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fit-.! :; -i: :: '' " ' " ' . ' :i. SI v. . ' . T i Vy POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. C. i 3 V 4 .4 5 4 1 1 , i IV. r,; i j ii t" 1- Mi' m ' ' ; i rill ! 3: ! .01) i-l', - i machine: EMPEY HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHILE ON PATROL DUTY IN NO MAN'S LAND. Synopsis Fired by the sinking of the Lusitania, with the loss of American lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living In Jersey City, goes to England and enlists as a private in the British army. After a short experience as a recruiting officer In London, he Is sent to train ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and makes the acquaintance of "cooties." After a brief period of training Empey's company is sent into the front-line trenches, where he takes his first turn on the1 fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey learns, as comrade falls, that death lurks always in the trenches. Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot fire. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger In No Man's Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. Ex citing work on observation post duty. CHAPTER XVI Continued. 13 Quite a contrast to Wilson was an other character In our brigade named Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on eeount of his age. He was fifty-seven, although looking forty. "Old Scotty" lad been born in the Northwest and fcad served In the Northwest Mounted pHce. He was a typical cowpuncher and Indian fighter and was a dead shot with the rifle, and took no pains to Asguise this fact from us. He used to take care of his rifle as If it were a taby. In his spare moments you could always see him cleaning it or polish Jog the stock. Woe betide the man wko by .mistake happened to get hold of this rifle; he soon found out his error. Scott was as deaf as a mule, and It was amusing at parade to watch Mm in the manual of arms, slyly lancing out of the corner of his eye at the man next to him to see what tte order was. How he passed the tioetor was a mystery to us; he must aave bluffed his way through, because e certainly was independent Beside lira the. Fourth of July looked like Good Friday. He wore at the time a Inge sombrero, had a Mexican stock saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on 3jfc arm, and a "forty-five" hanging tram his hip. Dumping this parapher aaflaon the floor he went up to the ijecruiting officer and shouted: "I'm from America, west of the Rockies, and want to join your d d army. got no use for a German and can aoot: some. At Scotland Yard they f&rned me down ; said I was deaf and sol am. I don't hanker to ship in with a d d mud-crunching outfit, but the cavalry's full, so I guess, this regi ment's better than none, so trot out yoar papers and I'll sign 'em." He told Gran jhe was forty and slipped by. I way-OT recruiting service at the time He applied for enlistment. Ifctsas Old Scotty's great ambition tb De;a sniper or "body snatcher," as IXr. 'Atkins calls It. , The day that he wail detailed as brigade sniper he cele brated his appointment by blowing the whole platoon to fags. Being a Yank, Old Scotty took a 11k tag to me and used to spin some great 3n& about the plains, and the whole gfotoon -would drink these in and ask more. Ananias was a rookie com- wlth him. The ex-plainsman and discipline wold not agree, but the officers all Eked him, even if he was hard to man age, so when he was detailed as a sniper a sigh of relief went up from the officers' mess. Old Scotty had the freedom of the ferigade. He used to draw two or three days' rations and disappear with Ms glass, range finder and rifle, and we would, see or hear no more of him vntO suddenly he would reappear with a couple of notches added to those already on the butt of his rifle. Every time he got a German It meant another notch. He was proud of these aotches. .Bat after a few months Father .Kheumatlsm got him and he was sent So Blighty ; the air In the wake of his stretcher was blue with curses. Old Scotty surely could swear ; some of his Btbnrsts actually burned you. , No doubt, at this writing, he Is fcomewhere in Blighty" pussy footing it on a bridge or along the wall of scone munition plant with the "G. K." r erJEIonie Defense corps CHAPTER XVII. Out In Front. '0 After tea Lieutenant Stores of onr jt?etion camej into the dugout and In formed me that I was "for" a reconnoi tertng patrol and would carry six Mills lombs. ' , At 11:80 that night twelve men, our tteutenant .and myself went out In Izont on a patrol in No Man's Land. We. cruised around