Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We are not worst at once; the course of evil Begins so slowly, and from such slight source An infant's hand might stem the breach with clay; But let the stream grow wider, and philosophy. Age, and religion, too, may strive In vain g To stem the headstrong currents. THERE'S A REASON FOR THE RAI SIN. Raisins are one of our most valuable fruits; they are not expensive and are equal in nutritive value to many of our highly spoken of foods. One pound of Cal ifornia raisins is equal in food value ??j^^foj^gV t(> 1 1-3 pounds of ' 1 beef, one pound of bread, four pounds of milk, 4% pounds of fish, two.pounds of eggs, six pounds of apples or five pounds of bananas. They are also valuable as a medicine. Served as a dessert with nuts there Is no more palatable nor more easily prepared dessert. Raisins added to any fruit salad en hance its attractiveness, as well as Its flavor and food value. Raisin bread is a most ideal food for young and old. If children were given raisins to eat in place of cake or candy their tastes for sweets would be satisfied at no expense to the diges tion. Raisin Souffle-Steam a cupful of raisins until soft and plump, then chop fine, add three tablespoonfuls of pow dered sugar, a half-teaspoonful of va nilla, and mix very carefully with the beaten whites of four eggs, in which has been added a bit of salt and a quarter of a teaspoon of cream of tar tar. Tum into a buttered dish, cover thickly with powdered sugar and bake in a moderate oven 25 minutes. By using equal parts of raisins, dates and half as many figs with a few nuts, all put through the meat chop per, well mixed together and packed in a mold, a fine sweetmeat or a sand wich filling is made. For sandwiches steam a cupful ot raisins, add a pinch of salt and two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a dash of lem on juice and the beaten whites of two eggs. Spread on well-buttered bread just before time to serve. These make most dainty sandwiches for children's lunches for parties. Raisin pie is one well liked. Cook the raisins with su gar, ^ater and flour, add lemon juice s?jid " .bit of rind. 7?e?^ 2sw***<?-. A diamond in the rough. Is a diamond sure enough, For before it ever sparkles It is made of diamond stuff. Of course some one must find it. Or it never will bc found, And then some ont- must grind it. Or it never will be ground. But when it's found, and when lt's ground. And when lt's burnished bright. That diamond's everlastingly Just flashing out its light. -Rev. C. D. Meiers. WAYS OF USING BUTTERMILK. Buttermilk is not half appreciated as a food in itself. Nice, sweet, fresh buttermilk taken by the glass is a meal in itself. A diet of buttermilk has saved many sufferers from dyspepsia and kin dred ills. It is possible to live upon buttermilk exclusively for weeks at a time and gain in weight and health. Buttermilk may take the place ol butter and sour milk in many dishes. This means good country buttermilk, not that which has been separated from every globule of fat. Graham Muffins.-Mix and beat well two cupfuls of buttermilk, one tea spoonful of soda, half a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of mo lasses, three cupfuls of graham flour or a cup and a half each of wheat and graham. Bake in a moderate oven. Caraway Cookies.-Mix one cup ful of sour cream, half a cupful of buttermilk, two eggs, half a teaspoon ful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, flour to roll and caraway seeds to taste. Currants or nuts may be sub stituted in place of the seeds if so de sired. Griddle Cakes.-Beat tpgether two cupfuls of buttermilk, half a teaspoon ful of salt, one teaspoonful of soda, and flour to make a thin batter. Bake on a hot griddle. Serve with maple sirup. A mixture of buckwheat and flour makes a good cake for a variety. if lt Shrinks. Before you hem the bottom of a dress that is likely to shrink, run a nice tuck in the hem on the wrong side, with a long stitch nearly at the top of the hem, then run hem in usual way, but be sure not to take stitches of tuck with the hemming, then if it shrinks you can easily rip the long stitches in the tuck and let down Y> i .hout undoing the hem. , St George and the Dragon. It is rather surprising to find St George and his dragon turning up on thai stretch of the Danube which parts Hungary from Servia, remarks the London Chronicle. But the cav ern of Golubacz on the Hungarian side, opposite to the castle of the same name in Servia, can support by circumstantial evidence its claim to have been the scene of the encounter. It is true that the "Golden Legend" localizes the dragon in a "pond like a sea" in Libya. But the champions of Golubacz relate that, having slain the dragon, St. George left the carcass in the cavern, where it has ever since bred innumerable flies. And, as Mr. Walter Jerrold notes, there is no doubt about the flies. In the early summer swarms of them