Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IHK mjLff? MAVK m\%xx C?trfu|m and Can be Mnde This Waei ?*a]sdjn, Wg^imaliaj. 4%. |t._lf the peo Uta ?outhsastaru United kaew what excellent grape JssVes, streps, catsups, pre 1aiat^aaun<it aJi6*Jama are be away?potentially?In the Muscadine trapes plentifully In that re nave more of this drink weren't being la making home products, of the United States De? af Agriculture decided a years ago. because the people w ttaaa to learn the possibilities ?aasSsf tilts crop except tjt the fresh at far wme-maklng. Accord ksgly. aesss experiments were begun to tad cast If these grapes had pos srhtiMles for home use. A as^eaiialatlvs was sent Into the Mhsse?suae grape country to Inveatl tkf. "*JPhe investigator didn't take ft* atadretory outfit along but estab ystMst hlmsslf in a typical farm kitch? en: at the branch experiment station at the North Carolina De pa rimer t of igrlcattare at Wlllard. The work was earrled on slmultaneoualy with other kitchen work on a wood-burning iwage with ordinary kitchen Utensils feeauita were sought which would be applicable to farm-horns conditions. Ttat those grapes can be prepar? es! in assay attractive snd appetising ways without the use of Isrge quan? tities of sugar and are therefore Within the means of all families, was aaatned ay the specialist. Unferment? ed grape Juice, jellies, canned grapes, eyrups. and catsups probably are the most desirable horns products, tak? ing bite consideration quality, ex psfise. and ths labor required In thsir preparation. Preserves, marmalades, and jams require larger quantities of sugar and are more difficult to pre? pare, while the larger percentage of sugar they contain hardens the skin somewhat even when the best meth? ods of preparation are used. Hew to make ths many palatable products, what varieties are beet for different purposes, the utensils and I as*pin itve equipment needed?all Is flsesseed in twenty-three interest tag pages comprising Farmers' Buletln tit, "Common Uses for Muscadine Orapss" which has just been pub housewife in the Mus? cadine ration should have a copy of that publication, it will be sent frse OMllJI I ILDE CAMP FINISHED. Ready Dot Trueaw. tor Three States* Charleston. Aug. 11.?The officer in charge of construction at Camp ??vier. Greenville, hss notified army headquarters hers that ths canton? ment Is nersr ready to receive Its full complement of troops. This means that all National Guard commands of Couth Carolina. North Carolina and Tenne?ee will be assembled there as soon as transportation hi available. The South Carolna Guardsmen at Camp Jackson, however, will be kept st guard duty until National Army saen are In condition to relieve them. CdVfclftNG OF WINTHROP. Doctor Johnson Giving Dedalte Information. ? fn compliance with a request of the ?nt ladles who are Rolns to Win op for the nrst time. Superintend? ent Edmunds wrote to President Johnson to get definite Information. His reply follows: "tVs are asking all new students, without exception, who are to be ad? mitted for the nrst time Into Win? throp to re ?ort on the 1 Ith of Hep te at. "With kind regards. "fllncsrely yours. "D. D. JOHNSON. President." OAMP AT JACKNONVIIJ<E. Training <lmp for Quartermaster Corns an rlorlda. Wssblngton. Sept. 1.?Secretary est hsa accepted the recommenda? tion that the quartermaster corps training rsmp he established at Jack iMlle. Fla Mr. D. C Shaw received ? letter this morning from his son Krvln stnt ing that he had finished his course ?f study st Columbus preliminary to sntorlng the training school of the aviation corps. He had passed all saamtnatlonn, making 100 per cent on most of ?he branches and stand ins at the , * of the elsgg Instead of going to Dayton, Ohio, for train rhs he wlM probably be sent to Italy for training with a picked squad of ?ie?i from those who have taken the preliminary course st Columbus. CONSUMPTION IN CANADA. _/ Mn*t Raine 100,900 Men at Once end All Men np to Forty-five kay be Celled. Ottawa, Aug. 30.?Conscription be? came la w in Cannda yesterday when Justice Duff of the supremo court act? ing for the governor general gave royal absent to the measure. The bill Is for the purpose of rais? ing 100,000 men to re nforce the Ca? nadian divisions fighting at the front. All Canadians between 20 and 45 years may be called. They will be divided into classes according to age. whether married or single, i It Is expected that in the near fu? ture the first class, consisting of all unmarrh i Canadians between 20 and 34 yean, will be called and that this class will provide the required 100, 000. After assent had been given, Pre? mier Borden, speaking In the house of commons, asked 81:* Wilfrid Lau rier to cooperate with him in nam? ing a board of selection to choose lo? cal tribunals who arc to