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n FROM CORPORAL BECK Bennetable, France; December 6th, 1918. Dear Editor and readers of the Jackkon censorship which heretofore forbade our make knowm where we I were V . I 1ms now ben lifted, I will endeivor no give you a few of our travels ' since. leaving the states, ' , Most -of us boys have now chang ed our opinion of the '.. censor x man aud now regard him as a "decent sort of chap", as Tommy says, ini stead of a guy who is always trying io make you smother it and have you tempted to' smuggle surrepti tious letters and all kinds of codes, signs and hieroglyphics nobody could comprenez but yourself and then you have to study like heck some times ;-, ':':'-y:v--i- I was formerly a Jackson county boy; enlisted in July 1917, in the Canton Abulance Company' No. 1 N. G., and came overseas with that Organization. We landed - in Eng land in the early days of June 1918 We COdldn't get accustomed to Eng- i i 4. r i i j .t. ! wuu, p uiiue ui year viaift. uucsu t come until .11:00 P. M. and daylight again at 3:00 A. M.. so we who uouldn't sleep in daytime were in a position not at all to be envied. We landed at La Havre, France, on the : ion r into tA..nK;nH r m mj mum mm r-a i v- for the first time the , land which was destined to be the scene of so jii a n y strange ana long-to De-re- memDerea mciaents., nere, more 1 i J . ' I f I inaa ever,.we Degan 10 realize luai djjr drift had been detained at the lypRanueipatea,. pesunauou. .j-iiie Ancient ManneY, -gravity had drawn us to tne DnnK wnere ; we would soon emerge into the greatest uuiupj ui ujuuwu umw. iiwv, La Havre, a great debarkation port, were preparations and machinery on au sides oi us ior tne destruction oi: manKind, some ot wmcn nao been to the iront, delivered its ptow and been sent back to the work- hops for repair. All around us we Uegap to spy countless numbers of people from many countries, whose tJaoguage, mode and customs of life lverccuuiciy luicigu iu nuu uiuueui from ours. Not many days elapsed until we took a side-door pullman, a model of train thoroughly tried out by the soldiers of the A; E. F. We traveled twb days, passing through Paris, and finally stopping at Fayi-Billet, a quaint little French " village down almost in sight of the Alpine Moun- tains.'' We out m our time nere drilling and training for our work it ihe front. July 29 we again took boxcars toward the North, traveling two days and nights, passing through Paris. Bolone. Calais and into Bel gium. On the first day of August we. aain found ourselves with the 30th Division, the hrst time since InLinrf l,0 Qtotoi Haw in Ynrfis ' -u""fi mv, um. - - in ito ;nf6n.v wa mitfht sav .Ll. -,;r,rv it A i . . ; ; - T ... ... . " , ,,1 Af ka nrf nhnetOnPH I 111 i i Tt o. Wp that the bovs rL oi: Tann0ccJ' irwfl me varuimas auu acuuvoow viewed for the first time the "God .vL.nVnn Woir.a hPtwppn two in- TT -ri&v dauntless heroes flit and flirt. !!;.' 1 iLi. am AFat-'TturiainnQl m was uere luat uui ixot comrades ' who leu as macyrs iu to liihertv Wft re. buried- i A t :, their jieads under the wme tim -iress vjere placed the little white cross el, which now bear more honor than Li I the tombs of ancient Kings. "Go. passerby, At the Homeland tell Obedietit to her ideals ; They fell.M : - During all our; engagements T Belii m -and Flanders we were' at taclixl to the" British ; Army. ;. We foujht Li Beigi ain u ntil the tenth day of September,. when we began Oui move southwarcTand back again 11110 rauce. until the 23rd of Sept. aaa.Una - :.uh ou o.. teA -r- iU "V uc.u aaiu U1UVCU 1 11 III INK eral kUomelet3 east of AllJer't and Perenne, the Huns