Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i?iiii?i?iwMiiniiiwiMrtjiiwaiiPiiininminittf?tiiMmi lUuiMritHMitiintHMiiiiiiHMiiuHttiimii News for t! 4M*hminniuuuiimimm:iiiitiiumuuimimmiiuiiuiii?uiniiiimiiiiiiHimiiiiiiimiiiimu!iiiuuiiiiii! ewigHOtiwiiwtiuMmMMuiuiiwimiuiwmiuiNiiimmiiuxmiiMiiiHiiiiuimiiiHiimiiiimiimmmuiiii COTTAGE CHEESE-MAKING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Cottage cheese is ar? economical meat substitute. It contains a larger percentage of body-building material than meat and furnishes it at a much lower cost. The making of this kind of cheese furnishes an economical way of utilizing skim milk and it can be done on a small scale with no special equipment. Realizing these facts, the Department of Agriculture of Winthrop College has prepared the following directions for the use of teachers in giving a lesson in cottage cheesemaking in the public schools. Teachers of the State are urged to work out this exercise a3 a demonstration before their classeB. Two methods are described. In the first the skim milk is allowed to curdle naturally, and in the second it is curdled by means of a junket tablet (rennet.) The equipment necessary is 2 gallons of sweet skim milk; 2 cups of sour milk; two vessels, each of which will hold a gallon of milk; two vessels a little larger than the others; a long-bladed knife; a large spoon; a thermometer; a piece of cheese cloth; a piece of muslin; a junket tablet Directions for natural curdling method; During the afternoon, place a gallon of the milk in one of the smaller vessels and bring it to a temperature of 75 degrees F.f using the thermometer to 'determine the temperature. If the temperature of the milk is too low, pour hot water into the larger vessel and place the one containing milk ig the water. If the temperature is too high, use ice to cool the milk. N&ct, add ' , a cup of sour milk to start the souring process and leave ttfe milk undisturbed until the next day. As soon as a firm smooth curd has formed, cut this curd into cubes an inch or so in size. Then, place the vessel in hot water and raise the temperature of the liquid to 400 degrees F., and keep it there for about a half 1 : 2.1? raAM4. nuur. JLTUrillg me ueaiiug, am gently from time to time. Next, drain the curd through the cheese cloth. In 15 or 20 minutes the curd will become muBhy. When this occurs, raise and lower the sides of the cloth to hasten the draining of the whey. ' When the curd is rather firm and the whey has nearly ceased to flow, it is ready for salting. One and a half teaspoons of salt is the average < quantity used for the cheese from a gallon of milk. Sprinkle the salt over the curd and work it in with! the spoon. Directions for the junket tablet method: Late in the afternoon, place a gallon of skim milk in a ves-, sel as before directed. Heat to 80o F., and hold at this temperature for 5 or 6 hours. Then, dissolve oneeight of a junket tablet in a table tents into the milk. Allow th.; milk to stand until a firm curd has form- ' ed (this will be early the next day). Without further heating and with no cutting of the curd, drain through : the piece of muslin. Cheese cloth is too coarse for this kind of curd. After the whey has stopped draining, press the cloth with the curd in it between two weights of some | kind to expell any surplus whey. ( When the curd is about of the same ^ consistency as described for the ( other method, stop the draining of ; the whey and salt the curd. A finer curd should result than by the other j method. - j Store cottage cheese in earthen- j ware or glass vessels and keep in a v cool place. It will not spoil for sev- l eral days. j PROGRESS IN DRY FARMING. | ] Twenty-four field stations on the ? Great Plains are now contributing ( valuable information to dry-lai\d 1 farming problems. Five of these sta- ; tions this year completed a continuuous record of 10 or more years of i farm experiments and 11 others had continuous records of five or more years. More than 4,000 permanent 1 plats devoted to crop rotations and . BfcUUitJB Ui. cultural lueuiuus arc nuw i furnishing records every year. Ree- ] ords of such extent and continuity < furnish better evidence concerning j many fundamental agricultural pro* i MHfirailMMMMMIMMWMMMMPMHMMHMMMMMMMMBMMHMMlM' k Firmer in mi iiiiii iiifliiiiiiiiiiiiinfii iiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiniwiiiiiwuiiiiiiiwiiMiiMiiiw?Mww?jnir blems than has ever before been available and enables the United States Department of Agriculture to advise with increasing assurance on the questions of adaptation of crops, the response of crops to cultural methods, and the agricultural value and possibilities of each see* tion represented by the stations. HANDLING PERISHABLES. S Fruit and Vegetable Grading Stud* ied by Bureau of Market*?