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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
American Cnurchnen Abroad.

American CnurchTen Abroad.
Just now the west seems TO be
flooding the east with missionary au-
thorities and rergioIs leaders. The
tour of President CHARLES Cutherbert
Hall, of Union Theological seminary.
New York, through India and China.
has been a notable triumph. DR. Hall
seems to possess a rare genius for i'm
pressing his personality upon people.
Mr. Charles Alexander, the famous
singer of the Torrey-AleXander evan
gelistic combination, has been in the
east for his wife's health. During a
visit to missionary relatives at PakhOi
he demonstrated TIE power of a win
some personality over even people of
an alien tongue. At Hongkong he
held the largest religious meeting in
the city's history, and at Manila he
spoke in both the Methodist and Pres
byterian churches A week later. as
my ship was entering Hongkong har-
Dor by night launch passed, full of
men singing Justify THE glory song"
Considering that this was Hongkong,
the incident was a notable echo Of the
Alexander meeting Nor were the
singers Y. M. c. A. men; the working
force Ct that organization has gone to
Canton, to attend the marriage of Sec
rotary c. C. Rutledge, CT Philadelphia,
to Miss Edmunds, Of Baltimore.
There are three special reasons for
the presence of so many American
churchmen in the orient at this time;
the Methodist Missionary Jubilee in
India. at the end Of last year, the
Worlds Student federation convention
in Toxic in May and the centennial
celebration Of Chinese missions in
April-May l have CHANGED to meet
personally, or to striAe the trail of,
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss, of Philadel-
phia; Secretary Lloyd, Of the Protes-
tant Episcopal mission board; Secre-
aary Barton. of The American board;
Secretary Fox of the American Bible
society; Secretary .MacKay of the
Canadian Presbyterian board; John r.
Mott, of the international Y. NJ. c. A;
President Goucher, of the Woman's
university, Baltimore; two Methodist
editors, DR.. Parkhurst, of lions Her
aid, Boston, and DR.. RAIDER, of the
Western Christian Advocate; John B.
Sleman, Of the Washington Y NJ. C.
A., and dozens of other friends of for
eign missions. clerical and lay.
The missionaries are now having
foretaste of the visitation they expect
when that committee of so American
business men, arranged for in con-
nection with the recent celebration of
the American board, comes out to
make an Independent study OF foreign
missions. This is one CT several signs,
apparent out here, Of a remarkable in
crease OF interest in foreign missions
On the art tho churches OF AmeIi-
"a and ID q a
jCopy u by Joseph L. Bowles.>
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Will Retire Bonds.

By vote of two to one, the funding
board voted to pay into the sinking fund
100000 and to purchase outstanding
bonds to that amount. This is the first
payment to the sinking fund since May
/, 1909, when the fund was suspended
through necessity and under authority Of
an act of the last legislature.
The action of the funding board me.
with considerable opposition from Trea'-
urer Reau f. Folk, one of the three mem
bers of the board. His motion to resum
payments to the sinking fund of 10 per
cent of receipts on June /, next, received
only his vote. Comptroller Frank Dl-
brelFs motion to purchase 100000 OF
bonds, thus reimbursing the sinking fund
for the amount that would naturally
lave accrued to it, had it not been sus-
pended last May, was voted for by Comp
trole Dibrell and Gov Patterson. The
balance at the close of business April
was $1,O64,O 900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22

