New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-02-06
"A case of small

DOutHeTu pOTllOu OF new Iberia
last Monday. The party, Meyer
by name came here from one of
the upper parishes and his symp-
toms were so pronounced that Dr..
Shaw called the authorities at
tentlon to it at once and the mat
ter was taken in charge by Mayor
FonteGeu. In all likelihood
there will be other cases ire
spective of the rigid quarantine,
as we are informed a number of
people went in and out of the
premises before the disease was
made known. 1t is hoped the
lOathSome disease is checked as it
would not only be expensive to
the City, but detrimental to the es-
tabllshed health of the cOmmun-
ity. 1t would be well for the au-
thorlties to employ physician
permanently irrespective of the
cost if we wish to keep the com
munity free of disease. In no
other community can they get
along without a licensed practi-
toner and it behooves the City
Fathers to employ a physician
under yearly contract before it
is too late.
Orders taken for engraved
wedding invitations. Place your
orders with us.
The great Gilbert, the hyp-
notist who has been filling a week
at the Elk Theatre has been draw
inc enthusiastic audiences. Mr..
Gilbert is beyond any doubt the
best in his line that has ever ex-
hibited in our City. Wednesday
evening he hypnotised pianist
and set him at the piano making
him perform without one minutes
rest from two o'clock until 7 80.
Hundreds Of people dropped into
the rotunda of the Theatre at
tracted by his music. The gen
tleman is good performer and
rendered excellent music under
the spell. After the hypnOtist com
manded to stop it was many
minutes before his fingers stopped
their movements and it took some
little time to awake the sleeper
This was one Of the most wonder
ful stunts pulled off by Mr.. Gil
bert though his entertainments
as whole were very amusing and
entertaining. A number of our
young men were made to 60
through antics on the stage that
they could not be paid to do were
they not under the hypnotic in
fuence. After he once gets his
control he can make them do any
thing.
Moss Club Sauce now 15c. Buy
bottle.
This section of the country
like many of the Southern States
is experiencing some of the heav-
lest rains ever recorded in this
State. In another column ap-
pears a statistical report given us
by Mrs. John A. Gebert for Jan
uary and the first few days Of the
present month. On both Sunday
and Thursday a great area of this
City as well as the Parish was
more or less inundated, the rains
falling so fast and heavy that it
was impossible for the drains to
carry the surplus water off fast
enough and hundreds of dollars
worth of hay was destroyed. 1t
looks like the more bitches and
canals we cut the heavier the pre-
cipation. Something should be
done to relieve the peol lie in the
Southern section Of New Iberia.
Particular attention should be
given to the small drains Oh
Washington Avenue wherein the
Southern Pacific has erected
bitches along its tracks that are
entirely too small and in fact are
of no use whatever on such occa-
sions. Previous to the cutting OF
the large canal which runs up to
the Parish line in westerly di-
rection the drainage was ample in
the lower section of the City.
Now all of the surplus water from
above must first empty itself be-
fore the water standing in the
heart of New Iberia can be re-
lieved thus inconveniencing many
of the residents for several hours.