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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
CORN SHOW CUP
GIVEN At FAIRFAX.
Herndon Man and Son Win
Sweepstakes Prize-State
Show This Week.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. January 21.-The
tenth annual Fairfax County corn and
grain show Saturday brought out
larger and better display than before
for years, according to County Agent H.
B. Derr. Exhibits were made by 20 or
30 Fairfax County farmers. The silver
cup donated by the Fairfax County
Chamber of Commerce as a sweepstakes
prize was awarded to w. w. Wagstatf
and sons of Herndon. This cup had
been held two years by c. o. Schaub of
Fairfax.
In the first class, 10 ears of white
corn, first prize went to Robert Wrenn,
Chantilly. For the best 10 ears OF yell
low corn w. w. Wagstaff and sons won
first prize. Best bushel white corn,
Robert Wrenn. Best bushel of yellow
corn, w. w. Wagstaff and sons, who also
won the blue ribbon for the best bushel
Of soy beans. In the last class, best
buShel of oats, Dallas Hutchinson Of
Chantilly won first
II. T. Curtis of Manassas, county agent
of Prince William County, acted as
Judge and gave talk on corn Judging
in the afternoon. August Stabler OF
Sideburn gave a talk ON the best fertil :
izers for farm crops. The blue ribbon
winners will take their exhibits to the
show to be held at Leesburg Thursday
and Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
|STRATFORD HALL, TEEMING IN HISTORIC LORE,
EXPECTED TO BE MECCA OF MANY THOUSANDS
AS PLANS FOR IT'S RESTORATION ARE STARTED

originator of the idea and president
of the Greenwich chapter, which has
undertaken to put the project through.
Stratford Hall is 200 years old this
Spring. The building was started in
1929 by Thomas Lee, with Queen
Charlotte. wife of George II, giving
$500 from her privy purse toward the
cost. Her gift followed destruction of
the original Lee home in an incendiary
fire. The site of that house later be-
came the family burying ground, where
generations of famous Virginias now
rest in tombS fast falling into decay.
The manor house is of brick. in the
shape of an H. The total frontage is
floors. Four large brick outbuildings
are nearby, having been the Office
kitchen, stable and milghouSe. A
crumbling brick wall more than a mile
in length surrounds the gardens. The
remains Of terraces stretching down to
the Potomac River bear out accounts
ef the beautiful landScaping for which
the estate was noted.
Rich in History.
In 1744 the manor was the meeting
place of the commission which set out
to negotiate a treaty with the six ma
tons, resulting in the Indians giving
permission for Virginians to settle west
of the Alleghenies. In 1850 the place
became the executive mansion through
the elevation of Thomas Lee to the
office of Royal Governor of the Colony
of Virginia. In the Revolution the
house was shelled by the British, and
a skirmish resulted when landing
party was repulsed by hastily armed
colonists. Several invaders were killed
and are buried on the estate.
Richard Henry Lee, who moved these
colonies are and of right ought to be
free and independent States" was born
at Stratford Hall only few weeks
before Washington was born on the
adjoining plantation. Francis Light
foot Lee, another signer of the Declara-
ton of independence, was born few
years later Within a few miles of
Stratford Hall three of the first five
Presidents were born - Washington,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
STATE SHOW TO OPEN.
Main to Wisconsin to Have Grair
Exhibits at LeeSburg.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, January 2l.-The
eighth annual convention and State
corn and grain show will be held in
the High School auditorium here Thurs
day and Friday.
Entries from all sections comprise best
specimens of field crops grown in Vir-
ginia and corn from other agricultural
States. In the interstate class exhibits
from Maine to Wisconsin will be seen.
The show this year, held in the heart
of a corn-groWing section. should appeal
to men and women from this and
nearby States. Large crowds are ex-
pected to attend from Virginia. Mary
land, the District of Columbia and
other States.
Special features will be corn-judging
contests. One will be open to all farm
boys and girls and the other to all
farm men and women. Gold, silver and
bronze medals are offered. In addition
to the medals $700 is offered in prizes.
A silver loving cup is offered by for
mer Gov. Westmoreland Davis OF Lees
burg for the best 10 ears of corn in
the show, grown in Loudoun County.
This cup must be won twice by the
same exhibitor in Loudoun County corn
shows to become permanent property.
T. w. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va,
offer a silver loving cup as a sweep
stakes to the Virginia grower having
the best 10 ears of corn in the show.
The utility corn class, which is closed,
has more entries than ever before. The
field crops this year include potatoes for
the first time, and many entries are
expected.
Speakers of national and State repu-
tation will include Harvey S. Clapp,
president Crop Improvement Associa-
ton; w. H. Byrne, secretary of the asso-
citation; T. B. Hutchinson, head of
agronomy department, v. P. l. Black
burg: w. j. Morse. senior agronomist,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. D. c.; DR.. A. F.
Woods, director of scientific works,
United States Department of Agricul-
ture James Godkin, James Speed,
editor Southern Agriculturist; C. A.
Montgomery, State Boys All Club
agent, V. P. l., Blacksburg; Prof. j. E.
Metzger, University of Maryland; DR..
T. k Wolfe, editor Southern Planter;
G.. w. Patteson, Educational Bureau,
Washington, D. c., and others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

