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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

writes its own good record in the
healed bodies OF the people, comes
in for nothing but praise. Some of
the officials manifested sincere graft
tudc in speaking of what the mission
aries had done in this direction for
China.
Similarly, concerning the educa-
tonal work Of missions, | could
elicit only one opinion. Until within
five years China has had nothing Of
what the west could call education,
except as the missions gave it. Chi
nese statesmen and philosophers were
ignorant of the simplest facts of ge.
ograthy, history and nature, such as
any tenyear-old boy in America un-
derstood The leaders of new China
freely credit the mission schools with
having awakened the educational i'm
pulse in the nation, and with having
pioneered the way.
Curiously enough, some of the edu-
Gated Chinese, avowedly mont Chris
tian, displayed such a knowledge of
the genius of Christianity as to re-
proach it for having done so little
for China Yes" said one, II grant
that missions have done a great deal
in an educational way for China, but
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

The practice of taking unfair ad-
vantage of ones fellowman to acquire
portions of his estate or undue gains
from his mistakes, has u very hurt
ful effect on the character of the
practitioner though he manage in
some way to escape the temporal
consequences of sucha course as dealt
with in another editorial. His NOR
al stamina is weakened and his good
qualities go into rapid decay, which
is. . dire thing to suffer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

There is in the minds of MANY res.
idents of this sections of Greene
County what may be called Il dream
bat nevertheless we are convinced
will someday be reality. Like the
great statesman and writer. who
lived in the early days of thi. Re-
public, when standing in the wilder
ness of what has since come TO be
called OhfS as to State and the Mid.
die West for Il sectional designation
he tolsta companion that methInks |
aear the tread of a million feet and
che ground 9uak:ng with The throb
of whirring Wheels and machinery of
commerce end the air resonant with
the sounds of inducements with the
the people who will claim this coun-
try for hOmes-even so there is a hum
ming in our ears which sounds like
the creaking and grooming of the
cars of long heavily laden trains of
an overland route hurrying through
from the grain and coal and iron
nelds and manufacturing centers to
the North of Us, to the coast with
commodities to be borne away across
the sea to distant ports. This is not
a chimcra, and a trunk line will un-
doubtedly penetrate this belt some
where near where we pen these lines
possibly in time to come in with the
rush OF business which the opening
OF the Panama Canal will usher in
for the Southern seaports.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

emit. He Furthermore asked bluntly
if he might be permitted to make
speech. Then, at the reception, he
arose and unblushingly looking into
the faces of those who had heard him
request the invitation, he said: l
cannot understand why l should be
asked to be present here tonight,
and l hesitated long time about
coming. Even taking for granted the
courtesy of including me among the
guests, | still cannot see why you
should want me to make a speech.
AS a matter of fact, they didn't, and
his remarks fell fiat.
This is the sort of thing to be eS-
pected of orientals. 1t was OF the
east that David said: "All men are
liars" Yet there is, nevertheless.
more open speech among the Chinese
to-day than ever before. With western
blantness, many are now expressing
themselves concerning China and for
eigners. So l have sought the views
upon the missionary question of the
most prominent and aggressive Chi
nese. officials and otherwise, whom l
could reach, especially those speaking
English. Summing them up, find
a marked agreement of opinion; al
though l had been forewarned that
the official class is hostile to mission
aries and foreigners, because OF the
trouble they have made.
Chinese Are Sore Over Wrongs.
Without taking space to present
each mans views in detail, as a sum-
mary of the whole will give clearer
understanding of the situation, l
would say that, in addition to numer-
Gus Chinese teachers and Christian
preachers, and few business men,
7 have interviewed Tang Shoa VI, a
Yale graduate who ranks second only
to Yuan Shin Kai in national lntu-
enoe: Customs Taotai Liang OF this
city. another Yale man, who is closest
to Yuan Shin Kai; President Hsui of
the imperial medical college, and his
American trained associate, DIR.
Chuan, who has held several impor-
tant posts, and typifies young China.
Right at the outset the soreness of
the Chinese over the wrongs they
have suffered from foreigners is ap-
parent. This new China, which has
advanced further in the past two
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

