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Newark post., 1914-07-22

extension departments in the land
q ant colleges under plan differ
ing from the Mclaughlin bill in
numerous important details.
.Meanwhale the eGtension idea
acas Widely propogated and found
to be much advocated among pub
hc men.
Demonstration work had Deen
organized in the south. Several
states largely developed their ac-
tivities in extension, an organlza-
ton of business interests was
formed to promote national legls-
lation, and private funds began to
be contributed for conducting ex-
tension campaigns among farmers
through meetings and demonstra-
tions. The agencies multiplied and
the sentiment for sucn a nation
wide movement developed with
marked rapidity. The exploitation
of the work Of the experiment sta
tions, their disclosures of the IN
efficient, uneconomic and wasteful
practices often followed, and the
presentation of statistics Of farm
conditions enforced the conviction
that agriculture was not keeping
pace with modern progress and
that added means were indispens-
able for raching and influencing
the mass of farmers on the land.
The opening of the 62d Con
gress brought number OF bills
proposing aid for extension work
Among these was the Lever bill
introduced by A. F. Lever OF
South Carolina, June II, 1911
and the Mckinley bill, introduced
by w. B. Mckinley of Illinois
August 10. Subsequently the
Smith-Lever bill was drawn up anc
introduced by Hoke Smith OF
Georgia into the senate and by Mr.
Lever into the house in January
1912. This measure was evidently
Newark post., 1914-07-22

an annual appropriation of $40, 600
to the land grant colleges OF each
state and territory for extension
work in agriculture, domestic
science and other phases OF rural
life. This initial appropriation
was to be supplemented after two
years by annual grants, equal to
those made by the respective state
legislatures, but not to exceed one
per cent per capita Of the total
population of the state or territory.
A bill embodying these ideas was
introduced into the house of repre-
sentatives December Is, 1909, by
Honorable J. G. Mclaughlin OF
Michigan. No action was taken on
this measure in either house OF
Congress, although in the following
June a bill providing for co-opera-
ton with the states in vocational
education was favorably reported
from the senate committee on ag-
riculture and forestry, in which an
appropriation was included for
Newark post., 1914-07-22

This recommendation was re-
peated in 1907 and 1908, and in the
latter year a committee also advo-
Gated "that the association place
itself on record in favor Of mod
crate federal appropriation to be
made to the land-grant colleges
for the purpose of carrying on ex-
tension work in agriculture under
a plan which requires the states
to make appropriations for the
work. -
At the Portland meeting OF the
association in 1900 the same COM
mittee reported detailed plan for
federal aid. This plan included
Newark post., 1914-07-22

national attitude toward direct ap-
preparations for agriculture has
undergone a complete change.
This nev measure Is the Sirth act
avhich recognizes agriculture as an
appropriate subject for promotion
By the federal government, and the
fifth to provide permanent grants
from the public treasury to be used
through the system Of state enst'tM,
tions established BY the M0rrN
land grant Of 1862.
If the recognition of agriculture
as a subject for national aid and at
tention has seemed tardy, 1t has
been none the less emphatic, and III
this last instance it represents far
wider expression of favor than any
previous measure of the sort. The
welfare Of agriculture, even to the
point of considering the individual
farmer and farm home, has become
matter of national concern, limit
ed by no state boundaries.
The Smith-Lever act, as the ex-
tension measure just enacted seems
destined to be known, completes a
campaign of education extending
over sevral years. It's conception
may perhaps be traced to the re-
port of committee on extension
work of the Association of Ameri-
can Agricultural Colleges and Elk
pertinent Station in 1906. This
committee, as the result OF an IN
quiry into the status of agrlcultur'
al extension teaching, found 317
agencies, including 3S agricultural
colleges and experiment stations!
then engaged in some form OF ex
tension work, mainly farmers IN
stitutes. 1t recommended that each
agricultural college organize az
soon as practicable a department
in extension teaching in agricult
ure, coordinate with other depart
ments or divisions.
Newark post., 1914-07-22

