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' PKIZK> I5KST ESSAY L ON (;<><$? 110 VT>S ; Director Pace of federal Good Roads Department tyants Ideas From School Children. / In order to secure^'possibly some good suggestions fjrom observations of young minds, Director Logan Waller Page, of the Unjfted States department of good roa/ds, has announced that medals will Me awarded the three young people living in tfce rural districts who wrii/e the three best essays on the re/pair and maintenance of earth roads1 The last date on which the essays may be submitted is March 2, 19 v4. Copies ^Jsf'Mr. Page's announcement give me/conditions 01 me cutest, follows: _,--T'he subject of the essay will be ^-'''"The Repair and Keeping Up of Earth Roads." It is open only to children from 10 to 1-"' y*>rrs, inclusive who ire tually living on farms and who are actually attending some school. The essay should be not more? than 800 words in longtfh, in the handwriting of the child, and should be written on only one side of the paper. In the uBper left hand corner of the first ?age should appear the following siaremfnt: "Essay on Earth Roads by (name of child, age of child, actual residence of child, school attended by cTaild) Children wishing to enter this contest may ask the advice of their parents, teachers, neighbors, highway commissioners and other people, and read books or magazines giving information about the subject. They must not give the information they gain in this wiy in the exact words of an ?iiblt or the author of a book, j They must express the ideas in their , own language. They will not be ex-! pected to use technical terms and any j words that make the meaning clear , will be acceptable. 3fedals Are Offered. The essays will be rated by an im- J partial committee according to the i understanding of tfte subject shown j by the child and according to the pen- j manship, English and spelling. The j writer of the best essay will receive , a gold medal, the writer of the next j best essay a silver medal, and the writer of the third best essay a silver medal. All essays should be plainly ad i wSX eSISf roSSs One Carl< I Mill \ HH ^|| / -v..y>c tk ' . ' :'r :"..' '.> \ I c PRO! I dressed, in an envelope stamped with a --cent stamp, to: "Committee on f Children's Road Essay Contest, Office < of Public Roads, 1*. S. Department of ; Agriculture. Washington. D. C.," and < should be mailed to reach that office i i not later than 9 a. m. on Monday, < March 2, 1914. j< Children who have already sub- , t occ9rc in rhat contest which < V ^ ' i was originally announced to close Oc- ! { tober 15, may, if they wish, submit a 1 second essay. ] As a help to children, the sugges- i tions given below are made. Children i need not follow these suggestions ab- 1 solutelv. They must not submit es- j says in the form of direct answers to i these questions. They must not quote any of the following material word i for word. i Good Roads and Bad. "To the children: In getting facts < to write your essays for the prize | contest on the repair and maintenance I ] nf earth roads, use your eyes. Look j \ at a bad piece of road and a good ! piece of road when both are dry. |: Study, particularly, tfce ruts and holes 1, and uneven places in the road to see 1 j whether they make it easier or hard- I j er for the wheels of a loaded wagon . to go along. Study the kind of foot- i ing that the two roads give to the ! horses. j? "Now study the same stretches of j' road after a good rainstorm. You will < see tliat one road holds small puddles j i or pools of water that keep the road j < soft and so allow it to be cut up by ji the wheels of the wagons and the j hoofs of the horses. How do road- j i builders keep water from gathering : on tine traveled way of a road? ? Should the road slope to the side j ditches? How much higher should the : centre, or crown^ of the road be than the outside edges of the road? Why [ do good ditches at the.side of the road help make the centre of the road better for hauling? What happens when ditches get full of rubbish or weeds? When a ditch along a road holds water or collects it into pools, how does this injure the road? Dra# on Kartli Koads. "Have you ever seen a home-made road drag? It is made by splitting in ' i two a log six or eight inches in thickness and about six or eight feet long. : The two halves of the log are set three feet apart with their smooth faces forward and upright. They are I fastened together with braces. A pair ! oi horses are hitched to a chain fast- j BBi jmk >ad Good 1 es Will An 3PERITY, neil to thr front half of tue log. Should th?\se logs bo drawn straight jown the road, or should it be dragged it a slant so that a little of the loose arth will slide toward the centre of he road? S.ould the dragging be started next, to the ditch, or at the :-entre of the road? Should you drag ;he whole road in one way, or drag sach half of it in an opposite direc;!on? Shoirtd the dragging be done ft'hen the road is dry, or after it '^as 'ained? A good strong pair of horses A-ith a well built drag can drag about :hree or four miles of road in a day. ^Vhat would it cost a farmer to drag :our miles of road? How would he t>e repaid for the cost of his labor? "Remember, children, you are not :o answer these questions as if you were answering an examination paper. fhint nhnut the answers 1 UU CL1 c. IV md ask people for information and svatch people actually working on roads, and ttoen write a composition Lhat will be just the same as if you were writing a letter to a friend, telling