Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1907 Page: 2 of 4
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PF HUSHED EVERY THIptSDAY BY
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
Entered at the Post-umce at Jacks-
on ro,Texas, as second-class mail
matter.
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JACKSBORO CAZETTE|tt,<!”i"r,eP|!' that if mathemat-
ics had been neglected in the
schools as long as has been agri-
culture, we would today have but
a very few teachers who could
'teach arithmetic. We have
got to begin some time, and
should do it now.” Mr. Calvin
is about right concerning the
: Justness office on northeast corner of 1 imperative need of farmers hav-
i'jjlie Square, Jacksboro, Texas. | ing a more thorough knowledge
of agriculture. As to how they
/tcirnt cash by Post-Office Money Or-1 g]10Uj^ acquire that knowledge is
de: or Bank Check at our risk, other-1 . ,, , , , , ,
1 tor those wko have made a study
of the subject to say, the Gazette
is not versed in the matter, but
what other avocation is there in
which men would so promiscuous-
ly embark in business with little
or no knowledge as do men en
gage in farming? Of a certainty,
as farmers b’ecome better pre-
pared for their business they
will be more successful, and wil
not fail to make a crop every
time the seasons are a little off.
With the knowledge already
gained through the experiment
stations and agricultural bureaus
» .eat risk of sender.
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
A clean, healthy town is a
good advertisement to catch the
better class of homeseekers.
president Roosevelt is about to
have a peace congress all his
own. He is great on congresses.
We are often reminded that
all men at times make mistakes,
but only the successful man rises
above his mistakes.
THE
MILLINERY
OPENING
L
Ruskin said: “The place you there has been great improve-
desire, is open to labor and mer- ment among Texas farmers, but
it.” By this ladder all who de-1 there is room for more improve-
sire may rise.
“Texas is the Taft among our j
States,” is the latest designation
given it by the Cnicago Herald
antTwhich is given on account of
its size. y
I ment. One of these days Texas
is going to be -agriculturally
great when the farmers as a
class, learn more about the va-
1 ried soils and the different cli-
matic influences upon crops of all
j kinds, when and how they are to
There seems to be no end to be planted and cultivated to bring
rumors of railroad building best results,
across Texas from Fort Worth to
New Mexico, and every town on _ ni/nnnnn -Trtl|r
of any these contemplated lines JAuKbBURU STUrlfc
is making an effort to secure the
—■ _____ BEST IN TEXAS
Everything that creates a bad Commissioner Sam Davidson
poisonous atmosphere in the res- 0f Fort Worth thinks he can get
idence portion of the town will gtone cheaper than the Jacksbo-
cause an untold amount of sick- r0 gt0ne for paving the streets of
ness, suffering and consequently | that cjty.
At the Racket Store
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th
Preliminary Showing of
Early Fall Millinery
Never before so early in the season were we able to show such
an array of marked beauty as in the new millinery this season.
The new large drooping short front and long back hats with
either high or low crown, in the new shades of leather browns,
green, red, navy, and black, daintily trimmed in myriads of be-
coming styles are awaiting inspection at popular prices.
Our showing Tuesday will prove interesting as well as profitable.
v a large death rate. The city
council should do all that is pos-
sible to lesson this condition of
affairs.
It. might possibly be cheaper
at first price, but will it last as
long as Jacksboro stone? This
is an important matter to be
Telegram I taken into consideration. The
CASH FILLING
STATE COFFERS
STEADY STREAM OF MON-
EY FLOWS INTO STATE
TREASURY.
Austin, Sept. 10.—Texas finan-
cially is in much better condition
at the beginning of this fiscal
year than last year, and it is not
likely that there will ever again
be a deficiency in the state treas-
ury.
The new revenue acts are
bringing in more than enough
money to meet demands upon
the state’s strong box and under
the provisions of the automatic
tax law, it is claimed that a defi-
cit will be impossible.
