Show William H Pitts Last night the Angel of Death summoned sum-moned from our midst a man whom this community will sincerely mourn Mr William H Pitts Mr Pitts came to this country twentythree years ago and at once became connected with Mr W S Godbe in the drug business in which he subsequently in 1874 became a partner Later Mr W II Shearman became be-came his partner Mr Godbe retiring j though the old firmname of Godbe Pitts Co was never changed Mr Pitts bears the reputation of having been a very prince in his profession of druggist but as his health has been more or less affected continually for years he has for a long time past been unable to pay any large amount of attention to active business In the trusty hands of his partner however his interests did not suffer Mr Pitts will be sorely missed by scores of the poor No man ever lived more ready to serve his fellowman in distress In thousands of cases his skill as a druggist has alleviated allevi-ated suffering among those who were unable to pay for a doctor or for medicines so that the name of those who remain to bless his memory will be Legion After much suffering Mr Pitts passed away at 10 20 last evening He was 47 years and 6 months old and leaves a wife and two little children who have the earnest sympathies of the whole community com-munity The cause of death will not be definitely defin-itely known until after the postmortem examination which will be conducted under the auspices of Doctors Benedict and Fowler The remains may be viewed by friends and relatives on Monday Mon-day between the hours of 11 and 1 oclock at the residence The services will begin at 11 oclock and the funeral procession will probably leave the house at about 139 pm Mr Pitts leaves his family in good circumstances cir-cumstances I |