The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-23

Under the existing laws a farm life
school could have been secured for a
county, but the Sandhills ignore coun-
ty lines, and cOnfine their area to g.
somewhat indefinite sentiment which
includes four or five counties in part.
NO law existed that would regard a
section as county SO the women got
after the proper authorities, and be-
fore they had completed that brief
task they had secured the legal recog-
nItlon for their SanShills farm life
school. Moore, Richmond and Mont
Somery counties are more or less con-
cerned under the law governing their
boards of eduea tiOn, but the women
are making it easy for the boards Of
education.
Here is where Eureka comes in
Moore county had a high school to To-
cate, and Eureka came forward and
suggested that here is the place, so as
Eureka put up proper argument here
was located the high school. It is q
way these folks have Of doing things
The high school building is already in
progress, a substantial structure that
Will accommodate high school Of
several rooms and allow chance for
the educational trimmings besides A
tract of land big enough for q farm is
an adjunct of the high school, and
here the women propose to locate the
| campaign has started to procure funds
| to erect the necessary buildings for
| the farm life school, and the women
| will assure You If you ask them about
| the money that it will be there on
the day it is needed. They have taken
| that on themselves. They have laid
| out to have a rural DEVELOPMENT CEN
ter at Eureka, and they are enlistine
| every Influence to help it along. One
| of the first converts was John r. Nc
| Queen, Of the Moore county board OF
| education. and manager of the Pine
hurst establishment. AS Mcqueen has
| nobody to look after but himself and
Pinehurst and the roads Of the county
| and the schools Of the county, avC
the mills at Lakeview and the Sunday
schools Of uprer Hoke and a few
| things of that sort, being a bachelor
| he can naturally take hand in look
| ing after other things, SO he was
| caught in the first draft by the wo
| men. That was strictly a feminine
| move, for catching John McQueer
| means that the battle is we'll started
if not won.
Plan Useful Institution.
The farm life school will be mucl
like the other farm life schools Of the
State except that ii will be the par
ticular creation Of the womans Aux
|
Trade, and it will be made just a!
comprehensive and effective as thei
enthusiasm will allow. Teaching ag
ricuIture, domestic science, fostering
the girls canning clubs, the boys corr
clubs and that sort Of thing will b
features. It is proposed to try Il
make 1t possible from the operation Q
the farm to keep the living cost a
the school down to somewhere arOun,
six or seven dollars a month, and tn
women will see to it that the crop
raised on the farm are brought to
proper market and sold at a prOpe
price. The women are setting fortl
not simply to establish farm lif
school but to throw about it all tn
positive elements of successful train
ing and successful operation Of tn
school.
The intention is to have the schoo
ready for operations by next fall.
. the Sand Hills territory. and as tn
boundary line Of the Sandhills
somewhat elastic it is possible tn
: field of operation will be Of consider
able size before the climax Is reached
The women have broad schedule o.
7 which they are working. They exDec
= | to grant permission to the wealth
, men who come to Pinehurst an
. Southern Pines and Pinebluff and 9th
5 er resorts to endow the school wit
I an occasional good COW, or pig fror
1 good herds, or to place memoria
3 cream separator or a named cor
shredder or something Of that sort i
9 the machinery department. or any
thing else that will perpetuate tn
| wideaWakeneSS Of the man VINO send
\ something to help along in the callJ