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rawy 1th9t16,.te ee.st IJOHN D. REYNAUD, L " y, LL, R d"r te Aes 0t o Mae, DITOR- Official Journal of the Parish of St. John the Baptist. VOL. 68. LUCY (PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST), LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916. No. 45. Synopsis of Constituonal Amendments. We chronicle below a synopsis of the eighteen proposed consti- tational amendments which have appeared in each week of Le Meschac6b6 since Septem- ber 9, 1916, and which will appear tI this paper until November 4 next. We want to say once again to the voters of St. John that the amendments SHOULD BE READ carefully to insure an in- telligent expression of theelec- tors of this parish. The amend- ments deal with the public busi- ness and every citizen should feel interested. We are going to vote for and support all of the constitutional amendments, eighteen in num- ' ber, of which the following is an outline: ActNo. 4 provides for a bond Iasue of $0,000,000. for the find- Ing of the New Orleans sitydebt, Act No. 13 repeals the fifth seeion of article 118, limiting the juvenile court system to cities of over 7000 inhabitants. The ad- option of this amendment would mean an enlargement of the scope of reformatory work in Louisiana. Act No. 28 provides for the vetlbg end levying of taxes in aid of public improvements. The le ar a given power to vote feor spefii eaxes for river trans- portation lines. Act No. 88 authorizes the city at New Orleans, through its pub- isbelt commission, to construct abuoperate a bridge across the irasi;ppi river, At•to. 84, placing the district - toey f Orleans pu o ona " = kty ~'bo~sfixing his . acion at $10,000 per annum. , No. 91 proposes a change la Ar•ti 10 of the Consti •tion -. es mto allow women to hold ot- Siih of tctoyry inspector and any a * copksainted with the educa- :# ti • eemeoosynary, penal and ogsn.. tsy _tsof the rstate. pa wga rd, municipality or ether b poticaLdivisolon of the S101 provide for an in- 4 te l i damam postom I' - i My be granted to Con- b-.- sbvJa ers fEo o 8 to $I- eItnN - Uoo oVs for the earsaa debas. the is bead a'd ly % of ape- I;-hoftre ctf Share- U2ti`#l~l.Ilrd nmo rh . dj~ t dl-'-', I Y *' Y I I I *2.1 SAct No. 258 exempts from tax Sation all ships and out-going tugs tow-boats and barges engaged in over sea trade and commer ce, domiciled in a Louisiana port. The exemption does not extend to bar bor, wharf or other port dues. ActNo. 271 amends article 287 of the Constitution so as to add to the list of persons to whom rail- roads may give free transporta- tion, officers and employees of eer ta•n institutions created for the dissemination of knowledge re- latipg to scientific agriculture. Mr. Hughes and the Lusitania. Recently Mr. Hughes was asked the direct question by a man in one of his audiences .s to what he would have done, if he had been president when the Lusitania was sunk. His reply was that net would have conducted the government so well that the Lusitania would not have been sunk. Roosevelt said that he would have seized all the Ger- man ships in American ports and have held them until an indemnity had been paid by Germany Wilson's course was to compel Germany to abond its submarine warfare, reser- ving the right to claim dam. ages for the lives of Ameri- cans lost. Roosevelt's course would have given us War. Wilson's course has given us peacet with honor. What Hughes' course would have given us no manknows, because no man knows what his course would have been. The Re publican candidate dodged a direct answer to the direct question and a reponse as enlightening as;he reply of the oracle to Panurge's query as to which would be better for him to marry or not mar- ry; the oracle replied- "8-oth."--E. l Nrage We beg to acknowledge receipt oCa beutifu1 wedding jvitation from 'Mr. ;ud Mrs Aleis.:Duega ot Edgard, La. requeng:off' - Prsense at the maqt ea their charm. -lug ~aw uditghter Miss V~rj 1131 'tt Mr. Wilfred R b Am.. ; $t. ~)arIs I ' r A COMMUNICATION. IonA. J. M. liamley Answers Captain Reiahardt. Lake Providence, La. -September. 