The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-09
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Death cf lion. %Theopliile Harang III
Guatemala City.

and highly lnnnred citizen of this
Stare, d;4tl in Gua.rmala City. Dec. u.
1885. Fur many years Mr.. Ha,"'s
had drv"l,t himself to the advocacy
of the /. ifrii.le,of cooperative indus
tries IL Louisiana, aHh his trip To Qua
temala WIS in The interest of establish
ment of :, colony on This basis. He
went to Guatemala in June and was
warmly wrlc"med by the President
and authorities \ large concession of
land wa made to him for the purposes
Of a colony. and he was about to re-
turn home when he was attacked ly
pneumonia, terminating in death.
On his death bed he made Il state
ment advising his friends Of what he
had accomplished in Guatemala. dilrct
ing them how to carry ont his plans.
and exhor:ing them to %p,o>ecnte The
work, in otd~r that his life nigh. not
he a vain sacrifice.
A man with such ph;lanthroric
views, strong convictions, perse'rr-
ance and tenacity Of purpose, was Ger
Nov. 3, 1923, on his fathers plantation
in Jefferson parish, Louisiana. The
family was of French extraction. and
wealthy. having large landed posses
siops. HIS father va. Louis HataHg,
aud his mother il lady of the noted fam
lily of Dngue de Livandais.
Thenplile Harans was educated in
France, aud returned at 10 to Loulsi-
ana. He began the practice of law
in Thibodaux in partnership with Judge
j. J.. Roman. He possessed fine tai
ents, and gave promise of a brilliant
future, hut was compelled on account
Of ill-healh TO the profession.
while still under 30 years of age he
served two terms in the Legislature.
At 81 he married Miss Loemie Laba-
die. OF Labadieville, Assumption. who
with seven children, survives him.
Mr.. Harang was highly esteemed as
most honorable man in the pari-h
where he lived, Lafourche, and the
neighboring parishes his advice and
counsel we've sought 10y rich and poor
in legal matters, or anything pertain
ing to trust.
After the war, the changed condition
of affairs gave him great concern, and
for fifteen years he devoted himself
to the social problem, and produced IL
plan that he. believed would settle the di1
Guilty between capital and labor. A few
years ago he moved with his family to
New Orleans, with a view of promul-
eating his ideas through the medium
of his paper, the title of which was
Cooperation and Capital and Labor,
1t was a small. neat sheet, ably edited
and filed with the broadcast ideas Of
progress.
Mr.. Harang was among the very frs,
to advocate central labor factories OF
all kinds giving labor IA fair showing.
He was the first to advance a Castle
Garden in the suburbs OF New Or.
leans for the reception and proper
treatment of immigrants. He has 70,
years past urged upon the sugar plan
ters the necessity Of an experimental
sugar station. He devoted many
years to the practical acquaintance OF
the ibrous plants of Louisiana. He Oh
tanned Il patent for the process of turn
ing the bagasse into fibre suitable for
paper. The Picayune was published
on Louisiana Day of the Worlds Ex-
position, on this paper. which was the
result Of Harang's labor.
In his last statement no mention is
made Of his great offerings. His great
est grief was that he was compelled t.
die far from home and his beloved
wife and children. His last words
were these Il die a Christian in the
fullest sense of the word. l believe
In God. l have honored everything
that has been great, good aud v%irtuous.
l die without any fears of those phan-
tasDagorical monstrosities that are
calculated to brighten the spirit when
it takes its flight into the broad space
OF the universe. | know that / 90 with