First Annual Report of the Woman's Missionary Council of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for 1910-1911 . we took up the work again, in August, we did not feel rested,and that which had not been accomplished weighed on our hearts. Butthe term began with much hope, finances had improved all over thecountry, and the children flocked back full of anticipation. In the firsttwo months we had enrolled over four hundred, and for a time the crywas more school benches, more schoolbooks, more beds, more of every-thing. In October, however, the unrest that had been in the hearts of thepeople for a
First Annual Report of the Woman's Missionary Council of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for 1910-1911 . we took up the work again, in August, we did not feel rested,and that which had not been accomplished weighed on our hearts. Butthe term began with much hope, finances had improved all over thecountry, and the children flocked back full of anticipation. In the firsttwo months we had enrolled over four hundred, and for a time the crywas more school benches, more schoolbooks, more beds, more of every-thing. In October, however, the unrest that had been in the hearts of thepeople for a long time burst forth. At first the cry was against theforeigners, but very soon it became clear that the movement was againstthe government. It was discovered that a widespread plot was on handto change the Diaz administration. Our State was the center of thetrouble. Soldiers began to pour into this city, and then on out to theaffected parts in the northwest of the State. As is always the case, the rumors have been worse than the have been told many times that the revolutionists were coming to. SEXOR ENRIQUE CREEL, A devoted friend to Palmore Institute, Chiliualiua. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. 337 take the city; some professed to know even the hour when they wouldget here; but at this writing they are still in their mountain strong-holds, waiting until the soldiers get there to drive them still farther intothe heart of the Sierra Madres. Many of our boarding children are from that part of the State wherethe fighting has been, but none of them have been recalled. Some ofthem did not hear from their parents for two months, and some ofthem have not yet heard. They have lots of grit. More than once theword has come that a father or other member of a family has fallenor been taken prisoner, but they have gone right on with their studieswithout a word. Many foreigners have left, and business is at a standstill for thepresent. Provisions of every kind are high in price; but we hav
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