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THE WEEKLY IBERIAN.
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New Iberia, Louisiana, Saturday, December 30th, 1922.
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'<* (öS UND LIGHTS BEING .INSTALLED
P ON MAIN STREET.
Police Also Appointed. Will Start On Job
r With Opening Of New Year.
W9S
ct of
lartcd Friday mornin«
ns tailing traffic
Main Street at
**"'■ rinc j pB l intersections, run
fcjtZ Street to Kailroa.i
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^i, conforming to a
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resolution
C |,y Mayor LaSalle a few
' 8 t which time penm sion
_ by the Board of Tru<
L Mayor to carry out tirs
10 P 1
5 till hr necessary for a H.anm l
center of
the brick pave
accommodate the laying of
I** . ,L.„,,n-h the I
through
L« out from the lines on the
.«.I- „treet. This will he
j jjain -
. difficult piece of work. It is
j„m.bv Mr. James Hebert.
made at the cor
don? by
-felt start was
\ min and Iber.a, Pr.daymorn
■w pians call for traffic signs and
erected on strong pillars, ex
the center of each street in
jen in the more congested di s
of the city.
p mov? will fill along felt need,
U i"
obilos have now become so
and some drivers so reck
"(jyrt frequent collisions were the
i serious injury sure to oc
imes.
tIAFFIC POLICE ALSO.
ncing with January first
Iberia will also he able to boast
I Special Traffic Cop, in the per
il Mr. Ben Veazey. who has
appointed to occupy this im
£ position.
|r, Veaaey states that, while he
the driver of any
ling to give
I a truck the benefit of a reason -
! doubt, he is going to sot* that
City Traffic Ordinances are
i* to the letter. He intends to
himself with n stop-watch,
»Mt be will be able to judge ex
f the speed that any car is mak
pIf it figures above the maxi
i allowed by law, the driver can
Hwinummons to appear in the
p Court.
HUGE POWER ADAMANT,
ff» Honor, Judge Power, is known
Ih "hard boiled" when it conies
it on to "speed fiends,"
I dth the added assistance of a
he will be able to break
ItW Seedless, dangerous, reckless
! over our city streets
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ftlJlift *«ys that when Special
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ELKS THEATRE
Where ripples of delight Check the trembling tears
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From
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FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT'S
famous story
Scenario by Bernard McCon ville. Photography by Charles Rosher
Direction by Jack Pickford and Alfred E. Green.
The touching appeal and quaint, fine humor of the
ir story; the wonderful art of the never- to-be-forgot
* n dual portrayal; the exquisite beauty of the entire pro
ion-all of these have captured the hearts of everyone
has seen this photoplay of rarest charm.
Balciiy 35c. - Childna 15c. Tn Extra
( Iffieer Veazey brings 'em before the
City Court with evidence enough to
convict, it is going to he pretty
tough with the law breaker.
The system of traffic lights and
signs will not be completed for some
time, as it is quite a joh to put,
them up in the vitrified hrick pave
ment, but Mr. Veazey starts on th<
job with the opening of the new
year, so M r. ( or M rs. ) Speeder,
better watch out!
100 KILLED BY POISONED BOOZE
DURING HOLIDAYS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Poison
ed booze reaped a toll of nearly a
hundred lives during the Christmas
holidays in the United States, ac
cording to reports compiled by pro
bation enforcement headquarters to
day.
Denatured alcohol converted to
concoctions that resembled real whis
key was blamed for the majority of
the deaths.
Prohibition directors estimate that
thousands are undergoing treatment
in their homes or in hospitals. Pro
hibition directors declared that in
many cases death certificates camou
flaged the real cause and attributed
death to other things.
WANTS NEW ORLEANS BRIDGE.
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havp the council give the
Public Belt Railroad authority to is
f-ue .$15,000,000 in bonds for the con
struction of the bridge.
Business interests of New Orleans
still are talking of the construction
oi a bridge across the Mississippi
there. At present the bridges at
Memphis are the last ones across the
lower Mississippi. One proposal is to
BEATS AN IOWA FARM.
