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World Distribution Of Bibles Is On Increase A distribution of 7,800,766 Bi bles, Testaments, and Portions of the Bible during 193 3 in 15 5 languages and dialects and in more than forty countries was reported at the 118th annual meeting of the American Bible Society held at the Bible House, Astor Place, on Thurs day, May 10. More entire Bibles were distrib uted by the Society in Brazil and in the Caribbean Agency, and more than twice is” many inf the Upper Andes Agency than in 1932. In Japan the circulation was greater than in year since the organfation of the Agency in 1876, while in China, despite internal disorders, the various Scripture distribution agencies circulated more complete Bibles than in any year since the beginning of evangelial effort in that great missionary field. Nineteen workers in Brazil trav elled more than 20,000 miles by all kinds of conveyances, visiting ap proximately 18,000 homes and speaking to upwards or 70,000 in dividuals. The erection of two new modern. Bible Houses in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo during the year aided in increasing interest in Bible work in these two countries. The reports of distribution in the United States showed not only a larger circulation than in 1932 but also an increase of more than 50% in the circulation of entire Bibles. Against this record stands the statement made by one of the So-j ciety’s workers who. in calling up on nearly 8,000 American homes during the year, found practically 40% of the homes without Bibles.] In western state one family ad- ] mitted that for four generations its ] members had been without a Bible. ] In Cuba the political disorder ] and strikes did not hinder the work seriously. At the height of the revolution when there were no newspapers and no mills one col porteur sold twelve Bibles and 102 portions of the Bible in less than a half hour. A series of drought, cyclones, and floods in the eastern part of Mexico gave the Society’s agency an opportunity for a special distribution among the sufferers, while in} one province, during a bitter anti-religious persecution, three of the Society’s colporteurs were the only religious workers of any kind able to remain. In the LaPlata Agency in South America two Bible coaches purchased dur ing the year were a large factor in the work. In Paraguay important work was done among the Bolivian prisoners of war. Jscientitic invention and progress helped to counterbalance some of the unfavorable economic condi tions. The radio began to be used for a half hour weekly in Shanghai to broadcast the Scriptures and to describe the Bible Society activities. A few evenings before Christmas members of the Agency staff read the story of Jesus’ birth over the radio in seven languages and dia lects. In eastern Bolivia and Peru new government roads opened up formerly isolated and dangerous territories. Automobiles are now penetrating from the Pacific Coast ' to the highlands of Central Peru ■■ — ■■ ■■ V crossing the Andes at an altitude of 15,000 feet. In Africa, according to the So ciety’s report, translation work in three dialects progressed, the New Testament in Tetela, the revision of the New Testament in Luba Lulua, and the Gospels in Shilluk, jwhile the New Testament in Myore was completed. New Testament ranslation in both Quiche and Mam for Indian tribes in Guatemala was carried on. In the Philippines the work was chiefly that of improve ment of translations already pub lished, with revision work on other dialects and the first publication of the Psalms in Samarenp. In China the revision of the New Testament in the Hinghwa Colloquial was completed, and in Turkey the re vision of the Old Testament for publication in the Roman alphabet continued to advance. Announcement was made that the latest statistics show that the Bible or some part of it has now been translated into 941 languages and dialects. The outstanding publication item of the year was the Society’s issu ance of a new series of self-pro nouncing English Scriptures repro duced from new plates from type specially manufactured for the pro cess. Additional new publications included also St. Matthew for the Keres Indians of New Mexico, the four Gospels and Act§ in separate volumes in the Bulu dialect of West Africa, and the New Testament and Genesis in Turkish in the Rom an alphabet. The Society continues to face many publication problems in sup plying Scriptures in from 15 0 to 175 different languages. When Scriptures are needed for a remote ribe the edition will likely involve special technical processes. The demand for Penny Portions at times is so great that editions of a million or more are printed at one time. Frttjfuently publication must be in two languages in par illel columns. The American Bible Society is in its 99 th year of supplying em bossed Scriptures for the Blind. 