Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NOT A MKIill INI .1 it .-. in, Legitimate IMacc In Mcilh lue msiit mt lit)urioit* Nar entlc. Editor Dally Item. fntn* time ago, In discussing the prohibition movement In South CaJ Una. a gentleman Muted that, while he did not drink whiskey himself, he would not vote for prohlldtlon. und expresned the opinion that "whiskey I* a go>>d thing In Um place." meaniur that It Is a goo-1 medicine. This er roleoue belief, which is still hehl b] | great many of our people. ?>oth lay? men and physicians, has* done much to iy prbgresalve legislation against the liquor traffic. From time Immemorial, when the father, or son. came in cold md wet from exposure, the thrifty house? wife, whose kindly anxiety exceeded her knowledge of medicine, Imme? diately gave him a stiff drink of whis? key In the form of a "hot toddy." What did she'fondly believe that she was doing? Why. "stimulating him, strengthening his vital powers, les? sening bis liability to catch a cold, or pneumonia. What, In the light of science, was she really do Why, depressing him, weaken his vital powers, and increasing chances of becoming ill. Is the toddy a thing of the past. and. If I. why not? By no means, because it taken a long time to overcome a well established custom, especially If the custom appeals to the appetite. Is whiskey still used Instead of real stimulants by physicians'' Yes, many of the older ones prescribe it largely because they were taught to do so and they rind it hard to pull out of the rut. gome of the younger ones use It either because they have failed to takv the trouble to learn its real na? ture or th'-v employ It simply to tickle the palates of their patients. The writer once heard a young physician sa? that he Intended to keep a plenty of wblakey for his patients. He seem? ed to be Impressed with the Idea that It would Increase his popularity. Many modern authors of medical text-books, following In the footsteps of former writers who wrote before alcohol had been thoroughly Investigated, still recommend whiskey in certain dlseaa What proof is there that whiskey Is injurious to the human body and cannot be classed as a stimulant? The overwhelming consensus of opinion held by the most able and prominent physicians and physiologists of today, based upon minutely accurate and ex? haustive experiments conducted all Over the world. One of the most complete and convincing series of In? vestigations was that conducted by Dr. Knill Kraepelin. professor of men? tal diseases in the Cnlveralty of Mu? nich. His conclusions were that al? cohol is first, last, and always a run rotlc. that its stimulation is entirely Imaginary, and that under its influence one does less and poorer work al? though deludod Into the belief that he is doing more and better work than usual. He found that even one glass of wine given after meals decreased a man's ability to withstand fatigue and his co-ordinating powers about 8 and 27 per cent, raspect!'' >dy. Sir Victor Horsley. the great Eng? lish neurologist, tlatly denies that al? cohol In moderation la beneficial. Kel? logg, editor of The Modern Science, writing on the subject of alcohol, says: "Most of the eminent authorities con? demn Its use as pernicious and most positively contra-Indicated in the very cases for which it has for centuries been commended." Abell, of Johns Hopkins, pronounces, alcohol an arch deceiver, saying that while it prom? ises strength, it gives weakness; prom? ises warmth, but lowers temperature; promises stimulation, but produce* anesthesia; and has failed to stand the test anywhere. Numerous other high authorities have made similar re |K?rts on alcohol Whiskey has I i markeif an effect In decreasing realatmue t.> pneumonia that when those who use intoxicants are attacked by this disease It Is call? ed "drunkard's pneumonia" because of Its very high SSSflSlHj UOwWtrSf IS faSS Of all thiH. whiskey im still used ???. mans pi vlt uns to conduit pneumonia' With so*?h real stimu? lant as str -hnlne. digitalis, and caf? feine at his command, thi physician has no excuse to i .|..y the narcotic depressant, alcohol. It everv drop of Wblakey was destroyed tomorrow It would l>? no lo*a to the nodical pro? fession Carl I? Kpps. M. D Humter. H C. Aug. ti. 1U15. KUTItx n| xsioN it <;is|.