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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
RED CROSS NOTES.

Ere this reaches the public our
first work will have been compIet
ed as planned. We would ask
those interested. and those who
are not, (for when they see the
work of the Red Cross they will
become one of US. to look at what
we have accomplished on eXhlbl
tion in the show window of the
Specially Store, where we have
been able to make a display
through the courtesy of the pro
prietor.
To those few women who have
labored with the writer through
the intense heat of summer, our
special thanks are due, for it was
supreme test of patriotism to
run a machine with out fan or
any other convenience, usually &C
corded workers in the best equip.
ped factories. Sometimes we al.
most faltered, but when We
thought Of the men in the trenches,
fighting and giving all, that we
might enjoy peace at home and
prosperity, the machines hummed
merrily ON with unfaltering energy
If there was such thing as an
honor roll in the Red Cross, the
names Of the workers of our first
shipment should be placed upon it.
To the members of the school
board we wish to offer our thanks,
for they have done all they could
to further the work, letting us
have the use of their new ma
chimes and the use of the High
School.
The ladies of Marcel and LO.
reauville assisted with the max
ing of the sheets and pillow slips.
We plan to send another ship
ment about Thanksgiving, for we
must 60 on with the work, as our
Sammies are going on with our
defense, either getting ready at
home, or are fighting across the
seas.
Mrs Avery is now training a
class 10 the making Of Bandages,
and the work il progressing in a
satisfactory manner. We must
have trained workers for this de
partment, and if you do not wish
10 take the course as prescribed
by the Red Cross, at least come
and help do. the practical work.
You can be of much assistance in
this line. In another column you
will note a communication frem
Washington on this subject.
G. b. >.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
Children Cry
FOR Fc6ICHER'S
GAS T T0RIA
TECHE IMPROVEMENT,

A meeting was held at the Court
House last Sunday morning to dis
cuss matters concerning the I'm
provement Of the upper Teche.
The first matter taken up was tC
request the United States to de
stroy the Lilies which are now
blocking the stream and make ma.
vigation almost impossible.
The second matter was to ap
point q committee to confer with
the people of Lafayette and Yer
million regarding the supplying OF
water to the Teche and Vermllion
by connecting with the bays and
the Atchafalaya and using the
Sproule Canal, which would give
all the planters of the three par
ishes all the water needed for rice
irrigation, and make the Vermill0D,
Sproule Canal, the Teche and the
bays navigable, connecting the A.
chsfalaya.
Mayor Bienvenu presided over
the meeting and DR.. j. Il. Olivier
acted as secretary.
The following committee was ap
pointed to confer with the people
Of Vermilion and Lafayette:
Mayor Rienvena, J. J. BurdiD,
T. j. Liable, J r Olivier, James
Simon st. Martlnville Messenger
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
Do You Know

That all but 10 per cent of the
children of the United States who
enter school at age 6, must leave
to go to work before they reach
the eighth gradei
That two million boys and girls
between the ages of IA and 16 are
today wor king for wages In this
country?
That the average period of
boys schooling in this country is
less than slx years; that less than
20 per cent of the boys complete
the grammar grades, and that
only one boy in forty entering the
b gu school completes the course,
or goes >higherf
That 80 per cent of the three
million widows IN this country
lack the common comforts of lite,
and that eight million women to
day must work to make a livingf
That 90 per cent Of the men in
this country engaged in active
business life fail to reach old age
with sufficient to live on, and that
90 per cent fail to provide for old
age or for the future of their fami
Iiesi-La. Bulletin.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
AMERICAS CAUSE FOR
WAR.

"The military masters OF Ger.
many denied Us the right to be
neutral. The filled our communi
ties with vicious spies and con
spirators. They sought to cor
rupt our citizens. They
sought by violence to destroy our
industries and arrest our com
merce. They tried to incite Mexi.
co to take up arms against us and
to draw Japan into hostile alliance
with her. They lmpudently de
MED US the use of the high seas
and repeatedly executed their
threat that they would send 10
their death any of our people who
ventured to approach the coasts
of Europe. Il 4 \
"Thls flag under which we serve
would have been dishonoured had
We withheld our hand. Wood
row Wilson, President of the
United States.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
IBERIA SOLDIER BOYS.

