The Daily Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 440, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 23, 1923 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY HERALD
Entered at the Post Office at Weather
ford, Texas as second class matter.
Published every day except Sunday at
The Herald
of Omar, which is Mohammedan prop-
erty. It is inside the wall and not but
a little way from the Garden of Geth-
semane. This mosque covers the spot
_ where the Holy of Holies rested and
turies before Christ are pointed out as; also a great gray rock about 20 feet Berjlany( omy [wo or ulree ul,lc,0 ^
having occurred in the vicinity of this ' wide and 40 long, said to be the sacri- j yfmd the Garden of Qethsemane. It is
Porta nf the church are said, ficial stone of Soloman s Temple. It here that Christ often rested. It w'as
ali kinds of holy things to a visitor.
To the right is a small enclosed terrace
where the ram was found that old Ab-
raham sacrificed instead of Isaac.
Many other events that occurred cen-
Klver Jordan. Passing out of the Jop-
pa Gate, we went around the north
wall and turned southeast along the
lower part of the Mount of Olives. The
road ran through tht little village of
Bethany, only two or three miles be-
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HIROPRRGTIG
Weatherford, Texas, by ...c i Having ... -------- i . T,
Publishing Co., Inc., Herald Building,! church. Parts of the church are said , ficial stone of Soloman s emp e.
121 York Avenue. Telephone No. 360 j t0 have been built by Queen Helena, was interesting to see the old priests
A C. MacNELLY, Pres, and Mgr. about the 4th century. Our guide said, sitting around, reading out lou n a
! it belonged to six different sects. En- j kind of sing song tone ithe Koran, all
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon
character, standing or reputation
I
itering we found it rather dark and j the while swaying their heads from
thejhard ,0 see the stone steps. In front j side to side. These also had their
of, is the “stene of Unction’’ on which the j hands out for “backshees.”
any person, firm or corporation which j bo(]y ot jesus is said to have been an
may appear in the columns of The! nojnted by Nichodemus. Six large |ter Gj the city. Winding around
through little, narrow,'rough
Dally Herald will be gladly corrected
If brought to attention of publishers.
candlesticks are around this stone,
representing the six religious sects
who own and worship in this church,
i The priests of these sects are also
The Associated Press is exclusively fjgbGng amohg themselves over the
entitled to the use for re-publication ^ mogt trivial matters, such as a piece
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
It was
the home of His friends, Lazarus and
hir two sisters. It is now a Moham-
mednn town or village. From here
> we took the road to Jericho. It Is a
well built, modern road, built on a very
! heavy grade through the gorges that
[lead down to this peculiar body of
j water. While it is only fourteen direct
uuuu——. -------- —8treetB | miles from Jerusalem, we are compell-j
crowded with men, women and chil-j p(1 t0 g0 thirtv-two, to make the drop, j
THE OPEN DOOR OF HOPE
i
We went down to the Jewish quar-
Health Restoration
A SAFE, SANE AND RATIONAL METHOD OF
of all news credited to it or not other- j or replacing a flagstone
wise credited in this paper and aleo;s(>lne 0f the many dark subterranean
dren, with asses and camels pushing
their way slowly through the jabbering
It is down all the time, with great
brown mountains on all sides. These j
throng. The smell of garlic and on', Jiills are not quite so rocky as those j
ions and filth filled the air in some j west 0f Jerusalem, but they are barren j
places We finally came to the end i pxce,pt ag to a little grass between the
Its adherents now numbered by the million. Its successes
a proof of its merit. Endorsed by men, woman and children
who have been restored to their happy homes and fiflesides
when other systems had failed. Learn more about it.
of an alley that was up against the j rpckg whteh small flocks of goats or
to the local news published herein, j chambers. They show you many east vau. Here were many Jews j gbeep are here and there nibbling into
...... ' -* ,~’1 places where this happened and thatjwajllng and crying and rubbing their j tv> dust. Not a bush or tree is visible
happened—one of them even claiming heads against this wall. This goes on j ag WP keep going down and down into
CONSULT
rights of re-publica*lon of special
dispatches are also reserved,
--- ,. nn i that Adam was
0ne year .......................................... J o! church. Poor Adam.
