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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
WHAT THIS CITY SHOULD DO?

According to special appearing
in the Enterprise Of Beaumont,
Texas, an investment Of $24, 0OC
in its chamber of commerce last
year, ju!iciously used, resulted III
that City adding in new indus
tries amounting to $4,000, while
we feel content to sit and wait I'M
til capitalists come to us. If an
argument in favor of a good
strong commercial club with every
citizen having the welfare Of New
Iberia at heart an active member
of same were needed, this seems
to supply the deficiency. Is not
the time ripe for our citizens to
get together and do something
that would be beneficial to New
iberia by adding an industry or
two. or at least be prepared should
an opportunity present itself to en-
terrain some capitalists when they
do come to look over our countrya
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

tanning and profitable in the sam
manner as those progressive and
up-to-date farmers Of this excel
lent North Louisiana parish. Lou-
isiana in the future will have few
er complaints of distress from
crop failures and every farmer
will have a snug account in bank
to represent his years work.
The st. Martin Messenger
speaks thusly about peanut oil, an
experiment being made at their
oil works:
eve 1earn that Mr.. Philip HE
key of BreauX Bridge who has
been studying the peanut indus
try. has bought ton of peanuts
from Mr.. Burton. which was cul-
tivated on his place near this
town. Hickey will run the pea
nuts through the BreauX Bridge
IOil Neil to make oil. to demon
strate what can be made from pea
nuts and encourage It's cultlva-
ton in this parish. Peanut is an
easy and quick crop and our lands
will easily produce one hundred
bushels t. the acre. according tC
conservative estimates. and the
average price is between - cents
IT, 81. The vines make good hay
and the peanut meal is said to be
as good if not better than cotton
seed meal. In North Louisiana
the peanut crop was a success and
we have every reason to belleN
the peanut would prove a paying
crop in this parish also. The crop
is made in about three months
being harvested in September and
October.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased learn
that there least dreaded disease that
has been able to In all its stages and that is
Catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires constitu-
tonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken IN
ternally acting directly upon the blood and
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing Its work. The proprietOrs have
90 much faith in it's curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t falls to
cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. Use
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
A SIANDEROUS FABRICA-
TON.

Our little community was much
astir last Saturday evening over
the sensational telegram repro
duced below from the Times-Dem-
ocrat. supposedly sent to them by
some party in New iberia. when
was base SANDER upon the good
citizens of our City, the author
ship of the story up to this IN
slant cannot be traced, though
much harm has been done as once
these stories have been picked up
as it were by the sensational
press, nothing can check it from
making the rounds from Name to
California. Hon. George NJ.
Robertson. President Of the
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty 10 Animals of this City,
has done his best to counterfeit
the evil effects Of the article as
much as it has been possible to I'M
der the circumstances, which ms
letters reproduced below Will
show. The story here follows;
New Iberia, La, Feb. S.-Al-
most the entire male population oi
New Iberia barring preachers
deacons and bankers, assembled
last midnight to witness a much
advertised battle between a 60
rilla and an English bulldog. The.
gorilla won in a little over two
minutes. and much money chang
ga hands. although the odds Were
strongly in favor of the gorlll;
Angola is the gorilla s name.
He's yOungster, and weighs only
100 pounds. His owner. show
man. has been making public Of
frs each night to match
against any dog George Wilson
of Patterson took up the offer
with his pure-bred English bull
Terry.
A pen twelve feet square and
eight feet high was arranged fol
the combat. Seats were on al
sides. The dog, which weighed
ixty-eight pounds. was put into
the pen with the gorilla at II
O'Clock. At II AZ he was dead.
The dog leaped at the gorilla,
which caught it just as a man
catches baseball. The gorilla
then bit quickly through the dog
skull into the brain, broke its
back and tore it apart.
The owner repeated his chai-
lenge at his street carnival again |
today, but no more hackers Of |
dogs appeared"
The day after the appearance OF
this article in the Times-Demo-
crat, We received the following
from the St. Louis Post-DispatcL
Editor Enterprise:
"Please mail good story of life
in New Iberia where amusement
inclinatiOns run to cock fights and
gorilla dog battles and other I'M
usual features.
nnCn MON ATT,IT
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
THE RENTER

