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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-09
Gasoline Demand Varies
1907 BetUeen Seasons

;)ne of the greatest problems of the
oil industry is the seasonal demand
for gasoline, which varies more than
100 per cent between seasons.
The lowest point of consumption
is reached during the winter months.
As the weather grows warmer farm
tractors, pleasure automobiles, motor
boats and all manner of internal com
bustion engines increase consumption
and the demand rises well over 100
per cent above the winter require
mentS.
In order to meet this fiuctuating de-
mand, it is necessary for the oil re-
fineries of the country to operate on
practically a uniform basis through
out the year. Otherwise, SO per cent
of the refinery would be shut down
during periods of low consumption
and the industry would be unable to
meet the gasoline demand during per-
iods Of greatest consumption.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-09
You Can Get These
Farmers Bulletins

That Maryland's average produc-
ton oil tomatoes per acre can be
doubled and even trebled at only a
slight increase in cost is the conclus-
ion of DR.. H. A. Jones, specialist in
vegetable breeding for the University
of Maryland Experiment Station, who
is the author of new and valuable
bulletin on tomatoes for market and
canning.
The bulletin outlines in detail prac-
tically every step in the efficient pro-
duction of tomatoes. emphasizing the
factors which experiments and sue
tessful growers have shown will in
crease acre yields. Among these fac
tors, the writer particularly stresses
the Importance of early planting both
in the seed bed and in the field. The
bulletin concludes with discussion
of production costs with figures from
several sources. Tomatoes for mar
ket and canning, Bulletin No. 248
may be obtained from the University
of Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station, College Park, Md.
Two other valuable bulletins fol
farmers have been prepared by tic
University of Maryland Extension
Service, Bulletin No. 3, The Garden
is by S. B. Shaw, specialist in horti
culture This bulletin offers practi'
cal suggestions for the home garder
with information about what to plant
and when to plant it, disease and in.
sect control and efficient utilization Of
space.
The other bulletin, the Brood Sow
end her Litter, is by B. E. Carmichael
livestock specialist, and supplies use
full information on feeding and man
agement during The breeding period
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-09
COMMUNICATION
PITY THE POOR BOY.
Editor Worcester Democrat, POGO
mose City, Md.

Editor Worcester Democrat, POGO
moke City, Nd.
Dear SIR
The feeling here is that the callow
colleg, youth who recently defamen
his native county in an article in the
Evening Sun paper ought to be spank
ed. The author twenty years from
Tow will have very different yard
stick to apply than the fanciful one
he uses today and, if he RECEIVERS his
roise by then, will draw very differ
emit conclusions. 1t is true that thru
out Maryland as well as the whole
United States, many sons born in tn,
country gravitate to the cities and
contribute to their intellectual and
material advancement. Run over the
list of names of members of the
Southern Society" of New York or
the Maryland Society in that city OF
II ouI own Eastern Shore Society in
Baltimore, and you will find COM
plete refutation of the fallacious i'm
plication that men of attainments or
prominence could have been born in
a stagnant pool or bacack water of
civilization. Or do we not have in the
author of this libellous article another
flat-head from the flat lands of the
Eastern Shore, acting as poseur in
the disguise of highbrow Perish
the thought. 1t was genuinely. pro-
found article, Ubiquitous and lucid,
based on the imaginative facts or
keen invention of a highly dyspeptic
fiction. Test this CULVER by ordi-
nary intelligence! He finds lynching
yarn will suit his purpose and so he
tells it, when as matter of fact no
lynching has ever occurred in Worces-
ter county He falsely asserts that
our farmers were so unpatriotic dur
| ing the war that they evicted their
| tenants to escape CONSUMPTION. He
places Maryland in educational mat
tiers IN the middle of the States, with
out seeming to know that the list he
was using was not an efficiency test
but a cost test. If Maryland had been
extravagant enough she could have
headed the list. He misrepresents a
gain when he says the 18th Amend
ment has been great financial boon
in a year of bad weather and poor
;rops," as if every farmer were q
law breaker. The article indeed is
such a tissue of false statements and
such an exhibition Of bad taste to the
thousands of loyal sons of old Wor-
cester at home and abroad, it is need
less tn go any further than to sa,
that they feel very sorry for this I'M
grateful son. The trouble with the
lad is he is comparing his home COM
munity with the ideal college town in
which he is now residing. Worcester
is forging ahead with the rest of the
! Eastern Shore. Her educational ia
cilitie.s and her business and financial
status have been doubled in less than
a decade.
JAMES B. WHALEY.
Snow Hill, Md, August 81, 1922.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
THE COST OF CARELESSNESS

