The ‘begging Mayor’ was the nickname given to a former Mayor, Joseph Daney de Marcillac, who, after a terrible fire had destroyed most of the village in 1922, went from door to door in Guadeloupe begging for funds and building materials in order to rebuild the two primary schools of the village.
O 'Maire mendiant' foi o alcumo dado a un ex alcalde, Joseph Daney de Marcillac, que, logo dun terrible incendio que destruíra a maior parte da poboación en 1922, foi de porta en porta en Guadalupe pedindo fondos e materiais de construción co fin de reconstruír as dúas escolas primarias da localidade.