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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
BIG AGRICULTURAL MEET
ING TUESDAY.

Next Tuesday night, June 9th,
at eight o'clock, at the Elk The
atre there will be held an agri-
cultural meeting and every farm
err and citizen interested in the
welfare of the country should
make it his business to be pres.
emit. The meeting is being held
under the auspices of the New
Iberia Chamber Of Commerce ana
the Southwest Louisiana Develop
ment Bureau whose headquarters
are at Lafayette. Among the
number Of speakers on the pro-
gram are such gentlemen as DR..
A. E. White, of the U. s. De
partment of Agriculture; G. Il.
Staple of the U. s. Dairy Depart
ment; DR.. Dodson of the Louisi-
ana University; DR.. Dalrymple OF
the State University; w. G.
Chevis of the Louisiana Develop
ment Bureau. The railroads have
offered very low rate into this
City and the party will come in
over the New Iberia & Northern
line about three o'clock in the aft
ernoon with large number OF
interested people from the inter-
secting points. The meeting will
be free for all and the ladies are
especially invited. Our people
should turn out in large numbers
and we hope to see many farm
ers and land holders present on
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
BURKE AND BARRETT PRO
TECTED IN RAISE OF Gov
ERNOR SALARY.

Baton Rouge, La, June 4
One committee of the Senate gave
official recognition Wednesday
of the fact that there are two
prospective candidates for gov
ernor in the Legislative Assem-
bly,.
The governor $ pay raiser, by
George II. Clinton, of Tensas,
was before the Favrot judiciary
B Committee. It calls for $500
instead of $4,000, commencing
with 1916. The raise would,
therefore, become effective when
the next governor takes the chair.
Mr.. Clinton explained he meant
the raise as recognition of the
fact that the office merited more
money than the Constitution now
allows.
Tn order to make it possible to
pass the bill without disqualify-
ing any member Of the Senate or
House from accepting the office,
however, it became necessary to
tack on an amendment which ap-
plies the immunity wash to men,
bers of the Assembly. The i'm
munity was meant, of course, for
both Lieutenant Governor Bar
ret and Senator Walter Burke Of
Iberia, both of whom are known
to be prospective candidates.
Under the Constitution neither
would be qualifide if the bill rails
ing the remuneration was passed
minus the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
CITY SALOONS MUST BE
CLOSED.

There being number OF COM
plants registered with Mayor
FontelieU as to the Sunday law
violations which is said to exist
in New Iberia, he is determine
now to again see that his SUD
ordinate officers run down the
violators in the future, it matters
not whom they might be. In an
interview with His Honor last
Thursday, Mr.. Fontelieu stated
to us that several persons who
were tried and convicted by
the late Judge Davis some months
since. and who had Immediately
thereafter taken an appeal which
lis vet on the docket, had 50 thor
oughly disguised him that he
concluded his efforts in that
respect would avail the City moth
ing. Since then however, it has
come to his knowledge that boys
of tender ages were being allowed
access to pool rooms and liquor
was openly sold on Sundays by
a number who are engaged in the
traffic that now he is determined
to see that every violator be pros
ecuted if the Court imposes the
penalty when cases are brought
before it. Some three or four
Sundays ago on the occasion OF
an excursion to New iberia in
the rear of the City, there were
a number Of drunken negroes pa
rading the back streets IN a
drunken and dazed condition
which has brought forth much
complaints by the residents Of
the outlying districts. This con-
dition will not be tolerated
longer and Mayor Fontelieu
can be trusted to do his duty Iii
the premises if he has the CO.
operation Of the Court.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
RESOLUTIONS OF THE
IBERIA BAR.

