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THE BIBLE STILL BEST SELLEN. Sonus Interesting Fflfcts Coneeming Publication) of Sacred Book. New York, Feb. 8.-The Bible re mains the {best soMer. Officials of the American Bible Society announced yesterday that, despite somewhat depressing indus trial conditions of tho last year, the output of .Holy "Writ during that timo oxceedod by 380,579 the num ber of theso sold and given away the year before, Bibles, .Testaments and portions of each, together- with those espe cially prepared for tho blind in a tlotal of about 4,206,380 were sent to near and /ar countries of the world within the twelvo months Just past. After a report from the society, which for moro than ono hundred years has manufactured Its own Bi bles, I visited the old-fashioned red brick Bible HOuso, which creates a small world of its own in tho trian gles of Astor Place. 1 waited for the Kov. Gilbert S. Darlington, in what appeared to he an interesting old li brary, where walls iworc lined from floor to ceiling with rows of books. ?Inspection proved that all of the hooks were .Scriptures, and no two were of tho same language or Issue. Many Languages. The Uov. Mr. Darlington said they represent, Uu some degree, the scope of the society's work, lile continued: "We have published Bibles in this house in sixtyclght languages and in six systems of embossed type for the blind. The books on tho shelves represent three hundred and thirty three differont tongues and dialects. "Some of tho most curious of theso in which our volumes have been issued aro varieties of Indian speech-Choctaw, Dakota, Mohawk, and so on. They also have been printed in Arabic, Hawaaian, Ice landic, Buln, Ebon, Gllbort Islande, Japanese, Kurdish, Nez Perces, Pon ape, Syrian (ancient and modern), Quechua (both of Ecuador and Bo livia), Zapotee and Zulu, besides all the more usual languages and dia lects you can think of. ".Many are printed in Yiddish and in ancient Hebrew.*'Wo also issue a Volga te Bible (In Latin,) which is tho standard Roman Catholic ver sion. "Jt is not true that we aro to stop publishing Wo will go on >. before excepting thal ibo actual work of printing is io bo done outside of tho [Bible House." 'ile explained thal In 1915 good (Bible paper could be purchased fOr a little moro than four cents a pound, in I!) 2 0 the (price went up to live or six times that amount, and now it is nearly ono hundred per cent, higher. Other elements ne-os Imry for book-making are similarly high, ne said. With the demand for Scriptures steadily increasing, how ever, it is expected that tl >. output of last year will he doubled .n 1922. i Seventy-six: Million Printed. ?Kev. 'Mr. Darlington said that since tho presses were set tip in the Bible alonso In 1853, it was estimat ed that a total of about 7t>,O00,7St> [Bibles have been issued there. This averages something liko eight vol umes a minute for every eight-hour working day. It is interesting to mtoto that, until 19 20, t'ho greatest number of Bibles were printed In (English-to tho number of 715,520. Spanish Bibles were second, there being 151,665 printed. Portuguese followed, lie then added: "In 1929 this society, which is a missionary enterprise, and run prin cipally on contributions, issued 3, 825,10 1 books. That would mean seven volumes for ovory minute of tho year. Average annual issues for the last ten years have been over 5, 000,000. Some of theso were sold, hut most were given to persons un able to pay. "We estimate that rho American [Bible Society, in all its branches, put out a tola! of I 11,729,3*10 vol umes of Scriptures, 25,000,000 or which were whole Bibles, for the t.'.O years of the society's existence, through and including the year 1 !> 2 0. "Recalllng that the Bible was the tflYBl book printed, and that it has been printed in an ever-increasing number, I believe it safe to say that 600,000,000 copies of the Sacred ?Book have been turned out since printing was invented." IF STOMACH IS BAD, LET BIA PEPSIN END OAS, INDIGESTION. "Pnpo's Diapepsln" has provon it self tho surest relief for indigestion, gases, flatulonco, heartburn, sour ness, fermentation or stomach dis tress caused by acidity. A few tab lots give almost immediate stomach rollof and shortly tho stomach ls cor roetod so you can oat favorito foods without fear. Largo case costs only fow cents at drug store. Millions helped annually.-adv. Subscribo for Tho Courlor. (Boa?.) TH KKK KILLED AND MANY HURT WI to 11 Richmond HJOtel Hums-Loas Estimated at $100,000. Richmond, Va., Feb. 8.