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Make Tax Survey in City of
Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Aug. 10.-W. G.
?". Querry, J. P. Derham and C. T. Ham
by of the South Carolina tax com
mission, were in the city today for
the purpose of making a report on
the preliminary survey which was
made of ten blocks in the city by Mr.
Hamby some time ago. The total
amount of taxes for the ten blocks,
?which were, taken from different sec
tions of the city, amounted to be
tween $15,000 and $20,000. 'The city
-will receive about $4,000 of this if
the errors found are substantiated.
Tn one case ten buildings and lots
.' owned by one concern were omitted
?altogether, and in a number of cases
the returns were correct and the en
try by the auditor was in error. In
-?one case there was an error in trans
scribing of about $1,200 for 1918,
1920 and 1921; 1919 being correct
City council has decided to have a
complete survey made of the city in
an effort to get all the property on
. the tax books. The state will pay one
third and the county one-third of the
cost of the survey. All property will
be returned by the front foot, and a
permanent record will be made of
all the real estate in the city. Maps
and blue prints will be made of every
block.
Back taxes may be collected for
ten years, and in some cases the tax-:
es will be considerable. The members
of. the commission went from here
to Greenville to put on the same kind
of a survey.
Bids Received For Auto Plates.
The Pres-Teel Manufacturing and
Enameling Co. of Cincinnati
submitted the low bid for the manu
. facture of the 1922 automobile and
motor vehicle license plates at the
opening of bids by the state highway
department yesterday. This firmNbid
.0784 . cents per plate on the larger
licenses and .0475 cents for each
motorcycle plate, a record low bid
en this kind of work it was said.
The contract calls for 113.850
plates and the Cincinnati firm bid
approximately five cents each for
the motorcycle licenses.
Other bids received were: The
Green Duck company of Chicago, flat
rate of nine ce??s'each; The S. G.
Adams Stamp and Stationary Co. of
St. Louis, flat rate of nine and one
half cents each; Joseph Stolz and
Sons, Inc., New York, flat rate nine
and seven-eighths cents each:; Nation
al C?lortype company df Newport,
Ky., 10 % cents on automobile and
and seven cents each on motorcycle
plates; The American Can Co. Shonk
Works,"M?ywo?d m./17, 16 l/2 and
13 hs ecnts.
Money Saved.
Department officials said- yester
day. that they felt that considerable
money had been saved by accepting
bids at^this time, due to a big drop
in steel prices and other material
used in making the plates. Had the
bids been received some sixty or nine
ty days ago the figures would have
been much higher. No further time
could be spared, however, as the
manufacturers must have time to
get the plates made up and delivered
here by December 1 in time for their
.delivery to the motor vehicle owners
between January 1 and February 1
of the new year.
Another phase of the bids yester
day was the number of firms seeking
the work. In Georgia and Alabama a
few weeks ago when the states ad
vertised for bids only three or four
companies bid on the work. The 1921
plates,cost 12 cents for the larger
and nine and one-half cents for the
smaller.'
No Formal Award.
As stipulated in the advertisement
no award of contract will be formal
ly made until approved by the state
finance committee as no "funds are
on hand for the work, due to a legis
lative act forbidding the expenditure
of money before it is appropriated.
The low bid will be recommended to1
the commission at its meeting'Tues-1
day and the commission will probab
ly in turn recommend the bid to the
state finance committee.
Officials of the department have
changed the type of license plate this
year and will inaugurate a new sys
tem of delivery to automobile own
ers. The 1921 plate will have embos
sed black letters and numerals on
a white background as compared
with a red background and black fig
ures ofi921.
i
Department officers have made a
study of different makes .and dif
ferent systems used? by the several
and expect to put South Carolina a .
hove all other states.. Another plan ;o
be followed the coming year will be
*o mail every automobile owner an
pplication blank, a notice that his
icense is due and every detail neces
ry, leaving the owner nothing to
o except send the application back
?th a money order or a certified
heck. This information will be got
een from the records now in the de
artment.-The State.
flR.KIWS HEW tUsSCOVf
Surety Stoo Bal Couo!>
-Presbyterian Churches Show
Membership Gain.
