Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GOOD CHRISTMAS THINGS, j Hints as to tlio Preparation of Holiday Dishes, Etc. Boiled Icing.?iBoil one cupful of granulated sugar with half a cupful -of water until it ropes when dropped from a fork; pour this gradually over the stiffly-whipped whites of two eggs, beating hard. Add flavoring and use at once. ICjlityry Barquettes.?'Make some little eases of puff paste similar to tart' cases. Stew some cherries or use the best canned fruit and put a tablespoonful in each little case. Cover with wiiippe I cream flavored with vanila or wine, and put a cherry or two on top for decoration. Home-made Macaroons. ?Blanch four ounces of almonds and pound them to a paste with four spoonfuls of orange flower walv:r, which can be bought at the druggy's. Heal ihe whites of four eggs to a stiff froth and mix with Ihe almonds, stirring in al the sjiine time one pound of I inoly sifted powdered sugar. Line your tins with a sheet of buttered or oiied paper and drop the paste on in little round cakes. Hake in a moderate oven. Apple ('ream.?Heel about one pound ami a halt of cooking apples, core and cut them up thin, put them in a saucepan with a little water and Ihe grated rind of one lemon. Stew until soft, sweeten and rub through a wire sieve. Meat half a pint of cream until stiff, stir i| into tire apples and color with a low drop's of cochineal and pile lightly in a glass dish. Scatter a few chopped nuts and little dabs of currant je.lly over the lop. Serve as co[ I ;is possible. ( I a re I .lellv. Soak one ounce of gelatine in a half pinl of cold water, I hea hoil until dissolved. Take onv quart of claret wine, one pint of currant jeliy, I hrec-(|uartcrs of a pound of sugar, t'ul lire gelatine with this mixture and stir all together over the lire until Ihorougiily melted. Meat the whiles of three eggs and stir briskly into 111. > jelly, boiling i| two minutes; reiuov IVorn the lire and let ! da.id lor two minutes, then strain through a hag and put in glasses. lava Cake.- Huh one cupful of. butter and two cupful*; of sugar to-j gellier jo ;i cream, add three eggs, one! at a lime, beating well after each one. Sill one and one-half pints of flour and mix through it one and one-half teaspoon fills of baking powder, adding this to the previous mixture, and also one cupful of stoned raisins, half a cupful of chopped citron, liaif a diptitl ot milk, little allspice and nutmeg, and o:re cupful of very strong collee. Mix into a smooth hatter ami bake. Card Cake.?Mix logetlier one cupful ?>f molasses, one whole egg and yoik of an extra one, four tablespoonI uls ot but ter, half a cupful of sour milk with one level leasooonful of soda stirred in two cupful* of flour and a pinch of salt. Mix i his well and roil out on a l'lou:vd board, cut-, ling in small shapes, and bake ipiick- j ly. I* I'ost with boiled icing' ! > which one Icaspoontnl of cinnamon lias bee i added. ( n' from citron an.I candied cherries figures which repre*eiii the different suits of cards and place .>n lop while I lie icing is soft. M.icaioon < 'harlot lc. One pint of j rich cream, white*; of four eggs, one' cupful p.avdered suja" an! a1 small wine:la !' sherr wi.ie. Ileal , the < j ' s to a i If f rot h. whip I he cream and stir the eggs' t It rough it. liave reiidv sonic st a I macaroons. j 'which hav e b"en rolled into fine I cnunhs. Ileal these through 'lie cream, adding the wine slowly while whipipug. Tlie liowl containing the t cream should be set in a pa.) of i crushed ice. as it will not properly ' whip unless very cold. I.ine t'lie dish ; or niouid to be used with macaroons, I turn in the cream ami decorate the top with candied cherries or auv i !im: w !ii. !i one fancies. liana fluff ( I'h o/.en ). Cut sev- , t 'ananas of medium si/c into sli < -p'ink'e ti'cni with le'iiou juice r d shredded cncoairit, a 'd --taiid tile dish containing thein oa ice for an hour. Then put Hie fruit through a finit press, or a keystone egg beat-j