The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-24
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MR.. EDITOR: In reviewing the silly
objections to an acceptance Of the Glenn.
son bequest for an Agricultural College
for the benefit Of the poor boys Of our
State, the silliest of all is that the State
would thus become the robber of the
granddaughter, Miss Lee, by SO doing.
In the first place, ample provision has
been made for Miss Lee by the terms Of
the Will, Of which she can only be
deprived by her own foolish act of con.
testing the Will. Besides, her father is
abundantly able to provide for his
daughter outside of The legacy under the
Will. So that, really, the granddaugh'
ter is not, by any means, q pensioner on
the bounty Of her grandfather. Thus
all the bosh and gush about robbing Miss
Lee is exploded. Besides, if the prece>
dent is to be established that no bequest
for charitable or educational purposes,
can be valid where there is legatee, no
matter how far removed, that can lay
claim by right Of primogenitpre to the
property bequeathed, then all the benefac.
ltions in the past on the part Of the
wealthy and benevolent, according to the
peculiar ethics Of Carolina politicians, is
based on a false principle, and should
not be allowed. After making ample
provision for his granddaughter, as IN.
his better judgment was needful, he.
then goes on to bequeath the remainder
of his hand lone estate to the purpose of
carrying out. a long cherished desire to-
establish at Fort Hill an Industrial
School OF College, which would bring to.
the poor. boys of the State the means Of.
higher education, along with practical.
training for; agricultural and mechanical
pursuits. Under ordinary circumstances
it would be supposed that everybody in!
the State would have rejoiced at the
opportunity thus; afforded Of. building q
monument to the memory Of the great
Carolina: Statesman, on his old home-
stead, moro enduring than the loftiest
pyramid Of marble. And yet, strange to
say, the acceptance Of the bequest only
passed the Legislature by q close vote, to
be virtually vetoed by the Governor as
the, last resort Of q forloru hope. WheE1e
can We find q reason for such an anoma.
;lous position as: the Governor presents on
this question, supported, as he is, by q
large following, especially in the lower
part Of; the State |? At first blush every.
body wonld say accept the bequest by q
unanimous vote, bnt sectionalism affords
q clue to explanation Of the strange
course pursued BY the opponents of the
sbequest, and, .it is the only adequate
;explarstion. If the bequest had been
laid in Columbia as an annex to the
South Carolina University, there is no
one so blind as not to see that the: pres.
emit opponents of.the bequest would have
been lauding its magni6cence to the
skies, and the Governor would not have
rannirel two honrs to consider the Benet
bill before a61ing his approval to the
measure. On this superstition, and this
alone, can We explain the anomalous
position Of: the Governor and his sup
sporters on this great question.
e: at first, the opponents Of the bequest
made their fight on the point that by
the terms Of the Will the State could
/ not control the College, but Mr. tBenet in
his bill knocked that prop away by
requiring vote Of two.thirds of the
Trustees to make their action binding.
Then the next, and only remaining
peg on which to hang their hopes was,
that it:would make the State party to
the suit whereas it. is perfectly evident
that: hot q dollar could be taken out Of
the Treasury for that or any other pur..
pose, except by act Of the Legislature.
ri is certain that the executor under the
Will cannot move a peg until the ques.
ton is adiudicated in the Courts. Of
course the property involved must pay
the expense of the litigation, 50 that BY
the acceptance Of the bequest the Legis.
lature only meant to avail themselves of
the limit allowed to the State Of :hree
years in which;to accept or reject. So
that if the Courts were three years, or
Eve years, or ten years in litigation, it
would not jeopardize the interest of the
State in the bequest. The truth is, that
the farmers of the State can never hope
to make the Agricultural College sue.
cess, except on large farm, away from
the temptations Of city life, and with
-
rural surroundings, and with no compe.
tition from other literary colleges. This
is what has made the Mississippi plan a
success, and SO far as favorable location
is concerned, no better one could be found
in the State than Fort Hill. One of
the most valuable farms on the beautiful
Seneca River, on the great Air Line
road, the location is all that could be
asked for to ensure success.
S. T. b. r.
A Cotton Planters Luck.
So famous have the South Carolina
cotton planters become all over the world
that they are now in demand in foreign
countries where cotton is planted. Some
time ago the well known cotton firm OF
Norden & Co. of New York wrote to Mr..
G. E. Salinas, Of the cotton house of A.