-Three persons are known to be dead, 25 in jured, several probably fatally, as the result pt a fire early yesterday, which destroyed the Lexington Ho tel and adjoining buildings. Several persons ure thought to haw been caught under a wall which collapsed on thc 12th street side of tho hotel. Many pensons wore injured hy leap ing fi om windows. Tho property damage was esti mated at $150,OOO. The flames, starting in the (Lexington Hotel from n causo as yet undetermined, very quickly destroyed the structure and then spread to the adjoining build ings occupied by the Savings Bank of Richmond, the Pearl Laundry, the Coop?rative Exchange, the Ander son-Wilson Paper -Co. plant and tho Clyde W. Saunders printing plant, which wore practically destroyed. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Warning! Unless you see tho name "Bayer" on package or on tablets, you are not getting genuino Aspala prescribed by physicians for twenty one years and proved safe by mil lions. Take Aspirin only as told in tho Bayer package for colds, head ache, neuralgia, rheumatism, ear ache, toothache, lumbago ^nd for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Hayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacettc acidester of Sallcyllcacld.-adv. Former Titwsptort Burned a,t Sea. - New Ybrk, Feb. 8.-The former 'transport Northern Pacific, which last claimed headlines In 1919 when slue crashed on' ?to a sand bar off iFire Island with 3,000 American soldiers she was bringing back from (France, to-day was destroyed hy Uro 40 miles off Oa'pe May, N. J. A crackle of the radio early this; morning brought wbrd that Uro had .broken out aboard the swift steamer and that she was a mass of flames. Later messages reported that she had been abandoned by Capt. Wm. iLu'stl and her skeleton crew of 7f>, who were taking her to dry dock in j IC hos ter, Pa. 'Reeeue of all her crow by steam-j iShfps which had rushed to the scene1 next was recorded. The latest message stated that the vessel, blazing fiercely and listing bard to starboard, was drifting to dbe southeastward. Student? Envoi* SUngljo St^a^hwd. Seventy-five students of tho Uni versity of South Carolina met at the University Y.M.C.A. recently, organ izing a "single standard of morals'' club, which the Carolina men hopo to later enlarge into ft national or ganization of college men. The purposes of, the club are to build up among the student bodies of tho colleges and universities of tho country a strong sentiment against the so-called double standard of inor?is and add the (Weight of or ganization .to t lie denial of tho doc trine that man may "sow his wild oats" with impunity. The club would also uso its influence, accord ing to E. li. Smith, a leader in tho< 'orgnUaiion of tho club, to "put ovory freshman on the right track ns soon as ho outers college, and let him kivow Hit ho should bo ?proud rather than ashamed to say that ho is a ChastO man." Convicts Defraud Sing'Sing. Albany, X. Y . Keb. "J.-Convicts Assigned to ellice and accounting du ties at Sing Sing prison have de frauded the Sta to again, this lime of $14,5 ls, it. was revealed in tho annual report of Stato Comptroller .lames iA. Wendell, mado public a 'few days a-go. The report will be Submitted to the Legislature. Bank checks, tho report said, were forged by tho prisoner's, and the Comptroller recommends tho help to .keep tho financial and Indus trial accounts of tho prison so thnt In tho futuro nh convicts need bo employed to do tho work. Tho largest lake In Japan-'Lake IB I.Wa - is only 36 miles long. Ivy bushes used to bo hung ovor tho doors of taverns as signboard?, because the plant was gr? ced to Bac chus, tho Roman god of wino. -:--a.. .>^>! j STOCKHOLDERS HAVE T#,; N Hort URO of ?aOlvOOO J V v?Ll iot^ Ba?nk-ltiuik OHIcorH A Marietta, Qa., Fob. 8 -Although depositors of the Marietta Hanking and Trust (Company will lose little, 4f anything, as a result of shortages of $201,000, for which A. H. ail bert, vice president, and George H. Sessions, cashier, were^arr?stod On Monday, lt ls believed that tfomo bf the stockholders will be severely hit hy the necessity of making up Hie loss. The company was an established Institution, regarded as urn eminent ly saie and successful one, and the wealth of several families was al most entirely in stock of this bank. Dr. J. B. Malone, president of the company, issued a statement Mon day, In \whlch he said Mr. Gilbert had confessed to him that tho short-: ages had rosulted from speculation, hy himself and Mr. Sessions, >-..