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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-03-26
Congress- First Duty.

1.-THE President and the Congress) to
determine which is the more import
ant task. There need not be a mo-
ment's hesitation about answering
that question.
First feed the hungry! The way to
do that is to give them employment
They are not hungry because Of any
ineuuities in the Internal Revenue
laws. but because we have practically
discharged them and hired foreigners
to work in place of them. That is
exactly the result of our Free Trade
Tariff which has permitted the i'm
portation of over five billion dollars
worth of foreign merchandise which
has crowded out domestic products
The importers have been buying from
the bankrupt nations of Europe, in
stead Of buying goods produced at
home. They have imported over
5,279, 100000 worth of foreign goods
during the calendar year, the largest
part of which should have been pro-
duced at home. Had that been done
there would be no idle ones crying
for bread at the present time, for
they would have been at work earn
ing livelihood for themselves and
families.
A starving man cannot wait. There
fore the first duty Of Congress is to
provide for the feeding of the hungry
and the clothing of the naked. Manu-
facturers will not open their mills,
nor mine operators their mines, only
to lose money. They must first be
ensured Of a market and the best in
surance is an adequate Protective
Tariff which will give the major por-
ton of the home market to them,
instead of to foreigners.
We are for equal rights for all,
special favors to none, but we re-
cognize that to take care of the do
nestle consumers first is to provide
for the greatest good to the greatest
number first. The employing pro-
ducer and the working producer, de-
mand first consideration, for they
form the great bulk of the consumers
of the country.
Those who labor and wait upon
the action of the Congress for their
means of livelihood are the people to
be first served. There can be little
need for revising the Internal Rev.
enue laws if so many workers contin-
ue in idleness. The first duty of Con-
gress is to provide work for all class
es and start the wheel of progress to
moving again by revising the present
tariff 1awc
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her wedding & she answered g. re-
plyed l mite be the usher. 1 got mad
q sed l wood ush 1 guy clean out of
the room. meaning Ted.
Saturday-They was a woman at
are house tonite witch is studying to
be lawyer & she sed OF wisht
God had of made me a man. ma wis
pered to me that he CESS He had made
ner man but when the man got a
peak at her he made his get a way
Sunday-when l was starting
to Sunday skool ma ketched hold of
me q looked at my ears & neck e
SO forth. then she up & asst Did Won
clean your neck & ears | sed Yes ma
just like that. She sed No Won did
dent they hassent ben emmy water on
them ears today l xplaned what I
mad ben told that dry cleaning was
so much sanitarier SO l just used a
towel. Was late to the S. skool.
MOnday-Ester is mad at me be
cause when she was singing she turn-
ed to me & sed Did l think thew was
emmy thing cud keep her out of grand
Upry & | sed just l thing. she sed
l fepiyeu TO ner Yure voice
Iuesday-after the social tonite
witch we had went to ma sed to pa
what did ne think of Mrs. Crews
dress Pa sed it was fine Ma sed
w Mny they wassent nothing to it..
me conversation was very quiet
IRON then on xcepting me & the dog.
WeGnesday-I had to give a cur
rent Event q told about Alaska get
ing her freedom from Italy. & Teech-
eI sea mat was the LIST she ever herd
that Alaska belonged to Italy. sed
that was the 1st time / ever had told
It.. She says | am improveing & that
l try to answer questions ennvwavs
Thursday-Pa joined into another
secret order tonite. ma sed he belongs
to most evrything now xcepting the
b. V. DIS or some lodge with a lot of
lottar II, ~
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We challenge anyone to show that
the most important problem before
this country for solution is not giving
employment to those who are idle.
There are over three million idle
workers, and they and their families
are not the only one to suffer. The
entire community suffers. The mer-
chant who is deprived of large por-
ton of his usual trade suffers. The
butcher, the baker, the grocer, the
dry goods merchant all suffer because
these idle people have not their usual
means with which to buy. Of course
all of them must be fed, and they
buy from their little savings, if they
have any, but they buy only the bare
necessities. If they have no savings,
the community must feed them, and
that constitutes an additional tax on
the earnings of others. The employ
ers suffer, because their mills or mines
are closed and they are losing money
every day. This is all aside from
those who suffer from the depriva-
ton of the necessaries of life because
they are unable to find employment.
Think of an idle army half the size
Of Greater New York! 1t can be
nothing but a menace to the country.
Every man is entitled to the right to
work SO as to support himself and
family, and every workman knows
this undoubted truth. When a man
Is idle he is as apt to be discontinued,
especially when such idleness is not
Of his own seeking or fault, but due
entirely to our uneconomic laws. Such
q man is liable to feel resentful to-
ward the Government which is res
ponsible for such conditions. That is
one great reason why President
Harding received seven million ma
jority Of votes at the last election.
1t is true that the unemployment was
not So serious then as it is now, but
it was easy to tell that it was COM
ing, already on the way, in fact.
The people wanted a change of
Administration and, with change of
Administration, they wanted change
OF laws and wanted the change to be
made as soon as possible. President
Harding, recognizing this fact, has
planned to call an extra session of
Congress to convene the early part
OF April. He is converting Congress
80 that they may proceed to enact
new Tariff and Internal Revenue
laws in place of the ruinous ones now
in force. 1t is for the Administration
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EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
IL CALLED TO MEET APRIL II.

