The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-03-02

to impress tho Importance of making
the farm home more attractive and
| pleasant aud thus moro desirable as Il
| place OF residence. | am about to print
an article from the Southern Farm
Magazine. 1t was written in response
to letter from Il young country lad
| who wanted the editor to- secure him
work othcr than on the farm. 1t is a
| question for every young man who is
| now working on tho farm, whether or
not he will try to leave the farm in or
| der to better his condition. Hero Is
the letter:
There are undoubtedly many oppor-
tunitles In industry awaiting young
| men, but the young men must decide
| for themselves whether they are quail
fed to seize the opportunities, and in
| the case OF those engaged in farm work,
whether they will better their condi-
| tiOn by changing their occupation. If
| the South is to become what it should
| be it must draw largely upon it's couu-
| try boys or upon those living in the
smaller towns TO equip its industrial
undertakings. There are country-brcd
| boys cminCntiy fitted to meet the de-
| for industrial training there will be
| many more. a young man, however,
| who has no more reason for Sucking
| such employment than being tired Of
| working at homo will do we'll to consid-
| or carefully all the circumstances be-
| fore he turns his back upon the farm
| Work on the farm is hard, it is true,
| but it is free from many OF tho iNs
| which fall to the lot Of young men who
IntlI In MT in
| or moro agreeable work.
| That one is Il hard working boy is an
| excellent recommendation, but the
question for him to decide is whctbur
| the results of hard work will or will
not be better in the country than i'm
the town or city. a Willingness to
work, though, is not all that is de-
| mandcd. In the article to which our
| correspondent refers the following
| statements arc made. IN cry is going
up all over the South for young men to
| serve rs SupCrintendents, managers and
| forcmcn OF the mills and factories which
arc Springiug up like magic wherever
Enterprise and advanced thought
arc asserting themselves. They want
young men who know how to handle
machinery and men, and they arc offer
ing them good money. They want men
who have gone through apprentices
u,
| have been taught to oboy, that they
may compel obGdtcnce in Others"
| n lad must decide for himself what
position in the industrial field he is
likely to fill uCCeptably TO his employer,
and in what direction his tastes lie, but
especially whether he will be happier
in mnnu(acturing than in farming. He
might read with profit, too, the accom-
panying sensible editorial in the Wes-
son (Miss.) Enterprise:
| "Why SO many people are Leaving
| their farms and moving TO town is be-
yond our understanding. 1T is strange,
Indeed y man who has Il family to
| support mainly by his own labor, and
| who is not Il professional man or skilled
artist, who can get large price for his
daily labor. should naturally, if he is IL
| sensible man, seek the cheapest place
to live and where his own personal cf-
| forts will count for the most. 1t is Il
| fact that no place to fulfill ali these con-
| ditions equals the farm. The future
for the people leaving their farmS and
| mOrlnI TO town, where trey have TO
pay house-rcnt, buy all their food. coal,
wood, etc, has no inviting pros 3cct, no
| hope: they must face q hard and stormy
pathway. On the farm they can grow
thcir living for little cost, 10, stock nc
| fowls OF al! kinds. a. wei! &: { rOI-. 4 e
| = =
or dry. lex; or Tc!!. pCJT.leI q. wO-:
i done n. ~Le- 49, ~ wo.. 49, -
dlCl"u$ Ca72 : r1=f-.--,-. :: 80 go
| sic: art .--ac.@ - EC:.- - - Z W.=::
| 60 Il -.E.-- : :. CcC----. : $500 So.
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WORK Cay - L v:r:t g -':-:t=s. - -
| !ls: .te =Lc-:, wa G0Ec.-E .,21- - {.
and t-e t.,-.s: Can ceT:c - r=E4.o e':.
| l. - a fac. ...la tG9 m0n1 Ct .tE weal;--
les. ueo o. -Gt.ly Taicet: 1E= wealth
on the Am: ar': = IS ! fIG1 a6 lte
teaichie.c people Of today are those
that live IL the c0unIry &c L farm.
i1aTeni y0u 'eer TO more eypen:e gen
era.y 10 one year than you ever w:re
on the farm: Haven you enjoyed les:
fresh meat. sweet potatoes, mix and
butter, fried ca icEen. ecc., in town than
you ever did on the farm: Then way
act so nnwiscly a. TO abandon yolr
home aud farm and move TO town,
where YOU will have TO carry ali these
heavy bl'Ictls: The man on the farm
can always do better bv his own labor
than he can as n day laborer in town
with all the own r%?cnscs and hard
ships"
| There arc no doubt Instances where
young men have bcttcrcd their condi-
tion by leaving the farm, but what
want to sec Is more Of our young men
sticking to the farm. Make tho farm
the ideal place OF residence as it is by
nature. Tr do so VIC want to pay more
attention to the comforts and convc-
niences Of the home. We want and
must have better roads. Then we can
have better schools, and it will be cas-
icr to visit our neighbors and to 60 to
church.
Nv
Tho Logislaturc, which has just ad-
jOurned, was rather liberal in making
appropriations. Tho total amounts to