cover spaces of six or seven miles, and they have often proved fatal to horses. Making a Skylight Drip-Proof. A Pennsylvania wire glass company has evolved a new type of glass that solves a problem of much importance to many manufacturing plants-that of eliminating the drip from the un derside of skylights. In many of the arts, in silk and cotton mills, paper factories or chocolate works, the fall ing of a single drop causes much dam age. The new glass has an under surface with eight webs or channels to the inch, the webs being of such form as to give the greatest degree of capillary attraction. The result is that even when pitched as low as ten degrees above the horizontal, all con densation is held and carried down to the gutter at the foot of each sheet. Low Countries in Fiction. Both Belgium and Holland, in the guise of the Low Countries, as they used to be called, figure very promi nently in English fiction. Thackeray, in particular, placed very many scenes there, as every reader of "Esmond" and "Vanity Fair" will recall. Namur deserves a very special place in lite rary affections from its associations with "Tristram Shandy." It was the fortifications of this city that "My Uncle Toby," assisted by "Corporal Trim," spent hk time in constructing in miniature replica. It was also "My Uncle Toby," it is interesting to recall, who was responsible for that classic phrase, "Our troops swore horribly in Flanders." Good Guess, Anyway. A congressman said m the lobby of a Washington hotel that you can't lose the youngsters when it comes to making :. good ?uess, even if they don't hit the mark. In proof of the statement, he told this story. "Some time ago the teacher in a public school was giving a talk on classic mythology. Little Willie was not very attentive, and when it came to the questioning part of the game, he was lost in the wilderness. 'Willie,' said the teacher, closing the book arjd looking impressi ely at the youngster, '^an you tell me who Cyclops was?' ".'es. ma'am.' was the prompt answer of Willie. 'He was the feller what wrote the cyclopedia.' " The Retort Courteous. The telphone girls are forbidden to "answer back," no matte- how abu sive a customer may be. Sometimes They get around these hard conditions in a very clever way. An instance of the retort crurteous happened recently in Los Angele" in one of the big ex changes. After vainly trying for ten minutes to get the number he had asked for, the irate customer shouted: "What the deuce is the matter with you tele phone girls, anyhow-are you all crazy?" The answer came with exasperating sweetness: "I don't know. Ask in formation." Th. Excuse. Discussing another atrocity charge, Representative P. Lyons Dumlingsaid in Oswego: "Of course, the guilty will get out of it with a glib excuse. These people, with their glib excuses, remind me of the philandering hus band. This cha p, in a dim-lit conserva tory, was rebuked thus by a pretty girl: 'How dare you try to kiss me? Only this afternoon I saw you kissing your wife. And I heard you tell her, too, that she was all the world to you.' 'Yes, that's right,' the philan dering husband said calmly. 'But then there are two worlds, you know. Wife is the old world. You are the ney. " You and Your Work. Is work a burden? Do you rebel at everything and are you withholding your best efforts? Get another place! It is time for you to give your notice and attach yourself to another bread line. Never let work overpower you with its demands on energy. The man or woman who dies in the traces, with out the joy of work, may have a big funeral, but sermons and shaking heads of the onlookers are of little worth to the personality that has gone too soon. Make your work contribute to the joy of living. Make it help you to grow. Look for something in the aear future that will do this. The Path of Duty. We all love to pluck the fairest fruit and to gather the sweetest flow ers, but put this down as a truth worthy to be graven on a pillar of brass, that more enjoyable fruit grows by the wayside of the path of duty, than In all the wilderness of willful inclination. BEST OF SANDWICHES SOME NEW IDEAS EVOLVED BY CLEVER COOKS. Improvements In the Popular Tlt-BIt Known as the "Club" Have Benn Made-Oysters Used in Place of Chicken. Tea rooms in the big city shopping districts are serving some new vari eties of the always popular club sand wich. While the principal ingredi ents remain the same each style of club sandwich differs from its fellows in some detail which makes it dis tinctive. What is known as a French club sandwich is served with a toasted English muran substituted for the usual slices of toasted bread. It is set down before one garnished with a few sprays of parsley pressed deep into the yielding surface of the ?alf muffin which tops the substantial fill ing of chicken, bacon, mayonnaise, let tuce and sliced tomato. Watercress is used in similar fashion, the spray of green in either case