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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24
ANOTHER BIG CON-
VEN1|0N SECURED.
n. |. To Entertain Southern
PresbyteriaI Next April.

Iberia has come once more t,
the fore in the cause as Conven
tlon City, for the Garden Spot OF
the Bayou Ieche will be the mex
meeting place OF the New O,lean
Presbyteriai, according to Mrs
Frank Noel, wife of the manage
OF the New Iberia Chamber O
Commerce, who attended th,
conference of that organization IL
New Orleans last Tuesday ane
"Wednesday. The Presbyterial j.
a ladies' auxiliary to the Southern
Presbyterian Church and mex
year will be the first time in it,
history that the New Orlean,
pIesOy teIy will meet outside tht
Crescent City.
This is indeed another feather
in the cap of New Iberia, which il
fast gaming the reputation OF
being a Convention Oity.
ln requesting the organization
to make New Iberia it's mex,
meeting place Mrs. Noel explained
that New Iberia was in the center
of the Sugar bowl and that the
salt cellar and the pepper box OF
Louisiana we're both in the same
Parish and that New Iberia was
one of the most interesting spots
on the Old Spanish Trail aud the
Pershing Way.
Mrs. Noel suggested that should
the weather be good that many
members Of the New Orleans
organization could motor to and
from New Iberia and enjoy some
real scenery on the Bayou Teche
en- route.
Mrs. Noel reports wonderfully
kind treatment by the New Orleans
ladies' and said that almost the
entire hundred of her auditors
extended her personal Invitation
to make a longer stay. "Their
treatment was indeed hospitabie",
said Mrs. Noel.
Reverend L. L. Harnsberger of
TaichOw, China, and Mrs. H. n.
Street of I,oDeoke, Arkansas,
made the principal and most
interesting addresses during the
two-day conference at the First
Presbyterian Church oD st
Charles Avenue and State Street.
Mrs Street, according to Mrs.
Noel IL a most magnetic speaker
and her stories taken from the
Bible we're most interesting. while
the Reverend Harnsberger's ad
dress was most enlightening as
we'll as entertaining.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24
-Iocu MERCHANTS TO GO AFTER the
BUSINESS NOW GOING ELSEWHERE
Frank Noel, Manager Secretary Chamber Of Commerce,
Outlines Campaign To Keep Our Money At Home.

loerla means more prosperity tc
the merchant, more prosperity tf
mis- employees, more prosperity to
his employees families and more
prosperity to the rival merchant
and so on down the line. Every
body shares III the prosperity of
the City; all are directly or indi-
rectly benefited and it is up to
the merchant and the consumer ia
co operate iD this regard, the very
highest possible point of co opera
tion and cOordinated effort to
general prosperity.
II the reader foDdly imsgines
that New Orleans merchants or
merchants in any other CiIy care
anything about the welfare of New
Iberia let he or she ask them to
contribute say the sum of one
hundred dollars towards the
payment for a Women's Rest
Room, the one very essential
thing needed in New Iberia and
which movement the Women's
Council is now advocating 90
vigorously. Let Mr. Reader try
that stunt and see how he will fare
at the hands of New Orlaans mer.
chants.
The public spirited citizens are
the ones to put New iberia on the
map. OF course Civic Slackers-
men who turn an Indifferent eye
to the live projects of a town-get
by, because the public spirited
men and women just can't help
themselves as all profit by the
prosperity Of city, but those who
ride the blind baggage instead of
paying their fare are not looked
upon as credit to q community.
a citizen has no more right to
be Indifferent to the hopes and
ambitions of the merchants,
the City's efforts and hopes and
than he has to neglect
his own family. For every citizen
is ln reality "Reiative". You,
as a unit, are morally responsible
for what is done, and, by the same
token, what is left undone. Viii
YOU, dear reader, do your share
towards the prosperity of YOUR
CITY, or will you shlrk your
responsibility!
If q City is good enough to i've
into live off Oft certainly |
should be good enough to con
tribute to. Think that over.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

