New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1918-05-04
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of the Red Cross Society, we Wer
Informed to state that owing [,
pressing work the publication o
her notes relative to the work be
ing accomplished in the Parish
will appear III our next number
Der.
The regular services of tn,
Presbyterian church will be held
tomorrow night at eight o'clock
j On Wednesday at the same houl
| prayer meeting will take place
The public is cordially invited.
This afternoon at four 'clOcE
Mrs. Lydia Wickliffe Holmes, the
Chairman of the State War Sav
ings Stamp Association will de,
liver a lecture at the New Iberia
High School Mrs. Holmes is
touring the State lecturing to
| the people on War Savings
| Stamps and has met with large
audiences in every town she has
visited. On Thursday she tele-
eraphed to Mrs. (Dr.) J. W. X.
Shaw that she would make her
appearance here and it behooves
our patriotic citizens to make the
meeting a success.
In letter to us on May 1st
regarding the postponement o.
the meeting Of the Louisiana Press
Association. Hon. L. E. Bentley
expressed his regret over the
death Of Senator Broussard as
follows: "I have often thought
since the death of the lamented
and beloved Bob" Broussard,
how fortunate it was that other
deterrent circumstances led to the
postponement Of our proposed
meeting at New Iberia, else we
would have been there just after
the mournful event and during
the funeral obsequieS. which
would have been a sad damper to
our convention. ! have always
been fond Of "Cousan Bob" and
regret his loss as Of he had been
indeed of my kith and kin. What
a lovable man he was"
On Saturday last the State
Convention of the Knights Of
Temperance organization took
place in the city of New Orleans,
and as predicted in our last num-
Der. New iberia won honors Of
which all the friends of that wor-
thv Society should feel proud.
Out of six of the most important
offices the delegates from our City
captured three. Mr.. Julius Be.-
trand was elected as the Grand
Worthy Chief Of Louisiana; Mr..
Tohn M. Perry, another of the
lifelong members was honored
With the position Of Grand Chap.
ain: and Hon. Ozeme Jacob. one
If the fathers of that institution
'ook over the office Of Grand Mar
shall of Louisiana. Strong reso-
'utions were adopted endorsing
our esteemed Presidents war pol
'cieS and the Secretary instructed
TO forward the same to the capi,
tol at WASHINGTON. The meeting
was one of the most successful
,ver held.
Bitten by vicious dogs twice
IN two weeks is the record of the
-year-old son Of Mr.. Walte-
Anglers. Some two weeks age
while on his way to school he was
)itten badly on the leg and again
IN Thursday when passing
trough negro quarters on Lee
Street, met with the same fate
md it was again necessary for
lis limb to be cauterized. Thi
S aggravating and unless
steps are taken by some one in
authority to kill roaming CANNES
;ome person will receive the bite
If a dog suffering from hydropho-
bia. Almost daily dozens of dogs
roam our streets, especially
the southern portion, and in some
Instances households have as many
IS four Of these worthless ours OF
their premises We trust some
ordinance will be passed giving
the officers the right to capture
all stray dogs and take them to
some secluded place and destroy
them.