Pocahontas times

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ground jabbering in their Creole (a

corruption of French) some sjwing

on the plainest of clothing or cooking

dinner over an open charcoal fire.

Dinners are cooked in buckets, a lit

tle bit of every kind of vegetables be

ing put in and sometimes topped off

with a banana peel. I am unable to

tell how stew of this kind would

taste.

The Haitian is more unmorftl than

immoral. lie simply doesn't know.

In the interior.J?i o loolsm is practiced

and taught, and there have been

some cases of human sacrifice. Ro

man Catholicism is th® «tate religion.

The per centage of i! tte acy is great;

very few of the natives oelng able to

read or write. Some missionary work

is being done by the Baptist organi

zation. but the Episcopal church is

extensively engaged in the work in

the republic under the direction of

the Right Rev Harry Robert Carson.

Bishop of II aiti, who has established

a number of churches and who lias

several teachers employed. Teachers

are employed at *12 to*15 per month

Here is an opportunity for West Vir

glnians to help dispel some darkness

much nearer than Africa or China

Bishop Carson can and will use the

money to good advantage.

natian currency lias depreciated

recently and the gourde (their dollar)

is worth but 20 cents In U. S. cur

rency. Thirty cents a day is paid for

common lahor. Street beggars are

numerous and most of them know

enough English to plead ‘‘geeve me

neekle” and the words are frequently

heard.

Through the kindness of Dr. Free

man, who is director of service tecli

nique, one of his assistants, Dr.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Pocahontas times. (1925). Huntersville, W. Va., 1925-04-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83004262/1925-04-30/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Pocahontas times, 1925-04-30.