26, 1916. Hon. E. J Reinhardt, New Orleans, La., Dear Captain : Your circular letter has been received, and I must say that I am indeed surprised to know that you would send out such litera- ture to the public. Either you do not understand the legislation that has been passed and is sub- mutted to the people, or you are the mouthpiece of some interest opposed to a system of taxation that will inure to the benefit of the messes of the people of the State of Louisiana. .Your circular is indeed full of misatatements, and it seems that you are attempting to lead peo- ple to believe things which are not facts. Evidently these things are placed in your circulars to cause impressions to induce those who read it to vote against the amendments to the constitution. It isonly through efforts of this ind that the amendmeurs can be attacked, as any fair minded man, who really undestanas the situation and the remedies for the deplor able condition of affairs will readily see that they are easily in favor of better govern- ment. Xou must know that every ef- fort of our splendid Governor has been in the right direction, and you certainly cannot justly write that he is attempting to get a hold on the Assessors of the State in order that he may be able to control the situation in every political sub-division of Louisiana, R. G. Pleasant is not that kind of a man. He proved it most ccnclusively by the great voteof confidence given him by the people of this State in the primary of January last. I also think that you go too far in criticising him in this matter. rhis Legislation, as you well know, was passed by the re- presentatives of the people, and' without any dictation on the part of Governor Pleasant. It is true that he advocated the new sys- Ct mof taxation, and you also know that every man interested in the welfare of our State, for many years has advocated a c ange in the antiquated plan of our assessment and taxation. Your criticism of the three-, quartersof a mill taxis quite un- just and unfair and untrue. You know this additional tax was levied to meet the debts of the ad- ministration that you as a mem- ber of the General Assembly helped to create, and that it was levied for this year only, and that there was never, or is the. e now, any intention of extendidg this increase of three-quarters of amill As a man purporting to be a property owner and interested in- thse welfareof the State and the people, you must know that the preai t sygtm of aseselmnent is a failure; that It does not in any mananer equat "asseas- emaeb * a-li small vleeos some: w i a beakrupt are ear- t fami-ly the ifi:,t-s Uk4i~7 a united oppositionto the amend ments, but I can say to you, my friend, that when Governor Plea- sant and his friends get through with the opposition there will not be many of them left, and 1 can further say that the day after election will find the amendment adopted by an overwhelming majority of the common people of the State of Louisiana. With my nest respects, Cordially yours, (Signed) J. Martian Hamley. Confident of Wilson's Election. From a statement issued last Monday by Chairman Vance C. ;McCormick. of the Democratic National Committee, we clip the following: "The campairln has progressed to the point of crystal lization I am absolutely confident of the president's re-election by a vote so overwhelming that there can be no mistaking the senti- ment of the people as between The Party of Performance and l'he Statesman of Constructive Achievement, on the one hand, and the party of nrornises and the candidate of destructional criticism on the other. All Saints' Day. Next Wednesday, November the 1st., will be All Saints Day, and in corformity with this beau- tiful and time-honored custim, the entire population of our pa- rish will attend the imDressive cerem-onies at th, St. John the Baptist's and St. Peter's Church es and will visit the cemeteries where their loved ones are at rest. '1 he tombs and graves will be decorated with beautiful and sweet-scented flowers as a tribute to the memory of the departed. 