attl- powers and privileges granted by its charter
■ ■. . . be ratified and confirmed, and stand and re-
1 main in full force.
10. Petitioners pray that this application be
filed and recorded in the office of the Honor
able Seen tary of State as provided by law.
Respectfully submitted,
The Coweta Bank,
By W. D. MANLEY, President.
the noon hour’s luncheon [from
about 12 M. to 2 P. M.] The vil
lage is on the hillside, little light
brown and square huts terrace on
terrace. All about the edge of
Qur stopping-place the natives
gather, the children and youths
offering trinkets and coins and
daggers and other things to the
faith in Me. Wherefore I was not Jackal. And to the menu was ap-
disobedient unto the heavenly vis- pended this significant reminder
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Florence F. Simpson )
ion; but declared both to them of
Damascus first, und at Jerusalem,
and throughout all the country of
01 Oriental travel:
!• ‘Great fleas have lesser fleas
I Upon their backs to bite 'em;
tudes under umbrellas or in the
sun on blankets. Mejdel is direct
ly at the southern base of Mount
Hermon, a notable region indeed.
"Hermon [meaning ‘the Lofty
Peak’] has three summits, the
highest of which IS on the north, Lnscombe Simpson
the second 400 yards to the south
of this, and the third and lowest i
about one quarter of a mile west
of the scond. Some interesting
ruins are to be found on the sec-1
tContinued ou 7th Page.) f
Libel for Divorce.
In Coweta Superior
l Court. Sept, term, 1904
To Lnscombe Simpson, in the above stated
case:
You are hereby commanded to be and appear
at the next term of suid Superior Court, to be
held in and for the county of Coweta, on the
fir-t Monday in March. 1908, then and there to
answer the plaintiff’s libel for total divorce, a>
indefault of such appearance the court will
proceed therein a-- to justice may appertain.
Witness the Honorable It. W. Freeman.
Judvt- ot s-:d Court, tiii- Dec. 7, 1904.
S.L. PAVER, Clerk.