Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOWERING Of FOOD PRICES DEPENDS UPON DISTRIBUTION Uniform Methods of Marketing Farn Products Necessary For a Mor< Economical System --- Standard Grades and Containers Recom mended. It is generally agreed that if foot costs are to be lowered a more econ omical system of distribution of farn products must be perfected and place< in practical use. Standardization, say experts of the Bureau of Markets, United States De partment of Agriculture, is the essen tial basis for such a system. .This means not only standard grades foi fruits and vegetables, but standards for the containers in which thcy are packed. The Bureau of Markets is charged with the enforcement of the United States standard container act whiclh provides only for standard capacities for grape and berry baskets used in interstate commerce. The application of this law has resulted in the wide spread use of these containers in in trastate commerce also, for shippers have come to appreciate the benefits derived from the use of uniform methods of marketing such fruits. Standardization of larger shipping containers, such as hampers and round stave baskets, is equally desirable, say the bureau's experts. Of course, the best method is to sell produce by the pound, but where it is impracticable to sell by weight, uniform containers should be used. Bushel baskets of peaches from Georgia and Colorado should contain the same quantity of peaches. The same is true of any oth er food commodity shipped in hamp ers or baskets. DE] fa anld se to giv IHeiri ] von)l need1 youri jmn ly after Why Suffer? Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Al derson, W. Va., writes: "My daughter .. . suf fered terribly. She could not turn in bed . . . the doctors gave her up, and we brought her home to die. She had suffered so much at ... lime. Hav Ing heard of Cardui, we got it for her." CARDUI The Woman's Tonic "In a few days, sie be an to Iprovc," Airs. ox contioucs, "and had no trouble at. . . Cardul cured licr, and we sin 9 its praises everywhere. We receive many thou sands of siflar letters every year,.telling of tile goo ardu has done for women who suffer front complnts so common to their sex. It should do ldrood, too. Tr An illustration of how the uresen methods result in dissnatisfaction i the case of a Florida producer wh recently shipped potatoes to the Neo York market in a container with whicl the trade was not familiar. Althougl PENDABI Theii big hauli n) AtlIan- finish-wvith "vice dle- sible becaulse ready is built to stan e y o u any kind of a. Lten tion. >arts, if Continental B thern, iln 11al Gear D~riv4 Is short- Magne to - SI ordered. Roller Bearin ing the best 1 nprice Superior Trucks ent lower than othei ;imilar capacity. ELSON MOT butors, r the notatoes were of high quality, dif ficulty was experienced in disposing of them. When they were finally. sold the price was considerably lower per pound than that commanded by pota toes packed in the customary manner. At present there are about 50 types of hampers and over 20 sizes of round stave baskets in use. Many of these sizes are simply the outgrowth of cus tom in various shipping localities; others are used for the express pur pose of deception.. And aside from the confusion and uncertainty that result from the use of dozens of different kinds of containers, millions of dol lars are annually lost through dc struction of produce in transit on ac count of the weak construction of the containers used. Would Reduce Number of Containers. Many large growers, shippers, and basket manufacturers appreciate the desirability of reducing the number of these containers, and a Nation wide movement is on foot ot eliminate many of them. Cooperative selling organizations are already doing much to promote uniformity and standard ization. It means money to them not 1 only because of the familiarity of the trade with the containers used in per mitting methods of loading into cars that reduce the likelihood of breakage I to a minimum. - o MILK WON'T STAY SWEET IF CARELESSLY HANDLED No matter how well milk has been handled up to the time it is delivered to the consumer, it can not be expect ed to keep well if it is carelessly treated thereafter. It should be pour ed into pitcher, pan, or other vessel freshly scalded to remove any bacteria I or mold spores-and kept in a cool, clean place free from dirt, flies, etc. New milk should never be mixed with RU1 E SERVJ ng> job~s that you can tacd 1Superior Motor ruLck iwvery separIate unit in thes (d up and( (10 its work every 01) without tinkering or r< ed1 Seal Mo tor-Torbense .romlberg