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BIBLE DEMAND
FAST EXPANDING
1925 SHOWS INCREASE OF 2,500,-
000 OVER SALES OF
PRECEDING YEAR.
During last year, which was the
110th year of its service, the Ameri
can Bible Society issued more than
9,069,520 Bibles. These volumes
■were in more than 150 languages says
the annual report issued from the
Bible house in New York. The soviet
government has given permission to
print the Bible there, the report as
serts.
The number of Bibles distributed
represents an increase of nearly 2,-
500,000 over 1924, and exceeds by
1,307,734 the largest number issued
in any previous year. The increase
in America and its possessions was
738,855 volumes, and in foreign lands
1,677,966 volumes.
“The figures are a source of special
satisfaction as they show a healthy
advance in both fields, with the larg
est gains among the peoples of the
far east,” said the official report.
“The China agency broke all pre
vious records by reporting 4,075,853
volumes for 1925. The Japanese and
Philippine agencies each doubled its
1924 issue.
Such facts are full of significance. !
The Bible came to the people of the I
■west from the people of the near east.
Through numerous translations it
has been opened to all races in the
Occident and has molded and shaped
all that is best in our civilization and
remains the priceless heritage of west
ern christendom. The Book of Books
is now open through scores of trans
lations, to the people of the far east.
These people are now receiving it in
unprecedented numbers.
At the meeting of the versions’
committee of the American Bible so
ciety during 1925, consideration was
given to no less than 38 languages
and dialects. Os these special men
tion should be made of Luba Lulua,
which is the language spoken by some
two and one-half million people in
Africa. The completion of the trans
lation of the Luba Lulua old testa
ment and the revision of previous
translations to conform to govern
ment requirements in spelling made
it possible to begin the printing of the
whole Bible in this language.
“The work will be carried through
the press in 1926. This Bible will re
lease new sources of power for good
to work among the people of the dark
continent.
AMERICANS SPEND TWENTY
BILLION YEARLY FOR TRAVEL
Amount Has Almost Doubled in the
Last Ten Years.
Five years ago America spent
12 billion dollars on travel. This
year the cost of gadding by family
motor car, community bus or limited
train will run to 20 billions. .Back
in 1900 we thought travel had
reached a pretty high peak when the
country took a billion dollars’ worth
of jaunts.
The motor car and bus have been
the great agents in increasing travel.
I A HALF CENTURY AGO TODAY
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<» Some Things of Interest That Happened
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j* Fifty Years Ago. I
(Excerpts from the Early County News
of May 12th, 1576.)
And now George Chipstead comes
prancing around the corner in great
excitement—and informs us that it
is a girl.
We see from the Atlanta market
report that butter is strong and lard
unsettled. This latter reminds us of
the condition of a large number of
our subscription accounts.
We notice in the store of Messrs.
Jones & Freeman a side of country
bacon weighing 53 pounds. This
bacon was raised by Mr. John S.
Mosely and sold to that house by
him. It is the largest cured side we
ever saw raised in this county.
The editor of this paper is again
on the rampage for something to
eat, and this time he has gone to
Savannah to attend the Press Con
vention. He has promised to fill
his boots full of “free hash” and
bring it back to the hungry pro tern.
The many friends of “Uncle Ab
Belcher” will be pained to learn that
he died on the Ist instant from a
hurt received some weeks ago by
falling from a buggy. The deceased
was a minister of the gospel of the
Primitive or Hard-Shell Baptist de
nomination for many years and had
30,000 SPECIMENS
OF MONEY SHOWN
*
NEW YORK BANK SHOWS A
REMARKABLE DISPLAY
OF MONEY.
Thirty thousand specimens of mon
ey, covering the last 5,000 years
and ranging from coins weighing on
ly as much as a grain of gold to
those which tip the scales at thirty
two pounds, are on exhibition by
the Chase National Bank, says the
New York World. The exhibition
will last until May 15th.
Franklin H. Gates, second vice
president of the bank, in explaining
the exhibition, said it would have a
unique educational value as a docu
mentary record of progress of civil
ization.
“Originally money generally pos
sessed a value additional to its pur
chasing power,” he explained. “It
could be worn or eaten, or else was
a symbol of a specific type of com
merce for which it was used. The
Chinese metallic coinage, which prob
ably antedates any money of Greece
or Rome by 2,000 years, was mould
ed to indicate what it could buy.
