The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-07-01

fjeaSe nnu enclosed $l LOT reneWa
OF subscription. Wish you muci
success, and truly believe that yor
will win II You continue to advocate
the true interest Of our country. We
have some as good people, as good
morals. and as good educational
facilities. considering our opportuni
ties. al any parish In the State. Par
don me for advising you. but feel
that | have right as q supporter ol
your paper to advise you to endeav.
or to keep on the clean side of every
thing. Let nothing go into your
paper that Ia dirty, filtby or degrad.
ing. Use chaste language. Let 9th.
ers do as they may. You hold up a
high standard of reading matter he.
Sore the people, and you will get the
support of the best people of our par.
ish. Cry down lawlessness to the
very last.
We are just on the eve of inviting
immigrants this way. that they may
see the hest lands for the least money
to lie had In the south. We want
everything to be used that is hon.
orable and fair to make things as
inviting as possible. We have so
much land that ~ adapted for or
chards, truck gardens. vineyards, ETC.,
at such a small figure, that when seen,
provided there Is protection, win be
sold very readily. hit goes abroad
that enterprises, such as milling, rail-
rOadand factories can not he brought
among us account Of nOn-protection
OF fabOrers. 1t will he fruitless to put
forth efforts to secure home seekers.
believe 1t proper for the welfare oil
our parish. II necessary, to assist the
officials as citizens In securing pr6tec-
tion, and in the event 1t cannot lie
had. call on the Governor. l have
read several secular newspapers OF
late. chronicling the news of the late
disturbances. SO said. between the
whites and the blacks of Grant and
BOssier parishes. found only one
favoring lawlessness and crime. l
can truthfully say that l am not a
negro lover, never was and never ex-
pect to be, but can say and will say
l will deal with them honestly, and
am willing to give them what belongs
to them. ! truly believe that 1t
would be better for both white and
black to colonise the negro. for they
are as much entitled to a home on
this earth as the Indian. Ihave been
reared among the negroes. and
knew many good old reliable men
and women among them. They did
good service. and appreciated them,
because they did labor that was not
able to do. Since moving to Pollock.
where negro man can not befOund.
| have had to do work that caused
me to have to neglect very Important
business on account Of not securing
permanently the services of white
men to do that which negro Il
suited to do; and not wanting to
get the negro In trouble by bringing
him here, l put forth my physical
power and relieved the situation. to
my detriment financially and physI-
cally. Our town is badly in need Of
white washing. Not u man here
that can find Is willing to do white
washing, consequently we are dcpriv-
ed of that very important work.
AS for our town, can say that we
have some as good people here as j
ever saw anywhere. but where the
absence Of the negro makes this
town paradise ] can not see. l tell
you, Mr.. Editor, we have good laws.
and they are executed. We have
protection from lawlessness and
vice. Some years ago this town was
not paradise. by any means. but
was ruled to q great extent by a
demoralizing whisky element, but
since the better element got In power
the town naturally cleansed it's
walls, and now bespcaks for itself.
l was told when came here not to
be uneasy about losing anything by
being stolen from me, as there were
no negroes here. Mr.. Editor. under
stand me, do not once assert, that
the negro does not steal. I know
that he win, or the majority will,
when favorable opportunities pre-
sent themselves. But listen, l have
since the beginning Of my business
career caught as many white men
and women stealing as / ever caught
negroes i have had moro goods
stolen from our place OF business here
in Pollock during the first eighteen
months OF our stay, than ever lost
during the same time doing business
In another place where one-third of
our customers were negroes. So do
not say that Pollock Is an honest
town on account Of the absence of
negroes.
don't believe that there IL ten per
cent of the good lawabiding citizens
of our parish that advocate lawless-
ness. feel proud to say that l be-
iieve we have as honorable and high