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The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Homemade Bookcase

From the grocer four empty fruit
crates We're procured. each about twen-
ty-four inches long, for which the gro
Ger made a charge of cents each. These
were nailed one above the other, and
the Stats removed from the front OF
each crate. Then a can of dark brown
paint was obtained for 10 cents and the
crates coated with it. This gave a.good
tour-seCtiOnal bookcase With a IO-cent
package of dye. also dark brown, We
Colored some material we had on hand,
thus providing a curtain to hang in
front of the books.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Cocoa Fudge.

One and one-half cups sugar, one-half
cup of sweet milk. a small piece of but
ter, six teaspoons OF cocoa, one-half tea
spoon OF vanilla. Mix sugar and cocoa
ana add milk. Let boil, stirring so 1t
won't burn Add butter and vanilla.
When it forms small ball when drop
ped in cold water, take from fire and
beat. This makes It creamy. Pour in
buttered tins and mark in squares.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Fruit salad.

Cut in small pieces six oranges. Mix
with half can of sliced pineapple diced
AIDA dozen marshmallows cut into bits,
then add broken English walnuts. Mix
well. On each salad plate place a let
tuce leaf and some of the salad. Dot
over with mayonnaise dressing. This IS
delicious besides being a beautiful decor
alton in color for the table.
Grape Juice.
To make it just like that you buy in
the drug store. pick the grapes from the
stems. wash them, and put in a granite
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Blitz Kuchen.

One cup butter. one cup sugar, three
eggs. one and one-half cups flour. two
teaspoonfuls baking powder. one-half cup
milk. Spread dough thin in two square
or oblong bread tins. Sprinkle with
chopped nuts t'pecans) sugar, and Gin
namon. Bake In moderate oven.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Crab Apple Jelly,

Wash the apples, cut out blossom end
and stems only, cover in the kettle with
water, just cover well, boil till all in
pieces, strain in a sack overnight, meas
ure Juice and sugar evenly, boil the Juice
twenty minutes, and put the sugar in
the oven to heat, then add heated sugar
and boil not more than eight minutes
Is fine and never fails.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
COOKING SCHOOL
WILL Be FILLED
Splendid Prizes Will Be Given
in Cooking Contest.

The many telephone calls assures The
Washington Herald that the Arcade will
be filled every afternoon next week to
hear the lectures on cooking and domestic
science to be delivered by Mrs. Helen
Armstrong. who is known as one OF the
greatest cooking experts In the world.
She has made domestic science her life
work. and it is her mission in Washing
ton TO demonstrate not only the best
methods of cooking, but to show the
women Of this city how to handle the
various foods and how to keep their
kitchen. She looks upon the culinary de-
partment OF every home as the chemical
laboratory OF that home, and she is a
firm believer that families can be made
either happy or miserable by the use or
misuse OF the domestic laboratory.
Kitchen Not a Burden.
She declares that every kitchen should
be equipped as well or better than the
parlor OF the same home. She states that
the average woman has a natural ability
to cook well. and that by careful atten-
ton not necessarily labor, the burden
which the kitchen Is commonly looked
upon as inficting may be made no burden
at all. The proper methods OF handling
food IS the whole secret. according to her
ment that art Of cooking can be mastered
without great trouble.
Properly cooked food. she says, is the
preventive of indigestion. and a score of
other misery-making Ills, and the iron
handed old Mr.. Dyspepsia can be easily
conquered and neatly tucked away in an
humble grave by q mastery OF culinary
art.
Elsewhere Mrs. Armstrong has been
enthusiastically received by women who
were anxious to enjoy the benefit of her
superb knowledge OF the art OF cooking.
ana there is no reason to believe that she
will not receive the same kind OF greet
ing in this city.
Cooking Part of Science.
Cooking is not a haphazard business.
II is part art and part science; 1t is an
art TO the extent that skillful judgment
must he used in preparing and serving
food. Food must be prepared with a nice
sense OF the proportion OF things and II
must be served in an attractive way.
So. too. cooking is a thing OF science,
since the cook must be careful to select
wholesome food and equally careful in
preparing cooking and serving it. lest
II lose its wholesome qualities in the
kitchen. Wholesome food can be spoiled
in the processes OF cooking. but II is not
possible 10 bastR and cook wholesome
qualities into food that is not whole
some Hence to be a really good cook
means to be a good buyer.
Mrs. Armstrong. who has studied the
problem OF cooking from an artistic and
, a scientific standpoint. always keeping
in mind the relation between wholesome
foods properly cooked and the health
OF the family, will impart much informa-
tiOn that will be of value to the women
of Washington. Her lectures will be a
series OF studies in domestic economy
also. The women should hear her.
The cooking school will be clmaxed
by baking contest open to all women
in Washington. Prizes valued at several
hundred dollars will be given by the
Washington Herald to the successful
contestants
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Bar-le-duc.