WASHINGTON, March pa for.
NAL call for an extra session of con.
gress to meet April II and receive
executive communications from the
new administration was issued today
by President Harding,
None of the specific problems tc
be laid before the legislative branch
were named In the proclamation, the
president merely declaring that an
extraordinary occasion required that
congress convene to receive such
communication as may be made by
the executive"
Mr. Harding already has indicated
however, that the tariff and taxation
will be foremost in his message to
the special session.
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and also some mighty mean men,
contend that the insult is sometime,
on the hog.
If there's anything that woulc
drive a saint to profanity, it is to a.
waken just in time to hear the clock
strike half past twelve, and then have
o lie full hour before you can know
that it wasn't one nor half past one
in the morning when you first awak-
ened.
There's no lodging the fact. There
is unsurmountable mystery at both
ends of the line. No one knoweth
from whence man came, nor whithe,
he goeth. But there's no reasonable
doubt as to the positive reality OF
these three score years and ten that
intervene. So, let us all get busy and
be decent and cheerful whilst here,
To be rich in friends is to be poor
in nothing.
Marriage is never a failure, but
every wedding does not make a mar
riage.
Kind words, kind looks, kind deeds
these are what win. Try and see
Don't fret and fume at the petty
ills Of life; remember that the wheels
which go round without creaking last
the longest.
1t is not until the storm comes that
we find out the real timber Of the
ship.
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she asst jim wha'
age is this & he
sed his pa called
it the short age
he cant find {
cook or a house
nor nothing else
or a washing wo-
man. l seen Jane
q we had a big
hart to hart tawk
relating to what
all she was a 60
ing to do when
she gets big and
gets marryed. !
sed jokeing l wood
like to be the
bride groom at
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Reasons why YOU should buy your
tickets from the guaranters:
They have made the Chautauqua
possible at cost to themselves Of
S1,750 90.
2-Their guarantee must be made
good before six o'clock April 9Th.
3-They get no gate receipts.
4-They can sell you tickets cheap.
er than the Chautauqua people.
5-An adult admission to all enter
tainments, without a Season ticket is
$8.10,-with the ticket is $2.72.
6-The entertainments are worth
three times the cost.
Each Entertainment costs less
than zoe.
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FOR MAYOR

| herewith announce my candidacy
for Mayor of this city.
| am not affiliated with any one
but | am running on my own merits
and if elected | will be "your faithful
servant"
l thank you for thoughtful consi.
deration.
Very respectfully yours,
ED. LaSALLE.
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Announcements
For MAYOR

The undersigned takes this means
of announcing his candidacy for the
Office Of Mayor Of New Iberia at the
general election in June.
| have been actively engaged in
business for ten years, and l stand
on my record as both business man
and a progressive citizen. / appeal
to the men and women for their suf
frage, and promise faithful service
and strict attention to the Office
Respectfully,
r. A. JACOB.
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FOR TRUSTEE OF FINANCE