deal with applications for exemption from mill tary service. Sir Wilfrid replied he would agree to the request of the prime minister adding, "As the bill Is now law, It Is the duty of all loy? al subjects to see it carried out har? moniously." DISAPPOINTMENT OF POPE KEEN Has Not Lost Hope and Will Make Another Effort to tiring Nations Together. Rome. Aug. 31.? It in stated at the Vatican that Pope Benedict on receiv? ing President Wilson's reply to his peace proposals did net attempt to conceal his bitter disappointment and that he regards the president's an? swer as lea \ng little 'room for fur? ther peace efforts at present. It has been no secret here that the pope hoped for a more favorable reply from the United States then from any one else. Before the president's reply was received. It was stated at the Vatican that the replies from the entente governments were expected to be more favorable In tone than the press comments. COW FORTH FOR SOLDIERS. Red Cross Appiupetntcs $700,eoo for Special Work In France. Washington, Aug. 31.?The follow? ing cablegram has been received at Red Crom Headquarters from Major Qrayson. at:. P. Murphy, Red Cross Commtsioner In France: "Oreat assistance can be given the French ?rmy by co-operating In the organisation of canteens, resting and sleeping quarters for men passing to and from the front. "At points where trains must be changed ordinary station facilities are absolutely Inadequate and men returning tired and dirty from trench? es wait many long hours and often over night for train connections and sleep on exposed platforms and in all available corners. "Buffets are wanted beyond any possible capacity. These men aver? aging several thousand at each station datl) should bo provided with proper hot food at low prices, proper sleep? ing uul reading rooms and given fa? cilities for washing and disinfection from disease carrying trench vermin which otherwise would be brought into homes while men roturnlng to the front would be given additional stimulus and enthusiasm through such special attention on the part of Amer? ican women, afl of which tends to de? velop better morale as well as phy gique. "Work can be and should be start? ed Immediately to provide against particular hardships of winter months. "Remember that the disease brought from the trenches to the homes constitute a grave menace, also that long Journeys in an exhaust? ed condition deprive men of neces? sary power of resistance "We believe no work more imme? diately inr portant to safeguard the homes ml the soldiers and to con? vince the country at large that we arc working with them, and earnestly recommend an appropriation for the purpose. "The entire plan will be carried out in accordance with the views of Oen. Fonoilng and the French army. We are working in close touch with the Young Men's Christian Associa? tion who are entirely in accord with our undertaking this work In certain definite districts. "To carry on the work, which h our Judgment we should undertake would probably require from $10o, 000 to $200,00? per month, depend Ing upon the amount of work. "The work will be handled at lirsf by American women already in France. We will advise you as UN need additional women, but we wil' organize them here." The War Council of the Red Crom ha* accordingly appropriated $700, ooo for the forgoing work' Up t< November 1, 1117, m iAvL. WHERE TO GET WAR FOOD SCHEDULES. Finns Required to Utfort on Stocks of Provisions May Obtain Blanks In Ulis Suite or From Washington. Washington. Aug. 30.?Since the Fcdoral law requires thut all linns having commercial stocks of food:; shall make returns of what they have on hand or in transit on August 31, the United states Department of Agriculture, chargeu with carrying out tho provisions of the law has designated certain places within each State where the blank food survey schedules may be obtained. These blanks are to be lllled in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the report? ing Ann and the other to bo sent to the Department at^ Washington. In this State the survey blanks may be obtained from Field Agent In Market? ing, Clemson College, S. C. Each blank has spaces for recording the stocks of 18 principal commodities, including tho chief food cereal?, meats, lard, oils, fish, sugar, and condensed or evaporated milk. Ele? vators, mills, dealers, canucrs, ba? kers, confectioners, manufacturers, jobbers, packers, grocers, hotels, de? partment and general stores dealing in groceries, and other types of bus? iness to the number of about 100, are required to report their stocks not later than Septembor 10, though an extension of time may be granted by the secretary of agriculture on spe? cial request if a good reason can be shown. Surrey is Preliminary. The survey of August 31, Insofar as it concerna the