\11 in l?r%>. Want Inhibition Hill? Passed ami Will Iths k Is gUlatloil, If V tloii I*. not Taken. Atlanta, Aug. I?An extra session of the legislature will ho culled unless the State-wide dry bills are passed during the live rSSSSlnlag du\a. accord? ing to plans of Ho- prohibitionist-t. Af? ter the appropriations measure is dls posed of. all further legislation wll be blocked Thsre ire rasgati of Inj peichment proceedings against yi mlnwlil vsul IvaUtfl. TO M ATO CLUB. Heel pea Heut out I'rcun Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1>. V* Tomato i utcluip. ?tl?c( red ripe tomatoes. The extra juice, small and broktll fruit. which will not do for canning, may he used, tf thev are sniuiil ami red. And Kitrn or yellowish partH of fruit will make I t.itchup laftrlOf in davor and color, and nut i;ood for market. UN whole spies tied loosely in a hag while ^cooking and remove hefore bottling to prevent darkening the product caused by ground spices. This does not ap i ply to red pepper, which helps to give a bright red color. The pulp of sweet Spanish pepper or the ground Hungar? ian paprlca may also be used to give color and tlavor. Remove seeds fiom sweet red pepper, chop and add 1 cup of pepper and 2 me? dium size onions to 1 gallon tomatoes betme cooking. ('.?ok the tomatoes thoroughly, put through a colander or sieve, saving all pulp, and measure. For every gallon of pulp use the following: ? 2 tubiespoons salt, i I 'LI I 4 tablespoons sugai, 1 tablespoon mustard (powdered). 1 pint good vinegar. 1 Ilevel tablespoonful each whole of allspice, clove*, cinnamon and pepper. 2 small red peppers sliced and seed removed. After putting tomatoes through col? ander add ground spices and spice 1>uk. and cook for 1 1-2 hours, or un? til nearly thick enough, then add vinegar and cook until thick. Rapid cooking (being careful not to scorch the catchup. Pour the catsup ut once into hot sterilized bottles. If any quantity is made for sale, set the hot bottles at once Into a vessel of hot water, hav? ing a false bottom in it to prevent breakage, put the cork stoppers in loosely and process at boiling point for 30 minutes. Drive the cork in tightly and when cool dip mouth of bottle into melted paraffin or cover stopper 1 Ith sealing wax. Mustard Pickle. Vegetables: 1 pint whole small cucumbers, 1 pint sliced cucumbers. 1 pint small whole onions, 1 tan beans, 3 green sweet pepper, 2 red sweet pepper, 1 pint green tig tomatoes, or 1 pint cauliflower. Dressing: 1 quart vinegar. 4 tablespoonfuls Hour, 1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoonfuls powdered mustard, 1-2 tablespoonful turmeric. Cut all vegetables before measur? ing; tomatoes into halves cucumbers Into slices, stirring beans until 1 1-2 in length, diagonally or on the Muh, and chop peppers. All vegetables should bt tender, and the whole cucumbers not longer than 2 1-2 inches. Put all vegetables into brine over night, then freshen in clear water lor 2 hours. Let the vegetables stand in liquor of 1-2 vinegar and 1-2 water for 15 min u.es, then scald In same liquor. To make mustard dressing, rub all the Jry Ingredients together until smooth, then add the hot vinegar ?lowly, stirring to make smooth paste. Cook over pan of water, stirring care? fully until the sauce thickens. Then drain the vegetables thoroughly and pour the mustard dressing over them while hot. Mix well and gack in sterilized jars. Pickled Onions. Select small white onions and sort Into two sizes, 1 1-2 in diameter in one, and 3-4 Inch in other. Peel, cover with fresh water and let stand for two days, changing water on second day. Wash well and put in brine for 4 days, changing brlme at end of sec? ond day. Take opt of brine and put in boiling water. Let stand for ten minutes, then put in co.ld water for 2 hours. Drain and pack in jars, put tim> in a few small red peppers, and garnishing with sprigs of mace. 1 ill Jars to overflowing with spiced vine? gar made previously and allowed to stand for a few davs with spice bags left in It. Process as for pLklc. Spiced Vinegar. 1 -_' gallon vinegar. I 1-J InbtOiJ.at id celery seed. I -1 0, m ated horseradish, 1 c. sugar, 1 |*| tablespoonful mustard seed, i inbltepooaful salt, 1 Ufbl?poonfnl cinnamon. Moves. AUtlBOg and grated onion ?my be added, || desired. tireen Tomato Plekle. i gallon ?reen lonmtoeo, I ?] do/? it large onions, I c brown sugar. 1-2 lemon. .< nodi of red pepper, I c vinegar. i tablapoonful whole black pepper, 1 UlbleSl.nl n| w hole c|ov es, I tablespoonful whole allspice. 