Adj. Gent Mccain, the com
mandjDg officer of the Reserve Of
ficers's Training Camp at Fort Lo
gan FL. Roots, Ark, has gwen out
the information that the following
appointments of Iberians have
been made, and were dated from
Aug. 18th, 1917:
Jas. L. Monk, tst Lieutenant
Field Artillery section, Officers
Reserve Corps, 3rd Battery.
Shelby IL. Trappe, of Jeane
rette, 1st Lieutenant, Statistical
section, Adj CENTS Department,
National Army.
George II. Simon, 1st LieuteD-
ant Ordinance Department
Sumpter Pierre Cousin, 2nd
Lieutenant Infantry section, Off
GERS Corps, 7th Company.
Perry j. Burke, End Lieutenant
First Troop of Cavalry.
Robt. j. Landry, End Lleuten
ant, Ninth Company.
JnO. G. Rodrlgues. 2nd Lieuten
ant, Statistical section, Adjutant
Generals Department, National
Army.
In addition to the above, who
L
the following young men now goI
into training at Fort Leon Springs,
Tex, to become officers:
JAS. Lee Gebert and Philip j
Mcmahon, Chas. G. Henshaw,
Averys Island; and Dracos A
Dimltry, Jr., son of Mr.. ID. A.
Dimitry of this city. The son Is
registered from Bogalusa.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18

Port Royal, S G., August
Over five thousand loaves of
"bread like mother used 10 make"
are produced daily by the Marine
Corps bakers-in their giant bakery
at the Recruit Depot here. This
amount is required for feeding
the recruits undergoing the "two
in one" Marine Corps course of in
tensive training for modern war;
fare.
"First to Fight" also means
First to Eat," say the Marines,
and they believe their "chown Is
fully as important as their mill
tary education.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
WHEN WAR WILL END.
Authoritative Prediction Ol
Worldwide Interest by u
Jingler.

Absolute knowledge have none,
But my aunt's washerwoman's sisters .
son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say 10 a laborer on the street,
That he had letter just last week.
Written in the finest Greek,
From Chinese coolie In Timbuctoo.
Who said the "niggers" in Cuba knew
OF "a colored man in Texas town,
Who got /. straight from circus
clown,
That man In the Klondike heard the
news
From a gang OF South American jews
About somebody in Borneo
Who heard of man who claimed ia
know
OF swell society female rake
Whose mother-in-ldw will undertake
To prove that her seventh husbands
sisters niece
Had stated in q printed piece
That she had son who had friend
Who knows when the war IL going t.
end.
Donaldsonville Chief.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
UNIVERSITY SESSION
OPENS SEPTEMBER I9

The next regular session of the
Louisiana State University will
open on Wednesday, September
10. 1t is the earnest desire of the
University authorities that there
be no diminution in attendance
from that of previous sessions,
but, on the contrary, that the reg
lstratl0n be larger than ever be
fore.
"There is no doubt that the
world will have to look mainly to
the United States to repleDish it's
supply of highly educated mep,
now being 80 rapidly depleted on
the battle fields of Europe" says
President ThOs. ID Boyd of the
Louisiana State University Many
European colleges and universities
have closed their doors, and it
would be very unfortunate to
have any great falling off in the
attendance of our American col.
leges and universities this fall.
"High school graduates and
college students are worthy of
all praise for their eagerDess to
enter the military service and
their willingness, if need be, to
die for their country; but this war
will probably continue several
years longer, and there is no
doubt that these young men can
render their country better service
by completing their education and
thus fitting themselves for greater
usefulness hereafter. IL S. u,
Press Bulletin.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
FINANCING THE WAR.

