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h Page ,ten THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927 LAST GALL FOR NAMES Suggestions for a name for our ice will not be consid ered if postmarked later tKan 11 59 P.M., October 22nd, 1927. " Announcement of prize awards will be made as soon as possible after November 1st. Here’s your last chance to try for the prize money. Think of the value of icc as a safeguard to health— as an all-year necessity —of the absolute purity .and crystal clearness of our ice—of our earnest desire to serve the public as it wants to be served— Think of these things and then send u; a name that tells a lot! First Prize $100 SECOND PRIZE $50 THIRD PRIZE $25 FOURTH PRIZE $10 Thirty-five Other Prizes Totaling $65 Contest is subject to condi tions published in company’s circular, copy of which may be had for the asking. All you need do is to write'the suggested name on a post-card or a slip of paper and add your own name and address. Send your suggestion to address below or to any other office or plant of the company. CAROL1NA- GEORGIA SERVICE CO. Clinton, S. C. EMPLOYMENT situation Babson Park, Mass, Oct. 19.—Ro ger W. Babson in his weekly interview this week, discusses employment con ditions. Mr. Babson has gone to con siderable. trouble to .check up on this situation owing to so many conflict ing statements. His statement is bas ed upon reports received from .Cham bers of Commerce. . Building Trades Slackening By ROGER W. BABSON CITATION FOR LETTERS ADMINISTRATION group of workers as to have a short age of labor, and nothing so inspires a group as to have a surplus of labor. Without doubt, our present .work could be easily done in the same number of hours by ten per cent less people. This increased efficiency is already noticeable in certain of the building j trade groups and in certain of the in- idustrial groups, such as the textile in- The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By O. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas, H. A. Autrey made suit to me to grant him Letters of Adminis tration of the Estate and effects of J. M. Powell. There are, therefore, to rite end admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said J. M. Powell, deceased, that they be and appear be fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Lau^ rens, S. C., on Uct. 27, lu27 nex ter publication hereof, at 11 o in the forenoon, to show cause, if any thVy have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand this 12th day of October, A. D., ; 1927. O. G. THOMPSON fSeal) l0-20-2t J. P. L. C. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “As will be seen from the statistics dustry and the boot and shoe indus- which I will later submit, there has try. — been a general slackening of employ- ‘The employment situation is very ment during th^ past few months, definitely linked up with general bus- This does not mean that there is much ‘ iness. As long as general business j unemployment as yet, but rather that holds normal, employment should hold 'the p>essure for workers has been re- 1 normal, and as long as employment moved. For the first time for several holds normal, general business should yr-irk, employers are able to pick and hold normal. One is the lock and the choose and in many instances, to die- other is the key: one is the hatchet ta e terms. With the exception of De- and the other is the handle; they both I t.r< it and a few other cities, there is | must go together. At present general business, as registered by the Babson- chart, is close to normal and this is a j no general distress. Wage workers, ! i- wever, who are thinking of moving from one city to another, or giving up a job before getting another, should look the matter up very carefully be fore making any move. ‘Outside of the cities to which I refer above, the principal slackening of employment is in connection with the building trades. Although road building and other public construction is progressing at a rapid rate, which holds up the building statistics, there fair statement as to the exact status of the employment situation.” Copyright, 1927, Publishers Finan cial Bureau. % \ Seaboard Trains Make Schedule Fred Geissler, 'Assistant passenger , , - _ . . traffic manager, Seaboard Air Line has been considerable decline in gen- ra jl wa y f announces that for the month eral building; especially hotels, apart- of September> 98 2 per cent of all ment houses and large homes. On the p assen g er trains operated made other hand, there is a good seasonable schedule ^ increase of , per cent | demand for unskilled labor m over August, 1927, which was the best farming sections, especially in the northwest. The recent cyclone in St. month since May, 1926. Louis has quickened the demand for T l h ^ m ^ orth Carol ; n » dl ™'° n e * ds labor in that city. As very few fac-: ™ th 9 ^ 9 P er cent followed closely, by tories were seriously harmed, the cy-i Kast Car °‘» na a " d Sou * h J,or > da dl ‘ clone has caused no unemployment, '! 81ons " lth 99 ^ cent - while the clearing up of the debris and d,3tn u ct leads wlth 99 < . P er cent * w ! th rebuilding have developed a sharp de-I Southern d,stnct running second with J. B. FRONTIS JEWELER CLINTON. 