The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 05, 1907, Image 7
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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.
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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
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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
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"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
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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/
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aa business career. Start no
S our Savings Department, a
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9 The State, County and City
fig with us.
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