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a > i \ + X ‘ T tr k -' '•■.r-'. , T • PAGE SIX 'yr~r THE CLINTON CHRONIC* E CLINTON, S. C THURSDAY* APRIL 14,1927 Canada California or Florida Amid mow and ice or balmy air and flowers and everywhere in bet we e n — Coca-Cola is the favorite drink. Made *e bytatajss- good feeling audita delightful after* •eaae of refreaa* Phone your poosr for a case today. 7 million a day GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Greenwood, S. C. IT HAD TO k BE GOOD gmSSL YOUR BOY’S BUSINESS FOREIGN JTRADE OPPORTUNITIES " By Roger W. Babson \ ( What’lb a Diuretic? Pcof>le Are Lamming the Value of Oca*- fional Vic. E VERYONE knows that a lax ative stimulates the bowels. A diuretic performs a similar function to the kidneys. Under the strain of our modem life, qur organs are apt to become sluggish and require assist ance. More and more people are learning to use Doan’s Pills, oc casionally, to insure good elimina tion which is so essential to good health. More than 50,000 grateful users have given Doan’s signed rec ommendations. Scarcely a commu nity but has its representation. Ask your neighbor! DOAN’S "it 8 Sti—lmf Diuretic t6 ffla KUmeye -Milburn Co.. ICfg. Chrm-, Buffalo. N. Y. D. E. TRIBBLE CO. CLINTON. 8. C UNDERTAKERS & LICENSED EMBALMERS Ad Calls Promptly Attended To Dhy or Night AMBULANCE SERVICE ALL MOTOR EQUIPMENT , ( Day Phone 04 Night Phone 205 or 24 f pH, 1 V 5 * 6 6 6 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. „ It kills the germs. SEABOARD ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS CLINTON, S. C. To and from SOUTH and WEST Arrive: — Depart: 2:51 a. m. Atlanta-B’ham 1:48 a. m. 2:00 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 2:15 p. m. 5:50 p. m. Athens-Atlanta 11:30 a. m. 5:5043. m. B’ham-Memphis 11:30 a. m. To and from NORTH and EAST Arrive: Depart: a:48 a. m. New York-Wash. 2:51 a. m. \:48 a. m. Rich.-Norfolk 2:51 a. m. il:30 a. m. New York-Wash. 5:50 p.m. 11:30 a. m. Rich.-Norfolk 5:50 p. m. 2:15 p. m. Monroe-Hamlet 2:00 p. m. C. G. LaHatte, T. P. A., Atlanta", Ga. W H. Shands, Agent, Clinton, S. C. Babson Park, Fla., April 8, 1927.— Roger W. Babson continues today a discussion of his topic "Your Boy’s Business” with special reference to pp- portunities in shipping and foreign trade. Mr. Babson believes this is a good field for young men with energy and willingness to make sacrifices; but that it is a very competitive field. Says he: One Hundred Years Ago One hundred years ago, shipping of fered the very best opportunities for imbitious young men. Several of my '.ncest rs of Gloucester, Massachu setts. went to sea when fourteen years cf age and wprked up to be master of their ships. They •sailed these ships to A ;ia, Africa, and the South Sea is lands taking loads of textiles, hard- wa e, and other New England pro ducts and trading them for tea, pep- pe:\ spices, etc. This was a wonder ful training for young men as these trips developed courage, initiative, and judgment as well as integrity, indus try and knowledge. The modem youth would think it a great hardship to travel even for one night in one of these sailing vessels to say nothing of being out six months or a year. I don’t know what would happen under such conditions to the modem salesman who thinks he must travel in a Pullman car and have a private bath when stopping at a hotel! Yet it was the courage, industry, and thrift of their ancestors, who traveled in sail ing ships, that provided the money whioh later built American’s trans continental railroads and the best ho tels in her western cities. Yes—that was great training both -for business and life. It was a training which de veloped the good habits ifhich young men today so severely lack. Frankly, our colleges will never succeed in training for business until they dis cover seme way of today accomplish ing what “going-to-sea” and the “ap prentice system” accomplished years ago. Knowledge always can be pur chased, but good business habits can only be acquired through experience. Present Day Conditions Conditions in shipping and foreign trade are^now infinitely better than they were , one hundred years ago. Fine steamers take the place of sail ing ships; the United States now has consuls at every foreign port of any consequence; when ashore it is al ways possible to get a clean room and fair food; while one’s life when in a foreign land is in no such danger as it was formerly. Yet—compared with a good job at home ashore—the best job aboard ship, or in a foreign land, is much more strenuous and difficult. To begin with the temptations of such a life are far greater than with a life at-home. Hence to succeed in the mer chant marine or in foreign lands a young man must be temperate, clean. those corporations, investors, and sqch young men as are now interested in shipping, foreign trade, and other con structive international work. : ~ —L petition from foreign manufacturers in connection with goods sold in this country, but not in connection with goods sold abroad. When selling abroad only service, quality, and price count. Until the recent revolution in China, statistics indicated that China offeied the best field for American soldiers of fortune. China has always felt friendly toward this country and we always had our full share of her bus iness. Today, however, conditions in China are far worse than in Mexico. Almost no government exists in China today. The strongest general is the governor of a section until he is con quered by another^ Goods, money, and men are subject to seizure and no re dress is possible. Notwithstanding chaotic conditions I believe that the orient offers *the greatest foreign trade opportunities to Americans for ROTARY MEETING Edited by Publicity Committee of Clinton Rotary Club Retiring performances by R. W. Wade, who has just be^n succeeded as president by W. P. Jacobs, featured the regular meeting of the Rotary club of Clinton on Friday. In conformity with the’usual cus tom, Mr. Wade was called upqn to offer a song and dance as the . con- [ eluding acts of his incumbency, it be-| ing pointed out that he had made a j retiring address at the previous week- fly meeting. Escorted to the front of the room by J. Bamie Parrott, official song leader, Mr. Wade indicated a desire to essay the Black Botton as the most Nitrate of Soda $59.50 Wannamaker Dixie Triumph Big Boll Planting Seed .... 