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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

If ever the old town made a re-
cord for hospitality that will go down
in records, it was on Wednesday even
ing, when the American Association
of Chemical Engineers paid US the
honor of few hours visit.
Gathered from all parts of the I'm
ion, these representative of Bic
Business arrived in our little city at
p o'clock from Lake Charles, where
they had spent the first part Of the
day
When their special train came to a
stop at the Southern Pacific depot,
and the travellers dis.eepnted, they
were surprised to be greeted by a
cordial welcoming committee who,
after the good old Louisiana fashion,
made them feel that they were among
friends. They were put onto the
Salt Mine train by this committee,
and taken to Avery Island, where
several hours were spent in explor
ing the mines and looking over the
other interesting features there.
When their train delivered them
back into the hands Of New Iberias
citizens they were greeted by another
group of local boosters who escorted
them to waiting automobiles that
whirled them away to the Carver
Teche Rice Mill The wonders of
the local rice industry having been
explained to them, they were deliver
ed back to their. private train, where
they then had an opportunity to
freshen up from their journey and
prepare for the big event of the oc-
casion.
At eight o'clock according to in
structions that were previously given
they reported at Hotel Frederic, a
gain accompanied by Iberia hosts.
All afternoon committee Of Wo-
mems Council workers had been bus
lily engaged in preparing the large
dining room for the important guests.
Under the deft hands of Mrs. A. B.
Murray, Mrs. P. r. Burke, Mrs.
George Switzer and Mrs. Maurice B.
LeMaire a long table had been con-
structed with capacity to accommodate
the entire party of guests. Beauti
full decorations of roses, pretty can
dies in appropriate candlesticks, and
crepe paper, made most inviting
appearance.
When the visitors came in they
were greeted by the Welcome. Com
mittee, composed of Mrs. Murray,
Mrs W. G. Weeks, Mrs. John R.
Taylor, Mrs. NJ. R. Paradis. Miss
Katherine de V. Kraig, Mrs. P. R.
Burke and Miss Rita Soulier.
AS expressed by one of the dis
guests, the touch that
crowned the entire affair was the
plan whereby instead of professional
walters they were served by bevy
of New Iberia's most charming young
ladies, being Miss Pearl Davis, Miss
Ethel Carver, Miss Theda Murray,
Miss Nina Burke, Miss Pauline Sub
Miss Ellen Suberbielle, Miss
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11
VISITORS RECEIVED HEARTY
WELCOME HERE ON WEDNESDAY.
Big
Agricultural Possibilities Iberia

Amelia Pharr, Miss Maude Estorge
Miss Marie Renoudet and Miss Rita
Blanchette. This put personal
and homelike touch to the supper
that made deep impression on the
visitors, and illustrated most forcibly
why Southern hospitality has become
a by-word all over the land.
President II w. Carver opened the
speech making with his customary
pleasing, straightforward manner
and after a few well chosen words
called on DR. Williamson, of New
Orleans, to act as POSTMASTER.
Several Of the visitors spoke inter
estingly Of their impressions of New
IBERIA and our possibilities, and all
spoke especially of the great display
of hospitality shown them.
Probably the most important of
these talks was that of DR.. Olson, of
Brooklyn, New York After men
tioning the great natural resources of
this district he went further and
showed US how little benefit we are
deriving from these gifts of nature.
For instance he mentioned the salt.
This product that we boast much of
is shipped to the North ana sold for
few dollars a ton. The chemical
manufacturers resolve this salt into
its component elements and resell it
to rs as chlorine at 500 per ton and
Sodium at $50 per ton. The new
paper mill will use sodium as a
bleaching agent and buy it at $50
per ton when it costs the manufact-
urer but S4 90 in the raw condition.
His point was that to get the full
benefit Of our natural resources we
should erect factories to handle the
raw materials ourselves and keep all
this wealth in Louisiana.
Miss Katherine de v Kraig re-
presented the New IBERIA ladies in a
very pretty response to the toast
"The Ladies'"
Mr.. c.. A. Barnes spoke of our
possibilities in agriculture and invit-
ed the visitors to investigate for
themselves, knowing that if they do
investigate they will all invest
Mr. A C. Bernard presented New
Iberia's case very forcibly. We have
the resources, he stated, but need the
capital of the East and North. The
guests seemed deeply impressed with
his remarks and after speaking was
over many crowded around him to
ask questions pertaining to possibili
ties for industrial investments here.
Several of the big monied men filled
their note books with facts and fig
ures, intending to take up our propo-
sitions with their companies when
they get back home.
Probably no set of men on earth
represent so much capital and such
great manufacturing interest as do
our guests of this occasion, and
South Louisiana is almost certain to
see some direct results from their
visit.
A report Of this impottant visit
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
GETS RECOGNITION.
Is Now Ranked Among
Best In The South.

