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New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
New York Chefs Talk
Sagely, But Say Little

went to number of our best hotels and
restaurants with the idea that as their coffee
was invariably so excellent the chefs would
be able to enlighten me, but the answer was
always the same. l think I can repeat it
almost word for word
We use Mocha and Java, madam. our own
blend. The proportions? All, that, madam,
cannot give you; it is the blend which we have
used tor many, many years, and it has made
us famous. Pure Mocha and Java and moth
ing else. Chicory? Never madam, never in
this country. In Paris, yes, but here it is not
allowed and our patrons do not like the taste
In France we put little chicory in with the
coffee to give it a better color, and many think
1t also improves the TASTE
I'VE roast the beans ourselves, three times
week, and we grind the necessary amount
fresh every day; and that, madam, consider
the great secret Of good coffee The beans
must be very carefully roasted at just the
proper temperature until they are of the right
color This is most important, and it is quite
important also that the beans should be freshly
ground. We make it in those large nickel
plated urns, madam; if you will step up on a
chair you can see the cloth bag in which we
place the coffee. The water must be at the
boiling point when it is poured over the coffee.
We use one pound of coffee for every gallon
OF water. The water filters through the coffee
and then it is ready. 1t never boils. madam.
but it is kept at the boiling point all the time
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
By r. P. ELLIS


THE telephone bell rang. That was the
third trunk line going into action. All
the assistants were busy, so the Organ
izer excused himself to a visiting club chair
man and reached for the instrument.
is this The Tribune Institute Consumers
Club?" asked the voice on the wire. 81 want
TO talk to the Organizer himself"
This is the Organizer speaking."
Il am chairman of one of your Cooperative
buying Clubs" said the lady at the other end
OF the wire. "My club consists of four families
besides my own. All told, we feed thirty-two
mouths in the five families, and we figure that
We have averaged saving of % cents on
every dollars worth of eggs, butter, potatoes,
beans and dried fruits we have bought from
You by clubbing orders together on your
cooperative plan. Now | want to say that we
'Aink you are doing perfectly splendid thing
but you don't go far enough. Why can't we
oay all our food in the same way?"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Some Things We Found Out
About Coffee Buying

1t was an afternoon we'll spent Some stores
were selling the same coffee. in paper bags and
in tins, at the same price. The organizer real
lied that the tin containers must cost from
to cents, and wondered why the consumer
was not given the benefit of the saving WHEN
the coffee was handed out in paper bag.
After elicitng all the information he could
from the clerks in the retail stores, which dld
not amount to much more than "take your
choice at these prices" the Organizer secured
some introductons to experts in the coffee
business.
1t appears that the majority of coffees come
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Come to the Party and
Help Solve the Mystery

Not the leact. advantage the consumer will
gain will be the fact that he will know exactly
what he is buying and what it costs at whole
sale. The deeper we delve into this coffee
mystery the more complex it becomes. Some
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Why Cooperative Clubs
instead of Stores

That" answered the Organizer, "would re-
quire the opening of cooperative store, and
'nen only the people in the immediate neigh
Oorhood could patronize it. Right away you
would have all the expenses other retailers
nave-rent, clerk hire, stocking merchandise,
expense of doing up small packages, etc. l
nave never been able to where the
operative store plan was any very material
Improvement on the chain stores, in a place
IKE New York, at least. Much of the profit
We chain store operators make comes from
'aelr superior organization, which it has taken
aein years to perfect No cooperative store
large community could hope to compete
g'a them at the start
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Bogotas which are considered superior to the
Brazilian Santos. There are also coffees from
Venezuela, known to the public as Maracaibo
Others come from other Central American
points and from Porto Rico and Hayti, but
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
Turkish Coffee Is Quite
Another Drink

