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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
NEW ZEALAND ENSLAVES
CHINESE LABORERS

Sydney, N. S. W. = OF the 1900
Chinese employed at cheap rates of
pay on the plantations of ex-German
Samoa - now inundated to New Zea-
land = 800 demand that they be per
mitted to return to their native land.
They are being held against their
will. as slaves, for there is no other
cheap labor available. The native
Samoans refuse to work for the white
task-masters.
The same thing is taking place in
other islands IN the Pacific, mandate
ed to Australia, since the control Of
these islands has been placed in the
hands Of the companies that exploit
them.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
U. S. STEEL CORPORATION
GREATEST MENACE TO AMERICA

Syracuse, N. ]. - The greatest
menace existing to-day to the indus
trial life and peace of America is the
United States Steel Corporation.
1t was no "torch=waving red" who
made that statement here. 1t was no
Socialist, no labor leader, no |. W. w.,
no "agitator, no poor man even vino
had felt the brutal iron heel of that
greatest of financial despotisms.
1t was Samuel Untermeyer, a lead
er of the New York bar, and himself
the largest individual stockholder in
the Corporation whose methods and
practices he denounced.
Neither did Mr.. Untermeyer make
the statement in little group, private
ly, and then - as is the habit of many
well-known men who think as he does
but fear to speak out = caution the
reporters not to quote him. He made
the charge, and backed it up with cir
cumstantial reasons, in an address be-
fore the New York State Association
of Real Estate Boards.
Nor did he stop there. Speaking
with the knowledge and authority Of
a man who personally conducted the
investigation into rent profiteering and
gigantic robbery of the people by
great combines in the building trade in
dustries, he told his hearers that the
housing situation in New York is grow
ing worse, and that the only way the
Government can break the grip of gou-
ging monopolies is to put from 500 to
1000 prominent business men" be-
hind prison bars.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
Local and Personal at LeesviIle

The Leesville Board Of Aldermen
had to adjourn once more, quorum
of members not being present when
Hon. Oscar E. Morris, the mayo. cali
led the meeting to order. The next
meeting is to be held on the first Tues
day in November.
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Assessor Lovett Word, Vernon Par
ish, has announced that, although the
rate of taxation this year is three
fourths of mill higher than last year,
the aggregate amount to be paid by
taxpayers will not increase as COM
pared with that of the preceding year.
owing to the fact that Mr.. Word and
Assessor Henry Cain, of Beauregard,
succeeded in persuading the State
Board at Baton Rouge to reduce the
assessed rates on live stock = for cat
tie to $40; yearlings, $40; calves,
S.; hogs, S.; sheep. 81; goats, 81.
The total state tax will be 54 mills;
Parish tax 81 mills; school tax, s
mills; good roads, one-eighth mill;
taxes in wards, to 5, 3I2 mills; Ward
5 bond, 6 mills; Ward 6 tax, w mills.
x ~ x y
The public play grounds of Lees
vile, thanks to the ladies of the associ-
atoms who have undertaken to make
these grounds available to the children
in this city, will be open to them from
next Saturday. October 10Th, in the
afternoon, from 3 to 4 o'clock. The
members of the executive committee
who have superintended the arrange
ents for the opening exercises, are,
Mesdames George Ferguson, Curry
Ford and Pete Hall.
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Mrs. Allie McDaniels has had as her
guests, Mrs. Hamp Brown and her
daughter. of Alec. La; Mr.. and Mrs.
| L. Afford had visit from Mrs. Fannie
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

Holton. her daughter and children
Mrs. M. c. Bray who is confined to her
rooms, owing to sudden sickness. las
a visit from her son. Mr.. e. c. Bray.
Of Ell Paso. Texas; Mr.. N. q. Dennis.
who spent his vacation at San Antonio
and other Texas points. has returned
to LeesviIle; Mr.. Simon West had
visit from his sister, Mrs. John Guess
and Miss Nettie Beison. Of Fullerton;
Representative D. 0. Turner spent the
weekend with his wife and children,
returning to Baton Rouge on Monday;
Assessor Lovett Word and several Of
his friends have returned from sue
cessful hunting trip to Sabine Parish,
bringing with them as trophy the an
tiers of very large deer; Mr.. MUIR
phey Willis has returned from trip to
Milwaukee, Wis, where he had gone
to consult specialist; Mr.. M. B.
Dreeben was in Dallas, Tex, last week,
attending the wedding of his daughter
Frieda, who was married to Mr.. Hem
ny Blass, a wealthy resident Of Ell Pa
so, Tex; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pea
cock, of Lake Charles, are on visit
to the family Of Mr.. S. 7. Ward. pres
ident of the West Louisiana Bank.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

