The Donaldsonville chief., 1913-05-17
DEATH or RICHARD HI'CCILL.
A Prominent Citizen and Leading su-
gar Planter Passes Away--Erief
Sketch of His Career.

gar Planter Passes Away--Eriet
Z, Sketch of His Career.
4 One of the best known citizens
and sugar planters of this parish has
lad down the burden OF earthly life
and passed to his future reward.
Richard Mccall, owner of the Me-
Manor plantatieu-Where his father,
also Richard Mccall had lived and
died before him-succumbed last
Monday after a protracted and pain
lul illness. The remains were taken
to New Orleans the following day
and laid to rest Wednesday morning
IN beautiful Metairie Cemetery, after
services conducted by Bishop Davis
sessums of the Episcopal Church at
the residence of Henry G. Mccall,
cousin of the deceased
Richard Mccall, commonly known
as Colonel Dick, in this community
and among his legion of friends else
/ where, was born in Ascension parish
| IN April, 1S:4S, and spent all his life
here except the periods of his at
! tendance at school in Maryland and
i =nls service. as a boy-soldier in the
isGonfederate army during the latter
| part of the civil war The struggle
| between the states began while he
was lad less than Is years of age
at Mount ST. Mary's College near
Emmittsllurg. Md. Fired with the
patriotic ambition so preva1ent among
southern youth at that time. he ran
away from school and enlisted in
the Confederate service. He was
taken prisoner by the Federals and
released on parole some time before
the close of the conflict. having
made an excellent record in mill
tary life as he afterWard did in civil
affairs. AS youth and man his ideals
and principles were always high
and he never lost sight of them in
his dealings with his fellow men.
After the W.,. vo,,,,er pi.1,srd
sUmed Tho 10 tfan q {, s.
en- nor ~, !,
and foIle,wiirae 1,a I,ff 81.
became MARI oWss,. e The
in partnership With EY,1ila
By dint of ski1lf1l n,anapa,1a,,4 M,.
Mccall s# nytricatad +t. ns+,+o fr,r,
the financial difficr,1fios orowino o,,t I
of the devasfatino offoofs ~ 4ba
war and bougbt ont his mariner
Several wears ago ba accented Tho
superintendencv Of tbo .dioininot
Evan Han plantation the nronerty
of his cousine ,nds@si,,1,a +ba,, ~
Nc Manor Factory has haan dismant1ad}
and the cane crops nf hoth nlacas
in the 7arga F,van Hal
factory. He was iustly reeardad az
one of fba host
ers in I.o7fsians
ALWAYS manifestino doc, in+orast
in everything affocfino tho u1a1faro
of his stare and no,,isb h afta,,
took an active mart IN no1itioo
public affa irs h7,+ nava,. uyo,,1a 80
SEM to becoma . 1.,,dido+o ~, -
flee. His title of Colonel canoe from
holding that ranl on +be ..ls s4aff oll -
Gov. Foster and tha nosi4iar 7,.s.
Of course nnre1V honoraru 60 30 aaas 49,
pensatjon ba;no- ,.t4. obo5 1Ja 49,,
fully accepted and nerformed sl,cb
duties of citizons1,in as t,ru 49, So 49,
and voluntary co,,z rih17tions : - labo1 No.
and money in hah.,1f ~ od,,oa+ia,a1
~. otha,. z,,o1.t14.
but consistently avo;s,ad sffa,r So
@ gratifv nersona1 ambitio., ~, o.,u s,,h
serve selfish ru,,nosas n u.s
eadino s,ir;+ :, :, 80 tl,a 80 ,iea4; ma' q
md maintenanoe ,f +ha = 4 Asoansio, .t.ll1r'sio1
3ranch sngar pl,ntarss Assaoiatio., oG.,tior,
# I,ouisiana and e,,,io1r ~ ee,,oa
o the front in s,,nno,t 80 of uSt,a ~ 49,. to,
,e regarded &C +he y;shta a,a sers4 49,
.laims of 1,is friande, a,,d ~ nv @ sus'
nunitv at 1aroe - e'iiS1 'ite oo'it {
Mr. Mcea11s' uras +,,1iaa n,,n,,;oa
irst to Miss R1anoba oada,, nl,|' ae ~, ~,
Orleans. and aome voars oftan han I
|eath tn Miss cartr,,ia v.naarrvo.-5a
# the Same civ eeno ,s,S1 CO., H.. ~ .
IeCaIl iss,1a of tbo firs+ ~ ,n,rriana i.s,. i
uryiyes him Tho ro,1na NO.. mo-, .e7e' $
attorney at law. nractic- i
ng in New Orleans. The second