75c bii. :: Wannamaker-Cleveland Big Boll Seed w ... $1.10 bu. C. S. Meal and Hulls the lowest in years. "Perfection Brand" Fertilizers better than ever. , ' . ' . CLINTON COTTON OIL CO. PhQfie 62 , v Night Phone 2403 . . entertaining and edifying of the mo long pult. Hence, were 1 goin*!^ dancra 3vxt „ the pUnirt into foreign trade, I should move to mo i^ v the Pacific Coast and make my head quarters in San Francisco or Seattle or some other growing Pacific. port. Otherwise., I should select New York or New, Orleans. Hence, the first step is to select the country with which you plan to trade and then make your headquarters in the city which has the best trade routes to said country. Shipping As a Business Corporations owned in the United States did not do much in shipping during the generation preceding the World war. Hence, when this war came, those few corporations and in dividuals which owned either ship yards or ships became very prosper ous. As is always true, these great profits resulted in over-production so that when the war was over there was a surplus of ships.- This resulted in cutting rates and in general disorgani zation. Gradually the situation has improved. Few new ships have been built, many have been scrapped, while new trade routes have been developed. For the first time since the Armistice are the shipping interests hopeful. Once again some of the best ships on the ocean fly the stars and stripes. If our government at Washington is wise enough to keep our merchant marine and not let it be stolen aftray from us, shipping will come back as an American industry. The only stumbling block at the moment is the attitude of certain labor leaders and unreasonable politicians. Labor legis lation by the United States alone t is as useless in connection with foreign trade as if tariff legislation. For either to do any good it* must be done internationally and applicable ot all nations. However, this is too large a questpn to discuss here. A good illustration of what has tak en place in connection with this since 1Q14 is shown by the quotations on Atlantic Gulf and West Indies S. S. and apright. Most of the men whom Co. common stock. This .was selling 1 know to have succeeded in such work at 7 in June, 1914, when Germany de- had moral and physical stamina. Of. clared war. After the war it rose to course, thousands of Americans are in a price of 192, and then gradually fell this work who both drink and run'to a low of 9^4. Today it is selling , around, but they are not the ones who around 30. All shipping stocks have succeed. Moreover, they harm the 1 not had sueh gyrations; but on the reputation of the entire country be-! other hand some have gone to nothing cause we really are judged abroad by and have been wiped out entirely. Be- swung into a stirring melody calculat ed to bring forth the highest type of terpscihorean effort, however, a short but hectic conference was seen to take place. Quickly the song leader shout ed: v. ' “He’ll be excused from the dance. He forgot his suspenders. We’ll now hear him sing.” Again the piano began, this time on a low appealing song of other and some say better days. The retiring president opened his song book, open ed his mouth, inflated his lungs and just as members of the club were brac ing themselves for a blast of vocal thunder, turned quickly to the song leader and tensely whispered. “Gentlemen,” Mr. Parrott annoup- ced, “I most humbly beg your pardon. When I brought Rhada up here, I forgot he couldn’t read. He’ll now take his seat.” Other parts of the program includ ed an old time spelling match between two teams headed by Dr. R. E. Sad ler and Dr. R. W. Johnson, the organ ization of the latter winning after a bitterly fought battle in which such words as “Squeedunk,” “Cheese-It,” “You-Big-Goof,” etc., proved too much for the Rotarians. Visitors at the meeting included Ro- tarian Frank Spratt of Greenville, Ro tarians Joe Smith and Frank Reid of Laurens, and John Spratt and Dr. Jack Clark of Clinton. imprwes-vfhile Calls increase T FREE 50c bottle Coty’s Extract with each $1.09 box Face Powder. SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY AT UNION STATION Phones 377 & 400 Phones 377 & 400 Iff adding of thousands of new subscri ber* to t he Bell telephone system In South Carolina last year has greatly in creased the value and scope of the service. This growth is reflected in the increas ing number of calls handled daily by the operators, who are responding cheerfully to your needs and maintaining quick and cour teous service. In South Carolina, alone, it is estimated that tha operating forces handled more than 103,627,100 originating local calls and 2,055,- 500 long distance messages last year. Thia was an average of 313,700 local calls and 6,220 toll calls per day; an increase of more than four per cent over the previous year. That such an enormous volume of calls Is handled, day in and day out, to efficiently ss to win general public commendation, is due to the loyal efforts of 500 highly trained operating room employes who serve you. Your considerate co-operation encour ages the telephone workers In their deter mination to