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Thursday, February 20, 1930
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Teachers, Pupils
To Enter Contest
On Street Safety
Essay And Lesson Contests For
Elementary Schools Announced
Students and Teachers Ex
pected to Participate. 422
Essayists Will Receive
Cash Awards and Medals
Writers of Three Best
Lessons To Be Given
Checks
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. II —
Stressing the need on the part of
school children to set a good ex
ample in safety on the nation’s
highways, Thos. H. MacDonald,
chairman of the Highway Educa
tion Board, Washington, D. C., and
Chief of the United States Bureau
of Public Roads, today announced
completion of the plans for the
ninth annual street and highway
safety campaign for elementary
school children and teachers
throughout the United States. This
campaign, consisting of two con
tests, one for children, the other
for teachers, is conducted by the
Board in co-operation with State,
county and municipal educational
authorities.
The one contest, open to all ele
mentary school pupils of the fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades,
14 years of age and under, is for
the best essays on the subject:
■“What I am Doing to Set a Good
Example in Safety on the High
ways,” while the other, open to all
elementary school teachers, is for
the best lessons on the subject:
‘‘Teaching the Essentials of Street
and Highway Safety.” The two
contests are conducted simultane
ously in the schools of the country.
Both state and national prizes
will be awarded, and one pupil and
one teacher, first national win
ners in their respective contests,
will be brought to Washington as
guests of the Highway Education
Board for a week. While in Wash
ington they also will be presented
with their national prizes.
A total of $6,500 in cash prizes
and medals is offered to winning
contestants, the prizes being do
nated by the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. In the
contest for pupils, 442 medals and
the same number of cash prizes
are awarded, in addition to three
national prizes. In the contest
for teachers there are no state
prizes, but three national prizes
are given. The teacher writing
the best lesson on street and high
way safety receives a cash prize of
$500 and a trip to Washington
with all expenses paid. That
teacher writing the second best
lesson receives a check for $300,
while the third best lesson is
awarded a prize of $200.
Gold, silver, and bronze medals
are awarded to first, second and
third prize winners of each state
in the contest for school children,
in addition to checks for $15, $10,
and $5 respectively. Each state
has one first and one second prize
winner, while the number of third
prizes depends upon the number
of elementary school children en
rolled. Thus Nevada and several
other states, where the number of
elementary school children is com
paratively small, are awarded but
one third prize, while Pennsyl
vania is allotted 23 and New York
25.
Following the selection of the
best papers from each of the 54
states and territories, the essays
and the lessons are entered in
competition for the national prizes.
These paners are passed upon by
a committee of three judges gen
erally representing the field of
education, literature and business.
First prize winner in the national
contest for pupils in addition to
being brought to Washington as
the guest of the Board, is present
ed with a gold watch while in the
National Capitol. Second and
third prize winners in the essay
contest receive gold watches.
The date on which essays and
lessons must be handed to the
school principal is May 9. Essays
must be not more than 500 words
in length and each contestant is
required to submit an illustration,
either original or clipped from a
magazine or newspaper, that is
pertinent to the question of safety
education. A selection from these
illustrations will be used by the
Board in preparing a safety poster
for the contest in 1931. Safety les
sons must be between 1,000 and 3,-
000 words and may take the form
which the teacher thinks best pre
sents the subject, such as a lec
ture, recritation, game or drama.
These contests have been con
ducted by the Highway Education
Board during the past nine years
-and each year has seen an in
crease in the number of particip-
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All these added improvements
—yet prices greatly reduced 2
The new Chevrolet Six is enjoying the
greatest public reception ever given a
Chevrolet car. For it offers scores of
new improvements and refinements
that make it a finer car in every way.
Yet it sells at greatly reduced prices!
Consider a few of the extra-value
features that Chevrolet has incorpo
rated in this greatest of all Chevrolets
—a smoother, flashier six-cylinder
valve-in-head motor, with its capacity
increased to 50 horsepower!
—a stronger, more durable rear axle,
with increased gear ratio!
four Lovejoy hydraulic shock
absorbers—assuring a smooth, even,
comfortable ride over any road!
