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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
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Richmond, Va, Sept. T.
BacIl, the mother of Jumbo, an
elephant more 200 wears old,
saved the lite of man at Wheel
ing, w. Va.
A freight train on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad was
wrecked near Morgantown, the
engineer being caught under
meath his engine.
The wreck caught fire and it
appeared as if the man was
doomed. The sections follow
ing the wrecked train having
aboard circus, came up and
Bacil lifted the wreckage with
her trunk from the body of the
engineer.
Eight other elephants filled
their trunks with river water and
extinguished the burning cars.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

| Nv M;ouez moved, seconded by MI
Scheynayder aud carried that the loiio"
inc committee be and is hereby appointed
viz: Schenayder, Boutte, Lagrange Ii"
bau and Goala to look into the drainage
Of the road along Hubertvile.
On motion Of Mr. Boutte, duly carried
,ba President was authorized to accept
the acts Of A. p. Daspit, Anatole DugaS
Mrs p l.. Renoudet, w. G. Moore .
Rreaux. Harriet Vital and Ellen Mayao''
And sign said acts after which he shaI'
turn them over for reservation.
Moved by Mr.. Boutte, seconded aho
/ carried that Numa Miguez, T. Hobert ana
EIsi Segura be and are hereby appoih'e"
IS visit the Chargois property next to the
TertulIe Segura property and to ascef'ai"
how a point of road Of 20 feet wide can
be scared for the Parish.
On motion of Mr.. Dallas, seconded oy
Mr.. Goula and carried, the Secretary was
instructed to call for an itemlzed Dill,
from Iberia Cypress Co, to cover estimate
of 1892 10
On motion, duly carried, Miguel ana
A. b. Romero were appointed a COM
mittee Of two to verify figures taken from
the factory foreman's estimate OF the
Iberia Cypress Co.
The Treasurer's report showing cash
balance on hand of So, $4,000 was read
and adopted.
The following petition was read and on
motion of Mr. Dallas, duly carried, per
mission to use the Police Jury quarters
was granted
New IBERIA, La, Aug. %, OF.
Mr.. A. b. Romero, Secretary of Police
Jury:
Dear Sir and Gentlemen-In behalf of
the Unsectarian Aid Society Of which
have the honor to be President, | here
with submit petition to the effect that
as our organization (Which is in existence
solely for public charity has no abiding
place, no place Of meeting, as all of the
funds go directly to the relief Of the
needy, that you grant us the use Of your
pleasant room as place to hold our regu
lar monthly meetings on the End Monday
in each month.
Hoping this our petition meets with
your approval and that you will grant the
same, am most cordially yours,
EMILY l.. GRANT, Pres. U. A. $.
Moved by Mr.. Boutte, seconded by Mr..
Dugas, that Hazard Vaughn, Fernand
Messenger, Dominick Bfoussard, J. e.
Prince Geo. J. Labau, Capt. E. 7. King,
Damss Broussard Bertrand Braquet,
John Wallet, Edgar Oubre, Albert Oubre,
c. +. Brenholtz, DR.. Guy A. Shaw and
Theismar Ransonet, with Hazard Vaughn
as shairnan, are hereby appointed a com
mittee to join like committee from St.
Martin Parish who are to accompany
State Engineer Arsene Perilliat over the
proposed levee on the East side of Bayou
Teche in st. Martin and Iberia Parishes.
Al ordinance ordering a special cleo
ton to take the sense Of the legally quail
fled property tax payers in the Bayou
Choupique Drainage District to ascertain
"a to whether or not special acreage tax
OF twenty five cents per acre upon all the
lands situated in said district except wood
lands shall be imposed for the period of
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

also be filled before the end OF
the week.
In the High School building
there were registered I83 pupils
for the grades from the sixth on
upward. There is some room
yet in this building for the ad-
vanced children.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
FAIR AT JEANERETTE.

