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Last Thursday Afternoon eight Oh the
scouts of Troop 10 set out for a hige
to Morrow's pond This pond is about
-txo miles the other side or hoepuck, 50
we rode the East Lake car to the juno.
ton point with the Roebuck line ana
then after riding the Roebuck car, mixed
the rest of the way. The eight OF us
Etherdge Sykes, Alfred Sier, Ciitton fer-
| rell, John Grey, Johnny martin. ~ ~.
lent IIoyt. our scoutmaster, Mr., Gilchrist.
/ and myself, were in merry mood, ana
were determined to make the best OIL tne
three days which we had decided to stay
at the pond. Clement Hoyt is a Iexas
scout, and is visiting one Of the boys
here, but we decided TO take MIN on tne
hike with us. as he is Jolly sooo
scout. ,t,o y Z
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Troop 10 Loses Scoutn1aster
But Is Still Going Strong

that he will be unable to retain the lead
ership of the troop. Now Troop 36 has
been disbanded and the members re-
turned to the home fold, Troop 10. 1t
makes 10 rather a large troop, but the
more scouts, the more activities and in
terest.
Double duty has fallen on young Fitz-
gerald the new leader of 10. He will be
forced to act as scoutmaster for two
troops SO and 10. This arrangement, al
| though temporary at present, may be
made permanent.
| Despite all the changes in the organ
| ization of Troop 10, the scouts are still
intact, and are carrying on scouting &C
| tivities regularly They don't intend to
! let the loss of the old scoutmaster dis
courage them. but will all fall in in the
support of the new. They have conf
dence in Dick Fitzgerald, acquired during
| their years of close association with him.
| Troop meetings have ben discontinued
for the summer months, only one meet
/, ing in each month being held The time
| OF this meeting is the first Friday in each
month. This coming Friday there will
| be meeting From this Friday on
regular meetings will be resumed.
! The troop is to meet in the basement OF
| the Southside Baptist church at 7:3u
1 O'Clock Every scout of the troop is urged
4 to be present at the coming meeting, as
business of Importance is to be brought
Iup -
/ AT the opening meeting plans will De
| outlined for the activities of the fall and
winter months. 1t is the firm purpose OF
the scouts to greatly improve in the de-
erees of their scouting at an early date
| Examinations are to be stood. and all
possible will be done to aid the troop IN
it's advancement to higher ideal OF
scouting.
A cordial welcome is extended TO all &c
attend a meeting of this troop. ana see
for themselves what a live bunch Of
scouts Troop 10 is. Y-
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roast chestnuts, listening to the sullen
voice of king winter roaring around
the house. l have plenty of opportunity
for this, as | live in little shack in the
mountains. l feel myself among the fav-
cred of the world, when a storm is rag
ing outside and | have a warm fire to
sit by and enough fuel to keep the fire
burning.
So scouts, don't groan and complain
when you realize that fall is drawing
near, and that summer is fading from
sight. Just remember that the fall or
the Indian summer is the most glorious
time of the year, and that all nature
combines to make fall a glorious festival
of color and action.
Now for little summer talk. About
Camp Andrews, scouts, you don't seem
to realize what fine camp you have got.
know as much about the camp most
anyone, for l am pretty Intimate with
the executive. and besides l have my
shack somewhere in the neighborhood
of the camp. | have taken quite habit
of visiting the site frequently, and ]
notice that it is not in quite as good
! condition as it was when the camp was
being held.
! There is no general appearance of dis
! order, but here and there there is ut
| tie trash which could be removed. 1t has
| been said that the camp looks Ike
| pig pen, put thlS - d 'iiio'e'NS' 80 =
| is lust a little trash here and there. l
know that is Just the thoughtlessness of
some scout which is to blame, ana no
righteousness on the part OF anyone.
' However, | feel sure that no scout Will
leave any more trash around the camp.
1 There doesn't seem to be much curios-
! ity among the scouts at present, 1t has
been about three weeSN since have re-
ceived a question for I've question box II
looks like the scouts are content TO wall
for school to acquire knowledge. scouts
wake M. Send me some "sticklers' and
see If | can answer them I'll wager that
if / can't my nephew, the Cave Scout
i can.
! l guess that | had better go and loon
after my chickens. They have not beer
I! fed since morning and undoubtedly are
hungry So Long, scouts won't be lons
, before fall.
