The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

III the great cities where mixed
schools are being tried and they
shudder to think what would hap
pen TO both white and c0lored chill
dren In their community with mixed
schools
| know many well intentiohed
ministers have tried TO tell us cur
Christian duty IS to mix. Surely ii
is not our Christian duty to subject
or children. colored or white. to
strife and hatred and contention
How can anyone blame parents
for wanting to protect their chill
dren?
This writer visited Farmyllle. the
County seat Of Prince Edward
County | say nnhesitatingly that ]
never saw finer people with finer
spirit. Not one word did they say
against their colored neighbors ano
friends. They deplore the fact thai
the little colored children have nc
schools to go to and they tell how
they have tried to get the colored
| parents to help in arranging schools
but that the NAACP will not co.
operate. They believe that mixed
public schools are worse than nc
public schools.
4 These people explain that they
are not willing tc have the NAACP
! in New York run their schools and
that liberty to them means n e
right to run their own fairs. Old
Patrick Henry who said Give me
liberty or give me death lived in
an adjoining county and the people
Of Prince Edward know what he
WAS talking about.
HOW ARE the independent
vii.tc schools now operating serv-
i.g the people? One Of the ladies
Woif ing in the Central Office which
o,'ga Elzed these schools told me
With pride of the sacrifices the
white people have made; how in
that little county they have sub
scribed over 100000 in cash and
even more in pledges; how they
have turned out and made desks
and gotten chairs and books and
az anged school rooms in churches
They have touched no dollar Of tax
or public money They have not
even taken the pupil allotment pro-
y.det; under Virginia law because
the know the NAACP would use it
scail.st them to try to force mixing
/ asked what about the schooling
Of the children? Mr.. Herbert, it
is little short of a miracle Both
children and parents no longer
look upon education as something
that comes as matter Of course.
They know they must make a real
effort. Parents help their children
with their homework. and it is a
matter of pride to have it properly
done"
A CRY HAS GONE UP from the
NAACP that the poor colored chill
dren are being denied schools They
had schools until the NAACP
stepped in and they will have them
again if the NAACP will leave
them alone.
THERE SHOULD BE lesson for
colored people in South Carolina in
what has happened at Farmville.
Ii is that they have good schools
and good teachers and their teach
ers have good Jobs. just like the
people at Farmville. If they let the
NAACP destroy those schools it
may be long time before they get
any more
No money that went up North
to the NAACP ever came back
down South and it isn't apt to
come
There are more than 1000 col
ofed teachers in South Carolina.
They are doing a good job and
are well paid It would be a tragedy
if the more than $4,000 colored
children have to grow up in ignor-
ance- Colored people in Farmyille
tn ought it could not happen but it
did and 1t can happen in South
Carolina
THERE SHOULD ALSO BE les
son for white people in South Caro-
liza 1t is that we must not let our
colored neighbors and friends feel
they must look up North for help
and friendship and kindness.
Governor Byrnes said we must
give Negroes as good schools as
whites and the people. without
nurlner. voted sales tax and
bf l.ded themselves for millions to
dc it, He said we must do it be-
cause it is right and the people
followed him.
The fact that we have so far had
ne closed schools or any Little
Rock in South Carolina is largely
because Of that Act. We must try
to remember that Negroes have
a race problem, just as well as we
do. and they may be urged to do
foolish things in order to be loyal
to their race. We should all try
to remember that little kindness
never hurt anyone and so we must |
try to see the other fellows side.
THERE SHOULD BE q lesson for
our great Nation in what has hap
pened at Farmville. It Is that Re.
IN the South, have a great racial