The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-08-22

understood him correctly, that Gen. 8: ~
Lee, President of the Mississippi Agricultural
College, had written to him that SO,W0 Woulu
put up the college and farm buiIdings all
ready for beginning operations. VIII any. ny:
thing be left of the money bequest2 Ana yet
stump orators talk about interest from uthe the
Clemson fund to help pay expenses. The
great beacon light OF encouragement held up
by Mr.: Tlllman is this same MISSISSIPPI col
bling remarks by quotation from the ChtcE.
nsn,0 (yftxs) Messenger, published near enough
to the Mississippi college for the editor to In
o, "In the report M of the Trustees and President
OF the college, made TO the Legislature for the
years 1sS6-7 we find an Inventory OF the COZ,
icge property appraised November l5th ano
10th, 1857. Said inventory contains the 1oilow
College buildings.............. USo " "
College lands. 4ao'1,adEE NJ NJ
Farm buildings................ lo'lSo '"
Making total SloS,So' o'
"Is the college n success?
"Well, that depends entirely upon wha1
constitutes So SUCCESS @ II the eSPetnqirnoe o
collected from the masses of the people-aooul
$4,000 of which has been paid as salaries te
officers, faculty and employees, not one o
whom ever proved himself successiu. n,ne la,n
men, whose parents were, IN the most IN
stances, able to send them to Yale or Harvard
is a success, then our Tombstone Industry II
O wonderful success.
nically trained under the supervision OF
President who buys corn to run MS magnln IN
cent prairie plantation, almost every year sa
not dozen were ever guilty of degrading q
themselves by engaging In practical agrlcui
ture after they left the college, then as o train
ing school to learn boys how not to do IT, the
A. & NJ. is q remarkable success.
"Ifan investment made by the state o
SIT T30 40. as shown by the report for the years
1861, and the receipts from the sale OF stock
beef cattle, butter and farm products amount
ed to only s9,S74.35 for two years, Whlle tne
expenditures, including students, LABOR ahc ,hs
neat neat little sum Of s2s,5t3.69, could be consid
cred paying Investment, then, indeed, Is the
system OF Intensive farming practiced at oul
A. & NJ. c. O phenomenal success.
schools are gigantic frauds and humbugs
drawing their support from funds that ougn
| to be appropriated in aid Of the free pubic
! schools; competing with private educationa
institutions Of high grade all over the State
burdensome to the tax-paying masses, not ont
! of thousand of whom have the means to IN
| cur the expense Incident to atten ding them
and beneficial mainly to the gentlemen wne
receive handsome salaries and that class
people who are perfectly able financially u
take care of themselves
! "Wlth this conviction clinging to us, afte
long years OF study, observation and lnVesti
CATION, we advise those communities not 81
| ready cursed with so-called industrial school
| to renounce the luxury before the iniquitou
system Is fastened upon them, Tor they ar
practically rich mems schools operated at tn
producers expense"
have nothing to gain by this communica
ton, for l think 1t Is unpopular, but for on
will raise rny warning voice to the farmer
before they take an elephant on their hands
F. A. CONNCR.