May 1t Please Your honor:
Your undersigned committee
pray to be permitted to offer to
your Honorable Court, these,
their modest expressions Of regret
at the untimely demise of our
confrere, Hon. John r. Davis in
the midst of his useful career,
On Thursday night, May 2lst,
1914, answering the call of the
Eternal Master, whom he had
served so well, his lofty soul
aspired to the realms Of eternity,
to receive the reward of life well
spent.
Born of distinguished Ances -
tors in our sister State of Miss
issippi. he removed to this Parish
with his parents, while, yet but
a boy and received his education
in the public schools Of this Par
ish under the tuition of Judge Il.
O. Hacker, between him and
whom the most cordial relations
existed unto the end.
During the early period of his
life. the deceased manifested
those sterling qualities Of mlnd
and soul which reflected later on
life the nobility of his character.
A devoted husband, a kind
father. a dutiful son and a sim
cere friend he won the respect
and love of all with whom he came
in contact.
As Judge of the City Court OF
the City of New Iberia, he was
inAexible in the discharge of his
duties, tempted with that keen
sense of justice which ran
throughout his life like a silver
thread, uniting as it were, elem
ency and justice, which is rarest
jewel of the judicial mind. AS a
lawyer his zeal for the interest
of his client, sometimes brought
him to the very verge Of excess,
but never once did he fail to
realize the limits Of his duties to
the Court and to his opponents,
however trying may have been
his circumstances,
Wherefore, be it resolved that
in the death Of Hon. John K.
Davis this Parish has sustained
an irreparable loss, that the bar
Of Iberia bereft Of one Of its
most able and courteous men,
bers, deplores his death, and all
unite in extending their sympa'
tMes to his surviving wife and
family. ~
V. J. SMITH,
E. s. BROUSSARD,
Il. T. DULANY,
Committee.
Filed May Both, 1914.
A. J. MAUMUS, by elk.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
10 The Voters of the Sixth Ward
of iberia Parish:

I wish to announce my candi
dacv for the office of City Judge
Of the City of New Iberia. La
and for the Sixth Ward OF the
Parish of Iberia. subject to the
action of the Democratic prl-
mary election to be held in ac-
cordance with the order OF the
Parish Democratic Executive
Committee on such date as may
boz fixed by it.
Your vote and influence in this
campaign are solicited, and II
given will be greatly appreciated
LEOPOLD DEBLANC.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
IF BILIOUS OR COSTIVE
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach,
Sluggish Liver and 6owels-They
work while you sleep.

Furred Tongue, Bad Taste. 1ndiges-
ton, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from torpid liver and
elogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filled with undi-
gested food. which sours and .ferments
like garbage in a swill barrel. That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears. everything that is
horrible and nauseating. A Cascaret
tonight will give your cOnstipated
bowels thorough cleansing and
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10cent box
from your druggist will keep you feel
ing good for months.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
IN MEMORIAM.

Post &c" Of New Iberia, La,
T. p. a., announces with great
sorrow the death Of Capt. A. D.
Blanc, valuable member and an
active participant in the affairs
Of the Association.
His hearty cooperation with
and his sincere support Of the
aims and objects of the Post,
make his loss at this time greatly
felt and much deplored. The
faith he had i'm to-day and the
nope displayed in the future were
an inspiration to his associates.
His optimism among his CON-
rades and the sunshine of his ma
ture during the perplexities and
dark hours of trouble and con-
fusion were a power and as well
strength to overcome all OBJ
struc tions and obstacles in the
pathway Of duty.
A scion of one of the oldest
families Of this country, he bore
well the burden and responsible
ity as father and husband. Sur
rounded by the respect and dig
nifty of a numerous family, and
the sanctity Of a pure and happy
home, he felt no terrors at the
approaching signs Of dissolution.
Strickened by the fatal touch Of
an incurable malady, he faced
with fortitude and resignation,
with courage and manly determi-
nation, without murmur or COM
plant, the fortunes and pain the
affection visited upon him.
Words and expressions are
powerless to dissipate the poig-
nant grief of his immediate sur
roundings, nor can the extending
of sympathy and coincidence wipe
out or dry up one sorrow pro-
duced tear from those crushed
by the misfortune.
But the hand of friendship,
sincerely rejecting the sentiment
CT the heart and conscience OF
Post "G", will inevitably hasten
the time when we can only re-
member Of the incident as a pre-
ordained and God Sanctioned
course of human life and exist
ance.
May the strength and faith be
vouch-safed to the wife and chill.
dren to overcome the gloom and
despair and immerge into the
sunshine of the Holiness Of hui
man life.
CHAS. w. OUTHWAITE,
ALBERT DECOURT,
LOUIS PFISTER.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
DOINGS OF THE POLICE
JURY,