Madison and Monroe.
Robert E. Lee was born at Stratford
Hall on January 10, 1907. He was the
son of Lighthouse" Harry Lee and
Anne Carter. Lighthouse" Harry, the
only soldier of rank under that of gen.
eral, who was awarded a gold medal
by the Continental Congress, married
first Matilde Lee, distant cousin and
heiress to the Stratford Hall plantation
Their son Henry Lee received the prop
erty on the death of his father.
Tragedy Changes Ownership.
A tragedy took Stratford Hall out of
the hands of the Lees just a century
ago. Margaret Lee, the 10-year-old
daughter of Henry Lee and his only
child, ran out of the house during a
storm and was killed by falling down
the long flight of marble steps. Her
father left the plantation never to re-
turn. 1t passed into the hands of Dr.
Richard Stuart. father of the recent
owner The Stuarts are related to the
Lees through Gilmore Calvert, wife ~of
John Parke Gusts, Step-Son of George
Washington.
1t is proposed to restore Stratford
Hall and to convert it Into a shrine
OF national pilgrimage under the di-
rection of the Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation, according to the agree
ment signed with the Stuarts. The
latter retain so acres on the river on
which they have permission to build
home conforming to the style of
Stratford Hall.
The restoration of Stratford Hall will
afford another show place for the
traveller attracted to Virginia by its
historic past. Wakefield is being taken
over and will be opened to the public
on the two-hundredth anniversary of
Washington's birth. Monticello has been
made a nationa museum. Mount YER
non, Alexandria and Fredericksburg
have many appeals for those inter-
ested in the Father of His Country" Old
Williamsburg is being restored at cost
Of 100000 by John D. Rockefeller
All are within a days motor tour of
Richmond and Washington.
Copyright 1929, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
HARSH SENTENCE APPEAL
MAY GO TO HIGH COURT
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, January 21.-George
Harsh's fight to escape the electric
chair, to which he was sentenced Sat-
urday may be carried to the State Su-
preme Court.
While attorneys for the youth, who
was convicted of first-degree murder
for the shooting of Willard Smith, a
drug store clerk, made known few de-
tails of their plans, it was indicated an
appeal for a new trial. will be made
before Judge E. D. Thomas, who pre-
sided at the trial
If this move fails the case may be
carried to the Supreme Court.
Harsh was convicted Of shooting
Smith to death during hold-up last
October 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
Birthplace of Robert E. Lee
and Other NotabIes Changes
Ownership.
TO BE u. D. C. QUARTERS
Prominent Place in Early
Days of This Country
Is Recalled.
(Wrtten exclusively for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Aliance)