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The ROADSTER
The PHAETON
The SPORT ROADSTER
The COACH
The COUPE -
—weather-proof internal-expanding
four-wheel brakes, with front and rear
drums tightly enclosed!
—larger full-balloon tires, a new clutch
and a stronger transmission!
—quieter, stronger, more beautiful
Fisher bodies—withricherupholsteries,
more distinctive colors, and wider,
deeper seats!
Every factor has been considered that
would add to the safety, comfort and
convenience of the Chevrolet owner.
Come in today. See this greatest of all
Chevrolets! Check over its new features.
Drive it. You’ll find quality you never
thought possible—at such greatly
reduced prices!
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McCormick, S. C.
A SIX IN THE PRICE RANGE OF THE FOUR
ants. Last year the number taking
part totalled almost 600,000 pupils
and 100,000 teachers, and this
year an even greater number is
expected to enter.
The best papers for each state
are selected by a state committee,
as a role named by the State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction.
After the selection of the prize
winning essays from each state or
territory, these papers, with the
best lessons, are forwarded to
Washington where those entered
in the national contests are typed
and numbered and submitted to
the national judges without any
indication as to authorship.
Clubsters Earn
And Learn
Farm Roads Needed
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CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 18.-
The 5,266 demonstrations conduct
ed by 4,846 members of boys’ 4-H gets will allow,
agricultural clubs in South Caro
lina in 1929 constituted a most im
portant phase of earning and
learning in progressive agricul
ture under the direction of the
Extension Service. A total of 2,-
551 records turned in by club mem
bers to the office of B. O. Williams,
state boys’ club agent, showed a
total value of $186,781.09, of which
$91,808.04 was profit.
A practical method of “farm re-
| lief” is for every state to adopt a
program of building farm-to-mar-
ket roads as rapidly as their bud-
In the past the city dweller has
received most of the advantages
accruing from the building of
highways. The farmer, though one
of our foremost taxpayers and
producers, has not been given his
shart of improved roads.
Social and commercial contact
with the outside world, through
the medium of low cost, hard-sur
faced highways, makes for more
The New Tax Giant
This profit of practically 50 per, progressive and prosperous agri-
cent is in itself an excellent ac- ! culture.
Ten years ago, in Oregon, a tax
of one cent a gallon was levied
against gasoline. Now every state
imposes a tax, ranging from two
to sLx cents. The average is about
four cents. It has been estimated
that this tax will aggregate, dur
ing 1930, the gigantic sum of
$400,000,000.
When the gas tax is kept with
in reason it has certain innate ad
vantages. It is a “painless” tax,
levied little by little during the
course of a year’s driving. When
it amounts to only one or tw r o
cents per gallon, it is scarcely felt
by the, motorist, yet it provides
vast funds for the building and
maintenance of roads.
Unfortunately, the tax continues
to grow and is becoming a tax
giant.
There are signs that the public
is stirring to revolt against exces
sive gasoline taxation. The auto
mobile has become too necessary
to our social and industrial life
to allow its use to be curtailed by
over-taxation.
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Our grandfathers would have
had to spend $450 for candles to
get illumination equivalent to elec
tric light purchased today for only
$2.10, according to statement by
Illuminating Engineering Society.
complishment, but more important
still' is the training of head, hand.
So long as millions of American
farmers are kept from their mar-
heart, and health constituting the | kets during many months of the
4-H purpose of club work, and thus year, by unimproved roads, there
enabling the boys besides making i will be a serious farm problem. It
some money to learn modern i is the duty of every state to give
methods of agriculture, co-opera- agricultural districts roads which
tion through organized group ac- j are practical for travel all the
tivities, and incidentally to take year round,
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Dowtin H, D.
Club Organized
Mrs. Nell Stallworth, Home
Demonstration Agent, and Miss
Minnie M. Floyd, State Nutrition
Specialist, met with the women of
the community at Mrs. Kennedy
Dowtin’s February 6th, and organ
ized a Home Demonstration Club.
The project for the year will be
Food Preparations. Miss Floyd
gave a very instructive talk on
nutrition and its relation to
health.