Twenty years ago George W. Van
Dyke, an Iowa farmer, bought land
and settled in the lower Louisiana
delta. He had never seen an orange
ttee, hut he had heard about them, so
he started a small grove of about an
acre. Ilis 1920 crop brought in $1,286
und in all he had sold over $20,000
worth of oranges.
FULLER BRUSHES—In Holly
Boxes. The appropriate Christmas
Gift. Let me show you the line.
Andre C. LaSalle, Phone 111, 703
W. St. Peter St.
All Indications Point to Normal
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COMMUNITY CAROLERS
CITY.
TOUR
On Christmas Eve about fifty men
and ladies gathered at the Chamber
of Commerce office, and from there
went in automobiles on a tour of
New Iberia, singing Christmas Car
ols to a list of "shut-ins" that had
been prepared.
About fifteen homes were visited
by the singers. Some of these homes
contained invalids, some crippled per
sons, or sick, and some elderly peo
ple who are not able to get out.
much.
Many were the words of thanks
spoken for this music. One lady said.
"You have brought a touch of real
Christmas cheer to my old mother
that will never be forgotten." Ono
young man, a cripple, has sent word
to Community Service that words
cannot express his appreciation for
their thoughtfulness.
It is little things like this done in
a community that make a real home
town.
A little MORE kindness,
And a little LESS creed,
A little more GIVING,
little less GREED;
little more SMILE,
little less FROWN,
little less kicking
man when he's down,
little more "WE,"
And a little less "I,"
A little MORE LAUGH,
And a little LESS CRY,
A little more flowers
On the pathway of Life,
Will prevent much complaint
And end much of your strife.
IBERIAN (JETS PATENT ON
VENTION.
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Mr. Walter E. Fisher, engineer at
the New Iberia Ice Factory, has just
received a letter from his Patent
Attorneys at Washington, D. C., no
tifying him that his application has
been allowed by the Federal Govern
ment on an Oil Burner Apparatus
invented by him. The allowance was
made on December 20th.
This invention is an automatically
controlled oil burner, operated by
steam pressure, and is the only one
of itR kind in existence. It is a very
ingeniously constructed apparatus,
and will fill a long felt need in oil
burning plants of America. From
tests made it can be set to keep
steam pressure at any desired gauge,
and without further attention will
maintain that pressure indefinitely.
Mr. Fisher has secured local fin
ancial backing, and is now making
plans to place his product on the
market in the near future.
MILLIONS FOR 30,000 ACRES.
The Michoud plantation of nearly
30,000 acres, part of it in the ninth
ward of the city of New Orleans war.
disposed of at a price said to exceed
a million dollars. The buyer is Col.
R. E. E. DeMontluzin. The property
was acquired in 1910 by the New Or
leans Drainage Company, a Chicago
■orporation which planned to develop
the property but never did so. The
new owner plans to convert the huge
holding into residential farm tracts.
Order your N. O. Sunday and ev
ery evening Daily States from the
Hotel Frederic News Stand and you
will be sure to get it. Phone 527
IBERIA HIKER GETS TO
CALIFORNIA.
Passed Through This City
Few Weeks Ago.
This article was clipped from Tin
Santa Maria Daily Times, published
in Santa Maria, California, and dat
ed Saturday, December 16, 1922.
Gross-country hikers are common
these days, in fact few weeks pass
by without some pedestrian make <
his way along the coast highway as
the result of a wager with some
friend or an organization.
A very unusual member of the
hikers' fraternity made a brief visit
in Santa Maria this morning. This
man, A. L. Vuillemot, left Washing
ton, D. C., September 12, 1922, on a
$75,000 wager to walk from the na
tion's rapitol to the coast and return
by June 1, 1923, handicapped with
handcuffs about his wrists and
chained to a wheel harrow. He has
been forced to push this one-wheel
vehicle every foot of the way of his
long journey and arrived in this city
at 8:30 this morning with a happy
smile upon his face and bloom of
health upon his cheeks.
