The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-03-01
APLAN TO REMOVE HAMPDEN-SID
NEY AND NEGROIZE PRINCE
EDWARD.

I'm am article on the plopo>eu 1 III
versity Of Richmond, the upbuildinl
Of which appears to depend on the de
struction and removal Of institutions
like Randolph-Nlacon and Hampden
Sidney. the Richmond Times-Dispatcl
says:
Another project for the public good
which has grown out Of the university
idea. comes from prominent Presby-
terians. i'm connection with the pro-
posed removal Of Hampden-Sidney to
Richmond. and the use Of the old col
lege building.
The suggestion isuade that the Pres
bvterian Church i'm Virginia establish
AT Hampden- Sidney a great industrial
school f0rcOlOred boys, with a theOlogi-
cal department for the training Of
colOred preachers. similar TO the insti-
tuition now maintained by the South
ern PRESBYTERIAN Church at Tuscaloosa,
Ala. Hampden-Sidney lies in the
heart of the "black belt' Of Virginia.
The old seminary building just OppO-
site the college, is idle, and no other
use could be made of the deserted
equipment if the college were moved.
Furthermore, practically the only COM
munity about Hampden-Sidney are
the professors and their families and
those who keep student boarding
houses, all Of whom would no doubt
move with the college The neighbor-
hood would then be practically desti-
tute of white people, making it in
many respects a suitable position for
an industrial institution for the educa-
ton Of cOlOred boys.
Ii is doubtful, however, if the Pres
byterians of Virginia will feel able to
undertake this expense at a time when
the cost Of removing the college and
thoroughly equipping it in new aud
suitable quarters will be heavy.
We are honestly surprised that the
Times-Dispatch would soil its pages
with such sentiments as these. The
coldblooded selishness embodied i'm
the idea is supreme, while the incor-
rectness Of the statement, that on the
removal of Hampden-Sidney and the
professors and bOarding-houses, "the
neighborhood will then be practically |
destitute of white people," deserves to
be characterized in severer terms than
we care to use in our columns.
Another project for the public good
which has grown out of this Univer.
sity Of Richmond scheme is for the
Presbyterians to establish at Hamp-
den-Sidney a great industrial school
for colored boys, with a theological de-
partment for the training Of colOred
preachers"
For the public good, forsoOth It's
beautiful scheme. Destroy Hamp-
den-Sidney as acollege to train white
boys. Move the white professors to
Richmond. Put the Presbyterian
church to enormous expense, as was
done when the Union Theological
Seminary was moved to Richmond,
and then add TO the burden Of the d
church by taxing its members to ;
an industrial school and
theological course for the negroes
Turn Prince Edward county over 10
the negroes, educationally and indus
-rially. The white population here is h
sparse. Many colored people are here u
n the whites don't wish to move, get :,
A part of the Ogden millions given by O
bride the Board Of Trus- 4
ees Of Hampden-Sidney with a good -
y sum, and move the college, thus OF
orcing the people to move TO town. re
And if this isn't sufficient, turn old q,
iampden-Sidney into a negro school, "
o as to encourage the negroes to get al
Of our land Il,
The brain that conceived that plot n,
; worthy ofMachisvelli in his blacklist
loments. We ask the Times-D Dis
atch TO give to the public the names tn
those prominent Presbyterians" "a
no have endorsed or originated this II
lot Who are they? Or, when sift- an
!, will not the names Of these 'pro- OF
inent Presbyterians" result in the sci
ames Of those Of some other denomi- ga
alton, or of no denomination, ms
no are so eager TO get their fin gro
rs on the millions wrung from CIR
e people by monopoly in oil, and to
herwise as to make them willing to VII
ave our country people at the mercy me
those NOrtherners who wish the land an'
the South turned over to the blacks? pre-
D doubt that "industrial-scho the
ninary-for-the-negroes idea will be Der
I'd with great satisfaction by some VIII
our Northern brethren. No doubt the
marked copy Of the extract from the rigl
nes-Dispatch will be sent North. TIA
doubt the plot was Matched in or Ject
to make easier the chance TO stick -
er fingers into the dripping sweets, ~ Iao !,
ing from the table of those who and
n to take the Niger out Of the Sou
'dpile, put him on top Of, and in ene'
session Of the woodpile, while the S 59a
Ites can take to the woods TO keep of h
m. ID.
the Times Dispatch will lend it. som
to such plans as this, il will Join ol l...
DIS with the most dangerous and idea
lie enemies Of the South. That Sout
'ph Bryan, owner ofthe Times Dis that
IN, will do this, we cannot bel eve. , ,a'n'
IS too good a Southerner, too good were
izen, to much a patriot, too noble BUSH
IAN 70 lend himself to such a and
me when he once understands il. S St,
great school for negroes is so come
ed at the expense Of the white IN,
'le'-and especially at the expense usefu
.e PresbyteTians-why not have it and +
nat 2OO-acre plot in Richmond, but ,
re the great University Of Rich nubli
IS to be established ? With so
b cooperation" and harmonious OBJ