written exclusively. for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.)
RICHMOND, Va, January 21.-
Stratford Hall. the birthplace of Robert
E. Lee and of two SignerS of the Decla-
ration of independence, today is in the
custody of descendants of the men who
followed the great Southern chieftaia
through four years of warfare and by
them will be restored and converted
into a memorial shrine.
Papers conveying the property to
May Field Lanier and Ethel Arnes,
representatives of the William AleXan-
der, Jr., Chapter. United Daughters of
the Confederacy. Of Greenwich. Conn,
were signed Saturday by Charles E.
and Clara E. Stuart in the massive
colonial mansion on the Potomac River
just few miles below Wakefield. where
George Washington first saw light of
day
A price close to $250,OOO was paid for
Stratford Hall and all except 60 acres
of the 1922 acres embraced in the
original Lee plantation. An additional
S133500 will be spent in restoring the
grounds and buildings, according to
present plans, which contemplate max
ing the place the National U. D. c.
headquarters as well as mecca for
lovers of the historic.
u. ID. c. Convention Authorized
Purchase.
Henry Latane Lewis, Washington
realtor, handled the negotiations lead
ing to the passing of the estate from
private to semi-public hands The
purchase of the property was authorized
by the national convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
last year, but the details of the matter
were left in the hands of the Connecti-
cut chapter which rivived a suggestion
made in 1870 by Sydney Lanier the
noted Georgia poet. that the property
be purchased and preserved. Mrs
Lanier is the daughter n-law of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

purchase of additional space upon
which to erect the new building.
Mrs. Charles E. Roach was elected
president: Miss Ruth Shoemaker, first
vice president Mrs. Edward A. Mer-
rift, second vice president; Mrs. E.
Brooke Lee, third vice president; Mrs.
Preston B. Ray. fourth vice president;
Miss Laura Gilliland, fifth vice preSi-
dent; Mrs. Clagett c. Hilton. sixth vice
president; Mrs. Edward L. Pugh. SevA
enth vice president; Mrs. Emory H. Bog
ley, recording secretary; Miss Jean
Skinner, corresponding secretary: Mrs.
Walter E. Perry. treasurer; Miss Naomi
Bogley, chairman of the program COM
mittee; Mrs. Robert Saunders and Mrs
Charles Woodward, joint chairmen of
the membership committee: Mrs. George
Edmonds and Mrs. Richard Waters,
joint chairmen of the legislative COM
mittee; Mrs. Joseph N. Starke and Mrs
r. Shaw, joint chairmen of the pub
licity committee; Mrs. Rudolph j. Bog
ley, parliamentarian, and Mrs. William
n. Brooks. auditor and Mrs w. Ernest
Offutt, editor of the club organ, with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
BAUGHMAN AGAIN
TO HEAD COM MISSION
State Automobile Official Decided
Upon for Another Term, Says
Maryland Governor.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 21.-Col e.
Austin Baughman will be reappointed
State automobile commissioner, Gov.
Ritchie announced late yesterday.
Baughman has been automobile COM
missioner for Is years, having been ap-
pointed when the motor vehicles de-
partment was first organized.
A fight against Baughman was just
being organized. and action by Gov.
Ritcl1ie was not expected for at least
a month.
The first steps toward opposing
Baughman were made recently by Off
Gals of the Automobile Club. Although
there was much feeling against Baugh-
man, no candidate for the place had
been definitely decided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON, Va, January 21-R. E.
Martin was fined SLABS in Arlington
County Police Court today on charge
of reckless driving.
1t was testified that he attempted to
drive around another machine occu-
pied by Policeman James D. East of
the Arlington County force on Wilson
boulevard. A machine was approaching
in the opposite direction and Martin was
forced too closely in front of the police
mans car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
FALLS CHURCH COUNCIL
CONTEST is POSTPONED
Hearing in Two Quo Warranto Suits
Set by Judge Howard Smith
for Friday Morning.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, January 2l.-Judge
Howard Smith today postponed until
Friday at 10 am. the hearing on two
quo warranto suits involving council
manic elections in Falls Church. Motion
for the postponement was made by At
torney Amos CrounSe.
The suits were brought by L. F..
Daniel against Milton Roberts, council
man of the third ward, and r. E. Ken
drick, against Phillip Talbot. second
ward councilman, contesting the election
of last June, when Daniel was defeated
and Kendrick retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
INDORSE BOND ISSUE
Montgomery County Organization
Favors Additional 100000
for Courthouse.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
BETHESDA, Md, January 21.-
Authorization of 100000 additional
bonds for the proposed courthouse and
site of Montgomery County at Rock
vile was Endorsed by the Women s
Democratic Club of Montgomery County
at meeting in the hearing room of the
County Building here today. 1t was
desired that $15O.0O0 be raised in addi-
ton to the $2500O0 already authorized
for the courthouse and S15O,000 for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
Woman Voters to Meet.
,cial Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, January 2l.-The
annual meeting of the Organized
Women Voters of Arlington County is
announced for Wednesday noon in the
basement of the Central Methodist
Episcopal Church here. A business ses-
sion, to include the election of officers
for the year, will follow luncheon to
be served by members of the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
Rites for Potomac Woman.