Methodist mission, whose long ssrV-
ice in and for Soochow has made him
one of the citys prominent and hon
ored citizens. He was riding in a
closed sedan chair one day during the
turbulent times Of 1900, when the
cry was raised: Here comes a for
eigner Kill him Kill him" The
mob took up the refrain, rushed the
chair, opened it, and then fell back
foiled, for, as the leader said: It's
not foreigner it's only Dr. Park"
1t is rather something unusual to
have a whole warship or two in love
with you, when you already possess
a husband. But that is the unique
experience of Mrs. c. A. Nelson, Of
the American board mission, Canton,
and Mrs. w. H. Boyd, of the Presby-
terrain mission. In case of trouble.
the United States government keeps
a warship up at Canton, which is hard
lines for officers and men. These two
young matrOns open their homes
weekly to officers and men, and both
are the bellies that their gifts and
graces entitle them to be- Incidental
ly, the lonely American has a Jolly
time, and is kept from the power OF
the lure of the east The government
has given medals for less worthy
work than that which is Gone by
these two ladies' Mrs Nelson. by the
way, conducts a girls school which is
SO superfne that WI Ting Fang, after
inspecting it, promptly asked to be
permitted to send his daughter to it.
Canada probably knows little of one
of her noblest daughters, Miss Annie
H. Gowans, of the Presbyterian mis-
sion, Pao Ting Flu, who went through
the Boxer troubles herofcally, and
WHO is still, undaunted in spirit,
spending her life beautifully for a
people whom, she clearly realizes.
may demand her life any day. Miss
Gowans' labors under the delusion as
to the sentiment of the Chinese, or to
the possibilities which the future
holds, but serenely, sweetly, sunnily.
she moves ministeringly among the
Chinese, gazing at life all unafraid.
through clear gray eyes that have
seen deeply into great things of exist
ence.
Two associates and friends of Miss
McGowans are Miss Grace Newton, of
the Presbyterian board, and Miss Luz
ella Miner, of the American board.
Both are survivors of the Picking
siege, the latter having written a book
upon that great experience. Both are
engaged in female education, with re-
suits tina. would rank them in the
class of the foremost women educa
tors in America.
The fame of Rev. DR.. w. A P. Mar
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22

II the proportion of Jews who are
victims of tuberculosis is comparative
ly small, the cause, says universe Is
raelite Paris, is that for 1000 years
the Jews have been town dwellers.
They have become habituated to the
town and it's sedentary occupations.
They have finished by no more sue
cumbing to the delteriOus influence OF
the place, of work between four walls,
and of insalubrious surroundings. This
is best shown by the large number
Of victims to tuberculosis among the
non-Jewish Italians who, farmers in
their own country, settle in the United
States and are not adapted to the new
milieu.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Special School Tax.

] rof. T. L. Jones, state superintendent
of public instruction, is in a happy
mood on account of the recent &C.
ton of various counties IN increas-
ing the tax levy for high schools.
Maury county has set asidk $4,000
for high schools alone that are main
.ai:.ei niH,ly k the county and tie
city OF Columbia. Professor Jones says
the educational outlook is very encour-
aging IN Tennessee and he speaks cLeer-
fully of the fact that where formerly
only thirty-four counties in the state
levied an increased tax for elementary
schools he is now able to report eighty
four coInties. Among the counties that
ave recently imposed increased tax for
high schools arc Maury, Williamson, Tip
ton. Greene and Henry, making fetal
of fifty counties that have establish Ell
systems of county high schools. BY
next year nearly 100 high schools will
be in successful operation in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Compensate. Of Health Officers.

The following report of the commit
tee appointed to report on the cooper
alton and compensation due health Of
feers was adopted by the medical con-
ferenee
Whereas, Under the act passed April
4, 1885, the several counties of this State
are required to adopt more efficient
measures for promoting the public
health and
! Whereas, Under Section 1 OF said act,
| the county health officer is charged with
the management of the general health
of the county, which mandatory charge
contemplates and demands of the re-
spective county health officers prompt
and personal attention in dealing with
any and all conditions affecting the
public health within his respective ju-
risdictiOn, and
Whereas, Under Chapter SIG of the
Acts of 1895, the said county health Of
fcers are specifically charged with adj
ditionaI and minute detail work neceS-
sary for the proper care and treatment
of contagious diseases, as well as the in
auguration and maintenance OF dislnfee-
ton, isolation, etc, necessary in guard
ing against the spresd of and for the
eradication of epidemic diseases, and
Whereas, In no instance, is provision
made for q reasonable compensation,
commensurate with the duties and I'M
ending supervision required Of said
County Health Officers, in the discharge
of the specific duties imposed upon them
by authority of law;
therefore, be it resolved, That it ia
the sense of the first annual conference
of the State Board of Health, with the
County and City Health Officers of Ten
nessee, that this conference shall resolve
itself into committee of the whole for
the purpose Of bringing about and caua-
ing the legislature of Tennessee, such leg
islation as will specifically set forth
without ambiguity, the duties which
shall be imposed upon the County Health
| Officers, in the several counties of this
/ State, looking to the conservation Of
the health of the people, and that said
legislation shall likewise specifically des-
ignate and specify a compensation COM
mensurate with duties and labors re-
qured of said County Health Officer.
Resolved, further, That the Char
man of this conference is hereby au-
thorized and directed to appoint a con-
mittee of five 81 whose duty it shall
be to draft, with care, a measure en-
bodying the sense of this resolution.
Resolved, further, That this confer
ence, acting as a committee of the whole,
herewith pledges its undivided and untir-
ing efforts, looking to the ultimate en-
actment of the proposed legislation, con-
templated in such measure as may b.
prepared by said special committee OF
! five.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22