State Treasurer Sam Sparks
has issued his quarterly state-
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The Fort Worth ______
that it is probable that the best *3 the cheapest. Under a
old Albuquerque grade will be test made by State experts Jacks-
used by the Fort Worth and Ros- boro stone showed the greatest
well road. Years ago when “on strength of any stone in Texas,
to Albuquerque” 'was Fort In fact Jacksboro stone has no
Worth’s Slogan, Jacksboro had equal in limestone in Texas nor
her bonus and a considerable anywhere in the United States, , , , ,
portion of the right of way prom- as it took the bronze medal at! ohowmg the fiances on
ised for the Albuquerque road to the World's Fair at St. Louis j fa, ? e ,l° , U«rqo.
Jacksboro. Would it not be well over all other stones exhibited. ' ... ’. .A me
The Fort Worth Record slates:,612 "h‘cll,s, "early $600,000
"As guests of the Texas Bitulithic, ovar «*• tunda last.year'„ ■
Paving company a number of!. Another interesting d.fference
property owners of East Front ,s, .per.ma”e,'t school fund,
„ . .street went to Dallas yesterday,Khlch 13 t0 the OTedlt of the
°f the numerous | for the purp03e of inspecting the Present administration. A year
paving done by the company in a£°’ Aug. 31, 1905, there was to
that city. They made an inspec- ^ crec^t of this fund $945,-
tion trip over Ervay street, new- 811.70 in cash and $12,656,059.54
Iy paved, South Akard street, bonds, while at the end of the
and the Manger addition in East Pre3ent fiscal year the treasurer
Dallas. They were favorably, shows the cash on hand to the
impressed with the , paving in ;creditof that fund to be $246,-
Dallas. It is stated that in all j 797.45 in cash and $14,265.53 in
for the Jacksboro committee to
investigate the Roswell road
proposition and see if there is
anything in it for this town.
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As a result
wrecks which have occurred in
Texas recently^ and especially
the one on the Southern Pa-
cific railroad recently between
Houston and Galveston, the rail-
road commission has decided to j
take action, and has issued a gen-
eral order to the railroads of the
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State, requiring all to report ’j ......
the commission all .wrecks, cause wffl fee pa5ed wWl thu material
street
of same, and number of persons
killed and injured. Under this
order, When a wreck occurs the
proper official is at once required
the commission, giv-
id approxima
persons killed and in-
Practically all the property ovvn-
i
l l '
ers along the street have signed
the petition for paving.”
Jacksboro crushers are fur-
nishing the Texas Bitulithic Pav-
ing Company with stone for the
manufacture of their paving ma-
terial with which Fort Worth
aty attorney of Travis I people are favorably impressed.
. a check for Fort Worth can certainly do
International n0 better than to use Jacksboro
This con- stone- and Commissioner David-
now closed” out business 13?n> will after a thorough inves-
and is forever barred I tigatioDr the Gazette feels confi-
buMness in this I ^ent> coine to this same conclu-
sion. The strength and durabil-
ity of a paving material should
count as important elements.
As before stated, it is true an
inferior material m’ght be had
for less money in the beginning,
but it might also have to be re-
placed in a very short time, and
this would finally another ex-
pense, which, taken all together
would exceed the price of Jacks-
boro stone.
bonds.
This shows that the state board
of education has invested in
bonds practically all of the cash
in tftsjfunds, which has decreas-
ed' the cash and increased the
aniount of good interest-bearing
bonds by nearly $2,000,000.
This i3 a good showing, as there
is little cash idle in the treasury
to the credit of this fund and
there are more bonds bringing in
good interest.
List oi Letters
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It is claimed that under
the -previous arrangement the
agent in Texas has been able to
not only dictate the selling price
to the implement dealers all over
the State, but has been able to
dictate the price at which the
implement dealers sold the ma-
chines. Now, it is stated, im-
plement dealers will be able to
buy all kinds of machinery
through traveling men from
headqua>ter3 out of the State,
and Texas dealers will be free to
sail machinery at whatever price
they see fit.
