Joseph Stillwell Cain became known as the patron saint of Mardi Gras in Mobile and is credited with reviving Mardi Gras there after the Civil War. He was clerk of the Southern Market, a longtime volunteer with Washington Fire Company No. 8, and a founding member of TDS, affectionately known as the Tea Drinkers Society, one of Mobile's original New Year's Eve mystic societies. After visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras 1867, Cain returned to Mobile determined that his hometown should publicly celebrate Shrove Tuesday as well. He formed a small group called the Lost Cause Minstrels and dubbed himself Chief Slacabamarinico of the Chickasaw. Together they rode through the streets of Mobile in a wagon on the afternoon of February 25, 1868. Since 1967, every Sunday before Fat Tuesday in Mobile has been known as Joe Cain Day, a tradition created by author Julian Lee "Judy" Rayford. The first Joe Cain Processions were intended as jazz festivities known as the People's Parade. In 1974, a small mystic society called Cain's Merry Widows was formed, and the ladies arrived at the Graveyard every Joe Cain Day to mourn the passing of their beloved Joe. The legend of Joe Cain grew far beyond the real story, and in Mobile he is remembered as Ol' Slap, a larger-than-life homegrown hero.