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

FARM VILLAGES IN THE SOUTH. - The
efforts Of President H. C.. White, OF the
Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical COL
lego TO establish farm villages in the South
is meeting with general favor. The ST.
Louis Republic makes the following COM
melts:
The experiment Of farm Villages, about to
be tried in Georgia, will be watched with
the greatest interest by all who are interest
ed in The Development of the South, for if
1t succeeds 1t will remove one Of ihe grea' :
est obstacles to- securing for the Southern
States the class of immigrants they most
desire.
The South wac settsd fvr the most part
ny people who wanted "elbow ROOM Iu
tue South before the war. where everybody,
white and tlaok, was too comfortable and
too nearly exempt from the curse of profuse
perspira;ion which The rest Of the civilized
w"rld paid as the price OF living, in that
old, comfortable, easy going and hospiiable
South, no one lived iu towns who could af-
ford to live ont of them. The planter lived
in the middle Of his "place," where his
hogs and Chickens could not trouble his
nc'ghLors. 1t was country of magnificent
distances No one walked. Even the beg
gars, or those who were neaLest to being
beg:ars where beggary did not exist at oil,
went on horseback. There was elbow room
in abundance, and no one crowded any one
else.
This lido suited the people so we'll that
they gave it up with extreme reluctance,
bui no sooner had the war ended than the
movement to the towns began. 1t has kept
up ever since until the farms have 10 o
very large part of the element that is best
qualified to make the South u growing sue
cess as an agricultural region.
This was q movement into the towns The
village aud village life are unknown in the
Soutn, rs for the most part they are in the
entire country, We seldom have villages Of
any kind. aud certainly not such villages as
it is now attempted to develop in Georgia.
The people Of the farm village would live
together in easy reach of each other with
their school, their p1stofks, churches and
shops.
They would be content with small vii
lage- pace 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 trout foot as soon rs they had the
village street laid off. There is enough Of
that sort Of village life in the South and
sewhe:e already. 1t presents the great
est difficulty in the way Of the farm village,
for tow1 booming is one Of the most deep
sealed Of American vices, aud Of course u
farm village with n town boom III progress
wouli be n ridicu Gus and absurd failure.
II the South could be filed with farm
villages. hamle's composed of the famil;es
OF farmers whose farms join, full protection
would he assured for women and children,
aud all would have the benefits Of society
and many advantages which can never be
had in isolation. Ii is to be hoped that the
Georgia experiment will be carried out In q
common sense way and that too much will
not be attempted. The "modep village and
the socialistic village are predestined fail
ures, but the common sense village can be
made great success in the South by merely
getting 1t into existence and allowing it to
demonstrate its advantages.
O>--k
Our PRoToTYPE.-Tbe Newberry O5eerver
says We believe they say that Col. Larry
CAN'T, late OF the Register, was the real
author Of the dispensary bill which became
the Evans ACT: that be copied it almost
verbatim from the dispensary law Of tho city
Of Athens, Ga, whence he came to South
Caralina.
II was represented that il did wonderful
things for Athens, and that the people were
delighted with it, It was regarded as The
perfection OF wisdom, rs everything from
across the Savannah seems 10 be.
The following dispatch from Athens 10 the
Augusta Chronicle would indicate that every
thing is not altogether lovely aud satisiac-
tory over there;
"A'hens, Ga, July 24,--Today the first
step was taken in what promises to be one
of the hardest legal fights against the dis.
pcnssry system Of the co6nty, aud Athens
will be the battle ground Prohibitionists
who formerly favored the dIspensary are
now ontspoken In condemning It. This dis
satisfaction has resulted in petition to the
legislature which up to tonight has been
signed by more than two hundred Of the
c,unty voters. entervicwed number OF
property owners on the subject this efter-
noon and found very widespread anti
dispenssry sentiment"