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IF IT ISN'T IN THE SCOUT IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IT The Official Orgai ?? ^ ' ? VOLUME XXXV. No. 47. The Federation Of j J Wesley Bible Classes To Meet July 7-10 The sixth annual meeting: of the v Western North Carolina Conference | Federation of Wesley Bible Classes j which convenes at Lake Junaluska | July S, 9, and 10, beginning with I ^ the introductory scssession in the ! B mUU T.. I large ...o..?^ j .t Jv 7, at 8 o'clock and concluding with ' I n the business j-ess:on Thursday morn- i ing, July 19, bids fair to eclipse in 1 point of attendance and scope of program any annual meeting thus [ ^ far held. The program not only cov-' n ers a wide range of thought but in-jtl eludes a number of talented speaker, I n from a wide range of territory. Those engaged are Dr. George It. Stuart, Dr. Asheley Chappell, Dr. F. i J. Prettyman, Dr. O. J. Chandler,1 ^ George L. Hackney, O. V. Wooshy, | n Charles F. Lambeth, D. F. Giles, Maj. Made H. Phillips, J. It. McCrary, , Kev. W. L. Hutchins, Rev. C. M. Pick- j' en.?, O. S. Gate-?, Mrs. C. C. Weaver, i *' Mrs. J. F. Spruill, Mrs. J. M. Mull. I J* and Miss Maud McKimmon. 1S d There wil be three separate ses-1 . sions of the Federation each morn- j ing, one for the adults, another for i * the young people and the third for 1 those Interested in work with chil- 1 dren. The adult section will be di- u reeled by George L. Hackney, pres- o ident of the entire eFdi ration. The n young people's section will be in > charge of Miss Maud McKinnon, di- g rector of Religiou* Education at the a Tryon Street Methodist Church. Char t lotte. The elementary section will be led by Mis Virginia Jenkins, ele-ji men tar y superintendent of the Westtern North Carolina Conference. The afternoons will he dpen for recreation. At the evening the combined sections of the Federational, [ will assemble for inspirational addresses. The music of the Fedorawill be in charge of Prof Andrew Kemp'niii and his doubie quartette. r The purpose of this annual meeting t is to serve as a clearing house for t the aims, ideals and activities of the' c organized Bible classes in the Wes- 0 tern North Carolina Conference of j the Methodist Church. The Wesley c!s?? co2is;e!r.?rst?2 the fmindinr of n the Methodist Church, by John and Charles Wesley in a Bible Class in , Oxford College, England, sonic two {( hundred year ago. I The Wesley class movement, while , just fourteen years old, now numbers ^ over Ifi.OOO classes in the Southern >. -Methodist Church, over 700 of which | j are in the Western North Carolina J Conference. Delegates fi?on\! these p classes attend the Lake Junaluska j meeting each year. There is no Km- ^ it to the number of delegates a class i ^ may send since hotel accomodations I ( arc ample and reasonable. Reduced I ^ rates on the certificate plan for those j . going by rail and good roads for those ( going by automobile, together with the beautiful location in "the Land ( of The Sky" serve to make Lake ] Junaluska an ideal outing for relig- ^ iously inclined people of moderate ^ means. The officers of the Federation are George L. Hackney; Lexington, president; Clyde R. Hoey, Shelby, first i vice-president; Mrs. A. N. Perkins, , Greensboro, secpnd vice-president; ( Mrs. E. O. Chandley, Asheville, re- ( cording secretary; Mrs. J. L. Thomp- j son, Lincolnton, corresponding secretary; E. F. Allen, Lenoir, Treasurer.I G. V. Woosley, superintendent of Sunday school woTk in the Western North Carolina Conference, who organized the Federation at Lake Junaluska six years ago, is the general executive secretary in charge of the Federation and its work. j i |, To Elect Members Of Board Of Education In Graham Countv' At the primary election on July -5th the members of the Board of Education of Graham County are to be nominated, according to plans being made ,';ow by the boatf of elections. There ar^*\t candidates for tho three plac-j on the board. These are R. R. ( Rogers, A. J. Slaughter, C. S. Denton. ^ T. Collins, D. Jenkins, and Gib Cable. Mr. N. E. Millsaps is chair-1 man of the Board of Election* I i i of Murphy and Che VGED CITIZEN OF MURPHY IS LAID TO REST 1. A. Turnbill Wa. Nearly 78 Year. Old Al Time of Death?Sue cumbed to Appoplcxy The mortal remains of Mr. W. A. 