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Show -$100,000 OFFERED FOR SIUTH MAflUSCRTPT. 1 ' ' It developed during a discussion at the conference of tie Reorganized church of Latter-day Saint at Independence, Mo., that copies of the or Iginal Book of Mormon are not so rare aa many people think. The flrat " edition was 6000 copies. The market price of the book now Is about HO. although 125 has been refused for copies of it In certain Instances. The original manuscript of the book. In the handwriting of Joseph Smith and others is In a bank vault In Richmond. Mo. It was the property of. David Whltmer, one of the original witnesses to Its alleged authenticity. He was offered $100,000 for it by the Utah Mormons, but refused It. as he de- clared he feared they would Interpolate Into It a forged clause sanstloning ' plurality of wives. This manuscript will eventually be deposited la the. archtves of the Temple to be built In Independence. (5 |