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Roaring lions and lepards, innu
merable insects and raids by large
pinching ants at their mission sta
tion in Belgian Congo provide a set
ting much different than that Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Seneff left behind
them in Bluffton when they departed
to resume their mission work in
Africa, last winter.
Lions, Leopards, Insects Hinder
Mission Work In Central Africa
A letter received this week by Mr.
and Mrs. John Welty, of Cherry
street, parents of Mrs Seneff, de
scribed in interesting detail the un
usual situations that arise in the
heart of darkest Africa.
In part it is as follow’s:
A. I. M. Maitulu
Watsa, Congo Beige, Africa
Via Egypt, Sudan & Aba
April 25, 1940
Dear Christian Friends:
“It is just about three months
since w’e arrived at Maitulu and are
pretty wrell settled by now. We have
been rushed from the first day on
and it looks as though there will al
ways be lots to do.
We are in a primitive work where
conditions are still very much in the
beginning. It is only eight years
now since the African Inland Mission
first gave out the gospel message
among these people. Three tribes
are represented, the Pygmies, Mam
butu and the Wolese.
They used to be cannibals and
some of them still are. On the mis
sion site is a huge rock where they
used to feast on human flesh. The
remains of these occasions are left
and bear vivid testimony to these
gruesome feasts. It is now carried
on in secret only, until they are
found out, which has been the case
not so long ago. A secret order was
also discovered. Members have a
certain sign carved on the hand and
in order to become a fully recognized
member he must first have eaten the
big toe of a human being.
Here is a brief insight into our
mission life. The lions have roared
in the distance, this is the home of
the leopards and many have been
around, the pinching ants have raid
ed us three times, once getting us
out of bed at 3 o’clock in the mom*
ing and w’e battled with them for an
hour before they took their depar­
An Outstanding Bar
gain of This Sale
Don’t miss it—this outstanding value of our annivers
ary sale. We have marked living room suites way
down to rock bottom prices. We wanted to make one
special bargain that every home could and should
appreciate. During this sale you can buy living room
suites all at extraordin
arily low prices—some
as low as........................
ture over a dozen snakes have been
killed, many of them were puff-ad
adders and gaboon vipers, while some
we know are still at large.
Three tarantulas have been killed
this week. We have had lovely rains
for our gardens. The insects have
destroyed a good percentage and
since then the buffalos, wild pigs,
baboons and monkeys have been com
ing around for their shart. Some
one says the time for elephants is
not far away, so we do not known
from time to time whether we have
a com stalk, a cabbage head or an
elephant foot growing in our garden.
We haver emoved many jiggers from
our toes. We are not always free
from malaria.
The cook wanted to surprise me
and show me how much he can now
do on his own, so he cooked a bit
of treasured bran flakes together
with oatmeal. In addition, we have
had pigeon shanks, antelope steak,
partridge ribs, and guinea necks.
There is a leper camp in the neigh
borhood and the lepers come occa
sionally to sell us their eggs to make
a living. Maitulu is 60 miles from
our post office and government post.
That is also the closest distance of
our closest white neighbors.
We live about 150 miles from our
doctors. Once in a while it is neces
sary for Henry to be gone over
night So far, I have spent three
and one-half nights alone under the
southern cross, but have felt per
fectly safe.
The paramount chief of the terri
tory is a professing Christian, as well
as his son who is in line for chief
tainship. Five of the other chiefs
have been attending Sunday services
on the station and this has a mar
velous influence over their people.
One chief has just come saying that
he has had three wives, but has now
put two of them aside, could he
come to the station for training and
then become an evangelist?
Fourteen have professed to accept
Christ during the past weeks. Ten
have expressed their desire to live
closer to the Lord. For this we
have been especially glad, because it
is much more difficult for them to
break away from evil tribal customs
We are celebrating our thirty-eighth
anniversary of business in Bluffton in a
manner that will be remembered by every
buyer of housefurnishings who knows
values. Shop Our Windows.
$49*50
Many Other Bargains
We have many other bargains not listed here. If it’s
house-furnishings, you will find them in our big
store of three floors—and the price will be lower
during our August Anniversary Sale.
than it is to accept Christ.
The station school, which trains
leaders for the evangelization of
their own people, is growing stead
ily. One village chapel has over two
hundred in attendance. Some of the
pygmies attend this chapel. So far
there are only ten out-chapels, but
openings for many more so soon as
there are evangelists to take over
the work.
