The Marshall republican., 1910-05-20
900 70
COUNTY NEWS :
GRAND PASS.

- sN-sN
Masters Joe and Frank Riley of
Waverly visited their cousin Miss
Pearl Riley Sunday.
The strawberry and ice cream
supper given by the ladies of the
Baptist church was a success So
cially and financially. About 1852
vas the receipts for the evening.
Mrs. Z. q. broadway has n ,ner
new stock of summer hats also
hair nets of all shades. Call and
see her.
Mrs. j. Demoss has received new
summer goods again. Call and see
her.
j.. Dowden of Blackburn was a
guest of his cousin Miss Katie
Reynolds and Miss Flora Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wycliff and chill
dren of Blosser We're guests of
Mrs. j. Demoss last week.
Charles Demoss is home from
his school now he is thinking of
going to Texas on a trip soon. AS
he has an interest in Texas land.
Miss Pearl Riley and Miss Geor-
gia Reynolds were guests of their
cousin Mrs. l.. Humphreys at
Malta Bend.
Mrs. Tilda Humphrey sp.nt a
few days of last week with her
son and family, w. g. Humphrey.
Rev. VIM, and Rev. Coates of
Kansas City, and also L. Allen of
Malta Bend were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Taylor Sunday.
Rogers-The funeral of NJ. c.
Rogers was conduced at the home
OF his parents on Wednesday
May 18th, by Rev. l.. Bedsworth.
Burial in the cemetery here.
Mr.. Rogers was born, November
u, 1879 in Norton Kansas, and at
the age of Q years he with his pal
ents moved here to M ssouri.
He was married 60 Miss Sallie
Pence several years ago and Their
married life vas Joyful and happy
Two children blessed hte union,
Eunice, aged six years and jennie
aged five. They with the aged
mother and father sisters and
brothers deeply mourn his I'M
timely departure from their home.
He was al >affectionate husband
father, kind son to bis parents.
He was an industrious sober man
man who was always ready to do
good not only in his own family
but in his neighborhood as the
last night Of his life was spent in
the endeavor OF saving humanity.
Since the rains men have been
stationed n during each night
on the railroad between here and
Waverly as so many slides had at
times made the track almost i'm
passable and dangerous. And on
Monday night May 9th Mr.. Rogers
went to his post OF duty and when
found next morning he was cold
in death. The coroner from Licking
ton reported after the inquest that
death vas caused by the freight
train. And the general SUPPOSE
tion is that he vas signalling the
freight train to slow up as it ap-
preached the dangerous place and
an open door of a car is supposed
to have struck him. Rogers had
worked on the railroad day and
night for So hours out of 100, but
every indication was that he was
awake and doing his duty. But
the mother and wife also had a
dream about the time the thread
OF life was being broken of the
one they loved. For after he left
them that fatal evening the felt
sad thinking of him on his lonely
vigil of duty in the silent hours of
night and the aged mother dream
ed she saw a person with a crush
ed head and she awakened a few
minutes later and the train came
in town that had snapped her son
from her and as she was relating
her sad dream to a kind neighbor
a message came of his death. The
loving wife also dreamed she saw
a train approaching : the place
where her husband stood and she
called to him to get off the track
She was awakened by the train
that had made her a widow and
children fatherless. Sometimes
LIES shadows are deep but God
will give grace to all to bear up
under the heavy burden. Some day
there will be a united family in
heaven.
A vacant place is in our home.
An aching void in our heart,
But he is up there to welcome us
home.