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The Washington times., 1921-08-13
-SIxTY-TWo GOOD ROADS
COMPLETED IN GEORGIA

AZ an expenditure Of 100000. the
State Of Georgia has completed 81
new road projects In IS counties, &C
cording to q recent announcement.
In addition. 161 projects In II coun-
ties are under way involving an ex-
psnditurs Of 3l400o.00o. Plans are
also being prepared for rs projects
In SO counties at a cost OF about
a.. 900 900,
The Washington times., 1921-08-13
Tighten Your Headlight.

A broken headlight glass may re-
suit from a loose headlight bracket.
II the bracket is sufficiently wobbly
the headlight is likely to receive
such q severe blow when a bad
bump is encountered that breakage
will result
The Washington times., 1921-08-13

long as there IL any water In the
aysiesn. Obviously, when the cooling
system Ia short OF water. boiling
away of tho remainder is likely TO
occur much less rapidly II circula-
ton is continuous.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02
The Value OF HOME
DEMONSTRATION WORK

Florence, S. c., Feb. 2.-Some in
tercsting information as to the value
of the home demonstration work in
IS obtainablG from the 1920 report of
Mrs. Frances Y. Kline, district agent,
covering l3 active counties of her list
Of Is counties, of which Clarendon
county, under Mrs. Theo Plowden of
Manning was one Of the most active.
incidentally states Mrs. Kline, Clar-
endon county contributed largely to
the excellent showing in the con-
solidatr 'cport Of the counties Of the
distric' finally compiled.
One gains a fair conception of the
size Of the work by the first para
graph statistics. A few Of the
larger items of this are 1888 meetings
held by the county agents, with a to-
tai attendance of 20, 2GG persons; q
correspondence of 1902, 1862 pieces, in
cluding 81, ll5 bulletins and 20,4l7
personal letters; 1896 consultations,
1852 clubs visited; 25OS club members
visited; 1858 demonstrations of better
methods Of home keeping and garden
ing S32 newspaper articles; 54,321
miles travelled by thc agents to carry
personally the gospel Of a better
way; and other lesser items.
Twenty eight county short courses
were held within attendance Of lab,
including girls and women. Two
girls have been put into college on
scholarships. Three more have been
induced 10 go to college,.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02

housekeeping accounts. The district
agent is particularly pleased at this
showing among the women, because
she considers this the awakening re-
alization of the value of this work
for better homes and gardens.
Poultry work for women and girls
ter in the report. There 1O1 clubs
for boys and girls, with 739 of them
enrolled. There were 35 adult clubs
with 824 women enrolled. Nearly 300
girls and women bought pure bred
chickens last year, while 573 of them
bought pure bred eggs. The year
closed with these clubs members hav-
ing 1920 pure bred fowls in their
flocks, after l444 had been cullcd Dur
ing tch year, the girls raised 37,09G
chlckcnS-a total Of 1864 chickens
The eggs from these Tiocks were 900
dozen preserved, value $d54.5O; 8178
dozen sold, value $424478; 127,828
dozen used at home, value $63, 3,911.
The estimated total value Of all the
poultry products Of these clubs mem
bcrs of the Pee Dee section is $i8,-
530.40.
Gaming and gardening for women is
also one Of the biggest chapters, of
the report. Their total food produc-
ton and preservation was valued at
the sum Of $296,337. 1t includes,
among many items, the following big
oncs-35, ,531 containers Of vegetables
valued at S40,822; 47,9O4 containers of
fruits valued at $2O,644; 1881 con
taincrs Of jelly, valued at $16,597;
491 ,250 pounds Of cured meat, valued
at $170,8 $40; 173,766 pounds Of lard,
valued at SAT 900; and various other
supplies which they would have had to
buy, probably produced outside Of
South Carolina, but for putting up
them.
The report shows approximately
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02