supplies of 18 prin? cipal foodstuffs, is a preliminary one. to be followed by a more complete one after the crops are harvested For the complete schedule the blank: call for returns on 103 items. Blank; giving all information have been mailed to some 350,000 firms, but nnj firm which has not yet received these blanks should apply at once to th< Bureau of Markets, Department oi Agriculture, Washington, or to the nearest State address given above While the returns are required under the law, with a heavy penalty for noneompliance, it is expected by the department that all firms will con? sider it their patriotic duty to fti' out and return the schedules as re? quested. NO CHEAP BREAD. Sixteen Ounce Loaf for Eight or Ten Cents Best Public Can Expect, says Hoover. Washington, Aug. 81.?Prospects oi an early and radical reduction li bread prices apparently vanished to night whon Herbert Hoover, the foo<' administrator, announced that the beat the public may expect is a If. ounce loaf for ten cents or possibly eight cents. The eight cent loaf of It ounces is possible, Mr. Hoover said, only if bakers, retailers and consum crs unite to eliminate wasteful dis tributlon methods and cooperate tc obtain a standardized loaf. The price of family flour, Mr Hoover said, should be reduced at the present price of wheat at least $2 oi |3 a barrel. Bakers' Hour, however will sell little cheaper than at present* C. I. Corby, who is serving for the bakers of the country ns a voluntar: aide to Mr. Hoover, said tonight tha* a 16 ounce loaf for ten cents would represent a slight reduction in prcs ent prices. Standardization, he said would be hard to bring about, sine? varying costs in ingredients that g( into bread have made it necessary t' increase or reduce tho size of the loaf No move will be made towards" price reduction, Mr. Corby said, unti tho food administration hay announc? ed its plans for dealing with the bak lng industry. "The bakers respectfully request the public to disregard tho man> ridiculous statements- about bread emanating from unreliable source.1 and ask that they await the an? nouncement of the president relative to tho nation's plans for bread pro. ductlon." RUSSIAN CITY BURNED. Grout Fire Destroys Kawui, Killing Many of Inhabitants. Petrograd, Sept. 1.?Several thou sand persons were killed or injurct in a fire which swept tho city ol Kuzan. four hundred und thirty miles cast of Moscow early this week It burned for thirty-six hours, driv? ing the population outside of tin city. PHILADELPHIA'S I Alt I W i ld. T< TROOPS. More Than a Million Turn Out t< Watch Parade. Philadelphia, Sept. 1.?More than i million Phlladelphinns paid fare* well to thirty-free thousand troopf who inarched more than live hours The tap of the lib* : ty bell signalled the start. Airplanes dropped mes? sages front officials to the crowd. A THA1NED MAN NEEDED. The Secret of Success in Roud Build? ing is in Employing a Specialist. Editor The Daily Item. Since you so kindly invite further discussion of the road question, 1 will undertake to give my views more ful? ly. Your correspondent in Monday's issue suggests that a civil engineer be appointed to work under the super? visor. I do not approve of this plan. The supervisor and civil engineer should be one. Why elect a figure? head and give him the work of a clerk? The civil engineer-supervisor should not be elected by the people, but should be selected by the coun? ty board. He should be responsible to the board and the board to the public. And we could not get a train ed man for $1,800. Probably twice that amount would come nearer the mark. A civil engineer is a specialist, and as such commands high pay. We all have our theories about road building, but we don't want theories. We want the man who actually knows what to do and how to do it. Our quarrel is not with the super? visor, but with the system. If the present supervisor has proved ineffi? cient, and the trend of opinion cer? tainly points that way, any other un? trained man in his place would be so to a greater or less extent. It is an act of cruelty to elect an untrained man to this office and then expect him to accomplish what it would take him years of technical training and hard work to do. And, after this, it should be an act of effrontery bor? dering on the rash for any man devoid of the proper scientific equip meat to aspire to this place. Neither he nor the county would be fit ob? jects of sympathy. Rather of derision. The first cost of road building would be much greater than it is now, but the roads would be built for posterity and would not have to be rebuilt next year or the year after. By bonding each township for the building of its own roads the cost would not fall heavily at any one time. I confidently predict that the near future will see this plan or