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^ * A _ L 10CAL LACONICS. Happenings of Interests r if About Town. ij [ Miss L??e Wharton is visiting r<-l-j atives in Union. . I . ^.r Charlie HoHis was in Union visiting friends last week. t Misse** Beulah and Pearl llan-1 Mr. Frank Austell, of Spartan-' burg was in Union Monday. Mr. Warren Lipscomb, of Gaff-j ney, was in Union Monday. ^flfprof. Davis Jeffries went to Green- ( ^^>od Tuesday for a short stay. Mrs. J. H. Rodger and Miss; Annie left Monday for Jamestown, j mrs. ineooore ^laudox speni ] several days at Mt. Tabor last week. ( Miss Stella Walker, of Columbia, is this week visiting Miss Essie San- 1 ders. I Mrs. S. S. Linder left Monday for a month's stay at Glenn, Springs. Miss Olivet Smith is visiting her 1 sister, Miss Jennie Smith, in Spar- j tan burg. Mr. "Dude" Humphries, recently located at Ridgeway, has returned to Union. *Nlajor W. M. Foster is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Pryor, at Rock PI ill. Miss Auressie Wilburn leaves; Friday for Jonesville to visit Miss Bernard McWhirter. Mrs. Howard and little son are1 at home again after a pleasant visit; to relatives at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. O'Shields left Wednesday for a stay in the ^^Trtotmtams of North Carolina. Miss Ruth Wilburn left Monday 1 for a few days visit to Cross Keys1 j ix vr ur:iu...? . IailU 1 J, A* >* llUUlll 10 mtn 4WVI1UO in Jonesville. Miss Mamie Johnson has returned to Union after a delightful visit to relatives in Spartanburg and other points. Mrs. J. M. Mixson returned to ' the city Saturday after a mojith sj visit to her mother at iidge j Springs. Mrs. Dan Wallace is spending a | few days with Mrs. Claude Sartor before going to her new h<|ne at. Concord, N. C. I j Mr. Phil D. Flynn, who | ^tud.vhi^ at?the League, New York, the pastlyear, i arrived in Union Monday. j Cadets (Ilenn Osborne and liirold , Smith returned from JanidtowO., Saturday. The Citadel cadeUhave I been encamped there for two veeks.1 Dr. I. M. llair spent Sundiy in Blackville. Ilis father was sixty years old and tlnrty-two men hers ?>f the Hair family gathered t< do H " him honor. 9 Mr. Morgan Duckett, of Dallas, 1 Ga., is in Union on business. Mr. | Duckett is originally from Union' I county and subscribud4to The Times' I before leaving for home. Mr. D. B. Fant, .Jr., who is enily ployed by the Anderson Hardware _ P Company, went to his home in San-1 Ituc this morning to spend a fortnight with his parents.?Anderson Intelligencer. We regret very much to learn ( that Mr. G. Epps Tucker is quite sick in Columbia. He is under aj physician's treatment and has a trained nurse. We hope lie will soon be restored to health. His j address is Columbia, care of The j ( 'n Id well. ^ traded School to Add Tenth Grade. HV n The School Board intends to add ^Kv tenth grade to the graded school, IKif a sufli dent number indicate their ^ intention to enter that grade. All j^Vwho desire to take this grade will Ax ^Kplease notify Supt. Jeffries at onee, Hhddressing him at Union, and let^Wers will he forwarded if he is out of ^Rown\ I A Lecture. Itev. D. K. Camak, the pastor, will deliver his lecture on Song and Story at New Il<?pe church next Saturday night, July (?th, at 3: 30 o'clock. T'ie lecture is I Kith enter taining and uplifting. The pro ceeds will go to the benefit of the I parsonage. The vouniz ladies of Jonesville j Methodist church have Ix'gun to he stir themselves in behalf oi the new I church. They s^|M^rvc ice cream summer*^ . ^ a cooi, , ! \,u\UVmg. J take your Hp,,t, a ?>?a ^uting ami dell"0" SENATOR LATIMER'S TRAVELS. Msits Naples and Writes His Impressions of This Famous City. Naples, Italy, June 11, 1W7. Mr. Editor:?I arrived in Naples the morning ?f May 30, the steamer J coming to anchor a limit ten o'clock. The Bay of Naples is said to be one j of the most beautiful in the world. With V esuvius on the right and a i .n, 1A, together witli a number of attractive villages spreading around the city, one I is ready to concur in the opinion, so often expressed, that this is one oi tne prettiest spots in the world. The Hay of Naples has lieen so frequently described that it will be i unnecessary for me to add anything further. Our