eanerette's Fair will be open
ed on Wednesday of next week
with 4 hurrah that will attrac
the attention of everybody ii
the State, not only because it il
perhaps the marking of the frs
real Fair in this section, but be.
cause all OF the candidates tol
the State Offices will be present
1t is expected that there will be
speeches by all three of the
Gubernatorial candidates anc
this alone would be sufficient tc
draw big crowd.
OF the Fair itself it is said
that it will be one of the best
if not the best held in the State
this year outside of the State
Fair at Shreveport. There has
been a lot of hard work by an
active board of management and
the Fair itself has received more
advertising throughout the State
than any other that is to be
held. Scarcely newspaper in
the State and some OF them in
Mississippi have drawn atten-
ton to the exhibits that are to
be there. Even Texas papers
have drawn attention to this ex-
hiblt aud the people of Jeaner-
cite are as one in their effort to
make the affair come up to the
expections.
aturally the candidates tor
the chief offices in the Gift OF
the people are only too willing
to appear before the large
crowds that are expected 70 be
present on the opening day of
this one Fair that is to be the
Fair par excellence of the Valley
OF the 1'eche, if not OF the en-,
tire State. Also, naturally the
friends of each of the candidates
will desire to make the showing
possible SO tina, it is likely that
the very fact that the candidates
are TO be there will prove one
OF the best drawing cards posi-
bic.
Il is probable that the friends
Of Mr.. Sanders in this City and
surrounding section will charter
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

onel Wilkinson, he will make you
good governor. | shall try nv
utmost to make You good COVER
nor. shall at least do lay duty
honestly and as | see it" Those
are the works of mau They
show that Jared Sanders is bigger
than the petty enmities Of politics
that he can rise above personal
prejudice aud talk sense to sensi-
bic people. Aud he is making
friends every day because of the
gentlemanly way in which he is
conducting his campaign.-Shrere
port Times.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
REGULAR MEETING OF POLICE
JURY.

NEW IBERIA, La, Sept. 9Th, or.
The Police Jury convened this day with
President Labau in the chair and all the
members present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read aud on motion duly carried,
adopted.
The Treasurer was authorized to turn
over to the School Board One Thousand
Dollars, amount due as per budget
We, the undersigned members of the
Police Jury of Iberia Parish, in view of
the fact that the U. S. Engineer has
passed favorably on the bridge built by
Frank Blanc, do hereby authorize the
Parish Treasurer, A. B. Romero, to pay
Blame the amount of two warrants drawn
by the Police Jury at its August meeting,
covering the last payment on said bridge
as per contract. Signed Leon NJ
Lemaire, N Miguel, J. l.. Schexnayder,
Geo. j. Labau, N. Blanchet, Geo. Dallas,
FL. Boutte, j. A. Dugas, and P. Romero,
! Sr.
| During the discussion that followed the
reading of the above, Treasurer A. b.
Romero took occasion to call the atten-
tion of the Jury to the fact that that body
had failed at its last meeting to authorize
him to pay Mr.. Blanc balance due on said
bridge when completed and that when
Mr. Blanc, accompanied by Mr.. Lemaire,
chairman of the bridge committee, called
on him for the last payments that he had
refused to make them giving his reasons
therefor that he had not been authorized
by the Jury to make the payments and
furthermore that there was nothing to
show that the bridge had been completed
and accepted. When informed by the
two gentlemen that the Government En-
gineer had inspected the bridge and ac-
cepted same. the Treasurer agreed and
did pay Mr.. Blanc after the proper au-
thorization from the Police Jury, which
appears above, had been secured
The Treasurer said that one of the local
papers no doubt meant to criticise him in
its statement that "there was too much
red tape about that Sarah Bridge matter
and he showed by reading from the Gov
eminent Engineers report that, instead
of red tape that he was simply protecting
himself and at the same time guarding
the interest of the Parish as the report
reads "the character of the mat erials and
the manner of building this bridge are
practical questions for you people to deal
with. the Governments interest in the
matter is to preserve the transpo .tation
facilities of the stream, etc., he further |
called the Jury's attention to the fact that |
tho the bridge had been paid for in full, |
that it had not been accepted, yet when /
on motion of Mr. Miguel, duly carried |
the bridge was declared accepted by the
Parish.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
FOR CLERK OF COURT.
Respectfully,
j. g. LEBLANC

beg to announce to the Democratic
voters of Iberia Parish that | am a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
the office of Clerk of Court. / promise a
faithful and efficient administration of the
office, should be elected, and | more es-
pecially pledge myself in that event to
employ a SUFFICIENT number of deputies
to serve the needs of the general public.
A. A. GIRARD.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles,
1t absorbs the tumors, allays itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re-
lief. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is
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and $l.O0 Williams Mfg. Co., Props.
Cleveland O.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY

Nothing is gained by a candidate
for the public office getting angry
and becoming offensive in the lang
uage he uses on the stump. 1t ha,
a tendency to disgust and does dis.
gust men Of intelligence. If can
didate dosen't like some people who
is opposing him, let him say that
he dosen't like him and let him
give his reasons therefor. Epithets
are just about as necessary as pro-
family aud no man who is cahdi
date for Office in this State dares
stand up before an audience OF
Louisianians and indulge in pro-
family.
Colonel Wilkinson's habit of
employing offensive terms when re-
ferring to those who have seen fit
to oppose him in this campaign is
undignified and much to Louisi-
ana's discredit. That man who
seeks the high Office of chief execu'
tive of the commonwealth should
refer to a man who is opposing
him as having "unclean lips" is
certainly not to Colonel Wilkinson's
credit. The language is offensive
and undignifed and might just as
we'll be accompanied by an oath.
When the Colonel is wrathy he is
apt to lose his head and forget that
the people to whom he is talking
are capable Of judging whether a
mau's lips are unclean or not. A
personal difficulty between Colonel
Wilkinson and Colonel Wickliffe
as result of the formers abusive
language would have been an ugly
contribution to the present politi-
cal campaign in this State.
Compare Colonel Wilkinson's
attitude toward his political oppo-
nents with the attitude of the other
candidates for governor toward
him. In bis speech at Eunice, for
example, Colonel Wilkinson is
quoted as having said that he had
spoken some good words for Gen.
eral Jastremiski but that the situa-
ton is changed now and The Gen
eral mnst speak for himself. Why
did The Colonel speak good words
for General Jastremskif Certainly !
not because the General stood in |
need of them ncr because the Gen
eral made any request that he dol
so. The Colonel intimates that
the time has arrived when he must
"iumpn on General Jastre mski. |
Whyf Is it because he has dis
covered that the General is strong
err where he, Wilkinson, hoped to
find strength for himself than he
once thought Il looks that way.
The Thibodeaux Commercial Jour
nal, a Wilkinson paper, declares
that the fight is between Wilkin-
son and Sanders, and says to the
Iastremski people in Lafourche {
hat if they vote for Jastremski s
hey will be classed as voting
gainst Wilkinson. Compare, we I
Az, Colonel Wilkinson's attitude c
vindictiveness toward his poll
cal opponents with their treat Y
tent of him. Take the speech of !
ared Y. Sanders ut Crowley. 10 n
10 course Of that speech Mr.. San G
srs said; III you elect General "
astremski, he will make You a o.
pa governor. II you elect Col y
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

Trial CAtarrh treatmeutsare being mailed
out free, on request, by DR.. Shoop, Racine
Wis. These tests are proving to the peo,
ple-withOut a pennNs cost--the great
value Of this scientific prescription known
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

clean lips of John C. Wickliffe" is attri
buted to you.
81 would like to believe that the often
sive language was credited to yon in erro
and await such an avowal from you.
Respectfully,
JOHN c. WICKLIFFE."
Twenty -four hours having elapsed since
the delivery of the above note and no re
ply having been received from Wilkin
son, in view OF all of the circumstances OF
the ease, | now place the whole affair be
fore the public in order that it may judge
whether my lips are 'unclean,' or whether
Wilkinson himself is not holy "unclean'
in his record as white supremacy South,
mouth with insulting and abusive lsngu
age toward a man who was absent from
the country, while Wilkinson was under
the protection of a candidacy that shield
ed him from personal consequences AS
would the petticoat of woman or the
cassock of priest.
Your attention il directed to the follow
ing facts:
Some time ago, during the reconstruc,
ton period, negro named Holland was
appointed to a position in the custom
house in New Orleans; when Grover
Cleveland appointed Theodore S. Wilkin-
son collector Of the port at New Orleans,
Wilkinson found this negro occupying
the position of chief correspondence clerk
in the collector of the ports office. Will
kinson was collector of the port for six
years, during all of which time the negro
held his position, being in daily, if not
hourly, contact and official association
with Wilkinson.
In the early part of July in a public
speech in St Landry parish | charged
Wilkinson with the fact recited above re-
lative TO the negro Holland, and proceed
ed to say that it was passing strange that
Wilkinson, who pretends to be q v bite
supremacy Southerner could not have
given the position occupied by Holland
under him to some white man, to some
white Democrat.
Wilkinson reply to this charge is that
he found the negro IN office, he was a
competent negro, and that the negro was
protected by the civil service rules.
The civil service rules protected the ne
gro Holland in office during the Wilkinson
regime. 1t did not, however, protect hun.
dreds of white men and Democrats in
their positions in the post office, in the
custom house, and in the mint, immediate
ly after the election OF Mr.. Mckinley,
while hundreds of white Democrats, many
Of them ex-Confederate soldiers, were
swept out of their positions by one stroke
of the pen.
My charge was, and is, that Wilkinson
found Holland, negro, and Republican,
in office, and that he allowed this negro
to stay in Office under him for six years,
despite the fact that there were many
white men and Democrats anxious to and
capable of filling positions in the govern
ment service.
Either one of two things is true; either
Wilkinson is sly rogue who is playing
now, as he was in the past, fast and loose
with the Democratic party; or, Wilkinson
is mouthy demagogue, "Loqusoious, loud
and turbulent of tongue, awed by no
shame, by no respect controlled
JOHN C. WICkLIFFE.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07

