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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
BANKER TELLS OF COOP.
ACHIEVEMENTS in BRITAIN

From American Coop. Commission
William E. Sweet. liberal-minded
Denver banker who has just returned
from an extensive study Of workers
education and industrial relationships
in England. declares that the cooper
alive movement is the most significant
constructive factor in English social
life to-day. Mr.. Sweet. who is a menu
Der of the National Committee Of the
Young Mems Christian Association, is
now travelling throughout the country
telling groups of business men and ''Y''
secretaries what he learned from his
Investigations abroad. In an address
to some of the civic leaders of Cleve-
land, Ohio, during the past week. Mr..
Sweet urged them to study the coop
erative movement and support it in ev-
rey possible way. This movement In
England" he declared. shows that
most of the workers are learning how
to handle their own affairs, and that
the desire to make the dollar is not the
only incentive held by these labo-ing
men," He emphasized the new spirit
of service in business created by the
cooperative movement, anr said that
one of the chief leaders of the British
Cooperative Society, who had refused
offers to go into private business at a
mush greater financial return, told
him, Il would rather be in business for
the common good than to be in il for
myself alone or for someone else who
would pey me twice as much.
"A finer race of men, asserted Mr.
Sweet, will come when we get away
from the idea that everything is meas,
ured on the standard of the almighty
dollar. We have impaired character
by placing emphasis on making money.
The salvation of society depends upon
substitution of the cooperative ideal of
service for the present creed of greed
FOR profits.
This country can stand several thou
sand more bankers who have the sense.
and unseifish vision of Mr.. Sweet. May
his tribe increase.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

Among the many misnomers is the
word malaria. " Literally it means
bad air. = which has nothing whatev-
er to do with the propagation of the
disease. The normal habitat of the ma
larial parasite is in the human blood.
Man being the primary host. The
parasite is carried from the sick to the
well by the mosquito, the intermediate
host. Any measure that destroy or ex-
cludes the insect will stop the transmits
sion of the disease.
What would you do were someone to
take hypodermic syringe. secure
some blood from a malaria patient,
and inject it under your skinp The
female mosquito is the one with the
hypo.-get after her NOW.
x q
For u years, W. L. Morgan, rail-
road conductor, has been saving his
money because he got bunch years
ago that he would have good chance
to invest his money in railroad some
time in the future. The time has come
at last after long, long wait. In part
nership with D. w. Bird, they have
bought the Brown and Bevill railroad.
Til IS railroad connects Haynesville
with the Louisiana oil fields, and there
is a great future to the prospects for
the road, even though it is but SIX miles
long. W. L. is now railroad mag
nate, whatever that may mean.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
CONTROL CORN PEST
BY THICK PLANTING

The corn budworm, or corn root
worm" each year does considerable
damage in Louisiana, especially in the
southern portion of the State. While
the worm feeds on corn roots, the most
severe damage is done by the worms
in drilling a small hole into the stem
of young corn plants, just above the
first circuIe of roots, boring out the
crown and killing the bud. It is some
times difficult to get stand of corn
on account of these worms.
Experiments carried on at the Louis
lana State University Experiment Sta
ton and elsewhere with different sub
stances, such as pine tar, coal tar. and
kerosene, applied to the corn seed at
planting time have never given benefi-
cial results in preventing injury by the
budworm. Some of the substances,
besides being of no benefit in prevent
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

ing damage, have been found to injure
the termination Of, the seed.
According to Thos. H. Jones, ento-
mologist of the experiment stations,
there is a period in the spring when
budworms cause most severe injury to
corn. This period depends on the lat
itude and also upon seasonal weather
conditions. In 1921, corn planted dur
ing March was severely injured at Ba-
ton Rouge, while later paintings were
not attacked. The spring of 1921 was,
however, somewhat in advance of nor
NAL. 1t has been stated that normally,
corn planted from the middle of March
to the middle Of April is most severely
injured by the rootworm in Louisiana.
If corn is planted where and when
budworm damage is expected, thick
planting of seed is recommended, there
being more probability of enough
stalks to make good stand remain
ing uninjured by the worms than when
less seed is used.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