Presbyterians particularly, and
other denominations generally, will
be interested in the fact that this
state stands fourth in membership in
the Southern Presbyterian church in
the .15 states comprising that organi
zation and is outranked by North
Carolina, Virginia and Texas. Prob
ably no synod is better organized.
This/and other interesting facts are
available in the min?tes of the meet
ing bf the general assembly held re
cently in St. Louis.
In South Carolina there are 32,911
members, a gain of 7,688 in ten
years; just about 30 per cent. There
were received into the church on pro
cession of faith last year 1,041 per
sons or about five to every 100 mem
bers. The Sunday school enrollment
was 26,555 or 80 to ?ach 100 mem
bers, the largest ever reported.
The receipts for benevolent causes
amounted to $456,786 or about $13.
87 per capita. This is well above the
average of the church as a whole.
The total gifts to all causes amount
edto $1,049,183 or $31.84 per capita,
the largest amount ever contributed.
In 1911 they gave .to all causes only
'$12.11 per member.
The report shows that the year just
closed was the best the church ever
had. The membership incrasd 25,542
in the entire Southern ' Presbyterian
church, making the total now 397,
058. There were six persons received
into the church on profession of faith
for every hundred members of the
church or a total of 24,369. The Sun
day schools showed an increase of
12,992. There are now 93 members
of the Sabbath school for every hun
dred members, while ten years ago
there were 69 Sunday schood mem
bers per hundred church members.
The receipts for the designated
causes such as foreign missions, home
missions, Christian education, orphan
ages, ministers'. relief, etc., were
$4,938,550 or $12.43 per member.
Last year the receipts were $3,699,
760 or $8.82 per member. This is
said to be the best record of any
.church in this country. The total re
ceipts for the year for all causes
amounted to $12,124,891 or $30.53
per member as against $9,236,836 or
$24.53 per member last year. Church
memb ers state that they do not ex
pect the receipts for benevolent
cause to be affected by the financial
depression as their experience has
been that the designated benevolent
causes and the salaries, of the pastors
of. the church, are. things that the
members consider just as they con
sider food and clothing or other ne
cessities.
The report brings out that the re
newed activity of the laymen of the
church is giving the ministers great
hope for the church. The reports'
show an increased attendance at
prayer meetings and less difficulty
in securing men to do much of the
church work that formerly fell on
the minister.
Another feature of the church re- .
port of special interest shows that
there are 13,080 persons who practice
tithing; that is pay into the church
one-tenth of their income. This is
the first year .this report has been
made and as many of the church did
not give the numbers it is thought
that there are at least one fourth
more than the figures would indicate.
The report is very interesting not
only to members of the Presbyterian
denomination but to others who like
to study church statistics.-Cheraw
Chronicle. "
A Dairyman's Advice. .
A dairyman with years of experi
ence and a record of success places
great emphasis on the "little things"*
in the management of cows. For ex
ample, he shows that a nervous cow
should be handled with the greatest
of care, at no time being frightened
by harsh treatment. In fact, no dairy
animal should be allowed to suffer
from annoyances as worrying by dogs
or abuse by. careless milkers.
This farmer attaches great impor
tance also to comfort and cleanliness
in the barn. The use of modern equip
ment and scrupulous care to maintain
health and sanitation aid in increas
ing profits, he points out.
Regular feeding at stipulated hours
likewise is most desirable, he asserts.
The cow accustomed^ to being fed
and milked at certain times is dis
turbed by any deviation in the sched
ule:.
All these factors, of course, are
secondary to breeding and ration, but
are extremely important in making
big records and satisfactory profits.
-Orchard and Farm.
Wanted: Application for Chief of
Police for town of Edgefield. Want
man who can run tractor on road
machinery, and is willing to work.
Election to be held Tuesday, Aug.
30, service to begin Sept. 1, salary,
$125 per month.
J. G. Edwards.
Mayor.
8_17_2t.
Agricultural Credits.
