Spencer Tanner, 22, Killed Instantly When Car Flipped, Nov. 3, 1923

Spencer Tanner Is Instantly Killed

By the Associated Press

Charlotte, Nov. 4—Spencer Tanner, aged 22, son of S.B. Tanner, widely known textile manufacturer, was instantly killed last night when an automobile in which he was riding, driven by Edward Dowd, son of W.C. Dowd, publisher of the Charlotte News, turned over on the highway between this city and Fort Mill, S.C., to which place the two young men were going, following the wedding of a prominent couple here. Young Mr. Dowd was badly shaken up and shocked but not seriously injured.

Tanner and Dowd had attended the wedding of Miss Julia Baxter Scott and Stuart W. Cramer Jr. in the city and were among a number of guests who were going to Fort Mill to attend a wedding party at the home of Elliott Springs, when the accident occurred.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, November 5, 1923