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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10
Stunn for Is Years

by indigestion's pangs - trying many
doctors and 5000 worth of medicine in
vain B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside, N. c.,
at last used DIR. Kings New Life Pills,
and writes they wholly cured him.
They cure constipation, biliousness,
sick headache. stomach. liver, kidney
and bowel troubles. 25 cents, at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10

Large II inch seal grain leather carriage
bags, MORE lined, 94c.
Those popular turbans for the new mode
of dressing the hair, Csc.
Best quality of the new csc braid pins, in
shell, 18c.
Real old-fashioned Amoskeag blue check
gnghams, lengths to 10 yards, per yard, &c.
Women's black fleece hose, very special,
per pair, 1oc.
Mems Jaeger fleece lined shirts and draw
ers, all day, 19c.
At 10 30 a M while 10 dozen last, ladies'
ribbed fleeced vests and pans, 17c.
Travellers Samples Ali wool ingram car
pets, 36x42 inches, with finished ends, 90c
values, Soc
Solid Oak Rockers, cane seats, braced arms
S1.28.
Wcathered Oak sewing baskets, with silk
oline filling SOC.
Large Boston leather touches, full spring
edges, $3.50.
Guaranteed Mission clocks, brass dials
furniture section), S1.00
Folding doll cradles, enamel painted, %
inches long, Saturday, 14c.
Fancy Christmas tree candles, 3 dozen in
box, all colors, Saturday, box SC.
Donkes with moving head platform on
wheels, 10c.
Boys Goa ster sleds, steel shod, very spe-
cial, 19c.
9-inch dressed dolls with hat, shoes and
stockings, 1Oc
Hardwood embossed spelling blocks, Sat
urday, &c.
Table Christmas trees with candleholders
only sc.
Fancy reed doll go-carts, 65c.
Teddy carts, red enamel painted, very
special, Saturday SC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10
Funeral Of Josiah A. Bender.

The funeral of Josiah A. Bender
will be held tomorrow afternoon. at
1870 from the home, $40 Forty-second
street, and at o'clock from Spencer
Memorial Methodist church, wher,
the service will be conducted. by the
pastor, Rev F. E. Shut. Interment
viii be in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10
Entertains at Cards.

Mrs. Frederick T. Myers, 1726
Twenty-first street. was hostess to ESQ
of her tri-city friends at card party
at the New Harper this afternoon.
The party was held in the parlors on
the second floor. Luncheon was
served in the private dining rooms on
the same floor. y
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10
LAKES-TO-GULF
WATERWAY DEAD

CONTINUED from Page One.)
Alexander of New York is chairman,
Engineer Cooley turned loose OF. the
committee deluge of facts and figures
and submitted to severe cross-exami-
nation from Mr.. Alexander.
! Mr.. Cooley surprised the committee
with his statement of the need of re-
vetments in the Mississippi river for
the purpose of conserving the banks of
the stream, while at the same time
showing that these revetments will be
the making of a deep waterway.
When these revetments are con-
ITSELF" said Mr.. Cooley.
From the house office building the
committee then trooped over to the
capitol and cornered Speaker Cannon
Former Gov. Francis of Missouri told
how the interests of the nation were
being awakened to the development OF
the latent powers Of its rivers.
"In each congress about $4,000 bills
are introduced said Uncle Joe" IF
all received the consideration which
many think is deserved congress would
spend a quarter of a century alone in
calling the roll on these measures.
Cannon Reviews His Record.
'T have voted for every river and
harbor bill since 1892 Before that
when We were paying off a great war
debt, I voted against rivers and har-
Dor bills. 1t required something Of
courage to vote for a river and harbo~
bill in 1882 over President Arthur's
veto and because 1 voted for that bill
had to fight for my political life as
never have fought before or since.
With but one exception, that of the
St Louis Globe-Democrat, every metro
politan newspaper in the country cuss-
ed and ID ME from early morn to
dewy eve"
Then Uncle Joe" wound up with
the reassuring statement of his conf
dence that congress would give serious
and intelligent consideration to the
waterways movement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-10
PinchOt Endorsed.

