Spindale Firm to Handle Durant Cars
Spindale opens Durant car dealership with D. & D. Motor Company led by Max Dobbins and Frank Doggett former Lake Cherokee motor staff. George Simmons oversees repair shop in connection with sales. The venture aims to bring reliable Durant service to Rutherford County.
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Spindale Firm
Durant
Spindale
D. & D.* Motor Company
Durant Motors
Max Dobbins
Frank Doggett
Lake Chevrolet Motor Company
Rutherfordton
George Simmons
Cliffside
Messrs
Dobbins and Doggett
Joseph Gittings Dies in Ellenboro Age 52
Joseph Gittings 52 died at his Ellenboro home Saturday June 2 after heart trouble. Funeral at Ellenboro Presbyterian Church June 3 at 5:30 p.m. Rev. C C Huston officiated. Interment Rutherfordton Cemetery with Rev. R E Gentle leading the committal. Survived by widow Emma Johnson of Raleigh and daughter of late D T Johnson of Raleigh. Gittings, born in Bristol England, raised Cincinnati, worked Rock Island Railroad, assistant general passenger agent at Fort Worth before resigning due to ill health. At death he was appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of Columbia S C. He served in civic and church life. Episcopal. Mr and Mrs Fred Culbreth and children of Shelby visited.
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Ellenboro
Joseph Gittings
Ellenboro Presbyterian Church
C. C. Huston
Rutherford
Fort Worth
Texas
Federal Land Bank of Columbia
S. C
Episcopal Church
Woman's hand severely poisoned with Paris Green
Spindale June 12 Mrs J W Starnes of this place is suffering from an unusual infection. While gardening she developed blisters on her hands from a garden implement and later dusted plants with Paris Green. The poison dust infected the injuries and required hospital care. A peculiar poisonous infection developed and by Tuesday there was doubt about her arm recovery.
Montford Cove Winsley Families Attend Memorial Service
Nealsville reports busy weed killing after a week of good weather. Miss Glenn Harris leaves for Hickory to attend summer school. Vick Harris and family along with Mrs. J. P. Wilkerson and others attend memorial services and unveiling of Mr. B. F. Tate's monument by the W. O. W. Order at Providence church in McDowell county. Mrs. E. C. Harris and daughters are mentioned among attendees.
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Nealsville
R-1
Glenn Harris
Hickory
Vick Harris
J. P. Wilkerson
Jones Harris
B. F. Tate
W. O. W. Order
Providence Church
McDowell County
E. C. Harris
Fire destroys home of local resident near Spindale
Jeff Alexander, a colored resident near Spindale, lost his home to a fire starting from a defective stove flue about 11:30 Thursday night. He, his wife, and four children escaped in their night clothes with only a pair of overalls and a coat. The insured loss runs around $800, and Forest City businesspeople have offered aid. Alexander, employed by H. L. Kanipe, is well known locally.
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Jeff Alexander
Spindale
Jeff
Forest City
H. L. Kanipe
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Oseph Gittings
Fred Culbreth
Shelby
W. L. McBrayer
Paris
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