SN FOREST CITY COURIER
VOL. IV—No. 21
CELEBRATES HIS
100 TH BIRTHDAY
v r ;.pd« Gather to Honor Century
Natal Day of Mr. Thomas K.
McArthur at Home of Mr. J.
Green, Near Hollis.
~ew persons in this world live
. 'celebrate their hundredth an
iversary, but this unusual event
'•; c when friends gathered at
t .e home of Mr. J. L. Green, neai
j-'-J lis last Sunday to be present
' -he 100 th birthday anniversary
Mr. Thomas R- McArthur, at
the * home of his grand-daughter,
Mrs. Green. _
The following account oi the
event is sent to the Courier by a
j'riend of the paper: . #
Hollis, March 7 A nice little
;rowd of some 65 or 70 met at
1 e home of Mr. J. L. Green last
Sunday, when the 100 th anniver
sary of Mr. Thomas K. McArthur
was quietly celebrated. Mr. Mc-
Arthur enjoyed the occasion very
much. He had a handshake and a
smile for everyone. A larger num
ber would have been present had
the roads been in better condi
tion, and some were kept away on
account of sickness.
A bountiful dinner was prepared
and all enjoyed it to the utmost.
The Rev. J. M. Goode, of Boiling
Springs, made a splendid talk,
which was enjoyed by all. The
dinner consisted of everything
good and was served in the good
,;d Carolinian way and with a
hospitality that made everyone
present feel that never before had
they enjoyed themselves quite as
well as they did on this wonderful
occasion.
Taking a part in everything
was the honor guest, who was
made to feel that it is a wonder
ful thing to celebrate one's hun
dredth anniversary. Mr. McArthur
has always been of a very cheer
ful disposition, and was gracious
ness personified on this occasion.
Mr. McArthur has only one
child living, Mrs. J. H. Hopper, of
Smars,, Ga., there are eleven
grand-children, thirty-one great
grand-children and ten great
great-grand-children. He has not
been able to walk for the past
live years. Two men carried him
to the table Sunday. He is very
hard of hearing, but likes to tell
„okes at times. On this occasion
he told how he began to chew
tobacco, and said:
"My brothers, William and Wal
ter, chewed tobacco, and were
a:rajid I would tell on them, as
our mother did not allow us to
use the weed. So they got me to
-hew, and then said that if I told
on them, then they would tell on
r.ie. One day mother suspicion
'i that I had tobacco in my
-louth, and said: 'Tom, open
>our mouth, but before I opened
't I swallowed that tobacco. She
never saw it and it did not hurt
--ie, either."
Mr. McArthur never drank whis
and has always been temperate
m eating. He often said, "I don't
-'are what you have on the table
-■n -upper, all I want is a glass
-i sweetmilk and just enough
ead to go with it." He always
••anted to go to bed at a certain
- our and was an early riser.
Ail through life he has been very
regular in all habits.
DEATH OF MRS. JACKSON
Mrs. H. T. Jackson died 'at the
some of her granddaughter, Mrs.
. Corn, near Mill Spring - , N.
- Feb. 16, 1922. Mrs. Jackson
n t; d to the ripe old age of
J She leaves her husband,
. - c hihlren, 8 grand-children
■ ' (| a host of relatives,. She had
"•'-•KM.! for several months, but
?aith ever grew stronger in
-"id. She had been a devoted
- - !nl, er of the Baptist church for
- irv ß years '. and lived out
J>Mle promise of three score
; and ten. We can meet her
- L.no \\orld to come if we will'
Jive the Christian life. We
t0 the husband, children
.-iand-children, and relatives
;' r heartfelt sympathy. May
,- ( ft richest blessing abide with
A Friend.
PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
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"This is the new U. S. Senator
from lowa, C. A. Rawson. ap
pointed by Governor Kendall to
succeed W. S. Kenyon, recent leader
of the Farm Bloc in Congress, who
resigned to accept a Federal judge
ship. Will Rawson line-op with
•r against the bloc "
MRS. ALEXANDER
HOSTESS AT TEA
A splendid entertainment given
by Mrs. J. F. Alexander at St.