In reply to a letter from Senator
Dapper, Secretary Hoover recently
named five kinds of credit needed by
:he agricultural industry.^Of these,
beyond the farmers' own capital, all
are he says, "partially covered by
present credit machinery and some
of them fully." The five kinds named
are:
Loans up to six months for either
production or marketing annual pro
duce,
"Loans from one to three years for
producing and marketing of cattle.
Loans from one to three years for
farm equipment.
. Long term loans for purchase and
improvement.
Of these the first and, in normal
times, even the second, are partially
or fairly well, covered by the present
.banking system, though, as Mr.
Hoover points out, the "Federal '"Ber
serve system being a mobilization-pf
the demand deposits of the country,
they cannot be called upon for loans
of over six months on agricultur?l
paper without jeoparding the whole
commercial banking structure." The
deposits of banks must be readily
available for payment at any time
and one of the peculiar conditions as
to agricultural loans is that the cre
dit demand is "largely seasonal, com
ing in bulk at about the same date.
It is chiefly theri\a seasonal demancL
and even six months is a longer pe
riod than is warranted as a practice;
by commercial banks.
These, also, are largely what are
in fact consumptive credits. They are.
such as show lack of available capi
tal or the use of such in some form
or farm investment. They should be
restricted as far as possible as bank
ing credits. Yet this need has never
been acute beyond the ability of the
present banking system to fairly well
meet it in well developed and pros
perous ' farming sections until this
year with its emergency conditions;
It is never possible to meet it through
banking > channels in the newer set
tled regions.
The last named type of credit is
now sufficiently covered by the land
loan bank system. This leaves but
the third and fourth unprovided for
save by emergency provisions and
they are both credits for production.
These are loans for buying, or in
vestment in personality which is rea
sonably certain to pay back the l*an
with a profit. Cattle, farm machin
ery, cows, pigs, explosive for clear
ing land, fertilizers and the like will
of themselves,, not alone pay their
cost in added production or price,
but they will thereafter have a con-,
tinuing, or remaining value which be
comes an asset or capital.
It is such credits, those for which
no adequate provision is now made,
that cover the whole field of increas
ed agricultural production. They are
all subject to security through ? in
surance. With such collateral, they
become among the very safest of
loans. It is this type of credits, se
cured in this way, for which the Mc
Fadden-Kenyon bill provides. 0 It
makes this.the most important agri
cultural measure ' before the present
Congress and one whose passage will
be of the utmost value to agriculture.
There is another result of this
measure which will be helpful to
commercoal banking. Those familiar
with ordinary farm management and
the average farmer who is slovent
and good credit, recognize a general
weakness in the usual agricultural
financial process. When farmers sell
their products and have cash in hand,
instead u? saving enough to carry
them through to the next crop year,
they have a habit of using too much
of it to buy something needed on
the farm. They do not indulge in lux
uries, but in productive needs or what
they feel to be needs. They will buy
a machine of some kind ?cattle, hogs,
or other livestock, something by
which they may increase income. Fre
quently they do this while renewing
notes at bank, if banking credits are
seeking a market. They do it to an
extent which assures a demand for
credits for consumptive needs.
If this new credit system was in
operation with a low interest rate,
farmers would use it for such pur
poses. They would pay their debts
of all kinds from their crop returns;
they would borrow from production
through their local commt?he; they
would keep cash.in hand, especially,
as these more thrifty financial bahits
would establish them as a sound cred
it risk with their local commune.
Banks would be relieved of any ex
cessive seasonal demand for farm
credits, quite uniformly over long
time or known as subject to renewal
and so always an unsafe factor of
commercial banking when re?ching
a material volume.
In every way this measure would
supply the need outlined in these
five forms of agricultural credit. It
would close the gap now almost
wholly vacant for supplying produc
tive credits, the most pressing and im
portant in farm development, both as
to the pioneer settlers without fixed
qredif, and the established, fairlj
prosperous farmer. It would relieve
commercial banks of overdemand foi
. '. '.?. j >?' 7
such accomodation; assure against
any possible excess of frozen agri
cultural credit; clean up farm debts;
end purchases on partial payment at
prices to match the ris,k N and put.
agriculture on a safe, sound develop
ment basis?free from all paternalism
and official, or political, meddling.