Six months ......................................- • . bef.,n a )ong wavs from home as there
buried beneath tjris
He must have
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1923
! certainly is no place around Jerusalem
for the Garden of Eden.
continuously. It is said to be their
lamentation over the lost glory of Je-
this
t'on
strange depression. No habita-
is seen except near the city, a I
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rusalem. But I noticed they were all | fcw> mtie, thin wheat patches. But
out for “backshees’’ and even the j the ^-hite, chalky, alkali road winds
priests would stop crying to take i gracefully around mountain sides
But the interesting place was the money We also visited the Quarries i c,;.mr,tiines showing far beneath in
Tomb of Christ. This was in a round j of Solomon. It is an enormous cavern imanv iOODS like the coils of a silver
C. H. W. Meyer, D. C.
SUCCESSOR TO NELLE R. FLEMING
Telephone 159— —Room 27, Kuteman Bldg.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
HOLY LAND TRIP
room about 75 feet across with a dome under the city from which he got the,rope Finally we burst out of a high flow<ng with milk and honey. It o’clock Monday afternoon,
which I estimated at 85 feet in height, stone to build his temple. !red aan(i stone cut, into the plain and ’ ‘ rio„,ornM„mv tbat after Oliver will be the leadi
which I estimated at 85 feet in height.
| In the center of this room is an arched
over tomb or double room about 20
j feet square and about 20 feet high.
Stooping low, we went through an
Mrs.
is written in Deuteronomy that after Oliver will be the leader. Theme.
the celebrated Dead Sea is before
stone to build his temple.
This letter would be a book if Ijtho celebrated Dead Sea Is before us. pib"pg“p‘‘at‘‘'th‘ig 7and, he died in the “Prayer.’’ H. L. Moseley will lead the
wrote you of ail the reputed holy and |jt looks. In the clear morning air as if ^ Moab. I am sure it was with Scriptural lesson. Every woman la
historical places In and around the j p is only a mile away, but in reality brojlen Heart the church is invited to be present and «
___ I stooping iow, wr ...........— —city. In a general way, I will state it 1s about five miles. We approach it ' . Se., we passed on take part in this helpful spiritual ser-
appeared and had to be replaced. But
it was the same old story. None of
taining a fragment of stone about a
foot square, set up on a dais 2 1-2 feet
it was the same on «°ry. ™ « high> said t0 be a part of the stone
these priests would permit the others ^ away from the tomb
to do it and finally the Turkish author!- through this, is a still
to do it and finally the lurKisn amnori- pasglng through tWg ,g a gtil,
ties had to get a Mohamedan smith to rQom and „„ the right lB a
stone sarcophagus where the body of
put the nails in. Fights occur be-
tween them almost daily and soldiers
are always on guard in this chapel to
keep the peace among these snarling
factions. We saw the soldiers stand-
ing there, right up- among them and
if they were not there, these fellows
would be at each other's throats.
Thus peace is maintained at the
sword’s point on the spot where the
Christ is said to have been laid to
rest. It is of marble, about six feet
long. 2 1-2 feet wide and three feet
high. The original is said to be in
Rome. A bearded priest stands at
the foot in military attitude with a
platter in which you are expected to
It was to get as iai as puoo.u.c ■■"— ns 11 tiiej ....v,-..., —..... ... , ™inrt
the neighboring tribes and build a city 8bore. but I was informed there were then turned In toward ’ '
___ « i, __lnn> fVimnoli n It inn nf It DllSH Lllttl
strictly for protection and defense. It
has no farming land around it except
little patches of wheat in and out the
city. It has no trees or wood for fuel.
