The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-24
THE REFUGEE MISSIONARIES
Or. AND MRS. GEORGE C. WORTH
HOME AGAIN.

chinese threatened TO Burn and Kill
DIR. worth's Family Warned By
Native Christfans-They Lost DO
Time in Escaping to Shanghai.
DIR. George C. Worth n his wife,
Mrs. Emma Chadbourn Worth. and
their three little children, William
Chadbourn Worth, Charles William
Worth and Lucy Worth, having refu-
geed from their mission field in China
or account of the Boxer uprising, ar
rived in the city yesterday on the 1905
p. m. train, which came in on the Sea-
board Air Line from Charlotte.
The party was met at the depot by
Mr.. VIM. H. Chadbourn, father of Mrs.
Worth, her sister, Miss Lucy Chad
bourn, Mr.. c. W. Worth, brother of DIR.
Worth, and by Messrs. James II. Chad
bourn. James H. Chadbourn, Jr., the
latter's daughter, Miss Blanche Chad
bourn, and others, including the Rev.
A. d. Mcclure, DR.. y. NJ. Wetzel, and
Mr.. w. NJ. Cumming. DR.. Wetzel, who
is physical director OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. and Messrs. Nc
Clure and Cumming were at the rail-
way station as a committee from the
Y. NJ. C. A. to welcome the return of
DR.. Worth. who was the original mover
in the organization of the Y. NJ. c.. A.
in this city.
From the depot. DR.. Worth and his
family were driven to the residence of
his father-in-law, Mr.. VIM. H. Chad
bourn, or Market street, between Third
and Fourth, where they took dinner.
They remained at Mr.. C~hadbourn's till
. p. m. receiving their friends, quite a
number of whom called. Among the
callers was Sam Lee, the Chinese laun-
dryman who knew Dr.. and Mrs.
Worth before they went TO china as
missionaries and who often called at
Mr.. Chadbourn's to inquire about them
while they were in his native land. DIR.
and Mrs. Worth, who learned the Chi
nese language while in China, talked
with him in his own language and hi
manifested great pleasure at the con-
versation and at meeting them.
DR.. and Mrs. Worth and their chill
dren are the picture of health, although
they had a very long and tedious trip
by rail from San Francisco. Their chill
dren were born in China. Their two
boys, William Chadbourn and Charles
Worth, are respectively aged 4 and 8
years, and Lucy is a spry infant Of six
months of age. The little boys are as
bright as a dollar, being able to talk
both in English and Chinese. While
standing on the piazza they looked at
passing people and vehicles with open
eyed wonder and chatted with each
other in Chinese. They seem to prefer
that language to their own, and when
a boy passed with a goat cart, they
were delighted and jabbered at a great
rate. When spoken to in English, how
ever, they spoke the language quite
we'll, although Mrs. Worth a y they
can speak Chinese much better. They
are w wonderful little fellows, as may
be judged from the fact that while in
China, their mother would send mes
sages to the Chinese servants, giving 1t
to them in English while they would de-
liver it to the servants inChinese. On the
other hand when they brought messages
delivered to them in Chinese by the SER
wants, they would deliver them to their
mother in English. They are probably
therefore,, the youngest tranSlators in
the world. After receiving callers up
to 3 p. m, DR.. Worth and his interest
ing family were driven to the Whining
ton Seacoast Railroad depot, where
they took the SIS p. m. train for the
sound. They were ACCOMPANIED by Mr..
C. w. Worth, whose guest they will be
at his summer cottage on Greenville
sound. Having been requested to do
so, DR.. Worth, as Soon as he can take
a rest, will come up to the city and
some Thursday night at the prayer
meeting service will talk about China.
DR.. Worth and Miss Emma Chad
bourn were married in this city July
81, 1895, and on the End of August de-
parted for China to engage in mission
work, unde the auspices of the South
ern Presbyterian church.. They went
to Shanghai and were sent hence by
n mission authorities to Wusih, in
kiang ST province, of which Shanghai
is the principal city. DIR. Worth en-
gagged principally in medical work
among the people, while Mrs. Worth
engaged in missionary work, visiting
the women, talking to them of Christ,
distributing tracts, etc, At this mis-
sion there were W other missionaries,
a gentleman and his wife, and all four
occupied the mission as their home.
Very little progress was made at
Wusih, and after two years, DR.. and
Mrs. Worth were sent to Kiangyen, on
h Yank Use Kiang river, where there
We're four gentlemen n three ladies
engaged in missionary work.
DR.. Worth and his family remained
at Kiangyen up to June 23rd. when he
says they received warning of such a
startling nature hat he got his family
out of the mission house and went to
the Chinese fort where a German Off
Ger by the name of Col. John Jurgen
was in%structing the Chinese soldiers.
They were sent under escort of Chinese
soldiers to a Steamer bound down the
stream to Shanghai. They arrived safe
and sound at Shanghai the next day,
June oath.
In conversation with a Messenger
representative yesterday afternoon, DR..
Worth says they no doubt made a mar
row but that on their trip from
kiangyen they did not have any thrill
ing experiences. He tells The MeSSen-
ger that when he left the mission there
were no Boxers in the immediate neigh
borhood but ne a noticed the unrest
of the people and that they were in
ferment. Two Chinese Christian min
listers finally gave them warning to
get out and after they got this warning
they did not hesitate. On the same day
that they received the warning DR..
Worth overheard a Chinaman who
| Lived about SO yards away say excitedly
to others as he passed I'VE are going to
burn them" DIR. Worth says he in
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