Editorial, Washington Herald.
ford Proposal Gets Attention.
Washington, Aug. 13.-The secre
:tary of war indicated to newspaper
correspondents this afternoon that
there would be certain developments
in the Muscle Shoals situation "after
Tuesday of next week."
He did not specify, however, and
I there is no doubt as to whether the
"developments" will consist of new
[offers or a statement by the secre
Jtary setting forth his opinion of the
proposition submitted some time ago
by Henry Ford.
Mr. Weeks stated that the amend
ment which would he required to
the Ford offer was "material." It is
thought that the secretary is having
trouble in adjusting the requirement
of Ford, that his ownership endure
for 100 years, with the federal power
act which limits ownership of pro
jects to 50 years.
It is understood ,too, that Mr.
Weeks has. been informed by certain
Republicans in congress long biter |
enemies* of Muscle Shoals, that the
government is fulfilling the* pro- j
posed Ford contract would be com
pelled to spend not $30,000,000 but j
approximately $60,000,000. It is
known that the secretary has been
informed that it would be difficult
for him to secure the necessary ap
propriations at this time when every
effort is being made to reduce ex-j
penses.
Great pressure is being brought to J
bear on the secretary .by Southerners [
in congress in the hope that he will
accept the- Ford proposition. Repre
sentatives from practically every
Southern state have seen him this
W.e?k. This afternoon Representative
?lmond of Alabama and Represen
tative Jacoway of Arkansas inter
viewed him and subsequently issued
statements in behalf of Ford. The
secretary gave them no information
of a definite character.
How to Care for Corn.
A crib that will hold 340 bushels
clean shucked corn in the ear will
measure about 12-12-6 feet. Eight
.hundred and sixty feet of lumber will
line and ceil it completely so that
ora can be fumigated in it against
reevils.
Thc coct cf. fixing any of the ordi
nary cr "bs this way will be more than
returned in one season in valu? of)
corn saved'in one seasonr
In harvesting the corn it should be
shucked clean, so that there will be
nothing on the ears for the weevils
to hide under.
When the corn has been stored,
place saucers or pans of corbon bi
sulphide about three feet apart over
the surface of the ?corn. (A gallon of
this liquid will fumigate from 500
to 600 bushels of corn.) After plac
ing the liquid, close tight all win
dows, doors and ventilators. Cracks
can.be stopped with sacking. Leave
closed for forty eight hours. In about
two weeks repeat, so as to kill all
I weevils that may have hatched from
?eggs laid before the first fumigation.
In handling carbon bisulphide care
should be taken to keep fire away
from,. it,*-for it is highly inflammable j
in vapor form.-Farm and Ranch.
.
Notice To Edgefield Farmers'*
Gentlemen :- If you have some good"
seed wheat to sell, or have some
shoats t weighing from 80 to 100
pounds and up, or have cedar posts
for farm fences to sell, please let me
know at once just what you have.
I should prefer you seeing me about"*1
this matter. I may be able to assist
you in selling your products, but of
course at this time can not make
jany promises.
A. B. Carwile, County Agent.
Poultry Expert For State.
Seeing the need to 'build up the
farm flock of poultry in this State,
the Extension Service of Clemson
College has engaged the services of
Mr. Norman Mehehof, of the State
of New Jersey, the greatest poultry
state in the Nation, to work in coop
eration with the various Agents of
South Carolina on any poultry prob_
lem that may come up. In writing the
County Agents, Director Long made
mention of the fact that the average
farm flock of poultry numbers 16
while the average for the whole ILS.
number 40.' And yet this state im
ports from other states $3,000, worth
of butter and eggs, meaning hundreds
of thousand dollars worth of poultry
products e achyear. It would seem
that a few could make commercial
poultry business pay in this State
County Agent Carwile expects to
I have Mr. Mehehof in the County to
begin work in the poultry end of
farming. ,
SJCKLBTS ,8THEO"LT
SENUIKE
1 SOUR MILK VERY
USEFUL AS FOOD
_ y
Has Some Food lt Originally Had
Because lt ls Source of Lime
for Bone Building. ?
