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5oy Scout
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Sylva, N. C. Thursday, ^ November 22, 1928,
$2.00 Year in Advance Outside County
A 'FEW NOTES ,
|U Seoul master George Clemmer
I- 1 w people realize the tremendous
,..iM ot Scouting to the Youth ot
\liuru;i- lu ortler that the general
might the better understand
v;::i Seoutiug means and stands fori
, I . -Howiug notes are given, taken
;,1> from the " Handbook for
!?? ?> ?
C, i become a Scout a boy must at
be twelve years of ag<\ Before
!v , Hi become a Tenderfoot, the low
! iik in Scouting, he must know
,i -..ke the Scout Onth. "Ou my;
I will do my hest ? I. 'lo do j
,\\ iii (Jod and my country, and
,, \ the Scout Law. 2. To help
,,tku i*H?ple at all times. X To keep
iiiVMti physically strong, mentally!
i .,. and morally straight."
Dili .>r' the |?ist history of the racoj
; : i ;i s come only one oath that j
, .1 . ..uipare with this one. That was j
, , ,.]?e which the youth of ancient j
Aih.ii- took when he became 17
v;ir> ??t age.
in addition to the Oath the Tcn
,1, r;,.,.; is required to know and
, to obey the. following Scout
Luv :
I. A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY.
A Si'ont 's honor is to be trusted. If
! r w. iv to violate his honor by tell- J
?t; ;t lie, or bv cheating, or by not '
,;..inc tXiif l.v a giveu task, when
ii i-ti-.'i >>n hi-? honor, he may be di
: . . t. .1 ;?> hand over his Scout Badge.
j, \ SCOn IS LOYAL. He is
In, ;.l '.?> all whom loyalty is due, his
\.nr leader, his home, and jwrent*
: } .'oiuitrv.
J. A SCOUT IS HELPFUL. He
Mi'ht be prepared at any time t#.
save lite, help injured persons, and
.hare the home duties. He must do at
Ir.'-t mil' "Good Turn" every day.
4. A SCOUT IS FRIENDLY. He
a nieitd to all. and a brother to ev
i ??:!:( r Scout. <
A SCOUT IS COURTEOUS. He
i> |M>litc to all, especially to women.!
i iiililrcii," old jieopJe and the weak'
Mi'I helpless. He must not take payj
i<?r being helpful and courteous. J
ti. A SCOUT IS KIND. "He. is a
friend to animals. He will not kill|
in?r hurt needlessly any living erea- j
Hire, but will strive to save and pro j
id", all, harmless life.
7. A SCOUT IS OBEDIENT. He|
obi ys his parent?, Scoutmaster,
trol l.c;ii|er, and all other duly con-,
diluted authorities.
v A SCOUT IS CHEERFUL. He
*i?<iles whenever he can. His obedi
ence to orders is prompt *and cheery,
llf never >liirks nor grumbles at
1 1 i *l.-lii|is.
it. a SCOUT IS THRIFTY. H?
i'im-s lint wantonly destroy property.
Hi- work. faithfully, wastes notKng,
?ml makes the best use of his oppoi
tiHMtif v Me saves his money fo that
In- may pay his own way, be generous
iIkkc in need, and helpful to Wt ?*
ihv ohjwts. He may work for pay
hill irui-t not receive tips for courte
i,s 'ii ''good Turns."
ID. A SCOUT IS BRAVE. He has
1 " <*ourajje to face danger in spite
01 fear, and to stand up for the right
?".aiiKt the coaxings of friends or
jeers or threats of enemies, and
1 ? 'cat does not down him
II. A SCOUT IS CLEAN.
keep* elean in body and thought
?"aiul- for elean speeeh, clean sports,
'"??an habits, and travels with a deal!
1 iuWiI.
12. A SCOUT TS REVERENT. He
" it vi lent toward Owl. He is tai'h
' in his religious duties, and re
the convictions of others in
of custom and religion.
