Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-01-26
Schools.

We have on several occasions
heretofore, called the attention of
the people of Fayetteville, to our
Public Schools. And we have at
various times noticed a temporary
interest-an intermittent fever
on this subject, among our people.
That interest is again becoming
excited, and some of our people
are again agitating the subject, in
hopes of some permanent good.
Shall the interest be still of an
intermittent character, or shall we
really awake from our slmbers,
and go forth determined on sue
cess2 This is the question for
our people to consider now-and
it is useless waste of time and
money, if We are unwilling to
use enough of both to place our
schools on a strong and permanent
basis. AS inducements to 60 to
work, we will merely suggest at
present, some reasons why our
people should bestir themselves.
We think our locality should
induce something of concentra-
tion in our efforts to build up q
good school. Fayetteville is the
county, town and many are Obliged
to come here to attend to business.
1t is the seat of a rich and popu-
lous county furnishing a surplus
of every thing in the line of pro-
visions, and q very healthy place
indeed. We think Fayetteville
combines as many advantages as
will be found in most towns of
Middle Tennessee. But aside
from all other advantages it is oar
county town, and any advantages
it may enjoy will belong to us.
Most of our neighboring towns
have large and flou,ishing schools,
whose fame has gone abroad for
hundreds of miles. Why should
we not be in the situation? Or
rather aohy are zoe not IN tie same
situation? Because we have been
asleep to our duty and our inter.
est. It will not do to say our
eighboring towns have had more
wealth, for We all started about
the same way, and some have T0
such county as old Lincoln to
back them, and no county as better.
The towns may be ahead of Fay
etteville, but there is no neighbor-
boring county ahead Of old Lin
coin in true and substantial
wealth.
Again, a great many OF the
youths of Lincoln county, for
want of a good school at home,
are sent off to other places to- oh
tain an education. This should
never be permitted. 1t is not on
ly a heavy expense to the parent,
but it is an injury to the place,
because it sends so much money
to be spent elsewhere that ought
to be retained and circulated a.
mong ourselves. 1t is the same
thing the South has been guilty of
for SO many years-raising cotton
and sending it North TO be worked
and then buying it back at a
heavy profit.
And again when children are
sent off from under the parents
eye, they are apt to become lax
in their morals. Many poor pa
rent has worked hard and lived
hard, in order to give child eve
ry advantage and when after
spending the parents money, the
child returns home, it comes COM
pletely corrupt in mind and body,
and ruined for life. The parents
who read this we know would
gladly avoid these dangers, if they
could.
Once more, we wish to draw
to our Schools, hundreds of stu
dents from abroad. If we place
a school in Fayetteville upon a
high and permanent basis, why
should it not draw us many stu
dents from abroad u? No one can
be blind to the great advantage
of this. All of US know, that
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