2,969 volumes, furnished at the special price of twenty-five cents a volume, were distributed from the Bible House in seven different em bossed systems. A special appro priation for enlarging the work among the Society’s foreign agen cies was granted during the year and the publication of the Gospel of St. Matthew and St. Mark in the new Standard English Braille oc curred, the first volumes of the Scriptures to be embossed in this system. During the year the Society had to reduce its budget because of a shrinkage in gifts with the result that operations were carried on un der a budget more than 30% lower than that of 1930. In spite of such limitations the year ended without a deficit. Aud Dover of Cabarrus County will start growing one and three eighth inch cotton staple this sea son having planted five bushes di rectly from the breeder. Farmers Debts Scaled Down By Bank Loans Columbia, S. C.—Farmers* debts have been scaled down in connec tion with approximately 34.8 out of every 100 Land Bank Commission er’s' loans and 30.7 out of every 100 Federal land bank loans closed in the Columbia Federal Land Bank district over a 9-month period, ac cording to Frank FT. EXaryel, presi dest of the Federal Land Baiik of Columbia. This district comprises the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In cases of loans in which scale downs occurred, the average reduc tion in each farmer’s indebtedness was about 25.5 cents on the dollar in connection with Commissioner’s loans and about 2 5 cents on the dollar in connection with land bank loans. The amount of initial scale downs varied from a few dollars to several thousand dollars, depend ing upon the amounts by which the total debts of applicants lor loans exceeded the maximum amounts which could be loaned by the land bank and the Commissioner. lh tigures on scale-downs were estimated on the basis of an analy sis recently made of loans closed from bune 1. 193 3 through Feb ruary of this year. The total of scale-downs for the period was about ^4,396,600 in this district. The figures show that in North Carolina on Commissioner’s loans, 37.9 per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 20 per cent in indebtedness! in South Carolina 41.7 per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 27.7 per cent in indebtedness; in Georgia 31.p per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 24 per cent in indebtedness and in Florida 27.6 per cent was scaled Florida 27.6 per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 28.9 per cent in indebtedness. On land banff loans in North Carolina, 37.3 per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 15.5 per cent in indebtedness; in South a Crolina 37.8 per cent was scaled down for an average reduc tion of 23 per cent in indebtedness; in Georgia 24.5 per cent was scaled down for an average reduction of 18.6 per cent in indebtedness and in Florida 24.7 per cent was scalr ed down for an average reduction in indebtedness of 36.1 per cent. Craven County tobacco farmers have received $4„703.45 in! rental and equalization payments to date. Bryan in Bronze 1 ■■ ■— WASHINGTON . . . .The picture above is of the striking new bronze , statue of William Jennings Bryan, just unveiled in Potomac Park here in ceremonies attended by President Roosevelt. The thousand Mimosa trees plant ed along the highway out of Mor ganton three years ago were prun ed recently under the direction of the Burke County farm agent. A cannery and creamery for Haywood County are two new pro jects now under way by the farm agent. Labor Endorses Seven Candidates In Rowan County The Rowan county unit of the North Carolina Labor Voters league, at its weekly meeting Tuesday night, endorsed candidates for the house of representatives and for the board of county commissioners. The Rowan unit of the league en dorsed J. W. Bean and J. W. Ride outte for the house of representa tives; and endorsed C. A. Long, T. M. Byrd. R. L. Bernhardt, W. R. Current and J. T. Graham for the board of county commissioners. With regard to other officers and candidates the Rowan county unit took no official action, but accord ing to Clarence Huffine, secretary, "extends to each candidate the best wishes of the league, and leaves each free to appeal to the voting public on the strength of his record and general qualifications for the office to which he aspires.” The state voters league was formed here this year. The Rowan chapter was organized in April of this