New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-08-03

Presidency organized last Satur
day morning in the Elks Theatre
building. The officers Of THE or
ganization are Judge Rober'
Brown, president; Ralph d
Southwell, Secretary and Louis
Pfister, treasurer, with Messrs. j
P. Russell, R. P. Ribbeck, Leor
Dreyfus, R. A. Jacob and Robert
Brown as members of Parish com
mittee. The delegates elected to
attend the State Convention which
convened in New Orleans yester-
day were Messrs. j. P. Russell
R. d. Southwell, R. P. Ribbeck
X. F. Herpeche, Jos. Hayes, Jacob
Fisher and r. A. Jacobs.
"A gang of men We're busy this
week cementing all of the trolley
poles along the route of the Elec-
tric car line and henceforfh many
improvements will be made by the
Company. Several squads of lab
orers were seen along the route
this week packing the road bed
which had become soggy due to
the past rains. We understand
it IS hard matter just at this time,
owing to the intense heat to pro
cure. sufficient help to do this
work. It is hoped that at an
early date a better schedule will
be put into effect between the
two points. Were another car Of
smaller dimensions put into ser
vice to ply up and down Main
Street the Company would re-
ceive a much larger patronage.
AS conditions are at present it is
very difficult to catch car to and
fro and many nickels are lost due
to me long wait between trains.
We are more than pleased to
see the interest taken by the pres
ent Police Jurors in devising
ways and means for building
better roads throughout the Par.
ish of iberia. Those Of our citi-
zens who are interested in good
roads will do well to peruse the
proceedings pf shat Body at its
meeting last Thursday which ap-
pears In another column. A great
deal of complaint, and justly SO,
has been made by our farmers
over the condition Of the princi-
pal outlets leading from this City,
and we hope at no distant day to
see iberia take from. rank Of any
Parish in this State in the mat
ter of adjusting these abominable
This week we are in
receipt of a communication from
one of our planters which winds
up as follows: Cant you by
some means have your Sixth
Ward Police Jurors run a scraper
over the roads and simply fill up
the holes from Morbihan to New
Iberia before we get another rain
to fill them with water"
1t will be noticed by perusal
Of the minutes of the Parish Dem-
ocratic Committee which met in
this City on July Goth, the Com
mittee declared the following gen.
tlemen elected members to serve
ON the new School Board for the
Parish, they being unopposed.
Patoutville Ward, DR.. U. s. Per-
rett; Third Ward, Hon. Luzin
Gonsoulin, formerly a member of
the Police Jury; Fourth Ward,
Ioreauville, Hon. John D. Valet,
q present member Of the Board /;
5th Ward, Mr.. Ulysse Landry ;
7th Ward, Mr.. Madison Leblanc ;
Jeanerette will again be repre-
scented by DIR. Paul N. Cyr, at
present the head official of the
School Board, being president
since it was indicted into office
and Mr.. A. P. Moresi. In the I'd
Ward a contest is on between
Messrs. E. E. Duplantis and Jules
Muller for the honors and in this
Ward, the Sixth, the candidates
are Messrs. Eugene Guillot, who
aspires to succeed himself. New
Iberia being entitled to three
and Messrs. L. T. Dn-
lany, Harry T. Hall, DR.. Walter
F. Carstens and j. E. Verrett.
All of the gentlemen are excellent
citizens and we believe New lbc-
ria will be well represented
with either of them sitting as
members.
The original committee ia
charge Of the campaign in the M
terest Of Chief Justice Jos. A.
Breaux met last Wednesday night
in the City Hall and organized the
different working committees for
the Parish of Iberia. Chairman
Edward T. Weeks Of the Sixth
Ward committee appointed the
following gentlemen to serve in
this ward to bring out full vote
the day Of the Democratic Phi
mary: Messrs. G.. G. Laughlin,
Alphe Fontelieu, WI. Bernard
Y. J. Smith, VIM. Lassalle, A. A.
Flory j. Woford Sanders, Leon
Lemaire R. A. Jacobs, N. J. Do
mingue, j. w. Taylor, Ed. L. Els
forge. Emile Simon, Albert Stat.
ford, Rene Delahoussaye, D. A
Dimitry, DR.. ]. H. White, H. A
King. ] w. Eckart, w. D. Rey'
nolds, Jos. Hayes, Max Levy, Geo
wy nh, csl~,so Rrossocard EN0