'T'he burying grounds will lo )k neat and attractive (n All Saints Day. The grass is cut away, all other unsightly urowth rem ved ahnd the tombs made anew. For mer residents of the parish, now living in New Orleans and else- where who have relatives and; friends butied here iever fail to come each .vear on All Saints' Day to pay a tribute of love aind affection which memory exacts i Coitemplating the past, and I the records made by many who , now sleep - under the sod, we should endeavo' to e Puiats the good examples Pet by- them, and try to imitate them in great things and in theme all courtesies of life, for the trend of all they i did was in the directio4 ef the Golden Rule, "aove thy el h- bor as thyselft", The St. John the t. -_ olie Cemetery t• at ldet in the state4 dti red yas old. d dswot i- r 1_ ~on ral of New York, has cone to the record to show that both also signed eight hour laws affeetia the railroads, over the violent protest of the roads, and that Shey did so obviously because the unions were on the ground and demanding such legi-lation," Rev. Father Martin Buried Reverend Father Jean Pierre Martin for over twenty-five years the d-votd and belovei rector of the St. Philips Catho- lic Church atSt. Patricks La., died last xondav mcrning after several months of illness. Father Martin was a devoted pastor and a very ch .ritable priest and the news of h,, dlath was a severe shock not or ly to his own congregation bu: to all who knew him well. There was a daily beauty about his life which won every heart. In temperament he was mild. conciliatory and very candid; and yet remarkable for an un- compromising firmness. He Sgained confidence when he seem- ed least to seek it. He believed in the facherhood of God and the brotnernood of man. He believed that the man wao scatters flowers in the path- 7 way of his fellownmen, who lets into the dark places of life th? J sunshine of human iympathy t and human happiness, to.iowevs the footstep. of his Master. His retiring nature led himn ti hide his nest qualities from pub- t lic gaze, but they were rev alc~ by those who enjoyed nis ac quaintance, yet it wa- in nis church that his true wr-tn was most cosp 1 icuoas. In a w-ord Father Martin was a kind pastor, d a zue, and devandd, ret.u. and his constant attention and. devotion to his devoted congra-f gation and church had no limit. Father Martin ran the journey b of his life in 83 years, and his e whole life is a path marked wit.. I r dee•sl kindness and enear. Floweir not thorns sunashine, I not sh•doW, did he scatter every where. Impressive fnaneal services were held 'u1t t-Thursdav morn- fi ing at 10 o'elock at the St. Phi- _- lips Caurcb,'sfter which all that I was mortal of the venerale sad sa devoted priest was tenderly con- veyed to the St. Patricks Cem t- tery; where his remains now rest in pe , nowr .his church, tl and in pitat of his devotedjv mlpgregsUiio so dear to ham. .~7*IC ., .. a LOCAL PERSOAtIS. Those We Meet, Hear of and See During the Week. Visitors in and out of the Parish. The presidential election will take place on Tuesday, Novem- ber 7, at which the proposed con atitutional amendments will be voted upon. We cannot too strong ly urge upon our readers the importance of reading these amendments, which appear in this and ether newspapers, in addition to a synopsis on this page. It is a duty which voters owe to their parish, state and themselves to read the amend- ments and vote intelligently up- an then. Mrs. Angelo Hymel, and Mrs. Fernand Webre of Edwagrd, La. Mrs. John D. Reynaud, of Luey, La., and Messrs. Sidney L. Hy- mel and Oliver Oubre, Jr. ar. among those who attended Fath- er Martin's funeral at St, Philip's Church last Thursday morning. Miss Anna Horn, a charming young lady of McCall, La. visir. ed relatives and friends in St. Jahn during the week, returning to her home Thursday morning. Messrs. ' Ibert L. Bossier and Lee B. Daron of Lucy La. were it (}ram rzv, f,i on Thursday. Mr. Oliver oub-e. Jr, of ldgard r~,. motoredi to New Orleans Fr.a day of Inst w ek, returning to St :ohn the san' day. Mr. John Qorne a popular young barber of this parish at present, employed i the ebre Shop at Donaldsonville, La. was midgl* ing with his numerous Ifxnds in St. John this veek. Mr. O car Bossi'r left Tuesida for St. Gabriel, LI~sb . recently acepted a eoU tJ- moving several reid cen stores. Mrs. Albert -J. sLaa tie son 14ooard of W visted relativesi till *t6m,
Transcript of Synopsis of A COMMUNICATION.€¦ · Synopsis of Constituonal Amendments. We chronicle below a...
rawy 1th9t16,.te ee.st IJOHN D. REYNAUD,L " y, LL, R d"r te Aes 0t o Mae, DITOR-
Official Journal of the Parish of St. John the Baptist.