\ "ii ean readily sec that any boy
v io will live up to this Oath and
laws is licadedi for chai'acter
'? 'I ?iti/.enship of the right sort. Al
?ft the Tenderfoot must know tlic
hi<'"iv of the Flag of the United
^'?tr,; of America and the customary
'firm, of respect duo it. May i say
' 1 "ilieil does not know these forms
" fe-fjKi't due to our Flag. The l?lflg
' "?!?? is (liven:
'? 1 lie flag should bo displayed
"l!'y ironi sunrise to sunset, or bc
'"" i such hours as may be desig
?'?M by proper authority. It should
?lisplayed on national and state
"filiduvs and on historic and ppecial
^??Hsi.His. The flag should always be
ABOUT SCOUTING
hoisted: briskly and lowered slowly
and ceremoniously.
2 When carried in a procession
j with with another flag or flags, the
Flag ?f thje United States should
0lthcr on the uiai fhing right i. o
the Flag's own right, or when 'tiiere'
?s a line of other flags the Flair of
the United States may he in front
of the center of that line.
3. When displayed with another
flag against a wall from crossed
statts, the Flag of the United States
should b? on the right, the Mag's
own right, and its staff should he
in front Gf the staff of the other
Hag.
4. When a number of flags are
grouped and displayed from staffs
the Flag of he United States shon!,|
be in the center or at the highest
point of the group.
?r>. When flags, ot' States or citifo
or |H'Uiiants of societies are flown
on the same halyard with .he Flag1
of the United States, the uatio.nl
Hag should always be at the peak. I
When tlown troni adjacent staffs
the flag of the United S ates should1
be hoisted iirst. No Hag or |>enii:ntt j
should be placed above for to the
right of the Flag of the Fluted'
States (the Flag's own right.) i
0. When Hags of two or more na-j
tions are displayed they shoml be
flown from separate staffs of the!
same height and flags should be of'
approximately equal size. (Interna- j
tional usage forbids the display of
the flag of one nation above that ot
another nation in time of peace.)
". VN hen the Flag is displayed from
a s^aft projecting horijymtaliy oi- at
an angle from the window sill, bal
cony, or front of the building, the
union of the Flag should go clear !o
'he head of the staff unless the Flag
is at half mast.
5. When the Flag of the United
States is displayed in a manner other
than by being flown from a staff it
should be displayed either horizontal
ly or vertically against a wall, the
union should be uppermost and to the
Flag's own right, i. t\, to the obs? i
ver'ji left. When displayed in a win-!
dow it should be displayed tHe sain?)
way, that is, with the union of blue
lield lo the left of tlio observer in
the street When fettoones, rosette;!,
or drapings of blue, white Rad red,
are desired, hunting should be u^od, |
but never the Flag. (
f>. When isplayed over the middle'
of the street, as betwwn building.-:.!
the Flag of the United States should -
be suspended vertically with the un
ion to the north in an east-and-west
street or to the east in a north-ami
south street.
J 0. When used on a s]?eakcr's pJat-j
form, the Flag should be displayed!
above ami behind the s|>eaker. It i
should never be nsed to cover th>i
speaker's do.^k nor to drape over the:
front of the platform. If flown from i
a staff it should be on the s)?eakcrV
right. . " .
11. When used in unveiling a statue
or monument, the Flag slion'd not J? .
allowed to fall to the ground bu! i
should be carried aloft to wate oiit,j
forming a distinct feature during t^-ej
remainder of the ceremony.
12. When flown at half . mas*,'
the Flag is first hoisted to ilie peak)
and then lowered to half-staff pos
ition, but before lowering the Flng(
for the day it is raised again to the
]K*ak. On Memorial Day, May 30t h>
the Flag is displayed at. half staff
from sunrise nntil noon and at full
staff from noon until snnset, for the
Nation lives and the flag is the sym
bol of the living nation.
13. When used to cover a casket
the Flag should be placed so that
the union is at the head and over
the left shoulder. The Flag should
not be lowered into the grave nor
allowed to touch the ground. The
casket should be carried foot first.