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Recently speaking of his lect-
uring tour through Texas, F. A.
Cal vin, ex-president of the Far-
mers’ State union, said he was
more convinced than ever that
Texas now needs nothing so bad-
ly as the law recently passed by
legislature and providing for
teaching of the elementary
es of agriculture and hor-
in the public schools,
says: “At one place,
I directed a goodly portion of
my address to this matter, and
toward the conclusion, called
upon every man in the audience
who knew aught of the grafting
of fruit trees to raise his hand.
There were a thousand or more
men in the audience and not one
of them-raised his hand. Then,
too, I have heard so-called learn-
ed men argue that this branch of
•tudy cannot be successfully
ei
Send the Gazette to your friend
who wants to come to Texas.
AMARILLO TO GET
SANTA FE CUT-OFF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF AMARILLO CALLED
ON TO COMPLETE
, CONTRACT.
Amarillo, Tex., Sept. 8.—The first
complete and authorized statement
from Santa Fe officials'"in regard to
the location of Improvements on the
line through here is contained in the
letter sent by Vice President and Gen-
eral Manager Avery Turner of the
Pecos Valley lines this week to the
Chamber of Commerce here. In this
letter the manager makes requisition
for the completion on the part of Am-
arillo whereby the city agreed, when
the proposition was originally made,
that in event favorable legislation
could be secured, the town would se-
cure termfital. ground hefe and right
of way from here to Panhandle City,
and the Santa Fe agreed to route
the main line through here and to
make Amarillo a main division point
and the site of extensive shops.
Through the Santa Fe cut-off bill
which was passed after a notable fight
io the legislature last winter, Ama-
rillo secured the right for the road
to remove its old track so as to
straighten the line into this city.
The city has purchased a great
deal of land inside the city limits
for terminals and is securing the
right of way, but the $30,000 original-
ly subscribed by Amarillo, together
with the $15,000 added by the rail-
road, is now insufficient to complete
the deal, because In the eighteen
months that have passed since the
negotiations began, property has ad-
vanced rapidly and that remaining yet
to be purchased has increased the
original estimate so that $16,000 more
will be needed from Aiharillo to com-
plete the contract.
The general manager asks that this
be guaranteed, in order that grading
outfits which have been held in readi-
ness, all summer can1, begin at once on
the construction of the few remain-
ing miles and upon the terminal im-
provements in Amarillo.
The improvements in Amarillo the
general manager estimates to
reach at least $300,000. These will
include concrete shop buildings,
office buildings and freight
and passenger depots^'Ten miles of
new track a re “to be laid In the yards
at once.
On the line through here, Mr. Turn-
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION
PROGRAMME FOR BROWN
SCHOOL HOUSE CON-
VENTION SEPT, 15.
10 a. m. Devotional service led by
J. C. Brown.
Address of welcome, James Allen.
Response, T. M. Marks.
Importance of the organized Sun-
day school work, by J. A. Perkins,
district president.
Twenty minutes with the Sunday
school lesson, by all teachers present.
Song.
Why am I in this work? led by L
Stoddard. , /
Noon.
1:30 p. m. Devotional service, lead-
er selected.
Business of the committee.
Song.
Organized classes and their helpful-
ness in Sunday school, led by J. C.
Brown.
Benefits of a Sunday school in a
community, led by W. V. Allen.
The Home Department, led by J.
M. Hughes, county president.
Elementary work, by Mrs. J. C.
Brown.
Essential qualifications of the Sun-
day school teacher, by T. D. Sporer.
Secretary’s report.
All Sunday schools are urged to
send delegates with the reports from
their schools.
Come praying for the success of
this convention, and for the success of
the Sunday school work in general.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
This Distinguished American Journalist is Traveling Around the World for
the Purpose of investigating the American Foreign Missionary from
a Purely Disinterested. Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint.
Illustrated with Drawings and from Photographs.