Every minute of every hour every day Of every
year. s92S.OO IN property is destroyed by fire. Such
at least Is the declaration OF Newman T. Miller
head of the Fire Prevention Department Of the
state OF Indiana.
This Is a tremendous burden which IS placed
the labor OF America For every dollar destroyed by
prsventable fire must be replaced by the work OF
some man or some woman. Property which is des-
troyed by FIRE is gone forever. There is salvage
1t is total loss It estimated that at least 80 per
cent Of fires due TO caTelessness
The State Fire Marshal has scattered few cpl
grams which might be OF interest to those who
interested IN protecting their property. It may
pay read these;
1T is worse luck TO look in dark closet with
match than to see the moon your left
shoulder"
"A quart OF gasoline viii automobile IN
move three miles. A similar amount used IN house
hold cleaning may cause three auto FIRE trucks and
an ambulance TO run a similar distance"
The reason for dipping cigar ashes on tho avn
ms downstairs has been closed, but the season for
storing hot ashes IN wooden box the back porch
will soon be open"
III YOU have File OF rubbish IN your cellar, it
indicates crowd OF people are coming to your
house"
"A crack in the chimney IS a sure sign YOU are
going move"
The chid who plays with matches viii gain ex-
perence'
IF you smell gas or gasoline and look FOR X with
{ lighted match, st IS probable YOU about 70
start on a long journey"
The Ere marshal seems 20 be something more
than fortune teller. You might paste this up and
read II over again. II Is worth while,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20

looking through a p power tele-
scope the object would appear -
times larger.
Q. How are bayberry \ candles
made?
A. They are made from the wax
Of the bayberry which is found not
only in Connecticut but throughout
New England and southwark along
the Atlantic coast. The wax forms
a coating on the berries and is re-
moved most easily by placing them
in water kept hot until the wax rises
TO the top. When cold the wax
should from a solid cake that can
be removed from the water and
dried. Suitable wicks are repeatedly
dipped into the melted wax until
the candles are built up TO the desir-
ed thickness. A simple frame OF
wood, from which to hang several
wicks can be used. Between Dip
pings the candles should be allowed
TO cool and the wax should be at a
temperature slightly above its melt
ing point.
Q. On which side of a hill should
apple trees be planted? What kim
Of soil used? What kind or rer-
tiiizer is used when planting?
A. The u. S. Department Of Agri-
culture states that under ordinary
circumstances apple trees are set
out on all sides Of a hill. It is not
necessary 10 use any particular kind
Of soil for apple trees, as they are
planted and grow in all kinds Of
soil. The general practice is not to
use any fertilizer in planting them
1t sometimes helps TO put the top
soil back in the bottom of the hole
when planting the tree and after the
first year some fertilizer can be used.
O.. What are the best and poor.
est soils for farming and why?
A. Loamy soil is considered the
best for farming as the material
composing it is a combination Of
all the others. Gravel is considered
the pOrest because il does not hold
any moisture.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20