continue the hiph grade service to which you are accustomed. MORGAN B. SPEIR, Carolina* Manager r« mfi* SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY the character of those we send abroad. Many feel that to succeed in ship ping or foreign trade, much entertain ing is necessary. ‘ It is true that the cause of this severe readjustment, shipping securities should be attrac tive speculations when the next buy ing zone comes. The same thing is “non-mixer” is often handicapped in ^ true regarding the stocks of certain dealing with Latin Americans and cer- j companies organized during the war tain others who demand much atten- ! to ca?ry on foreign trade. The Amer- tion before doing business. But a man lean International Corporation is an may be a good mixer and yet not touch 'example of such. Its common stock liquor or be promiscuous. One of the | was sold during the war at par; it best antertainers in the United States rose to 132, then declined to 16 and is J—a man tfho has built the electric, now selling around 40. Other stocks water, or gas plants in several of the large South American cities—is a tee totaler. He buys or rents a fine home worthy of study by those interested in shipping and foreign trade are In ternational Mercantile Marine, Amer Nervous hot flashes > "COME time ago when in a ^ very nervous, run-down condition,” says Mrs. Martha F. Marlow, of Broken Bow, OklsL, "I tried numerous reme dies to try at least to keep going, but I could not I was weak and tired—just no good at alL My back ached and I had hot flashes until I was so very nervous I smothered. "I couldn’t sleep and I was never hungry, and I kept get ting weaker. I couldn’t stand on my feet Thia was an un usual condition for me as I had been pretty strong all along. I knew that 1 would have to do something, and that pretty soon. "Some friend suggested that I take Cardui, and it certainly was a good suggestion, for after taking one bottle I could tell I was stronger and better. I didn’t quit. I kept it up all through the change and did fine. I felt like a different person after I began talcing CarduL” * Caidui has helped thousands of suffering women. Sold by all druggists. CARDUI Tar Female IV—Hm in the foreign city in which he is tojkan Ship and Commerce, Bethlehem operate, taking there his wife and ser vants, and entertains royally. His en tertaining, however, is a credit to his Steel and Electric Boat. General Business Outlook Shipping and foreign trade is close- country and it never becomes the ( ly related to the general business sit- cheap stuff which some of our recent uation. Yet often during a period of college graduates think is necessary in order to sell goods to the Latin Americans. Hence, the first require- business depression in the United States those employed in foreign trade have done their best business. This ments for success in foreign trade are has been due to the fact that, at such integrity, temperance, self-control ana tinfes, manufacturers were unable to a desire to be of real service. Real friendship is developed by helping oth ers rather than by mere entertain ment. Where Best Opportunities Exist Corporations and individuals con templating entering foreign trade should most carefully consider the ad- ! vantages and disadvantages connected jwith the different foreign countries. Foreign trade resembles mining or drilling for. ore in that it is very easy to lose money in seeking foreign trade sell their output here at home and hence were forced to find foreign mar kets. The corporations and individu als who are trained to put these Amer ican manufacturers in touch with these foreign markets, reaped a hand some reward. Today we are facing a period when production will exceed consumpiton. . Mills can continue op erations and labor remain employed only as we are able to sell our sur plus goods abroad. This means that , our manufacturers will soon be com- unless conditions are just right. For;pelled to develop foreign markets. I j instance, probably the greatest spec-' Then once more those who are now j r ulative possibilities today are in con-’ training to sell abroad will have a teal l nection with Russian trade; but these! opportunity, i are not for Americans. When the l time comes to gather the Russian har- ! veat, it will be gathered by Germans |and not by Americans. Our ! chance to make money in Russia is by '' backing some honest Germans and di- I viding with them the profits. Our : chances to do business in South Amer- In view of these probable condi tions it is very necessary for us to get an international mind and see the only {world as a unit. So long as the Unit ed States remains selfish and conceit^ ed, it will never succeed in develop ing much foreign trade. If personal friendship is an important factor in j ica are itauch greater than before the j enabling an ’-American salesman to war, owing to the large sums which sell in a foreign country, surely nat- L we recently have loaned certain South | ional friendship is even more impor- . American cities and nations. Yet it ’ tant. ^Business still remains good and must be remembered that the British] the Babsonchart continues to register are very firmly entrenched in South; around 12 per cent above normal. Al- America and that both the French —L 1 * u-i_ K-llDl and the Germans are also keen com petitors of ours. Our tariff protects American manufacturers against com- though we do not now need the help of Europe, China or Latin America, we some dqy will be very glad of their trade. Hence let vs now encourage Clad Yourself in Loveliness at Moderate Cost, Wear MUNSING WEAR RAYON UNDERGARMENTS Is fear of their expensiveness keeping you from enjoying the lovely underthings you have long . wanted? 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