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•V I Thursday, January 8, 1948 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE efficiently than the daily—far 'as jump to the contiribed portion, - ■ l^rjje 11umber ~gf books from the li- (araount of reading is conaerned. ! “Blanff 1 the “skip," 'he says', “for b: ary of the lat^'Mr. Ernest Johnson. The weekly index is approximate- the loss of 36 per cent of the read- ly flat, while the small daily shows a ers who got as far as the skip,«only fairly steady increase- with story-i 15 P? r cer, t of those who began thei I -a - 1 — AU 1 ^ The community^ appreciates highly this gitf. ‘i story. Blame the length of the story for nearly 80 per cent at the loss.' length. By applying another formula which takes into acc6unT ‘£aeh'indi vidual index, Schramm says > week-, W1 -. A/C lies have a total news jeadership of SOUTH CLI NTON ,'N EWb 27.? per cent as compared to a 21.5, , (Continued from page four) for. small dailies and 12.1 for metro politans. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE Page Three TT— T LAURENS RAIL ROAD COMPANY Bv MARION R WILKES, of Washington. D C In The Laurens Advertiser Brownie Troop Meets Wednesday afternoon the Brownies held their regular meeting. During The Aftermath nearly everboddy in flat rock Iiijs A hundred years ago on decem- ber 17, 1847, the State Legislature doned as the C. N. .At fc had bull a -new roadbed. ‘ Thus passed int history the railroad.originally pro second semester Monday morning. The" studv also orobes the reasor ;! the attendance was good. Mrs. Claud Babb, assisted by Ba^ara?Anp ( ^iliS^' a 2 Dral10 ^ '^nanc.aiiv, most b: me me study also Prtwes me reasoi Babb f 1S in charge of[ h ls the leader's -assistant for ihe fo ^ s SP 6111 all they had and all they why readers, stop. Rephes include. the kind en . who ,s the le, S e, s-BssMant tor me 25.6 per cent who quit at the end of, lurowmes. A real community service was ren liter nrsi .recap, m.t an / . , a. stars or other break; d . e ™<i ^. th ' “° u “ a " d h ‘ 8h , SI:d ” d -‘-•-I aVrviirarl 2600 a lead; 25.1 after first .recap; 16.4 at subhead; 4.8 ilX Ul„UtiiCl uictarw,) . „ 2.5 before bold’face; 9.5 after bold • students ^ ho P acked t face, 5.0 before tabular matter, and dags ^ fruit,, candy and nuts for 11.1 at the skip of page ir At least one by this phot . lieves.That is the belief that skipping or “jumping” stories causes a loss of readers. * . « In this study, he relates, there were 13 continued stories. They averaged | about 14 paragrahps before the skip, 1 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING * OF MEMBERS Newberry. ,, j n u * About 1845 a movement w^begun ed ^'hot is now^ the progressive ^it: could get, and they will have tO | - . . 'v*of. Clinton, the stat: in at the ther start back to work at the scratch. , to build a railroad ' • rom struggling comWiunUy ' Was namet ^ , to Greenville and Col James H Clinton for Henry Clinton, Young, on« mr. slim chance, is back from j rby La Ur ens, a well-to-do lawyer of the railrr/ad's’ first w — i _ »— - »_i 1 * a - . .... . __ Col. Henrj s first directors am !the nos-spittle tor a week back and DuWtf spirited 'citizen, took an an unMe of the late The Annual Meeting, of the mem-, sprung verty-ibrate. he fell into- a , t . Young Simpson of Laurens. - . -• CA 1IIC Tlkllliuai * o - * * V, 4^41 44II.V 44 distribution in Jie community, 3 8 “ j bers 0 ( citizens Federal Savings & deep ravine betwixt the citty hali active P art in , KS promotion. Ill pd’gtr. 1 , A fomiliOC UCia \Jl UHA-klJ 4.^V4W4»4 . * “ - *■*- V4 4V- V IWCjr **44*4 - tradition is shattered fr ° m hC Cumpa y • ' ’Loan Association, Clinton. S. C., wilL and his house on the way home xmus Greenville and Columbia Rail Road ——— A* Washington Sees It. . IHE NATIONAL SCENE the community ceniter, was called to East Point due to the illness of her father recently. , ^ Library Hours Library hours at the community about 10 after. Of every 100 readers l house are from 8:30 to 12:00 and who began these stories, on the aver-j 3:30 to 6:00. Many new books are now on the library shelves. Recently Main streets, in Clinton, S. C., at 2, ravine has always benn there, but dent and surveys were run for the oclock m the afternoon on Wednes-i it moved over in his path that night, line. The directors of that road day, January 21, 1948 for the elec- _ - ——- ! promised that'if Laurens citizens Hion of Directors and for the trans-> art square, jr„ who got cut in the would .subscribe $140,000 stock, the ~ aotion of any other business of the fracas in front of the drug stoar .s | rai lroad would be located by the vil- Association.