The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-04

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le general funds of the State. 1t is
lerefore no pauper to go begging from
,wn to city, and finally to be knocked
Ito the highest bidder.
With the $4,000 appropriation this
,hool can be started upon a firm and
nbstantiai basis, and a State so rich in
atural resources, with funds in her
reasury and growing richer every day,
Tould certainly not let this school, haV-
ng for its object so laudable purpose
s educating our poor young ladies,
Vant for proper funds for its successful I
operation though the particular town
n which it is located happens not to be
bile to give as much as some other of
greater financial resources. We no not
intimate by this that Wesson would not
and literally too, for this
her enterprising merchants,
her professional and broad gagged
business men, her millionaire, would all
doubtless contribute to so noble cause
and so potent a lever to build up our
town socially, morally, intellectually and
financially. We but ask the honorable
board to consider our claims and as we
present them, say what they would eX-
pect of us in view of locating the college
at this point, and we have not doubt
but that every requirement would be
met. and that promptly and without
quibbling. If we properly understood
the aim of the bill that called this instl-
tuition into existence, it is for the girls
o. the State what the A. and NJ. college
is for the boys, viz: normal school,
where the poorer classes of our young
ladies, can, by their own individual
efforts, obtain for themselves the same
educational advantages that are enjoyed
by their more wealthy neighbors-strict-
" al Industrial school for girls, where
not only the best English education can
be obtained, but where every depart
ment of domestic economy, including
all the ayoeatpns by which labor can
obtain ii livelihood, are especially taught
50 as to make our young ladies self sus-
tanning under all the vicissitudes of an
eventfnl life.
Taking for granted that these prem
Uses are Correct, one, in casting about
for proper place to locate such school,
his mind naturally reverts to Wesson
the town above all others of selfsustaln'
ing young ladies, where they earn by
their individual efforts and supernatural
industry the enormous sum of $96,00e
annually. We ask any sober minded
and not over aesthetic observer if these
blunt facts do not convince him thai
this is Il worthy example for an indus
trial school for girls to emulate, and Il
he does not consider this healthy com
munity for such an enterprise to flourish
in? 4 good many places that are bid
ding for it, present the rather ludlcrou
claims that they are not suitable TO
ANYTHING else and deserve this patronage
from the State to build up their laten
energies and boom their dormant enter
prises into more healthful state. Yves
son, in presenting her claims, does
from Numerically opposite standpoint
We do not wish to be understood as sug
costing the location of the college her
Tor the exclusive benefit of poor youn
lady operatives engaged here in the Mis-
sissippi Mills, but we do think that o
the principle Of the greatest good to tn
greatest number, that Wesson is Justl
entitled to this school, and this WI
finally be- the result of the location
| this institution, for sooner or later II
doors will be thrown open to all appl
cants. instead of tie present operatio
of the law, giving only few girls fror
each county of the State the benefit c
the institution.
Wesson is the asylum for the widow
and orphans of the entire State, and {
some of our sister States, she is the ult
4 matum of three fourths of the youn
ladies' who know of her advantages an
who are thrown upon their own resou
ces. and these young ladies VINO al
laboring under the double misfortune {
poverty and a limited education are til
the ones who call loudest for our syn
pathy and aid. While there are s
MANY first class schools for young ladlt
in eur State, the rich and prosperot
will not patronlze the industrial scho'
to any great extent. 1T IS the youn
! ladies whose circumstances Will not pc
nit them enjoying the benefits OF co
; lege training that this helping hand
extended and they will flock to its wal
) with the pardonable pride that this is
, school for the poor girls of our Stat
, One thousand girls in this town are no
: in need of Just such an institution. Can
like number be found at any 9th
q place? We answer emphatically, n
e Copiah county is one of the largest cou
l ties in the State. She has contribute
: as largely to the present intellectu
! standing of the state as any OF her sist
counties.
: As regards location, she justly claiI
: this one of the many public institution
n The germ that has developed in th
! branch of the States noble ehariti
= was conceived in the mind of one of b
most worthy daughters. 1t is her rigE
full heritage, and if Copiah is to ha
the institution, and we verify belle
that it is, Wessan should have it for t
following reasons: 1t is the largest TOW
in the county, having three thousal
I inhabitants and contains thrible u
largest number of young ladies' 1t
9 as healthy as any point on the llllnt
: Central Railroad and is remote from al
I malaria insanitary centre. 1t is as
/ cessible as any point south OF JacKss
g and is destined to be more SO IN the
+ ture. as the Vicksburg and ship lsiaI
e Railroad is to cross at this point Whe
I ever it is constructed. We alreae
, have suitable buildings as nucleus I
], dormitories which would doubtless
q contributed in addition to commodlol
e Grounds. In the advantage OF bnlldII
e 35naterial re have no equal, as our soil
n raculiarlv adapted for the manufa
ture az the finest brick, several mllllol
being moulded here annually w al
have six or seven saw mills IN the I'M
]. diate vicinity that would furnish u
) finest yellow pine lumber-at the expeni
: &c saving IL. Morally no town In Il
e State stands higher. We have thr'
|. 81 the largest churches in the State an
D three fine schools in successful operate
: No ardent spirits can be or ever will
2 allowed sold here. We have nice TOW
I han Or Opera House, and fifteen bus
/ | ness houses, all on.a substantial basis.
The Mississippi Mills do q gener
2 lhanking business which would be q gre
G edvantsoe in regard 70 remittances an
e danoeits. Wesson is the only countI
: 800 that can boast of magnlhceE
water works and the benefits Of electri
lights. These are by no means snaa
inducements in the natter OF econo.l
and convenience These ana otheI =
ducements could be held out, but =
/ desist and upon the authority q evel
!. J. n,,hlfe spirited citizen Of Wessons =
! ~ ! careful pegusalof the reasons q
1 | 1uced for the location Of this Coliel
! Wifl,in our midst and extend most CO
I diaI invitation Is the board Of Irustes
4 | e visit oar town and let Us council &
I gether.
WEsson. Hay 2sth 1884
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