Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-11-17

up space and time to answer them. AS
work on the place is just being rush
ed the same as ever to-day, you will
have lost no news to-day. Comrade
Martin is conducting his singing class
tonight, preparing for the program
Sunday night; but, as | have a pair
of sore fingers, am not there. No.
| know sore fingers wouldn't hurt my
singing (nothing could. but it is about
as good an excuse as most people
have for not doing their duty. Shirk-
ers can find many excuses-workers
need only one for doing the deed
that is service.
1893
Saturday, Nov. IL. - The big fenc-
ing job is now finished but Comrade
Cooling will continue with fencing work
while Waters has taken a team and
will help haul cane until it is all har-
vested, when he will start blowing.
We expect to break and clear so acres
around the Ford place and the farm
ers will pillow this at once with their
teams and we expect to plant 40 acres
of it into sorghum and the other 40
into sweet potatoes. To-day we com
pIeted trade of brick for 80 acres
of Casio Creek bottom land, getting a
nice lot of timber as well as first-class
cane land; the place lies just east of
our east so acres along Casio Creek.
The cane is all stripped and hauled off,
from the north cane patch and the
south patch is all cut and stripped
Another two days and the cane will be
harvested and under the big shed wait
ing to be made into syrup. The school
kiddies helped build side walks. haul
wood and strip cane; some of the
girls went to the laundry and helped
Comrade Beavers and wife catch up
with the work there. Another order
for crates came at noon and several
of the fellows were shifted onto crate
making and the two loads were got out
and hauled away. Several more of
the new colony people left for Missis-
sippi on the evening train, going by the
way of Mobile. 1t might be well for
all those coming to the Colony as well
as those going. out to remember we
have an express office here, a tick
ct office, where tickets can be purchas-
ed to any point and if you prepay
your freight it will be put off at our
station. Bill it to Stables. Of course,
we want all the business we can get
to show up from our place, and don't
want any one to make mistake that
might reflect a lack Of cooperation
ION the part of those we know are CO.
operators. We want a freight station
here and believe we can get it; and
our station patronage will add to our
possibilities of obtaining what we want
| There Is no reason why the working
people cannot get anything they want
provided they stand together and &C
after it. The dancing school tonight
J had large number of new pupils an,
the dance afterwards was will attend
ed, and a good time was enjoyed
Comrades Martin, Sutton, Trix Eve
and | were the music-makers. Man!
Of our neighbors were in attendanc
and had a good time.
/ ** SIS
Sunday. Nov. b. large numbe
of the fellows went out to get WOO
today. 1t was a volunteer crew an,
they trimmed poles along the highwa
Others hauled them to the wood saw
Some cut them into stove wood length
and from there they were distribute,
to the families. This was just Littl,
necessary diversion. We are so crowd
ed for time and so few to do the larg,
amount of work to be done, that w
just have to do these extra things af
ter working hours and on Sundays
! We need lots of help to carry our pro
gram through. and we need money t,
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