THE RENTER
lives from day to day, from
moving time to moving time,
enjoying only the privilege of
paying rent. The home owner
enjoys the satisfaction Of q
permanent home for his fam
lily. If you want a home, it will
pay you to call at the Office
and Investigate our plan
IBERIA BUILDING ASSOCIA-
TTON
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
HAVE YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED AT
TAYL0R'S DRUG STORE
CORNER OF MAIN AND FRENCH STREETS

all lis friends at every point. amt
boosting for his road. ChaunceE
never fails to attach himself to
some hotel in every town (uSuaI-
" the best onc) as chief booster.
lie Will faithfully distribute IT'S
cards and elaborate ON ne merits
Of its rooms and It's CUISINE; OF
course he gets no salary for tins,
but he does not require any. a> h'
is assured Of a place 10 eat while
he is Sojourning IN that Frtir-
uIar town.
Every Southern town has il 5
unique negro character. but
.Chauncey is the limit-he
lthem all beat city block and
then some. and strange 20 say,
Chauncey will never trat"rnize or
Ichum with other towns negro
characters. He holds himself
above them and gives them the
Icold nit. He will not allow them
TO become familiar with him. he
stands on his dignity. SO to speak.
In choosing his friends among his
Town race he shows great IiSc' -
| ton, and they are practically few.
as | happen to know.
Chauncey must have amazed i'll
his career "A little hoard Of pen
MES and dimes for he is not 4
spender. He needs but little. but
what little that is, he prefers to
get it from his friends.
If every citizen of any town.
was half as loyal as he is to NV
Iberia and the s. r. we would all
be one big progressive league
rolled INTO one. To Chauncey the
skies are bluer. the sun shines
brighter. 5 building arr the
finest. and it 5 people more pro
grcsSive than any other place on
earth. He is it 5 booster par ex-
cellence. Incompatible, unquench-
able and untramelled llceven
remarked to me one day when |
was iollying him about the small
ness of New Iberia $ hotels as
compared to Lafayette'S. He
pondered awhile, scratched his
head Ga customary habit and re
piled Well. Yves got bigger
fires in New Iberia when we have
one.
We all have kindly feeling for
Chauncey. if his race were all as
honest. and true to themselves
as he is to his town. we would
come nearer paradise than good
many of us are ever going to get
to.-W. ID. Skine. Lafayette, La
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

Washington, ID. c.. Feb. IL
The Land Reclamation section Of
the Southern COMMERCIAL Com
gress at Atlanta. March Sth, 9th
and 10th, will be addressed by
Hon. Joseph f. Ransdell, Presi-
dent of the National and HarDors
Congress. on 1.-The Undrained En-
pire of the South. He will deal
with the wonderful resources Of
the South yet remaining undo
veIoped in lands suitable for
drainage.
Representative Small, Of North
Carolina, will address the same
section on Recent Progress III
Drainage Legislation" and he
will bring out, for the use OF
Southern States. the good points
Of the North Carolina, Arkansas
and Louisiana laws.
Professor Geo. A. Cole. Presi-
dent of the Arkansas Land Con-
greSs, will address the section of
the subject of "A Federal Survey
of the Wet Lands sof the South
as an aid in Establishing Drain
age Areas Affecting more than
one State"
The Chairman Of the section will
be Mr.. Edward Wisner, of New
Orleans. President of the Louisi-
ana Meadows Company.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

While it is often impossible to
pr event an accident. it is never i'm
possible to be prepared-it is not
beyond any ones purse. Invest
% cents in a bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment and you are pre-
pared for sprains, bruises and like
injuries. Sold by all dealers
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
Mr.. George NJ. Robertson, Ne
Iberia. La:

Mr.. George NJ. Robertson, We"
Iberia, La:
Dear Sir-Your letter of Sat
urday reached me to-day Git Yves
received in this office during my
absence Sunday and before | had
opportunity to reply your tele-
gram of tonight came to hand.
| have delayed my reply to your
letter in order to complete very
thorough investigation, which was
begun just as soon as | learned
that we had published an mae
curate statement.
| find that the publication cf
the article was due to comblna-
ton Of circumstances that might
not occur again in years.
Mr.. French. who has long rep
resented the Times-Democrat as
correspondent in New Iberia. had
that day notified the Night Editor
hat he could no longer serve us
I that capacity, and that he had
asked Mr.. White to take over the
work. No letter or message had
been received from Mr.. White. In
the nights mail delivered to the
telegraph editor was letter from
New Iberia giving the story of a
fight between a gorilla and a dog.
The story was prepared i'm the
form of newspaper article, and
was signed-but not by Mr.. White
or Mr.. French. The telegraph
editor had forgotten the name CIV
en- him of the man who was to sue
ceed Mr.. French, and supposed
the article he had before him
came from the man recommended
by Mr.. French. AS Mr.. French
had been very reliable cores
pendent, it was very naturally
presumed that the man he recon-
mended as his successor was the
same kind, and on these two pre-
sumptions ( the first being that
the article came from the man
Mr.. French had recommendbdl.
the telegraph editor took the ar
ticle and re-wrOte it. on the type
merely correcting few
errors in spelling and emitting
some unnecessary words. He
made no changes in the state
nents. but held close to the word
ng of the original article. When
lie had rewritten the article he
brew the original into the waste
basket.
This manner Of handling news
lrticles is very common, and it is
'ery seldom that the original
'opy is preserved. where the ar
icle is rewritten. In this case |
he original was written with
cad pencil. The handwriting was
lot very good nor very bad. The
main reasons for rewriting it /
we're, first to condense it some
What, and second to re-arrange
ONE of the statements made so as
0 make the article read smooth
r.
I enclose clippings from the
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
ritten for the Enterprise.
THE PARCELS POST.