VOL. 68. LUCY (PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST), LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916. No. 45.
Synopsis of ConstituonalAmendments.
We chronicle below a synopsisof the eighteen proposed consti-tational amendments whichhave appeared in each weekof Le Meschac6b6 since Septem-ber 9, 1916, and which will appeartI this paper until November 4next. We want to say once againto the voters of St. John that theamendments SHOULD BEREAD carefully to insure an in-telligent expression of theelec-tors of this parish. The amend-ments deal with the public busi-ness and every citizen shouldfeel interested.
We are going to vote for andsupport all of the constitutionalamendments, eighteen in num-
' ber, of which the following is anoutline:
ActNo. 4 provides for a bondIasue of $0,000,000. for the find-Ing of the New Orleans sitydebt,
Act No. 13 repeals the fifthseeion of article 118, limiting thejuvenile court system to cities ofover 7000 inhabitants. The ad-option of this amendment wouldmean an enlargement of thescope of reformatory work inLouisiana.
Act No. 28 provides for thevetlbg end levying of taxes inaid of public improvements. The
le ar a given power to votefeor spefii eaxes for river trans-portation lines.
Act No. 88 authorizes the cityat New Orleans, through its pub-
isbelt commission, to constructabuoperate a bridge across the
irasi;ppi river,At•to. 84, placing the district- toey f Orleans pu o ona
" = kty ~'bo~sfixing his .acion at $10,000 per annum., No. 91 proposes a change
la Ar•ti 10 of the Consti •tion-. es mto allow women to hold ot-
Siih of tctoyry inspector and anya * copksainted with the educa-:# ti • eemeoosynary, penal and
ogsn.. tsy _tsof the rstate.pa wga rd, municipality or
ether b poticaLdivisolon of the
S101 provide for an in-4 te l i damam postom I'
- i My be granted to Con-b-.- sbvJa ers fEo o 8 to $I-
eItnN -Uoo oVs for theearsaa debas. the is
bead a'd ly % of ape-I;-hoftre ctf Share-
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SAct No. 258 exempts from taxSation all ships and out-going tugstow-boats and barges engaged inover sea trade and commer ce,domiciled in a Louisiana port. Theexemption does not extend to barbor, wharf or other port dues.ActNo. 271 amends article 287 ofthe Constitution so as to add tothe list of persons to whom rail-roads may give free transporta-tion, officers and employees of eerta•n institutions created for thedissemination of knowledge re-latipg to scientific agriculture.
Mr. Hughes and theLusitania.
Recently Mr. Hughes wasasked the direct question bya man in one of his audiences.s to what he would have
done, if he had been presidentwhen the Lusitania wassunk. His reply was that netwould have conducted thegovernment so well that theLusitania would not havebeen sunk.
Roosevelt said that hewould have seized all the Ger-man ships in American portsand have held them until anindemnity had been paid byGermany
Wilson's course was tocompel Germany to abondits submarine warfare, reser-ving the right to claim dam.ages for the lives of Ameri-cans lost.
Roosevelt's course wouldhave given us War. Wilson'scourse has given us peacetwith honor. What Hughes'course would have given usno manknows, because noman knows what his coursewould have been. The Republican candidate dodged adirect answer to the directquestion and a reponse asenlightening as;he reply ofthe oracle to Panurge's queryas to which would be betterfor him to marry or not mar-ry; the oracle replied-"8-oth."--E. l
Nrage
We beg to acknowledgereceipt oCa beutifu1 weddingjvitation from 'Mr. ;ud MrsAleis.:Duega ot Edgard, La.requeng:off' -Prsense atthe maqt ea their charm.
-lug ~aw uditghter MissV~rj 1131 'tt Mr. WilfredR b Am.. ; $t. ~)arIs
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A COMMUNICATION.IonA. J. M. liamley Answers Captain
Reiahardt.
Lake Providence, La.-September. 26, 1916.
