The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-18
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE AGITATION.
A Hobby OF Political Dcmngogues...
The College Mt Columbia All that
is Needed.
81. Johnston Monitor.


81. Johnston Monitor.
The Clemson college Is but hobby for po
lticians. "Arc you in favor OF accepting the
Clemson bcqucSt % is the mighty question
the great hobby riders are propounding 10 tht
candidates. They don't tell the people the
the State, and that consequently there !!
nothing to accept. He Is said to have, be
uucathed something to seven trustees Whon
he named, and who nre to "Sontrol,, s.orI % %the:oe
ance.'' But can the State afford to be party
under any circumstances, to the taking o
property from, that rightfully belongs to, the
grcat-gran ddaughtcr of John G. Calhoun
Suroiy south Carolina is not driven by such n
straight nor is she lost to trat high sense
honor that must preclude her from engaging
In so compromising transaction. The So
called "beqncst comes with Insulting con
diLions anyhow Itsays to the State: Il vii
give you this property, butt will not trust you
to manage it," And yet The great question
is: Are you in favor of accepting the Glenn
son beQueSt ?"
It was Mr.. Tiuman we believe, fwho frs
discovered the cause of the farmers woes-tht
lack of an agricultural education. TheI
forthwith all the big and little fellows caught
up the refrain and echoed it from one end
tie State to the other. And it.must be n "sep
arate" agricultural college. The college a.
Columbia, though provided with the mos
learned and experienced agricultural proies-
sors and all the paraphernalia of frSt.clast
agricultural college, will not answer the de-
maud of these champions Of agricultural ed
ucation, because the classics are somewhere
connected with the Columbia institute, anC
sufficient opportunity is not given the stu
dents to fork manure and guide the plough
There must be separate" college on the
"SIississippi plan." The advocates don't tel
you that the farmers ef Mississippi, with theil
agricultural college, are in worse condition
than the farmers of South Carolina: They
don't tell you that large number or the 1ar'
mers Of Mississippi who have tried this plan
are opposed to the college on the ground tha
It's establishment has Increased taxation un
necessarily; that, II they are to bestaXeu, II
should be for free common schools; that ths
college does not make farmers.
But, as we have said before, If your son de
sires an agricultural education and you arc
able to give 1t to him, the opportunity IS OF
fered at Columbia, with every advantage ina
can be had in Mississippi, Ohio or anywhere
else. This separate" college agitation is a
political scheme, and our farmers should moi
be fooled into its endorsement Through mis-.
taken belief that 1t will prove panacea for
all their woes. The socalled demand fol
such q collge comes from the politicians
rather than the farmer or farmers sons
The questions which are being propoundeo
to the candidates were for the most part got
ten up by politicians, by those who expect tc
profit by the agitation. The farmers are to be
the "cats paws" in tho affair; the chestnuts
are expected to fall to others. We hope the
farmers will not be "honey-fuggled' OF
"bamboozled'' by these self-electcd farmers
friend.
If the reader will now turn to the top OF the
next column something moro may be found
OH this subject.