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::. ;r r. . . ;-":L?"'v' V': ,V" v."-',' ; ' " ':- To ifc .v. VOL XXi BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER , 7, 1918. NO. 5. i mi n i ; . k . i' . v it . , , . i" .ii Firjid li:!dstt:tis it ttt CM War 1111 tt 1865. V ' BY L N. PEBKIN'8. (Continued.) On the 20th day of October 1862 1 left my home, bound for KnoxvUk Tenn. to enlist as a noldier of the Confederate States. We were to lake the train at sevJ en Mile Ford. yn,, a distance of 80 railett from home, . which trip we made on horseback, my fath er accompanyinsr me to brlnfr the home back home. Mr. J. Smith and his- brother whose home was Iq Mo. and who had seen service in Gen.. Price's army met with us on the 21st, and we three took the traiu at 7 mile ford after dark on that day. At Bristol we changed cars from a first clans coach to a dirty box car filled with sick and. wounded soldiers, most of them of Stone wall Jackson's men, who were re turning home to rest and recupe rate. We arrived in Knoxville, the 22nd, where we spent the night. The now city of Knox ville was then a mere village on a bluff of Holston River a half mile from, and out of sight of the depot - On the 23rd we loca ted onr command where we found them encamped in a cedar brake two or three miles from Knox Yille, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Huffman. The com mand consisted at that place of a hundred or two men, mostly recruits and convalescents who were resting up preparatory to joining the main command near Morfreesboro, Tenn- 31. Smith presented me to the authorities as a recruit who wished toenli6t, and without any preliminaries or questions except my name and whether I wished to furnish a borne or desired the government to furnish me; I was enlisted a private in Co. A,. 3rd K,v. volun teers (cavalry.) Before the war Gen. John H. Morgan's home was in Lexington, Ky. and be and his men were Kentuckians who left home on account of their southern svmpathies, except the two companies recruited by Capt. Gano of Texas, and he and most of hi men were formerly Ken tuckiau. An my request I was furnished a horse, saddle, bridle, spurs, guns, and cartridge box 1 furnished my own haversack and knapsak which I took from home, with change of clothing, blankets, etc. The officers had a tent but the men bad no tents, our only pro tection from the weather was some cedaf brush, arranged ar bor fashion. For the first few days the weather was fine and wood and provisions plenty, and not having much t do I thought soldiering splendid, but my ideas were quickly reversed when I awoke one morning near the last of the month and found the ground covered with about a foot of snow, which came rolling into my bed nnenvited when 1 raised the cover. I confess to being a little bit homesick then, but I nerved myself apainsb it and soon rallied from it, but I could not help contrasting my sleeping apartments with my mother's nice feather bed that I was accustomed to sleeping on. Early' in .November we moved our camp; to a neighborhood known as Deep Springs ten or twelve miles below Knoxville on the railroad running to Chatta nooga, where we remained about three weeks. At this camp my father made me a visit and re mained in camp one day and nhrht with the "boys." tie was well pleased with his treatment at the hands of the men and went back home better reconciled to bis eon's surroundings. , Late in November we broke up camps and started on the march Tbi War Is Not Over. INot by a long shot! 1 It appears that the decisive bat tie of the war has been won; but just as Gettysbnry was months and battles prior to peace so now mont hs and battles lie yet ahead of us. America will be fortunate if she ball not lose five times as many men in the war from , now than she has up to now. The Allies will be days per haps Weeks fixing the terms of an armistice. Then Germany may require days even weeks to consider those terras. Alt this time fighting will be going on. It will be winter, to be sure, butthe war goes on regardless of weath ernot so fiercely, but still on a great scale. Then Germany may turn down the terms of the armistice. In which case the war will go on to the bitter end. Under any circumstances the American people cannot afford to relax. We must continue to conserve food. It will be scarcer this winter than ever. We must continue to conserve fuel. It will be scarcer this winter than ever. We must continue to send men and ships and food and munit ions to Europe. We must be rea dy to enforce peace if Germany will not accept peace. W hen the treaty comes to be signed we must have the greatest army and the most abundant supplies. We must make it impossible for Ger many to have a hope. There will be more bond issues There will be aiore calls for sacri ficial giving. Thw war is not ov er. The