The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-17


mos and avenues will be named tor
famous French people and places
How replete our everyday conversa-
! tion is now with the names OF
Frances great generals and battles.
The finished plans will take care OF OF
oOO children. These children Will
have fine opportunity to learn farm
ING intensively and extensively. 1t is
manned to put all the trades, such as
carpentry, printing, shoemaking, etc.
at their command. The power Will
come from a water site recently pur-
chased by the school, and which Is
70 be>immediately surveyed in order
r. determine whether it can be n.y.
dro-electrically developed for COM
mercial purposes. This site is. on
little river, one and one-half miles
from the school campus.
The situation for a large state
school for poor boys and girls is good
De lie Howe, is miles from the
nearest station, which removes the
children from the exciting and de-
snoralizing influences of town n.or city
ilife. The life of the child is out IN
the open country, where animal lie
as we'll as farm work can be studied
The river is near, which affords bath
ing and fishing. The neighborhood
is one of the best in the state. The
people are thrifty and cultured. Their
interest in the school is keen. The
various denominations are drawn to-
gether each Sunday afternoon in a
community service. Out of this it
is hoped will grow community gath
erings of different kinds-social, lit
erary, dramatic, musical, etc.
The maintenance of the school has
previously been from rents. Enough
cotton has thus been gotten to give
the institution a fair living. Added
to these rents the rest of the mainte-
nance will come from the legislature
in future. The money to be used for
building purposes will also be obtain
ed from tn Legislature. This school
will afford the legislature opportun-
ity to give realization to those hu-
name impulses that grow in the hearts
of its members who have sensed the
deep and pitiful need of the poor
children of South Carolina. AS the
members of the legislature study the
need of the poor and the unlimited
potentialities of De La Howe it is
hoped that the plans laid out by the
trustees of this school may meet with
their sympathy and constant support.
Suggested Financial Aid.
1t has been suggested that the sur
plus fund from the game protection
fund of the state be given to De La
Howe for the training of its pupils.
Each county in the state could have
by this means scholarships for its
poor boys and girls at De La Howe.
The number of scholarships available
or each county would be limited only
oy the amount of the surplus from
The game protection fund. 1t is pos
1ible that many who oppose the pay
.nent of hunting license fee would
feel otherwise about it if they knew
that some of that fee would feed,
clothe, shelter, and educate some poor
boy or girl. Naturally, the De La
Howe authorities have indorsed the
above suggestion and have so written
to the governor and the game warden.
Another thing that might prove of
benefit to the school and the state is
the establishment of a game preserve
in the large De La Howe forest. AS
stated above, there are 1000 acres
of virgin forest on the estate, which
includes many virgin pines. The
United States forestry department
has taken a deep interest in the for
est and has pronounced it very valu-
able.
This article is intended to be in
formative and to elicit the intelligent
sympathy of the people of the state
of South Carolina for the De La