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first class male teachers. They de.
mand a part in athletics and other
manly sports which are not offered
to the fullest in the high schools. And
there is nothing which adds so much
to a boys education as little (and
we say little advisedly) military
training. That at least is our observa-
5ion.'
Now, Abbeville has no school where
the boys can procure the preparation
and the advantages here outlined.
We need such a school. Every couu-
ty in the state needs such school.
The demands of the time will make
more than one in each county nee
essity as the next few years pass. But
we do not want to wait. We want to
be, leaders in educational matters,
and to offer to our boys the best pre-
paration to be had. And it were well
if it could be offered at our very
door.
A Financial Investment.
The establishment of the school
here, outside of the other advantages
which far outweigh financial consid-
erations, would be a good investment
from the latter standpoint. Large
numbers of students could attend the
school without going away from home
and thus considerable amounts of
money would be saved to their par
ents. In case of sickness they would
be at home where the best of atten-
ton could be given them by their
home people without the enormous
expenses incident to their parents
going away from home. But the bene-
fit to the town in the way of trade,
and other considerations of finan-i
cial nature would be much more than.
this. A goodly number of new fami-
lies would be brought into the. COM
and the many students who
would come here would greatly add
to the business done by local mer-
chants.
Bailey No Objection.
1t has been suggested that the
proximity to Bailey Military Institute
at Greenwood would initiate against
the usefulness of the school here. But
there is nothing in this objection.
Our Information is that Bailey could
great many more stu
dents than it now accommodates. But
this is true or not, we all
know that the location of school
has little to do with the number of
students it receives. The work done,
and the results, are what count: And
a school, or two schools, in Abbeville,
or two in Greenwood would be full
of students if the work done COM
mended it to the parents in South
Carolina as the best place in the
state to prepare their boys for col
lege. Col. Bailey, the head of the
Greenwood institution knows this bet
ter than anyone, we imagine, and
what we have said agrees with his
view of the matter.
The fact is that the two schools
being located so near together, on
account of the rivalry which would
be engendered, would each do better
work than if they were in widely sep
arated communities.
This is in addition to the observa-'
tion we have already made as to the
necessity of establishing schools of
this grade in every county of the,
state.
Time To Get Busy.
Perhaps we should remark that we;
have had lot of hot air in Abbeville
and lot of negotiations looking to
the building of cotton mills, railroads.,
trolley lines and other enterprises.
All of these are good things, but it
seems that we are not able to do the
job alone. We must seek help for
these enterprises in other communi
ties.
But we can build a boys high
school either with, or without, the