aside and resort to green crops to heal
his land. make it healthy and profitable.
There are thousands Of just such de-
monstrations, lectures, pamphlets, ETC.,
all teaching the same lesson? yet,
somehow, it don't penetrate the hard
heads of the mass and of the average
American farmer. Let us cease to look
over our shoulders and wear our coli
lars hindside before, cut off our pig
tails, and consult facts and drop dog
mas, and wake up to the fact that we
are in the 10th century.
AL M. Crawford. of Kansas, spent
thousands of dollars in importing IS
Karakul sheep from Bokhara and eros
ed them with native sheep. His neigh
ghbors said he was crazy and ought
to be put in an asylum; but bales of
the finely curled pelts sold in New Or
leans for from $500 to $1,000, or
from $40 to $50 a peIt, and he sold
his full-blood breeding rams for as high
as $1,000 each. You should have
sheep here. They will furnish good
meat for your table. and if you don't
have Karakul sheep, you can get a
few Dorset pure-blooded rams and
breed them to the common pine-woods
sheep of Georgia, increase their size,
and get good clip of good WOOL Oh,
yes; dogs will kill them, but not Dor
sets nor half-breed Dorsets, for the
ewes have horns like the rams. The
full-blood and the half-bIood drop two
lambs at time, and the Lord help
the dog that interferes with Dorset
eve with lambs If they escape with
only broken ribs they are in luck, and
are liable to be killed outright; the
dogs soon learn that Dorset sheep are
not to be monkeyed with. Where
there's will there's usually a way.
Sheep clean up land from weeds that
cattle and mules will not touch unless
starved to it. Kept under a shed at
night and fed on ensilage or roughness
in winter, they drop lot of manure
that is the very best to compost with
leaves and trash and can be made very
profitable and help to bring up the
soil. There is Spanish proverb which
says, The foot of the sheep is shod
with silver" meaning their manure,
scattered SO broadly and so fine, en-
riches the soil and the owner. The
lumber companies are winding up then
businesses in Vernon Parish and 10,
OF money that once circulated here
will circulate no more; and if the far
mers of Vernon Parish don't do some
thing, conditions in general will grow
worse and worse, and what are you 60
ing to do about it2 My advice is to
wake up and start in to help your.
selves, for nobody else will. So, gel
busy, put on your thinking cap and dc
a big think, and then put that thinking
into practical form. And, above ali
unite, ORGANIZE, act together; foI
if you don't hang together, you surely
will hang separately.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
WHATS in A NAME?"
All aboard

Step lively, please
All aboard for Llanfaizpyllywyngy-
Observation-Disclosures.
No, this is not Russian cuss word,
nor the name of Bolsheviki noble
man, but simply the name Of a small
Welsh railway station. Captain T.
Thomas of the steamboat County Of
Cardigan is about the only man IN
New Orleans at present who Is able
to spell and pronounce that name.
The station which bears the name is
so small that the board bearing the
name stretches from one end Of the
station house to the other and then
laps over on both sides. What the
name means or where it came from IS
a mystery. Captain Thomas advises
tourists who are not familiar with
Welsh names and who expect to visit
this little place, to leave home at least
two hours before train time so as 10
have ample time to make the ticket
agent understand the place for which
the ticket it to be purchased. Names
of this length and kind are not rare
in Wales.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Hon. A. R. Hicks. Clerk Of Vernon
Parish, issued marriage licenses this
week to: Mr.. R. S. Hagan. of Mayo,
and Miss Emily letter. Of Fullerton;
Mr.. M. D. Willis and Miss Carrie Den
mis-, both Of LeesWlle; Mr.. ]. B. West
and Miss Lille Craft, both Of Lees
vile; Mr.. John Mathis and Miss Ellen
Perkins, both Of Leesville; Mr.. Arthur
Luttrell and Miss Maggie lowers. both
of Leander, La; Mr.. E. F. Simmons
and Miss Rosa Belle Shirley, both Of
DeRidder.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