the pressure for extension activl-
ties has not been confined to the
colleges in the states, but has been
felt in increasing degree by the de-
partment Of agriculture at Wash
ington, and congress has seen fit to
appropriate moneys for demonstra-
ton work to be used in the states
through the departments.
Continued on page y
Newark post., 1914-07-22

in some respects and pass
ed by the house in August. 1t came
before the senate in December, but
on January 81, 1913, after extend
ed consideration, that body substl-
tuted for it a much more compre-
hensive bill for vocational educa-
ton, and no agreement was reach
ed between the two houses before
adjournment.
Substantially the original Smith
Lever bill was reintroduced into
the 63d Congress, April Z, 1913,
and on September 6 its sponsors
so modified its provisions as to pro-
vide for cooperative extension
Newark post., 1914-07-22
run II '1'' T0 DEAL WITH EXTENSION WORK

the departments work mas
conducted in part independently of the agricultural
No uniform plan has been followed and the varied II
extension lines have been definitely brought ana
administered through departmental agency oucn az a
n;strave has now been established through states
relations committee and it will also be assigned the general nd
administration and supervision of the new extension i n
under the SmitIeyer There will thus be Tor the nrs
time single central agency the department which VIII deal
with the work Of the department and with the e
sion divisions of the colleges The department now pro
poses to make the agricultural colleges state cente OF all s
operation with institutions 1t will be united III e
closest manner feasible activities as TO secure
unity of action under consolidated state organization IL
felt that combining and coordnang OF these efforts VIII
action under consolidated organization 1t felt that
materially strengthen the conduct and the effectiveness OF the
undertaking a whole
Newark post., 1914-07-22

culture IN turn must make an an
nual report to congress.
It will be noted that the exten-
sion act provides for cooperative
action between the general govern
ment and the states, between the
federal department Of agriculture
a representing one agency and the
agricultural collegs the other. For
Newark post., 1914-07-22
BASIC RELATION OF AGRICULTURE
TO WELFARE OF WHOLE COUNTRY

The passage of the Extension act was response to WIDE
spread public demand than OF the acts
Advocacy of not alone from group OF educational
institutions which conceived the plan and would be the benec
aries under it, but in unusual degree it as an mtel
gent expression of farmers through their organzotons and
the agencies which stand close to hem such as the
and the railroads. commercial clubs and related bode
and welfare organizations generally
It thus expresses probably emphatcaly than any
previous national action the general realization OF the fun
relation of agriculture and of the people living under
it to the welfare and prosperity Of the whole country.
Else why should the nation bind itself to annual ap
preparation which will reach beyond 3d. 100000 and the
in accepting to practically duplicate the amount
for a like purpose?
Newark post., 1914-07-22
AMERICAN HOME MAKER TAKES

RANK WITH ANER7CAN FAKWEh
In respect the unusually broad compared
with the legislation which preceded it. In addition to the as
sance given specifically agriculture recognizes the home
and homemaker and the general conditions of country living
1t probably the first tederoi Segsahon to De ad0p'ea m
1t u.s. therefore, a recognition not only of the American
farmer the American and OF the worth and
dignity of the vocations which they represent
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Constable Sale

State of Louisiana---Fourth Justice
Court---Parish of Caldwell
Miss Anita Baker vs. A. M. Grayson.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
ture of writ of Fieri Facias issued by
II. K. Redditt, Justice of the Peace OF
the Fourth Ward of the Parish OF Cald,,
well, in favor of Miss Anita Baker and
against A. M. Grayson and to me d.
rected, l. will at 2 P. M, on the 9TH
day Of August, 1914, in front OF the
store of J. ]. Stallings in the town OF
Grayson, Louisiana, in Ward -Four OF
the said Parish, offer for sale at pub,
lie Auction the following DESCRIBED
property:
l newspaper printing press complete,
JOB press, l lot of type ana type
stand, type fitting table, S,oO0 en-
'velopes. z packages note heaas, :
boxes visiting cards and lot cuts ana
ads.
Seized as the property of A: M:
Grayson under said Writ OF fler'
Facias.
c.. R. FERRAND,
Constable.
Dated this goth day of July, A. u.
1914.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
The War On Worms