Tientsin. China-For generations
men have been saying that some day
the world would have to reckon with
China. Now that day seems to have
begun In the place of the huge, In
srt, gelatinous mass, which could be
struck in one part without the other
parts feeling the blow, there has
arisen a new China with a national
consciousness, an awakening pride,
sense of dignity and readiness to
assert her own claims. China the
helpless is fast becoming China the
ominous, and that portentous fact can
aot too soon penetrate the thick and
seH-suffi cient complacency Of civiliza-
ton
For a hundred years the world has
been hearing what the missionaries
thought of China, nobody inquiring
or caring what China thought of the
missionaries. Occasionally, some west
ern trained Chinese diplomat, like the
willy WI Ting Fang-whom, by the
way, his late official associates in Pc
king, VINO have since crowded him out
of Office, contemptuously designate as
that foreign devil, WI" would de-
liver double ended opinions concern
ing the missionaries. But the real
Chinese opinion has been difficult to
obtain. The average oriental is af-
1icted with congenital inability to tell
he truth.
The Willy WI as PreVaricator.
1t may be worth while to digress for
moment to illustrate this, again us
ing WI Ting Fang, who has struggled
hard TO gain a recognition in China
commensurate with that which he en-
joyed in America. On the occasion
of the return to the states of Minis
Ter Conger, who seems to have been
he most popular representative his
country has ever sent to China, the
missionaries in and about Picking gave
him a reception at one of the Method
list homes 1t was strictly mission
airy occasion. WI Ting Fang. hear
ing of it, went directly to the host
and asked permission to be pres
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

A movement of Importance in in
dependent religious journalism took
place during last month, when the
Christian Herald of New York CITY,
which enjoys the distinction of being
The Almoner of America owing to its
extensive facilities and ACCOMPLISH
ments in raising charitable funds.
absorbed the subscription list of the
what's now called the Home Herald
OF Chicago, but which is more famil-
lar to the reading public under the
title it wore the longest of Rams
Horn. Both of these journals have
been powers for good in their respec-
tive ways, but of late Mr.. Chapman
the editor of the latter mas branched
cut into secular magazine work,
which together with declining health
accounts for his disposing of the pa
per which has grown to be such a
vigorous force for verilc Chri stiani-
ty under his guiding hand. DR..
Klopsch the big hearted and erudite
editor of ths Christian Herald prom
iSeS the Rams Horn readers that his
paper will add to its already popular
features, the strongest and best
ones of that periodical. So under this
arrangement, for the price of one, a
subscriber can really get the good
things embodied formerly in both
and have less reading and rambling
10 do No catch ii all.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

However, from the 18th we shall
be under Pisces, the symbol of the
Fi~a, and the significance Of this is
thai persons born beneath the sign,
though not quite Wash;ngtons, will
not be liars like we are, but only
little ones.
The moon will fill the 23d, and the
last week will be quiet unless we
have suffragette or anti-tariff riot.
The trusts big aviation meet will see
the mouth out right, and beef for
80 cents a pound will win the prize
for height.
And then the welcome Spring
will come
The Winter 90 asserting
And March come in like one of what
I. Roosevelt is shooting.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

Its not so pulling after all il pro
per thought is given to the natural
inherent bias of the human heart,
that so many otherwise level headed
and liberal people. never proceed to
air the faults and letdowns OF Others
with whom they come In constant
contact politically until shadows are
cast across their own or their favor
ties path, then they turn on the
ilmelight with greatly Mortified cries.
Does such activities proceed most
from a desire to promote the best
interests Of the state, or that Of their
political hopses or hopeful?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04
For February.

