The Rice belt journal., 1912-07-12
A Brief Sketch off tha: Lite and "ma
of Hon. {. f.. Gayle Candidate:
For District ATTORNEY.

on his grandtathen's plantation 10 'he
parish of Pointe Coupee, in the STATE
of Louisiana, on. the 18th OF August
1875. /
He received his early education as
the public schools near his home. aoa
his college education at the Louisiana
State Universilv ut Baton Rouge lie
aduated with the degree OF Bachelor
of Arts in tho year 1896.
For ten years after his graduation
MIR. Gayle employed himself in eduea'
tjonal work. He occupied many re-
sponsible positions in the teaching
profession in Louisiana, having held
the position Of principal OF the 81.
Landry high school OF Opelousas, La
the principal of the Lake Charles high
school and the professor of the De.
partment of Science at the Southwest
ern Louisiana Industrial Institute Ut
Lafayette.
Mr.. Gayle was one OF the leading
institute instructors and conductors In
the state of Louisiana, was editor OF
the Louisiana School Review, and In
1905 was president of the Louisiana
State Teachers Association.
MIR. Gavle spent a portion OF the
wears 1901 aud 1902 in the Philippine
Islands and travelling through the
East and in Europe. In October, l9O2,
he studied law aud political science ut
Columbia University, New York City,
from which institution he graduated
in June, OF 1903, with the degree OF
Master of Arts. He completed his law
studies at Tulane University, from
which institution he graduated with
the degree of Bachelor Of Laws, and
was admitted to the bar on May II
1906. In the fall of the same year he
opened his law Office in Lake Charles,
La.
After one year of most successful
practice alone, he formed law part
nership with Thomas +. Porter, Jr. a
graduate of the law department OF
Yale, under the firm name of Gayle &
Porter, with offices at room ; Kaufman
building, where they have built up a
successful practice.
MIR. Gayle is self educated man
, and has seen something of the rough
side of life. He knows what it is tt
Q hoe his row of cotton and pull his rov
S of corn. He has worked in leyee con
e struction of the AtchafalaYa River
r and has driven his team and scrape
y from early dawn till dewey eve. MIR
Gayle has been hitting of his own ba
since the age of sixteen. He is til
O oldest of a family of eight brother
and sisters, whom he assisted in edu
eating after he had educated himself
Hard work has given him an iron cor
stitution and today in his prime b
J. can do the work Of two men.
" MIR. GAYLE first came to Calcasie
~ parish in 1896, where he participate
! in the annual encampment OF th
= Louisiana State National Guard. e
10 =, was quick to see the possibilities fC
" future growth in this section of til
state, and returned to Lake Charlie
to make Calcasieu his permanent hon
~ in January, 1898. Since this time
with the exception of two or thrt
=" years spent in study and travel, M
" Gayle has identified himself with tt
% development aud growth of Calcasie
parish. In addition to devOting hin
~ self to educational work and to ii
=. practice of law, he has participated
- all movements for the upbuilding
- this section of the state, and he is r
- garded as one of the most solid ar
progressive citizens of the parish.
Mr.. Gayle has been city attornt
for the city of Lake Charles for Il
l1 past FIVE years, in which responsib
position it has fallen to his lot
81 participate 10 and to shape and supe
- wise the legal procedure relative to
:, great number of public improvement
81 undertaken by the city OF Lake Charl
H., during that period. Among the me
I'd noteworthy of these improvements a
~ the construction of nearly thirty mil
of cement sidewalk; all of the leg
,tu proceedings relative to the creation
~ sewage district IN the city of La
49,, Charles, which Included an amendme
,o to the state constitution and the leg
INC lative enactment making it possit
,or for municipation to create one or me
hr sewage districts within their lin
g. and the issuance of $luO, 900 of bon
b;s and the letting the contract for I
- construction of q sewage system vii