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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

The question has been asked con-
corning the Colony soils. and ] will
try to answer the question.
Louisiana in particular has two kinds
of soils. One is found in the highlands
or general farming lands Of the State.
and the other in the Iowlands. or SUI
gar cane lands. There is a big differ
ence between the two.
The soils in the Colony highlands
range from dark and light chocolate
and red sandy. to light-gray sandy
loan, and all are fertile. In the bot
toms the soil is from dark chocolate
to black heavy sandy loan. and is gen
orally used for sugar cane crops.
] have Travelled through the South
from Florida to Western Texas; have
had to do. to more or less extent,
with the soils of the South; and am
ready to substantiate the fact that the
Highlands of Louisiana have from so
to 90 per cent more loan in their
soils than any other state in the South
with the exception Of the Mississippi
Delta lands and the Laredo lands in
Texas. The lowlands in Louisiana con-
tain very much larger percentage of
rich loans.
There are some sandy subsoils in
Louisiana, but in general way all Of
the highlands have subsoils and all
Of our Colony lands have clay sub
soils.
Louisiana is the sugar cane state Of
the union-that is to say, there is more
sugar cane grown In the State of Lou.
isiana than in any other state in tht
union, or in all other states put to
gether. This means that the soils o.
Louisiana. in the main, must be gooc
land they are without doubt or ques
ton the richest lands in the South, witt
the exceptions referred to above. Til,
valleys in the highlands produce gooc
sugar cane, and we have our share o
these sugar cane lands. Sugar cane
is planted once in every three or foul
years in Louisiana and once In sever
years in Cuba. A crop is taken every
year for three or four years, when i
has to be re-planted.
Our Colony highlands will produc,
every vegetable that is grown in tht
South, including corn. cotton, oats. tn,
entire legume family both as field anc
as garden crops. apples, peaches
plums, oranges and grape fruit on tri
foliate roots. figs, and the finest straw
berries in the South-indeed every
thing that is grown In any southern
state and some that are grown in tn,
North. have eaten apples and peach
es grown right here that | never saw
excelled in the North and | was borl
and raised in the Ohio Valley, which
claims to be the Garden Spot of the
middle West.
All vegetable garden crops can be
raised here, everybody grows swee
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
LAKE CHARLES HAS
LARGEST SULPHUR MINE

Louisiana has the largest sulphur
mine in the world. They are locaie-
at Lake Charles, and they ship out III
mense quantities of sulphur.
Whole train loads of cars Of SUI
phur are often seen in the vicinity.
much like coal in the northern states.
Sulphur has also been found in Yer
non Parish and some wells have dis
tinct sulphur. taste. 1t is probable tia,
sulphur deposits may be found in this
section.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

| | am an old-timer in the Colony, and
! will say that our progress recently
has been greater than at any time pre-
yiously. Things are moving. and n
1.-THE right direction; and if we continue
to cooperate as at present, we are
bound to succeed. We are appealing
more than ever before to the right
kind of people-real co-operators-
and we are getting them. and will get
them. We are not calling for a man :
money, but for his spirit to cooperate
and STICK TO IT.
"A. A. LLOYD.
find the cooperative spirit in the
Colony continually growing stronger.
Practically everyone is hopeful and
optimistic.
Nearly everything can be grown
here, and | am much interested in gar
den work, where | can watch things
grow and cooperate with Nature.
WARREN BUCK.
3 $ s.
Life is just one interesting thing af-
ter another here in Llano Cooperative
Colony.
| enjoy my work, the various meet
mgs. lectures, classes. ETC., especially
the Esperanto classes and the dances.
The social life here is very delight
full.
W. P. AUSTIN.
! am asked to contribute a one-min-
ute talk to our paper; if / do, it will
be the first time plead guilty of ever
appearing in print.
However, | will frankly give nv I'M
.pressions as to the Colony and the CO.
operative movement. | believe it to Be
the grandest idea for the emancipation
of people from wage slavery ever evol-
we'd; and if | may take the liberty to
suggest anything helpful to the move
ment for our friends on the outside if
IS that they give US boost every time
they have the opportunity to do So
as matter of self-interest to them
selves if for no other reason. For if
we make this a success, the day Of a
square deal for every man, woman.
and child, regardless of race. is at
hand. We have our little differences.
but Lord you ought to see US spit on
our hands and be ready to put in our
best ticks to smooth them over. Sin
cerest wishes to ALL
! II. ]. CARO-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