National and State authorities,
recognizing the disastrous ef-
fects of the army worm invas-
ion, are joining with the people
in combating the pest. The Un-
tied States Department of Agri-
culture, in a special bulletin, ad-
vises farmers to protect their
fields by blowing burrows around
them before the worm makes
its appearance. If this precau-
ton, be taken in time crops can
be saved, but it will be too late
if the farmer waits until the ar
rival of the invaders. The army
worm is a rapid destructionist,
going over many acres in a day,
and to save crops it is essential
to be prepared IN advance. A
furrow around the fields, turned
outward, acts as a fertilization
into which the invaders fall
Before they can cross the OBJ.
struction gasoline should be
poured into the furrow, insurine
the destruction of the army. u
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08

Administrator Sale:
Thirtieth District Court,
Parish of Caldwell,
State of Louisiana.
Succession of, Alice Easily, deceased:
Notice is hereby given, that l, M. L.
Mecom, Clerk District Court, in and
for the Parish of Caldwell, State of
Louisiana, having been duly and legal
~ appointed and qualified as the ad-
ministrator of the estate and succession
of Alice Easily, deceased: will offer
for sale, and sell to the highest bidder
for cash, at public auction at the
Main Street, front door of the Court
house in the town of Columbia, La. on
SATURDAY AUGUST 8TH. 1914,
between legal sale hours. the following
real estate belonging to and composing
the estate and succession of Alice
Easily, deceased, to-wit: An undivided
onehalf interest in and Is Lot No. 5 in
Block No % of abe town of Columbia,
La, together with all building and
thereon.
Appraisement, Fifty Dollars.
Terms of sale Cash, for not less
than apprsisement.
Given under my hand and the seal of
said Court, officially, atColumbia, La,
this June 3Oth, 1914.
NJ. L. MECOM,
Clerk Dist. Court.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Notice for Publication

Department Of the Interior-U.
S. Land Office at Baton Rouge
La, July 10, 1914
Notice is hereby given that
Rush Tarver, of Rosefeld, La,
who, on August 81, 1911, made
Homestead Entry No. O43OO, for
S IL of the N w IA and S W
IA OF the N E IA, Sec. Is, 7 II
N, R 8 east, Louisiana Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to
make communication proof, to es-
tablish claim to the land above
described, before the Clerk Of
Court, at Columbia, La, on the
18th day of August 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Andrew Cruise, Osborne Cruise,
Duncan Grant and Levy Cruise
all of Davis, La.
JOHN F. NUTTALL,
Register.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Police Jury Proceedings
ORDINANCE No.

An ordinance authorizing the
holding of an election in
Ward 5 of the Parish of
Caldwell, for the purpose of
voting a special tax for
school purposes.
Sec. |. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of Cald-
we'll, in regular session convened,
that a special election he held,
and is hereby ordered in Ward
5 of the Parish of Caldwell,
Louisiana on Tuesday, August
10, 1914, for the purpose
of taking the sense of the
legally qualified voters in the
above numbered Ward upon the
question of levying a special tax
of five 60 mills on the dollar
for a period of five % years,
beginning with the year 1914,
to be devoted exclusively to
school purposes in the said Ward.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the said election be
held at the regular polling
places in the said warG or where
the last General Election was
held.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
etc., that the vote at said cleo
ton shall be taken by printed
ballot, and shall contain the
words For the special five 81
mills school tax" and the words
Against the special five (5)
mills school tax. -
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that
the election of officers of the Par
ish of Caldwell are hereby in
structed to issue their proclama-
ton Of election, and to appoint
the commissioners to serve at
said election, as required by Law
said Commissioners to serve
without compensation.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordain-
ed, etc., that this ordinance
take effect from and after its
adoption.
Adopted this July 6, 1914.
H. H. RoGILLIo, Pres.
R. R. REDDITT, Clerk
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Public Notice

l have at my disposal an ap-
pointment of one free scholar.
ship in the Academic Depar-
ment of Tulane University, and
will be glad to give the appoint
ment to some ambitious young
man of this Parish. Applicant
must be young man above six.
teen years of age and prepared
for college work. Scholarship
will last four years if desired.
]. E. McCLANAHAN:
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Notice

