New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07

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, nouncing the nuptials to be hel
III that City of one of our forme
voEng citizens. Mr.. Roscoe {
Sealy who will wed on Saturda,
, October the 21st Miss Mona
Louise Eva. a daughter of Mr.. an,
Mrs. A. H. Eva of San Antonio
The friends Of the prospective
groom eXtenI to him and his brid
their best wishes.
-le editor is i'm receipt of az
invitation from the executive com
mlttee of the Interstate InIanC
Waterway League to attend a con
vcntlon to be held at Lake Charlie.
on October the 10th and Dist
Special rates has been secured
over the different railroads enter
ing that city and all citizens who
are interested in the project are
expected and invited to be pres
ent. The citizens of that cosmo-
polltan town are making extern
slve preparations for the comfort
and entertainment of the guests
when they reach there. Let all
lherians who can afford the time
be present at this important gath
erlng. This great inland wafer
wav which will soon connect the
Mississippi River with the Rio
Grande and which will be con-
nected bv our New iberia Com
mercial Canal as soon as it is
made navigable will be a great
benefit to this section of the coun-
try from many standpoints.
Sash, Blind and Door Factory,
special work of all description.
Clsterns and Tanks.-Bertrand
Lumber CO.
Fire last Monday night des-
troyed barn with it's contents,
some mules and horses and feed
stuffs of Mr.. Adolph Lasscrre
without five cents worth of in
Surance. This is the second time
this unfortunate man has suf-
fered such losses without any i'll
surance and it falls quite heavily
upon him. Some twelve or fif-
teen wears ago his home was
totally destroyed and he was
insurance. This time
lis barn with lot of cotton.
'orn and some live stock took
ire and nothing was saved from
he confagration.
From what we learn the
york will be begun next week on
he Garage of Mr.. Fred Patout (
n the large property he recently {
of Mrs. Gourdain
ninth of New Orleans, situated {
the Hotel. Contractor c
'ulllOt has been awarded the con- t
ract and ere few weeks, a nice i
rick building will be erected on n
he site. This will be the first Il
rick building erected here for a f
lumber of years, and while the f,
Improvement Of this property A
Ill be an adjunct to the com 81
ercial buildings of New Iberia, IL
e would much prefer to chronicle D
e commencing of structure of
at would mean few more in
1oke stacks giving employ m
ents to those of our people who IL
e in need of steady occupation. eff
Mr.. O. B. DeBellevue. the gen.
editor and proprietor of the
yoyelles Enterprise, published
Marksville spent several days.
It week in New iberia. visiting
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. Al
d Mrs. s. B. DeBellevue. While TO
New liberia Mr.. DeBellevue So
$ entertained bv some of his Nj
W Iberia friends to fish-fry -
Spanish Lake and it was
ltion how he did away with the =
w tribe.
Preparations are underway
the sugar mills to commence =
rations during the latter part
this month. We understand
h, Orange Grove of the J. N. -
lrr Sons and the New Iberia
.ar Company will commence r.
ding cane on the 10Th of the =,
18th. The crop this year is the
Rest this section has ever seen r.
'e 1911 despite the work If x
cane borer that has been get
in his work the past month
e successfully. doing consid- -.
lie DAMAGE in cerfain sectinns