Petersburg, Fla., w-as written up
as follows in the soicety columns
of the St. Petersburg Independent:
Mrs. J. F. Alexander was host
ess yesterday afternoon at a
charmingly appointed tea given at
the Bayou Tionita Golf And Yacht
club in honor of Mrs. Clyde Hoey
and Mrs. W. F. Roberts, of Shel
by, N. C., who have been her
guests for a fortnight at Mrs. Al
exander's home in the Alexander
hotel.
During the afternoon Mrs. Hoey
gave several delightful "Uncle Re
mus" readings which were very
much enjoyed, after which dainty
refreshments were served.
Besides the honorees, Mrs. Hoey
and Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Alexander
had as her guests: Miss Elizabeth
Cheatham, of this city; Mrs. B. N.
Duke, of New York, and her sis
ter, Mrs. Stokes, of Durham, N. C.;
Mrs. Odell, of Concord, N. C.; Mrs.
S. W. Helm, of New York; Mrs.
Alexander Galloway, of Winston-
Salem, N. C.; Mrs. Jearce and Miss
Wright, of Durham , N. C.; Mrs.
Powers, of Maine; Mrs. Karl
Jungbiuth, of New York; Miss
Clark and Mrs. Habicorn, of De
troit, and Miss Bonnie, of Norfolk,
Va.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The Forest City junior basket
ball team capped the county
championship of the Junior
League Saturday wKen it defeated
Bostic by the score of 15-12. Our
team has come through the en
tire tournament without the loss
of a single game. Everybody on
the team has played good ball. In
fact the splendid team work has
been responsible for the victories,
rather than to individual stars.
The purpose of the team has been
to get the ball through the mesh
es and not to run up personal
scores. The honor of winning is
enhanced by thte worthiness of
the opponents.
The Forest City varsity team
has also made a fine record this
year. Only one game was lost
throughout the entire season.
That one went by a close margin
to the heavy Henrietta town
team, which was badly beaten in
return. Moss has played excep
tionally good bail. He works well
in any capacity, being a strong
oifensive and defensive player. He
passes well and can dribble equal
ly well.
The "Funny Fellows," of New
York, will be given in the school
auditorium Tuesday evening, at
7:30.
Th§ primary department will
give an entertainment about East
er. This will take the place of ex
ercises to be given by them at
commencement.
A play by the Henrietta school
will be given in the Forest City
High School auditorium Friday
evening, at 7:30. Twenty-five pei
cent of the proceeds will go to
our school.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH, 9, 1922.
SIX INJURED I
AUTO ACCIDENT
Howard Hardin and Van Buckner
Seriously Injured—Others Es
cape With Slight Bruises.
Six persons were injured, two
seriously, when an automobile col
lided with a buggy on the Nation
al Highway, near the Seaboard de
pot, at 10:30 o'clock Sunday night.
Howard Hardin, aged 17, son of
Mr. T. C. Hardin, of Forest City,
suffered concussion of the brain,
and is in a critical, condition aH
the home of his father.
Van Buckner, of Alexander's
Mill, had a fractured leg and oth
er injuries. He is at the hospital
with chances of recovery favora
ble.
Cloyd Coffey, son of Mr. Horace
Coffey, Forest City, was consider
ately bruised. He was taken to
the hospital, but is now much im
proved.
Syd. Coffey, son of Mr. Lewis
Coffey, was bruised, but not se
riously injured.
Mr. O. K. Kuykendall, of Ruth,
Was driving in the buggy with
his son, and both were considera
bly shaken up and bruised,, but
w T ere able to go to their home.
Several reasons have been ad
vanced as to the cause of the ac
cident. It seems most likely that
the car skidded, the driver lost
control and the auto struck the
buggy. Both car aand buggy were
practically demolished, while the
horse escaped practically unhurt.
The accident w r as one of 'the
most serious to occur near here
for some time, and it• is a cause
of wonder that several were not
killed.
Mr. Kuykendall, who is a
prominent merchant at Ruth, was
driving toward his home and the
car containing the four young
men was coming toward this city
when the accident occurred.
HILL-FLACK WEDDING
Rutherfordton, March 6.—One
of the most beautiful weddings of
the season was solemnized here
Thursday evening when John M.