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ANCIENT "HOODOO"
STILL EXERCISES HIS
RIGHT OV Err 81

For ages past, troop 81 has been
handicapped by being too patriotic. A
..hoodo'' Of a surprising sort seems to
have fastened himself upon this troop,
and continually exercises his power.
The scouts of the troop believe in this
to some extent but fastened the real
blame of the .hoodo" on the German
Kaiser Every scoutmaster which
this troop has had. has left and gone
TO war. Many men have taken over
the troop. and all have enlisted in the
service And still the troop needs a
scoutmaster
James shelton, senior patrol leader
and president of the troop. is in tenn
porary charge. He is the one who has
kept the troop in the running, and who
has kept the boys together. This troop
has been reorganized and is now run
ming ON new basis. These scouts
are doing good work in scouting, but
still they have no scoutmaster
Troop 81 has cabin at camp An
drews. which is well on the road to
completion It is as good a cabin as is
to be found at camp. The scouts have
worked hard on 1t. and expect to make
a grand success of the cabin. Good
scouts, good work. and good cabin, but
still no scoutmaster.
When the troop was reorganized. new
officers to the troop were elected
James Shelton is doing double duty as
senior patrol leader and president Of
the troop Walter Stead is the trooI
scribe and treasurer, Alex Mcleod is
patrol leader Of the Raven patrol, John
Duncan of the Bear. and Claude Alex
ander of the Flying Eagle. better
bunch of scouts and officers could mo-
be found. yet they have no scoutmaster
The officers of troop 81 wish to give
out the following statement:
1--WE, the citizens of Troop 81 wisf
to state that we have no scoutmaster
and have been without one for some
time. Occasionally we fastened on t.
I good master. but soon the call of thu
war oyercame his affections for thu
troop. and he enlisted in the grea
cause. We wish to request that SOM
returned soldier. 'gob,' or officer TAX
charge of our troop and try to over
come orr 'hoodo.' We need the hell
of good scoutmaster. and now We ar
without tho necessity"
(signadl Officers Of Troop 81.
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Well, scouts, you won't have much
more summer. Soon fall will be here, and
the days of summer camping will be over.
I know you hate to see the good old
summer time" fading away but deep
down in your heart l know there is a
slight gladness for the signs of fall.
Only few days ago l noticed a slight
change in the atmosphere. 1t was act
ually beginning to get chilly There
were signs of frost in the air. This
spell of GOODNESS was soon over, and it
became as hot as ever, but the return
ing heatsof summer could not quite wipe
out the subtle warning of that chilly
day
The arrival of fall is no time for weep
ing. for the fall of the year is the most
glorious of all the seasons. Then is the
time when the trees shed their summer
raiment and don the bleak, drear, black
of winter
Later on when the frost falls there
will be glorious, times for you, scouts.
Think of the nutting expeditions, the
search for persimmons, and the time you
fiad a green one, only after you have
tasted it. Think of the cool nights to
be enjoyed on an overnight hike. Scouts.
the thought of it almost makes me wish
it were deep fall right now.
l won't mention the school part of it,
SCOUTS, lOr KNOW tne particular aver
sion of all boys for anything which
keeps them shut up on the inside for any
length of time.
When the first snow falls--I better say
the time when the first snow is supposed
to fall. for we don't have many SHOWS
Down here--then We know that king win
ter is in full reign again. There is still
sport for scouts. There are rabbit
hunts to be enjoyed, and il we are lucky
enough to have a little snow, big
SNOWFALL fight. Shedding always has a
peculiar attraction for scouts, and u.s.
uaily we have at least one chance a
winter for the sport
There is another side to the fall and
winter question. At night when the
wind is bowling around the house, a
light snow or cold rain falling outside
it is the greatest luxury in the worlo
to be able to sit by ones fireside ano
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| e1tonfle roy

/ have a cousin from the north who is
visiting me, and ] think that he is
rather peculiar in his ideals of scouting.
He is one of the kind who believe in liv-
ing up to every law and oath in the full
est detail He seems to think that he is
really being benefited by his knowledge
and practice Of scouting.