tin, China's Oldest missionary, is
known wherever men read thoroughly
about China. He YVES long head of the
Imperial university; he is author Of
standard works in Chinese and upon
China in English. His magazine con-
tributions have been legion Withal,
at sc years OF age, he is as fresh and
zealful and busy as ever, and still
looked up to for the last word upon
obscure Chinese subjects.
Another veteran, q type OF New
England at it's best, is President D. T.
Sheffield OF the North China Union
college, Tung Chow. To tell of his
literary labors, ranging from his uni
versal history through a long list of
publications to his present work of
Bible translation, would be to out
line a great life work for any man.
Yet, these have been a mere phase Of
his educational and direct missionary
effort At once a dry Yankee and a
cultured gentleman and good compan-
ion, DR.. Sheffield is worth travelling a
long way 10 know II the same group
with him must be classed the famous
Timothy Richards, of the Christian
Literature society, an overlooking
Weishman; Drs NVherry and Natter,
OF the Presbyterian board; Dr. Sim
mons, Of the Southern Baptist board.
The romantic story of Bishop Scher
cschewsky, the famous Chinese
scholar who died a few months ago in
Toxic, demands q page, and not
paragraph. When I saw him recently,
although paraiyzed and scarcely able
to speak intelligibly, he was working
on a complete set Of references for
his Chinese Bible. He was "A years
DID, when he died in the chair where
he sat for the % years OF his paraly-
SIS; during which time he had trans
lated the whole Bible into easy Wenh,
or Mandarin, which is the written Ian
suage of three-fOurths Of all the peo-
pic in China His Old Testament
Mandarin is issued by both the Bible
societies For seven years he worked
eight hours a day, seven days in the
week, on the translation and revision
of this classical version. He called it
his "two-fingered Bible" because he
had laboriously written it on type
writer with only two fingers on his
paralyzed hands that he could use at
all Not alone for his splendid bat
tie against affection was Bishop Scher-
eschewsky famous; his ability as a
Chinese scholar, and as a linguist gen
orally. was almost uncanny. He was
Lithuanian Jew, and when past his
majority he went to America, where
he became a Christian and a clergy
man in the Protestant Episcopal
church. Even before he was accepted
as a missionary he had determined TO
translate the Bible into Chinese. Dur
ing the six months voyage out he
learned enough Chinese to be able to
write it acceptably when he arrived
at Shanghai. Twice he declined the
bishopric, which be was finally
obliged to accept When l saw him he
said, after outlining some translation
projects which lad hoped to under
take: Put I am weary. l want to go
home, and I hope tie good Lord will
send for me soon" Not many days
later l was shoc-ed to learn that he
had quietly passed away while at his
labors.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
cOAcHMEN TURN Ci1AUFFEURS
tioat Students In Motor Schools Hsvs
Sat en- the Rox.