signing of an armistice will not mean that the war is ov er, rut it down ior certain 11 an armistice should b.e signed this week, America mustcontinue on a war footing for at least six months.. If peace should, be de clared tonight, we could not af ford to let down until we had se cured it in every possible way. We are dealing with an enemy that cannot be trusted. So long as the German snake has power to strike, America cannot afford to relax. News and Obsrver. to the main command. Our road was acrons Cumberland Mouutaius for 40 miles, and was a sparsely Settled country where we could not get anytbinsr to eat or feed on; and the little we took with us was consumed the first day and night. On the morning of the third day we were safely across the mountains and into Clinch River Valley where we found plenty of food and for age and remained a day' and night resting up. On arriving at headquarters we found our command at Stone's River bridge nine mil' s from Murfreesborodo- ing picket duty for Gen. Bragg's army. Gen. John II. Morgan's com mand when he first entered the Confederate service was small but he soon attracted attention by his successful adventures and kept recruiting his forces, and when Capt. Gano joined him with his two Texas companies. Mor gan was commissioned a Major General andhad command of a division consisting of two bri gades. ' Gano's men were consol idated with them and known as companies A & B third Ky Cav alry and Capt. Gano was made Colonel of the regiment. We re mained in camp at this place, about a month during which time we had a little scrap with a quad of Yankees at Ilartsville. Tenn., the particulars of which I propose to tell in my next com munication, (To be continued.) FOIEYS OEINOIAXAUVE Ki Prtutiri Puei ! (Walt Iftaoa lo Newi tt Observer.) . This war, with all its pities, we shall have fought in vain, until we've isfipt up cities like Frank fort-on-the-Main; until we have invaded the Prussian lands and raided the Teats uutil they're ja ded, peace won't be safe and sane. We are not mean or spiteful, we do not lust for gore; we look op doings ''frightful as being quite a bore; but we must see the Geiv man in bis own country squir,- min', so that he will determine to run amuck no more. T' will take a lot of teaching to drive the lesson home, our spiked club ever reaching to swat him on the dome; from Belgium we must shoo him, irom France we must' pursue him, and do him up and t-trew him up n his native loam. If peace should come tomorrow a3 things are standing now, next day he'd try to borrow the tools to start a row; until athome he's had his lirkiu', the conquest dreams will thicken behind his bulging brow. So down the Ger man valleys, and up the German hills, through German streets and alleys we'll chase the men of Bill's; with lighted brands and matches we'll burn their roofs and thatche9, destroy their pret zel patches and wreck their saner kraut mills. Ii Ever) riai if Stnss And difficulty for over ninety years The Youth's Companion hastttood by the family. It has cheered and encouraged and en tertained delighting all inform ing all and making home life and loyal sentiment the ideal of all. For 1919 the publishers intend to make the paper worth more to family life than ever before. The splendid Serials alone are event in next year's reading in the family life. 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The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least one dreadful disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions re quires constitutional treatment. Hali's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts ,h rough the blood on the muscular surface of the system thereby destroying the foundation ol the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have sc much faith in the curative pow ers of Hall's Catarrh Remedy that they offer One Hundred Dol lars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Address F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all dru (r gists, 75c. LittirsFrca tbi Bsp iiFraaci. Corporal L. M. Bingham, of Battery E, 113th F. A., A. E. F., in writing to his sister, says: "I know you will be surprised to learn that I am in a Base Hos pital and have been for two weeks, but am getting along well. I am going to be sent to Rest Camp soon, and am sure to like as it will give me a chance to see more of the country over here. I have been through a part of Eng land, Scotland, Ireland and am now in France. Everything is fine excepc the conditions due to this war. I think 1 like England the I est of all, as that country is simply beautiful. The French people are great and after all they have gone through still bave that wonderful spirit you have always hear about. And they would do any thing for the American soldiers. They think we have done wonders for them, and 1 suppose we have