The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 02, 1907, Image 1
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result jj^nte4, enei$fGTm^.
Ithesc jfenKlomen will be
' hundred .hues the money vr
has cost, .? i
Occup* Ainir what is, perhajjL
most des^Viable section of tlx' *
states' exnybit building', the! l?
ficcnt exhy|it of South Ca1111?1
varied prouuc ts of ficl.l and <)<? '
has been most artistically ? 0,W|
by one of America's leading'0! ( '
tors and the pretty and luvj"\ a
arched booths that run aloniV, lCi1
, of the building, with itsfi
lighting, are decidedly feteM^'1'' i9
It is a fact that on iheFS? ?. "
formal opening' of the j?.w u
April 20, South Carolin- , , '
of 11,0 stales I,ml her <-r"c,ul-v ''f"
. ,, . ...eccssary lor
ness. 11m laet call. ^
, o i turther. Our
words ol. praise lor , .
i p .1 o and were met
sonnel of the Sol . , v- i
i . . . . Isuls at Naples
mission, not op t? . i
i / ... ', . Messrs. Bvington and
' visitors but/ * i- ,v?
I* . , i.ise oL our mission tne
eia s. ilin01|j \ia(\ arranged that
the'1 should be speedily inr
... ^and we were therefore in a
while at Parker's Hotel, where
l^-ooms had been engaged for us. After
V voyage of twelve days we were de%
^rhted to be on land, though the voy'
/ge itself was most pleasant, both the
lun above and the sea below being*
/friendly.
f The next morning we went to the
' emigration station to witness the
method of inspection of emigrants.
"While there we were joined by Cavalier
Adolfe Rossi, one of the CommisI.
sioners of Immigration, who has been
H$?ueiH from Home by Hie Government
B^place himself at our disposal in orB|L
to facilitate in every way our
BJ$10|rk, (be ini|?ortance of which is rec UVu7.ed
by the Italian Government.
By -'nih' at the Custom House we also
Kf oectc'p x'ost thoroughly one of the
MM \-hips, the "Florida", go||
Presulem h? ,owesl dcoks used by
Btf In nitroV (ip(r (hc f()0d and (u_
m sel> , and eating cp'.ar- '
B't.i tlie^ Soiil^t "?ted the method
I ' j!lrNihe inspection
B commissi. ^ ^ m^Vat Nap'.es
I I il,oj|r mfe ! \ . d??
B\i ,11. j'" are
|)ljr tlx- II. S. ?olcom/Icalth
^ mMarine Hospital Scr\and one
Julian. Dr. Honacori, who'is employ^
by the government. The method of
" jlllieal inspection is thorough, as no
Itigfeauts who have not been passed
C favbrablv by our doctors aic ad\ted
to the ship. The largest emijftion
from Italy conies from Napffi
and is i> therefore pleasant to
W the methods of inspection so
Jl-ough. Immigrants from Naples i
he not only from Northern Italy
K front the Province in which the
By (>f Naples' is situated, but also
Bn more Southern Italian points, I
ffljtly and Sardegna, and there are I
. . "^I^nnm'hcr of Greeks, Syrians and
linBL,,s who are subjected to this 1
'W inspection, as Naples is the <
1U Wrl embarkation for many i
in"'W|,ich touch first at other ports ]
three ir-i-UK i
\
same time g'?,oon) .,s Js the custom
ity of Col. \ wc. called otlicially on :
little fort <?f |>C|.fetto, as he is (
vanees of Si\rovinec, who received 1
^ 2Sth of Tun^oul.j0Sy) and recalled i
/ pome within ,M(. ,jay, which is r?- 1
i/e the apparei^ the highest con- <
South Carolina <
'7 deal more with tj undertook t<? see 1
J "I am not.,'>f the ancient cities, I
awards/,i llcrculaneum, and the ^
medals J lioscotrecasa, which only i
I that wtvear ago was destroyed by i
L here is |ption of Vesuvius. These I
|, inns, if \ been so often described <
Bl'Jknppcnrnn^ not attbmpt a descrip- ;
Hif:^'ye given t say as all d? that we j
fly Plate's relin much of interest. 1
ciale moiv we attended services at !
