The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-08-04

FARM VILLAGES IN THE SOUTH. - The
efforts Of President II. c. White, of the
Georgia Agricultural aud Mechanical COL
legc TO establish farm villages in the South
is meeting with general favor. The St.
Louis Republic makes the following COM
merts:
The experiment Of farm villages, about to
be tried in Georgia, will be watched with
tie greatest interest by all who are interest
ed in 'he development of the South, for if
1t succeeds It will remove one Of the grea'-
est obstacles to- securing for the Southern
States the class of immigrants they most
desire.
The SoHth was se,tod fvr The most part
by people who wanted 'eluOw ROOM" lu
toe South before the war. where everybody,
white and Hack, was too comfortable and
too nearly EXEMPT from the curse Of profuse
rersgiIui,n which The rest Of the civilized
rid paid as the price Of living, in that
old, Comfortable, easy going ard nospitable
SCu,h. no one lived III towns who could af-
ford to live ont Of them. The planter lived
in til, Mi',dic of his place" where his
hogs and CHI cGeIs could not trouble his
nc'ghDors. 1t was country of magnificent
distances No one walked. Even the beg
sers, or tuosc who were nealcst to being
beg .u's wHevs Gc;:gary did not exist at all,
went on horseback. There was elbow room
in abundance, and no one crowded any one
else.
lhi5 .!:H sul;ed The people so well that
they gaze It up with extreme reluctance,
hu' no sooner had the war ended than the
movement h. the icwns began. L has kept
up ever since until the farms have 10 8
very large pat OF the element tha. is best
quu!tic II make the South growing sue
cess As an agricultural region.
This was a movement into the towns. The
village and village life are unknown iu the
Souin, rs for he most pars they are in the
entirs country, We seldom have vi lagos of
any kind. "ul certainly not such villages ss
it IS row attempted TO develop in Georgia.
The People of the farm vilage would live
loge her IL easy reach Of each other with
their school. lncr y s.oa:s, churches and
shops.
They would be co1tent with small vii
Iage- n p ace to live in, to use as base
from which they could work their farms
and they would not go to selling corner lots
by the iloDt foot as sooa rs they had the
village street aid OF. There is enough Of
that sort Of village life in the South and
elsewhere already. 1t presents the great
est difficulty in ;he way of the farm village,
for tCwl booming is une of the most deep
seated Of Amer: can vices, aud of course u
farm village vita "A town boom in progress
woul be ridIcu'o 'ouS and absurd failure.
If The South could be filed with firm
vii ages. ham.c's composed of the fimi' es
| Of farmers whose farms join, full protection
would lie assured for women and children,
aud ali would have the benefits Of society
| md many advantages which can never be
had in isolation. Ii is to be hoped that the
A. a ny will ha rjo1 nf in N
| common sense way and that too much will
| not be attempted. Tie "m)del' village and
the socialisiic village are predcstined fail
ures, but the common sense village can be
made great success in the South by merely
| getting it in:o existence and allowing it to
demonstrate its advantages.
| - . o----
| Our PRoToTYpE.-The Newberry OJcerrey
says We believe they say that Col. Larry
CAN'T, late o! the Register, was the real
author Of the dispensary bill which became
! the Evans Act: tina: he copied it almost
verbatim from the dispensary law Of the city
of Athens, Ga, whence he came to South
| Caralina.
| 1t was represented that it did wonderful
| things for Athens, and that the people were
| delegated with it. 1t was regarded as the
perfection of wisdom, as everything from
across the Savannah seems to be.
The following dispatch from Athens to the
| Augustt ChroHicis would indicate that every
thing i, not altogether lovely and satisfac.
| tory over there
| Athens, Ga, July 2l.--Today the frs!
step was taken in what promises to be one
Of the hardest legal fights against the dis.
| pens rry system Of the county, and Athens
! will IL. the battle ground. Prohibitionists
| who formerly favored the dispengary arc
now outspoksn in condcmning it, This dis.
! satisfaction has resulted in petition TO the
! legislature winch up TO tonight hos been
| siHnci by more than two hundred Of the
cm"ty voters. | cntcrvcwed number OF
| properly owners on The subject this after.
noon and found a very widespread anti.
| dis nmsnIv SnnI imnMI "