The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-05-28
Carrick Academy.
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call tnc. alltllllbn VI our NOWlllS NNlllul
ties to the dcplorable condition Of Carrick
Academy, and to suggest the ~expedlcncy
of appropriating enough of the pablo
money to put Il new roof OH TINS Time
honored institution
The roof leaks badly. the piastcrinG Is
falling down, the floors are rotting ana
ruin Is inevitable unless something Is
done to protect the building,
Messrs. Clark and Bledsoe have recently
incurred an expense Of about nifty dol lars
in Dutting In window sash and window
panes. and they think that the county
should be willing to put a new roof on the
building and furnish 1t with the addition
al desks and benches which their growing
school demands.
The building in question cost 5000;
and of this amount $1,000 was subscribed
by the corporation of Winchester and
5000 by private individuals. These facts
show the high estimation in which a M
cral education was held by our people be-
fore the war.
Some OF sur county authorities seem to
think that the Academy benefits WincheS-
tcralonc. and that eur corporation should
keep the building in proper condition.
We do not admit that the benefit Is CON
fined TO Winchester. An institution of
the kind which we now have, stimulates
H. ,nn,o Of oGucotion throughout the
~ MANY Of the Young men who
" hss,o cdnS,trd here wifi probably
dnd if lie accordance with their inclina-
tions and THAR interest to engage in the
honorable profession of teaching, and each
Of thc Districts in the County, by proper
cxcrtior. might secure the services Of one
of the graduates Of our Academy. But
whether the Districts do so or not, many
Of n,,r ucoule In the country desire to give
their sons the advantages of n liberal edu-
cation. and the opportunity OF CRAFTY ing
Ills desire should be afforded them here.
WavianI trlls us, in his Political Econ
ON, which was published in 1897, that in
soma of the New England towns real es-
tntr doubled in value in a few years sim
ulv hpcausc of the moral and educational
advantages which they afforded. If these
couses produced this effect in New Eng
land. whv should they not produce the
same effect in Winchester? We have ed
ucntional facilities tor boys and girls
which are unsurpassed Dy any teWh III lhe
state. And statistics, it is said, show that
Tennessee is the hcalthiest State in the
world, and that Winchester, IN Franklin
County, is the healthiest part OF IenneS'
see, So that, in these respects, the adVah-
toprs we enjoy, and the advantages we
Offer to strangers, should induce many
nronle OF wealth and refinement to come
and settle amongst us. There is one point
however, in which, we apprehend, the
New England towns in question eNcellcc
ms. They, probably. had no tippling sa-
looms for the sale OF Intoxicating liquors
and therefore their moral atmo phere APP.
nrnrcd to be purcr and more attractive III
the ewes of strangers than that of Win
chester. But this disadvantage upon "ul
mart will possibly be removed by our mex
! Ie~islpture. and saloon-kceperS prohibited
from selling ANYTHING stronger than wine
ar hcer. When this is done. and the Dem
ocratic Party gets control of the Fedora
Government in 1876, we believe that Win
chester viii become the abode of wealth
and refinement; that real estate will riS'
in value; and that our happy and pros
ncrouS community, with its beautiful
scenery, 1lourishing schools, and hOspita
HE people, will present more attraction
than all the towns in New England eve
posscssed.
And VIII not our prosperity be an ad
yantavcsto the people in other PARIS Of tn
County? As our property increases |
value, will not we pay Il larger prop0rtlo
of the taxes for County purposes? a
our proportion OF lHlS IAN ll'''"'Un a.
not the proportion of the people in I'll
country decrease? And viii not the pre-
ducc OF the farmer find a better marE'
when we have plenty OF money 10 Wv
him in cXchanG" for it?
these suggestions illustrate inc iacI Ii'
: the people in town and the people in III
country have a vital interest i'll the pro-
ncritv Of each other, and therefore thu