Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-10-28

Mcssers Editors The people of Ooo-
nec have determined, by their ballots, who
shall be our future Legislators and County
officer. Politically, we arc safe. Ourag.
ricultural interests are receiving more often.
tion, our farmers arc getting on better, now,
than they have ever done before Our pop
ulation, to speak in round numbers, has ia.
creased within the past ten years i've thous
and. Tho health of tho County is good,
and relisiously,we are getting on very well.
Now while all this is true we have good rea
sous to feel cheer uI /; we must have cduca
ton moro generally difusrd, in order to
make better heudway. A high order of
education is essential to our temporal i'm
provement. We have two good Colleges
in Walhalla, but while this is the case, our
educational interests are suffering more til an
anything else. We arc getting behind all
the other counties in education. Of all our
our interests, our educational interests are
the most Important and vital, and they are
more ne1rly connected with our material
prosperity than all the others put together,
and they arc receiving too little attention
a majority, at any rate, wi say, large
number Of our people, appear to have lost
all interest in education, and consequently
stock in it is fur below par. The interest
that is shown is passive, when it should be
active Many profess to see tho true con
dition of things, but they will not give their
time and energy to the work. The con-
dltion of our county educationally, must be
improved, and That too at no distant day.
L have made it my business to make nqui-
rlcs in regard to the condition Of the schools
IN various portions Of the county, and l
found tho reports very discouraging. I
made these enquiries during the month of
September. North of WalhalIa, schcols
may have been in operation, but l only
found one, taught by Mr. Petty. On Brass.
torn Creek [ only found one school iu ope
ration, and that was at the mouth of the
creek on Tugaloo river,ot Mr.. Boatwrght's,
apd this school was soon to close. Mr.. B.
informed, that it was very hard matter to
keep school running there In Mr.. Sam
uel Ramsay's ncighborhood, there was no
school aud no prospect, he informed me, of
getting one soon. Still lower down Tuga-
loo river found no schools. In the South
ern portion of the county, not one, with the
exception of the Fair Play High School,
which had only suspended for short while.
At Centre, there has been no school in ope.
ration since, think, February last. The
school near Townvillo has been closed for
some time, but hear it is to open again
5000. South UDion school has not been in
operation for some little time, owing to the
resignation of the teacher and the trustees
falling to procure tho services of another
teacher, but it, too, will again soon open.
Westminster has been part of tho year
without teacher. Seneca City has good
school presided over by Prof. Moore, and
there is good school at High Falls, under
Prof. Jno 0. Hicks. If there arc or were
any other schools running, have not been
able to discover them. Let US take it for
granted that there we're. | want to believe
it at any rate, for tho record is already bad
enough and do not waat TO add one iota to
it. that would make it any worse,
The childron of tho county cannot bo cd
ucatcd without schools, and tho result of it
is, that tho ohldron are tho sufferers. They