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GOLFERS CLUB CHAMPIOM "TWlMkS THE CLUB SMOULD 8UV A SILVER LOtfllie CUR "TC> BE COMTSSTeO FOR PA <2M NEAR. &SS& GOLF SCORES P'aycd on iKe Murphy Course: A\. I . Pa\ ne 8- 10-5.6-1 0.5.8-1 3-8.-78 H. K. Williamson 8-0-5.6-6.5-5-7.5.5:1 J. \V . M.ivkl ?n 7-7-0-1 0-5-7-7-5-7. -6 1 Played on Andrews Course: E. E. Adam? 7-6.4-9-.i -6-6-4.5 ? 56 C. T. Almond 6-5.6-5-5-4-5-4.5 ? 45 L. I>. Newman 6-0-7-5-7-5-9-6-5 ? 56 Dr. Newman and Dr. Adams, af ter playing the Andrews course for p. tie. ; ?layod two extra holes to de cide the game and on the two holes Dr. New man made it in nine, while Dr. Adams required twelve. The three players whose scores are viver. on the Murphy course have si three made the nine holes in less strokes, and on this particular after noon ail three were off their usual par, havinb had scores in the past as follows: The players who followed the lit tle white ball around the Andrews course were Vso off par, having made the course in, Adams 52 ; Al mond 40; and Newman 44. The sports editor of The Scout re quests all golfers to mail or hand in to this office score cards so that per manent record can be made of all scores. This courtesy would be ap preciated. Six Thousand Pounds of Poultry Loaded In Week Mr. Eller, of the Farmer's Federa tion, loaded more than six thousand pounds of poultry here Tuesday, and stated that this was the best lot of pou'try he had shipped out of Mur nhy this year. During the past four weeks the Farmer's Federation has bought $6,455.55 worth of poultry through the W. M. Fain Grocery Company, besides what has been bought at the car. The poultry business in this sec tion is getting: to be one of the big Rest industries, and taking the above figures as an average, gives returns to the poultry growers rnore than $75,000.00 a year, through one wholesale house alone. Coleman's Sales Record Takes Second Prize Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman at tended tiie meeting of the Frigidaire Sales Convention at Spartanburg, S. ? C., last week. Mr. Coleman is Frigi daire dealer at Murphy, and since taking the agency the first of the year he ha? made an unusual sales record. He won second prize in a contest conducted among Frigidaire dealers in North and South Carolina ?ver a designated period. Mr. Coie Bi&n's record was 334 percent of his ?Mota. The first prize was also won by p. Western North Carolina dealer, Fred Martin of Waynesville. Before returning to Mtirphy, Mr. and Mrs. Coieir?an atended a convention of ra | dealers in Asheville. The field day events between the Lions and Hoy Scoots, fro~i a chal lenge of the Scouts, on July Fourth, ^ Cherokee Park came up for some discur-sion. Li or. Hawkins, *ho was 'n chn, tho Lions was absent, sen /ore. th business call *d away and he would be out of kwn on the Fourth, and Ed. Adams ?nd Roy Steele were app tinted to j his place. FOURTH JULY PROGRAM BY LOCAL LEGION Field day event in morn;t ? BETWEEN LIONS AND BOY SCOUTS Pho Vrm-ricnn ? ?? u-.n-. . p. aim Ml it lui' day ,1 ;;ia,o on 1 Glorious I*'i. ? .j ion w tlu Bov .^i 1.' . ? ,jh c;J. Baseo." ! ' i 1 ?>. ir. th?? morn-1 ;i|j| oroirram c?? '<? for a field day even?. between Loy Scouts and .Mni , l:\ Lions. I > Scouts (1 ??? ?d the Lions t number ot" air.h events, and ? I'Ki'.'ram pn mis ? to be one of m? t interesting sti nt:; yet pulled Wurphy. The B'oy Scouts are training and are going out atu-r tr Murj.'ihy Lions with blood in their eyes. The tenative list of events as an nounced includes 100 yard dash, 22n yard dash, quarter mile run, hai: mile run, mile run; standing broad jump, running broad jump, standing high jump, running high jump, horse shoe pitching contest, three-ipRgeJ. race, chinning the pole and sling-shot throwing. Indian Bali Game In the afternoon, a game of base ball is scheduled 1 etween the Mur phy team and an Indian team from Yellow Hill, following which the In dians wi|* play an Indian ball game as played by the Cherokee ftraves before the white man invaded their realm and introduced more milder games. The Indian ball frame is ex pected to be one of the best events of the day, and is said to be very strenuous and rough. The Legion invites all the pe?pl? of this end surrounding country to come and have a big time with them on the Fourth of July. LIONS CLUB NOTES The Club met in regular banquet at the Regal Hotel, official Lions Den, Tuesday night, M.iy 25th. There were h *rood nuninor of nw.in bers present, but for some reason or other a number of plates of chicken ? fried chicken ? had t.o go lacking for claimants. President Fain reported that Mr. J. W. Gillaspie and Mr. J. A. Pol lard, of the J. W. Gilaspie Company, tomato canners, who are establishing a jl'ant at Murphy, spent several days in town las: week, and while here made an inspection of the build, ing' and acreage They