party was soon j landed and were met by the Anieri-1 can consuls at Naples and Messina, i Messrs. Cyington and Caughy. Be-; cause of our mission the Italian 1 government had arranged that our baggage should be speedily inspected and we were therefore in a short while at Parker's hotel, where, rooms had l>een engaged for lis. After a voyage of twelve days we were deligted to be on land, though the voyage itself was most pleasant, lx?th the sun above and the sea below being friendly. The next morning we went to the emigration station to witness the method of inspection of emigrant.;. While there we were joined by Cavalier Adolfe Itossi, one of the Commissioners of Immigration, who had been sent from Home by the government to place himself at our disposal in order to facilitate in every way our work, the importance of which is recognized by the Italian government. While at the custom house we also inspected most thoroughly on6 of the new Italian ships, the "Florida," going down to the lowest decks used by emigrants, testing the food and inspecting the sleeping and eating quarters. We also inspected the method by the ship for the inspection of emigrants. We have at Naples three physician, two Americans, Doctors McLaughlin and Foster, who are attached to the U. 8. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, and one Italian, Dr. Bonacori, who is employed by the government. The method of medin?i 1 incrui/dinn ic ?<- ~ 1I?3|A/VV1VU AO UHMUU^II, tin JUJ emigrants who have not been passed on favorably by our doctors are admitted to the ship. The largest emigration comes from Naples and it is therefore pleasji.it U> 1'uul tUtf. nurUuH.ls u? inspection so thorough. Emigrants from Naples come not only from Northern Italy and the Province in which the city of Naples is situated, but also from more southern Italian points, Sicily and Sardegna, and there are aiso a number of Greeks, Syrians and Hungarians who are subjected to this medical inspection, as Naples is the tinal port of embarkation for many ships which touch first at other ports in Italy. In the afternoon, as is the custom in this country, we called officially on the Governor, or Perfetto, as he is called, of this Province who r<*ceiyed us with every courtesy and re-called our call the same day, which is regarded as exhibiting the highest consideration. The next day we undertook to see some of the ruins of the ancient cities, Pompei and Herculanean, and the village of Boscotrecasa, which only about a year ago was destroyed by a new eruption of Vesuvius. These places have been so often described that I shall not attempt a description, only to say as all do that we found in them much of interest. On Sunday we attended services at a Presbyterian church and heard the good old-fashioned Gospel as it is preached at home. The theme discussed by the preacher was the healing of the Centurian's servant and dwelt considerably on the idea of obedience, and spoke of St. Paul on his way to Damascus, and the ; inquiry he made when he was stricken down, "hord, what wilt Thou have me to do;" and it called to mind the fact that we were in the same country through which lie passed on his way to Rome. The sermon was by a Scotch clergyman I and it was a refreshing and'pleasant hour that we spent in the little i chapel. In the afternoon, by special inI vitation, we were taken to the rural I nalace of Kanles and i/iven an on 1 portunity t<> admire its lieauty. On Monday morning Commissioner Ilossi bad arranged to havt i two of tin* I >est students of emigration in Italy to meet us, Prof iNittiand Mr. Rotti. Ihest ^gentlemen are membeta of Rarlia ' ment, which corresponds to out ! Congress, the members of whicl called "Deputaii." We went wit! these gentlemen,and the ladies o! their families en-a special steamei to the famous jsland of Cnpri, an< although we ' nad ' crossed 4,(MH miles of gceans without anj any trouble, many of us succumbet ,01) this short trip to our first attacl ) I v T In % v .. " ^ of sea-sickness and offercd^^^^^H i iw H the Commissioner treated delightful luncheon at the hotel on the Island and soon all right again. After lu^^H eon we viewed the Roman Vill.