Special Dispatch to The Star
POTOMAC. Va, January 21.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Corinne Cheeke. %
years old. who died Saturday at the
Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, will be held tonight at z
O'Clock from the Cunningham. Kennedy
& Watkins funeral home in Alexandria.
The body will be sent to Delaplane, Va.
Mrs. Cheeke made her home with her
husband. Raymond Cheeke, at 429 Cliff
ford avenue. Besides the husband,
three children survive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
ESTES HEARING RESET.
Accident Victim Still Unable to
Appear in Arlington County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLARENDON, Va, January 21.-A
hearing scheduled for today in the case
of Norwood Estes II years old, of Balls
ton, driver of an automobile that struck
and killed Mrs. Frances Bowbeer, II
years Old of Clarendon, January 8, was
continued today until January 26.
The reason for the continuance was
given as the fact that Miss Pauline
Newton, companion. has not suffi-
GENTLY recovered from her injuries
sustained in the same accident to ap-
pear in court The two women and
James Searle were struck as they
alighted from bus at Boulevard and
Milton avenues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
SIX CHILDREN BURNED
In VIRGINIA HOME
Parents of Colored Family Barely
Escape, Saving Three-One, Crit
ical, Sent to Hospital.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CULPEPER, Va, January 21.-SiX
children, ranging in ages from 3 to II
years, were burned to death when a
lamp exploded about IL o'clock last
night, setting fire the home of Robert
White, colored farmer, near White
Shop, this county.
The fire originated in the bedroom of
the parents, who were able to escape
in their night clothes, with three of
the younger children.
Four other children and two grand
children, sleeping in rooms on the
second floor, were cut off by the flames.
Elizabeth, aged 10. plunged down the
stairs through the fire and was burned
so badly she was sent to University
Hospital in critical condition. Mem
bers of the American Legion and 9TH
er associations are sponsoring a relief
fund for the afflicted family, now con-
sisting of father, mother and three
children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

Autoists of Adds Ababa, Ethiopia,
city Of 10000 population, are protest.
ing against the number of boulders in
many of the city streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
Accused Slayer Extradited.

ALBANY. N. Y. January 81 tP.-The
extradition requisition Of the State Of
Colorado for Whitley Walker. under
arrest at Buffalo and wanted for MUIR
der in connection with bank hold-up,
was granted today by Gov. Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21
Mothers-Try Mild
Children's MusteroIe

OF course, you know good old
Musterole; how quickly, how easily
it relieves chest colds, sore throat,
rheumatic and neuralgia pain, sore
Joints and muscles, stiff neck and
lumbago.
We also want you to know
CHILDREN'S STEROLE-
Musterole in milder form. Unex-
celled for relief of croupy coughs
and colds; it penetrateS, sootheS
and relieves without the blister of
the old-fashioned mustard plaster.
Keep jar handy. 1t comes ready
to apply instantly, without fuss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-21

Miss Lawrence Allnutt and Mrs. Emory
H. Bogley. assistant editors.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
IN XaRcV MN

Who has not had the disappoint-
ment of tuning-in, anticipating a
long evening at the radio, only to
find tube trouble" had mysteriously
introduced itself?
One regrettable feature of the
old-style tubes has always been
their fragility. If you have ever
examined them carefully you have
doubtless found the almost invis-
ible wires arranged much like those
in an electric light Dulb-a construc-
ton so delicate that very slight
jar could cause damage to the tiny
elements attached to the two-pillar
center brace.
Now the screen grid tube made by
one company has met this difficulty
by using four-pillar tube with the
tiny supporting wires anchored at
the top by a stiff mica plate. This
holds the elements rigidly in place,
% that they cannot be distorted by
the jolts and jars of shipment or by
necessary handling.
Another nice Improvement is what
might be called "two-unit construc-
tion"-whereby the power plant is
mounted on a separate stage from
the remaining tubes so that in case
of trouble the one unit can be de-
mounted and serviced independent
ly of the other.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
HOW BEAUTY AIDED
THE DISCOVERY OF
AMERICA