$4,000 dairy cows in the Pee Dee sec
ton. While excellent results were
achieved, the report reflects rather a
very great field for development, in
the opinion of the district agent. 1t
does indicate increasing use of mod
ern equipment, as iceless refrigera-
tors, thermometers, seperators, chums
etc.
Some good work was done in food
preparation and nutrition.
The introduction of 20 washing ma
chimes, as reported under sewing and
laundry work, indicates the forward
trend of the housekcepers of the Pee
Dee section. Also SIS ironing boards
were installed.
The paragraph under "mprovc-
mcnts and conveniences" also bes-
peaks significantly the advanced ideas
in the country. Important items are
81 lighting systems installed, % wa
ter systems put in, 2GO kitchens
screened, so of them rearranged to
save labor, 13 steam pressure cookers
bought, so bread mixes, 35 fireless
coo kers, 1856 food choppers, and other
modern equipment, chiefly for farm
houses.
Refreshments" produced and made
at home will be the South Carolina
style hcrcaftcr, one might infer from
reading the paragraph under grape
culture" Many vines have been
planted and large quantities Of juice
preserved against future needs, also.
Mrs. Kline has Is counties in her
district, but the report covers only
l3, two of them being inactive. The
fourteenth will become active the
first Of February, this being Lee coun-
ty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02
ONE-THIRD OF COUNTRY NOW
COMPLETED IN SOIL SURVEY

One third of continental United
States has been covered to date by de-
tailed or reconnaissance soil SURVEYS
by the Bureau Of Soils, United States
Department of Agriculture. The to-
tai area covered by detailed survey
amounts to 547,733 square miles, or
35O,510,l2O acres, and that covered
by reconnaissance survey is SIG, 1886
square miles, or $50 0,423, ,040 acres. As
large areas Of mountain and desert
land in the West are not expected to
be available for agriculture in any
near period, it will be seen that large
proportion Of necessary work of this
kind has been completed. Soil sur
vcys are widely consulted for various
purposes, including contemplated pur-
chascs Of land, selection Of crops, and
planting of gardens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02

Under the girls club work, one girl
established the phenomenal record of
raising $l79 worth of produce on one
tenth of an acre--a value of $1790
per acre in South Carolina. The aver
age cost Of production per tenth-acr
plat was $9.97 and cost Of canning
averaged 1884. A total Of 1872 girls
in the Pee Dee section are enrolled in
these clubs, numbering 1872 in the 13
counties covered in this report. Though
not quite half Of them are cultivating
tenth acre plats, their produce totall-
ed l43,477 pounds Of tomatoes, 1888
pounds Of pimcntocs, and 1880
pounds of other products. OF this,
1888 containers of tomatoes were
canned, l II, $50 of fruits, 1929 contain
cr Of soup, and more than 1900 con-
taincrs Of other stuff, from the gar
dcns, having value of nearly $14,-
600.
Besides the preserved products Of
the garden round 10000 containers
Of vegctab. fruits, juices, and such
.ings, from the farm and orchard at
large were put up. These had an ad-
ditiona' aluc of not far from $50
600
Nearly 1900 girls, in 1872 clubs, en-
gagged in sewing under expert direct
ion and supervision last year. They
made nearly 25000 different articles,
ranging from wearing apparel to or
namcnts for the home.
Girls food preparation classes to
the number Of 70 were held also.
\ total of 1873 women were enroll
ed actively in l0l clubs, which held
1873 demonstrations with an atten-
dance Of 1860 women. Budgets were
introduced into fl homes by the wo-
men ana ZzI women arc keeping
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02

owners, the same as white farmers.
Many of the best demonstrations along
all lines have been carried on by Neg
TO farmers unders the direction of
white county agents.
Some striking results have been Sc
cured, the work being very effective,
particularly in stimulating the pro-
duction of home supplies, especially
the hame garden, in securing the
adoption of better farm methods, and
in educating the Negro farmers to the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02
NEGROES AIDED
BY FARM EXTENSION WORK

TO help the southern Negro farmer
practice better agricultural methods,
obtain better schools, and improve his
living conditions, the States Relation
Service of the United States Depart
mcnt of Agriculture employed during
the last fiscal year, in sections where
large part Of the rural population is
colorcd, 1853 Negro demonstration
agents, and 3 Negro field agents. In
addition the white agents have, as far
as possible, assisted and advised
many Negro farmers, both tenants or
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02

Importance of better live stock, the
use Of improved implements, and bet
ter sanitation and living conditions.
Successful extension courses for
Negro farmers and their families
were held in several of the States for
the first time this year in connection
with the Negro agricultural schools.
The responsible Negro leadership in
the South is cooperating with the ex-
tension work more effectiveively than
ever before
Evening star., 1921-11-07
WOMEN TO DISCUSS ARMS
Two Addresses to Be Delivered at
Mass Meeting Sunday.

