Word: bondman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late Hall Caine was a novelist who knew his Bible. He drew from Scripture the theme of many a bestseller ( The Deemster, The Bondman, The Eternal City, etc.). During his lifetime (1853-1931), Author Caine was known to be working on a life of Christ. Upon his death, his executors discovered no less than 3,000,000 words of manuscript, revisions and notes, based upon five trips he made to Palestine, 1,000 volumes of source materials he had read during 39 years. Hall Caine's Life of Christ in its final draft (650,000 words, 1,310 pages...
...Never an active churchman, rotund, convivial, energetic Son Bitting specializes in church and religious bonds. In 25 years he has floated $90,000,000 worth. To most of his clients he points with pride. But when he comes to the Methodist Episcopal Church, largest U. S. Protestant denomination, Bondman Bitting begins to splutter...
...Methodist women could not afford to pay, Bondman Bitting might be less bitter. But four trips to Los Angeles have convinced him otherwise. At its annual meeting last year, he discovered, the California Society reported total receipts of $87,281. Of that, $35,371 went to National Headquarters in Ohio. Thence, presumably, it went to China. For its U. S. bondholders, Mr. Bitting was informed on his last trip, the Society had nothing, would promise nothing...
...York's annual field day last week. The rain annoyed a troupe of women swimmers and divers hired for entertainment more than it did the 300 members who journeyed to the Sleepy Hollow Country Club near Scarborough, N. Y. For a long time no one noticed that Bondman Wilfred T. Pratt had fallen into the pool during an exciting barrel race. On the "Sleepy Hollow Stock Exchange" trading in lottery tickets for automobiles and cases of whiskey was active with no restrictions on short-selling or sharp practice. A winner of a case of bourbon was Chairman Winthrop Aldrich...