helped and 'are helping a little. If the American people could only see these French, some without homes, some having lost mem bers of their familes and suffer ing all kinds of things, I think they would appreciate them all the more. "We sure have the bloody Hun on the run and none of us think the war will last much lon ger. It is only a short time be fore we will be on German soil, Of course the life in the trenches is hard, bat it could be worse, I suppose. I would not have miss ed the game for anything, even though I am in a hospital, and having a few pains. All the boys think the same way. "Well, don't worry about me, as, perhaps, by the time you get this letter, I'l be on the firing line again. Will write again in a day or so. LUTHER." Private Chas, P. Dougherty, Battery F, 317, Field Artillery, A. E. F. F., writes The Democrat from somewhere in France: "I am somewhere iu France. I am getting along fine. All the boys who came oyer with me are gaily and getting along all right. We have an American Y. M. C. hare where I am. The house is nearly full of American boys. There is quite a numberof Amer ican ladies over here, ai d they are ladies too. We boys are glad to havH them over here. Some of the boys have grippe but they aie getting along well with it. "Tta Frenchmen are all good to us, but we cannot understand much of what they say; if we could we boys could have a bet ter time with them. It isn't worth while for any one to try to tend anything to eat to France, as we have plenty to eat without ull that trouble. Arthur Dishman is getting on ''fine and dandy." He is about two miles from where 1 stay. "1 want all the good people to remember to pray to God for me and all the other boys will re turn home uud that the war will soon close. "Everything is'going our way and I hope it will not be long until we get the Kaiser cauned. C. P. D, Charles M Bingham. 6th lnf , A. E. F., Frauce. in writing to ms parents, Mr. and Mr. G. F. Bingham, of Amuutha, writes, iu part: 'Dear homefolks: 1 Received you letter yesterday and was glad to bear from you. I hear from you often now, and want you to keep on writing. I have just come out of battle, and we sure did liok tl e Huns like ev- ' erything justsimply wiped them out. I came out without a single Jkcratch, but many of the boys were wounded. I sure do like over here, and am glad I came we all are, What do you think of the war? We don't think it will last much longer. ' I see Frank very often, and he is looking fine. We are both getting along nicely, so don't worry about us. I hope all of you are well and that I'll bear hear from you again soon. Give everybody love and write me of ten.' CHARLES."' CURE FOR DYSINTERY. 'Whili I was in Ashland, Kan sas, a gentleman overheard me npeakiug of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes William Whitelnw, of Des Moines Iowa. "He told me in detail of what it had done for his family, but more especially his daughter who was lying at the point of death with a violent attack of dvsintery, and had been given up by her family physician, some of the neighbors advised him to give Chamberlain s Colic and Di arrhoea Remedy, which he did, and fully believes that by doing so saved the life of hi child. He stated that he had also used this remedy himself with equally grat fymg results." Private Don Shull, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shull, of Telle Crucis, now in the service of Un cle Sam at Camp Dix, New Jer sey, is spending a 15 days fur lough with parents and frieuds in Watanga. He was in the vil lage Friday, looking in the best of health, and said that up to the time of the breaking out of the influenza in camp, he was en joying the service very much. He says health conditions are. rap idly improving in camp and he hopes the worst is over. Glad to see the handsome young soldier at home again. A WORD WITH WOMEN. Valuable Advice for Boone Read ers. Many a woman endures with noble patience the daily misery of backache, pains about the hips, blue, nervous spells, dizzi ness aud urinary disorders, hope less of relief because she doesn't know what is the matter. It is not true that every pain in the back or hips is trouble 'pe culiar to the sex." Often when the kidneys get congested and inflamed, such aches and pains follow. Then help the weakened kidneys. Don't expect them to get well alone. Doan's Kidney Pills have won the praise of thousands ofwo m?n. They are endorsed right in this locality. Read this wo man's convincing statement: Mrs.:. E. Huffman, 601 Chest nut Ave., Hickory, N C, says: "I suffered a lot from my back and ki'ineys. I was in Duch bad shajwlcould hardly straighten up after stooping. The pain in my back couldn't have been more severe if someone had run aknifV into me. I couldn't sleep and felt miserable. 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