The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-02-13
THE NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS
An Appropriation Of $40, 900 for @
Female Industrial School.

A petition has been presented to tn,
North Carolina Legislature during il,
present session praying for an appropria
tion of SEQ, 900 to aid in the establish
ment of an Industrial School for tb,
white Girls of North Carolina" Tbi,
isa very trifling sum, as the Whining
ton Messenger observes, "for 1. 500, OOC
people to give to the cause of woman
to the safety and happiness, and com.
fort, and usefulness, of hundreds of tn,
white girls of Carolina from year I'd
year and from generation to genera.
fegnissdge n-mk8e tfe ID lIFed LII.
and that the school will be established :
Certainly the State could not find bet
ter investment, nor one that would nav
larger and handsomer returns.
The movement is under the direction
OF the Kings Daughters, who are circu.
lating petitions throughout the State for
signatures, and who will doubtless go
[ to Raleigh with so many of the inteiii-
gent and patriotic people of the State be-
| hind them that, even if it should be so
disposed, the Legislature will not dare to
refuse their reasonable request. The
number of lliterates in North Carolina is
positively disgraceful. According to the
census of 1880, of persons 10 years of age
and upward 1872 per cent were returned
as unable to write. OF the SO, 6I9 white
females, from Is to 90 years of age, both
inclusive, who were returned by the cen
sus enumcrators, 1920 or 2s.0 per cent.
were unable to write, and of the 215, $50
white females of 81 years of age and up-
ward, 2,Ol7 or 1874 per cent were una
bic TO write. More than one third of the
white women and girls i'm North Carroll
ma, one OF the richest and most flourish
Ing States in the South, cannot write
their names, and very nearly as many arc
unable TO read the language which they
speak Surely, something should be
done by the State for the education of
the future wives and mothers of the
State, who are to give character TO the
citizenship of the generations yet to be.
In their present most praiscworthv un-
dcrtaklng, as we are told by our Will
mington contemporary, the Kings Dauch-
ters 'arc moved by profound apprccia-
tlon of the necessity of doing something
through the State for the benefit of that
class of white girls who are unprovidcd
for and have no way of obtaining a
place or occupation whereby they may
earn an honest lving.'"
We are rejoiccd to know that North
Carolina is keeping step with her sister
Southern States in their efforts to anne
horatc the condition of the. ,wams:,.. q :
,s.Al..1lghR.axa.so so LARGELY dependent
In this practical age I1ori rzssSezsss1z
crtions for the means of making living.
In his inaugural address Governor Till
man directed attention 10 this important
subject, and, with the cooperation of
the State, we have no doubt that his re-
concentrations will assume practical
shape and that it will not be long before
South Carolina makes ample provision
for the education in 1.-THE practical arts
and sciences" of its daughters, rs it has
already made provision for the education
Of her sons. The experiment of indus.
trial training schools fc- women mas
been made in Mississippi and Georgia
with the best results, and what has been
accomplished in these States can he ac-
complished with even greater satisfac-
tion in the two Caroljnas.
In Mississippi and Georgia the location
of the industrial schools was left opcn by
the Legislature to the compction of riva!
towns and cities. The Mississippi Col
lcge was established at Columbus because
Columbus, with population of six
thousand, many of whom were colored,
gave SOC, 900 to secure the location Of
the school at that place. OF this amour,
$50, 900 was represented by suitable build.
ings and grounds, and $40, 600 was con-
tributcd in cash. In Georgia the little
town of Millcdgcvile entered the lists
"gg"!3c: ;'.c nuS"onng city OF Atlanta,
and secured the establishment of the Gcor.
gia Industrial and chronological Insti-
tutc for women within its limits. TO ac-
complish this end Millcdgcvillc, with
population of four thousand, subscribed
$40, 900 in cash and made loan of SIP
600 to the State to aid it in pushing for.
ward the work of construction What
Mississippi and Georgia have done il
this direction the two Carolinas can do.
The need for industrial schools is ever
more urgent in the last named States
than in the former, and when the public
mind shall be fully aroused upon the
subject we have no fear as to tho ulti
mate result
Our girls ought to be educated, aud
educated in the most practical way
North Carolina is moving on the right
I 'inc, and we shall be much disappointed
if the Farmers Legislature of 1891" do
not take II practical view of the question
! "nl extend the aid ior which the Kings
daughters pray.-Charlcston News and
Courier
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