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Show CIVIL POST FOR ROUGH RIDER John A. Mcllhenny, of now Iberia Paris, La., i r 1 recently mado a member of tho civil sorvlco com- .BssW mission, won this distinction by gallantry on tho sfc battlefield of San Juan In tho presenco of Col. K- Itoosovelt. Mr. Mcllhenny, not yet 37 yenra of B fl ago, went Into tho Spanish-American wnr as n B??9 5? I privato In the rough rldors, and was mustered out By w as socond ltcutonant of troop K. K X ji Mr. Hooaevclt has gono out of his way to bo- HbtfWV .I stow favors upon tho young LouUlnnlnn. Ho has HsBV called him to tho Whlto House and to Oyster Bay for numerous conferences, and haB always mado itMfl V It known that bo lntondod to tender tho warrior a B high offlco. A H Mr. Mcllhenny Is host known to Louisiana as B flA H a pepper sauco makor. Down an Avory Island, IbbbM1A-bb tho plantation homo of tho Avery nnd Mcllhenny families, ho has a consldor able Industry. Tho peoplo of Iberia Parish worship him In ft way. Ho is tholr sensator In tho IOiilslana stnto senate. Probably tho most effect ho Illustration of tho closo bond existing bo-tween bo-tween .he Itoosovelt nnd Mclhcnny families wns given when Miss Alice Roosovolt visited Now Orleans two winters ngo to witness tho cnrnlvnl. Sho wns a guest of tho Mclhonny family, and had npnrtmouts nt Mr. Mcllhonny's homo. Mr. Roosovolt followed Inst year on his trp to Now Orleans, after tho fever quarantines hnd been lifted, nnd wns entertained by Mr. Mcllhenny. |