The second meeting of the William Byrd Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was held in the Woman's Club room of Highland Park on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Quinn, who was organizing a recent, is now regent of the chapter, and the following officers were appointed by her for the year: Mrs. J. C. Warrinor, vice-regent; Mrs. Gordon Woody, recording secretary; Mrs. Charles Garrett, assistant secretary; Mrs. W. Wirt Henry, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Giles C. Courtney, historian; Mrs. J. P. Fourqurean, treasurer; Mrs. Mitchell Lewis, registrar; Mrs. Frank F. Ronnie, chaplain. The meeting was made particularly interesting by accounts given of the National Congress of the Daughters, which has just concluded its sessions in Washington. The next meeting will be held May 22 in the Woman's Club room.

Farming in the City
How to Use Liquid Manure on the Garden
The question of fertilizer offers the amateur back-yard gardener his great problem, says a bulletin from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission. Stable manure is available in every city and town, and the gardener by practicing intensive methods in the use of manure can make a little of it do his pardon much good.
Street sweeping, as free as possible from trash and absolutely free from trash, is a problem that should be solved.  Oil dripped by automobiles, are valuable as garden fertilizer. Every community which has a street-cleaning system should see to it that these weepings without taint of oil are turned over to the home gardeners. Oil in these sweepings is injurious to gardens. 