“For example, some of it was
shaped like a human body, to be
used for the purchase of clothing,
! and some like a razor for the pur
! chase of weapons. The collection
contains the smallest coin in the
world from southern India, which
has the weight of about one grain of
gold. It is shown in comparison
with the largest coin in the world,
of copper weighing about thirty-two
pounds, once used in Sweden.
“Certain mediums of exchange are
of particular interest, notably the
long black girdles of licorice-soaked
tobacco made in Petersburg, Va.,
for trade purposes in certain south
Pacific islands, and the present day
large copper cross money of the
Baluba tribe of Africa, used to pur
chase a wife.”
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GLORIA SWANSON
Coming to Seneca Theatre on
I Wednesday and Thursday
of next week in her Para
mount success, ‘Stagestruck,’
labored in the service of the Master
all over this and adjoining counties.
———
It will hardly seem natural to the
citizens of Blakely to think of our
hotel without thinking also of Judge |
Brown and his good lady as being ■
host and hostess. All sublunary
things, however, must change. After
an occupancy of more than twenty
years this veteran tavern keeper |
has determined to change his busi-:
i ness and the house has been sold to ■
I R. D. Williams, who will become its j
! future landlord. (These were the |
i maternal grandparents of our fellow-I
l townsman, Mr. D. M. Wade, andl
i Miss Nellie Wade.)
j Our old and honored friend just\
over the way says there is too much
extravagance in thebe days and that
we will never prosper while it is
kept up. The other day he called'
our attention to a fine baby carriage
being pushed through the streets.
l“Now,” he said, “look there at that
j baby dressed up as fine as a fiddle
and in a carriage that costs more
’ than two months’ provisions. Why,
i when I was a great big boy I only
wore one humble garment, and in-
! stead of pulling me around in that
costly style, they used to drag me
around by the hair of my head.”
(That was evidently one of Uncle
John Wade's homilies.)
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, BLAKELY, GEORGIA
UNITED STATES GAINS
IN WORLD’S TRADE
HOOVER’S REPORT SHOWS A
GROWTH OF $800,000,000. OVER
VOLUME FOR YEAR 1924.
A striking picture of the foreign
commercial and financial transac
tions of the United States during
1925 is given in the fourth annual
I international trade balance statement
I made public by the U. S. Department
of Commerce.
In the foreword Secretary Hoover
pointed to the increase in total in
ternational transactions from
around $6,000,000,000 in 1924 to
nearly $6,800,000,000 last year as
“showing very strikingly the enor
mously increasing importance of our
foreign commercial and financial
j relations.”
The figure was a gain of approx
imately $1,100,000,000 over the 1923
'total and nearly $5,000,000,000
more than the annual pre-war aver
age.
“Increasing economic stability in
foreign countries,” the secretary
said, “was reflected by a net import
of fully one-fourth of the estimated
amount of American currency held
abroad and by the fact that the
movement of foreigners’ bank de
posits in this country declined for
the first time since 1921.
“During the year the United
States further strengthened its in
ternational investment proposition.
Our total foreign holdings now
amount to about $10,400,000,000,
having increased by more than
$1,200,000,000 during the year.
Our total returns from foreign in
vestments are now greater than at
any time in our history.”
NO CRIME PANACEA
IN UNITED STATES
National Commission Says States
Must Find Remedy.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Na
| tional Crime Commission, after in-
I vestigations covering a period of nine
months, has concluded that there is
jno universal panacea for crime, but
that application of remedies rests
with individual states and individual
citizens.
The commission’s attiude was set
forth by its executive committee
| which submitted a report through
Richard Washburn Child, chairman
of the organization, recommending
! creation of state crime commissions
!by state legislatures or by private
citizens.
Mr. Child reported the committee
had rejected a proposal for a nation
al crime survey, believing it would
be impractical.
F. Truebee Davidson, New York
i chairman, declared that the crime
situation is such as to challenge at
tention, thought and action, and that
the most pressing question is that
of administering justice.
METHODIST W. M. S.
The Circles of the W. M. S. of the
Methodist church will meet next
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at
I the following places:
Bessie Oliver Circle with Mrs. P.
D. Dußose.
Belle Bennett Circle with Mrs. W.
>S. Jordan.
Laura Haygood Circle with Mrs.
J. T. Freeman.
Mary Lambuth Circle with Mrs.
R. H. Stuckey.
Hats cleaned and reblocked.
DUNN’S PRESSING CLUB.
