Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IT - - - - iMisI SET MHKIIT Farmers In This State Will Be Ptr* mitted to Crind Wheat to a Liberal Extent. * ! Columbia.?William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolina, recently attended a meeting of the food administrators of the several states in Washington, at which time the Question of grinding wheat in South Carolina was carefully considered and upon the authority of Herbert Hoover, federal food administrator, the statement hag been made that the most liberal treatment, with respect to grinding, will be accorded the growers of wheat in this state. The exact terms of the instructions to millers have not yet been determined upon, hut will be announced in the near tueure. In the meantime, however, the growers of wheat can rest assured that the present rules concerning the amount that a farmer can hare ground will be greatly altered, and that a farmer will be permitted to nave mi wheat ground to a liberal extent. EVERYBODY HELPING SAVE FOOD NOW Not Only the Housewife, But the Men, the Hotels and Restaurants and the Farmers, Have Got the Habit. ! Columbia.?In the first months of food conservation, the housewives of ^the country were often heard to complain and to ask: "What is the use of trying to ave food in our kitchens when waste on so much larger scale is going on everywhere?" The men, In pubiic eating places, were particularly pointed out as wasters; and it nnmnlairipf? that in the manufac ture of food there was another big "waste. If this was true several months ago,, however, it is no longer a fair complaint. The men of the country, both in business and in private, are doing their part, in a patriotic way, to conserve the world's food. Since the increasing need of saving wheat has been made plain by the food administration, many hotels and restaurants all over the country have voluntarily pledged themselves to do "without wheat until the next harvest. And now an effort is to be made to increase the coming wheat harvest by cleaner threshing. It has been estimated that three bushe's of grain in ?very iuu -eusneis mresnea can ue eaved by better methods. Where grain has been exceptionally poorly threshed as much as 10 per cent has gone into the straw stack. To correct' this waste has become very important in view of the nation's war needs, and the food administratis has this year established a special grain threshing division to carry on a cam^ paign of education and to actually help the farmers of the country to properly and to thorougniy tnresn their grain. Still another effort to increase the Hour output during this crisis is being made by urging farmers not to bold over any of their crop fo^ seed. Even if we hare only a normal crop there ii little fear that any risk would t>e run in not holding orer seed for next year's sowing. During the next n trt thrA* months ?varr bushel of fcrain that can be recovered may play an important part in the drama of war. POLITICAL BARBECUES PUT UNDER THE BAN Columbia.?With the opening of the political campaigns in South Carolina, the food administration again urges that political barbecues, such as have been the custom in many parts of the state in past years, be eliminated this war year. William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolin, recently stated that political barbecues would 1? c??ir\Ar? Kv tVio fnnrl arfmin. Ut) 1IUWUCU Uyuu uj luv 1.UUU istration. The great waste incident to barbecues is, of course, the reason urged, and in the present world crisis with reference to the food supply and the absolute necessity of saving everything that can be saved to help teed a hungry world the food administration n&t only feels justified in asking that no barbecues be held, but it is felt that patriotic people will vol untarilv abstain from ?uch lnduigtnces. SUGAR FOR CANNING SHOULD BE SECURED ~ i Columbia.?The food administration is urging that all persons who can fruits and vegetables for market obtain their entire sugar requirements for the 1918 season as early as possible. Federal food administrations in all the states are also being instructed to see that manufacturers of essential food products requiring ugdr- take the first opportunity of teuilding up their supplies. The food administration takes the position that preserves and jams are essential foodstuffs and that canners perform a valuable conservation function. In the event that it is necessary to reduce still further the shipping ton~ sage that brings, sugar to the United States, the food administration is endeavoring to guard against any possible loss of the fruits and vegetables that could be save* earning a&4 reserving:. i Bit fin" 1 WOODS Home-Canned Products Will be Given Preference Over Maryland and Virginia Pack by Large Concerns. Columbia.?A ready market hai been developed in South Carolina for all home-canned fruits and vegetables that will - be put up during the com ing canning season in excess of domestic needs. This announcement haa been made by the Conservation and Production Division of the Food Administration, which has been workin* on the nroblem of marketing of home-canned products for the past two months. A number of the leading wholesale grooeri and jobbers oi the State have not only expressed their willingness to buy home-canned fruits and vegetables properly prepared for commercial use, but will give the home-canned product the preference over Maryland and Virginia packed goods. The Food Administration has on file the requirements of several large concerns and has been asked to find the canned products to supply their needs. Thousands of cans of fruits