The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-07-05

| and eaton to satisfy the cravings Of
hunger. Some idoa of tho horror Of
1t all can bo gathered from the follow
Ing lottor received in this oity from a
Chinaman in Shansi:
a man just oame from village
outside of this city, and described the
condition Of the starving people, which
mado mo feel as though was among
thom. Thirty dollars was tho prico Of
bag q rice. The poor have no rioo; /;
they killed everything in sigh J, If eat.
able, and cooked even leather boxes or
bags, and stewed troe-bark and grass.
Somo Of them were 30 famishod that
they were even eating earth.
"On the first day, he saw a numbor
OF poor people selling their children
for rico. On the second he saw tho
Same party lying starving on the road
and on tho third day about half Of
them wero dead, and their miserable
bodies wore lying at the mercy of
hungry dogs and wolves.
Nearly ovory oity, town or village
he passed through was deserted or tho
houses occupied by tho doad. It is
said that in one town tho people have
/ u
"Anothor friend told mo Of fan {ly
Of nine. The mothor could not bear to
hear tho cry Of the famished ohildron
and finally committed suioide."
The Christian Herald caught up Iii
Hung Ohangs appeal and spread it
broadcast throughout tho Uaited
Statos. The rosponso has boon moro
quick and generou, than to any proyi-
GUS calls on tho generosity Of Ameri.
oans. Oae of tho frat contributions
was from President Mckinley, who,
from his special car on his Journey
aoross tho oontinont, telegraphod his
contribution along with That OF Mr.
John Hay, secretary of state. 7'l
Abroad $40, 900 havo becn oa6lod to
tho Relief committee Of 10 mission.
aries in Tiontsin. Tho obstacles which
led somo persons in this country to
fesr that tho distribution Of famine ro.
lief in China would bo difficult 10. k
have melted away.
Shansi's now governor is a vory pro
gressivo Ohinaman. Ho is a friend Of
tho foreigners, and he recently sent an
official escort to Pekin to conduct the
missionaries back TO Tai Yen Flu.
Shensi, too, has boon found to be onita
AZ accessible for relief operationa as
any other part Of the empirD.
Theso are tho days whom electricity
and steam are knitting tho world to
gether. $40, 900 oan now bo sent from
Now York to China almost as easily as
to Philadelphia.
Of small iunks and rivar boata ;a % nrah
abIy we'll on ita wav IN tbo Vants ptn
river. rhn Antilla is Iadan wI,h .onS pS
Of r;on. II viii follow ~ ;ta ,a;nn;mas vn sVne -
ward tho southern hordora oe'.tbe tmn
nroyinoea ard than onnt;n,o rs ~ WV ,' IN ~
riyor Han to q noint whars :; 10 ~ I ayao zoo
will be loaded on wagon, tra;na aSa
carried far into tho intorior IN Thor. , :.
.aands ofy lives viii BE- B saved. !. and IA saa
IiWusT Eana yi,canS 3 III, u, :
q IS n ait
| ing the Chinese to realize the foreiwn..
ors are not their enemies.p 4
Yes, $40, 900 will 70 long way in
Shansi and Shensi, but after all. it is
only beginning. A great deal moro
is needed before the shadow can bo
lifted from over the dosort valleys.
A fund is now boing raised which it ia
hoped may rival the hundreds Of thous-
anGs contributed for India.
Qrushod, heartbrokon China today
m LOOKS 70 America as her best friond.
= nhere 10 someth1pg pathetic in LII
hung Vnangs selection OF this coun-
Try !or u ms appeal.
~ lung G1ang was the friend OF
Gea. ItS 0fant. ~ his instructions, the
oninese minister eyory memorial day
lays Wreatn on the tomb on River
sue Dr!Vo. ~ hung Ohang mado to
es INC nrst ADMISSION OF his country's
s"nefing'
| ohail MS appef DO IN vain! Will
Sno ooI2'y ooJ2 M Inen o1 =. ,. urant give
mo aaua a0;u ~ ,;., ~, as ~; LOUIS hlopson
sssse, !. a itI.l1 pam phiet 3uat lssued py
'ne ~ f9Iloa .a iun9: II,
III, noS .Io uSau past pefy its oeaa.
ina noeo =, ~ ,plo, I.ousn enelf SKIN pe vel
.Ims .Iaash .h1asn Inolr customs ms 20 slrange,
shoush .ho.sh my Alye N dlIerent ollme,
SnoHsn snSy nave erfoo, ana grieV'
ud'S ouS No oiiuI' ,D; yeo arS snoy our Drothren
anu No WIZ n9t desert them IN thlt
tross.
"Thoy shall not die if We can prevon
IT. Their children shall not be sole
tor food, for to them they arc aa deal
as our own rrattling babes arc to US
they shall not starvo, sooing that Got
has given US enough and to spare. Ou
,f nstN h,p Il +. = III