The regular meeting of the Po-
lice Jury last Thursday proved
an interesting session to many
who were in attendance. The
election of officers to serve Tor
the next two years resulted in
the reelection of DR.. II. A. King,
president; Mr.. L. j. Landry, vice
president and Mr.. w. L. Burke,
secretary. Bids for the Fiscal
Agency were received from the
State National Bank and the
Citizens Bank, the latter offering
the larger rate Of interest on
daily balances, was selected as
depository Of Parish funds. The
bond of Mr.. V. P. Guilfoux as
Parish Engineer and Road Sup
erintendent, was fixed at $4,000.
The sum of 100000 was approp-
rated for the construction Of the
new load to lead from New Ibe-
ria to Avery Island; and the
President was directed to insti-
tute appropriation proceedings
to secure the necessary rights Of
way should such course be re-
CURED. Mr.. D. Avery, Secre-
tary Of the Avery Planting and
Improvement Co., offered to do
nate to the Parish sand stone suf'
ficient to surface this new road
it's entire length. Due to the
limited funds at their disposal,
the Jurors felt that it would be
impossible to accept this offer at
this time. Mr.. Landry, acting
President, expressed to Mr..
Avery the Jury's thanks and as
sured him, that should condi-
tons ever permit. the Parish
would gladly avail itself Of this
very liberal offer. Representa-
tives Of several bridge companies
were in attendance and sub
mitted bids for the construction
of steel bridges across Bayou
Petite Anse and Grand Marais.
Action on these was deferred
however, until next meeting in
order that proper notice could be
given to other contractors.
An ordinance prohibiting the
killing Of quail until Dec. 3lst,
1916, was enacted at the request
Of Mr.. A. N. Muller. The Sec
rotary reported vacancy in the
scholarship at the Southwest
Louisiana Industrial Institute
and was instructed to ask Supt.
L. A. Valet to conduct an exam
nation for the selection Of a
beneficiary and to give proper
notice through the official journal
Of the place and date Of such ex-
animation.
As usual road questions oc-
cupied much of the attention OF
the Jury which remained in ses-
sion until late afternoon.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

! hereby announce mIsell as Il
candidate for the position Oh
CITY Judge of the 9th Ward Oh
Iberia Parish at the next general
primary and respectfully solicit
the support Of the voters of oth
Ward feeling assured that l Will
fill the office to the entire salts
faction of the good citizens OF
New Iberia.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
A. G.. BARROW

I am a candidate for Clty
Judge at the coming election and
solicit the support Of the voters
of the City of New Iberia and OF
the Sixth Ward of iberia Parish.
ROBERT S. BELL.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
70 the Voters of the 9Th Ward
a Ihar;a Parish La:

of Iberia Parish, La:
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the Office Of City
Judge of New Iberia at the
pending election. If honored by
being selected for this important
position. I will endeavor to fill
the duties of the office in a fair
and impartial manner.
s. o. NUCKOLLS.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
RUB-E.v-Ts III
Will cure your Rheumatism

VIII cure your TAMcUTNHgIEEN
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic AnOdyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price Csc.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06
JULES r. DUPUY.

We are hereby authorized to
announced as a candidate MIX. L..
r. DULANY for the Office OF City
Judge Of the 9th Ward Of Iberia
Parish subject to the Democratic
Primary. The vote Of the public
will be appreciated.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06

tn the Voters of the Sixth Ward.
Parish Of Iberia:
l beg leave to announce to you
that T am a candidate for the Of
fee of "
CITY JUDGE.
I have served this public for
two terms in the Office OF Chief
of Police under the admlnlstra.
tons of Mayor Laughlin and
Mavor Power. This service, to-
gether with the experience OF
having been a Justice Of the
Peace Of the First Ward, of this
Parish, makes me feel that | am
thoroughly competent to fill the
Office sought to the entire salts
faction Of the voters OF the Sixth
Ward. I solicit your vote and
support in this campaign.
r. MIGUEL.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-06-06