in the dark for about two hours, just knocking about looldng for trouble, on the lookout for Boche working parties to see what they were doing. Around two In the morning we were carefully picking our way about thirty yards lo froptjjfjthe German barbed warn, i 'AAMEHCMf50U)KR WHO WEST gunner, jerying in fnwfc (y J9I7 BY AMUR SUYtHPCY wire, when we walked into a Boche covering party nearly thirty strong. Then the music started, the fiddler ren dered his bill, and we paid. Fighting in the dark with a bayonet is not very pleasant. The Germans took it on the run, but our officer was no novice at the game-and didn't fol low them. He gave the order "down on the ground, hug It close." Just In time, too, because a volley skimmed over our heads. Then in low tones we were told to separate and crawl back to our trenches, each man on his own. We could see the flashes of their rifles In the darkness, but the bullets were going over our heads. We lost three men killed and one wounded In the arm. If it hadn't been for our officer's quick thinking the whole patrol would have probably been wiped out. After about twenty minutes' wait we went out again and discovered that the Germans had a wiring party work ing on their barbed wire. We returned to our trenches unobserved with the Information and our machine guns Im mediately got busy. TJie next night four men were sent out to go over and examine the Ger man barbed wire and see if they had A Hidden Gun. 1 cut lanes through it; if so, this pres aged an early morning attack on our trenches. Of course I had to be one of the four selected for the Job. It was Just like sending a fellow to the undertaker's to order his own coffin. At ten o'clock we started out armed with three bombs, a bayonet and re volver. After getting into No Man's Land we separated. Crawling four or five feet at a time, ducking star shells, with strays cracking overhead, ;I reached their wire. I scouted along this inch by inch, scarcely breathinr. I could hear them talking In their trench my heart was pounding against my ribs. One false move or the least noise from me meant discovery and almost certain death. After covering my sector I auletlv crawled back. I had gotten about hJ.lt way when I noticed that my revolt was missing. It was pitch dark. I turned about to see if I could find 1: ; It couldn't be far away, because abotft three or four minutes previously I had felt the butt In the holster. I crawled around in circles and at last found It, then started on my way back to our trenches, as I thought. Pretty soon I reached barbed wire, and was Just going tq give the pass word when something told me not to. I put out my hand and touched one of the barbed wire stakes. It was Iron. I pi ' The British are of wood, while, th German are iron. My heart stoppet beating; by mistake I had crawlec back to the German lines. I turned slowly about and my tunU caught on the wire and made a I6u ripping noise. 1 . -: -; A sharp challenge rang out 1 sprang to my feet, ducking low, and ran madly back toward our lines. The Germans started firing. The bullets were biting all around me, when bang ! I ran smash Into our wire, and a sharp challenge, "'Alt who comes there T rang out I gasped out the password, and, groping my way through the lane In the wire, tearing my hands and uniform, I tumbled into our trench and was safe, but I was a nervous wreck for an hour, until - a drink of rum brought me round. CHAPTER XVIII. Staged Under Fire. Three days after the Incident Just re lated our company was relieved from the front line and carried. We stayed in reserve billets for about two weeks when we received the welcome news that our division would go back of the line "to rest billets." We would re main in these billets for at least two months, this In order to be restored to our full strength by drafts of recruits from Blighty. Everyone was happy and contented at these tidings; all you could hear around the billets was whistling and singing. The day after the receipt of the order we hiked for five days, mak ing an average of about twelve kilos per day until we arrived at' the small town of O . It took us about three days to get settled, and from then on our cushy time started. We would parade from 8 :45 in the morning until 12 noon. Then except for an occasional billet or orlgade guard we were on our own. For the first four or five afternoons 1 spent my time In bringing up to date my neglected correspondence. Tommy loves to be amused, and be ing a Yank, they turned to me for something new in this line. I taught them how to pitch horseshoes, and this game made a great hit for about ten days. Then Tommy