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POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N C. ? ? . .' i j V if - p, 4 ! ) -.1 -If f f '''3 ' t . -It' 1 if 9 d 1 t -1 j I', fi 1 1 u ! f VJ H 1 1 - . '3 v !i r v"1 !' i ; '" i i i ! - ' ! ji " If- i' J ( In I!,1 ! At, I 1 Pi l! . i! I . "P"1 1 Mi. , . . i. i in " : .- I How Millions of Men In War are Moved,Fed i Work of a, 0. S. in France. Ex eels All History of Mil itary Fets. 1 CHICK SERVICE IS THE RULE Army Uses 1,500,000 Pounds of Refrig erated and Fresh Beef Each Day Immense Supplies Needed to Feed Yanks Works Like a Machine. By CHARLES N. WHEELER. On the Chicago Tribune.) . In the S. O. S. Sector, Franco. The Bui iter of fwIing the army in France I n epic story. It is truly of heroic Just now it requires about l.fiOO.'XX) pevntis of refrigerated and fresh beef to fed the army in France each day, besides the hundreds of thousands of jttuuuZs of bacon, mutton, ham, corned Wrf, canned salmon, and dried and jticUeil naeats and fish. More than 200, 000 runs of tomatoes, corn and peas help to make up one day's rations. Something like 230,000 cans of jam, KWO emns of peaches, a.000 jars of jifIes; 3.000 bottles of catsup, car 3ojis of canned lobster and other sea febervioore than 2,000 boxes of choco late, fresh white bread made of Amer ica flour and all the boys want, even Ifee jcood old com bread served hot, be the Immense quantities of pota toes, beans, prunes, coffee, sugar, milk, pejtfwr, salt, vinegar, cinnamon, sirup, sad about everything found in a well-tr-ked farmer's pantry in the United Stales are. laid before the American nj inance every day and It is all then? right on the dot. Works Like a Machine. It Is there In every section of France, frm Soixsons and Toul to Marseilles ad from the Sw'ss border to the Bay 4KT Kscay. All France is a great in datrial place and there is hardly a sfsA ia the whole country, including 1e sections under heavy shell fire, where the S. O. S. is not standing at atteation when the dinner bell rings. Meantime, men and munitions, and mil aaanner of supplies are moving up to "the front continuously, and the Thiers are coming back for a little cetff. The luachinery works smoothly and efficiently. There are side lines great Interest. One of these, is the trarelin bathroom. An outfit that re atfres only three trucks is now sent up t the lines to greet the boys as they mr out of the trenches and give the a fine scrubbing. Each outfit miB -trash 500 boys an hour. Meantime the S. O. S. is filling orders trust the front. It may be a few thou eml iafantry. an artillery regiment r sneral such regiments, machtne era compjuiles, and so on through the Bsf. They are delivered immediately. The -mounded have to be brought ri to the hospitals. The trains and Mfholances are ready and they move ffk riock work except that getting aek from the first-aid stations at times Is at jufte as slow as a clock. The -ataVd are sent to all corners of "Fraaree and the big machine w(rks on sliaost faultlessly. f Vhole .armies of the mobile sections 9W ire transported quickly from sec tor to sector. It Is up to the S. O. S. ! si? that all this equipment Is pro-T14XL against-the. state unless afforded this means of sustaining themselves. Not the least serious of the' problems confronting the war department was the question of distribution of sup plies in France. A million men might -I be landed In French ports, together with the necessary equipment, but how under the heavens was this vast store house to he transported to the Interior and on up to the lines, with the mani fold exactions that would have to be met in doing it speedily and orderly and with the French transportation facilities already groaning under the fhonfe load? The tlerman staff agreed It could not be done. Right here seems a good place to introduce Rrig. Gen. Johnson Ilagood. He is chief of staff of the S. O. S. He has served in the war department with every chief of staff of the army since the general staff was created by congress. He is a native of South Carolina, a nephew of the late -Brig. (Jen. Johnson Ilagood of the Confed erate army and one time governor of South Carolina. The present chief of staff attended the university of his home sjate from 1SSS to 1891 and graduated lrom West Point in 1S90. He has served as per sonal aide to Cenerals Bell Jt)d Wood. General Ilagood is one of the young er generals of .the army. lie is small of stature, quick of action, and a hu man dynamo. His mind works like chain lightning. "How did you do it?" I asked him. A flicker of a smile flitted across the face of the West Pointer. "Well, we bail to do it and we did it. That's all. It was a mere statement of fact. There was no philosophy to It. Just had to be done, and was do te ! "It would be Impossible fr me to tell you bow this plan has bee i worked out," he added. "Moreover, 1 urn not permitted to give out interpws to newspaper men. But in this. ase I understand you have been an lwrized by General Pershing's headvUar tirs to get an Interview from nu. so X will try to tell you something abom It. Undeceiving Themselves. "In the first place. It Is the Ingest military undertaking in the tt story of the world. No military nnI:orlty ever laid so bold a plan on this eirth : nothing