er can be used f \ou have not tiici press. Season with a cupful of sug-j ar minus one tablespoon fill. Cold into this mixture the stiffiy beaten i whites of four eggs, and turn it in-J to the freezer. As soon as the crank of the freezer begins to turn hard, open the can and add half a pint of cream that has been whipped stiff. Freeze until the consistency of tnush is obtained. If desired this can be used in chariot to ritsse cases. Orange Creams. If \<"i can get 1-civ, Tangerine oranges are lire he> t j I i this recipe. Cut a snvll hole in , ' , | t op of six ' mall oi ' res. and with a small spoon sni-i mI the i pulp, leaving the skins whole and cloar. Take five or siv ? e oning es and squeeze out Ihc jni,-.-. |)is- t solve one ounce oi' geiatiue in a little i water and mix with ii the juice of t nil and pulp of Hie six linsl ora:ii>0M,f < four ounces of sugar. Strain, and i whoa cold add one pint of croom. < 1*0111' this into the scooped out orange 1 siting. Leave them on ice for a | few hours, Then with a sharp-point- ] ed knife cut around the middle of ] each, and carefully remove the top half of tho skin which has tlio liolo i in it. The cream will have a slightly | rough appearance like the inside of > an orange. Garnish with soure littls < strips of the thin yellow peel. i Frozen Fruit Pudding.?'Beat the i yolks of four eggs and iialf a cupful < of sugar until iight; dissolve a table- I spoonful of corn starch in a little 2 cold milk, add to the beaten yolks < and gradually stir in four cupfuls of i hot milk. Cook over hot water for i fifteen minutes, stirring constantly ? untii it thickens, and then only oe- 1 casionally. Oh op fine one cupful of '? Knglisli walnuts and plump out a cupful of raisins by covering them i with boiling water, and, after standing fifteen minutes, drain them and I roll in granulated sugar. When Hie ( cooked mixture is cold add a little | vanilla, a cupful of strawberry pre- |' serve, fhe nuts and raisins, and freeze j as ice cream. When half frozen add n Hie whiles of four eggs beaten to a ( stiff froth with one quarter of a cup- g fill of sugar. When serving, garnish s with Hie halves of nuts and a litth u whipped cream. ii Nut Bars.?HJhop tine Ihc meats of il two or three kinds of nuts and mix n thoroughly with the cream made as |.i in creamed nuts; shape into bars o and cool. f X'hocola.tc A'imondw.?-Blanch half a pound of almonds, dry and toast light brown in the oven. Melt half f a pound of sweel vanilla flavored a chocolate and dip each almond into h tile chocolate separately and iay s 1 hem on oiled paper until cold. Melt- h I'd plain chocolate added to melted Ii fondant may )> used for dipping, a vanilla flavoring added to suit the \\ taste. |; Soft ('aramcls. To one quart of M moist brown sugar add one nip of ?"i? 11 milk, third of a cup of butter w ami hall a cake of chocolate, grated. I1 I ? ?iI nine minutes. then take from the | s lire and slir steadily for about five M' minutes, but not so long that you I' cannot readily pour il from the .saucepan into buttered tins. When partly ' cold mark into squares and let stand " until cold. Maple Sugar Squares.?Break one pound of maple sugar into peiees and mell in a saucepan, adding half I a cup of sweet milk and half a cup of thick sweet cream. Boil until it forms a soft ball dropped in cold water. Itemovc from the fire and stir untii il begins to cream. Then pour I into buttered tins, as thin as possi- s hie, and mark out in squares and lei I get hard. l< 11 ickory-N' lit Candy. I toil two 11 ciipl'uls of sugar and one half a cup- '* I'ul ?'l water together until il will ! thread, and when done flavor with a '' 'ea-pm il'il t.|' 1,'inoii a.id v.iniila loin-r. I urn quicklv int i the healen. ii white "I an egg (having liie howl sei I < i" i.| wali-il. -1 iin one cupful of j I hickory mi! meat". turn into a flat jy ' ii. 