Flack, Jr, of Chimney Rock, and
Miss Addye Hill, of this city, were
united in the bonds of holy wed
lock, at 7:30 o'clock at the home
of the bride's parents.
The bride and groom entered
the reception hall from the living
room and took their places before
the altAr where they were met by
the bride's pastor, Dr. M. A.
Adams, who officiated, using the
ring ceremony. Only the im
mediate families and close
friends were present. The
bride is the attractive and
talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. P. Hill and is popular with a
wide circle of friends,. The groom
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Flack, Sr., of Chimney Rock, who
are the owners and proprietors of
Mountain View Inn. The happy
couple left immediately for their
new home at Chimney Rock. A
number of out-of-town guests at
tended.
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NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM UNION MILLS
An Interesting Letter From Sple.
did Correspondent, Touching Up
on Many Matters of Moment.
Union Mills, March 6. —The box
supper given at Round jHill Aca
demy Saturday night for the bene
fit of the Athletic Association was
largely attended and a decided
success, the proceeds amounting
to nearly $70.00. All of the boxes
'sold at a good price. Miss Jac
quette Hill won the cake in the
voting contest for the most popu
lar girl, Miss Lena Oxentine re
ceiving the second largest num
ber of votes. The cake brought
$20.80. The cake in the guessing
contest went to Miss Mary Allen,
who guessed the article contained
in the cake. Each participant
paid ten cents per guess for the
privilege of guessing in the con
test.
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New Athletic Field
Round Hill Academy is soon to
have a new athletic field. The
grounds will be located south of
the cemetery near the boys' dor
mitory. Sometime will be requir
ed in the work of cleaning off and
arranging the grounds, but this
will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible in order to
have the ground ready for the
baseball season. The new field
will fill a Hongfelt need in ath
letics, as the school hits never had
any suitable play grounds, for
which reason the promotion of
athletics has been handicapped.
»jt SiS
A Good Showing
In the recent campaign to raise
$6,000.00 for Round Hill Academy
the B. Y. P. U. of Round Hill
church contributed $112.00. This
is a good showing for the young
people, and is evidence of the fine
work which the B. Y. P. U. is do
ing.
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Bible Reading Contest
A Bible reading contest between
The four sections of the B. Y. P.
U. was started this week. The ob
ject of the contest is to increase
the interest in daily Bible read
ing, and it will continue for four
weeks. A weekly record will be
kept of the work done by each
section, and at the end of the
four weeks the section making
the best record will be entertain
ed by the other three sections.
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An Able Sermon
The effort to destroy the Bible,
why it has failed, and why it will
continue to be a failure was the
theme of an able sermon deliver
ed at the Baptist church Sunday
morning by the pastor, Rev. M.
L. Buchanan.
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Miss Julia Morris spent the
week-end in Bostic, visiting her
sister, Miss Flora Morris, one of
the efficient teachers in the Bos
tic school.
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Cold Weather a Benefit
The cold weather of the past
week has been welcomed by the
PERFECT FIGHTING MAR
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~i n
In the recent national search by
American Legion posts to the
physically perfect and typical Yank
ifighting man, Sergeant Wm. Mett-
Jen. 16th Infantry, who lives in
KDmaha, Neb. r was selected His.
measurements: 5 feet inches:
weight, 160 pounds; hair, light
brown; eyes, blue.
farmers and fruit growers. The
cold wave has checked the bud
ding of theh fruit trees, and the
outlook for a good fruit crop is
more encouraging.
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Messrs. Edward Nanney, Dewey
Washburn and W r . G. Morgan will
leave tomorrow (Tuesday) for
Cincinnati, Ohio, to enter the
Rake Auto school to take a course
in mechanical training.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Morgan
spent Sunday afternoon in Forest
City, the guests of their son, Mr.
A. H. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan.
Mr. Fred F. Hill was called to
Black Mountain today to be at
the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Al-
ford, who is ill. Mrs. Alford's
husband and little daughter are
>also sick.
Justin Flack, young son of Mr.
and John E. F!ack, had the mis
fortune recently to break his left
arm when he and a schoojfcnate
ran together while playing ball
at the public school.
