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MEMORIAL DAY.

In Louisiana, June 3 is dedicated to

the memory of Jefferson Davis, the

.iflrst and the only president of the

eonfederate States of America. It

is a legal holiday which is observed

by Confederaet soldiers and their kin,

including such organizations as the

_ Daughters of the Confederacy.

.'Jefferson Davis was born in Ken-

tucky June 3, 1808. When a boy his

parents moved to Mississippi which

he represented in congress. His rec-

ord as a soldier in the eMxican war,

as secretary of war during the admin-

Iatration of President Pierce, and in

:all his public functions of prominence,illumine the brightest pages of Ameri-

can history, which factional sectional-

inm could not and can never obliter-

ate.

When his state, Mississippi, sesed-

red, he occupied a seat in the United

;States senate. He was strictly for~the union as was General Robert E.

Lee of Virginia, and other great men

of the South, but his allegiance was

with his state, which as other states

sof the South reserved the right to

withdraw from he compact of the

United States.When the ceded states met in Mont-

-gomery, Ala., in 1861, and through

"their legally constituted authority

formed the Confederate tSates of

America, Mr. Davis was elected its

president, and later he was again re-

elected at Richmond, Va., as the head

" fthis Confederacy.We wil Inot in this reference re-

call hi streatment as a prisoner of

war when incarcerated in Fortress

nMonroe charged with treason, until

IRberated on a bond signed by Horace

Greely as security. Greeley, the then

,editor of the New York Tribune, was

a radical Republican opposed to slav-

-ery, but he realized that Mr. Davis

was being held unfairly and without

'warrant of law. Mr. Davis was never

called to trial on the charge of trea-

son, as he had rightfully insisted in

sall fairnes sto himself and his South-

land. The government dared not try

'him ,not only because he was guilt-

less, but it was desired to keep in

abeyance the claim of the states of

kthe Confederacy tp exercise the rightof withdrawing from the union as in-

.terpreted in the constitution of the), thers.

It is fifty-four years since Lee sur-

tandered, and the Confederacy col-

1.apsed. Lee had fought until his army

hnad been reduced to about thirteen

thousand starved men. He was over-

•whelmed by Grant. The war wasfought by the oNrth to compel the

.seceded states to return to he union.. The emancipation of slavery was sug-

)Y ,

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twins! For, Prince Albert puts over a turnnew to every man fond of a pipe or a homemade cigarette. It wins your glad hand com-pletely. That's because it has the quality

And, right behind this quality flavor and quality fra-grance is Prince Albert's freedom from bite and parchwhich is cut out by our exclusive patented process.We tell you to smoke iour fill at any clip-jimmypipe or makin's cigarette-without a comeback i

Toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound andhalf pound tin humidors-andtlat dcle, practicalpound crystal glass humidor oith spone moistenertop that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition.

" R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Winston-Salem, N. C.

gested to iLncoln as a device for

weakening the states of the Confed-

eracy. The animosity of the section-

al oNrth was so intense that there was

expected an insurrection by the slaves,

but these, with some exceptions, re-mained loyal to thir masters.

These references to the past are

designed as a contrast to the present.

On May 30, thre wa sobserved Deco-ration Day, instituted by the soldiersof the states of the North. On that

day the graves of every soldier, buriedin the United States an' France, andevery section of Europe, were givenappropriate attention. In this observ-ance there wa sincluded the soldireswho participated in the Spanish-Amer-ican war, the gallants sons of noblesires-not forgetting the Confederatewho fought not against the union butto maintain the cherished principlesof Americanism, which is he very es--sence of Democracy.

On Tuesday, June 3, whch was theanniversary of Jefferson Davis, anddesignated as oCnfederate MemorialDay, the graves of the dead-Confed-erate and Federal-will be decoratedwith flags and flowers and evergreens,emblematic of th reverential love-theindescribable affection we entertainfor our dparted kinsmen and friends.

These Memorial Days should bemade most beautiful. While we livewe should never forget these martyrsof iLberty and Democracy, who haveyielded their lives in the maintenanceof principles which should be evercherished in mind and in heart.