that Alexander the (ireat, Julius Caesar or Napoleon ever planned compares with It in scojn? or daring. The Germans laughed at us when we proposed It, and even rhose of us of the old army who sat around the war college wondering what we would do in a great war, never dreamed the Fid ted' States, the most unmllitary nation on earth, could put 4,000,000 mm in France. To supply such a body of men from a base 4.000 miles away, to organize them, to fight 'em. and to fight Yin as well ns the best soldiers in Europe today is the greatest military accomplishment of all times. "So far as my end of It Is concerned Kt is all a matter of team work. The work Is that of the bureau chiefs. You might compare me to the quarter back of the team. I give the signals and pass the ball, but they really do the work, and they have done It ex ceedingly well. We are way ahead on our program. We supply twice as many men in France as the mat optimistic of us hail ''expected. Ad at the present rate it will not be lojg before we will be supplying hi France an Jinny four times as large as that we had originally contemplated. "As to the character of the work, i ASTRIDE PLANE UPSIDE DOWNj'RIDES TO EARTH London.- A British v. airman, while fly;r. at n height of 1.600 feet, had ttie tall of his machine shot off by a direct hit J from a shell. The machine turned up side down and the pilot ys thrown from his seat, but he managed to clamber onto the bottom of the fusllage, on which he remained astride. Although the machine was out of control, he managed, by moving forward and backward, to balance It ami glide steadily downward. Under ; a strong anti-aircraft fire he crossed the German lines successfully a few hundred feet from the ground. His machine came down with a crash and he received some in juries, but will recover. IMPfOIXD UNlrOEK INTEMATIONla SMSQHNK Lesson (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Teacher ot English Biwer in we aiooaj Bible institute of, Chicago.) (Copyright, 1918, Western Newspaper Union.)' LESSON FOR OCTOBER 20 J ; Salvage Work Important: The S. Or.S. besides doing an enor- xhms business In the manufacturing we have had to -build ami repair rajj Bifw ceodncts a large salvage plant, or i roads.. We have built permanent doels -pleats. Into which flows a steady ..nd wharves at the ports, nnd soliie stream of battlefield wreckage. In the I of these ports are more prosperous 2"Jnff branch of the work alone thev i nmv tll'n they ever have been I re saving the taxpayers back home j hxiw a montn. More important than the money saving is' the saving of Ai .one station mammoth American loromotfres. are assembled "while you mSt" Six of these leviathans are put tajrtber every day and are doing their Mt the next day. It -ras found advisable to operate a pTin! train for American military sea between two widely separated jftetats in France. As soon as the neces sity presented Itself the train was in staSed. It is called the "American Special." It is manned by Pullman car -porters negro boys who have had 1sg training on the de luxe traius back fcame. They are rated as first class "wagon men here. American railway coadBctors have been assigned to this train, or trains, one running each way eTery 24 hours. Of "one thing the mothers back home Bury be thoroughly assured, and that Is tttat not one of their boys wants for n islagle thing In the way of subsistence aad medical and surgical attention. No araay ever took the field, better pro Tided. And while the appreciations are eag passed around it is not out of -jwaca to observe that the subsistence -O-rSston of the war " department ni "Wjuhlagton is entitled to a decoration tr the efficiency It has achieved. Something over 300,000 enlisted men ad about .25.000 women comprise the "help- in the S. O. 8. organization., A Isrpe number of officers, of course, a re recjtstred for Ihe .Supervising positions, practically all of the workers are la khaki who have been termed the "amaiuuiUon passers." . Cmployt Army of Women. W the . 25,000 women in the work of them are French women. A WtrfoW aim is achlaved In the utlUta- of these women. A la rare nor thern, would be charges their history. We have constructed aviation fields, repair shops, salvage plants, supply depots, hospitals, cold storage plants, water supply, etc. Rushing a New City. "It is rather difficult fr one to visualize the proposition of going i lto an open field and constructing a 1000 bed hospital. It means Ik reality a city of 15,000 inhabitants, with all the necessary appliances In the vnf of water, sewerage, stores, fire protec tion, lighting system, etc. Imagine all the retail stores In. Chicago consoli dated into 'one, 'and you get an Idea of what 1t means when we say a depot containing ninety days supply for 1.000,000. Think of a cold storage plant where 20,000 head of cattle, or 80,000 quarters of beef, can be pro vided for under one roof. "Of course, we only handle this end of it. Our Job over here is to get the stuff off the ships, get it on the trains, and pass it on up to the front. It comes In a never-ending stream. The problem of the staff depart ments Is divided Into four grand groups transportation, construction, supply, and hospitalization. "Under transportation," continued General Ilagood, "we