The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 01, 1917, Image 2
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County Supervii
For Quarter Commencin
N&mes. Nature of Claim..
J J R Montgomery, Audtior's salar
Donald Montgomery, Auditor's clerk
J N Hammet, Contingent,
J N Hammet. Salary,
W P Wheeler, Fence, (stock
Kingstree E L & Ice Co, Court house an
Commissioners Public Wks, Court house ar
S J Montgomery, Summoning co
J J B Montgomery, Contingent.
George J Graham, Jail report Oc
H U Kinder. 3d quarter cor
G H Standi, Rural police r
W L Altman, Rural police n
W E Allen, Rural police r
t txt r>?l. Trpannrcr mo
O ?1 VWa, 7
P M Brockinton, Lunatics.
Kiogstree Drug Co, Auditor s offic
SC Anderson, Jail sewer.
D Silverman, Clothing, pns<
T S Kelley. Rural police s
P M Brockinton, Lunatic,
George E Pelton, Clerk court s
H O Britton, Clerk court c(
J G McCullough, Superintendei
J G McCullough, Superintender
W S Dennis, Lumber jail y
T W Woods, (col'd), Posts jail yard
Kingstree Telephone Co, Phone rent Se
Kingatree Furniture Co, Chairs for cou
R W Lewis, Brooms for cc
Jno Wade, (col'd) Janitor court 1
R W Smith, Roads and bri<
F Rhem & Sons, Lumber,
R D McConnell, Lumber,
A L Burgess, Lumber,
Novembei
J Man son Brown. Mileage and d
R B Fitch, , Mileage and di
B B Chandler, Mileage and d
Blizzard Hardware Co, Shovels and sp
J P Frierson, Freight on cu
R M McConnell, Assistance on
WH Vause & Sons, Cbaingangs,
J P Frierson, Road engineet
A R Faddy and hands, 'Camp 3,
W S Cox, Camp 3,
Hoggins-Eaddy Grocery Co, Camp 3,
Huggins-Eaddy Hardware Co, Camp 3,
Bartell Brothers, Camp 3,
J T Cole, Camp 3,
J T Cole, Camp 3, corn
Blizzard Hardware Company, Shovels and t
W W Barr, Camp 3,
J Z McConnell, Chaingang 2,
D F Ward, Superintende
L S Dennis, Meal and gri
-W S Dennis, Lumber?bri
J S Frierson, . Roads,
P G Gourdin, Surveying ro
C H Boyd, Lumber,
S V Taylor, Shovels and i
W E Jen!;inson, Blankets?ch
FF Patrick, Blankets-ch
Fingstree Furniture Co, Twenty bush
J M Johnson, Chaingang N
T A Johnson. Chaingang, ]
Dr R C McCabe, Extracting p
L Thames, Bailing hay,
John M Brown, Groceries, ci
John M Brown, . Groceries, ct
Jno M Jomison, Hay, chaingt
F H Hodge, Lumber,
Dr I N Boyd, 1.000,pounds
Dr I N Boyd, Hay, chaing
V E Lifrage, Chaingang 2
E F Leach, Twelve pain
T E Dukes; Nine timber
S K Mouzon, Hewing timb
' W E Brockinton, Twenty-eight
C ash Epps, Lumber,
ACL Railroad Company, Freight,
L G Crenshaw Coal Co, , Car coal,
Mrs Louise Gilland, Roads,
J W Cook, Jury and wi
J N Hammet, Contingent
J N Hammet, Salary Nove
Commissioners Public Works, Court house
J J B Montgomery, Jury commi
J J B Montgomery, Auditor No'
