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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07
NOTICE OF ELECTION AND
PROCLAMATION.

Office Of the Board of Sewerage Commits
sioners of the First Sewerage Distrc'
of New iberia, La.
New Iberia, La, Oct 4th, 1916.
Take notice that we the undersigned
Board of Sewerage Commissioners Of
the First Sewerage District Of New Ibe-
ria, Louisiana duly elected and qualified
pursuant to the Constitution and Laws
of the State and acting by virtue of the
power and authority in US vested by law,
and pursuant to An ordinance regularly
adopted by said Board on the 4th day of
October A. D., 1916, do hereby direct and
give notice and proclaim that on Tues
day the 7th day of November, 1916 a
special election shall be held in an
throughout the First Sewerage District
of New Iberia, Louisiana for the purpose
of electing q Board of Sewerage Com
missioners for said First Sewerage Dis
trict, consisting of five (5) members to
be selected by the property taxpayers
resident within the limits of said Sew
erage District, and authorized to vote
under the Constitution and Laws of the
State of Louisiana at elections in sucn
districts for the issuance of negotiable
bonds, the term of office of said Com
missioners to continue for four ~
years and until their successors shall
have been elected and qualified as pro-
.ided by law.
Take Further Notice: That in pur-
spance of the authority in US vested and
of the laws in such case made and pro-
vided, we the said Board of Sewerage
Commissioners have ordained by ordi-
nance as aforesaid, and do hereby d.
rect and give notice and proclamation
that said election shall be conducted by
and At the time and place and in the
manner following, to-wit:
That said election shall be held from
seven A. M. until five P. M. Of the above
date fixed for said election. The polling
place at which such election shall be held
and at which the votes at said election
shall be cast, is hereby fixed and estab
lished at the iberia Parish Court House
in the City Of New Iberia, La, said pol
ling place being situated within the
limits Of said Sewerage District. Said
election polling place shall be opened OF
the said day between seven A. M. and
Eve r. N.
That any person desiring to become !
candidate shall file his written notifca-
ton Of his intention to become . can
iidats, aecompanied By . declaration that
b = daily qualified under the constitu-
Hon and Laws Of ~ State Of Louisiana, !
N1ieA 6eslnn&iea ahall ~ He'd With the |
lesseeaey = - 3suGsaop Cennissis-
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07
AN ORDINANCE.

Of the Board of Sewerage Commissio
ners of the First Sewerage District y
the City of New Iberia, State of Louisi
ana, calling q special election and pro
viding for the time, place and manner o
conducting the same, said special cleo
ton to be held in the First Sewerage
District of said City of New iberia ere
ated and designated by Ordinance No. y
of the Board of Trustees of the City TO-
the year 1915, adopted Sept. 9th, 1915
and bounded and described as set fort.
in said Ordinance No. 81 of the Boar.
of Trustees Of said City of New Iberia
said special election to be held in ths
First Sewerage District of New Iberia
Louisiana for the purpose of electing 3
Board of Sewerage Commissioners fol-
said Sewerage District, ~ provided BY
law.
Be it ordained by the Board of Sew
erage Commissioners of the First Sew
erage District of the City of New 1bc-
ria, Louisiana in called meeting this day
Sec l. That an election be and it is
hereby ordered to be held in the FRS;
Sewerage District of the City of New
iberia, Louisiana, created and designated
BY Ordinance No. 81 Of the Board of
Trustees of the City Of New iberia, Lou
isiana for the year 1915, adopted Sept
9th, 1915 and bounded and described in
said Ordinance No. 81, said election to be
held on the 7th day Of November, 1915
for the purpose of electing a Board of
Sewerage Commissioners for sail FRS,
Sewerage District, consisting of five
to be selected by the property
tax-payers resident within the limits Of
said Sewerage District and authorized to
vote under the Constitution and Laws Of
the State Of Louisiana at elections IN
such districts for the issuance OF negotia-
bic bonds, the term of office Of said Com
missioners to continue for four wears ard
until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified. as provided ny law
Sec. 2. Be il further ordained that
Daid election shall be held from 500 A
N. until TOO p. N. Of the above d..
liked for said election. The polling place
Il which such election shall be held AMI
4 which the votes At said election shall
b cast, d hereby 6xed and establ;shei
y ~ hesia rssisA ceurs Houss, IN The
slty q Nsw nkia, Lsuisiana. asia pel-
- - - sllna1o1 vilnia -
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07
Application for Liquor License.