to beat the other fellow getting to his
Ijob. My house is so situated that
when step out onto my front porch
in the morning going to work, | can
see men and women hurrying in all
directions to their work.
Every human being comes into this
world without his consent and has to
leave without his will; and here is
bunch that is not going to make
life miserable for one another while
here. SIDNEY MERREL.
s. s. 81 -
The Natural Law of Inheritance.
Ye Editor asks me to come into the
ring,
We'll, Van, what do you stand for,
anyway"
4 stand for a condition of society
whereby every man, woman, and child
in the world will have home, where
no Landlord, no Rent lord, no Profit
lord, and no master can cross the TIRES
hold of that Home, either by vested
rights or any other expression of law.
For over a hundred years, we have
been living a lie. One clause iYy the
Declaration of independence sp ks Of
the inalienable rights: very VI IL am
"a renter. If pay blackmail Of one
half of what | produce, for the privi-
lege of producing. where in the name
of common sense does my inaIienable
right come ina IF understand the
word right, "Inalienable" means a
right to use the natural forces of ma
ture, that can neither be sold, stolen.
nor given away-they are parts and
parcels of the commonweal. Respect
fully yours.
W. R. VAN DOLAEIR.
= 4 4 4
One thing you notice in the Colony
is, that it is very easy to make friends.
People here are not stand-offish at all.
We can be so, because we can and
do trust each other absolutely. You
here get taste of life in the future
commonwealth, where there will be RI
valry in service; and not, as under
capitalism, bitter competition for Just
a living. Under capitalism the man
who makes progress faster than his
fellows often inspires jealousy and en-
Wy. Here, under cooperation. the
best man gets admiration. With abb
sence of capitalistic competition for a
living, friendliness becomes easy and
usual.
II. WECHSLER
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

joined the Colony on Jan. End,
1915, and had the unique experience
OF having to beg them to let me work
for them; but that was only in the
beginning. | beg no more. | have
gained most through education: it has
given me knowledge of what the
whole human race must pass through.
No money could tempt me from the
Colony work. The life is ideal to me
and the only solution can see for the
working people. The opportunity it
gives to little children is what appeals
most to me; and from what | know of
our children here as compared with
those of the outside. | would not think
of raising child in any other envir-
onment than that furnished through
cooperation. 1t allows a better phys
ical development, and freedom of
mind and spirit that is bound to make
better men and women of the next
generation. 1t also permits our adults
to develop into kind, considerable, and
beautiful characters, also. know
some who have made this great change
from the most selfish and despicable
to become loving and respected by
all. Hard work? Yes. Worth the
price? Yes-a thousand times YES!
Nothing else is worth SO much.
GEORGE T. PICKETT.
s.
My Dear Friend Martin: 1T is a long
time since | last saw you, but an ole
friendship never ceases. Consequently
| can't afford to let this May Day
slip by without letting you know how
am getting along. When you and
lived in that shanty boat on the Mon
ongahela River, never dreamed Of
becoming a co-operator, and the tho
never entered my mind. 1t was only
work, eat, and sleep, and case OIL
good old beer in the pantry to cheer
us up bit. Well, we can say good.
bye forever to these old times; for
never care to live that sort of life
again.
| have found something better
which | was led to through the mis-.
cradle war. When people tried to fine
some way to keep from going to wal
and from numbering other men thai
they had never seen and had nevel
harmed them. Then | learned about
cooperation and began to see thai
cooperation and square deal ali a.
round offered the only way to avoic
war in the future.
| came here to Newllano, where the
people own everything in common
where we will never have any trouble
about property, money, or wages
Everybody is treated alike, and every
one has to work for his living. If you
will subscribe for our weekly paper
you will learn all about our doings
right along.
This is certainly fine country here
in Louisiana. | have lived here since
Dec. %, 1920, and there were only
two day since that time when it was
disagreeable-not very cold. When
think of the cold and snowdrifts in
Pennsylvania, feel tickled all over.
Something is growing in the garden all
the year round. and field work can be
done at any time. For two months
past, the woods and garden have been
abIaze in a glory of flowers and you
would sure have enjoyed seeing them.
Well, come down and see us at any
time. Forget me not, Martin, | shall
be always glad to hear from you. Ev-
er as of old,
GEORGE K. THOMAS
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28
Minute Chats With CoIonists
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CONTINUED FROM ANOTHER P6CF.