LUR.E OF THE EAST AWAITS
JACK TAR AT CHEFOO.
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Chefoo, China.—Readers* of war
dispatches know this city mainly
as the habitat of “the Chefoo liar,”
which is not without significance,
since many of the most disreputable
elements of American life are to be
found here. A visitor pining for a
sight of his native colors will find
them displayed by low dives whose
very appearance indicates their char-
acter. These bear such names as
The Dewey,” “The Stars and Stripes
Forever Saloon,” “The Old Kentucky
Home,” etc. Over one of these resorts
there flies a larger American flag than
that which floats above the consulate
on the hill.
The explanation for all this Is sim-
ple. During the summer this beauti-
ful harbor is the resort of the Asiatic
Remaining uncalled for in the
Jacksboro, Texas, postoffice for the Hroad haa ^ a million
• i V A . rr * .ion dollars and expects to spend three
the week ending Sept. 7th, 1907. . millions more, and that Amarillo is
Names—Gentlemen ’ j largely the headquarters of this expend-
Hinsley, Bob Spann, Nickson iture. In rearranging the road for the
Snalie A N transcontinental traffic, new division
Johnson,"w.L. S “dct^TS. C*“di"’
Sinclair, Rube (4 The request of the general manager
Davis, J. P.
Cole, Alex
Erwin, T. W.
Grant, J. A.
Names—Ladies
Erwin, Elizabeth
These letters will be sent to
the dead letter office Sept. 23,
1907, if not delivered before. In
calling for the above, please say
“Advertised,” giving date of
list. E. Johnson, P. M.
for the completipn of the contract by
Amarillo has led to great activity and
the amount is expected to be raised in
due time.
How about subscribing for the Ga-
zette? When ycu come to town we
will be pleased to enter your name on
our list if It is not already there
Call and see us.
Compl.es With all requirement of the Nabonal Pure Food Law, Guarantee No. 2041, filed at Washington.
ment, to which the public contributes
liberally, called the naval branch.
What Is It doing, these men scornfully
ask, when it can neglect entirely the
men of the second largest American
fleet?
As a consequence, they say, of the
association’s attitude, the Americans
In Chefoo, some of whom are not mem-
bers of any church and had supported
the work from patriotic and humani-
tarian motives, declare that they will
no longer give their time and money
to It, since the Christian organization
which avowedly exists for this pur-
pose refuses to take on the work.
Missionary Cornwell, however, Is the
sort of man who will hold to the task
even though others give it up. I have
heard other missionaries criticise him
'“We dined in some of the
Attest hotels and restaurants, but
did not find any coffee to excel
in quality Arbuckles’ARlOSA.”
That is what one lady writes and
Coffee than all the other packaged —
coffees in the United States put
together,
The fact that Atbuckles’
ARlOSA Coffee costs less and
has suited the health and taste of
most American people for over
- ..*n
The cities hide many country girls
and boys who secretly sigh for a
cup of good coffee like “ mother" made.
" Mother" probably used the old
original “ Arbuckles’ ” the first roasted
packaged coffee.
See that
Kel the sealed
;e, one pound full weight,
"the name ARBUCKLES*
ARlOSA COFFEE and the
signature of Arbuckle Brother*
which entitles you to presents.
That is the genuine article, no matter
where you buy it or whatjgnee you pay
for it, '
Same old Coffee, same old firm.
If your grocer won’t supply, write to
ARBUCKLE BROS,
STATE FAIR
POULTRY EXHIBIT
The poultry exhibit of the Texas
State Fair—October 19th to Novem-
ber 3rd—promises to be the largest
fanciers’ exhibit ever held in the
South. New coops have been added
to this division to furnish accommo-
dation for 1,000 chickens and 300 pig
eons additional. These coops are of
the Empire make and are said to be
the most thoroughly sanitary coop
made, besides giving an exceptional-
ly good display to the fowls.