Resting my claims for your consi-
deration upon my record of the past
four years, | herewith submit my
name for reelection to the office of
Trustee of Finance.
Public's welfare shall always have
my careful attention. My four years
in the Office make me even better qua
lifted to administrate the affairs of
the City's finance
Very Respectfully Yours,
A. A. GIRARD
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To Est. Sam Points, For 108
feet, Iberia St. .......... 1851
To Luke Celeste, For go feet,
Center st. ...........-. 3d.
To Ed. P. Landry, For III
feet, Main St............. 114.I
To Angelina Moniscaco, For
90 feet, Center St......... 49,
To L. Y. Jennaro, For so feet,
Main st. .........-....... 30.
To Francois GLillot, For 121
feet, Center St........... 60.
To Mrs. Elodie Burgure, For
IS feet, Center St......... ga.
To Mrs. Josie Freeman, For
65 feet, Duperier Ave-. 60.
To Mrs. W. B. Jones, For 80
feet, iberia St.....r-,....ao 80,
To r. D. Stansbury, For SO
feet, Center St............ 45.
To Est. Albert Stansbury. For
121 feet, Center st. ....... go
To George Baumgartner, For
SO feet, Main St........ So
To j. b. McCrary & Co., For
Richie Bros, Final settle
llltuI tOIltI az lDl -'A'AiiL
st. and Railroad Ave. 100.
To Luke Celeste, For 60 feet,
Center St. ................. 30.
To Mrs. NJ. f. Haase, For
1T feet, Center St..... So,
To George Doerle, For 1913
feet, Iberia St..............1 08.
To Sidney Gary, For Sc feet,
Captar CT " 4
To II. O. Miller, For 112 ITO
feet, Iberia St. 112.
To Mrs. Jos. Corona, For SO
feet, Duperier Ave........ SO
To Samuel H. Faulks, For
100 feet, Center st. ....... so.
To C. L. LaSalle, For "a feet,
Duperier Ave. .......... "a :.
To Bertrand Langlois, For so
feet, Center st. ........... 40.
To Mrs. Jean Carrot, For 121
5-10f eet. Center st. 60.
To Louis Indest, ST., A-c for
so feet, Duperier Ave. 80.
To Emile & Lula Lemaire,
For SO 1-3 feet, Main ST.. SO ).
To Herman Semon, For 100
feet, Main st. ....... 100.
To Ernest Deonne, For 100
feet, Main st. ........... 100
To Harry Costa, For so feet,
Main st. :...::...... 3D.
To Mrs. j. B. Gibson, For So
feet, Duperier Ave. 1890. &C..
To Mrs. Louise BONN, For 60
To Lucien Courage. For 60
feet, Main st. Co,
To George Cousin, For so
feet, Main st. ..... So,
To Est. Frank Sapranza, For
lat feet, Bridge and Du-
perier Ave. .............. 147.!
To Evelyn Bourgeard & L.
Vincent, For so feet, Cent
To Mrs. w. B. Kramer, For
feet, Main st. ............ 1901
To Mic Delcambre, For POI
feet, Center st. 1G0.!
To J. G. Leblanc, Jr., For so
feet, Main st. 50.(
To Mrs. Julia Simon, For 459
feet, Main st. in which 100
feet for Emile Simon is in
Guided. Observation-Disclosures. 459.
To Mrs. M. F. Gonzales, For
so feet, Main St..... 5O.(
To Helen Robertson, Eft ais,
For POI feet, Center St.. 81 (
To Mrs. Ellen Laughlin, For
so feet, Main St..... 50.(
To W. T. Moss, For Sand,
Cement and Labor to build
Is Light Posts Complete. 1852 {
To W. T. Moss, For $50 feet,
Main st. ......... $50 {
To Frank Hebert, For "a feet,
Center ST. ....... 40. {
To Mrs. 0. Elmer, For so
feet, Main St.... 50 C
To Mrs. R. F. Broussard, For
so feet, Main st. so @
To Lewis Jones, For so feet,
Main st. ............ so. @
To O. Renoudet, Sr., For 27O
IL feet, Iberia st. 49,. 27O 5
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pective amount on or before April
1st, so as to liquidate the outstanding
bonds, predicated on the legality of
the said withdrawal.
On motion of Mr.. Villermin, sec
onded by Mr. Girard, and adopted I'M
animously, the Trustee of Finance is
authorized to comply with the provi-
sions of the City Budget, as made out
for the year 1921-to pay certificates
Of Indebtedness as provided therein
from funds available, and not speci-
fically dedicated for special purposes.
On motion of Mr.. Villermin, sec
onded by Mr.. Sealy, the Trustee of
Finance is hereby authorized to make
final payment to the Police Jury of
Iberia Parish, in accordance with our
agreement, for their portion of S75,-
600 90 fund voted for the Building
Of Gravel Roads within and without
the corporate limits of the City, ad-
jacent thereto.
On motion of Mr.. Villermin, sec
onded by Mr.. Sealy, the meeting ad-
journed
L. F. VILLERMIN, H. S. SEALY,
Clerk. Mayor.
List of Checks issued against the
Account of Dollar Front Foot Ac-
count in Peoples National Bank, New
Iberia, Louisiana, from Check No. 1,
Nov. 8, 1920, to and including Check
No. 191, March %, 1921:
To Jules F. Mestayer for 90
feet on Iberia st. 90. so
To F. Herpeche, For 100 feet
on Iberia St. 100 90
To Clemere Hebert, For SO
feet on Iberia & Frere ST.. $500
To Mrs. c. Erath, For so feet
Cor. Main & Hopkins ST.. so 90
To Adrian Conrad, For Is
feet on Duperier Ave 49,. $500
To Mrs. George Sheard, For
100 feet Brick Pavement,
Main st: ............... 100 90
To W. 0. Hugonin, For 1873
80 feet, Iberia St. ... 1873. 80
To Estate Walter Harry, For
81 feet, Iberia St. ..... 81.OO
To A. A. Williams, For so
feet, on Main st. ..... 5000
To Albert T. Berry, For 80
feet, Duperier Ave. 49,. 80. 90
To Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Har-
ry, 233 feet, Iberia St. .... 233 90
TO Sidney G. Harry, For 80
feet, Iberia st. so. 90
To H. F. Reynaud, For sc $40
feet, Main ST. &c 65
To Mrs. Jacob Guth. For so
feet, Main st. ....... 80. 90
TO Gilbert Kahn, For rs feet,
Main st. ....::...... $500
To Estate Mrs. Aurelia Loges,
For 200 feet, Main St. -. 200 90
To Paul Bassin, Treasurer
Road District 6, For pay
ment on pledge of City to-
ward Road Building. LAS. IS
To Thomas DeBlanc, For so
feet, Main st. so. 90
To Mrs. G. A. Blanc, For 200
feet, Main st. 200 90
To D. Gary, For so feet on
Nam st. ............. Is. 90
TO F. M. Bodin, For 145 feet,
Duperier Ave. .... 145 90
To Pauline Bergerie, For so
feet, Main st. so 90
To Vincent Drago, For so
feet, Center st. .. 80 OO
10 Est; q. c: Lauglin, For
1Cet, IhdlH 81. DU 90
To Mrs. S. C. Laughlin, For
so feet, Main st. so 90
To Victor Courtois, For 90
feet, Center st. ......... 4S. 90
To A. M. Bernard w. W., For
200 feet, Main st. 200 90
To W. J. Bernard, For $50
feet, Main st. $50 90
To e. L. Bernard, For so feet.
Main St. ............ 100
To A. A. Bernard, For 100
feet, Main st. 100 90
To Jos. Courage, For 100
feet, Main St. 100 90
To Gertrude B. jefferson, For
so feet, Main St. ......... 5000
To A. Derouen, For so feet,
Center St. ............... 25 so
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TO THE VOTERS OF NEW IBERIl