A Little Journey to the Library
Comrades, do you realize what won
derful library we have here? If not,
you should get acquainted with it.
Really, in great many respects, it is
probably enc of the most unique col
lections of books in America. There
are books in there in nearly all Ian
guages- even Yiddish and Chinese.
There are five or SIX complete sets of
encyclopedia; books on technical sub
jects, such as brick laying and build
ing, mechanical engineering, etc. Hun
dreds of volumes of fiction and science
are there. When | first landed here
and found the library and went nos
ing around, one of the first books |
lighted on was little volume written
by my old friend and comrade, Guy
Lockwood, of Kalamazoo, ''EIow to
Live 100 Years" If you like London
or Dumas or Balzac, you will find it
there. Mrs. Cuno will he'll you get
acquainted. F. D. WATERS.
* s. 3 y
Machine production demands COOP
Grafton. Capitalists are forced to CO.
operate. The workers must cooper
ate. Llano Colony is here in obedi-
ence to the demand for cooperation.
| am here because believe that CO.
operation is the gateway to success
for the workers. Cooperation is the
law of life.
am pleased with the Colony. Each
day | feel better satisfied. To my
acquaintance | say: Come and see
for yourself" If you WANT to CO.
operate, then we want YOU here.
w. L. THURMAN.
= 81 s.
Dear Friends.-For several years
have been looking for chance to
prove my ideas by my conduct. About
year ago, | heard of the Llano Col
ony, correspondent with it. came to see
it twice, succeeded in exchanging some
property for some shares in it, and
am here enjoying its benefits. By
securing membership and a work.
ing contract, | am protected from the
worry of being thrown out of a lob
when panic comes or whenever the
money masters desire to make hard
times for the workers. To enumer-
ate the Colonv's benefits would take
more space than | am allowed; so
the best | can saw is to come and see
for yourselves. 1t is fact that the
majority Of people who think thew UNI
derstand cooperation have only a
small and sometimes erroneous con-
ception of what it really is; and they
can learn manv lessons here in its prac-
teal application. Collective owner
ship may be called by some as only
partnership: but when each party, ev-
en- the child in school, gets the same
pay for service, regardless of what
their occupation or situation NAV be,
you begin to see the elimination of that
greed and selfishness that predominant
es in all competitive enterprises; and
a unity of thought and interest is
shown which is not found elsewhere.
If you will subscribe for the paper and
read it for year and secure other lit
erature, you can get quite good idea
of our conduct. But come and see
for yourselves is my advise. And if
you believe in cooperation, prove it
by purchasing some of our land for fu-
ture use. Ii will get more valuable
year by year, and even if you should
not use it, you can leave it to your
children, and know that in buying it,
you have helped good cause.
IS. B. NASH.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