-^^H American Consular Agent, Jerome, a most interesting huildii^H and then carriages we past over o^| of the most beautiful roads I ha\^B ever 86011, which winds on an easn grade up and around the face of anl imposing elitT from which we had at* wonderful and oft described view of j the blue Mediterranean and the Bay of Naples, arriving at the vil-! lage ot Anacapri on tne u>p 01 me Island. Soma ladies of the village' entertained us by executing their native dance which is very curious and simple, though attractive. We returned to Naples in the evening and had conferences with various j persons who are interested in emigration, and on my part to framing j a letter to Deputato Moretti who expressed an interest in South Carolina, and requested me to write 1 him fully regarding our state which,, of course, I was only too glad to do.j On Wednesday after completing some necessary shopping, Messrs. | Burnett, Bennett aiuj myself took the seven o'clock train for a tour of inspection through Sicily and southern Italy, arriving at Messina,J Sicily, at nine o'clock the myyl , morning after an all night ridc<J^H very comfortable Pullman car, ' previous arrangements we were i^H [at the wharf by Mr. Caughy, American Consul, Dr. Mauf^f Fishbcrg and Mr. Robert A. I)o^B mus, who are connected with lflj Commission and who precedcd^H to Sicily. That morning we and interesting interview with^^H Perfettor or of whose jurisdiction extends ">00,000 people, and which ; is one of the three in the Islai^Mf Sicily, each governed by a Permto, : who is the representative of. the king. Sicily has a total pouhtion of ?,500,000 persons. At 1.&) p. jm. we were on our way to fJcsso. ! As soon as we left the city limits of Messina, with the American ViceConsul, Mr. Pierce, as our'guide and interpreter, I was 'attracted again by the fact that we were oh* a very remarkable ami marvelous road, such as is found all over Sicilv. The countrv here/ is verv 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 discomfort to the horses. The rqad bed was hard and firm and "the system of drainage had been worked j out with so great skill that it was [positive pleasure to climb such mountains as we did, in a distance of not more than five miles rising to altitude of about 2,(XX) feet. At the village of Gesso we were met by the Sindica, or Mayor, and two i CarabinierPs, in embers of a magnificent state police force, who h; <1 been assigned to that village fo; that afternoon by the Perfetto oi the Province to assist us in our investigation, as well as to show respect to our misson. Gesso is a 1 village which but a few years ago had over, 5,(XX) population but which now has probably fewer than j 1,800, though that was the figure I given us by the mayor, about one in nine of those left being a man in I his prime, the rest being old men, old women and children. I'pon inquiry we found that the former inhabitants are now located at Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic City, Pleasantville and Hammondtown, N. J. S One of the oldest churches in the j village was burned on last Christj mas day and it was an interesting ' and curious sight to see on the walls j of this burned church, which itself j uaits uuck maiij i fiiiurics, n primed subscription list of over IKX) former residents of Gesso, who now live in the I'nited States, and had ! sent the money back .to assist in the ?| restoration of the ?hurch in the village of their childhood. Gesso .; is on top of a mountain which overlooks the Mediterranean. Going to the boundrary of the village we | came to a place where we had the , unusual spectacle of seeing two | smoking volcanoes, Aetna and Stromboli, which still have frequent eruptions. We returned to Ges.sc , by the same road, reaching oui j hotel about eight o'clock. Ont ! thing that impressed me very deep11 ly was the immense amount ol | work necessary in the utilization ol I every available inch of ground or the steep hill sides. There are ter . j races constructed with stone walls ; I anywhere from three to twenty fee' ; high, which protect the soil, tin ; terraces being not much wider thai the walltf arc high, and such ter races extend really to the top of tin 11 mountains. On these terraces ar< { grown ail the crops that are raiset j in the southern part of South Car r j olina. 