B lories, if b\n Church and heard the 1
these sons pioned Gospel as it is I
B aged to gre,ome. The theme discuss- <
nient, then ,?achcr was the healing 1
{ion and thojn's Servant and dwelt I
W warded. T^ti the idea of obedience, ?
od in many v?t. Paul on his way to 1
B play or hej;o.i the inquiry lie made i
fl hf> foo f/s stricken down, "Lord, !
p.'ide in .Oiou have me do," and it I
in .nore iurniind the fact that we were i
^B' to biKaiue country through which he <
D futnrJn his way to Home. The ser- t
W Z by a Scotch Clergyman and <
fi very refreshing and pleasant I
B& Vit wc spent in the little chap- ^
el.
in I lie afternoon, by special invitation,
we were taken to the Royal Palatt
in Naples, and given an opportunity
to admire its beauty.
On Monday morning Commissioner
si bad arranged to have two of the
best students of emigration in Italy
to meet us, Porf. Nitti and Mr. Moretti.
Hotli of these gent lenient are
members of Parliament, which corresponds
to uro Congress, the members
of which are called "Doputati." We
went with these gentlemen, and the
ladies of their families, on a special
steamer to the famous Island of Capri,
and although we bad crossed 4,00(1
miles of ocean without any trouble,
many of us succumbed on this short
t"'P to our first attack of sea-sickness,
and offered up our breakfast a*
a sacrifice. However, the Commissioner
treated us to a beautiful luncheon
at the leading hotel on the Island, and
we were soon all right again. After
luncheon we viewed the Roman Villa
of the American Consular Agent, Mr.
Jerome, a most interesting building,
and then in carriages we passed over
one of the most beautiful roads 1
h<i\ o e\ei seen, which winds on a n
?asy grade up and around the face of
an imposing cliff from which we had
a wonderful and oft described view
of the Blue Mediterranean and the
May or Naples, arriving at the village
of Anacapri on (he top of the Island,
koine ladies oi' the village entertained
us by executing their native dance,
which is very curious and simple,
tbough attractive. We returned to
Naples in the evening and had conferences
with various persons why
are interested in emigration, and on
my part to framing a letter to Deputato
Morelt i who expressed an interest
in South Carolina, and requested
nie to write him fully regarding our
State, which, of course. I was only
too glad to do.
On Wednesday after completing
*ome necessary shopping. Messrs]
Murneti, Hennett and myself (<.<>!< the
seven o'clock train for a tour of inspection
through Sicily, and SouthI'rn
Italy, arriving at Messina, Sicily,
it nine o clock the next morning after
.i.i iiiviill ride in a very comfortable
Pullman Car. Hy previous arrangements
we were met at (he wharf
by Mr. Caghy, the American Consul,
Dr. Maurice Fishberg and Mr. Robert
A. Doremus who are connected
with the Commission, and who preceded
us to Sicily. That morning we
bad nn interesting interview with
the Perfet-to. or Coventor, of the
I io\ ince ol Messina, whose jurisdiction
extends over .">00,000 people, and
which Province is one of three in the
Island of Sicily, each governed bv a
Perfetto, who is the representative of
I lie King. The Island of Sicily has a
total population of .">()(),000 persons.