When he left Washington in Sept
ember he weighed 128 pounds and
was considered a consumptive. Today
he weighs 156 pounds and looking
forward to a Christmas dinner in
San Francisco.
Local interest in the hiker is
created by the fact that he haiU
from the home town of a well known
Santa Marian, J. M. Davis. Mv.
Davis recognized Vuillemot this
morning pushing his wheel harrow
The hiker was invited into the Davis
auditor's office on South Broadway
and their boyhood days in New Ibe
ria, La., were discussed for a brief
time. Mr. Davis vouches for the
identity of the man and the recom
mendations carried prove beyond all
doubt that the hiker is carrying out
the agreement as arranged in Wash
ington. Senator Jos. E. Ransdell, of
Louisiana, is the first name to ap
pear in the book containing over
8000 signatures of various people
met by Vuillemot on his journey.
The hiker is accompanied by a
young man who was sent to see the
conditions of the agreement wer *
carried out. Vuillemot started his
journey without a cent of money and
has made his way by selling adver
tising space on his wheel barrow and
from donations. He has not accepted
any offers to ride and has walked
every step of the distance of over
.3400 miles traveled to this city. Hi«
outdoor life has restored his health
which was failing as a result of
Bervice during the World War. He
has captured a prairie dog and kill
ed a fox and coyote in Arizona.
Vuillemot is confident that he will
reach Washington City by June 1,
1923.
IBERIA AGENT WINS EXPRESS
CONTEST.
Mr. W. E. Williams, agent for
the American Railway Express Com
pany at New Iberia, is just in re
ceipt of a letter from the head office
of the company advising him that
he was one of the prize winners in
a contest participated in by all ex
pre n agents in the United States.
The contest was run during th<*
months of July, August and Septem
ber to boost the sale of Travelers'
Cheques issued by the Express Com
pany.
The nation is divided into five dis
tricts, New Iberia being in the South
west District. Nine prizes were
awarded in the states comprising
the Southwest District, and Louisi
ana captured four out of the nine.
Mr. Williams office here ranked
third, which is quite an honor, con
sidering the vast amount of compe
tition.
Accompanying the letter announc
ing the winners in the contest was
his prize, a check for twenty-five
dollars, which no doubt adds to the
enjoyment of his success.
AT THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The First Sunday After Christmas.
There will be the regular services
at the Episcopal Church this coming
Sunday at 7:30; 10:00, and 11 A. M.
The special intention at both of the
services will be: That the entire Am
erican Church, The Church of the
Epiphany, and each individual mem
ber of the congregation may have
faith and grace to carry out the
spiritual and temporal programme of
the late General Convention.
New Year's Day.
New Year's Day being the high
feast of the Circumcision of Christ
there will be two celebrations in the
Church: at 7:30 and 11 A. M., with
the same intention as on Sunday.
The Circumcision of Christ has been
considered in all Three branches of
the Holy Catholic Church, Greek,
Anglican, and Roman, as one of the
great festivals of the Christian Year;
and it is hoped that many will avail
themselves of the privilege of being
pmut at God's altar on that day.
CHRISTMAS WAS EXTENSIVELY CELEBRATED
IN NEW IBERIA.
Community Service Efforts Add Much To The Jollity
Of The Occasion.
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Christmas in New Iberia was nh
! served in a manner, and v illi an en
thusiasm not seen here in many
year.
From observations, and according
to the statements of our leading
merchants, there was more money
spent, and more presents given, than
in several years preceding.
The usual number of Christmas
visitors in New Iberia was swelled
to a new high record mark, and the
family reunions of absent members
were numbered by the dozens.
An atmosphere of good will and
friendly association porvn<l"d the en
tire city to a remarkable extent.
