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r.T— rr-^ i * ;W^ I. : j h 7^ PAGE SIX > THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. T THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1927 " r r Clinton Family Moves To Durham Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Farr left Tues day for Durham, N. C., where they will make their future home. Their two sons are now students at Duke university and will join them at Dur ham. . ( Mr. and Mrs. Farr have resided in ' Clinton all their lives and number their friends here by the hundreds. All who know them regret in their departure and wish them every suc cess in their new North Carolina res idence. Their home here has been sold to W. D. Copeland and he and his family will occupy it at once. BUSINESS SHOULD NOT SUFFER FROM UCK OF MONEY By ROGER W. BABSON Free! Every Saturday Night One Imperial Troy-Tailored Shirt will be given away every Saturday night by us to the per son guessing the nearest number of miles traveled each week in our automobile from Monday morning until Friday night. A register book has been plac ed in our store. Call in person before Thursday night of each week and make your guess. Babson Park, Mass., April 22.—Ro ger W. Babson today resumes his com ments on general business conditions, and devotes his current interview to credit conditions. He seems optimis tic so far as available funds are con cerned, but urges readers to reduce their personal indebtedness. His full statement is as follows: Bank Situation “The banks of the country should j continue in good condition. The de- ! posits are greater than ever before in • history, while the reverses are fully up to normal. This has been brought about by three factors: (1) the tre mendous amount of gold in the coun- ♦tt ; (2) the far-sighted policy of the I» deial Reserve board; and (3) the u i‘ dom of our Secretary of the Treas- i;r.., Andrew W. Mellon. Although money is only one barometer of bus iness and should not be considered by itself, yet this barometer—money— points to continued business activity in most lines for the coming Spring. Of course, certain sections, such as Florida, are suffering from reactions; while certain industries, such as the cotton mill industry of New England, are suffering from changed styles and selling methods. Most legitimate in dustries, however, are opening the THE MEN’S SHOP Too Much “Acid?” favorable omen, but to me it is dis tinctly favorable. Disaster comes from living in a fool’s paradise, and never from correcting an evil. Re tailers perform a most necessary func tion in business and they must be treated fairly. 1927 is going to be a good year to get out of debt; or at least to reduce one’s indebtedness. The time to prepare for war is in the days of peace, and now is the time to prepare for future opportunities. Safe guard your profits by getting out of debt now. Protect your business by reducing your indebtedness now. In sure your family by leaving them free from mortgages or notes to pay: There is enough money in the country today for all. If we all will be content to give a fair value in merchandise or la bor for the money we receive, pros perity might continue indefinitely. Financial panics are due to ignoring either the Ten Commandments or the multiplication table. Be Loyal To Your Bank “The other day I was talking with the Cashier of a prominent Florida bank. I asked him how things were going and he said: ‘First rate so far as the bank is concerned, but,’ said he, ‘if I should die I doubt whether my wife could secure enough people in year with good gross business al-; town to be my pallbearers. I lost though net profits may not be satis-' most of my friends during the boom because I would not loan them money. factory. “Considerably more money should j-Now, those to whom I loaned are cuss- Excess Uric Acid Gives Rise to Many Unpleasant Troubles. /AUTHORITIES agree that an ex- XX. cess of uric acid is primarily due to faulty kidney action. Reten tion of this toxic material often makes its presence felt by sore, pain ful joints, a tired, languid feeling and, sometimes, toxic backache and headache. That the kidneys are not functioning right is often shown by scanty or burning passage of secre tions. Thousands assist their kidneys at such times by the use of Doan's Pills—a stimulant diuretic. Doan's are recommended by many local peo ple. Ask your neighbor/ be available for mortgage during 1927 ( ing me because I did loan them. They by the passage of the McFadden bank-• say if I had been a real friend of • ing bill at the last session of congress, j theirs and had not been so anxious to This bill provides that a national make money for the bank. I would bank may loan, secured by first mort- have turned them down when they ap- gage on real estate, 50 per cent of its plied for their loan.’ This is a true time deposits. This should make le- story, and the moral of it should sink gaily available several billions of dol- deep into the heart of every banker i lars. It is one piece of legislation distinctly in the interests of the farm ers and business men of the central and western portions of our country. This should tend, both to make real estate loans easier to secure, and also to lower interests rates on such loans. Of course, if the banks are to place more money out on mortgages, they will have less with which to buy bonds and less to loan in New York. There fore, to the extent that the McFadden bill will help the farming communities, it will result in less money being ! available for the financial an4_ indus trial centers of the East. Instalment Business “The big fly in the ointment today is the tremendous growth of the in stalment business, although this has tapered off somewhat lately. With out doubt, instalment sales have been, ‘ stantly ‘between the devil and the deep up to the present time, a great impet- 1 sea.’ Hence, I urge all to be loyal to ! us of business, especially in the cities. I the community banks. Don’t knock vrmr* enrincr s»loan ’Retailers have been able to sell much your bank, but boost it. As the bank r or your spring Clean- ; more goods due to the instalment sys- prospers, you and the entire commun ing. Odorless and not tern. Instalment business has helped ity will benefit. A bank bears the - - -- 'to keep manufacturers supplied with same relation to a loan as the heart orders, and consequently to keep work- to the body. Don’t overwork it or men employed who otherwise would worry it. be idle. The earnings of these work- General Business men have been used for purchasing “Considering the country as a more goods, and have served as a ba- whole, in all lines of industry, gener- sis for further credit expansion. Therefore, present prosperous condi- DOAN’S PILLS 60c to the Kidneys -Idbura Co., Mis. Chem.,Buffalo, N. Y. FLOOR OIL sticky. 25c per quart SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY AT UNION STATION I'hoata 377 & 40» Phones 377 & 400 and merchant. Let us keep out of debt and keep others out of debt by insisting that cash sales and sales to customers who pay monthly shall be held up to a proper proportion of our tota sales. Ships are seldom sunk by being too heavily loaded. Disasters come through uneven loading which causes a ship to tip to one side. “The banks of your community are —next to the churches and newspa pers—the best assets you have. The officers and directors of such banks are your best citizens. Most of them are giving freely of their time to pro tect your savings and build up your industries. No sensible man envies a conscientious banker. A bank must loan its deposits in order to exist; while if it makes a bad loan it suffers severely thereby. A banker is con- 6 6 6 is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs. WHAT DO r. S. JEANS DO? Pains disappeared -CEVERAL yean agolwaa badly run-down,” says Mrs. John Bunch, R. F. D. 3, Colum bia, S. C. "I could not do any of my work. I sms so weak I could not wash a dish. My hftck and sides hurt me at timee dreadfully. I dragged around until I finally got down in bed,” Ifcen, explains Mrs. Bunch, ahe happened to read about Cardni, Hie woman’s tonic, and decided to give it a thorough trial, the results of which she describes below: "It seemed to reach the cause of my trouble at once. I did not take it long before my appetite began to improve. I gained in weight from 114 pounds until now I weigh 126 pounds. I soon was able to be up around the house. I took .up my household dntU* and delighted with my return ing strength. "I now do all my own work. al business continues to hold up well. It is true there has been quite a de- i tions owe much to instalment buying, cline since the first of the year, but 'and to those who have furthered it.