New Iberia, La, Sept. 80, '16.
The undersigned gives notice
that he has conformed with all
the requirements of the Law and
has been granted permit to con-
duct retail liquor business at
the corner Of Main and Bridge
Streets during the years 1916
1917.
LEON j. MINVIELLE.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07
NO TREsPASSlNG.

Olivier, La, Sept 10th. 1915.
Notice is hereby given to the public
that from this date asy party or parties
caught trespasslng, hunting or otherwise
using our property in the Second Ward
Of Iberia Parish, will 10 prosecuted to
the full extont Of the law.
Eugene Boutts,
Mrs. Joe Malvoaux
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-10-07

ual service performed by each of them.
Be it Further Ordained that the nee
essary ballot box, ballots, stationery and
blanks for duplicate tally sheets, lists of
voters, valuations of property and dupli-
! cate compiled statement of the votes IN
the number and amount shall in ample
time be furnished and delivered to said
election officers at said polling place on
the day and at the hour fixed for holding
said election and opening said poll oy
the Board of Sewerage Commissioners
of said Sewerage District.
Be it Further Ordained that the Reg
istrar of Voters of the Parish of Iberia,
Louisiana, shall in accordance with the
provisions of Section Of Act ESQ of the
Laws of 1916, furnish and deliver to said
Commissioners of Election in ample time,
a list of the taxpayers entitled to vote in
person or by proxy at said election, to-
gether with the valuation of each tax
payers property. As shown by the as
sessment roll last made and filed prior
to the date fixed for said election.
Be it Further Ordained that the bal
lots to be used in said election shall be
of such form as to enable the voters -
vote in favor of or against the PROPOSE
ton, said ballot TO be in the following ,
form, and to have printed thereon sub
stantially the following matter. to-wit:
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS,
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How Not 70 Sneeze.

Everyone who attends church or
goes to the theater or other place
where people are assembled knows
how embarrassing it is to have to
sneeze with the usual unpleasant
sounds that accompany such an
outburst of our real nature. an ex-
change says. Such may very easily
be avoided by thinking quickly and
following a simple little rule which
will save us much annoyance.
When the feeling comes over US
which always precedes a sneeze, all
we have to do is to lay our finger
across the upper lip directly beneath
the nose and press firmly upon the lip
for a few seconds.
The sneeze will leave without max
ing itself heard.
The same result can be obtained by
laying the finger across the lower lip
just above the chin and pressing rath.
err firmly for few moments.
Either of these acts will not attract
attention and in almost every instance
the person will be saved the annoy
ance of disturbing the entire audi
ence.
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Safe to jump on Him.

Safety first" seems to be the motto
Of some of the judges in the West
Indies. When an alien prisoner is
brought before them they consider the
possibility of gunboat from the cul'
prit's native land popping in to make
trouble.
1t is told that Haiti magistrate on
examining a prisoner found that he
was from Switzerland.
Switzerland" he mused. "Switzor.
land has no seacoast, has it?'
mo seacoast, your honor" said the
interpreter.
And no navy"
mo navy. your honor"
Very well, then" said the Judge.
I'll give him year at hard labor"
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Friend
BY ALVAH GARTH
IGSG
Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)