1 tablespoonful eelery seed (crush? ed > 1 tablespoonful mUStanl seed. I tablespoonful ground muatard. Rile* Mie tomatoes and onions thin -pi inkle over them \-2 c salt ami lot t I ad over night in a crock or en une regetl Tie the pepper, cloves, all .spire and celery seed in a oheeeecluth i?ay. Slice the lemun and chop - pepper pods very tine. Drain the to matoss and onion well. Add ail sea? soning except one pepper pod to the vinegar, then add the tomato and onion. Cook for l-~ hour, stirring I gently at intervals to prevent burn ling. Remove spice hag to prevent darkening product. I'aek in 10 OS. !k?r and garnlth With ?lender strips of I red pepper, placing them vertically on j the opposite sides of each jar. Pro? j cess tor II minutes. Reel pee sent out from Misses Mary j E. Creewell and Ola Powell, assistants i in Home Demonstration Work, Wash I ington, D. C. BELGIANS TO COME TO AMERICA. Over One Hundred, Most of Them Children. Enter Land of the Free. New York, Aug. 5.?The Holland American line steamship Ryndam, from Rotterdam, brought as passen? gers today 108 Belgian refugees, most of them children who have parents or relatives in the United States. The party was in charge of the Rev. Henry Sy <en, r?f the Belgian parish at De? troit. Of the party, 70 are under 12 years of age and three are infants. The others are young men and women all under 20 years of age. Mr. Syoen said that the German authorities gave him every possible assistance, although he himself is a Belgian and had served in 'he Belgian trenches as chaplain early in the struggle. WILSON FOR SUFFRAGE. Labor Secretary Limits Activity to Home State. San Francisco, Aug. 5.?Secretary Wilson of the labor department today pledged his support to the cause of universal suffrage in his home State. He declined, however, to commit him? self on a proposed amendment to the federal constitution. Fifty members of the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage marched with Hying banners into the presence of the secretary at the Panama-Pa (?ine exposition and asked his support. tin good News Note*?. Hagood, Aug. 5.? Miss Courtnay At? kinson is away at Glenn for the sum? mer. Miss Viola Spencer is visiting her sister, Mrs. McClellan at McClellan ville. Robt. E. Atkinson is not in the beet of health, having had an attack of kidney colic recently. Mrs. W. A. Shaw, of Syracuse, S. C. is visiting among us. Miss Emma Allen, of Sumter, is among us for a few days, and !n com? pany with Mrs. II. C. Bethea goes to Falrlield county the end of this week. Mrs. Ethel Strother, of Falrlield county is visiting friends in our com? munity and returns to her home to? day. Crops in our community did not suffer greatly from the drought. We have had fine rains recently, and yesterday, August 4th, something like a cloudburst. The Hour mill at Dihkins' is in full blast and does not begin to keep pace with grist coming in. It would do you good to see its product. More gooj to test it. Cleveland Miller, son of Isaac Mil? ler, colored, is sick of fever, otherwise save as above noted our community's health is good. Lust night. August 4, some one went into, I did not say broke into, the Ellerbecks store, but they were so close on his track that he left part if not all the goods. Whether they suc? ceeded In capturing the miscreant we do not know, but they' might have done so easily, for they were on the the ground before ,the goods were taken away, but they never once thought Of the blood hounds, a few miles away at the State farm. ..!? ? ? "Hsgood." Sumter People Interested. R. M. McCown, secretary of State, Issued a charter Wednesday to the He Bee Electric Co., of McBee. The capital stock is $10,000. The petition? ers are: J. D. Sax ton. W. L, McCoy antl Mrs. Bailie McCoy, till of McBee. The purpose of the new concern is to "construct and maintain an electrial plant to generate and dispose of elec? tricity generated for lighting and power purposes and do all things in? ch' t thereto." Commissions were issued to the fol? lowing concerns: Clarendon Motor Co. of Manning with a capital stock of |l 000. The petitioners are: H. A. Ulenburg, Hummerton, and J. C. Plow dsn of Manning and the purpose is to sell automobiles and auto accessories. Also to the UrocleyvUIc Motor Co., of Ureeleyville, with capital stock of *2.