-pa ratoly, but each with tho ku'owh dge of the -'her. The shor'agos ha l ox tended over a period of ten yeai s, he . said. ! .During all this time tho mlsi. . of tho (bank's funds was Covered up by. falso entries on the bool.s ai..I by | lbogU8 notes, which were manag? d so skilfully as Po escape detection by ? the auditing committees of th- di rectors and -the State Bank Kxamin- ' ors, Dr. Malone said. lt is said that the dis. every o' : he shortage Saturday aft 'moon -vas almost hy accident. Tho State Hank j Examiner had completed his ex.?mi nation of 'tho books and was about to ?cert.lfy them as correct, aa had been done for many years, when hts attention was attracted i>y one item. ; 'He noticed an entry of $3,$00 as ' of Interest ,on notes amounting to j about $1 17,000. Struck by the. small amount of the Interest on "he i notes of that Amount he again wont : over the books, discovered u?hov suspicious entries, and with th?se clews ascertained .that a sh or tar . of $2 00,000 or more existed. ,Hh dis covery was immediately follow?>d '>v the /closing of the bank and later by the arrest of the two officials. .Audit of the hooks af the com panyhy agents of the State Banking 'Department, which was started oil 'Monday, ?was continued all da on Tuesday. The (Cobb county gi ?nd jury ls In session, but lt is,not nn *sidered probable that lt will l ike up the charges against tho i#i oro* .dals u.nPiM after the audit hu* ^er mined the exact mount of' tb'?^noVl ago. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HON?Y, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. Tho salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. I Tho healing effect of Hayes' Healing Honey In side tho throat combined with the healing effect of Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of tho skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the I cost of the combined treatment ls 35c Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. i Schooner Becalmed Three Months. . San Francisco, Cal.. Feb. 9.-The little French auxiliary schooner Sn eaky, en route to Papeete from iFrance, vas becalmed In the South nearly three months, while her crew of fifteen faced starvation, accord ing to wireless advices received nt this port. Distress signals from tho j little craft were picked up by the I freighter Steel Scientist, and that I vessel reprovlsionod tho Suzaky and helped start her engines, which her own crew was unable to do. The Su zaky left Rouen, France, for Papeete I on July ll, the report said. The phrase. "I was taken aback." ^meaning "taken by surprise,'? ia a nautical term. A ship is "taken aback" when the sails are suddenly blown back by the wind. Time to Plant and the best varieties of vegetable and field seeds to plant fer each j purpose is tola in the i 1922 Catalog of WOODS SEEDS 1 Now ready to bc mailul, v free on request. Reduced prices are qiuted on Sect's, Poultry Supplies, and Feeds, Garden Tools and Spray ! Malcri?is. ? Write for your copy today. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, 17 S. Mth St., Richmond, Va. ? ?? uamanu.m u'.iV. "mm 'J,'."--a=< Punished! By REV. GEORGE E. OUILLE Kxtonuion Department, Moody Bib' o Institute, Chicago. TEXT.-For the Bon of Man la come to .eek and save that which waa lost.-Luke 10:10. He that belteveth not la Judged al* ready.-John 3:18. Who aimil be pu ul shod with everlasting destruction.-II Theas. Solemn, solemn, solemn words words of Holy . Scripture and "God* breathed" in every syllable-that set forth the condi tion and the doom .of the rejecter of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ho Is lost. He ls under sen teuce o t judg ment. He shall be punished accord ing to his works. These three texts reveal God's estl amie ot' man, au estimate that shall abide in spite of "the reasonings of i the wise" and of man's mistaken esti mate of himself. "To the law and to tho testimony," then, which declare that mau ls Lost. I. (1.) Because he is born in sin. "Behold," cried the Psalmist by tho Spirit of God, "I was simpen In in iquity ; and tn stn did my mother con ceive me."-Psa. 51:5. Bight you are, David I Anti you spoke there for me and for all tho race. Sin ls thc sad heritage bequeathed to us by our fa ther, Adam. (2.) Because he is corrupted through and through lu every department of his being. "From the sole ol* the foot even unto the head there ls no sound ness In lt ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrlfying sores; they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."-Isa. 1:6. God's estimate again. And they who accept lt cry : "We are all as an un clean thing, and all our righteous nesses are as ill thy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our Iniquities,' like the wind huvo taken us away." -Isa. 64:6. (.''.) Because he ls dead to God. "And you, who were dead In trespasses and sins,"-Eph. ?:1. "Ye must be born again."-John 8:7. (4.) Because he ls without God, and ungodly. "That at that time ye were without Christ . . . having no hope and without God In the world."