8. C. WHAT DO P. S JEANES DO? Watch Your Kidneys! To Be Well See That They Function - Properly. y ’OUR kidneys! Do you realize what an important part they play in your health and length of life? Your kid neys are the blood filters. When they act sluggishly, waste poisons remain in the blood and make one tired and drowsy, with often nagging backache, annoying headache and dizzy spells. That the kidneys are not acting right is often shown by scanty or burn ing excretions. Assist the kid-> neys with a stimulant diuretic. Use Doan’s Pills. Doan’s are endorsed the country over. Ask your neighbor! DOAN’S Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys Foater-Milby rn Co.. Mf g. CKem.. Butfalo.N. Y. Just Tottering, So Weak *1 was in a bad state of health and was going through a critical time of my life,” says Mrs. Ella Scarborough, R F. D. 5, Dothan, Ala. "Several dif ferent things were recommend ed to me, but I did not get any real relief until I began to take CarduL T was just as weak as could be. My legs were shaky, and often I would just totter around the house. I finally got so bad that I was in bed sever al weeks. Tt was then that I began to take CarduL I kept it up for quite a while, and at last I re gained my health. Cardui was certainly a friend to me in time of need. "My health is splendid now, and I seldom have to use medicine, but I gladly say a word about Cardui whenever I find a friend going through the same suffering' which I en dured.” For sale by all druggists. f |a TAKE' CARDUI PURELY VEGETABLE TONIC mand for labor. ‘Out of fifty-seven representative cities throughout the United States, and in which I have been able to make a personal investigation during the past few weeks, only seven suggest the employment situation as good, j against thirty-three with fair employ- I ment possibilities and seventeen cities j in which employment is poor at this time. The country is not without some icities at this time are excellent. Few ' both to unskilled and skilled workers at this time. Such representative cit- , ies, for instance, as Chester, Pa., Jack- , son, Miss, and Charleston, W. Va., ! consider that the chances of employ ment for new people coming to-their cities at this tmie are excellent. Few Chambers of Commerce appear to be as optimistic upon the subject, just now, as do those of these threeiHties. I “On the other hand, my investiga- , tion shows more cities favorable to skilled workers than to unskilled J workers at the present time. In the • east, I find that such cities as New j Haven, Conn., Wilmington, Del., and j Trenton, N. J., are favorable to skilled ; workers, whereas such places as La ncaster and Pittsburg, Pa., lean toward 1 unskilled workers. • In the South, 1 find Beaumont, Texa.< showing up 1 well in favor of skilled workers, while Savannah, Ga., Knoxville, Tenn., and I Winston-Salem, N. C., are inclining , toward unskilled workers at this time, i As one travels more westward, it is apparent that places such as Fort Wayne, Ind., Lansign, Mich, and Ra cine, W’is., are favorable to skilled workers. Southern Employment Good “Regardless of whether a man is a skilled or unskilled worker, there are a number of cities at this time in which it would be extremely difficult for him to obtain work. Such cities, for instance, as Muskogee, Okia., and Memphis, Tenn., are of the opinion that they are well supplied.writh work ers of any sort. In connection witH these cities, however, we must bear in mind that the recent flood throughout the Mississippi valley has unexpected ly, but greatly affected local econom ic conditions. Birmingham, Ala., too, appears to have more unemployed i than at any recent period, but it is urgued that too much outside labor is drawn to that city. Shreveport, La., also shows poor chances at the mo ment for new people coming to the' city to work, for there is already some unemployment in Shreveport as it is. I “I have been speaking here more of cities in the South, but my inves tigation of employment conditions in the South has not resulted in so un favorable a picture' as the few places mentioned above would appear to sug gest.. As a matter of fact, southern employment is holding up well w’hen all circumstances are considered. Re ports, Ion the whole, are better than for many northern and western districts. This is made more apparent when <fhe condenses the results of this investi gation of employment conditions- Sut h a summary shows that in my sutdv of seventeen representative middle-west cities employtneht is poor in seven, fair in eight and good in only two: while my .study of twenty-one renre- sentative southern cities-indicates em ployment poor in only six, fair in eleven and good in four. Conclusion 89.3 per cent. Next time you buy calomel ask for Floor Varnish that wears The thoroughly purified and refined calomel com bined with assistant and corrective agents. Nausealess—Safe—Sure T HERE are only two reasons for varnish ing a floor—to protect the surface of the wood—to add beauty to the floor. Therefore a floor varnish must have those qualities which will withstand the most severe abuse without marring and still retain its elas ticity and toughness to act as a protector. Pee Gee Floor Varnish has proved its worth in thousands of homes—there is no better varnish made. \ ~ 1 J. I. COPELAND & BRO. Clinton, S. C. •Mfc So Ltr as the present situation i? ned concernedLiJLhere is nothing for any | * one to worry about unless possibly the installment interests. In most placed only the inefficient have been thrown J out of employment and this tends to 'increase the efficiency of those whp [remain. Nothing so deteriorates a wm Av; •: ■■I