'urnhill, one of Murphy's oldest citiens, was laid to re t in the cemetery t the Methodist Church Sunday lorning at 11 o'clock, after the uneral services had been conduct- j d at the home by his pastor, Riv. I. M. Stedir.an. Mr. TumbiU was pproaching: the 78th milestone at Ko fima nf Vie .U.eitV. loo* corning at 8 o'clock. He was strickn with appoplexy about 11 o'clock Tuesday before his death on Saturay, and never repaint, d consciousess. Mr. Turnbill is survived by sitf hiidren and two sisters, his wife havng precteded him to the grave some ears ago. The sisters are: Mrs. :allie Ketron and Mrs. Mattie Stanridge, of Hayesville; the children are >Irs. Winslow Hall, Kinsey; I*. F. 'urnbill. Miami, Fla.; Norman X. 'urnbill, Copperhill, Tenn.; J. V. 'urnbill, Struthers, Ohio; Mr?. Samel Hunt, Murhy; and Glen Turnbill, f Struthers, Ohio. Bi sides these nembers of the immediate family, >ir. Turnbill is survived by many randchildren and other relatives nd friends, who mourn his deparure. CULBERSON MAN DORWNED IN LAKE TUESDAY EVENING lodjr Carried to Culberson Home For Burial?Father Overcame by sad News Eighteen year old Russie Loudernilk, of Culberson, was drowned in he artificial lake of H. C. Moore in he Peachtree section early Tuesday vening while he and several of his ompanions were in swimming. The toys went to the lake to take a swim ifter finishing their work with the ">..-1-,.,. P. T uvlnn nnntr.H.tnn. r.n \ndrews municipal power dam on he Hiawassee River about six miles ibove Murphy. It is reported that oudermiik was a rather poor swimner. His companions made an efort to rescue him when they saw iini. sink .into the middle of the lake, >ut without avail. A rescue party ecovered the body about two o'clock iVednesday morning. The body was >rought to Murphy Wednesday mornng and prepared for burial, after vhich it was carried to the home ol ;ha parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Loudermilk, at Culberson. Funerai services were held at the Shady Grove Church near the home Thursday. It was reported here that the news >f the boy's untimely death overcame the father, who is subject to heart .rouble and he was reported as practically in an unconscious condition, rhis information could not be verified over long distance telephone. The associates of the unfortunate victim of the deep made up a purse of $113.75 to pay the funerai expenses of the young man, as a token of the esteem which they held him. Copperhill Slips One Over On Local Team The Copperhill baseball club tool tho big end of a four to six score from the Murphy club in a closclj contested game on the Copperhil grounds Wednesday afternoon. Th< score was almost neck and neck unti the seventh inning when the Copper hill pitcher caught a pretty one or nj\on a i.'itK AnA moi on the bases. Murphy threatened the lead of their opponents in th< ninth but the rally was checked aft er the local team had succeeded ii forcing over one run. Murphy's line up included Barn hart, catcher; McDiolpbin, pitcher Wheeler, firstbase; Davidson, secon: base; Marr, shortstop; Harris, thir< base; Leatherwood,. left field; Bren die', center field; and Fain, righ field. ft Cfjero rokee County, and the L< MURPHY. NORTH CAROLIN. Cherokee County ( S. S. Association To Meet In Andrews The Cherokee County Sunday j ^ School Association will convent for the third annual session in the First j Baptist Church at Andrews on Thurs- j day, July 17th, for a two days meet- w ing. Already several townships have 0 held met tings of the / toTvnsWp associations and appointed delegates to t the county convention in Andrews, r The Shoal Creek Township hrld its a convention last Saturday and Sun- d dav June 28 nnd 9ft nnH fho .? interest manifested in that township j a meeting, the attendance at the coun- n ty convention in Andrews should be a quite representative. r This association was organized \ three years ago by( representatives C from the state association in Raleigh p and is non-denominational in its in- J terests and wotk. The state association will have two representatives at f the Andrews meeting to take part in t the program. Miss Flora Davte. as- r sistant superintendent cf the state f association, and who has taken a lead 1 ing part in the life of the Cherokee s Association, will return this year a? } one of the chief speakers before the ? association meeting. Professor D. f W. Donaldson, director of Religious j J Education, Washington College In- i ( stitute, and a representative of the J c state association, wil also be one of is the leading speakers on the program, p Besides these state representatives j a Sunday school superintendents and t teachers and pastors from the various \ I churches over the county will take j part. j i President