Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TBrnXtrr Uf MJTOIIEN. Food t nrl Then Savo It la Wsm awn of CVinntry?Kvcry ? and ChlM Can be In the Little Thing* ?n?l Cht Down thAt Hoven Han? oi of Annual Waste hi Tfcbf Oottn ry. iWm Cm*Vm Lathrop Pack Preal Um National Food Garden of Washington w hich is ? campaign for a million htm this year.) kitchen? waste enough] eh year to feed the whole Brlt ?y In 1 Vance and several divla lessi of the French army. It la ostlms-.ed that ths annual food swales hi tho United Matts amounts to hTa.taa.eo?. This is believed to be a ennserrstl- estimate. Therefore. t? do to make certain ail food required and of da* the aar Is to cut, out that a. ft la entirely poeslbls and feaelbie } do Ihla It la only a ousstloa of w>nan and child In the becoming Individuall., la the i as of food, sftttftena of young American men see preparing to sacrifice their lives, if be. In tha cause of victory. How willingly should all who saa kttt at home practice the small sain!? is of eslng the little extra care aaaessary to stake certain that no sea* is wasted! military leaders of our nation 0 our allies agree that the out of the wi.r In a matter of food, every little food saving, trivial I aatmportai t as it may seem, adds the aggregate of the food nop ply makii victory certain. Wlth sVt at home all the outpouring of bleed oa foreign battlefields may ha kt vain. Fa-nine may be the great essssjueror and he war may end In a surrender force by starvation. While hotel* and restaurants are heavy offen dem In ths matter of wast Hsjr food, yet tho chief contribution to the t70n.aeo.uoc food loss Is made in the k Itch one of private homes. Good food Is Improperly handled and stored. It Is carelessly cooked. It is waste fully prepared. It Is overgenerously provided. These are tho chief caus? es ?>f home food wa.it e. Kstravigant cooks must learn how to use 1? ft-overt ). Left-over cereals eaa ha combined with meats, fruits, or iblea to make appetizing side Wen a spoonful of cereal <* wqgth saving as a thickener for soup Don't throw away stale skim milk, sour milk, scrspe af Meat or fish, trimmed fats or soot, even the water used for cooking rice and many vegetables should be kept. Stale bread can be ueed In ways, skim milk contains all tho ilng qualities of milk except t; soar milk can be used In baking; and Meh scraps adu flavor and nourish meet to made-over dishes; fat can be tried out and used ss a sub? stitute for butter and bird In cooking; white cooking water will help to fla? vor soups and sauces. Keep food from exposure to heat, germ*, dirt, and flies and prevent the waete due to spoilage. Protect food free* mice and insects. Keep milk coal and well covered. Find a use for vegetables that may decay. Stew fntlss that threatan to spoil If you hane surplus food from ths garden, Caak sppetisingiy. it puts a heavy strata even on patriotic duty to eat I searched oatmeal, Improperly season? ed potatoes, aoggy or poorly flavored vegetables, overcooked meat and fish and burned fat. The cook who uses care to make dishes palatable Is ren? dering a national sorvlce this year Just as truly as Is tho soldier In the trenches. Prepare food economically. A cure? less cook will waste ::o per cent of a potato, a turnip, or an apple. In peel lag K Finally guard against overabund? ance of food serve*!. Too many dish? es mean that much food Is thrown away and wssted. .Simplify your war menu; eat enough and no more. Make saving rather dan spending your household motto Don't be flnleky. hut be willing to try now dishes which the cook makes of left-overs or cheap foods. City Manager Hhuler was busy nil the aeorntng superintending the mov? ing of all the play ground apparatus from the China lot on Houth Mm in ?frost, the old play ground*, to Ita new location Tho niw play ground, whicb Is looted <?n the campus of the Hovh' H 4ft Hrhool, on Calhoun street, will not he completed for several daya yet, but when it Is ready for uae, It I* expected that It will be a great pleur? ale reeort for all the small children of ths entire tivy, Substitutes for Tin Cans, The department of commerce In cooperation with the department of agriculture has long been eurncstly striving to Increase the output of tin cans for food containers. To this end It his endeavored to Increase the sup? ply of tin, to secure the continuous movement of the materials entering Into tin cans from the place of pro? duction to the place of use, and to fa? cilitate the supply and movement of machinery for producing cans. The department desires in every prac? ticable way to promote tho present and permanent prosperity of the tin can industry. There Is no possible doubt of the steady and growing de? mand for its products. Tin plate Is 98 per cent, steel and 2 per cent. tin. Steel Is the backbone of war, and