(this is largely seasonable. Business I would not want to risk the elimina-! slilfstands at 9 per cent above normal, tion of it at such a time, as any such which is exceptionally good. Our great est danger is that we take too much for granted, and constantly insist on increase. If our motto would be ‘Live and Let Live’ we would all be better off. Competition may be the life of trade, but it also tends to greatly increase the cost of doing bus iness. For this reason, I am very hopeful of the work which the various co-operative organizations and groups are doing for business. The Rotary and Kiwanis groups, the Lion and oth er groups which get business men to gether once a week, should help keep business good. ' Most chambers of commerce do good work, except when over-enthusiastic secretaries begin to knock other cities. Knocking never does any good, and harms the knocker as well as he who is knocked. One of the best barometers of civilization is hte ability of people to co-operate. Cities which are most prosperous to day are those where bankers, manu facturers, merchants, and wage work ers are all pulling together.” * (Copyright, 1927, Publishers Finan cial Bureau.) ZZI abrupt elimination would surely bring on a' panic. “Every good thing, however, has its an evils and can be abused. Successful life depends on balancing things and having all in proper proportion. Ev- , ery man is entitled to a certain amount of purchasing credit. Before I the days of prohibition such credit was (denied to American wage earners. To day these wage workers have almost unlimited credit. Yet wage workers should adhere to a proper proportion between their instalment purchases and their incomes, as a bank adheres to a proper proportion between its loans and deposits. An individual is the same as a corporation. Safety re quires a proper reserve for both. Wage workers should not be induced by their wives and children to make purchases on the instalment plan which they cannot afford to make. Statistics in dicate that many wage workers today are obliged to use 50 per cent or more of their weekly wages for making !; payments on instalment purchases. iThis should be check'ed. Merchants : should extend credit, but only a rea sonable amount, and only for a rea sonable time. Pay Your Bills “One of the healthiest signs in the present situation is the campaigns which are being made to get people last Saturday in Laurens, Lewis King to pay their bills promptly. In sev- represented the Clinton schools in the eral cities the retail merchant asso- elementary contest and Hattie Simp- ciations are making definite efforts son in the high school contest. In along this line. The National Retail each contest, the Clinton representa- Clinton Pupils —- Second In Contest In the county Spelling meet held Dm pains in have disappeared and I feel like a different person.” Cardui has been helping suf fixing woman tot nearly 60 years. Sold by all draggista. CARDUI association is prepared to supply any local body with a series of newspaper ads which the retailers of the city can well afford to haVe inserted in the lo cal paper. Some cities are urging a ‘Pay-Up-Week’ similar to the ‘Clean- Up-Week’ which has been existing for some time. In some cities the Retail Trade associations have threatened to publish the names of delinquent cus tomers, the same as a club would post the names of those who do not pay their club dues. It is said that in some small places Che women’s clubs have been earning money by receiving commissions from merchants for collecting overdue bills. Some would think that this is an un lives came second. Don’t wait for the rat army to or. ganize before you begin to fight them. If you know anyone living in the vi cinity of Bakersfield, California, they can tell you of the mice invasion that struck terror in that community. The battle against rats and mice mast be continuous, day in and day out. A most effective weapon has been re cently made available. The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research has developed Rat-Tox. Rat-Tox is a tasty bait and powerful poison com bined. It comes in handy tubes ready for use. Get Rat-Tox from your re tailer. .4 Miss Ethel Herring, an expert at cooking, will be at our store on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week demonstrating the Flor ence Oil Stove. The ladies of this section are in vited to call and see Miss Herring prepare and COOK FOOD IN COMFORT WITH FOCUSED f HEAT in the well known Florence Automatic range, “The Aristocrat of (he Kitchen.” This oil stove is greatly unproved and has many fea tures that other oil stoves do not have. Wheth er or not you need an oil stove, come and see Miss Herring demonstrate cooking on the new Florence. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28th, 29th and 30th, Fuller-Simpson Furniture Company Ml The Home Makers” Clinton, S. C. i=lf=ii=ii=Ir=if=if=ii^Jr=Jr=ii=ifSIn !I==E Many a gasoline salesman claims as bis final aigu ment that his product is as good “STANDARD” GASOLINE ). r 0 lo a 10 o f i 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 m Subscribe To The Chronicle—$1.50 a Year / \ ✓ •.. ? i • i A- • s ft ft \ ft 'A t BHKbIHHHhH