4 communication from Mr.. c.. A .
Ives, State High School Inspector, in
forms US that the New Iberia High
School has been approved by the
Southern Commission on Accredited
Schools of the Southern States. The
New Iberia High School has always
been on the State approved list of
schools in Louisiana but this is the
first time that this school has secur-
cd the standing given by the South
ern Commission.
A rating by the Southern Commits
sion is more important than would
appear at first thought Practically
all institutions of higher education in
the United States will receive stud
ents without examination only from
those high schools that appear in the
list of Southern Accredited Second
airy Schools. In the near future all
universities in Louisiana will adopt
the same policy.
The New Iberia High School at
present does not qualify in all res
poets as an Accredited School and
thanks are due to Mr. Ives for his
persistent efforts which made it pos
sible for this school to have obtaintd
this rating when the Southern Com
mission met at Chattanooga last
week. He based his plea on the
grounds that this school was zone of
the oldest high schools in the State ;"
and had been administered by able
hands for twenty years or more. .
With the erection of the new high
school building which will make pos
sible greater space, more extensive
equipment and larger teaching
force, the New iberia High School
will hold it's place on this list not by
special privilege but by the fact that
it will meet all the requirements of
the Commission.
The graduating class, that finishes
in January, is already at work pre-
pairing their program for the Com
mencement Exercises that VIII be
held as usual is the Elks Theatre
Among the special features for this
year will be Play presented by the
Seniors. Rehearsals have been go
ing on for some time for this presen-
tation, and from what we can learn,
it will be well worth seeing, and sew
eral other stellar acts will round out
what is expected to be one of the
very best programs ever presented
here by the High School students.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

and entertainment would be incom-
pIete without proper mention being
made of the excellent and painstak-
ing work done by the acting secre-
tary of the Chamber OF Commerce
Miss Rita NJ. Soulier.
From the very inception of the
idea, Miss Soulier has devoted her
whole energy to making it a sue
cess. Her work already rather ard
uous was multiplied many times over
by the arranging Of committees, at
tending to details, and in fact direct
ing the entire event, with the assist
ance Of the Womeh's Council and
few members of the Chamber of Com
merce. Much of the saccess of the
occasion is directly attributable to
her efforts.
After the supper was over the
guests enjoyed a dance and general
good time, the music being furnished
by our band which was in excellent
shape and played as if their lives
depended upon it. Many fine comp
llments were paid by the visitors on
the band and their music.
Among the best known of the men,
bers of this party were Mr.. David
Wesson of New Jersey, manufacturer
OF the Wesson OIL so much used by
our local ladies in their cooking: Mr..
Robert Glenk, Curator of the Louisi-
ana State Museum in New Orleans;
Mr.. Courtney DeKalb, one of the
editors of the Manufacturers Record;
and DR.. Herty, Editor of The Jour
nal of Industrial and Chemical Engi-
neering, New York. With these two
lastnamed journalists evidently well
impressed, IBERIA may expect some
favorable publicity in their publica-
tions in the near future.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

