The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-02

English and Japanese, likewise their
money and their postage stamps.
The streets are full of signs in Eng
lsh and many amusing ones appear. |
Will give you a few. Shirt Tailor"
"Furs Made Out of Your Skins or
Ours" Bicycles for Wholesale and in
Details" pure Milk Squeezed Out by
Veterinary"
Here is also a notice sent around to
all foreigners a short time ago by the
must be muzzled Or led by string or
must be mueller or led by string or
tied at home"
We have spent considerable time in
conferences with our missionaries. At
every station so far we have had
conference on the work, and these
have been most helpful and illuminate
ing. In one case our sessions lasted |
an entire day, so you will see from this
that we are not out on holiday ex.
cursion.
Some Conclusions.
'; Briefly stated conclusions are these:
That the attitude of the government
and people is now more friendly; that
the native church, which insisted upon
. being independent after the Russian
g war is now calling for more mission
S aries to lead them on; that the integ-
h rity and honesty of Christians is being
k recognized, many corporations seeking
h out Christians for positions of trust.
IS These things constitute an opportunity
d in Japan.
" Items Of Interest.
ID The Baptist World says: Twelve
e. million of the seventeen million inhab
re itants of Spain can neither read mol
lie write. No wonder Spain is and has
vs. been for centuries the most intensely
is priest-ridden country of the world
ne Sixty per cent of the land is unculti
waited. Spain ranks lowest among thu
n civilized nations"
he One hundred and eight years ag
en- the first five students volunteers TO
ct. foreign missions met in the rain unde
ew a haystack at Williams College. Mass
is. for prayer. In Kansas City in Jaunar
he five thousand students met in the grea
M Student Volunteer convention. If ou
es, best college life is willing to go, tn
,n rest of us surely must back up ths
ale life with our gifts. Money is niue
ng easier to give than life.
On, The Christian association of the un
of versity of Pennsylvania is to merg
We its medical school with that of S
Johns university, Shanghai. The a
on ISOLATION proposes to erect buildin
ex- to cost approximately $4,000, and
til supply and pay two or more member
ag- of the medical faculty. The contro
be- direction and development of tn
,se school are to rest with the authorize
sus of st. Johns.
In estimating the cost of administr
ton of our missionary work, the rat
is has always been used upon the gro'
mt. amount passing IHlOuSh thO ISoo"'
m The correctness of this practice ha
%. ing been called in question, the trea
9th urer, after careful investigation, FIND
avs that it is practically the universal Gu
out tom of all the large business ente
9TH prises, such as life and fire insuraLt
lay and bond and mortgage companies
me also of the larger mission boards. E
ave perts to whom the question was su
the mitted declare that the ratio of ce
you trail expenses upon gross receipts, WI
you correct Figured in this manner Il
total central expense of last year,
GLIDING administration and publici'
-ery was s ITO per cent. The avera
Of rate of eight other mission boar
find conducting work like our own W
The 8 ITO per cent.-Church Missi
int House (Episcopal)
The A specific for the bite of the cob
both has been found by missionary in