<. P< lltloners are c. U Mont? gomery, Qreeleyvllle, and I?. c. Shaw, Sir.liter. Purpose same as that of c|aremh?n Motor Co., mentioned above. Also to the KershuW Motor Co., ol Camden, capital stock f ft,000; peti? tioner-: George i>. Shore and R. ih Kh iw, Sumter, with same purpose as IhosS named above, TO IMPROVK HIGHWAY. Association I'onnnl at Sparlanhurg to Improve Road From Columbia to AshevUle. Kpartanburg, Aug. r>.?At an en? thusiastic meeting held at Glenn Sptflngs last night an association for promoting the improvement of the Appalachian highway from Columbia to Asheviiie, x. C, was completely organised. Commissioner IS. J. Wat? son, together with parties of citizens from the towns along the proposed highway, and a delegation from Spar? ten burg, attended the meeting. After perfecting the organization a central committee with E. .1. Watson as chair? man was appointed to take charge of the forming of plans for the work of improving the road. It is un 'erstood that this committee will be called to? gether at an early date and a sys? tematic set of plans worked out so that the work may be taken up im? mediately. TO DOl'HLK TRACK SOUTI1KRX. Hallway Lets Rig Contract In Xorth Carolina and Two in South Caro lian. Charlotte, X. C, Aug. 5.?Contracts for doubletracking 36 miles of the Southern railway's main line were let here today. The Xorth Carolina contract is for $2(50,000 and two in South Carolina aggregate $1,108,000. CATCH KS PHI ZK HASS. Columbia Leader in "Held and Sti am" Competition. The next issue of Field and Stream will carry the story of the prize trout patch for the month of July by J. lit. Cantey, of Columbia. Fach month prizes are offered by this periodical for the largest fish of any particular variety taken with rod and reel and artificial bait. Competition is nation? wide in scope. Mr. Cantey's catch, a small mouthed buss, weighing eight pounds, was takt? en from White pond, near Blaney. This is an imported species of the trout family and rarely grows beyond eight or nine pound*. In recompense Mr. Cantey has received $2:1 in cash, fishing paraphernalia approximating $25 in value and a pair of hunting boots.?Charleston Post. COURT TO SIT EM HAXC. mi" fc ,. 'Chief Justice (Jury Changes Time for Hearing RJehland Road Bonds Case. From The Daily Item, Aug. 0. Announcement was made yesterday that the date for the en banc session of tho supreme court to hear the Rich laud county road bond issue case had been changed from August 22 to Au? gust 20. The order for the session has not yet been officially issued by the clerk of the supreme court. The order was signed Wednesday at Ab? beville by Eugene B. Gary, chief jus? tice. Tho Early Crop of Candidates. It looks rather early for all this talk about probable candidates to op? pose Governor Manning next Stimmer. We believe the great majority of the voters who elected Governor Manning are satisfiod with his administration, or at least, it is so much better than we have been used to that they do not want a change. The biggest howl? ers are the fellows who were defeated last August. Watch the line up!? Camden Chronicle. Clarence Howie Dead. Manning, Aug. 5.?Clarence Howie, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Howie, died at his home here this morning after an illness of several weeks from typhoid fever complicated with valular heart trou? ble. If he had lived until the 10th inst., ho would have been 10 years old, and with one more term he would have Completed the course in the high school. He was a bright stu? dent and also took an active interest in all the athletic sports at school. He is survived by his father and mother, three brothers and two sis? ters, he being the youngest in the family. The funeral will take place at 11 o'clock tomorrow and the "burial will be In the Manning ceme? tery. Many Tobacco Warehouses. There are 51? tobacco warehouses In South Carolina, according to ?lata gathered by agents of the State de? partment of agriculture. These warehouses arc located in 24 cities and towns of the State. The tobacco season has already opened. There is a considerable Increase in acreage this year, while the price is not hold? ing up so well.?-The State Carolinian Consul at Riga. South Carolinians will watch with iideiest the fortunes of liiga, now be Ing abandoned by its working people, in fear of capture by the Germans, I for the reason that the consul of the I'nited States in that Ralttc port is lH>uglas Jenkins, of Adams Run, this SlalSi- -Tho Statu, i I 1TM> IDEAL ANTlsEITIC. I aiiious Men of Medicine Make l>i> covery After Exhaustive Research in IM lis. Paris, Aug. 6.?Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller institute of Medi? cal Research and Dr. Henry 1>. Da kln <>l the Lister institute have dis? covered after exhaustive experiments at the Compelgne Military hospital what they claimed to be the ideal antiseptic. The must powerful antiseptic known to science is hypochloiite of lime, hut its use is injurious and it does not keep. Drs. Dakin and Carrel have found these two defects are remedied, respectively, by the addition of car? bonate of lime and boric acid. Wonderful results have been ob? tained with the new antiseptic and If applied In time it is said to make infection in wounds henceforth im? possible. Prof. Landousy explained the new antiseptic to the Academy of Science, whose members agreed that the dis? covery would be of great importance in surgery. HAS 28 CHILDREN LIVING. L. A'. Howe. Saluda County, Probably Holds State Kc<?ord. Saluda, Aug. 5.?L. A. Howe, of the Emory section, probably has the larg? est family in Saluda county, and doubtless as large as any to he found anywhere in the State. To date the number of his children is twenty eight, the last one arriving on July 28 last. Mr. Howe is 69 years of age and has been married twice, sixteen of the children being by his first wife and the remaining twelve by his last wife. He also has forty-one grandchil I dren and three great-grandchildren, j He evidently does not believe in race ' suicide. Mt'CH TOBACCO COMING IN. JFrom The Daily Item, Aug. 6. The sales of tobacco on the local market were larger this week than any time heretofore, either this or last season. The sales today will probably amount to in the neighbor? hood of 60,000 pounds, and the sales each day this week up to today aver? aged about 40,000. Much of the to? bacco now coming in is of a better va? riety that that which came in at first, but much of the poorer grade is still coming in. The buyers are all on hand and bidding is brisk during the daily sales. The price is good, al? though not so high as last year, the Sumter market being fully up.to any other market in this section and better than a number of others. Funeral of Mottle Lee Stuckey. From The Daily Item, Aug. 6. The funeral of Mattie Lee Stuckey was held at the residence of her fath? er, Dr. H. M. Stuckey, on West Hamp? ton Avenue, at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. J. P. Marion conduct? ing the services. There was a very lar^ve attendance, many of the rela? tives and friends of Dr. and Mrs. Stuckey from out of town being pres? ent, as well as many of the school? mates of the little girl. During the services at the house, and also at the grave the members of the Miriam So? ciety of the Presbyterian Sunday School, of which Mattie Lee was a member, sang several hymns very sweetly. The occasion was one of pe? culiar sadness, and sympathy of the entire community was manifested for the bereaved parents. The tlowers that covered the grave were abundant and beautiful. Case Under Advisement. Eugene S. Werts, county auditor of Newberry, appeared before Gov. Manning yesterday to answer the charge of "misconduct In office." The governor after hearing all of the tes? timony took the matter of removal under advisement.?The State. The Difference. An Anderson county farmer quit raising cotton some years ago and has been raising nothing but food crops and livestock ever since. lie was In the city the other day, consulting time tables and arranging to take his wife and children on a pleasure trip to New York. We have not heard of any farmer who raises nothing but cotton doing this.?Anderson Mail. Insured Through Columbia, The cotton ship Dacia, which was taken off Brest March ~~ with a cargo consigned to Germany, and which has just gone through the French prise court, was insured through the Bethels agency of Columbia, as well as through the Tinted States govern? ment.?The State. Slimier People Organise Company. The secretary of State has Issued a charter to the Klngstree Chero-Cola ItottHng company with a capital of 110,000. The officers are: J. B. King, president and treasurer: C F. King, vice president und L. J, Markey. sec? retary. SUMTER CU V INVITED. Mayor and President of <iiunil>ci' of Oniwacroe Asked to Preside With President of Society?Chief Sumicr to be Honored Guest* j