occupying the famous Hindenburg Line, St. Quen- tin Canal and the town of Belle- court. On-the 29th Sept our Divis ion was given this system of the enemies' strongho! I as its objective. It was one of che strongest Dositions tbeHuihad all aiiig the line at that tiiiij. It was n great task and we met with, saibborn resistance. But the Hun5 weru surprised in looking out in No Man's Land and seeing the Yanks coming after them, instead of the Tommies. We took our objectives and pressed on. A month latter, we had occupied posi tions four miles from Bohain, more than twenty-five miles from where we began the cbase, having captured the towns of Bellecourt. Norov. J0UnC0Mrt. Montebreh.n Tfimnle- aux Rusismv. Moloain. Andidnv. r Bohain and a number of others. In ieSs than a month's continuous fidht- ing we ha ,V011 the distinction of 5eing 0Qe of cll3 best fighting units Uation from Sir Douglas Haig, Com I - . . a m a a France, and also the comradeship ahd adrniratioh of the 4th British and Australian Armies. AftPr .,r nttadomontg in thA Somme we came out of the lines and m 0 v A to villages around Amieas - where ;.we were stationed prxor ; to : coming to bennetable, Uhfire w are nnw. No one knows when we shall hear that welcome SOUn(i VHumeward bound . but we nope m the aear futur Until that day come3 we are content as we are We kaow tnat we shall be k6 here unt;j autoc.raj Kas fa(jed an( is forgotten: until a dictated peace has been .asked for and is ac Cepted; until the Dove of Peace has spread its wings over the shell- torn an(j bloodstained soil of Europe and broods peace, progress and pros- perity to tne unnappy masses. In the meantime, I am wishing for the Journal and its readers the very best of luck aad good fortune. We went forvVard Knowing that you people back ho.i were backing us up and keeping the home fires burning and reaiing that it was your sacriiSce, as well as ours, which en abled us to labor for humanity and nay our debt to our s.ster JNations Samuel E. Beck, Corp. Amb. Co. 118, 103. ii San. Tn. Medical Corps, U. S, Army. ROLL OF ilONOK FOR DECE MBER. BETA GRADED SCHOOL. First Grade. George Parris, Ray Fisher. Frank Bumgarner. Lessie Wiggins.- ; 1 w j -. j tt i r:t, ri 10K 1 r Fourth Grade, Grason Cope; No- I ..!, V Home Front Hither Fifth flrnHp T.PnnrP Snider. F.ISlfi I 1 "l" ' vviggms. me yv iius. Sixth Grade. Lela Belle Mitchell. - . ,r , T Tr eventn uraue. vermes w ns. Bessie Snider. 1 TT1: rnnWAv llmAmT IVntitfrtrH Charles Ensley, Tom Gnbble. ' ". Mr and Mrg J()hn ttastlngs I are v. . . d Mr Hasting narents. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hastings, at the Com '4"0 - o s - mercial Hotel. , .7 Ed Brysbn, of Franklin, was here; this week, visiting his- sister,- Mis. Carrie McKee. .... V. i , Sergt. Troy Sheffield ahd Miss Mamie Qryson were . married Dec. 26. k Rev. W. W. Marr officiating.-- m' Franklin Press, ; C0ME0;R0I1W DIEBMONDAMiifi Oyster Bay, N.r JJatLf Theodore "Roosevelt died Hi hisslsep: oni-i nA k : uv - cf-i more Hill in this village.1 lJe'is believed to have beeh evtbrjieu- m a usni which anecceq; flis neart j ' 1 he colonel suffered; 4 seti$$t' tac'k of 'rheumatism and sciatan New "Year's day, but none: bif eii his iliiiess would likelyjproetel: The former president sj3trupirt of Sunday and ietire at It last night. ,:: About c 'cldctoli morning Mrs, Rooseyltjliol the only other member of tHapo ily at Oyster Bay weht: to hermli band's room; and. founds that he had J died during the' hightrIsi?e velt telephoned ' to - Colonel ' jEmfiri Roosevelt,' cousin of '- t h e, fprnief president, and he carrie'to the lse--velt home immediately. Cabfe mes sages were .sent to Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr and Captain KeraiU Roosevelt, who are Jm sefyicJin France, and telegrams . to Mra.ch olas Long worthy to Ca pta in . Arch!e who left yesterday with his Wife for Boston, where his fMher-in4aw,dig today, and to Mrs. Ethel Derby, who is m Aiken, S. C, with per two children. . - : v Telegrams of condolen 9 n d sympathy began to pourSJrom all parts of the cduntryixlpdif as soon as tne news oi uoione velf'ft dfiath bferame knoWnrK! The former president came jo liis nome on aaaamore run imm: tne Roosevelt, hospital o n C h $inas Day, but a week later was!trickeh with a severe attacK oi rneuniausm andi smalkifKkn been suffering for some time. The rheumatism affected his right-hand and it became much .swollen. Jie remained; in his room and efforts & - were made to check the trouble. Last Saturday the colonel's secre tary, Miss Josephine Strieker, called to see him but the colonel was asleep in his room. Miss Strieker said today no one had any idea that death was so near at hand. Flas were olaced at half mast in Oyster Bay todayC After prayers at the Roosevelt home,' at which only members of the family will be present, the fun eral service will be held at 12:45 Wednesday afternoon, in Christ Episcopal church, the little old frame structure, where for years the col onel and his family' worshiped. He will be laid to rest without pomp or ceremony in Young's Memorial cem etery in this village, on a knoll overlooking Long Islanl sound, a plot which he and Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon after he left the white house. ; 30TH DIVISION TO RETURN TO U S, A1 M EW DATE Washington, Jan. 4. Three com bat di isions, the 30th, 37th and 91st, have been "designated by General Pershing for early return home from France, General March an? nounced today, The 3Qth included national guard troops from Tennessee, North Caro lina and South Carolina; the 37th, Ohio and West Virginia guardsmen, atid the 92nd Pacific ccast troops. These three entire divisions and the second - corps headquarters which operated with the British -army in Flanders underj Major General George W. Reed, have been added to the. priority 'list-, and AviRbe?;re-: cleariy; ; You will receive in return turned home as shipping" becomes a triar package contaiDing Foley's available. The three divisions and -H on e y a n d Tar Compound, foi the headquarters comprise . arjoutVcoughs, colds and croup, 1-oley Kid- 83,000 men. . - ' Units abroad assigned to early lets. For sale by Sylva Pharmacy convoy in addition to. those' al'adY. ready;ernbarked n TrpJntS&ittos abrpadydesignated for ; demobiliza tion, General March - saidf;totai 1 379joo.;:: v -: : :;r: : r-: -: ; ; home has uemomuzation of the - army . at now reached ; the last class; the combat r divisions. Orders for the breaking up oi ; these units Irefidy- 'liaveT eehetand the task will proceed gradually, uh- der week to week f designations of ; the number to. be let out. . . ; ; Jfhe .'progress of demobilizatidn is being" 7naintainedi; officials say, an incomplete v totat ' giving 630,369 men and "40,491 officers discharged up'to January; 3. " :' V ' ' 7 . 4.od-Sur-Seine" - ' South Central FraDce : December 4. 1918 ,My Dear Folks: The brakes have been taken practically off and 111 try a b it tonight to tell -you a bit of my experience, since I've been from the-States.'