My drals. do YOU know
That 4 short ti.ne ago
Two dear little children
Named Ted ana PinchoT
Were stololen away
On n brignt autumn day
And would have BEEN dodo
Had Taft had his way.
Their captors bad planned
When they got them IN hand
To dash for lhc' nearest ~
Tall cut IN the land,
and there in the trees
To desert them 10 freeze
And 10 die Of starvation
And grief, if you please.
And when they were dead
The robins so red
We're to cover them up
From the foot To the head
With leaves of the wood,
And 10 sing when they could.
Poor babes in the furest.
Now will they be good?
But look far aud wide.
Never forest was spied,
Nor any place left
Where the babies might have dice
For the fore SITS Of yOre
They would never see more,
And they heartily wished
They had saved three or four.
Which occasiOned a hat,
And with verbal assault
They openly said
1t was Ballinger's fault;
SO they cussed him som more
And they bitterly sworr,
And the babes were put back
just us good rs before.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

If that won t make him loose his grip
it will be time to wonder if Mr..
M organ too, is Lot a planetary
blunder, and if he should not have
been born where others such as he
are and no one is so far advanced in
cih'cs vet a. we are.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

But that ) enough of Balllngor, on
for him or forninst; tue grolndhog
will awake again upon the End inst.
He'll pinch himself Il time OF two,
roll over on his bed, engage in calls
themes till he's sure he isn't dead,
recall the day 5 Significance with
never failing humor, and come ont
10 compare his glrth win that of
The consumer
And side by side before his hole
these two will remniscr, aud each
will tell the other what's bis weight,
if any is. They ii feel of one another's
ribs, tell stories, laugh and prattle,
jump up and down to see whose
bones will make the dricr rattle, and
then, with standing back to back
and no small bit OF JUNCTION, they II
ascertain if they Can throw Il shad-
ow in conjunction.
The which the country viii await
with tremblings and misgivings, for
ii Ghey can, we'll have to think OF
how to keep on living another 81
days and nights. .frostblt and tenn
pest shaken, and paying an admission
lee TO see Il piece OF bscOn.
But let us all be treasured
And have the heart to sing; .
We don I believe dozen such
Could hope to show thing.
Or forty of them half and half
In solid phalanX there,
Unless they counted one two three
And filled themselves with air.
/ Our Mr.. Taft should be ashamed to
be, SO fat and sleek with everything
So high We can I eat meat but once a
week de ought to be too big d man
in other ways than this TO keep st
buXom when he sees how thin the
country is A sympathetic presi
dent IN such time of test would ask
for nothing but to take pot luck
with the rest. He'd eat his hard
and simple crust, his pruIcs aud
batter cake, and join the country in
the stand We We taken as to s,cak.
1t does seem like hard-heartedne.s
Tor one in such IL place to feed him
self on terrapin and set us sucn Il
pace. He ought 10 live on hominy
and grow SO thin and gaunt that
anyone in seeing him would think lie
was in want 1t would become him
very well to say I'll live Oh rice,
and prove it when he wrapped his
coat around his body twice. Wed
all stand up and honor him, alike
with US bereft, and cheer him with
what little strength the most OF Us
have left.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04
Rice Christians"