The other day Percival and Maurice
came over to see me, and the four of us
set out to have a little fun. We went
out in the back yard TO see what we
could find there "A boy, who lives next
door, but to whom ] am not particularly
taken, has a dirty little poodle dog. We
found the little wretch playing with a
bone in our back yard. lie began to
cover and whine when he saw us. He
had been afraid of me ever since the
time hit him with a brick.
'Chu-mon. PUPPY. what's the matter
with the little doggie?" said Sam, my
cousin. His words and actions disgust
ed me, for he had picked the little whelp
up in his arms and was hugging him
for all he was worth The little brute
seemed to be enjoying it, for his shaggy
tai; was waving franticaly.
Lets have some fun with the dog, :
whispered Percival. Then he outlined a
plan which met with instant APPROVAL.
Sam, let me pet him some" | said
for had been chosen as spokesman ior
lue CiOWu
Don't hurt him. answered my cousin
as he handed me the dirty little pup who
now began to cover and whimper again
Lets tie a tin can to his tail, sug'
gested Maurice, exactly as we hac
planned for him to do
mo. we can't do that" answered Sam
| "It would be cruel.
| Eyes we WILL" | yelled. and then
ran off with the dog. Maurice and Per
cival following right after me. Sam wa.
| so surprised that he stood still Ions
enough to allow Us to get around the
! corner of the house
THE barn. painted Maurice. Lets
take him to the barn. Then we ran be
tween two houses, crossed the alley ant
jumped a fence. In doing so tore {
little piece of goods out of the seat o
my trousers, and it made quite hole
didn't have time to consider this then
for we heard Sam yelling around ant
Trying to find us. We sneaked acros
the muddy lot in which we were and en-
tered an old barn at the farther eud
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We climbed into the loft. and found a
good knot hole out of which we could
see all that was happening.
Soon Sam came along through a back
yard to an alley. He was right opposite
the place where we had crossed the
fence. He must have decided that we
had gone the other way, for he turned
and was about to go off when he looked
hard at place on the fence, then ex-
claimed:
"Oh, yes someone has crossed this
fence. 7 can tell by this holding up
a little bit of cloth, the piece out of the
seat of my trousers.
"a little scouting ought to help me out
now he continued. II will cross this
fence and see what's on the other side
Then he jumped the fence and looked
around. The only thing in sight was
the old barn at the other end of the
field.
II know my cousin too well to think
he would jump this fence Just to fool
me- | heard the idiot say. "Ife must
have gone across this field' continued
! Sam Then he picked his way across
the muddy field, making an occasional
exclamation at the tracks he saw. When
he was right near the barn he stopped
! and looked around We thought that he
was going by but the little brute of a
dog now gave vent to loud howl
causing Sam to come rushing in thu
harm and up the loft S4
Give me that pup he demanded. I'll
any of you dare hurt him I'll punch his
| face for him." He looked SO threaten
ing that / Immediately gave him the
dog, at which he laughed rather sneer-
lingly
"Algy, that's the time a little scout
ling came in handy said Sam. Mex
time you want to get away from ne
don't tear up the flower bed so bat
when you turn a corner" had for
gotten that And be. sure to remove
Your pants from the top OF the mex
fence YOU Jump 1T would be better i
YOU were not so cruel to this little dog
lit may get you in trouble some time,
continued the wretch. And he actual,
thought that his scout teachings hat
helped him track W to the barn.
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Bunagardeners Win Tug OF
War: To Hold Weeks Can1E
FIRE BUILDING
a TIE ST

There was great excitement in Bes
semer scoutdom Monday afternoon, for
on that night the great tug of-War was
to be held. Along towards evening
there was general collection of
scouts on the banks of Halls branch, a
little bit of a creek running through
the fields near Bessemer. There were
rival aggregations, the "Bumgardeners"
and the 'Cooners'' Each bunch had
received it's name from the two leaders,
Bumgardner of troop 6, and Mr.. Coons
of troop AZ. These two punches of
boys were collected on two sides of
the creek, the only connecting link be-
ing a log stretched across the branch.
This log was wet and slippery. and
quite a few scouts fell to muddy
bath while attempting to manipulate
the dangerous crossing.
Finally the two leaders arrived. in
company with another crowd of scouts,
both "Cooners" and "Bumg gardeners.
