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DR. AYERS SPEAKS OF
FOREION MISSIONARIES
Interesting Talk Delivered
in Augusta, Ga.,
Recently.
(Reproduced in The Monitor by Specie! Request.)
“I am in charge of the Warren
Memorial Hospital, built by the
First Baptist Church of Macon,
at Hwanghein, China. It has
about 12,000 patients annually.
For nine years this hospital has
been absolutely self-supi>orting
except for the salaries of those
who work for it. During this
length of time not one dollar from
America has gone into the run
ning expenses of the hospital.
It is made self-supporting by the
contributions of the well-to-do
Chinese of the city, and last year
it was one of two hospitals in the
province which received contri
butions from the governor of the
province, he having contributed
SIOO. The hospital and educa
tional work is telling tremen
dously in the evangelization of
China, and two branches of work
which are ap r.’dated by all
Chinese. It is a conceded fact
that the great Chinese patriot
and statesman Sun Yat Sun, who
was the first president of the Chi
nese republic got his vision of a
people set free from the Manchu
government and of freedom of
speech and of thought and of re
ligious lilierty during his studies
in the Christian school, and it is
also a conceded fact that the
study of the Bible has played an
important part in giving to the
Chinese people freedom and re
ligious liberty.
“The medical work especially
has been shown to be a means of
gaining a great hearing for the
Gospel. It attracts the people of
this day in China, just as it did
in Judea during the times of
Christ, It is also a means of
holding up the benevolent side of
Christianity as is no other agent
now in use. It has also been
shown to be a valuable means in
making friends among the Chi
nese.
“It has been the means of
opening the doors of the officials
and the wealthy classes when ev
ery other means had failed.
“During the recent Chinese
revolution all the missionaries in
the station where I lived were
ordered by the American minis
ter to leave the station and go to
the port of Che Foo, where they
could be under the protection of
the American gunboat. The city
where I lived was one of the
seats of battle during the revolu
tion, and while in Che Foo I re
ceived a telegram stating that
there were a large number of
wounded soldiers in Hwanghein
with no one to care for them. I
asked permission of the American
consul to go back to my station
and open the Red Cross work.
After warning me of the danger
of being killed on the road by
robbers he agreed for me to go,
provided I would release the
American government and he as
its representative from any re
sponsibility for my life. To this
l agreed. When within five
miles of Hwanghein I saw a sen
tinel on a horse whom I feared
was a man from the army and
that it meant that I would not be
allowed to enter the city. Before
i was in speaking distance of him
he turned his horse and flew back
to the city. When within half a
mile of the hospital I saw a scene
which I had never seen before.
Up to this time the wealthy
men of the city had had little to
do with our Chinese Christians,
but here 1 saw two rows of men,
composed of Chinese Christians
and the wealthy men of the city
standing side by side, iorming a
triumphal arch through which I
was expected to proceed. And
the sentinel who met me instead
of being from the army had come
to notify these men that I was
coming and they came out to
welcome me. After entering the
hospital yards, 1 found there the
leading official of the city who
had come out to express in the
name of the Chinese his gratitude
for me having come back. There
was also a delegation represent
ing the bankers and wholesale
merchents of the city, who came
to pledge their financial aid in
the support of the Red Cross,
and they raised and distributed
all the money necessary to treat
the hospital full of wounded sol
diers. After having been there
for three weeks I received a tel
egram stating that Mrs. Ayers
was in Che Foo very sick and I
hired a conveyance contrary to
the advice of the Chinese and set
out to attempt the journey at
night. They all feared by trav
eling by night I would be killed
by robbers. We went along
nicely until about 10 o’clock when
I was held up by robbers. I was
in a conveyance, on either side
and the rear, so constructed so
that I could not see out and when
the conveyance stopped I looked
in the front and saw a robber
with a gun trying to strike the
mule-teer. I called out and asked
what he wanted; he answered
‘Want your road money.’ I
i asked the second time; again,
| ‘Want your road money.’ During
this time they were standing on
the side so that I could not see
them. I then erawled to the
front of the conveyance and
again asked. By this time they
evidently noticed the action was
not Cjust that of a native and
turned to the muleteer and asked
who he was driving. He an
swered that he was the foreign
teacher who had been working
with the Red Cross at the hospi
tal treating wounded soldiers.