Despite the fame and unqueStiOned
service of many veteran missionaries
to the Chinese people, several Chinese
stated to me that the later work Of
the missionaries is wiser and bet
ter than that of former days; or, as
one expressed it, that "the past ten
years have accomplished more than
the previous 90" The praise for the
younger men has been pronounced;
but this is not unexpected, when one
has seen the character and caliber OF
the recent crop of missionaries
though it would be difficult to see
how they could surpass the maly gi-
ants whose fame is part of the his
tory of Chinese missions.
When it came to speaking of the
matter Of converts, most official Chi
nese raised their eyebrows or shrug-
ged their shoulders. Il think very
few of them are honest" said one,
they are after the missionaries
money, protection or prestige.
Again: "The missionaries have reach
ed only the lowest classes of Chi
neso." Careful inquiry among the
missionaries themselves has con.
firmed this, at least with respect
to the situation prior to 1900. Their
work had until then been accom-
pl:shed almost wholly among the poor
err PEOPLE; since 1900, however, many
of a better class have been reached.
On the subject of Rice Christians,
i. e., persons protesting conversion
for personal gain, several of the best
informed Chinese agreed that not
more than so per cent. of the con-
yerts are honest. One of the most
successful of independent native pas
tors disagreed with this, saying that
the percentage is now fully so per
cent; probably 20 per cent. are de-
ceivirg the missionary. This state
ment was made in the presence of a
veteran missionary. who assented. In
the Independent churches, he added,
the proportion of these pretenders is
practically negligible, for there is
nothing to be gained by trying to
deceive a strictly Chinese church,
even if it could be accomplished.
"SaueezIne" and Religion.
Naturally, l wanted to know if Chris
tians are exempt from prevailing Chi
nese practices, which, expressed in
blunt Anglo-Saxon, are plain lying
and stealing. At once | began to
hear the difficulties under which a
person just out of heathendom, and
person still surrounded by heathen-
ism. continually labors. One mans
cook became a Christian and stop
ned squeezing" Soon it became
noised abroad among the household
ers that Mrs. RS supplies were cost
ing her less than her neighbors'. The
latter called their cooks to account,
who thus lost face and they
straightway put to work more eff
fective and far-reaching boycott than
any labor unions know. The cook
and his mistress could not withstand
it. Some missionaries cherish the be-
lief that their Christian servants do
not squeeze" but the more general
opinion is that they differ from others
in that they exercise moderation
copyright. 1851. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04
EDITORIAL

Combating personal streak Of
aeltishness, aud philosophizing upon
the elimination of such a streak from
someone else'S character, is quite q
different PROPOSITION.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

A Missionary Travelling by Mule.
nothing like what they should have
done" In passing judgment upon the
missions and missionaries, most OF
these Chinese assume the Christian
viewpoint. Thus, the Chinese con-
stantly treat their own people with
greater cruelty and heartlessness than
do the foreigners, yet they declare
that even an air of superiority to-
ward the poorest natives is repre-
hensible on the part of the mission
ary A Chinese may revile and beat
and kick his countryman, but a for
eigner may not speak sharply to
him
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04

AT any rate, the country will by
hook or crook survive and h;,i the
blessed day that saw George Wash
Sc ton arrive At time proceeds
we more and more appreciate his
make, and wonde if his coming here.
was MOI Il great mistake. We can 4
help thinking that he was supposed
to go to Mars, or possibly To one of
the still Older, ripper stars. X man
who will not tell lie is not like one
vi us, aud we'll bet q dollar he was
billed 10 30 to uranus or somewhere
else where one OF us had been 10
them as queer and unlike everyone as
George has been among US here.
But bc, It as it happy will.
1t soon shall come about
That Lent will hurry up TO help
Inc poor meat striker out,
And Halley's comet will assume
The aspect of gorgon
And see what it can do to save
Us all from Mr.. Morgan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-02-04
St Valentine will open up
His moving picture show
And run u nickleodeon

And run Il nlckleOdeon
For seven days on So.
He'll show Us Algernon the Dude
And Little Wit the Ounce
And bore us terribly again
With those unwilling stunts
And maybe this time we shall rise,
AS we should do, by gum,
And put this whole Internal
brand OF humor on the bum
We never did know what il mcaht
ii anything ut all, or who it was that
started it. on why we had to fail foi
such IL custom OFT we think tue
way we behave must make good ST.
Valentine turn over in his grave Ii
is shame TO break his sleep, which
else were quite serene, and keep hln
spinning just as il there were ii bell
between that ancient and RESPECTED
TOMB OF him long time dead aud Ill
the wheels there are in some TOO
picture maker head
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-11
JUDGE WILLIAMS WILL PRESIDE AT
 NEW MURDER TRIAL
TO DECIDE BY MONDAY W4ETH- FIR YOUNG MUSIC TEACHER AND HER ALLEGED ACCOM- PLICE WILL BE TRIED To- GETHER OR SEPARATELY.
(Special from United Press. ]

