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Sergeant York Spurns All Assistance. Sergeant Alvin York, hero of the World War, who was in a com'pany commanded by captain-later Major -E. C. B. Danforth, of Augusta, is about to lose his Tennessee farm, due to the deflation in value of farm products. It seems that on York's re turn from the army he was given a farm in his beloved Tennessee, half of the purchase price being paid on it by the donors, thus leaving a mort . gage which York expected to pay from the proceeds of the farm. The fall in value of farm commodities has made the farm a liability instead of an asset and with the mortgage on the place due, the World War hero may be forced to give it up. We read that there have been of ? * fers from moving picture magnates, from chautauquas and from many other sources to lure. York away from the farm long enough to make enough money t opay up his obliga tions. There have been offers of gifts from many individuals and at tractive salary offers, but York figures that he will be capitalizing his war service if he accepts them. There are few men who could with stand the temptation of being lion ized, of being the cynosure of hun dreds of thousands of eyes and to revel in the admiration of the public, to say nothing of the thousands of dollars that he could gather in at the same time. However, York is a quaint character, one who had to be per suaded that it was his duty to fight -since h? entered the service a con scientious objector- but, once con vinced that it was his duty, he be came the most famous of all the World War heroes. It seems that he holds equally strong scruples about capitalizing afterwards .what he did in the line of duty, which is a highly commendable trait, though it is not a bit practical. York could, perhaps, take advantage of some offer to ex tend him assistance which he could repay in full, and an offer which would not cause him to have to vul garly parade his prowess as a sol dier. It might be quite true that his war record would be the direct or indirect cause of his securing the as sistance, but the fact that he was a hero should not effectually shut him off from any assistance from the out side world when it is generally prof fered to him. However, he is a pecu liar make up, a conscientious charac ter, who sets his ideas of right 'against everything, saying he would rather lose his farm and "go back to work as a common laborer than to commercialize the fame which was only incidental to an act of Provi dence." Speaking of this the Atlanta Con stitution holds up the lanky Tennes sean as a hero in peace as well as in war and goes on to say: "Most men similarly situated, would jump at ony one of the mon ey-making opportunities which this modest hero has flatly refused. In fact, had York been of a different temperament he could easily have been independently rich by now. By reason of the spectacular character of the incident upon which his fame rests he would be a wonderful "draw ing card" either on the lecture plat form, on the screen or in the maga zine and Sunday newspapers. "But Sergeant York modestly takes the position that he went into the war not for pecuniary gain, that he did nothing more than a soldier's duty, and that to exhibit himself or exploit his record for gain would cheapen the uniform he wore and de tract from the,dignity and glory of the flag under which he fought so heroically and well. "Such a spirit is commendable, and manifestation of it at the peril of losing the home that he loves stamps Sergeant York as being a real hero in peace as well as in war."-Augus ta Chronicle. Citation. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. By W. T. Kinnaird Esquire, Probate Judge, Whereas, C. C. Jones of above County and State made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Sarah D. Jones, late of said County and State, deceased. These Are Therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Sarah D. Jones deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro-1 bate, to be held at my office at Edge; field, S. C., on the 29th day of July! 1921, next after publication thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 11th day of July, Anno Domini, 1921. W. T. KINNAIRD, (L. S.) ? . J. P., E. C., S. C.. SUMMER CARE OF ICE CHEST IS IMPORTANT Well-Made Box Requires Less Ice Than Poor One. Drainage Pipe Should Be Cleaned by Flushing With Hot Water, and Keep Ice Compartment Weil Filled at All Times. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment ot Agriculture.) Choose a well-made ice chest; it uses less ice than one of poor construc tion. It should keep a temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, say spe cialists in the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Test yours with a thermometer. Keep the ice chest clean; wipe up anything spilled in it and, when nec essary, wash it out with hot water, using two tablespoonfuls of washing soda to each gallon- of water; rinse and dry thoroughly. Keep the drain pipe clean by flushing with hot water and cleaning with a long-handled brush. Such cleanliness does not pre vent ice from melting; it does save food from spoiling. Keep the ice compartment well filled. This ls economy in the long run. Do not cover the ice with ice blankets, newspapers, or cloth. These prevent the ice melting, but make the ice chest less cool. Do not keep foods in the ice compartment, as the melt ing of the ice is increased .every time the door is opened. Do not open the Ice chest doors unnecessarily. When one is opened, cold air rushes out and warm air rushes in. See that doors are closed tight after use, not left ajar. Select fairly thin dishes for ice chest storage. Thick dishes take up and hold heat. Enameled ware and ordinary glass are better than heavy earthenware. Never