,as+ Friday Mr.. Wilkinson OF the
..;cnltpral Extension Department,
zinc under both the State and
,,.;arsI government, came into New
- from his Baton Rouge head
a.tors to discuss with local en-
rs.;aets the matter of Parish
rarn, Demonstration for Iberia.
Mr. wilkinson came over at the
a,,ost Of President Carver of the
NV iberia Chamber Of Commerce,
and Mr.. Luke L. Bertrand, one OF
the workers for this proposition.
The reating was called for six
O'clock P. M, in the Commerce head
m,arters, and the room was fairly
we'll filed with the adherents of the
demonstration idea.
Mr. Wilkinson had no set speech
70 deliver but talked as man to man
n businesslike manner, OF the
,,alue of n Farm Agent to any COM
munity
This gentleman is conservative
ta,ker, and most certainly did not ex-
agerate his statements but case after
case was related from his own per-
sonal experience Of doubled yields by
farmers from following the scientific
.d,;oo of q demonStrator.
Records were submitted OF thos-
ands of dollars saved to different
parishes by cooperative buying of
seeds and fertilizers, handled through
their parish agents. Cooperative
marketing has also proved its ability
to make thousands of dollars for the
farmers who will work together, let
ting the demonstration handle the
sales.
The man Mr.. Wilkinson will re-
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11
AMERICAN GUNMEN REPORT
ED AS ARRIVING IN IRELAND

American gunmen are said to have
made their appearance in Londerry,
Ireland, according to advices from
London. The presence of these mer-
cenaries in Dublin and other cities
has been previously reported. The
police at Liverpool also believe that
American gunmen have invaded that
city, the dispatches state. The pol
ice claim to have established con-
nection between Sim Fein headquart
ers. and the numerous strangers who
are idling about the streets in groups
Of two or three and having the APP
pearance of being desperadoes from
America.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11
Sunday Movies Oatlawed in Texas

The lid has been definitely clamped
tres and baseball in Texas.
The law was passed some years
ago, but in some cities has not been
enforced with any regularity.
But on December 3th, a decision
was rendered by the Court Of Grim
inal Appeals, which included definite
ly all picture shows and baseball in
the list of amusements prohibited by
that States "Blue Law"
This decision was rendered by a
Judge of the higher court on an ap-
peal by J.. j. Hegman, Of Austin,
Texas, who had been fined $50 for
operating his movie show on Sunday.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

The schools need the money. La
dies, pay your dollar Poll Tax. before
January 1st-Help the schools and
protect your rights to vote in 1921.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

Distress after eating is due to bad
digestion. Herbine helps the digess
tive process, clears the system of inn
purities and restores feeling of
vigor and buoyancy of spirits. Price,
60c. Sold by ESTORGE DRUG co.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

Ladies-Pay your dollar Poll Tax
before January 1st, or you cannot
vote in 1921 and 1922.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11

For the prosperity of Iberia Parish,
eat more rice.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-12-11


for the Christmas baskets.
Friends please do not forget that
whatever surplus we have over the
Christmas expense will go into our
general fund for current expenses
the year We feel sure there are
many people in our little city who
have just neglected to send in con-
tribution, so 90 not delay any longer.
Send to Mrs. E. L. Grant, Mrs.
Albert Estorge, East End; Mrs. R
W. Frame, East Side; Mrs. D. A.
Dimitry and Mrs. Jerry Taylor, West
End; and Mrs. c. W. Cultivate.
Last year our Christmas collection
was over three hundred dollars, won't
you make it at least this amount
again when our obligations are larger
than last year. Tell your friends of
the work these women are doing for
our own poor.
UNSECTARIAN AID SOCITY
CHRISTMAS FUND,
Mrs. C. W. Cultivate,
Chairman
The amount of $100 credited to the
Chamber of Commerce in our last
issue should have read for S50.-Ed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
IDAHO OPPOSES
DRY BUSHEL"
Will Fight Against Fix
ing Unit of
Measure