The country and accept it is a fact
Instead Of grnmbliDg over condi
tions. With brick layers at many
points making Oil 20 a day and
advocating an increase to over $l3
per day and coal miners asking to
work 5 days week and 6 hours
per day III order to cut down the
production it il just evolution that
prices Of things should Oe away up.
Years ago, after the Civil War,
our grandmOthers wore the plainest
of clothing. 1t was necessary IN
order that mother nature might
not become too prominent and
these men who wore jeans aud the
women who wore calico aud home
spun clothing we're martyrs to "The
Lost Cause'. Everyone Of them
deserved a medal for their
fortitude and bravery in that
terrible Reconstruction period and
now the Eupopean conflict is over
We are virtually in The same
position, albeit few Of us care 10
realize it-whiIe others just wont.
While the world was destroying
and not producing for period of
years the United States, although
not producing auy more than was
necessary for it's own people, had
to furnish Europe with raw
materials of all sorts and today we
are still trying to catch up with
the under. production Of those few
years. Its more than a mans
sized Job and when the men and
women of the United States co
operate to certain end it will
mean a more prosperous country
in every way. With the Women's
Council cooperating with other
citizens in New Iberia 70 permit
labor Co catch up with itself one
thing is certain that we just
cant lose.
WE DOFF OUR HATS TO
THE WOMEN'S' COUNCIL IN
THIS MOVEMENT.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

ro operatlon between the mer'
ebsut and the consumer Is aoSo
,,telv essential to the future
Welfare Of New Iberia This opinion
:, only is voiced by the writer
=, rho merchants also have taken
- ~ the subject of entlcing New
1bsria p folk to spend their money
9TH home merchants so that the
.aueral prosperity OF the City may
. one Of the shining lights OF this
Community. The entire proposition
:. . cooperative affair in the
s;ahast Z sense of the word. The
ms,chants are to display their
-sres to the best advantage, use a
i, of printer's ink to let people
snov n what they have IN stock and
rheu they are out Of an article
called for by the consumer to bend
thoir efforts to please them by
a,dering same for them or by
.hoving the customer something
that will easily fill his or her
needs, as the case may be.
On the other hand it evolves
upoD the people to show an interest
II the prosperity Of the merchants
and the city in general for when
the merchant Is prosperous and
the moneys are spent in New
iberia it reflects credit upon the
lovalry Of the people. 1t shows
that they have an interest in the
Citv where they make their
respective livelihoods.
Money spent in New Orleans for
goods which could be purchased
in New Iberia, whereby the local
merchant could make a fair profit,
does New Iberia absolutely no
GOOD. There is no profit for New
Iberia when moneys are spent in
New Orleans or other large centers,
for Its the New Iberia merchsnts
Who are paying the bills. Without
their support, tor they are the
backbone of the city, New Iberia
would soon drop back to the point
Of obscarity.
When a public movement is on
foot the first people of New Iberia
to be requested to make q good
sized donation are the merchants
Every one of them are expected
whether we trade with them or
MOTTO contribute.
Now looking at il from disiD
terested viewpoint alone and put
this question: "Is 1t fair to the
merchant Of the city TO buy your
goods in some other city and then
gsk him to contribute TO some !
worthy cause for the benefit of our
pwn City, Is it7 Think it over.
Is it fair to expect them to
contribute to the point where it
hurts, and nearly all of us are
spending until it hurts, when we
10 not co operate with home
merchants by keeping the money
It home.
Every dollar spent in New
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24
Marines Want
Ball Players.

Washington, April "a The
United States Marine Corps is in
the market for baseball players.
Recruiting officers for the sea-
soldiers have been directed to
bend their energies toward the
securing Of 6rst class ball players
to FIJI the teams representing the
Corps in various parts of the
world.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

things into their own hands when it
came to a choice of meeting place
for next year, with the result that
our city will entertain the T. P. A.
State Convention in April 1921.
This convention will bring about
one hundred fifty members, and as
many ladies to our city.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24
Malaria Of. .Chi|Is & Fever

Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or cHlLlS 4 FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
il taken then a. . tonic the Fever will no,
return. . 1t scts on the liver better ethan
CaIomel and does not lripe OF si5ken. 2Se
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

When quality ana price are the
considerations, we believe it is to
your interest to let US figure on
your printing. We do for others,
why not for your
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24
No. Six-Sixty-Six

This is q prescription prepared especially
lor MALARIA OF cHillS 4 FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
II taken then a. tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver bettcs Rhan
calok1d and does not Ssipe or sicken. 2Se
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-24