The instructor OF one the largest
schools of n otor instruction in the
country gays that so per cent. OF his
pupils are old coachmen sent by their
employers to lCEvn how to drive the
new carriages. They make good chauf-
fsurs.
The simple reafon is that while they
may not be blessed with great
amount of mechanical knowledge they
know what a vehicle is, what 1t is for
and that it should - treated serious
ly.
The same testimony, according to
the Review of Reviews. is given bJ
one OF the large automobile manu-
featuring companies which has estab'
lished q chauf:eurs' school. This school
makes chaufreurs out Of any kind OF
material that purchasers OF cars may
ship in.
Most OF the material, ard the best
in a general way, is composed oil
coachmen, old and young. They have
had experience in caring for fine car
riages. They know how to drive on
dty streets.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Invented nv Woman

The Solano targets that have beer
approved by the War once were in
vented By a clever young English
woman, Miss Hubbuck. This tarse'
takes the place Of the old black and
white target and makes rife practice
under conditions that are said to ap
proximate those Of war. The target:
are in the form Of painted landscapes
and soldiers in natural colored uni
forms are painted on it. This makes
the scene so much more natural thai
the practice cannot help being more
effclent
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Cambodia.

Cambodia-now a French protector
ate-is a little larger than Pennsyl-
vania, and has about 100000 inhabi-
tants who live contentedly on rice,
bananas and fish, and hate the very
thought of fighting. Most Of the coun-
try is a plain drained by the Mekong
river, but there are mountains and
wildernesses in the north; that's where
the deer, leopards, tigers, elephants,
etc. are found CambOdia's only cot
ton mill cat Ksachkanda) has in use
six gins from New London and four
oil-seed presses from Tompkinsville.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
The Smell Of Musk

There are more kinds of musk than
the awful stuff you sometimes smell
in a crowded car They call that fine
dust that a wild deer shakes off his
hoofs, by which the hound steers his
chase. musk. All wild animals that
are chased by dogs from scent have
the same or a similar token. Every
person has a different smell If not,
why is it the dog can locate his mas
ter in a big crowd by the sense OF
smell?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Folk Buys the Bonds.

Acting under authority of an amended
order from a majority of the state fund
ing board. State Treasurer Reau Z. Folk
issued his check on the state sinking fund
FOR the purchase OF 100000 of per cent
registered settlement bonds al 9G 81
cents and interest. The original price
with which majority of the me1f5ers of
the funding board voted to purchase these
bonds was OF Is cents. This ends the
funding board controversy, which has
been on for a week
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22

Shanghai, China.-These articles
engaged to tell of the American men
and women who are investing their
lives in heather lands. 1t is in the
nature Of the case that these should
be pronounced personalities, and full
of interest; many of them will get
volume biographies when they die. Let
me recall. in paragraph each, 3
few of those whom ! have met in
China, the reader remembering that
there are many other hundreds in the
interior of this immense empire whom
l have not had the opportunity to
meet.
AS he is the acknowledged foremost
writer upon Chinese subjects, so Rev
DR.. Arthur II. Smith, of the American
board, is probably the most interest
ing personality among Americans in
China. His books are not more bril-
liant than himself; ne is a scintillat-
ing conversationaliSt, at a two-hund-
d-wOrds-a-minute gait. Yet there is
not a more inconspicuouS or modest
American in China. He has never been
mistaken for a fashion plate, for he
is as unconventional as he is learned
and original. He probably understands
the Chinese better than any other
white man. If the legations and mis-
sionaries had listened to his urgings
there would have been fewer maSsa
ores and no siege of Picking in 1900
At President Roosevelts request, he
has just written a book, America and
China"
Mrs. A p. Lowrie. Of the American
Presbyterian mission. has been more
than so years in China, yet the Chinese
have not robbed her Of her quaint and
delightful Americauism. Her tongue is
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
The Stock Gambler. Voice.

Az rule, great mAnipulators hAVe
high, thin voices and take distTuSt
full view of securities. Their vocal pc
culiarity must be left as an arbitrary
fact; as to their bearish slant OF mind
It is easily accounted for. 1t comes Of
the fact that their services are mora
often solicited by men having some
thing to sell than by men wishing tc
buy-in the ratio Of about FIVE to one
Nevertheless there is no instance 81
a bear manipRlator's having died rich
1t is a bulls country.-Everybody's
Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
poa,s Good Sense Saved 1t.