Three quarts rip red currants, three
quarts granulated sugar. one Jelly glass
honey. Let currants and sugar stand
overnight; in the morning add honey and
boil twenty-five minutes. Pour into small
jelly glasses and cover with paraffin when
cold.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Ounce Jelly,

Boil the parings in water to cover them
until soft, then drain, don't squeeze. add
equal parts OF sugar. and boil until ready
10 put in glasses; will be from twenty
minutes TO half hour
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
How to Develop Thin Wrists.

Mrs. M.-Open and close the hand rapid
ly. using considerable tension. Also try
bending the wrists back as far as they
will go. being extremely careful not to
use too much vigor. as 1t is quite easy
to strain the wrist. The act Of clinching
and relaxing the fingers will also be of
, great assistance in this work of develop
ing the forearm.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Wedding Etiquette.

Bride EleCt-If the Clergyman's wife
is not an intimate friend she need not
he asked, as her husband will be officiat-
ing merely in his professional capacity
and not as a friend. and he will not re-
main for refreshments. I think chicken
salad two kinds Of sandwiches, olives
salted nuts. ice cream. cake and coffee
will be nice to serve at o'clock and no
supper will he necessary
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Brown RaisIn Bread.

One cup Of cornmeal, one cup rye meal,
one cup whole wheat flour; sift together,
then add one teaspoonful salt, two tea
spoonfuls melted butter; add to. this one
and three-quarters cups water, three
quarters cup molasses, two and a half
teaspoonfuls of soda, one cup raisins;
steam for four hours.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
Ginger Pears.

Peel, core, and cut in very thin slices.
For eight pounds OF sliced fruit put into
the kettle the juice OF FIVE lemons, one
cup water. seven pounds sugar, one-halr
pound ginger root cut and scraped in thin
slices.
Let sugar dissolve before adding fruit.
Cut pell OF lemon in long. thin slices. Let
fruit and lemon cook slowly for an hour,
uncover, and put in Jars.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-21
SOME SEASONABLE RECIPES
FOR THE USE OF FRUIT

kettle (tin discolors III. Heat until the
juice flows, then strain through a heavy
cloth. Add as much water as there is
juice. and to every quart Of this cup
tul Of sugar. Bring to boil and bottle.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
PIG CLUB CONTEST
Terry 7. Dill Won the Prize in
Greenville.-Raised Big Pork
at Little Expense.