pastured or moved. the vines grow
heavy and have bark on them and are
SO tough you cant pillow them or run
a horse rake in them; but if kept pas
tured down. or moved, the connecting
vines die and rot and you can use a
horse rake as easily as in a wheat or
clover stubble. IF you ever want to gel
rid of it. it can be plowed under and
treated as weed and be cultivated out
of existence; but cannot think once
kudzu has been made hay crop that
anyone would want to. get rid of it. I'M
less is were to put the enriched land
into corn. wheat, or make a garden
patch of the field.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
BY SPECIAL REQUEST

There have come to the office of the
Vernon Parish Democrat so many re-
quests to give the people of Leesville
an opportunity to hear the song Down
ii old Louisiana that arrangements
have been made to have the song
sung next Sunday evening at $50,
weather permitting. at the Colony The
alter, Should the weather be unfit, it
viii Be postponed until the following
Sunday evening. The words Of this
song were published in the issue Of
February 10th.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
BY THE WAY

1T touches me to the heart to think
that my young brother should have
hunted me all over the earth, after |
had neglected TO write, or keep in
touch with any member Of my family, !"
was the statement Of c. w. Armstrong,
a newspaper reporter Of Chicago. when
told that he was now a regular British
earl, having fallen heir. because of the
death of an elder brother. The title
and the estate that goes with it com
prises about 5000 acres along with the
ancestral home in Nottinghamshire
England.
The new earl says that he is glad to
get back home again after all these
years. i have never reconciled my
self to living all my days in any Other
place in all the world than England.
and shall be glad when | can start
for home again.
lNlneteen dlpplng VatS nave Deen
blown up in Texas during the last
three weeks. Two Federal officers
have been shot and the ticks are in
full control.
Judge E. 7. Shurley. of Savannah.
Georgia, advocates the establishment
Of modern whipping posts for the COM
mon forms of crime.
The Judge stated that a maximum of
$50 ticks over the bare back with
buggy trace, might have some influ-
ence in the correction of minor often
ses.
Seems to us that after the whipping.
they would need the services of an UNI
dertaker. $50 ticks with a buggy
trace would kill a horse. Why not find
out from those who know just what
a human can standp
*<**#
With poison tune
The skeeter soon
Will seek our chamber door.
She'll leave us chills
And doctor bills.
Just these and nothing more.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
TOO MUCH RAIN
MORE THAN ENOUGH

W. A. Dougherty, who accepts the
responsibility for making the weather
at NewIlano. needs the advice contain
ed in the above heading. Last week
he gave us nearly three inches of rain,
most of which was unnecessary. He
also reports the following temperatures
for the week ending March 9th:
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
BREEDING OF FLOWERS
AND CEREALS

