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'- Hokaxi tW:JUciuirdisoB 1Vijte f Trip
4 cUing letter from Hew York to his
5 " motrter; Mrs. IL- CL Richardson, of ion
- fc-ctoa u U. 8. 8. Georje
- Washington -which carried ,the- PrGeJ-,
dent and his iiiEirty'0irace.,5,h t
i, tiie rthird time- JWrEichardsoni
. KewYoAiharborvteAU-thineVuwi
orthe aw WtratemlinS atttention
S Vhfle President tod Mr8..VUsoiw See
retarjPLansinstt Ex-AmbaBador.lten
rv Whita-and lots of th& wbU taowri
mero1d.ThOT
r gathered to get ttgumpsc oi -inennwi.
dent tod were etanding-waiving at-fee
paity, , We"gave oOr klutel with" 2t
guns- raat fired ar wrwuled chwn 4he
harbor and every tialrbwt and''6V6n
,;, ships we. passed fired a wdute of 21
., ; ' ' shotsT'3r'" 5 fS:''
- '"Going' vlifrnM
1 4 takp Tiis daily Vhlk oh deckhand on
Sunday he and Mrswuson awenuou
p."s -w "
"A movie Tfilm "was made of the offi
cers and ships' crew with the Presi
dent standing in front of them. This
picture will- be shown on the screen
.later, aft watch but for me. -
"Asfwe sailed into Brest-we were
met by the - American and French
fleet which Was composed of at least
40 destroyers and a number of battle
ships which gave "us a salute of wel
come. The American sea and airplanes
also came to meet us and flew over
'the ships sometimes almost touching
"A party composed of Gen. Persh
ing, Gen. Bliss, Admiral Knapp, Ad
miral Simms and others came aboard
to greet the party. As the party left
ia shins the-French people were all
there .to et a glimpse of the Presi
dent ana to welcome nun u mo
party. This was a regular pleasure
trip forall US boys going .over and we
had to keet-weltdre8sed all, the time
with-'TObertjlitoi
'"tLtorG. -Bvrd ' "-"' ''
Writes his sister, Mrs. F. L. Brooks,
,,J was 1n battM the last three days
;nd nights "of tJus war, got through O.
was on the front lines about two
months ago but was in a quiet sec
tion but believe me the last front we
was on wasn't no quiet section. I
think 1 know something about war.
Guess you all haven't heard from
me in some time, we have been on a
hike.. We hiked 160 meters in 12 days,
so we didn't have time to write and
didn't feel like it anyway. I don't
know when we will get home in about
two months or sooner.
Some of the divisions went to Ger
many but don't think the 81st will
be likely to go. I hope not for I have
had enough of this war.
' Had a letter from. Edna yesterday,
said Co. K had been shot up some,
but she is not all the company that got
shot.
1 don't never see many of the boys
over here. I saw Hal Farlow this
week. He has been sick. He looks
bad ,too.
One boy in my company from home,
Floyd Craven, from Ramseur was kill
ed. He was all the one from home that
got killed in this Co. There were four
of us Randolph boys in H. Co., and we
lost him. Tell the kids and T. F. hel
lo, aad close to get this letter off.
GRADY G. BIRD,
i Co. H. 323rd Infantry, U. S. A. P.
0. 791. A. E. F.
Private
Lacy. Lewis
Extracts from
s letter written to
his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
1. a. Lewis, dated Uec e, 1918.
Dear Home Folks: -
.. " A few lines before dinner. Guess
you all are sleeping while we are waife
: ing for dinner, being six hours dif
r ference in te time between here and
, home. ' ' .
r Received several 1 otters from yon in
the past few days also the clipping,
glad te get them. Guess everything
,wiu be looking like uirutmaa before
long.. '. "... ' ; .:,..
Dont guess there will be many sol'
- Uer boys home by Christmas, v -'-
: . Sure wish 1 could be with you, but
- guess vL,will ail be home before so
-very long, w We .enoVd a twelve day
' , hike last Tuesday. We were not sorry
' either. Most of. us having sor feet
and tired limbs. But I stood It O. K.
not even falling out-at alL Every
. -body is wanting to go home now, but
' '"guess ne one knows when. - See where
division has already landed back In
T a awtt ivir.. uum Tim wui iu vw koi
f home Just as soon as the government
, can make provisions for u . to get
- there. . Haw 1m tha Mfln" lft RanrlnlrJi T
i V ' saw and was talking to Grady Mil-
- Icr, Pred Kesrns and Ed Mendenhall
. yesterdsr. . Ed was riding along and
- happened to spy me and alxo a little
patch of French mustache that I've
Wa wearing, but ' intend te cut off
this afternoon, lie said "Hello, Lacy,
hat is .that yon have on your face
th r?" Haven't seen but few Ran
dolph boys Utcly. Our battalion be
in? srparatH now. We are lccatd
now in a pretty good sind town. Jiavs
a Y. M. C. A. Yrm snd buy. canrly,
c'-"hi, t-ln-i-o, ;, s rinar to a
S! !.r's ; ;. . Il.i-f f ive French
- ' !"t r'- ' i, " ' i iv.t nndrf-!
