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the face of an imposing cliff from
which we had a wonderful and
nft described view of the blue
Mediterranean and the Bay of
Naples, arriving at the village ol
Anacapri on the top of the Island.
Some ladies of the village
entertained us by executing their
native dance, which is very curious
and 6imple, though attractive.
We returned to Naples in
the evening and had conferences
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interested in emigration, and on
my part to framing a letter t<>
Deputato Moretti who expressed
an interest in South Carolina,
and requested me to write him
lully regarding our State, which,
of course, I was only too glad to
do.
On Wednesday alter completing
some necessary shoppiug,
Messrs Burnett, Bennett and myself
took the seven o'clock train
for a tour of inspection through
Sicily, and Southern Italy, arriving
at Messina, Sicily, at nine
o'clock the next morning after
an all night ride in a very comfortable
Pullman car. By previous
arrangements we were met
at the wharf by Mr. Caughy,
t he American consul, Dr. Maurice
Fishberg and Mr. Robert A.
years ago had over 5,000 population,
but which now has probably
fewer than 1,800, though
that was the figure given us bv
the mayor, about one in nine
of those left being a man in his
prime, the rest being old men,
old women and children. Upon
inquiry we found that the for
mer inhabitants are now located
at Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic
City, Pleasantyille and Hamroondtown,
N. J. One t^itheold
JUOremus, who are cnnnecieu
with the Commission, and who
preceded us to Sicily. That morning
we had an interesting interview
with the Perletto, or Governor.
of the Province ot Messina,
whose jurisdiction extends over
500,000 people, aud which
Province is one of three in the
Island of Sicily, each governed
by a Perletto, who is the representative
of ihe King. The Island
of Sicily has a total population
of 3,500,000 persons. At 1:30
p. m. we were on our way to
Gesso. As soon as we had left
the city limits ot Messina, with
the American Vice Consul, Mr.
Peirce, as our guide and interpreter,
I was attracted again by the
fact that we were on a very re
markable and marvelous road,
such as is found all over Sicily.
The country here is mountainous,
but this road was so well
constructed and on such an easy
grade that though it was a continual
ascent our carriages moved
along without apparent discom
torture to the horses. Ihe road
bed was hard and firm and the
system of drainage had been
worked out with so great skill
that it wafi a positive pleasure to
climb such^mountains as we did,
in a distance of not more than
five miles rising to an altitude
ot about. 2,000 feet. At the village
of Gesso we were met by
the Sindiea, or Mayor, and two
Carabinieris, members of a mag.
nificent state police force who
had been assigned to that village
for that afternoon by the Perfetto
of the Province to assist, us
in our investigation, as well as
to show respect to our mission
Gesso is a village which but a few i
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churches in the village was ;
burned last Christmas Day and i
it was an interesting and enrious
sight to see on the'wails of this
burned church, which itself
da'es back many centuries, a
printed subscription list of oyer
300 former residents of Gesso,
who now live in the United
States, and had sent the money
back to assist in the restoration 1
of the church in the village of
their childhood. Gesso is on ton
of a mountain wliich overlooks
the Mediterranean Going to the
boundary of the village we came
to a place where we had tho unusual
spectacle of seeing two
smoking volcanoes, Aeina and
Stromboli, which still have frequent
eruptions. We returned
to Gesso by the same road, reach
ing our hotel about eight o'clock.
One thing that impressed me
very deeply, was the immense
amount of work necessary in the
utilization of every available
inch of ground on the steep hill
sides. There are terraces constructed
with stone walls any
where trom three to twenty leet
high, which protect the soil, the
terraces being not much wider
than the.walls are high, and
such terraces extend really to
the tops of the mountains. { On
these terraces are grown all the
crops that are raised in the
southern part of South Caro
Una.
We were taken to dinner by
the American Consul and his
charming and estimable wife,
and given an opportunity to taste
some purely Sicilian dishes, one
of which made of rice, chicken
giblets, and solid voiks of eggs,
mixed wiih meat gravy, was u
very delicious dish.