copper kettle and pour enough boiling
hot water on it to dissolve it and then
pour it over the mixture and again mix
thoroughly, adding the moIasses or
syrup pan skimmings. IF not wet
enough to mould we'll, moisten II and
pack into moulds with flaring sides Is
form bricks from | z to IS inches loqn.
8 to 3 inches thick, and same or great
er width, and set in the sun to set;
then dump out and keep in a dry place
because they will absorb water out
OF the air even. Put these bricks
where stock can have free access ID
them. At first. they will take more
than is good for them. and tbev
should be given access only once
week or so; but when their mineral
hunger is abated. leave it in a trough
or box where they can get at it when
they like. See that the pigs and Young
stock get chance at it. You will find
they will drink more water than tbev
have been drinking. their appetites
will increase, and within a month Won
shall see the improvement, and in three
months, if you take photo of them
as them were and as they are at he
end of go or 100 days. they will look
like other animals. They may possibly
scour little at first, but that IS iust
because they needed just that tbino.
and when hog cholera is RUNNING
around, your hogs after three months
OF this mineral feeding.will be almost
If not quite immune; and all your stool
will be less liable to any contagious
or infectious diseases. Try Il MS
cheaper than any veterinary bill and
once you use it. you'll keep it up and
your animals will thank you if they
can talk, and your profits on your
stock will make your pocket-book look
fatter than it is now.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27


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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
NUMBER II.
HOW TO MAKE AND
KEEP SOIL FERTILE
By George D. Coleman

Briefly: Don't believe the old Ro-
man dogma that the soil must rest.
The soil works harder growing weeds
and trash than it does growing cul-
tivated crop; besides is gets dirty grow
ing weed seeds to give you work af-
forwards in getting it clean. Don't be
fooled by the popular yarns about ro-
tation. Rotation is good thing be-
yond doubt, but it has not and will
not prove the panacea claimed for it.
It's popular! Oh, yes, and so it was
popular once to believe the world was
flat, four-cornered, and the center of
the universe, and they burned men at
the stake for doubling it; but now we
know better.
Don't believe that commercial fer
tilizer without organic matter can give
and maintain fertility. The experience
of the South proves the contrary. A
whip will make thin horse improve
his pace, but corn, oats, and good hay
will give him strength and long life.
You wouldn't match Barnum's living
skeleton against Jack Dempsey, and
all bone and little if any flesh won't
win in a wrestling match or foot race.
Don't forget how nature builds up fer
tility by adding organic matter to the
soil, and nature knows its business bet
ter than all the wise owls that call
themselves scientists. If nature will
not teach them sense and they will
not benefit by her teaching, there's no
use of paying attention to their doc
trines. As Josh Billings wrote, Its
better to know nothing than to know
so much that amt so. - But do forget
the way the pioneers farmed and do
remember we are living in the 10th
century, and we ought to know more
than they did; for, if we don't, we
will not get anywhere. We, of course,
don't know it all by darn sight, but
we are ION the way.
Don't think that new seeds and good
seeds, alone, will make good crops.
However good the seeds are, unless the
soil is fertile, they will not produce
the results. Good breeds of hogs, cat
tie, and chickens are no better than
scrubs unless they are well-fed. There
are lots of good breeds in the trough,
and the way to fill the trough for plant
life is to fill the soil with organic mat
ter. Fill the soil with good bacteria
and nature will do the rest. Nature is
waiting on you. and if you do your
part, she is sure to do hers.
What are the best crops to give the
most and best quality of organic mat
ter to feed the soil? That, of course,
depends upon the climate, and the soil.
In this climate, rye will give rapid
and rank growth and will grow all
winter through and cover the ground
and do for the soil what the blanket
of snow does for Canada. The best
authority tells us that a ton Of green
rye is equal to ton of stable manure
with the sole exception that the aver
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

