The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1913-08-16


81 Elmo. tn. progressive con !
uu,rry beng ns.y..,nnru on he
.,S, bank ui the rive, ia the hftA
,,,d of tins parish. is maxim. an
.,,u,>r G.h, to ID. selected as 1hr
~. IL, ~. Southern University,
the nero state sri,onl which Will
to- removed from New UllranS t."
snmr point "a ;iIc country. and tho
.t,n.,s Of tie aggressive mw
Ioun,.t, IN this direction AZ.
hearth, ANNOYED and seconded
~ p,n,,I,nn> ~. ~ h,c neigh
h,,, and Asrtns,ou parish ~ cen
oral
l. i E,.,ix president Of the
,.,, uu,,h .. comm |
:, ,vn..,s ,I tb. =, Elm, nr,u
,,,, has offered 70 donate as a
sItr ~ =. n,.i.c,Srf, The Eocagri
mansion, beautiful colonial
home that could not be duplicated
im $40 .noo, and fifty acres o: land
adjacent tot. and in addition. to
rj\, The trustees ., the school an
option on 80 10 80 acres of fer
t,.r land contiguous 10 the proper
~ donated, all or any portion of
which trac, may he purchased
within QUO year at the very rra
souable price Of 500 pc, aero, on
,vv in,ms The KOraup resi-
drnrr anu the acreage donated
ran be taken possession I" mime
m'atcly, and Mr.. Brady generous
| " agrees 70 ALLOW The sch""' I"
use without any rental or cost as
many acres, III addition !" me
tract contained ~ the dee" 81
eft. as they may ureh "n''' snch
time ~ they choose I" exercise
lhci, option on the properly zen
dered for sale.
st. Elmo is situated about sixty
mites above New Orleans between
Huynsidc station on the MISSISSIPPI
~ Valley Railroad and the city of
DonaldsonviIle on the opposite
side Of The river. II is connected
with the mississippi Valley and
Frisco roads ny Tue 81 Emo,
Belle Hslene aud Louisiana East
ern Railroad, recently constructed
by the Alluvlal Land Purchase
Company, anu Is easily access'"'e
hy river an" ran.
The property offered az y site
for the school IS situated abont
one thousand feet from the river,
and in front Of il is a rapidly max
ing battnre. The handsome res,
dence stands IN the center Of a
beautiful grove Of oak and other
shade trees, and in the nei2hbor
hood there are numerous fatms
and homes occupied by law -abd
mo and industrious cv!med peo
pl.. a negro colony having beet
? established at TINS polnt ny I'M
Alluvlal Company mis- ~ al
important Tact 20 :e cons'uereu
JoAhS> - 1Sa''' 60 $500
;, sibillty OF future rac'a' 'r"""'e'
h or dissatisfaction.
I'll The colored population Of lou
% isiana, including the city Of New
~ Orleans. is reDtered some dis
!, lance south Of Baton Rouge a
II the Southern University is eStab
4 ll~hed for the purpose Of teaching
N the coIored race industrial and as
~ ricuIturdl pursuits, 1t is eminent
rr wise and proper that its location
II should bc selected with view t
~ ready accessibility on the part q
IN present and prospective students
st. Elmo is y most suitable site l
this regard, oe'ng I'D the "ear'
:" great AGRICULTURAL III" ,''''.'" =,
turing section '"ere'" ""u''te''
: OF thousands o. negroes are Gil
ployed ana D. W '"r'' "o"'es'
Perhaps the greatest arguMeI
for the Ascension site is becaus
the land is NJ we'll suited for tn
cultivatlon of the many and W
RED crops raised in Louisiana
Their. are XOwing upon it tOda
cane, corn and cotton, and po