Washington. D. c., Dec. 1O.-En-
dorsement of Clifford Pinchot, chief
forester, and a plea for appropriations
that will permit of the drainage CT
swamp lands, caused a stir in the last
big open meeting of the National Riv-
ers and Harbors congress last night
The womans' auxiliary of the con
gress, the aim of which is to beautify
the banks of the navigable streams
and canals. adopted resolutions ask
ing congress to hold up the hands If
Mr.. Pinchot in his forest policies.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

The Republican members Of the FL
| nance Committee have completed the
draft of the section creating the new
tariff bureau. This bureau is to be
formed by consolidating the existing
bureaus OF statistics and manufactur-
ers, now under the supervision OF the
Secretary OF Commerce and Labor; the
our Eau of trade relations, now part
OF the Department Of State and the
d.v. 'or ot customs, Of the Treasury
DeE.- .L.eHt. The new bureau will be
made a part OF the Treasury Depart
ment, ard an additional Assistant Sec
re;ary of the Treasury viii be provid-
ed for who will have Immediate iuris-
dictlon oyer 1t.
second section OF the Senate sub
st1tute provides for special agents, to
be appointed by the President to col.
leCL information here and abroad con
cerning foreign customs duties for the
use OF the President in administering
the maximums minimum clause OF the
tariff bill. They will, OF course, work
IN conjunction with the new tariff
bureau.
The advocates Of the tariff commits
sion plan threaten to make vigorous
attack on the bureau plan if it does
not meet their expectations. They
have no objection to the investigating
body being known as Il bureau instead
OF commission, but they will insist
that 1t shall have both the ability and
the power to find out tariff facts, here
and abroad, and to make public its
findings.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

Rural Free Delivery Route No. ?
was 'naugurated on Monday, May
3, 1909. Mr.. Walter Anglers is the
Carrier. This route leades up on
the. shores of Spanish Lake to
GOndrOn's store, thence it turns
out the road that leads TO LOpez's
store and Arthur SandOz's old
place, thence it follows the road
leading to LeBlanc's and l.. l..
Minvielle's, and finally returning
to this city over the Curtis road.
The run represents fraction a
bOve twenty-five and a half miles.
The established standard circuit is
"a miles.
If the readers of the lberiaD,
who reside along this route, want
the address Of their paper changed
so as tO have it delivered by this
carrier, will notify this Office to
that effect, the change will he
made.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

Senate leaders are rather disposed to
dismiss with little consideration all
intimations of the Preside nt's dissatis-
faction, and they go 50 far even as to
assert that only those who are making
the tarlli can form any adequate con-
ceptiOn OF the difficulties as to the
form the measure will assume after it
has been submitted to the fire OF the
conference. However that may be,
the Chief Executive has a keen suspi-
cion that the unequiyocal expression
OF dissa satisfaction. on the part Of loyal
Republicans, with the Senate's work
thus far, can only promote the ulti-
mate formulation OF measure which
he can cordially approve.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

The State Department is in receipt
OF reassuring dispatches from Ambas-
sador Leishman at Constantinople.
which have added to their confidence
that there is no longer cause foG ap-
prehension as to the welfare of Ameri-
cans in Turkey. Mr.. Leishman ex-
presses himself as greatly pleased with.
the way in which the new cOnstitu-a
tiOnal government has taken hold of
the situation, and he predicts that
there will be no necessity for martial
law after another week or two. The
trials OF offenders are being conducted
with dispatch, he says, the merchants
have begun to do their usual business,
and in short time normal conditions
will prevail.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
MR.. j. l.. COOK BEING QUEs-
TONED RELATES AS FOL
LOWS.

