Summer musings drift through small town Courier pages
The Courier comments on heat and crops, students returning to schools, and a wary economy. It notes persistent prosperity fears and shifting advertising, praises local merchants, and highlights names like Jones Grocery and Union Trust Co. The piece weaves seasonal imagery with hints of land value and farm rental, ending with a nod to the Beam reunion.
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Courier
Jones Grocery
Union Trust Co
Penders
Steins Dept
McNeely’s
Davis Sisters
Bee Hive
Dalton Bros
Oth
Huge seven foot snake killed by route two family
ARS. JOE MATHIS KILLS HUGE REPTILE SUNDAY. Mr. M. H. Mathis of Route two displayed a seven foot eight inch gray snake with dark red spots. His mother Mrs. Joe Mathis, age 52, killed it Sunday morning with a stick while en route to the garden. The snake was over six inches in circumference and considered one of the largest in the area. Some observers called it an ordinary chicken snake from the black snake family. The tail was sharp with a small horn.
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M. H. Mathis
Route Two
Mr. Mathis
Joe Mathis
Mrs J A McMahon Dies in Hendersonville Visit
Rutherfordton Aug 18 The community mourns the death of Mrs J A McMahon at Hendersonville Hospital after a sudden illness on Monday night She was 38 and survived by husband a son several sisters and a brother Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm at First Methodist Rutherfordton with burial in Rutherfordton cemetery The deceased long resided in Rutherfordton and was active in church and local circles Her husband a Miles Salt Co salesman accompanied her on the visit and was away when illness struck.
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Rutherfordton
J. A. McMahon
Hendersonville
First Methodist
Saluda
McMahon
Methodist Church
Miles Salt Co
New Orleans
Out After 26 Days Fire Tame at Longview Oil Well
Shell Petroleum employees extinguished a fire that burned 26 days near Longview Texas. They tunneled 30 feet below a roaring oil well and stopped a continual flow consuming about 10 000 barrels per day. The method was the first of its kind used in the Texas field to curb the blaze.
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Longview
Texas
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Mer
Local Schools to Open Aug 31 in Cool Springs
The Cool Springs township schools will begin on Monday, August 31. Parents are urged to obtain books early and avoid buying second hand books unless they know they will be used this session. A complete adopted-book list will appear next issue. teachers by school and grade also to be listed then.
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Cool Springs Township
The
Courier
Funeral Tuesday for M. R. Carroll in Forest City
The community mourns Marsh R. Jarrell known as M R Carroll who died Monday near Tanners Grove church at age 82. He was born near Blacksburg S C on January 30 1849 and married twice first to Susan Moore and then to Minnie Griffin. Surviving children include H B Doggett W F Carroll J R Carroll C T Carroll and Mrs J B Doggett among others with many grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Tanners Grove Methodist Church conducted by Rev J W Kennedy and Rev M M Huntley with interment in the Tanners Grove cemetery. Pallbearers included Hoyle Carroll Boyce Robbins Clyde Carroll John Doggett Louis Doggett and Alton Carroll. The deceased was a longtime Masonic member.
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Forest City
R-2
Marsh R. Jarrell
Tanners’ Grove Church
Carroll
Blacksburg
S. C
Rutherford County
Susan Moore
Frank Moore
H. B. Doggett
W. F
J. R
C. T. Carroll
J. 8. Doggett
Forest R-2
Johnson Carroll
Blackburg
Mary Gold
Lattimore
Lipscombe
Gaffney
Methodist
Pleasant Grove
Tanners’ Grove
Grove Methodist Cu
J. W Kennedy
M. M. Huntley
Grovemetery
Hoyle Carroll
Boyce Robbins
Clyde Carroll
John Doggett
Louis Doggett
Giant oak and picnic tale ripple through August pages
On August 18 an image of a mighty oak and its family seed speaks of resilience. Ted Alcock recalls a car balking before taking friends to a picnic while Grouchy Gus jokes about ants attending if a picnic is held.
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Ha Cers
Population Gap: India Sees 9 Million More Men Than Women
A report highlights a gender imbalance in India with about 9 million more men than women. Demographers examine factors such as birth sex ratios, reporting accuracy, and socio cultural preferences impacting the skew. The study discusses potential social and policy implications.
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India
Child narrowly escapes drowning in yard tub incident
A small child of Mr and Mrs Wash Calhoun near Caroleen slipped into a tub of water Sunday afternoon. Mrs Calhoun returned to find the child’s feet sticking up. First aid was given and a physician summoned. The child was resuscitated and later appeared unharmed.