14. When the flag is. displayed in
ehurch, it should be from a staff
placed on the congregation's right
as they faee the clergyman. The ser
vice flag, the , state flag, or other
flag should be at the left of the con
gregation. (t in a cjiancel, the Flag
of the United States should be plac
ed on the cleigynian's right as he
faces the congregation and other
HOW SCOUTING STARTED
IN AMERICA
(By Scout Bill Edwards)
All day long London had been in
iho hard grip of a dense heavy fog.
Traffic crept cautiously, and slowly
Street liglsts ha<l been ordered, on
by Police, before noon, and now night
was coming on. Danger lurked on
every hand, because going was very
difficult, even for the natives.
William D. Boyce, Chicago publish
er and traveler, was seeking a dif
ficult address in Old London, and a
! boy approached him and asked if
he might be of service, to him. Mr.
Boyce told him where he wantod to
go. Like the typical American tourist,
Mr. Boyce reached in his pocket an-l
offered the boy a shilling. The boy
promptly replied, "No sir, I am a
Scout." Scouts do not accept tips
for courtesies. The man, in surprise
asked him what he said. The scout
repeated, and theen added, "haven't
you heard of the scout movements'*
Then he told Mr. Boyce about the
' Scouts, and showed Mr. Bovcc where
the office was, of Sir Robert Baden
Powcll, founder of the British Boy
| Scout Association. Here Mr. Boyc*
gained all available information he
could and brought it back to America.
On February 8, of the next year,
Mr. Boyce and othees interested in
boys and citizenship, 'formally in- j
cornorated The Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. This day is observed, each year
as the birthday of Scouting in the
United States.
This "good turn" to a stranger
started The Boy Scouts of America,
introduced by the English boy. Itt
recognition of this English boy's
services, on May 1, 1926, a bronze
buffalo award was presented to the
Priaee -of Wales for the Boy Scouts ^
of England.
flags on his left.
l.j. Flags flown from fixed staff!
are placed at half-staff to indicate
mourning. When displayed on a small
staff as in a parade, mourning is
indicated by attaching two small'
streamers of black ere]>e to the spear
head, allowing the streamers to fall!
naturally. Crepe is used ^on flags !
staffs only by order of the President.!
Hi. Use bunting for decoration. Tiifjj
blue color in the hunting sliou'd in-j
variably be at the top. If the blue in
the bunting should contain siars, it
would emphatically indicate that the
stars be on top, for if placed below,,
it woidd be. equivalent to p'acingj
the flag upside down.
When a boy becomes a Scout lid
? i
accepts as his motto:. "Be Prepar-1
od." Be prepared for any aiyl ev-j
crything. No emcjgeney finds a jjood \
Scont unprepared. The whole Scout,
program is planned to make it pos- j
siblo for every Scout to be prepared. |
The program includes, Living thej
Oath and Law, Swimming, Thrift,1
Hiking, Camping, Cooking, .NatJurej
Study, Star Study, Map Making,!
Judging, First Aid, Life Saving. Be-!
sides Merit Badges may be worn in I
practically every line of endeavor.
Most every day the papers tell of
some heroic- net on the part of .some
Boy Scout. While no publicity baa
been given to the fact one of our
own Scouts of the Sylva I roop saved
one of his fellow Scouls from drown- 1
ing last summer.
Charles Fisher, a Scout of the J
Asheville area, passed, the Scout Iifo!
j Ouard test at camp Daniel Boone and
ten days later saved a young woman
from drowning in Lake James. One
of our Scouts, Bill Edwards, passed
this test while at camp last summer.
Scouting repreesents a movemeent
of world wide im|>ortancc. Fifty-sev
en countries representing 91 percent
of the population of the world have
adopted the Scout program. Today
the Scout Oath is being takeen in
almost every language on earth.
