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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-04-29
RESOLUTIONS:


the Citizens and property tax pay
ers, of the City of New Iberia il
mass meeting assembled, recog
nizing the urgent need for, and
the benefits that must accrue to
this City and its inhabitants, from,
an up to date and effective system
Of sewerage; and being impressed
with the belief that majority of
the property tax payers of this
City are anxious and willing to
bear such burden of taxation az
may be necessary for the accom-
plishment of this important work;
We therefore respectfully request
and urge the City Council to take
at once, at its next regular meeting,
such steps as may be requisite for
the progress of this enterprise, by
ordering a survey made for the
purpose Of ascertaining the az.
prOximate cost of an up to date
sewerage system, and to follow
up the said preliminary step by
such resolution Of the Council, AZ
may be proper for the ordering of
q special election, submitting to
the property tax payers, a propo.
sitiOn to vote a special tax, and to
authorize the City to incur debt
and Issue interest bearing, negO-
table bonds to meet the costs Of
said sewerage system. in accor.
dance with law.
Second.-BE 1T FURTHER
RESOLVED, That we the citi
zens and property tax payers of
the City Of New Iberia in Mass
Meeting assembled are also deep
~ interested and impressed, with
the value and Importance of the
scheme to cut q canal
which will connect aud throw the
waters of Lake Fausse Pointe into
Bayou Teche, thereby greatly i'm
proving the said stream, and at
the same time afford an excellent
system of drainage to the rural
district Of the Parish through
which the said canal must BASS.
and also giving 10 the City Of
New Iberia such valuable advan.
tages as must accrue to il from
The commercial Importance Of this
work of public Importance; We
respectfully suggest and
urge such joint action Of the CITY
Council of this City and the Police
Jury of Iberia Parish, as may pro-
note the execution of this impor.
ant work; and respectfully sug-
rest that = preliminary survey he
made Of the proposed route of
aid canal at the JOINT expense of I
he City Council and Police jury. a
nd that the said Police Jury Gre. q
to . Drainage District to be 9 9
n0wn a. the siberia East Side \
Drainage District, composed Of Il
y lands on the east side Of Bayou Il
eche, which may in the opinion of ,
1e Police Jury derive therefrom !,
re advantages Of drainage; and Ii Ii
\ the territory iLcluded within
le corporate limits of the City Of ',
ew Iberia. That q special cleo. '.
On De ordered BY the said Dram. :,
e District Board as soon - Il
acficable afte- its organization.
ON ting to the property tax pay. I'll
) u said Drainage District the lo
ppositton TO vote : special tar. - =.
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THE MASS MEETING

To Consider Steps to be TAX
en- for Sewerage, the Cut
ting Of a Canal to Grand
Lake, and the Cutting Of
another to the Gulf.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-04-29