The robbers then replied: ‘lf
he’s the man let him go in
peace. ’
“Through this it has been
shown that the Lord has given
us the medical work, something
that makes friends even with the
robbers.
“There are in Georgia people
who insist that it is not best to
engage in mission work either in
teaching or healing and that it is
best to let all support go directly
to the missionary from the
churches and do away with all
boards. This plan was thorough
ly tested in the North China mis
sion where I lived. About fif
teen years ago about twenty mis
sionaries comjxising some of the
strongest men and women in the
mission withdrew from the for
eign mission board of the South
ern Baptist convention and or
ganized what was known as the
Gospel Mission, their policy be
ing to receive their support di
rectly from the churches and to
do no work other than preaching,
and were decidedly opposed to
both medical and educational
work. They tested this plan for
fifteen years and during this
time brought into the Kingdom
only about sixty men, while the
missionaries who were left, a
smaller number than those who
withdrew, during this same
period of time brought into the
Kingdom about 3,000.
“The men who went into the
Gospel Mission were honest in
their convictions and after hav
ing tried their plans thoroughly
saw that it was a failure and like
honest men they came back to
their mission one by one and ac
knowledged their mistake until
today there is only one man and
his wife who organized the Gos
pel Mission that have not come
back.
“This is a very practical dem
onstration that God does not
honor the work of doing only a
part of what he has com
manded.’’
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1912.
Grow Many Pecans in
Selma, Ala., Section.
Selma, Ala., Nov. 18.—Pecan
growing has come to be quite
popular in this section of the
state. Within the past year many
citizens of this city who own
small tracts of land have convert
ed their farms into pecan or
chards and are now directing
their attention to the raising of
this nut. One of the largest deals
in pecan trees was made in this
city a few days ago by Miles
Hardy, who purchased 4,000
trees to be set out on his place.
Thi9 investment represented
something like SIO,OOO for trees
and land. These pecans are of
the grafted variety and it is es
timated that within three or four
years the trees will begin to bear,
and there is always a steady de
mand for the nuts, it is expected
that within a few years the in
vestment will be paying a hand
some income.
A tract of 1,000 acres of un
improved black land at Flatwood,
in Marengo county, has been pur
chased by A. S. Harlow, whose
investment probably will amount
to $15,000, or more. Mr. Harlow
formerly was a dairyman and
cattle exporter of Mexico City,
and he will condjct a similar bus
iness here. His main idea is to
develop a big cattle ranch on the
tract just bought at Flatwood.
He will raise cattle mainly for
sale as beef cattle.
The growing of pecans in a
grove near Birmingham, Ala., is
thus described by the Birming
ham Ledger.
“Three inches in diameter.
“One inch long.
“Four and a quarter inches
around from stem to stem.
This is the average size of pe
can nuts taken from young trees
on the pecan farm of T. H. Spen
cer, of Birmingham, at Dowdell
station on the Alabama Great
Southern railroad thirty-two miles
southwest of this city. There
650 trees in the grove, but only
40 have begun to bear. The first
trees were planted in 1906 and
were then two years old. The
pecan budded tree becomes a
good bearer of nuts in ten to
twelve years. Mr. Spencer, there
fore, may expect good crops in
1918.
“A leading grocery has on dis
play in its windows pecans not
as large as Mr. Spencer’s at $1
a pound. A Mississippi raiser
the paper shell variety has a
standing contract with the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel, New York,
to furnish it with pecans at $1
pound. The average price whole
sale secured by raisers of such
pecans as Mr. Spencer has get 75
cents per pound. The demand is
unlimited.
“A pecan raiser of Monticello,
Fla., has a tree that bore 475
pounds of nuts for which he se
cured $1 a pound.
