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

cry cent of our cash. Now, comrades,
we only ask you to come across
with cash enough to do the future fin
ancing Of these projects. Will you do
it2 Us persons paying in $1,000
each will completely do the job. Are
there Us real idealists who can afford
to come forward now and do this trick?
! am sure there are, and if you do it
now, we can take several thousands Of
comrades into the cooperative move
ment this next year and save them
much Distress on terms that will be
mutually advantageous to them and
to the Colony. We don't want you to
donate this money-buy membership
or land, or a room or suite of rooms
at the hotel. or bank your money with
US; anything, comrades to complete
this job and let us get at another one.
The money-changers own everything
but the land these days, and they will
soon tighten up on that, if we don't
act soon. Remember that Us at ST.
coo each does the job completely.
Langridge Sr. and Downs are prepar-
ing the lumber for the roof gard en-.
AS soon as the lime and cement come,
Downs will be given a steady job at
brick laying, and if any of you com
rades are brick layers, we shall be
glad to have you get onto the job
with him. We have three brick jobs
that we should do at once; and, ii
more brick masons come we shall start
them all and push them through to
completion. Jacques is acting as handy
man to-day, as the rest Of the indus
trial crew is in the timber again to-day.
Belohradsky is busy these days making
stoves and | want you to know he is
beating the world on this job of stove
making! Comrades Xix, Dickinson,
and Won Scio are very busy in max
ing new wagons and repairing old ones
as we'll as doing general blacksmith
ing work. We sure have an excellent
force of workmen in the wagon and
blacksmith shops. Matt and Rech-
steiner are still repairing roofs and they
are going to have a rush job ahead be-
cause Of the newcomers coming in, es-
pecialIy the bunch from Connecticut,
I23 in one crowd. Comrade Turnidge
of Arkansas just arrived in his covered
wagon to-day. Mrs. 7. and her father
have been here for some time, awaiting
his arrival. Jones, Tackett, Vernon,
and Landrum camped in the timber last
night at the Kelly White place; they
kept two wood-hauling teams with
them. This am. Ole, Van. Lee, W,
Beavers, and Reeves drove down in a
Ford to join them. Later Lindsey, too
with the supplies for both man and
beast, as we'll as fuel for the Fo.dson.
Kemp and Marchick hauled an extra
wagon out to the timber to-day and
Lindsey and Vernon will haul logs from
the creek bottoms up onto the high
lands; this will prevent their floating
away in event of high water. A u
page Democrat went into the Parish
mails to-day, which is a credit to the
Colony efforts. Our printers are doing
great work; they put out two weekly
papers and monthly magazine regu-
larry and do lot of other printing be-
sides. Many of our outside comrades
give us all of their printing to do. Do
you even think of letting us have your
work also? Now Montrose is on the
soliciting job for the Democrat, our To-
cal Parish weekly, and he is setting a
new precedent. Our neighbors are all
to be asked to subscribe for the Dem,
and will be permitted to pay for the
sub. in hams, bacon, peanuts. sweet
potatoes, pigs, goats, oreanything they
raise that is worth the price of the pa
per. We want the Democrat in every
home in Vernon Parish. 1t is to b.
greatly improved, and we want ever
citizen to read it. Educational an,