IVnwM Mnntcmmerv. Auditor's cl
J W C-ook,x Treasurer 1
J W Cook, Contingent
. DrWL Wallace, Examinatio
DrDC Scott, Examihatio
Dr T S Hemingway, Examinatio
Lee Rouse. Work on ja
G J Graham, Jail report ]
G J Graham, Transportini
J D Britton, Commission
J D O'Cryan. Assisting gr
Martin & Gamble, Hauling cot
Miss Amanda Edwards, Salary July,
H 0 Britton, Balance of
H 0 Britton, Contingent,
H O Britton, Jury commi
H 0 Britton, Recording t
LeRoy Lee, County atto
J G McCullougb, Salary Nov<
G H Standi], Salary Nove
Ur T iUmon Qalarv Nnvi
T S Kelley, Salary Nov*
Krng Hardware Co, Court house
Kingstree Hardware Co, Coffin for p
Walker, Evans & Cogs'l Co, County offic
The County Record, Publishing
The County Record, County offic
W M Jove, Summoning
Elliott-Fisher Co, Ribbons typ
Donald Montgomery, Assisting or
J P Frierson, Road engin<
J P Frierson, Transports
J P Frierson, Freights pa
Malony & Carter Co, Seed oats. ]
Kingstree E L & Ice Co, Lights cour
Champion Supply Co, Clothing ch
J K Orr Shoe Co, Chaingang
Flowers & Nesmith, Tobacco, cl
Good Roads Machine Co, Road plow ;
W M Vause & Sons. Road plow i
A R Eaddy and hands, Camp 3,
B T Eaddy, Camp 3, ro
S J Snowden, Hay camp
T J Cole, Corn, camp 1
W M Eaddy, Ditching on
Hiiggins & Eaddy, Camp 3,
D E McCutchen, Camp 3, hay
D S McCutchen, Corn, hay ar
D E McCutchen, County come
Centry Dukes, Cutting logs
J M Johnson, Guard chamf
R D McConnell, Lumber,
T A Johnson, Superintend*
A L Burgess, Roads,
S F Epps, " Beef, chaing
Kimr Hardware Co, Chaingangs
H A Miller, Chaingang 2
W T Britton, Chaingang 2,
D F Ward, Superintends
C E Kirby, Ditch bridge
E C Burgess, Ditch on roa
1 E Allen, Hoada and b
T E Allen, Roads and b:
Decern be
J F Brockinton, 3 tons hay (u
W B Browder, Bridges,
F E Tobias, Bridges,
J E McKnight, Bridges,
C H Boyd, Lumber,
E I? Williamson, 33 bushels co
John M Brown, Chaingang 2,
J Z McComell, Chamgang Z,
F L Boyd, Lumber,
L A Parsons, Johnson swai
E T Davis. Roads,
G W Camlin, Lumber,
B B Chandler, County comn
John M Eaddy, Bridges,
Longwood Farm Co, Shovels and s
ior's Report I
J
g October 1, 1916. J
s
Amt. Allowed. ?
y October, $ 50 00 j
October, * 25 00 j
6 25 j
06 67 i
107 00 t
d jail October. 8 60 ,
id jail October. 2 45
roner's jury, 2 00
10 6 3
tober, 140 80 '
oner's salary, 62 50 (
nonth October, 84 33
nonth October, 83 33
nonth October, 83 3(4
nth October, 50 00
10 00
e 4 57
3 25
jners in county jail, 22 70
alary October. 83 33
10 00
office, 1 50
mtingent, 13 66
nt of education October, 83 33
it of education postage, 24 10
ard, 34 23
I, 3 75
ptember and October, 5 0<)
rt house, 4 50 ,
urt house, 1 00
louse October, 17 00
jees, 10 22
* 5 18
12 87
8 92
'7?