No abatement of interest in the agri-
cultural projects has as yet manifested
itself, and the meetings of the Llano
colonists for discussing this subject ev-
cry Friday night are as we'll attended
as in the beginning. Professor Martin
talked in very interesting manner Of
the various ways in which flowers are
fertilized, impregnated and bred, and
described the ingenious method en-.
ployed by the plant wizard, Burbank,
in breeding new varieties Of flowers,
fruit and berries.
Most of the useful plants now cult
waited by the human race have in the
course of time, through planting, Gull
tivation and careful selection, been
won and tanned from their wild state,
and, if neglected, would revert to tehir
primitive type. As compared with the
multitude of wild forms, he number of
cultivates species is comparatively very
small. Egypt in early days probably
had onl y about twenty different kinds
of crop plants. Greece, 1900 years
ago, farmed only about forty different
species, and the Romans still larger
number. In the ruins of the Swiss lake
villages, four varieties of wheat were
found These villages date back to the
stone age. Plants are improved by
an intelligent control of their life fore
es, assisted by artificial breeding. All
modern fruits, flowers. cereals, legum-
es have acquired their present excel
lence and superiority over their pris-
tine torbears by an artificial assist
ance. Artificial assistance does not
IN any way mean anything superior to
nature, but assistance in bringing to ut
most perfection and development the
inherent character which a plant is
capable of reaching.
Everywhere throughout the north
ern and northwestern states can be
seen the best specimens of highbred
animals, plants and trees, the result of
intelligent supervision and assistance
by man in their care, selection, nur-
ture and breeding, as one speaker at
the last psychological meeting of the
Colony remarked But when a similar
care and attention to human life is pro-
posed, opposition and obstruction at
once makes its appearance. Eugenics,
tire science of intelligent life control, |
conservation, and direction, is the most
important of all sciences, does not only
apply to plant and animal life, but all !
SO to human life, and once understood. |
and acted upon, promises the greatest
good to the human face.
individuality is universal. There is
no fixed type. No two plants, no two
animals, no two human beings are ex-
actly alike. All are plastic, constantly |
capable of new changes. Through Sc
lection the best can be perpetuated
and fitted to survive. The principles |
Tor such perpetuation have always ex-
listed and been active to some extent
but their processes anil significance |
have been discovered only during the
present generation and made use of
since the beginning of ire twentieth i
century.
Comrade H. C. Sutton read highly
instructive paper on the careful breed
ing of superior corn, which he called
the king of all cereals. The informa-
ton supplied is so valuable. that we
shall publish the paper in full in a fn-
ture issue of the Colonist
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
TRADE FOR LLANo STOCK

100 cres in Minnesota; fair buildings;
drilled well and windmill; mail and
Phone; 8 miles to town; | mile to
school. About 40 acres wood; 30
acres fenced; 50 acres in tame grass;
balance natural meadow. Lime-clay
soil. Price $35 an acre ($56OO.OO)-
Time on $1,000 at 10: balance in
cash. Will take Llano stock up to
$4,000 as cash. par value.-C. ]. S.
care Llano Colonist l47
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

Civilization is flinhsy structure, and
the flimsiest of all is the monetary
structure. The. only positive force is.
Life. 1t goes on despite the handi--
caps of Nature and especially the OBJ
stacles set up by greedy men. The on
ly thing that can't be killed is Life
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

The Story Of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XXTX.-IOWA
WHE State
!. !. !. !. !. !. !. !.
#s1EAgSM of Iowa
was originally
lEaa NN occupied by
list the Iowa In
dams. The &C
NJ n tual meaning
~ ~ of the word
has been interpreted in several
ways. Some say it means "beau-
tiful land" but the more likely
derivation is the Algonquin word
"ajawa" which means "across"
or beyond" This was probably
applied to this tribe of Indians
by the Illinois tribes who were
hostile to them, and resided on
the eastern side Of the Missis-
sippi river. The early white Wis
itoEs to this region included Mar
quette and Joliet, who landed
here on their explorations Of the
Mississippi in 1878.
The first settlement was made
by a French Canadian named
Julian Dubuque. He obtained
in 1888 a large grant Of land
from the Indians, where the
city which was named after him
now stands. Here he fourished,
mining lead and trading with the
Indians, until his death in 1910,
when this settlement was given
up.
With the acquisition of the
Louisiana Purchase in 1903,
Iowa, which was a part Of this
huge territory, came into the
hands of the United States from
France. At first Iowa was a
part of the Louisiana territory,
then of Missouri territory. Later
it formed a portion of Michigan
territory and then Of Wisconsin
territory. In 1888, however, it
attained a distinct individuality
when it was formed into the
Iowa territory.
Pioneers soon came in large
numbers and about 1882 a sub
Istantial settlement was made
near Burlington, and Dubuque
was founded in 1888. The popu=
lation grew so rapidly that in
1846 Iowa was admitted as the
twenty-ninth state Of the Union.
Its area is 56,147 square miles
and it has thirteen presidential
electoral votes.
Iowa is familarly called the
Hawkeye State.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

FOR SALE. = Al acres of land;
Il acres cleared and under cultivation
4-rOom house. and barn. 100 peach
trees; 20 apple trees; 20 grape vines;
Strawberries, blackberries. and dewber-
ries; some figs. Well improved
terraced. Price, $ll00. Main road
A. E. WELDON. Rte /, Box 90, Lees
vile. La.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