Carbure'tor -- sh-every uniit essential I mnd 2-ton trucks on the mi are from 25 to 50 per high grade trucks of made from stock. OR COMPAN1 Manning, )ld unless it is to:bo used at once, as the bacteria in the old milk will, of ourse, be added also, and the mixed milk will not keep as well as the fresh milk alone. Bacteria are thickest where there is lirt and decay, and milk should there fore be stored only in clean, sweet places. It is safer to keep it covered, Lo exclude not only dirt and bacteria but also the flavors and odors which it so easily-absorbs. If kept at a tem perature of 50 F. or less, good milk should remain sweet for 12 hours at east, after it re'aches the consumer, md ordinarily for 24 hours or more, :lairy specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture say. Some timei in very hot weather housekeep 3rs comploin that in spite of all pre :autions it sours quicklf*, even in the ic6 box. This is often due to the fact that the air of the ice box, although it seems cold in contrast with the heat )utside, is really not cold enough to !hcck the growth of the bacteria; if. % thermometer placed inside registers nore than 50 F. the fault is almost surely in the temperature of the ice >ox, and not in the milk. In' large :ities, where most of the milk comes )y morning trains from a considerable listance, it is often impossible to de iver fresh morning's milk in time for ,reakfast, and that milked the morn ng before must be given to patrons who insist in an early delivery. They wvould get their milk from 12 to 18 lours fresher if they would take it in the afternoon instead. 0 CLARENDON COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION An unusually strong program has been arranged for the Clarendon County Sunday School Convention, which meets in the Brewington Pres )yterian church on Friday, July 9th, PAS [CE. ~le-and' ec trucks dlay, On pu)lI1S. ni Inter 0 1)Iild Ilrket. S.C. according to the piogram that is now in the hands of the printer. Among the speakers will be the Rev. J. A. Easley,, who will speak on the Convention Keyword, "Forwa~d," and Rev. J. A. Ansley, who will speak on "Evangelism in the Sunday School.' The period of worship for the morning and afternoon sessions will be in the hands of strong pastors, who will bring spiritual messages for the earnest lot of Sunday School workers who stil be in attendance at the Con vention. Rev. C. B. Smith, pastor of the Methodist Church at Manning, will conduct one of these periods. It is expected that Mr. Leon C. Palmer, General Superintendent ofthe State Sunday School Association, and Mrs. Palmer, Young People's Division Superintendent, will be the state workers at this convention. This will be the first time that local Sunday School leaders have had the opportun ity to hear these workers who come to South Carolina from Alabama, For Consu G OOD health ca ' maintained if cor is allowed to poison th( Nujol works on an ent principle. Without forci tating, it softens the f< This enables the many tic in the intestines, contr expanding in their norm squeeze the food waste along and out of the system. It is abso lutelylharm less and pleasant to take. Try it. "Wegular as Clockwork" Hill Plumbing PLUMBING, REPj Near Express Ot MANNI1 l and look ov i have, to s1t Sour line ne: Scome to to, i be you are I market juJ i what we h4 Ia but would i I privilege at I of showing I anyway.W I you only su tWilli ve y IPrices and I ways inlin< I us when in where Mr. Palmer' was General Sup erintendent of the Alabama Associan tion. All Sunday Schools of all deno nations in the c'ounty are urged o have rebresentatives at this conven. tion. 0 NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH San Francisco, Cal., June 27.-Gov ernor Bicket of'North Carolina, had a narrow escape from,death here last night, as did Assistant Secretary of the Navy- Franklin Roosevelt, when a crowded elevator in their hotel dropped twenty ieet to the basement. The cable snapped because the car was loaded beyond its proper capacity. After the shakeup Mesars. Bicket and Roosevelt proceeded uninjured to a banquet given in honor of Secretary o fthe Navy Daniels, who is visiting San Frincisco on the flagship of the Pacific fle-t, the battleship New Mexi co. 01 Ition nnot be stipation :system. irely new ng or irri lod waste. iy muscles icting and al way, to I a affon and Heating Co. H EATING, IRS. lice. Phone 155 JG, S. C. P IN er what we~ LOW you in Kt time you ( arn. It may a not in the ** st now fore* 3.ve for sale, i rive us the i id pleasure you thru( e will show * ch goods as i ou service. * terms al- ( 3..Stop with town.