Each scoutmaster carried a large rope,
seven eighths of an inch in diameter
There ropes were the strong grass
kind, and were supposed to be able to
stand up under any ordinary strain
After much bantering and chatter the
the two troops lined up for the tug-of-
war. The two ropes had been tied to-
gether, and formed one long, suppos-
eddy invincible strand. Someone started
to count:
zone, two, three"
"Hikew shouted each scoutmaster in
unison, and there was general stiffen-
of the long line of scouts. The rope
strained, groaned, and finally succumb-
ed to the strain. Scout muscle ant
zeal had proven too much for the big
lcable, and it parted at the section where
the two ropes had been tier together
The line of scouts became two strug
Cling piles of boys. each fellow falling
over his neighbor, and blaming hi
| neighbor for that.
WED have gotten you if the old rop'
| hadn't broken" shouted 'Cooner'
| why didn't you bring new rope any
way?" The rope of the Bumgarden
ers' had been used before, and to tina
| fact was attributed the breaking of tn,
| line. However the two troops uniteC
| the two ropes again in an especial.
strong scout knot, but the result wa
| the same. The strand parted again
casting the scouts on the ground il
another struggling knot.
Its not fair anyway said anothe
'Cooner.' you have about 35 boys ant
we have only 90"
We've got only 80. and anyway yol
outweigh US pond for pound" answere,
| 'Bumgardener' It's the poundag
| that counts. Look a yourselves. Ever,
one of you it twice as large as an.
! of our boys. Yah, get away with tina
| stuff. not fair, humph."
Three more times the rope was tied
and three more times did it break.
was beginning to look like the NEE
would have to be called off, when fin
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Troop Is Boys Pass Tests
On Hike To MOrrolU S Pond

ever. by going in in his clothes. The
rest of us had our suits, so we got along
all right The swimming in Morrows
pond is mighty fine, and we enjoyed 1t
considerably. We swan a great deal
during Friday.
We still stuck to our plans TO stay at
the camping place three days, and had
made preparations for the second night.
We thought that the storm was over, but
again were badly mistaken. 1t began
to lcok threatening in the afternoon, and
that evening the threats changed TO Vio-
lence storm as bad as if not worse
than that of Thursday night arose, and
we were drenched again. 1t seemed as
if the elements had united to make that
ia damp hike for us.
A general stampede for the cars to
Birmingham began, and after long
while We reached the Roebuck line. When
we arrived at home it was a tired dis
heveled bunch of scouts. Although the
rains had been severe. and everything
seemed to have gone wrong, we enjoy ed
the hike considerably, and agreed to
take another one soon. However, we
think that we will pick time when We
know that there will be no showers, for
the latter fail to add pleasure TO a
hike.
While we We're on the hike most of
the scouts passed some OF their first class
tests. 1t was one of the purposes of the
hike to help the boys along on their
examinations. All of us are second
class. and now most of us will be first
class before long. l must pass only two
more tests before l become first-class
scout. Our troop wants several new
| first-class scouts in q short time. and we
are going to try hard to get them
| Editors Note: Charlie has given the
scout page mighty nice description OF
| the hike. Despite the fact that every
thing seemed to have gone wrong, these
scouts claim to have enjoyed their trip
That's right, scouts, make the best OF
1.-THE lot that falls to you.
| That's good news about the tests
passed A scout is always advancing In
scouting. and hike is an ideal time tc
pass examinations. 1t. must have beer
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Rules of Camp Andrews

Sailor" Eddens returned from the
northern trip the latter part of the
week, and he has already visited Camp
Andrews. Just before he left on the
trip he outlined set of rules and reg
ulations to govern the camp. On his
visit to the camp he noticed that condi-
lions have not changed materially, ana
that the mess gear and other equipment
of the camp is not in the best of condi-
TONS He wishes to have it made plain
to the scouts that the rules and regula-
lions must be obeyed, for that is the
only way in which the camp can be kept
in good condition.
The following are the rules as outlined
by Sailor:
have recognized leader, who viii re-
pert to Mr.. Carmichael, the caretaker
| All mess gear borrowed from the mess
| halt must be left in as good conultloh
as possible, no dirty equipment Will oe
tolerated .,
No fires are to be built on the mn
without permission of the caretaher' eA-
toept the one in the kitchen range
! An troops must remove the leaves and
rubbish around and on their CABIN lots
lin order to prevent forest f1res
troops which fail to clear their lots
by october will be fined and war tax
| will be charged.
more bird houses. to furnish homes for
them in the winter time.