Greenville, Dec. 20.-The first
successful pig club contest ever
conducted in South Carolina
came to a close here today when
Terry T. Dill, a 14-year-old
farmer lad, was awarded a prize
of sl00 for growing the biggest
pig, at the least cost, of any one
of the 4O-odd members of the
Greenville County Boys Pig
club. Briefly stated. this lad
raised an Essex pig, six months
and IA days old, weighing 308
pounds, at a cost of 3.8 cents per
pound. The pig contest lasted
for 20 weeks. and young DilPs
pig gained an average of l4.0
pounds each week during that
time. During the last month of
the contest. the lads pig gained
in weight at the rate of three
pounds per day.
The prizes were awarded not
to the boy, growing the biggest
pig, but to the boy growing the
biggest pig at the least cost.
Several pigs weighed more than
Dill's, some of them going as
high as 425 pounds. but when it
came to cost, this lad outstripped
them all. The total cost of rails
ing a 30S pound pig was $l1.75.
Th contest was decided by
Prof. G. B. Haddon, special
agent farmers cooperative dem
onstration work, and other au-
thorities of Clemson college.
The pig club came into exist
ence through the Greenville
Daily News, offering a cash
prize Of $50 to the winner. Lat
er this amount was increased by
an offer of $50 for the prize pigs
carcus from the real estate firm
of Goldsmith & Agnew. The
contest was a thorough success,
and it is believed that a great
impetus has been given the hog
raising industry in Greenville
county.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28

ED. SENTINEL:-The eyes OF
the people Of this nation are just
now anxiously turned toward
Washington. A spirit of expect
ancy characterizes the forces on
both sides in one Of the greatest
battles that has ever been waged
in the history of the world.
Gods people have prayed and
waited for relief through Con
gress from the accursed liquor
traffic, with all its brighting,
damning, sin-creating effects,
some have lost hope and are
pining under the Juniper tree OF
despair, waiting for some mes
senger to bring the good news
that all is not lost, and thai
thousands still live who have
not bowed the knee to Bacchus,
To such we would say that WE
believe the time of our redemp
ton draweth nigh. After a full
survey Of the field, it seems tha
1--WE have gone just as far unde'
lthss&isting circumstances as i
IIis 20. Unless our Ma
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
NOTICE

All persons holding claims
against the City of Pickens will
please make out an itemized
statement and present the same
for payment. At the same time
we shall be glad to receive pay
ment on all back licenses and
city taxes. We ask you for the
above favors so that we may be
enabled to give you a correct
statement January l, 1912.
Thanking you for promptness
in the matter, we are
Yours truly,
The City Council.
Per Sam Craig. Mayor.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
Annual Meeting

No:ice is hereby given that the Annual
Meeting Of the Board Of County Com
missioners for Pickf Ms County will be
held in the Office of the Supervisor a
Pickens S. C. on Thursday after the
first Monday in January next, the same
being the 4th day of January 1912
All persons holding claims against
Pickens County, net previously present.
ed to the Board, must file the same
with the Clerk of the loard on or before
the first day of January next SO that
they may be examined and ordered
maid JOHN G.. CAREY,
n.c.1tA Clerk.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
TEMPERANCE.
Hon. Richard P. Hobzon Intro
duces Prohibition Resolution

On Dec. 4, 1911, Congressman
Hobson introduced in the House
of Representatives the following
joint resolution, which was re-
ferred to the committee on alco-
holic liquor traffic, and ordered
to be printed:
Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitu-
ton prohibiting the sale,
manufacture for sale, and
Importation for sale of bev-
erages contain Eng alcohol.
WHEREAS, exact scientific re-
search has demonstrated that
alcohol is a narcotic poison, de-
structive and degenerating to
the human organism, and that
| it's distribution as a beverage
lays a staggering economic bur
den upon the shoulders of the
people, lowers to an appalling
degree their average standard
of character, thereby undermluz
ing the public morals and the
foundation Of free institutions,
inficting disease and untimely
death upon hundreds of thou
sands of citizens, and blights
with degeneracy the children
unborn, threatening the future
integrity and the very life OF
the nation; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in
Congress assembled, (two-thirds
of each house concurring) that
the following be proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution,
which shalllbe valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Con-
stitution when ratified by the
legislatures of tbree-fourths OF
the states:
l. The sale, manufacture for
sale, and importation for sale OF
beverages containing alcohol,
are forever prohibited in the
United States and in all territory
under their jurisdiction.
| 2. Congress shall have power
to enforce, by appropriate legis-
lation, the provisions of this
article.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
of nearly 100 per cent.