Allen’s Market
Large size Heinz Catsup 25c
Large size Beechnut Peanut Butter__„ 25c
Quaker Grits 10c
Ballard Cake Flour 35c
3 cans Big R Tomatoes 1. 25 c
2 lbs. Triangle Cocoa 25c
1 dozen Lemons • 20c
ALLEN’S MARKET
YESTERDAY’S HOG
SALE A SUCCESS
114 HEAD BRING OWNERS NEAR
LY TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
According to figures furnished the
News by County Agent W. A. Fuqua,
under whose supervision the sale was
held, Wednesday’s hog sale netted
nearly two thousand dollars—to be
exact, $1,908.90. The price paid was
13.45 basis, nearly a cent a pound
more than at the last sale. The
shipment was bought by Swift & Co.,
Moultrie packers.
They were classified as follows:
No. 1—33 head; weight, 6250 lbs.,
at 13.45; total $840.62.
No. 2—16 head; weight, 2,360 lbs.,
at 12.45; total $293.82.
No. 3—17 head; weight, 1,960 lbs.,
at 11.45; total $224.42.
No. 4—42 head; weight, 3,455 lbs.,
at 10.45; total $361.04.
Roughs—B head; weight, 2,000
lbs., at 11.45; total $229.00.
The total number of hogs was
116-; total weight, 16,025 pounds;
total sale price, $1,948.90.
NEW USE FOR PILING
MADE FROM GA. PINE
Will Support Units in Oil Fields of
South America.
A cargo of pine piling loaded at
Halifax, on the Satilla river, last
week will be utilized in a new way,
according to the captain of the
Norwegian tramp steamer Older,
which cleared from Brunswick with
the cargo last week.
Georgia has furnished hundreds of
thousands of piles for waterfront
construction, but this particular
cargo completes the requirements of
a new South American oil field,
where every well is drilled in the
bed of a large lake and derricks
and all other structures must be
supported by piling.
Five thousand Georgia pine pil
ings in lengths of 25 and 40 feet
have been shipped to this work in
two cargoes. Many millions of feet
of pine timber have also been used
there.
Mr. John R. Bush, of New Smyr
na, Fla., has been looking after busi
ness in these parts this week. He
was a guest of Judge J. L. Ricks, at
Sowhatchee, yesterday.
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DEATH OF NOTED
METHODIST LEADER
Birmingham, Ala.—Dr. George R.
Stuart, pastor of the First Methodist
church, died suddenly Tuesday after
noon of a heart attack. He had re
cently left a hospital, where he un
derwent a major operation several
weeks ago. He was one of the best
known ministers of the Methodist
church, South.
Dr. Stuart was born at Talbot’s
Station, Tenn., in 1857. He had been
pastor of the First Methodist church
in Birmingham for 11 years.
OH! BOY, LOOK!
1 POUND SUGAR FREE WITH EACH
DOLLAR YOU TRADE
SEE OUR PRICES ARE CUT
LOW DOWN
glens’ Work Shoes, Paracord bot-
tom, per pair sl.9B to $2.95
Men’s Scout Work Shoes, pair sl.Bs
Women’s Work Shoes, pair s2.7s
Men’s Slippers, pair s3.so to $4.95
Ladies’ Slippers, all the new shades
and heels, pair s2.9s to $4.50
Children’s Slippers, pair 85c to $2.50
Special line of Flowered Voile,
per yard. 29c to 49c
50c yd. Tissue Gingham, yard 29c
Solid colors Dress Crepe, yard 7sc
Flowered and Figured 10-inch
Crepe and Rayon Goods, yd. 69c to 98c
We have a complete line of Cloth
of all kinds at reduced prices
Sun Hats for the whole family,
each, loc to 75c
SI.OO of on any man or ladies’ Dress
Hat this week. We have a large as
sortment of Men and Ladies’ Hats.
Come and get yours.
Men’s Summer Suits s9.so and up
See our line of Crockery and Glassware,
Enamelware and Aluminumware. We
carry a complete line in both departments.
Buy here and get your Sugar FREE—
one lb. free with each SI.OO you trade
DANIELS’ VARIETY STORE
AND TEN CENT DEPARTMENT
Come Co
TYBEEdfill
TPhere Ocean Breezes Blow" ‘
Excursion
Fares via
Central of Geoigia Railway
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POULTRY SALE ON
TUESDAY, MAY 25
County Agent W. A. Fuqua an
nounces that another co-operative
poultry sale will be held on Monday,
May 24th, at which time it is expect
ed that a greater number of chickens
will be brought in than at the last
sale, and highest market prices will
be paid for them.
“All the flavor comes from the
orange” and “all the sweetening from
pure cane sugar” in ORANGE CRUSH
—and ’tis so. •