Dr. C. L. Buchanan hfts moved
his family into the residence he
purchased from Rev. D. J. Hunt
last summer. Dr. Buchanan made
extensive improvements on the
home prior to moving into it, and
now has one of the most attrac
tive homes in Union Mills.
First Monday in Rutherfordton
today drew a lhrge representation
from this section of the country.
All report a large crowd and much
trading.
FRUIT GROWERS TO
MEET IN ASHEVILLE
Ashevlle, March 6. —Fruit grow
ers of western North Carolina, go
ing under the name of the North
Carolina Horticultural Society, will
assemble in this city March 9 to
discuss with the agricultural de
partment heads of the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce the matter
of staging an apple show in this
section next Fall.
Complete failure of the fruit
crop last year made it impossible
for a show to be held last year
with the expectation of a bumper
crop this year, fruit growers are to
plan the annual show. Considera-
tion of the project from every an
gle is to be had before so vast an
undertaking is launched.
$1.50 per year, in Advance
CHEROKEES ARE
YET ABUNDANT
Farm Demonstration Agent Kope
Elias Tells of Their Habits Up
in Swain County.
There are still between 1,500 and
2,000 full-blooded Cherokee Indians
on the government reservation
around the Indian school in Swain
county according to Farm Demon
stration Agent Kopg Elias, who
has been farming in that section
for a number of years and knows
the Indians intimately, says the
Charlotte News. They still retain
many of the tribal customs of an
cient days, especially in their
games and pastimes, and always
anticipate one of their big- field
days by a war dance on the pre
vious night. A variation of Amer
ican football is one of their favor
[ ite
.which attracts not only the In
j tiians from every section of the
{ reservation but many white peo
' pie as well.
The country around the reserva
tion and many other parts of the
mountain section are dotted with
"Indian mounds," which some think
the aboriginal moundbuilders con
structed, but which a recent in-*
vestigator from the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington be
lieves were constructed by former
generations of Cherokees and
which were in his opinion, places
of worship.
The Indians excel inHbasket-n«ak
ing and other crafts as they have
done for generations, Mr. Eli as
says. They use splits and wthes
of young trees and canes.
| The name of the most famous of
the Cherokees is preserved in the
Indian country in Sequoia Ford on
the Uni Lufta river. Sequoia is
the Indian whose bust stands in
the hall of fame in Washington
and for whom the giant Redwood
trees of California have been nam
ed by act of Congress .as a me
mento of what he did for the Cher
okee Indians. Sequoia had to un
dergo the obloquy of being a crip
ple for life —a very serious handi
cap and misfortune among a peo
ple who esteem physical prowess
above everything and who usually
allowed cripple children to perish.
I For some reason Sequoia escaped
j this fate . Being unable to parti
i cipate in the games and sports of
other Indian boys, Sequoia turned
i his mind to study and evolved nn
alphabet that permitted literature,
which had been hitherto closed to
the Indian mind except those who
studied English, to be translated
into the Indian tongue. His ser
vice to his race in this respect
stands out as the highest achieve
ment of a cultural nature among
all the Red Men of North Ameri
ca and the Congress of United
States fittingly immortalized his
name by naming the giant Red
wood trees of the North American
continent for him.
Most of the full-blood Indians,
Mr. Elias says, have regular and
well-formed features. Few of
them are hoarded. Most of
them have adopted the Chris
tian religion, most of them be-
longing to the Baptist church.
A State law prevents any white
man or negro from marrying a
full-blood Indian, though Indians
of fractional blood may marry
either white or blacks.
The color of the full-blood Indi
ans is in the traditional dull cop
per and all have jet-black straight
hair and dark eyes, unless they
have white blood in their veins.
Occasionally a member of the
Catawba tribe of Indians, of whom
only a few full-bloods are left in
York county, S. C., goes up to
Swain county and marries a Cher
okee.
The government keeps a com
missioner of the department of the
interior on the ground.
If you are feeling all worn out,
if you can't eat, sleep or work
with any satisfaction, you need
Tanlac. Reinhardt Drug Co.
1,000 2oc tooth brushes, 10c
each, Friday and Saturday. Long's
Drug Store.
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