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lis-rm-road was chartered in 1873 and was j of ilio beneynlen fwnnder, iu his proconstruct a road , vision for the »pfo*n and the poor,an-given the right tofrom the city of Georgetown through might he kept » view,1n providing• '« * **some special adstanc* for those of»rlyfol-ice.the counties ot Williamsburg, Claron-tlience , each county, Vth would Otherwise.per-don, Sumter and lvershaw and Kr-■». .....to some point on the southern border j hap*, be debjirre ftnni reaping all the of North Carolina. It was first pro- advantages of aVee education in ttiepottliuaed cposed to build a narrow but the charter wasroad,guage subsequentlyarts of Agricnltre.Col» *Cnleis the Stic, through her properirself0000changed to a “broad or narrow gauge.The hill under discussion proposes in the matter of te Do la Howe l'roxt,to change the name of the road to the00• *“Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicagowill she not be ovu to the charge of dereliction in the dichnrge of her dnty toRailroad,” ami nia' or certain other ; her children, a* well as to the solemnamendments which are necessary toperfect the charter.The object of this scheme, it is saidobligation sho nenrred in accepting the Trust? An let me ask, whatis toscccnre another raod to Charlestonby means of an extension of tho Cen-other scheme of fulfilling this obligation can com pro in comprehensive and beneficent alt;ion,nnd in executing,ttal Railroad to the North Carolina not the letter, b' surely tlie spirit of50• •line. Objections to the bill came from tho will of the rat.iotic l)o la Howe,Georgetown (Mr. Macnsker).and Ches- with this, that*, now suggested, andter (Mr. Davie). Afteta very long ! lor which times nd conditions are ev and wearisome discussion, Mr. Maeus- j ery way favorflh’? ktr succeeded in getting through an amendment providing thatV IjM ,JThe Agricnltral department of theno portion of tho subscription to the road heietofore voted by the County of Georgetown shall he paid unless tlx* road is constructed in the saidSouth Carolina bdlege, the Agricultural Bureau n 1 all other agenciescountyiu the direction and over tho orginalwhich now ahsot) the money which issupposed to noujsh ngt'culture and itspeculiar interest, within the State,might with grcaipropriety and advan-lioe to the town of Georgetown. Withthis amendment the billtago, be concontrted iu tho foundationits and support of ach an institution.700second reading and was ordered to bo Mr. Tillmau’iproposition that thetoengrossed.several counties hould bid for the lo-mgOil-rk-tamil(tnAN* AGRICITLTUR \L COLLEGE.cation of tho Itstitute, within theirboundaries, is accllent, if the StateA Plan Suppled for the Kfitabli*hment of a .State Institution for tlie PracticalKducatlon of Fanners.had not already stch a libetal gift, andEditor Enquirer'.Dear Sir: It was with much pleasure that 1 read Mr. Tillman’s articlesuch a plain dnty But the County ofAbbeville might well supplement theon the impoitance of establishing agift ot the generous dead, by offering erect the nocissary buildings andtopurely Agiieultural College and also tho letter he received from Generalthus disarm nil ojposition.The presence o’ such an InstituteLee on the same subject.iryie-(where happily nanaged) could notfail to give an imretus to all agticul-It seems tome that the facts pie- tursl interests, throughout the State,sented are deserving of the earnest andoctal;edptompt attention of bur Kepresenta-tives.My purpose in writing you is to callbut more especially lt;o through tho sec-attention, through your columns,to thelion of county in which it is located.mIt would becomethe centre of Agricultural thought and progiees, stimu-hcfact that there exists to-day as a sacredTrust of the State, property, whichto ■ might be most advantageously otil-he , ized, as the “foundation stone” of suchlate industry and enterprise; guide experiments to useful ends; and be a powerftil factor in electing morally andintellectually the fuming community,onInan institution. I refer to the De laand in enriching thoSlato.Howe bequest. The munificent giftor of this distinguished savant, and largeorexistence—Another importair. end, which formed a part of the original design and ismo,st worthy of out attention, is thethanks to the wise provisions of thepractical education olour women in alle- | testator. The Act of 1790 (Statutes,the arts anti sciences f housewifery.as1-tootesIXVol. V., p.359) recites the terms of the will “for tho purpose of establishing and supporting on the Lethe Plantation in Abbeville County, a seminary for the education and support of or-^ Tl I ,, n ,1, — - J'WJ 1C.By the terms of the will, the Agii-cuiturai Society of the State wasNothing so contributes to the wetland prosperity of farm life asbeingthe intelligent and cheerful helpfulnessHere as else*of wife and daughter, where the homo must bo made attractive