Addresses by Mrs. Thomas G. Win
! Ter and Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan
two of the advisory delegates to the
international conference on 1imita-
ton of armament, will be delivered
Sunday. afternoon at the New Ma
! sonic auditorium before a mass meet
ing of women, under the auspices of
the District of Columbia women's
committee on limitation of armament.
Among those in charge of ar
president of the District Federation
Of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Kate Tren-
holm Abrams of the United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy. Miss Eliza
beth Eastman of the Young "omans
Christian Association, Mrs. Basil NJ.
Manley of the College Women's Club,
Miss Harlean James of the District
of Columbia League of Women Voters,
Miss Emma Void of the womens
committee for world disarmament
Mrs. George T. Odeu of the Women's
international League for Peace and
Freedom. Miss Gertrude Van Hoesen
of the Home Economics Association.
Mrs. Alexander Wolf, Council of
Jewish Women, Miss Ethel NJ. Smith
Of the Women's Trade Union League,
Mrs. Edward P. Costigan Of the Con-
sumers' League, Mrs. Arthur G. Wat
kins of the Congress of Mothers and
the Parent Teacher Association, Miss
Gertrude McNally of the Womens
Union of the bureau of engraving and
printing, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt
and Mrs. Frank H. Smell of the Wom-
ems City Club and others.
Evening star., 1921-11-07
IN CAR
HIT BY ANOTHER AUTO
J. w. Copeland Injured-other
Traffic Accidents Reported
to Police.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Copeland, Ar
lington Hotel, and oliver P. Newman
former District Commissioner, occo-
pants of Mr.. Copeland's automobile
were shaken up and bruised last night
when a machine collided with them
at 18th and streets northwest Mr.
,Copeland's car was going south on
18th street and was struck by ma
chine going west on I street, the
driver of the latter car, it is stated
not sounding warning.
"A horse-drawn vehicle on the hack
stand was also struck and damaged
and the alleged speeder continued on
his way His identity was learned
the police reported. and a warrant
for his arrest will be procured. Mr.
Copeland drove to Emergency Hos
pital and had his wound, a cut on the
head, dressed.
Samuel Soper, fifty-two years old
i419 6th street, was knocked down by
an automobile while walking along
the roadway in the Monument
grounds yesterday afternoon AND
slightly injured.
j.. Motor Cycle Policeman ]. H. Fling
of the "Tenleytown district received q
broken finger and injury to his left
| leg yesterday afternoon. when his
motor cycle was struck by an auto.
mobile at the Brookville road ant
Western avenue. Identity Of the oc.
cupant of the automobile was not
B. W. Tiger, 1903 7th street, was
knocked down by an automobile al
11th and E streets last night and in
iured about his head. Surgeons a.
Emergency Hospital found his in
| jury was not serious.
Evening star., 1921-11-07
2,CC0 CHILDREN PARADE
IN CHURCH CELEBRATION
Episcopal Sunday Schools Take
Part in Missionary Centennial
Exercises. Nationally Observed.

More than 1000 Episcopal Sunday
school children of Washington paraded
from the Ellipse past the White
House to the Church of the Epiphany
yesterday afternoon in celebration of
the missionary centennial of the
church. which was observed nationally.
at the Epiphany Church Rev. J. T..
Freeman, rector. emphasized the value
of mission work.
About forty of the sixty Sunday
schools of the local Episcopal churches
took part in the demonstration, the
first of its kind ever staged here.
RectorS of the various Churches of
the denomina ton made the mission
AIRY anniversary the subject of SER
mons yesterday.
The children assembled north of the
Monument grounds under the super
vision of their class teachers and of
Commander c. T. Jewell. marshal of
the procession. The Sunday school
churches and carried American flags.
The parade began at 3 o'clock and
the route followed was around the
Ellipse. in front, of the White House
and down Pennsylvania avenue to the
Church of the Epiphany. on & street.
\ police escort headed the parade,
followed by the Boy Scout Band and
the marshal. Forming the main body
of the procession were the brigade
staff, unde1egated clergy, canons of
the cathedral, the Bishop of Washing-
ton and the Sunday schools.
Evening star., 1921-11-07

