The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-01-16
TIP TAX DODGERS COLLEGE.
Solid Chunks OF Hard Sense-.-An Eye
Opener for Fanatics ON tho Sub.
ject OF Building a College In which
TO Teach the Science of Grubbing
Roots, and the Art of Dropping

ject of Building College In when
to Teach the Science of Grubbing
Roots, and the Art of Dropping
Corn.
Col,tnaaia Register.
Now, then, when the reformers have refor-
med in this matter OF the Clemson College
they have managed to cut down the general
But, in the meantime, the so-called refor-
mers have taken the inceptive step of sad
ding on the people new college with prob
able cost, to begin with, of S4OO, 900 to make it
will be required to support it. This expendl-
ture amounts to carrying perpetually about
burden of possibly 100000 TO be carried by the
people for all time. How will this do by the
way of economic reformP THE REGISTER
does not complain of this expenditure at all,
lift is needed and the farmers of the. State
actually want another Institution, in view of
the fact that they already have one answering
every possible demand that the new iDsttu-
ton can possibly afford. II this be specimen
of the great reform movement before which
the "Bourbons" are remanded to n back seat,
our reforming brethren will find that they
have got al elephant on their hands when
port of this institution. what it willIrequire to
make IL any ing else than a Tilman boone.
rang. When the time comes to ask for the
honest support of the institution, THE REGIS
liberal support; but we see now clearly how
new brood Of reformerS will arise to discoun-
tenance and spit out OF their mouths another
erich mans college" for the rich farmers Of
the State, whilst poor boys have 10 stay Mt
home on the farms to work for the support of
the members Of their own INDECENT families,
who cannot afford to do without the work of
their boys. In our experience, just such as
these often make the best and most success
ful citizens. This Is no argument against ed
ucation, we admit But 1t an argument
against the necessity Of manual labor instruc-
tion. Necessity, after all Is the best teacher
In this important feature of social economy.
to work in downright dead earnest through
the livelong year, day in and day out. He
learns that first of all lessons in human econ
omy-selfdenial. He gets not only muscle as
he makes his bread-he gets O splendid man.
hood and selfreliance that cannot be despis-
ed, when brave mans work Is called into
the count. Nor are these boys always with
out education. They have to begin with the
education of experience and of that manly
struggle for a support of themselves and their
parents and the little Children Of the family.
Not only this, many such boy is fought the
three RS before he goes into the fields. After
ALL it never Is the mere physical labor that
the boy does that makes man Of him, any
more than 1t makes man Of the horse or
the OK he ploughs or drives. 1t is the selfde-
NAL involved and the sense Of responsibility
he grows up with which lift him up in his
own esteem and the esteem of others. Can
mere manual labor, in ITSELF afford these val
liable Incidents Of q laboring life? There Is
nothing in the mere drag oflabor, in ITSELF to
man. 1t Is only when 1t is accompanied by
the valuable incdenti we have alluded to,
that it does lift the boy into good and useful
man.