-Ten. tative Grade* Worked Out. Extensive studies in the grading and handling of fruits and vegeta> bles were made by the Bureau of Markets of the United States Ds-| partment of Agriculture this season,' and tentative practical grades have been worked out for apples, peaches, and strawberries, according to a recent report of progress from the bureau. The work has covered the principal producing sections of the East, South, and Middle West and also the mort important markets. It has included grading, packing, packing-house construction and equipment, and the effect of different methods of handling upon tbs physical condition of the fruit The operation of sizing machines and other labor-saving'devices also were studied to determine their efficiency arrl Department Prepared to Make Re* commendations. As b result of this work the department is now prepared to make definite recommendations as to grading and packing these crops, fruit packing-house plans and equipment, and general handling methods. Special attention has been given to apples, peaches, potatoes, Texas Bermuda onions, cantaloupes, and tomatoes, and a study of the various operations of harvesting, grading, packing, inspecting, and shipping has been started on other truck crops. As a result of these investigations the Bureau of Markets was able to recommend immediately, in conjunction with the United States Food Administration, on the request of the Federal Reserve Board, potato grades for use by member banks when, in August, the banks were authorized to make loans against warehouse receipts for potatoes properly graded, packed, stored, and insured. These grades are described in a publication of the department, Markets Document 7. Grades Put to Practical Tast. \ The tentative grades worked out in 1916 were put to a practical test by being UBed as a basis for the actuel field grading of car lota of onions and potatoes to compare the movement and selling price of graded stock with that which had not been graded. In this work experiments have been made to determine the efficincy and practicability of machinery for sizing these crops. It was demonstrated that the work may be done economically and with more uniform results by the use of machines than by hand methods. ( POULTRY CLUBS GROWING. * i The girls' and boys' poultry clubs, * first organized in 1912, are being 1 continued in eight States, according 1 to the annual report of the Bureau 1 of Animal Industry, United States 1 Department of Agriculture. ' . In Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia 249 counties are organised with 1,121 clubs and 11,224 members. In the past year members set 84,171 eggs, hatched over 59,000 chickens, and raised 38,327 matured fowls. More than $8,000 worth of poultry products were sold or consumed at home. The total receipts nf ?QQ RAR OK nm. V* yww V??l/ gUT V Ull ?V ViH^V J/1 Wfit of $14.72 for each member reported. CHEESE WORK GROWS IN WEST 1 I Work to develop cheese manufac- < ture in the Western States, begun in 1 July, 1916, has resulted in 12 new i :heese factories, says the annual re- 1 port of the Bureau of Animal In- 1 iustry, United States Department of l Agriculture. Improvement of the ' milk supply produced a better quali- i / .v/l.v -J* j- r-t'JzAifiiaSiLSjik ty of cheese and greater yields. One factory reported that the improvement of the milk supply alone increased th net income of chees at J least |3,000 a year. Possibilities for 1 expansion of cheese work in tfie 1 West are said to be almost limitless, 1 but no effort is being made to en- < courage the establishment of factor ies where there are not cows enough ' or where other circumstunces pre- 1 vent successful operations. ' BEEKEEPERS HELP 1 FEED THE NATION 1 Response of beekeepers to appeals 1 to increase honey production, thus ] helping to meet the food shorta&e, 1 and especially the sugar shortage, < has been, strikingly large, according ' to a report by the Bureau of Enfco- 1 mology, United States Department of Agriculture. 