The United States Is financing
itself IN this war by loans and
taxes. 1t obtains funds from the
people, some by taxation and
some by the sale of bonds, and
then it goes into the markets and
buys from the people what it
needs. The people supply the
government with money and the
government with this money buys
from the people what it needs for
the war.
There are three sources from
which the United States can draw
the slnews of war. First is the
. fixed property of the nation.
This represents our farms, facto
ries, mines, railways and all other
property including accumulated
savings. From the corpus or
body or none of these, except the
accumulated savings, will the gov
ernment obtain war funds, and
even from the accumulated say
ings it will draw a relatively
small portion. These accumulat
ing savings are invested in indus
tries and business which are me-
cessary to the cOuntry's welfare
and prosperity and 1t Is only that
portion of these savings which
are seeking investment that the
government will receive III ex-
change for bonds.
The second and the great source
from which the government is to
derive its war fund is the wealth
produced during the, war. Part
of this it will obtain by taxation
and part in exchange for bonds.
The annual production of the
United States, from its farms,
mines, factories, and other sources,
amounts to fifty billion dollars a
year and out of this fifty billion
dollars will come the funds, part
from taxes and part from the sale
of bonds, with which the United
States will finance itself during
this war.
By taxation this generation will
pay it's portion of the cost of the
war. By the sale of bonds the
next generation is called upon to
pay its portion, and this last por-
tion Will be paid from the wealth
production after the war.
By this method the capital of
the country, it's sources of income
and wealth, are uDimpaired. 1t
is only the yearly increment of
this property that is called upon
TO bear portion of the cost of
the war. Thus despite the waste
Of war and the destruction of
property involved the country |
may emerge from the conflict
stronger financially. more efficient
and even wealthier than before.
What the government receives it
receives from the people without
impalriDg the sources of wealth of
the country, and passes it back to
the people in exchange for the
productions of the country. 1t is
in way only a, shifting of cred
It's.
The government collects the
current taxes and by means of
bonds anticipates taxes of the
years to come, and all the money |
thus acquired passes back into
the hands of the tax payers.
This is why governments which
follow sound economic methods
not only are not impoverished by
wars but sometimes emerge the
stronger as England did after the
Napoleonic wars and the United
States did after our great Civil
War. WashingtoD: Government |
Printing Office: 1917.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18

Lots of businesses need adver-
tising, and lots OF them need q
good embalming fluid. It just de
pends upon the stage of their
inertia -Graphica.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18
No. SiX-SiXty-SiX

This is prescription prepared especially
tor MALARIA or CHiLlS e. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
CaloL4el and does not grippe or sicken. 25c
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18

Scott, La, has ginned Its first
bale Of cotton from this years
crop. 1t weighed 431 lbs and
sold for % cents per pound.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-08-18

If you sit in cool draft when
you are heated and get astiff neck
or lame back, you will be looking
for something that will ease the
pain. Fix your mind on BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT and
don't be talked out of it because
it is the best pain relieving lini-
ment you can get anywhere. Price
25c, soc and $10O per bottle.
Sold By ESTORGE DRUG CO
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
The Interesting Loon.

The loon is one of the most beauti-
ful and graceful of The wild water
fowl, rivaling the wood duck in the
markings Of its plumage. On the
Northern lakes there is no bird that
can dive quicker or swim faster. Awk-
ward and clumsy on Land, but so active
and alert is it in the water that it
can dodge bullets. 1.-The loon is a
cousin to the beaver says John Bur-
roughs. 1T has the feathers Of a bird
and the fur of an animal, and the heart
Of both, 1t Is as quick and cunning as
1t Is bold and resolute. When disabled
so that 1t can neither dive nor fly, it
is said to face its foe, look at him in
the face with its clear, piercing eye
and fight resolutely. till death. The
sunners say there is something in the
wailing. piteous cry. when dying, al
most human in its agony.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Only q Volunteer.

Why didn't wait tctbaa drafted
And be led 10 the train by a band?
And put in claim for exemption
Oh, why did ! hold UP my hand
Why didn't wait for the banquet?
Why didn't wait to be cheered?
For the drafted men get all the credit
Willie merely volunteered.
Nobody gave me banquet,
Nobody said kind word.
The pun OF the engine, the grind Of
tho wheels n
Was all the goodbye ! heard
Then off to the training camp hustled
To be trained for the next half
yea,
And in the shuttle forgotten
was only volunteer.
Aud perhaps some day in the future
When my little boy sits on my
knee,
And he asks what ! did in this great
war.
As his little eyes look up at me,
viii have TO look back into those
little eyes
That at me so trustingly peer
And tell him that | wasn't drafted,
That | was only, volunteer.
Corporal Thomas W. Baker.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
eRAHAM's PROCLAMATION