New Orleans, La, August 81, 1907.
| TO the Public:
On July IS, 1907 l left the United
States for Spanish Honduras;I returned to
this country and to New Orleans on the
evening of Monday, August 26.
On August q my attention was called
to the newspaper report Of a speech de-
livered at Marthaville, La, on July &c, by
Theodore S. Wilkinson, who is candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
for Governor, in which report the follow
ing language is attributed to Wilkinson:
81 now take occasion to denounce in
the most unmeasured terms the statement
issuing from the unclean lips of John C.
Wickliffe and silently scquiesced in, if
not virtually abetted by one OF my com
pstitors,"
Feeling incensed at the language used
by Wilkinson | placed the matter in the
hands of friends on August %, and it be-
ing then impossible to reach Wilkinson,
he being in st. Landry parish these
friends took the matter under Amusement
and on August 90 reported to me that az
ter due reflection and deliberation they
had come to the determination that q can
didate for the high position Of Governor,
ipso facto, was placed beyond, and made
immune to the rules usually obtaining
among gentlemen, and that satisfaction
could not be demanded of Wilkinson as
though he were q mere private person.
On August 30 Wilkinson returned to
New Orleans aud before noon of that day
| wrote and there was delivered TO Will
kinson's Office in the Godchaux building,
this city, the following note:
"New Orleans, August 80, 1907,
Theodore Wilkinson, Esq,
New Orleans, La:
"Sir-On July Is, 1907, | sailed from
New Orleans for Spanish Honduras, where
| remained nearly six weeks, returning tc
the United States on the evening of Au-
gust 20.
"On nv return tc New Orleans nv ar
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
SCHOOLS REOPEN WITH A LARGE
ATTENDANCE.

For the younger generation,
last Monday was great event.
1t marked the beginning OF a
new school year, year that is
to be filled with the gaining of
knowledge that will materially
assist the growing minds in es-
tabIishing themselves on an
equa! footing with the children
of other parts of the great ma
ton of which all are a part.
Two handsome new school
buildings threw open their
doors for the first time and five
or six new teachers were added
TO the ROLES, besides there were
other innovations that made the
first day one OF great interest.
There were two transfer wagons
loaded with children from the
country districts that came into
the City at an early hour to add
to the school population and
there were hosts of little ones
who had never been at school
before accompanied by their pa
rents early vending their way
to the school houses. In fact
it was busy day in the lite of
the young.
The teachers at the various
schools include several new faces
and it is said that there never
has been a more efficient corps
than is at present enrolled in
the schools of the Parish.
Those in charge of the classes
in the City are as follows:
Central High School: E. l..
S. Brown, Principal Miss
Louise Taylor, Ist Assistant
Miss Olive Mathei, and Assis-
tant; Miss J. X. Rice, Sth
Grade ; Miss Mary Hobgood,
9TH Grade Miss---Pardue,
9th Grade.
Julia Street School: Miss
oslo {. Thorn, Principal ;
Miss Anna Cookslev, 4th |
Grade; Miss Ninetta Mates,
grid Grade; Miss Leila Viii
liams, Ist Grade.
Live Oak School Mr..
Ralph Frame, Principal Miss
Isabelle Marin, 4th Grade
Miss Lizzie DeFrost, grid
Grade Miss Katherine Cham
berlin, and Grade Miss .Kath-
crime Terrell, lst Grade.
Magnolia School: Miss May
Breazeale, Principal +; Mrs. En-
inc Kent, 9Th Grade /; Miss
Nellie +. Seally, 4th Gaade
Miss Amanda Smith, grid
Grade Miss Florence Bush,
md Grade.
Altogether there were regis
cred in the tour schools this
morning 733 children and II is
,vident that before the end OF
he week every seat in all of the
chools will be filled. As it is
he Julia Street School and the
live Oak School are already
,vercrowded and it will be nee
ssary at the meeting of the ia
ulty this afternoon at the
High School to determine how
0 relieve the congestion.
There were 246 children regis
cred at the Julia Street School
f whom 81 were for the first
rade. AT the Live Oak School
,ere were registered 1877 chill
rem and there were but thres1
Eats vacant in the whole schooK
here will be some IS or GOV
ore entered here before the
I'd of the week.
The only school where there
as room TO spare was at the
Iagnolia where but 1917 were
gistered leaving 81 seats va
Mt II it is possible TO devise
Iys of getting children from
her parts of the City there it :,
probable that this school will
n
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THE ENTERPRISE