the mills have not been able to keep all their customers ful? ly supplied at all times. Moreover, ab? normal freight demands have made prompt deliveries uncertain. There have also been decreased imports of pig tin, due to decreased production and reduced shipping facilities. It is not surprising, therefore, that the tin-plate makers can not provide the can manufacturers with sutiie. nt plate to enable them to meet the n crease in the demand for cans, which Is 25 to 40 pe: cent, greater than it was last year. It is therefore imperative that the available supply of cans be utilized, In so far as possible, for packing products that can be preserved only in tin, and that substitutes be used for other products whenever practicable. Such containers should be cheaper than tin. so that the ultimate benefit from lower costs may offset the initial expense of the substitution. Cost and Description of Fiber Con? tainers. The price of glass has steadily risen and has reached a point at which any large extension of Its use for food containers is impract* .ble. At pres? ent fiber or paper containers of good quality are being produced in consid? erable and increasing quantities, and for many purposes are supplanting glass and tin plate. The price of the fiber containers depends upon the slss, the quality of the paper-pulp material, the number of treatments with paraffin, and the amount of] printed matter on the outside. The commoner ty'pes may be obtained at 1.25 to 1.5 cents for the half-pint size. 1.25 to 1.6 cents for the pint size, and 1.5 to 1.65 cents for tho quart size. Fiber containers are made in va? rious shapes and sizes adapted to dif? ferent purposes and may or may not be coated with paraffin, which is chemically inert and Is sometimes baked into the paper material. Some of these containers are claimed to be tlr-tlght, proof against leakage, and protected from contamination by the pant fun. Some containers appear to be more nearly air-tight than others of the same style, probably because of better fitting covers. These con? tainers are light In weight, pack readily for shipment, are easily obtain? ed, and are used but ones. Fiber Containers for Delivering Foods to Consume r. The demand for "ready-to-eat" foods, such as baked pork and beans, spaghetti, etc., with the simple direc? tion "Heat and serve," represents the largest factor In the increased use of tin cans. These foods must be pro? cessed in the containers at or above the temperuture of boiling water, and no substitute for tin ha* been found that satisfactorily meets these con? ditions. However, a great economy in tin can bo effected by home cooking of such products during the present shortage. Fiber containers are recommended for the distribution by the retailer of many foodstuffs, including milk, cream, buttermilk, ico cream, oysters, syrups, marshuuillow creams, dried fiult8, preserves, Jellies, mincemeat, horseradish, relishes, pickles, deviled ham and chicken, vinegar, dry am. prepared mustard, soda water, salads, suuetkraut, and olives. Fiber Containers For Packing and the Wholesale Trade. It is claimed that dry food pro? ducts such as coffee, tea, alum, bak? ing powder, spices, raisins, and prunes may be successfully packed by produc? ers and manufacturers in paper or I!her containers. For some of those products, bags lined with tinfoil have been in successful uso for 10 years or moro and they form an attractive package that is said to bo moisture proof. other commodities usually packed In tin could bo marketed as well in paper or liber, with the advantage of lower coHt. Among these tobacco oe euples a conspicuous position, and other articles aro lye, cleansers, soap powders, shoe polishes. Sietnl polishes, SSaSS] und shaving preparations, toilet artleles. such as talcum powder, and various dry drugs and chemicals. Pu l>ei contninerx are also suggested (of preserved fruits and Jellies made nt home. Cloth sacks for tobneeo and wood for syrups and molasses are also recommended where retail sales can bo mad? la bulk, ^ M.jm. m ?k m Ii um on I liberty loan Owing to limited time nnd lack of funds the State Council of Defense has been unable to affect tin organisation to assist in the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds. The Chairman, however, urges each member of the Council of Defense, each and every one who assisted in the Civic Prepared? ness Campaign, and all other patriotic citizens to devote all pos? sible time and effort until Thursday, the 14th irst., to the cam? paign for the sale of Liberty Loan Bonds. Many of our citizens do not realize that the duration and event? ual success of the war will absolutely depend on the prompt tak? ing by the average American citizen of our government bond is? sues. We must all realize that we are doing something vitally necessary for