Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22

still enjoying the rain bare-footed these
days. Say, Comrades, have only re-
ceived money enough to half pay for
the new hotel dormitory; several Of you
said you were going to pay for
room-some said two rooms. Now,
please don't forget; am depending
upon your cash to complete the finan-
cial end of the job. We are hauling
logs and making them into lumber,
brick in order to keep our part going; |
and we are buying materials by the
car load. Don't let your hold slip at
this critical time. Comrade Coleman
has not gone batty, but he is now try
ing to institute bat roost near our
garden and, by George, he can do it,
too. He has written and got the dope.
Next thing will be the roost and the
bats; then our night-flying bugs had
better look out. Tonight we started
an agricultural class; we consider this
one of the most important steps taken
in our school. Comrade Martin, who
is an accredited teacher, will take
charge and teach the theories and the
practical work will be demonstrated in
the actual field work. Farming should
be learned and followed the same as
any trade, always learning and prac-
ticing the best methods. Here under
cooperative farming, we can and will
follow this method to the letter, and
should be able to make many useful
discoveries. After the agricultural
class, the arithmetic class was held as
usual.
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Saturday, Dec. IL. - To-day open
ed with a cold north wind. | suppose
you people in the north would laugh at
the idea of calling it cold wind. But
it was pretty chilly for this country.
Lindsey. Ole, and several of the fellows
went back to the timber again to-day,
and are expecting to locate a camp
next wee k and save all that oak wood
and timber if possible. Let us hope
the weather stays good for a couple
of weeks longer. and the job will be
done. Another crew of fellows is still
tearing away at the big shed, and it
will soon be out of the way, and the
new road will be built. A soon as the
new highway is built, new brick ma
chinery building will be erected; it will
contain a garage and filling station,
machine shop, blacksmith and wagon
shop, and a foundry. Near this build
ing we shall build new brick store
building that would be credit to any
community. To do this work, we
would like to have some more brick
masons. If some of you fellows would
like to try Colony life and if you are
out of work, why don't you come down
and try it now? You can soon
| find out whether you will fit in here
and you can help to build the first
cooperative city in America, if not in
the world. We will be ready to start
in very few days. What do you say
comrades? Do you want to come?
Letters of encouragement are pouring
into the office. People tell US of the
great struggle on the outside. Isn't it
a pity that the newspapers. don't tell
us the facts and awaken the workers to
peaceful solution of their problem?
Cooperate and produce for use in
stead of for profit. And you can do
it if you will only set your mind to
abolish suspicion, jealousy and greed
from your hearts and render service to
each other. Here we own all produc-
tive property in common and all pro-
ducts belong to us as a whole. We
stand united that all shall be treated
alike and all shall render service. We
have no unfed, unemployed, unhoused
or unclothed. Can't you ever learn
the lesson before you are forced out
of your homes, with your clothes in
rags and your bodies starved? Awak-
en- while you still have something left
upon which to he p us to at least save