Several cities have reduced the cost
of bread to five cents. Rather slow,
but better late than never. Wheat is
selling at ST. and as low as 80 cents.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
Classified Section

If you have any printing to be DONE
let us figure on it. Our offices are
over Scobee's Store. We are there all
the time.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

FINE PLUMBING-We are in the
plumbing business to make living. Do
not hesitate to ask us about that new
sink or that new toilet you intend to
put in your home. We sure can do the
work that stays right and is priced
right Phone l79 and ask for the
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
will TRADE For COLONY

Will TKADE FOK LOLUNT
STOCK-40 acres of bottom land.
mostly under cultivation, under Cotton
wood Ditch, Cottonwood, CAL; Five
miles from town and three miles to rail-
road; best land around this part of
California. Will take $500 Colony
stock, balance easy terms.-H. A..
ABBY, Cottonwood. Cal.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

Indications = Normal temperature
for the week in general, with local
rains and probably bit colder towards
the latter part of the week.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30

FOR SALE-5OO acres; 80 in cult
walton; lots of good timber on bali
ance; good house; two tenant houses.
$l0,500 for all. = See G. 7. Pickett,
Lano Colony. 50
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-30
Prepared in the same way as eggplant
Much resembles the latter-except
that by many cOIOnists it is
much preferred to il

Grows to the enormous size of 4
feet in length and 4 inches in diameter.
Vines grow so to IS feet long.
Full Instructions for planting and
..slture With each packet of seeds.
The colonist who introduced Aus.
.salian Giant Bean" in Llano paid 81
for 3 seeds.
Almost sure growers. Only limited
number of seeds available. Orders
filled in order Of receipt. Order NOWl
Prise-5Oc for packet of II seeds.
VERNON PARISH DEMOCRAT
LEEsVILLE. LA.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
DIRECTOR HAS TO READ
BEFORE STARTING WORK

A motion picture director who
doesn't ike to read is an individual
to be pitied. For he has to-whether
or no.
For instance. here's a list of au-
thorities Director George Fitzmaurice
found it necessary to consult before
starting work on ITO Have and to
Hold" his forthcoming Paramount pie
ture which has Betty Compson and
Bert Lytell in the principal roles:
Arms and Armour Charles Ash
down, Book of Pirates" Henry Gil
bert, Voyages Glorious Discoveries
des Grands Navigateurs Francois"
Social Life of Virginia" odd yir-
ginia and her Neighbors." Aiken's
"Court of James l." Another person
who had t. study these volumes was
Ouida Bergere who prepared the adap-
tation. ITO Have and to Hold is a
story which ranges from the court of
James l to pirate ships and from
jamestown in 1920 to a desert island
of Florida.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
Oscar Penchant
for Cubes of Sugar
Loses Valuable Time

An elephants temperament-the sui
kily petulant kind as developed by some
screen and stage stars, has been caus-
ing more chaos on the Ince lot than
all the screen celebrities who have ever
been there. according to John Griffith
Wray. who is directing 1.-THE elephant
girl story. Someone t. Love-"
The elephant. Oscar" has developed
an Unsuitable appetite for sugar cubes
from the daily rations as poured ont
by Madge Bellamy and Cullen Lands.
The elephant is never tied and is per-
mitted to roam at will. During the
week on three days that the youthful
screen stars were absent from the
set" Oscar" received a blow on the
trunk from an assistant director as
he foraged among the lunches for sugar
cubes.
Then came as fine a display Of tenn
permanent as ever a star used further
to exasperate a director. Oscar
wandered off in the woods to pout and
only a liberal allowance of sugar cubes
brought him back each time and n
total Of fourteen hours shooting time
was lost. An extra" girl is now feed
ing him two cubes every fifteen minutes
until the picture is completed.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
INGENIOUS ACROSTiC WINS
PRIZE FOR HUGH BROWN

