The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-08-19

three first named. A farmer is one who
farms: as one who hires and cultivates
q farm; cultivator Of leased ground !;
= tenant. Again one who is devoted to
the tillage of the soil; an agricultural
ist; husbandman. The word has sev.
eral other meanings, but not germain to
the question.
A planter is one who sets. plants. in.
troduces or establishes one who assists
in colonizing in new and uncultivated
territory. One who owns n plantation.
Agriculturalist is one skilled in the
art Of cultiva:ing the ground the hus-
bandman. The farmer is always prac-
titioner; the agriculturalist may be =
mere theorist.
1t will be seen that the primary mean.
ing Of farmer is tenant or actual cult.
vator or the soil; planter is the same
or may be one who merely owns q plan.
tation; while an agriculturalist may be
either or neither, but mere dreamer or
theorist. Does the term agriculturalist
include these three classes? If 80,
then the doctor, the merchant, the me.
chanic, the lawyer and every class, who
owns farm is included and no one can
object to the term. Does it merely In.
clude those who fall under the defini.
ton Of the term d? If ID. then dIones,
dreamers, politicians and such Ike only
come in. Who does Il Include? {? II
only the actual tiliers Of the soil, the
field laborers, then three.fourths of the
land owners Ss the State are excluded.
Before tho war ne had many planters,
men who own hundreds Of slaves, hired
IN overaser, lived In splendor and rarely
saw their farms. In reality they were
mere consumers. producing nothing.
We have now in this and many other
counties men who call themselves far
mers who take hold of the hoe or plow
as seldom IS We do. They rent part Of
their land, hire few hands and have
part tended. but only direct. We affirm
that nine-tenths Of the professional
men OF the State do the same thing, for
no profession will alone support fami.
ly except in cities In fact if you want
to find good farmer. you must general
~ seek him among professional men.
Furman, of Georgia, who has done As
much or more for the farming interest
of the South than any one man, was q
lawyer. In our own State Chancellor
W. d. johnson, though following this
profession, was and is now one of the
largest and most successful farmers and
land owners in the State. Mr.. Calhoun
was lawyer, then a statesman. but.al.
ways most successful planter. Mr..
Burt, Of Abbeyille, was superior far
mer. Mr.. Aiken, who formerly was the
head Of the Grange, has been . politi-
clan since the war and could not attend
to his FARM, Are such men to be OF.
cluded To come nearer home, is DR..
McClanahan the less farmer because
he practices medicine From all We
know and have heard of him, nine.
tsnths Of the farmers could learn of
him for years. Is Dr.. Doyle, = success
full farmer, the less farmer because a
doctor We might instance numbers
Of others. but as We propose to contin.
We. this article next week we will stop.
We propose to write Of mechanics and
merchants hereafter, not that IS an edit
or We fee! agrieved, but.in the interests
OF. unity and Of the public welfare. We
want our County and State Agricultural
Society to prove success and have no
exclusiyeness. IF the spirit of that
resolution WAS crrried out, perhaps one
half OF the body which passed it weuld
be excluded. You want and need ali
the help you can get, and as the farmers
are in the majority, they can elect
whom they please to Office, but do not
hy your rules exclude any class.-Keo.
s0ec Courier.