Rutherfordton Woman Dies After Illness at 80
Rutherfordton Oct 15 After an illness of several months Mrs M C Toms aged 80 died at 4 30 Thursday morning The funeral was held at 4 30 Friday from her home with Dr W R Ware and Rev W L Latham The burial was in Rutherfordton cemetery She born Oct 30 1848 was daughter of J H Carpenter and widow of J M Toms Surviving are son B C Toms of Salisbury daughter Mrs C B Justice and sister Mrs V C Hicks of Rutherfordton Also sister of the late Rev J B Carpenter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
M. C. Toms
W. R. Ware
W. L. Latham
Rutherfordton Cemetery
Mrs. Toms
J. H. Carpenter
J. M. Toms
Rutherford County
Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church
B. C. Toms
Salisbury
C. B. Justice
V. C. Hicks
J. B. Carpenter
George E Scruggs Dies in Boiling Springs at 52
George Elam Scruggs, 52, prominent Boiling Springs resident and former church clerk, died Wednesday afternoon after months of illness. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Boiling Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Jenkins and other pastors officiating. The Junior Order conducted graveside rites. He leaves a wife, five children Junius, Eula Mae, Ruby, Horace and Earl, his father and step-mother, a sister Cora Earl, and several half siblings. Pallbearers were Junior Order members from Cliffside. flower girls named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elam Scruggs
Boiling Springs
Jenkins
Goode
Abernethy
Walker
Scruggs
Boiling Springs Baptist Church
Sallie Blanton
Geo. Brooks
Pearl
Etta Scruggs
Cliffside
Brackett
Dean White
Rosina Grigg
Ethel Allison
Madge Green
Lallage Green
Connie Scruggs
Sallie Green
Mattie Lee Green
Cleveland Star
Greeks Used Buttons On Armor In Ancient Greece
Washington report from Oct 18 states Kate McK Elderkin of Princeton New Jersey has informed the Archeological Institute of American that ancient Greeks and Romans used buttons instead of buckles to fasten shoulder straps to cuirass armor. Cords and leather thongs wrapped around the buttons and tied often substituted for buttonholes. The buttons had a central hole and were held by knotted string or cord.
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Washington
Kate McK. Elderkin
Princeton
N. J
Archaelogical Institute of American
Rutherfordton to Host Nov 8 Criminal Court Term
Rutherfordton reports the Rutherford county Superior Court will convene on November 8 with Judge Michael Schenck presiding. Over 100 cases are listed including homicide, manslaughter, whiskey and larceny charges, along with a drawn jury for the first week and bonds posted for several defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
Superior Court of
Rutherford County
Michael Schenck
Hendersonville
Martin Davis
Leland
Herb Taylor
Littlejohn
Nelson
Paul Hampton
Ellenboro
Arthur Duncan
Paul Conner
Crawford Whitener
Frank Ledford
Man Injured When Steering Gear Locks Near Bat Cave
Chimney Rock Oct. 15 Mr. Ed Shytles severely injured Wednesday en route to Hendersonville when steering gear locked on a curve near Bat Cave causing the car to leave the road and plunge down a steep bank. He was removed by passersby and taken to Rutherford Hospital where he remains under care. injuries not expected to be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chimney Rock
Ed| Shytles
Hendersonville
Bat Cave
Shytles
Rutherford Hospital
Shaw Likes Shaw Again in English Town Ban Lifted
London reports Shaw the town in the upper Thames Valley has lifted its old ban on George Bernard Shaw. The free library is urged to obtain copies of his latest books as Vecto heaters are promoted for home warmth at low cost by Farmers Hardware Co.
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London
Shaw
Upper
Thames Valley
George Bernard Shaw
Farmers Hardware Co
Fisher
Local names and places appear in faded route and farm notes
Fragmentary OCR lists residents and routes including Hollis H E Spratt Caroleen G C Hawkins Mooresboro R 2 Monroe McDonald U S Courtney A C Keeter Vance R Price Forest City route 4 W A Warlick M C Dickerson Zaco Clements Try Carmore Ename Route 4 and H M Wilson Ruth Schairs beds and erfordton T M Lumley Mooresily used Farmers Hardee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Mahafee
Monroe McDonald
U.S. Courtney
A. C. Keeter
Vance R. Price
Forest City
B.G. Baker
W. A. Warlick
M. C. Dickerson
Zaco Clements
Carmore
H. M. Wilson
Erfordton
T. M. Lumley
Local Names On Fragmented Notice List
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Soro Bes M.D. Ko iBAE J D Houser Bes L Quinn Henrietta and others plus entities WE Rock Fred Rollins Henrie J D Logan Itom Koon. The readable items indicate a damaged roster or notice fragment with multiple personal names and initials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soro
Bes
M.D. Ko
An Ibae
D. Houser
Bes L. Quinn
Henrietta
Jeter
Rock
Fred Rollins
Henrie J. D. Logan
Itom
Koon
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Cordus
Geo
Hunter
Columbus
Cardus
Tam
George E. Scruggs
the Farmers Federation Indase
N. C
Democratic Ticket
North Carolina
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Terry A. Lyon
Fayetteville
Stanley Winborne
Murfreesboro
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Northampton
George Ward
Wallace
T. T. Thorne
Rocky Mount
Robert M. Gantt
Durham
E. K. Bryan
Wilmington
T. E. Batley
Hamlet
W. R. Lovill
Boone
Peyton McSwain
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Supreme Court
W. J. Brogden
George W. Connor
D. G. Brum
Superior Court
First District
Walter L. Small
John H. Clement
Herbert M. Leary
Congress
Lindsey Warren
John H. Kerr
Charles L. Abernethy
Edward W. Poll
Charles M. Steadman
J. Bayard Clark
William C. Hammer
Robert L. Coughton
A. L. Bulwinkle
Zebulon Weaver
B. C. Williams
Barney Butler
J. W. Robinson
R-4
J. P. Lewis
Watson Clarke
J. C. Erwin
A. B. Flack
W. P. Hall
E. E. Sherrill
Terry Moore
P. L. Marks
S. A. Matheny
J. L. Crow
J.T. Harris
J. H. Sargee
W. L. Humphries
P. N. Long
H D.phillips
J. B. Mears
C. D. Earley
J. W. Hunt
Bostic
Geo. W. Green
J. J. Rollins
John E. Glover
Ship Harrill
Ellenborot
J. S. Hampton
P. D. Street
Union Mills
G. A. Silver
J. R. Frye
Avondale
John
Chas
Flack
Forest City, N
Oldsmobile
J. T. Camp
Forest City, N. C
General Motors
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