The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1899-12-02
STATE NEWS.

Synod was In session IN 'ro"iey
last week.
An election will be held at Ruston
on the first Monday in December
for the purpose of electing Mayer
a ID FIVE trustees to serve for the en-
suing year.
East Vermilion Encampment No.
10, knights Of Temperance is on
a boom-new members being I'M,
tiated at every meeting. -Abbevil'e
Republican Idea.
Val Bates was hanged at Baton
Rouge, on Friday last. for having
committed rape on respectable
white lady at Zachary during the
summer. He remained s,olid t.
the last.
Mr.. Robert G. Chapman, one oil
the oldest citizens of this parish,
died at his home here, on Tuesday,
Nov. 2Ist., at the advanced age OF
IS years. Mr.. Chapman was ma
tive OF Missouri, and came to Loui-
siana when quite young man. The
funeral was conducted from the
Catholic Church at O'clock p. m.
yesterday w ashington Enterprise.
A Signal representative talked
with gentleman, Tuesday, VINO Is
connected with the new road which
will run from Alexandra to New
Orleans when finished. He gave
the information that the road was
by no means a dead letter, but that
it would without doubt be com
pleted in time. When asked what
time, he said be thought two years
at the fartherest would see trains
running over the road. 81 expect
to be here with the president of the
road. who IS now in New York,
within the next three weeks, and
you will be given agreeable surprise
them" Is the way he put it.-Crow-
ley Signal.
The Gueydan rice mill bias had a
peculiar experience with the deep
we'll put down by them. 1t Is 100
feet deep, and has been running a
little over forty days, vet new Aues
have already been ordered for il.
The water supply comes from a
deposit Of some nature, probabl,
sodium, that has played havoc will
the piping. A sample Of this de-
post which gathers about the joints
OF the pipe was brought to tn
Signal Office. 1t has the appearances
of coral, only 1t is brown insteat
Of white. The boilers of the en- lnei
have also suffered from the use o
the water. New piping will be pn
down. and the effect Of The water o,
the new pipe noted. 1t may posri
big be that the troublesome elemen
in the water will disappear. Grow
ley Signal.
The mass meeting held last Sun
day at the Court House in Thibo
daux took occasion to commit til,
Democracy Of this parish to til,
support of one of the several aspi
rants gubernatorial honOrs. tn,
resolutions, which were unanimous
lyadopted, recommend the indOrse
Of the Hon. S. McLawrason for the
Governorship.
This recommendation of the
committee on resolutions and thu
unanimous adoption thereof by til,
massmeetingis deserving of praise
especially as the Democracy OF
this parish has been pledged t.
the support of worthy aspirant
Mr.. Lawrason is q staunch Dem.
ocrat and an able citizen, winning
much popularity through the
ability displayed as member of
the General Assembly of this
State. He is neither an admin.
istration nor an anti.administra.
ton candidate, but has placed
himself before his fellow citizens
as a candidate that desires the
nomination and election at the
hands of united and harmonious
Democracy. AS an evidence of his
Willingness to submit to the will
OF the Democratic party he
nnequivocally announced that he
was willing to submit to a Demo.