Mr. Bostic Writes Of Trouble
Missionaries Are Having In
China Where Fight Rages
I'iMOW, nnnwe., mum, jam J, UZ'i.
A month ago it seemed very- im
portant that we meet in a coni, -■
( PC ' about a number of thing* of
gem nil interest to all it, our Mi--.
,011. Several of the committee.- wen
(•ailed at Cheng chow for p. •
Wien we, G. F. and I, w re .do,;;. lo
■art there were reports tim* rob
ber* m'ght visit Poehow In a ■ ■-,-.
days. We went to our official, v. .
, .J that there was no danger, a h ■
■ ought, and that anything le-.. t a-r.
band of 10,000 thousand could he
off by the local soldiers. Ho said
ihere was no r;sk in our leaving home
mil leaving the ladies here alone. S<
the sixth we left for Cher.gcj aw.
When we were on the m ain f< r oui
■turn, Dec, 10, we iieard tlia- P ■•
(1 fallen into the hand of the rob
I as. Dec. 8. At. our be-t we e-add
g -t here Dec. 11 at alx, a yiaon. V
aiind the report all too true,
.As our home is out.-.hie of all hr
walls my wife went to the home < f
(I P. and she and Mrs. G. I. wire
i uarlcml there, for a two days (pre
■ -r?e at a fight) fight had been ‘.ro
il e on six miles from the idly and
all had that sort of warning. But t v
trouble was so serious that the''.city
gates were closed those two day and
Mrs. King and Miss Barratt were
closed up in tiro city. For six dar.'
y.e had no word as to how they were
faring. Then that was only by wfrd
of mouth and we could not put mu
confidence in it. But in another few
days we had notes from them a
for the remainder of the lime the,
robbers stayed in the city nineteen
days, we had occasional notes. Arvl
tie wonder of wonders, those two
brave women .seemed happy i.n • * . -
ing while they were thus entrapp'd.
You may remember that our ■ y
•property is a large Chinese h > .
And it seemed to be felt by ail that
• would be a fine place for refuge
which it really proved to be. And r
is said that something like 1000 peo
ple pent those nineteen day; in our
property, while our two women were
crowded in among them, so close
and thick that there was hardly
walking space .n any parts of the
house. The multitude could only
•land or sit as there were top many
to find space for reclining.
This is now twenty five days since
t e burning began and there are some
places that still have fire. And at
night when things get rpiiet. we uaA
the odors the worst anti *' ' y are
most offensive yet. There was burn
ing to the extent of about five miles,
t idy counting the frontage of the
street, (counting only one side or if j
both sides were burned counting one
mile two miles not to say anything
of how deep back the burning vent.
\nd in many places it all burned
I,r0!n back till it reached
t'“‘ ,llr !I)K b.an the parejlel street.
An.:! the* head of the Chamber of
((miner.'* tid'd nm that he did not
'eink that k3o.mi0.000; would cover
the 1( J. the c-.ty has subtained by the
v 11 of (bis band. And besides this
0 anj captive.-- were taken away with
them and many lives lost. W, j|e
1 ; ■ m< > will die front hunger and
c-C.frl
■ ■'on titter (■. p and I were back
we f„i our wives away to Kwt itefu.
Anc th - Chinese wondered that we
two did net leave also. Put for those
wed: ve were just onn tijj toes of
anvttdy rtl effort to see what could
b*> done 1 r the two in the c.tv. And
;d o we f< t that we Were worth while
Tn' ''tv »o see to it that as little
‘failin':" :-s porsible should come to
tie .Mi . I property. Aral then attain
’ •«*•»*<* wire :.o -others to serv * as
'ft - veens our preser.-h was :ip
f" -: o:! by all these people and 1
t.'.iiK t -at ”.ha we dal wa- a help
c. • a'de that t!v • ufferinjj and loss
o' life was far less than it nd'clrt
: been without u We saw the
•Jtt'iti : als number of times,
■ • lint tb-ii ver we leave our home
‘ * :With the people, they are
n - ?; t;.i nfuse with their remarks that
have "od th" city from what
i io i;. -.( Rtld have benn a much Ion;' •
(,r drawn out siege of suffering and
A to t ip experience 6F the two
T :,i-' • I an; - are u at you will see
l s'-' from their pen .ahyl far better
trr.n ■ I < fcdd tell i'. A • to the loss
of property c-te of the Mission, there
’.v almost none. But 1 am so.rrv to
that on account of always feel
big that w ■ should have some money
r. depot, t here, and on account of
rolling grain- etc, we have more mo
il t-y in dep' it than usual. But I hope
that even this- is not lost, ary way
not all of it. And for here is sarne
f-irtg flu * seems worthy of our spec
iid gratitude to God even for this
money matter. I have for a long time
had money with a large store, and
from this I used it a., i' was needed.
