CARTER COUNTY, TN - MISC - Letter, Payne to Hopwood
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Letter of W. G. Payne from Milligan College, Carter Co, TN to Josephus 
and Sarah LaRue Hopwood at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA.  The 
original letter is in the Hopwood Papers in the Milligan College archives.

Milligan Tenn.
March 17, 1913

	I will write you a short letter as you will not write to me and 
tell how you are getting along.  It must be that you are afraid I will 
want to come too, and you may be thinking correctly.  Hope you are 
having a school such as your hearts desire and that makes you feel young 
as if you were starting life again with the knowledge experience and 
other forces gained so as to accomplish so much more in a given time but 
after all training the young is a slow process and takes great patience 
as well as tact and faith and then so many disappoint us at last.  My 
but this life problem is one that is mystery at each end and known only 
as it is ruled off.  Faith is the one thing above all other that keeps 
this life boat struggling against the tide.  It furnishes the forever to 
move and keeps the needle of the compass toward the goal and the light 
in God's light house never goes out or grows dim as long as our eyes of 
faith kept good and not allowed to dim.

	The board of control of the college has bought the Anderson Mill 
property including the land between the road up through the farm 
parallel with the race and road about 20 acres and expects buy the A. A. 
Taylor place and the Sam Williams or Utterback place.  They paid 4500 
for Mill property and to get that we bought the whole farm of 228 acres.  
Mr. Hardin and myself took the 200 acres the college did not want.  We 
have been offered 2800 for the timber as it stands and will get more as 
it has been estimated by some to be 500000 ft.  We expect to sell in 
lots and tracts to suit the buyers at 100 pr. Acres and more homes and 
people to the place.  You know the pike runs through giving nearly one 
mile of front on each side.  We had to pay Anderson 16200.00 for the 
farm and mill all together.  4500 for mill and 20 acres and 3000 for 
timber=7500 leaves the 200 or more acres at a cost of 8700 or about 40 
pr. Acre.  I may fail to sell it out at that but I believe that I can do 
it.  Many are talking now and seem to want to buy and if Mr. Hardin 
doesn't              me I will come out right.

The school is doing good work and having a smooth school year.  I do not
know who will be president as there has been no one elected yet.  Bruce
Kershner and wife are here and there is talk of making him president.  
Miss Ellis, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Garrett will stay.  I like Kershner and 
his wife.  They seem to have the right spirit and have the work at 
heart.  They are in S.S., Church, and prayer service always and Mrs. 
Kershner makes splendid talks.  Do you know him or know of him?  If so, 
what about him?  The SS, Prayer, and church service are all good.  SS 
from 90 to 140.  Preaching every Lord's day.

Ethel, Sylvia, Tempie, and Ceslar are at the store and farm the others 
are here.  I am there a good portion of the time.  Hay, rye, barley, and 
wheat are looking very well.  I have my corn ground      potatoe ground 
and about 10 acres           as onions, lettuce, and beans are growing.  
I have three fine red short horn cows.  One of them now fresh.  I have 
given most of my time last months at the college matter getting money 
and work up the trade for farm.  Alx is married.  He married a Bowman, a 
daughter of a brother Wesade and Will Anderson's wives and is farming.  
He does not like the store.  Sylvia attends the store.  Ethel Steefs is 
my farm          and a good boy.  You see I write as bad as ever so I 
close.

Frank Taylor died Saturday morning.  Will bury today at 11.

W. G. Payne