For Job Printing Go To
thu IBERTAN Office.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

sion duly convened that there shalt
be and is hereby levied a continuing
annual acreage tax or annual contri-
button upon all the lands within the
corporate limits of said distdict in the
sum of twenty-five (25) cents an acre
for said period of twenty COO years
beginning with the year 1920 and end
ing with the year 1899 and provision
to meet the requirements hereof, shall
in apt time and manner and season
annually hereafter be made by this
Board Said tax when collected shall
be and the same is hereby appropri-
ated to the uses and purposes herein
after declared.
Section 2, Be it further ordained,
ETC., that there shall be and are here
by ordered to be issued the negotiable
bonds of said district in the sum of
Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,0O0.O0)
dated the first day of June, A. D. 1920,
of the denomination of $4,000 each
all bearing interest at the rate of five
l5) per centum per annum payable
semi-annually on the first day of De-
cember and of June in each year; said
interest to be evidenced by interest
notes or coupons attached to said
bonds respectively. Said bonds shall
be numbered from / to $40, and shall
mature as follows.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

success. What we have done for 3d..
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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
FOR
THE FARME R

what is a farmers time worth d?
what is he worth an hour? Does he
'charge his business-the business Of
farmlng-With the value of the time
ne gives to it? And does he know how
much time he is giving to executive
work and productive labor and how
much to reproductive labor? The
farmer who is not giving these things
little thought is not in the front rank
or those who are making of farming
what it really should be-a business
on business basis.
The average gross income from p
farm OF one hundred and fifty acres
Will be something over $4,000, and 70
produce that income between 1000
and 5000 hours of productive labor
are required. This makes the average
productive labor hour worth about 40
cents.
10 make every one of these 40 cent
hours productive of its share of profit
1t is necessary to reduce nOn-prOduct-
I've labor to minimum, and in farm
ing as IN manufacturing it has been
found that the best way to do this is
to use labor-Saving machinery. The
small electric light and power plants
now in use on so many farms accom-.
pllsh lot of this labor saving. In.
stead OF spending hours pumping and
carrying water for the stock and for
all household purposes the modern
farm family has an electric pumping
system installed which keeps water
at pressure of fifty pounds wherever
II IS needed in the house or barns.
Grlndstones, tanning mills and many
light power appliances in the barn
which used to require the time of two
men are now turned by electricity. In !
the house the pumping, churning, sep
aratfng, sweeping, washing and iron |
ing are all done by electricity, reliev-
ing the farmers wife of a great part
OF the burdens which have made her
life hard one. And of course electric /
light itself makes, the farm home a
bright and cheerful place to live.
Where electricity serves the farm
family we find the best of living CON
ditions, and we find too that every
of that family makes each
hour of labor pay a profit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
ORDINANCE NO, SIX
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the is
suance of bonds Of the Welsh Drainage
District Number One of Jefferson Da
I Wis Parish, Louisiana, and levying a
tax to provide for the payment of the
principal and interest thereof:
! Whereas, at an election heretofore
on the 30th day of March A. D., 1920,
duly called and held in Welsh Drain.
age District Number One of Jefferson
Davis Parish, Louisiana, there was SUBJ
m1ted to the qualified property taxpay-
ers the proposition of authorizing the
Board of Commissioners of the said
district to incur Indebtedness and is
sue negotiable bonds therefor amount
ing in the aggregate to the principal
sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars $780,
100000 payable in principal and inter
est out Of special advalorem tax up
on all the taxable property in said
District subject to taxation, and
Whereas, due and timely notice for
the period and in the manner presCrib-
ed by law was given of said election
and majority in number and amount
OF the property tax payers qualified as
electors under the laws and constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana votina
thereat authorized the commissioners
to issue the bonds of the District in the
said sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars.
(S6O,OOO.0O), therefore,
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board Of Commissioners of the Welsh
Drainage District Number One of JEFF
terson Davis Parish, Louisiana, in ses
sion duly convened, that there shall
be and are hereby ordered to be is.
sued the negotiable coupon bonds oil
said District in the sum of Sixty
Thousand Dollars $3.50, OOO.OO). The
bonds shall bear date from the First
day of June, A. D. 1920, shall be of the
denomination of $4,000 each and shall
bear interest at the rate of five 60 per
centum per anum, payable semi-an- |
nually, on the first day of June and of |
December in each year, all interest to
be evidenced by interest notes or cou-
pons attached to said bonds respective.
y. Said bonds shall be numbered con-
'ecutiVely from to 100 both inclusive
and shall mature as follows:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17
ORDINANCE NO. SEVEN (7)
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT


! AN ORDINANCE authorizing the is.
suance of the bonds of the Welsh
Drainage District Number One of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, and
t1evying a tax to provide for the pay
ment of the principal and interest
thereof.
Whereas, at an election duly called
and held on the goth day of March, A,
D. 1920, in the Welsh Drainage Dist
riot Number One of Jefferson Davis
Parish, Louisiana, there was submit
ted to the qualified taxpayers the propo-
sition of the levying and assessing of
an annual contribution or acreage tax
of twenty-five (25) cents an acre for
a period of twenty (20) years begin
ming with the year 1920 upon all of
the lands situated in said district, and
Whereas, there was also at said
election submitted to the qualified tax
payers the proposition of authorizing
the Board of Commissioners of said
district to incur Indebtedness and to is.
sue negotiable bonds therefor amount
ing in the aggregate to the principal
sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars,
($70,00O00) payable in principal and
interest out of the amount to be raised
by said annual contribution or acreage
tax during said period, and
Whereas, due and timely notice for
the timeand in the manner prescribed
by law was given of said election and
a majority in number and amount of
the property taxpayers qualified as
electors under the law and constitu-
ton of the State of Louisiana, voting
thereat authorized the Board of Com
missioners to levy said tax of twenty.
five (25) cents an acre for period
of twenty COO years beginning with
the year 1920 and to issue bonds of
said district in the said sum of Seven
ty Thousand Dollars ($70, 100000.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Board of Commissioners of the Welsh
Drainage District Number One of JEFF
ferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, In seq.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

Said bonds shall be signed by the
President of the Board of Commission
ers of the said district and counter
signed by the Secretary and attested
by the corporate seal of the district.
The interest coupons shall be executed
by the Autographed fac-simile sigma
lures of the said President and Sec
rotary. Both principal and interest of
said bonds shall be payable at the
Calcasieu National Bank in the City
OF Lake Charles, Louisiana, or the
Mechanics & Metals National Bank
in the City of New York, N. Y, at the
option of the holder.
Section 3. Be it further ordained,
etc, that all bonds except as to num-
Der and date of maturity shall be of
substantially the following form:
No.. $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT No. l
Of Jefferson Davis Parish
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That Welsh Drainage
District Number One of Jefferson Da-
Wis Parish, Louisiana, acknowledges
itself to owe and for value received
hereby promises to pay to the bearer
the sum of $4,000 on the first day of
June, 19... with interest thereon
from the date hereof until paid at the
rate of five (5) per centum per an
mum, payable semi-annually on the
first day Of June and December in each
year upon presentation and surrender
OF annexed interest coupons as they
SeVeFally become due. Both principal
and interest of this bond are hereby
made payable at the Calcasieu Nation
al Bank in the City of Lake Charles,
Louisiana, or the Mechanics & Metals
National Bank in the City of New
York, N Y, at the option of the
holder.
This bond is one of a series of One
Hundred Forty GAO bonds of like
tenor numbered from l to $40, aggre.
eating Seventy Thousand Dollars
($70,OOO.OO) issued under the author
ity of Article PSI of the Constitution
OF the State of Louisiana, and in ae
cordance with the provisions of Act
256 and Act BIT of the General AS
sembly of Louisiana, for the year 1910
as amended and has been authorized
by the property taxpayers of said Dist
riot qualified as electors at an election
duly called and held.
This is secured in principal and
Continued on last page section D
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-17

I The said bonds shall be signed by
the President of the Board of Commits
sioners of this district and counter
signed by the Secretary of said Board
and each of said bonds shall be attest
ed by the corporate seal of the Dist
riot. The interest coupons shall be ex-
ecuted by the fac-simile signatures of
the President and Secretary of the
Board. Both principal and interest of
said bonds shall be payable at the Cal
casieu National Bank in the City of
Lake Charles, Louisiana, or at the
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
in the City of New York, N. Y, at the
option Of the holder.
! Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, that said bonds, except as to num-
Der and date of maturity, shall be in
substantially the following form:
Mo-. $4,000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
) PARISH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
WELSH DRAINAGE DISTRICT No. ]
Ut the Parish of Jefferson Davis.
- Louisiana
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, That Welsh Drainage
District Number One of Jefferson Da.
Wis Parish, Louisiana, acknowledges
itself to owe and for value received
hereby promises to pay to the bearer
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars