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Show U ' THOUSANDS WILL ATTEND FUNERAL Arrangements Completed for Final Tribute to Aged Negro Educator, Booker T. Washington. i Tuslcegee, Ala.. Nov. 15. Arrange- J ments are being completed today for ' the -funeral of Booker T. Washington, 1 who died here yesterday. Funeral services will be hMd at tio institute Wednesday mornfrrs, Tollowed by interment in-terment in the institute grounds. The body will llo in state all day tomorrow. tomor-row. Thousands of Alabamlans, prominent educators and others from various parts of the country, are expected ex-pected to attend the funeral. Messages of condolence reached the Washington home here today from throughout the country, ( "While it Is officially announced that : the question of a successor will not i bo considered until after tho funeral, the names of Emmett J. Scott, confidential confi-dential secretary to Dr. Washington, Warren Logan, treasurer and Dr. i Ainsworth, business manager of the institute, are being mentioned in that connection. oo PIONEER PASSES AWAY. Lehi, Nov. 14. Jesse Smith, one of Lehi's early settlers and leading citizens, citi-zens, died at his home last evening. Ho had been ailing for two years, but began failing rapidly about ten days ago. He was born in Pensford, Suramersetshire, England, May 4, ' ' -H 1836. Ho joined the Mormon church svhile alioy working in the coal mines 3f Wales. With, his wife, who was Miss Mary Ann Price before her marriage, mar-riage, he came to Lehi in 1866, and had been a leader in this city's affairs. af-fairs. He was road supervisor for several years and served two terms In the city council. He also was prominent in church affairs, and was Dne of the seven presidents of the lo-:al lo-:al seventies. |