- j healing verry-fast at his home on laf?e of Laurens, and the'subscrip- Spec *‘ U To ™ VT nrAvi ^ Washington age, 42 were still reading when^hey came to the skip and 27' made the the library was the recipient of al Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle. . dan. 6—As the sc J. SLOAN TODD. j green street, the feller who cut him tions were obtained with the proviso Secretary-Treasurer. has benn took to law but is out on a they were to be void if the new lin* cond session of the 30th congress get 15-2c’i barn now s 'Sned by his wife and was not located within one mile of under way there are two main jobs t father-in-law. it was- about a dog. the village. However, the route fin- ^ d one _ _ _ passage of the Mar dr. hubbert green says he almost ally chosen by'the directors bypass- European Recovery Plan an ^knocked at the pearly gates aaso- ct r Laurens and the .road was con- .-, t - an anti-inflati m measure to sto. jforth. • . structed- through/Newberry, Green- r i ie B^t of high, prices. • 8 " ^ wood and Abbeville counties and is ^ CoUr « e there are a dozen othc. 1 the 4 boys were in wrecks now-the line operated - .between m rtairt questions wmch hav xmus eve dre.almost out of danger. Greenville and Columbia by the ram;fu . a :.ons throughout the coy. ! ‘he torts were racing betwixt the southern Railroad. ' trv sucb as national health, a jib i f ieat | T 1 rOCk VV " hen they ' The citiz« ns of Laurens decided to r;jnKe farm program. fcderaUajb t : 1 ai a e .e cui\e at jonses ^ ahead and build their own rad- education,, universal military trail stoar, and when they come to, they roa< j f rom Laurens to Newberry to an{1 others, but if this congre were all inside of joneses stoar, a ^-' > conne et at that point with the Green- se t.tles these two mam questions \ ving went thru his plate glass, he and Columbia line. Like many lhe satisfaction of the people in th. will sue them for all they are wor ^ new projects the proposed railroad e ; ec t lon y ear< they will have don plus .cnain-igang terms, everboddy met with, skepticism and delays in a masterful job for the America else stem to be fair middling. getting started. The Laurensvill®|people. . s - _ . * , Hei-ald urged the early construction The congress krtoov??, as do the pet I - _ ° nna r *, _ # ^of the line in an editorial on No- pj e generally, that the law propose T. Q ' V, ‘ >at . mves.igation of j vem^jer j, 1848< C apt»ned. “Why We v by Senator Taft and passed undt ! e r ^ tn , in .J 1 !- i Neetl a Rail Road," and followed d suspehsioq of the rules in the hout | een an ar ; specu a ing in ’ j uo Novemberi-10 with an edi- m the closing a hours of the specie • cot.on. an u*k j 8°-ng ° amoun ^ r j ab ..jt Won't Pay" answering the sess i jn amouftted to nothing mor i ° » .N. . ’ | objections of those lukewarm to the than shadowObtRcmg with mflatio A. Nothing at all. ^ project. On March 23. 1849. the Russia going to do ^^j^^ an orhu Q: What is ! about helping with World Peace? 1 A, Nothing: i Q. What will Congress do to re- i duce the cost oT living? A. Nothing. - Q. What will our J.lion to Europe do I Communism? > A. Nothing, j Q. What .will be f $20 b:l- -V. 1, : 4 ?’„. tn % ' that :l we r. e merely a gestur Herald published an editorial What an j a ph my Tnc lhmkin here l ' Has Become of the R R. Scneme? Washington is that before the snov lid an etTort-to speed construction. mens a coeiiiment control law wit The formal organization of Lau- leeth in lt Ulll be neceSia la ha: _ rens Rail Road company took place disastrous inflation which would nc at Laurens on September 10. 