The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-10
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NO was ClccCetl, ttIGllOtl5H tHoy NlSt !
not vote for him. They had sus-
taiuod him, and in two years much
-hnbrovement had been Effected in
-tM schQyts. The common school
is the great boon of tho country,
Private schools and universities are
for tho rich, but tho common
schools know no man and arc for
tho rich and poor alike, aifording an
equal chance for all. 1t has been |
OBJ jectod that giving good cduca-'
ton to q boy would take him from
tho plough. This is q mistake.
Education helps tho farmer and
dignifies labor, and no working man
is less useful because he has good
education. Mr.. Richardson alluded
to the establishment of a
graded school in NVinnsboro and
expressed n hope that tho
different schools in the county
would prepare children to enter tho
graded school and perfect their
education. A contral institution
has a good effect Oh the teachers
also, by making thom careful and
efficient by comparison. In con-
clusion he would say he had no
pocuniary interest in the office.
Nor was ho seeking it. But if the
people thought he could DO of
benefit he would serve. II they
preferred another person, not only
would ho acquiesco. but no would
heartily support tho nomination.
And he would always, whether
school commissioners or not, do
everything in his power to advance
education in Fairfield.
Aftor this dinner WAS announced,
and tho assemblago gathered round
Il long table groaning with cdiblcs.
1t is n matter of great regret that
want of spuco prevents us doing
full justice to it. Tho meats wcro
done to ~ II, tho hash was faultloss,
Dd tho swcctmcats furnished by
tho ladies wcro inimtablc. N our
boarding school days wo were
taught to "loavo nothing on our
plates, and an effort to obey this
rule on Saturday como near being
productive Of serious consequences.
We woro compelled to retire, loav-
ing trays and plates still f,lll.
Thoro was tho greatest abundance.
After dinner, Col. II. G.. Davis, in
response to calls, made few ro~
marks that woro loudly applauded.
Io said that tho hospitality of Bo;.r
Crock was proverbial, and that he
had como down for throo purposes
not to mako speech, to got a good
dinner and to 500 tho pretty women
Of Bear Creek. In tho two latter
no was abundantly gratiiiod. lie
advised tho selection of tho best
mon, and told an anccdoto Of q
sailor who on boing stopped in a
stage on the way to London, and
hearing "Your money or your
brains" said "Blow and be blamed,
for it's better to DO in London
without brains than without
money" In sending mon to tho
Legislature, however, wo must get
mon with brains, whether thoy havo
my money or not.
Col. B. e. Ellin then made n
capital speech to the young people
Oh tho future of tho State. He
advised them to stay ut homo and
not go west. Flo had seon many
sections and South Carolina was
the best Of all, for cotton, grain and
grasses, whom all things aro con-
sidorod. The young mon must go
to work and prepare for tho day
whom tho State will be turned over
into thoir hands. The bcst way to
secure immigration is by preventing
emigration. South Carolina had
called immigrants in one breath to
como hero to live, when in another
thoy proclaimed thai 10 ono could
1.-Two hero. This is all changed now
We have good government, anl
must dovolopo our resources.
After Col. ElkinEs speech, Mr.. Z.
7. Sigh declared the meeting adj
journod, and tho assembly dispersed,
tho young pcoplo betaking thcm~
selves to tho school house and