The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-02

/ ~ the Serb side % Turkey The
city has for decades been tho
i sceno OF insurrcction. massacre aud
turmoil. one who would so 90 Uscub.
i even In normal times must be pre-
4 pared TO be- Inconvenience
In Turkey. trains dare not run nj
Il night. for fear OF dynamite outrages.
and as result. the train from Nisch.
In Servia. the nearest place Of i'm
portance. leaves at half-past ave in
the morning
1 Once Independent.
| The trip IS made interesting by n
review Of what Uscub has stood for IN
he past In the beginning of things.
\ Uscub was known as Dardania. origi.
nally an Independent empire. which
Mas swallowed up by the Roman En-
pire in II 3. c.. when Uscub became
| the capital OF the Province OF Oar.
| dania. but now under the name OF
| Scopi AT the opening OF the eleventh
/ century, however. Scopi had become
4 part OF the vast Bulgar empire. TO
l which tradition is again today revert
l Ing, In the Balkans with view q re
| viving the same. and then about 1916.
It. along with all Macedonia. was
| torn away by the war ruler Vatazos.
| Uscub. therefore, has been a Balkan
| battlefield time and again. I'm the
past. The Serb emperor captured II
| I'm the day when Greater Servla was
| at its zenith. There we're battles here
| between Bulgars and Byzantines, and
| here. at Uscub. was crowned the man
| who was GEAR OF the Serbs and
| Greeks" 1t was at his death that the
| great Serb empire fell and Uscub be
came the booty OF the Turks. They
changed its name to the present one.
and made it capital OF sandchak. or
| district
Uscub's decline thereafter is mark
ed by but one break OF note. that I'm
the seventeenth century a colony OF
Ragusans established itself here and
surrounded the city with splendid
vineyards. as we'll as organizing n
tremendous export of local products,
notably wax and leather. For year
(16S9) the Austrians also held Uscub.
but had to release it--and il Is Turk
| ish since!
Touristically, Uscub repays brief
| stay on ones trip through Macedonia.
Lying as it does on the left shore OF
| the Wardar. there is an interesting
| bridge. built away back in the times
| OF the Sultan Mohammed H. Stand
ing on this, one may see far TO the
| northwest the peak OF the Sjubotru,
and, in the southwest the snow-cov-
cred Karaschitza. Just above the
| town is an interesting fortified castle
/ 49,
| show where. an hours distance to the
northwest. long aqueduct of Byzan-
| tine times remains.
These points. though. require some
| little time to reach aud inspect thor
| oughly. Closer by, Ia the city Itself.
| there's a wonderfully pretty mosque
with a konak. or palace.
A Picturesque Town.
Uscub is made picturesque in that II
| is practically divided by the archin1
! stone bridge over the muddy. whirlina
! river. This river it's current excep-
| tionally fast, is lined with rather pref
| ty, old, stone quays. OF course. at its
bridges there are police: in fact, DO
lice are everywhere and these carry
guns on their shoulders. as would the
there are Moslems, wearing fez or
| turban. but otherwise clinging to the
European dress for the most part
| Nevertheless, the numbers who still
retain the red jacket. blue boomers
and heavy red belt, in addition to the
fez. are far from small
ON from the main street Uscub re
solves into rather embarrassing
town After all, the best part to II is
that view on entering. But there are
some odd characteristics. For exam.
pie. the Christian women go barefoot.
wearing clogs under the sole Little
boys don the fez, except the gypsies
whose children run nude, regardless
OF sex. while the elders. too, are half
! naked
Continue up the muddy street and
| you reach a section of two-story homes
Of more modern style and cheap
stores. There is no enterprise evi.
| dent. everything seems slow-the
| country smacks OF Arabian Nights
times. Side streets consist OF walls
to yards, each with double door OF
wood and heavy knockers. as again IN
the tales of Bagdad. These streets
are very narrow; above them the lat
! ticed windows overhang
It's the people who interest the
most Many OF the Turks wear
heavy silver-handled pistol In the belt.
Sometimes you meet man peddling
tiny pigs feet at the end OF a pole
slung on his shoulder There's a pre-.
ponderance OF soldiers and their on.
GERS In the street life. the latter In
garments quite threadbare. They
drop into the vegetable stores. where
candles, too are handled, relying on
a treat from the master.
Sometimes Turkish women. in
black. come by, two of them entering
n house. hence, their harem
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