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BOONE WATAUQA COUNTY N; C; i THURSDAY j : JANUARY 16,
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NO. 14
fmn Its&ctsts if ta CivH fir
.1861 tt.lMiV": ' . r
by fclr. peron. )
For the last ixoreigbt pontb
of prison life the absorbfnp: ques
tion with the prisoners was-somer
thingto'-a': Jhere was a' great?
number of wharf rat in the pns,:, with specif request to publish:;
on,ad ' om of hi men caught)' "Deab Sister:"I received your
rats. winlVd .m.l n them I -lid I ttr today nd was sure sorry
not tfistHnr ;f thMiiuttut 1 snwj von nil have the influenza, but
themcouking an I thev inokVd j hope you are better by nuW. I
and smelled good, "and those Knew there was something wrong
that at ihera said they ..werpjfflr I have notbad any mail for
good. The wharf nit is much1 two months. 1 hope I will be at
1 'rir'''' thm,jiinr:i.Mn.titr ruN mu
t-vii- -U f v?rtill :iMfii
i f '" mi f. 'i nr H'T" innn.
On" day' there werw some visitors
looking over the grounds Jarid a
nice fat looking little dog was
following the party. Some f the
men entjced the dog into the bar
racks, killed and "ate him. The
1 officers heard of it and caine a
round to Hie barraeks and in
quired about it and the men told
them they cooked and1 ate Mm.
They asked why thejdid, it and
if it was good. "The "men; told
them because they were, hungry.
The officer remarked "I'll feed
you on dog meat then.". They
told him allright if he would' justi
give them endugh of it As well
' as I remember they did not pu'n
' ish the men but reprimanded
thetu and warned them not to
. do so again.
.,- One reason for the rigid disci-
pline we . bad enforced upon us
was the restlessness of the prisn
oners, hungry men are always
restless and more or less desper
ate. There was no hope of an
exchange of prisoners, and the
'men wercontinuallyplottingand
planning to getjout- of prison.
, There were a few men lost their
lives attempting to scale the
walls and get out. The roost
feasible plan for an attempted es
ccape was for the. prisoners to
some night arise fc mass,' over
power the guards, .take their
guns, then stormed capture
the city are nl, arm' themselves
capture a srant bont anl cross
the lake into Camilla, rhix plan
was discussed rand I think gener
ally known among the prisoners,
and I believe if things bad. gone
on as they were till warm weath
er the plan would have been at
' tempted to be ca rrfr-d on t. There
was a small number of the guurds
(perhaps not moiian two hun
dred) and there were about 12,
000 prisoners, and it looked like
it might have been a success, but
this plan was suddenly thwarted
by an unexpected event which oc
curred on the 19th of Feb. '65,
for on that day Morgan's old
command who had been in pris
on longest litn, uvie ordered to
form a line in in nt of -h r racks
and fall lil.lt' IHiOinie. -Hi.-
checked up until tuey secured the
number wanted, and th-n we un
derstood We were to be taken
pot, we did not know whtr or
why but expete-l to bt. fXuhau
ged, and would vtart the next
." day. . I do not remember the
i, umber called out but it was a
bOut a car load. My name was
ono among the fortunate ones
ones. There were some . well
pleased men and some dissapoin
ted ones that day. Those who
were checked up for the trip
made all preparations passible
for traveling and as was natural
there was algreat deal of specu
lation as to where we would go
and what disposition would be
made of us. The night following
1 was privileged to rid "Mor
gan's mule" for the first and last
time. The men were not permit
ted to talk after taps at night
. and if they were Talking -and
were caught at it they were pun
ished, but about midnight that
night two or three of us were
talking in a very low to ne about
Sirfietliiisiiffrjtis fna Frioci.
Sargeant.ChariesR. Livesay,
with the American Expeditiona
pj Forces in France, has written
the following letter :to hi sifted
i Mia Julia
Livestfy, of Toms.
WeM!