South Carolina, as indicated
by this report is rapidly assum-
ing the position she deserves in
her ratio of industrial enterpris-
es actively investing and the
value of their manufactured
products. The climate of the
State is particularly adapted for
employees in manufacturing
lines, and there has been no
complaint of any considerable
scarcity of intelligent and desir-
able labor.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
An Extra Sunday.

The Greenwood Journal calls
attention to the fact that this
year has So Sundays, the first
year since 1902 to have so many.
It will be 1909 years before there
will be So Sundays in another
year. Thus it is seen that the
preachers will have to work
overtime this year. May the
extra Sunday beproductive Of
much good. s7:sss:es;'
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
A PLAN TO
!. HOLD COTTON
Proposed by Commercial T
: Salesman of PickenS.

I notice that the farmers are
holding conventions and passing
resolutions with a view OF oo-
tanning higher prices for cotton.
These conventions and resoiu-
tions are alright and good as far
as they go. But so far. they
have proven Intellectual. They
are deficient in power, and con-
seaeentlY fail to give the relief
to which the farmers are en-
titled. Resolutions cannot com.
pete with capital.
Money is necessary to COM
pete with the money of the spec.
lllators and bears of Wall Street
and European spinners.
How would following plan
do? Each county in the South
establish a Farmers Cotton
bank and warehouse at suitable
places in the counties, the CAPT
tai amounting to 100000 to-
a., 800 ,--<TcEs1 9sa>e>s-,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
SINGS PROSPERITY
Report by State Department OF
Agriculture Shows Increase
More than S35,000,0O

Statistics prepared by E. j.
Watson, commissioner lof agri-
culture, commerce and indus
tries, indicate that the amount
invested in industrial enterpris-
es in South Carolina during 1911
was So, 3,532,O38 in excess Of the
capital invested for the same Pc
riod in 1910.
One of the results of the to-
mato club is shown by an in
crease Of s131,3 $40 invested in
canneries. The investments IN
canneries during 1911 reach
S2l4, 100 for this growing indus
try.
The manufacture of clothing
is another growing industry,
and there was 1896, 800 invested
in such enterprises in 1911. The
figures for 1910 were s86, 800.
Electrical development in the
state continued during 1911 and
the expenditure for such enter
prises represents s29.930.326 for
the year. The capital invested
in similar plants in 1910 was
s24, ,155, LAT.
Another industry that has at
tracted investors in South Caro-
lima is furniture manufacturing.
In some localities Of the State
there is an abundance of hard
wood and other suitable timber
used in the manufacture OF fur
niture. There was s360,000 in
vested in this industry in 1911.
During the year there has
been no abatement by the en-
terprising manufacturers in
their investments for many OF
the leading industries, among
them being fertilizer
flour and grist mills, foundries,
carriages, bakery and brick
products.
This table showing value Of
products from these enterprises
for 1911 as compared with l9l(
indicates that there has been 9
healthy increase in the value o.
most lines.
One of the notable exceptions
is the decrease in the amount O
coffins manufactured in 1911 a
compared with 1910. The nat
: ural conclusion is that this con
jdition is due to a decreased NOR
S. sality in this ssate during 1911
sapy RAJ more favorabl
aown to exist.
of ferti
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
FREE RUM OR no RUM.

I believe that the time has
come for temperance workers to
face the fundamental PROPOSE
ton of FREE RUM oE NO RUM.
More important just now than
the question of high license or
low license, countrywide or state
wide prohibition, is the question
whether we shall continue to let
the money-bribe, which is what
a license fee really is, continue
to debauch the conscience of our
American citizenship, On it's
merits the saloon could not stand
for a day before the bar of pub
lie opinion; but when backed by
license fees to reduce his taxes,
the license system gises the or
ganized liquor interests the op-
portunity to intrench themselves
by securing control of the Ii
censes, and so debating their
own terms to ihe saoon-keeper.
Surround the saloon with all
the restrictions possible, but
absolutely divorce it from all
financial profit to the city or
state, and the fruits Of the sa'oon
will DESTROY it.
No community will long bear
the burden Of such an institu-
ton when it stands on its merits
like a legitimate business. If We
would see a saloonless nation
| let one of our watchwords be:
AWAY WITH THE HIGH LICENSE
MoNEY-BRIBE. GIVE US FREE
RUM OR NO RUM. ."-Christian En-
deavor World.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28

