The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-08-31
The Colonel and the Farmer, "a Tale
for Politicians.

fine. People may talk about crops being ruin
'o' put see now 1t takes only good judgment
and intelligence TO make good crops even this
wear; And how is Your wife ! don't think
YOU deserve much credit for your Success.
when | think of what II fine wife YOU have to
back YOU.
/. Wall, mebbc not, Colonel. l reckon nv old
Iady does help along right smart but light,
ana hltch your horse you'll find ii mighty
hot talking out there in The road. Come over
here in the shade and let's set down. Shall
We set GA the fcnce like you politicians or in
the grass like us farmers ? In the grass, YOU
say all right. Here, Jim, bring me that
watermelon out of that cotton row there. Got
IL knife. Colonel thank you. This here WATER
mcl"n is s""t or Ike some Of us farmers, looks
green on the outside and sorter scedy too, but
mint so bad when YOU try it and this knife
OF y""rS'S Iortcr like y"u lawyers, tolcrablc
sharp. 100 slippery to get Il good grip on. and
when there. powerful hard +" shut up. Try II
half ut this here watcrlnelon. How are things
around the court house?
Pretty dull. Mr.. liavSced. pretty dnll. Town
people are having hard times. Ion farmers
are the
BACKBONE OF THE cGd.HyHr,
and the %hapVicst too.
Think 50. Colonel How come You ain; u
farmer, If that's the way you fecll abnu, l.
Well CT. well yes, the fact il, I never found
it out until il was ten" late.
ESas'iiy so. ] rcckoa, Colonel, that's the
49, "N'' WV ~ u lCttD"S tn0C hlnT
around TOWN ana come aleu-, election time
taIhlD. about hn" hai pv ;hc farmers arc. |
reckon they all di.Ll', ind it ont till il was
t"n latr--l"nr drvilS--l feel kerry ir,. en-.
well =" change !he %S"hJcct. az. Uas seed. |
am out Tor the legislature. aS Won know ]
haven't got timc to see everybody, 40 am
g"in" around TO or1r tn" hest and mos, inCI,-
entail people in she %i"nntrv to ,,y tn rrt tl'.;,
ialucncr. Tie special thing I'm ruuuinm on
is the '"
college QUESTION.
That South Carolina College is "A great waste
ol INC peoples M nrv, Mr.. Navxccl.
wall, dunno. | used to s0rter think fin.
whole public school business was IL umbu
bnt you people persuaded me out of that. and
now # we are going 10 have public schools We
Il'S"t us we'll finish the thing and have II col
iegc too ! see all the other States hive orr,
their public schools and colleges. and Inmn.t
see why nc can't have 'cm too.
ell, but you see, Mr.. IIavsccd. there * ~,
use Tor u college here, with all our church
Wall, | dnn't know whit about that. Gala
mel. See That there were over two hundred
boys from this State at the College this yrur
more South Carolina boys at this coijr~.
man at all the other colleges put together
ana these church colleges have got ubpnt MS
had before. ''' ''et
On yes, of course, Mr.. Uavsecd, but Won go,
these DoyS are almost NIL from the low conn.
Try, and You know that's how the college WINS
s.ar'eo. in"Sc low country fellows, who try
'he S'"te. had M College to send to-.
No. reckon that won't hardly wash. Colo
he!. l LOOK the trouble to count, and L,uyinr
out them from Columbia which is inst nhnm1
halt way. l fund ont that the bows were ;u-t
Ao""t hnit and half, abuul So or 80 from The
country. ~ VIZ
Well, however that may be, this c,lIcp. il
just run :E '""eee Is
Fob THE lISCnPlII&SS
! on know they haven't got a church col,.rc
III 'He state, and :" i!ley make the Stutc run
a college inst for them.
wan, as to that, Colonel, / ain't wiiIin,to
."n.'. .! a long shot, that we are all such fools
that the Episcopal church or anv uth.,. ~,
chu,rci, can make us do what We don't w,mt
10 90. Remember that's what Won said twn
Years ago when YOU were spcak,n' nron,,J
here, but | reckon you must have lacked
tt or n'ay be not looked at ali. AZ / see
FACULTY and Of the 2l3 boys there this v,nr
;Eere were only about IS from Episcopal fam,
,ne'-thc Others all Mcthodisis.. B]snt;sts
irssbyterials and the rest. So it looks like
W re s"rtsr busted again. Colonel.
:, "tn' ! may have been mistaken of coursr
Bnt, Mr.. Hnys.ed, you are u farmer Won kmnw
ana 'hnt college is just run for The loww.r,
and people of that sort, ''
val, ! must say that's very kind and con.
OF y"n Colonel, secin' as how you're
tiechon Son' re Sortcr off again.
MS l see that of the 2l3 boys there this Won,
GOOD deal over half were ]nrmlers sons
wen, at any rate, Mr.. Hayscrd. tn. col,.g.
- not much account. 1t is no better than mr.
cnnrch colleges und not us good rs the most
of them. "' ""S'
But some mighty good bows went t,,.,,
rom this county, Colonel. ~
oh, IN not running down the bows th,m-
re all right, but
r wen, thc college buildings are pretty good,
on, i~es,they enght to be, they cost H..
state enough money, but
ven there isn't anything left but the fac
eel, that's exactly what I mean. They |
pre no aP bott. the ,ncaIty' but, sir, |. tell thcv
err, than the faculties in our church c"Iln"..
NO" CoIcnel, you're getting in water thnt;r
! inng ways too deep for me. Whom va ,.t
% aiscussin' the ability OF college professors
nave 10 drop out Of the game-thc %liInit's
90 nigh, But anybody that can cnunt car
see that We have got more professors ~ eau
,tate college than We have in our church chi.
eyes NO, OF course that don't prove INV
n'nng' unlees they are worth something. md
! s"id, ! amt able to judge much nbout
inwn M"", mind you, I'm not going to run
"Mn our church colleges. Pm not going to
ay mat It ami us good AZ Yale or HarvnrI
q any college IN the United States, but here's
way ! look ut it, suppose, Colonel, Won
az d iarih' DON'T you wish you did, how HIM
, y"n would DC and how much fun you'd
being the backbone of the country o
u. ,sp!ose you did have a farm, and we want
! = TO hire hands. Now, 'sposo / went out an.
tcrred $l5o a year, an you vent out nm, Of
fIo, an 'spose l had the money to hire
w. u"". Twice as many hands as you, who do |
reckon would get the best hands and who
D you reckon would get the best and most {
zone? Now, ! don't ask you who would
y certain get the best hands, but who is il ID
key, i"okin' at:the thing from "a common
stand point, would get the best, and If
III had nm nlb tom dnJ,,I:,1 -.