All honor and reverence to our he-roes wherever they are buried-be-yon dthe seas or their native soil!-Victor Grosjean in Caucasian.

We gather from his critics thatPostmaster General Burleson is toblame for letting those bombs into hisold department, and that it was oneof his mail cars that bumped into Sam-uel Gompers. These criticcs have notyet thought of blaming Burleson forthe war, but give 'em time.

These are evil days for clothing de-signers. It is impossible for them todesign even "snappy models" of civil-ian togs that can vie in charm withmilitary kahki or navy white and blue.

Senator Sherman rode in a govern-ment airplane the other day. He wasprobably greatly disappointed becausethe blamed thing didn't blow up orsomething.

Lenin and Trosky might inquire ofthe former kaiser how one managesto find refuge and to stick aroundwhere one is not wanted.

THE EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS

With the agitation concerning theincrease of the salaries of teachersthere has ben suggstel th employmntof tachers from the states of the

North. This suggestion is discredita-ble and reflects on the intelligence ofthe South. in this instance, Shreve-port and Caddo parish.

Why go north for tachers?Normal school sufficiently fitted tofil lany position in any of the pub-lic schools of the state, and if not,why continue the State Normal

School?We favor, unqualifiedly, Southern

teachers to teach Southern children-girls and boys-in the public schoolsof the oSuth-Shreveport and Caddoparish. The teachers who are effi-cient and who have been dutifulshould always be retained and ad-vanced by promotion whenever thereis opportunity for such recognition.There should prevail always the cor-diality of good-fellowship between theteacher sand the higher-ups. Fromsuch a system there will be derivedthe gratest and more satisfactory re-sults.-Shreveport Caucasian.

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PROCEEDINGS OF THEBOARD OF ALDERMEN

(Official)Opelousas, La., June 10, 1919.

To the Members of the Board of Al-dermen, Opelousas, La.

Gentlemen: You are hereby noti-fied that there will be a special meet-ing of the Board of Aldermen of theCity of Opelousas, La., at the councilchamber at ten o'clock a. m. on the11th day of June, A. D., 1919, for thepurpose of receiving the report of thecommittee appointed at the last regu-lar jm eting of said board to investi-gate the various departments of thecity government; to take such actionon the report of said committee as theBoard may deem advisable, and tofurther act in the premises as maybe expedient and necessary.

Said special meeting of said boardwill also consider and pass upon thedemand for shorter hours and morepay submitted by the employees ofthe municipal waterworks and electric

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light plant, and take such actionB in the premises as may be necessary

Q M. HALPHEN, Mayor

1 Attest:J. J. PERRODIN, City Clerk.

Opelousas, La., June 10, 1919.I received the above notices on thi

10th day of June, 1919, and promptl:notified each member of the Board iiperson, during the afternoon or evening of this day.

GEO. GOODLOE,City Marshal

f Opelousas, La., June 11, 1919.The Board of Aldermen met thi

day in special session, pursuant tcy the above call.

Present: M. Halphen, mayor, presiding; Aldermen L. A. Gosselin, M. A

I Fields, L. L. Danel, Simon Stelly andy C. P. Dunbar. All members present

t Meeting called to order.The report of the committee mens tioned in above call was read, as fol

lows:I .Opelousas, La., June 11, 1919.

t To the Hon. Mayor and Board o1 Aldermen, Opelousas, La.

Gentlemen: Your committee begsleave to report that on the 10th inst.it met at the mayor's office, after ha't ing served notice on all the powert !ouse employes to be present, and theindividual members of the powerhouse force being called before thecommittee, and each having refusedto appear before the committee, yourcommittee finds itself unable to report on the proposed investigationConsequently, your committee asksthat a special meeting of the Board

I of Aldermen be called to receive thisI report, and to take such further actiorin the premises as may be deemedadvisable.

Very respectfully,M. HALPHEN,C. P. DUNBAR,M. FIELDS,S. STELLY,

CommitteeOn motion of Mr. Danel, seconded

by Mr. Fields, and carried, the abovecommittee report was received andordered filed, and the committee discharged.