Hon. E. J Reinhardt,New Orleans, La.,
Dear Captain :
Your circular letter has beenreceived, and I must say that Iam indeed surprised to know thatyou would send out such litera-ture to the public. Either you donot understand the legislationthat has been passed and is sub-mutted to the people, or you arethe mouthpiece of some interestopposed to a system of taxationthat will inure to the benefit ofthe messes of the people of theState of Louisiana.
.Your circular is indeed full ofmisatatements, and it seems thatyou are attempting to lead peo-ple to believe things which arenot facts. Evidently these thingsare placed in your circulars tocause impressions to induce thosewho read it to vote against theamendments to the constitution.It isonly through efforts of thisind that the amendmeurs can
be attacked, as any fair mindedman, who really undestanas thesituation and the remedies forthe deplor able condition of affairswill readily see that they areeasily in favor of better govern-ment.
Xou must know that every ef-fort of our splendid Governorhas been in the right direction,and you certainly cannot justlywrite that he is attempting to geta hold on the Assessors of theState in order that he may beable to control the situation inevery political sub-division ofLouisiana, R. G. Pleasant is notthat kind of a man. He proved itmost ccnclusively by the greatvoteof confidence given him bythe people of this State in theprimary of January last. I alsothink that you go too far incriticising him in this matter.rhis Legislation, as you wellknow, was passed by the re-presentatives of the people, and'without any dictation on the partof Governor Pleasant. It is truethat he advocated the new sys-Ct mof taxation, and you alsoknow that every man interestedin the welfare of our State, formany years has advocated ac ange in the antiquated plan ofour assessment and taxation.
Your criticism of the three-,quartersof a mill taxis quite un-just and unfair and untrue. Youknow this additional tax waslevied to meet the debts of the ad-ministration that you as a mem-ber of the General Assemblyhelped to create, and that it waslevied for this year only, andthat there was never, or is the. enow, any intention of extendidgthis increase of three-quarters ofamill
As a man purporting to be aproperty owner and interested in-thse welfareof the State and thepeople, you must know that thepreai t sygtm of aseselmnentis a failure; that It does not inany mananer equat "asseas-emaeb * a-li small
vleeos some:
w i a beakrupt are ear-t fami-ly the
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a united oppositionto the amendments, but I can say to you, myfriend, that when Governor Plea-sant and his friends get throughwith the opposition there will notbe many of them left, and 1 canfurther say that the day afterelection will find the amendmentadopted by an overwhelmingmajority of the common people ofthe State of Louisiana.
With my nest respects,Cordially yours,
(Signed) J. Martian Hamley.
Confident of Wilson'sElection.
From a statement issued lastMonday by Chairman Vance C.;McCormick. of the DemocraticNational Committee, we clip thefollowing: "The campairln hasprogressed to the point of crystallization I am absolutely confidentof the president's re-election by avote so overwhelming that therecan be no mistaking the senti-ment of the people as betweenThe Party of Performance andl'he Statesman of ConstructiveAchievement, on the one hand,and the party of nrornises andthe candidate of destructionalcriticism on the other.
All Saints' Day.
Next Wednesday, Novemberthe 1st., will be All Saints Day,and in corformity with this beau-tiful and time-honored custim,the entire population of our pa-rish will attend the imDressivecerem-onies at th, St. John theBaptist's and St. Peter's Churches and will visit the cemeterieswhere their loved ones are atrest. '1 he tombs and graves willbe decorated with beautiful andsweet-scented flowers as a tributeto the memory of the departed.
