The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-03-09
From ihc Home Circle.
OF CoKEsBURY, 8. C,
MANUAL-LABOR SCHOOL,
BY 4 srUDENr OF 1871 !"

OE VOhE06Uhy, 3. T., -
MANUAL-LABOR SCHOOL.
By AssruDEHr OF 1887.
The reader Of DIR. Olin's Life ii,uls lhut
he struck into that Southern life which de.
veoped him, at C"ke>bury. A Young man,
broken i'll health, without money or friends.
''e picked upa newspaper in Augusta,
Georgia. and guided 10y III ADVERTISEMENT
went 'oa little village in AbbeviIe Dis
trct. | 'lo not remcmb.r the u, ME i, hor.
th'n) t" apply fora place in the sehoul
As he approached. man in Ills
s!''rt>lceves WAS hewing logs. He was
one Of the trus!ees-Rev. James E. Glenn.
OIin WAS a skep'ic, but soonsbecame relig-
Gus, and then was licensed TO preach.
have been shown ,hesoll Church where
that hrilant '.nihs,s srial career began, and
even the old oak tree under which, it " ass {
said, the awakened sinner w:estiel for par
al6n. fs4
The school grew into a inanral- labor
institution, and WAS tker, lniler the patron
age of the South Carolina Conference. In
hon"r Of Coke and A>hurv. it was called
C"keshury. January, 1887. Witnessed
great coming in Of boys large and small, II,
C"ke>hury. From the upper and lower
dis'r'rlstl,ey came, and a few from over .he
Georgia line. The manual labor expert
mc"t WAS ''ew, AMI popular, as i, deserved to
he. 1t mixed physical with mental exercise
developed the muscles and the brain.
Pity il is,fslat such institutions have gone
out of vogue. They had but short
'un. Boys don't like to work :; and
wheniparents Consult them as to where they
shall ;go, ,'be sure that. after few trials Of
i:,when the 'frolic Of labor is worn of. boys
will mot choose manual labor schools.
Three hours every day of honest sweat aud
dust Kills off dan,!ysln the keen appetite
m"k"s plain'food>s;vUry and the ,i!tcrra
tion ofin'loor and out. of book and plough.
Keeps the faculties from stagnaiing. rs
pcc;ally for Southern boys were 'n,annaI-Ia
hor schools nee'lful. There is Il tendency in
slave toll to d"gralle labor in its popular
estimation. Even those sensible parents
who would 'raise their sons toirdlrstrious
l'nhtts, and scrurc for them that blessing,
mems sdnd IN corpore Sano. reluciaie to ex-
pose them to servile compari"nship in the
field. BY the manual labor schools, the
stigma Of toll was removed. for the sons of
rich and poor met in the same field. and
held rows together. But this feature in
C"kc<hurv, South Carolina, and Collins.
worth and 'Coringtnn. Georgia, and Emory.
Nirginia. hAss long ago ceased. speak of
'hos" s!'tvs when We read Cesar aud Virgil
In the morning and in the afternoon.
from two to five o'cl""k, mustered into
rank, with axes, rakrs. and handspikes, and
drove the team field. Those were good
days. wish that my boys might have
such. Bn, am getting along too fast.
Among The rest. - father from the low
country brought upt"o sons of twelve
and thirteen aud 4 half yeals old. and small
for their age. In the gig. he had one At
his side. .'she hair-,fh,'k strapped on behind
the other rode roam H-rtnr. nj an easy pace
Keeping up with his match, Whilcfuot, in
the shafts. Every stage Of that irip. al.
most every mile of it, do remember.
Rocks, wonderful things to 10y from the
sand regions ;some AS Zig as your Fl. t
others rs big rs your head.
Father, what are these 7 Are these the
things that make the mountains we see Oh
the maps T. es
Tint is what ain taking you to Cokes
hury 'fM my soneeto learn H'''abouEi,, and
the Ike '6f'i,..'
Higher up the county. the wonders grew.
A chesnu. ,eel, Hhe very ffee the delicious
mellow nuts grew on I Well. the Eldofa.
do must be near,
At Edgsfeld Court. House, thstaverg
keeper sliospd u. room which the'gteat
M'Ruffie occupied when reading law called
,M;Duffivs room. :, ais name was then, :xua
lslln6ag. after, AZ honsshold. word ias South
fGstolib& la6ays n1,pka kaeetgretsaon the sd-
vantaeeSf education, xhe prdht'6f kno%tl.
edge. the ,imporiag se,of itrrtoring early
opportunities, did }iiss rmdl roosa, and The
ln,ory Ssfffiassn who i,sd oaseAeen an obscu,
ressadsntin. n ssssf taf Us t.o alepg shs
f~ay IN alI and By. every 81 tifis'
iss.ep sss pied i; sbusei i'lssOa. S "a 1s
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