At ].,{() )). m. we were on our way to
Liesso. As soon as we had left the
city limits of Messina, with the American
('ice Cnuusul, Mr. Peirce. as our
Lfiiide and interpreter, I was attracted
Vuain by the tact that we were on a
^ei,\ remarkable ami marvelous road,
such as is found all over Sicily. The
country here is very mountainous,
>ut this road was so well construet?d
and on such an easy grade that
1 hough it was a continual ascent our
jari rages moved along without appar:mt
discomfort to the horses..The road
lied was hard and firm and tin; system
of drainage had been worked out
with so great skill that it was a postive
pleasure to climii such mountains
is we did, in a distance of not more
than five miles rising to an altitude
if about '2.000. At the village of Oes10
we were met by the Sindica, or
Mayor, and two Carabinieri's, ineiniiers
of a magnificent state police
force who had been assigned to that
tillage for that afternoon by the Perfetto
of the Province to assist us in
>nr investigation, as well as to show
respect to our mission. Oesso is a village
which\but a few years ago had
>vor 5,000 population, but which now
lias probably fewer than 1,800,
though that w/rs the figure given us
l)y the mayor, about o. e in nine of
I hose left being a man ii his prime,
I he rest being old men, old women and
children. Upon inquiry we found that
lie former inhabitant-Is are now located
at Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic City,
Pleasantville and ITaminondtown, N.'.T
One of the old churches in the village
,/
/ It, jLr
I
I was burned last Christinas day and il
J was an interesting and curious sight
ltd see on tlic walls ti' this burned
. I chnrcli, which itself dates hack tunny
centuries, a printed subscription list
of over .'{00 former residents of Gesso,
who now live in the United Stales,
[ and had sent the money back to assist
in the restoration of the church in
the village of their childhood. Gesso
is on toip of a mountain which overlooks
the Mediterranean. Going to
| the boundary of the village we came
to a place where we had the unusual
spectacle of seeing two smoking volcanoes,
Aetna and Stromboli, which
i still have frequent eruptions. We returned
to Gesso by the same road,
reaching 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 anywhere
from three to twenty feel high, which
protect the soil, the terraces being not
much wider than the walls are high,
/ and such erraccs extend to the tops of
the mountains. On these terraces are
.frown all the crops that are raised in
the Southern part of South Carolina.
We were taken to dinner by the
American Consul and his charming
and estimable wife, and given an opportunity
lo taste some purely Sicilian
dishes, one of which made of
rice, chicken giblets, and solid yolks
of eggs, mixed with a meat gravy,
?vas a very delicious dish.
J The 1'erfetto called on the next
morning at our hotel and we had a
very interesting interview of more
than an hour with him. lie brought
several minor otlicials with him, and
during his visit the chief of police,
called here the Sequestors. dropped
in, ns the local inspector of emigration.
At two o'clock we started for Taormina.
a typical Sicilian village three
miles up the mountain side from the
railroad station, where we made inquries
relative to emigration, and also
were shown some noteworthy antiquities.
11 is a most beautiful place and
one which is frequently visited by
American Tourists during the winter.
The next morning we went to Siracusa,
the ancient Syracuse, of which
history speaks so much, and which
was formerly a city of over a million
inhabitants, but now contains about
110.000. 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, lie also gave me a
ureal deal of information in regard
to the farm products and the condition
of the Sicilian in his native la<nd.
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, including the ear of
Dionysius, which is a marvelous development
in acoustics. We stood at
the entrance and our guide gave us
a test of the echoes of 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 hear the slightest whispers
of those confined therein. As to
the truth of this I make no statement.
We also visited the catacombs said
to have been con? 1?ucted by the Christians
of Syracuse in the first century,
and which offers evidence of great
antiquity. If 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 were quarries from
which stone was laken to build ancient
Syracuse while it is also claimed
that they <veor constructed during the
persecution of the Christians in the
first century, who took refuge therein.
It is evident from paintings made
on the ceilings of the church connectJ
ed with the catacombs, also cut in
solid rock, showing pictures of St.
Paul and other apostles, as well as
that of the Virgin, that these catacombs
were used by the Christians in
j the earliest years of the Christian era.