WHERE AS, We earnestly desire tn,
good of all concerned, and do not wisl
to profit by improved waterways if Il
can be shown that the interest of til,
majority OF our neighboring parish
should be sacrificed,
BE IT RESOLVED. By tn. citizens
of iberia Parish, in mass meeting as
sembled, that we call upon the good
people OF st. Landry Parish to speciti-
cally point out, over the signatures OF
eminent engineers, any weakness OF
deficiency in the plan in cOntem pla
ton, which would cause any material
injury to any large number of their
citizens. and ask that they oppose to
the array OF authority contemplating
this Improvement, good and weighty
reasons. backed and urged by men of
weight in their profession.
Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That
this mass meeting further urges
upon these people, obstructing, the
propriety ofthe course above outlined
IN order that the silent majority of
their own parish, and the people of
our State, may purge them of any
faint OF selfish or corporate interest in
the matter, and feel justified for the
confidence We have alway reposed IN
their right intent and good feeling.
1T Is FURTHER RESOLVED. That
copies OF these resolutions be fur
nlshed the local and New Orleans
press and copies sent to Colonel Ian
sing ii. Beach and to our Representa-
t!ves OF Congress and to our Senators.
Mr.. Octave Renoudet introduced the
following motion-That the Charm an
shall appoint a committee of ten.
which committee shall meet with the
City Council on next Friday evening
az O'Clock for the purpose of Jointly |
reviewing the resolutions introduced |
by Mr.. Dulaney. The Joint committee
shall be authorized to formulate plans
contemplating the cutting of the two
new proposed canals, sanitary sewer
age, and the completion of the New
Iberia Southern Canal. Their final
report shall be made to the public.
The Chair then appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen to constitute
this committee of ten:
3. I. Weeks, M. w. Fisher,
=. >. McMahon. Jules Dreyfus,
~ uAiaIus AIpnOnSe Davis,
=. :: Broussard, Geo. W. Dallas,
}. W. Eckart, Paul Guilfoux.
Mr.. Fernand J. Messenger, member
of the Police Jury from the Fourth
Ward. addressed the meeting, strong.
) advocating the objects for which
his meeting was called. He reviewed
It some length the many advantages
which would be brought into opera
ION by the cutting of the BAYOU
3outte Canal. He declared that the
fourth Ward would willingly cooper
tie with New Iberia in this undertak-
ng.
The meeting then adjourned sine !.
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Of-miIls on the dollar, and t(
authorize the said Drainage Dis
trict to incur debt and issue inter
est bearing, negotiable bonds, il
conformity to law, for the purpose
of carrying out the said work oil
public improvement, as a joint en-.
terprise, of che City and said
Drainage Board.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Robertson was the next
speaker. He contended for the com.
pletion Of the New Iberia Southern
Canal and that that should be the FIRST
consideration Of the taxpayers.
The question was then put to the
Chairman-Can the City supply the
necessary means for making the ne
cessarY preliminary surveys? To
which the Chairman replied, that the
City had undertaken about oil of the
burdens it could bear for this year.
Mr.. J. w. Eckart called attention to
the former survey made Of the Rayou
boutte routa, and suggested it's use as
the preliminary survey for that part
of the cOntemplatedwork, If another
map could be prepared from the sur
veyor's field notes.
Mr.. v. p. Guilfoux responded to call
and answered . number of questions.
He thought the services of a competent
consulting engineer and those of q
surveyor for making survey Of this
city for sanitary sewerage, together
with map, would cost between four
and five thousand dollars.
Il was then stated that the beverage
system Of Lake Charles cost Sl37 900:
that the septic tanks employed ia that
system. alone cost ~, 900.
Mr.. E. T. Weeks called attention to
the legal incongruities which would be
encountered If IL were attempted to put
into operation the resolutions above
reported.
Mr.. F. N. WEIGH followed in an ear
nest speech advocating street paving |
and sanitary sewerage. =
Mr.. R. 8. Mcmahon favored the cut.
ting OF the two canals. They would
increase the number Of pay-rolls Of
this city and would create new oppor-
for investment and employ
ment.
Mr.. Mcmahon presented the follow
ng resolutions, which were unani-
nously adopted By the Mass Meeting:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS. The Federal Govern
nent, sfter years Of investigation. ma
ure consideration, and on the recon-.
nendation Of the highest engineering
uthority, has decided that the deyei.
pment Of the waterways Of Sonth
Western Louisiana would be furthered /,
, dam across the Courtablesu ana l
he emptying Of the Courtableau inro {
be Teche. and II
WHEREAS. Some people IN 81
andry Parish are seeking to enlist
re people Of that parish IN oppoei.
on thereto. and
WHEREAS. The people Of the Teche
alley are deeply concerned In the de-
siopment OF the waterways around
}. and anxious that NO i'll considered 7
'sitton be taken which might retard q
eir development, and v
WHEREAS. II appears to M a pos- =
bic, that the real Interests Of I ma =.
rity Of the people of our sister par- =
are IN danger OF being sacri6crdl
! the altar Of opee3al inforeaka. ~ -
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
For Canadian Treaty.

New Orleans, Feb. Is. In urging the
carly ratification by Congress Of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement, VIM.
Jennings Bryan, before leaving New
Orleans last night for Montgomery, Ala,
made it plain that he regarded this as
the most important question to come
before the National Legislators during
the present session.
u hope the treaty win BE ratified,
and without delay" said Mr. Bryan.
Its benefits will be far reaching I
might add that think it was a neat lit
tie coup on the part Of the Democratic
Congressman to hold a caucus on the
treaty question.
Mr.. Bryan added that Champ Clark
had demonstrated that his selection as
Speaker was very fortunate for the Dem
ocratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
May Lose Her Life for Cat.