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Wash Calhoun
Caroleen
Mrs Carrie Bobo Dies At Henrietta
Ellenboro August 18 funeral services were held for Mrs Carrie Bobo 81 at Liberty church near Whitney South Carolina She died at her Henrietta home Wednesday night after a long illness cancer kept her under treatment She was a Saxon church member from Spartanburg Surviving daughter Nina Kirby Henrietta son March Bobo Inman and four sisters Rev J S Brock led the services
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Ellenboro
Carrie Bobo
Liberty Church
Whitney
S. C
Bobo
Henrietta
Saxon Church
Spartanburg
Nina Kirby
March Bobo
Inman, S. C
J. S. Brock
Fall Hat Lines Highlight Jerky Style Feathers
Mrs. E E. McCurry notes new fall hat line featuring plain or ostrich feather accents. Mannish Jerky style presented in plain and feathered options as part of the season's fashion.
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E E. McCurry
Collision injures several near Cliffside last Sunday
In a Sunday collision near Cliffside, Claude Morrow and Chuck Roper with companions Helen and Hazel Hill Maude Blanton Eufra Simmons and Pauline Carpenter were shaken and injured. Claude Duncan of Caro Isseate driving a car caused injuries. Ambulances ferried the injured to Rutherford Hospital where most were later discharged after treatment.
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Cliffside
Claude Morrow
Chuck” Roper
Forest City
Helen
Hazel Hill
Maude Blanton
Eufra Simmons
Pauline Carpenter
Cherryville
Hill
Claude Duncan
Caro Isseate
Nis Hil
Rutherford Hospital
Mrs. Duncan
Baby
Jones Copeland Killed by Auto Near Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton August 17 James Copeland a 52 year old weaver at Stonecutter Mills Spindale was found dead Thursday morning under a Model T Ford Coupe one mile north of Rutherfordton on Highway 19 by Jack Guffey as he headed to work. He had bruises on the neck head chest and legs and likely died before midnight the car had rolled into a ditch from a fill. Copeland had trouble starting the old model car and had boarded in Spindale with his wife and son LeRoy who said his father spoke to a farmer about help the night before. Funeral services were held in Greer South Carolina with interment there. He was born in Burke county and belonged to the Arlington Methodist Church and Dayton Mills Junior Order.
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Rutherfordton
Jones Copeland
Stonecutter Mills
Spindale
Jack Guffey
Copeland
P. L. Flynn
Flynn
LeRoy Copeland
Copéland
Marion
Greer
S. C
Spindal
Morganton
M Edgar Clontz
Valdese
Arlington
D. C
Dayton Mills
S.C
Greer Semeters
Burke County
First Visit From Rutherford County Mule Trader
Mr. C. C. Cochran who lives north of Rutherfordton made his first trip to Forest City Monday. He has resided in Rutherford county for thirty years, but this was his first visit to the city. While there he traded mules and then returned home.
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C. C. Cochran
Rutherfordton
Forest City
Cochran
Rutherford County
Over 200 Farmers Plan Friday Tennessee Farm Tour
More than two hundred farmers and business men and their families will form a motorcade to Greeneville Tennessee Friday. County agent F E Patton will lead with two patrolmen guiding. The trip covers Rutherfordton Bat Cave Hendersonville Asheville Marshall and Greeneville with lunch in Greeneville at noon.
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Greens County
Rutherfordton
Court House
F. E. Patton
No. 20
Bat Cave
Hendersonville
Asheville
Marshall
Greeneville
Tenn
Rutherfordt
Greene County Chamber of Commerce
Izaak Walton League Dinner Meeting in Spindale
About thirty members from Rutherford and guests from Cleveland McDowell and Polk counties attended a Spindale House dinner and business session. David Lindsay presided and prizes were discussed for county school children’s essays on regional fish. George A Tomeraasen, National Field Representative, spoke on league goals and achievements.
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Spindale
Izaak Walton League
Rutherford County
Cleveland
McDowell
Polk
Spindale House
Spindale Methodist Women’s Missionary Society
David Lindsay
Ph Rutherford Ner
Messrs
Ed Trammell
Tom Keel Weathers
George A. Tomeraasen
Chicago
Izaak Walton League of America
Lindsay
League
E. B. Cloud
Tryon
General Assembl
Recorders
Cow Rand J
Department of Conservation and Development
General Assembly
Derby hat line features feather trimmed styles
Mrs. E. E. McCurry promotes a new derby hat line in black brown and navy shades with decorative feather trims offering stylish headwear for the season.
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Derby
E. E. McCurry
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M. R. Carroll
Tanners Grove
Ted Alcock
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