The Perletto called on us the
next, morning at our hotel and
we had a very interesting interview
of more than an hour with
him. He brought several minor
officials with him, and during his
visit, the chief of police, called
here the Sequestors, dropped in,
as did the local inspector of emigration.
At two o'clock we started for
Taormina, a typical Sicilian village
three miles up the mountain
9ide from tlie railroad station,
where we ma'le inquiries relative
to emigration, and also were
shown some noteworthy antiquities.
It is a most beautiful place
and one which is frequently visited
by American tourists during
the winter.
i lie next morning we went to
Siraeusa, the ancient Syracuse,
of which history speaks so much,
and was formerly a city of over
a million inhabitants, but. now
contains about 30,000. We held
some important interviews with
the 1'erfetto, and the British Vice
Consul, Mr. Joseph Lobb, who
is well informed on the subject
of emigration. Me also gave me
a great deal of information in regard
to the farm products and
the condition of the Sicilian in
his native land. We were in
conference with Mr. Lobb well
on to midnight. We also met
here Mr. Frank Murphy, of Arizona,
who gave a glowing account
of the fine trip he and his
wife have had through Sicily
in an automobile. During the
afternoon, Mr. Caughy who accompanied
us, took us to see
some of the celebrated antiquities
of ancient Syracuse, includJ
LANCASTER MEWS, JULY 3,
ing the ear of Dionysiua, which
is a marvelous development i n
acoustics. We stood at the entrance
and our guide gave us a
test of the eohoes o( the cave,
and made the statement that
Dionysius used it as a jail for
political prisoners, and where,
from a station above, his guards
could hesr the slightest whispers
of those confined therein. As
po the truth of this I make no
statement. We also visited the
cat acombs said to have be-n constructed
by the christians of Sy
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racuse in me nrsi century, ana
which offers evidence of great,
antiquity. I was much impressed
with the catacombs which extend
for some three miles through
solid rock, and cut in three tiers
There is a difference of opinion
as to their origin. One is that
they are quarries from which
stone was taken to build ancient
Syracuse, while it is also claimed
that they were constructed during
tli? persecution of the christians
in the first century, who
took refuge therein. It is evident
from paintings made on the
ceilings of the church connected
with the catacombs, also cut in
solid rock, showing p ctures of
St. Paul and other apostles, as
well as that of the Virgin, that
these catacombs were used by
the christians in the earliest
years ot the christian era. It is
also said that in this church St.
Paul preached on one of his missionary
journeys, and we found
on its ceilings a Irescoe of the
apostle which is evidently very
old and which is said to date
back to the 4th century. These
were the most interesting and
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impressive spots inai i nave yet
visited here.
On our way from Syracuse to
Peleriie we passed through a very
excellent agricultural region on
which crops very similar to uur
own are being grown, and where
for the first'time we saw a plow.
The grain is still being] reaped
in the way described iu the book
of Ruth. We also passed through
Castrogiovami, the center of the
sulphur industry of the I-dand,
and were interested in observing
the great cakes of concentrated
sulphur at the railroad station
and on eit her side.
We have concluded our inves
ligation in Parlerne and on the
Island of Sicily, and return
tonight by steamer to Naples to
rejoin the rest of the party.
Respectfully,
A. C. Latimer.
REWARD!
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We will pay a liberal reward
to the person or persons finding
in the city of Lancansteramore
complete and up-to-date livery
business than ours. Rubber
tire buggies and stylish horses.
We have a few mules left.
BUGGIES
We sell the following buggies:
Piedmont, Rock Hill, Rattertvinn
A \Al v-% Q Ann ?l/\n
man, n. rufini vx/ uwno, i oj iv/x
Cannedy and Tyson & Jones.
Every one of them guaranteed
for 12 months.
WAGONS
We sell the Virginia, Nissen
and Carver.
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