group ocean transport and Inland waterways, all railways, including standard gauge and narrow gauge ; all horse' and mule transportation, including wagons and pack animals, and all forms of motor transportation. No possible form of transportation has been overlooked. "Under construction we have to con sider the building of railroads, the erec tion and assembling of cars and loco motives, the building of wharves, docks and storehouses; the construc tion nnd repair of barges and other vessels for use on the canals and navi gable streams, bridges, and. in fact, everything from the cutting of the tim ber in the forests to Its final assem blage for practical use. Their Own Manufacturers. ."Under suppHes we Include water, food, clothing, fuel, animals, forage, guns and ammunition, airplanes, etc. We have taken over a great many man ufactures. We make our own choco late, and manufacture hard bread, and a number of such commodities. Then Is one bakery In the center of France from which we send Out ev ery day fresh bread for 500,000 men. "Under hospitalization we include receiving and caring for the sick and wounded evacuated from the front. "In order to decentralize this Indus trial Institution the zone of operations Is divided Into nine sections the ad vance section In which the armies are actually engaged, the intermediate sec tion, containing the great central por tion of France and seven base sections which include the ports. 'The whole thing Is like a great net work. General Pershing has placed the responsibility for Its operation upon Genera Harbord, the command ing genera of the S.'o. S. I am his chief of staff. Associated with me are about fifty general staff officers, through whom all the activities of the S. O. S. are co-ordinated. The balance of the staff here consists of about 1. 000 officer and 2.000 enlisted men and clerks. "One of the most Important agencies we have is the general purchasing board, presided over by Col. Chailea Gates Dawes, formerly of Chicago. Tlds board ,1s charged with 4he pur chase of alt supplies that are obtained in Europe, and also rapresents us in eo-ordinatlr-g the supplies of the allies in such a wa.f that there is no dupli cation among the great nations concerned. YANKEE AUTO TRUCKS ARRIVE IN ITALY fOBtttase of II fjl .. fWwO TiitM''ninWiiiiiiiri1ii1 In this, one of the first pictures to arrive in this country of Ihe actual landing of Araevlc., troops In Italy, is seen a long traiaload X atomobUa truck t?Ionru to the American force. , hwbopui ABRAHAM GIVING ISAAC TO GOD. '- . ' LESSON TEXT Genesis 22:1-14. 1 GOLDEN TEXT I ' will ffive him -unto the Lord all the days of his Iife.I Sam uel 1:11. ' , DEVOTIONAL, READING Luke 14:25- ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. FOR TEACHERS Genesis 15:1-6; 18:9-15; 21-1-12. I. Abraham Tested (w. 1, 2), God does not tempt men to sin (James 1:13), but he subjects them to rigid tests to prove them. In the treat ment of Abraham we have a supreme example. God. tested Abraham, not Lot. Sodoi j tested Lot. God tests the man who hi proof against the tests of Sodom. God had promised Abra ham an heir through whom blessings were to come o the world. For many years his faith wr.s sorely tried In wait ing for its fulfillment. At length, his heart rejoiced in1 the realization of that hope. In the lad In the patri arch tent were wrapped Abraham's hopes of the future when his seed should be as the stars for multitude. Ills was no ordinary expectation. The human affections and hopes were, no doubt, included; but a new nation was to spring from him, and Isaac was the Bole link making the connection. The., too, he saw the coming Redeemer, for "Abraham saw my day and was glad" (John 8:56). It is only as we thus see all that Isaac meant to his fa ther and God's purpose for the future of the world, that we really can appre ciate the crucial test that came to Abraham. A test in some sense sim itar comes to many Christian fathers and mothers. God Is calling for sons and daughters to be offered on the al tar of his service. The test is some thing terrific, as some who have given up sons and daughters for the mission field can testify. It is only as God Is k hown to be almighty (Genesis 17:1) shall ability be given to give them up. II. Abraham Standing the Test (w. 2-10). 1. On the way (vr. 3, 4). Abraham promptly obeyed. There was neither hesitancy nor arguing. God had Is sued the command. At his call Abra ham said: "Here am I" (v. 1). lie could hot say "No to God. In the ordinary affairs of life we call a man weak who cannot say "No," who has no will of his own; but the man who could not say "No" to God, we count strong. Early in the morning he was on the way to the place of which God had told him. All who really, believe in God will yield themselves to him without question, reserve, or shrinking., Anything short of this Is not consecra tion. We should not stop to ask how or why. It is enough to know that God has spoken. 2. "Abide ye here" (v. 3). This test ing experience was too sacred for hu man eyes to gaze npon. How like this the words of Jesus in Gethsem ane: "Tarry ye here." Human sympa thy Is sweet, and Is to be prized, but we need to be alone In times of great testing. There are times when hu man sympathy hinders us from doing, our duty. When Abraham said : "We will come down again to you,w he spoke sincerely, for he believed that God would give him Isaac back from the dead (Heb. 11:19). 