The following communication fronMr. A. C. Jones, superintendent, wasread:

Opelousas, La., June 11, 1919.Honorable Mayor and Board of Al-

dermen, Opelousas, La.Gentlemen: The employes of the

power house considering themselvesas having been grossly insulted by acommittee of your board, which summoned them to appear for trial in se-cret session, have notified me thatthey will not continue to operate yourplant after 9 a. m., June 12, unlessthey are given an 8 hour working dayand more money.

The men saw the methods you prac-ticed upon the police department andmade up their minds not to submit toany such indignities.

There is not a man in your employwho wants to leave his position butnone of them are prepared to submitto 'inquisitional methods being prac-ticed upon them after working as hardand faithfully as they have had to doin order to give you the efficient lightand water service you have been re-ceiving.

Their demands are not unreasona-ble. It is common practice in almostall large industries for the men towork only 8 hours a day. Their de-mands as to salary are not unreason-able either, because everything theybuy iq constantly being raised in priceand the wages they are receiving arenot as large as can be gotten in otlierPlaces in the same positions they arefilling, and in some cases are not asgreat as negro laborers are gettingon the railroads.

Now as to myself, I wish to saythat, if the men have cause to con-sider themselves as having been in-sulted. I have more cause. If theyhave a right to a raise in salary, Ihave more right, as they have all re-ceived two raises to my one, to saynothing of the fact that I have hadto take charge of the sewerage andfire alarm systems without any addi-tional compensation.

If you had anything you wanted tbfind out about the power house, de-cent courtesy required that you firstask me. as head of that department,land then if you could not get the in-formation you wanted you would havebeen justified in placing me on trialand summoning my men to testifyagainst me.

As superintendent of the PowerShouse I have a right td demand thatall matters relating to my departmentshould first be taken un with me.

You look tq me for reliable. econom-ical and efficient service and I havegiven it to you. In order to give suchservice I have a number of trainedmen who will work together withoutserious friction. I have done all this.I took charre of yo-r plant in 1912and found it an inefficient junk nilethat was losing so much money thatyou could not have kept it runningthree months more for want of moneyto Day flel bills with.

I rebuilt this niant and nut it in acrndition where it is the city's nrinci-nal asset. I have given a reliable 24hour service "and bhve nearly doubledthe business. Had I done this for ar-ivate comnanv I would have receiv-ed a material increase in ealarv and ahonus on new business but. havingdone it for a m,'nicinalitv. I am notFan treated with the courtesy due

I bavhre manled the nlant throughthe nericd of the war without labortroubles and at a reasonable cost for

labor, at a time when the men couldhave gone elsewhere and made fabu-lous salaries.

I have never been in favor of strikesand fusses and have never had any.I did not start the present one buthave had no choice but to cast in mylot with the rest of the men.

You have undone my work and pre-cipitated labor troubles that couldeasily have been prevented and it isnow up to you to settle them.

Yours truly,A. C. JONES, Supt.

On motion of Mr. Danel, secondedby Mr. Fields, and carried, the abovecommunication from Mr. A. C. Jones,Superintendent, was received andfiled.

Moved by Mr. Danel, seconded byMr. Gosselin, that a committee ofthree, composed of Messrs. E. M.Boagni, Robert Sandoz and J. A. Haas,be and is hereby appointed to arbi-trate with the employes of the powerplant and to adjust the differences be-tween the said employes and the city,and to report as soon as possible.

Mr. Dunbar, seconded by Mr. Stelly,moved as a substitute:

That the demand for an increase ofpay and shorter working hours sub-mitted on yesterday by the employesof the municipal waterworks and elec-tric light plant, be rejected; that inthe event the said employes carry outtheir threat to strike that a commit-tee to be composed of the mayor andtwo members of the Board, be andthey are hereby authorized, empower-ed and directed to employ all neededmen to run the aforesaid waterworksand electric light plant, and to fill allvacancies among such force as maybe caused by said strike should thesame be called by the present em-

.ployes.It is further moved that should the

present employes of said plant carryout their threat to strike, that all ofsaid employes be summarily dismissedfrom their positions, and the commit-tee aforesaid instructed not to re-bm-ploy them.