1 The honey market news service 1 inaugurated by the Bureau of Mar kets of tft? depurtment is expeciea j to curtail speculation and make the market more stable. CASEIN FROM BUTTERMILK. - ] Casein, an essential in the making 1 of paper, and in great demand be- 1 cauae of the failure of imports, may ' be made from buttermillc, says the 1 annual report of the Bureau of Ani- 1 mal Industry, United States Depart- > ment of Agriculture. Whils the best < vmH* of euMin si made from wlrim 1 i r. . milk, improved methods can produce ' from buttermilk a quality only slight ] ly inferior to the best grsdes. 1 ? i THE NEW WAR FLOUR. 1 The grocers o:f the city sre ex- c pscting esrly shipments of the war < flour which is to be sold exclusively * later on. This flour is composed of ] a larger percentage of the bran and < allows an economical and at the ' same time a healthful broad. t The flour ia approximately 95 p<sr i cent or me grain, wnerciore it win x be considerably darker than the flour to which the average man ia accus- ] tomed. The mills began grinding this new product nearly a month ago. The flour which was in o rdinary uiie c was approximately 70 p<ir cent of i the grain, the bran being taken out t At present all local grocers are 1 handling the flour which is about *70 1 per cent of the grain and, of course, 1 will continue to handle it until ti e } supply is exhausted. After that tine i the war flour will be sold alone. The j bread made from war flour is said i to be palatable and is healthful. It j ia -nearer the "whole wheat" flour cr 'graham" floor. "HUMAN HEARTS." ? 1 Pew plays can boast of the rec- , ord held by "Human Hearts," which a will appear at the Opera House on Q Jan. 28, (Wednesday), either as a 0 money maker or equal the hold it has on the amusement loving public. The play which is in four acts and ^ six scenes is replete with thrilling dramatic situations and bright a wholesome comedy and the many g add characters in "Human Hearts" c furnish splendid opportunities for the canable cast that has been en gaged to portray then. P The story of the play is woven I about Torn Logan, an honest young * blacksmith in the Arkansas Hills, P who marries a refined confidence d woman. Things go smoothly enough n st first but the wife soon tires of country life and g;eU herself and / poor Tom into great trouble. The play will be produced here with its . full cast and a complete scenic production, and is brimful of good P healthy eomedy. f P HOW TO BURN FINE COAL. f c Here's convenient way to use J the slack and powdered coul?if you tl ire lucky enough to have even that: f Mix a half pint of kerosene with a p peck of coal, then put into small pa- if per bags or newspaper packages and how easy it is to get your fire joing. SCHOOL GARDENS. ???? ti The classes in Agriculture at Win d thop make use of the planting table o. jiven, in their garden work at tl the college. Teachers in the State L srill And this a helpful guide in giv- fi ing instruction in gardening to S their pupils. It is compiled from a U. S. Department of Agriculture ^ publication and has been thoroughly lc worked out for conditions iin South k Carolina. b EXPANDING ITS BUSINESS According to a recent announc< ment made from the home office i Greenwood, the Abbeville-Greer tvood Mutual Insurance Compan; which does a large business in th rounty, had added another count; Saluda, to its list of counties, mal ing seven counties in which it low doing business, as follows: A1 bevile, Greenwood, Laurens, Mi Cormick, Edgefield , Lexingto and Saluda. The company no lias over two and a half millions c dollars of insurance in force and increasing this every week. The con pany asks for support from the pe< pie in these various counties n< Dnly because it is a home enterpris but because of its record of payin ill claims during its twenty-fi\ pears of existence, it solid financii standing and its low rates.?Clinto Sazette. \ PROHIBITION WINS IN LOWER HOUS rhe State, Jan. 18. Ua?mKami t\f fliA Vi/mian loof ill ViilUVi O KJJL bUV uvugv lOOV passed to third reading the resoli :ion to ratify the federal prohib tion amendment by a vpte of 60 t 28. Prior to taking this ballot th louse refused by a vote of 29 to 6 :o place the question in the primar lext summer. The motion to strik jut the enacting words of the resc tition was lost by a vote of 31 t 38. Ratification is likely to tak place today by the same majority which was in excess of the conclu: on-of the body. Several hours of continuous d< >ate was indulged in again last nigh luring which time the martyred ghos >f State rights was again wildl italking abroad, accompanied by il jhantom rival, negro