year with the following of ficers: C. A. Fink, president; H. E. Withers, J. W. Rideoutte and Mrs. J. P. Lynch, vice president, and Clarence Huffine, secretary. V ...... — Eighty-eight 4-H club boys of Orange County are planting yellow corn this season. The number of applications for production loans in Stokes County is much below the record of one year ago, reports the farm agent. Relief Setup Offers 25 N. C. Scholarships The North Carolina emergency relief administration has provided 25 scholarships of $100 each for training in social work and pub lic welfare in tihe school of public administration of the University cf North Carolina during the sum mer session this year, it was an nounced by Dean W. C. Jackson. The plan under which the schol arships are to be awarded requires that the recipient shall pursue the full summer quarter of mork. If the required standards of work are satisfactorily met, he then will be given employment by the relief administration. REYNOLDS COMPLAINS Complaints in North Carolina prompted Senator Reyonlds to vir tually charge that applications for loans from the Home Owcnjrs’ Loan corporation have been placed in cold storage. while people seek ing to save their property have been left in distress. Only one-tenth of the funds alloted to the State has been loaned, he charged. Traveling Salesmen Code Hearing 24th Washington—The question of whether traveling salesmen), now excluded from wage and hour pro vision of codes, shall be placed un der codes for the various manufac turing industries and wholesale trades will be considered at a pub ic hearing Thursday, May 24 at the Department of Commerce in Wash ington, according to an NRA an nouncement. At the same hearing consideration will be given the problem of outside salesmen en gaged in retail distribution, wheth er employed by retail stores or by national organizations, engaged in house to house canvassing. A Forsyth farmer ha§ salvaged 25,000 feet of timber and over 50 cords for fire wood from his wood land damaged by the late sleet storm this winter. The Davidson County Farmers’ Exchange has a new warehouse at Lexington 30 by 80 feet and more than 5 00 persons visited the build ing on opening day last week. if ' ■■■■- ' > -■■■! ' P!W' ----- J-UH'-L.! 1 — v. y I CANERAGRAPH EIGHT HUSKY AND HAPPY SONS and daughters testify that Frances Lee Barton's pot-and-pan-prowess is not Just theoretical! She conducts the Cooking School of the Air, broadcast at 10:15 a.m. eastern standard . time Thursdays ever an NBC-WEAF hookup. “BEGIN WITH THE % BACK, when searching\$ for a perfect figure," i:>"; counsels Bryant Baker, f sculptor, who won the $100,000 “Pioneer Wom*a an" award. This model r -^ses with flying colors ” xer’s requirements that s..Mulders and back be in the same perpendicular 1 plane. Also, she’s a 1934 example of the classic Greek ideal of loveliness, t v LLOYD N. SCOTT, well known New York attorney who, in a re cent address at Hunter College, New York, proposed an Interna tional Grand Jury of citizens of every civilized country, to sub poena the officials of nations en dangering World Peace, and to make indictments and present ments to the World Court which j would render Judgments and des ignate nations to enforce these, i BRUCE HUMBER, Univer sity of Washington sprint star, takes to the air for spectacular finish—100 yards well under 10 seconds. ^ • *v v.. ...♦ MRS. WILLIAM H. Bl ESTER, JR., Philadelphia, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, prepares No. 1 glass of jelly in the campaign for 1,000,000. The 500,000 Auxiliary members have been asked to reach the million glass quota by October 1. All jellies and jams made in this campaign will be dis tributed to the needy in orphanages, hospitals, arid to private families. Flyer Stops Love-Sick Swain From Death Jump Muncie, Ind.—Love burned so fiercely in the heart of 19-year-old Regis Schwer that he determined to leap 2,000 feet from an airplane in the back yard of a grl with whom he had quarreled. Pilot Raymond Williams quelled the blaze and oddly enough, the implement he used was a fire ex tinguisher. He hit Regis over the head with it. It happened after Regis hurried from high school, hired Williams’ plane and directed the pilot where to fly. About 2,000 feet over Muncie, Regis pointed to the spot over which he wanted Williams to circle. When over the spot, Williams saw Regis climbing out of the cock pit. Williams let go of the con trols. He seized Regis by the coat collar. The boy struggled. The plane plunged down to 1,5 00 feet, 1,000 feet, 5 00 feet. Williams reached for the fire ex tinguisher; hit Regis on the head. 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