December. 1919. An impressive array
of journalists accompanied them:
more than 800 from the United States
alone. The press thus mobilized, had
tremendous expectations. Were not
the events of yesterday and of to-
morrow of unprecedented Importance: ::
had not the fullest publicity been
promised? Did not the first of the
fourteen points. explicitly accepted
by all the powers as the basis of
peace. read: open covenants of peace,
openly arrived at after which there
shall be no private International un-
derstandlngs of any kind. but diplo-
macy shall proceed always frankly
and in the public view?" Before nego-
tlations even began, the conference
backed water. The President of the
United States-he said its himself
had never intended open negotia-
tions. but only open debates upon all
decisions arrived at before the latter
became final. There was no question
of full publicity of the negotiations.
The first care of the conference in
organizing it's relations with the
press was to strike an even balance
between the need for silence and the
need for news.
French Position Delicate.
At once-as early as January 12-M
Clemenceau, who had supported the
Champs Elysees to facilitate the work
OF the newspaper men. took his stand:
There is a general expectation and
wish by the public that all the subjects
of our discussion shall be published.
We have the greatest interest in show
ing the public the results of our work"
Right then. and before agreement had
even been reached on an official text, the
began which for six months
grew and multiplied as one incident fol-
lowed another. The conference was
held in Paris. If it had not been, the
French government would have been
accused of not properly defending our
rights. Because it was held in Paris,
the position OF France was singularIy
delicate. A distinguished member of
the allied press said to me one day:
I'VE are your guests. Whenever the
press is not satisfied it will put the
blame on you"
This was true Of the press. 1t was also
true of all the men who were making
the peace. Tney felt that the hospital
Evening star., 1921-11-07
COAL STOCKS SURVEYED.
Hoover to Keep Public
Informed as to Conditions.

Survey of coal stocks on hand
Throughout the country has been be-
gun by the Department Of Commerce.
Secretary Hoover has announced.
Similar surveys, he said. would
be made every sixty days. as it was
believed, in view of the approaching
biennial discussion of wages by miners
and operators. it was VITAL that the
country should know the amount of
coal it had above ground. 1t was
hoped. he said. to complete the first
survey and publish a preliminary re-
port within month.
The survey. Mr.. Hoover said, was
being conducted by means of Ques-
tionnaires sent to many consumers of
bituminous coal. inQuiring as to their
stocks on November 1.
soft coal production up to October
l." he said, "was 112,O0O,000 tons be-
hind last year and from 75.000.000 to
80. 100000 tons below normal The de-
crease is in part to be expected be-
cause of a decline in consumption and
in exports. and it does not necessarily
mean that consumers are unwisely
burning up their reserves, but if there
is any possibility that the above
ground reserves are below the safety
line, the best way to settle the point.
the government thinks, is to take ac-
count of stocks and lay all the facts
before the public"
Evening star., 1921-11-07
KENSINGTON'S MUNICIPAL
BUILDING is BURNED
Local Firemen Aid Fruitless Eff.
forts to Save Struc-
ture.
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
kENS1NGTON, Md, November T.
The municipal building was DESTROYED
this morning by fire. which broke out
shortly after o'clock. Loss was es-
timated to exceed $4,000. The build
ing, frame two-story edifice, one of
the handsomest structures of it's kind
in the state, was bought by the town
about three years ago. 1t was former
~ used as public school. but at the
present used for meetings of the
town council, Kensington volunteer
fire department, armory headquarters
for the ~Kensington company of the
Maryland National Guard, meetings of
| the Boys Club and a motion picture
theater, run by John T, Williams. All
equipment of the various organiza-
tions was lost
The origin of the fire is supposed to
have been caused by an overheated
II rnace. There was no one in the
! building at the time of the fire.
Aid in fighting the flames, which
gained considerable headway before
, local fire department, volunteer COM
panies from Rockville and Silver
Spring, Md. and from the District
| of Columbia fire department from
Cleveland Park and Tenleytown.
About all the companies could do was
to prevent the flames from spreading.
The municipal building was valued
at $4,000. but has been recently i'm
proved and remodeled. Together with
| the equipment, including the fire ap-
paratus. boys bowling alleys, Nation
a! Guard paraphernalia and motion
loss over $4,000. The building waa
insured for $4,000, there being no in
surance for the equipments located
therein.
Evening star., 1921-11-07
new SUB MOTIVE PLANT.
Planned Type Combines Gas and
Electric Propulsion.

