The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-10-23
5 UP SOCIETY
! MILLIONAIRE TO Be MISS.
| IONARY In China
FAMILY IS DEVOUT


TRANQUILITY Faces Years of lsola-
ton.
A dispatch from Chicago says Will
am Whiting Borden, of that city,
as forsworn the world to become
missionary and will start upon the
work he has mapped out for his life
Itime-administerin to the physical
land spiritual Welfare of the heather
in the little known province of Kan
su, China-the darkness and meanest
section of the Orient.
The young man is son of the late
FWilliam Borden and Mrs. Mary noc~
den. The Borden estate is one OF tn,
big holders of improved downtown
property. The family mansion is
pointed out from the "ru5berncck
automobiles" that tour the Lake
Shore drive. 1t stands opposite the
Harold Mccormick residence at Bel
,eN1e place.
William Whiting Borde1'> share
in this estate is estimated at more
than s5,000,000. He shares alike
with his brother John, who is secre-
tary of the Walden W. Shaw TaXicat
Company. John recently married
Miss Ellen Waller, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. James Breckenridge Wal
Ter, who is much seen IN society. he
Inherited the Lake Shore rive man
su in his apportionment u the es-
t;+e, and, incidentally, ha" three 9th
er costly residences il Mass a.
chusetts, one in California, and one
at Lake Geneva.
William Borden's cholc, was net
made without thought His mother
was devout. For years she laugh g..
class of boys at the Fourth Presby-
terian Sabbath School. The young
man after finishing Yale in 1909
gave $4,000 to found students
mission, which he conducted himself.
Later he spent three years at Prince
ton Theological Seminary and was
graduated last Spring.
His sister Mary chose to devote
her life to mission work in India. III
1908 she was married to George
Douglass Turner of Glasgow, Scot
land. After the wedding in Mrs.
Borden's chalet at Villars sur Olle2,
Switzerland, she went with her hus-
band to Lahore, India, where he vas
Secretary to the Young Mems Chris
tian As Dciation.
Sitting in his private Office in the
Borland building, William Borden
said:
81 made up my mind to become 4
missionary during my trip around tie
world in 1904 and 1905, just after !
was graduated from my preparatory
school. Before that had not thought
much of foreign missionaries. But
while l was in the Orient stayed at
the homes of several missionaries
and l changed my mind.
''In 1906 at convention of the
Student Volunteer movement / de-
cided my field would be the convert
ing of the Nohammeden Chinese
There are about 100000 of these
il. China. At present there is no mis-
sionary working directly for them
They have been let almost entirely
alone-for one reason because they
are so far inland.
"But my preparations will take
some time. In December | will go to
the school of DR.. S. NJ. Swemer, in
Cairo, Egypt. There 1 intend tc
study Arabic. I also will take
course in medicine in London btfore
20 to China. The people in the
province OF Kansu are way behind
In the practice Of medicine and they
suffer from diseasts that are easily
durable. do not want to take the
time to ct az medical degree, bu'
l shall take short course.
when 1 get to China 1 will spenc
one full ytar studying the language
The course in the school for mis-
sionaries there is two years. Aftel
that / shall go inland. The journey
to ;Kansu takes about six weeks.
will be there tight years before ge
furlough year."
Mr.. Borden said he had not decid
ed Just how he would spend hi
money when he got to China.
Il intend to make it my life work,
he said. $50 if l ste any chance t
make good investments for Christiat
ity with my money I wont fail =
make them. l shall spend ny none,
in that work just as business ma
would spend his monty in his cnose.
field. | haven't any plans in tina
respect yet, however.
The young mgissionary colles
life was somewhat different from: tha
of the usual millionaire son. ii
could have haa anything he wanted
He spent much of his spare line a
college, however, in Y. NJ. &. A. work
While a senior at Yale he establlsh2
the Hope Mission in New Haven. II
bought the property and started IN
working of the mission. II is Still
helping the down and outs, "h
come to that city. In tha winter O.
cod nights from so to l@T henr g
there at night, but nothing ever
charged for board or lodging.
While some of his mllllonalr
fr;tndc ot college were eiOUiQg wit