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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1931
Page
1
An article notes Homecoming Day at First Baptist Church in Forest City on Sunday, with events marking a ninth year of local advertising promotion. It highlights Dr. W A Ayers's pastorate since 1922, church growth, facilities, and active ministries led by E E Smart and Charles Flack, plus Mrs W J Ayers guiding women’s groups.
A speaker asks readers to write to The Courier with requests for a radio news broadcast. He urges those who have not yet written to send a letter now and to bypass contacting a congressman, stating he needs reader support.
Forest City native Yates Hill 39 an engineer with Freya Engineering Corp of Kuznetsk Liberated States of Soviet Russia was killed when a heavily loaded cable broke. He left Forest City in 1916 and had worked with major U.S. and Soviet firms. Funeral plans await body arrival in Logan West Virginia.
Mr and Mrs Wilkie T Meares announce a 9% pound son Joseph Adams born Saturday June 6th Mr and Mrs Frank M Dorsey announce a 9% 4 pound son Robert Douglas Dorsey born Saturday June 6th Mr and Mrs B T Jones receive congratulations on the arrival of a 9% pound son Robert Aiden Jones born Monday June 8th
Miss Dorothy Bostic had as her house guest last week Miss Lillian Mabrey of Spartanburg.
A large gathering of police chiefs sheriffs and law enforcement officials attended the funeral of Chief Austin Price with patrolmen from Mecklenburg County and Charlotte joining officers from Asheville Gastonia Winston-Salem and other departments. Notables included Winston-Salem Chief Wooten and Lexington Chief Rankin among many others and telegrams of sympathy were sent from Washington D C and J A Gerk head of the International Police Chiefs Association.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him. Elected by the Southern Baptist convention as a trustee of the Baptist Bible Institute in New Orleans, Dr Ayers also serves on boards including Meredith College Raleigh Alexander Home for Motherless Children Union Mills Boiling Springs Junior College Boiling Springs. He was elected a Meredith College trustee by the Baptist State convention. All former members and friends of the First Baptist church are urged to attend Sunday morning services. Revival at the Methodist church means there will be no Sunday night services.
Mr. W. F. Toney, deputy sheriff, is named acting chief of police pending a permanent appointment. Mr. F. Green remains as night officer. The city board will meet Friday to finalize the permanent appointment.
Two new dairies supplying milk to Forest City meet State Board of Health salary requirements and are added to grade A. The dairies belong to J. T. Camp and Ed Thompson.
Thousands attend funeral services for Forest City's Chief of Police Austin A. Price killed while on duty. Fred Smart, a neighbor and former friend, stabbed Price and then fired five shots, including the heart, as night officer T. F. Green helped arrest the suspect. The shooting occurred near Stein's Department Store on the way to the city jail. no inquest was held and Smart was moved to Rutherfordton for safekeeping.
A preliminary hearing for Fred Smart, charged with slaying Chief A. A. Price, is set for Friday in the records court. Smart said he knew at the time of the killing it was not premeditated and expressed remorse. He claimed no trouble with Price and said he would seek bond with a lawyer soon. Smart, 43, from the county and with two brothers in Forest City, is survived by two daughters and a son. his wife is dead. A crowd gathered outside the jail before his transfer, but officer Garrett Edwards controlled the scene. The slain chief lay in state at Padgett & King funeral parlors as hundreds paid respects. Funeral services for Price were held at First Methodist and then in Stony Point, with Rev. J. W. Wilms presiding.
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