It is also said that in this church St.
v v ?
j Paul preached on one of Ins mission
j itr.v journey.-. and we found on il
ceilings a tre-coe of tin.' apostle whicl
is evidently very old and which i
said lo date hack to the 4th century
These were the most interestin*?- am
impressive spots that 1 have yet visit
ed here.
On our wfrom Syracuse to Pel
J erme we passed through a very ex
cellent agricultural region on whicl
crops very similar to our own are be
ins? grown, and where for the firs
time we saw a plow. The grain is stil
being reaped in the way described i;
the Book of Kutli. We also passei
through Castro?iovami, the center o
i the sulphur industry of the Island
j and were interested in observing th
I great cakes <>i concentrated sulphu
:iit the railroad station and on eithe
! side.
j We have concluded our invest iga
lion in Palcrine and on the Island o
Sicily, and return tonight by steam
cr to Naples to rejoin the rest of th
party.
Respect fully,
A. ('. Latimer.
I
j Railroad to Use Gasolene Motor Car
for Branch Line Service.
New ^ ork. June .50?An extremel;
interest ing innovation in railway pas
senger transportation in this countr;
will be inaugurated next month, whei
jit is announced. the I'uion Paeifi
j b'ailroad will place i . service 12 gasn
I lenc rail-niot.>r cars. The cars are |
tended for braucii-line t rathe. whor
| the fast and frei|ueut service re<piii
ed cannot be maintained by ordinal'
i trains except ;il a loss.
I'lie latest type of ihc^c cars deve]
oped at the Omaha shops of the I'nio
Pacific mal<< * 00 miles an hour wit
a '200 horse power engine, reachc
Iiili h speed within six ear length;
and can lie stopp(>d within 120 feci
j Willi these advantages the cars ca
be put on a much faster schedule ilia
is possible with the steam locoinotiv(
Outwardly the newest of the car:
which are built entirely of steel, ri
semble a Iurned-over racing yaclii
The forward end tapers sharply, an
the roof and rear are rounded off t
reduce the air resixtance and avoi
the vacuum produced by a square cai
Hounded wi (lows ?ivi? to the passei.
I gers a wide range of outlook, and in
crease the nautical appearance of th
ca r.
J In cold weather the ears are to h
heated by hot water from the cyliji
der jacket. They are lighted by acet\
lene gas -hilling through opalescen
panels.
For sanitary reasons the floors o
the cars are built so that they can b
thoroughly cleaned by flushing wit
hot water. The familiar system o
ventilation has been replaced by roo
ventilators which exhaust the insid
air by suction, fresh air being lake;
in from the car roof in front. Vibra
tion is reduced to a minimum by tli
way in which the motive power i
balanced.
The cost of operating the cars vai
ies from ten to twenty cents a milt
according t<> the density of the Ira I
tie, but the records kept prove be
yond doubt that the rail-motor ca
will make possible ureal improve
mollis in handling branch line pas
senger trallic.
Reclaiming Swamps.
Albert Plienis in Southern Karn
Magazine of Baltimore for June:
By spending a few millions dollar
the United States can reclaim ennng
land along the Mississippi river m>\
valueless to duplicate the entire cot
! ton crop of the South. It has bee
I proven that there are 30,000 squar
i miles capable of yielding indefinite)
i without fertilization a bale to aci*(
j and even allowing for only one-hal
of it to be in cultivation at any on
time, there would still be land ennug
to give 10,000,000 more bales of cot
ton than the South is now prodw
ing. Considering the amount to be e.\
pended, this is probably the most gi
gantic investment opportunity eve
given to any country in the world, fo
this .10,000,000 bales of cotton wonl
mean an annual addition of .$500,000
000 to $(>00,001 >.000 to the value of lli
' South's agricultural production.
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JUDGE LOVING SET FREE.
s
li Slayer of Theodoro Estes Acquitted
s of Murder.?Insanity Given as !
the Basis.
il
Houston, Ya., .1 tine 2!).?Alter be- |
iny in the jury room forty-five mill- '
_ tiles the .jury this evening returned'
> a verdict of "not guilty" in the
li case of former .Jmine William (*.
i. Loving, of Nelson County, and man{
ager of the Virginia estate of Titos.