There are well over half a million
Scouts in America with nearly 40,
000 volunteer lead-rs, Scoutmaster-?
and assistant Scoutmasters,
Practically all cities include the
Bov Scont work in their Community
Chest campaigns. Asheville raises
$5fi<)0 for this work yearly. The lead
ers of the movement in Sylva feel
that Sylva has every right to feel
proud of the work here. The mova-l
ment to organize Scouting here be
gan less than a year ago with twelve
j
WHY I LIKE SCOUTING
(By, Scout Marshall Cooper).
Scooting is the culmination of my
high ideals. I like scouting because
' it cultivates the manly, strong, clean
' qualities which are in every Ameri
can boy. The movemeent of the Boy
Scouts of America is based upon:
Citizencraft, Healthcraft, Campcraft,
Woodcraft, Handicraft, and Funcraft.
| As Theodore Roosevelt said: "The
Boy Scout Movement in- distinctly
an asset to our countiy for the de
velopment of efficiency, virility and
good citizenship." A Boy Scout is
a modern knight, with his "Good
Turn" in kinship to the knight er
rantry and chivalry of old.
One of the greatest attractions to
Scorfting, to the average boy, is the
woodcraft that every boy learns. He
is taught to recognize the principal
birds, animals, and trees that ho
moots. Ho can find his way in the
woods; in the. day-time by moss on
t he t roes, by shadows and streams ,
and at night by the stars. He is a
number of constellations of stars,
he can talk to a brother scout by
flags, flashlight, or by imitating a
telegraph key. He knows which rep
tiles and weeds arc harmful. A Scout
keeps himself physically fit, he avoids
mental and physical poisons, as tob
acco and alcohol,
He guards his tongue from all pro
fanity and boasting. And because a
Scout keeps celan in body, thought
and deed, he is rewarded by more
privileges than the average of boys
who are not Scouts. A Scout knows
how to conduct himself, ho be on
Broadway or in the heart of our
Smokies. A Scout is expected to
spend some of his time in the woods,
that he may learn nature's seeret*
at the first hand. But he is taught to
conserve Mother Nature's gifts, rath
er than use the analytic method in
this study. He recognizes trees, flow
ers, birds, animals, and rocks, which
go un-noticcd or unknown by boys
other than Scouts. Another import
ant subject that Scouting teaches is
first aid. A great many lives' have
bcecn saved by the knowledge and
prompt assistance of Scouts, iwhe:i
first aid became necessary.
A Scout always tries to be a help
ful citizen. He assists his community
in every way that lies in his power.
A Scout is cheerful, courteous, and
friendly. He wears "the uniform of
the smile." He is polite to everyone.
He raises his hat to a lady. He in- J
variably gives up his seat in a car.
or train to one weaker than himself. I
He. is not loose with his tongue,
and when a Scout speaks it is usu
ally worth while to accord him some
measure of respect. Because a Scout
fmbodies all the ideals and principles
of which pood, clean, manly, worthy
citizenship is made, I like Scouting.
ONE MINUTE TO PLAY
By Seout Paul Buchanan)
S. C. I. and Hayesville mot in an
exciting game of football 011 Hayes
ville 's field last Saturday afternoon.
The starting whistle blows, S. C. ,
I. receives the kick-off: Hayesville
holds them for four downs. Then
S. C. I. punts; Hayesville 's big
safety returns the ball to S. C. I. !
35 yard line, then drives it for aj
touchdown; then comp'ete a long
pass for the extra point.
S. C. I. receives, carrying the ball
! o the ID j'ard lino. Then they make
3 yards on a line plunge. Hooper is
given the ball and crashes through
the lino for a 60 yard run and for
a touchdown. S. C. T. fails to make
the extra point.
Hayesville receives, but S. C. I.
v r
candidates for the Temlerfoot rank.
The troop has since been reciuited to
full strength, consisting of 32 Scouts
and a Senior Patrol Lender. Prac
tically all of the original iwelve a^e
now First Class Scull's :;nd n.ost of
1 the others are second Class.
A veiy fine program is being plan
nod for the coming year. The boys
arc working hard to raise some funds
which will bo indispensable to the
success of the work. Those who are
loading in this work are very grateful
| to the citizens of Jackson county who
| are encouraging it in every way pos
I sible.