lays, ' 58 95
ays, 58 10
ays, 21 10
>ade?, 26 10 ,
kerts, 77 70
federal work, ** to
54 80
'a salary October, 125 00
246 83
4 31
67 85
4 55
17 00
13 12
31 25
jpades, 9 00
9 35
40 00
nt of chaingang 2, 50 00
st chaingang 2, 13 65
dges, 17 28
5 25
ad and map, 20 00
2 70
spades, 9 50
aingang, 12 00
laingang, i? oo
ids corn for chaingang, 20 00
r OA i i A
10 1, ov uu I j
tfol, 50 00,
risoner's teeth, 1 00)'
33 20 ]
laingang 1, (SO 00 '
laingang 2, 57 67 1
ings 1 and 2, 65 00 1
5 78 |
hay, chaingang 2, 10 00 ]
ang 2, 14 40 ,
1 88 ]
> shoes chaingang, 23 23 j
trees, 6 75 ]
ier, 15 26
t and a half bushels corn. 31 35 i
13 60 j
109 00
99 56 ]
50 00 ;
tness tickets fall term, 555 40 ,
November, 6 00
imber, 66 67
i and jail November, 2 75 ;
ssioner. 35 55 ;
member, 50 00 ;
ierk November, 25 00
November, 50 00
November, " 23 06
m lunatic, Pearce, 5 00
n lunatic, Pearce, 5 00
n lunatic, Peterson, 5.00
il yard fence, 15 50
November, 52 80
jt lunatic.j 18 80
er county and state election, 4 95
and jury, 10 00
i\, 12 35
, August and November, 225 00
salary for 1916, 141 66
13 76
ssioner 1916, 35 55
wo deeds for county, 3 00
rney, , 125 00 ,
imber, 83 33 ,
>mber, rural Dolice, 83 33
ember, rural police, 83 33 ,
;mber, rural police, 83 33 ,
and jail, 7 06 ,
auper, 5 50 '
e supplies, 92 78 ;
.jj. 139 7K
auus, ,w i
:e supplies, 29 50
coroner's jury, 2 00
>ewriter clerk court, 9 00
i pay rolls, 3 75
?er's salary November, 125 00
ig prisoner to penitentiary, 17 90
ud, 3 95
poor farm, 29 79
t house and jail November, 9 40
aingang, 137 54
shoes, 49 90
laingang. 38 00
parts. &c, 116 89
repairs, 10 20
146 50
ad plow driver, 41 75
3, 45 26
3, 40 00 I
public road, 5 00 ]
17 42
29 00 ,
id lumber, . 12 88 ]
ai8aioner, days and mileage, 62 40 1
in road. 1 00 .
fang 1, 30 00 ]
8 04 i
:nt chaing&ng I, 50 00 ]
ii 69 :
angs 1 and 2, 2 45 '
1 and 2, 25 41 j
10 90 1
5 60 '
rot chaingang 2, 50 00 ]
?, 6 00 1
ds, 46 22 J
ridges, 8 11 1
ridges,| 20 75 ,
ir 5 ,
tndelivered), 60 00
4 50
3 25 :
300
1 68
m, 33 00
74 81 <!
40 00 i
2 54 i
up bridges, 5 97 i
50 46
51 13 .
lissioner, days and miles, 32 40
140 65
jpades, 50 72(a
7 C Hemingway & Co, Shovels ai
ohn M Brown, Chaingani
V E Allen, Rural poll
W Cook, Jury comr
ohn Wade (colored), Janitor Ni
inking Fund Commission, Insurance
!hemo Company, Court hou
W Cook, % Jury and
J B Montgomery, Auditor's
J B Montgomery, Contingen
)onald Montgomery, Auditor's
N Hammet, Salary,
N Hammet, Contingen
Cingstree E L & Ice Co, Court nou
V S Camlin, Magistral
B Gamble, Magistral
'homas Epps, Constable
M Godwin, Magistral
^ L Ard, Magistral
I C Cannon, Magistral
> 0 Eaddy, Magistral
fenry S Gamble, Magistral
5 G McDonald, Magistra
V L Altman, Rural pol
V E Allen, Rural pol
J H Stancill, Rural pol:
T S Kelly, Rural pol
3 U Kinder, Coroner's
Jeorge J Graham, Jail repor
Jeorge J Graham, Sheriff's
Jeorge J Graham, Wood for
JeorgeJ Graham, Transport
Jeorge J Graham, Transporl
Jeorge J Graham, Stamps 1!
Jeorge J Graham, Kerosene
f W Cook, Treasure!
)r WG Gamble, Examina!
