The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
A Word of Sincere Appreciation.

Idito OF Inc ! fNleS. MT,
Sir.-Bcar with me once more Inc
spirit moves mo to thank your noble pa
Der and all connected with 1t, for the
great success that has crowned the ell
fort to raise the Sloo,eoo Tor Rlcni1ioilu
College While life is spared me, shaii
not forget what brotherly greeting you
caye me. when went to you asking your
cid for This cause. May God bless you
for. If, DR.. Hatcher has done splendldlY,
but his victory has been much more easl-
Nv won because of the help given nm by
the secular press. You have given ths'
public a striking illustration of the power
tie secular press exert Tor SO
eau e. It was rat aiWfyS 50. I ihSSe.i.
cal remember when We had to so 10 the
secular editors and talk very pretty to
get in more than a. few paragraphs about
the coming of a Baptist Generl ia AsSocla-.
ton or a Methodist Conferences. Not that
tn Richmcsd dailies were oehlnd any
others in that matter Gas TACT theN
W + in ad ,ance Of any. o hers, that I
l,ntwa ,.>i-g about in those early days
but how grandIy have they come ahead
in lat, year in Esp eading the good news
OF the kingdom.
Through the direct and indirect .lnit1-
ences Of this great thing, just done. other
bun7>eds of thousands. 1t may be mir
ions of dollars viii come down into the
~o,,+t, f-orr1 tho North. AIR adv. q gen
tlenlan whom I know well, has communi-
Gated with me concerning a wealthy man.
living in a State north OF this, of whom
he SAYS: HE is very rich, has no chill
dren. is not member of any church. but
is ve-;T:' much interest d in helping to
educate deserving poor children and
containing accounts OF this great
uprising for Richmond College. H
hos tel->nd me every time ] have asked
HIM and I know re loves to help on this
line" Now. there are many people at the
North like that. have had a man to be-
gin with $1,000 at first and then few
months thereafter to hand me $4,000
worth of stccS, for better than gold, and
furth7- he hand d me othnr sock. say
ing: 'ThoEe WI bring You $4,000 to-day,
but e ev will be worth more" I could tell
V II of another man, New Englander,
AR. c. II Samnson-I met him at De
Land. Florida. He had given me IS 001
for Richmond College, and I mildly sug-
E-s' ed to him that he would add a few
thousand more to that college. He said:
No; I think my next gifts to the South
ought to be 10 the Stetson College (at
De Land, Fla.,)" and. pointing TO his bug
gy. soid: Jump In and ride over with me,
10 ohm B. Stetson's and talk the matter
over I did so. In the conversation
that followed. Mr.. Stetson alluded to the
fact that the first money he had ever been
asked to give to a college was to Rich
rnond College and he said: THAT ten thou
sa,d is responsible for the hundred and
fifty thousand that I have thus far put
into this institution" That decided Mr..
Sampson to join Stetson. and when saw
Mr.. Stetson last I asked him-as Mr..
Sampson had in the meantime died-how
much Mr.. Sampson hid given to his Flori-
da school, and he replied about sixty
fva thousand dollars I mention this In
cident with no q s'rc to give prominence
to anything I have ever done in this or
in any other department OF Christian
work do it only to prove to all who
have given, 50 much as a copper to Dr.
Hatchers grand work, that there are
millions in it, for our dear. blessed South.
And, by the way, will The Times let me
add have done it. too, with the hope
that some OF our Southe-ners who seem
neevr to hove found ANYTHING good to say
of our Northern brethren. "since the
var, may ffn7 IN this VIEW imperfect little
paragraph some intf~ation that there
may be good and ph'1anthropc men in
the North with a generous interest In the
South.
Wishing Cots hest blessings upon The
Times and all connected with it through
the New Year and all the New Year and
all the years, I am.
Yours very truly.
A. e. DICKINSON.