Special from United Press.)
 Waterbury, Feb. 11.-Former Senator Kennedy, counsel for Sophia Kritch- man, the young music teacher and al- legged murderess, whose case in the superior court resulted in a mistrial on Monday as the result of an alleged improper piece of evidence being print ed in the morning papers of that day, made a motion before Judge William H. Williams today for the discharge of his client on the ground that she had already been "in jeopardy" and that legally, since her trial proved mis- trial, she cannot be tried again on the same charge.
 Judge Williams will hear arguments on the motion Monday morning. A sec- ond motion was made by the states attorneys asking that Sophia and her alleged accomplice, Joe Mitchell, a Un- ion City bartender who is accused of having assisted in the staying of the young womans lover, Bronsiaw Kul- vinskas, in the woods near Union City last September, be placed on trial to- gether or a charge of murder in the first degree. Judge Williams heard brief arguments on the motion but re- served decision until Monday. This motion was vigorously opposed by Sophia's, counsel and Attorney James M Lynch, for Mitchell. both of whom insiste it would be utterly impossi- hle to properly determine the guilt or innocence of either of the accused if joint trial is held. Whatever deci- sions Judge Williams may render on Monday, he intimated that the trial in some form Or another would be continued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-11


 They sIIreu uack at him and subsid ed into bitter silence.
 ''I am we'll aware that you love little Prince Robin. Now, respecting young master Robin, l have no great desire to kill him.
 He waited to see the effect of this brutal announcement. His hearers stiIened, and-yes, they held their breath.
 He has one .alternative-he and his lords. I trust that you. as sensible gentlemen, will find the means to con- vey to him your advice that he seize the opportunity l shall offer him to es cape with his life. Let me interrupt myself to cali to your attention the fact that an punishing the anarchists It sunset. To resume, the boy may return to America, where he belongs. will give him free and safe escort the United States. If he chooses to accept my kindly terms, all we'll and good; if not, gentlemen, 1 shall starve him out or blow the castle down. It may interest you to hear that 1 expect to establish a new nobility in Grau- stark. I trust I may now be address ing at least a few of the future noble lords of Graustark. Good day, gentle men,
 Gro be continued.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-11
SENATOR CRANE IN
 TROLLEY ROAD FIGHT
Especial from United Press.) )

Pittsfeld, Mass. Feb. 11-Determin- ed to aid in reforms on the Pittsfield Street Railway Comp in an acci- dent on whose line on Wednesday one girl was killed and 50 persons hurt, United States Senator W. Murray Crane will quit Washington and take e hand in the fight now on between the city of Pittsfield and the car com- pany. Letters from Senator Crane an- nouncing this determination have been received here by Selectmen of Dalton, near where the accident occurred.
 Defiance of the board of aldermen by the car company which disregarded an order to close down the line, is ex- pected to cause a series of arrests ana the state railroad commission IS also to take a hand in the work. Pitts field and other towns along the line Of the company are endeavoring to aid the enforcement of the seiectmen's or ders and there is the probability Of hard fight in the courts which may set a state precedent before peace returns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-11
|CzARINA'S CONDITION
 REPORTED ALARMING
Special from United Press.)

Eydtkuhnen. East Prussia. Feb. H. Alarming reports of the condition of the CZarina were received here today. Her condition, which has been known for some time to be critical has grown worse until she is now no longer able to recognize her husband or her chil- dren. The government is exercising a strict censorship on all dispatches regarding the Empress condition and the advices received here were strict ly rrivate.
 The Czarina's failure to recognize members of her fa mily is believed here to be as much a sign of her increas- ing mental weakness as of her phy- scal disability. She suffers from hysteria with subsequent periods of melanchola. tha& have unbalanced her mind Physicians and nurses are in constant attendance and it is believed that death is a question of but short time.