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pULL FOR FOREST CITY vol- IV-No. 51 MINISTER'S WIFE IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. M. B. Clegg, formerly of This County, Fatally Injured When Car Goes Over Cliff. }j rs . M. B. Clegg, whose hus band was a few years ago pas tor of the Methodist churches at (aroleen and Henrietta, was fat ,.Hv injured when their car went over a hundred foot cliff Thurs day afternoon about 3 o'clock. A very fine road has just been Luilt from Murphy across Nan tahaia Mountain to Topton, twenty miles away. Thursday morning Rev. and Mrs. Clegg de cided to take a little outing i along this road, so with their three year old baby, motored over to Topton where they had dinner and spent what Mr. Clegg says seemed to be one of the happiest days of Mrs. Clegg's life. As they were going over the mountain on their way back to their home at Murphy, Mrs. Clegg suggested that the scenery was too wonderful to pass ail that they get out and awhile. They did so, all j«g|| walking up and down for some little time. Mrs. Clegg and the hM hack into the car, and M t Clegg cranked it, to 1 . * countable reason, it beß ning backwards. iumned for the running® 1 °fl ish a:-y : tfl jgg|| m w m conscious condition wi® * broken in two or thrM and with internal injuM baby, badly cut about was U}) walking about, », ing was left of the carV the tires. ■ •' A man working in a field came and assisted Mr. in getting them up to the I v and soon had a car ready toB them to Andrews, four fl away. There they found gine with one coach which I ed them to the Murphy Hoß|||J' sixteen miles away. ThereH that medical skill could do® done for Mrs. Clegg, but she at o'clock that evening witl'l having regained consciousnV The baby was put on the open ing table and quite a lot of glsß and gravel removed from iiß wounds. Hope is entertained ofl its recovery, though its suffering is intense. | Besides the injured child, thej mother leaves three others, Lem uel, a Junior at Trinity College; Mary Emma and Chas. high school students at Murphy. The body was brought to King's Mountain Saturday and laid to rest Sunday afternoon by the side of her three children who died within the same "year a few years ago. Funeral services were con ducted from the Methodist church by Rev. R. M. Hoyle and Rev. Jordan. All the standing room in the church was taken and throngs were on the outside. Crowds from Shelby, Belwood, Gastonia, ' Charlotte, Cherryville. Henrietta, Forest City, and other neighboring towns showed by their presence the esteem in which this noble woman was held, A purer Christian charac ter never lived. Rarely ever is such a beautiful floral offering* seen. Her grave and those around it were banked with exquisite designs. An es pecially lovely one was an im mense cross of small red and white roses presented by the K. K. K. Before her marriage, Mrs. C legg was Miss Louise Hoyle, of Belwood, a daughter of the late Capt. Lemuel Hoyle. JOINT MEETING OF FARM BUREAU AT SHELBY will be a joint meeting of m Bureaus of Rutherford veland counties at Shelby, v, Oct. 7, 4 p. m., at the ise. The two bodies will th representatives of fert :d nitrate companies for ivpose of making a corn, act • ensuing year. hoped to have a large ee from this county. J. N. MATHENY. FOREST CITY COURIER MM IJ I H Mr. B( ! '" Mr. J. ■ died at i^jSaamf;» -SM Mountain last j,|jj| been ill since last ' ists could not agree as to act cause of his illness, but when spinal paralysis developed, he rap irly sank to the end. He leaves his wife and four children to mourn the loss of a devoted hus band and father. Mr. Fortune, who was 48 years old, was the youngest son of Mr. P. Fortune and was born and reared in Rutherford county. There are seven brothers—D. D. Fortune, of near Alexander* J. M. Fortune, Cliffside; J. T. For tune, Forest City; P. D. Fortune, LaFayette, Ga., B. D. Fortune, who resides on the old homestead on Robinson's Creek; W. "B. For tune, Camden, N. J.; H. L. For tune, Sandy Mush; three sisters — Mrs. Irwin Philbeck, Cleveland county; Mrs. Docia Bridges, Cleve land county, and Miss Lou For tune, who makes her home with Mrs. Bridges. The funeral was held in the Methodist church at Forest City Friday and was conducted by his pastor, Rev. Mr. Camp, assisted by Rev. Mr. Teal and Rev. Parker Holmes. Interment was in Cool' Springs Cemetery. If it costs as much to fight the boll weevil whether the cotton yields one bale or a third bale per acre, what's the answer? Build the soil. PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY PICTURE OF THE HAGGARD TENT AND CONGREGATION, TAKEN AT GASTONIA _ _ _ __ __ m ' Iff *" i / If „ --if. m *- ■ 1 if * *JJK '- - FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 5, 1922 from >" The immedi; Z. V. I ■ Deputy 9 - ,' f jt ■■! ately foH secured '■' in the V " Monday fl Mr. Hu« ier that S !$: fession fi»C, solved negro arre:® .j that it wafl burned the Wj quitted at B' It was It K had spent &V lotte before I His capture ■ Cliffside offi I criptions of S in every si'flj great credit! measuers to fl who so wan® able property® ting - his con M due to good 1 Mr. Hudgins. breaking into \ W. Hames. Fifty ddllart offered for th $1.50 per year, in Advance BIG RESULTS _ FROMBATEMAN REVIVAL CAMPA| Dr. R. J. ful 12 PAGES 72 COLUMNS
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