Idaho's department Of agriculture
Friday carried before the house COM
mittee on weights and measures al
Washington, D. c., vigorous protests
against fixing the unit Of measure
for apples at the dry bushep in.
stead of the standard box, says the
Idaho Statesman.
Representative Addison T. Smith
at the suggestion of Miles Cannon,
commissioner, represented the de-
partment before the committee. He
was instructed to protest against any
Standardization of box apples except
the northwestern standard.
House bill 1880 proposes, among
other things, to set a unit measure
for apples. Eastern apple growers,
accustomed to shipping their apples
in baskets and barrels, are in favor
of the dry bushd" unit, which is
unit involving weight. The ma
tional agricultural department ia
vors this unit, and the house COM
mittee before which Idaho carried
her protest is inclined to take the
same position.
The northwestern standard is the
"box," unit involving not weight,
but cubical contents.
L. M. Dean, state horticulturist of
Washington, in telegram to H. A.
Lyon, Idaho director of markets, in
dicates that his state is taking the
same position as Idaho assumes. He
said:
1--WE have insisted on the regular
northwestern standard, and that any
subdivision, like the half-box, or
multiple, like the one and one-half
box, must be figured on the north
western standard.
1.-The department of agriculture
(federaD favors standardizing the
dry bushel with provision that the
northwestern box shall not be lille
gal This creates double standards
and makes the present box a side
issue. 1t is wrong"
Commissioner Cannon, in his tele-
gram of instructions to Representa-
tive Smith, said:
please represent this department
at the meeting of the house commit
tee on weights and measures, and
protest against any standardization
of box apples except based on our
standard box basis. Otherwise fight
The bill to finish
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21

each of the teams which finished
under second place to strengthen
their lineup and make the necessary
changes.
Verbal contracts with player do
not hold. First signed contract
submitted to president holds man
for club submitting the contract, ex-
cept that the club owning players
the previous year can take player if
he so desires to change.
The bluebook to be used in deter
mining professionals from semi-pro-
fessionals. Five or more games in
organized ball classifies player as
4 professional.
Batting averages, fielding averag-
es to be compiled by league and pub
lished .after each half Of the league
season.
The time of beginning game to
be determined by home club. Exhi-
bition games must be arranged
through the president and then only
on week days.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21

penses are paid by home team ex-
cept umpires, who are paid by the
league. No umpire can officiate at
a game in his home city.
Official scorer to be a reporter
on home paper and to be selected
by home club.
Admission fixed by bylaws jand
must not exceed SO cents, including
grand stand. War tax to be paid
extra.
No league team allowed to play
Sunday ball.
Each team allowed four profess
sional ball players, no salary limit.
List of signed players must be
submitted to league president on
May 18th and no team allowed to
enter new player without special
permission from the league presi-
dent, and then cause must be shown
such as sickness or forced absence.
The league season is to be divid-
ed into two halves of ten games
each. The reason for. this is to let
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21

The coming schedule for the COM
ing baseball season of the Snake
River league was COM
pleted at meeting held in St. An
thony Friday night. 1t will be seen
by the schedule that Blackfoot opens
at Idaho Falls on May AZ and the
first game on the home diamond will
be May 10, when st. Anthony will
play here. Appropriate ceremonies
have been arranged for the opening
game.
League Rules
Following are some of the rules
which have been adopted by the
Snake River Yellowstone league:
Opening games and holiday games
the gate receipts are pooled and
split equally between the six teams
in the league after Is per cent is
taken by the league.
All travelling expenses are paid
by club travelling. All game ex-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
WAR DEPARTMENT
PRAISES THE MULE
Faithful Hybrid Gets
Lavish Encomium
for Work

WASHINGTON. = The patient,
long suffering, hard working and
oft ridiculed army mule has at last
received his encomium, in an appre-
citation from the quartermaster gen.
eral.
:, The low down" on the army mule
came Monday in an official 'publi-
cation There were more than 45,-
900 of him engaged with the army
overseas, and more than one hun
dred thousand with the troops in the
United States, and while there was
as much hee-hawing, kicking, balk-
ing, biting and other mulish tricks
as might be expected, the army
mule lived up to his established rep
utation for enduring, sacrificing and
dying like soldier.
They were not all American mules.
Seven thousand came from England
and 5000 from France and another
1000 from Spain.
There was no comparison" says
the quartermaster generals an
nouncement, between the poorly
nourished mule secured in Spain and
in southern France and the power
full, outstanding, mealy-nosed prod
uct of the middle west. -"
"There were times during the fl
nal stages of the world war when
.. ....*... 1T was necessary to keep
mules on the move 48, 60 and some
times 70 hours, with hardly more
than a pause. Then it was possible
only to feed small amount of grain
and a few handsful of hay. Under
this strain the mule went forward,
giving his all uncomplainingly.
THE mule has always been given
the credit of having his full quota
of brains, but at times it seems he
has more than his share. He may
run while hitched to a wagon, but
invariably does no harm to himself
or the wagon. When tired he makes
his condition known by quitting.
However, this quality did not come
to the fore during the days of the
st. Mihiel and in the Argonne.
1.-THE record of the mule through
the world war has been such as to
reflect much credit upon the dam,
the farm mare of the United States,
as we'll as upon the long-eared,
loose ointed progenitor Of the hy-
brid-an animal indispensable to the
success of our army in the field"
A good many farmers devoted to
horses, say Gosh darn a mule. any
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
GEN. DENEKINE
GIVES STATEMENT
N
Last Leader of Russian
Nationalist Hopes
Gives Talk
CBy Universal Service)