An excellent editorial setting
forth the crying need OF the par
cells post IL this country is found
in this months issue Of Hampton 5
Magazine. If any reader of the
Enterprise should be in doubt as
to the esirability of this innoVa-
ton we would advise them to get
and read this article by Benjamin
b. Hampton.
Among other pertinent things
he says, THE best possible trans
portation facilities constitute the
first requisite for building up Il
great city. Commercial centers
are prospect MS and important. in
proportion i they have adequate,
efficient, anu cheap transportation.
This is as true Of the country town
with single RAILROAD line. as it
is of a metropolis with half Il
hundred greet railroad systems
pouring their tonnage into It's
terminals. and with ships of all
the seven seas unloading Their ear
goes at its wharveS.
1.-The country merchant has
been led to believe that the parcels
post would take his business aWar
from him and give it to the mail
order house n the great city. It
would do nothing Of the kind On
the contrary. it would give the
country merchant the one facility
he does not have now. 1t would
place him on a parity with the
merchant in the great city.
"Quick. cheap transportation
would enable him to buy better
and cheaper. He could sell many
articles from catalogue instead
of having to carry them i'll sock.
He could create a mali order bus
mess Of his own, in his surround
ing territory
"The local merchant who con
ducts his business we'll has moth
ing to fear from the mail-order
house. Farmers and citizens pre-
fer dealing with the home man.
and the parcels post will give him
many advantages that will enable
him to increase his trade to pro
portions which are now impossi-
BILE. -
The bug under the chin in all
the parcels post discussions is
THE EXPRESS MONOPOLY.
Speaking of its corrupt and ma
lign influence. Mn. Hampton says:
''The people who oppose the par
cells post are the innocent and I'M
whiting dupes of the express mo-
This is the one point in
The parcels post argument that
cannot be too constantly empha-
sized.'
From Mr.. Hampton's enlight-
aning article we learn that The
Wells Fargo Express Company
paid early last year cash divi-
lend Of three hundred per e.
That is, every holder of a hundred
1ollaA share of stock received
.hree hundred dollars cash as his
share of the profits of the ex-
express company for the
good year Of our Lord. 1909.
Is it any wonder then. that mo-
lopolies are able to gather money |
o burn at such a rate, should |
llso be able to hire enough poo
devils to keep the dear
people deluded by an ''unholy awe
# the parcels post How much |
onger shall we remain blind and |
leaf and dumb to our own and |
Re peoples interests, while these
'loated beneficiaries of special
privilege continue the uneXciting
tame Of bearing the wool from our
feeding backs?
1t is to the express companies
nd their corrupting Influence
lone. we owe the humiliating fact
hat America is today the only en-
ightened country in the world
hat is yet without the parcels
'OSt.
Magazine Reader.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

Amendment to the child labor
laws of Minnesota will be sought
this winter in an effort to make
them more effective and also 10
give the state labor department
more power in their enforcement.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

Wanted to buy, good second
hand two horse farm wagon and
disc cultivator. Must be in
good condition and cheap. Apply
this office.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11

Times Democrat tof Sunday and
Monday showing that correction
has twice been made. In our IS
sue Of today (Tuesday) there is
another reference to the article
as being inaccurate. | think three
corrections of one article should
be sufficient
The Times-Demorat makes
every possible effort to avoid in
accurate news reports at all times
If it were possible to trace the
article to its author we would be
very glad to do so; but as the
original copy had gone to the
garbage dump long before we
learned of its inaccuracy this IS
impossible.
We regret as much as any cit
| izen of New iberia the publica-
ton of this story. and trust that
the explanations here given will
be accepted. We would be only
to glad to give the name OF the
author if We could.
Yours very lrul Y.
d. d. MOORE, Manager.
New Orleans. La. Feb. 6, IL.
Mr.. Geo. NJ. Robertson, President
Humane Soiety, New Iberia,
La:
Dear Sir wired you on Sat
urday. asking if anything could
be done to punish those connected
with fight betweeIt gorilla and
bull dog in your town, referring
- story in UimesfDemocrat OF
Saturday morning. and also Of
| fering our Society'S assistance IN
prosecution if necessary, to which
| have your night message OF yes
terday reading as follows:
"Your telegram received. Many
thanks for your kind notice of our
so-callsd barbarity. Nothing of
the kind ever took place and 1t
could not take place in this City.
Since the organization of the So
ciety here great good has been
accomplished and no one would
attempt a gorilla and bull dog
fight or any other brutal sport.
The article in the Times-Democrat
is outrageous, without fact. and
have not been able to trace the
party who wrote the article. y
/ was very much pleased to re-
ceive your answer and learn that
the whole story was a hoax, | re-
greet, however, to inform you that
the story has been wired even to
New York. as | have a telegram
from Mr.. Alfred Wagstaff, Pres
ident Of the American Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to An
imals, that city, asking the influ-
ence Of our Society to stop furth-
err contests. | think it highly de
sirable that every effort be made
to find out who started the tale,
as it is an injury in general way
to the cause of preventing cruel
ty and particularly to the State
of Louisiana to have such stories
receive such wide circulation. II
we can do anything at this end to
cooperate. we shall be glad to do
so. O.
Yours very truly.
g w WETS praC;1apt
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
POST-DISPATCH.