1' We were taken to dinner by tin ) American Consul and bis charminj ; j and estimable wife, and given ai 11 opportunity to taste some purely 1; Sicilian dishes, one of which wai / H 1 s< >1 dit^WM^^B^^^Hj^B luifl n i< >H of million BHB^^^B^^^BPil^^l tains about "jWunf. j t^B|PP?f the l?erfe'tto ail (I tn?#l^i7ish \ ice-consul, Mr. Joseph Iiobb, who is well informed ontihe subject of emigration, j He 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 | j were in conference with Mr. lx)i>Ui ,-mLl on to midnight. We also met| here Mr. Frank Murphy, o! Arizona, who gave a glowing accountj of the tine trip he and his wife have! had through Sicily in an automobile. During the afternoon, Mr. Caughy, who accompanied us, took tiA to see some of the celebrated an-1 ti&uities of ancient Sycacusc, in- j cljnding the ear of Dionysius, which ! ipA IT" rmtTfftftl.4 ffl'U'ihflUh'Ill1 III1 ncaustics. We stoWd at the en-j trance 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, j his guards could hear the slightest j whispers of those con lined therein. As to the truth of this 1 make no| statement. We also visited tliej ; Catacombs said to have been con-1* i structed by the Christians of Syra- i j nuse in the tirst century, and which1 offers eVidenee of great antiquity.' I wits impressed with the catacombs j which extend for some three miles through solid roek and cut in three' j *yrs. There is a difference of, | (pinion as to their origin. One is j tint they were quarries from which' : ?tt>ne was taken to build ancient tycneuse, while it is also claimed Hhat they w( re constructed during the persecution of the Christians in , first century, who took refng" therein. It is evident from paintings made on the ceilings of the i jhurch connected with the cata* i bombs, also cut in solid rock, showing pictures of St. Paul and other j jipoetles, as well as that of the virgin, that these catacombs wen ! | o|c(T by the Christians in the earli-l years of the Christian era. It is ;ta> said that in this church 1 fey Paul preached on one of his j ! Missionary journey*, and we found ! don its ceilings ai fnscoe of the t ? jadstle which is evidently very old i | ari which is said to date back to; J | tli 4th century. These were the! i npt interesting and impressive! ( i spts that I have yet visited here, j j jOn our way from Syracuse to ] I'lorme we passed through a very j / e 'client agricultural region on i j > uieh crops very similar to our '< ' o' i are l?:ing grown, and where { ? la the first time we saw a plow, j /The grain is still being reaped in f \ way described in tin- Hook of ^ jj I Wth. We also passed through! j i fittrogiovami, the center of the j blphur industry of the Island, and / f re interested in observing the J iat cakes of concentrated sulphur ?j the railroad station and on either 2 9id?\ 4 ' f He have concluded our lnvestiga- | (ion in Palerine and on the Island 1 )f Sicily, and return tonight by I Heartier to Naples to rejoin the rest H -f the party. j Respectfully, 3 A. C. Latimer/ ^ At a depth of sixty-live feet the j ater of the Dead sea is twice as ] ^alt as it is on the surface, and: i t 1 (XX) feet three times salt, I " v ' } save HHpQimPKiwhat you ma SB long run, of any business r aa business career. Start no S our Savings Department, a TO pay four per cent, on all sa 9 The State, County and City fig with us. | THE PEOPI B. F. Arthur, Fres't. J. M. Greer, Cs 93 113 l? % | JEWELRY Gl I ha\e just gotten in e ^ of the newest things cj ? be glad to have you a | EVERY PIECE ( ? If you get a piece that ^ bring it back and get < ^ do more for you? If ? ith sour bargain gott $ tell your neighbor aboi J again. 1 o. a. svi 5 At^W. T. Beaty C 1 THE LATEST IP.T S? ! And High=Class Photos at i| forget the baby, have h |j know not when death she ? ========= I IF YOU WANT A CA I BYli A RELIABLE DAY' t A Machine that will sen | well ns Dry feather. T | these Machines TiPdnion | SEE i H. T. YATES, U % F counts nan, woman chil^^^H^^HH w, open an account in nd watch it grow. We *|j vings accounts. 91 all deposit their money ||j ,ES BANKg ish. It. B. O'Shields. Asst. Cash. ^jj 3 f 1 S& M S M: SSESifiSS ? i nice line of Jewelry ^ ?ut in that line. Will 5 Dme and inspect it. 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