him, or her, how they made the earth road near you better, and kept it from getting full of holes, ruts and puddles." Buford-Wier. One of the most beautiful events ever seen here, occurrea on iasi Thursday evening, when the nuptials L->f Miss Carrie Lee But'ord and Mr. Samuel Laurcnce Wier were solemnized, in the presence of a large number Df friends and relatives at "The Oaks", the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Buford. Rev. W. R. Bouknigut officiated. The color scheme for the occasion was red and ?reen. The entire house was beautifully decorated in bells and holly. Promptly ,at half past seven, to the sweet strains of Mendelsohns wedding march, rendered by Miss Hattie May Buford, of Newberry, the bridal party entered in the following order: Miss Lucile Turner, of Greenwood, with Mr. John Bell, of Renno; Miss Sallie Bell Buford of XewberFy, with Mr Edgar Taylor of Renno, then came th( bride with the groom. The bridesmaids wore canary crepe-de-chine The bride was exquisitely gowned ir white crepe-de-chine, trimmed in rea lace and brilliants, made empire style with court train, while over all fell th< graceful folds of her bridal veil. Immediately after the ceremony a brilliant reception was tendered th( couple. In'the left parlor the brid< i.?gi ^ |?f ennessee rive I Jl * SE, s r ! i __ -OT8HET ^ iiiw i Capital St "TJie Banl :i I Wf\\ VI I v v * I its safety, the combi the stron rmintv. VVMXWJ it's safe. Life is balan bank. 4 ?|o I 1 and groom received the congratulations and good wishes of the guests. In the east room was a brilliant display of handsome, useful and ornamental presents. Never have we ! seen a more handsome display. | lA. delicious three course supper was J served by Misses Connie Shannon, ! Sarah Calfaoun, Cora Spoon, and Ruth ICleland. The bride never looked lovei j lier nor sweeter than on this occasion. I She is a woman of unusually atractive ; persoanalities and one who counts her friends in all parts of the State, as her sucessful school work in past always broadened her acquaintance and won the love and admiration of all pupils who attended her schools. The groom is a son of the late Dr. Tom Wier. He is a young man of ster! line: worth?and very popular in both I business and social circles. Among the visitors from a distance were Misses Mary and Sarah Calhoun, of Ninety Six. Messrs. W. M., Fair and Willie Buford, of Newberry. Misses Willie Mae and Connie Shannon, of Whitmire. Mr. Donald Drennan of Elberton, Ga., and Mr. 0. L. Turner of Greenwood. The following day the bridal party and immediate families were invited to Mrs. Lou B. Wier's, the ihome of the groom, where a sumptuous dinner was spread. ( | MISTRIAL IN SCHMIDT CASE, Jury Unable to Agree oil the Priest's Status.?Dismissed by Jud^e. New York, Dec. 30.?After deliberating 36 hours the jury trying the case of Hans Schmidt, former priest of St. Joseph's church, accused of the murder of Anna Aumuller, reported about 10 o'clock tonight that it could not reach an agreement and was dis-t j coargeu. The foreman of the jury reported to Judge Poster that there was no possibility of an agreement being reached, the last ballot taken being ? ecu&ti&'M tfiseftrat Tiro of tte juivw, :ock [ That Always Has T1 rTfsfME rnmm MMt ATCOUNT* Copynzht 1905. by C t.. Zimmenn** Co -? I money is safe ir i don't have to w< Allt* 1UI UCllill^ ined resources c gest financial r Put your mom t i easy sailing if you i ice in a savings acco on savings deposits. had stood out against conviction all j the time, said Foreman Ottinger. After thanking the jurors and free- j ing them from further service in connection with the case, Judge Foster directed that Schmidt be remanded to the Tombs. It was learned that two jurors who had failed to agree with the other ten were of the opinion that Schmidt was insane when he killed the woman with whose murder ihe is charged. The crime for which Hans Schmidt has been on trial is considered one of the most revolting in the history of this city. Early in September parts of a woman's body were found in the Hudson river. Schmidt, ar- J rested a few days later, admitted that on September 2 fhe had killed Anna Aumuller. He said he acted by divine command. The trial started December 8 and towards the last became largely a battle between alienists for the defense and the State. Gift From "Portland Jfedr Columbia, Dec. 27.?Governor Blease this morning received through the re-1 gular mails a Christmas present from "Santa Claus" in the shape of a pearlhandle knife witfn the latest and modern attachments. The package was said to have been postmarked from a little town above New York city, and the governor said that comparison .of the handwriting with letters in the governor's office lead him to the conclusion that the gift was from James JoCinson, alias "Portland Ned," the yegg whom the governor paroled and who escaped from the governor's office while a United States marshal was waiting in the outer of- j fice with a warrant for him. The gov- j ernor says that he is satisiied the pre- J J XT-J " ? I sent came rrom "\roruanu nwu, <a-s j tthe address on the package looks ex-, actly like the signature of "Portland" to letters which he wrote to the governor from the Sta^e penitentiary before be was peroleS. $50,000 le Money" ' * T i t I ^^bbi i our bank. arry about I bank are I f some of I nen in the <|M ey where ? ^ lave a good lint with our 1 ?f\ fa> ?' v ^ is Sickness A Sin 9 A sin of w" m Commission or a Sin of Omission? Or Botb? 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