A general warning is given out that all
that looks like cat is not always
cat Skunks are sometimes mistaken
for playful kitten.
stress is laid upon the building OF bird
houses So far none have been built,
but '.Sailor' is in hopes that several will
be put up before the summer is out. II
1.-THE birds can find homes at the camp
they will most likely spend the winter
there. This would add greatly to the at
Traction and beauty of Camp Andrews.
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Record Pieces

First Glass Scout-Say. there, have
you ever seen any &c pieces?
Tenderfoot-Nope, Don't believe so,
First Glass Scout-Cut it out. That
don't go around here. A scout is truth
full You know.
Tenderfoot--I know it, But these
are Victrola records.-Boys' Life.
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EFFICIENCY CONTES

Scouts seem to be taking very y
interest in the present efficiency cont
Usually there is great rivalry bet}
the troops during one of these cont
but the present one is very quiet.
few cards were turned in to headd
tiers last week. and some of these
late. Cards must be in by the Wed
day following the troop meeting
Troop 10 is still leading the other tri
in the contest, although Troop
pulled UP 1901 points, and is now a
rival to Troop 10 with total Of;
points. $50 points behind 10. These{
troops promise to stage an intere{
struggle as did Troop Is and 10 in5
last quarter
1t is to be remembered that the III
which wins the contest is to be allcf
the privilege of engraving the nuTfz,
or the efficiency contest cup. Scoutk
urged to get to work and show Troops
and that they are not the Only u
in the contest.
The following are the troops ~ the !
der in which they stand. and the to
number of points scored by each, !
totals including the week ending 4
! b.
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ally the scouts hit upon a new pin
The two troops went to a narrow pldj
of the creek, and there the tug vi
held The old rope was abandoned, a.
the new used.
After much argument as to VIII
side had the most rope, the two tro|I
fell to it. For nearly a minute TIL
was no noticeable change in the p
ton of the two troops. but finally
'Cooners' began to gain ground.
shout went up from the large crowd
spectators, there were nearly fifty
them.
"BUMGARDNERS'' WIN
Hike, fellows" shouted Mr.. Bl1
gardener, and slowly but surely tr
began to gain back the lost grow
The desperate squirt of the Coon
failed to help them, and finally VI
| great splash they took the plungeI
Don't stop fellows, keep it up.
| haven't won yet,' shouted troon
scout But they had won. After
ducking, most Of the troop AZ b
turned loose, and gave UP the ar
ment Mr.. Coons however chung
and he was dragged out on the OF
side, wet, dripping. and defeated.
| ''Rah! rah! rah!'' went the til
| cheers for troop AZ, and the great
of-w war was over.
OFF FOR CAMP
| Tomorrow the Bessemer scouts !
hit the trail for camp. The Birmi
ham scout camp, Camp Andrews.
been offered to the Bessemer ScoN
and the invitation has been accept
Tomorrow the scouts are to hit it'll
| for Camp Andrews, and will hold II
regular camp there. I
There are about one hundred SEQ
in Bessemer, and practically every {
is going on the camp. Get q humid
scouts together on a big camp,
there is sure to be lot Of fun I
excitement present. Those Besset
scouts are looking forward to 81
time while on the camp.
The length of the Bessemer cam0
to be one week. AS all the scouts
going at once it is thought that
will be a sufficient length of timI
], hold the camp. At the end Of the
there ought to be bunch of one Il
bred happy, sunburned scouts, prov1
they use the advantages of Camp
drews as we'll as the Birmingham SGD
did.
There is intense rivalry amongid
Bessemer scouts, and quite . few I,
tests will be pulled off at the ca,
Troop and AZ are planning to b
!, another tug-of-war on the banks
Patton creek, and other games
: to be hel1v The Bessemer scouts
4 noted water dogs" and expect to
the swimming privileges of the Cd
to the best advantage. 1t is an
pectant bunch Of scouts that IL Id
. ing forward to the hike to camp
morrow
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Artificial arms and legs were. it is
believed. used in Egypt as early as 100
B. c. They were made by the priests
who were the physicians and surgeons
of those days in the land Of the Nile.