The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-06-04
The Industrial College for Women.

The commission of the State Agricultu.
raj College for Women, it is reported, re-
ceiVed on Friday an offer of $50, 900 from
"an country town" as bid for the
location Of the College in its limits. The
name of the town Was not mentioned in
the report, and we do not know which
one it was, but the offer is liberal one
for any town in the State, and shows how
fully the advantages to be obtained from
the presence of such q school are appre.
ciated by the community which has made
the bid.
We suspect, however, that the location
Of the College will not be captured so
easily. There are number of places
that are willing to give as much as
$4,000, 30 that it will take larger bid
than this to win the prize. Greenville
has entered into the competition in ear
nest, with lively apprehension of the
benefits of the school, and is not afraid
to spend its money for what it wants,
especially when the expenditure is in the
nature of paying investment. 1--WE
have more money than any competitor" "
said the Neaus few days ago. "It is a
bit of enterprise, public spirit and liber-
ality, and ne can determine it as we like.
Let us move in the matter and get the
scheme in shape. 1t is something certain,
definite and immediate, and in which we
can know exactly what we are doing"
The ''moye" began at once. The board
of trade on Saturday appointed COM
mittee of Representative citizens to invite
the commission to the city to look for a
favorable site, and the people are becom-
ing Interested"
This promises we'll for large subscrip-
tion, and one is confidently promised. If
one is made 1t will be more than CSC, 900
of course, as that sum has already bsen
offered, and Abbeville, Anderson, Lam
caster and other Counties which are in
the competition will have to raise their
figures accordingly or lose the school.
We should be glad to see the College
established at Greenville, for many
reasons, but we hope for the sake of the
College itself that whatever place gets it
will have to pay well for it. 1t will be
we'll worth to any County all that the
County can give to secure it. It will be
permanent institution, will grow from
year to year, and will be of immense
advantage from the outset to the com.
munity and district in which it is situat-
ed. The only matter for surprise is that
the competition for it's location is not
much more earnest and more general.
Richland and Sumter and York and
Aiken and Edgefeld and Spartsnburg
and Barnwell and Darlington and Flor
ence should wake up to their own inter-
ests before it is too late. They will surely
regret their Indifference when they see
what the College means to it's fortunate
possessor. And the smaller Counties are
singularly backward in trying to help
themselves in the same matter. They
need the College more than the larger
and more populous Counties, and they
should be liberal in proportion to their
needs. A month yet remains for the
reception of bids, as the time does not
expire until July l. If one of these
smaller Counties cannot compete alone
with the richer Counties and towns two
or three of the smaller Counties could
very readily spool" their subscriptions,
with their interests, and together make
up bid for the location of the College at
some central point that would outweigh
any other.
This plan should be tried. It will Ger.
tainly either win the College for those
who enter into the combination or make
the successful competitor pay we'll for
what it gets, which is the most important
point Just now.-Meaus and Courier.