and vegetables can be readily sold, but the packers will be required, as a matter of course, to conform to certain trade rules. In the first place, the price must be in conformity with that for which Maryland and Virginia packed goods can be bought. Canned Droducta should not be of fered for the wholesale trade except in large lots. It is suggested that farmers and others who desire to put upfruits and vegetables for the market form marketing agencies, in order that their product may be handled in largos lots to a greater advantage. The grades must be uniform and certain standards maintained. The canned product must of course be put up in uniform cases, and the cans uniformly labelled. Contracts for rail deliveries should "be made now or in the very near future. Canning clubs, community clubs or marketing agencies with large quantities of canned fruits and vegetables to offer for sale should write the Food Administration, Conservation and Production Division, at Columbia, stating what they have to offer at the present time or what they will have to deliver in the fall, stating the price desired and all information. The Food Administration will make no purchases or sales, but it may serve as a connecting link to bring the pack ers and the aralers together. As has already been announced, there will be plenty of cane and jara available for home canners during the coming season. Communities that are not supplied should report to the Food Administration at Columbia, and merchants will be put in touch with sources of supply upon request. Attractive stock labels can be bought at a very low price. Packers of fruits and vegetables should remember that they cannot ex pect to receive the retail price for their products if sold at whole sale, and those who have only job lots tc offer should seek a market in their home communities. The wholesaler and the jobber cannot handle job lots. Any information which may be desired by any interested person or canning club will be furnished by th? Conservation and Production Division of the Food Administration, Columbia. DANGEROUS RUMOR SHOWN TO BE FALSE Columbia.?Reports in circulation to the effect that Food Administration officials had stated no further conservation of wheat was necessary have been nailed as unfouded in a telegram received by William Elliott, State food administrator, from Herbert Hoover. ">ro statement of this character ha? ever been issued," says Mr. Hoover, and the federal food administrator then states frankly the exact situation which emphasizes the absolute necessity of even greater conservation of wheat than the American people have yet practiced. For that reason the appeal was recently made to the American people, through the churches, by Mr. Hoover, asking that every one who possibly can do so discontinue eating wheat or wheat products in any form until the next harvest. It is stated In Mr. Hoover's tilegram that American supplies of wheat until the next harvest allow a home consumption of not more than onethird of normal, if America is to mamtain allied supplies?that is, the sending of wheat to Europe, as this country is pledged to do. At the beginning of May, there were in farmers' hands and in storage in America about 75,000,000 bushel? of wheat, which will have to carry the American people for approximately three months, until the new crop comes in. America's normal consumption for three months would be 120,000,000 bushels, not allowing the allitt anything. It can therefore be readily seea that reports quoting * ooa Aaminisirauoa officials as saying there is no further need of f-Jtwat saving are simply cmemy propagaif^a of a very dangers* kind "V \ % f u;\ IIM\(. Kvmrv uw. ' ! 1 One* never gets too old to iearn. I J ! learned several things on Sunday last j [ I had heretofore learned that eve? 1 a Ford would not run when the gasoi j line feed pipe was choked so that the ! srasoline would not get to the motor, j , I learned on Sunday that the engine j . would get hot and refuse to turn over j when the cylinder oil got too low | And I also learned that one may have 1 a lot of tire trouble even when he har. , hi9 mascot along. And then I learu j ed a whole lot about human nature '! and the ethics of the road. 1 | I had promised to be in Columbia j Sunday morning- by 9 o'clock, and that; I found is ipretty soon since the dayi light law went into effect. And thes ; Rev. Dr. Ba'bb said I had to be in i j ~ ?r, mn. oftoTnnnn at five* ruiwiLia me oaui^ unvi Aiwvi* MV ?. _ . li i i o'clock to maike a speech in the War j Savings Stamp campaign. So 1 t )ld j . the mascot to foe on hand toy five j 1 o'cLock a m., and we would try to get ! i ' , off by 6. Well, to start with he was j 1 1 . an hour late. And then I decided it would be a nice ride for my American i boys and their mother if everything worked well. So with them and Miss j i Myrtle Aull we left at 7 o'clock bound . , for Coumbia, with the avowed, pur- ; pose of getting back to Adam Aull's i . for dinner, and then rest an hour or i I . two and think out something to say at Pomaria. j ?o? ! Everything worked beautifully and 111 ran as pretty as we ever saw, - - ?+ r>-?o r*Viirt o even a more preieuuuiis until we got within about ten mile* of Columbia when we discovered that. . the cylinder oil was 'out. A number of friends whom we knew stopped and , offered assistance, but none had any oil, and many whom we did not know , offered help but no one had oil. Some J , c , passed with heads straight in front and did not even deign to take a { : glance' at us. It is but a symptom j aw that, made them go along , Vl Wiv M-o^ I without thought of helping a fellow- ! 