ENTERTAINMENTS M MEROUS
Starting several days before Christ
mas, with Christmas trees and ent
ertainments in all the schools, and
with special services in all churches,
commemorating the Nativity
Christ, the entire populace was
brought under the genuine Christmas
influence, and prepared for a real
observance of the day.
The Knights of Columbus dispens
ed good cheer and generous gifts
hundreds of children Sunday after
noon at four o'clock, on the occasion
of their public Christmas tree, in
St. Berchman's Hall, at Mount Car
mel Convent.
A veritable army of eager young
sters thronged the hall, hut the lib
eral provisions were equal to the
test, and every outstretched hand
received its gift.
THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
The much heralded Community
Tree was erected, as previously an
nounced in The Iberian, on the Court
House grounds.
The committee had done noble
work, and when the lights were turn
ed on shortly after six o'clock
Christmas afternoon, a gasp of ad
miration involuntarily swelled from
the vast throng who had gathered to
witness the event.
The New Iberia band met Old
Santa in front of the Chamber of
Commerce headquarters, and preced
ed his decorated truck to the Court
yard, where they played a few sel
ections while Santa with his assist
ants were moving the huge boxes of
candy to the tree.
CROWD PASSES EXPECTATIONS
While the arrangement committee
had anticipated a large gathering
the number so far surpassed their
expectations that the plan of proce
dure had to he abandoned to a con
siderable extent.
Santa had intended to dispense the
hags of candy from his tmek, but. it
was found impossible to drive through
the solid line of cars that blocked
Main street in front of the Court
House, nor would it have been safe
to attempt passing the truck through
the mass of crowding hundreds that
surrounded the tree.
CROWD SINGS CHRISTMAS
CAROLS.
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GAGE HATS
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$ 1.00 $ 2.00 $ 3.00
Nothing Over Three Dollars.
Gossan) Corsets and Brassiers Half Price.
Come Early and make your selection.
Miss Ida M. Cheatham
Wishing You All A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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Night." "O Come Ml Ye Faithful.''
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! t line old popular Cb ; I loin. ( n rol
I The srhaol (bilden had been prncti
1 sing other -pedal onus for the o
rasion, but tin y were re mixed up in
i Hi" crowd that it was impossible to
get them together to sing. However,
this feature of the program went off
very smoothly, and seemed to have
been enjoyed by everybody.
S \ NT \ H AD Hit; JOB
Santa Clans, represented by Mr
Max Zimmerman, jovial manager of
the Boldt Paper mill, had n man
i/.ed job in handing nut the bag" of
candy.
Approximately twelve hundred
hands were stretched out to receive
the packages that had been prépai
es! by the ladies of New Iberia.
It was not so mm h for the candy
itself as the pleasure of receiving il
at the pretty tree, and from Obi
Santa himself, that caused the lit
tie folks to push and crowd till i'
looked for a time as- though Santa
Claus, tree, and assistants would he
crushed beneath the press of eager
feet. However, a few men came t,>
the assistance, and in a short time a
fine was formed, and everything
went along smoothly. Candy and
children "came out even," and the
last hag filled the last outstretched
hand.
Community Service has again mad-'
good and justified its existence
among the organizations in New
Iberia.
FIRE CHRISTMAS DAY.
Fire broke out in the large resi
dence owned by Mr. Belanger, for
merly the Captain White home, on
Past Main Street, Monday noon, and
did a great deal of damage before the
blaze could begotten under control.
The family were eating their Christ
mas dinner when the fir.se was dis
covered, and the misfortune broke in
to their joyotisness in a most re
grettable manner.
According to reports, the extent of
the loss will be about four thous
and dollars.
The building was rendered abso
lutely unfit, for further occupancy,
end the family have rented another
home until theirs ran he rebuilt.
The fire had lits origin inthe attic
The fire had its origin in the attic
and was caused, according to ex
perts, by defective electric wiring.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
You are cordially invited to at
tend the services of the Christian
Science Church, which are held at 11
A. M., Sundays, in the Masonic
Lodge room. The subject for this
Sunday will he: "Christian Science. - '