JrCD Jacobs, Examinai
iingstree Furniture Co, Jail,
5 C Anderson, Jail sewe
iCingstree Telephone Co, Phone re;
3 0 Britton, Continge
Jr 1 a nemingway, y?u.?vjr y
? M Brockinton, Lunatic,
? M Brockinton, Continue
? M Brockinton, Lunatic,
lohn M Brown, Court hoi
John M Brown, Paupers,
D E McCutchen, Paupers,
W W Barr, Paupers,
Suggins-Eaddy Co, Paupers,
r L Joye, Paupers,
fcogerson & Clemons, Paupers,
Krs M C Plowden, Paupers,
f A Thompson, Paupers,
: S Land & Co, Paupers,
F Rhem & Sons, Paupers,
F Rhem & Sons, Paupers,
Et B Fitch, Paupers,
f C Graham, Paupers,
R W Marshall, Paupers,
Farmers Supply co, raupera,
3 B Poston, Paupers,
R P Hinnant, . Paupers,
E B Rhodus, Paupers,
Fames A Ferrell, Paupers,
rrio Farm Supply Co, Paupers,
W D Harmon, Paupers,
W D Bryan, Paupers,
J D Galloway, Paupers,
Fohn M Nexsen, Paupers,
People's Mercantile Co, Paupers,
I E Porter, Paupers,
rhe Keels Co, Paupers.
H D Ferrell & Bro, Paupers,
rhe O'Bryan-Mishoe Co, Paupers,
W M O'Bryan, Paupers,
W H Parnell. Paupers,
3 R Cockfield, Paupers,
Dr C L> bacoDi, rosi mw
John Wade (colored), Janitor,
Public Works Commission, Court hoi
D E McCutchen, Hay and
D E McCutchen, Lumber,
Bartell Brothers, Camp 3,
B T Eaddy, Camp 3,
Carolina Metal Products Co, Metal cul
rhe Atlas Oil Co, N 2 cans ax
D F Ward, Freights
J P Frierson, Salary m
J PFrierson, Paid rew?
W 0 Camlin, Lumber,
Williamsburg Hardware Co, Shovels i
D E McCutchen, County c
B L Nesmith, Roads,
R W Smith, Bridges
J F Brockinton, 2 tons hi
E C Pendergrass, Syrup, cl
John M Nexsen, Roads,
T A and J M Johnson, Chaingar
T Dunk Gamble, Bridges,
H D Ferrell & Bro, 12 bushe
Mallard Lumber Co, Lumber,
King Hardware Co, Chaingar
a n Snivpv Lumber.
D F Ward, Supt cha
T G McKenzie, Lumber,
R E Adams, Lumber,
R C McElveen, Roads an
S 2 Price, Roads ar
T L Jove, Chaingar
J Ted Frierson, Bridges,
W M Frierson, Bridges,
J Manson Brown, Chaingar
J Manson Brown, County c
R L Bass, Chaingar
J C Graham, Roads,
A E McCollough, Lumber,
J Z McConnell, < Chaingar
T J Spring, Apples, c
Kingstree Furniture Co, Chaingar
John M Brown, Chaingar
H H Carter, Beef, du
William Stafford, Corn anc
A B Spivev, Chaingar
Huercrins-Eaddy Hardware Co, Camp 3,
Huggins-Eaddy Co, Camp 3'
Wilson & DuRant Co, Roads an
J W Carter, Bridges i
B B Chandler, County c
B L Smith, Roads,
S E Cade, Roads,
J L Thomas, Lumber,
H F Covington, Lumber,
R E McElveen, Lumber,
R B Fitch, County c
E M Rogers, Lumber,
Stuckey & Moore, Ditching,
W P Parker, Lumber,
G B Gowdy, Bridges,
People's Mercantile Co, Chaingai
Williamsburg Live Stock Co, Horse me
John M Brown, Chaingar
R J Ferdon, Roads,
R D McConnell, Lumber,
J J Browder, Lumber i
R P Hinnant, Lumber,
R C Burgess, Roads,
F H Hodge, . Lumber,
R C Marshall, Roads an
r P Fulmore, Magistra
R C McElveen, Magistra
W M Fillyaw, Paupers,
rillman Fulton (colored), Paupers,
Nesmith & Co, Paupers,
W H Smith, Paupers,
Bartoll Bros, Paupers,
IV C WpmincrwAv Xr Co. Pauners.