"Oh! why did you bring me here
why did you ever tell me?
Mrs. Lura Davenal, two years a
bride, moaned and wept and drew
back from the window whittier sus-
pense and suspicion and the subtle
plotting of woman she should never
have trusted, led her.
She deemed Minna Burton a friend.
She should never have placed faith
in this false counselor. She knew she
had been one of group of admirers
of her husband before his marriage,
who had been particular never to go
out with her, for her reputation was
not clean one, but he had been cour-
teous to her Minna had not seen
much Of him until the last month.
Then lady friend of hers had init
mated to Laura that Minna had told
her secretly that she felt sorry for her
because her husband was deceiving
her.
The lady friend had brought about
meeting between the two Lura
had demanded to know the occasion of
Minna's insinuation. The latter, crafty,
Jealous schemer that she was, had
hemmed and hawed and feigned en-
bsrrassment. Then, when firmly
pressed by Lura, she had spoken of
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A writer in Farm and Fireside gives
some ingenious ways to identify poi
son bottle" IN the dark and to elm
mate all chance of accident from mis-
taking drugs. "Th safest method is
to run a cord through the cork. leav'
ing about eight in he. of string on op.
posite sides Of the cork. Then drive
the cork in as tightly as possible and
wrap the string around the neck of
the bottle in opposite directions and
tie securely l. that bottle is opened
1t will be opened Intentionally II
there are no babies on the place, an
easier method is to run three or four
pins criss-cross through the cork The
pins sticking into the fingers will pre-
vent accidental use of the contents.
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'HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By
A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
BIRD BATHS.
Copyright. by A. Nicely HalLl

