The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
ALARM VILLAGE FOR NEGROES
COLONIZATION SCHEME TO DE
TRIED IN VIRGINIA.
Plan Ilas Awakened Interest Throughout
the Soulful successful Wan, sim.
liar Villages VIII lie Itullt Each
Householder TO Have at Least . Acres.

TIE SUccVrstUD Nanh Sim.
liar Villages VIII lie Itullt Each
Householder TO Have at Least . Acres.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. Ia. Virginia =
perhaps the only State in the South wiicI
is to nave in the near future a little town
inhabited entirely by negroes, and for tho
purpose Of agricultural and industrial train
ing with a view to improving their con-
dition. For years travellers and visitors
have had their attention attracted by a
little village about two miles west Of Orange
Court House populated entirely by negroes
and familiarly known a. Shutdown. 1t
gets its name from the fact that two or three
hundred cabins occupied by the Inhabitants
are rooted exclusively with rough slabs.
These cabins are maze of rude logs stack
together with red clay. They are scattered
over an area Of half a mile square and
are connected with rough-and-tumblc by
paths grown up in summer with weeds.
1t il a peculiar sight, this littl" negro town,
where a white face seldom appears. Slab
town IL laid out Will no system. There
il not a store in IL, although there are more
Than two hundred dwellings,
But the new town which is now being
built for the colored people has a good
object In view, Already work has begun
on it and will be pushed Onward as RAPIDLY
az possible. IL will occupy a tract of land
of about a thousand acres around toit
Lee, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
a few miles below Richmond. The sur
veyors who were employed TO lay of tho
town have marked out a park which j. to
be beautifed artificially in the winter, and
in the spring a pavilion and other improve
ments will be added. The first house will
soon be begun and in a few months a -four
ishing village will have arisen whore now
there are only timber and underground.
This movement was started about a
wear ago by DR.. II. +. Jones. "A well-known
and skilful negro physician here. who has
manifested a keen interest IN the welfare
and Improvement Of his race. and has done
much TO elevate them both In "A commercial
and intellectual way. II was through
him that a large industrial and training
institution was established here in which
negro women are taught 10 cook. act as
trained nurses. keep house and follow
other useful pursuits This institution
has appealed to the sympathy and support
Of many leading white citizens Of Rich
mond and vicinity. DIR. Jones, assisted
by several other negro citizens, purposes
getting the village started and then turning
the property over To the NuInen's League
Training School. above referred TO. The
property will cost many thousands Of dol
lars, and the leaders of the movement
already have a large amount on hand 70
start the work.
The main plan is interesting and carries
Olt u W NV az 49, W hH'
country. DIR. Jones and his associates
hold the opinion that the reason that so
many Of the negro race. and white people
too. are coming to the cities To Nv" ana
I leaving the farm lands TO go 20 waste Is
that man ia a distinctively gregsrious ami
NAL, and il not satisfied to live separated
from his fellow creatures; that man viii
come To a large community and hall starV"
provided hat he enjoys the company 81
his fellow men, rather than live IN remote
| .l,.y.,,t. wrLaV. Ia .rnANN mn ARfIal inter-
| course. DIR. Jones further holds that u a
man can farm and still have the so"ie'v
of his fellow men be will lie happy for the
reason that farming Is one Of the ifccsi
ard most wholesome occupations
From sixty To a hundred houses VIII he
| built. and this will be sufficient &" house a
| community Of al least five hundred people.
To each house will he assigned not les than
five acres ~ land located at some distance
from the village proper and m that r"i'
Of the tract which will Toe devoted % tgll-
culture principally. and - son" minor
industrial pufHuitr. The houses vii De
built close together and all viii l." pretty
much alike, resembling, IN some r'-l"r'-,
the familiar milling towns dotted ihf"ugi-
out the Carulnas and other state
The lands assigned tp each household
will he some ten or fifteen minute sal.
distant Zach Nllager vii b." allowed
keep COVE and uth-r STOCK. and i'f H.''-
will be- s@t apart iur grazing pa
One hundred a'Tr- vii be- devoted Z" a
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acre-. tho grazing plot about i"H
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lrit fur culusauu
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