This year the price of entries has
been advanced: The single entries
from 15 to 25 cents and pen entries
from 25 to 50 cents, which will in-
sure a better class' of birds through-
out. The Fair management offers
special purse of $100 for the best pen
of birds, competition open to all va-
rieties. The money is to be divided
$60 for the first, $25 for the second
and $15 for, the third.
There is to be quite a display of
Incubators and brooders In operation.
Visitors will not only see the eggs
hatching out, but the little downy
chickens scratching in their sandy
runs, and at home in the brooder or
the old wmoden hen. _
The poultry exhibit Is housed in
building especially built for the pur
pose and at a cost of approximately
$8,000. The main building, if such
it may he called, is 50x125, and has
two wings projecting 25 feet front and
rear,each wing having a width of 58k
feet, giving the building the form of
a Greek cross. It is built on a foun-
dation of solid concrete, with concrete
flooring throughout, perfectly drain-
ed, and insuring absolute cleanliness
In the housing and care of the birds.
The management feels safe in saying
that this building is not equalled by
any other building In the United
States exclusively devoted to the ex-
hibition of poultry. This fact is a
recognition on the part of the of-
ficers of the State Fair of Texas of
the necessity there is for encourag-
ing an industry possessing potential
possibilities which very many of our
experienced farmers have failed to
realize.
A paved street will this year ex-
tend around the race track to the
poultry department, so that in mud-
dy weather visitors may inspect the
birds without getting their feet wet.
y. F. F. Sliney, director of this de-
partment said yesterday: “Prior to
the Fair of 1906 the poultry exhibit
was rather a small affair, patronized
by professionals almost entirely, the
general publhT evincing little or no
interest in the show, that interest be-
ing largely confined to the “freak”
specimens exhibited. The opening of
the new poultry building last yeSfr,
however, created a more widespread
interest, the exhibits being placed and
shown to much better advantage, and
prize birds which were sold to persons
who had never before taken more
thought of poultry than to have a
few running around the farm yard for
home needs, it is within reason to
believe that the industry in Texas re-
ceived quite an impetus from the fair
of 1906.”
Some little changes have been made
lit the rules this year, in order to
give the actual breeders a fair com-
petitive chance, while at the same
time not cutting out the bringing to
the State of the higher class speci-j
mens which the show men are in the
habit of gathering.
Coleman Young, of San Marcos,
Texas, has been appointed special
pigeon judge. He is secretary and
treasurer of the Texas Pigeon Club
and Is one of the leading pigeon fan-
ciers of this country. Special coops
are being put in for pigeons, and a
more complete classification of these
birds will be made than ever before.
C. P. Van Winkle, of Dallas, has
been appointed superintendent of the
poultry department. Mr. Van Winkle
will on application furnish catalogues
and entry blanks.
THREE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE BEEN IN CHINA MORE
THAN FORTY YEARS.
Left—Rev. Dr, Hunter Corbett, Presbyterian (Now Moderator of the
Presbyterian General Assembly). „
Right_Rev. Dr. C. W. Matees, Presbyterian. Educator and Translator.
Center—Rev. Dr. J. B. Hartwell, Southern Baptist. Famous for Evangelistic
Itineration.
squadron, and from three to five thou-
sand American, young men, sailors and
marines aboard the fleet, are here
every year. The east does its worst
Yeu can do without a number of
other things better than you can do,
without your home paper ft Is in it
that you learn of all loc^I 'happen-
ings worthy of mention, isfow is the
time to subscribe for the Gazette, a
purely home paper interested in the
building up of every hoijae enterprise.
Do you read the Ghzette? If you
do not we would be for you to
AO £o.
for giving more time, during a portion
of the year, to the sailors than he does
to the heathen. For my pqrt, I am in
dined to consider the moral and spir-
by them; for the orient, especially "Huai welfare of an American.young
when in league with tfie most vicious
element in American life, is especially
skillful in enmeshing western youth.
The plight of these young men with
shore leave, and no decent door open
to them, was pitiable.