'T'he burying grounds will lo )kneat and attractive (n All SaintsDay. The grass is cut away, allother unsightly urowth rem vedahnd the tombs made anew. Former residents of the parish, nowliving in New Orleans and else-where who have relatives and;friends butied here iever fail tocome each .vear on All Saints'Day to pay a tribute of love aindaffection which memory exacts i
Coitemplating the past, and Ithe records made by many who ,now sleep - under the sod, weshould endeavo' to e Puiats thegood examples Pet by- them, andtry to imitate them in greatthings and in theme all courtesiesof life, for the trend of all they idid was in the directio4 ef theGolden Rule, "aove thy el h-bor as thyselft",
The St. John the t. -_olie Cemetery t• atldet in the state4
dti red yas old. ddswot i- r 1_ ~on
ral of New York, has cone to therecord to show that both alsosigned eight hour laws affeetiathe railroads, over the violentprotest of the roads, and thatShey did so obviously because theunions were on the ground anddemanding such legi-lation,"
Rev. Father Martin Buried
Reverend Father Jean PierreMartin for over twenty-fiveyears the d-votd and beloveirector of the St. Philips Catho-lic Church atSt. Patricks La.,died last xondav mcrning afterseveral months of illness.
Father Martin was a devotedpastor and a very ch .ritablepriest and the news of h,, dlathwas a severe shock not or ly tohis own congregation bu: to allwho knew him well.
There was a daily beauty abouthis life which won every heart.In temperament he was mild.conciliatory and very candid;and yet remarkable for an un-compromising firmness. HeSgained confidence when he seem-ed least to seek it.
He believed in the facherhoodof God and the brotnernood ofman. He believed that the manwao scatters flowers in the path- 7way of his fellownmen, who letsinto the dark places of life th? Jsunshine of human iympathy tand human happiness, to.iowevsthe footstep. of his Master.
His retiring nature led himn tihide his nest qualities from pub- tlic gaze, but they were rev alc~by those who enjoyed nis acquaintance, yet it wa- in nischurch that his true wr-tn wasmost cosp1 icuoas. In a w-ordFather Martin was a kind pastor, da zue, and devandd, ret.u.and his constant attention and.devotion to his devoted congra-fgation and church had no limit.
Father Martin ran the journey bof his life in 83 years, and his ewhole life is a path marked wit.. I rdee•sl kindness and enear.Floweir not thorns sunashine, I
not sh•doW, did he scatter everywhere.
Impressive fnaneal serviceswere held 'u1t t-Thursdav morn- fiing at 10 o'elock at the St. Phi- _-lips Caurcb,'sfter which all that Iwas mortal of the venerale sad sadevoted priest was tenderly con-veyed to the St. Patricks Cem t-tery; where his remains nowrest in pe , nowr .his church, tland in pitat of his devotedjv
mlpgregsUiio so dear to ham.
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LOCAL PERSOAtIS.Those We Meet, Hear of and
See During the Week.
Visitors in and out of theParish.
The presidential election willtake place on Tuesday, Novem-ber 7, at which the proposed conatitutional amendments will bevoted upon. We cannot too strongly urge upon our readersthe importance of reading
these amendments, which appearin this and ether newspapers,in addition to a synopsis on thispage. It is a duty which votersowe to their parish, state andthemselves to read the amend-ments and vote intelligently up-an then.
Mrs. Angelo Hymel, and Mrs.Fernand Webre of Edwagrd, La.Mrs. John D. Reynaud, of Luey,La., and Messrs. Sidney L. Hy-mel and Oliver Oubre, Jr. ar.among those who attended Fath-er Martin's funeral at St, Philip'sChurch last Thursday morning.
Miss Anna Horn, a charmingyoung lady of McCall, La. visir.ed relatives and friends in St.Jahn during the week, returningto her home Thursday morning.
Messrs. ' Ibert L. Bossier andLee B. Daron of Lucy La. wereit (}ram rzv, f,i on Thursday.
Mr. Oliver oub-e. Jr, of ldgardr~,. motoredi to New Orleans Fr.aday of Inst w ek, returning to St
:ohn the san' day.
Mr. John Qorne a popular youngbarber of this parish at present,employed i the ebre Shop at
Donaldsonville, La. was midgl*ing with his numerous Ifxnds in
St. John this veek.
Mr. O car Bossi'r left Tuesidafor St. Gabriel, LI~sb .recently acepted a eoU tJ-
moving several reid censtores.
Mrs. Albert -J. sLaatie son 14ooard of Wvisted relativesi till
*t6m,