I wish to announce my eau
didacv for Judge Of the City
Court Of the 9th Ward of Iberia
Parish subject to the Democratic
Primary and respectfully request
your support. -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-06

L
Creeds.-I got my first light on
creeds on my first visit to Niagara
Falls. That was before the day of
automobiles and people rode in hacks
if they had the price.
There was terrific competition be-
tween the many hackmen. They
would almost grab a tourist bodily to
get him into this or that hack.
WANTED to. take the best hack, the
one that would take me on the best
route and give me the most scenery
for my money. So asked questions.
l found that all the competition,
the jangling and noisy vehemence,
was mainly commercial; for all hacks
took the same route.
And 1 walked.
started to go to heaven in Meth
odist hack. l saw my friends going
the same route in Presbyterian hacks,
Baptist hacks, Unitarian hacks, Cath
Ole hacks, Jewish hacks and many
other kinds of hacks-all going to the
same place.
saw mucA SLTlIe,. confusion ana
competition between the various en-
tirely earnest and enterprising driv-
ers.
And then got out and walked.
l may be a bit slower arriving at
the destination of all of us, but l am
sure l will find all my friends in the
same place when l get there.
l will ride, however, when we find
some vehicle that all of us can pile
into and ride together like the broth
ers we are.
In the meantime the walking is
good and hail with friendship and
with love my brothers in each par
ticular hack as it passes by, hauling.
each of them as he wants to be
hauled.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-06

lawyer. and asked him to serve. He
threw UP his hands and said it was
out of the question.
Later on there was a judicial va
cancy to fill. A committee from that
lawyers town called on the governor
and strongly recommended him for
the appointment.
Then Gov. Wilson told the commit
tee the story have just told, refused
to appoint that lawyer to the bench,
and said:
Gentlemen, will never knowingly
appoint a moral coward to the
bench"
l don't believe President Wilson is
a man who changes his moral stand
ards over night, and that leads me
to believe that he will not fill Justice
Days place with a moral coward.
Upsetting Precedents.-President
Wilson holds the record as an up
setter of moss-grown precedents.
He has abolished the fool inaug-
ural ball, delivered in person his mes
sage to congress and otherwise tried
to prove that a man may become
president of the United States and
still remain a human being.
1t looks now as if he were about to
take fall out of Old Man Precedent
right where he lives-in the worm
eaten, moss-grown U. S. senate.
President Wilson is making head
way by assuming that he has his
commission direct from the people
of this country, and that he is to use
all the power he has as president to
put into effect their will
His position as to the senate now
is that senators know all there is to
know about where they stand on the
repeal of the canal tools exemption,
and that there is no sense in them
mon IyouiDo fOI. uyooLc ond uyooIyg ord
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-06

You never can tell. Many a man
who is thoroughly honest carries an
umbrella every time it rains.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-06

forms of bunk all up so that it will
look like the inside of waste
basket.
Kick 'em in the Stats, Woodrow.
Poke 'em with a sharp stick.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-20
Announcement for Sheriff

l hereby announce my self a
candidate for reelection for the
office of Sheriff of Ben Hill Coun-
ty subject to the white primary to
be held on April 1st. If l am
reelected to this Office / will en-
deavor as | have heretofore done,
to fill the Office and transact its
duties to the best of my ability,
striving always to be fair and just
to every man regardless of his
station in life. l have appreciated
the confidence reposed in me by
the people and if again honored
with the position ! will continue
to strive to be true to the trust. |
will be glad to see every voter and
have a candid talk with reference
to my views on how the Office
should be conducted and how /
have tried to conduct it.
If elected my Deputies will be
Messrs g. F. Dixon, M. d. Young
and j. B. Roberts.
Sincerely Yours,
ftp. w. H. Fountain.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-20