the safety of dur soldiers when we subscribe for Liberty Bonds. Any bank will arrange to carry the bonds for a reasonable time if a small initial payment is made. The example of one oitizon of South Carolina, who has not only sent his only son to the war but who has subscribed for $100, 000.00 in Liberty Bonds, should stimulate all to greater efforts. In subscribing liberally to the bond issue this man has done something to shorten the war, and thus has increased the prob? ability that his son will come home safe. I especially request the County Civic Preparedness Commit? tees to take up this matter, immediately, and to present it effec? tively throughout the rural districts of the State during the few days still available. Darlington county is going to dd a great deal more than her share in subscribing to the Liberty Loan. Will not South Carolina as a whole show her patriotism by greatly ov? ersubscribing her allotment of $10,000,000.00? DAVID R. COKER, Chairman, South Carolina Council of Defense. RED CROSS EDITION. n mmm The proposal of the Dally Item and Watchman and Southron to issue spe? cial Hed Cross Editions next Friday to help this great organization has met with genuine enthusiasm all over the city and from surrounding country towns have come assurances also that interest in the movement is being re vivod and that large delegations would without doubt be in attendance on the big mass meei'ng to be held in Trin? ity church next Monday night when Rev. William Way and others who have been actively in touch with the Red Cross work will speak. The Daily Item and Wutchman and Southron will not only give liberally of its news columns to further the success of the work but will give 10 per cent, of the total gross receipts from the special advertising carried in these Red Cross* editions to the Red Cross. This means that every business hous or individual who takes an ad? vertisement in these editions will di? rectly contribute to the work of the Red Cross, besides reaping valuable publicity prestige by "showing his col? ors" in the comprehensive exposition of the Hcd Cross and its work on the battle front, ard in the training camps. Persons thoroughly familiar with the necessity of having the little red insignia of niercy wherever battle clouds hover will tell their stories in The Item and Watchman and South? ron of Friday and dozens of business men will help out by urging their patrons to join and help win the war. Uemembcr, bullttl alone will not Win a war. The lied Cross is as necessary as cannon and sirapnel, more neces? sary in fact, in many ways. "England expects every man to do his duty" is an eld battle cry of our ally, and could well be adopted to our own country. Perhaps you per? sonally can't fight but you can help win the fight. Join the Red Cross. Read next Friday in this paper all about its work, and read the an? nouncements of the live business men who arc showing the Sumter spirit by getting in the limelight with their in? fluence to help the cause along. DARK CORNER NEWS. Oops are in Good Condi on mid Small Grain Harvest Vnder Way? Some Fine Wheat. Dark Corner, June 10.?Nothing ex? citing hereabouts at this time. Farm? ers arc rushing ahead with their farm work. Crops are rather small for the season, but they are in a healthy con? dition and arc clean of grass. Small grain is being cut and I see some fairly good oats that have been cut Mr. A. H. Hollings, near Pinewood, has some real good oats and bis wheat is Just fine. Mr. B. T. Kolb, Mr. James It. f J riffln and Mr. S. A. Har vin all have line whoat besides there uro others who have good wheat. We had a very heavy rain here last Monday evening. It was my pleasure to attend the ?linner given to the old Confederate Veterans by the kind U, D. C. of Dick Anderson chapter on last Friday, the 1st. And I beg permission to thank those kind-hearted ladies for their k'ndness to the old boys. May their shadows ncvor grow less and may their lamps burn long and go out in ponce when their master says it is enough, conic up higher. And i must say, Mr. Bdltor, that it seems to me that we old vets .should say or do something to show to those Indies that we appreciate^ their kindness. Hut we walk up to tin* tablo. eat the dinner ami walk oft without anything more being s;iid in way of thanks than h parcel of animate, unless one Sam Edmunds should happen to be present. I for one a in always proud to have Prof. Kdmunds present with iih old boys. Hut i believe those la? dles would Mice it better if we would retum our thanks, sometimes, at least, uum'lves. Corns now old brother comrades, let us, should we be spared to be Invited to another dinner and aide to attend, let us try and show some appreciation Our dear friend who has passed to her reward (Miss Anna M. Craham) on the last time I saw and talked