The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-01-20
ABOUT LAFAYETTE.

Baton Rouge Advocate: Hon.
w. w. Heard returned Saturday
from his visit to Lafayette and New
Iberia whittier he had gone at the
invitation of the Democrats of that
section of the State. Mr.. Heard
was greatly pleased with his visit
and was especially gratified with
the warmth of the welcome which
was extended TO him as the nominee
of the party for the Governorship,
as we'll as with the evidences of sub
Stantial progress which he witnessed
on every band in that section. He
was profoundly impressed by the
zeal and public spirit manifested by
the citizens of both Lafayette and
Iberia in their friendly rivalry for
the location of the new Industrial
Institute, and he believes that this
interest shown in the matter is the
best possible guarantee of the sue
cess of the school after it shall have
been established. From other
sources the Advocate hears that the
distinguished head of the Democra
tic ticket met with very flattering
reception at the hands of the citi-
zcns of both these enterprising
cities, and that the impression he
produced upon them greatly
strengthened the ticket throughout
that section of the State. The Sc
lection by the board of Lafayette
as the seat of the Industrial School,
Mr.. Heard observed, was in no
sense due % favoritism or any bias
on the part of the board, but it was
adjudicated in strict accordance
with the terms of the law which re-
CURED that the school be located at
that point offering the most favor
able inducements. Lafayette offered
a bonus which, it is said, will aggre
gate a sum somewhere in the neigh
borhood of 500. 900, and this beng
the largest sum offered the prize was
awarded to that plucky little city.
OPelousas Clarion: Lafayette
has secured the Southwestern Indus
trial School. The Board Of Direc
tors of this institution met there on
January 5, and by vote of five for
Lafayette to two for New Iberia,
our neigh boring town captured the
prize which it has labored 50 long
and zealously for. The Clarion,
voicing the sentiments of the peo
pie Of ST. Landry, congratulates our
sister town on this signal victory.
And in so doing we hope that the
school will be a decided success
from an educational standpoint.
Louisiana needs more institutions
Of this kind, and if the people OF
this entire section show their APP
probation of the school thus To-
Gated, it is but reasonable to sup
pose that before an other decade
passes we will have them conven
iently located all over the State.
Rayne Tribune: Last week the
Board of Directors of the State In
dustrial School for Southwestern
Louisiana accepted the proposition
of the town OF Lafayette and To-
Gated the school at tn at point. A
valuable tract of land of about 25
acres near the town was donated
together with a large sum in cash
and 2miIl tax for ten years on
all the property in the parish. Tits
donation by the parish amounts to
about 500, 900. New Iberia was
strong competitor and also voted a
5 mill tax for ten years. but she
could not equal Lafayette. We
congratulate the people Of Lafayette
on their victory which is well de-
served. 1t shows what town can
do when its business men pull
together. We have known the peo
pie OF that community for twenty
years, and have never before known
them to work SO unitedly and har
moniously for the common welfare.
1t is good omen for Lafayette and
we have no hesitation in predicting
strong and steady growth for the
town. When community has
once developed a healthy public
spirit it is an easy matter to keep |
it alive and active, and there is no
doubt that the men who have SO !
ably managed this campaign will |
see to it that the town, having |
struck the highway to prosperity |
will keep to it.
The Industrial School is a good |
thing so is MaStic Mixed Paint. |