New Iberia, La, Feb. 9th, IL.
To the Members for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Animals, and
all others interested in the grea
work. New Iberia, La:
l herewith submit letters ana
kilograms, concerning the Gorilla
and Bull Dog fight, so prominent
ly published in the Times-DemO-
crat of the 4th inst, | took up the
matter with the Times Democrat
and they have ignored my letter
and telegram So far as that paper
is concerned. ] have tried to get
them to give the name Of the au-
thor of the outrageous SANDER on
our town, but they have failed
to do so. On the 4th inst, !, with
Mr.. r. ID. SoWhwell, telephoned
to the Times Democrat, denying
the article. and requesting their
authority for publishing the same
They then promised to mail the
letter to Mayor Power. They
never mailed the letter, and now
the Times-Democrat says that the
letter has gone to the garbage
dump. 1t may be very easy t"
throw letters in the Garbage
Dump" but when great wrong
has been done and community |
slandered, making us appear as a |
set of brutes. not only at home |
but throughout the United States,
it looks as if the Garbage
Dump" is not the responsible par
ty. but that the Times-Democrat
is."
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. NJ. ROBERTSON,
President Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals.
New Iberia, La. Feb. 4, II.
Times Democrat, New Orleans,
La: ".,i ~
Gentlsnsen--In your paper OF
to-day. Feb. 4th, on page 2, you
publish what seems to be dis
patch from New Iberia, giving an
account of fight between So
called Gorilla and a Bull Dog.
The article is outrageous and a
4ander to our town. Nothing of
the kind happened, and nothing
of the kind could have happened
in our town. ! cannot imagine
how the Times Democrat should
have published an article, placing
the people of New Iberia as set
Of barbarians, and especially that
an the telegraph and newspaper
correspondents deny any knowl-
edge Of such a telegram or letter.
The people of our little city are
Indignant, and many telephones
have been received by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, asking why such a dis
graceful exhibition should have
been permitted in our town
Nothing of the kind could have
been pulled off as the Police are
lctive in the prevention of cruel
y to animals and aid and assist
he Society in every way in their
power. We should be pleased to
NOW who sent the outrageous
lrticle, from which New Iberia is
and no such occurrence
yer took place was never adj
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
Yours very truly,
s. w. WEIS. President
rWo-TH1RDs OF THE PEOPLE

of this country live in rented
houses; you cannot subsist in
you old age on rent receipts.
They have no rebate or other
values except as relics of your
folly. Resolve not to live
another year (or month, if pos
yible)) in q house that can be
adorned with ITO LET" signs.
Let the landlord have it and
own your own home. Consult
our Secretary IBERIA BUILD
ING ASSOCIATION.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
S. W. WEIS, President

Telegram
S. w. Weis. Humane Society, New
Orleans. La:
Your telegram received. many
thanns for your kind notice OF
our so-called barbarity. Nothing
of the kind took place, and 1t
could. not take place IN this City.
Since the organization Of the So
cietv here great good has been
accomplished and no one would at
tempt a Gorilla and Bull Dog
fight or any other brutal sport.
The article in the Times-Democrat
is outrageous. without facts and
I have not been able to trace the
party who wrote the article.
GEO. ROBERTSON, Pres.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1911-02-11
telegram Feb. 9th, l9l
The TimesOemocrat. New Oh

leans. La:
On the 4th inst, | wrote You a
letter. concerning a Gorilla and
Bull Dog fight in New Iberia. To
which YOU have not replied eth
er through your paper or by let-
ter. In justice to New Iberia we
ask that YOU publish my letter
and give US the name # the party
sending you the outrageous re-
port.
GEO. NJ. ROBERTSON,
President Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals.