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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-02-07
and good fellowship.


Mr.. Noel addressed the as
semblage on "How a Chamber of
Commerce could be organized" "
and laid special emphasis on the
necessity for good roads for the
community. He said that poor
roads stops the wheels of COM
merce and slackens up business to
such an extent that both the
farmer, consumer and business
men feel it in more ways than one
and that the Chamber of Com
merce, once it becomes organized,
should eat, sleep and talk good
roads morning, noon and night un-
til the object had been attained.
He said that the New Iberia
Chamber of Commerce, stood
ready, willing and able to lend the
Loreauyille chamber assistance in
every way which would tend to
better conditions in iberia Parish
and that as both New Iberia and
Loreauville were in the same
community they should stick to-
gether and fight their battles
shoulder to shoulder.
Mr.. H. w. Carver spoke at
length on the necessity of a small
chamber of commerce in every
community and told of what the
New Iberia Chamber had acGomp-
lished in community way since
its re-establishment and said that
community spirit could never be
overdeveloped, citing several in
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-02-07

live little Chamber Of Commerce
in New Iberia. I heard the man
ager of your chamber, Mr.. Frank
Noel, address the business men in
Loreauville last Monday night,
and | want to say right here and
now that I was most favorabiy
impressed. He seems to be a live
wire, has ideas and has taken hold
the reins of community service
with a rare good will. His talk
impresses one that he knows
whereof he speaks and with it all
he is practical, which is a wonder
full asset to a chamber struggling
for recognition in this State.
If your citizens will accord
him the support and cooperation
that he rightfully deserves you
are going to have a City that is
worth while. He told me that the
City officials were working hand
in hand with the chamber for the
betterment Of your community,
all of which means great things
and a better place to live in, and
that's what we all want, isn't It?
"Mr. Noel also showed me the
maps of tentative routes for canals
to connect with your City. i was
fairly astounded with the possl-
bilities of your section. But first
of all permit me to make sug-
gestion which I am sure will bet
ter conditions and that is to
spread propaganda for good
roads. Mr.. Noel laid especial EN-
phasis on this subject in his ad-
dress at Loreauville and said that
the citizens of that town should
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-02-07
Street PaOing
i'm New Iberia.

, they prefer it to the brick. AS
far as finish is concerned the bith-
, uletic does show up better, as to
its durability, of course the general
opinion is that the brick is more
durable.
! Whether the paving will he
started on the East Side of the
Teche before Iberia Street, we do
no know. We believe, however,
inasmuch as the roads on the East
Side is not used near 50 much as
Iberia and St. Peter Streets that
these two streets should be given
the first preference. st. Peter
and the cross streets lead
ing off of Main where there is 50
much heavy traffic should be the
first to receive the attention of our
City Fathers. If they are left
for the last, the amount of mud
that will naturally be carried by
the wheels of vehicles and cars
will keep the Main Avenue Of
New Iberia unsightly and muddy
for several months to come. We
trust this condition will not pro-
vail and that our City Fathers will
take steps to have the most i'm
portant roads in New Iberia get
the quickest attention possible un-
der the circumstances.
Anent the lower Main Street
form the Post Office, steps should
be taken Immediately. if it has
not already been done to purchase
gravel and build them up like they
were previous to the laying of the
track of the Trolley line. There
is money in the City Treasury, OBJ
tanned from the owners of the car
line to be used for the purchase Of
gravel and there is no better time
than now to commence on the job.
If it is otherwise the mud that
covers the block in between the
Post Office and Center Street, will,
in a great measure, find its way to
the brick paving and for months
or a long time, at least, even the
paving will be several inches deep
in mud. Fortunately when Mayor
Power had East End graveled
solid plank floor was put under it,
or else the gravel road would
have also been thing of the past.
AS it is now, if scrapers are used
and the mud hauled off the
stretch in between Weeks and
Center and then lay several inches
of gravel it will still be a highway
that will last several more years.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1920-02-07