I J Poston, Paupers,
I W Cook, Jury and
Conclusion for 4th and last quarter, 1
Undressed LumberI
always have on hand a lot of unIressed
lumber (board and framing) at
ny mill near Kingatree, for sale at the
owest price for good material. See or
vrite me for farther information, etc.
F. H. HODGE.
Send us your order for printed
tationery. We'll do rieht.
t
id spades, 20 30 D
JO PA
? 1, SO ou
ice, salary November, 83 33 p
nissioner 1916, 35 55
ovember, 17 00
court house and jail 1917, 93 33
ise and jail, 52 50
witness tickets, 387 00
salary, 50 00 J
it, ,75 o
clerk, 25 00 _
66 67 S
it, 6 00 jj
ise and jail December, 12 00
te and constable 4th quarter, 87 50 "
te 4th quarter, 100 00
i 4th quarter, 75 00
te and constable 4th quarter, 87 50 "
te and constable 4th quarter, 87 50 a
re, 30 55
te and constable, 75 00 8
te and constable 4th quarter, 106 25 f
te and constable 5th quarter, 87 50
ice, salary December, 83 33 v
ice, salary December, 83 33 c
ice. salary December, 83 33
ice, salary December, 83 33 C
salary, 4th quarter, 62 50 e
t December. 64 40
salary 4th quarter, 400 00 a
' jail, 50 00 j,
:ing lunatic, E Burgess, 13 35
ting lunatic, LeRoy Spencer, 12 81 ii
916, 7 20 v
oil, jail, 2 30
r, salary December, 50 oO f
tion of lunatics, 15 00 ^
tion of lunatics, 10 00
7 50 i
r, 1 75 0
nt November and December, 5 00
nt, 16 29 y
hysician 1916, 143 00 :
LeRoy Spencer, 10 00
nt, 1 55 t
William Johnson, 10 00 ise
and jail, 6 75
24 00 r
18 00 i
51 00 1
48 00 1
16 50 .
72 00 8
24 00 I
16 50
3 00
42 00 I
9 50 t
18 00 1
18 00 I
23 00 ,
27 00
90 00 J
24 00 ,
* 54 50
18 00 1
24 00 ,
18 00 4
24 00 l
15 00 /
18 00
102 00 t
16 50 1
36 00
18 UU '
60 00
24 00
24 00 l
81 50 j
tems, 20 00 .
17 00 J
ise and jail December, 2 30 g
corn, camp 3, 40 72
12 34 1
78 75 ,
road plow driver, 45 75
verts, 1,527 00 <
:le grease, 8 00 (
'raid. , 2 87
onth December, 125 00
ird for prisoner and expenses, 19 50
9 64
uid collars, 9 00
ommissioner, days and miles, 48 85
55 13
18 49
ay, 40 00
haingangs, 12 50
211 12
ig 1, 80 00
2 50
Is corn, 15 00
84 16
ig 1, 6 10
30 08
ingang 2, December salary, 50 00
14 47
9 35
id bridges, 14 20
id bridges, 6 13
ig 2, 8 30
5 88
ig 2, 19 50
ommissioner, days and mileage, 42 50
ig 2, 17 00
33 50
7 R9
ig 2, 40 00
ihaingang 2, . ' 1 25
ig 1, 37 28
ig 2, 64 45
iingang 2, 2 00
I hay, chaingang 2, 109 67
ig 2, ' 11 25
2 80
28 81
d lumber, 47 30
and lumber, 31 33
ommissioner, days and mileage, 30 85 ]
1 00 ,
1 00 1
5 00 i
4 05 ,
13 81 '
:ommissioner, days and miles, 40 70 <
22 73
12 50
8 00 <
10 00 ,
ig, 7 25 1
tdicine, 3 00 I
igl, 12 25 ,
n nn 1
8 20
and 1 keg nails, 21 08
8 02
11 00
3 16
d bridges, 6 40
,te ana constable, 4th quarter, 87 50
te and constable, 4th quarter, 87 50
24 00
18 00
64 50
24 00
60 00
18 00
tl 00
witness tickets, 26 10
1916.