Hard_ Knocks for the Y. M. C. A.
Some of the resident Americans, in-
cluding Consul General Fowler, un-
dertook to open a clean, harmless re-
sort for the men. One of the Presby-
terian missionaries, Rev. G. Cornwell,
devoted himself tirelessly to the pro-
ject, spending the greater part of
every night down town in the rooms
and scarcely seeing his family for a
week at a time. The result was that
for several years a Christian club-
room and lodging-house were main-
tained successfully and made self-
-supporting.
Later this enterprise was great-
ly enlarged and a much more spa-
cious clubhouse opened. The work
had been given the name of a
Young Men’s Christian association,
although previously receiving no rec-
ognition or support from the general
organization bearing that name. Last
summer, though, three months of the
time of an association secretary and
the promise of $1,000 was secured
from the International Y. M. C. A. corn-
man quite as important as that of a
Chinese. As to the reported short-
comings of the Y. M. C. A. which
have quoted, I confess to have consid-
erable sympathy with the resident
Americans; I cannot let the splendid
efficiency of the Young Mein’s
tian association elsewhere blind me to
the fact that it seems to haye lament-
ably “fallen down” here; especially
since the problem of the moral wel-
fare of white men in oriental port
cities, both sailors and civilians, is, to
my way of thinking, one of the most
Important phases of the entire mis-
sionary situation.
White Schoolboys in a Yellow City.
Another Indirect but grave and ever-
present missionary problem, to which
even missionary workers give little
thought, is that of the children of the
men and women on the field. The fa-
mous China Inland Mission school at
Chefoo makes the topic pertinent here.
It never occurs to an Anglo-Saxon at
home that a white chijA cannot well
be reared with yellow children. His
first thought would doubtless be, like
my own, that It is rather funny to see,
as I have Seen, a missionary’s son
with a yellow playmate perched on a
temple drum, beating it in honor of a
heathen festival, while each munched
The China Inland Mission School, for Missionaries’Children, Chefoo.
mittee. This year, for various rea-
sons, the work was not the success of
past seasons.
Right here I encountered bitter crit-
icism from resident American busi-
ness men of the Y. M. C. A. They say
that until dragged Into a partial sup-
port of the work, the association had
paid no attention whatever to the
American sailors at Chefoo. These
boys, most of them from Christian
homes, some of them the sons of
clergymen, were permitted to go to
the dogs by hundreds without the
slightest interest or solicitude being
manifested by the association. Yet
the latter has an imposing depart-
a beancake that had been bought from
a street vender. ,
Second thought, though, reminds
one that this white boy, who, like
most missionary children, speaks the
tongue of the native more freely than
he does that of his parents, is hearing
from his playmate many things which
it is not considered healthful for an
Anglo-Saxon to know. Alongside of
the average white child in heathen
lands, in the matter of knowledge of
what children should not say or know,
the New York street gamin is a Little
Lord Fauntleroy. The white race,
comparatively speaking, has not
learned the alphabet of evil speaking.
It Is not seemly that American’ and
British children should be trained In
this school. A short time ago, in a
refined American home In Korea, I
heard a sweet little girl of six use a
native word which doubled up the
servants with laughter. She does not
know its meaning; neither will any-
body translate it to her parents; but
It is doubtless of Inexpressible vile-
ness. Not to speak of such moral
bacteria—and to overlook entirely the
material germs in that beancake, for
the orient Is the home of gold-medal
germs—it is found by missionary par-
ents unwise to rear children In the-
east, because they fail to get the
Anglo-Saxon viewpoint atmosphere,
bent of mind, or whatever else you
may call it. It is the unanimous opln-.
ion of all white people out here, what-'
ever their calling, that boys and girls j
must gat home to school by the time
they have reached the age of 13 or 14,.
earlier. Herein lies the hardship
of missionary life#’ People regard mis-
sionaries as heroes and martyrs for
undergoing difficulties which scarcely
exist at all, for of physical hardships
the missionary has few. The separa-
tion of families is the one heavy trial.