John H. Dillard and e secretary Arthur Akin, of Murphy, I Vice President D. H. Tillitt, of An- a drews, are in charge of the program 1 for the county meeting. These of- c fleers are calling on any others who ( may be interested in Sunday school work to make any suggestions with < regard to the program. Continuing the plan begun last yeai, officers have announced that j a penant will again be presented to | the Sunday school having present in the convention the largest number <i of representatives sixteen years of . I ago and over, according to the num-! a ber of miles traveled. The number J 2 of representatives from each Sunday | e school iiiuikiplieu ujr Die iiuiiiut-r uf > miles traveled from that church tc the convention church will receive th r penant. Those schools within one f mile of the place of the convention 1 will not compete for the penant. This r feature is expected to stimulate con- ? muviuLIl- friendly interest in the as-, f sociation meeting. I i Swaim Family Holds 'f Annual Reunion , i! The r.nnual Swain family reunion J 1 was held at the home of Mrs. Lillie' t Berrong of Peachtree Sunday, June: 3 29th. Forty-six members of the fam- j | were present to renew acquaintances j ? 'and enjoy the day. A sumptuous din-1 ner was served at the noon hour, j Among those present were Mrs. Lillie , Berrong and eight children of Peach- , ] tree; Mrs. T. W. Wilkins, of Pitts- , burg, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. | . Swaim, of Ocala, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. ; C. A. Swaim and two children, of | I Murphy; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swaim L . and three children of Murphy; Mr.) I and Mrs. John Sneed and five chil-1, dren, of Regal; Mrs. Emma A. Jone^f < and three children of Forney, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sneed and son. , of Andrews; Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wat- , I son and two children, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spivia ; and two children, of Murphy. Twen ? ty-six of the forty-six members of j ' the family present were grai.dchil-! I dren. 1 Murphy Will Play Double Header With > Andrews July 4th I ? Arrangements have been complet ed for a double-header baseball game i between Murphy and Andrews on July 4th on the Andrews ground. The - first game will be played at 10:30 ; in the morning and the second at 3:30 1 in the afternoon. A large attendance i from here is expected. The two - teams are apparently rather evenly t matched and good games are expect* ed. te ^ ;ad ing Newspaper in t \ FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924 :OUNTY NOMINEES NAMED MONDAY BY REPUBLICANS . O. Christopher Made Chairman of : Convention, W. M. Axley made Permanent Chairman ?? The County Republican Convention rhich met Monday afternoon at 1 'clock in the rnnrt ^ouss, no!r.ir.s [ ed candidates for the various couny offices, elected a permanent chairnan of its executive commitUe and: djourned in short order without a discordant note. The various pre-1 (nets held conventions last Saturday ind named delegates to the county: netting here on Monday. Tc mporry Chairman of the Executive Comnittee W. M. Exley called Ithe con ention to order and Attorney F. ). Christopher was elected as the residing officer, while Mr. T. W. | txley was made secretary. After the preliminary business, the] ollowing candidates for offices in j he coming November elections were lominated: D. W. Swan, of Andrew^ ; or member of the general assembly:! Jen Morrow, of Beaverdam Townhip, for Sheriff; A. M. Simonds, of i durphy, for Register of Deeds; J. | 5. Dockery,..of the Grandview ection : or Coroner; Messrs. T. W. Axley, of! durphy, W. J. Martin, of Martins >eek, and Turned Holland, of An-; Irews, for County Commissioners; ind Messrs. Will Lovingood, of Mur-! ?hy, Andrew Davis, of Grandview,, ind John Hampton, of Brasstown, for j nembers of the Murphy Township i lighway ommission. Mr. W. M. Axley was elected per-j nanent chairman of the county ex-J icutive committee to succeed Mr. A.' J. Dickey who resigned some months igo to become postmaster. Mr. Axey was at that time made temporary hairman and the convention put its )k on him for the job. Shioal Creek SundaySchool Convention C, ElCtK Alen. Clerk. The Shoal Creek Ttownship Sun-| lay acnooi convention met at the | "airview No. 3-A Sunday School j Lt 9 o'clock in the morning on June !8th, and the following officers were elected: W. H. Witt, chairman, and j iiiuc&t Alien, Cierk* Some of the speakers