domination o 'quality. Champions of the violate 'issues" exhausted their "munitio lumps" against an. invincible wa nachine. The hosts had come, no ? praise, but to bury Caesar. VEW SCHEDULE ON SEABOARD V* ??. The schedule on the Seaboard wa :hanged last Sunday and the follow ng is the time oI leaving of th rains. ?lo. 30, due at _12:34 P. B J* K -+ io.cn t> ti IVi U UQ .VU X* x\ tfo. 29, due at 3:58 P. J Co. 12, due at 1:39 A. B *o. 6, due at 5:30 P. 1 4o. 11, due at 3:45 A. I *o. 18, due at 10:00 P. 1 ^o. 17, due at 5:00 A. S ABBEVILLE PEOPLE ABROAD. John M. Denny of Savannah, an ifiss Lillie Mae Bowie of Donalds vere married in Columbia Tuesda; ifternoon by the Rev. A. N. Brun on of the Washington Street Meth >dist Church. ?The State. ^ J. T. Simmons was in our offic i'riday and subscribed to The Pres ind Banner. He is a farmer and i ;etting rich on high price cotton be auee he raises all of his supplies. J. D. Duncan of Route 1, was i ileasant visitor in our office Friday le renewed his subscription ot Th *ress and Banner . He thinks ou taper is fine and he doesn't want t< lo without getting all of the lates iews. t 1? lbbeville people away from homi Rev. D. W. Kellar has been ap ointed as one of the campaigner or Anderson district in the cam aign to raise $300,000 endowmen or Columbia, Wofford and Landei olleges. The campaign begins or anuary 20 and continues through lie 31st Mr. Kellar will be abseni rom the city two Sundays, but hi: ulpit will be- filled by visting min iters.?Lancaster News. CUT OFF FROM CIVILIZATION (Lincoln, Ga., Journal.) Owing to the fact that Jack Frosl ied up the Savannah River to t epth sufficient to carry the wcighl f a man and successfully blocking lie ferry boat from making trips incolnton has been without mail rom McCormick and points on th? eaboard for three dyas this week. A force of men went to work on [onday cutting a path through the :e for the ferry, but the severe cold ept forming ice almost as fast ac le men worked. ... ' i- New York Americans will play in i- ten Southern cities, Orangeburg, ;o Greenville, and Spartanburg, being ie among the ten. 2 y Canada's Fisheries Mission came :e to Washington to discuss plans for )- the conservation of Fish foods in o the waters adjacent to the two :e countries. j- The Atlanta merchants at a meeting have agreed to pay their emi ployees on the Mondays that their t, places are closed by order of the i} government. \ y ' * The Post says that Maj. Richard >r Lloyd-George, son of the premier, d will go to America with Earl Readn ing, high commissioner in the Unitr ed States. ?t ' - . Marshall Joffree is stated for a seat in the French Academy among the forty Immortals. He will /be the seventh marshall of France on whom 3 such an honor has been conferred. r" The last one being elected in 1775. e The Hartwell grocerymen are or^ ganizing and from now on will sell ^ their "eats" for cold cash. They say ^ that this applies to bankers also. ^ This move was made on account of ^ the war and the uncertainty of ' death. 1 Orders forbidding all Socialist propaganda in the - German army hvae vbeen issued by the German ^ military authorities, according to a dispatch today from Switzerland. '' Socialist newspapers are forbidden y to be sent to the soldiers. i- _/ iA bomb addressed to Gov. William D. Stephens, mansion at Sacramento, has been intercepted at the ferry postoffice. The package contained several sticks of dynamite. s The executive mansion was damaged December 15 last by an explosion of dynamite. Brazil says that she will not embarrass her co-belligerents by any 8 premature indorsemnt of peace r plans Brazil became a belligerent "I I _ _ . ' bccause Germany brought the war to America and her action was not taken for material gain nor marked by any hatred of Germany. During the last six weeks the army remount service has lost 4,777 horses an<^ mules, valued at $83,975, says an announcement made i public recently. The great propor- ; tion of these deaths, it is said, reP suited from influenza and its comi i plictions. t 1 } The immediate taking over of all \ . the packing plants in the- United States will be urged upon President Wilson by a delegation representing 1 every craft in the industry and head- . ed by John Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor |.1 which departed for Washington last , week. 1 __ 1 * i > In some of the Western States the , people will be allowed by the Food [ Administration to eat all meats ex. cept pork on Meatless days. On ac- 1 count of the high price of foodstuffs ? i some of the growers have been ( i forced to market their stock. At I I first beef was included in the meat 1 i to bo saved but , it can be tat?n alio \ now. i t . . . -t - ' ->..i oV;-... ; .. /.:-..v GENERA ^ 'I is i Yf c_ Representative Long has. introducis ed a bill prohibiting the writing of 5_ insurance on the life of a child unc_ der 12 months of age. n w The woman's auxiliary of the >f Episcopal diocese held it's thirtyis third annual meeting in Union last i- week. j- . 