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j I j I I G. L. BLACKFORD IS DEAD DENISON, Tex. April 5.— The fun°ral of O. B. Blackford, president of the Stale National Bank of this city, who died here List Sunday, was held yesterday. Mr. Blackford was not only one of the most prominent financiers of the South but a great sports- man. the largest bce» dec of thoroughbred horses in Texas and the owner of a pretentious racing stable.