1 1 j man in distress. If they ever heard J i of the distress sign I am sure they 1 have forgotten it, though maybe some ! time along the wayside they may have , , to sound it for themselves. Finally, j ' a colored man who lived by the road- j i ! nnt and told us that a j OiUV/ VUUAV V%. V man who lived a mile away possibly j could let us have some oil. We sent i . over and secured enough to take u-? ' into Colum/bia, but we were late. Too ,' late to get to Adam Aull's for that good dinner I know he had for us But we got dinner with John and ! Kate and started 'back in plenty of ' time to get that hour's rest, if every- j thing had gone well. J But things are not only not always what they seem, but you can never tell how many flat tires you are going > to have on a hot day, and even a 13, ! mile the hour schedule can not al- \ 1 ' ways be maintained. I do not rei 1 member how many times we had to i A i 1 change tires, tout I know the delays : were sufficient to force us to cut out the idea of getting to Adam Aull's i 1 and also be on time at Pomaria. We | felt in duty bound to be at PomarK , if possible, and so when we got to J Spring Hill we decided to come by Lattakoo, and if the time was toe i ?-u i r?ff tViora infn Pmnflris. i &11V1 l, LU vut U" i.uv< v -" * , and this we did and reached Pomaria i , exactly at 5 o'clock. We were on j ; time 'but utterly out of tune to try j , j to make a talk on War Savings | i Stamps or any other subject. But wre did the best' we could under the : 1; circumstances. ?j The meetting was held in the audi- i i torium of the school house and I . : could not help thinking what a great. ' * ? ?^ /K/l ining inose guuu peupitr um they built that school house. It be-1 i comes in reality the centre of the j 1 community and the place for just. | such gatherings. :Mr. Z. F. Wright was present and the people asked ; I me to take charge of the meeting, j : This I did as best I could and toll j , them something about the reason^ J , why we should buy these stamps or ! -> - > - -c T'V.o. of i | UOnClS Ul Lilt; gutcuujicui.. ?.v- j ! tendance was very good and the ipeo- J | pie were interested. Mr. Wright mads j j a srood talk and explained the stamps | and there was good music by a bevy j of young people and altogether we had a good meeting. I I I had in mind to go around hy ' Adam Aull's after the meeting?you < j m . ".** -..nderstand 'hat I w- i: ; in tb-'l dinne,- because his d;:ughte" had Told him we were corning a'.:d I knew what that meant?jhut the committee and Mr. Wright said that wcwere experted to go up to St. James, a colored church, and talk some more, and so the jig was up and I missed Adam's altogether. The colored peo I Owners of Ford feit" or parts not ma needs adjustment, 01 dealer in your locali tion, with the compi (tools to give the hi.j] standard Ford prices AI! the Ford pm and supplied by the (the replacement of < experiment; don't w. self". It is one thin? ** other thing to make wrong with your Fo - ? i l 1 T' Iized h ord dealer. \ So take your Ford c Fric Newberry, O*. ) 1 ni IOIUUA. XWi/tix r / | i Show Room j 1^1 AnnnHHHMHi 17 i 1 June 28th is P< calls upon you to gi your will to win; ne i .1 J . I Hearts are oemnu i fields of fair Franc* Nation; Fi On that day yo buy War Savings 1 War Savings S important as what; own?"over there." Keep his clips full o Let's send our 1 that comes from kr what is coming to tl Sign your Pledf on National War Si National This space c The t p](- : *v. :: : r: 1 ; h:? 1 g:v?. : , ! r ?V--:i v:k] ^one. [ lr.i: ! v>M *??.: .: some fifteen or T\v sty biid aireiuy o.uy j , mi-hans J f-.x1! th;;r sore good \va*; ;;c :-y on Sunday in tlio , matter of hOtj iuir to v.in (he war j Tfcf.t t!ie grea? (jirerion now be- j fore us and the more < f rrjr boys we ( 11 ?B The Universal Car i I Cars are advised to be ca iJa Kv flip Ford Motor Col * repairing, take it to tl ty, where you will find a i ete mechanical equipment best quality Ford service I u rts used by Ford dealers Ford Motor Company. If my part or parts, is in nee aste time and money tryii y to understand and opera reliable repairs to a car. rd make a "bee line" or t? * t i 'Ve are reaay 10 give yw ar where satisfaction and ly Motor Sou l Boyce St. c?,. hJS itayed at rnvest for tt Who Went itriots' Pledge Day?the di ive a new pledge of loya w evidence that your dolli he men facing the Hun e. al War Savin riday, June 281 u will be asked to sign a ] Stamps. tamps pay you well, thou| pour money does for that Back him up. Keep fo< f cartridges. And shoes < dovs over the top with the towing we are pledged to hem. je of Patriotism by agreei: avings Day. War Savings Cc ontributed to the Winning of i xcfiange i " * i. In the . t .-any - '! ill' so .* . . . .ver * ov r ?h("T? fh? ";-v ,, v.-:1' reel :i pr*r<o;iaI intero t in 7 it is U;:t nature* '.-auso v." r.f : ! :?>re or i">-i s Onsh. T- * ?v ! \i ns sr- of patriot.s;n t l:;'. 10 kr.uw. !- A. ufinus of "counter mpany. If your car I le authorized Ford I reliable service staand the necessary I obtainable?for the are manufactured j : your car requires id of repairs?don't ng to "do it your- ? J| tte a car; it is anWhen anything is I S ilephone the author- 1 i prompt attention. economy are sure. B Pn I H th Carolina I vice Station s^ton and College Streets E w ???P^?????BO IMIIIMU? ? I Home hose | y ? I i I } 1 ay the government ity; new proof of ars as well as your on the martyred . igs Day :h 1 I personal pledge to ?h that isn't half so boy?maybe your rrm'nrr fn Ilim. -'W 5V1"5 w " ?>n his feet. i go-get-'m feeling see that they get ng to buy W. S. S. mmittee "he War by Bank I