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Members of the officers’ training camp at Fort McPherson, Ga., candidates for commissions in the field artillery,
practicing with range finders.
OUR WORK IN WAR SETS NEW RECORD
to —
Army and Navy Journal Asserts i
That It Has No Parallel in
Military History.
ill CRITICISM IS SILENCED ;
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Service Paper Points Out That No j
“Political General” Has Appeared ,
to Hinder Operations—Praise
for Defense Council.
New York. —That the achievements
of the army and navy of the United 1
States in the first three months of the 1
war “have worked forward with a
smoothness and an absence of scandal 1
that have no parallel in our history of 1
warfare,” is the editorial statement
made by the Army and Navy Journal 1
in a review of the part this country is
playing in the great struggle.
“In material accomplishments we
have set up,” the Journal says, “a rec
ord before the world of which we may
well be proud. The great outstanding
facts of these three months of war is
that our military and naval operations
have been conducted solely by army
and navy officers, with never a ‘politi
cal general’ showing his head above
the horizon. Between the people and
the work of the navy there has been
drawn, of military necessity, a screen
of secrecy more effective than any
thing we have ever known before, and
which redounds to the highest credit
of the press of the country. When that
screen has been lifted now and again
we have seen our fleets of destroyers
operating in British and French wa
ters ; we have learned of another fleet
being in the South Atlantic on patrol
duty; we have learned of hundreds of
merchantmen, armed and manned by
navy guns and gunners, fighting Ü
boats and losing their lives in that ar
duous duty ; and finally, we have learn
ed of the navy’s superb achievements
in convoying to France the greatest
body of troops we ever sent to foreign
soli in one expedition, without the loss
of a man.
Great Growth of the Navy.
“Our navy’s personnel has almost
doubled In that time, so that now we
have over 129,000 men in the navy,
while in the Marine corps we have j
29,361, as against the 13,266 on April 6,
the day the state of war was declared, j
The auxiliary patrol fleet manned by I
the Fleet Naval reserve is gradually ;
assuming the form of a really effective
body of young men who are learning .
navy traditions mbre rapidly than
would have been thought possible six '
months ago. In addition to its hercu- |
lean task of training the great influx ■
of recruits to the regular service, the j
officers of the navy have taken on their
shoulders the added burden of train- i
Ing thousands of young men to be of
ficers and crews of the great fleet of ■
merchantmen that the government is '
building as a part of the allies’ strate- ;
gical plan to conquer the U-boats.
“Even greater than this has been the ■
army’s achievement owing to the sig
nal change that has come to the na- I
tion’s policy regarding a large army i
since the entry of the United States I
into the war. For on the army has :
devolved the task of increasing the ;
regulars up to the war strength set by
the national defense act and putting '
that army on a war footing, while it
has also had to face and carry through
the many problems presented by train
ing the National Guard for duty over
seas, preparing the plans for the first
selective draft registration and see
ing they were carried out, the plans
for the working of the draft itself and
for housing, provisioning and equip
ping the 500,000 men that are to be
in cantonments some time after the
first of September.
Coincident with this the army has
had to perform the hitherto unheard-of
task of conducting sixteen training
schools for the making of officers and
of three camps for the training of
officers of the medical relief corps.
"Under-officered as every corps is in
the service they have had not only to
struggle along with the routine of the
service but also to handle the problems
of this enormous expansion of the reg
ulars, the National Guard and the na
tional army that is in the making.
And with all this, the army has sent
to France General Pershing and his
staff. General Sibert and his expedl
■tionary force; has taken over com-
pletely the conduct of six of the Brit
ish base hospitals; has sent army sur
geons up to the firing line; has landed
its first unit of woodsmen in England
fully equipped with sawmills and oth
er tools, and has at least one unit of
aviators on British soil. And no
where at home has the routine of army
life been allowed to drop below its ac
customed efficiency, although the army
has had to handle the additional task
since May 1 of creating two new de
partments and providing them with
headquarters staffs’
Praise for Defense Council.
