New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-04-21
A shocking telegram reached

Mr.. +. NJ. Bodin on Thursday
morning announcing that his
nephew, d Mr.. Nerret had met
with an accident at the Caddo
oil fields and was instantly killed.
1t seems the young gentleman was
performing some task at the top
of sixty foot derrick and in
some unaccountable manner lost
his balance and fell TO the bottom
Of the derrick from which he
died. His fall came near cauS-
ing the death Of a fcIloW-Work-
man who was standing near at
the time the accident occurred.
The remains of the unfortunate
man was laid to rest at Lafayette
on Thursday evening. Mr.. Yer
ret was a brother of Miss Edna
Nerret who resides in this City
and who is at present employed
as sten0grapher in the law office
of Mr.. p. r. Burke.
Sash, Blind and Door Factory.
special work of all description.
Cisterns and tanks.-Bertrand
Lumber Co.
Despite the cold weather
some days ago, practically the
entire corn and cane crop in he
ria shows up beautifully and the
prospects as a whole never looked
better than at this particular
time. Those who have put IN
gardens feel hopeful thai their
plans to have a humber vegetable
crop will be realized and we don =
doubt that it will. The soil is in
ideal shape on 90 per cent Of the
farms and our agriculturlSts ar"
all hopeful Of bountiful harvest
unless unforeseen set backs APP
pear. SO far there has not been
much rice planted as yet, as IT is
little to soon in the season fhc
general impression prevails that
our farmers will plant more rice
this year than in any one season
in the history Of the Parish ewing
to the fancy figures the cereal is
quoted at the present. in this
respect orr agriculturisto should
be impressed with the idea of gen
eral diversificatiOn more than r> err
for the reason that if they fai! to
get bic yields in one they are in
position to make up on another.
District Attorney Emile Vuil-
lemot returned home on We'd
nesdav from st. Martinville in
attendance at the regular session
of the Criminal Court. This was
Mr.. Vuillemot's first term as a
prosecuting attorney in that Par
ish since he was indicted into of
flee. From what we learn he was
exceedingly successful with his
convictions. Not a single case
that came up for trial but what
ended in conviction Of the
accused. When Mr.. Vuillemot
assumed the office it was with
determination to let none escape
conviction whom he thought
guilty Of the crime charged and
his record in that Parish bears
out his platform when he an
nounced himself as a candidate
for that responsible position.
esterday morning Angelo
Lombardo, an Italian about forty
years of age and who apparently
was in good health dropped dead
while in his yard. Lombardo
conducted shoe repairing shop
on Weeks Street and a few MIR
utes before was reclining in a !
chair. He got up and walked !
over to a cistern for a drink Of
water and was found dead there
by passers-by. Not belonging to
any of the Italian soci ties his
remains were taken over and
buried by the authorities.
Our esteemed confrere, |
Brother Roy Of the st. Bernard
Voice, very correctly describes
The law breaking speeder of an
automobile, as a public road
hog" He says the fellow who
drives his car as though there
we're no laws against speeding
ike they have an inherent right
o monopolize the whole thorough
are is a menace. In that parish
he law has been broken so often
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