Black strap molasses or the skim
ming of the syrup pans. from one to
two gallons to mixture No. and the
same proportion to the other.
Mix all the ingredients thoroughly
except the sulphate of iron. Put the
sulphate of iron in any old iron or
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27

Work together. or you will surely be
worked separately. Co-operatel
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-10-27
THE GREAT NEED OF ALL
VERNON PARISH STOCK
By George D. Coleman


Fourteen years experiments by the
Wisconsin University and State Agri-
cultural authorities, Bulletin 945 by the
u. S. Agricultural Dept; The State of
Tennessee Agricultural Report, even
though state most of whose soils are
rich in lime; Oregon State Report;
and the Report of Louisiana Ag. Col
lege, Of analysis of over go samples of
soil. 8 of which are of Vernon Parish,
and four of these close to Leesville,
north, south, each, and west, all are
in agreement on the need of mineral
matter to be given stock.
/ have seen only a half dozen heads
of stock in the Parish Fair that did
not show what farmers in the North
call Hide Bound" or bad condition
due to deficiency of mineral matter in
their pasture and feed. | closely not
ed the judging in the County Fair of
the mules and horses, and not one
judge tried the skin to see if it was
loose and flexible as it should be if
animals are in prime condition. 1t re-
minded me of the Indiana farmer.
Asked, SIS this healthy country" he
replied. "Oh yes its as healthy as
any," But don't you have chilIs and
fever here?" Oh yes, we have chills
and fever"
He gave no thought to the chiIls and
fever, deeming that as a natural con-
dition, as he had known no other; and
so the judges at the Fair took for
granted Hide Bound and made no
comparison of the horses and mules on
that point It's simply chronic indi-
gestion, malnutrition, and the conse-
quent result of lack of mineral matter
in the feed. On such soils as the Lou
isiana Ag. College reports in Vernon,
Natchitoches, Rapides, Allen, Sabine,
and Beauregard Parishes, please tell
me how, or from where, the animals
could get the needed mineral matter?
They can't get it out of the air, and it's
scarce as hens teeth in the soil; so
where in Jerusalem are they to get itp
It's up to you to give it to them. Here's
a mixture that have proved in South
America and here in the u. S. A.; it
does the trick:
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Wisconsin Tobacco Market

| EDGERTON, WIS.,. Aug. 26, 1921.
Wisconsin is growing good crop of
binders, and if no misfortune befalls it,
it looks as if it will be crop of good
| binders also The leaf development
during last week was remarkable.
The rain and storm last Friday was
severe enough to whip the standing
fields considerable, and, Of course, in
f1icted some damage, but the damage
is on the whole much slighter than an
| ticipated. In the northern section
streaks Of light hail visited some fields,
but the total amount of damage is not
serious.
The harvest is on in earnest in all to.
bacco areas Of the state, and growers
| are very much pleased with the size
and condition of the leaf. Light rain
during the first of this week held the
harvest back. 1t will be on this week
and next month. The August frost
period is considered safely passed; if
the next period between Sept. and
15-is safely negotiated, the prospects
of undamaged late tobacco are pretty
good
The packers and their men have been
| and are busy riding and inspecting the
fields in all parts of the tobacco terri
tory, but they are all nom -committal on
| field buying. The big manufacturers
are showing no inclination to rush in
for competitive campaign similar to
| those staged during the past few years,
likely to take place this fall. The con-
sumers clamor for cheaper smokes, and
the manufacturers are biding their time
to secure stock at prices which will
make this possible. They are pretty
well stocked up with high priced to-
bacco; so are the warehouses of the
local packers. This is the information
that comes to the one who takes the
pains to ask. On the other hand, no
one will say that the 1921 crop is
going to stay in the hands of the
grower, nor that buying will not start
this fall. There will be very salts
factory amonnt of binders in this years
crop as matters look today, and the
selling of it may be done in an easy,
GO as-you-please fashion, without ex-
element, and without regrets after it
is done.
Rumors of sales in the field at cents
or at 30 cents are equally unreliable,
and the product of ignorance or malice.
Besides a number of loads hauled in
by teams, 2 carloads of bundles were
received at this point between August
Is and %, and cars of bundles and 8
cars Of cases shipped out of storage.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
Pennsylvania
EcuuSylVduld
LANCASTER, Pa, Aug. Is, 1921.