turned to Amer ica for a new diversion. I was up in the air until a happy thought came to me. Why not write a sketch and break Tommy in as an actor? One evening after "lights out," when you are not supposed to talk,' I Impart ed my scheme In whispers to the sec tion. They eagerly accepted the idea of forming a stock company and could hardly wait until the morning for further details. After parade,! the next afternoon I was almost mobbed. Everyone In the section wanted a part In the proposed sketch. When I Informed them that It would take at least ten days of hard work to write the plot they were bit terly disappointed. I Immediately got busy, made a desk out of biscuit tins In the corner of the billet, and put up a sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical Co." About twenty of the section, upon reading this sign, immediately applied for the position of office boy. I accepted the twenty applicants, and sent them on scouting parties through out the deserted French village. These parties were to search all the attics for discarded civilian qlothes, and any thing that we could use In the props of our proposed company. About five that nght they returned covered with grime and dust, but load ed down with a miscellaneous assort ment of everything under the sun. They must have thought" that I was going to start a department store, judging from the different things they brought back from their pillage. After eight days' constant writing I completed a two-act farce comedy which I called "The Diamond Palace Saloon." Upon the suggestion of one of the' boys In the section I sent a proof of the program to a printing house in London. Then I assigned the different parts and started rehearsing. David Belasco would have thrown up his hands In despair at the material which I had to use. Just Imagine trying to teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney accent to Impersonate a Bowery tough or a Southern negro. Adjacent to our billet was an open field. We got busy at one end of it and constructed a stage. We secured the lumber for the stage by demolishing an old wooden shack in the rear of our billet The first scene was supposed to rep resent a street on the Bowery In New York, while the scene of the second act was the Interior of the Diamond Palace saloon, also on the Bowery. In the play I took the part of Abe Switch, a farmer, who had come from. Pumpklnvllle Center, Tenn., to make his first visit to New York. In the first scene Abe Switch meets the proprietor of the Diamond Palace saloon, a ramshackle affair which to the owner was a financial loss. The proprietor's name was Tom Twlstem, his bartender being named Fillem Up. . After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillem Up persuaded him to buy the place, praising It to the skies and telling wondrous tales of the money taken over the bar. Empey stages his play under difficulties but with great suc cess. The next installment tells about it (TO BE CONTINUED.) Used Vast Amount of Wire. It has been estimated that the wire In the cores and sheathing of the world's submarine cables .that have been made since they were first used in 1857, would rescb torn the eartl to the moon. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL JLlV-wf VTA A (By REV. P. B. -' fc'ITZWATuJR, D. D Teacher of English Bible In th Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR MAY 19 JESUS THE DIVINE SERVANT EX ERCISING KINGLY AUTHORITY. LESSON TEXT Mark 11:1-33. GOLDEN TEXT All power is given un to Me in hoaven and In earth. Matthew 28:13. DEVOTIONAL READINGS Revela tion 5:9-14, T:9-12. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR TEACHERS Matthew 21:12-27: Luke 19: 45 : 20:8; compare John 2:13-17: John 12:12 15. PRIMARY TOPIC Jesus riding Into the city. LEPSON MATERIAL Mark 11:1-10. MEMORY VERSE Hosanna; blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. Mark 11:9. JUNIOR TOPIC The King entering the capital city. LESSON MATERIAL Mark 11:1-10. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC Jesus and ihe tpmple. LESSON TEXT Mark 11:15-19; compare Luke 2.22-M: John 2:13-17. Tor WHTTSUAY LESSON: LES SON TEXT-Joh 16:7-14. GOLDEN TEXT He shall guide you into all the truth. John 16:13. I. Jesus Officially Presented to the Jewish Nation as King (vv. 1-XD. This should not be designated the "tri umphal entry," for It was only in out ward appearances. The shouts were empty and meaningless. It was the promised King publicly offering him self to the nation. 