-Eph. 2:12. "When we were yet without strength, In due time Christ died for the ungodly." God said lt 1 O soul. He said lt about you! Talk not of your poor human goodness, or your man-pleasing morality, or your efforts to mn Wo something of yourself. You are dead to God, and there til no Ufo for Him nave that which Vie gives in Christ. II. The Word of God declares that man is Judged by a sentence that was pronounced at the cross ot' Jesus Christ. Man ls no longer under probation : that came to an end nt the place called "Calvary." There whore the "wrath of God was revealed from heaven," there where God's Beloved Son bowed lils head tn death under the sfolght of ibis world's sin-there the sentence was written for .. ery eye to see. "Now ts the Judgment of this world." Every un saved man, whether In the deepest depths of depravity or walking upon the highest planes of morality, ls un der that sentence. He ls Judged for not accepting God's provision in Christ -Judged for rejecting the only Savior. "He that belleveth on Him ls not Judged : but he that belleveth not ls Judged already, because he hath not believed In the name of the only be gotten Son of God."-John 8:18. lil. One more solemn fact remains: men shall be Punished. And this according to their deeds and for their deliberate aversion to Jesus Christ. "Who will render to every man according to his deeds." Rom. 2:0. "And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which ls the book of life: and the dead were Judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to (heir works." Rev. 20:12. "Ile Hint despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he bo thought worthy, who hath trodden un der foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of tho covenant, wherewith lie was sanctified, nu un? holy thing, and ho Hi done despite unto the Spirit of Grace."-Heb. 10:28-20. O soul, lost and undone, lying under God's righteous sentence, look nt the wondrous mid blessed contrast to all this on thc part of the one that accepts the Lord Jesus for his own Savior. He is saved ("Believe oil the Lord Jesus Christ mid thou shalt be saved") ; ho "shall not come Into Judg ment, but ls passed from death unto life"-John 5:24; and over and above it nil, he shall be rewarded according to his fidelity to that Blessed One who lins snved him. "And my reward la . with me to give every man according i ns lils work/shall be."-Hov. 22:12 ? Only a step from your lost estate Into this blessed one I Take lt now I Consider Thyself. Brethren, if a man be overtaken In n fault, yfi which aro spiritual, reston sn ci. a .me In the spirit of meekness| considering thyself, lest thou nlso b< tempted.-Gul. 0:1. Subscribo for Tue Courier. (Bo3t) Eggs Fi Hiere is no excui and real money-makei The wonderful poultr; makes early layers o produce? fait growth In young chicks. 2 : . . We carry a complete line of Caro-Vet I Bogs and Poultry. We will gladly rerun? result? from the use of any Caro-Vet ren AUTHORIZED DEALER J. H. Alley . West Union, 8. C. The City Pharmaoy . Seneca. 8. 0. C. I?. Callahan....Seneca, 8. C., Route 3. h. Y, Graham. Seneca, 8. C. Shirley's Pharmacy. Seneca, S. C. F. 8. Hutchins A Co. Westminster, 8. C. THE IJBCTURISR. I met a sad and gloomy man upon the train ,one day; # ; H 1B face was long and solemn, and 1 his hair was turning gray; I Mis eyes wore dim and sunken, and a pallor lined his cheok-? 'He was the Borrlest spectacle I'd seen In many a week. j "Good slr," I said, "what weight of woo ls preying on your mind0" "I'm merely thinking," he replied, "of the homo I loft behind." j "I have a fine and happy home-a lovely place to bo: j Now look at what the tempter's voica has up and dono for mo. .He promised me a Pullman car and rooms In Ano hotels; Mo said 1 should bo feted by the leading city belles; j Ile said tho Jumps were easy ones, ? and pleasant trips to make-> ! At 5 A. 'M. I quit my bod this bloom lng train to take! "They routed me from 'Spoilters" Vale to dear old Oskaloose, From Squodunk 'Point to Hokom Lake I rodo In the caboose: I walked tho station platform until 2 A. M. to meet Tho only train to get me to the next place on the sheet, And when at last I hit the town and wishod to go to bed, 'Ain't got no room,' the yawning, red hclrod, surly room clerk said." "You say you have a happy home, and yet you wander far. I take lt, then," I answered him, "a traveling man you are?" He sadly shook his weary head: "Oh, no," he answer made, "The glorious, happy, much-applaud ed lecture game's my trade. But hear me now: If I survive the hazards of-lilla trip, -. A nu p.ul back home, alive and sou na, I'll Mi row away my grip." Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days .LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" ls a specinlly prepared Syrup Tonic-Lnxatlve for Habitual 'Constipation. It relieves promptly but should bc taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to Induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c per bottle. Voluntarily Refunds $182,770. Washington, Feb. 4.