Governor Graham has issued his
first Thanksgiving proclamation as
follows:
In again coming to Almighty God
to render thanks for his goodness and
mercy, we should all remember that
scarce three centuries have passed
since our New England fathers insti-
tuted this festival, meant to gather up
in thought all the mercies of q
twelvemonth, all the bounties of the
harvest, all the many gifts of God In
this brief period we have made our
history and this history shows us
people, blessed with great material
and social progress, devoted to indus
try and betterment OF mankind. unit
ed and with common purpose And
now has come TO us the supreme test
for in the crucible of war we are
testing the quality nof our ideals, firm
in the faith that when the metal is
poured it will be found pure.
AS "a people let us Acknowledge to
Almighty God the many and great
blessings OF the past; let us implore
Him to continue those favors which
He has long vouchsafed; let us
humbly. beseech Him to Isteady and
strengthen us through this. the
greatest crisis in the worlds history;
let us implore Him to watch over
those who have gone beyond the seas
to fight our battles; let us commit
to His care those who may become
widows and orphans and mothers
! who may be called upon to give
their sons to their country May lie
soon heal the wounds of all the world
md guide us from the paths of war
and desolation again to those of
peace and industry. Let us remem-
Der that "A mighty fortress is our
God, A bulwark never failing
/ Il. Horace Fl Graham, governor,
designate Tbarsday. ths 2gths lof this
November, a. day of thanksgiving and
ptayer..tV . 80
;, Let all the people of the state, for
that day, lay aside his ordinary oc-
equations and in their several homes
and places OF Worship give thanks to
God. our Heavenly Father. Sdad sinake
supplication for continuance OF his
/ favor. v, = ~ ~ ~.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Why Did War Come.

A New York doctor who recently
returned from fhe French front told
Red Cross gathering i'll Albany
that the United States will have a
million dead and mutilated men be-
fore this terrible war is over The
doctor said that before the war he
believed God favored the United
States and the Allies, but OF late he
s beginning to believe God is neu-
tral. The idea that Cod is either
for or against any nation in war is
childish and absurd. Each nation
can and does play for the success
of its arms but the only effect pray
ing can have on the result win be
added courage on the part of those
praying and the courage will be in
proportion to their faith. Bishop
Lawrence of Massachusetts says:
War came because Christianity has
never been really applied to nation
al and international life" This is
another way of saying that evolu-
ton is still a process. The human
ace is still in the mud, 1t has not
reached the heights some thought 1t
had.
After all is said, whose war is this
except Gods war? The Almighty
does not incite war but war is a
part of the general plan and has
been since the days OF Adam, Noses
and Joshua The great advance
lnents of the human race have come
through the shedding of blood Man
frail worm that he is. cannot IN
derstand why, but that is because his
horizon is limited, Pitiably limited
The purposes of the All-Wise are be-
yond his ken God is neither proally
nor anti-German.
After all why should mere man
worry about what is perhaps beyond
the intelligence of angels. 1t is ours
to do and die.-Bellows Falls Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21

sts gii; t's4..-l..t = aasalsF.sa
fss n tRsstr .ii'sal'9s. - -l14A.s1-s
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
HonorIna French Soldiers

OF the methods of honoring soldiers
for distinguished service on the field
of battle, the "fourragersp conferred
upon the crack regiments OF France is
one Of the most original. 1t consists
Of a colored cord ending in brass
tag, the name being derived from the
French word for n lettering rope for
horses. Every officer and man in a
regiment rewarded for galantry In ac-
tion by the fourragers has the right
TO. wear this cord round the left Shout
der. There are two classes of the
distinction, one having green and red
cord to correspond with the croix de
guerre, and the other being in green
and yellow, on the lines of the rarer
medaille mllitaire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Jeens Kerry was conlured.

