The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-18


if girl is sent away from home to col
lege, and stays there two or three years,
nine out of ten will be no account when
they come home. They may be good
scholars, and even ,mart in chemistry
and geometry and astronomy, but her
business in life is not to use the blow
pipe, nor measure the earth, nor the
stars. When the college is at home,
and the girl lives at home and helps
her mother, and does some housework
every day, college Is good thing for
her, but work must be mixed with
study, rthe girl or the boy will be no
account. Of course, the girl will come
home accomplished, and will know
how to stand up and sit down, and
walk around gracefully, and how to
smile, and sing, and recline, and Ian
guish, and all that, but she is not
going to cut and fit and make dress
for little Sally ror help Bob with his
arithmetic. Worse than all, some
sentimental society editor Of a news
paper will mention her as the charm
ing and lovely Miss Euphronia, and
that will almost make fool of her.
Mayhap she will visit Atlanta or Ma
con or Augusta and the society editor
will note her arrival and use adiectives
upon hcr-elegant, graceful, fawn-like,
sylph-like, brilliant, exquisite, beauti-
full and divine. Right then she is gone
up. wish these society editors could
get up 4 new set Of words just to vary
the monotony of their gushing fattery.
They say though that it always secures
a subscriber to the paper; that two
adjectives, generally do the work, and
that three are sure.
When q poor man looks straight at
the results he need not envy the rich
for being able to send their children to
college. If he can give his own 4 good,
fair education at home he is surer Of
their usefulness and success in life, and
he ought to be content.
Therefore, we want good schools at
home, within our reach. Good schools
in every town and village and hamlet,
and if the State can't provide all the
money the counties ought to supple
ment it with county tax. The country
will never be able to cope with the
towns until her people have more and
better schools. Every year the country
loses some more of their best citizens.
Just as soon as a farmer is able to move
to town he moves. The wife and the
daughters bring pressure for society
and schools and churches. Ten years
ago 1 lived in a good naborhood five
miles from town. One by one my ma
bors left me, Mr.. Dobbins and the Aub-
reys, and Nabor Freeman and the Bu-
fords, and Mr.. Cotton and Keever, and
Montgomery and Gcodson and Flem-
ming and Johnson, and last of all, Mr..
Munford and Mr.. Renfro. Our twelve
families are all in town now, and we
came mainly for schools and churches.
White tenants and negroes have taken
our places and of course the farms will
be run down to some extent. There
will be no social gatherings and no far
mers' clubs, and no good schools with
trained teachers. They way things are
going on there will soon be nobody in
the country except poor folks and ne
groes. 1t is that way now all over South
Alabama.
Now, what is the remedy for this
or does it need any? BILL ARP.
Mrs. Arp read the letter and remarked
that I did not seem to be calm and
serene and she thought I had better
take some liver medicine. B. \.