“Criticism and fault-finding have en
tered, like rumor ‘painted with a thou
sand tongues,’ but they have pretty
well disappeared since, in common de
cency, these elements have had to ac
knowledge the army and navy officers
have carried out their allotted tasks
efficiently and well. Europe has rung
with praise of our men abroad, and
our enemy, by the tone of his abusive
language. Is awakening to the fact that
we are a foe to be reckoned with in
the field Instead of being merely a
race of dollar-hunters. On the civil
side of what has been done In these
three months there is another admir
able tale of high achievement.
Through the council of national de
fense and its advisory commission the
matter of the purchase of supplies
(fruitful source of scandals in the
past) has been worked out in a manner
hitherto unknown in the history of the
wars of the United States. Through
these bodies the railroads have been
brought into a relation with the gov
ernment more close and practical than
most of us would ever have thought
possible. War has brought about econ
omies in railroad operation that were
frankly declared impossible a year
ago. Manufacturing plants have also
been brought into really effective co
operation with the government, and It
would appear that the problem of sup
plying a great air armada is also to be
brought about through this agency."
TO TEACH FOLK DANCES
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Signe Patterson, the favorite dancer
of the king of Sweden, who is here to
: teach the folk dances of her native
land to the children of former subjects
of Sweden, is appealing to the women
of this country who were former sub
jects of Sweden to supply their coun
trymen now serving in Uncle Sam’s
army with tobacco and pipes.
Old Clock Still Runs.
Sharon, S. C.—-J. D. Gwin of this
town has a “grandfather” clock. He
is able to trace its age back 127 years,
and Is of the opinion that it is much
older. The works were brought over
from England and the frame of black
walnut, inlaid with maple, was made
in this country by a cabinetmaker
named Samuel Gill. The clock has
never ceased to keep accurate time,
not a penny has been spent on it for
repairs of any sort, and its present
condition is excellent.
THE BULLETIN. IRWINTON. GEORGIA.
5 GIRL MARSHAL ARRESTS J
$ MAN CALLED SLACKER 5
* — *
< Huntington, W. Va. — Miss *
* Gladys Cornwell, dainty and *
♦ pretty, who, besides being sec
* retary to United States Marshal J
4 William Osborne, is the only *
J woman deputy marshal in West J
4 Virginia, has begun a campaign 4
J against slackers. Miss Cornwell J
4 says she has a profound con- 4
J tempt for slackers. *
4 She asked permission to go 4
J out to the country club and ar- *
4 rest an employee, who, it was 4
alleged, had failed to register. *
4 She told her prisoner to submit 4
J quietly and he did. i
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RUBBER BOOTS SAVED HIM
Barn in Which Kiplinger Was
Standing Was Struck by
Lightning.
Charlotte, Mich. —The fine new
large barn on the C. B. Lamb farm
west of this town in Carmel township,
which is occupied by Grant Kiplinger,
was struck by lightning and the sid
ing was torn off from top to bottom
on both gables, the barn being about
50 feet in height.
Mr. Kiplinger was standing in the
barn at the time, and the stable doors,
within two feet of him, were slivered
and he was stunned, but not hurt by
the shock. The fact that he was wear
ing rubber boots probably saved him
from instant death.
The barn fortunately did not catch
fire. It is 40 by 80 feet in size, cost
$3,000, and is being built to replace
the large barn destroyed by fire last
.autumn.
$1,500 FOR FORGOTTEN BIT
Savings Bank Account Accumulates
Unclaimed in Brooklyn Bank
for Sixtv Years.
New York. —A >,ngs bank account
of $1,500, which had been accumulat
ing unclaimed in a Brooklyn bank for
60 years, has just found Its owner in
Yonkers, City Treasurer Albert Van
Houten said today. It goes to Mrs.