A new type of submarine motive
plant, comprising combination of
gas and electric propulsion, will be
installed in three American sub
marines of the v type, two of which
have just been laid down at the
Portsmouth, N. H, navy yard. Naval
engineers are said to be watching
construction with great interest, be-
cause Of their expectation of improved
operation of submarine warcraft to
result from the new installation. A
cruising radius of 10000 miles is said
to be one possibility.
The latest submarines are to be
2,025-ton boats. measuring 800 feet in
length and equipped with electric en-
gines of $500 horsepower. They are
ty-one knots and a submerged speed
Of from nine to ten knots per hour.
Evening star., 1921-11-07
SEVENTH ANNUAL FREE
INSTRUCTION COURSE
Program Completed by the Poto-
mac River Power Squadron
to Open Tomorrow.

Arrangements have been completed
by the Potomac River Power Squad
ron to inauguraie its seventh annual
Tree course of instruction. preparatory
to admission to the United States
rover SquadrOns at 1905 +, street
northwest. tomorrow evening at S
o'clock Glasses will he held each sue
ceeding Tuesday evening to December
10. An invitation to attend has been
extended to all boat owners and 9TH
ers interested in power boating. The
course of instruction will cover the
pilot rules. plotting. use OF charts
ire compass and other navigation in
struments and other subjects.
Ihe Potomac River Power Squadron
was organized in 1915 to promote a
better acquaintance among the own
ers of power boats. to establish a
hlgh standard of skill in the handling
or power boats and To encourage the
study of navigation. The officers are
Commodore. DIR. A. 3. Bennett, com
modore of the Corinthian Yacht Club:
first lieutenant, Herbert Bose of the
Corinthian Yacht Club; second lieu
tenant, +. G. Kaiser of the Eastern
Power Boat Club, and secretary
treasurer. ]. T. Bresnahan. vice com
modore of the Corinthian Yacht Club
Evening star., 1921-11-07
HERE ON CROSS-U. S. RIDE
Boy Expects to Visit Every Gov
ernor to Win Scholarship.

Andrew J. Abel1. jr.. eighteen years
Old. who says he is scheduled to visit
the governor of every state in the
Union as a prerequisite to winning a
scholarship to a university, arrived in
Washington yesterday on horseback,
completing about half of the 1000
miles he intends to cover. With him
was his fox terrier, Grip" who has
ridden the distance from San Fran
cisco. the starting point. in a leather
container strapped to the saddle.
Abel claims he has already called
on tWenty-nine governors and OBJ
tanned their signatures to a corrob-
orative document. He will add the
signature of the chairman of the
board of District Commissioners to
the list while here. AbeN declares
that five young men started from, the
Pacific coast May I. but that he is
the only one left in the race. Ona
died of pneumonia, he said; one of
snake bite. and three turned back.
Evening star., 1921-11-07
PICK REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Thirteen to Act as Co-Ordinating
Agencies.

Regional directors for thirteen dis
tricts under the national unemploy-
ment conferences emergency relief
program have been selected. Secretary
Hoover announced last night. The
directors will act as co-ordinating
agencies between the conference and
mayors unemployment committee in
various communities.
Thos selected are: Mortimer Fleish-
hacker, San Francisco: C. F. Rand,
New York city; E. Sherman. Chicago;
Evas Woollen. Indianapolis; John w.
Hallowell. Boston; William S. Rossi-
ter, Concord, N. H.; c. M. Babcock, st.
Paul. Mimi; Jackson Johnson, ST.
Louis; Roy Dickinson. East Orange,
N. j.; Winslow 5. Aver, Portland.
Ore; Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia /;
A. L. Humphrey. Pittsburgh; James S.
Gibson, Seattle, and J. E. Edgerton,
Nashville, Tenn.