Bring US your Job Work;
We vii essse eyUuzsg
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
tional Congress will force the

tlOQdl= OOuSISSS F" Ia AoAoo oAA>
United States government tc
annul its compact with he'll (the
liquor trust) and cease to destroy
states rights by selling tax re-
ceipts to individuals to sell liquor
in prohibition territory and give
protection to outlaws who ship
liquor in prohibition territory
In some instances we fear that
we have gone too far, that is,
too far ahead of public senti
ment. But we rejoice in the
fact that with the balance OF
power on our side, with 70 per
cent. of the area of the nation
dry, with 100000 people in
this territory, and millions hop
ing, praying, working to join us,
while there may be in some in
stances a seeming reaction, it
cannot be permanent. Congress
is bound to give relief. Even
presidential candidates have
their ears to the ground. Con-
gressmen and United States SEN
ator., heretofore unfavorable to
our cause, are making their
politest bows, and are openly
.proclaiming that we have won
our fight, and therefore are enti-
tied torelief through the national
law-making body. To add to
the force and hope Of our cause,
the NationalAnti-Saloon League
of America planned its conven-
ton to be held in Washington to
precede the great national con-
ference on the liquor interstate
commerce question. In other
words, the latter was made up
largely of the former.
The last named conference be-
gan with a banquet at the Ma
tional Hotel, attended by at least
400 men, with more than fifty
of our congressman and senators
present. Perfect unity pre-
vailed. In every speech by our
great leaders a note of victory
was sounded. Every temper
ance organization in the nation
was represented. They were
all with one accord in one place. "
Out of this great gathering has
merged, as into one, the united
ferces of temperance. AS a re-
suit of this conference the star
of hope has become very bright.
The twenty-six temperance or
ganizations in the country have
Joined the Anti-Saloon League
of America in one special effort
to get a bill through this session
of Congress destroying the in
famous jug trade, and stopping
the sale of United States tax re-
ceipts to sell liquor in dry terri
tory. The conference appointed
a committee, composed of able
LAWYERS. who are to consider
with their leaders in Congress
all bills which have been pre-
pared, and to draft the one bill
to be introduced. Then all other
bills are to be withdrawn, and
every temperance organization
in the nation is pledged to sup
port the accepted bill. It is the
concensus Of opinion among con-
gressmen, u. S. senators, and
the leaders of the TEMPERANCE
forces of the country that this
bill will pass both houses of Con.
gress. For this let us hope and
devoutly pray.
J. L. FARLEY.
Cnn,t 6 L of s c.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1911-12-28
BIG COTTON CROP
Nearly 100000 Bales in Excess
of Ginning to Same Day of
Last Year.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Of the
enormous cotton crop grown
during 191l-estimated by the
department of agriculture at a.
SS5, 900 bales-there had been
gin led prior to last Wednesday
92.4 per cent, or l3, ,759, ,652 bales
according to the report of the
census bureau issued today.
This exceeds by more than
100000 bales the amount ginned
to December 13, last year, and
By almost the same amount the
ginning Of previous record years
The census bureaus report OF
cotton ginning for the seventh
period of the season, issued at
10 a. M, today, shows the num-
Der of running bales sinned to
the latter date from the great
record breaking cotton crop OF
1911, with comparative ginning
statistics to the corresponding
date Of last wear and the former
record wears of 1904 and 1908, as
oliows:
United States, l3, 1862 bale:
compared with 10,695.443 bales
last year, when 92.5 per cent. OF
the entire crop was ginned priIoey22 iey2
to December 13; II, 81
in 1908, when 81 pei
ginned and II 81, q
1904, when
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