were not i iresent but the Lord sent others tol III their places, among whom was fcev. E. G. Clary, of Murphy, who! nade an interesting talk on how we nay kno wChrist as our personal; riend, and prepare ourselves for citizenship in the Kingdom of Heaven. .Col. Dillard's speech was a mastcr>iece and we greatly appreciated the fine things he said. The Colonel has he interest of the mountain people it heart, and he is always ready to end a helping hand to the poor, or to hose who are in need. He is one of Korth Carolinas noble sons, one who las helped to make our great stale i noble name. At 1 o'clock, all gathered in the i ?rove and enjoyed a fine dinner. If; some of the native sons of North Car. I olina are hunting for a life partner j who is a good cook our advice is to \ look around Fairview. On the morning of the 29th, Mr. R. L. Keenum stated the purpose of the Jay's work. Rev. J. M. Underwood made an in- , teresting talk on how to keep young I folks in Sunday school. Three delegates were elected to attend the county convention at Andrews. Mrs. W. F. Hiil read an essay on "The Great Need In Our Sunday School." After which Rev. W. R. Witt, who was the principal speaker of the day. made a good talk on Missionary work Adjournment was made to meet with Friendship Sunday School, August 30, and 31, 1924. L. & N. Improves Station Crossing The L. & N. Railway has greatly improved the crossing at the head of their yards in the wholesale district by the addition of much slag from the Copperhill mine9. The tracks were partly taken up to add new ties before the slag w|? put in place. This not only makev a smoother crossing, but also will serve to keep down the oal dust in that vicinity. W4 v >cout I his Section of Westerr Sixteen Candidates Formally Placed In Nomination The names of sixteen men were formally placed in nomination before the Democratic National Con- j yention in session in Madison Square Garden, New York City, during the past ten days before the baUot gnn. However, during the early ballots a few votes were scattered among other men who were not plac-! ed before the convention. Tho^e offered in nominator. on the floor vr.: William G. MvAdoo, of California. Alfred E. Smith, of New York. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas. Senator Samuel T. Ralston, of Indiana. Willard Saulsbury, of Deleware. Governor Jonathan Davis, of Kansas. Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. David F. Houston, of New York. Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, of Michigan. Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama. James M. Cox, of Ohio. Governor G. S. Silzer, of New Jersey. Governor Charles W. Bryan, of Nebraska. Governor Fred H. Brown, of New Hampshire. Senator Carter W. Gla-s, of Virginia. John W. Davis, of West Virginia. WEEK OF TALK FORCES DEMOCRAT STOCK DOWN Blundering of New York Convention, Sacrifice of Both Principle and Expediency, Spell Loss of Party's Great Opportunity. By D-rid Lctk New York, Julyl?The first week of the Democratic National Convention has produced nothing but talk. And the only significance that talk has had has been to convince any impartial man who heard it that the party has lost a great opportunity. >vnen tne delegates assembled for lutr upemug strssiun, ihey had the chance to nominate a man for Presi-! dent whose prospects for winning in November would have been excellent Now no one who has watched the proceedings of the convention can retain much faith in its wisdom. The candidate will have to win public confidence for himself. The bickerings that have charac-; terized the gathering so far do not count. There have always been many factional squabbles in the Democrat-. ic Party and the men who have dif- j fered did not hesitate to heal the j breach. They will not hestitate this time; the convention will doubtless. disband with a fine gesture of har-1 mony. But they have shown the inner workings of politics that are far from inspiring. The Republican convention! gave j the same indications but less marked! ly for there was little to fight about I in Cleveland. But here too the farcial nature of national party convention was demonstrated; and the milj lions of citizens who heard it on the ! raido witnessed the demonstration. The Deadly Orator. Four day of solid oratory that did I not mean a thing and one day's talk that might have meant something if the senses had not been deadened by talk represent the sun* total of the convention's achievements. I For hour after hour the speakers j droned