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eputation of t campaign ina and his lly sustained eople would aln.I CLAYTON.xteen pounds :al InterestOfficers and men of the battleship North Dakota state that the three men who met death aboard the ship Thursday were not killed by the explosion of ollt hut were drowned when the fire room was flooded.ELDER WILLIAM WOODARD DEAD.A Leading Primitive Baptist Preacher. He Was About Eighty YearsCorrespond* *p. Irvin Hg-a. was here, Jr. Hattie A.Mrs. W. J. with regret iwfng worse, left Wednes-iboro. where rmal and In-*ek.ie delightful' st Phliathea i from fourMr. Joe T. igaln after aArcher, was is afternoon. 1 days with lew R. Wall Selma, Mon-Oil Com pals erecting relght depot f*ed on this Ir. Leo IL r.he Clayton delation will In October, idling agent 10 name of take sharm. and Boose.'1 he people of rill show to In ton of Ms-rord he hasOld. Buried in Wilson Monday Afternoon.iber electionthe biggestWilson. Sept. 12.—After an Illness which lasted about two weeks, and which developed into bronchial pneumonia, that grand old man, Elder William Woodard, died Sunday afternoon about 6 o’clock, and he funeral ceremony was held over his remains this afternoon at three o'clock in the Wilson Primitive Baptist church, by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold, after which the body was gently laid to rest in Maplewood cemetery where sweetly sleeps his first wife who w*hs Miss Del phi a Rountree (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Rountree!, w’ho preceded him to The Great Beyond’7 eighteen years ago, and his daughter, Mrs. Varina Aycock, and twro of her children.Tl e deceased leaves a widow , formerly Mrs. Calvin Lassiter (nee Miss Woodall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Woodall, of Johnston countyi. and two sons, Messrs. William Woodard. Jr., and L. P. Woodard, of Wilson. and two daughters. Mrs. Charles B. Aycock and Mrs. Albert Anderson, both of Rab-igh.Mr. Woodard was In his eightieth year; was one of Wilson's most honored and highly respected citizens, who for the past forty years baa be n a I- ading light In the Primitive Baptist church, lie was a strong preacher, a man of lofty Ideals, who made the Bible the rule* of bis life. He was universally esteemed and honored, the highest type of the Christian gentlrman. He was on example for emulation os a man. a minister, a citizen, a nelglfhor and a father.—News and Observer.PAYS BOA nNow an Old M SquareScranton, Pa years ago Mart dale, owing foi board and a pa day be return* Flynn, a well* this city, son o owed ‘he boar* of paying.When qulxze younger days that he came ft side of New I tb^'se bills, rerr old man, with wanted to be jSolicitor Gendied In Bostoicomplication aof bronchitis,11bout tmro week
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Smithfield Herald
Smithfield, North Carolina, US
Fri, Sep 16, 1910
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