't I lit - !i. a ; 11 when roid. bleak , 11 i.i. -j.a;. S i horolate I 'ream Nnl>. These u ea in! ii* are ;u> 'U I. Mix one j ~ po'iud >?l eon I er| inner "s sugar, I wo | !ea .piton I n 1*- ni ci'M w ater, one lea- jd >pi't>ulul of \ a 111.1 a am! llie while of i '| lie u.ibea I en egg to a stiff paste, s Shape in lit 11? balls, dry, dip in mell- i | I'd rlioei la I e and press liie halves of walnuts or other mil meals on <i h- s er side. Stoned da'es or large mis- |< ins eau be filled with Ihis same a cream. ii ( aranieis an Cafe.- 'Nave ready n halt a cup of strong coffee. Add to she cofl'e" one pound of sugar and !>"il until a '-yrup is funned, Iheiij .' It ;i cup of sweat cream and con- 1 I'.nne to boil until the mixture will j harden when dropped in ice water. j Sl ir "i a I easpooiiI n! of butler, a id i when well mixed turn out into oiled j ;:ns and when sullicicnt i\ cold mark t< into squares and lei stand until per- | feet Iv cold aad firm. j r ("hocolate I'eanut Taffy. Three r pounds of w hite sugar, one cupful of j g water, half a cupful of cider vine- > gar. a lump of butler llie size of a d walnut and six lablespooiifuis of ;i grated chocolate. I'ul these ingredi- u cuts all together in a granite keltic ? and boil without stirring until a lit- < He dropped in water is crisp. Have I ready some shelled peanuts, and stir i quickiy 111 rough the candy. Drop in small pieces on buttered paper. \ Maple Creams.-- Cook a quart of t maple syrup until it will form a soft v wax dropped in cold water. Let il j | ci cold, then beat until thick like j, dough. Sprinkle confectioner's sugar in a piatter and knead this j dough well. Remove pits from prurt-' | js and dates and place a roll of tlii ream inside each one. Split figs an ,1'oul in same manner. Soften som )f the mixturo over boiling watei md when softened stir in shredde jocoanut or a mixture of ciioppe nits and form into balls or drop b easpoonfuls on to greased paper t form patties. The balls may be ief )laln or dipped in melted chocolat< Queen Caramels.?Add just onoug nilk to a pint of granulated snga :o dissolve it; also quarter of a tea spoonful of cream of tartar. Plac jver a siow lire and stir constant! while boiling until a little droppe ;ito cold water has the consistenc, >f putty. Pour into an oiled shal ow pan and let cool until so still" tha /our finger pressed into it leaves lent. Now stir to a soft mass lik lough, knead until soft and smootl; using a little confectioner's suga md then roll out into a sheet abou ialf an inch thick. Cut in squares fust before taking from the fire sti n I wo teaspoon fills extract of van 11m. Burnt Almond Fudge.?Browt dauched aimomls in the oven am 'hop rather coarsely sufficiently t< ill a teacup. Brown also half a cup ul of granulated sugar in a graniti an, add Iwo-thirds of a cupful o uilk, and when the browned sugar i; horoughly incited add one cupful o! ranulated sugar and one Uvble poonI ii 1 of butter. Boil for five mill tos, lest by taking a small quantity 11 a cold saucer and stir until coll f it is creamy the candy is done; il ot, boil for a short time longer am est. again. Fiavor with ten drops f almond extract, add nuts, heat ?' ew momenls and I urn out to an ineli ept h Oil a bul lercd dish. !( ? Civam Candy.?I'ul four cupills granulated sugar into a poredinline 1 saucepan with one cup ol ol water and stir until il is a cleat yrup. When the syrup boils ad.l all' a teaspoonful of cream of tarnr dissolved in a lit lie cold waler ml l.'| the syrup continue boiling ilhoiil stirring for fifteen or I wonv minutes. .lust before lakini: I'roni In- Tiro add butler the size t f an higlish walnut. Drop a liltle in ice aler. and when it becomes l>ritll< our at o.ice into buflcivd tin- ami prinkh- a Icaspoonful of vanilia ovr il. As soon as you can handle it mil and draw il into slicks and cut i 111 shears in inch pieces. 11 is beter il kepi Iwenty-four hours befor? ising. CALHOUN COUNTY. iy a Total Vote of 598 to 113 tin Proposition to Form a New County Wins. Si. M all hew's, December 17.? Vrliaps |he most memorable a:i< Ir.'iiuous new county campaign ii he history of South Carolina cam< i) a close at I o'clock litis after "on. wi Ih the result that a !