LACTIC ACID IS HEALTHFUL
Clabber Is Relished as Refreshing and
Wholesome by Many People, Espe
pecially If Served With Sugar
and Sweet Cream.
{Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
"Accidents will happen in the best
regulated families." In spite of th6
most careful protection from dust,
Ales, or exposure to the sun, milk oc
casionally turns sour in the refriger
ator during the hottest months. It
may be that there Is more left-over
milk than usual, or that the* ice sup
ply ls low, or that heat or thunder
have affected the milk. Sour milk,
nevertheless, has the same food value
as it had originally, specialists In the
United States Department of Agricul
ture say, because it Is still a source
of lime for bone building, of protein
for tissue repair.
Lactic Acid Considered Healthful.
The bacteria which have caused
souring are not necessarily harmful,
If the milk was properly cared for,
and the effect of those which caused
the development of the lactic acid In
the milk Is thought by some to be
beneficial. Many who cannot get but
termilk to drink like to churn thick,'
freshly soured milk with an egg beat
er tiil the curds are broken up Into
..fine particles, and use lt In the same
way.
Clabber-the coagulated, semlllquld
state of fresh sour milk-ls relished
as refreshing and wholesome by .many
people, especially if served with sugar
and sweet cream. The addition of
maple sirup, honey, orange, marmalade,
or other preserves to clabbered cream
makes a delicious dessert. An excel
'Just One More Cookie, Grandma,
I Please."
lent'Cake filling can be made of thick,
sour cream, whipped and sweetened,
with nuts added. Whipped sour cream
ls often added to mayonnaise salad
dressing for fruit salads.
No housewife needs to be told that
good gingerbread can be made with
sour milk, as well as corn breads of
various kinds. In most recipes where
sour milk Is used as a leaven with
soda, fewer eggs aro called for. Very
good' pancakes and cornbread can be
made with sour milk, omitting' eggs
entirely. Farmers' Bulletin 565, Corn
Meal as a Food and Ways of Using
It, gives no less than nine recipes call
ing for sour milk. Among them is
this easy way of making Boston Brown
Bread :
Boston Brown Bread.
1 cupful corn meal. 1 teaspoonful salt
1 cupful rye meal. % cupful molasses.
1 \ cupful graham 2 cupfuls sour milk,
flour. or 1% cupful? sweet
2% teas poonfuls milk.
soda.
Mix and sift the dry Ingredients
and add the molasses and milk. Beat
thoroughly and steam 8% hours in
well-buttered, covered molds. One
pound baking powder tins are satis
factory. Remove the covers and bake
the bread long enough to dry the top.
This may be made also with 1%
cupfuls cora meal and rye meal and no
graham flour. A cupful of seeded and
shredded raisins or prunes or ? cupful
of currants may be added.
This serves eight people.
If there is only a very little sour milk
on hand, why not make some cookies?
They may be made with corn meal.
Oatmeal cookies are also excellent. |
Corn-Meal Cookies.
% cupful fat. 2 cupfuls corn meat
M> cupful corn % teaspoonful soda.
sirup. 1 cupful flour.
M cupful molasses. 1 teaspoonful clnna
1 egg. mon.
6 tablespoonfuls sour milk.
Combine the melted fat, sirup, mo
lasses, beaten egg, and sour milk. Sift
together the corn meal, soda, and flour.
Add the liquid Ingredients to the dry
Ingredients. Drop from a teaspoon
Into a greased pan and bake 15 min
utes in a moderate oven. This recipe
makes 55 to 60 cookies 2 Inches In
diameter.
Sour milk or buttermilk and baking
soda may frequently be substituted
where the recipe, calls for sweet milk.
In place of one teaspoonful of baking
powder a scant half teaspoonful of
sod? ip 'used to each cupful, of sou*
milk. Chocolate cake Is particularly
good when this substitution ls made.
In griddle cakes and muffins the sam*
pian may be followed.
Bran Muffins.
1 cupful flour. 1 tablespoonful
1 teaspoonful Bait shortening*, melted.