~ liz ' " vi NEW
At the request Of some of my
friends, l wish to submit to you my
name as a candidate for the Office Of
Trustee of Finance.
We all know that the city is heav.
lily involved. Therefore 1 can not
see my way clear to make any prom
Uses, except the best there is in me
I have not pledged nor combined with
any one l am running on my owr
merits, and that alone.
If elected, my whole time will be
devoted to the office, and it shall be
my earnest endeavor to faithfully
fulfill the duties required
Very respectfully yours,
j. D. BROUSSARD
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FOR MAYOR

II herewith announce my candida
cy for the office of Mayor of this
city. | need no special introduction
to the people and voters of this CITY.
having lived here for "a years CON
tinually. If elected I shall give the
city the best l can produce. | make
no special promise to- any individual"
Very respectfully your,
LEON DREYFUS.
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BRASS 7ACKS
BY q Small Town PHILOSOPHER.

Blowing ones own horn is general
iy blow to ones popularity.
"A Gaping mouth usually indicates
Q bigger vacuum above it.
Lots of folks aim high, are cock
sure, and then go off half cooked.
o
About all drunk man can make
Is trouble.
Some of these old grouches who
cant bear the noise and prattle of
childhood, are mean enough to console
themselves with the thought that
they will find no children in hell.
This world is great mirror, in
which is reflected exactly that which
Q man sends forth-a mountain side.
against whose rocky ribs the cry of
his soul rings true.
DeSides being the mother of. in
vention," Necessity is one of the
greatest slave-drivers in the world.
Few busy men there be who have not
felt the cruel cut of her relentless
lash.
The reason why there are so MANY
perfect asses holding down political
Jobs, is because when a great manv
people go to the polls they wrap their
personal prejudices up in their bal
lots.
1t has always been generally &C
cepted as the height of insult to call
. man a hog; but, having known
some pretty decent swine in INV +;r,
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STATS DIARY.