J N Hammet, County Supervisor.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tbnic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
oat Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
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We do Job Printing of quality. b
RAINAGE DISTRICT PROPOSED, j
s
rogresslve Land Owners Join- ^
tng In Petition to Drain.
l
Following the disastrous flood of last t
uly certain forward looking farmers,
wnir.g lands adjacent to Kingstree
warap, instituted a movement lcoklg
forward to the creation of an efcient
system of drainage for Kingsree
Swamp and the lands which drain
ito it. Several meetings were held
nd a committee, composed of Mesrs
W K Wilson, J C Young, J W J
'loyd, S F Stuckey and R B Fitch
/ere oppointed to take the work in
hargeand push it through to a speedy
onclusion. These gentlemen have
onferred in committee several times
,nd as the result of their activities
n the premises a petition is now be- I
recirculated among the landowners, <
/hose lands are to be within and af
ected by the drainage, addressed to
he Clerk of the Court of Common
'leas of Williamsburg county, revesting
him to appoint a board of
Viewers, to be composed of two disnterested
freeholders and a compeent
engineer, to cause a preliminary
urvey of the proposed district to be
nade and to report upon the feasi>ility
and practicability of the plan,
rhe idea, so far, is meeting with the
ilmost unanimous approval of those
tffected
The proposed district is approxinately
twenty-one miles long and
hree miles wide, comprising within
t8 confines practically all the lands
vhich naturally drain into Broad or
tingstree Swamp from the point
vhere it enters into Black River, near
iingstree, in Williamsburg County,
jxtending through Williamsburg into
md across a portion of Clarendon
bounty and up into Florence County
:o the point where the public road
eading from Olanta to Mimm's Cross
Roads crosses the swamp.
A preliminary investigation has
ilready been conducted under the
mpervision of the committee, workng
in collaboration with Mr F C Ea?on,
a United States Government
Drainage engineer, and his detailed
report, submitted to the committee
)n December 22 last, offers great
mcouragement to those in charge of
ind interested in this progressive
mterprise. By this report Mr Eason
;stimstes that a canal approximately
ifty feet wide at the river and approximately
nine feet wide at the
fprminna at. Mimm's Gross Roads and
jbout seven feet deep, following the
run of the swamp will be entirely
sufficient to carry off all the water.
Hie proposed excavation would require
the remoyal of about five hundred
ninety thousand cubic yards of
iirt, which could be done for the
raost by and with improved ditching
? J J ? J? ?L!
inu ureuglUK luav-'inuery at a uusi ui
about seven cents per cubic yard.
This caaal would afford a main
jrain for about forty-one thousand
acres of Kind and the estimated cost
per acre would not exceed one dollar
and ten cents, according to Mr Eason.
He calculates within the above cost
not only making the excavation, but
bearing a right of way six feet wide
an each side of the ditch or canal
and leveling the earth removed. It
is estimated that the entire operation,
from the time work is actually commenced
until it is completed, having
a due regard for the nature of the
swamp and average seasons, will not
consume more than one year.