- :v : v ; ; My regiment sailed from New (York oh July 31st, landed in Liver1 pool: England, on Sunday ' August 11th. ; On the 12th we itook a; train farid landed at Winchester the same Say. On the - i9th we took train for Southamptpn; Mti thfereVat r7:30 P. M., on "Archangel," crossed the t ( English Channel 'and i landed at Cherbourg, France the,, following morning before daylight! .Saw Bill McG.here for- the' first and last time since' levmg'ampJacksin 0tMi there oi. 21st train and came $y7a: Bal 22nd Got off and, camped ? here. Hiked out to Cheney (small) 4 kilo meters) the following day, and here we remained taking drilling in in fantry and engineer work till Sep tember 18th, when we -started for the front. Went (on train) by Chau-mont-Epinal, got off at "Bronvelien- sierg and by some hiking "got to Nagmont-Les-Fosser-East of St, Die, 7 kilometers; here we were in a quiet sector, except : some artillery and air activity. Did engineer work till October 17th we left for a re'sA camp -"Fontenay." Arrived here on Sunday, 20th; rested here till November Islr hiked over to MThoan" (at night, too) and took train went by Nancy, got off a bit abo ve there at "Leourville" hiked by kt. Mihiei on the 3rd, got to Camp "Nevoteth" on the 6th (rest ing on tke way some). On the 9th we went to the trenches to follow up the infantry. Were under shell fire here In Hau dimont, Manhenlles, Bonzle Monts and Villers till armistice was made effective. Mostly road work to al low the supplies rand ammunition (for the drive) to pass I'll tell you all about this some time. On the 18th we packed up and started hik ing west and south and yesterday at 3 p. m. we landed in this village. Have a good room here afldxa big "French high" to sleep in and am enjoying a real sure enough rest I hope you are all well and hap py. .My health is good don't wor ry about me. ' ' SoTgt. A. R. McGoire, Cq. B 305 Engineers. CUT THIS OUT IT IS WORTH .v- MONEY. DONT MISS THIS. Cut out this slip, enclose with 5c to Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Aye., Chicago, 111., f writing your n a m e and address I hey Pills and Foley Cathartic Tab FHfliFRANOE DIV. Somewhere in France . Uyr November 25, 1918 :" . Monday nisht. : ' -'-.' Dear Fred:-Your letter was glad-; ly received yesterday, and was also a surprise to me. I never thought of getting a letter from you. .Well I am glad you wrote "me as ' long a letter as you did in answer tq' the little card I sent y6ii I had " for gotten ail about sending 'you one of ordspw'ahi 'glaPl got the letter from you and T. ap preciate it very muchl. i ; Yies, if you had been over , here about the time the boys went oyer the top you would have, thought we or rather they were going South, with the cat birds; Now ; I want you to get this thing , right. Don4think thntI vaS in the front lines -for I was hot. The closest I ever got to th6 front lines, was in about four miles; so r you can see that I, wasn't going t over the top with the boys at all. ; It is almost; p rfectly safe thaty far baci , from the lines. But thht didn't keep the aeroplanes from coming overhead at night, nor did it keep the - long distance guns - from bursting all around: I vould follow the; line as if Ttinven un. Afi. thA trrm -. would advance I would go a little' farihfeso duriii dnve they went so fast tfct Ji could not.keepwithin four 'mUes of Hthev front lines. But ! began: to once I TVfas getUng along well. -When I arrived at one ;; tbwri the Germans were lying ; arouh4 veryhetI;sw ethia$ r o a dl t wo o r t h r ee ,d ays before it was; moved; some ' of their legs would be? hanging - up in trees' and the shoe still on the -foot. One instance I saW was a wagon, or part of it, hanging up in a tree, shot fup there by a big gun or a bomb. And the battle fields, were just. like they had been ploughed. There are holes in the fields oyer.ten feet, some of them large enough to put a house the size 61 "Blun" Walker's