Friday-the teecher was xplane-
ing about histry & Alexander the 1st
& Ceezer & Cannibal and ETC., then
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-03-26
CLEANED FROM THE FILES OF
THE IBERIAN 20 YEARS
AGO TODAY.

Happenings in New Iberia as
chronicled in the "Iberian" twenty
years ago today that will be of inter.
est to all citizens Of New Iberia.
Mr.. H. S. Sealy, one of our pro-
minent young business men, will be
married on the 18th of next month
20 the charming and popular Miss
Lydia Haase. Cards are out an
nouncing this happy event.
The Pelican State Silver Band will
give q grand ball at the City Hall on
Wednesday night.
The Pharr planning mill resumed
operations on Tuesday last, after a
close down of over a week, due TO an
accident to the machinery Of the plant.
An important new enterprise for
this section is being established in
the Fausse Pointe country by Messrs.
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LOOK! LOOK!

Your favorite Cigar, your favorite
Magazine. We have it. All the lat
est periodicals and newspapers. Call
Phone SGT, Hotel Frederic News
Stand, Calos Bodin, Mgr.
Break your Cold or La-Grippe with
a few doses of 666.
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O. RWoudet, Jr., For 100

r. q pa.go,da4 n. n -.
- 40 fcS Ibor;1 = TOR 100
~ 49, a ter'' , i.'.' !" {, 100 8
~ f. at ~ ~ 90 Or 80
~ -, VI -. Il ~, --'.. 500
= Co,to,. ~ W. '.'' ieet
r., 49,, nv, Ii. It u -. 27.6
. Ih ,ar' VI ~ .'' y or ~ leet,
r., - -. - &-;G 5I.lI.. ' +, -. 800
~ - = -'l.,'ie'' : or I58
rect, Nam 9s...-.....,.. 138 4
To Claude Lacostr For 59.5
feet, Center St.-......... % :
To Chas. /. Provost, For lO5
$40 feet, Bridge St..... 1o5
To +. +. Delhommer, For 1873 ~
40 feet, Bridge St....... 1q5
To Est. a. Rateauy, For S.
feet, Center St........... o.
-
For so feet, Nam St...... IN
To I. l.. MlnvleIle, For 50 "
feet, iberia St............ en-
To Est. Henry Ledouy. For -
80 feet, Iberia St...,..... 8Or
To Adolphe Lasserre, For
175 feet, Nam St......... liz
To Clay Sayoie, For 1913
feet, Center St............ 30
To Alexis Derouen, For IS
feet, Center St........... an
To Willie Walsh, For 142 feet.
Center St. ............... ~
To Mrs. j. d. Walsh, For 80
feet, Center St............ DO
To Robert j. Landry, For GO
feet, Duperler Ave. ....... 6SI
To Frotcher Muller, Et ais,
For 800 feet, Duperier Ave. 800
To Lizzie Chargois, For "A
feet, Iberia St........... AL
To Fernand LeSeigneur, For
80 feet, Iberia St....... 80
To II. P. Gates, For ia feet,
Duperier Ave. ........ 114j
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A. G. Broussard and Felix Mestayer
IN the shape of a railroad connectine
Lake Fausse Pointe with the BAYOU
Ieche. The road expects to do a big
business in hauling logs from the
Lake to the mills on the Bayou.
The City Council passed an ordin.
ance requiring every house owner to
mark his house with the street num-
Der, and fixing a penalty of $500 or
5 days in Jail for failure to nut I'M
the number within 60 DAYS.
Contract was also let to l.. s. Ben
ham to furnish 225 tin signs bearing
the names of the various streets
same to be put up at the street corn
ers by him, for the sum of $50.
Hon. l.. O. Hacker, Parish Supt.
of Education published a notice of
examination for teachers certificate.
The Veazey Opera House closed
its 1900-1901 season after presenting
twenty six shows. Messrs. Frank
G. Blumenthal and F. F. Veazey
We're cO-managers.
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It has always been generally ac-
cepted as the height of insult to call
man hog; but. having known
some pretty decent swine in my time,