The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
TRIBUTE TO HENRY n'clLL.

Il %4seVs VI @0Mt&aaHa FsaHESF RSVtGNE
His Dead Friends career-A
Wsli-known coIorssl MANS sen,
tin1ents.
From last weeks issue OF the Lou
1slana Planter and Sugar Manufac.
turer we quote the following editor
lais bearing the signature of the
publications. distinguished and talent.
ed editor, Hon. John Dymond, for
many years an intimate friend and
associate of the man to whose lofty
character and honorable career the
feeling tribute is paid.
| The death of Honorable Henry
Mccall in his 66th year, which oe-
Cured January /, 1913, removed from
the Louisiana sugar Industry one OF
It's most important men and one
whose career has been coincidenl
try after the civil war and on until
try after the Civil war and on until
now, when the old plantation indus
try is rapidly disappearing and giving
place to the great central factories
OF the present day. He was one of
the few now left who worked out this
transformation He was man of
broad views, of high culture, of great
enterprise and keen discrimination.
While not especially aggressive, his
acute perceptions, his earnest per-
s1stence. his genial manners and un-
tlr1ng energy made him leader
among men, and such he was for a
generation
The McCallg were PhiIadelphians
and were established In business in
New Orleans at about the date of
the Louisiana purchase in the begin
ming Of the nineteenth century. The
writer Of this article now owns half
mile front OF land on the river be-
low New Orleans, part of 8 larger
tract that belonged to Henry Nc
Calls grandfather about seyenty-five
years ago. The river men know the
coast there to this day as McCall,s
Flats. This grandfather Mccall, We
believe, married the daughter of a
scotehman named Evans or Evan
who owned fine large plantation in
Ascension parish. This plantation,
now called Evan Hall, became the
home of the MeCaI1s of four genera
tions and for about hundred years
or more. They bought their supplies
to some extent in Pittsburg and
Philadelphia and floated them down
to the plantation in old fashioned
flat boats before the days of steam
boating
agel
a gentleman, every inch III hfa11, WaU
praetlced the ethics Of noblesse-
ob1ige, who was true to his ethics,
true to his friends, and died as he
had lived, without fear and without
reproach.
Although the writer was ten years
Mr., McCalrs senior, we early became
associated in the mechanics, the eco
nomics and the politics of the sugar
earnest, intelligent, persuasive and d.
plonaatic coadjutor. His genial good
nature, his generosity, sympathy and
appreciation of things done, made
him friends In every circle In which
he moved.
Mr.. Mccall visited Washington re-
peatedly with various delegations en-
deavoring to prevent legislation adj
verse to the sugar industry. There
his lucid logic and effective evidence
counted for much. He was presi-
dent of the Louisiana Sugar Planters
for several years and
would have died in the harness there
but for his peremptory deellnation Of
the honor of further reelection,
Mr.. Mccall joined In the or
ganization of the Louisiana Sugar
Planters Association, which was
created at the suggestion of the
writer in 1877, and began the cru
sade in favor Of sugar which has
done so much for the industry in
Louisiana and throughout the sugar
world He joined in and aided large
" In the creation Of our sugar ex-
pertinent station. now at Audubon
Park, New Orleans. He joined in
the creation of this sugar journal
when there was nothing of the kind
in the English language anywhere in
the sugar world, except the monthly
Sugar Cane, then publish
ed at Manchester. England, in the
interest of certain machinery man.
He served his state as
state senator, his parish as police
juror and his local people as bank
plGSiNGEii I'LL SStol. 90 lkAk
full to every trust, and now that he
is gone we render this tribute to the
of our dead friend. We
shall miss the touch of the vanished
hand, the sound Of the voice that is
still. :,
Rev. Pierre Landry, for many years
the leading colored citizen of this
town and parish, where he played a
conspicuous part in political and pub
lie affairs during the seventies and
has since become prominent in the
service of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, telegraphed the following
message from Jeanerette, La, on the
Ind inst, where he was visiting when
he news of Mr.. MeCali's death
reached that point:
I'm the death Of Hon. Henry Nc
Cali Of Ascension the state of Lou
siaua has lost one of its most pub
ic-spirited citizens. Mr.. Mccall was
lind hearted and honorable in his
lealing with all men, the negro in
:Iuded. Though dead, yet shall he
i've in the memory of the poor white
Ind colored people of Ascension