Fig. 1 illustrates battery of four
pan tubs. Get four saucepans five
or six inches in diameter, and make a
frame for each of just the right size
so the rim will rest upon the upper
edges Gig. p. BY tapping the strips
as indicated, A, B and c can be cut
of equal length. Strip D must be
enough longer to provide for mailing
the frame to the post support.
Fig. shows the homemade filling
device, and Figs. 3, and 5, details
of it's construction. Side strips A of
the framework are II inches long, 1
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prank must be empty, Of course, and
the split ink must be represented by
piece of black paper placed so as to
extend up to the mouth of the bottle.
You will have the job of cleaning up
after playing the paper-shower win
dowshade prank, but never mind the
work, you will have had your fun.
Take down the window-shade roller
from its fixtures, unroll the shade,
scatter paper over the unrolled por-
ton Gig. g., then roll it up again, and
replace the roller in its fixtures.
Father or brother may be greatly
excited upon seeing a stick appar-
emily running right through the croWI
of his everyday hat Gig. y, but
this prank does no damage in the
least, because the upper end of the
stick is sawed off Gig. 81, and only
a needle runs through the hat crown,
to join the two pieces.
The flutterer shown in Figs. 8, 10
and II may be mailed in due time to
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her deep respect for her, her desire
to shield her and spare her sorrow
and then had declared that her hus-
band was false to her.
HE goes to see certain lady every
day." said Minna. Dear Mrs. Davenal,
spare yourself grief. Men are all
alike. 1t can do no good to unmask
him Let the episode pass.
Never" Lura was aroused and
then Minna had said: VERY well,
will take you tomorrow where you
shall see for yourself" and she had
kept her word, for looking across a
court between two hotel buildings in
room Lura saw her husband and a
woman she did not know. The latter
smiled at Sydney Davenal. She play
fully stroked his face, she even kissed
him.
Lura was heartbroken. Viewing her
with crafty eye. Minna began to
give advice. Why not abandon this
false husband? At least. teach him
lesson, disappear, II only Temporal
lily. From a distance bring him to his
feet in humiliation and contrition!
And to all this poor distressed Lura
listened, never dreaming that a wom-
an at heart wicked plotter was bent
on separating her from a man she had
once loved.
"Yes, yes" she sobbed. take me
somewhere away from this heart
break and sorrow"
II have cousin. Mrs Lavery, a
widow, living about hundred miles
from here. who will be glad to give
you a temporary home" suggested
the specious Minna. and Lura, half
mad with her grief and suspicious,
agreed to be at place Minna named
later that afternoon. prepared for the
Journey. She was to bring her grip
and Minna was to convey her to the
train and start her on her way to Sc
clusion and safety, as she put it,
Lura returned home in tears and
made her preparations for departure,
sobbing heartbrokenly. She wrote a
brief note to her husband. telling him
that she had discovered his perfidy
and that she would never return to
him. She placed this on stand in
their room, where he would be sure
to see it. Then she left the house.
Lura was unfamiliar with the ad
dress Minna had given her She had
told her it was a quiet restaurant and
to go to its side door anu wait in a
secluded rear room. Lura in her UT.
gency and confusion of mind arrived
a half hour ahead of the appointed
time.
She shivered and glanced about her
apprehensively as she entered a vacant
room. The sound of blinking glasses
and ribald voices in an adjoining
apartment frightened her. Suddenly q
girl wearing tawdry garb peered in
to t. room. She viewed Lura critic
ava then she approached her.
81 don't know you, amt your
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the bolt, through strips A near their
open ends, and through two blocks e.
Blocks e form washers to keep the
narrow top of the can centered, so
the bottom will not strike strips A
when being inverted.
Fig. shows how the cord for in
verting the can is attached to the
spout, passed beneath, and down
through a screw-eye screwed into
block B.
The duplex bath in Figs. 6 and 7
has pulley arrangement for raising
and lowering it. Fig. shows the
framework for holding the pans. The
lengths of the strips A and B will be
determined by the size of the pans;
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and the length of blocks c by the
size of the post support, which must
fit loosely in the center opening
formed by them. Screw a screw-eye
into the center of the top edge of
strips c.
After slipping the framework over
the post support, staple a pair of
clothesline pulleys to opposite sides
Of the post, near to the top, on the
same sides as the screw-eyes In
strips G.; then tie ropes to the screw
eyes in strips G, run them over the
pulleys, and drive nails into the post
near the base to fasten the rope ends
to when the framework has been
raised.
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kind" she said, but can guess from
something l overheard this afternoon
that you are hero to meet Minna Bur-
ton"
IF I was-if-if-has she been
here?" faltered Lura.
"She will be soon and you must go
away at once. Listen, lady. fly from
that woman. All she has had you meet
her for is to compromise you. for
this is a den no respectable person
should enter"
Lura turned white as sheet. Her
deepest suspicious were aroused. She
hurried from the place. She fairly ran
until several squares distant.
Now she was more hopelessly
wretched than ever. She thrilled with
horror as, she thought of the wicked
snare set for her feet. Were all WON.
ankind unworthy and cruel? She shud.
dered, a score of wild thoughts in her
mind. Even the dark, deep river
seemed to invite her. Gradually the
distraction grew less intense. She re-
membered a married school friend
Surely she, her closest companion for
four years, would offer her a refuge.
Lura resolved to return home, destroy
the note left for her husband, write
to hor friend asking her to take her
in, await reply and then leave the
house forever.
She was faint and trembling from
excitement and despair as she neared
the house. She entered, stood dazed
as she saw her husband coming from
upstairs. He was never home at that
time of the day. He must have found
the note, and yet with beaming face
he came towards her.
You dear little wanderer," he cried.
Wherever have you been, when
have great surprise for you?"
"A surprise?" she repeated, scarcely
knowing what she said
Yes, come" and he entwined his
arm about her and drew her past the
drawing room draperies.
''Lura, my nearest and dearest of
kin, Myra Blodgett," spoke Sydney
and Lura faced the young lady that
Burton had pointed out to her She
extended a hand, but her senses were
Keeling. What did it all mean?
Cousin Myra is responsible for the
first secret | ever kept from you,
dear" proceeded Sydney. She is a
runaway-cruel papa and all that! She
would not let me bring her here for
fear she would be located, but within
an hour her gallant knight errant will
be here with clergyman and then
we can face the issue"
II will be down in moment" STAN
mered Lura and almost unceremon-
iously left husband and guest. Her
nerves were at fever heat. The note!
Sydney must have found it. Yes, it
was gone!
Lura sank to chair. gasping for
breath. What would Sydney think?
How could she explain it all? Then
suddenly great cry OF Joy left her
lips.
The note! The breeze coming
through the open window had blown
it where she saw it-under the bu-
reau.
And Sydney Davenal marveled at
the strange clinging devotion of his
wife all that day, and the sweet, hap.
by smile of supreme content that new.
er after left her face.
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and hour hand are cut out of black
paper. Paste the hands in place
One of the most surprising and an
noying things for father or mother
to discover is a fresh crack across
the corner of one of the large panes
Of window glass. You can make a
perfect imitation of a broken window
pane by gluing piece of cotton wrap
ping-twine to the glass in the manner
indicated in Fig. 3. Put only touch
OF glue here and there, where you
make turn with the string. l have
never known this deception to fail,
even when the person examining the
window has stood but three feet away.
Quite as startling as the broker"
window pane is the sight of an over
turned ink bottle upon ones writing
desk. The ink bottle used in this
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mend your Compound to other ladies'.
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. -" My troubles
were from my age, and l felt awfully
sick for three years. l had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. / took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WELL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
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inch thick and 2 inches wide; and the
cross blocks B and G are Az inches
long-B of the width and thickness
of strips A, and piece of 2 by 4.
This framework is to be slipped over
the end of a clothespole; therefore, in
assembling its parts, fasten strip B
at the right distance from G so a
clothespole will Mt snugly between
them. Cut blocks D Gig. 81 Of the
proper size to make the opening os
the right width for the pole.
Fig. shows how can is fattened
on it's sides to form a spout, for the
filling receptacle, and how holes are
pierced through opposite sides for a
carriage bolt, by which to mount the
can. Bore holes of the diameter of
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be received on April first. BY having
it come by mail no suspicion will be
aroused. The fiutterer consists of
two rolled-up pieces of paper, folded
over, and connected by a rubber-band.
Letter April Fool!" upon the pieces.
Twist the papers in opposite direc-
tions, until the rubber-band is twisted
very tight. Then place between the
folds Of a sheet of note paper, slip
the paper into an envelope, and seal,
address, stamp, and mail.
Upon removing the paper from the
envelope, the flutterer will Jump about
very lively until the rubber-band is
entirely unwound, when the person re-
ceiving It will be able to read the
message
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HARMLESS FRANKS FOR APRIL
FIRST.