F. A. Gastineau of Hancock avenue,
Lincoln Park, that city.
Mr. Gastineau, who died two years
ago, deposited a small sum of money
in the Brooklyn Savings bank in 1857.
He must have forgotten it, for he nev
■ er mentioned it to his wife.
For 40 years interest on the deposit
i compounded, and it brought the total
.up to $1,500. Delivery of the money
was brought about through a new law
compelling banks to search for owners
of unclaimed deposits.
SQUIRRELS HOARD POTATOES
—
■ Rodents in Oregon Stole Them First
and Then Hid Them tn
Their Holes.
—
| Hood River, Ore. —Luhr Jensen will
i increase his plantings of potatoes by
i three pecks.
Recently Mr. Jensen scattered pol-
I soned wheat around the burrows and
' runways of a colony of troublesome
digger squirrels near his barn. The poi
son was apparently fatal, for all of the
squirrels disappeared. Recently Mr.
■ Jensen out of curiosity decided to In
' vestlgate the underground tunnels of
! the rodents.
; As his excavations progressed he un
! earthed seven dead diggers and three
pecks of fine seed potatoes that the
squirrels had stolen from the ranch
er’s granary and had hoarded in the
storage retreats of their underground
‘ home.
WAX STREET AND DANCE ON IT
Citizens of Huron, S. D., Make Outdoor
Floor for Great Mili
tary Ball.
Huron, S. D. —A thorough rubbing
and waxing Is not the usual treat
ment given asphalt paving, and the
city engineer has not recommended
that the treatment will add to the long
evity of the paving, but it adds to the
dancing qualities, according to more
than 500 persons, who danced with
the footsore troopers of Troop G, local
cavalry company. The troop was put
through a five-mile hike just before be
ing released to attend the benefit for
the company, which netted more than
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Author of LAKE CJLJ
STREAM GAME HSIUNG L^J
STEEL BAIT-CASTING RODS.
My Dear Buck:
Well, old scout, we now come to that
part of the tackle outfit that has
caused more argument than the Eu
ropean war, by which we refer to the
steel rod vs. the split bamboo. There
are a lot of anglers that swear by
the split-bamboo rod and look with
horror on the steel rod. These split
barnboo purists are considerably in
the minority, however, as can be eas
ily proved by a straw vote of the rods
in use at any camp or resort in the
game-fishing country. Personally, old
man, when it comes to downright class
to a rod, you certainly must place
the blue ribbon on the split-bamboo. It
is first choice of materials, being light,
springy and considerably active, but
in the hands of a beginner it sure
stands a mighty fine chance of break
ing if he hooks onto a real live wire
of the weedy waters.
Steel a Sturdy Worker.
The steel rod naturally is a little
heavier than the split-bamboo, al
though the slight difference in weight
is not enough to put your casting arm
in a sling after a day's casting. It has
plenty of backbone; at the same time
has enough action to make it a fine
caster without the whippiness of the
split-bamboo. For tossing out the
heavier artificial lures it is in a class
by itself. It is a sturdy strong rod
that can be depended on to “pump”
a fighting bass out of the weeds with
out giving you heart failure over won
dering whether it will hold or not. By
this, old man, do not take it that it is
only a good rod for rough work, han
dled with the skill of an expert it
makes as fine a fishing tool as any rod.
It may not be as speedy in action as
the split-bamboo, but as a buying
proposition for the beginner, dollar
for dollar, you will get a better rod
in steel in the lower-priced rods than
you will in either the split-bamboo or
solid woods.
The steel rod does not require much
care, being a husky tool, about all that
is necessary to keep it in first-class
shape is to wipe it dry after using, and
oil occasionally in order to avoid rust.
It is always ready for use and you
never have to bother with frayed wind
ings, cracked varnish or warped joints.