This store had gotten another store
to go ,ts security for the money in
hard. Each of these two stores was
on the most expensive store streets
of the whole city. The two stores
were on the same side of the street
and less than 100 yards apart. Ti,ore
was big burning on both sides and
between both of these stores, but
neither of them was burned. So I
have good hope that the money is
n it lost. However, both of these
stores, (just like all others) tho not
burned, were totally emptied bv the
robbing. And what makes us all the
more sick at heart, we know that
most of the robbing was done by oth
FEELS LIKE IE IS SIXTEEN NOW
NO PAINS AND NO TIRED FEELING
OWES IT ALL TO ONE THING
“f owe my good health to only one thing. 1 probably should say two
tie fr.end who told me what to take and the "medicine itself. The medicine
is unequalled for indigestion and constipation and they were my worries.
That medicine is HERB JUICE. But for HERB JUICE I do not know
where I would be today," said JCr. \V. O. White, South f*asto n, . o.ti
Carolina. lie was most eager to tell of his experience with tne medi. ine o
the day, HERB JUICE, and was del.ghted to give a statement for publica
tion so that others might know of it.
MR. W. O .WHITE
“I suffered so-from continued Mr WJggJ have
I :on» in my chest. Gas formed on my •-t™811 #pd was so tired that
-aUng. I was also very coated. j (li,l not sleep well, but was
* ‘uid no desire to move oi do *\nn>ininj,.
C i-vous and very restless. JUICF I have felt
"Si^ UHn* U* fr^nd-. ^V.« .«! un,
'die a sixteen yeur old boy. I "a'<? mo: . with me
have been relieved of indigestion and const*ingB f‘e]ing fine and
a'id I have a splendid appetite. 1 ft«’l i IIKRK JUICE as the best
*• r «*•■»« •'«, 1 «■»
niedieine on the market for wdige tI„b.; „nrF not only relieves pain,
>>o«„e,„e on the market lor not only relieves pain,
has ever taken it will agree with me. HERB-IUK^ ^ ^ hcadquarters.
hut it is also a real tonic.” Riviere rug •• ' (Adv.)
I crs than the robber band, actually
i much of it by the soldiers that were
I here pretending that their mission
| was to make a full and con plele end
j of the robbers. I went into one Store
yesterday which had been totally
| emptied and they told me that it was
' not touched till the robbers were
■ driven out>of that north suburb and
: enclosed in the city proper. They
1 siii*l that the stock was worth more
than $100,000.
We have learned much in these
few days. We learned that tin word
of many is worthnm>
tajy officials did not lit
at trying to gel the robhe,
ped by telling or making .ses
that, they had no thought of k>c; ,ag.
The British Catholic Missionary came
out of the city to talk terms, with the
promise that he would go back, a‘ he
was already in the hands of -t.hr rob
bers. He insisted on keeping his pro
mho, but when the military officials
got him in hand they would not let
him return arid did not till a visiting
Catholic Miss.qnary insisted that he
lie allowed to go back in the pise ■
of the one that had come out. One
wounded robber was in Mrs. Kings
care when they left. Soon the offi
cials made an examination of ail in
the hospital, and I heard the head
man tell this woifhded robber that
he should not fear to tell the truth
for they did not execute wounded.
I?ut in a few hours this wounded
robber was minus his head.
The whole of Ch.na is in such a
had way that one cannot begin to de
scribe it. And we have reports that
even this awful experience that has
come to Poe how was at the command
of Wu Pei Fu, who is one of China’s
highest and most respected military'
men. It is with the deepest tiiank
fullness to our Loving Father that
we think of how He has kept us
these days.
With all good wishes,
WADE I). BOSTIC.
Isn't. it odd that men who cnhczxle
money are always such poor judges
ot horse races?
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Red Flannels More
Sensible Than Silk
Once Tonk 20 Yards to Make n
Dress But Now Three Ate Ample
For the Flapper Type.
The woman of the “red flannel Jays' j
v as more sensibly dressed and health- I
it l- than the modern flapper, K. M.
Thirkield, 70-year-old merchant of
Fialiklit’, Ohio, said at the closing ses
sion of the ' ’>th ai. .1 convention of
the . t Retail Dry floods as.so
c'at toil in New York.
"In those days,” he said, “we used
to sell 20 yards of silk for one dresi.
Now a woman buys tfire yards and
considers that is more than enough.
Then there were only three or four (
hades of silks to be obtained; now
there are hundreds.
"The men of 50 years afro were su- j
per■; titious beyond all believing in the
matter of what they wore. In winte.
it had to be medicated red flannel u.i
derwear and only a few of the people
of ther better class could lx induced to
wear white merino.1’
The speaker pointed out that thero
are 4,800 different articles of wo
men's undercolthing on the market to
day and 1,800 different kinds of
stockings for the fair sex.