Q. Did any Of the American In
dams have an accurate system Of
recording dates?
A. According TO the Science Ser
vice, the Mayan people, an Indian
race which inhabited what is now
northern Guatemala and Yucatan,
reached a relatively high degree OF
civilization during the first five CEN
turtles Of the Christian era. Their
system OF chronology was so exact
that they could differentiate any
period Of more than $4,000 years.
They used a symbol of zero in their
calculations 500 years before the
Hindoos used il and a thousand years
before it came into use in Europe.
@. Does it harm a sugar or hard
maple tree 10 top it?
y. No, provided it is done in the
fall or winter before spring growth
starts. While a tree may not be ac-
tually as large after having been
topped it is usually stronger.
@. Who is Max Nordau?
A. a writer and physician born
at Budapesth. but residing in Paris.
Q. What became of the L. S. S.
Dolphin?
A. 1t was sold to the AmmunA
ton Products Corp. 1923 New York
av.. Washington, d. c. This boat is
not being used now. and is for sale,
and is at present in Baltimore.
@. What kind Of naval vessel is
a destroyer?
A. A large torpedo craft OF
about $50 to 1900 tons displacement,
carrying more torpedo tubes and
heavier guns than torpedo boats
(about four inch caliber1 and having
greater freebOard and speed (frOm
about % to 40 knots)
Q. What is meant by "a % power
telescope?"
a. A telescope that magnifies %
times: for example. If one were
looking at an object some distance
away and it appeared to be about
a foot high with the naked eye, on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
WOT TP LIE AT TIL BY Dr. r. s
WV AAA6 NA Copeland

Unless a community Is blessed
with a good water supply, it can
have little else TO commend it.
Fine schools and churches, attrac-
tive shops and places of entertain
ment. demand for labor and pros
pect Of worldly success-all these are
of little importance unless the water
supply is above suspicion.
1t is not common now. but is uesd
10 be an ordinary experience to read
OF some community where an cpl
demic Of typhoid fever was raging.
In my boyhood and. indeed. at the
beginning OF my medical practice,
typhoid fever was almost as COM
mon as diphtheria IS today.
Dtarrheal diseases. cramps, ty-
phoid fsver and cholera may be
traced 10 infected water supplies. No
community is safe unless there is an
abundance of pure water
When l speak Of pure water. I do
not mean water free from minerals
or necessarily free from color or
cloudiness.
Pure water is understood 10 mean
water free from harmful bacteria
and harmful chemicals. II is a water
safe for drinking and for cooking
purposes.
Polluted water Is water contamin-
ated by animal or Industrial waste.
Such water is unsuited and unsafe
for human consumption.
The quality OF water depends on
its source. Most surface waters are
unsafe This IS due 20 the contain
nation which takes place from IT'S
travels over the earth.
Rrain water is the purest OF all
waters If caught in clean vessels.
Unfortunately. however. 1t flows over
contaminated surfaces and Is rarely
found in condition 20 be safely con-
sumed.
Water which comes from the earth
IS pure or impure, depending on the
substances dissolved or suspended IN
H. such water may carry no harm
full bacteria. but may be filled with
mineral elements. The quantity OF
lime. for instance. may be 80 great
that when a little is sprinkied on
glass a white deposit forms where
every drop fell
Mlkiness and opalescence OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20

water are due to suspended particles
Of clay or to compounds OF iron.
Such ingredients are harmless
enough for occasional uses of the
water, but if turbidity is due 20
sewage, dead animal or vegetable
substance, or to organic matter OF
any sort, the water is unsafe.
The odOr of water does not deter
mine its safe or unsafe properties.
Many waters Of disagreeabIe smell
are safe to drink. and some spark
ling and clear waters are dangerous.
A similar rule applies to the taste
Of water
A nearby cesspoOl or privy-vau-t
may contaminate the water. The
slope Of the ground does not settle
this question, because the under
ground flow may not correspond 10
the surface conditions.
Make sure that the water supply
OF your household comes from a cafe
source. Never drink from an aban-
doned water supply or from one
which is in the least doubtful.
Health and life depend on the
daily consumption Of large quanti-
ties of pure water.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
HERE. BOYP'

Around factories. offices. stores and any other
places where PEOPLE work together. thing fire.
qusnty noticed BY visitors is the hard boiled atti
tude Of grow-ups toward the boys who the
payroll
The boss usually = salaaued and tOadied to u
be were a sacred COW. Mss Pansy Plush. the beau
tifl tyrst gets lot OF fawn ng consideration. And
even the male grown-ups treat each other with
mutual Difference or respeoS, despite considerable
amount Of facetious josh.ng.
But when It comes 20 the boy who works around
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
The Towery(BabQlE5
T.
.SY Bill hrmstrond L
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENTS

EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT
Boyd Gurley. our editor and tour
ing hound sends us the following:
Paris. 20 Shopping Days TIL
Christmas. 1922-The Storm and !
have just returned from the G!ron-
De sector. and as a result I am send
ing you the following notes:
N. Simonde and daughter have
been sitting on the wharf day
and night at Paulliac. district OF
Gironde, since March, 1919, wait
ing TO hear from NJ Wolf. said TO
have been lance corporal in the
A. L. +. M. Wolf, according to the
stories 1 am able TO gather to-
gether promised Marie. the daugh-
ter OF NJ. SimOnde, that he would
be back the following month, and
the daughter and her old man
have been sitting on the dock ever
sipce waiting for him.
The rats are playing havoc with
their baggage and the girl is Just
about broken hearted; in fact it's
no wonder that the allies are sore
at US over the league Of nations
proposition; so l would advise you
TO give VI. Wolf a talking to.
I went to another joint and they
claimed that they hadn't made any
money for three years; trying 10
catch up with the the three star
Hennessey stolen from them by
the 325th Field Artillery, L. s. a.
EDITORS NOTE:-That's a funny
piece Of business; we was a member
Of the 325th field artillery and we
never heard any complaint like that
before.
The cop who examined a watch
he had found in the pocket of a
sleeping tramp returned IL because
he found the watch on the BUM.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
EANIOUS-
y aNa'NNN = =
dallas Dispatch

Philadelphia, barring unexpected rescue. will tear
down two historic houses. famed homes of Ben
Franklin and Edgar Allan Poe. Some think The
Raven" written in the Poe house. The other
dwelling is where Poor Richard lived when he
rived from Boston.
So it goes all over the country, little respect for
historical relics. especially old buildings Ford has
the typiCaly American idea-that today and tomor-
the really important yesterday gone and
might we'll be forgotten.
Luckily, the destroyers cannot tear down The
Raven" Ben Franklins hOmely philosophy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
COINCIDENCE.

New York Evening Post)
National City Banks market letter makes this
comment on the claim by Hoffman,. German econ
omist that German Industrial productiveness has
dropped is Fer cent under the eight-hour day:
These figures have a curious incidence for
they are exactly the figures for the (repara-
tions9 payments fixed by the London ultmatum OF
May l. 1921"
Is il a case of premeditated coincidence as well
as a su bcouscious reluctance to pay up?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
OtherEditorS Than Dur:
SLOWER.

lDenVer ENpress.)
The eight-hour day. established throughout Ger
many early in the revolution. attacked by DR..
Hoffman,, German business writer. He says that
eight-hour day there has reduced the aver
age workers output 10 per cent. So concludes
Hoffman. bang goes the theory that as much work
be done in eight hours in nine or
HOFFMAN, IS wrong. German productiveness has
been decreased. not by the eight-hour day, but by
the gloom Of defeat and the knowledge that work
harder merely money for indemnity.
That is human nature
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
1IRED-

(St. Louis Globe-Democrat)
The tired business man is real not a myth saws
Dr. Edward II. Oschner of Chicago. discussing
chronic fatigue intoxicat-on."
The tired business man. originally an express
sion OF ridicule steadily becomes more actual What
makes him tired? Answer Heavy lunches not
enough exercise stufy air in badly ventilated offices
also lungs full OF tobacco smoke-carbon The rem
edy Il obvious.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Gagged.
columbus Citlzen)

columbus CltlZen)
Explorers bring word that girls Neu-Pommern
Island in the South Pacific. confined in cages
when three years old and kept there until mar
riage. The cages indoors.
Woman's fight through the centuries has been
10 get OF her cage. Most OF the bars are TORN
down now, IN America II the law of reactions
holds true. eventually may have their turn
beng Gagged. The caging process is well under way.
Volstead contributed a few bars
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20


