French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
,r.RM LIFE SCHOOL.

rd;+or Hustler
EG naor sir-1 will appreciate space in
D''+ aoner for a subject which / be-
your p progressive citizen in, and
pe'e . Farm Life school," an act to
that - . for the establishment and
pro'llG of county Farm Life
nal no and for the promotion of ag-
ScnOU,7, and home-making. The OBJ
rlcu'If tbis school is to prepare boys
ject Urricnral pursuits, and girls o
tOr amaking and housekeeping on d
farm. ,ru soma of the objects
~ Farm Life Schools, al out of
OF tm ,onv readers of the French Broad
t the some may not be familiar with
the object of it.
tnG ;S the belief of some o our best
ons that we should ecure such a
cI LHoI We are sure that the cost Of
Sn?Unirg such a school will be more
hon tpon repaid in the good results that
I'LL follow by way of a theoret1cal
WI WI PRACTICAL result, in improved farm
~ IN home-making for boys and girls
10 Young men and women.
- IN not think that any man in the
o,nntU will be sorry that he has cen
~ means of helping, by way OF tax
wing the young men and women OIL
p county to'a higher plane of living,
- he looks back over his life try
W. n see som good that he has done
&c humanity. if he only finds that he
bo cnaid some taxes to support a Farm
10 school and helped the generation
- follow. that will be to his credit.
do not think the financial condi-
ton of our county will be strained to
establish this school, for this reason;
tho county pays out half the expense to
keen the school going, and while II is
having out half, the State is paying
into the county treasury the other hall
# is like lending money at one nun
.drod cents on the dollar, for most OF
the money will be spent in the county;
II is bringing $25OO.00 into the county
that would 30 somewhere else, If We
don't get busy and turn it this way. J
would seriously question the wisdom
of employing a farm demonstrator 1
vn can get a Farm Life School, TO
vn will get the same demonstration
work in the school farm that the farm
demonstration would give Ns-ln fact
that is the prime factor in the Whol'
instruction.
Now the Honorable Board of Educa
ton know their part and it is unnec
essarv to touch on that; but the ques
ton is our part. We will nave 10 DUN
and equip a dormitory and furnish nc
less than ten of land; the dorm
tory to be able to accommodate 70 boy
and 25 girls: the school building to D
equipped with recitation rooms; lat
oratory with the necessary outnt.
We North Carolinians pride oul
selves in our A. & M. college, and tht
is away off somewhere else, and tn
Farm Life school we can have T1ghtl
our home county, and get the same II
struction and results from it hat v
can get at the A. & M. College in tn
State. and / think we will be play1I
the losing game if we let this pass.
will give us a prestige over the ccun
that. do not have Farm Life Schoo
and will make our county a o q
sirable place to live in, and a mo
desirable place for people who a
looking for property to buy to come
1t will increase the value OF our pl
perty not less than rs pei cent a
likely a 100 per cent.
The said school would be a pene
to the county located any where IN
It is an established fact that any pu
ness or nee will acquire It's mig
est blame when it's environments q
ideal; and from what 1 have seen, a
from the data at hand. I believe u
Mills River township has the desl1
spot. and that is at Mills River Ac;
envy. The location is elevated a
there is. a good brick building
school house or Academy which col
be used for a dormintory, and there
a State high school running en-
months in the year with a good drll
well cased with steel. Ther !
churches neal and the reQul
amount of land car be. secured I
sonably. :,
think. taking all into ~consideratl
the conditions are all that eouio
asked, but it is not my desire. nor
desire of the constituents OF TINS &
munity to monopolize this subject
the end that we consider this the .
location in the county that would
suitable for a Farm Life School,
do not! and-believe the scnoo! w
do we'll anywhere that the people Y
interested enough to desire It's L
ton and we would help establish i
any suitable location, for we are {
we would receive some benent frol
any where in the county. Still as
surrounding country and condlC
are alright here. we believe that
county will receive the greatest D
fit from it if tits established at
River Academy. We could, OF col
vote bonds in Mills River towns
and have the school all to curse
but we think the county would ma
better standing to vote for it all
the county, and make this the pol
establishment should a better
ton not be found.
Hoping that this will meet the
prevail of all the best people OF
derson county, I am,