in iiuiiim . hiiiI rnlitpill ipifntet the Master b* ever so enterprising and successful, if the Mistress is unin-i-\-named Trustee, and by the abovementioned Act, the Society was invest -terested or incompetent, and householdand kitchen, dairy and poultry yard,ed with power to sell all of the estate0ci-ieikn-bwt the Lethe tract, nnd to invest theproceeds for the carrying out the abovepurposes.By Act of 1805 (Yol.V., p. 495)thearesignation of the Agiieultural Societyare not kept in line and harmony withhis own more extended operations,there must foliov a drain upon the resources, and a loss of means, to sayas Trustee was accepted by tho Gener-0;ie1-cersidn-al Assembly of tho Stale, and the property was vested in Trustees, elected bythe General Assembly.nothing of that incalculable loss whichcomes from wan of intelligent sympathy and interest.One ol the Arts most conducive tohealth, and consequently to mental andspiritual activity and well-being, is theThis-action on the part of the StateArt of cooking. More ill-health andvirtually made the State the Trusteeof the Will and Testament of Dr. Dela Howe.The purpose of the bequest was toprovide instinotion in scientific andtiswo-practical fanning and also in practicalbouse-wifery and domesticeconomyand labor, for the indigent aud helpless.ill-temper, and ill-ordered lives, areattributable to bad cookingerly prepared foal-improp-than is imagined.Ancl the educaticu of the women in (liearts essential to a judicious use of material and the proper prepaiation of itfor the table is second only to the education of the men, to honor, and intelli-A noble charity.gently value, am work the farm.I cannot now follow the fortunes ofa-tliis Deed of Love, nor is it necessaryWhenever young men shall learn toregard farm work as honorable andof17enfor present purposes. (Suffice it to say, the school was maintained foi many years,educating 12 boys and 12 girls—praise-worthy, and that true laborcomprises tho labor of the hands asbut the peculiar feature of practical■*K18tanning aud housewifery was graduwell as of tlie bruin, and shall findtherein profit am! independence, andthe young women learn to esteem theally eliminated by the thoughts andcares aud conduct of the house antie-fashion, of the lime; .ml tho wi«.loiuof the projector was overborne by theprevalence of negio slavery.Since 1*80 or 81 School lias beenSome, nnd that no legitimate dnty is, or can be degrading,and learn also the,is- j discontinued, for what cause, is unknown to me, but there still remainart of beautifying the home, withind, the lands of Lethe, 1500*) extent,IXil-asacies inof excellent quality and ina good locality in the folk of LongCane ami Little River.One of the complaints in foimer yearswas its inaccessibility. This is now liarlibpily lemoved, by the construction ofinisthe A. ami K. aud the Savannah Valley R. R.’s—the latter running within,and without, ami take an intelligent and co-operating interest in theprogress of every department of farm-life;then, and then only, will Agiieulturallife regain its true position in the social estimation of tiio world.son\\Da0/ScClt;anG\MBeSllwLrSj.011IUWCHIThere was a time when the farmerI lt;de facto” was the peer of any in thebolt;social world by reason of his intelligence,his independence ami his culture.This, owing to various condition*, isI think,two miles of tho lands.Buildingsfor school purposes and the farm, areno longer the case, the farmer himselfcontributing, by pushing his sons andChalready tlieio and in good repair. Theand daughtuis foith into oilier walksof life, to keep his own in rear, lint it was not thus iu thothebe-tentire plant invites the State to found I there tho Agricultural College which . .•IioqIJ diuemiuat. f.r ,».! wide the g,n'g- 811,1 “ “-v b“ 80 no’ 'lt;an■most useful of all worldly knowledge, how to “subdue” and render tributary theeaith.” Thus tho State wouldmen and women would butagreetoiecognizo tho dignity of labor ami the* *value of culture and the necesHitv ofbe carrying out in the highest degree jindependence.the noble-hearted purpose of the emi- Tb‘ is vvhal ‘h0 Agricultural Colncnt physician and philanthropist, and j lef»° would be a potent factor hi loachperpetuating his natuo and generosity | ing; and hence would exeroLe a vast into leuiote generationsfIn the educational scheme of the uiona of tho State.finance for good upon futuie genera -State, there is no high, no low, 110 jrich notpoor. All aie equal before [the 1 aw, aud all alike entitled to thei full benefit of the best instruction she can iiive. \ot the distinct purposeTo effect this is wotth the honest,— - * —. hearty effort of every son of SouthCarolina.Respectfully Yours,J3KNJ. ALLSTON.Su
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Georgetown Enquirer
Georgetown, South Carolina, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1885
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