with her spoke about the veterans being allowed or request? ed to make short talks, that it would be cheering to the old boys and the ladies also. Registration passed off very quietly at Bloomhill last Tuesday, as far as "l have heard. I hoard yesterday that one colored man had run off from home to keep from registering at Pinewood. Everything else passed off quietly there. The members of the committee of Public Safety and those who have been appointed a committee of the Red Cross at this place have asked the county Red Cross committee to give a talk here at Elwell's chapel on next Friday, the 15th, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Everybody turn out ami hear the talks. Mr. Xeill O'Donnell is president of the Red Cross societies j for Sumtcr. Mr. and Mrs. R. X. Owen, of Or? angeburg, visited at the Sycamores last Sunday, returning Sunday night. Mr. Kniest Kolb and sister, of Cain Savannah, dined at the Sycamores last Sunday, also this seribe. We have commenced to enjoy a lit? tle of tho early fruit, huckleberries ami early peaches, etc. "Hard Times." AMERICAN sllll? SI NK. German Submarine Destroys Sailing Vessel. I<ondon, June 11.?A German sub? marine sank the American sailing vessel, Magnus Manson, after the crew had abandoned the yeeeei GOTHAM IS LETHARGIC. There Was No Fnthusinsm on Rogtft tralion Day, No Outburst of Amer? icanism ami Patriotism. Editor Sumter Daily Item. 1 Intended to write a graphic de? scription of New York's imtriotic out? bursts so vividly depicted in the press, that would materali/e, on the national registration day. I antici? pated viewing some great display of unique and elaborate designs in mov? ing floate expressing the American view ^CtI conception of its strength, patriotism, bravely, freedom and cen? tralizing thought of unity and salva? tion that would enchant the most outspoken slackers and create a de? sire of action for valor and exultation of the American people. I have dreamed of long lines of parades of the American youth, of indescribable variety and political, social, financial and religious groups, marching should? er to shoulder under one banner in one spirit with one aim. I thought I would see the millionaire and boot? black, the banker and peddler, the manufacturer and his laborers, the politician and the preacher, all marching in one line, in one company, bedding hands in symbolic expression of unity and their only, guide and as similator?the registration ticket? recognition of their Americanism. And the bands would have enthralled the cosmopolitan atmosphere with mar? tial hymns energizing the arms and steeling the soul and enflaming the hearts to battle for glory and for peace. And, and I did not see it. I looked for it, I looked for it, everywhere, on the leading business streets, in the public parks, on the boulevards, ir. the assembly halls, on the street cor? ners, on the east side and the west side and uptown and downtown, in the police stations and the saloons and in the homes, but she wasn't there. Instead I saw and could feel a certain hollowness, a bluishness that creeps under your skin, a certain foggy down castness of depression, and uncertain? ty of undescribable stillness. And I walked on and on and on, but the same thing is everywhere, and tired, wornout and hungry I found myself in the dark and I cried, Columbia, where art thou? I will be on my wa> vO Dixie in the next few days, may be she Is hiding there and I will be able to find her. Perhaps all these signs may be at? tributable to the weather conditions here, as I have not yet seen a good day since I got here. It is bitterly cold, considering the season of the year, or it is raining, which takes away all the life and energy and dark? ens the jovial feelings of human na? ture, and perhaps it is the sudden turn of affairs in tho nation, neces? sitating certain arrangements and changes in many individual and com? munal affairs, which are now in a sort of suspended indecision and un? certain anticipations, which will take time and wise counsel to stabilize and equalize to accommodate conditions to come. The American people as a whole arc deliberate and calculating, so/fhat they take no step without first looking into the future with a clear view, or certain basic principles to work upon. And because the public, as whole, are not fully familiar with the political and national affairs, they are holding back certain activities which would otherwise be on the way of develop? ment. When we are well informed and know what wc are to face and ac? complish, then we will put our heads to the task with open eyes and mind and ready to meet the problems each one on their merits and overcome all obstacles. It is my opinion that the present seeming stagnation of certain indus? tries and business is only temporary, and that at no distant future the ac? tivities of industry and business will show a marked advance for the better and increase as the months roll along. S. L. Krasnoff. New York, June 8. SUMTER COTTON MARKET!. Corrected Daily By P. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 23 1-4. Strict Middling 23 1-8. Middling 23. Strict Low Middling 22 3- 1. Low Middling 22 3-8. Corrected P ;ily By ERNEST FIELD, Ootton Buyer. Good Middling 21 3-4. Strict Middling 21 G-8. Middling 21 1-2. Strict Low Middling 21 1-4. Low Middling 21. NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. Yee*dys Open High Dow Clone Close July . .28.60 24.41 23.13 24.42 23.32 Oct. . .22.99 ?3.!?5 22.87 23.87 22.20 Dec . . 23.17 24.04 22.!?X 24.99 22,'M New York spots 24.05. < I i.i m I h i of Comim'rco Notes. The United States Treasury De? partment has called on the Sumter Chamber of Commerce to serve as a medium of publicity for the sale of Liberty bonds, and the Sumter com? mercial organization has agreed to mail out many hundreds of the large posters of the government and to post a number advertising these bonds. The Chamber of Commerce is also acting as the corresponding and ad? vertising agent of the Associated Hanks of Sumter in the sale of the Liberty bonds, and many hundreds of letters are goin^ out from the man? aging secretary's office to people of Sumter county and city. The Sumter Hed Cross Chapter is also finding the Sumter Chamber of Commerce a convenient and efficient cooperative agency in boosting Red Cross work, mailing out thousands of circular letters and posters, advertis? ing the Red Cross and arranging for Red Cross meetings in different sec? tions of Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties. The Sumter County Public Safety Committee has been the cause of a great deal of extra work on the Chamber of Commerce office force, and many thousands of letters and circulars have been and are still go? ing out from the office of the secre? tary whooping up the "Grow Food or Go Hungry" campaign of this county, State, and nation. The Home Demonstration agents are using the Chamber of Commerce advantageously also in many ways, and in building up interest in conser? vation of home produced foodstuffs. The commercial organization is glad to do everything in its power to help in all public matters where the "greatest good to the greatest num? ber" is the object. Liberty Loan Slogans. (By Don Marquis of the Vigilantes.) Dig! t* If you are free and of fighting age, dig trenches. If you're a bit older or younger, dig gardens. ft If you have a bank account, dig? and buy part of that Liberty^ Loan. Dig! If the loan fails, those trenches will be the graves of the World's Liberty. If the loan fails, those gardens will one day furnish revenue for the Ho henzollerns to spend on their mis? tresses. ' " If you dig, the 1 ,<>an will not fail. Dig! Maybe you are too old to fight; per? haps you can't advise the president about the army and navy. It is possible that you haven't a back yard to raise vegetables in, so you've been wondering how you can help strafe the Kaiser. One thing you can do is to buy $50 worth of the Liberty Loan. A $50 bond is worth more to you than your $50 in cash and it hurts the Kaiser as if it were a bullet. If you can make it $500 or $50,000 the principle is the same?but the in? terest is a great deal more. If youvrwant to save your money. In* vest all you can get hold of in the Liberty Loan. If you don't save your money by saving Democracy, your money won't be worth any more to you than your life. French, English and American troops and ships are the only safe? guards cither money, life or liberty has in the world today and we must keep them on the sea and In the field or go the way of wrecked Belgium and ruined Serbia. . Hoard your cash and lose it. Put it into a Liberty Loan and save it and the world. If the Liberty Loan falls? The money you held out of It?? Won't be your money! It will belong to the German Con? queror of the world. It will be doing the goose step at the Kaiser's bidding. So will you! Don't hold out. Invest your cash and save it. j rn^rn^ And help save civilization! We've pledged our resources to Liberty, we Americans. And this means you, too. BU} a Liberty I^oan Bond. It will spend just as well as the money you spend for it. But if you don't spend your money for it, eventually that money can't bd spent for anything?the Germans will have it. Dentil. The funeral services of Mrs. Carrie Bradford, who died Saturday after? noon at her home on the Second Mill mad. were held yesterday afternoon at the Sumter Cemetery. Mrs. Brad* ford hud been in bad health for BOttlO time ana the end was not unexpected. She is survived by her husband Mr. Willie O. Bradford and three half sisters, Mrs. W. S. Burkett. Mrs. Henry Cuttinn, and Mrs. Dolphus .Ten kins.