1849. (Vl , . k ,. „ , . TI , , . OI V‘> ui own economic strut Col- James H. Irby was elected presi- , ture ou . .y ill 01 western Eu f this hemispher tiMN^rd • curbing V 1 "‘- ... „ ,, , * • dent with the following as directors: rn . K > j .. u , .. t _ , Henry C.. Young, John Garlington, c n,, as 1 ne '' : " • ^inijistin, Sr., C. -P. Sullivan, What the Taft law I ,■. ' . : L Y. ung, J. F. Kern, James j .... . generally wa reaUze, f CASH PRiZES 1CHMONTH i YOUR STATE /NAPPmoN... Hfj¥ A /NADPnmMN TAM/tySWEEPSTAKES f MONTHLY I^ERtZE$25000.00SASHO NATIONAL PR/ZES ots of nating Con- prizes! -) ink or nee in i-CoU a each name Cola dealer's name and address, and the total number of different “Treasure Top” designs you have collected. Then mail your entry, with nm- “Treasure Ton," to Pepsi-Cola “Treason: Top” Comers, P. O. Box 17, kVon J, N. Yr-—r L tii ntor.u .c arc 51 separate prizes awarded in cucii state and the C strict of Columbia—a month!) tCiai of 2,499 cash prizes. Contestants in each state com- oetc only with entrie- r i tHt • w . Each month—there are three national prizes, awarded to the best three of the 49 State First-Prize winners. These monthly national prizes are $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively. At the close of the six months’ contest period, 40 Family Sweepstakes Prizes, (First Prize, $25,000 Cash) vsiil be award-. ed. Here’s how it works: Evicrv time you enter you will receive a 100 point Treasure l Al«r* av>—v »r<irt> n."n»Air>« • Hnb the hidden oestga ey are cork lining. To nt, there are 48 ie shown above. b1 1 monthly prize will receive an additional 100 point Treasure Certificate. At the end of the contest, the 100 families with the greatest number of Treasure Points will qualify for the Family Sweepstakes Finals l (Read rule 8 below.) You may enter these contests as many times as you wish. Don’t wait! Read the contest rules carefully— get your family started NOW in these lug Pepsi-Cola ‘ Treasure Top" SweepstaL •tesrl f~*r\rst*ri» ♦ | l . ' ' i Facts about Pepsi-Cola to help you win! brass huts and otiv rhave been T . r. ,. J Hh D Wil- ) • . ni - urns. John smith. John. A. Eigle- b&iness the . 1 i’berger and Alsey Fuller. t th A. Nothing. iz The contsruct ion of the nevv rail- anu-trust laws. Q. \S .rat_ (ioes the averagy >^n- ro id was . com pi e i e 4 ia.. the early xoiher. imtiogtanx. quest-uns wbidL _ ment^prooe amoun. to in the end. 1050-5. According to a schedule pub- are up for consideration of thu 000_ 1 A. Nothing. ' . t 4 . lished in 1856. the tnirty-tw’o-mile gt-e^. but wiiit!l'm iv'wol .vw -LLTKr 1 What will oe done aoou. the ’tnp between LaurenS and Newberry are laws to safeguard civil rights am , high-prices the public having to P a y tock aborut lhree hours to make each to govern investigatidn of congress ! A C ? r 2 ' f<K>d and 0031 way. The road was beset with fi- i on al committees. Another subjec v ot img - nancial difficulties alrr»ost from the which is raiMdiy becoming more am j Q. o.v nvucu munty v.1 start and . in 1859 it was forced to rnore important is whether or no Sam put on his-public debt tor 194«. | ask the aid , of th State l0 enab i e it one 'member, or a small group 0 A. Between 50c anjl 75c, mebbe , tQ continue in operatlon . ] Q- VSbat can Waltate do t0 help , The Laurens Rail Road | the American people? ^ o . v ' i War blr-Sunday morning. April 14, York’ 'and his house appropriation *' (1V ' mu money is e a,v when-theyState Guards of Laurens; eommrttee has continuously done jus marched to the depot and entrained 1 that ip both the regular and specta for^Columbia with Conductor Har- se ss»:on he did it with regard to th | vey W. Anderson in charge of "the emergency European relief. Wher ..members, can continue to flout an* played ignore the will of die entire.congreaj its initial role in the Confederate Congressman John Taber of Nev • *1 r » » . 1 erageworker saving per month. A. Between 10 percent of his in Icome and noLhing. ] Q. What will the UN be able to 1 „ . . „ , . . do during 1948 to bring about World ^ ars ’ as a tra T in was ca i, led m those 1 Peace 0 . 1 da y s - ‘ Laurens Briars, com- |- 'A. Nothing. * ^\ j "landed by Captam R P Todd, * _Ql- H the U^S. help^Xhe foreign fQ !l owed the , next da >’- appropriate 540 miibon doUars. ^ The end of the war left the raib’ As thiT sec<>nd session rea 1 ^ as the congress authorized the e* penditure of 597 million dollars. Mi Taber and his committee would onl. get countries to get on their teet, w h atl r oad a lifeless wreck -and,, despite into action, it might be well to re. Wl A‘ZJ 0 |' oreienerS do as part ’ 1 the heroic efforts of Laurens eitizeaS--ei»4+--somFn:iTlhe more irhpurtant ad - ^ mg ' during the troubled days of Recon- of the first session, including ratifica Q. d° l know about al l ‘ es< -' s ^ ruc i u)nt jt was not until 1875 that tion of the peace treaties with Italy maUe r. s L .