Va., which she wads, lis
' J h in PurN the dav Presi-reiit'WnMtrar.rivd.--There
sure
was some, time that day. I never
saw as many people in my life as'
was in Paris that 3ay. That was
my first trip there since I have
been over here. It certainly is
a beautiful city. 1 was talking to
some boys today who were on
Uhfir way home. who had not
been over here more than two
months, never having been to
the front, and I call that good
fuck. I hope the m-xt" trip I tke
will be to a boat, but I think I
will be in Verazojie some tirri6'
yet. There is but a'.few of us heie
at; prespn t I . am well, satisfied,,
and'do not haW to work but
three or four hours per day, and
some "days' we 'have nothing at
all to do. I will close. . With love
to all, and hoping ou all will
soon all be well soon, and that I
may sooty return. home, I. am
your loving bother, '
' . . '!CHAtiLES:'
our expected departure, when
two guards who bad slipped into
the barracks tapped on the
bunch-and said "get out of here
quick," and we'were informed we
would have to ride "Morgan's
mule" a spell before starting, on
our journey. We got up quickly
and t Id them what we wre talk
ing about and that they could
not blame us much nndr the
circumstances. Tbey agreed with
ns but sai'l they would have to
Vim wu us Hume as we had diso
beyed orders. From our bar
racks the distance io the mule
was about three hundred yards.
So we marched out, mounted the
mule and took our farewell ride.
Our guards were very reasonable
and I do not think we were mote
than a half hour on the ride and
ba k home. There were two men
on the mule wtun we were put on
anu weieit mem tnere when we
were released. We di I not learn
the nature of their offense hut it
must have been worse than talk
ing about going home.
' The next day, which was the
2Utb ! retiruarv, tho e of us
who were numbered were called
out durinsr thoafternoon, march
ed. io tti' coinisMiry aud three
days rations issued to the man,
consisting of hard tack and raw
bacon. . 1 was one of the last
ones waited on by the sergeant
and he being in,a hurry said to
me when we came to the hard
tack, "fill up your haversack, fill
up your haversack" and I pro
ceeded to fill up my haversack in
short order, and I feasted on
those hard tacks for some days
and nights and they certainly
did eat good to me, for 1 bad
been hungry for more than six
nonths..
By the time we got to the de
pot iu Chicago it 'was after dark,
and we were put on a fast pass
enger train and started on the
way back to Dixie. We came by
Pittsburg, Harrisburg and Bal
tinore, where we arrived on the
evening of the 23rd and were
marched from depot to (he boat
landing on the- Chesaf eake Bay
and put on a "steamboat by the
name of "Charlotte" Vanderbilt."
tobecontinued.
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Iu 18.0t a County Do'wttyouiti
named James ilgdn : landed in'i
Philadelphia, got work asaprirt
ter, thatold craft of adventur-
f rs and ! wanderers and small
pursps stuffed with
uvyv. : at;
married an Uster girl, who had
"come over" in the same emmi-
gratit ship. He thrived as a
pu nter and eJitor in J'fttsburg,
whnce his son, after learning
th) trade, went to college, be
came a Presbyterian minister,
after the fashion oi so manytUl-
stoi ites, ' Black Mouth Presby
teriau8." a-j a phrase of. rajster-j
oils origin and. raocrrcalls them
.tooJLfVr. .a. Wife in 1849; Jassie
Woodrow, daughter of a Scotch
Presbyterian minister settled
at. the famous English border
town -of Carlisle. The Wood
rows emigrated to Canada and
th?nce to Ohio. :
The younger Wilson was most
ly a professor, In 1855 he be
came raptor of achurch in Staun
ton, Va. There, sixty. two years
Rf;o, was borti'the child who, by
whatever various gifts of will, of
genius ol ;destiny, of energy, -of
industry, of ambitbn Drudentlv
and fortunately directed, is now
the guest bf Kings, the hope and
'avorite of many peoples, per
haps the foremost man of ; all
thia world. ..
Detcendants on botn aides of
mmigrantjs -of the early ' nine
teenth century, on both sides' of
that acute, intense, metaphysi
cal ScptcbPresbyterfan' brainy
race which has filled libraries
with theories of the universe and
man. fought as stiffly as it ar
gued, added not too much, per
haps, to the grace of .life or the
amenity of controversy, .but in
State and Church shown tenaci
ty oi moral purpose, capacity for
public service, solidity, a sort of
basaltic salient character. Wood-
row Wilson inherited an intellec
tual tradition, high Standards
of life, the modest or narrow cir-
cumstances.that are among the
beet spurs to manly endeavor.
Re was born a professor, so to
sbeak. The variousness of his
academic environment in his ear
ly years seemed to bespeak for
him that subdued but far-spreading
influence which came to him
is the head of a renowhed uni
versity. He studied government
and politics. Fie wrote history
before he made it. He fitted him
self, consciously or unconscious
ly for the marvelous career that
no mau can have dreamed of ten
years ago. It seems like a story
from fairyland, his sudden rise,
but he hat) long prepared him
self for it ' He was equal to the
hiuhest. posts and duties. We
knew him as a politician of sur
passing acumen ana success, a
winkler and master of Congress
es, a think;er-out and maker of
great policies, a speaker and
writer of golden words,' but no
body knew him in his first terra.
Not till be had led a peaceful
people to. war and filled them
with the ardor of his own con
viction, not until nil long pa
tience, bis unyielding courage
his large perception of essentials
and general principles, the pass
ion and the power of bis speech
had fillei the world with bis
ft me, did e hein to see the
measure of the man. There are ;
fl iws enough to pick in him, and
the bitterness of censute has been
equal to the fervor of the praise,
this, at least; no one will deny
him, that before he has reached
the grand climacteric of age be
has reached that of fame Moie
applauded, more illustrious more
powerful be cannot be, nor can
he inspire a more sympathetic
interest or kindle a wkler atten
tion in the world. On this birth
day anniversary it ie his shinimc
merit, bis unique position among
-. A tomlin Caner.
CWataiia Biy Writi tf Ut fifht
' Mr. 'A. J; WarJof Watauga
FallvhaB received an rntersting
letter from his so-Linnell, with
the American ExbeditionarLFor
ceafln France, which which we
pre juuuauiuj ui pari;
Deab Fath?3: Tonight I will
answer your kind letter received
yefterday.'. 1 was glad; to hear
from yoo but was very sorry to
hear of.so much sickness around
home, but bops all are better by
now. This leaves me. enjoying
good health, and I am sure fclad
the war is over and 1 can give
you some details of ray trip ovr
seas.
J)o. May 12fij we sailed frcto
Boston, ' Mas8.r8.iid arrived It
Liverpool,England, on the 27th
went on through England to the
Channel on the train and caught
a boat over to a port at Callail,
France, arrlvidj? (.here on June
I. There, wr took a few weeks
trainings and about July 12th
we Went over inio Belgium, and
on thelith we went to the front
ne r tpres, for our first trip, and
th re we took pare in a big drive
in which Ve took Camel Hill and
then our division; was mad shock
troops,' and of pourse we hod to
drive where other troops had fail
ed. On Sept. 1s t we were called to
France to prepare for a big drive
near Saint Quintin, and on the
29th of Sept we smashed the
Bindnburg line and captured the
town of Belfcart andNeytay aiid
other towns and villages. We
kept up the drive for nearly PUe
month, and what we went thru
Was enough. We went over roads
where they had driven back, the
Huns: id the. morning and we
would go out in the evening with
the transport,' as you ,'see our
kitchen always went with the
transport, and the roads would
be full of dead Bodies and ne
would be in such a hurry that we
could not take time to get the n
out of the way, so we just drove
over tuent J saw numbers oi
them-, so badly mashed up that
you could hardly tell they were
men. Werhad takeep. in touch
with our company; for they ' had
to have hot meals if there wfts
any chance. When the drive ceas
ed and we got released and star
ted back I saw a burial detail
taking up; the bodies, many of
them being, handle 1 with . shov
els they Were so mangled. So
you see I have seen real war.
I have seen men blown all to
pieces within ten feet of me and
it seemed almost impossible for
me to escape, and surely it was
God's will for me not to be kill
ed. Our division has yarned quite
a nihie. It is now called the Fly
ing Div, that is what, he Austra
lians called it, a they were our
artillerymen who put lip such a
goodbarrage.for us. . 's,
I saw cement dug outs which
were 'QO feet under this ground,
which were the work of the Huns.
They had electric lights, spring
beds, and everything :conforta-
the leaders of democracy, : the
plen t itude of his fame thatstrikea
throind. . .