Of course beauty has been long
recognized as very important in the
lives Of women. But, / feel that it
has never been given sufficient cred
it in the way of world history. How
many of you realize, | wonder, the
part that beauty culture played in
Columbus voyage of discovery
Straight through the middle of the
fifteenth century, beauty was in its
hcydey. The demand for perfumes,
cosmetics and beauty aids was ire
mendous. The home of these drugs
was India, considered very far off
at the time. Pirates were then
dotting high seas, particularly on
the route to India, and, for many
nations it was precarious matter
to pursue the trades. OF course
Columbus had no idca of the vast
worlds that re was to uncover, but
he did want to find a shorter and
safer route to India so that the
drugs and spices so necessary to
human life at that time could be
more easily acquired. Q
1t is already part OF history that
Columbus received very little SYM
pathy from the men he approached.
1t should be enlightening that Isa-
belle, Queen of Spain, was the first
to appreciate the desire of this truly
great man. Of course, Isabelle may
have sheen inspired by a desire to
bring honor upon the country of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26

which she was queen; but I think
we are justified in suspecting that
this question of personal beautihca-
ton made her more willing than
ever to aid the great adventurer.
One has only to consider vol
ume which depicts the life of those
days to bear out my statement that
beauty was in its heydey. Hours
and hours were spent gazing into
the mirror, the while milady ap-
piled the best beauty aids known
at the times. Perfume, because of
the great demand for 1t, became one
of the greatest industries of Italy
and France. Hair dyes, lip tints,
special soaps for the hair and body
were part of the dressing table ae-
cessories of every woman, and some
very elegant royal ladies even in
dulged IN milk baths. !
Of course, most of my readers al
ready know of the famous Ponce d
Leon who went in search of the
magic fountain which would give
eternal life. Although our modern
age is very skeptical one, I some
times wonder whether even today
one could not start pilgrimage to
such fountain If rumor had il tnat
one existed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
}DENVbj2G7 trl4d- CARE CARE
! xYkNA% .Azr ARTHUR S0NERS RoC$tE
Tf1 NNzzI&lZzusTRATED 81 DONALD RJLEs
I'D 81 DONALD RgLES1"

eyes off her.
The air was rent with shrieks and
cheers. Quite evidently many OF the
women standing waist-deep in the
water had certain cavaliers whom they
preferred to be the ones to place the
girdles of temporary partnership upon
their limbs, for they clapped their
hands and cried certain names. Lee
son, dropping at once into the crawl,
in a side glance took in the fact that
Stevens was at his right, trilie TO
the rear. He felt an eXultation at the
little triumph. He'd show this hulk
A hand clutchcd at his ankle; he
went under, strangling, unprepared I'r
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26

laughed. lord, no! Went as enter
tainer: d. Sang :. danced: Heaven
knows where she picked it all up,
Turned down all sorts of offers Tor
musical comedy since. Got nearer the
front than any American woman.
Gassed in a sudden attack, was given
the right by Pershing to wear wound
stripe. Don't tell me you've never
heard of her y
"Ot course I have" said Len.
"Only, I didn't recognize her..
"Well, you must have felt the eve.
ning's hate directed at you'll" laughed
the other. Every man here has been
dying of jealousy. You must have a
drag with the Ciarys, to be placed
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
Hungarian Soup

Boil a large chicken in 3 quarts
water; season with salt, sage and
pepper; add onion chopped and
cooked until tender. Remove chick
en-, chop it fine, then add to soup
with the yolks of well-beaten eggs.
When very hot, sprinkle with chop
ped parsley. Serve at once.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
Coffee Sponge

Dissole 2 tbls. lemoa-havorcd gel
attn in Il cup boiling water, and add
to 2 cups strong black coffee, boil
ing hot; then add 2/3 cup sugar
When cool and beginning to thick
en-, beat with rotary egg beater until
quite stiff. Add whites of 8 eggs,
beaten stiff, or ~ cups stiff whip
ped cream, and continue beating
until mixture will hold its shapc-
Turn into mold, chill, thoroughly,
remove and serve with thin cream
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-10-26
Washing Wool Sweaters

To wash brushed wool garments.
make foamy suds of pure soap fakes
and lukewarm water. Put garments
in and squeeze with the hands, but
do not rub or wiring. Rinse in sew
eral waters. the last slightly soapy.
Dry on a folded blanket spread fat
on a table, shaping the garments
dry,