SYLVA TROOP IN CAMP
(By Scout Eari Collins)
' On July 12 a crowd of Sylva's
troop of Boy Scouts, 23 in number,
started for camp Daniel Boone which
is located three miles be'on.l Ashe
! ville.
We airived without an event ex
cepting our Scoutmaster bagging his
, first rattler. After a very short time
! we learned the names of a number
j of othor boys who were there from
Canton, Asheville, Hendersonville,
' and from as far east as Wilmington.
I The Camp Daniel Boone is located
j on a gently sloping mountain within
about three hundred yards of this
camp was a lake around which cen
tered much fun for the Scouts. The
camp's outfit consisted of nine tents,
a mess hell, and a kitchen. For
pleasure we had various games, in
cluding boating and swimming. Our
daily schedule was as follows:
7:15 to 7:45, morning dip; 7:45 to
breakfast; 8:30 to 9:30, work
hour; 9:30 to 10:30, Scont craft
period; 10:30 to 11:30, Swimming;
11:30 to 12:00, rest period. 12:00 to
[12:45, lunch; 12:45 to 1:30 tent in
spection ; 1 :30 to 2:30, rest hour; 2:30
to 3:45, play period; 3:45 to 4:30,
swimming period; 4:30 to 5:30, Ded
ication; 5:30 to 6:00, Supper; 6:30
to dark, boating period; 45 minutes
for campfire and thenco to bed.
During the first week went along
smoothly until one evening /Scout
master Clcmmer and; Edgar Moody
were out boating. When they started
to land on the dock, Edgar suddenly
found his hands were on the dock
and his feet were in the canoe and
the space between tliem was widen
ing. Edgar became excited and turned
the ennoe spoiling our Scoutmaster'*
Sunday suit (" *0
After some time the "big day"
came, when we were to hike 23 miles
to Pisgah. A compact lunch was
prepared, for us by our cook, and
we started. As we went along one
of our leadere from Hendersonville
caught a cute blacksnake, alive, with
his hands. It was carried to Beaver
dam where it was released. We were
very tired when w reached the store
at Pisgah, but some of us went on
to the top of the mountain, looked
at jtlfc surrounding country, came
hack down and pitched camp for the,
night. The next morning we saw the
glorious sunrise from the top of the
mountain, and soon started on oar
hike back to camp. On the return
trip we saw five deer, and killed
two rattle snakes, one of which meas
ured nearly five feet in length. When
we got back we followed our daily |
schedule until Saturday. Then with \
hearty cheers for all onr Scout ex-'
ecutivcs down to "Morris," th"
cook, wo left. '
Three first class scoults, several ^
second class scouts and Bill Edwards, 1
as a Junior life saver, goes to prove
that our $9.50 was not spent idly.
holds thom for downs. After a few
plays Rymer gets through for the
sccond touchdown, but again S. C. I.
fails to make the extra point.
At the beginning of the second
half Hayesville receives, attempts to
ptass-, but S.fC. I. intercepts and
runs for tho third touchdown,
i But in the fourth quarter Hayes
j villc comes back strong and drivee
' the ball through the line for two
touchdowns, making both extra points
The score is 18 to 21 in Hayes
ville 's favor, with five minutes to
1 play. S. C. I. receives, but Hayea
ville holds them for four downs. S.
C. I. punts and tackles Hayeeville's
safety on the 35 yard line.
S. C. I. line held good and tackled
several times for a loss.
Hayesville makes their first down
with one minute to play. They
plunge through the line in an off
tackle play, but Corbin, S. C. I.
end is there with the goods. He
tackles so hard Hayesville 's player
1 loses the ball and Warren recovers
it and runs for a touchdown, crossing
tho line just as the final whistle
blows, making the final score 21 to
24 in favor of S. C. I.
