| Show whar ilem uny among tha passengers on the north bound richmond and danville air line train a few nighta ago was an old darky named dangerfield hampton on his way to the old dominion after an ab bence of about fifty years when he was sixteen yeara of age he was brought to georgia by edward locket a negro trader from richmond and was sold to mr wise cousin who lived near madi bon agn for hampton was a native of king A queen county where he left borne relatives whom he now de aired to see his georgia master owned about darkens dar keys and made from to bales of cotton the georgia railroad had just been completed to madison when undo hamp landed at madison after the war was over and he found himself frea he went to work in earnest and made money right alon he now owns seres of land and made thirty four baled of cotton last year the old man was on hia way to the scene of his childhood he spoke of having lost 1100 hy the failure of a banking institution soma time ago the old man said in a laughing way that he left hens and a rooster in virginia when he left there and that he was going there to look after them he thought that he ought to have a good price for the chickens and interest on the amounts from the time he left until now which he thinks would be quite a nice sum richmond state |