The present temporary station
house, made of mud, has now served
its purpose and is getting unsafe to
live in. The white ants have been
at work and it seems merely a shell
any more. At present, Henry is busy
with the natives burning a kiln of
bricks and from now on it will need
day and night supervision. But
when it is all over it will be so
good to have bricks to build a
boys’ dormitory, a girls’ dormitory,
and a healthier dwelling for mis
sionaries.”
Beaverdam Man’s
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services for J. Sylvester
Roberts, 80, of near Beaverdam were
held at the Beaverdam Church of
Christ, Saturday afternoon with Rev.
L. Davis officiating. Burial was in
Beaverdam cemetery.
Mr Roberts died at his home near
that place Thursday morning.
Surviving are his wife, two sons
Frank and Leslie Roberts of Lima
a daughter Bessie and brother Free
man Roberts of Lima.
man jxooeris oi luinm. i
Yellow Stripes On (Streets
Yellow traffic lines were painted
on Bluffton streets last week as a
part of a state-wide program to
help drivers of automobiles protect
themselves from injury and death.
However, major importance of the
new system of marking highways is
said to be outside city limits. Prac
tically all the principal highways in
this area have been marked.
Most common of the new markings
is the yellow “no-passing” stripe
painted on highways wherever danger
lurks, wherever sight distances are
restricted, such as at the crests of
hills, at curves, or where it is ne
cessary to drop from a three-lane
Kneehole Desks
A trim, modern kneehole desk—in walnut
veneer. Mighty useful and just (PIO EA
as ornamental now priced at........
STUDIO COUCHES
You’ll never find them at a lower price
than at this sale. Now is the time to
make your selection.
The last word in com- Mk
fort. Only......................
iTHE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
College Closes
Financing Plan
Completion of a four year re-financ
ing plan under which outstanding
Bluffton college obligations aggregat
ing in excess of $200,000 were liqui
dated was announced the first of the
week by D. W. Bixler, special finan
cial agent in charge of this work.
The indebtedness consisted of bank
obligations, annuities and claims of
unsecured creditors.
Of $90,000 due unsecured creditors,
there was paid 45from proceeds
from collection of notes, pledges and
other assets set aside for this pur
pose by the college. At the close
of the four years’ work of collection,
the remaining uncollected assets in
this group have been re-purchased by
the college.
Collection on pledges and notes will
continue, but payments made on these
obligations will go into the regular
operating and endowment funds of
the college.
A scaling down of annuity obliga
tions was also made with annuitants
on a percentage basis.
When the refinancing began, the
college owed $36,610 to various banks
in this area. By means of a settle
ment arranged last week with a To
ledo bank, these obligations have
been reduced to $2,773.
The chief indebtedness of the col
lege is in the form of bonds. Four
years ago the par value of outstand
ing bonds totaled $101,750. Today
Are Traffic Safety Measure
into a two-lane highway.
State highway officials point out
that a wise motorist will not cross
the yellow line when it is on his
side of the white or black center
line on the pavement.
Where the yellow stripe is on the
other side of the center line, opposite
to the lane in which a motorist is
driving, he may cross the yellow line
in safety.
A total of 8,000 miles of Ohio
highways are being marked for
safety this year, and it is expected
that traffic accidents will be reduced
considerably if motorists observe
recommended precautions in driging.
OUR THIRTY- EIGHTH AUGUST
VALUES THAT RING THE BELL
SALE STARTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
FA
BASINGER’S FURNITURE STORE
Smoking Most Frequent Cause Of
Smoking is revealed as the most
frequent cause of fires in a survey
completed recently by the National
Fire Protection association, altho the
greatest monetary toll is from fires
of electrical origin.
In 193, the year covered by the
completed survey, 90,000 fires w’ere
caused by smoking, with a loss of
$14,800,000.
Fires of electrical origin were
fourth in number, but the total loss
of $23,100,000 topped the damage
from blazes of any other single cause.
Complete listing is as follows:
No. Fires Loss
Smoking —......_...... 90,000 $14,800,000
Sparks on roofs 63,000 9,800,000
this has been reduced to a total of
$87,700 of which the college owns
$34,600. This leaves in the hands of
the public, college bonds with a par
value of $53,100.
Further collections on notes and
pledges now' will be handled by the
business office of the college.
War Won’t Sodve
Farm Problems
Ohio farmers shouldn’t depend too
much on the European situation to
solve their problems, in the opinion
of Ohio State University’s Bureau
of Business Research.
“It appears that the solution of
our agricultural problems must be
found in terms of the factors w’hich
affect the domestic distribution of
our own production,” the Bureau
says in its current bulletin.
“There has been some evidence of
optimism due to the feeling that
Europe will soon have to import
food products from the United States
and that, with the increased demand,
prices will consequently rise.