| LONDON.-General Denekine last.
leader of the Russian nationalist for
lorn cause Tuesday gave Universal
Service the first detailed statement
since he has come out of Russia, a
fugitive, his army almost wiped out.
The interview was obtained thru
Eugene Sabine Russian charge DAT
fairs in London, since General Dene-
kline speaks only Russia.
The famous general arrived in
London direct from the rimea with
his wife and children and took up
his residence in quiet family hotel.
Physically as well as mentally he is
utterly weary from his arduous
journey and his previous misfor-
tunes. He saw his army dwindle
from the half million mark to rab-
BILE of $4,000. He plans to make his
home on the southeast coast of
England.
1.-The cause of nationlist Russia is
not lost" he said. "As soon as pos
sible l expect to meet Sasanoff,
former Russian minister, M. Sabine
and other Russian nationalist lead
ers, either here or in Paris when we
will make comprehensive plans.
Russia must live, but we cannot
accept bolshevism. We do not want
the return of the old regime, but we
are dedicated to some form of de-
mocracy whether it be a constitu-
tional monarchy or republic.
1.-The collapse of my armies is due
fundamentally to the lack of effec-
tive transport. In my rear was moth
ing but devasted territory, l had no
rolling stock, no wagons, no motor
transport. No effective fighting
force can exist without transport
system.
Il have turned over my command
to General Baron Won Wrangel.
came to England to accept the Brit
ish governments hospitality.
II intend to live here until such
time as Russia is reborn.
II wish to extend thru the Univer-
sal Service my hearty thanks to the
American people for the aid they
have given our cause, q support
which was the most magnificent Of
our allies" ~,
l.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
WILL BRING COUNTER SUIT

-(By Universal Service)
NEW YORK.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw-C Clifford said today that Broad
way vampires had lured Jack Cliff
ford, her dancer husband from her
and that one of them had inspired
Clifford's suit for divorce in which
he named vaudeville actor as
correspondent. She said she would
name five women, one of them a
girl of seventeen years, in the
counter suit that she is about to
bring.
Mrs. Clifford discussed the affairs
of herself and her husband without
reserve. There was no hesitancy in
her voice when she denounced Gilt
ford, tho her words at times made it
difficult to Judge whether they were
caused by anger with him or jeal-
ousy of the women whom she
charges won him away. s.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21

way" on general principles, but the
army loves and admires him for SER
vices rendered and would like to see
him get the distinguished service
medal. Perhaps his valor and con-
stancy in wartime will recommend
him to softer sentiments in times of
peace.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
HAS VALUABLE NECKLACE

.-Adolph Zukor, the New
York film producer, is on the way to
New York aboard the Mauritania car
rying a pearl necklace valued at
one million francs (normally $780,
OO0) and believed to have been
formerly owned by one of thte Rus
sian princesses.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
VISIT EXPERIMENTAL STATION

The agricultural class Of Profes-
sor w. F. Thomas Of the Blackfoot
high school spent yesterday in Alb
erdeen where they visited the ex-
perimental station at that city.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-21
LEAVE FOR SALT LAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Tavey, accom-
panied by Mrs. Kaylor, left Mon
day for Salt Lake, where Mrs. Ia
vey will receive medical attention.