In Turkey and Greece and Arabia, where
the people are inveterate coffee drinkers, the
coffee is prepared in what is known as Turkish
fashion. Each household roasts its own beans
In fiat pan over brazier of burning Goals.
These beans are then ground in small hand
mill or they are pounded to a powder in a
mortar A teaspoonful of this powder mixed
with the same amount of powdered sugar is
allowed for each cup of coffee This is placed
IN one of the brass pitchers with the long
handles, with which we are all familiar in the
Turkish restaurants and hotels. Boiling water
IS poured on this powder and it is placed over
the Goals and allowed to boil for minute or
two, and then it is ready to serve in the little
handleless cups, which fit into brass holders.
All of which doesn't help one much in the
search for the secret of making perfect cup
OF coffee But if the greatest chefs in town,
men who should be authorities on the subject
say that it is largely freshness of roasting,
grinding and making that spells the difference
between real coffee and its limitations why
search further for subtleties?
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

from Brazil, and the best of these are known
as Santos. There are also coffees coming from
Central America, Colombia chiefly. These
coffees have had in the past a general trade
name, "Bogotas." There are three grades of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

other things; why do it, or let any one else do
it, when you buy foods?
There is no one food that is more mysterious
than coffee. Do you know what is in the blend
you buy? Do you know why you like this or
that coffee?
Come to The Tribune Institute coffee drink
ing and find out all about these things Then
you can buy with your eyes wide open. Be
sure to let us know by telephone or mail which
sample, Red, White or Blue, you like best, and
how you made your coffee
On July Il, in this same space, we will give
you the key to the mystery, and you can buy
regularly the coffee that you prefer, unground,
through The Tribune cooperative clubs at
saving of from to Is cents pound.
This is the cornerstone of cooperative buy
ing: The consumer has right to know the
truth about what she buys, its quality, its treat
ment and its real cost This means being able
to buy intelligently, to get the most for your
money and spend less of it.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE
Director, Tribune Institute.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

word was coined by the great man himself
from 'mezzo," meaning half, and gran" which
was shortening of grand, and the two to-
gether meant "half-grand glass" 1t was
Alp'nDnse, one of the oldest of the walters at
the Cafe Lafayette, who finally solved the
mysrery correctly, and that without any help
from the great Napoleon. 1t appears that
some French soldiers were served in town
IN Algeria called Mazagan with coffee in
tall glasses, and when they returned to Paris
they introduced the custom in their favorte
cafe, calling the name of the beverage as
served "Cafe MazapranV
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

TRANCE, isn't it, how a Whit
of a familiar odor will awaken
memories of scenes and cpl
sodes that otherwise would be
quite forgotten? For in
stance, the odor of steaming
coffee always recalls to my
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

stone terrace in old Tangiers, where pink pc
raniums grew on bushes and the purple hello
trope hung in great clusters from plant that
was really good sized shrub where the
moon shone through the leaves of great pal
metto tree, making a lovely pattern on the
smooth stone floor, and where Polly and Billy
and |, sitting on the parapet overlooking the
moonllt harbor, slipped the delicious coffee that
had been served to us by a barefooted Arab.
1t was coffee made in the European manner
and served with glass Of ice water on the
side, as is the Spanish custom, and to nv
mind it was the very best cup of coffee that
have ever tasted in all my-well. never mind
how many years. Whether it was really so
EXCEPTIONAL or whether its excellence was en-
HANGED by the moonlight and the soft southern
air and the presence of the two best pals in all
the world, am not competent to Judge hut Il
will always be my undying regret that I did
not wiring from that soft-footed Arab the So
cret Of preparing the heavenly concoction.
Is Coffee Making Talent
ora Science?
lthas always seemed to me that the making
OF good coffee was the easiest thing in the
world, and yet it is surprising to find how
rarely one is able to procure it outside of q
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

between the coffee made for breakfast and
that which is served after dinner?"
"There is no difference in either the coffee
or in the method of preparing it except that
we make it stronger for after dinner use"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Smyrna in the year 1850 he brought with him
a quantity of coffee beans-an article quite un-
known in England-from which his servant a
Greek named Pasqua, was wont to brew
delicious beverage, with which his master re-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

Il see Well, just what else do you propose
to handler" "Any staple food product" an
swered the Organizer, (which we find is cost
ing the consumer whole lot more at retail
than the price at which we can deliver it to
homes in semi-wholesale quantities. That is
why we started with butter and eggs. Then
we found we could sell for II cents pound,
in five pound packages bean which was the
equal of the navy bean, costing 18 cents or
more in the stores. We took hold of prunes
and are selling them to your club of five fami-
lies for less money than some retail grocers
have to pay for them Our intention is to
keep adding to our list Of staples those
products that we find can be handled by this
consumers club plan to the best advantage"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