Notice
In the matter of the Tutorship
of the minor, Erwin Wash
ington
Thirtieth District Court-Parish
of Caldwell-State Of LOU
isiana.
Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of the recommendations
Of a family meeting held before
R, N. T. Lovett, Notary Public
on the 3rd day of July 1914, and
the judgement of the said court
homologating the proceedings of
said family meeting, | will on
Saturday the 22d day of August
1918, offer for sale at the princi-
nal front door of the Court
house in the town of Columbia,
La. between the hour of I'm,
and the hour of 4 o'clock p. M,
on said day offer for sale for
cash, the N IL of S. E. IA Of
Sec. ID, in T II, North of Range
2 east containing 80 acres; the
said land having been appraised
by the said family meeting at
$500. 90 it will not be sold for
less than said appraisement.
Witness my signature at COL
umbia, La, on this the 18th day
of July 1914.
Tutor to the Minor, Erwin
7-17-5t Washington
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Then He Kicked Himself

A woman with fifeeen bun
dies boarded a street car the
other afternoon when l was on
my way to my suburban resi-
dence. She was a pretty woman,
and | felt sorry for her. She
was returning from a shopping
tour. Being a man with a kind
heart l helped her on the car
and piled her bundles about her.
A man got on at the same time
and took a seat on the other side
of the young lady. When the
car came to my street | was sur
prised to see her rise and begin
to pick up her bundles. Instant
ly my sense of chivalry prompt
ed me to help her off the car,
and, as l was going in the same
! direction | asked permission t
carry her fifteen bundles. Thu
man got off also and started or
ahead. l was loaded down like
a camel crossing the desert. In
these packages she had every
thing from an electric f1at-iron
to a five pound bag Of prunes.
We trudged along about half a
mile. The man turned in at a
gate. When we reached the
gate the young lady thanked me
and said: This is as far as
90. | live here. Thank you,
very much"
but the man ahead Of US, the
man who came out on the car
with US turned in here too"
YES" she said, He is my
husband, but he hates to carry
packages through the streets. "
Exchange.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
Demonstration Farms

The growing of live stock fol
market by forage feeding is tn,
disenfective feature of the de
monstration on the farm of Mr.
Joseph Kinkaid at Warsaw, Mo.
lnaugurated by the Missouri Pa
cific Railway. The railway com
pany already has demonstration
farms in operation at various
points along its lines, but this
is the first venture of the com.
pany into the field of ANNA
husbandry. On September Isl
100 head of hogs, 200 sheep, sc
breeding ewes and $50 Idaho
lambs will be brought on the
farm. The soil is now planted
to a variety of forage crops,
sown in succession, consisting of
cow peas planted separately,
oats, soy beans, rape and rye
pasture. The crops are in first
class condition at the present
time. The animals themselves
will do the harvesting, thus do
ing away almost entirely with
the item of expense for labor in
that respect. AS the expert
ment is for the purpose of show
ing that this kind of animal hus-
bandry, which has been success
fully introduced by Prof. H.
head of the Farm Man
of Missouri Agricul-
tural College, on many farms
throughout the State, returns
the maximum of profit in addi-
ton to building up the soil, close
check will be kept on every item
Of expense and on the gain
made by the animals on the diff
ferent forage foods.
The agricultural department
If the Missouri Paciic-Iron
Mountain is one of the hobbies
# President B. F. Bush and
much interest in the experiment
/ farm work being done has
zen manifested by the farmers
llong the company's lines. Just
'ecently a large land company
near Sheridan Lake, Colo, de-
string that incoming settlers
should have the benefit of scien-
jific farming methods, set aside
4 800 acre farm to be used un-
Ter the direction of the Missouri
Pacific road as a demonstration
farm. Within the next year it
IS proposed to make this model
farm for that section of the
country.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08