sands Each class has, however, the
same voting strength. This gives, of
course, to the heavy taxpayers many
times the voting strength of the small
taxpayer.
A Berlin newspaper, In pointing cut
some results Of this three-class sys-
tenn, showed that in one voting dis
trict one taxpayer with an annual in
come of $4,000 was the entire first
class; in an adjoining and very poor
district ten men, whose taxes were
only $25 each, constituted the first
class, and added that If the Berliner
with the $4,000 income had voted In
the rich Thiergarten quarter he
would have been in the third class,
like the imperial chancellor, Herr Won
Bethmann Hollweg" Actually there
are 100000 voters in the first class,
100000 in the second, and more than
100000 in the third. If the suffrage
system of Prussia prevailed in the
United States, Andrew Carnegie, John
D. Rockefeller and others would In
their respective districts, constitute
the entire first class.
Councillors High-cIass MEN.
Whatever criticism may be made
of this electoral system from other
viewpoints, it has resulted, generally.
III electing to the position of town
councillors high-class and public-spir-
tied men. This evil has attached to it,
however, that the men thus chosen
have reflected too often and too ex-
clusively the wishes and interests of
their rich constituents. The new Ger
man city, as made or permitted by
them-if anything is really officially
permitted in Germany-is zoo largely
an aristocraic municipality rather
than democratic community, for
show to the few rather than for use
by the many.
Public service, giving, as it does
in Germany, a coveted social position,
attracts many Germans of the highest
character. The call to civic duty is
one which no German refuses. The
law which Furnishes with a fine any
person declining to accept the office
OF councillor after election is said to
have proved unnecessary. Germans
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-20
For Tax Receiver

l hereby announce my candidacy
for Tax Receiver of Ben Hill coun-
ty subject to the white primary,
date to be ordered later. | will APP
preclate the support of every vo-
ter, and will be glad to meet them
and outllre my vie VS. on this i'm
portant matter. My promises will
be few, but if elected, | promise
to serve every voter alike, with
special favors to none.
Respectfully,
George DorminY.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-20

man city. Beyond flower pots in the
windows, let US glance at the German
city on the inside.
The German city does not govern
tself-it is governed. True it elects
its own town council, which, in turn,
selects the burgomaster or mayor, and
has general control of municipal af-
fairs. The electors, however, are di-
vided into voting groups, according
to wealth, by which the man of aver
age property has only small part in
the election. Somewhat different suf-
frage systems exist in the different
German states. Indeed, it should be
remembered in observations upon Ger
many that not only is there an old and
new Germany, but a northern and
a southern Germany, a Prussia, Ba-
varia, Saxony, Baden, and in the
differences between them, though not
the distances, are equally as large as
and in many ways larger than those
between Pennsylvania and Texas,
Massachusetts and California. Ger
many, however, with all it's internal
differences of social and administra-
ton life, has been called, with much
appropriateness, magnified Prussia.
Voting Strength Gagged by Wealth.
The method of electing town coun-
ciIlors in the cities of Prussia may
serve as an illustration of how the
people of these cities do not govern
themselves. In each voting district
the total of the state tax paid is di-
vided into three parts and the voters,
all males of twenty-five years of age
and upwards, are also divided into
three classes, each class electing one
third of the council. The first class
consists Of the heaviest taxpayers,
whose payments total one-third of the
whole sum of the district; the second
class consists of the next heaviest tax
payers, whose taxes also amount to a
third of the total; while the third
class consists OF the smallest taxpay-
ers. The first class sometimes has
only one or two voters in it, the Sec
ond only az few, while the third will
have several hundred or even thou
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-03-20
For Representative

| hereby offer myself a candidate to
represent the County If Ben Hill in thu
next Georgia Legislature. | will appreci-
ate the support of all the people. l prom
lsa if elected to perform the duties of the
office to the best of my ability. promise
if elected to abolish the office of Roads
and Bridges of this county created last
year.
| further pledge my self to abolish the
City Court of Fitzgerald this county and
establish in its stead a [tri] or quarterly
term Superior Court. favor the enact
ment of a law that will place the County
officers upon salary, especially those
officers. who receive fee for their SER
vices, making them render a monthly
report to the Commissioners of Roads and
Revinews Of all their transactions.
| favor sufficient salary as an induce
ment to make it worth while for a compe-
tent person to aspire for the office. |
promise if elected to do all can for the
interest of the tax payer. Let's cut ex-
penses. Let's have the required Legisla-
ton that will Lower our taxes. A dollar
saved "il be dollar toward the support
Of our home and the Improvement of our
property.
Respectfully,