It has no water except a few little
wells and depressed cisterns and pools
for storm water. There are no streams
“Beale Street Mamina”
hit. Victor record. 76c.
MUSIC STIRE.
big dance
LEIPER’8
GRASSHOPPERS CAU8E $500,000
I DAMAGE TO STEPHENS CROPS
a few Bedouin villages on both sides, ing through a kind of salt bush that
On the northern side, the Jordan grew next to the river. We finally
Plains slope to the water edge and are came to the River Jordan, our first
about five or six miles wide. On this view of this historic stream. We
side of the sea are a few Bedouin reed came to the place where it is written
houses occupied by a few families who that Christ was baptised by John the
for storm water, mere are uu »iranuo stow! at anyone who noses around out Baptist. The river here, when ■ . _ , an n.,,.
, . j . _. .__„ snw p was full of muddy water, with Breckenridge, Tex., June 22.—Qrass-
about it nearer than the River Jordan j „f curiosity. They will not permit a It is about 80 hoppers have done approximately
which is about 20 miles away. It lives i picture taken. The water is clear and a pro.ty st.ong current .Jnnnn Homo™ rrmw of SteDhena
off of pilgrims and tourists and the j blu«. and not only salty but fitter £et a 'at ™ &D *g coun’ty the last few days, according
donations from all .he world to its; from the great amount of alkali sedi- J ^ found at ’aid ad- to J. C. Patterson, county agricultural
piaum *». ^----- -jmany churches and mosques andjn»ent. It Is 45 miles long and from * ' , agent. Mr. Patterson declared Thurs-
Thus peace is maintainea at tue yoUT offering. Back of this room j priests. Some of these churches, like i to in miles wide. Its surface lb 1.300 jacen. sta es some o wo ' e day bowever> the pests are believed
sword’s point on the spot where the # d}rty k)nd of CAvern in which poor! the Holy Sepulchre, are said to be the feet below the level of the sea and al- ing a bath. Swimming out they tr ed ^ ^ now_ aft{jr the ag.
Prince of Peace was om, w o pre people are expected to worship. j richest in the world -and have received , most 4,000 feet below Jerusalem, only for bottom, ut cou no n . ent and tbe farmers have put up a
ed the doctrine of peace and good will ^ gayg ^ ,arge room Qf the the mite from tbe poor and the crowns ] 4 mlies away. The Jordan flows into then tried with long poles bu were ^ ^ ^ ^ day for the ,agt
to all men. 1 tomb lbe]0ngs to all the six sects and from the kings for many centuries. Is k at the northeast side and there are still unsuccess u . om s, n er weefc An ar8entc mixture according
wo wont to „,or.. chorcho. t>k>n |o be. thl, co„„st,nt wlUl ,ho IU. a tew .«» th.l load Into I. from the th. 1. to,. I» ~,m., co.dltto.
a few yards away. Among them the ' __ ,Wn 1 )n„a r-hristf Would He hold untold wont and east sides. It has no outlet, as we. had seen no sign of rain. The
to government formula Is being used
and many farms are being cleaned of
the hoppers.
Other farmers are bringing in large
iiim Him
is a place of extreme fanatical relig-j-ot to get any of the water In the ton or twelve miles and came to Jert- Mamma„ b)fl dance
ions. The Moslem mosque stands side teyes or mouth. An egg will lay on top cho, a little town of about c v(ctop record. 75c. LEIPER’8
by side with the Christian church. The|0f this water with not more than one uP under the Judean Hills. It has one 8T|RE.
Moslems believe in the many holy fourth of its surface being submerged, fine, large spring about a mile west ^H^^^===aMa^*aasHas5aBaSM!S
places thev exhibit as connected with it is set deep down in the earth, lower which comes out of the side of a hill Aft All
Adam and Eve, Abraham, David, Sol- than any other part of the surface un- and runs a stream of water as large as PIIDC IX IinCP I*111]II
omon and the prophets of the Old Tes- covered by water. Looking from the a man’s leg. This and another spring WVIII. I I WWW WWW
tament. It must beremembered that j northern shore on the left are the bar- conducted from a point back in the
. . T . . . . . of this room is an Inscription refer-
wber. Jotob who
10 Mto. toJltto. It „ , oburch
here we went back of a rock wall, ^ . .. ...
was built on this spot in the 4th cen-
covered with human and animal filth . . . . , . .
turv by Helena and that she located
to lock down on the field where "Ruth
gleaned.”' It was a fine view of the
country. North was the city of Jeru-
all these holy places under many feet
of debris about four hundred years
salem.
km. after Christ. The churches
On every side were rocky hills
on this
and to the east these went off Into
great canyons leading to the Dead Sea.
The field referred to was a little
spot were destroyed many times and
rebuilt.
hey also snoweq us nere;me uinsuaaB neiu uui uu, ------- —
------------ = - --- the Tomb of Nichodemus and Joseph j tians. That they are different ini the rignt or east, are the treeless irrigate about one square mile of land.
The field referred to was a little ^ Annmthea and the spot where Jesus! dreSs, color, habits, ideals and I doubt wastes and rocky gorges of the Judean In this, Is the town of Jericho, the
plowed ground on the side of a rocky ^ Marv Ma(rdfllenp A ring lndl.llf anv af th-m. under religious test,!hills piled one on another, back and “City of Palm Trees,” and the place
e uesjxruyeu many uiues auu tamciu. ----- j ....... •"*----— —
They also showed us here | the Christians here arc not our Chris- jren, rough mountains of Moab. On mountains furnishes enough water to Black-Draught Lhtf
Hedidne (Vegetable) Praised
by die Head of a
Louisiana Family.
. niei Mary Magdalene. A ring indi-! if anv of th»m. under religious test, | hills piled one on another, back and “City of Palm Trees,” and the place
ridge not more than two acres and &nd aBOther l „ be perTnitted t0 jom a Catholic uP to the skyline. To the north are when Joshua had his men to march
was in wheat that could not yield more ^ ^ ^ ^ R Jg lmpo8glble!or Protestant eburch in our country.!the salty, alkali plains or Valley of the around the walls and blow rams horns
than three bushels. I wa^truck with ^ ^ ,n ft ,etter t0 tell you all thelTo a„ tne commercialism and pseudo! Jordan. The southern shore cannot until they fell flat, and then killed not uue unar.es, La.-”i non
the hundreds of rock walls that were and ceg that werg point-jd .ln.s of all the various religious fac-ibe seen, but It has a mountain of pure only the men. but the poor women and what we would have done had we
built on the sides of all the hills. TOey w,th abso,ute certalnt al. tions of this God cursed city we found 'salt, seven miles long and one mil. little children. A few fig and olive h«i Black-Draught. It sure h
looked like sheep corrals or might ... , .. . „ , 1
, .. , . though it was admitted that Helena,
have been there to hold a little earth 6 _ ^ „ ..
. ,, .. . _______. the mother of Constantine, was the
for the clive trees that were scattered
Rpthlehem from f rst who trle(1 to locate them and
around, fc-veryone in u that about three hundred years after onlv a part of an arch under wmcmiots of rougn, wortmess, oica*. «>««.
the priests down, live off of the tour- ( j d0 not doubt thatjchrlgf passed on His way to be cruci- try in my life, but nothing so forbid- the old road to Jerusalem. It will be
ists and devotees of the d,fferent chrigt wafl cruclfled and burled in thig | fisd A sweet, pure faced sister softly! ding and repulsive as this. The moun- remembered that Christ chose the
churches. The people make souvenirs ^ to me Jt jg wholly imma. and wlnn1ngly showed us the place j tains arc rock exposed and gully rib- “Road to Jericho” as the scene of His
of al Mnds and sell to vUitors eft terlal whether It was this spot or that, wliero Pilot is supposed to have sat!bed with the wash of ages. The water parable of the Good Samaratan. In
et e em epresse w e esecr ^ j do g,row indignant at a miserable | when In iudgment on Christ and where (is bitter as gall. There Is not a house fact, according to the Bible, Christ
Horn of a holy place > prIe8t^raft who commercializes a holy he washed his hands after delivering or a crop or a tree or a flower or bush must have frequently traveled this
6 a ° Vi.8 6 i UrC *° i iii event and a holy place and who fight! Him to the clamoring Jewish priests. | in sight, except a little talt brush along road, himself.
Holy Sepulchre, which In a straight ^ ^ oyer the gpoil8 L wag from here He began Hi8 march the Jordan. There is not a bird to be (Continued Monday)
two nTndrJyardrLm^urToTel. Go- Just east of the east wall is a little! to the place of crucifixion. Her story! seen or a fish, or anything that can
Lake Charles, La.—‘T don't know
not
fig and olive had Black-Draught. It sure is one of
one exception where the ideal of wide. This is supposed to be Mrs. and palm trees are still there, but ?"d
Christ seemed to be preserved. It was j Lott who was turned into a pillar of there is not a vestage of the old walls. Jf*11'ver
the church ot “Ecce Homo.” It has I salt for rubbor-necking. I have seen Here we had a good dinner at a real
onlv a part of an arch under which! lots of rough, worthless, bleak coun- nice hotel and then started back over
_ , . . . . iiiftt aa«t mf thp past wall is a little I to trie place oi cruciiixion. tier sioiy , » wou, m aujvu»uB
two nundred yards from our hotel Go- ^ ^ the “ o{ was slnlpIy told and deeply impressive. live in this sea. There it nothing but COTTAGE PRAYER MEETING
ing down along a rough, narrow cobble ravine called ^ ^ ^ ^ Jgythe 'There ,ya8 not the sllghtest suggestlon desolation on every side. On the left WOMANS AUXILIARY OF Tl
stone street, we came to a court yar
or walled in space, about 100x75 feet,
•d|K
,t.Vu
larden of Gethsemane. It was here, ci graft or money or -fanaticism. Her
C0lj wnu uv.i ^ * J | _.
are that Christ was exceedingly sorrowful ouivering voice and falling tears were, fierce
desolation on every side. On the left
is part of the country In which the|
WOMANS AUXILIARY OF THE
FIRST RESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ctorrt nag toto. .» « to „to”Tten The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Flrat
beggars and v.af.r, ot triahet. with- *"<! toto The Fathw to lei the eap ^ ^ ^ ^ ,b, oI Mo.h Is FUgah p-ak Fre.byterl.n chercb .ill hold » cot-
out number and on 1««« dto. « » ’ J, w„ Je[u„lem moraing by or Mount Nebo Iron. .Web Mo... ... Me prayer meeUng at the bom, ol
,Z to rtOltv” .Xl iw. .» the Dead Sea and ,be perm,,to look a, ,b. FneiMtaed.Mr*, p. H. Payne, Dallas Avenue,
"My whole family uses it," continued
Mr. Gsrrett. "My wile says she believes
she kept off the w by wdng doses oi
Black-Draught regularly.
"1, myself, use Black-Draught for
indigestion, and it is fine.
"We used pills and tablets and other
laxatives, but they never aeemed to do
us good, but the Black-Draught sure has,
ana it has come to our house to stay.
We give it to our daughter for Jwadacbe
and torpid liver.
"I am glad to recommend anything
that has been the help to my family ttud
Black-Draught has.
“My present health is good. Haro
two boxes of Black-Draught in the house
now.”
If your liver gets out of. fix. fake
Black-Draught. R will help to drive the
bile poisons and other unhealthfuf mat-
ters out of your system.
Sold everywhere. NC-148
TUBBY
He Takes no Chances with the Law
By WINNER
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