( reighton C. Hill, of the Babson sta
tistical oragnization. warned the mer
chants of the "serious evils", connect
ed with installment selling, which he
said, were certain to bring trouble
i to merchants who do not put a check
in this practice.
It Looks Bad
| The Kiwanis Magazine says It
loo < bad.
To own two automobiles and give
j nothing to charity.
To keep two dogs and not pay the
doctor.
To have polished nails and dull
wits.
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There is a lot of good old-time
Americanism, however, in town where
bridge is considered worldly.
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'' !>“* Longest in History. Five Year
With Proposal* to Change Ka'cx
Of Pay Once a Year.
Settlement of the anthracite strike'
has been effected.
Ratification of the action taken
Saturday, which ends one of the great
C't industrial struggles in the world’s
history of labor, will come through a*
convention of miners the middle of
this week and the following day will ;
*ee the precious black diamonds roll-!
ing to market.
Two million persons in the anthre- '
cite fields, and nearby territory, in-'
eluding the 168,000 mine workers who!
stood solidly behind their leaders to I
wn the strike, celebrated t.might the!
ond.iig of the suapnsion which had i
t’ talyzed business and brought bonk-!
ru-ptey and want to many.
A five-year contract was ngreed j
upon, the longest term ever negoti
ated m the hard coal industry.
The old wage scale, which expired
iust August, was re-adopted,' hut aft -
c-r .January 1. I0p7, either miners or
operators will have the right at least
o;uc a year to propose wage change .
Arbitration Clntise.
Arbitionn, the principle which
thiec Ames wrecked the peace nego
tiations. is provided for in the agree
uient if a dispute arises over wage
adjustments, but it is only optional
ai d is claimed by the union leaders to
lie a great victory for them. The word
hall" that has appeared in all the
peace plans heretofore submitted bv
the operators in their arbitration of
fers today was changed to “may.”
The miners also claim a victory on
the check off demand, for which they
have been fighting for 25 years.
The word itself does not appear in
the agreement, but it is covered by the
phrase, “shall work out a reciprocal
program of co-operation and effici
ency .”
Union leaders said this means the
operators are obligated and under
stand that they must agree to some
system of deducting union dues from
the miners’ wages. To fail to do this,
union leaders said, would be an act
rsi “bad faith” under the agreeW'nt.
NO. 1 TOWNSHIP NEWS OF
PEOPLE COMING ANI) GOING
(Special to The Star.)
Mrs. Raxana Wood who has been
visiting in Virginia has returned home.
Mr. Frank Bailey returned home
from Raleigh, yesterday.
Mr. Raleigh McCraw is at home aft
( r being in the hospital at Ruthcrford
ton wi.h a broken leg.
Mr, John Smith Gallimoro of Kiuk*
Mountain, was a visitor in this section
this week. Mr. Gnllimore formerly
Iiveil here.
Word has been received here that
Mr. Marion ScruKKs of near Cliffsidc
is seriously ill. Mr. SeruKKs is « visi
tor here' very often and his friends
wish for him a speedy recovery.
Wholesale Grocery Co
Increases Capital
Rutherford County New-.
The stockholders of the Wilson-j
Stanley Grocery company met recent
ly and declared the usual pood divi
dend and unanimously voted to in
crease the capital stock $20,000, muk-1
inar a total capital stock paid in of
$70,000. The business of last yearj
showed a Inrfce pain over ihe previous
j ear.
Officers were re-elected as follows:!
11. I). Wilson.. President end jte nerdj
niunatcer; T. A. Stamey. vice on*.- i-i
dent; Owen Stamey. sec re ary-troas-1
urei and II. Mai Wilson, assistant sec
rotary-treasurer. Besides the officers
the other directors are: Messrs. J. L.
Cieer, .1. F. Klack and T. I*'. Oates.
MISS IBM A BRIDGES OF
SHELBY WEDS MR. GRAYSON
(Special to The Star.)
Miss Irina Brydges, daughter of
Mrs. Mary . Brydges of Shelhy and
Mr. Albert Grayson of Bostic with a
few friends attending were happily
married February 12th by Rev. Mr.
Hornbuekle, at his home m Henrietta.
Miss Urydgea is a graduate of the
Shelby High school of 1924 and also
a graduate of Miss Keller’s teacher
training class of 1925, and is now
teaching at Bostic, Rutherford county
where Mr. Grayson holds a respon
sible position with the 0. C. and O.
railway. After a few days visiting
with friends at Spartanburg and
other points jn South Carolina they
will be home at Bostic.
The honeymoon is over if he no
longer gives a darn what his wife
thinks of Valentino.
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