put warm food or warm dishes into the iee box. Chill drinking water and such foods as but ter, radishes, and olives by letting them stand in the Jce chest rather than by serving them with chipped tee. GRAPE JUICE IS REFRESHING Excellent for Use in Hot Weather and as Base for Desserts lt Cannot Be Excelled. Much grape juice Is canned at home nowadays, for It makes one of the most refreshing drinks in hot weather, and as a base for desserts it cannot be excelled. The following dessert . recipes, using unfermented grape juice, have been suggested by the United States Department of Agriculture: Grape Sherbet. Mix one pint of grape juice, the bli 'e of oi.e lemon, and one heaping teaspoonful of gelatine dissolved in boiling water; freeze quickly; add the beaten egg white of one egg when al most frozen. This quantity is suf ficient for eight persons. Grape' Ice Cream. Mix one quart of grape juice, one quart of cream, one pound of sugar and the juice of one lemon. Freeze. Syllabub. Mix one quart of fresh cream, the whites of four eggs, one glass of grape juice, and two cupfuls of powdered sugar. Whip half the sugar with the cream, the balance with the eggs ; mix well; add the grape juice; pour over sweetened strawberries and pineapples or oranges and bananas. Serve cool. Bohemian Cream. Mix one pint of thick cream and one pint of grape-juice jelly; pour In to small cups and set on ice. Serve with lady fingers. PORCH BOX TO SHIELD MILK Two Galvanized-1 ron Cases With Lay. er of Insulating Material ls Satisfactory. If the day's supply of milk ls de livered very early in the morning, so that i( stands on the porch for several hours'before the family arises, a potch box should be provided. A covered box consisting of two galvanized-iron cases with a layer of insulating ma terial is a good way to protect the milk from sun, flies, prowling ani mals, and dust blown from the street. Al Aow? ?e House Bait the mousetrap with sunflower seed. . * * Add a little sweet cream to caramel filling and it will not sugar. . * - ? . When making apple pie roll a few gratings of cheese into the crust. . ? . . An omelet made with six eggs will serve from six to eight persons. . * * Barley well cooked and served with sugar and cream makes a good cereal dish. Dates are delicious stoned and filled with almond fudge while still soft. . . * .- i - ? -?. . ...( When food has cooked over on stove, rub rough places with sand paper. ? ? . ' Try tomatoes cored and baked with a pork sausage Inserted In each tomato LACK OF PACKAGE MEANS MONE"V They Look the Same ! Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Standard containers for marketing fruits and vegetables are of more in terest to the average citizen than he generally realizes. Not only is he de frauded frequently by the substitution of short-measure packages at the full measure price, which ls inevitable If the difference in the size of the pack ages ls not easily detected, but also the cost of marketing is increased by the greater expense of manufacturing a large number of unnecessary styles and sizes and by breakage in transit, sometimes directly attribut?ble to the difficulty of loading odd-sized con tainers. These losses constitute an unnecessary tax on the fruit and vegetable industry that the bureau of markets. United States Department of Agriculture, ls endeavoring to cut down by fostering the use of stand ard containers. ? Old-Time Units Cause Confusion.' Local package units that came Into use long ago are most largely re sponsible for * present difficulties. Such packages may have been satis factory when their use was confined to a limited territory, but of late years rapid transportation and the use of special refrigerator and ventilator cars have brought the products of every section of this country into our great marketing centers, where the di versity of styles and sizes of contain ers haye resulted in unnecessary con fusion. There are In common' use today about 40 sizes of cabbage crates, 3!0 styles of celery crates, 30 lettuce crates or boxes/ 50 styles and sizes of hampers, lo styles and 1 sizes of round stave baskets, and market bas kets, varying in size from 1 to 24 quarts, whereas relatively few stand ard sizes would satisfy all the de mands of the trade. The unfair competition of short measure containers has been another unsatisfactory factor. Certain shrewd packers have found that by slight modifications in the shape of pack ages the cubical contents can be re duced substantially without noticeably affecting the appearance. Short-Measure Package. Commodities sold in these contain ers can be offered at a lower price per package than those sold in standard packages, but the price by unit of weight ls, of course, higher. Often this has caused the general adoption of the short-measure package, and there Is no end to this procedure, for once the short measure is recognized as the standard a still shorter one is put out by an unscruplous minority. The six-quart market basket, the 14-quart peach basket, the seven eighths-bushel bean hamper, and the five-peck lettuce hamper are easily confused with peck, half-bushel, bush el and 1%-bushel baskets. )? Another factor which has caused the addition of many unnecessary packages ls the lack of a unit which is accepted as the basis for all pack age standards. If a manufacturer wishes to Introduce a crate into a pro ducing section normally using the bar rel instead of using the bushel unit, the tendency is to offer a barrel crate or half-barrel crate. At the pres ent time the crates and boxes are be ing manufactured in sizes based on the United States standard barrel (105 quarts) with Its subdivisions, the United States crania ry barrel (86 45-64 quarts) with its subdivisions, the weight bushel, the heaped bushel, and the volume bushel. These different standards are used because of compet ing packages. Series of Crates. The result may be seen by a glance at the following tab^e: Three Series of Crates Which Cannot Be Readily Distinguished From Each OtheV. Crates based on U. S. apple barrel: l-barrel crate.quarts 105 %-barrel crate.... do 52% 1-3 barrel crate. do 35 Crates based on U. S. cranberry barrel: l-barrel crate .quarts K 46-64 %-barrel crate . do 4311-32 1-3 barrel crate. do 2818-32 Crates based on standard bushel: S-bushel crate.'