am Principal OF the High Schoo
| in Iberia.
prepared this protest signes
by myself and various othe,
teachers.
mean the protest signed or
april 9th and published in the
Times Democrat and Picaynne.
handed the communication to the
local paper before the President re-
celVed notice OF the protest. How
ever, before handbag the communi
cation to the local papaf | mailed
copy to the President-time in
tefVening between the transac-
tons, about 20 minutes.
Sometime back the Supcrintcn-
dent and the President upheld me
IN the matter of grading the
Schools, and after | had thought
over the situation | thought per
haps that the standard may have
been too high. I discussed the
matter with the superintendent.
and he told me that f would never
do to change now, - the reason
that the man Interest would
come around and say that he made
Valet and the President, back
down in their stand. | fell that Il
| was not upheld because it was
right, that they SHOULD not uphold
him because OF the fact THAI they
might have to back down. Thus
placing me in position to feel thai
| would have to conform with their
ideas precisely in order to be sus-
tanned, 20
The next one Is at an exercise e
given at the High School, the night
of the 9th. Mr.. Valet objected to
a gentlemen serving on a COM
mittee which was appointed by
members of the High School Facul-
ty. On being asked what his OBJ
jectiOns were he said in the first
place the man deserved no rea-
sons; but, as I did not take that as
a reason, he said that the gentle
man was not fit morally to sit in
an assembly with ladies, much less
Judge on committee with ladies.
| stated | could not ask the gen
tleman not to serve on the COM
He came back and said
that the more he thought OF it the
more ne thought the man should
not serve. lie said that | knew
how he and the majority OF the
School Board regarded the man,
and as head OF the school system
OF the Parish, he objected to his
serving.
| cannot recall any further fac
tional interferences by the Super
l considered the interference of
the superintendent on the night
Of the recital, April 9th, was very
unjust.
have no other charges to make
other than those | have stated.
Mr.. Valet and / were class mates
in school. | have known
lim for about years. a
These are the only complaints
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.

President TAFT has expressed hin.
sell, recently, az not 50 we'll pleased
with the attitude Of the Senate toward
the taflf bill, The members of me
fiHance Committee have consulted
the President from time To time. re-.
SardlnE certain features Oi their sul-
Stitute, and tor the provisions relating
- imports from the Philippines, the
proposed customs court and the maxi
mum, minimum clause. thew have won
MS unqualified approval With re
hard 70 spectftc rates, however. Mr.
laft mas not Been consulted aU3 tAe
Senate leaders have cohtentcd thcm-
selves with general assurances. III the
PRESIDENT, OF their sincerity Of pur-
pose 50 to frame tile schedules as M
commend his approval. II j. not ar =
AL clear whether President Taft's de-
sire to commend all that was COM
hendahlc has been misconstrued. On
whether the erroneous impression has
Oeen gained tnat his satisfaction with
certain features ~ tie measure NouIi
Difstt his disapproval of the schedules.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
LA. BAR ASSN.

The Louisiana Bar Association
will assemble in annual cOnven-
ton At Alexandria on nay Goth,
when matters of much importance
to the people of the State will be
discussed and acted upon.
The feature of the convention ia
to be a Symposium on Code revis-
ion.
The greater the interest mani
tested by the attorneys aud courts
of the State the greater and surer
will be the benefits to the people at
large. i
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

Rev. G.. G. Kramer was in this
city on Tuesday forenoon, greeting
many Of his old friends. Hecame up
on Monday night and stopped over
till the next day, when he went on
to Lafayette, where he attended a
session Of the directors Of the
Southwestern LouisiaDa Industrial
Institute
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

