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Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1931

Page

3

Death claims Mrs Samantha Cole in Rutherfordton funeral held

Mrs Samantha Cole 78 widow of the late Herb Cole died at her home near Rutherfordton Saturday night after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 at the Springs with Rev. Mel Pew and others. Interment followed at Holly Sunes cemetery. Survived by twelve children, forty four grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. She was a longtime member of the Baptist church.

Ovis Samantha Inged Cole Ey Springs B. M. Melpew N. le Wright D. J. Hist W. A.barber Hoge Holly Sunes Herb Cole Jim Robbins Harris Ernest Joe Cole Fost City R-1 George Cole O. B. Grose Forest City Landrum Robbins Matt Splawn Birch Cole Rutherfordton Frank Cole Arthur Harris Arthur McDaniel Jack Henson A. C. Moore Oakland Carroll R-2 Kelly Griffin Messrs Rector Robbins Columbus Cole Spurseon Cole Kenneth Cole Orson Cole Norman Hudgins Lillie Robbins Ozelle Moore Cole Eva Cole Edna Cole

Arrested in Asheville with Brother's Car

Spindale officers went to Asheville to seize Grady Smith and Carl Rippy after they were arrested there Thursday night in a car taken from Horace Smith, a brother of Grady. They entered Horace Smith's home while he was away and asked for the vehicle.

Spindale Yates Duncan Marcus Justice Roy Weeks Asheville Grady Smith Carl Rippy Horace Smith

Community Notes from Forest City on April 13

Mr and Mrs Clyde Robinson from Huntersville visited Mr and Mrs Frank Robinson Thursday. Funeral services for Seth Bedford were held at Oak Grove on Saturday. Ruby Price Florence Moore Charlie Hoyle and Will Moore visited Shelby Wednesday. Erma White visited Ruby Owens Sunday. M J Harrill visited Sam Price Sunday. Mrs Hunter Carver is improving after illness. Ruby Price visited Mrs E E Bedford Saturday night. Commencement exercises at Oakland are planned for Thursday and Friday night this week.

Forest City R-2 Clyde Robinson Huntersville Frank Robinson Eugene Price Seth Bedford Oak Grove Ruby Price Florence Moore Charlie Hoyle Will Moore Shelby Clyde Hughey Erma White Ruby Owens M. J. Harrill Sam Price Hunter Carver E. E. Bedford Oakland

New Hope News light community notes and births

New Hope report highlights include Miss Effie Tanner of Columbia visiting local families, several residents visiting relatives in Cliffside, and Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Turner welcoming a girl born April 8. Multiple mentions of visits, illnesses, and social gatherings accompany a brief sale notice from Farmers Hardware Co.

Fort Benning Mary Randall Ferne Hines M. Biggerstaff Joseph Dan Earl Randall Oak Grove J. S. Davis Pearle L. D. Wilkie W. P. Wilkie Hoyt T. E. Randall Belle Wilkie Cliffside Effie Tanner Columbia A. B. Tanner J. H. Randall C. M. Harris K. M. Randall Ellenbar Vera Harris Herbert Randall Charlie Turner Lavenia Clara L. V. Turiner Lois Hines Sandy Spring Misses Arrie Corrie Ridings Mary Etheleen Randall Opal Turner Eunice Bernice Roach Lila Mae Hines Tia Mae Hopper Myrtle Jolley Connie Strickland Virl Tate Dessie Amos Lynne Culbreth Walden Marion Turner Marvin Mitchem Everette Carl Turner Jack Donahue Roy Wilkins Harold Davis Buford Walker Willis Hines Clifford Roach

Social Notes From Union Mills April Weekend

Residents and visitors share weekend gatherings and visits across nearby towns. Grady Smart and Tom Ross of Newberry visited, while Allie Smart Maggie Sweatt and Jim Smart traveled for business to Asheville. Families including E T Johnson Dorothy Recter Gordon Scoggins Murrell Johnson Beecher Smart and M L Buchanan plus Fred Castles joined Sunday and Monday visits near Forest City Rutherfordton and Spindale.

Grady Smart Tom Ross Newberry S. C W. P. Smart Allie Smart Maggie Sweatt Jim Smart Asheville N. C E. T. Johnson Dorothy C. F. Recter Gordon Scoggins Murrell Johnson Forest City Little Little Flayree Hill Margaret Shytle Rutherfordton

Trustee's Sale of Land in Rutherfordton North Carolina

Trustee sells at public auction on May 18 1931 at 12 o clock noon to satisfy debt secured by deed of trust dated April 5 1929 J T Harris and wife Cuttie Harris. Property includes Tract No 1 Lot 21 and Tract No 2 Lot 20 on J H Thomas and J F Weathers lands west of Forest City along Highway with reference to Wilkie survey map. Sale at Rutherfordton Court House door.

J. T. Harris Cuttie Harris Office of Register of Deeds Rutherford County North Carolina Court House Rutherfordton Carlina Cool Springs Sulphur Springs Rutherford Countty J. H. Thomas J. F. Weathers Charlotte-Asheville Forest City N. C J. A. Wilkie Register of Deed Shelby and J.A. Wilkie Register of Deeds

Property Deed Clause Includes Racial Restriction and Rail Line Note

A 1931 deed details tracts along Richardson Creek and the Carolina Clinchfield Railroad, with a white supremacist restriction against the negro race and a provision that land reverts to grantors if violated. It notes Tract 3 in Sulphur Springs Township, with precise boundary measurements and an exemption for the railroad right of way, dated April 14, 1931, by trustee M. W. Harris.

Richardson's Creek Carolina Clinchfield and I Ohio Wm. Harris Sulphur Springs I.N. Miller P. O Polk Harris Corner M. W. Harris

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