talk. eat and sleep good roads un-
til it comes to pass.
He is right-most emphaticaliy
right for without good roads
you have no commerce. | was
here two weeks ago and could not
get to st. Martinsville because of
the roads. | was in pretty fix.
but came back again after visit
ing Houston and taking pictures
Of the ship channel.
"Your Mr.. Noel said that the
canals which soon are to connect
with your City would mean more
to New Iberia that the ship chan
mel in Houston would mean to the
Texas metropolis. If this is so,
I can see no reason why the COM
munity doesn't get busy at once
and have it done. 1t would mean
so much to the merchants, farm
ers and all concerned.
"Now | want to touch on one
more thing before, | 60 to the
hotel preparatory to my depar-
1ure, and that is your tentative
road to the sea. If that project is
put over it will mean thousands
Of dollars TO your community
Ali visitors coming here from the
North and West, both via the
Pershinc Way and Old Spanish
Trail, would like to take look at
salt water, tC swim, to bathe and
to fish il; the Gulf. Then again
the quick transportation to New
Iberia by Eirtue Of the road to the
sea would afford your people
fresh fish at reasonable prices. It's
all wonderful!
BY the way do you know that
I learned something from the
manager Of your chamber, and
that is that the people in this Sec
tion are awaking to the possibili-
ties of the country and that the
women folks have organized Il
Women's Council as an auxiliary
to the organization. That's the
very best move | know could pos
siblY be promulgated in your City.
/ am not saying this because | am
woman for you must know that
a magazine writer travelling
erql'sed the country in search of in
formation and news can put up
with most anything, but the wo-
men of your community are the
ones that must stay at home and
they know what is needed in a.
civic way much better than do the
sterner sex" With this, the
charming little Knickerbocker
lady made her exit for the hotel
and thence on to st. MartinsviIle.
She is travelling through the
South to get first hand informa-
tion from an Eastern viewpoint
of how things are conducted in the
States and when she re-
turns to the East will inform the
New Englanders of the potential
possibilities of our section.
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THE DIsPATCH-NEWs

mel Lewje, and servedsalmost the en-
tire four years. ons one occasion,
when for some weeks his. health would
not permit Of his going to the front,
he refused a furlongh home, so as to
pc right on hand when his health
would permit ready to shoulder his
nusket and go again to the front to
tand or fall by his fellow soldiers of
he Confederacy.
a mar of the s.ii, conscientiou5 ),
ardworking, honest to the chore, he
lad his heart in the cause in with he
\ad enlisted, and considering his
.eighbors' welfare a part of his own,
ne, with others like him, fought bat
ties that will be the wonderment of
mankind as long as the world lasts,
and that, too, under adverse circum-
sidered not hardships, patience that
knew no weariness, devotion that
triumphed over privation, fatigue and
want, and fought on for q country
raiment. let alone pay him for his SER
vice. Splendid valor, noble devotion,
worthy of a final success that it seems
never was to come.
But last of all, our father was a SOL
dier of Christ, whose righteous cause
can never fail or go down, as did that
ill-fated cause, but will go on con-
quering and to conquer throughout
generations.
While it has been many years sinie
we moved away from our fathers
home, to make homes of our own, yet
it was always q pleasure to US through
all these years to so back home and
see his kindly face. and hear his word
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Inonas rsaIan warner was bornSl
Newberry County, South Carolina, on
March "a, 1884, and while just a lad
he moved to Lexington County, where
he lived until February a. 1920. He
was removed from us by death at tn.
ripe age of almost 81 years. He was
baptized and confirmed in st. Michaels
Lutheran church, Lexington County,
but later in life he transferred his
membership to Mt. Pleasant, where
he remained until death
He was married to SaIina Meetze
and to this union were born three
sons. all living. He was & devoted
husband, faithful, careful father, an
upright citizen, loyal to his church,
and did not let go down in ruins, as
many do, the family altar. In his
dealing with his fellow man he was
honest, upright and straightforward
and he expected as much in return
from others. i
Ha was a faithful soldier in the
OWL War, having enlisted in Co. X.
iSouth Carolina regiment under Colo
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Notice, New Market

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WEDNEsD AY, DE EcEMBER / 1920.

my, impression. from observe
and conversation, is that the pr
pinch is purely due to restrictie
credit and it is not due to any
anything, wrong =
dustry and finances and comm
Admittedly our credits have beer
panded beyond all reasonm
borrowed thousands where they
not entitled to hundreds. It had
be stopped, Literally million
dollars worth of credit are, being
now. AS soon as these liabil3
are Hquidated, and this process is
ing ahead very rapidly, persons W
whom I talked believed trade will
sumo vigor and activity.
we have this reason to hope fol
a icomparatively early resumption OF
trade with renewed activity-the de.
fation program is not supplying orc.
iota of the demand for houses, mas
ufactured goods. construction of al
kinds, production Of raw materials
kand the myriad of other activities o,
our commerce and trade. The de-
mand for houses today is as great as
lever in the. west people are living in
outhouses. shacks. tents and other
makeshift dwellings, So great is the
demand. The market for lumber
brick steel labor and all other build
ing materials, as one may see under
the circumstances, still stands"
Mr.. johnson, covered nearly 9
third OF the Union on this trip
nearly 5000 miles, and was in many
of the Important industrial and finan.
cial Scenters of the North and West
He is more impressed than ever that
h,,siness is merely stabilizins itself
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of council; and how much we. miss
him none But those who have passed
through similar misfortune can fully
know. And while we bow in submis-
sion to- the Divine will, we are slad
for the splendid heritage he left his
children-the heritage of a good eX-
ample ands noble traits of an upright,
Christian father. And long will his
influence live in the life of his chill
dren, admonishing us that while we
advance with the times, and must soon
go the way of all the earth, yet while
we live we should hold fast to his good
instructions and worthy example, as a
guiding star in our lives.
His son,
Nj. L. Warner.
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GASOLINE SYSTEMS

OIL Tanks and Pumps, Air Compress
sors, Computing Scales, Floor Scales
Show Cases. Account Registers, Re-
built Cash Registers. Safes. Store Fix
lures.
THE HAMILTON SCALES 90.
Columbia. s. c..
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WESTERN BUSINESS
MEN LOOK FOR EARLY
s TRADE RESUMPTION
Present Pinceh Due Purely to Restrsc.
ton of Credit, Says secretary.
Fiorence Daily Times.

+ 4. i ~ h i :
Florence Daily Times.
SIN Oklahoma. there are hundreds
OF acres Of cotton from which not one
i boil has been picked" w. J.. John.
son, secretary OF the chamber of COM
nlerce, stated today, upon returning
from an extensive trip through the
north and west. He speaks of what
he saw himself while passing through
the western section of the cotton belt.
Planters out there told me there's
no money in It; why pick it?" he said.
"Also coming down through the
Carelinas, saw many fields of cotton
which evidently had never had pick
er in them. The cleanly picked field
was the exception in the Carolinas,
Oklahoma and Texas, as I observed
the cotton plantations
II would Judge that the 1920 cot
ton crop will not be picked before the
middle of Decembe possibly not by
then at the present rate. eS.Everywhere
heard the complaint of Che very high
rates demanded by cotton pickers-
81 to $3.50 per hundred pounds
rs Mr.. Johnson made this trip espe-
cially into the oil fields of kansas, Ok
8lahoma and Texas to inspect some
properties or petroleum company.
I'VE have been hearing a great deal
down here about cutting prices in
other places. Chicago. Washington,
kansas City and cities of this size
have reduced prices--but I did
see any very Impressive cut;
This fact attracted my attention
muck Prices have been trim:
! but don't believe there has beer
wholesale tumble we have hear
much about. 2r~
Really, i was impressed most
tsthe cutting has been on raw
\ ucts-p particularly of the farm.
I Western grain planters are sittin
their wheat and corn as tightly
cotton planters in Florence are s
ing, to their cotton. They paid ST
SS a day for common labor to ha
; their crop. They paid huge d
for seed and for planting. And
they are unitedly determined nd
accept less than S3 for their whe
Both, in Chicago, and in Oklaf
City I had the pleasure OF he's;
some big Industrial and financial
d including the governor of III
sspeak recall particularly one
York Industrial and financial
who said that the outlook is al
darkest st&before the break Of
He emphasized that he believed
dark times OF the radjustnent pc,
are nearly through and then he no
for prosperity and activity VII
again will break all records
II talked to good bankers too w
seemed very optimistic over the ouA
look for better times.
The Washington times., 1920-02-08
LIEUT. COMDR DAVID COLLINS
She? Won't o.F nd "Iulo Washington"

