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it PaR* Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 18, 1951 A Regular Chronicle Feature Babson Gives Advice On Buying Stocks Some Recourse If You Have Been Gypped, He Declares. not need to employ any lawyer or go to New’ York if you have followed these three rules:— (1) Insist that all your dealings in stocks be in writing. Before giving a I (salesman an order, make him write you all he hats said. Never listen to a stock salesman on the telephone. \ i , (2) When buying any stock, ,have your local bank. It has your money ( the salesman give you a receipt stat-' and exists upon the deposits of local mg of whom he bought the stock/ merchants, nearby fanners and small and what he paid for it, *and what I stockholders. Most banks will do what' his commission is for making the sale, they can for you and make no charge* (3) Save all these papers and put 1 Naturally, you don t dare go to a them in the envelope with the stock lawyer for fear he will charge for!certificate, which envelope you—of' course—will keep in your saie depos-' Babson Park, Muss., Jan. 5.—Var ious organizations have been formed i sa : v ‘ n ®’ "Howdy ; while your poor to protect the small stockholders. The i minister never saw a stock or bond. two most active are As a re s u *t of this condition, there the B C. Forbes! " ,re many companies, whose stock j salesman that you are to do so, will Group and Indepen- was bought by readers like you, SU rely cause him to be honest with it box. The very fact that you take such precautions, after telling the dent Investors, Inc., of New' York City. The basic difficulty win, them all is that the members are so widely scattered ge- which have gone completely bust. | you> and perhaps withdraw the of- You can cuss Franklin Roosevelt 1 fering. for many things, but he certainly j The ' above is no criticism of stock tried to protect small stockholders, salesmen as a class. Most of them His difficulty was that he left the solution to theoretical bureaucrats is very difficult to B«t«r W. Babi«a get them together for action. AH Combined Against You - Your best help should come from ographically that it j w^ho made the “Prospectuses” so long and complicated that very few in vestors can make “head or tail” out of them. Yet, if you have been “stuck’’ by a stock salesman, you should write the Securities and Ex change Commission, Washington, D. C. It will cost you nothing; you will! Safer Cough Relief When new drugs or old fail to stop your cough or chest cold don’t delay. Creomulsioa contains only safe, help ful. proven ingredients and no nar cotics to disturb nature's process. It goes right to the seat of the trouble to aid nature sootAe and heal raw, ten der. inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to please you or druggist refunds money. Creomulskm has stood the test of many millions of users. CREOMULSION CW*» CaMl KcwH lr—rihft. represent good firms and are honest. 1 But with your small funds you can-! not afford to lose anything. Everyone Should Be a Stockholder ! The fact that I urge the above three rules, ahould not keep you from buy- j ing stocks. Vour bank checking ac-1 counts now* pay no interest, while j savings accounts pay very little. Yet, get a reply; and they may help you ^ ou can safe stocks paying over fcet your money back. 6 per cent. Your local banker should be able to supply you a list of stocks Importance of Records Another suggestion is that which have paid some dividend for yoil iover 50 years. Rich people buy sucht write the New’ York Stock Exchange, Vnrlr Pitv 'miJ St ° CkS ' ^ d0n 1 leave m ° neV Broad Street, New’ York City. This is an honest organization which is in [ savings banks. Yet. the small invest- 1 # • j T#!or needs 6 per cent much more than! now very anxiour to h.ve frtenda. If ^ rich le Diverei(y wide .. you ran prove that one of tts men.- , b diatrfcutin* your money over bee f.nt» or any employee thereof,, , numb , rto i^_ or „ ^ t ya t; a ' rhe employ honest and long-estab- rnmee of the Exchange will call the|, unM mvestment advisor, member firm before it and force the | firm to make up your loss. You will! NOTICE! We now haw* • repreaentatir* of our Compmy in Clin' Ion and Laurens daily for Sale* or Service. — Write or Cal! — Singer Sewing Machine Co. 40t Main Street Greenwood. S. C Another thing, all investors—large, or small—should sit down tonight j and write their Congressman how 1 excessive corporate taxes are hurting | everybody Certainly, the present! double taxation on dividends is ab solutely unfair. The idea of “paying | as we go” for war does not seem log- | leal, because if World War III comes it will be fought for our grandchil dren and their children, as well as ation, we. of course, time* of peace, but us. As for uld avoid i id :t f Ho nauon ns* aiwayi it of war and we still survive A 1 t need of the U S t sday is the u rage men t of thrift and ■nail LOANS LOANS ON ALTOMOBILES. SIGN ATI RE. PURNITUBS, APPUANCES Friendly. Confidential Service A. B. C. Finance Co. 104 PITTS STREET CLINTON. S. C 361.3 Billion Cigarets Used In U. S. In 1950 New York. 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