on; some of them talked rath. I er well, but they were lost in the j dull monotony of their fellows. Nomj inating speeches and seconding speech i es ot surprising length ana duiness ! were punctuated by terrific outbursts of artificial applause that was hardly less boresome. William Gibbs McAdoo was placed in nomination and well trained cheer leaders managed to drag out the applause for an hour. Perhaps for the first minute or two the "great demonstration" was genuine. McAdoo had a host of supporters in the big hall. But after that it was simply a question of - keeping it up tc make a show. It meant nothing; ev(.Continued on page 5) ADVERTISE IN THE SCOUT "IT WILL MAKE YOU RICH" i North Carolina 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR WAR ON RATS IS DECLARED IN THE COUNTY Mias Anna Mae Wright Visiting All Parti of County In Interest Of Campaign Miss Anna Mae Wright, working in co-operation with the United states Department of Agriculture, is * *** directing field operations against the rats of the county this week, the Chamber of Commerce, the Woman's Club, ami other civic organizations of Murphy and other towns in the coun* ty arc lending aid and supplying re? inforcements to Miss Wright's army in her campjaign against rodents, which annually destroy about $1.85 worth of food each per year, according to statistics gathered by the United States Department of Agriculture. Miss Wright came to Cherokee County on Thursday of last week and since that time has visited Andrews, Marble, Culberson, Ranger and other town in the county as well as a number of the country stores enlisting the support of the entire citizenship of the county in this campaign. M iss Wright's part in the campaign is simply to lay the facts before the people and tell them how rats may be destroyed. The individual householder must help out in the campaign it it is to be successful. The plan she is advocating is a simple one. All that is necessary to be done is for persons whose premises are infested to judiciously use barium carbonate, a poison recommended by the Department of Agriculture. It is for sale at drug store, hardware and general stores. The directions for using it are simple: To one teaspoonful of any kind of food a rat will cat, such as meat, fish, chet-se, cereals, apples, etc., add a small quantity of barium carbonite. Miss Wright suggests that at least three kinds of food rats will eat eat should be mixed separately and placed for the rats, and continued several nights with the kind it is found the rats will eat best. After eating the poison, it was explained, the rats will seeW water before dying. Instances have been remrHpH where the doomed roucuti -s' have traveled as far as two miles from the place of eating before succumbing to the attacks of the poisin, said Miss Wright. If the poison is used where fowls can get to it, it is recommended that the poisoned food be put in a small box and covered over with a large heavy box with holes on either side large enough for rats to enter. These boxes should be placed on runs at night and removed in the morning. If thousands of these rats can be ' eliminated from the county during this intensive campaign, it will re1 suit in a great saving to the people of this section. It is estimated by the department of Agriculture officials that on an average there are two rats to every one person. On this ration there would be approximately 35,000 rats in the county. Multiply this by $1.85, which is the estimated value o fthe food each rodent will eat in the course of a year, and we have a total of $64,750 worth of food eaten by the rats of the county. Perhaps fully one-half of this represents groceries bought by the housewife at the stores for the use i of the family. Figured on this basis, jthe situation becomes rather grave. D i.:.4 oi i Iuapusi V/nurcn Making Preparations To Build Tabernacle At a meeting of the Baptist Church in regular conference Wednesday evening definite steps were taken to provide seating capacity for the crowds that are expected to be here : for the meetings that Dr. George J Truett is expected to hold here abont the first of September, ^t this conference the church decided to go ahead with the building of a tabernacle on the present church property and adjoining the present charch s building. The contemplated structure will seat approximately fifteen > hundred people. It is expected that operations will begin on this addition in the near future. A building coo** mittee will be appointed in a few dayt - '/I* * ..jfawn