Stateburg, Aug. 4.?At a recent meeting of the executive committee of the (Jen. Sunder Agricultural Society it was decided that Sumter city be ex? tended a Bpeclal invitation to partici? pate in the celebration of Gen. Bum ur's birthday on August 14th next, fin a picnic on the grounds of the Gen. I Sumter school house, under the aus? pices of tho society; that the mayor and president of the Chamber of Com? merce be asked to preside, with the president of the society, over the ex? ercises of the day and the chief of po? lice of the city, as a prominent rnem j ber of the Sumter family, an eminent j officer of the city, bearing this famous name, be entertained as an honored ; guest of the society on that day. That the picnic dinner hi to he 'contributed by the attendants from all quarters; that the contribu? tions to the dinner be delivered I to the special committee of ladies ap ; pointed to receive them and arrange the dinner, which will be spread on tables in the grove near the school house, and in this connection it Is pleasant to assure all who may attend jthat the water supply, from a pump ! on the grounds, will be found ample land of excellent quality. The com ' mittee also requests that attendants bring no articles for use in the din? ner, of much value; that these being few and uncostly will relieve the com? mittee of a great deal of care, and in j order to help on in this relief, to those in charge of the dinner, the so i ciety has provided one hundred little I trays and one hundred spoons for use I with no thought of returning them when the dinner is over. ! The exercises will begin promptly at 12 o'clock and will consist of music, vocal and instrumental, and speeches for two hours, in the school house when an adjournment for dinner will be had. At 4 o'clock the base, ball game, gotten up specially for this oc ! casion, on grounds within a few hun? dred yards of the school house, will end the regular exercises of the day. It is the committee's good fortune to have secured as one of the speakers the services of Congressman Lever, who is now serving with marked dis? tinction as chairman of the agricul? tural committee of the national house of representatives. ? John J. Dargan, Chairman Executive Committee. INJUNCTION IS GRANTED. Sumter Company is Restrained Prom Using Improvement. A temporary injunction against the Sumter Electrical Company from using i. certain new and useful improvement in "current generator and igniter for internal cumbustion engines," claimed to have been invented by Emll Podle sak, of Wisconsin, was yesterday filed in the United States District Court here by Emil Podelsak, Henry J. Podlesak and the Webstor Electric Company. In the petition it Is stated that Emil Podlesak is the sole inventor of the improvement and that the defend? ant company has used it in spite of notices sent by plaintiffs.?News and Courier. ARTHUR RRIGGS APPOINTED. New Commissioner Named for Pine wood Annexation Election. Columbia, August 6.?The Governor has appointed Arthur Briggs, of Pine wood, commissioner in reference to the proposed annexation of a portion of Clarendon county to Sumter Coun? ty, vice P. B. Hodge, resigned. TO IMPEACH SECRETARY OP STATE. J Chnrgcd with "Buying Off" opponent and Shortage in Funds. Montgomery, Aug. t>.?The impeach? ment of Secretary of State Purifoy will be rec unmended by a subcommittee of the legislature which has been in? vestigating charges that he paid J. H. Nunnelee to withdraw from the race and that he was short in his accounts. The shortage has been made good. The City National Bank, which an? nounced a few weeks a^o that it would purchase two registered beef type bulls tor the purpose of encouraging the farmers of Sumter county to raise la tter cattle, has placed an order with the live stock department of Clemsoa College for two Aberdeen-Angus bulls, which will b? purchased by an agent of the college who will go west with? in the next few weeks to buy several car loads of breeding cattle for South Carolina stock raisers. It is expected that thirty or more registered beef type bulls will be purchased at this time for the Southern Cotton Oil Co., one for each mill In the state. The local oil mill will probably order an Aberdeen Angus bull, as it is advised by (he live stock experts that one type of cattle only be raised in a lo? cality KU that the beef cattle will be standardised and bring better prices.