The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-12

l tHouSn unlettered, farmer reveals
 state Of things that is true not only In
 that county of Virginia. but through
 out the south, and goes far toward ex-
 blaming the growing race antagonism
 in some sections: Them as has al-
 ways been way up," said the farmer.
 and has come down, speaks to us; but them as has always been down and is now comin' up, they don't speak,"
 l Leaving Cumberland we re-entered
 Prince Edward county and drove its
 whole breadth, finding at Darlington
 Heights settlement of Hamptonians--
 brothers owning in all about one thou
 sand acres of land, some of it formerly
 belonging to the owner of the father of
 the family. Stanhope Dodson, 'S8, | taught the school of this distroct for | twelve years, but is now, with his eld- | est brother, keeping a grocery store in the village, but living on his farm, where he has a family of five children and wife too sensible to let them
 grow up anywhere but in the country.
 In the center of a clearing of thirty acres stands his neat four-room house.
 In every sense Christian home. His
 wife Is an enthusiastic poultry raiser,
 and together they raise all their sup
 plies, or buy them from the sale of
 crops, and lay up something for rainy
 day besides. MT. Dodson and his
 brothers are men of influence in the
 community. Largely through their ef-
 forts a well-built church, painted in-
 side and out, has been erected and is e
 center for church, Sunday -cshool, tenn
 perance and social meetings. In 1889
 MT. Dodson organized temperance so-
 ciety among the children of his. school
 This spread to the older people and so influenced public sentiment in the com munity that for the past two years
 white and colored voters have united on prohibition and no liquor can now be obtained nearer than Farmville, twenty miles away. Of the two other brothers who are Hamptonians, one, William Dodson, '92, is teaching and farming, and the other Richard Dod- son, who was a member of the pastors class at Hampton, is preaching and farming and doing missionary work At a meeting of the people held in the painted church," an interesting figure appeared in the person of H. c. Ed munds, member of the class of '7S, who has taught and farmed ever since leaving school, and is now about to send his daughter to Hampton. He knew and loved General Armstrong and gavethe Hampton teachers an enthusi astic welcome. Before reaching the railroad on our way to Richmond we called at a school taught by J. M. Jeff fries, '95, assisted by one of Hampton's Mrs Jeffries is also a former student of Hampton, and their | good influence is felt in the community. |
 The Virginia manual labor school at | was our next objective point. | for here is stationed James Lawson, who received his trade certificate in '9S. | He is in charge of the carpentry de- partment at the reformatory, which is ably managed by J. H. Smyth eX-min- ster to Liberia, Here, on one of the most beautiful farms in Virginia-a plantation of 1.S06 acres, included with n broad bend of the historic Pamun- key river-are gathered one hundred md eight small boys, saved from the ,enitentiary and given chance to make men of themselves. MT. Smyth 'CASNC Co III tuC SpoPEi Ol Wolh oiii tic l ,oys are kept at it-half day in school lnd half a day at hand labor. Enor- nous crops of corn, black-eyed peas, i potatoes, cucumbers, wheat and oats I Ire raised each year, and the dairy lerd, chickens, ducks and other stock must be cared for besides, so that there } little idle time floor any one on Broad
 eck farm. The boys are given time to Jay and seem contented. MT. Smyths hief concern is that the boys shall de- elop character and become useful men. ] 70 this end he is about to petition the ,gislature to grant the "indet terminate" entence, so that he may keep the boys s long as seems bet for their own good, Ie desires to give girls also the benefit the institution, but funds will not , ermit at present. Mrs. c, P. Hunting on has recently offered to provide an ldustrial building so that more trades s lay be taught, and MT. Lawson is now e usy preparing for its erection. Being q n architect as well as carpenter, he ', as drawn the plans and will make es- mates for it. He is teaching a class Il boys in carpentry, giving them prac- d cal work on a new school-house and e
 the various repairs on the place. He n kes real interest in his charges and IS a good influence over them. As we E owe away through the magnificent a 'ove on the campus MT. Lawson was u He'd to bid us goodbye and appeared fl lth hammer and compass and cold F isel in hand, saying he was putting &, , stoves to keep the boys from freez- c g. And So the all-around Hampton ot an finds his place, helps his fellows, se Id makes the world a little better for m wing lived in it.-Southern Workman in
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