.quarte 96 1'/?-bushel crate. do ,48 1-buEhel crate......-.. do 82 A standard unie of measure should be permanent, definite, and of fixed and uniform value. The heaped bushel, which is In common use, is far from being fixed, and in many instances the heap has practically disappeared, say specialists of the bureau of mar kets. A proper heap has never been : UNIFORMITY T LOSS FOR BUYER 3ize,_but They Are Not defined by congress, and In those states where an attempt has been mn de to describe the manner in which the measure should be heaped the phra seology generally is vague and indefi nite. The heap has been referred to as a cone, the base being the top of the measure, and the height depend ing upon the nature of. the article when piled "as high as may be with out special effort or design." Such vegetables as sweet potatoes under this definition might be piled so high that tiie heap would be as large as the measure itself. In view of the difficulties which are necessarily encountered in attempting to secure a uniform method of filling or packing standard containers, it is generally recognized that weight is the only really definite basis of sale, and for that reason the pound or hundredweight should be used where this is practicable. An exception may be noted,in regard to products which are carefully graded as to size, in which case the sales may be made satisfac torily by numerical count. BUSINESS BASIS IN SELECTION OF FARM Many Serious Errors Made by Young Men in Moving. Know Only One Set of Conditions and Are Not Able to Weigh Ac . 'v curately Ail New Factors That Must Be Considered. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Many farmers, especially theyoun er men, in moving from one region to another, make serious errors in select ing farms, not because their judgment is naturally poor, but largely because they know only one set of conditions and are not. able to weigh accurately all the new factors that must, be taken Into account, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Here the science of farm management is helpful, in that from the farm-manag?ment view point the farm is put on a business basis. In doing this, however, the home side of the question must always be kept, in mind. The farm home and the farm business are Inseparable. A desirable farm, from a business standpoint, is nevertheless .undesir able If it has no social or community advantages. On the other hand, desir able living conditions are of little or no advantage unless accompanied by a successful farm business. A farm may have fine buildings, good water supply, excellent roads, and other such assets, yet if the soil is rocky, shallow, or naturally 1? fertlle, so that Its productive possi bilities are distinctly limited, there will be no adequate income for en joying the other advantages. More over, these physical limitations are enduring, while the needed improve ments, such as buildings and roads, can be added as means are provided. PICK AND PREPARE BERRIES Care Must Be Exercised by Grower ki Shipping Blackberries by Parcel Post. If a grower wishes to ship Wcck berrles by parcel post, he should ex ercise care in picking and packing the berries. Carelessness In picking and handling blackberries sometimes causes more Injury to the fruit than does the treatment given while in transit, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Success In shipping blackberries is dependent largely on favorable weath er conditions and the way in which the fruit is handled in transit. The shipping weight of a 16-quart crate of blackberries is from 27 to 30 pounds, and the charge for postage to points within the first and second postal zones is from 31 to 34 cents. The cost for crate and postage on a 16-qaart 'crate of blackberries will vary, therefore, from 58 to 64 <ients. It may be possible at times to ship moro ffcan one kind of berries In a crate, such as a combination ship ment. CAROM HELPED ?EGAIN STRENGTH Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous sod Depressed-Read Her Own Story of Recovery. Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. C. M. Stegall, Of near here, recently related the fol lowing interesting account of her re covery: "I was In a weakened con dition. I was sick three years in bed, Buffering a great deal of pain, weak, nervous, depressed. I was so weak, I couldn't walk across the floor; just had to lay and my little ones do the work. I was. almost dead. I tried every thing I heard of, and a number of doctors. Still I didn't get any relief. I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I believe if I hadn't heard of and taken Cardui I would have died. I bought Biz bottles, after a neighbor told me what it did for her. "I began to eat and sleep, began to gain my strength and am now well and strong. I haven't had any trou ble since ... I sure can testify to the good' that Cardui did me. I don't think there is a better tonic made and I believe it saved my life." For over 40 years, thousands of wo men have used Cardui successfully, in the treatment of many womanly ailments. If you suffer as these women did? take Cardui. It may help you, too. At all druggists. E 85 Notice of Final Discharge. To All Whom These Presents May Concern: Whereas Whitfield S. 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