An ingeniously contrived acrostic,
presenting economic remedies to i'm
prove business. as well as spelling
Lower Taxes" is the third winning
answer of the weekly prize of
Topics of the Day Films Better
Business contest released by Pa;he.
AT the end Of the third week there
were 100000 contestants. numbered
among motion picture patrons in every
section of the United States. The
winner is Hugh A. Brown, NJ. D., 306
Fourth street, S. f.. Washington,
d. c., and his answer is as follows:
j. ess restrictive legislation.
y rganized effort by all.
w ide-awake attitude toward business
opportunities.
II fflcient management.
X elief from tax burden that STILES
incentive.
t axation based on economic princi-
pies.
a egressive leadership In business.
\ pansion of export trade.
r establishment of better relations
between employer and employed.
5 alesmanship raised to a higher
plane
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
CREME De IA CREME
CONTINUES To SEND
QUOTA TO PICTURES
Beatrice Bentley Of Detroit
Graduates From Columbia
to California,

Scions of wealth and family con
tinue to flock into the movies.
First it was Mrs. Julia Hoyt who
created a furry in social circles when
she accepted a part in the screen YER
sion Of ''The Wonderful Thing" More
recently the fashionable set Of New
York. Newport and Palm Beach read
the choice morsel of news that Mrs.
Archibald Mcneil. Jr., of Bridgeport.
Conn, was to, play second leading part
in East is West" opposite Constance
|Talmadge.
Meantime a very beautiful college
girl whose family stands high in the
social register has Joined the Norma
Talmadge company.
She is Beatrice Bentley, daughter
of the Detroit Bentleys' and an heiress
in her w right. Graduated from
Columbia university last year, she has
been in California only six months.
She was one Of the most beautiful
madge's latest First National picture.
The Eternal Flame" and on being
questioned as to her career following
the brilliant future her college work
presaged she said:
"A college education is never sup
erfluous in any worthwhile career.
and it seems to me that it is especialIv
desirable for a girl ambitious to entes
the field Of motion pictures for there
she has to compete with the greatest
assemblage OF beauty and art hat cs7
be found. She is placed conspicuous
before a critical public and has nerd
of every bit Of knowledge. either at
one time or another. that she has ever
acquired in a university curriculum"
work Of the young actress that Ms
Talmadge. who is keen to detect talert
and to further it, is much interested
in her progress.
"Who knows what baby stars Of thr
future are among the girls doing bits
today? she asked Significantly.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-04
Lloyd MUSES.
in Vernacular of His
Many Picture Titles

Now or Never if / am to continue
Among Those Present" in Dumping
Into Broadway all my comedies /
feel must be High and Dizzy" other
wise I'll have to Get Out and Get
Under" and live From Hand to
Mouth"
Il Do" believe that every comedian.
even though An Eastern Westerner''
and blood relation of Captain kidd's
Kids has a superstition of Haunted
Spoeks.' l know | wouldn't want any
sucn iinks to get hold of my ginger
jar. Otherwise it would be Number.
Please for me.
] have heard of comedy kings. Liv-
ing in a republic. | don't know what
that is. l know there is nothing royal
about me. No one has ever called me
royal. not ever His Royal SIyness."
/ guess they know / would consider
that up stage and ] don't care for
anything up stage
There is only one name that has
ever stuck to me. O all my hobbies.
a season / wore a COB uniform and so
| suppose that is the reason ! was
called A Sailor-Made Man" ] never
objected to the title. but it's a differ
ent story being dubbed "Grandma's
Boy"
I have beaten out comedies for sever
years and throughout my philosophy
has been Never Weaken" l ought
to be a wonderful help to a house
keeper during the spring housekeeping
with rugs on the line. I can't say how
much dust would BIZ left. but I would
endeavor to see that a lot was whipped
out. Dust is bad for rugs, | think. as
it is for comedies.
I do not feel and immediate call to
do "Richelieu' or a tragedy like Uncle
Toms Cabin" I am content to do
situation comedies. This is a restless
age. and a situation is always good. I
am always glad when I have one.