Is prccipitating matters. We hay,
had no Superintendent only ii
name.
Q.-Is tits the only factional III.
reference that YOU know Of?
Al cannot answer that qurs-
ton.
| certainly think that it was al
| UNJUST motive that prompted Mr.
! Valet in ohicctlng to Mr. Drev-
sus. He has been one OF the best
friends that the Schools have had
He had acted as Il Judge on some
4 dre'amationa about = nights pre-
NiouS to that and no stand having
been taken We knew Of no obiec-
ton To him. Mr. Valet Directing
70 tins man II my mind is Very
unjust
Q.-Arc there any other unjust
motives that Won can citeo
Al see no occasion to racire
any other
q llaNc You any specific charge
to make against Mr.. Valet?
A. Speaking in behalf of tn.
| teachers and the ma lority of the
patrons We want Mr.. Wallets re-
| slgnation; and | take this author
lty for making this statement.
Q.-Will YOU kindly state to the
Board specific instance of an un-
Just motive, and based upOn which
YOU asked this Board to accent the
resignation Of the Superintendent
Al have already stated the
special nlust motive that prccip-
ltated this demand.
Q.-Could YOU state any other
specific or unjust motive?
Al think that have answer
ed that
/ rave been teaching in the Par
iSh Tor about IS years and feel that
l have the interest Of the Schools
at heart as much or more than anV
other one individual and in all |
that time have never been impli- |
Gated in any controversy of any
KIND. This year We have been
ofking under extreme Difficult
ties ever since the session began
and We teachers feel that the only |
reason why the School has not suf- |
fered more is because we have
gone on and done our duty ire
spectlNe of any outside Irregular |
tiles; and we felt that we had a |
light to demand a change i'm ex-
isting conditions before the end OF |
the term, especially as no actiOrl
seemed imminent on the part of |
any higher authorities; and furth-
e., that this act on the part of Mr..
W alct, simply encouraged us to
ask the Board to take immediate
action.
Personally Mr.. Valet has been
very courteous to me and it is
simply professional thing not
personal thing at all.
Q.-Ilave you ever complained
to the superintendent about any or
these little things that made your
life burden over in the SchOOl?I
A.-Thc reason we have never
complained to Mr.. Valet is the
reason that we have never recog-
nized Mr.. Wallets authority.
Q.-Do you know that the Board
has recognized him as such?
Al suppose that until his re-
'ignation was accepted we must
recognize him as such.
Q.-Do you know if or not that
t Gs) commonly known throughout
he Parish that Mr.. Dreyfus is an
tctiye Republican?
A.-Why OF course ! know.
(SignedD Louise Taylor
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
MISS MARY LENEHAN
QUESTIONED STATES:

am one OF the teachers that
signed this protest to the Board
OF April 9th.
Q.-DO you know of any factiOnal
interference in school matters up
on the part of the superintendent?
Ave wrote that paper con-
cerning the interference of Mr..
Valet with a Judge that night OF
the entertainment April 9th.
Q.-Is that the only factional in
reference that you know of?
A.-This is all.
Q.-DO you know of any unjust
motive that has prompted the Sn-
perintendcnt in his conduct of the
Public Schools?
Al know what we consider an
unjust motive. | consider that it
was an unjust motive when he OBJ
jected to a Judge on school boy
debate.
Q.-Can you recite any other un-
just motive? S
Al do not.
Q.-Do you of your personal
knowledge know E1at the Super
intendent objected to Judge?
Al do. My knowledge of this
objection is obtained from Mr.
Cook. That is the only knowledge
that have.
We have resented the fact that
Mr.. Valet has been Superintendent
in this place, and | have been free
in making known my dislike and
my objections.
Q.-Are you resident OF iberia
Parish?
Al am not. My home is i'm
Dechard, Tenn.
(Signed:) Mary Lenehan.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

he Is II" .oaa aprfcl,at,Tc Of 'hN t.t;
that the present tariff e,..ion u iii. #r
should, be of such Il character as l..
forestall all reasonable agitation for
another readlustment Of the schedules
Tor decade or longer Under these
circumstances lie places the interests
.oi the consumer for that period
against the immediate necessities OF he
business man, and from the compari-
SOD he arrives at the conc lusiOn that.
ior purely economic reasons, IT is bet
ter to prolong the present situation
even by veto, if that be necessary,
than to have written on the statutes
and Inequitable tariff act.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

In discussing the tariff recently with
lrlehas the President has frankly de
plored the fact tnat the men ON whose
assistance he should be able TO rely,
70 insure an adequate revision Of the
bMSiey rates, are so unwilling to sun
ordinate their local Interests to the
hationaI welfare and are Seltishly@in-
siStent on the maintenance OF high
au'1es on those commodities most pro
duced III their respective states.
The President il keenly alive to the
Importance of expeditions work by the
two houses of Congress; he realizes 10
the full the embarrassment to The bus,-
ness Interests NJ the ronntry which ~
the jNtl .l',, rpnrofritlut ,f Irs.r-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
MRS. T.. II. MARTIN