being embedded in the toasted muffin so firmly that it seems to be a little flower holder. Two halves of crumpet are used for a similar sandwich and Ailed with the same combination, making a sand wich still more hearty. Where toasted bread is used vari ety is given to the club sandwich by reason of some other meat or fish be ing substituted for the usual founda tion layer of breast of chicken. Thin ly sliced duck is delicious with the bacon and other ingredients, and tur key is also another good substitute. Strips of rare beef, either cold or freshly cut from a hot roast and moistened with horseradish may also be used, and strips of rare steak are equally appropriate. An oyster club sandwich has for its distinctive feature two or three large fried oysters. These are laid on the under slice of toast, sprinkled with lemon juice and then topped with two strips of bacon, two lettuce leaves, a spoonful of mayonnaise and then the second slice of toast. For those who do not care for fried oysters the oyster club sandwich comes in still a different form, the oysters being poached in their own liquor until the gills curl, when they are drained of moisture and used for the foundation of che sandwich. If preferred oyster club sandwiches may be served with Russian dressing in stead of mayonnaise, as the addition of the tomato Savor in the chili sauce is particularly agreeable with oysters, either fried or poached. Sardine club sandwich is made of large boned sardines sprinkled w'rtfT lemon juice and arranged as usual and finely cut lobster, either hot or cold, offers still another variety. The egg club sandwich is usually served with a basis of an egg fried on both sides, and seasoned well with salt, pepper and paprika before the other materials for the sandwich are added. Hard-boiled eggs, sliced or chopped, result in a sandwich less rich. In both cases the eggs should be served hot. Economy Helps. In most households greater economy of time and energy can be practiced by cooking larger amounts of food at one time, and this means a saving in the fuel bills as welL Enough mayonnaise dressing for all the salads you wiil make in a week can be made on one day. It is just as easy to cook a kettleful of potatoes that will last two days as it is to pre pare only enough for the midday meal. There is hardly a vegetable one can think of that cannot be cooked in large quantities to advantage and that will not lend itself readily to warming over in a variety of ways. And on those days when the oven is being used for baked dishes in which the vegetables play an important part, double portions of puddings should be baked. What is not required that day can be served a few days later, steamed over the vegetable pot, and it will be just as appetizing, if not more so, as If freshly made. Fruit Cream. Cook the juice of three lemons and three oranges with two cupfuls of sugar, set aside to cool. Soften two tablespoonfuls of gelatin with milk, then heat over hot water until dis solved. Whip two cupfuls of cream, add the fruit juice and gelatin, stir until well blended, then pile high in a deep dish or mold if preferred. Steamed Dried Beef. Here ls an unusual recipe, but a very good one. Prepare a spiced vinegar as for fruit pickles, only less highly sea soned. Cut very, very thin slices of dried beef in narrow strips, diamond or any fancy shape, and cut with scis sors. Steam the beef in the vinegar for one hour. Serve hot with toasted wafers. Stuffed Celery. Wash tender celery hearts and put them into cold water to become crisp. Mash fresh cream cheese, then add chopped nuts and chopped olives to taste. Stuff the . celery just before serving and serve with toasted crack? era. For Removing Machine Grease. To remove machine grease from delicate fabrics use cold water, am monia and soap. This will not cause the color to run. ? V . } Rayo Makes Reading A Pleasure THE full mellow glow of the Rayo Lamp rests your eyes and makes reading a pleasure. The absence of glare and harshness will be a distinct relief to you. It is this quality that causes scientists to recommend the soft light of the oil lamp. The Kavo LAMP is the highest point of per fection in oil lamps. No glare, ho flicker, correct . light always. Rayo Lamps are easy to light and care for. Inex pensive-yet the best light at any price. Your dealer will bc glad to show you the Rayo. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D. C. Norfolk. Va. Richmond, Va. (NEW JERSEY) Charlotte. N.C BALTIMORE oSEgJg* ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiiiiw Medical College of the State of South Carolina -Charleston, South Carolina Departmenss ofSjMedicine and Pharmacy, Owned and Controlled by the State. 