“The possibilities of pecan cul
ture in Alabama and Mississippi
are unlimited. The nut nowhere
obtains larger size of nuts or a
tenderer shell or more meat than
it does in Alabama.—lndustrial
Index.
Rounds Tax Collector.
SECOND ROUND
Monday, Nov. 18. Landsburg 9,
to 10 a. m.
Glenwood, 10:30 to 1 p. m.
Alamo, 1:30 to 4p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 19. Erick 8:30 to
10:30 a. m.
Spring Hill. 11:30 to 12:30.
McArthur, 2:30 to 4 p. m.
•Thursday, Nov. 21. Charlotte,
9 to 9:30 a. m.
Uvalda, 10 to 12 a. m.
Alston, 12:30 to 1:30 p. m.
Higgston, 3 to 4 p. m.
Friday, Nov. 22. Lothair, 9 to
10 a. m.
Orland, 10:30 to 11:30 a. m.
Soperton, 12:30 to 4 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 23. Tiger, 9 to
10 a. m.
Kibbee, 10:30 to 11:30.
Tarrytown, Saturday evening.
Mount Vernon the whole week of
court which is the 3rd Monday in
December.
D. F. Warnock, T. C.
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NOTICE OF APLICATION FOR A RAIL
ROAD CHARTER.
Georgia—Tattnall County.
To the Honorable Philip Cook, Secretary of State:
The petition of Frank Easterling, K. C. Dubber- !
ly, H. C. Dubberly, J. D. Bradley, S. J. Kicklight
er, D. M. Bradley, B. K. Willingham and P. M
Anderson of Tattnall county, Georgia, -and H. B.
McNatt and J. B. Jones, Jr., of Montgomery
county, respectfully shows:
Ist. That they desire to form a railroad corpora
tion pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly
of Georgia, approved December 20, 1892, Code
(1896) Sections 2159-2179.
2d. The name of the railroad company which
petitioners desii e to have i ncorporated is to be the
‘Savannah & Western Kailway,” the same not be
ing the name of any existing corporation of the
State of Georgia.
3rd. The length of the mod. as nearly as can be
estimated, will l>e alnnit fifty miles.
4th. Said road will run from Glennville, in
Tattnall county, Georgia, in a westerly direction
to Mt. Vernon, in Montgomery county, Georgia,
and will run through Uvalda, Georgia.
6th. The counties through which said road will
run are Tattnall, Toombs and Montgomery, and
the names of the places from and to which it will
be constructed are Glennville, Georgia, and Mt.
Vernon, Georgia, respectfully.
6th. The amount of the proposed capital stock
is Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00)
Dollars in shares of One Hundred Dollars each,
all of said stock to be common stock of equal dig
nity.
7th. Petitioners desire to be incorporated for
and during the period of dne hundred and one
years.
Bth. The principal office of the proposed incor- ’
poration will be in the city of Glenville, Tattnall
county, Georgia.
9th. Petitioners do intend in good faith to go
forward witout delay to secure subscriptions to
the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and
operate said rtsui.
10 Petitioners show that they have given four
weeks notice of their intention to apply for a char- .
ter, by publication according to law
Wherefore, they pray to be incorporated under
the laws of the State of Georgia.
D. M. Bradley B. K. Willingham
P. M. Anderson H. C. Dubberly
J. D. Bradley S. J. Kicklighter
J. F. Easterling R. C. Dubberly
J. B. Jones, Jr. H. B. McNatt
Petitioners.
Anderson & Giardeau, Petitioners' Atttorneys,
Cluxton. Ga.
Lost Dog.
One large white bob-tail dog
with black spots on him. He is
half bull and half hound, altered.
Will give $5.00 for his where
abouts. J. M. Rowell,
Sharps Spur, Ga. I
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
H. S. BERNER,
Boiler Making and
Boiler Repairing.
Special attention to this class of
work. Satisfaction guarateed to
all patrons. Call me.
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