in. I guess you think, I am kind Of stretching things a little, but it is about true; Fred Fred, I would not worry about the matter when I tried so many times to get into the service and could not; I would be content and not worry about it at all; you made six attempts to get in; I think you have shown your patriotism even though you cannot join the service. You mentioned something about the influenza killing so many peo ple. T guess there are a' good-many people dying with it, but look at the soldiers that were killed the day h the war stopped, to say nothing of the time back of this. 1 1 had the influenza myself and thought I was never going toget well at all.' I was in the hospital for about five or six days; then after I got back to the company they were ready to move farther on down the road. So I haven't had time to write any let ters at all in about two weeks, I put in pretty good time yesterday, though. You' mentioned the Belgians: I stayed in that nation for about two months, and would like to be there tonight, for I had me a suie enough girl; and talk about lovingf She sure' could do that stunt. She. called it "jcorressing, Well, it was all right for me! I had myself a time while we were up in Belgium. We hold Metz today. a I was glad to get the clipping, and it: was pretty good; too. If you could have seen the 30th. Division koing over the top you would- have thought the yanks were going in stead of coming, and they sure did ake the Hindenburg line. . Paul read your letter and said to WITHIFBE 30TH tell you , that there, would ; be :hd heed of trying to find; tl. Kaiser. the Crown ;Princpg;;lsi ?;:gue1ssT;ha time and go sound TG&l tQr Quar-; :: "v ters" : - -;r :,! r - Sincefely.your friend, 1 jjW. Wood, listing taxeai 1933 G.1V Wike ; ; E D.Tatham C. B. Sutto ...'X-.' WM7: rWlergitra N' pnma J. R,. Ensley , ; t: 12.9a R.L.Hyatt :f t;JA,;Melton, ;- 4 1 JV 14.43- E,::Mv;Mof 14.43 J. M ; McCJup, county's part r of salary , 25.00 NN CTITCriCWT vtlL: UlnlLUUiI Wf LgHehiottage, ex- W:MM$ press, etc.", " l- ; ' ; 4.36 ' W. R Sherrill, services to Cob Z- BoardbfElectioiiSS W;A;SdUwelI A. A Kitginltt :$ of. Mtie rinjton ; ;?, ZOO John rowiiSburi pnses of BiU Bed ' ; J E. D. Re pintihii jail ? 12.00 F. E Green; refpd-on 1917; ;;;,taxes v - . . 2.45 US, J. PhaiipsafeEitaxea ;270 Co. hghte;fili: jaU : ; 6.10 Srowed wmMMo- taxes; (pbnf ax). : 1 J; WKeeherpps " J. R. Iijng, services-to i3oard Diliard ttooperser vices t6Mii&25 J. L. Jones, S. L. claim J61 M. A. Norman work on S. L ' Hv fence r lOOOTi T. H. Queen, refund on 1917 , . taxes -'''.; Zl&X Henry Dills, work on S. L. fence - ' 4.00 Jackson County Bank, bridge claim to Better Roads Mfg. V Co. .V 989.89, tt. Li. KAJUFk. WUJ.IW UU UllUgC CtO-Ctl W. Mike " Browne : pahjitihg ; f - Webster bridge. - ZtOO John Monteith county aid Dan Shook 4,1 aoo. Viney Wood . M. Wm. Brooks Tom Ashe , " rt Narcis Prince Charity Jennings " Nirs. Nathan Long " Haseldne Mathis Nelson Paris " ( iaoo 4.00 3.00 2.00 5J0O 2.00 2.50 Jas. S. Farley M Samantha Brooks. 44 John C. Bryson ' , " Mrs. P. W. Mitchell county aid 5J0O C. G. Cunningham county aid 2.00 VL L Garrett M 44 aoo J. N. McMahan Andy Hall Pollie Barnes John Pool Estes Hoyle Clark Painter J. A. Gibson Mis. John Cope Mrs. Javan Parker Melissa Lewis Jack Wood M. M. Buchanan J. M. Parker Harrison Owen Douglass Monteith Geo. Wf Green", Jas. Carver . ( Lorecza Bryson Mary Deitz i ' 3.00 aoo 3.00 aoo 2C00 2.C0 aoo aoo too 3.00 aoo 2.06 2.00 aoo 2.0O aoo aoo it Mrs. Baxter Owen A. S. Bryson, judgie of pri- ' ' ." mary election , , , 2.C0 H R, Queen services to Bd " ti80 C G. 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