Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-26


stir. in Macedonia; Kartcha and Elbas-
san, in Albania There are eleven
missionaries, FIVE men and six women.
IN those stations The institute at Sa-
lonica is an American enterprise
There are also some twenty-six out
stations connected with the Macedon.
ian stations with thirty or more native
preachers and teachers and an esti-
mated evangelical following Of $50 and
600 pupils in the schools
This large work may or may not be
greatly disturbed, according to the for.
tunes OF war. Should the Turks be
able to restrict the field of operations
to the borderland. or should they be
strong enough 10 carry the war into
their enemies country, there prob
ably would be little disturbance TO
missionaries In the care OF sick in
heavy taxes and In the draft for able
bodied men"
The American college for girls, aud
Robert college. both in Constantinople,
aud both American institutions, are
already suffering Students In both
come from the Balkan region. now up
set Cleveland II. Dodge, Robert w,
De Forest. William Church Osborn,
Frederick A. Booth, William Sloane,
the Rev Or. Henry Sloane Coffin, Mrs.
John S. Kennedy. and tho Rev Or. T..
y Coe. all of this city are the trustees
OF the American College. Robert Coll
eye was founed by New York mer.
chant after whom IL was named II is
a general Christian institution, Con
gregational and Presbyterian In its
leanings, but Independent Of religious
control. II has property, almost Who'll
ly given by Americans, worth $1,000
600
Miss Olivia Il. p. Stokes not long
since gave to Robert College prep
aratory department building and Cley-
Gland H Dodge, OF Riyersdale gave
gymnasium building. Mrs Violet r.
Kennedy, an American woman. is at
the head of educational work in Kort.
cha. Albania, The Rev, William =
Clarke, Mrs. Clarke, Miss Mary l.,
Matthews, head OF girls boarding
school, and Miss Delpha Davis, all
Americans. are in Monastir.. Macedon-
la. The Rcv. DR.. George d. Marsh and
Mrs. Marsh are in Phlllipopois and
the Rev. g. T Erickson and Mrs Erick-
son are at mission station in Elbas-
an. Albania.
Varna. the principal Bulgarian port.
on the Black Sea, which is reported 70
have been bombarded BY the Turks.
has fine Methodist church, started
with American money. II has a Bul.
garian pastor and there is in Bulgaria
q Methodist conference. There are
Methodist churches in Tirnova, Loyats
and Sofia, Bulgaria. At Loyats there
is a school for girls, with the Misses
Kate e. Blackburn, and Dora A. Davis
both Americans, In charge The sup
erintendent OF the work at Sofia is the
Rev. Elmer II. Count, Mrs. Count Is
with him.
Both American Bible and the British
aud foreign Bible societies have work
throughout the entire region, with col
porteurs almost everywhere. The Lee
want agency OF the American Bible So
ciety is among its mcst important
ones II is located In Constantinople
and serves the Balkan and Asiatic
Turkey regions. There Is cooperation
between the American and the Eng
fish societies. but the work Of both Of
them, especially in the Christian reg
ions OF the war district, Is reported as
at an end, save for what II Is possible
to do for men In the field.