Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13


Mohkanshan Is right in the noun
| tains. and it reminds me very much
OF Montreal. The mountains are
| just lovely, all OF them covered with
| bamboos, which are beautiful. We
! went up the mountain slow enough
to enjoy the beautiful scenery. MOh-
kanshan was such a surprise to me.
had no idea there was a place as
pretty as it is in China!
The bridges were very common,
and so pretty. They are made OF
stone and some OF them are very
long. The canals are so common that
you cannot so very far without
! crossing a bridge. They are built
with steps in orUrr that the boats
can go under them all right. This
gives them a picturesque couch, and
some OF them have vines on them
which makes them mighty pretty.
We enjoyed the mission meeting,
and it was so nice to meet the mis-
sionaries so soon after getting here.
They had some very serious Ques-
tons, as there have been several
deaths iD the mission, and some have
had to give mp on account Of their
health: and then exchange has been
very low. II was wonderful to see
. the way the missionaries were will
ing to put aside all personal feelings
as to where they had rather work,
and 20 where they were most needed
| THAT is a little harder to do out here
! than it would be to change at home.
as some places have such local da-
, lcrts that it is rather hard to be un-
dcrstood in different places, SO that
makes the .missonary work harder.
! II is strange that there are so many
different dialects.
After spending q week in MOhkan-
shan | went to visit cousin Rich
ard stuart. OF the Methodist Mission
who lives in Soorhow. | was there
/ until the Language School opened.
ana | saw lots OF interesting things.
There arc many temples everywhere
and one We went to had a thousand
idols. It also had the goddess OF
mercy. who had a thousand hands
One night we went to the official wor-
shi of C0nfucius. This occurs twice
Il year and lasts from about $50 in
the afternoon until in the morning
II is not what it used to be when the
NDnrhns in
form. and no reverence nor enjoy
mcnt in it. The officials were doing
it because 1t was required OF them.
The chief official, instead OF being
dress suit and Il Sink hat. lie did
look too funny, almost cOmical, Most
OF the schools had holiday on the
l2th Of October. as that is Confu-
fine thing when the Chinese celebrate
his birthday as we do Washington S
and not associate any worship with
him. suppose it will he long time
before they do, although the Chris
, tians honor him as a man and moth
! ing more.
I The 10Th OF October was the Chi
nese "Fourth OF July" Everything
had holiday. There were lots OF flags
out and few exercises. but the
/ President had requested the people
not to have a big and costly display,
on account OF the floods up North.
These two holidays came very close
| together this year. Confucius' birth
day Is by their calendar. and their in
dependence day by ours. We had a
holiday that day and went out in the
country and spent the day. We
passed by thetGOvernor's palace and
it was beautifully decorated We
also passed the ruins of the old MAN.
chu city which was destroyed during
the revolution Of 1911.
The floods up North are certainly
terrible--so many thousands without
homes, SO many hundreds OF acres of
land under water They say there is
almost no chance for the water to 60
down before winter. which means a
very hard winter Tor them. The
people up North are very poor Some
Of them have come down here, andeit
is pathetic the way they live. The
people that live around here haven't
very much use for the people who
live north OF the river. 1t was real
funny. when | was in Soochow and
met any Chinese and they would be-
gin to feel sorry for me because |
was going north OF tho riypr, Thn