“If people will insist on pitying us,”,
said one missionary, “let them pity ua!
for the right things." . ;
An English School at Chefoo. ’ -
To meet the peculiar conditions of
the missionary children, the China In-
land mission has established at Che-
foo a school which, in equipment and,
efficiency, ranks as the best school in'
China and Japan. Its teachers are
all missionaries of the China inland
mission, yet its certificate admits boys
Into the English universities. It Is
patronized by missionaries of all bod-
ies throughout the far east, and there
are’94 sons of missionaries uow en-.
rolled, preparing for college, and 63
daughters of missionaries. The stu-
dents are required to leave at the age
of 16 years. The preparatory depart-,
ment has 57 children under nine
years and over five. ■ ’
This indicates the peculiar circum-
stances of the' missionary’s lot- Most
of the China inland missionaries dwell
in native houses, '' in small interior
cities, towns and villages, where there
are no other foreigners. For the sake
of the health of the children, it is nec-
essary to send them away at this early
age. Members of this mission do not
have to pay for the instruction or*
maintenance of their children at Che-
foo. The latter place is considered a
health resort, and the China inland
mission sanitarium is situated here.
Hither the missionaries come for their
summer vacation, In order to be with
their children. The school Las only
one month of vacation in hot weather;
and it begins its day’s routine with a
morning swim” at 5:30.
Despite the rigid school regulations, f
which, for example, prevent the stu-
dents from speaking to the Chinese,
the youngsters have a good time.
Their long vacation, of two months, oc-
curs in midwinter, when, presumably,
the germs are frozen up, and they may
live in Chinese cities with the mini-
mum of danger to health. This school,
it may be added, is only one evidence
of the completeness of the China In-
land Mission organization; it looks
after its more than 800 missionaries
with a comprehensiveness and pa-
ternalism such as I have found In no
'other mission.
A Group of Famous Veterans.
The present official head of the Pre*
byteriag. church In the Uniter! States
of America Is still a resident of Che-
foo! At the general assembly held In
Des M°ines>last May, Rev. Dr. Hunter
Corbett, veteran missionary who has
been in China for more than 40 years,
was elected moderator, and he is now
visiting the churches throughout the
United States. He will return to
China in March. Although he has re-
ceived the highest honor within the
gift of his denomination, Dr. Corbett
will resume his work of preaching
here in a street chapel, In connection
with which a museum is maintained,
in order to attract the natives. Dr.
Corbett also does a great deal of coun-
try work. |
Another veteran missionary at Che-
foo is Rev. Dr. J. B. Hartwell, of the
Southern Baptist mission, which de-
nomination maintains work here. Dr.
Hartwell has, In nearly half a century
of service, made a name for him-
self as an Indefatigable itinerant
evangelist, going about through the
country, living in inns, traveling by
mule, and preaching wherever he
could make an opportunity.
A third man famous throughout
missionary circles everywhere, as
here, Is Rev. Dr. Calvin W, Mateer, a
Presbyterian, whose work has-been
along educational and literary lines.
His translations are a permanent con-
tribution to Chinese literature. He
still, like the two associates just men-
tioned, is strong and busy.
There is scarcely any name better
known in Chinese missionary annals
than that of the late Rev. Dr. J. Liv-
ingston #sTevius, eminent as a preach-
er, author and educator. Dr. Nevius’
versatile activities include the im-
portation of many fruits, which he
instructed the natives how to grow
and graft. NoWthese are an important
commodity throughout northern China,
and foreigners say that they are in-
debted for the presence\of fruits to
Dr. Nevius and other missionaries.
Dr. Nevius is buried in the American
cemetery, near the Presbyterian com-
pound. Mrs. Nevius, the wife of Dr.
Itevius, is still in active service of the
Presbyterian board here, conducting
two day schools of 30 pupils each, be-
sides doing considerable literary
work.
(Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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