Trenton, Feb. ii Oyerfondness for
cats may cost Mrs. Mary Carlan, an
aged resident Of this city, her life. For
five years she has kept 20 felines and as a
result is new in Mckinley hospital in a
precarious condition. She fed them
dainties, called them her children and
now even is more solicitous about them
han she IS about her own condition.
Mrs. Carlan was found unconscious
IN ashanty from the lack Of warmth
and food About her prostrated form
were the 20 cats, crying as though ex-
pressing their sorrow for their mistress.
Il was through them that her condition.
was discovered. Kept awake almost all
night by the mewing Of the cats, the
neighbors named a committee Of five to
visit the Carlan shantY aud intict the
death penalty upon all the cats in the
place. They also intended to tell Mrs.
Caran thing or two, but their wrath
quickly melted away when they dis
covered the true condition OF affairs
Mrs. Carlan recovered consciousness
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17

FL. Richardson, Athens, E. c. Kinney
Cullman, j. DeStafeno, Huntsville, L.
j. Brown, Tuskegee, f. A. Coley, Alex
ander City, d. NJ. White, Goodwater,
]. Oppenheimer, Eufaula, G. S. Lowe,
Hazelgreen, Williams & Gilliland, Hart
sell, Riggs Bros. & Co., Albertville, w.
p. Irwin, Moulton, r. G. Dunning,
Thomasville, J. E. Duneway Orville,
~ E. Thomas, Boaz, VIM. Edmonds
York, S. E. Stewart, HartseIs, c. r.
Simmons, Opelika, A. d. Ussery Gro.
Co., Dothan, A. w. TODD, Mt. Rozell,
Pointer 4 Austell, Decatur-all Of Ala
bama; I. S. Hassel, Clifton, N. G. Mad
dux, Woodbury., VIC. Roberts, Lewis
burg, L. Tubb, Alexandria, Sol Cohn.
Pulaski, Ed N. Martin, Pulaski, b. w.
Kentonsburg, J. J. Wealth
erly, Camden, ]. S. Keebler, Oliver
Springs, VIM. Meyers, Goodlettsville,
NJ. B. Bishop, Enville, d. w. Irwin,
E. w. Curd, Cave City-all
Of Tennessee; O'Farrell Gro. Co., Ath-
ems, Ga.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
UNION CITY POPULATION, 1883
Special Message From NJ Dana Duiand Census Commis-
soner to The Commercial Bri ags the News.

The following table shows the 1910 population Dyersbug sd
Union City and the population Of these Tennessee
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
The Executive Committee.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. is. The retail
merchant, particularly of the Southern
country, has for some years past recog-
nized the fact that the catalogue mail
order house in the large city is posi-
tive injury both to the merchant and
| the consumer. The situation is sue
cinctly stated in letter received recently
at the headquarters OF the parcels post
convention, or, more accurately speak
ing, anti-parcels post convention, to be
held in Nashville Feb. %, March 1, 2, 3.
A merchant IN prosperous Alabama
town says: "Olr people send their
money to the rat houses anywhere
from ten to hun dred days in advance,
and make us wail anywhere about the
same length of time for our money,
thus making it doubly hard on us.
There is now pending before Congress
bill providing for the transportation of
merchandise through the mails 1t is
measure favorable to the catalogue
houses in the large cities and detrimen-
tai alike to the retailer and the whole
saler who transact business after recog-
nized and established methods. South
ern merchants are almost unit in the
belief that parcels post law would inn
mediately make the mail order business
many times over more injurious to le-
gitimate trade than it has been up to
this time. In order to protect their own
interests they have prepared for the
holding Of great convention in Nash
vile to crystallize sentiment against the
bill and have it presented in concrete
form before Congress.
The movement Is Ia the hands Of an
committee Of representative
retail merchants with r. L. Burch, Of
Nashville, as chairman The commit
tee is composed a fellows:
c. w. saffell, Frankfort, T. G. Pirtle,
H Maynard, scottsville,
Blue Grass Gro. CO., Carlisle, w. L.
cays Hill, S. W. Hietsley,
clifty, Chas, TFoutt & Co., scottsviIle,
G. NJ. Redford, Elkton, E. C. Knyken-
iall, Morgantown, Nortonville Mere.
CO., Noftonfilleall Of Kentucky; E.
L. Horton, Forest City, Ark; Adolph
Wiener, Augusta Ark; T L. Brown,
Iuka. Miss. atrick & Smith, Boone
lille, Miss; T p, Lerman, Athens, R
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
Liquor Men Barred.