AND OBSERVER C0NSOLInA TED
Published by EnteaPrise-Leaier Publishing Go, Ltd
OFFICIAL JoURNA OF IBERIA PARISH
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SENSATIONAL LETTER GIVEN OUT BY
N0. {. N|CkUFFE 0F NEW ORLEANS
He Writes Letter Theo. Wilkinson, Candidate for
Governor, Calling Him to Account for His Speech
at MarfhaviIIe, In Which He Made a Personal
Attack on Mr.. WickHffe.

The decided sensation Of the en-,
tire campaign up to the present was
the letter given out in New Orleans
by John c. Wickliffe, a prominent
lawyer of that city, in which he
called Colonel Theodore Wilkin,
son, candidate for Governor, to ac-
count for remarks he had made.
The letter was published in all
of the New Orleans papers. The
following is copy of one addressed
to the Times Democrat:
New Orleans, La, August 3lst, 1907.
TO the Editor Of The Times Democrat.
Dear Sir-On July 81, 1907, your paper
published a speech delivered by Theodore
Wilkinson at Marthaville, La, on July
20, 1907, said publication being from q
manuscript copy furnished your paper.
In said speech was violent personal at
tack upon me. | was absent from the
United States at the time, and the matter
was called to my attention only upon my
return to this country this week, and |
have drawn the enclosed answer to the
attack upon me.
As you have published the attack made
upon me by Wilkinson, do not think, in
all fairness that | am asking too much
when request that you publish my en-
closed reply (Which sperks for itself,
and to give it the same prominence in
your columns that was given the original
attack Yours truly,
JOHN G. WICKLIFFE.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-09-07
Yours truly,
FRED DECoURT.

While there was no reason
apparently why MIR. c. Girard
should reply to such silly
canard he has deemed it neces-
sary to set at rest all such I'M
truthful reports in the following
letter:
New Iberia, La, Aug. 80, 1907.
Mr.. Fred Decourt, Loreauvile, La.
Dear SRI have your favor OF the 2Sth
inst, advising me of the fact that
rumor is being circulated to the effect
that am against the candidacy of my
father, Mr.. A. A. Girard, for Clerk of
Court, in this Parish. But for the fact
that such rumor does not place me in
the proper light before the public | would
not pay any attention to ii, because on
the face of it, it is too ridiculous to be
considered. Suffice it to say that there is
no truth in such statemdnts. Whatever
can do towards his success in this cam
paign propose to do, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding.
trust this statement will satisfy your
informers.
Yours sincerely,
c. GIRARD.
While little has been said in
these columns regarding rhe
candidacy of Mr.. A. A. Glrard
it is learned that he has been
making an active campaign and
that he has been gaining
strength not only in the section
where he is well known but all
over the Parish. 1t is long
time yet till the primary, but
his friends expect that when the
day of balloting is reached he
will prove much stronger than
his opponents suppose. Per-
haps they suspect this and if
they do it will account for such
as the above.