3. Isaac bearing the wood upon which he is to be offered (vv. 6, 7). This reminds us of Christ bearing the cross on the way to Calvary. Isaac must have been now a young man. He did not resist or cry out, but graciously submitted, showing that he is making a willing, sacrifice. 4. The angel of the Lord calls (vr. 8-12). At the critical moment when Abraham's hand had lifted the gleam ing blade to make real the offering, God interfered. God did not want hu man sacrifice as a burnt offering, but he wanted Abraham to give up to him his best, the surrender of his will to him. God is always pleased with submissive obedience. "To obey Is better than sacrifice." Many times we are face to face with the test of giving up our fondest hopes and pur poses, but when we have met the test as Abraiiam did, we get back our offer ing or greater things Instead. , III. God Will Provide Himself a Lamb (vv. 13, 14). - j Just behind Abraham was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. Him Abraham offered instead of his son. In the words "God will provide himself a Iamb (v. 8) we have the whole plan of redemption outlined. God has pro vided the -costly sacrifice of his Son to satisfy himself. x iic lyicoaici gparate Ski He who has no taste for order will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions. Lavater. Value of the Bible. The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men ; but if we spend all our, time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor and are not led to Christ by it, the use of It will be lost to us. T. Adams. Truths From on High. All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirm ing more and more strongly the truths that come from on high and are con tained in the sacred writlmjs.-Her. tcheL . - . . The dressier separate skirts are made of supple weaves in silk; their M'earers sharing favors among satins, silk poplin nnd tricolet. Satin, it al most goes without saying, is first in Im portance it is used for about all the outer garments of women, from hats to slippers. Tricolet is a novel fabric h.v comparison, but is approved by the most smartly dressed women, 'and poplins are tried and familiar to every one. Resides these silks for dressy sepa rate skirts there are novelties in heav ier weaves for sport skirts. The sport skirt, in fact, has reached heights of beauty and style far in advance of any thing in its animated and remarkable history. Possibly the restraint and re serve that marks wartime designing has operated to the advantage of sport apparel. Hut the time is com ing when a new class, with a new name, will be formed for many of the smart, informal garments that now Come labeled for sport wear. A handsome separate skirt, to be worn with a dark or light blouse,' pre sents its new style features in the pic ture. Of course it lias panels to make it eligible to the cnnlpinv f . " ' "l ' -me panel is u. ways among thnsP present inanyl semblage of now apparel. There three of ilu-ni, one at the front two, shorter. :it either side-am isneo mm muge. The shaped I with pointed end. is of th the skirt is noticeably longer the. skirts have been for several seasor This Dartiviil.-ir skirt i m rtA n u.l rich 'shades of term fotta-whichc! Is called by several new name td season as "mahogany," 'rust" and jJ earole. 1 lie last describes it Hut in auv of the fasliioruiMnmiiwil . viFiwifl,r only needs a blouse of georgette t match it to place a handsome costw at the command of its owner, Wat lighter blouses one has the advant of variety and. ir remains a separsa I skirt. Suits Piquant and Plain (Mill Gold Brocaded Ribbons. Metal ribbons and ribbon In liant colors such as emerald r cerise ami royal bine, richly brocaM in gold and in contrasting colors, in used for girdles on dark colored I black silk dresses. There are suits and suits, most of them plain, some of them piquant but none of them fussy. With the supply of fabrics growing precious no cos turner ventures to use more than the regulation allotment of cloth, therefore skirts are narrow and straight and coats cut to conform to this shortage of material. Hut the ingenuity of designers, put to the test, has tri umphed and given us a variety of new models in coat suits and frocks that ,do them; great credit. Skirts are a little longer than they have been, since they must be two Inches below the shoe tops and shoe tops are not as high as they were. Longer skirts were proclaimed early In the season, but women with a busy winter ahead of them have not been Inclined to give up short skirts for street wear. Those, in the suits pic tured are only two inches below the hoe tops; that is, they are as short as the unwritten law allows. The-Ault at the left of the picture is in a sninntl!- might be duvetyn. broadcloth, in 'l,''!' and emplacement ;ti nn s:!il Tile (";'; l-l'H1'''1 wool .rr-lV v.'loor . - -:th a very rronr, lasieimi.- , t:().. i . ...;,h t ;f "" i iKiS ' i,( button in L'ray " is extended into p nn.l l.w.L- The lii- 4.1. II I I 'II " convertible the (Ut'" nnm.llnf tU tit!'! zjiuni ii I . 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