1. The preparation (vr. 1-6). (1) Two disciples sent for the ass (vv. 1-3). He told them just where to go to find It, and how to answer the own er's inquiry. This shows how perfect ly the Lord knows our ways. His matchless gaze beholds all that we think or do. by day or night. It also shows that God uses unlikely and in significant things In the accomplish ment of his purposes. The providing of this animal was the working out of the Divine' plan according to Christ's foreknowledge. (2) Obedience of the disciples (w. 4-6). Without asklnrr why. they go at Ms biding. The comtnand may have seemed strange and unreasonable, but they rendered explicit obedience. The true disciple will render full and glad obedience, no matter how strange or unreasonable the command may seem. 2. The entry Into the city of Jerusa lem (w. 7-10). j (1) The disciples put their garments upon the ass and set the Lord upon tt (v. 7). This act showed their recognition of him as their king (2 Kings 9:13). (2) The multitude. Some spread their garments In the way; others who had no garments to spare, cut down branches and strewed them In the way, which was just as acceptable unto him. To give what we have and do what we can, is all that the Lord demands of us. This entry was In fulfillment of a prophecy ut tered some five hundred years before (Zech. 9:9). (3) The Lord's action (v. 10). Upon entering the Temple, he looked around upon all things; but as It was eventide he withdrew to Bethany with the twelve. II. Jesus Exercising His Royal Au thority (vv. 12-19). 1. The barren fig tree cursed (vv. 12-14). The fig tree Js typical of the Jewish nation. The fruit normally nppears on the fig tree ahead of the leares. The presence of J eaves Is the assurance of fruit. This was an acted parable of the Lord's judgment on Israel for pretension of being the chosen people without the fruits thereof. Tt Indicated the spirit ual state of the Jews. 2. The Temple cleansed (vv. 15-19). For the various sacrifices In the Temple, many oxen, sheep and doves were needed. Many persons came from the distant parts- of the land; therefore It was Impracticable for them to bring their sacrifices with them, so they brought money and bought the animals needed. This priv ilege the law had granted to them (Deut. 14:24-26). for the exchange was necessary. When evil men used It as an opportunity for gain. It became an o (Tense before God. Tt defiled his house. He. made himself a scourge of cords, and drove out the money chang ers, overthrowing their tables and pouring out their money. By this act he declared himself to be the Lord of the Temple and one with God. That which God Intended to be a house of prayer for all nations was being made a "den of thieves." III. Jesus' Authority Challenged (vr. 27-33). They challenged him to show by whrf authority he accepted the hon ors of the Messiah, and who gave him. the authority to cast out the money fhnngers. This placed Jesus in a di lemma. He responded by a question which placed then. In a counter-dllera- Mortality Among Poulta. , The high mortality common in young poults usually ls due to some of the following causes: Exposure to dampness and cold; improper feedin lose confinement; lice; predatory ani! mals; weakness In the parent stock. Clean Utter for Grain. Provide 4 or 5 inches of good, clean litter on the floor of the poultry house In which to scatter the grain .feed. The hens must exercise In or der to get the grain, and this rco motes health and egg production. Bed Cross Clippings is the title of a email paper published In Philadel phia, to help make the. work of the Pennsylvania division efficient and fur ther the usefulness of thei American Red Cross in war and civilian relief. Here are two Intensely Interesting items from Its publication of March 30, which will make every member of the American Red Cross proud of this mar velous organization and more anxious than ever to pork for It : Home Service Grows. "Like young David Copperfleld, home service has 'growed out o' knowledge' since the first of the year. At the end of January, home service sections In the Pennsylvania division were giving help , of one kind and another to more than! 2,000 soldiers' and sailors' fam ilies,; and at the end of February the number of famlllesad Increased to 4,500. "This Increase In numbers Is, In a way, a measure of the increase of con fidence in the ability of the Red Cross to help solve family problems, and It also shows that the Red Cross Is prov ing worthy of the confidence ; and reli ance that soldiers and their; families place in them. The following, letter to the division director of civilian relief shows how Red Cross home service Afternoon Frock The path of designers, who are al ways looking for something new and oeautiful, has been made much