In the big food which recently per
vaded the Almond Valley. near Perth,
Scotland, plowman suddenly remem-
bered that he had left dog in shed.
He hurried to its rescue and was
gratified to find nat the dog hsd
shown the sense to get into a washing
tub and was comfortably floating
about in it's ark
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
DoIay Easily Explained

WheH once a famous member re-
turned to the British house of com
mons after a by-election for Knares-
borough, his unusually delayed appear
ance was commented upon in the pres
ly elected member, though a wealthy
man, was known to be extremely care
full about stray sixpences. Isn't it
odd" some one said. Tom Collins
doesn't turn up?" Not at all, not at
all" said Sir Wilfrid; hes waiting
for an excursion train"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
CHINESE BURNING POND.
How Belongings of Late Empress-
Dowaeer Were Destroyed.

When the new Empress-DowaEer Of
China had finished performing the
hbationary sacrifices to the memory
of the late Empress-Dowager on the
completion OF one whole month from
ner death the chief imperial concu-
oine Of the late Emperor. at the head
of the wives Of her imperial Princes,
solemnly proceeded to place in the
burning pond and to burn the follow
ing articles belonging to her late Ma
jesty: Her pearl pendant hat, her
chaplet of pearl beads, her gayly or
namented and embossed clothes, her
bedding in ordinary use and her yell
low and red silk cushions and mat
tresses.
Her carts, sedans and other I'M
wieldy objects were at the same time
separately burned on the banks Of
the palace lake.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Bible Society VeterSn.

A remarkable example Of longevity
of service in the ease of a relGious
organization is forthcoming from the
British and Foreign Bible society. Mr..
James Searby became the assistant
secretary of the Lincolnshire auxiliary
in the year 184S, and 40 years later
succeeded to the secretaryship, posi-
ton he still holds In recognition OF
this unparalleled tenure of Office the
committee have presented him with a
specially bound copy of the Bible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
London HomReS

On one night recently a census Of
homeless people was taken in London
The figures are startling. There were
2,0SS persons homeless in the streets
including 1929 men, accommodated fol-
a few hours in shelters, but unprovid
ed with beds. To these may be added
IS persons provided with tickets fol
beds free of charge by the Church
Army On the same night no fewer
than 21,864 persons occupied beds IL
licensed houses, 1888 in casual words
London's homeless army was, there
fore, 25,140.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Value Of Trees in Cities.

There is no we'll populated country
in the world which has so many well
wooded towns as Holland. Most OF
our streets and canal banks have ave
nues of trees. These abundant growths
in thickly populated cities are highly
useful and hygienic as well as Orna-
mental. The great European capitals
should follow this example. Hague
Handelsblad
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Work IF an ENGLISH "Rat Club

An object lesson in rat extermina-
ton is provided by the operations Of
the Rat clubs" at Westville, near
Ashford, which since its formation has
been the means Of destroying nearly
20 900 Of these pests. Last year alone
4,2O8 were accounted for, one mem
her having a bag of l 1853 and another
1,341. Prizes are given to those who
kill the most, and in this way the vii
lage is slowly but surely being cleared
of the rodents.-London Standard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Couldn't Convince tho Judge.

Il have heard of the soul kiss and
kisses of other kinds, but l never
heard of a man biting his wife as an
evidence of his affection for her" re-
marked Justice O'Neill Of Baltimore,
Md, when George PhOebus, aged q,
of East Baltimore street, endeavored
to explain the biting Of his wife, for
which offense she had him arrested.
Mrs. Phoebus said her husband de-
liberately bit her on the cheek, and,
though the pain was excruciaang, he
said that it was a love bits" 9Ie
justice fined him five dollars and gave
him ten days in jail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
In EaMnr of Scan and Mater

The Rochester IN. " City Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs is working in
aid of the anti-tuberculosis movement,
for the closing of stores at six o'clock
on Saturday nights, and the plan TO
use the State Industrial school as a
state prison. 1t was said at this con-
vention that soap and water properly
applied are better than all the disin-
fectants, but that disinfectant makers
would not like this to be said.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-04-22
Can Ship Scabby Sheep.

State Live Stock Inspector Mcdowell
states that sheep exposed to contagion
of scabbies may be shipped or driven to
points within the state for immediate
slaughter without dipping The law
reads:
"All sheep in noell or shipment in which
the disease is present shall be 'aassed
as diseased sheep None of them shall
be moved except as provided for in the
foregoing regulations