86th Session Opens October 1st, 1914. Closes June 3rd, 1915 Fine New Building ready for occupancy October 1st, 1914. Advan tageously located opposite Roper Hospital, one of the largest Hospitals in the South, where abundant clinical material is offered, con tains 218 beds. Practical work for Senior Students in Medicine and Pharmacy a Special Feature. Large and well-equipped Laboratories in both Schools. Department of Physiology and Embryology in affiliation with the Charleston Museum. Nine full time teachers in Laboratory Branches Six graduated appointments each year in medicine. For catalog address: OSCAR W. SCHLEETER, Registrar, Charleston, S. C. EB" t'J?tH Ranges, Stoves, Grat%s Furnitupe Now is the time to purchase a New Range, Stove, Heater or Grate. See Our Pretty Hockers and-Full Line of Furniture Prices in keeping" with seven-cent cotton. Jones & Son Wedding Presents Purchase your Wedding Presents from Augusta's Largest Jewelry Store. Beautiful assortment of SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS, CHINA, CLOCKS AND WATCHES, GOLD AND SILVER JEWELRY". NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS. Call to see us when in the city. Order by mail if you can't come. Write for catalogue. A. J. RENKL AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 706 BROAD STREET I NO ADVANCE IN PRICE SLUSKY'S ROOFING MATERIAL ON ACCOUNT OF WAR Our materials have advanced considerably, but having purchased im mense stock before rise of market, we are offering the SAME AT TRACTIVE LOW PRICES as formerly. Get our prices on METAL SHINGLES, TIN PLATE, GALVANIZED CORRUGATED IRON and RUBBER ROOFING, Etc. It will pay you to buy NOW as prices will never be lower. DAVID SL?SKY Phone 100. 1009 Broad Street Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will bo open for the purpose nf receiving taxe?; from the 15th day of October 1914 to the 15th day of March 1915. All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1914, and December 31st, 1914. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 4914, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1915, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent from the 1st of March to the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. The tax levies for the year 1914" are as follows: For State purposes 6 mills " Ordinary county 5 V " Special county 1 " " Cons. school tax 3 44 SPECIAL TAX. " Antioch S. D. 2 44 " Pickens Bacon S. D. 4 " 44 Pickens Bacon R. R. 3 44 44 Shaw Bacon school 4 44 44 Part Blocker R. R. 12 44 44 Part Collier Sp. school 3 44 44 Flat Rock S. IX 4 " " Oak Grove S. D. 3 44 44 Prescott S. D. 3 .. 44 Red Hill S. D. 4 44 44 Edgefield Pickens school 5 44 44 Edgefield Pickens R. R. 3 44 " Edgefield Pickens Corp'n 10 44 44 Edgefield school building 2 44 44 Edgefiald Wi9e school bld'g 2 44 44 Edgefield Wise Corp'n 10 44 44 Edgefield R. R. 11-4 44 44 Edgefield Wise school 5 44 44 portion Elmwood school 2 44 44 portion Elmwood R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood S. D. No 38 school 2 44 44 Elmwood S ,D. No. 3 R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood Long Cane R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood Long Cane school 3 44 44 P. Pickens Long Cane R. R. 3 44 44 Hibler S. D. 3 44 44 Liberty Hill S. D. 3 44 44 Johnston S. D. 8 44 44 Johnston R. R. 3 44 44 Moss S. D. 3 44 44 Parksville S. D. 4 44 44 Pickens R. R. 3 44 44 Plum Branch S. D. No. 15 5 44 44 Shaw school 4 <4 44 Talbert school 2 44 44 Pickens Trenton school 5 44 44 Pickens Trenton R. R. 3 4> 44 Shaw Trenton school 5 44 44 Wise Trenton school & 44 Wise Trenton R. R. 1 1-4 44 44 Ward's school 2 44 44 Modoc S. D. 2 44 44 White Town S. D. 4 " 44 Wise R. R. 11-4 44 The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when yoUjdesire to pay road tax. JAMES T. MIMS, Co. Treas. E. C. Citation* The State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield. By VV. T. Kinnaid, Probate Judge. Whereas, Mrs. Lillie DeLaughter made suit to me, to grant her Let ters of Administration of the Es tate of and effects of J. P. De Laughter of above County and State. These Are Tberefoie to cite and admonish all and singular the kir dred and creditors of the said J. P. DeLaughter, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be beld at Edgefield C. H., S. C., in my office on 11th day of February next, after publi cation thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenocn, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 26th day of January A. D., 1915. W. T. Kinnaird, Jan. 27, 1915. J. P. E. C. Notice. All persons indebted to the es tate of Mrs. Sarah F. Holder will make payment, and all persons holding claims against the said es tate will forward the same, forth with to the undersigned. J. Wm. Thurmond, Attorney for J. H. Holder, Adm'r. Jan. 12, 1915. Executrix Notice. On the 18lhdayof February 1915, I will make a final settlement on the estate of O. J. Prince, deceased, and at said time will apply for my final discharge as Executrix. All persons interested will take due no tice and gov *p themselves accord inglv. LULA HAMMOND, Jan. 19, '15. ' Executrix. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C.