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. IL Saloon
keepers, bartenders and all others whose
business is to sell intoxicants in Tennes.
see were declared ineligible to citizen
ship in the United States in ruling
announced by Federal Judge John K.
Mccall to-day.
Summarizing, Judge Mccall said
No man can support the constitution
Of the United States and Of the State of
Tennessee and uphold the laws Of both
as they are required to do under oath in
securing naturalization papers, and al
the same time engage 10 the unlawful
vocation Of selling liquorin a State where
its sale is prohibited by law.
For this reason Jadge Mccall refused
the petitions Of Fllippi Vanni, an Ital-
ian, and George Congos, a Greek The
former, twas shown, was engaged as
and tie latter ID the general
sale Of liquor. Others whose means Of
livelihood were said to be similar, inn
withdrew their petitions.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
SOUTH'S FUTURE.
Commercial Congress at Atlanta
March 8, 9, 10.

ASAt - - w.
Washington, Feb. 12.-Typifying a
new union Of States Of the South, which
Just fifty years ago were uniting for a
struggle Of arms, the third annual meet
ing Of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress in Atlanta, Ga, March s, and
40, will stand forth prominently in
pointing out the South's physical re-
covery and demonstrating the import
ance Of this to the nation. While the
industrial, commercial and agricultural
and possibilities of the South
will stand pre-eminent throughout the
sessions, solidification Of the North and
the South in the developmentof the ma
ton will be set forth as never before.
The programme will bring together
men from all walks of life, many Of
them with national and international
reputation, in order that every phase OF
the South and its resources may get
full treatment. Such national political
figures as President Taft, Col. Roose-
velt, Gov. Woodrow Wilson, Secretary
Dickinson and Secretary Wilson will
speak. Among the national business
igures who will speak are George |
Westinghouse Of Pittsburg, George w. /
Perkins Of New York. Edward Hines Of
chicago and William G. McAdoo Of
New York Speakers from the educa-
lanai world will be Commissioner Elmer
2. Brown Of Washington, and Chancel-
Or Houston Of Washington University,
I. Louis.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
Suspected Of Robbing Store.

Fulton, KY, Feb. 1s. Two white
men suspected Of robbing store in
Water Valley, Miss, were arrested to-
day by Chief Of Police Hudleston. They
were captured at hobo camp, and had
a lot of new knives, razors, shirts, cloth
ing, three gold watches, etc.
The files and keys in their possession
indicate that they are professional
The men are being held here
until the rightful owner claims the
property.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
A Correction.

In the article by Jno. I. Walker last
week the types made him say the Pecos
Valley, watered by artesian wells, was
10 miles wide and 600 miles long, when
what he wrote was 10 miles wide and
GO miles long g-quite a difference.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
Succeeds Col. Ell. Russell.

New York, Feb. 10. R. v. Taylor,
former general manager Of the Mobile
4 Ohio Railroad Company, was to-day
elected vice president and general man
ager Of the road. and s r. Prince,
formerly assistant general counsel, was
appointed general counsel. Mr. Taylor
and Mr.. Prince viii succeed Col. e. +.
Russell, who recently died and who held
the offices Of vice president and general
manager Their headquarters will be
az Mobile, Ala.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
TAFT SOUNDS SLOGAN.
Says Use Of Intoxicants is the Cause
Of Poverty.