The emigrant returns, bring
idg his sheaves with him. He
paid a pious visit to Carlisle, the
home of his mother. The dh-
senring minister s granason goes
j. !. i 4
tunity which he bad memorably,
used. To millions '-who had in-!
back to the old borne, "the jil-, npeaking oi Chamberlain's Colic
lar of a people's hope, the centre ' "tDirvMa,Reme?X'H xT'08
i wJm'J m u t.,A William Whitelaw, ofDes Moines
of a world s desire He found ! Iowa 1Ie told ,e jQ detail of
intheLnited States an oppor- what it had done for his familv.
herited nothing but poverty and T. w,th ttJvin attflck o!
itself itself, In ibis country of in- 0f the neighbors advised him to
finite hope ana occasion With- give Chamberlain's Colic and Di
in the liniit of'hia powers'every arrhoea Remedy, which he did,
immigrant, everv emmiirrdnt's1 and ru,.Y "e.T68 bj doing
D ' .an , ,Di,. i.;ma!i
son, can makejiimsel! useful,
Lonoied succefBfl. New
York
! Times. '
ble. In. one there was a small gas
oline engine, which, if. we Jiail
touched it, Jwould have setj off
enough mines !to have blownoujr
division nil away, but we were
not as crazy as they thought we
wet e. We soon learned to touch
nothing that belonged-to Fritz,
for I saw men blowti all to ppces
by picking up things, the GerN
maus did somdirty things while
retreating. He. was mean enough
to mine some of his own dead
and when our boys started to
bury them they were blown up.
When the armistice was signed
we came out of the, lines and are
now fn France at a plaee near
Lemari. We were not out of range
Df shell fire for over five months,
and you know 1 feel gooJ now
back, here having a nice time,!
and expecting to go home soon, i
I want to to remind you of my
friend Os:ar Mast, who is a first
class sargeant. He belongs to- Q
Co., 117 Inf. He was made Sar
geant while at the front. He said
tell his folks that be was getting
on fine. 1 also want to mention
Private Lacy Lane", another Wa
tauga boy, who came ovw a
membf r of Co. 0, 120 Inf., und
and wvnt to the front as a stret
cher bearer aud he done such etfi
cient work while at the front,
that, when he came out of line,
he was transferred to the Medi
cal Department of 125 Inf. by re
quest of high officers. And also
Marsa Harmon, of Vilas, N. C,
a son'of Mr. Andy Harman. He
put up a good fljlit in the Hin
den burg drive and was wojuuded
there.: lie -got a machine gun bul
let through his hip and was sent
to King George Hospital in Lon
don, England. I received a leitei
from, him yesterday stating that
he would be with his company iu
a few days. Soyoucanree that
the Watauga boys put up a
good fight. Tour loving son,
- LINNELL A. WARD.
Co. 0,120 Inf. A. E. F.
Bank of Blowing Rock
BLOWING BOCK, X. C. '
mm '
oners to every Dusiness man or
head of a household its great fa
cilities for banking money and
for paying bills by check1 a meth
od that simplifies and adds dig
nity to every transaction of busi
ness and greatly improves one's
financial standing. Connection
with a Bai k proVes itself the en
terprising business man's best
friend. Every progressive mer
chant should make it bis duty
to inquire about the advantage
offered bJthe Bank 6 Blowing
Rock.
CURE FOR DYSINTERY... .
''Wbild I was in Ashland, Kan
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sas, a gentleman overneard me
but more especially hin daughter
who was lying at fhe point of
wivwi the ol bt child,
-f.llMi tht ho i,ni io ,,ao,i
He
this
remedy himself withequally.grat
fymg results."
PROFES SIO NAL.
Ej. Glenn Salmons,
. HwidenTbentlsf.
" ; . BOONl.N.C,'
Office la'tCriher Hotel--OFFICE
HOURS: "
9:00 to W a. mi 1:00 to 4:00 p. m, '
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EDTTDND JONES
1 LAWYER
-LENOIK, N. C,-
Will Practice Rexalarly Id
the Courts of Watfuga,
' L. D. LOWS T.'l OV1,'
Bmw Mt, N. C. PiMoU, ir. c
LOWE & LOVE -
MTTORNEYS-AT-LAW. ;
f roctice in the courts of Averv
and surrounding 'ounti.H. I'niv
ful attention given to allnmttera
of a legal nature.
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A. LIN?EV;
-lTTfJRNrv .T liAV;.-
BOOHK, S.i '
ViU practicein the iiiurte o
Vatauga and adjoining coun
ties. : ,'
11-1911.
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7 Attorneys AtI'Law-
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Lawyer ; "
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"Pronipt attention given to
air matters of a leg.d nature.
Collections a specially.
Olflce. with Attorney F. A. Liu-
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DR,'R;p, JEIIIIIUGS
Residekt Dentist. " -'
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At Boor eon -first Mcndu . i
every luputh for 4 or G days and
every court week, Otflv ut tue
Blackburn Hotel. '
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Lawyer. .
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