-Geo. East man, president of the Eastman Ko dak Company, of Rochester, N. Y., handed back to tho War Department to-day $182,770.60 as a refund to the government on war-time con t acts. The action was voluntary on the part of tho company. Representatives of the company, it was Haid, asserted that it had made no profit on its contract. Numbers of Mon Enlisting. ' Ninety-one men were enlisted at itho Camp Benning recruiting office during the month of January. In addition, recruiting personnel from the infantry School secured 146 .re cruits at -Fort McPherson, Oa., and l4 2 at tho air service depot, Mont 'gomory, Ala. Twenty-ftvo enlist ments ,\vere also made at Fort Bar rancas, Pensacola, Fla. Tho total enlistments for tho local camp were over three hundred. There are still a limited numfbor of .vacancies for high grade men In tho 29th Infan try, 7th Engineers, Medical .Depart Tuent. The chief 'requirements for enlistment are good moral charac ter, excellent physical condition, a good education and no dependency. Subscribe for The Courier. (Best) Goodbyi Are yon "op to the neck" In blood Im purities? 8. S.S. ls ono of the greatest blood-purifier* koowa. Try lt? rom Every Hen ?..for * loafing hon. You can make layew rs out of every aolltary heh you own. r??go Producer your inondy If you fall to get aatiaraciory ledy. 8 114 OCONEE COUNTY T B Able .Westminster, S. C. D D Klrod .Westminster, R.F.D. W N Barton. Walhalla, 8. C. W. H. Tally. B?ta?! 8. C. Coah Grocery Co.Walhalla, B. C. W. M. Murphree .. Walhalla, 8. C. R.F.D. GERMANS AHE VICTIMS OF PUNK Money Passed on Them--America is Are Also Victimized. Berlin, Feb. 6.-'Another issue of United States Confederate money in $10 bills, has been put on the market in Germany, and several prominent merchants hove been victimized to the extent of thousands of dollars. Scores of others have accepted tho bad bills in smaller amounts. tA few months ago the Confederate monoy, suspiciously 'bright and clean, was passed quietly around to unsus pecting shopkeepers and to even a few visiting Americans who display ed carelessness in making change. At that time a warning was issued by the banks and tho newspapers ad vised readers to uso discretion. The latest known victim is a mer chant who sold a bill of goods for $9 00 in cash and accepted tho Con federate currency.. Ho appealed to the American Association of Com merce and Trade In Berlin. The association, as a result of the?e raids on 'German marks and Gorman goods by the Confederate money vendors, has Issued a warning to Its clientele, declaring "the only way to avoid such losses is to effect all payments for goods througn a bank, especially where foreign cui' rency comes into question." German merchants recently also have been accepting counterfeit Gor man GO-mark notes, many of which aro still In circulation, although the police succeeded In capturing che counterfeiters. CORNS Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little "Freezono" on an aching corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift lt right off with fingers. Truly! Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove overy hard corn, soft corn or corn betweon the toes, and the calluses, without soreness or irrita tion.-adv. A Card of Thunk*. Editor Koo wee Courier: .I thank all my good friends und neighbors 'for their kindness and loving attention given mo during the sickness and at the death of my aunt, Malissa Hughes. May Cod's richest blessings rest on each and every one ls tho wish of Theresa Hughes Westminster, R.F.D.-adv.* An armored triplane was recontly ?tested at Kolly Field, near 'San An tonio, Texas. The machino was llown for 15 minutos, and is ono of tho fow of its kind in tho United iStates army. S. S. S. Will Rid You of Boil?, Pimple?, Blackheada and Skin Eruptions. A boll ls a voloano,-your blood is ?to chuck full of poisons that thoso "holl" out Into a boll. They'll koop "hollins up" until you destroy thom completely by tho uso of H. H. 8., ono if tho most powerful blnod-clcnnsora known to science 8. S. .S. has stood tho teat of timo. Tlio power of Ita Ingredients is acknowledged by auth orities. Ita medicinal ingredients aro guaranteed to bo purely vogotnblo. (tight off, lt elenrs tho skin of plm )les, bolla, blotches, blackheads, none, jezenm, rash and other skin eruptions, ind does lt thoroughly. It drives out If tho blood impurities which causo .boumntlsm, makes tho blood rich and ?Urobuilds up lost noah. It helps to nanufacture new blood colls,-that's mo of Its scorers. S. fi. ii. is sold at ill dru? atores, In two sl/.es. Tho lar lov nizo ls tho moro economical.