The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1911-01-21


der cover the names of numerous
persons, both white and black
VINO we believe are amenable t,
this law, and request that you
Honor turn over to the City Off
GERS such names as we have re
ported under seal that these par
ties may be brought before YOU
City Court, in order that they may
there be properly aud legally deal
with. We respectfully urge th'
City officers to be more alert il
the observance of this law, al
there are many men, both white
and black that live from Januar,
the first to December the last Of
every year without visible means
Of support, and continually ply
their avOcatiOn on he life blood Ol
others. We also suggest to yon1
City authorities to adopt such or
dinances az will punish minors
who use tobacco, cigarettes
cigars, and liquors. The boys Of
today being The men of tomorrow
we believe that all safe guards
should be placed against their be
ing dwarfed and poisoned in theil
young daye. We also call the at
tention to the City officers tha,
many minors frequent places Of
lll-fame boldly, and such practice
we believe should be Immediately
stopped, for many reasons, if no,
for their moral well being.
Along this line we urge that
the Mayor Of the City and the
Council assign regular beats for
their officers, both day and night,
and set that these officers patrol
their respective beats and not
generally cOngregate around the
headquarters, where they can not
be appraised Of disturbances and
offences being committed. We
believe that if this were done,
there would be fewer crimes and
fewer disturbances, aud when re-
quired the Grand Jury could more
readily find evidence of the viola
ton Of the laws.
We also desire to call the
Courts attention to the lack OF re
spect that many Of the people
have for an oath, and this we are
sorry to say prevails among citi-
zeDa, who must know better and
should be the mainstay Of the
commonwealth.
PARISH JAIL AND COURT
HOUSE.
When we began our duties we
inspected your jail and found
some twenty prisoners lncarcerat-
ed therein under different charges.
We also found the jail to be cold
and cOmfOrtless place, without
heating apparatus, and without
ireplaces. We were told that
the heating apparatus placed
therein was out Of order and that
the same did not receive any at
tention from the Parish authorities.
Since then we have called upon
the Sheriff and the Police Jury re-
questing them to at once remedy
this evil and 80 far no relief has
been given. The prisoners at
that time were provided with lit
tie or no cover at all, bu. that,
God be Praised, has since been
remed led.
we find that the prisoners are
we'll fod, and that their condition,
aside from a sad state Of cleanIl-
ness are otherwise fairly good.
We beg leave to report that the
roof of the Jail and the Court
house are IN a dllapidated and
leaky condition. We also desire
TO call the attention to the au
thorities that the electric wires IN
the Jail are not in Q proper condi-
ticn. And along this line we sug-
qest that the authorities cause
switches to be placed where need.
ed to avoid fires and other incon-
venience, and also to economlse
from light bills to be paid, as I'D
having switches the janitor or jail
keeper may be enabled at al
times to put on or turn off TIE
lights. We further suggest that
an alarm system be installed ID
the Jail in the event OF ire.
We call the attention to ne
Court to unkempt condition OF tht
Court house and grounds and sug
Rest that the same should %
cleaned and kept clean. Should
any stranger visit our Cour'
House and grounds, he would bt
liable to be entrapped in col
webs and other thing. We re
commend that the Police Jury ap
point . younger and more sigor
80 man ~ ianlf0r. and that the,