ingtlt or Mr. J. \\. Itudgr.Mr John \V. Kudu** dN ImM night , ■ at the Hotpilai at Morgunton A telegram cain*4 to the family ywUer day saying that In* had heroine worse. Mr \V J ISudge. In- non. left yw- 1 i**ida for Morganton h automobile hu: did not reach Morgunton before 1 bin father died The remain.* nrc * expected io arrive on iH** * o’clock train tonight The t urwral a 111 In-, I held tomorrow at 11 o'clock at I he I residence of Mr ,1 1 lt;3rlfAttk. with 'the burial ceremony «»f the Maeoul* ' order ,1Mr lludfie lost hi- lieu 1th w»ti»e • year* ago. and dually um* taken to lb* hospital two year* ago in lh« 'hopes that lie could he hciteflitod *Hill this hope proved vain He v a #lxiy-~ix years old. He ««• born .* 1Trance, though of Kii«ilh d*«opt. and c.ntie to this country «• the an 1 of tell year*. He was one of the *youngest |»o\s III the service of the *‘ouf«-deniie governuttiii. and v.;»• niployed during the war a* a culiiu hoy on t'on federate Ido- kudo runner* plying lu and out or th’» port of Wilmington. Hi* u\ oiled ion* of »hdanger* and hardship*' oi Mu- **r Vice via* very vivid. Snort after his tint fringe he mine to Monroe, when* the family has resided since Mr mid Mrs Hodge came to Monroe II years ago lasf April Mi lludut on gaged ill fin- tin huHinis- and wits a very superior workman and contractor and did the pioneer work of that kind 111 all thi: section He waft i|iii»*t man who attended to ins ailalrs with zeal He wn* a member of the rr«-shyteriun church Hi* wire and lhr*e children survive him They are Mr W J Uudgc. Mr .1 It t olile and Mr* .1 T Hrlfllth, alt of Monroe Mr. find go Is one of the very last III the older citizen- of Mon roe