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Show PRICK OF NEEDLE CAUSES DEATH Mrs, Mary 4 J, - Smith of Grewville TiwsVictim. BLOOD ROISON1NG "FOLLOWED VYASHING DYED' CLOTHES. ' Pqe.of First Setters of' Greenville' k;c 'Funeral Today. Bloodpolsonlrig brought' about by wa3hlng,coloreddyo-goods after hav lng pricked a finger With a darnlg .needle.iwns responsible' for the doath of Mrs.nMary It. J Smlth.-wifo 'of Ralph Smith of Greenville. She passed away last' Saturday tnornig. Five physicians phy-sicians were brought into the com In an effort, to stop -the 'spread of tho deadly poisoning;: but 'all tono'a.vail, and doathfollowed'as' stated. The accidental pricking of a finger occurred, the day before' 'Christmas, and within a day or bo tho clothes wero, washed which Infected tho wound with tho poisonous dye. On Dec. 2Cth, Mrs. Smith took sick, following fol-lowing which sho lost ground steadily in the fight against tho grim destroyer. destroy-er. Tho end came January 7th, about 0:20 in tho morning. Funeral services aro to bo held today In tho Greenville meting house at 1 p. m. First Settler of Greenville. Mrs. Rutledgo Jolley Smith was born Nov. 2nd, 18fi7, In Scotland, tho daughter of John Jolley nnd Hannah Rutlcdgc. She early moved to this country, settling In Utah and eventually eventu-ally being one of tho first settlers of tho excellent farming community to tlio north of Logan, which nfter-wards nfter-wards became known as Greenville. The liousc In which alio dwelt was tho first one to bo built In that neighborhood. neigh-borhood. She has six children living, Samuel, John, Leroy and Robert, nnd .Mrs. Susannah Smith Ferguson of Auburn, Au-burn, Idaho, and Mabel Smith Chambers Cham-bers of Greenville. Mrs. Smith was connected wlth tho religious life of hor community, occupying several Important positions, among which wero second councillor In the Y. L. M. I. A.; teacher in tho Reliof So-slety So-slety and a member of tho Sowing commlttoe of tho Relief socloty. Sho is the first important church officer to die In the Greenvlllo ward. |