The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-02-13
COLFAx, GRANT PARISH LA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49,


and Times-Democrat: 100 barrels
of meal, 40 barrels of molasses, 6
boxes of meat, 3 barrels of pork,
and l sack of coffee.
From State Relief Committee:
Z car loads of free corn.
Special committees of three were
appointed in each ward to distrib-
ute the corn, and all of the free
corn has been distributed, being
about one third enough to go
through on.
All of the donations from the
Item and New Orleans merchants
and the New Orleans Travellers
Protective Association were deliv-
cred at Pollock.
Of the donations from the Joint
Relief Committee and the Times
Democrat, 35 barrels of meal, 2
boxes of meat, and 10 barrels of
molasses, were delivered at Mont
gomery to E. j. Bar6eld, care of
W. o. Harrison, for ward Z.
The balance, IS barrels of meal,
4 boxes of meat, 80 barrels of mo-
lasses, and / sack of coffee, were
delivered at Colfax, received by L.
B. Price, stored in Colfax, and j.
E. Dunn appointed to distribute
same.
The donations at Colfax are for
ward six, and the west end of wards
three and four.
The donations on hand at Pollock
are for the east end of wards three
and four, and all of wards 3 and 5.
All orders must be signed by the
ward committee before being filled.
That committee is as follows:
Ward 2-E. C. Gates. G. w. KEGS.
Ward 3-Rube Jordan, Pose Lotion.
Ward jeff Hutchinson, Ben Nugeut.
Ward 5-Tom Bradford, w. H. Math-
ews.
Ward &c. A. Wall, Geo. Andre.
Ward 7-E. j. Barfeld. j. L. Fletcher.
These donations will relieve our
farmers for about three weeks, or
until the first of March, at which
time we will have to have more aid.
We urge the farmers to plant
early, and thereby become self-sus-
tanning as soon as possible. Don't
fall out with your committee. or
abuse them. They are working
for your good and you should help
them.
Don't sit down and wait for them
to hunt you up, but 60 to them, and
they will do what is right for you.
Many mistakes will be made In a
work SO wide spread and diversified.
Don't curse because your neighbor
got more than you did. Try to get
more for yourself and be thankful
for what you have. We are all
prompted by the same motive to
relieve your wants and keep misery
and starvation from your door.
Help us to help you and do not be
q draw back and a sore head to
your committees. If you are not
properly treated report the facts to
the chairman, Mr.. O. G. Watson,
and every effort will be made to do
right by you.
We must have more corn as soon
rs possible. MANY of our farmers
only drew three or four bushels. |
The majority of them can not pay |
any thing for corn. They could |
hardly pay the freight on it, If
charged; and the State donation
lied up in purchase corn at Is cents |
per bushel, is just as if it had never |
been made to a majority of our
destitute farmers.
We thank the good people whose |
open hearted charity has relieved
10 much misery among our farmers,
heir wives and children. We
should never forget their gener-
,sity.
We should stir ourselves and
distribute these donations as rap
dly as possible, as it costs SO much
20 have men act as clerks and do
,ommissary work. We can not ex- |
,ect them to lose their time and
work gratis. The people can help
Is and themselves q great deal by
getting a hustle on.
The west ends of wards three
md four, and all of ward 6, will
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