II K. liyan, who was placed on trial
u here last Monday before the Circuit
i Court of Halifax. .Indue W. U. Iiraksf
| dtilc. presiding, for the murder of
\t j Theordorc Kstes, son of Sheriff M.
L. | K. Kstes, of Nelson County. -Judge
) | Loving shot and killed young Kstes
t* I on April 22 at Oakridge, following !
j a buggy ride Kstes had taken with
_ I the Judge's daughter. Miss Kli/.abcth
Loving, who told her father
_ that her escort ha*l drugged and ase
saulted her.
Instanity Basis of Verdict.
Koroman McCraw, merchant and
I farmer, said that when the jurors en|
tered the room one of them did not
g i exactly understand all of the instruelions
of the Court, and those were
! read to hint. Mr. McCraw said that
' i when he eailvd for a vote he re<ptested
all who l.wored 1 lu* acquittal of
the defendant |o hold up their right
' i hand. On ihe first ballot every hand
promptly went up. When asked what
jlhe basis of the verd?"i 'vy;, l,e said
j " insanity," and jtfal lie and the oth|
er members of Mic jury believed that
iJudge Loving jJFas out of his mind at
1 j I lie time lie (billed young Kstes. The
j stress, he sj(tid. had been brought on
" i by the stoff v l??I<I him bv his datigh"
ler.
'Wiil Not Sue Judge Loviirg.
1 Houston, Ya.. June 2!). John P.
I j Swaiison. brother-in-law of Theodore
i, j 1 - Ksie-. who was killed, issued the
n j following si a i emeu i to-night:
?. ! "The statement in the press to-day
s. ! 111I M. K. I-Nles would qualify as an
.. j admini>t rator of Theodore I. Kstes,
I, | deceased, and enter snii against Judge
d ; Loving. is a mistake. Neither Mr. Kso
tes nor any mcuibor of the family .
er eo.'ieinplated a suit against Judre
i\ jl.ov \\ c had hoped that the Court
j would admit the evidence of the ('? !i
: niotiwealth as offered by Mr. Harmon.
(? ' which would have vindicated Tlieoi
dole Kstes (lie charge of assault and
I established the fact that no assault
. I was committed.''
j
, ; Jurors Call on Judge Loving.
j Houston, Ya.. June 2!). The folj.
lowing statement was given out tonight
bv counsel for Judge Loving:
o
I, I " Wii'.oii Sir*! *' a iiMuv ;i!"; r the
j- ! :> !iIi< n of the verdict by ihe jury
j> and the adjournment of Court, coun>el
for Judge Loving were called on
,, by two of the jury, who stated that
!_ they had been appointed a comiuit tee,
t, j representing the entire jury to cons
vey to Judge Loving and his wife and
daughter the information that, while
they believed that Miss Loving's
statement on Ihe witness stand of
.' what she had told her father was a
true account of what she had eom,
ni'iiiic.1!ed to hini, yet not lor a moment
did the jury entertain the opinion
that an actual assault had been
, committed by the deceased upon the
young ladv, but on the contrary, they
j were all fully satisfied Jteyond all
j doubt that I'^ict nil I assault had been
a! committed, but t hat there had been
{an attempted assault. Judge Loving,
. ! upon being interviewed in litis eonnccj
lion, said : 'The conclusion of the jury
j to the effect that no assault was comvi'nilicd
was ah-olnlclv cored.'
"Judge Loving and his wife will
,, ; remain here for several days before
J returning lo their home in Nelson
' County. Miss Kli/.abcth Lf"..ing will
N Meave shortly for a visit to friends
' mi a distant slate, in order lo escape
f I the notoriety incident to the trial of
e I 'icr father.''
h!