“It should not be forgotten, how
ever, that prices of agricultural pro
ducts did not rise appreciably until
1917, two years after the beginning
of the World War. In addition,
there are now many more sources of
supplies than w’ere available in
1915-17.
News Want-Ads Bring Results.
BED SPREADS
Chenille and rayon—good selection of
popular shades at close out prices.
Breakfast Sets
Like Set Shown Above $9.95
A remarkably complete selection
breakfast sets—and we want you to
them. An outstanding item in this
partment is the crystal white oak
table w’ith black trim and four chrome
finish chairs with
black leatherette sets.
Regularly $36 now...
Fires Insurance Survey Reveals
Chimneys, def. flues 54,000
Electrical 47,500
Flammable liquids 27,600
Defective or over
heated heaters..27,000
Lamps and stoves... 22,000
Spontaneous Igni.... 20,000
Rubbish _________ 19,000
Hot ashes, coals.....15,700
Combustibles near
heaters 12,000
Open lights, flames
and sparks ____ 9,000
Incendiary, sus___ 8,000
Oil burners _____ 7,000
Gas and appliances 4,000
Unknowm 74,000
of
see
de
top
$27.50
15,400,000
23,100,000
6,700,000
9,900,000
6,100,000
17,100,000
2,900,000
2,900,000
2,460,000
1,800,000
9,100,000
1,450,000
800,000
Sweltering heat of the last tw’o
weeks has found Bluffton residents
resorting to all kinds of expedients
in attempting to gain relief from the
sustained assault of summer w’eather.
“Do’s and Don’ts” to beat the
heat, recommended by health author
ities, consequently have been popular
with practically everyone.
DO get all the fresh air possible
and some exercise. Keep your circu
lation active so body wastes are re
moved.
DON’T put too many icy things
into your stomach in the vain hope
that it will make you cooler. Just
does the contrary.
DO bathe often. Draw your bath
to any temperature you like best, it
makes no difference to the refresh
ments you get In fact, people in the
tropics have learned that a hot bath
is often more lastingly refreshing
than a cold one. Soap and water
will protect against offending body
odor.
Do try to keep out of intense sun
shine as much as possible Walk in
the shade. Keep your head covered
when you find it necessary to be in
the sun.
DON’T get mad at the heat. Get
ting mad, says science, sets up a
vicious circle. First, you perspire
from the heat. It makes you un­
During our thirty-eight years in Bluff
ton we have built up a reputation for hand
ling quality merchandise and that is what
we offer at this sale. Stop in and see
these savings.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940
1939 Mercury Peak
Came In September
It’s been hot lately, but William
H. Alexander, retired weather man,
points out that last year’s hottest
days didn’t come until September.
Writing for Ohio State Univers
ity’s Engineering Experiment Station
News, Alexander realls that the peak
last year was 105, in September.
The year’s temperature range in
Ohio was 114 degrees—from nine be
low to 105 above.
Nine of the 12 months in 1939 had
temperature averages above normal,
the excess being quite marked in
January and September. Zero tem
peratures or lower occured in four
months, and snowfall was recorded
in seven months. Rain fell on 118
95,100,000 days. __________________________
Do’s And Don’ts When Mercury’s
At Dizzy End Of Thermometer
comfortable and irritated The irri
tation affects your nerves. And
your nerves telegraph your sweat
glands to cause more perspiration.
DON’T wear tight clothes, even
if they are light in -weight. Any
thing that restricts, impedes circula
tion, chafes, or is merely obtrusive
to your sensitive skin, makes the
temperature more annoying.
DO keep yourself entertained.
Read, go to the movies ... Don’t al
low room in your mind for con
sciousness of the heat Otherwise
you’ll get irritable, with the possi
bility of friction with others. That
makes the heat seem worse ... and
nerveous irritability causes perspira
tion.
DON’T eat too much heavy food.
Your digestive system don’t like hard
work any more than you do when the
mercury is at the dizzy end of the
thermometer.
DO eat plenty of green vegetables
and fresh fruit. They keep your
system geared—and they don’t pro
duce heat.
DON’T talk about the heat. It
makes you and everyone else feel
warmer, and it’s such a bore. No
sense in placing an extra burden on
your charm, which already is having
pretty tough sledding, thanks to the
temperature.
MATTRESS SPECIAL
Our Anniversary sale should really be known as a
Mattress Special—when you see the. big selection
of mattresses all at
special prices. Some as
as..............................
LAMPS!!
Only a month until fall—and
you’ll be wanting a new lamp.
You can save money by buying
now. See these new table and
floor lamps which we have in
cluded in this Anniversary Sale
—nothing reserved.
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