The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-01
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Terrible News From China Told In Let
te:s From That Land.
PEOPLE ARE STARVING

PEOPLE ARE STARVING
| Minister Who l. Out Therc.-A
Pathetic. Story OF Starving Men
The Crops Failed.
Probably not in several years has
there passed through the mails o.
this section OF the country letters
bearing more distressing news than
communication. which have been re-
ce!yed 5y the Rev ?. D. jenkins.
paste: OF he Piedmont Presbyterian
Church. from his brother. Dr.. ". F.
Jenkins who IS missionary TO
Chin.. aay~ the C-eenv!lle News.
Floods las; summer and ial! near
Such!en. China. DESTROYED crops and
the saun; spectre OF famine Is now
stalking throp.la the land. The let
;ecs receive! BY the Rev MT. Jenkins
tel! OF the most terrible conditions
which exist in the famine stricken
district The P:edm ont pastor has
very kindly consented TO ALLOW the
publication o, extracts from some OF
the letters he has received from his
brother. They are as follows:
sm away from home-out IN
Chinese house-that means in the
cold. have q small! charcoal fire
n = little furnace beside me hu:
that don't begin to warm room.
Ny bones are so near my skin these
days ,ha, feel the cold more than
ever and always was ; coward
about it.
have on 70. outer clothing now
2 heavy overcoat lined with sheep
skin with the wool on. my hat N
don't take it OF except 10 pray or
si..S or sleep. and heavy wadded
Chinese shoes with two pair Of wool!
en- socks 20 keep my feet warm.
Don't pity me. I'm not suffering
physically. but oh It does hurt me
20 see the famine sights and hear
the famine cries.
just hai to buy q pair OF pants
coming 20 the inqu!re-s' Bible class
these freezing days with only one
carmen; on his lower limbs and that
vas thinner than my summer under
clothes and he had no socks At all.
Re had pawned everything hea"ier.
Il IS freezing cold day and nigh,
and this poor fellow Ike a raj, O:
others has no sign OF quilt ct night
paw7sd 5r sold for food you know.
His face Is swollen from the food
ne has been eating-utte.l! ind!ges-
.ible stuff and not nourishing-
weeds. greens. bark. ground up with
I little harlAv or potatoes and made
into thin cruel to fll Up the stom
ach.
He has little boy In the nut with
him clothed no better than he and
his wife. carrying baby. IS out 5e--
ging. gone week now. Who knows
but that she and the baby are Ge.c
on the ways:de. starved or .rozs n
TO death. Alas. alas. the suHe!iass
CT these Door people. A young man
in the village mile from here where
ae have Christian mission. starv-
ed 10 death the other day and an old
lady near. o. the same disease. lately.
He Was thrown out OF work by
hard ti.nes-beSged. but few could
xive-no work 70 be had-pawncd
his only thick clothing. got so weak
and stiff he could not get about. His
s!ster-in.l.w gave him FIVE cents ~
gold. He sen, By friend for food.
ate t all at one meal and died. TOO
much :or his wasted stomach.
In that same village there are 90
odd families and only three OF them
are now eating dr." food. the res:
are eating thin gruel made OF lit
tie coarse -four or beans MIXED with
much greens CD really Just almost
any weeI.. srasS, etc, because cruel
Alls up het'e:
And this is only December. Wha:
will things be like In the ear
'prinso Other Villages are better
III but they say tha; hall the people
through this section ara now eating
,ruel and much OF that exceedingly
thin. II it should snow and so. shut
the people OF from gathering greens
(weedsl in the fields may will JUST
have 70 die.
Some Of our Christians have al
ready changed color. sign OF ad-
vanced starvation. have been eating
cruel some time Christians and
'r:end. look Z: NE With longing eyes
Il gave out so much famine rei:e:
'our years aSo.) They dog my st>is
10 seek a private Interview 70 tel
re thc!. troubles. And what can
do?
Already I've given ont more mon
- than ! possess o! my Own and be-
i sides one has tc he very careful! ho~
he gives or n. Will be utterly swamp
ed b. crowd; begging. don't So.
how can come back her" before
harvest II cannot bear 10 see .h"!c
distress and hear heir cries. wish
could put my head in hole ard
not see or hear anything Till next
summer.
1t is going 10 be awt"l later ard
il is bad eaouvh now Any no2"y