* „ . the line was placed m operation Hungary, Bulgana and Rumania, at A. Nothing at all, and neither do^^ agam fi C i ally ending the war with Sho* Y° u - I The Laurens railroad passed countries; ratification of the liter through many vicissitudes and sev- American treaty negotiated at Rio ii Cotton Letter New York.—Due to the expose’ by Soak and flip out Soak Pepsi-Cola bottle tops in mod erately hot water until cork lining softens: ThentOvk can be removed from top with pen knife or kitchen knife. r — Here are just a few of the reason* why so many people prefer Pepsi-Cola to ly other soft drink. Perhaps they’ll help you when you’re pre paring your contest entries. QUALITY—The finest of ingredienu,. the utmost care .and skill in. blending and bottling, make Pepsi-Cola tops for quality. SIZE—That big Pepsi-Cola bottle speaks for itself. Every bottle holds 12 full ounce* of pleasant drinking. That means Pepsi goes faither— < makes entertaining more economica) —gives you plenty to enjo, TASTE —Your own taste tells you that flavor comes first with good good packs lots of smoother drinking in every bottle. VALUE —Bigger, better Pepsi-Cola direct effect on the market general ly 'of this release was 10 points up and dowm to nil, with nil in the lead. jeral- reorganizations, being finally August; proposal ui a constitutions placed in the hands of a receiv er in amendment limiting tenure of th* piesident to two* terms—eighteen o 36 states necessary tu ratify hat ^ ratified as of January l; outlaw o • suits; passagt labor law; re | and Laurens Railroad and made a mov al of construction controls am r'”": —— -““-'I ~ “ I Clinton, was purchased by the new - portal-to-pprtal pay- low for May so s the Big Boy should | miz(Ki Columbia. Newberry of the Taft-Hartly get out without much loss. The ! iw*i it*, th* «w*ll tastme drink that , I , ,u- , - tn "T. .part of its line; the remainder of passage of an amend rent'con.tro , Pepsi. U1 the swell-listing annk out I |y o( lhls rel?ase was 0 pomts up Railroad froro D , n ., Junction to Newberry was — r Whil e General Bodang was strad- sets the pace for value. Compare filing Chicago wheat, using January Pepsi by any standard .. < for quality, and July as saddle-bags, General Take size or taste. You’ll find it’s your best ] Kodunk. was buying .May rye (not of January. 1948.I will render a final i tion 332 mill >n dollars for for er bill permitting a 15 per cent tn aban- crease; unification ot the arm«c — — ' services- into a s.ngle department o FINAL SETTLEMENT national defense; authorization 01 notice that On the 29th day 350 million dollars and appropia drink, your best buy. ULtS ill receive 100 addi- oints. - ring each calendar st month's contest. 4 from the District icperetely, and will tie prim only with ted on this p«|n will aptness, originality ants submitted (see ional prim will be itries of the 49 state nonthly contest. AU m impartial judging saeUey Corporation, known contest judg- 1 of the judges will ed by the contesUnt. trill not count extra. Income the property ly and none will be prize tied for will be slant, except for the 8. HUGE NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS: (a) Each Treasure Certificate received by you or members of your family (see Rule 3) counts 100 Sweepsukea Poinu for your family. Save theml (For the purpoac of this contest, a "family’' shall be considered as only persons related by blood, marriage or adoption living in the same household under one family head.) (b) The 100 families, plus families tying with any of them, who have received the greatest number of Sweepstakes Points in the competition. qu«lify for the Sweepstakes Finals. Each family thus qualify ing must be prepared to show the toul number of Treasure Certificates received by the family and also to show the total number of'Treasure Top” designs reported in the family's entries (see Rule I). Both the number of Treasure Certificates and the number 01 "Treasure Top" designs must agree with official contest records of the judging staff and these records will be considered final where, any discrepancy occurs. (c) The qualifying families will then be promptly notified and each family will be required to sub mit one statement of fifty words or less on the subject “How the Sales of Pepsi-Cola Can Be .... Increased ". They must get the help of iheir « for which is lisicd* Pepsi-Cola dealer in preparing this statement and /nusl submit that dealer's name and address. The Sweepstakes prizes will then be gwarded ty the impartial judging staff, mentioned in Rule 3, on the basis of aptness, originality and sincerity of the statements thus submitted. ^ ' . . "••> Those c~r«U*(s are subject (o’ all stata end local leva and re « •.’•tions. tthin the 48 states or li be eligible. Anyone sept the employees of Pepat-Cola bottling sing agencies. Mem- e employees are also PEPSI-COLA “TREASURE TOP” CONTESTS, P. 0. BOX 17, NEW YORK S, N. Y. NAME. ADORE**. irLBAaa raurn maju or a Kao or vahily P teal-CO LA WIT* THE *ROT BECAUSE. —„ - ^ - *— - . , eij-n .‘vLel; a^ttfuuizati/on nt 597 mil bottled, mind, you) and thereby ac.-ouiu : 1 :■ • t* md-4 ' md approp ation*4f 541 cleaned op. General Horatia Dc-j * f million' doUars for pterim aid.'li Fungle sold July oats short, and CaldweU. Wlute in the > ■ • Fra;l ltAly> Aiist 1 and China to thalt’s why he had to sell his house, Judge of Prooa.e 0 . Lau.xi s e u ^j 1948;' and passage of the and move. Congressman Meand-1 at 1° ° 3 a ^ d ^ Taft bill authorizing voluntary agree- ors was short on October 1948 soy- day wilh app.y f -mmts-m indus'.ry to coiikbaL hiRh ^ beans, and that’s why he .was left r from, my—tru^-t tu AJuuinuJ.ramxT s » I-— — Any oerson indebtext to said estate o r < te . , ' , is notified and required'to make pay-' C)ther f Ration. ■ ot ment on or before that date; and all!«> urs *’ Wl11 ^ 3 fi ^ ht P 3 * 5 -^ Senator Gangling had 7 may C on-!P ersons having claims against said revamped^more to the^Tn** tracts, thereby being long, and wlten esUte will present them on or b *-j UteM-by prov iding more relief «».■**>• closed out; -e sa.d d«e. duly proven, or h*| < * U a^!^n an< * mv f sted in a 100 l hous- 0 ... ’‘if' the surplus in the treasury will and dollar residence in Washington HATTIE LOU W HITE, taRe care of paym ent»-tm the natioo,' N. W. On a ti.p from the Master- Administratrix. de6t arui d rhe wngT ^ s g lV es the at-Arms,^ Congressman • Ere longer Dec. 29. 1947—29-4<-w ; Present what he is asking in the bought July butter, but his faith in —-—— — — in the soup when the market ad vanced. )■ ADOmUNAL WUUM OB I haw. m fw, »B*»rtB< Mt M* Mdtac "Twiwa Tw*'* irith a total et- Oatogaa. aat Matoac Mm mm MMtoaa* harawMh. I haw reeafw msmttim #f a« Mrtry fraai Mm faMaatog MaaDn * | dkaluts name _ (Veer U—ler met win £special srism H be Mas meSHed romj Annmree (Da sure te enclese erne “Treesure Tern" with th/e entry.) (Met necessary te use (Ms Slunk Use r.iy rheel ef osp- - but he sure year entry is ooiur' f n eva»* the onarket melted shortly after the| Anderson release, and so did he, but 1 he got out without too much loss to his wife. Ugl from common colds That Hang On Creomulslon relieves promptly be cause U goes right to the seat of the ■M ‘ at—• budget and in the Marshall. PIjm. The revised’Knutson bill, while retaining the GOP feature of a sliding scale <kf percentage reductions, adopts the Democratic plan of raising exemp tions from $500 to $600 and applies ♦ the community property priiwiple to all -states. Ren Knutson s.iv' iu* On a report of- no moisture in Texas and-too much rain in Arkan sas, and , 6 boll weevils under one chip in (Georgia,- July spots went to [^blAo^elpToown and ^xper'gerfi bill will slash 5.6 billion dollars in a new hjgh -‘for the' season around laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe tax payments and declare.-, it is "veto noon yesterday, but southern buy- V™* '' ing broke the market 54 points in synvpathy with Chicago eggs, and the Gallup poll relating to Dewey, Statssen, Wallace, Trufnan and one other fellow. We advise staying out of politics If you intend tp deal with Wall Streek. “XT mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with One uf the pressures which likely the understanding you must like the will force some drastic action oa way It quickly allays the cough or you price; , WiU be lbt . ot labor 5?w% cTTiiTfi c 1 au expc ^ m th ^ s P r, i^ unie « ^ K C W pA V L d I W IN ! something is done to halt ruuug For Coofhs, diott IrOOcWtio prices