DedbrolCe (r0used by his wife,
What's that you say A bursiar?'
Mrs Dedbroke-"Yes Fancy a
burglar calling on US"
Dedbroke - Let him climb N;
then I'll give a yell and u may make
him drop something he has stolen
elsewhere"
L.iz-"What have you set those
waterproof gloves on for?'
Diz-"So I can wash my hands
without getting them wet"
LOGICAL.
Patsy-''Mom, won't yer GIMME
candy now"
Mrs. Casey-"DIdn't OF tell ye O.
wouldn't give ye amy at all if ye
didn't kape still?"
Patsy-"Yes'm m, but"
Mrs. Casey-"WelI. the longer We
kape still the sooner yeIl get it,
Michigan Gargoyle
A man is just As big as his regard
for his own word.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
BROKE IT GENTLY.

A guest at a country hotel gave
instructions that he wished TO be
called early. The next morning he
was disturbed by loud tattoo upon
the door.
We'll % he demanded, sharply.
1--WE got a message for YOU. sir
Yawning until he strained his face,
the guest jumped out OF bed and un-
locked the door The bellb0y handed
him an envelope and went away
quickly.
The guest opened the enevelope
and took out a slip Of paper bearing
the words, Its time TO get up"
Rockne's busts remain intact.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Draped Coats for
the Dignihed

Fashioned of deep pile cloths in the
colors favored for winter wear. Coats
with spacious sleeves and unusual drap-
ing. Some are simply designed; others
are trimmed with beaver. fox. squirrel.
wolf, caracul.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20

49, A we'll preserved Egyptian mummy has been
found in Mexico. Perhaps Egyrt used to be in
Mexico 3
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Winter Suits Reduced SIS and SIS

be prices
Each tromw
u of sIchq 25andS35
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20

3. 3. Cleaners, 12S y. LAFAYETTE
316-322.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
The News-Times Bureau of
Questions and Answers
QUESTIONS ANSWERED


o Of
y {.
Unsigned answered all
hdental and replica
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Coats for Youth
Belted or Loose

Bloused Coats accentuate the slender
ness of youth Shoulders are artfuiy
designed for grace Materials are &c
roma, marvella. fashiona, delysia. All
are lined throughout Priced $3.50
and $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Individually Charming Are WI
Coats $3.50 and S

Pleasing choice of Coat here practically each Coat has
dviduay of its subty presents of the
apparel Coats that welmade throughout.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Boomers
Specially Priced
S3.95

Silk Bloomers of a
material resembling tri-
colette in drop stitch. In
dark shades as well as in
rose orchid, gold, with
double elastic at knee.
Excellent values at S3.9J.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-20
Many Becoming Hats
S2.75 to SIS

There lovely Hats for many types For the tall
there wide Hats with gracious brms down turning
For the small woman there are Hats to emphasize her
piquancy RePriced $2.75 SIS.
Many of the Better Hats included
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-30
ALLAY FEAR OF SHUTDOWN
I OF ALL DETROIT PLANTS
Increase In Coal Supply Assures
Operations for Month

Detroit, Aug. 30.-(By A. P.)-De-
trot manufacturers were hcartencd to-
day by announcement from Charles s.
Mott. vice president of the General
Motors Corporation, that the corpora :
ton had supply of coal sufficient to
maintain present production for about
thirty days. The corporation furnishes
great volume of materials to other in
dustrial concerns.
The announcement banishcd. in part
ct least. the fear felt here that gen.
eral industrial shutdown was impcnd-
Ing following Henry Ford's deciss>Q to
close his plants September 16.
Mr.. Mott asserted his concern en-.
ployed between $4,000 and 10000 men,
and that Hundreds of thousands of
other workers employed by concerns
dependent upon General Motors for ma =
terials undoubtedly would be thrown out
Of employment should the corporation S
coal problem become ACUTE
Officials of the Ford Motor Company
today went ahead with their plans to
close the cOmpany's plants here next
month. reiterating Mr.. Ford steadily
would refuse to pay what he believes Is
on eyOrbitant price for coal.
State and city fuel administrators
today were more optimistic over the
coal situation than they have been for
some time, due to indications that coal
was coming into the State in larger
quantities.