>ab\ oiinly will he added to the map am ;ic- name o| John (('ailnm i honor il. I h-' vo: e on i In- t'orm;iI ion of ('a! '"in i oi;111 \ out of |>. i t ions ol )i ni:!i buig- and l.eximilon viands a "l!ow<: Orangeburg- S>. Matthew's es I |. no J: Korl Motte. yes 17. :n : '"'a 11 Branch, yes !10. |,Mm tar. \-es St!, no U; ('am,Ton, \ e- Ii!' .i Kedinond's Mill, ws -1. n? !. I e\iii-jto:i ("on il\ Ye- 17. no 1L? I li .i'f was ureal enthusiasm ai !iy. bill no I i _;!i! i n g \va> reported he Jieri I! ? ! Lexington ('oiiulv an ix depuliits stood guard over ill, .exingion poll. St, Matthew s. !!ie :11?counlv eat. is wild with Joy lonighi. Tin "wii is Hi np willi bonfire*, horm re blowing and I he band is play lg: hwn the ladies in groups an laking merry with the crowd. AFTER LIQUOR PERMIT. 'illman Introduces Resolution Con cerninft Federal Licenses in Local Option Territory. Senator Tiliman i- after the fed ml government again. hut tlii "'it' it is n<>I Mr. Uo.wevelt or See clary ( orlelyou, and .l",.s not di eel l\ n irern the finances of 111< overninenl. lie is after the interna evenue branch. The senator inlro luced a resolution directing (lie sen ile committee on finance |o invesli rale and report whether il is pracli able for lire national government Ii liscontinue the issuing of permit, or Ihe sale of inlo.\lcalJug liquor ii locai option communities. Senator Tillman did nol state f t vital purpose lie desired ibis in for nation, or wlial he would do with i vhen he secured it, but i| is assume? lull lie will have something to sa' >:i the subject at an early day. I .earning make* a man fit com >any for himself.?Latin. 1 WHEN YOUR o en o :i i' need glasses come to headquarters, the h only exclusive n.iauufacturing optical 20 . lioube in South Carolina with the latest qn electrical appliances for making test in ' l" complicated eye troubles. You get skill, 19' 0 experience; you get what your eyes need till y Every thing we do guaranteed to give t . 1 satisfaction. We do a high class work Ll at reasonable prices When in the city y call and consult with us. Be sure to drop So [_ in Fair week. ' r .. I ROBBINS & NOBLE, ci. II e 639 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. 1 Between Ehrlich Shoe Store and Boll & Co.'s Jewelry Store. r Sc t : ? EDISOM '' Parlor Grand Phonograph ^ Outfit No. 6. ? 1 ^ 1 This outfit consists of specially ^ 3 selected KDISON oTANDARl) ? . PHONOGRAPH equipped with ^ , magnificent wen nine Kdis?>n horn @ f more than 2 ]>{> f(. long and over 1 x/> ^ s ft. in diameter; also specially con- ^ structed genuine Edison horn crane. ? Your choice of one dozen Kdison cold moulded records. Lowest pos- a "f sihle cash price for Outfit No. 6, ^ . is $29.20. $1.00 a week gets this ^ ' outfit from us at the lowest possi- 0 I ble cash price. ^ Why not come and see what we v' ' have got for you. ?. : SALTER'S 1 Art and Variety Store, Newberry, S. C. ' P "DEXTER," my fine stallion will be , | for service during I lie season at .J. p it -I. II. I?rown's stables, k;n?wn as ;? Knighton's old stand. 1 , M. i>i'il<Mi!>nii-li. j SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTYj^ AI the late residence of P. 11. Amick, deceased, i:i number 7 town-j . j ship. I will, as administrator, sell to ! mi jtlie higciist bidder, therefor for casln 1 of . on Monday, December 30, 1907, the j I 'lluwing described personal proper-} i.v <>f wltidi 1 lie said P. II. Amick,1 died. seized and possessed: K mules, 1 horse, .'1 wagons, corn, 1 fodder and farming implements, lot I I hogs, eat lie, household and kilchen j _ j f limit tire. I ! <T. .T. Amick, j > . 