-' Supervisors Registration.
The supervisors of registration
- vere in their ollice yesterday and
i- onie thirty or forty registration cerilicatcs
were written. They will meet
r tgaiu on the first Monday in August,
d inless the elect ion on the dispensary
, hould be ordered for August. In that
i t |
', -vent yesterday was the as! day for
i registering for that election.
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GROANING UNDER BOND TAX.
Edgofiold and Saluda Townships Paying
for Non-Existent Railroad.
News and Courier.
Kdgelleld, .June .'50.?Many years
botore the formation of Saluda County,
Pine (irove Township, then in
Kdgelleld eounly, votetl $11),000 in
bonds lo aid in I lie const ruetion of
llie Augusta, Kdgefield and Newberry
Railroad?a road that never materialized.
Much litigation was had
over this unrighteous debt?unrighteous
because no road has b?>en built
? and the bonds were without consideration.
Although the Courts held
that having been sold in open market
and being in the hands of innocent
holders llicy were a legal subsisting
debt against llie township. Cpon the
fnniiation of ihe county of Saluda
more than half of Pine (Jlove Townsliip
went to that county.
Yesterday a meeting of the representatives
of hoili counties was held
here to adjust the debt between the
parts of the township in each county.
The debt had finally been compromised
for #12.000 ami of this amount
Kdgelicld pays $1,000 and Saluda
.fX,(100 in accordance with today's
settlenient, new bonds being issued as /
evidence of llie obligation. While /
helpless and without legal redress all
the people in the area effected feel
that it is a great hardship to be sad
\\ >d with 1 his d* I. t! < -?ad was
|in cxish rice '.he I:. willingly
paid, but wilh hope < its ever
being built I hey are 0 \
j solutcly nothing. | J -?.?
I COAST LINE TRAIN WRoJL (.
Engine Tender Jumped Track while
on Down Grade and Control of
Train was Lost.
News and ('ourier.
Darlington. .June .'{0. --A 1 lantic
<'oasi Line train No. li. from Florence
lo llartsvillc. was wrecked on McI
'own's lie lie, three miles a'; ve
I )arlinglon. I mornin,_. Two passengers
we :";;:"eil, II. !'. ,.'i Melon
, iif Flo: . ' - ' ised
on the hack an ! .*. and A.
M. Moore, ol 11:i!' 1 - ?eing slightly
bruised on the back and knee.
The escape of llie remaining passengers
and of the crew was miraculous.
The lender of the engine .jumped
the track three hundred yards
from llie trestle, after entering upon
'.lie down grade. The brakes from the
engine were of course instantly di<loiinectcd,
and the emergency brake
failed to stop the cars. The engineer
reniaine- a I his joist, but was powerless.
When the cars struck I he trestle it.
was destroyed for several feet and a
general smash-up seemed unavoidable.
Fortunately, however, one stringer
continued |o hold and against it llie
coaches wedged themselves. The engine
was uninjured but Ihe tank was
thrown into the stream several feet
below.
The wreck train was soon at the
wreck but transport at ion will be delayed
abonl IS hours.
Annual Masonic Picnic.
The Joint Committee of Newberry
ind Prosperity Masonic Lodges are
low hard at - Work on tlier annual
taskel picnic which will be held at
Prosperity, on Thursday, .July tweuy-fifth.
They have several of the most proninent
speakers in the stale, whom
they are endeavoring |o get to speak
that day, and the committee say that
they will have none but the best.
They have extended an invitation
to the lodges at Whit mire and Peaks,
and are expecting a good many from
each lyodge.
The full program will be announced
later. Kverybody is cordially invited
to be present, and the committee
have made arrangement for trans.
poriation to and from the grounds
j for all who desire same.
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S^XLIY UO ~ UKWBEERY. S. O. TUESDAY Jl'I.V 2, 1907. TWICE A WEEK, 11.50 A YKAR
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