You will never make a mistake if you
include a steel rod in your kit, in fact
if you are going into the woods far
from your tackle supply as a “safety
first” tote a steel bait-caster. The gen
eral construction of the steel rod is
three-piece with short handle, and the
fact that the ferrules, which are mere
ly a band of bronze, are built right into
the rod, overcomes the weakness of the
three-piece split-bamboo. It is the
most satisfactory rod of the three-piece
construction. There is one little old
veteran steel rod up in the North
woods which started its bait-casting
life as a five-footer some six years
ago. A number of breaks and acci
dents have reduced it to a trifle below
four feet. The guides have been re
soldered a number of times, the enamel
has passed away, yet this old pal of a
rod made a 31%-pound musky come up
to the gaff, without a quiver in its short
length, and at that it’s still good for
many a cast. Wonderful strides have
been made in the steel-rod end of the
game, and it’s here to stay, as shown
by its popularity on the fishing waters
anywhere, and if you get a good one
you can feel sure that it will be there
with the goods when you hook your
big one, excellent for learning the
game, and, in fact, a fine rod for any
time.
Solid Wood Rods.
Os the solid woods for bait-casting
rods noibwood takes first place. It
is a wonderful resilient wood, at
the same time tough and strong. It
makes a mighty fine rod, but for the
average fisherman the price Is so high
that it’s just on the top shelf out of
reach.
Bethabara is a more commonly
known material of the solid-wood fam
ily, and you can get a fine rod of this
wood for $lO that will make a hand
some appearance and give you a cast
er that will more than satisfy you. The
bethabara rod Is a livelier caster;
It is tough enough to stand hard han
dling, although careless use may warp
it.
A close second In casting power,
strength and resiliency comes green
heart, and this wood is far lighter
than bethabara, thus the rods of green
heart are considerably thicker than
those of bethabara and not any heav
ier. Good greenheart rods can be
bought for $6 and up.
Os the solid woods, lancewood is by
far the cheapest and some years ago
had quite a following, however you will
see few In use today. It has a tend
ency to warp under a strain, and even
atmospheric changes will have a no
ticeable effect on it.
DIXIE.
“The Doors
Being Shut”
By REV. W. W. KETCHUM
Director of Practical Work Course.
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
TEXT—Then came Jesus, the doors be
ing shut, and stood In the midst.—John 20:
26.
The door being shut and Christ, not
withstanding, In their midst, suggests
the idea that
while we may se
curely fasten our
selves away from
others, we can
never shut out
Christ.
Os course the
disciples in bolt
ing the door were
not trying to
keep Christ out.
It was their ene
mies they feared.
But if we think
of this incident
in another way,
the shut door
suggests the es-
forts men make to keep Christ out of
their lives, and the fact that though
the door was shut Christ stood in
their midst reminds us of the futility
of their efforts.
Vast numbers of people persistently
and steadily resist the supreme claim
that Christ undeniably makes upon
them. Yet Christ stands in their midst
and demands from them a right intel
lectual judgment. His old question to
the Pharisees is the question he puts
to them: “What think ye of CJirist?
Whose son is he?” Now, no thinking
man can get away from these persist
ent questions; try as he may, they ever
recur, and insistently do they clamor
for an answer. Christ is a fact and
not a fabrication, and as such demands
an explanation. Dismiss him today and
he is here tomorrow; turn him down
now, and he confronts you in the next
moment. There is no door thick enough
nor bolt heavy enough to shut Christ
out of the reason. Even now, as you
read these words it is Christ who is
asking you, “Who say ye that I am?”
And what pray, is your answer? Have
you passed your final and absolute in
tellectual judgment upon Christ? Do
you say “No!” Then I answer, you
must, for Christ stands in the midst of
your reason, even though you have
shut against him that door, and con
demns you to the task of explaining
him.
Resisting the Love of God.