Substitute motion lost by the fol-lowing vote.

Yeas: Messrs. Stelly and Dunbar.Nays: Messrs. Gosselin, Fields and

Danel.The original motion of Mr. Danel

being called up, was carried by thefollowing vote:

Yeas: Messrs. Gosselin, Fields,Danel, Stelly and Dunbar.

Nays: None.There being no further business, the

meeting was adjourned; subject to callof the mayor, to receive and act uponthe report of the committee of citi-zens appointed at this meeting.Attest: M. HALPHEN,

J. J. PERRODIN, Clerk.City Clerk.

Opelousas, La., June 11, 1919.The Board of Aldermen reconvened

this day in special session, pursuantto adjournment and to call of themayor.

Present: M. Halphen, mayor, pre-siding; Aldrenmen L. A. Gosselin, M.A. Fields, L. L. Danel, Simon Stellyand C. P. Dunbar.The mayor stated that the purpose

of this meeting was to receive and actupon the report of the committee ofcitizens on differences existing, be-tween this board, and the superintend-ent and employes of the city powerplant, said report reading as follows:

Opelousas, La., June 11th, 1919.To the Honorable Mayor and Board

of Aldermen of the City of Opelousas,La.

Gentlemen: The undersigned, yourcommittee, beg leave to unanimouslysubmit the following as their reportand recommendation in the matter ofthe misunderstanding existing be-tween your bdard and SuperintendentJones and the employes of the citypower plant:

They find, after carefully lookinginto the matter, that the city councilhave no intention to reflect uponSuperinendent Jones or upon any ofthe employes of the power house, butthat the object and purpose of thecity council was to inquire into com-plaints and to endeavor to increasethe efficiency of the different depart-ments of the town.

They, therefore, respectfully recom-mend that your honorable body passsuitable resolution disclaiming.any in-tention of reflection upon the saidsuperintendest Jones or any othercity employe.

That, in the matter of salary andthe number of hours they recommendthat a committee be appointed to care-fully investigate this matter,ascertain-ing what is being done in like mat-ters in other cities to the end thatOpelousas should act with justice andequity in paying to its employes and ifixing the number of hours constitut-ing a day's work as exists and as isdone in other cities.

That they request and urge Superin-tendent Jones and the other employesof the city power plant to withdrawfor a time to be agreed upon theirnotice of suspension of work in orderthat your honorable body may havesufficient time to ascertain what youshould justly and equitably do in thepremises.

It must be considered that thepublic, who are in no way to blamein. the matter, are vitally interested Iand would suffer great inconvenience;and loss by any arbitrary or unreas- Ionable act in the suspension of workwithout reasonable notice.

E. M. BOAGNI,J. A. HAAS, i]ROBERT SANDOZ,

Respectfully submitted,Moved by Mr. Fields, seconded by-'

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Mr. Dunbar, and carried, that the re-port of the committee of citizens, com-posed of E. M. Boagni, Dr. Jno. A.Haas and Robert A. Sandoz, be re-ceived and filed.

That it is the sense of this boardthat the committee's recommendationsbe accepted by this board, and thatimmediate steps be taken by the com-mittee on investigation, heretofore ap-pointed, to ascertain whether the pres-ent employes of the city power plantare given longer working hours andless pay than employes of similarplants in other municipalities ofLouisiana of the same class as Ope-lousas.

It is further moved that the recom-mendation of the committee of citi-zens, above referred to, that thisBoard adopt a resolution disclaimingany intention to reflect upon the su-perintendent of the power plant andiother employes of the city, be com-

plied with to the extent ofit plain that this Board hasconsidered that it is within.vince to cast reflectons upon orunjustifiable attacks againstployes, and most particularly uposuperintendent of the power plaWother employes of that deof the city government, but tuboard seeks only to discharswonrn duty to properly athe affairs of this municipality,so doing does not consideremployes of the power plant, asythan the employes of any otpartment of the city, shouldthemselves immune from any hgation that this Board may deemaduty to conduct.

There being no further businmeeting was adjourned.Attest: M. HALP

J. J. PERRODIN,City Clerk.