well* we!) pleased with the condition of the to mato crop and the bean crop, and stated that the prospects here looked even better than a number of their other canning territories. They also expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the location and build ing being erected by .W- M. and Por ter Fain in the ice pjant sertion. The building is expected to be completed by the latter part of this week, ind the machinery has oeen in town for several months. It was reported that Mr, R. H. Wil son, ol the L. & N. railway company, spent several hours in town and talked with a number of lccal peo ple relative to a contemplated ex pansion program of that company in Murphy. Mr. Fain, who made the report, stated that the prospects for /arger and better rail facilities in the town for the L. & N. looked good. The regular standing committees as recently announced l>y the presi dent are as follows: Glad Hand Comnittee. Joe Story. Public Relations, Pete Hvdc. Boy's Work, Howard P. Powell. Membership, Ed. Adams. Ladies Night, Jerry Davidson Good Roads, Don Witherspoen. Attendance, George Ellis. Extension, Carl Townson. Finance, Connie If older. Resolutions, Tetidy Fates. Activities, Harve Elkin.-. FIRST BAPTISTS BEGIN RE VIVAL SUNDAY Mr. W. Earl Robinson n ? l**?r>i Baptists begin, on Si'.n . r. series of special evangelist!'* ?ivice?*. to continue ihrouph July I si. The pastor, James LeRoj Meele, will do the preaching and l i he assisted by Mr. and Mrs. \V. r.arl Robinson, of ( Chattanooga, i t nn., who will have charge of the music and ;he won: with the giri? and hoys. Mi. and Mrs. Robinson were until last year on the Extension Staff of the Moody Bible Ins'itute of Chica go. When their work in Murphy is completed they will have charge of the Bible Conference at Henderson ville which is held annua'ly under the direction of Moody. They have been engaged in some of the largest Bible conferences in the country. Mr. Robinson is a git ted singer, a master of choir direction and devel Mrs. W. Earl Robinson opmc.it. Hi plays the trombone ami ha become widely known for his work with boys and girls. Mrs. Rob. in>-on is a talented pianist and has a large pait in the young people's work. 'Mien two )uung je pie, tal ented and consecrated, wirl be a hies, sing to -Murphy. During the first week there w'll be a service for boys and girls at 8:45 A. M. every morning cxcept Saturday. The night services dur ing the week will begin at 7:15 o'clock and on Sunday at 7 :30. Dur ing the second and third weeks a mcrniner service at 0:45 o'clock will list Church extends a cord* 1 invita be added. The congregation of t.h.? First Bap tist Church extends a cordial invita tion to everyone to attend Lnese ser vices. UNCLE PINKNEY BATES PASSES i ON JUNE 16TH Pioneer Citizen Of Cherokee County Diet at A^e of Eighty-three J. F". Bates, better and m.-re fect'onately known as "UncV Pink, ney" Bates, died on June 16th, at his apartment in the We Is House, af er an iilness of only a f??w days. Uncle Pinknev had heen in gooi helath up until a few days before his death. He ate something that upset his stom ach and caused diarrhea and because of his ape and feebleness he was not strong enough to overcome it. His son end daughter, Bob Bates, of Tellico l'lains, Tenn., and Mrs. Georgia Sates Keith, of Knoxville, were called to his bedside, and c'l that loving hands and lifelong friends could do was of no avail. Mr. Bates was prominently and well known in this coanty, in ? 'hie1, ho was born and reared. For manv years he was in the merchandise bus iness in Murphy, and also was a pro gressive f aimer. Several days be fore his death, he told his friends that he was ready for the last creat ctf'l and prepared to meet his ALaster. Funeral services were held at the Hangingdog Church, Orandview, on the 17th, by Rev. J. LeRoy Steele, pastor of the MurfJhv Paptist church, and interment was in the churchyard. He is survived by three i:bil?L*en, Mrs. -Jeorgia Keith, o S Knoxville, Tenn.: Bob Bates, of Tellico Plains, Tenn.; and Charlie Bates, of Kansas City, Mo. His wife and one daugh ter. Mrs. Billie Ashe, are deceased. Industrial, Bryan S pe. Transportation, Harry C joper. Educational. Roy Steele Visiting, George Cope. Personal Touch. Heary Axley. Agricultural, Weaver Gray. General Program, Sid Pendley. Major Activities, Dennis Bamett. ' Sp *cial Meet. ':j,s, F?1 Moore. Telephone Squad, Virgil Johnson. , Advertising, Ca *1 Bailey. Parks and Playgrounds, Ernest ! Hawkins. COUNTY SUNDAY cruooi MFFT AT NOTLA JULY 27 Attendance Pennant To Be Awarded! and State Speakers To Appear On Program In co-oyeratiozi with the pr^si-'ent and secretary of the Cherokee Coup ! ty Sunday School Association, ar ia ngements have been made for holding: the annual County Sunday School Convention on Saturday, Ju'y 27th, at Xotla Baptist Church, eight miles southwest of