It is estimated that the total cost
af the operation will not exceed
forty thousand dollars, which will
l -1*?a.? a.?1 1 i!.- 1
oe aisinouiea over aau appurwuuru
imong the forty-one thousand acres
iffected, which will be classified according
to benefit derived by the
Drainage 'Commissioners. The averige
cost per acre, for the whole operation
will not exceed one dollar
ind fifteen cents. This fund is to
>e derived by the sale of bonds, the
*ate of interest on which shall not
exceed six per cent per annum. The
creation of a sinking fund with
vhich to retire these bonds does not
commence until after the expiration
>f five years from the date of the
)ond8 and then run for a period of
wenty years. In other words,
lothing is paid on the principal for
ive years. 10 illustrate, suppose
ou have one hundred acres, class A,
ands within the district. The total
ssessment against your land would
>e one hundred and fifteen dollars,
a
y\
3
)ayable in twenty equal annual initallments,
commencing five years
tfter the date of the bond and bearng
interest at a rate not greater * )
;han six per cent per annum?or five
lollars and seventy-five cents per J
rear for twenty years, commencing It *
ive years after the date of the bord ?1
ind six dollars .and ninety cents ill- flfl
;erest payahle ?Jinually, if the bonds
were sold at six per cent. However, . r
t is understood that the Farmers &
* * ? 1 n i- r V
jaerenanis iNauonai oanK 01 ljar.c
3ty has offered to take the bonds
?t even a better rate.
The advantages when considered
in connection with the purely nominal
cost of installation seem to warrant
the immediate installation of
this system. The petitions are now
being circulated and are being generously
sigued.
NO COFFINS TO BUSY DEAD..
England Urges Compulsory Cre mation
to Protect Health.
A recent dispatch from London
says: A new public danger threatens
England in the difficulties of bury
iL- J J T-a. !. J 1
mg me ae&a. it is causeu uy uue
scannty of undertakers, coffin makers
and grave diggers and has re*
suited in delaying funderals for days,
a condition which if aggravated by
an epidemic would become very serious.
To forestall that danger rfnd
also to remedy the present situation
compulsory cremation is being advocated.
The tribunals which sit in all parts
of the country and hear appeals for
exemption from military sefvice |
have pressed into military service \
every man whose work is not indispensable
to the existence of the nita-'
TIL 1 j. iL.i Xl
lion, ine result is mat uiey imvc
"combed out" the undertaking
trade, and taken most of the skilled
grave-diggers for another sort of
digging.'
It seems also that the shortage of
coffins is country-wide. The head
of the largest undertaking firm ia
London which used to turn out be*
tween 600 and 700 coffins a weec
says that to add to the difficulties
the railroad authorites have made a
A
new regulation that nothing is to be
sent over 112 pounds by passenger
train. This means that coffins witli
a few exceptions will have to be
shipped on freight trains. "Bodies,"
he said, "are waiting at every London
station for hours for lack of labor
to fetch them away."
The Daily Mail has taken the lead f
in the campaign for cremation. It
also sees a danger in too many cem-j.?i?
"Ti. ,_:ii i J .. t
eieriea. 11 win iibyc lu c.ucuu uu
once to compulsory cremation, and. .
eventually to the wider and even
more important consideration of the
ever-growing encroachment of cemeteries
upon land needed for building
or agriculture."
A VALUABLE RECIPE.
_
Methods of Sugar Curing Hamu
and Bacon. '
When the meat is cold, rub eacfc
piece with salt and allow to draic
over night. Then pack it in a barrel
with the hams and shoulders in the
bottom, using the strips of bacon tc
fill in between or to put on top, A
Weigh out for each 100 pounds of i
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meat 8 pounas 01 sail, & puunus ui
brown sugar and 2 ounces of saltpe*
ter. Dissolve all in 4 gallons of water
and cover the meat with the
brine. For summer use it will be
safest to boil the brine before using.
In that case it should be thoroughly
cooled before it is used. For winter
use it is not necessary tc boil the
brine.
Bacon strips should remain in this *
brine 4 to 6 week8,hams6to 8 weeks.
This is a standard recipe and has
given the best of satisfaction. Hams
and bacon curee in the spring will
keep right through the summer ftf. a,
ter they are smoked. The meat wil'.
be sweet and palatable if it is prop
erly smoked and the flavor will be
good.
The above methods for curing
meats have been tested and found
to be entirely satisfactory.
Amanda Edwards,
County Agent.
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