Continued on Second page).
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
MISS NINETTA MATES
QUESTIONED STATES


| am one Of the ladies who sign
ed this protest:
l know of no factional interfer-
ences except what | have heard
One unjust motive was to give
an institute on the day that we
had to go to Lafayette.
Q.-Do you know of any other
unjust motive that would justify
you in signing protest?
Al think it was an unjust mo-
tive on the part of the Superin1
tendent in declining to answer a
question that l had asked.
We teachers have been waiting
a month for the acceptance of the
resignation of the Superintendent +;
and by reason of that fact I felt
justified in making these charges.
| have no other charge to make
concerning unjust motive. l have
no personal motive as against Mr..
Valet, it is only a professional
motive that prompted me in sign
ing the protest.
.s (Signed) Ninetta Mates.
MRS. L. II. MARTIN
QUESTIONED SAYS:
l am a member of the High
School Faculty and one of those
who signed the protest.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

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or the Iberia Parish Board of Ed
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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08
MISS LOUISE TAYLOR BEING
QUESTIONED RELATES AS
FOLLOWS:

I fam one of the teachers who signed
this protest requesting that the Board
accept MIR. Wallets resignation or ours
upon the grounds stated in the protest.
The night Of that entertainment We
had. l saw MIR. Valet talking TO Mr..
Cook. Mr.. Cook told me that Mr..
Valet objected to Mr.. Dreyfus
serving on committee. | told
him that | would not remove Mr..
Dreyfus. Mr.. Cook said that on ac-
count of Mr.. Dreyfus" moral char
acter he objected to him. ! saw
Mr.. Valet talking to Mr.. Cook lat
er, and Mr.. Cook said that Mr..
Valet had said that Mr..
Dreyfus was Objectionable to him-a
self and the majority of the Board.
Mr.. Valet came around to my
house and virtually repeated what
Mr.. Cook said he had said.
l would like to state this: That
my motive and that of all other
teachers is this, is that we do not
approve of Ne. Wallets position:
that he does n6f hold it according
to law and that this last instance
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1909-05-08

New IBERIA, La, May i, 1919.

ihe School Board of Iberia Par
ish, being called in special session
tins day as per the following call
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-02-10
GREEN LAKE.

Sandy MACPHERSON spent Sunday in
Bangor.
Charles Adams and Mrs. Stone spent
Saturday ct the lake.
Walter Crossman, of Bangor, was at tho
lake Monday on business.
Harold Nutter had few friends over
Saturday at the Nutter cottage.
Fishermen who visited the lake Friday
and Saturday were rewarded by good
catches. Mr.. Bragg, with few friends,
stopped at the Cutler cottage. They got
two salmon-one eight pounds and one
six and one-half pounds; also two large
plckerel. julius Cocker, Elbridge Chase,
Mr.. Baker and friends had the good for
tune to land nine fine salmon weighing
from six to eleysn pounds, four large
pickerela and one four pound trout. Nor
ris Harding, OF Bar Harbor, got an eight
pound salmon. Owen Higgins and Charles
Merrill each got seven trout. AL. Higgins
caught one salmon and pickerel. Mike
Kaufaus caught q three-pound salmon,
and Aleck White also got one salmon.
Henry Ober caught twenty-eight pickerei
at Rocky pond. It is several years since
there has been such good fishing here
through the ice.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-02-10
COMING EVENTS.


Friday evening, Feb. II, at Hancock haA
Lincoln Day exercises.
Tuesday, evening, Feb. IS, at Odd Fell
lows hall Sociable by Nokomis Rebekah
lodge.
Wednesday evening, Feb. "a, at Masonic
hall--Sociable by Irene chapter, o. E. s.
All Masons and members of their fami-
lies invited. Tickets, 35 cents a couple;
extra ladies, Is cents.
Wednesday evening, Feb. II, at Uni
tartan vestry-Supper by woman alliance.
Thursday evening, Feb IS, at Hancock
hall-Amateur minstrel show for benefit
of the carnival fund.
Friday evening, Feb 10, at Society and
Grand Army halls-Sociable by Philip H.
Sheridan council, K. of c.
Monday evening, Feb. q, at Hancock
hall-Concert and ball under auspices Of
Village improvement society.
Friday evening, Feb. 26, at Paul Revere
hall, Mechanics building, Boston = An
nual Ellsworth reunion. Tickets, 50cents.
Wednesday to Monday, April 2 12-
Sixty second annual session of East Maine
Methodist conference, at Ellsworth.