easier than usual this season. Contributions of two materials, or two kinds of one material, in a single garment account for It. The spring and summer styles were Inaugurated by displays that featured these contributions and we have benefited by them in several ways in Inexpensive and original frocks that are attractive, and in re modeled dresses that double the length of service of at least one of the fab rics used In them. The styles never favored the remodeling of frocks more than they do now. Usually n sheer material like chif fon cloth, georgette crepe, voile or net la made up with a heavier goods and the refinement of these sheer fabrics lends tone to others as familiar and commonplace as serge or gingham. This makes1 them an Immensely valu able resource of the professional and the home dressmaker. There Is no end to the; ways in which materials have been 1 combined In coats and frocks. Voile and gingham, georgette and satin, chiffon cloth and light wool ens have proved so successful th&t they promise a long reign of combi nations In the realm of fashions. The afternoon gown pictured here shows how well suited to each other satin and georgette are In fashioning a lovely nd simple frock. One Is as important as the other in the design half the skirt ls of satin and half of crepe and their honors are even in the bodice also. The sleeves are of crepe with deep cuffs of satin. Wher ever the two materials are brought to gether they are joined by a band ,of embroidery in a scroll and flower pat tern, made with long, quickly placed stitches of heavy embroidery silk. No dress could present fewer' difficulties to the home dressmaker. When glug- uuui ana nne cotton voile are used to gether, hemstitching, very narrow cro chet or duny lace. or. tatting are ef fective for Joining tbem. There to much joy In a made-m-ei frock that t - v ': Hi r i ! workers are helping to k.-er srjlrit of the men in tiia 1 lQe "Just a line to let you know tw , received your letter, notifying nie fai 1 the Red Cross would look 'aft? my wife and children, whirl, tak' ier load off my shoulders and inak(.s & look at my duties and the future Vuh a brighter eye, eager to strike the f and win, knowing that no matter vl happens my family will not Suje through my not waiting to W called If I had been single I would have 'i)e " In It at the start, but I guess there's lots of fun yet. So thanking you ajraia for the promptness you have shown will close with best wishes to you and the work you have undertaken. "Sincerely yours, " 'PRIVATE ROBERT DUNCAN. A Worried Soldier Is a Poor Soldier "Soldiers have bodies that get cold therefore they need sweaters; they get hurt or sick, therefore they need surgi cal dressings; but they have also minds and hearts that center on the folks back home ; they become anxious and- discouraged about the welfare of wives, children, mothers, brothers, sis ters. 'A worried soldier is a poor sol dier says General Pershing. The Red Cross can help to keep up the morale of the men by protecting and aiding their familles.,, of Two Materials has lost all trace of "last year" in its remodeling, and the styles favor the thrifty-minded who undertake to make the best of them. St Glove Extravagance. luere are dress economists who be lieve the resuscitation of the short sleeve forecasts a saving of material. Perhaps. But, on the other hand, there are any number of women who will fight shy of the coquettish little sleeve that terminates its brief career somewhere between elbow and shoul der. To them It means the addition of long gloves or the adoption of a guimpe with net, lace or organdie un der sleeve showing below the gown sleeve. And gloves cannot be put ia the category of reasonable adjuncts no, not even If one Is willing to fore go kid, and substitute sUk or cctton. Hats of Fabr'c Fabrics are greatly use! by the mil liners, and whole hats, crowns and brims are fashioned of georgette crepe, chiffon, satin, tulle or whatever the designer happens to fancy. Georgette and crepe de chine are, perhaps, more used than any of the other materials, always excepting nets and laces, and a hat entirely covered with crepe and showing straw only in the facing of the brim ls sometimes untrimined, save for a drapery and a knot of the crepe. Lovely colored silks are used for the draped toques which are so much la vogue. Taffeta and Satin. v In the moderate-priced frocks every where the demand for taffeta persists, but In high-priced gowns sarin seems to have the greater popularity. Georgette Crepe Combinations. Many afternoon gowns are seen with taffeta and georgette crepe combina tlons. Satins are more exclusive.