Columbus, o., Feb. II. President
Taft in letter, dated Dec. 30, 1910, and
read in 5000 Sunday schools in the
United States to-day sounded the key
note Of a total abstainers' movement.
The letter is addressed to Sunday school
pupils as My dear young friends, z and
reads:
The excessive use of Intoxicating
liquors is the cause Of great deal of
poverty, degradation and crime Of the
world and one who abstains from the
use Of such liquor avoids dangerous
temptation. Abraham Lincoln showed
that he believed this in writing out for
his boy friends the pledge Of total alb
stinenee, SO often quoted.
Each person must determine for HIM
self the course he will take in reference
to his tastes and appetites, but those who
exercise the seIf-restraint to avoid alto
gether the temptation Of alcoholic liquor
are on the safe and wiser side. =
Dir. Howard II. Russell Of Westerville,
Ohio, founder Of the Anti-Saloon League
also founder Of the Lincoln Legion,
which instigated to-day's services
the United States. The
will be directed as the total
abstinence department Of the Anti
Saloon League, with national head
quarters at Westerville.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17
Absolutely Novel Play.


It is refreshing once and awhile to
get play thatis absolutely new. That
is the treat promised to patrons Of
Thomas Dixon's The Sins 81 the,
Father at Reynolds Opera House on
Tuesday night, March u Plot, charac-
ters, dialogue, scenes and situations
bear the stamp Of originality, There is
nothing reminiscent of his previous
works, The Clansmann and The
Traitor, " except in the one fact Of that.
authors wonderful dramatic ability.
Mr.. Dixon could not have borrowed
from other sources even II lie had
wanted to for the subject itself is abso-
lutely novel to the stage Mr.. Dixon is
the first to treat this absolutely novel,
vital phase Of the race question in dra-
matte form. His treatment OF il, more
over, is not historical but contempo-
rary true to the very hour and minute.
Il concerns everybody in the South yes,
in the United States to-day II is not
10 be had within the covers Of book,
'or il is not based on a novel. The
splendid company Manager George II.
Brennan has engaged 70 play ID The
Sins Of the Father viii enact that
story and present Mr. Dixons
Of the momentous ques-
ion Of racial life and death.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-02-17

as she was being placed in an ambulance
and refused to go to the hospital with
out her cats, and it was only after much
persuasion that she consented to leave
her children. Z
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-11
NEW SURGICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Skin Kept on Ice Five Days Grated
Upon Woman's Arm.

Through the successful outcome of an
operation performed upon 1S-year-old
Anna Windt. of 343S North Third street,
Philadelphia, the physicians at the Sauna
ritan Hospital have made a discovery
which may be of incalculable benefit to
science in the grating of skin.
This discovery is that skin taken from
the human body may be kept in healthy
condition for an indefinite period with
out suffering harm, and that it may then
be used to replace skin that has been
burned or otherwise destroyed, and will
take hold as good as skin cut fresh
from the flesh.
Twenty square inches of the right fore
arm of Anna Windt is now covered with
skin that had been out of contact with
the body for five entire days, and that
had been kept on ice during that time in
order that it might be preserved
DR. Wayne Babcock, who has received
much attention from the medical world
during the last few years because of his
discovery of several new anesthetcs
made this new discovery. He tried an ex-
pertinent to ascertain whether a theory
he had held was true. and the trial has
more than satisfied him of the correct
ness of his belief.
Anna Windt was injured on January r.
She was working at the time in the fac
tory of the American Lace Company at
Eighth and Allegheny avenue. Her hand
was caught in machine and the skin
burned off the greater part of her fore
arm by the friction.
1t was thought at first that the skin
would heal. but later it became apparent
that it had been too badly scorched. 1t
peeled off and the burned surface was too
large for a scar to form.
In this situation the mother and father
of the young girl both offered to let the
doctors graft skin from their bodies on
! the exposed flesh of their daughters
arm. young man who has been paying
/ attention to Miss Windt made similar
offer.
Their proffers were held in reserve,
however and in the meantime. the ex-
| pertinent was made which has already
attracted wide attention among surgeons
| throughout the city.
| On January a man entered the Sama-
ritan Hospital to have an operation per-
formed. This operation included the re-
moval Of 90 square inches of skin from
MS abdomen. DR.. Babcock had this care
tuily rolled up and put on ice until he
should be ready for the experiment
This was made Tuesday. Feb. H. five
days after the skin had been removed
from the male patient. Twenty square
! inches were taken, smoothed out, and
| carefully put in place on the girls arm
For several days the arm was examined
most infinitely. and then it became ap-
parent that the frozen skin was taking
hold to the natural skin with as much
/; firmness as though it had been taken d.
rectly from living flesh. I'D