1 teaspoonful soda. VA to 2 cupfuls sour
2 cupfuls clean milk.
bran. \ % cupful seeded rai
tt to % cupful eins or c h o p p ed
sweetening. nuts.
Sift together the flour, salt, and soda
and mix with this the bran. Add to
gether the sweetening, melted short
ening, and part of the milk ; then mix
with the dry materials. Add the
raisins, dusted with flour, and enough
more sour milk to form a batter of
such consistency that it will drop but
not pour from the spoon,.but be as wet
as possible otherwise. Bake in greased
muffin pans about half hour.
VINEGAR USEFUL IN
VEGETABLE CANNING
Time of Processing May Be
Somewhat Reduced.
Two Years of Experimental Work ?fl
Subject Made by Home Economice
Kitchen-Much Corn Reported
Spciied Last Year.
(Prepared by the United States Depart?
ment of Agriculture.)
A little vinegar added to beans,
corn, peas, asparagus, or spinach
when canned by the water-bath meth
od, will add materially In the reduc
tion of loss by spoilage. Moreover, tba
time of processing these vegetables
may be somewhat reduced when a
sufficient a'mount of acid is used, the?
home economics kitchen of the United,
States Department of Agriculture re?
perts after two years of experimental
work on the subject.
In certain sections of the country
in 190.9 and 1920 canned sweet cor?,
did not keep well, whether processed
continuously or Intermittently. In the
home economics kitchen quart cans of
corn processed for less than six hour?
continuously spoiled, while others*
canned at the same time, with the
addition of four tablespoons of vinegar
to one quart, did not spoil either year,
although given only two hours process
ing. If only three tablespoonfuls of
vinegar are used, process four hours;
two or three tablespoonfuls of lemon
juice to a quart have equally good re
sults when processed three hours.
Com should ^always be bolling hot
when packed Into the Jar.
With spinach and string beans the
addition of two tablespoonfuls of the
acid proved equally effective in reducr
ing spoilage. Vinegar or lemon juice *
In the small' amounts' used modifies
to some degree the natural flavor of
the vegetable, but the acid taste ls
not objectionable to most persons.
Moreover, much of the acid taste* can
be washed off before the vegetables
are served. Experiments with vinegar
and other acids in canning vegetables!
will be continued in the kitchen next
year. .
FRESH FRUIT IS EXCELLENT
lt Supplies Some Sugar and the Im
portant Mineral Matters, Mild
Acids and Vitamines.
Fruit Is food. It supplies some sugar
and the Important mineral matters,
mild fruit acids, and vitamines, say
experts in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, office of home
economics. These food substances
help to keep the body In good health
and to prevent constipation.
Use fresh frclt whenever possible
and can the surplus. Apples, pears,
plums, peaches, cherries, oranges,
grapefruit, grapes, bananas, avocados,
berries-the list Is very long. Some
where In the United States some of
them are always In season, and some
are in market everywhere much of
the time. ' .
Use dried fruits, either home dried
or those on sale almost everywhere.
Soak prunes, dried apples, dned apri
cots ID water overnight and .cook them
long enough to make them tender.
Use dates, figs, or raisins. 'These
are very good added to breakfast ce
real 10 minutes before taking It from
the stove.
0FI?STT0
1 HOUSEWIFE
Laundry bags of Turkish toweling
are excellent
* . .
Bananas should be thoroughly ripe,
eaten slowly and well chewed.
* . .
No cake should be moved in the
oven until it has risen Its full height.
' . . .
An old mackintosh can be turned
into a most useful apron for wash
ing days.
.. * .
A steel needle is excellent foi*
loosening a cake from the center tube
of the cake pan.
....>.". ,
The French, Belgian and Swiss na
tives cook a mess of young lettuce
leaves Just like spinach.
. . .
A delicious peach Jam ls made with
dried peaches, and shredded almonds.
Flavor with a little cinnamon.
. * . . i
Soap chips or soap powders should
be thoroughly dissolved in boiling wa- -
ter: before being used. Sometimes
washing preparations eat the clothes
if allowed to rest lu undissolved bil?
