The weekly Iberian., 1909-11-06
iberia PARISH
SCHOOL MUODIE.
THE JfDGM MENr or THE DIq-
IRltT COURT ~ SET A SIDE
AND SUIT OF THE PLAIN
rlFFS ~ DISMISSED A =
THEIR GOaTS.r
IIli' ABOVE DECISION 'Dr rur
SUPREME COURT MEETS FOP
uLAR FAVOR.

he Supreme Court oi thie Stat
met At New Dtlenna on Tttcs.ja
HnH among the many dafiaian
haHhpH down Wha cnr offertittI
r, hchool mattcra in thin natiph rh
ofEnn Of Tho court ia ttia pRa
WaA Asaociats luatie, Olivier Il
fFoFp|y. The metropolitan pa
II pore. reporting the pforertiinrn a
= tho Court Eate The following IN
: formation:
n State of I5ouiaiann cN ret \ NJ
\ Muller, hiatrict Attorney ~ ala. "a
II tani N t4r ct ais. IN r. ~. Pan
4 ~ 'Nf et a.. APPLYING FOR Wrisf
81 eertiofari ma prohibition
j thp Judgment Of the niatrirt
/ Court ia set aaiJe mud the atit ol
|, The ptniniitle ia diamiaeel nt then
| costa.
This information Waa telegrnphed
! 10 the nttornaYa here immediately
! upon tho finding of the Court hr
| thr announced Tho nrWH tyua
nasHed from one TO another here
IN remarkably abort t'me. nd that
III few hours after thu rem .ierihv
~ the dccision the newa una w,div
v
where II was received with the
deereat .Baiatneiiou ~ ihc 200
pie. for II narlsa The end of n dia-
tubing echool tight which haa ican
~ progrnaq more ihnn n 4oni. ma
! from tho further Fnct that the do
ciHlon mainihiua The supremney of
The viii OF The majority aH rs prra3-
cd at the ballot box.
| .t.',
| generally he agreed. hnd IA bevin
| n'nE IN the effort made bv fhe re-
| tiring school hoard to elect a Par
| IN superintendent 10 serve prne.
tieailv through tho official lifa of
he prencni elected board. TbiA.
The incoming board fapiqted and
elected their own Superintendent
he war waH then on between thr |
Snpnr'nteudenta, Injunction pro-
eead'nes followed The State
superintendent came here and die
.hteu N" terms of eomprumiae. |
~ accordance with which The con |
testing SuperintendentH redeemed |
and m ontside man WAS ehoaen for
me position OF Parish 'iupprinien~
dent
The 5rd sunetintendent accented
the position, hut. before entering
upon the diecharga OF The dutiea
cf h's Office. he resigned.
The Parish School hoard th~p
iceling ttaf every clause Of the
conditions imposed by tha stat
.pe'iatebdert had heen aigchaep
Cd, proceeded to elect payien
Superintendent From nmrna
o, applications for Tho no
7ition that Of Prof. H. A Valet ne +.
with favor. He was the School
first choice.
The "tnohdlerH' were derpl, IN
senaed Mt this last moYe of the
Parish school Hoard and eot,rht !.
ne IRON hand of State authority '
o enforce Prof Walei'n retire /
nent. The State School len, itaejfI
? the effort. resolution wns n.
!onied demanding the reairnatiop +
y the Iberia Phrish s,upnrinten- !.
lent fixing time limit. rhe !
'hrish Superintendent rendered bia Ii
tesignntion 10 the President of :,
he Parish board, Partisan feeling
inferred the schools about this ainpr y
Q the extent that eight teachers
Iennndcd the acceptance Of the rr.
ignation of the Parish snperinten- r
ent, or theirs. The Parinh school
..oafu accepted theirH, and referred
be demand Of the State nr ard TO q
heir attorney FOR mn opinion. :.
The state Hoard lost it4 pntienee 7
18th the Iberia parish ashool auth
rites oy this time, an1 apparent Il
lost tts head as we'll. Through
artisan glnsHcs obsoIete laws were "
FRA Il.
overs 81 The state board. and II
'aa prollignfe In the nae OF that ei
over. " demanded that 1beria's NJ
nrlah Superintendents reaigna-
on should be IN the hands Of the
tate superintendent within two. ~
ava AMI then resolved thaA the y
,eria Parish school Hoard, which Il
an elected by the people, was In
anter derosed. :,
"Resolvcd, That owl - to the de-
Iornble condition Of tha srhool ar J.,
lirs In tho parish Of Iherin, the -,
tate Board OF Education deems II :,
scesHarv to remove from office "a
ne Parish Board of Directors OF -.
e Parish OF iberia, and does BY +
ese presents remove the said :,
irish school Board Of the said ~
irish OF IBERIA ~
The State board then further re- ~
lved a new set OF School Direc- a
re- for iberia Parish into cxist-
ce. e
The Elected Parish Board enIoin~ NJ
the state Boards appointrea. ~.
lc Injunction was tried in the
strict Court hero and some two
,nths later the trial Julge'a de-
ion was filed In the Parish
rrk's office. X upheld the nr-
IN Of the State Board and dis@
lved the injunction. The con-
ldinG Of the District Judges de-
ion read as follows:
The fact that the members or to
! Parish School Boards ara now -
rted by the people hns convey "
to the minds OF many 4 person ri,
IN the standpoint or what ought
hss the law. that they can only w
removed by the Courts. But inI No
Eermining a question of this
arnctcr there Ii a vast differ We
20 In what ought to be the law pr,
IN what III the law -
he elected Board moved for i i.
Y trial. This motion was argued wy
! denied. An application was
ii made FOR writ uf ccrtiora4 -.
and prohibition to the supreme "
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