The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
They ARE SAFE
MISSIONARIES NOT HURT EX.
CEPT By ACCIDENT.
But They Suffer Very Much for the
Want Of Food and Witness Many

Shocking Scenes.
There is a total Of thirty-thre
American missionaries in Syria am
the Cicilian district of the Village
Of Adana, where the conflict between
| AIohammedans and Armenians ar
raging the fercest With the excep
ton OF D. NJ Rogers and Henr!
Mourer, who were killed at Adana
no one Of them, so far as it know
at the British or American embas
sey at Constantinople or the office:
of the American board of commits
sioners of Foreign Missions. has beer
injured.
The NIohammedans iLdulging il
massacres and incendiarisI. evident
ly are very careful 10 avoid killing
foreigners. When in the midst OF
the fighting and pillaging Of Adana,
it became known to the Mohamme-
dams that Messrs. Rogers and MaureT
had but lost their lives while at
tempting to put out fire in the
house of Turkish widow, the fs.nat-
les ran away in alarm and practically
deserted that quarter of the town.
The missionaries appear TO be in
danger only from accident arising
from the fact that they are in the
midst Of frightful conflicts in which
they bravely seek to protect Chris
than refugees and copeiliate their
assailants.
Rev. Stephen r. Trowbridge, of
the American board Of commission
ers for Foreign Missions, who is
stationed at Aintab, was IN Adana on
the day Of the fercest fighting. He
made a courageous but Intellectual
attempt to protect an Armenian
teacher. He threw his arms around
the mans neck and interposed his
body between him and his assailant,
but the Moslenls shot the Armenian
dead in Mr.. Trowbridge's arms.
The greatest sympathy is felt for
the American women missionaries
who are alone at Hadjim, in the
northwestern part of the vilayet OF
Adana. Those women are now said
to be Miss Virginia A. Billings. Of
kirkland, O.: Miss Emily E. Rich.
ter, of Chicago; Miss Rose Lambert,
daughter of Bishop Lambert, and
a Miss Baldwin. Christian refugees
by the thousand have massed at
Hadjim. and for ten days now the
town has been threatened by Moham-
medans, whose camps completely en-
circle it.
Rev. ". W Post, representative
in SUnstantinople of the American
board of Commissioners Tor Foreign
Missions. sent a telegram last Sun
day to Rev. H. n. Irwin, at Talas-
Cesarea, instructing him to ask for
a strong guard Of troops and go I'M
mediately 10 Hadjim to TIE assist
ance Of the beleaguered women.
Hadiim is two days journey on
horseback from Cesarea. Telegraph
ic communication is very much in
rerrupted and there has been no
answer from Mr. Irwin. Today, how
aver, Mr.. Post received a message,
much delayed in transmission, dat
ed Hadjim Friday, April 2S. 1t
says:
Our sad condition is unchanged.
We fear FIRE. The people are taking
refuge in the churches. The out
look is terrible
William Chambers. an American
missionary at Adana telegraphed MT
Post from that place few days ago
as follows:
There are terrible fires near the
mission, which is in danger.
The lack of food, medical help
md shelter is very great among ootn
Armenians and Mohammedans in the
district distributed. Mr.. Post has an
admirable organization for the dis
-ribution of relief if funds to this
and were sent to him.