1 I Administrator. , 10-17-24. t D I | ? ^1= . I . I of every kind, and for your fields of gi when you buy fence. A fence that a for. You want weight in the fence yc wagon." Now, it is a fact?and yoi wire that is given in any fence, in the < AMERI It is made on purpo.se to be the heavi sold in larger quantities than any othe The makers of AMERICAN FEf< mills and six immense fence factories. STAND) We can show you this fence in our the field, Come and sec us and get oui ; We have just re * and Will be please Also a fine line received. Fresh { t 1 i 0 yy jj 01 j* 1 XMAS HOLIDAY RATES. Account Xmas holidays the Soutbi Railway announces special ext'siou rates oi' one and one-third sl-class oneway faro plus 25 cents r the round-trip to all points south the Ohio and Potomac and east the Mississippi river, including ashington, D. C., and Cincinnati. Tickets will ho on sale December tli to 25th, inclusive; December th to 31st, 1907, and January 1st. 08, with limit good to leave deslation not later than midnight nuary 6th,, 1908. Apply to the nearest agent of the utliern Railway or address J. C. isk, Division Passenger Agent, arloston, S. C. IARLESTON & WESTERN OLINA RY. hedule in effect November 3rd, 1907 The First Congl Ivven though not .severe, has < tive membranes of the throa Coughs then eomc easy all w slightest cold. Cure the first set up an inflaination in the dc lungs. The best remedy i SYRUP. It at once gets rigl moves the cause. It is free f: a child as for an adult. 25 ce MAYES' DF OSTo. he People's Prosper aid Up Capital urplus and fndividua tockholders' Liability or protection of depc C. Moseley President. . W. Wheel; r, Cashier. Better a conservative inter turn when wanted, than a hi{ out the principal. A National Bank is a safe D( akes it so Likewise our Be prudent conservative manag DIREC G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. 'f* *llow 4 pr r cent p< yp.irtmerU, i->.tc-rest 'or Your Li rowing crops, is what you want, and bull can break through or break dov >u buy, weight enough to turn the lu u should know it?that, per running celebrated CAN F iest, most durable and lasting of any r two fences in the world, solely on it ICE own and operate their own iron Their product is the acknowledged ARD OF THE V* stock and explain its incrita and sup r prices. ceived a car io 5d to quote yoi of Guns and , supply of Load i Mi Lv. NevberrytU N & L.) 12:J' | Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. lUt s Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:jlu p. m, ' I Ar. Greenville 3:40 p. m, I i Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. m, i Ar. Spartanburg o.oo p. m, | Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. ; Ar. Hendersonvilie 6:25 p. m, \ Ar. Asheville 7:30 p. m. J Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. Ar. Greenwood 2:56 p. m, Ar. McCormick 3:55 p. in. 'i , Ar. Augusta 5:40 p. m, t Note: The above arrivals and departures, as well as connections with I i other companies, are fjiven as infor- J uiation, and are not guaranteed. J Ernest Williams, fl Cen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. fl| Geo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt. > >1 of the Season, 1 tendency to irritate the setisi- ^ t and delicate bronchial tubes. ^ inter, every time you take the ? cough before it has a chance to ^ ilicate capillary air tubes of the a s QUICK RELIEF COUGH J it at the scat of trouble and re roin Morphine and is as safe for ^ ' nts at ^ ?UG STORE. ! 6994 National Bank, ity, 8. C. I - $25,000 00 ] I Profits $6,000 00 es , $25,000 00 >si< ors. M. A. Carlisle, Vice-President Geo. Johnstone, Attorney. est on your deposit with its safe ih rate and a feeling of doubt ^posit. Government supervision )ard of Directors is a guarantee ement. L UTORS: 1 W. P. Pugh. 1 Jno. B. 1 ellers. W. A. Moseley. fa Geo. Johnstone. /is H. C. Moseley. '* i Bowers. I annum in our Savings ? payable semi-annually. ive Stock ^ what you have a right to expect, < r vn is not worth paying good money ' :aviest Percheron or stop a "detfil 111 rod, yon obtain the most weiglit/in |H fence at any price. It is made and ||j jfi mines and furnaces, their own wire fORLD ?1 criority, Dot ooly in tbe roll but to fflRH ad of this fenc^M Ammunition juJHj ed Shells.