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The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News* paper* Complete* Newsy and Reliable jjppr f rrr^^^^^^^^rrrrrrrrrrrrrr ■ Wat (Elttdnn dlfrmttrb If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LV Clinton, S. G, Thursday, December 2,1954 Number 48 Bible Continues To Lead AH Books As Best Seller Year in, year out, the Holy Bi ble continues to outsell all other books and is today in greater de mand than ever before in the history of Christendom. Last year the American Bible Society distributed more than 15 million Bibles, Testaments and Gospels, in 144 languages, to people all over the world. In a December Reader’s Digest article, Don Wharton recounts the work of the society over more than a century, and tells some strange facts about The Book. Non-sectarian and non profit, the society sells its Bibles at or below cost; sometimes gives them away—to troops and oth ers. Losses are made up by 49 church denominations and by in dividual contributions. Some 700 languages into which the Bible has been translated did not exist in written form until they were reduced to writing by the society’s Bible translators— “an achievement without parallel in the creation of written lang uages,’’ Wharton states. To date, a book or more of the Bible has been put into 1077 tongues. Thus 90 per cent of the world’s people now have some portion of the Scriptures in their native language. The American Bible Society was organized in 1816 to put Bi bles in home cut off from their British supply by the Revolu tion and the War of 1812. The leader in the founding, Elias Boudinot, had been President of the Continental Congress and a close friend of George Washing- tion. He headed the society dur ing its first years and was suc ceeded by John Jay, the nation’s Chief Justice. By 1854 ihe Bible was being printed in 13 languages. During the Civil War the society sup plied Union and Confederate troops with more than five mil lion free copies of the Scriptures. After the war’s end tens of thousands were shipped South for the ex-slaves. Throughout World War II the society distributed 297,000 copies of the Bible to Russian prisoners in Germany. Despite increasing oposition of the Communists^, more than three million copies have been distributed in China since the Red occupation of Shanghai. No Bibles enter Russia offic ially these days, the article notes. “But the society is not greatly concerned. It has encountered closed doors before, and has seen them open. For 138 years it has been the society’s daily purpose to feed the world’s spiritual hun ger. It has on hand nearly one million copies of the Bible in Russian. It expects to deliver them all, and more, in God’s own time.” Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE More Than Seasonal Pickup In Business Is Indicated i 0 <\" c 7- 0 o"‘ } v O gt i° ,' SPACE SHIP BANK SHOOTINO COIN — to play with m — to savo with ■ ■ . . ^ rr It “SHOOTS” pennies, nickels, dimesl This clever new* ALL-METAL Rocket shooting coin bank (not sold in stores) makes a useful* wonderful* low-cost item for every child in the family. Come in; see the fascinating way it worksl Educates while it amuses; and how the kids do “go for HI” inches long* virtually indestructible* attrac tively boxed* with key included for mom or dad to guard. ommints A SPECIAL SERVICE EXCLUSIVELY BY HL S. Bailey & Son Bankers New York, Nov. 27.—There was mounting evidence this week of a more than seasonal pickup in the nation’s business. The over-all picture was one of rising activity in factories, mines and oil refineries—and in super markets, auto showrooms and de partment stores. Thanksgiving Day interrupted but scarcely slowed the trend. Stock prices soared to new bull market highs in the heaviest trading Wall Street had exper- jienced in nearly'four years. While scattered areas still suf fered from unemployment, job prospects for the nation as a whole were the brightest in many months. » The U. S. Labor Department said employers generally looked for an improving work situation right through.to the end of the year. Brisk rehiring was expect ed in the auto industry. Also planning further callbacks were manufacturers of steel, textiles, farm machinery and aircraft. Definite improvement was noted in the troublesome inven tory situation. The Federal Reserve Board said many business firms, after struggling with top-heavy inven tories for the past year or more, were at last in a position to slow down their inventory-cutting and increasing their buying—f trend which had already been notice able for several weeks among buyers of steel. In consequence, said the Board the outlook is for “some expan sion” of business activity during the current quarter. Less optimistic were the latest official predictions on farm in come. The Departmeint of Agri culture said income “of the na tion’s farmers would continue to decline next year. The Depart ment’s 1955 estimate of 12 billion dollars pointed to a drop of 4 per cent below anticipated farm in come in 1954 and a dip of 6 per cent from last year. Falling food prices played a prominent part in pulling the government’s latest cost of living index down to its lowest level since mid-1953. At 114.5 per cent of the 1947- 49 average, the index for Oc tober was two-tenths of one per cent below the September fig ure and down for the third time in as many months. Food prices were off one-half of one per cent. Also lower were electric appliances and textiles. Gaines were reported in the cost of clothing, natural gas. fuel oil, coal and rental housing. Workers whose union con tracts are geared to the cost of living index could expect a pay cut of a penny an hour. Some 1,300,000—mostly in automobile, aircraft and farm machinery manufacturing—were affected. Both the steel and auto indus tries took Thanksgiving Day in stride. Steel output was schedul ed at 79.3 per cent of capacity. Despite the holiday this was just about even with the actual op erating rate the week before. Iron Age, the authoritative trade weekly, said steel business “looks better than it has at any time this year. New orders are coming in at an etremely fast clip. Order backlogs are growing rapidly. Cancellation is practi cally a forgotten word.” With virtually the entire indus try shut down for Thanksgiving, auto output was scheduled at a hefty 112,282 cars and 18,128 trucks. This compared with 133,- 917 cars and 22,043 trucks in the previous week, and only 52,277 cars and 16,297 trucks in Thanks- j feiving week last year. Manufac-1 turers said they expected to turn out more than half a million cars this month to meet demand for the 1955 models. One of the highlights of the week was the production of Gen eral Motors’ 50-millionth car. As the gold-plated Chevrolet rolled off the assembly line at Flint,! Mich., GM president Harlow H. j Curtice predicted that the indus- J try will turn out 5,800,000 cars next year. Said he: ‘The consumer will have more dollars to spend for motor trans Association Sneaker T tto# to ^ icrvk * b * Assoaanon opeaKer ^ Civil Defend Administra tion. In addition to building up its commissioned reserve the PHS is stepping up its research into dis aster health problems and is de veloping a program to reinforce local and state health depart ments in a national crisis Scheele said. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE FINAL SETTLEMENT ' Take notice that on the 17th day of December, 1954, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Edgar Clayte Young in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Admin Any person indebted to said es tate is notified ana required to make payment on or befpre that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. VIOLA YOUNG NEIGHBORS, Administratrix.' Nov. 9, 1954 2c-W-Dec. 2 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE DR. WARREN JONES Mobiiistion night of Reedy River Association will be held at Glenn Street Baptist church in Newberry on Monday eve- port. 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With a few excep tions, merchants polled by the National Retail Dry Goods Assn, said they expected to set an all- time high. Briefly over the business scene: Standard Oil Development Co announced plans for an atomic research laboratory at Linden, N. J. Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd. and Powell River Co. may build a 65-million-dollar news print and pulp mill at Kitimat, British Columbia. The midwin ter meeting of the Manufacturing Chemsts’ Assn, was told that Russia is educating two to three times as many engineers and scientists, as we are. Moil Early, Says Postmaster Adair Postmaster W. D. Adair an nounces a campaign to “Shop Early—Mail Early’’ for the com- j ing • Christmas season. Your Christmas card list should be checked if you have not already done so. Be sure that the ad dresses include full name, street and number, city and state. Re member that Holiday greetings will probably be delivered by a temporary employee who needs all the available information. 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