Men also shut the door of their affec
tions against Christ. But even so, he
stands in the midst and asks the heart
question: “Lovest thou me?” What a
blessed thing it is to be able to re
spond. “Yea Lord, thou knowest that I
love thee.” But alas! that is not the
answer of those who have barred the
door of their affections against Christ.
His great love for them finds no re
sponse in their hearts. Yet, the ap
peal of Christ’s love is there just the
same, and if men are honest they will
acknowledge it, for all human hearts
are sensitive to love, and within is an
unsatisfied love and longing that can
never be satisfied without Christ. And
so, though the door be shut, he stands
in the midst and in the Old Testament
word says: “Son, give me thine heart!”
Men shut as well against Christ, the
door of their will. “We will not have
this man to reign over us” is the cry
they raise; as if he were some auto
cratic despot who desired their sub
serviency that he might crush them
under his iron heel. Not so, the King
of Kings and Lord of Lords longs
to have men subject to him that he
may have the joy of setting them free.
Giving Up to Receive.
Men are so fearful of the restraints
of the Christian life and for some rea
son seem to feel that a will yielded to
the master means a life of servitude.
To be sure, there is no true Christian
liberty without restraint; to be freed
from sin is to be restrained from prac
ticing it. Christian liberty is not li
cense; it is freedom from the domina
tion of the powers of evil without and
within and when one enjoys it, he is
set free for a richer, fuller life, a wider
usefulness, a greater joy. Such is the
idea in the word of Christ when he
says: “I am come that they might
have life and have it more abundant
ly.” Men do not really live, in the es
timation of God, until they have that
life which Christ came to give. Why
then do they not have it if Christ came
to give it? Simply because they shut
against him the door of the will. “Ye
will not,” he said to men of old, “come
unto me that ye may have life.” And
that is his word to men today.
Becomes an Open Door.
While Christ asks you to permit him
to pass over the threshold of your will
Into your heart that there he may
abide, he also says that he will, if you
do this, be to you an open door, away
of entrance into salvation and away
of egress into service. “I am the door;
by me if any man enter in, he shall be
saved, and shall go in and out, and find
pasture.” Open to Christ the door of
your heart and he Is then to you the
open door into safety and security and
the open door to fuller Christian life.
Why longer then shut the door of
your intellect, your affection, your will
against Christ? Though you do, he
stands in the midst, the door being
shut; unrecognized by you, but there
just the same: not to condemn, but to
save; to give you
The freer step, the fuller breath.
The wide horizon’s grander view,
The sense of Ute that knows no death.
The life that maketh all things new.
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otherwise. I am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work.” —Mrs.
Nellie Phelps, care of R. A. Rider,
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We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
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APOLOGIZING TO the tiger
Raymond Blathwayt Tells of His Ex
periences While Connected With
a Traveling Menagerie.
In a book of reminiscences, “Through
Life and Round the World,” Raymond
Blathwayt tells the following story in
connection with a traveling menagerie
he attached himself to while knocking
about the West during his salad days:
“One day just after breakfast,” he
says, “I peeped in at the messroom
door. There was a full-grown tiger
licking the jam and bacon off the
plates.
“ ‘Oh, I beg your pardon I’ I ejacu
lated, as I hastily shut the door. A
moment after I met Jack, the tiger’s
keeper.
“ ‘I can’t find that other tiger no
where,’ he said to me. ‘I guess I’ve
mislaid the old critter.’
“ ‘You have,’ I icily replied, for I was
a good deal annoyed with the danger I
had so narrowly escaped. “You’ll find
him in the messroom lickingtheplat.es.’
“ Thank you, mate,’ he said.
“An hour after I overheard the pro
prietor asking his little son if he had
washed up the breakfast dishes.
“ ‘ Hain’t no need to, pop; the tiger
licked ’em like he knew they wanted
cleanin’ 1’ ”
A thinking man, however, never
thinks that he knows what he
knows he doesn’t know.
How men drink staggers a woman,
but what they drink staggers the men.
NSW
POSTUM
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for better
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