Nobody objects to being fooled on
April first, providing the prank is free
from every element of danger that
might result in personal injury or
damage of some sort.
During the early morning, the clock
is probably the most looked upon OBJ
ject in the house. Therefore, if it
develops an extra pair of hands over.
night, the abnormality is not likely
to escape anyone.
Figure 1 shows a four-handed clock,
and Fig how the extra minute hand
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LyCla u. flnknam 5
Vege table Com
pound. When l was
as an d h a d tn 9
Oh an e of Life,
a friend recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that I took
several bottles. 1
am now well and
healthy and recom-
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KIDNEY MEDICINE DISSOLVES
GRAVEL STONES

DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root sells well
with us because it invariably produces
good results in Kidney, Liver and Blad-
der troubles. We sold dollar bottle to
one of the inmates of our Soldiers Home
near here, and after using it he brought
in about one dozen gravel stones, some as
large as a pea, which he had passed He
states that he obtained wonderful relief
from the use of Swamp Root
ERNEST A. BROWN,
Lafayette, Ind.
Personally appeared before me this
2Sth of July, 1909, Ernest A. Brown Of
the Brown Drug Co., who subscribed the
above statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact.
DAVID BRYAN, Notary Public.
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n Y, for sample size bot.
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores-Adv.
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Former Iowa
Farmers Are
Doing Well
in Canada.

ing statements about the enormous
war taxes that are being paid here
$500 on a quarter section yearly
about forcing young men to enlist for
the war; about the cold, no crops and
any old story that by its extravagant
boldness might influence men and
women from venturing north to Can
ada, is really in the list Of curios to
our people. Knowing the country, we
can hardly take it seriously Our gov
ernments, however, dominion and pro-
vincial, are taking steps to expose the
false statements that are being made,
and thereby keep the channel open for
continuing the stream of settlers that
has been flowing to us for the past
decade.-Advertisem