S'iar'es American Press
courage to raise his voice in his
own defense, but remained seat.
ca With his head bowed down in
shame and humiliation.
nave the utmost confidence
and respect in ministers of the
gospel who practice what they
preach, and am always as court
eous to them as l could possibly
be to a Virgin Mary. but l have
less respect for a minister of the
gospel, who will side step from
the path of right for the sake of
graft, than l have for the lowest
criminal in the land.
Again, Mr.. Editor, the es-
teemed American-Press did not
give its real reason for it's shiny
attack upon me. That rea-
son is still harbors within the
secret resources Of it's own con-
science and can never afford to
giveit to the public.
The trouble with the esteemed
Americana Press is this: l was
not in accord with it's political
thought, and refused to obey
the mandates of its political
Gods.
| represented the people of
my Parish to the best of my abili
tyand understanding and cared
not whether it pleased the Am
erican-P Press or any other sheet
of it's calibre.
Forthe benefit and information
,of the above named paper,
will say that l know not whether
| viii ever represent my Parish
in tue State Legislature again.
but it'll do / shall always be
lsslps 6X pfeSAang M hOleS1
seatnsants and exposing any
dishonolable acts of any mem
Der of that body while in the
Performance of their official duties,
without calling upon the Ameri.
can.Press for any advice in the
matter.
l yield my honest convictions
to no man, or set of men, and
will not permit my vote to be
controlled in the State Legisla.
ture except by the sovereign
people of my Parish.
Had l supported some of those
bills creating new political jobs,
and some of those raising the
salary of some of the present Of
fice-holders, and more especially,
had | supported that Infamous
tax commission bill which was
intended to increase the taxes OF
the farmers of this State millions
OF dollars, l doubt very seriously
that | would have ever been
criticised by the esteemed Am
erican-Press.
| write this in my defense
against what l consider an un.
warnted attack by the esteemed
American-Press.
Yours truly,
]. E. Mechanism.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-08-08
THE JOKE THAT
NEARLY FAILED
Representative Reply to Recent Editorial Al
nearing in The Lake Charles American Pres,

Representative McClanahan''
pearing in The Lake
Riverton,. La, August 4, IA
Editor Caldwell Waterman,
Columbia, La.
My dear Editor
Through your courtesy l nave
been permitted to read an edl-
torial in the American-Press Ia
little paper published in the city
of Lake Charles) which reads as
follows:
"Humorists in the Legislature
had lesson they will not soon
forget this week when what was
intended as a joke by several OF
the members came to the atten-
ton of the ever-voluble Nc
Clanahan of Caldwell, who ap-
parently is always looking for an
opportunity to play to the grand
stand. The tone of the dispat-
ches from Baton Rouge was so
guarded and mysterious that it
has taken newspaper readers
some time to analyze the joke
and see if it was a joke. What
really happened was this:
Two of the representatives
went to Rev. F. R. LATTER, a
Baptist minister who represents
Natchitoches parish, and offered
him $3.50 dollars for his vote on
a bridge proposition. LATTER
accepted and was given a check.
Later the humorists took the
check under pretext of getting
it cashed, put a lot of blank pa
per in an envelope to represent
money and told Latter on no &C.
count to open it till he got home.
Thus far the joke was an en-
tire success. The representa-
tives> say that they were Joking.
Latter says he knew they were
joking and everybody laughed at
the right place. Then McClana-
han heard of it. McClanahan
secured a certain amount Of no.
toriety at the beginning of the
session by introducing a bill to
move the state capital to Alexan-
dria and has since been pining
for more. He refused to see a
joke init. McClanahan howled for
an investigation and would not
be satisfied with a fake investi-
gation.'
Now, Mr.. Editor, the Ameri-
can-Press is not familiar with
this case O: it has knowingly and
wantonly discolored the facts,
and | am not sufficiently inter-
ested in the matter at present to
correct, or enlighten, the es-
teemed Americana with all
the details of the affair, however
| still contend that the accused
is guilty, and that l have suffi-
cient proof to substantiate the
charge.
| stood on the floor of the
House of Representatives in the
presence of the Rev. Latter and
made the open charge against
him and he did not have the