5t Governor Manning has appointed ie J. N. Nathans, of Charleston, a memS ber of the state board of education e to succeed J. Rutledge Rivers, of " Charleston, resigned. n _ The coal dealers in York were delivering to their customers last Tuesday, cannel coal which they had ? obtained from the mines. It burns almost as freely as rich pine. if DiiriiKr ifa training spnsnn fhp L NEWS I Miiuuiiiiitiiintiminnuui?fiiutiNHtui?imniiMnMrtMMiiitniiMjiiiiwm^MiNiMinmSSHSSft?!i, ' In the surrounding small towias 1 the stores will all be closed onMon-/; days according to the order of the* -/. Fuel Administration. Those stores that ,are really entitled to exemption v such as the grocery stores. The % owners figure that the housekeepers ? can lay in a sufficient amount of . ? supplies to last over until Tuesday. v1 ~? The State Farmers Union elected ' J. H. ClafFy, of Orangeburg, &s president to succeed H. T. Morrison ' of McClellanville, who declined election. The other officers were re- velected, J. T: Williams of Sumter;' ^ vice-president \ J. Whitner Reid, of ' Columbia, Sec. and Treasurer; J. W. Shealey, Executive Committee- % man for- three years and \T. B, j Thackston of Orangfeburg, State Organizer. j H ? ii i vx'/v. Although Marked progress was made last week bu'nkerine carfra p> .v. w steamer and coal carriers in Norfolk, Va., the local shipping records show 127 Vessels -jtill awaiting service at the local coal piers. All are jjloaded with cargoes and "ready get away as soon as coaled. x.f:? Mrs. Bettie Ingram, of Pratt City,.'; Ala., widowed mother of GnnnerVMate Osmond Kelly Ingram, . killed I October 15, when the destroyer^, Cassin was attacked by a submarine,1 * has received the first payment the soldiers' and sailors' iniuranc? bureau to the dependents of a ?ol- ; , dier or sailor killed yi action. v ; \ , Leon Trotzky, the Russian Bolihe- ^ viki leader, was in Spain in October 1916. The police thought he was a dangerous anarchist and they a*- ' rested him and on his release he wa# made to leave the country. ' ~ ? & yifft The movement' of coal from Pottsville, Pa., has increased considerably.in the last week. It is said over 5,000 cars were strung klong tha mining districts. The railroad hope*/ to break the congestion by the en# /:, of the week. Vr&SfiP - . V.. xt.^. ? - T???? ii.i ? Aicwa uuui JTixna says uiab aaiu^?(>. from the usual artillery fire there , is nothing to report says the war of- \ fice communication. v .f w 1 The salesmen of the American Tobacco Company will * sell Thrift. Stamps during this weekk. They ar? < not to take any orders for tobacco. Th^re are 1,500 salesmen.. -i ?? ' r The people of Chicago want thre? r fuelless days a week instead of onfe There are 45,000 women wor)cer? / in the munitions plants in Germany today. This is an increase of 20,000 since 1914. v j The whole sale price of butter has been fixed in Chicago and New' York by the Food Administration. . a pound of butter will be 47 centa^ : until the end of the season which lasts about two months longer. __ The two y<iung men who wer? in love with the same girl decided to end the love affair .by fighting a duel. They both died instantly. This happened near Stearns, Ky. Gen. Pershing's forces have be?* . made weaker by the death of 12 m?n>' and one unrse. Henry Ford is to make a .tour of the South to select a site for th? shipbuilding yard. Ho will visit Charleston. A bill authorizing the president :o order the registration and drafting of all males betv/oan. eighteen md sixty-two to be use! in the conluct of industries necessary for pro- H| notion of the war, was introduced jy Senator McCumber and referred :o military committee. |H 100,000 Austrians h.ive gone on i strike. It is said that the demonitration is Anti-German and also gj iconomic. Their aims tre for peace. BH 3ublic demonstrations have been leld in many places and hostility vas voiced at the Germans for try- flj ng to makf them continue the war. . ..