something similar in operation. Richard B. Furman. l*OPE TO REPLY. Will Ismic Another Message on Peace | Terms. Rome. Aug. 31.?In Vatican cir? cles it is reported that the pope has signified his intention of issuing a roply after receiving the belligerents' answer to his peace proposal, pointing out the questions on which all na? tions agree and others concerning which it will be necessary to hold dis cussions. He hopes in this way to gradually make peae-i a matter of practical politics. CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION. Effort to Hold Conference May Suc? ceed. La Libcrtad, Slavador, Aug. 31.? Prospects arc bright for the gather? ing of a conference of representatives of the central American republics to discuss the political union of the central American states. It is un? derstood Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaraugua and Honduras are willing to enter such a conference. LABOR LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. North C arolina Federal Judge Says. Child Labor Law Not Valid. Greensboro, N. C. Aug. 31.?Feder? al Judge Jas. K. Boyd, today declar? ed the federal child labor law un? constitutional In a decision rendered in injunction proceedings. GERMAN StflES SENTENCED. Three Sent to Prison hi Norway. Christianla. Aug. 31.?Captain Le van, one of the three German Spies sentenced to prison terms said that German subjects In neutral countries are forced to obey the orders of the German author'tles. GOVERNMENT COTTON ESTIMATE Census Bureau ITcdict* Half Million More Bales. Washington, Aug. 31.?The govern mcnt estimate of this season's cotton production is 1M9M0! bales and th condition 67.8. This indicates a yield of five hundred and fifty thousand hales more than indicated a month ago. The Georgia condition is GS, South Carolina 71, Florida, 65. RUSSIAN ATTACK FAILS. German Reports Defeat of Russian ? Operation. Berlin, Aug. II.?The official state merit today says the Russians were unsuccessful in the operations un dertaklng six miles southeast ol Dvlnsk, Lefldon, AUg. HI.- The total Brit? ish casualties reported for the month of August on all fronts were 11,800. FIRST OP OTA CALLER. Moil Who Will feint lloport for Ser? vice In National Army. Tho Eastern District exemption board of Soutli Carolina yesterday certified to the various local boards of the Stato 7 per cent, of the State's full quota for the National Army, 5 per cent, of which is to be mobilized at Camp Jackson September B. The 7 per cent, will be selected from the lists sent out yesterday. The names certiticd to the county boards of Sum ter and Clarendon counties follows: Sumtcr County?Waverly Ii. Levy, Lelan T. Emanucl, George W. Mc Leod, Samuel L. Smith, Horace B. Curtis, E. Turner White, Bean F. Scott, C. A. Madden, if. V. Boyce, J. A. Brunson, J. B. McManus, H. S. Parrlsh, J. R. Brown, Francis B. Sey more, William W. Scott, Eugene George Josey, Elbert W, Fox worth, Layton S. Thomas, J. W. Lewis. Richard Oxendine, Jr. Clarendon County: James Graham Weeks, Pcttus Holmes Scnn, Harry Pcttus Thames, Jake Angus Wil? liams, Eddie Brown McCall, Andrew i Franklin Morris, E. J. Huggins, Jake jlceaian, Samuel James Kellett, Wll j liam Joseph Burgess, Charlie I^ee Chaplin, Graham Ix;rot Geddings, ' Snider McNeill DuBose. Robert Owen:* Copeland, Alvin Allen Rlgby, Thomas McSwain Beard, Norman Leonard Du Rant, Clarenoe Iseman. Le County: M. E. Mooncyham, John Richard Outlaw, R. C. McCutchen, L. Grady Smith, Rufus W. Griffin, Charl ton H. McFaddcn, Bailey Jackson, J. D. Heriott, George L. Parnell, Wil? liam Arthur Ha'nmett and W. D. Rhodes, Jr. True Greatness Is the result of steady, consistent effort. Determination and perseverence are essential to success. * A growing Savin is Account is a powerful aid to progress. It develops efficiency, encourat thrift and promotes self-reli? ance. S^t yourself on the right road by opening an account here to day. One dollar will do it. The National Bank of Sumter. SUMTER, S. C. SERVICE WITH THE LARGEST RECOURSES Of ANY BANK IN THIS SECTION : WITH A FORCE OF EIGHT MEN TO DO THE WORK : WITH A STRONG DIRECTORATE PER. SQUALLY SUPERVISING ITS AF? FAIRS: This Rank 19 prepared to offer you the BEST SERVICE KNOWN TO THE BUSINESS. The National Bank Of South Carolina C G. ROWLAND, President. F. E. HINNANT. C?shit ? A Convenience. A checking-account with a bank is a great convenience: not oniy to the business and profes? sional man. but to the farmer as well. More peo? ple would keep such accounts if they knew just how to go about it. We gladly assist the sc who need help in getting started. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Banking Institution in the County Eveiythlnq in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, lac. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE Phones 10 ? 631