The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

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ernment official at Rome, who cor
to the head Of the United
States marine hospital service, and
who has good use Of the English Ian
guage and evidently IS a man 0
scientific attainment, that there is
no doubt that this terrible diesas'
is due entirely to the using OF un-
sound Indian corn as food, and that
this must be due entirely to crowd
ing. as the climate Of Milan is about
the same as that Of Charlotte, n
c., if anything warmer. with ful.
for the corn to mature
thoroughly.
We bought some corn in the
Place st. Mark, in Venice. to feed the
pigeons with, and the grains were
nearly round, as though coming FROM
nubbins. Aud, of course, with the
corn crowded as they grow it in
Italy nothing but nubbins IS possible
AS the peasants depend largely on
corn for food in northern Italy, antI
their poverty suggests or compels
eating whatever grain they can get
the good and bad are ground togetn.
er;; hence the disease pellagra.
The City of Canals.
Venice is little too much for an
invalid to attempt to describe. II
has no streets, only alleys six or ten
feet wide and canals from ten to
thirty feet wide. The alleys cross
the canals, when necessary, lon
bridges. always high arched for the
passage of gondolas and lighters,
And everything, including people
transported in the city, is either car
ried on the back or in boat by wat
er. We did not see a single vehicle
of any kind or a horse. The paving
problem is relatively important
in Venice and there is no necessity
Of lodging street cars, uatomoolles
cabs or truckSall Of which We
found to be very necessary when We
reached Milan.
Milan the Commercial Metropolis.
Undoubtedly there is nothing II
the way Of contrast greater than tna'
which exists between these two ltal
ian cities-venice and Milan. Dec y
and former grandeur are written al
over Venice, and the silence Wnlcr
one finds there is typical of the grave
Milan, with it's half million people
the commercial and manufacturing
metropolis of the kingdom Of Italy
is in every respect, barring the mar
rowness Of some of its streets,
busting, progressive modern city
one can easily in-gine himself II
st. Louis or Cincinnati or PittsburS
barring the smoke. Its cathedral is
to nv mind, even more pleasing thar
St. Peters, at Rome. While that !!
stupendous and magnificent, there
| is something garish about it, ant
such a studied effort to substitute
some potifex maximums as an lido
to be worshipped, instead OF Christ
that the simple majesty and beaut!
and dignity of the Main cathedral
very impressive. This may also b.
said Of the Seville cathedral.
After a day and half on the Ital
ian lakes, Como, Lugano and Mag
giore, we left Italy and came direc
to Geneva, coming the entire length
of Lake Geneva from its eastern t.
it's western end by boat. Our pleasuri
was much marred by heavy squal
and rain, which drove US from th
deck two-thirds of the time. and /
has been raining pretty much eve
since we got here.
Favorably Impressed With the Peopl'
Of Northern Italy.
Having myself been very pro
nounced in expressing the idea tha
italians were undesirable Immigrant
for South Carolina a sense Of justice
compels me to say that havin:
watched the people of Italy with tha
very question in view, I still fee
that the people of Naples and thcs
of southern Italy whom I saw a
Salernum and Postum are not th'
type we would like to have. From
Rome northward, the impression
made on me is entirely favorable
and / feel sure that if we could ge
any of the northern italians into th'
southern states they would mak'
good citizens and help in every wa.
to assist the white race IN solving
/ the race problem. Our investiga
tions show that most of those wht
leave home go o south America, es
pecially to the Argentine republic
while we also learned that there j!
a strong refux current of those wht
have come to the United States
both ships on which we Travelled
having their full compliments o.
twelve hundred each, returning
home. Good and bad alike, they al
love Italy.
Notwithstanding the strenuous
life we have been leading, I fee
stronger and better as time passes
and should the improvement con-
tinue I ought to be strong and vel.
again when I reach home in Octo.
Der.