Murphy, on High way No. 10, according to announce, mer.t this weex by Miss Flora Davis, general superintendent of the State association, and Mrs. E. G. White of Not la, who is secretary The Cherokee County Sunday School Association is an organization composed of all denomination? of the county working in co-operation for better Sunday Schools over the coun ty, and is affiliated with the North Caroline. Sunday School Association. Mr. K. V. Weaver, of Murphy, i3 su perintendent of tihe county associa tion. The program t ? be rendered Notla is now being worked out by officers and will be announced at a later date. It is being so planned as to offer to help workers in ail de partments of the Sunday School. >.nd a large attendance of superinten dents, teachers and workers from all . over the county is expected. This year the attendance pennant will go to the Sunday School having in the sessions of the convention the largest average attendance of repre sentatives, sixteen years of age and over, according to the mifes travel ed. Attendance records will be tak | en. -t each session of the convention, j The average number of represerta | tives in e.;ch session from a j.iven I Sunday School will be multiplied by . the number of miles from that , church to the convention church, and | the Sunday School bavin." the 'arc.cst number of points wil lreceive ihe | penn int. The Sunday School with I which the convention is held, and I others within one mJfe, cannot com pete for the pennant. MISSION SOCIETY ENTERTAINED BY V-URPHY CHURCH VAYNESVILLE district mis. 3IONARY CONFERENCE MET HERE 18TH ' Wuynesville Distri.t M - ion ( 'Hfpreni> held its annual scs "? ? in the Mi-rphy Mc'hodist Kpis ? he.rcb, South, on June lxth. -,,r 1 H. Hampton, District Scire. N. c? presided The icvoliunal was conducted hy the pas "t the Murphy church. Rev. How ?rd '? Powell. after which words of well < me were tendered by Mrs. K B. Xorvell. president .,f -he Murphy Society. ami Mrs. I. p. Kinsey. lie spouse was given hy the Sviva So piety. Hrs. J. P. Stovens, of Canton, was elected secretary. After the read ing of the minutes of the last eon. ferenee which was held at Cullowhec, reports from the following zone chairmen were piven: Eastern Zone, Mrs. F. E. Branson. < entr; j / one, Mrs. James Atkins, JV. Western Zone, Mrs. J. Robert Lone. FoIlowBif the reports of the chil dless societies, the Murphy Juniors rendered two songs. In the absence ot Miss Amy Hackney, Conference Superintendent of Children's Work, Miss Annie Ogburn, of Winston-Sa ed the work in a most interesting way. Mrs. Chailes C. Weaver, of Win ston-Salem, Conference president, conducted the noontide devotional and gave a message of deep spirit ual value. Her talk was based on the text, "Go ? Tell," and her theme, "Stewardship." She brought reports from the International Missionary Conference, Memphis, Tenn., which was held in January, and from the Council Meeting in Washington from which she had just returned. She made a plea for a substantial in. cress? in pledges that the work might he enlarged and that our own girl, Miss Ola Callahan, of Scarrett College, who was consecrated at the Council meeting, might begin her work in Mexico. Kt*' lowing the prayer of consecration, the pledges for the year were made. Lunch was served in the dining room of the church by the woi^en of the iVurpny Society. The first speaker of the ufteJhoort was Miss Ola Callahan, who told of 1' e at Scarrett. Miss ,)f Bl son City, Superintendent of Young People, -poke of "he nee.! of leu lers for this work; aftr which reports from the young people were heard A pageant, presented by the voung people of Cullowhee, was an enjoy able and inspiring part of the after noor.'s program. Special music, a vot in solo, was rendered by Mildred ' of Murphy, accompanied by Mrs. E. C. Mallonee. Mission stun y work was presented by Mrs. F. E. Branston, Social Ser v.-e by Mrs. P . Stevens grayer League, Missicnary Voice and Ad vocate by Mrs. c. C. Weaver; History of Missionary Society by Mrs. Se crest. The following Pioneer Wo men were presented to the Confr ence; Mrs. Bryson, of Frankfin, and Mrs. Burbyfill, ,.f Waynesville. Mrs Tom Torter, of Fianklin. ^avc the repoi from the Annuil Conference, after which th-> Confe enc Minuted were distributed. Mrs. p. E. BraI) son. i f Cantor, w.is awarded the lien or Of naving n.ado the best presenta .'"n of department :-J v-nk . ? the program. Following rep ,rt ?f the Cour Conference ivitcd to Andrews for the meet iner yea The CW-rcnee was dismissed ?!th prayer by Rev. C. M. Pickens, Presiding Elder of the WaynesvilK, SCOUT EARLY NEXT WEEK The Scout will Make its appear ance early next week, being: printed or Wednesday, to a'low the force to take the Fourth. Contributors are re quested to bear this in mind and get copy in early.
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