The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Kennedy
Dowtin; Vice-president, Mrs. P. W.
Roper; Secretary, Mrs. P. J. Dow
tin.
Club meetings will be held the
second Thursday in each month.
It is hoped that all women of the
community will join the club and
take an active part. The March
meeting will be held at Mrs. R. L.
Dowtin’s.
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Furthering The
Cause Of Safety
The Leaders
Of Tomorrow
Yes, who are the leaders of to
morrow? Young men, you and I
are th§ leaders of tomorrow.
Young man upon your shoulders
and mine rests the tremendous
task of leading the affairs of this
old time worn world of tomorrow
to victory. It depends upon you
and I as to whether tomorrow will
be a success or a failure. Which
are you going to make it?
Am I equipping myself in a
manner that will make my leader
ship a success? Young man,
have you asked yourself that ques
tion? If you have I trust that you
have found your answer and have
made your decision. If you have
not I think it is time that you
should; for “time and tide wait
for no man.” Time passes swiftly;
when your turn as leader comes
are you going to be ready to take
j the wheel and pilot the ship on to
! glory or are you going to continue
in your course of pleasure and in-
i difference and when the time
comes, miss your opportunity?
Young man the problems begun
by the leaders of today will be
left for us to complete. If we do
not take these problems seriously
in hand and equip ourselves suf
ficiently to solve them our lives
shall be a total failure. God put
us on earth to be fruitful and to
work towards righteous ends.
What are we going to do? Are we
going to perform the task put be
fore us or are we going to have
cold feet and quit? If you have
decided to perform your allotted
task, you are on the safe track of
success and your destination will
be glory. But if you have decided
to shirk the fight and let the oth
er fellow do your fighting for you,
you are on the dangerous track of
failure and your destination * is
sure to be destruction.
In conclusion, may I impress up
on your mind and mine the tre
mendous need of tomorrow for
good, sound minded, upright lead
ers. Let me also impress the un
measurable responsibility that will
be thrust upon our shoulders.
When tomorrow comes are we go
ing to measure up to the stand
ard of excellency or are we going
to be found wanting.
JOE S. DUKES, JR.
Citadel College,
Charleston, S. C.
Little Talk On Thrift
ful recreation.
With the season for organizing
4-H clubs for 1930 at hand, Mr.
Williams and his assistant, Dan
Lewis, expect thousands of other
farm boys to join the procession
within the next 60 days. They
point out that in order to partici
pate in 4-H club work, which is a
Paraffining the sections makes
comb honey more attractive to the
consumer, and this practice should
be followed by beekeepers more
generally, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture says. It prevents the
bees from smearing propolis, - or
bee-glue, over the tops of the sec
tions, and keeps the sections from
voluntary organization, a boy must becoming dirty and discolored,
be 10 to 18 years old, must conduct; paraffin of the best grade and
a crop or livestock demonstration highest melting point should be
under the supervision of his coun- • used. A smooth, thin coat of par
ty farm agent, keep a record of his ; a ffin, heated to about 185 degrees
activities, attend club meetings, Fahrenheit, should be applied with
read and follow instructions, and a varnish brush to the tops of the
otherwise apply himself toward ef- sections after they are in the sup-
ficient results. Any farm boy in ers an( j before they are given to
South Carolina is eligible under the bees. Don’t work the brush
these conditions to enroll under back and forth, but give it only
the leadership of his county farm one sweep down, holding the sup-
agent. ers tilted up to an angle of 45 de-
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grees.
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When the head and heart can’t
agree, they ought to compromise Department of Agriculture esti-
on the hands and arms and go to mates world’s beet sugar crop for
work. 1929 at 9,866,000 tons.
Evidence of the manner in which
the automobile manufacturer is
furthering the cause of safety by
eliminating the hazard of mech
anical mishaps is shown by the
many safety features incorporated
in the 1930 Chevrolet.
Notable among the safety devic
es in the car are the Chevrolet-
designed internal brakes which are
new in their field. Many a motor
ist has had the unnerving experi
ence of descending a long moun
tain grade to find his brakes be
coming less effective the farther
he descends—a failure known
technically . as “fadeout” and due
to heat generated between the
brake shoe and drum which warps
the shoe and lessens the contact
of the brake lining with the drum.
The hotter the brakes got, the less
efficient they became.
Tests on the General Motors
Proving Ground show that fade-
out has been eliminated in the
new Chevrolet brake by a method
of construction known as the “art
iculated shoe type,” which com
pensates for heat distortion, and
assures uniform braking facilities
under all conditions of tempera
ture. The wear on the brake lin
ing also is uniform, and assures
far greater service out of a set of
linings than the old type brakes.
Test Chevrolets on the proving
ground have obtained as high as
28,000 miles on a set of linings. It
is pointed out that the average
motorist will obtain considerably
greater mileage in view of the
severe driving to which test cars
are put. Further tests show' the
brake will stop a car traveling 30
miles per hour in two and two-
tenths seconds within a distance
•of 48 feet.
The brakes are internal expand
ing all around, operating with
equal efficiency on all four wheels.
The parking brake is separate and
operates on the rear drum. Ad
justments are easily accessible
without the removel of any plates.
Another safety feature of the
new Chevrolet is the non-glare
windshield on the new Fisher bod
ies. By the simple expedient of
tilting the windshield slightly in
ward, instead of mounting it vert
ically, the reflected light of an ap
proaching or following headlamp
is deflected downward away from
the driver’s eyes. The twin-beam
headlights, which enable the driv
er to throw the light on the road
out of the eyes of an approaching
driver, are a further Chevrolet
contribution to the greater safety
of the highways.
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Although the rat, mankind’s
greatest enemy in the animal
world, is probably decreasing in
numbers, farmers and others
troubled with these pests should
not let up on preventive measures.
New buildings should be made rat-
proof. Close all openings through
which rats can enter. Remove all
shelter for rats. Dispose prompt- \ capably managed.
(By S. W. Straus, President Ameri
can Society for Thrift.)
PERSONAL BUDGET ONE OF
GREAT HELPS TO THRIFTY
A man who is often referred to
as a business genius recently said:
“Early in life, when a boy, I form
ed a habit of jotting down a rec
ord of every penny I spent. This
taught me the value of system and
frugality. I Soon found myself
able to save a little money. As I
grew, I developed habits of gener
al thrift from this simple begin
ning, and, with a small amount of
capital thus available when I
reached the age of maturity, I was
able to take advantage of oppor
tunities that led to subsequent
success.” Many other men who
have achieved great success in the
business world could give similar
testimony.
One of the first essentials in
making plans is to keep a budget.
This may seem a trivial matter yet
it is the only method by which any
person can plan his financial af
fairs scientifically or develop
greater efficiency in personal
economics.
The value of budget keeping is
especially applicable to the young,
for the habit thus formed early in
life is quite apt to be carried along
as a permanent routine.
Every business concern keeps a
strict account of every penny re
ceived and spent, and a business
which transacted its affairs in any
other manner would be most in
ly of all garbage, trash, and waste
on which rats feed. Destroy the
rats with poison bait or traps.
Fumigate rat burrows and hiding
places with poisonous gases. A
small dog trained to hunt rats will
often keep down their numbers.
Note neighborhood sources of rats,
enlist community co-operation for
their removal, and work for prac
tical rat-control ordinances in cit
ies and towns.
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In 1929, average movement per
freight train per hour exceeded all
previous records.
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After the word “hunch” gets an
education, it ceases to be that and
becomes an intuition.
If you are endeavoring to get
ahead in the world and be prepar
ed for the rainy days that come
into all lives, adopt first of all the
rule of keeping an accurate daily
record of your expenses. You will
find that by the adoption of this
system your progress in thrift will
be made doubly easy and you will
soon be surprised at the difference
*:hese well-ordered practices make
in the amount of your savings.
“Working without a plan is sail
ing without a compass,” says the
old proverb and it can well be ap
plied to the administration of
one’s personal affairs.
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American farmers buy 700,00$
heating stoves yearly.