We have now reached success; and
| hope that everyone, especially the
worker, will come and join to make it
the biggest thing that the world ever
has seen. Now let's all get together
and start the ball rolling.
Il. SCHARRER.
= = s. y ..,
On the Outside
The towns are full of centipedes,
The cities full of spiders;
The streams are full of crocodiles,
The oceans full of monsters.
The woods are full of thistles,
The fields are full of weeds;
The nations full of monarchs,
And the people full Of greeds.
In NewlIanO.
The trees are full of mocking birds,
The woods are full of blossoms;
The streams are full of perch and trout
The swamps are full of 'possums.
The fields are full of thrifty crops,
The storehouse full of food;
The shops are full of busy men,
The people full of brotherhood.
ROBERT LINDSEY.
* y 3 s.
Comrades-Our school consists of
! about thirty pupils and eight teach
ers. Almost all branches Of study are
taken up. We interest our children in
studying as well as working and play
ing. The little ones from the age of
three and half to thirteen attend
school in the morn, 1880 to ll:30 a.
m. From 100 to 4:30 they work in
the garden-weeding, transplanting
vegetables. cultivating; while the chill
dren from thirteen to twenty work in
the morning and attend school in the
after noon. Their work consists of
stenographic work, work in the print
ing plant, and work with the mechan-
les or the gardeners or the teamsters.
Our poultry department is handled by
the children. Friday evening from
6 to 7 o'clock is the physical culture
class, and Saturday afternoon, from 2
to 4, is the Self-Government League
meeting.
We work while we work and play
while we play, and we are always
cheerful and gay BECAUSE WE Dol
TO OUR COMRADES AS WE WANT |
TO BE DONE BY.
From hand to hand lifes cup is
passed
Up beings piled graduation
Till men to angels yield at last
The rich collation."
yet | reckon through the ages
One unceasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts Of men are widened
With the process Of the suns"
We cannot build our own character /
up by tearing some ones else down.
MRS. EVA ROBERTSON. !
s = = =
Will Cooperation make friends and
homes for all? | think so. If it will
make friends and homes for a few,
it will for many. Has competition not
made enemies and no homes at. all?
Ask those nations of the world that are
so heavily in debt. IF they were to
sell every home to financier in Mars,
would it pay off the mortgage and
heal all the animosity between man
and man and nations of men, that
has created2. | hardly
think so. Cooperation has no argu-
ment. Competition is ALL argument.
If twelve men of equal strength and
equal experience in rowing are in a
boat and all cooperating with their
oars-that is, pulling in one direction
they will get just as far as their
strength will endure. If six of them
would face east in one end of the
boat and six face west in the other
end. and they would commence COM
peting against each other-that is,
pulling in opposite directions. how far
would they get. if their strength EN-
DURED FOREVERp
The only competition we have in
Llano Colony is that every fellow tries
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-28

taloupel ! should worry; don't care
SO much for water mellon. | will grow
them, though, for Lloyd; i know he
likes them. Come on. Lloyd. and |
will give you your fill. Ha, Hal Oh
boyl won't that be grand if you folks
comel had a jar Of blackberries the
other week and they don't have those
hard seeds. You wouldn't know there
were seeds in them-and the best fla
vcr | ever tasted In berriesI Oh Bots!
| am going to get a croquet set. |
will learn to play SO can beat you
when you come. | won't let you take
all the games home: we will keep them
mere, like you did when we played at
your place. | would give anything if
we could get together again.
MRS. GEORGE K. THOMAS.
q =
My Dear Mother: II will say that af-
ter four months of experience in my
ideal way of handling this old world,
1t has proved 10 me a success.
There are about $50 of us here now
and meyer met so many deep think
ers and good workers in different
lines. The pretty part of it all is
that we do not have any gun men to
make us do the square thing by one
another.
T. H. ROBERTSON.
= $ - :;
came to the Colony about year
ago and find it the very thing and
place that have been looking for,
and the only place to get away from
the capitalistic system and into the
cooperative movement, which is the
coming movement Of the world.
We have now reached success; and
hope that everyone, especially the
worker, will come and join to make it
the biggest thing that the world ever
has seen. Now let's all get together
and start the ball rolling.
SCHARPFP
The daily times., 1921-12-31
RUSSIA PREPARING FOR WAR

With America and the world feed
ing the starving Russians on one
hand, and War Minister Trotsky of
sian Congress on the subject of war,
one wonders whether the Russians
really possess the least sense of graf
itude, and whether everything is as
serene as it appears since the Ger
man menace was removed
However, those who understand
the political side of the case realize
that the officials Of the All-Russian
government appreciate the situation
they are in, with destroyed indus
tries, barren fields and starving peo
pie, that their system of government
and socialistic ideas are all wrong,
and the only stock in trade they
have with which to operate is the
ability to arouse the prejudices of
an ignorant people. Therefore they
pretend to believe that the world is
against them, and that is why the
people are suffering from hunger and
their Industries languish.
The far east is not altogether
quiet Rumblings are heard in In
dia, where an attempt is being tried
to throw off the yoke of England,
and these has been talk Of an alli-
ance between Turkey, Russia and
the Mohammedans as against west
ern civilization and religion.
1t may turn out that we are feed
ing Russians who will turn against
us when they are full.
The daily times., 1921-12-31
PARRISH-WHITLEY.