pers will, apparently. have an equal
The Washington times., 1920-02-08

their majesties of Belgium and the
Prince of Wales-since the Presidents
illness. Mrs. Lansing accompanied
Nine. Buero and "made the presen-
tation"-though one would think that
the visitor scarcely needed to be pre-
sented, as ! understand she was in
Paris during the peace conference
with her husband, who was one OF
his country's delegates, and un-
doubtedly she and Mrs. Wilson had
met there.
Mrs. Wilson also sent flowers from
the White House conservatories-
and the President sent his card with
regrets" to the Minister OF Uruguay
and Nine. yarela on the occasion
OF their tea for DR.. and Nine. Buero;
which was one Of the most dignified
and delightful receptions given this
season.
The same day, Wednesday, the
French Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand had a luncheon at the embassy
for the Bueros and the Verelas; and
there was a dinner at the Argentine
embassy-that, l believe. was Sun
day night-as we'll as two or three
rather less formal parties. The
Bueros also went twice to the play.
once with Mr.. and Mrs. James c..
Dunn, who had entertained them at
dinner first, and once "on their own
with only Hallett Johnson, of the
State Department, as chaperone.
They also took in the Southern Re-
The Washington times., 1920-02-08
Popular Debutantes.

lief Ball under the wing of Mr.. John
son. This ball must, OF course. be
ranked high among the important
events of last week. 1t Is in fact,
one OF the really distinctive features
of each Washington -son-has been
these thirty years.
Everybody goes to 1T The South
erners, to prove their loyalty and de
votion to the Old South; the North
erners, to prove--oh well, to prove
that there's mo hard feeling, and that
they aren't narrow minded or section
al, telling themselves that after all
they can afford to forget and forgive,
and all that sort Of thing.
Every . now and again-and the
night of the first Monday in Febru-
ary each year is one of the times
IL is born in upon the sojourner In
the National. Capital that Washing
ton is after all Southern City, the
habitat of the professional South
erner, and that as for the profess
sional Northerncr-there amt no sich
animal--and what's more there'd bet
ter not be!
1t is the annual ball of the Southern
Relief, Association, which does a
really appealing work among the
helpless old people of the South, many
of them survivors of the old, regime.
of the generation whose proudest
boast it was that it had been "ruined
by the war"-which is now two or
three wars back, Naturally nobody
The Washington times., 1920-02-08
MRS. JOHN W. THOMPSON
and MISS ELEANOR JOHNSTON,
Who Evidently Are "Seeing Things" ("

boxes for Monday evening: and among
the season subscribers, who are ex-
pected to be present that night. are
Chief Justice White. Mrs. Charles ],
Nell, and Mrs. Theodore V. Boynton
The Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Sorority
OF which Nine. sylvia is a member. has
taken the upper boxes for Wednes
day evening, and Coleman Jennings
Mr. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings SON.
also has a box that night. others who
have taken boxes during the week are
Mrs. Mccarthy Hanger, Mrs. Cabot
Stevens. M. and Nine. Barendsi, Will
lam Phelps Emo, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Drury, Mrs. F. B. Moran, and Mrs
Pearl Moore Gray.
Tuesday will be Italian night, for
on that evening CleIia Fioravanti, the
little italian soprano who will alter
nate with Nine. sylvia as Carmen
will make her debut. She was born
in Florence, but has lived in Wash
ington since she was fourteen-she's
twenty now. She's a lovely little
thing. with a really beautiful voice
| The Italian embassy has reserved
! boxes for that evening. and the
| various Italian societies will be rep
! resented in force
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They also took in the Southern Re.
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This Years Attendance
Was As Large As Ever.

The attendance this year was quite
as large and quite as representative
as ever; the ball was one of the pret-
tiest ever given by the Southern Re-
lief Society and its success must
have been a great qualification to
Miss Mamie Randolph Heth. presi-
dent of the society: Mrs. Chisholm.
chairman of the ball committee, and
their able assistants.
One of the picturesque features OF
this particular ball for the last sew
eral years has been the fact that IL
has been n sort of impromptu but
more or less official beauty show. No
one seems to be quite sure how c. w.
DeLyon Nichols, of New York, was
selected for the role of Paris; but he
makes a point of attending the South
ern Relief ball each year and select
ing the seasons prize buds.
He takes himself so seriously as
official judge of youth and beauty
that society is rather inclined to take
him seriously, too. So people may
smile, but they listen to his pro-
nouncements-andi il they don't agree
with him, well, they at least look at
the girls to whom he awards the
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palm with fresh interest. Moreover,
didn't he pick out Marguerite Simonds,
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun's pretty daughter.
last year and didn't the Prince OF
Wales Immediately pick her out too.
and shower her with attentions dur
ing his stay in Washington?
This year Mr.. Nichols chose three
girls so generally popular and so ad-
mittedly good looking that Few
would be inclined to cavil at his Sc
lection. He chose/Nancy Lane as the
blue ribbon girl and awarded the red
and yellows-isn't that the way they
run?-to Frances Hampson and Anne
Gordon, respectively.
Mccormick supper
To BE Gay Affair.
Senator and Mrs. Medill Mccormick
are having one of their singularly de-
Iightful Sunday evening suppers to-
night, so the week. WHICH promises
to be unusually gay, starts off most
auspiciously. Mrs. Mccormick, you
know, is the daughter of the late
Senator Mark Hanna and she has in
herited not only much Of his political
acumen, but his hospitable spirit
The Senator's breakfast parties
given in the old Don Cameron
House, in Lafayette Square. with
buckwheat cakes and country sausage
as the piece de resistance, were IA
nous. Mrs. McCormick's Sunday sup.
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IS WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPITAL SOCIETY
Fancies, Eads,
And Foibles of
Capital Society

which her array OF decorations a.
tests. Indeed. this little lady hs
been widely hailed as the grsataS
Carmen since Calve." She practise
the role before her mirroy and irs
sang IL at seventeen In cbvent Ca
den, London. Nine. sylva's husband.
Lieut.. Col Bernard Smith, u. s. -.
C., was attached to the American en-
bassy In Paris during the war. ant
at that time she sang at the Oporu
comique In Paris.
Mr.. Marak. who had a "suceess
fou" as "Don Jose" in London, g. a.
native OF Czecho-Sloyskia, but "a
naturalixed Anne yiean citlzen-he gOi
his nnaI papers just ten days sgo
He IL married to an American CTR,
Marie cAyan. who is also a singer.
He made his operatis debut in Pragus
and has sung in Vienna. Berlin-whis p
per that-as well as in Covent Ca
den. That an artist OF his expeI %
ience could be persuaded TO taxi
part in such a production as that put
up by the Washington Opera Com %
pany gives evidence Of the high
sta ndard of the effort and OF how
seriously the community opera move
ment Is taken in other cities.
Edouard Albion II. OF course. d.
recting the production, and DR.. Leo
pold Glushak viii alternate with
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