And that was the whole sum and substance
of the information which 1 was able to gather
as to the practical methods of making good
coffee. but in the course of my travels |
picked up various facts concerning coffee which
interested me.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
A Club Chairman
Calls for Coffee

care you doing anything on coffee? My hus-
band is-well-particular about coffee, and I
have been trying all over town to get coffee
that will please him. have paid all the way
from FL cents pound to As cents. And here
is the funny thing: the coffee we like best we
are paying rs cents a pound for. 1t seems to
me that The Tribune Institute could investi-
gate the coffee situation and get US club men,
bers good coffee at the right price,"
"I am mighty glad you called" answered tho
Organizer 81 shall start the investigation
Immediately. This is of the most valuable
suggestions that has come to me from any Of
our club charmen. Watch The Sunday Trib-
une for the answer"
So the Organizer went out on coffee buying
tour He bought pounds and pounds of coffee.
In one we'll known store he was offered coffee
at four different prices. In another store he
saw coffee quoted at from 20 cents to 45 cents,
seven grades in all. A little questioning of
the clerk as to the different grades represented
elected the helpful remark, ut is all matter
of TASTE"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07
When Coffee Was an
Innovation

1t was famous restaurateur who told me
the story of the introduction of coffee into Eng
land and the establishing of the first coffee
house In London. 1t seems that in the seven
teenth century there lived in London a roer
chant by the name of Edwards, who was won't
to journey yearly into the Far East in the
interests of his business. Returning from
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A GOOD RULE.

One of the rules adopted by the
Democratic Convention in Columbia
should have the endorsement of all
true democrats. We refer to the
new rule which will require all vot-
ers to swear that they did not vote
against the nominees of the party
in the General Election in November
1917.
The men declared nominated by
the party machinery were the demo
cratic candidates. Any candidate
aggrieved at the decision of the Of
.fcers of the partysso decreeing had
a right to contest their decision be-
fore the courts. Failing to do so,
it was the duty Of all democrats to
accept the verdict. No man had a
right to try the case before him.
self, and give his own decision on
whether or not the nominations had
been regularly made, and still claim
to be a part of the. democratic
party.
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The state campaign may be a
good thing, and as Senator Tillman
says, the newspapers might bam-
boozle and deceive the people with
out it, but so far a we r able to
gather, the people have been worse
bamboozled and deceived with it
than they ever were before it was
born. So far as we know, no news
paper has advocated any movement
to keep the candidates for state Of
fees from going to as many coun-
ties as they please, and there max
ing known their views. The news,
papers only oppose the disgraceful
mud-slinging contests which have
been forced on the people by the
democratic party under the county
to-county campaign plan.
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INVESTIGATOR HUGHES.

The selection by President vii
son of Charles E. Hughes, formerly
a Justice of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, and the last re
publican nominee for president OF
the United States, to assist Attor
ney General Gregory in inquiring
into the criminal charges in con
nection with aircraft production
bears further evidence of the de
termination of the president to
claim the services of the best talent
the country affords in all lines
Judge Hughes is an able lawyer.
and has already established a repu.
tation for making searching inves,
LEGATIONS into wrong-doing. That he
will expose any crookedness which
may exist in his aircraft investiga
ton goes without saying. Tn
country will look to him to bring GU
the truth, and will accept his report
as such.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-17
SOUTHSIDE DOMESTIC
SCIENCE CLUB MEETS

The Southside Domestic Science
Club met Wednesday afternoon at
q o'clock with Mrs. T. A. Putnam
Much interest was manifested by
a large number of ladies being pre-
sent. The spirit of neighborliness,
which is fast dying out, was spoken
of and the clubs thinks it should be
maintained.
Reports were made by all mem;
bers present of plants and produce
for sale. The prices of poultry and
butter, etc., were discussed and an
effort will be made to have uniform
prices.
Miss Mary b. Martin gave a lee,
ture and demonstration on making
Spoon Cornbread and Salmon Souf'
fe. The making of the freless
cooker was demonstrated and ice
cream was frozen in it. An iceless
refrigerator was also exhibited.
Refreshments of Spoon Cornbread
Salmon Soufle and ice cream was
served the ladies'.
In June Mrs. W. P. Wham, the
president, with Miss Mary B. Mar
tin, Will go to Winthrop to take the
Short Course in Domestic Science.
The next meeting will be held
with Miss Dolly Carlisle. ,
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OPENING BOOKS
OF SUBSCRIPTION

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned corporators, pursuant
to a commission issued them by the
Secretary of State, will, on May IS.
at the office of Abbeville Cotton
Mills, Abbeville, S. c., open books
of subscription to the capital stock
of Operatives Trust Company, q
proposed corporation with a CAPT
tai stock of $4,000, subdivided into
four hundred shares of the pa,
value of $25 each.
B. H. Williams,
w. M. Langley,
w. l.. Clark,
P. L. Blanchetts
G.. B. Harvey,
C~orporators. :
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which will make it a pleasure to SEE
the money 60. Others could moi
find labor or materials. He finds nc
shortage of either. He has no hare
words for anybody. He praises his
predecessors, and has not words
enough to praise the riveters and
other workmen who are accom-,
plishing near-miracles. There was
need of this spirit of buoyancy, If
the shipbuilding program were to be
redeemed from the atmosphere of
bungling and dependency which
has surrounded it, however unde-
servedly.
Mr.. Schwab'sf words r not idle
boasting. He is a man who has &C.
complished such results within the
limitations of private capital that he
can work wonders with the United
States Treasury to support him.
The country has come to understand
that the war cannot be won with
billions of dollars. What is wanted
is "goods and services" in exchange
for dollars. The transmutatlon OF
. - %. . 49,
money into work is the job before
those charged with the winning OF
the war. There is nc shortage OF
dollars. Yesterday four billions
were found" at Washington by a
duplication of appropriations. One
of them can be cancelled and ap'
Piled to shipbuilding or anything
else. If another Schwab could be
found for the production Of air.
planes, the country would be pleased
to see the billions spent, and the
spending would spread prosperity
in many relateo tldoes' ~
Mr.. Schwab's reward is not In
dollars. He is working for what ne
is receiving-the appreciation OF
his countrymen and a place in the
history of his times. He is only one
among many, including not a few
under indictment, who now are the
right hands of those who prosecuted
them. and who now are glad of Their
help, and who are no harm in then
methods when the public is the
beneficiary. Business peace at home
is one of the by-products OF the
war against autocracy abroad, anc
is a welcome credit against debts
so enormous.-New York Times.
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now to preserve the birds from be-
ing wantonly slaughtered. They are
the policemen of the air who keep
down the insect pests which would
otherwise destroy the crops. There
are many birds in Charleston be-
sides the imported English sparrow
and they have been increasing OF
recent years due to the stimulation
of interest in bird protection as a
result of the efforts Of the Natural
History Society and other agencies.
One observes with regret signs Of
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THE INCREASED
SHIPPING PROGRAM

The appointment of Mr.. Schwab
has put a new color on the shipping
situation. Others were unable to
accomplish their own program. H
proposes to increase their plans by
half. He is not proposing to save
money, nor to waste it, but he is
going to produce ships at a rate
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FREE SCHOLARSHIP.

Two four-year scholarships in
Clemson College are reported va
cant in Abbeville county. Examina
lions will be held July IL. A schol
arship student may receive aid from
United States government. The de
mand for college trained men i
greater than the supply. D..
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citizen" All German sympathizers
were not born in the Fatherland, he
warned. Beware the traitor" he
concluded.
R. A. Cooper responded to the
request to address the convntion and
enlarged on Colonel Watson's. ap-
peal for support for those hunianl-
tartan ~organizatinos, the Red Cross
and the Y. M. c. A. He illustrated
his appeal for the sacrifice of lux
uries with the little girls refusal to
eat candy with the French people
hungry. Mr.. Cooper did not speak
out of hatred in the heart, but ne
didn't think the war should close I'M
til the allied armies have marched
into Germany and given the people
a full appreciation of the horrors
they. have inflicted on Belgium,
- .r.#s.sf -.r.H- -. .Hs
France and other nations.
Col. D.. S. Henderson Of Aiken,
took pride in the action of Lee coun
ty recently in hauling up five alleg-
ed German sympathizers to the pub
lie square and compelling them to
kiss publicly the Stars and Stripes.
The time will come when spies will
be shot in America as ruthless as
abroad, he warned.
Honors Lieutenant David.
Christie Benet recounted the trib-
utes paid by French land English
officers at Camp Jackson to the mo-
rale and a~daptability of the Ameri-
can soldier. On motion of Mr.. Benet
the convention adopted by a rising
vote a resolution, commencing the
bravery of Lieutenant David Of Dill
lon county, who was recently killed
in France. DR.. J. H. David, the IA
Their, was a delegate to the conven-
| ton.
T. G. Mcleod of Bishopville made
one of his customary sprightly
speeches, closing by saying, Before
it is all over, Dixie and Yankee
Doodle will be played on the streets
of Berlin" There was no argument
now for the pro-German but to turn
them over to the firing squad. If the
conscientious objctor were to ex-
anime himself, he would find that he
had a white liver instead of a white
soul and feathers on his legs instead
of wings on his back.
Brief addresses and intensely pa
triotic speeches were made also by
W. P. Cothran of Greenville.
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There may be six candidates for
Governor, but there is only one
Governor in the bunch. His name is
Cooper. ..-
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Friday, May II, 1918.

The charming hospitality" of
Abbeville, has received another
unanimous endorsement. Bob Will
son informs us that he had a pleas
ant time the last visit he made to
the calaboose. ~
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p"IOSSCutloi VI ""S "e -
against Woodrow Wilson, as loyalty
to Wilson and the government were
synonymous. He would oppose his
own blood relations, if they were
seeking office and had been ~unsound
on the war.
Oily Tongue Danger.
A chorus of calls went up for
Lang D. Jennings Of Sumter, who
was introduced as the "overgrown
twin of w. P. Pollock. The Sum.
ter patriot warned the people against
the "oily tongue" this summer. The
people should beware that man who
had heaped ridicule on President
Wilson and the congressman who
had voted that a state of war ex'
listed, after repeated sinking of ships
and who now was "iirst to move that
resolutions of patriotism be adopted
by a rising vote at county conven'
TONS" His eloquent injunction
was, Don't hamper the government
by the election of any such disloya'
the "oily tongue" this summer. The
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COMING II
OPERA HOUSE
FRIDAY, MAY 24TH
Special Benefit For the Red Cross
a SPECIAL PATRIOTIC PICTURE
THE MAN WITHOUT A
COUNTRY

Made friendless by his outburst, and with all his acquaintan-
ces, even his own servants, enlisting for Freedom, he is given a
copy of Edward Everett Hales immortal masterpiece.
Turning the pages, his own words suddenly leap out at him
he realizes their enormity, the cowardice of his acts.
Then comes she who loves him in the form of a true protec-
tor of the Nations life and pointing at the noble classls, read
by countless millions of American fathers, mothers and children
for half a century past, says: ~ .f-1 &a"h
"READ THERE-SEE WITH ME, HOW LIKE TREASoN&
COST ANOTHER MAN ALL THAT HE MOST PRICED" = =
= HER HAND IN HIS, BARBARA LEADS HIM FORTH TO
ONE TERRIBLE HOUR IN WHICH HE, JOHN ALTON,
PASSES THROUGH DISHONoR AND PUNISHMENT.
IN 1907, MORE THAI A CENTURY AGO, YOU, JOHN Al
TON. IN THE PERSON OF PHILIP NOLAN OF THE U. S. Ar
MY, WERE TRIED B YC~oURTMARTIAL FOR THOSE SAME
WORDS. "YOUR SENTENCE WAS THAT YOU SHOULD
NEVER HEAR THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES A
GAIN. PLACED ON BOARD A WARsHIP, YOU WERE KEPT
FROM EVER SEEING YOUR NATIVE LAND, UTTERLY
WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HOME AND FRIENDS. MORE
THAN THAT-YOU WERE PUNISHED IN A WAY YOU
COULD NEVER FORGET, FOR YOU WERE FORCED TO
WEAR TILL YOUR DYING DAY A MUTILATED UNIFORM.
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT
"sTR1P FROM HIS CLOTHING ALL INSIGNIA OF THE
NATION HE HAS DISGRACED."
MISUNDERSTANDING rs; Orchestra, Soc.
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