"Mars John" excitedly exclaimed
Aunt Tidy, as She pantlngly PUSHES
lnto FIRE engine house, please, sub,
monograph TO de car cleaners SEM
rarlum and notify Dan1 to emergrate
home dlurgently kaze Jeems Henry
sao' done bin conjurcd. Doctor Cut
ter done already distracted two blood
vultures from his 'pendercitis, an l
lef' him now prezaminatin' de chile's
autebSum fur de germans OBJ de
neuroplumonia, which eff he's disin-
fected with, dey gdtter quarantimes-
but ice-coldiated quaraltimes-but I
b'lleye its conjuration l"-Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Lies Treasure Stores.

Success and contentment begin with
the realization that life represents &
valuable treasure. We may liken life
to field. At first the owner values
1t for Wild berries; then, censing to
be a wnnderer, he becomes an agri-
culturist, and values 1t for its rich har-
vest; grown wiser still, he discovers
coal; amazed at the treasure, he digs
and finds silver and god; astounded
ne goes deeper, and 10! the seam is
full of diamonds. And every life holds
all the strata of underlying and I'M
suspected stores of treasures.-Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Chill Cry
FOR FtETCHER'S
G. q g x e / q
James ldumphreY fell

off his horse, but claimed he only got
off to get on better. Perhaps some
little mistake or accident will make
you appreciate ana appropriate the
opportunity we now offer to put I'M
derneath you the right kind of insur-
anoe. We write it. National Life
ms. CO., of VT (Mutual) Earle S.
Kinsley, General Agent. Mead Build
ing, Rutland VT Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Wear Wooden Snoas.

There are, places in America in
which wooden shoes are worn by
working people. Woodsis a non.con-
ductor, and the wooden sole is warm
er and Keeps the feet dryer than lea
,ther. Men and women who work in
cellars or on concrete or where 1t is
wet undcrfoot, as in Mundries and ice
cream factories wear wooden soIed
shoes BY preference, and the Chicago
Herald SAYS that half the clubs and
Turkish hath houses in that city have
wooden solebat sandals. The soles
are mostly made of Eastwood, Il close
fibered wood Of light weight.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
Ladies-Measure His Head!

A phrenoogist writes: "Heads wear
ing hats 6ss and smaller, or being less
than 81 inches III circumference, can
never be powerful. Between 10 inches
and twenty inches heads are invariably
very weak, and 70 lady should think
of marrying man with a head less
than 20 inches in circumference.
People with heads under 10 inches are
mentally deficient, and with heads I'M
der is inches invariably idiotic."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
How's 'Thisf

We offer One IIundre;,. Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
r.. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, lave known +, ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and beliaYe
han perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially abie 20 carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL, BANK Ole COMMERCE..
Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure ~ taken Internally.
acting directly upon tho blood and mu-
coua surfaces OF tho system Testimonials
sent free. Price Is cents per bottle Sole
by all Druggists.
Tahs Halls Family Pills sor constipation
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
a Little Mixed.

Evelyn, who was talking to hep
grandmother, who had come &c v,si5
her, saw her grandfather coming and,
running to the head of the stairs, she
cried: "Tome right on up, dranpa,
your dranma's up here"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-11-21
CONSTIPATION PolsoNS

the blood Perfect elimination is in
to health. Stimulate the
liver, open the bowels, and get the sye-
tenn into a good habit by taking Hoods
Pills, the old reliable family cathartic.
DO not irritate nor grippe. Price CSC,
of all druggists or promptly by mail OF
{. l. Hood Co.. Lowell, Mass.
The Monticellonian., 1917-11-02

his paw in the small of the back. The rope parted. and he fell. his spine crushed by the bears blow. The bears fell upon him and literally devoured the dead body. And then the police man shot the bear that struck the deadly blow
 A model city is this city Of the bears, the capital of the mother republic, Il republic founded 200 years before Go lumbus discovered America. A lady of one of the legations raised her hands in despair at the stupidity of the Swiss. You go into shop, she declared, and ask for something. X man ambles off, comes back empty handed. stares stupidly into your eyes. goes away. miSunderstands again. What is it that gives such q wonder full product from people individually dull, if dull they are? I turned from the lady to the young son of Minister Stovall and asked him the question.
 'I don't admit that they are dull he said, as q diplomats son should. What they do is well done, because their tasks are limited and definite and they have only to understand to be faithful" :"