Wendell, Dec 3O.-One of the most
brilliant social events of the holiday
season in this section of the State
was the marriage here at 9 o'clock
last night of Miss Ruth Whitley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whit
ley to James Hall Parrish, U. S. naval
officer. The wedding took place in the
Christian church which was decorat-
ed with green and white Southern
smilax and white lilies with scores
of candles Illuminating the building.
With Mrs. M. C. Todd at the piano
Mrs. B. B. Plyler, of Wilson, sang
''Still as the Night followed by Mrs
G. H. Scarboro, who sang Believe
Me-" Lohengrin' wedding march was
played while the bridal party entered
as follows: Messrs. Richard Parrish,
of Raleigh; c.. p. Harper, Selma; NJ
C. Todd, and Philip Whitley, of Wen
The daily times., 1921-12-31
MUST BE in BY NINE O'CLOCK.

Again we request our advertisers
to send in their changes for adver-
tisements to appear that day by 8
O'Clock in the morning. Half or full
page ads. should be turned in not
later than 500 o'clock on the day
prior to the date to be inserted. This
is imperative on account of the fact
that it is almost impossible for us to
handle the days edition satisfactor-
lily since we cannot possibly tell when
advertisements come in later than
that the size of the paper to be is
sued for that day.
1t is our desire to give our people
the very best service and to do this
with advertisements coming in all
through the day it is well nigh a ply
sical impossibility. We hope and
trust our business men If they can
not prepare their advertisements for
the day the night before will attend
to this the first thing in the morn
ing after they reach their Offices.
The daily times., 1921-12-31
IN MEXICO
OVER AN ELECTION.

Mexico City, Dec. 31.-Eleven per-
sons were injured in the fighting near
the Chamber of Deputies yesterday in
connection with an election.
The clash came between members
of the Socialist block and those of
the liberal Constitutional party.
The crowd gathered early in the
morning and disturbances soon be-
gan. In an exchange of shots one
member Of the Constitutional party
was severely wounded. The fight was
quelled only by the arrival of fire.
men who doused the combatants with
water. The fighters used big clubs and
revolvers.
The Chambers session was held in
secret only newspaper men being
admitted as a result of Thursdays
disturbances. Troops today kept the
crowd some distance away from the
legislative buildings.
The daily times., 1921-12-31

who has helped thousands Of Grip
pies by manipulation of the muscles,
bones and joints.
Sometime back they started
drive against him and came near
causing him to leave America. A
number of appreciative Americans
assured him that he was doing an
immense amount of good, and induc-
ed him to remain.
Not satisfied with this DR.. Ridlon.
the family physician of Mr.. Armour
the wealthy meat packer, and father
of Miss Armour, now Mrs john j.
Mitchell, Jr., who was treating her
at the time Mr.. Armour paid DR..
Lorenz $4,000 for his efforts to cure
his daughter, states in a recent
COPY of the National Medical, Jour
nal that the hip which he treated
is all right, while the one treated by
DR.. Lorenz has caused the sho
ing of that leg, and that the Ridlon
leg of Mrs. Mitchell is longer than
the Lorenz leg and that she still
limps
DR.. Ridlon states that he operated
on Miss Armour when she was three
wears old with one hip in and one
hip out. and that he was successful
with one hip. The other hip present.
ed difficulties, and DIR. Ridlon states
that DR.. Lorenz replaced the right
hip in 1902 and again in 1908.
In contrast with this is the state
ment of the patient.
Mrs. John j. Mitchell, Jr., former
ly Lolita Armour, who was asked to
make a statement regarding the re-
suit of her treatment eighteen years
ago by DR.. Lorenz.
81 cannot say that a perfect cure
has been effected in either hip" was
the reply 'But the hip treated DR..
Lorenz is far better than the other
one, which he could do little with
because it had been too badly mis-
handled, he said I myself believed
that had it not been for the work
done before he was called on my case
he could have effected a complete
cure
''Dr. Lorenz does not claim to be a
miracle man. He is simply doing the
best he can. l believe he has been
too much exploited by those who are
handling his finances. He has been
given too much publicity, which 1 am
sure he does not want and does not
appreciate. He is doing all he can
under the circumstances.
"There is, of course, much jealousy
among doctors, and they are not Gag
teign doctor. Personally, I am very
fond of DR.. Lorenz and l feel that if
it had not been for him 1 would not
be getting much pleasure out of life -
life