Top-dressing peach trees with one
and one-half pounds of Chilean ni
trate of soda per tree gave better
quality of fruit in an orchard be
longing to 6. M. Grant of Alexander
j County.
HISTORY OF SCOUTING
IN SYLVA'
j (By, Scout William McKee
The first attempt made ia Syl>.<
to organize a scout troop was in the
year 1922. Mr. Zufall, a young mii'i
who had just come to Sylva, con
sented to be the leader of the pro
posed troop. The meetings were hol?i
in the office of the Sylva Tanning
Company, Mr. Zufall being an em
ployee of this company. About 16
boys belonged to this troop. Mr.
Truman Moody was selected for As
sistant Scoutmaster. This troop was
disbanded in November 1923, when
| Mr. Zufall left Sylva.
In 1926 another attempt was ma U'
to organize a troop, but this failM
bccause a leader could not be fou?<!.
It seemed as if the boys would nevrr
be able to organize a soout tro<>|>
in Sylva
In November 1927, Mr. G. P..
Clemmer, Pastor of the local Mel !i
odist Church, camo to Sylva. He was
asked to help organize a scout trooj?
and to oe its leader. He told the
boys that he would like to do thi -.
I might add here that he has made
a fine Scoutmaster and has won th
admiration of every boy in Sylva.
Mr. Walter Allen and Mr. Hugh
Monteith were sdeeted as Assistant,
Scoutmasters. The chamber of Com
merce of Sylva agreed to sponsor
this troop.
This troop was organized ia Feb
ruary 1928. The troop was started
with twelve members. They were:
Edgar Moody, Dexter Hooper* John
Wilson, CardnuH Greene, John Par
ris, Frank Askey, James Moody, Ed
mund Brown, Richard Wilson, Paul
Buchanan, Alvin Sutton and Wil
liam -Mafofe, The troop new ha?
thirty-three members. Ten boys were
passed, to tho first class rank and
some have qualified for merit badge
work.
Besides the *'good tunis" dona
by each scout daily, the troop has
done quite a number of troop "good
turns." The troop has had a num
ber of enjoyable trips, among which
were: a trip to the Smoky Moun
tains, ton days at Camp Daniel
Boone in Pisgab Forest, a visit to
th? Indian Fair, overnight hike to
Whiteside Mountain and several trips
to Lake Junaluska.
The plans for next year will b<
found in another part of the paper.
OUR SMOKY MOUNTAIN (HIKE
(By Scout J. T. Gribble)!
On June thirteenth, a crowd ot
19 of Sylva 's Scout Troop p tarter!
for a three day hike in the Smoky
Mountains. At first, on account oi
the unfavorable conditions for trav
eling, the trip was delayed, but by
a lot of insisting on the part of the
Scouts, they left in tho Medfor I
Furniture Company's truck abovl
9:30 A. M. It started raining in
about one hour and a half after they
left and by the time they reached
their destination, they were by no
means dry. And the next morning
under the expert guidance of Scout
Willis Cook, (who had been up there,
before) they hiked on into the heart
of the mountains and told all tlx1
loggers of the outside world. Tin:
first day they fished, hunted, and
admired the big trees. Tho next day
day they hiked up to the botuidaiy
line . between North Carolina and
Tennessee, and from a grassy field
they could see Black Rock and all
the other principal peaks, with pow
erful glasses. When they got back
it was time for supper; supper over,
they went to bed, with the exception
of Bill Moody and Edmund Brown,
who turned carpenter for the tim ?
being and made themselves a bed
and stove ; all spent an unsleepful
night. Next afternoon at 1:00 P. M.
they all left for civilization, where
their truck was parked, and they
arrived at heme about 7:00 P. M.
Farmers of Beaufort County have
shipped cooperatively 113 cars of far
hogs this year. Reports received by
County A genet T. P. Welch on 112
cars shipped by 475 farmers show
that they have received $143,487.7?) .
for the animals.
North Carolina is the first state in
the Union to complete the testing ot
all cows for bovine tuberculosis. No
trace of the disease was found in
12 ?o wtm ^