E. P. Major, of New Roads, as
sessor of Pointe Coupee parish and
one of the alternate delegates fromc
e the sixth congressional district to
.the national Democratic convention,
e dropped dead in New Roads Wednes
day afternoon, from the effects of
a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Major
1 had been ailing since last Sundav,
when he returned home suffer
,f ing with a threatened attack of ap
oplexy, and friendcl had jokingly
warned him to beware, never sus
n pecting that the end was so near.
e The death of Mr. Major settles
1. the controversy as to whether that
gentleman or B. J. Vega, of this
city, had been elected alternate dele
ge gate to the Baltimore convention
r- for the late Congressman Robert
a, C. Wickliffe, and Mr. Vega left this
morning for the Maryland metropolis
to attend the convention as one of
the representatives from the sixth
[a district.
S. J. C. I. Banquet.
The annual banquet of the St.
Joseph Commercial Institute Alumni
Association was given Thursday nigh
s- at the Hotel Donaldson, and from
the standpoints of attendance of
members, excellence of menu and sc;'
Svice, and brilliancy of the flow of
s oratory which followed the gastronc
e- mic feast, the function proved one of
Sthe most notable and successful in
the history of the organization.
Mayor Melancon off;ciated as toast
S master, and sentiments appropriate
e- to the occasion were responded to
md by Wilfred Landry, president of the
alumni association; Adam LeBllane,
a member of the !912 graduating
class; Very Rev. Canon J. M. T.
is Massardier, pastor of the Catholic
th church; Mayor Charles Maurin, Rev.