With all the tobacco along the Sus-
quehanna river hills safely housed, the
tobacco growers of Lancaster county
this week began the cutting of TIE crop
of leaf that promises to eclipse even
the banner crop of last year. The cut
ting began in the Hemphill section and
will now go all over the county.
For time the growers were in de-
cided quandry. Rains came only at in
frequent intervals; the situation as
sumed complex attitude. That por-
tion of the crop that had been planted
early got away to good start, but the
late planted was slow in startiug. Dur
ing the continuance of the drought, to
which this section of Pennsylvania had
been subjected, the latter did not take
hold but finally the copious rains came
and the crop took big jump. The
crop evened up and all is now coming
along at the same clip. The topping
of tn crop began two weeks ago and
from that time until now the crop in
every section of the county has shown
an amazing growth. Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
New York
NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 1921.

There has been no notable quicken
ing of market currents during the past
week in any type of cigar leaf tobacco.
Nevertheless, as increasingly encourag-
ing reports continue to be received re-
garding production expansion in the
cigar producing centers, cigar leaf mer-
chants lean more and more toward the
belief that better business is just
around the corner The outstanding
feature of the present market status
is found in the fact that manufacture
ers are more and more insistent upon
good tobacco And since good tobacco
available for present use is scarce,
there seems little reason to doubt that
present holders will be able to dispose
of their comparatively limited stocks
without material sacrifice.
The market has been visited this
week by manufacturers who left some
orders, and numerous leaf houses re-
port considerable inquiry by mail and
through the sales staffs. While most
of the individual transactions are small,
the aggregate volume of business is
much better than had been experienced
up to few weeks ago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-08-26
New England
HARTFORD, CT., Aug. 13, 1921

Harvesting is being done under most
perfect weather conditions, and so far
the weather has been ideal for curing.
sweat While there are inferior crops,
in the main tobacco not damaged by
hail and wind will be normal.
That there will be no buying of the
new crop before it is in the bundle, if
at that time, is certain. There are a
few packers and dealers here daily, but
they are merely looking and not buy
ing. The production cost this year has
been at least 80 per cent less than for
the past three years, fact that has
already convinced growers that they
will not be able to get any figure for
their crop which will compare with that
received for the past three seasons.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-13
Ed. LEWIS RETAINS
WRESTLING HOMORS

Dos Moincs. Iowa. April I7.-Ed
CStranglor) Lewis successfully defend
Cd his heavyweight wrestling title of
tho world here tonight whcrA he took
both falls OF his match against Earl
Caddock. Tho first came In ! hour rs
minutes and the second in minutes
and 90 seconds.
Both falls came as the result of
vicious hesdlocks and in both instance,
Caddock was left Unconscious in Tho
ring
During tho first hour IL looked as
tho II might he anybody's match. as
taddock successfully escaped from six
headlocks, and tho champion writhcd
under the pain of tho toe hold twice.
But after the first successful deadlock
tho outcome was scarcely In doubt. as
Caddock appeared dazed thereafter
Six times during tho match Lewis
was held helpless for several minutc.
four times with tho toe hold and twice
with armlocks. Lewis however, in
each instance managed finally to break
loose.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-13
Long Drawn Out
Damage Suit Trial

Monday evening at timo Of reoess in
division h OF tho district court II was
estimated that tho trial OF the suit OF
I. NJ. Scarcely against David A. and
Frank w. Pitman for damages alleged
in the sum of $500 would be completed
by noon yesterday.
At recess time last evening II was
estimated that tho trial can be brought
to close by noon today.
All of yesterday was occupied by tes-
timony for tho defense. expert and
otherwise: all of the evidence for de-
PENDANTS was in last evening. but IL
was announced that at this mornings
session tho PLAINTIFFS attorney intended
TO put on some testimony in rcbuttai.
The action is the result of n cement
flooring laid under verbal contract in
a Santa Fc avenue garage, the results
of which arc claimed to havc been un-
satisfactory. once before this suit was
tried. but tho jury failed to agree upon
verdict.