The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-30
HOW ZACH !. .cAMR TO COLLEGE
A Little Book That Every Boy Should
ii Read and Study.

z The Spartanburg Journal says: A
prophet is not without honor save In
his own country.n' And it is some
what against the human bent to give
to the efforts OF those we know, whose
personalities and individuality have
become familiar from everyday asso-
citation, whom we know to be men or
=";ooinan Of flesh anu blood, perfectly
human like ourselves, that favorable
consideration we. are inclined to give
to the efforts Of those who are only
known to us by those efforts, those
products Of their higher self and purer
skill. Despite this we cannot but
commend. praise and endorse the re-
sult.of Prof. John G. Clinkscales, re-
cent. literary effofts entitled dow
Zach Came to College," the perusal of
which has proven a pleasure indeed,
and source Of edltication, the real ex-
tent Of which was not fully expected.
The story Is by Spartanburg man,
and it deals with people whom we see
every day with Jlme many of us can
remember; Is,oia rRdolent with local
coloring; and above:,all IL Is true to
facts and nature and+yet contains that
efusion and poetic construction that
is the story teller's.a art. ili. ST.
It tells'of a. big, Rrnff, rougE-moun-
z.a.1 zta1.ii7vee-i o6to.ing inspiration = from a
chance glance at a :Wofford c6mamiei1ce.
iment and determining on college ca
reer. He declared that. he would
speak up thar one u,;these days. and
true enough he did, though. to breach
tho chasm between him and the COM
mencement rostrum, he was compell-
ed TO perform most arduous agricultu-
raj tasks by day, 'and, by the light OF
tho moon to search for the cunning
:" 'possumn the eYasive, coon and the
honeyed "bee, tree. "as a bove all he
had to forego his marriage; and as he
climbed the intellectual summit, he
had to take his untutored bethrOthed
along with him SO that she would be
capable OF understanding and enjoy
Ing with him his mental advance
ment. He persued his course despite
the fact that enlightenment caused
him to see more clearly the faults of
his neighbols; and having that rugged
honesty bred into him by his good
old mother and his beloved Bible, he
OppUStu Sotue VI bllehS ldulGS anu EaO
troubles.
The local evil he combatted most
was the s clandestine manufacture Of
spirits away from the guiding hand Of
Uncle Sam. In intellect and physi-
quG heareigned among his mountain
companions. He dethroned by his
eloquence the demagogic politician
and during his last year at college
pulled down. the strongest man Of
the county, and wound up by thrash
ing the recognized '.bully" of Ruther-
fordton County. He at last spoke
from up thar and was loudly ap-
plauded for his eloquence. He mar
ried his first love and settled down
and became Baptist minister.
1t is good story well told. AS you
read it you can see the towering
mountain with the patch of corn by
Its side, hear the bark of. "T0wser''
as he pursues his object in the distant
wood, see the mountain schooner"
wend It's way, drawn by stalwart or
en-, along the rugged road 10 the val
ley; 1t is a good book, inspiring,
helpful and interesting and no Spar
Ian who reveres the days of old, and
no one who loves character sketching
true to life, and no one who believes
that a college education Is not In the
reach OF all, should fail to read it.