f -T i, 1 :t it Ws'
Z SERGEANT rVt).' FORRESTER;
s
PRIVATE ROBY TYSINGER, COM:
, , PANY K, RETURNS
Private Roby Tvsinjeer. of Company
1 'JTrI: r L""JEn- U"0.'tod Fannie fi. Forrester. was bdml
xvcutuicviiou A i vi vvciacon, cw living' aa
New York on tho 16th of Pecember,, rSTar-'rSrt!l,3
having sailed from Liverpool, London,' Jan- if.HeJS8 fir P
on the "Excelsior." He had been Jn childrenV twb brothers, two sis
base hospital at Dodford, Englairf.',? f W..w)-i!wrjtt;
irassed on the 28th or 29th of Sentem-"8 ftim- - - J-.f
ber. c :
He described his sensations as: ex-one m tne ommiimty, was a ongnt,
tremely painful and horrible from the cheerful lad,Tobedient to his parents
effects of the gas, said Be coald notjand those in. a9th6rity over him.- His
breathe for some time, and liis first mother passed to her reward when: he
impulse was to crawl into a shell hole asbouir twelve years old. He. was
and drown himself, but a comrade pre- always good;imd kind to his steft
vented. He was blind for six days and mother-r-netSS' giving. her an unkind
could not speak for two weeks. jword. H8 grew to young manhood in
Tysinger saw much service having , the town of his .nativity and attended
been wounded by machine gun shell school-there, afterwards going to
the -first time at Bedford Stables in Rutherford College for a w!.ile.
Ynres. He was with Combanv K in
the trenches for more than 23 davs at
a time, going without water lor more
... . . -
than lour day;: at a time. He was with Home uuara in company a., xn mis
Company K when the 30th division re-'capacity he went to the Mexican "borr
captured Kemmel Hill, taking it in a'der when the Mexicans were giving
little over four hours,, although thethe "United States, little trouble.
British had- retaken it several times
but could never hold it," and had made'
fun of the idea of the Americans tak-
ing .it and said it would take at least I
png.it and said it would take at least
four days to take it and then they
could not hold the hill.
.He was with Captain Dixon when he
Private Tysjnger returns ."to camp
wmvuw tt, -'
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Mr. Manly Scott, of Coleridge, Loses
Two Sons from Influenza -
TWO COns of Mr. Mejllv Scott, aged
respectively 16 and 17 years of age
"5u i ... -u6 m v.
days before Christmas. They were
brouj.it to Shiloh m this county for
burial.
written Nov. 1st and 4th. Sorry to
hear about Co. K. Hope it is not as
bad as you think. They got us wild-
cats ana me aww aivigion nuieu up.
ri tv; J j. I 1 1.1.
, 2rr ViTZ Afr2S. JT
the streets.
I will write more often
now.
Lots of love, your son,
PRIVATE LACY S. LEWIS,
Co. A, 322d, Infantry, U. S. A. P. O.
No. 791.
Lieutenant E. J. Leek
France, December 9, 1918.
My dear Home Folks:
I have been neglecting to write to
uou but hope you'll pardon me when.
you learn that 1 haye heen on dutyw
fromi:4S a. until 4:80 s. m. andl
two hours study period each night! la the death of Mr. W. S. Wilson
Of coarse this is not a regular thingiwhieh oeourred on December 18, 1918,
raut for a fw of vs who "get on a
schooL - , . - mods. As reference librarian amce the
I have been here at school (C3amecy,Upring ol 1917 he had been of great
France) since Nov. 18th and will- be'Mrvice.- Prior to that time he hold an
here until after Christmas before go-Hmportant position . in - Secretary of
ing back to the company. . -
1 have no idea when we will ret
mome. .: If we are not there during the,
month or January i am afraid it wui.a history or the btate since cue war
fatek.
uc. ut or pub uMsauia iKiun w
We all feel that we have done our
part towards freeing our rrand coun
try from Kaiserism, though many of
tho boys that lert Asbebon wita us
sleep on the hills of France today and
it makes us sad to leave them behind
ua . I have been through - battlefield
after battlefield nd have found our
men lying cold but. with, face toward.
the fleeing enemy.' nans, ribe in
hands pointed , forward with a smile
on their faces- ,"If any father- and
mother 'who has had a son - to fall
could have seen him with that smile,
that determination .to win or die, that
the ones at home fnlght be free would
not give up hi despair but think they
had given their all. their noble lives.
that the world mtght be free and their
hornet ana-country saved Trom ruin, .
All who have been in the battle area
of France and Belgium know what it
is to see people run from their homes.
the r homes bombed, shelled r burn
ed and women and children driven out
and made homeless. A man after -
ing this, dear as life is, gives it freely
before he would allow his ewa home,
bis parents and 'sisters treated with
such cruelty as we have seen. Will
rve you an- instance near Buslgny.
had camped for a day or two in the
woods when an old man and woman
ram around. He could speak a little
Kng-iiah and told when the Germans
oft his farm two days prior, took all
Mi cattle, horw snd dciftroyed tMr
home and rrrifi cT thiir tiro young
MEM0RiAL8ERTICB j, ,
1 HONOR: OF vWi'ORKIN'
FORRESTER AT RAM S EL R I
A most impre&idv raeraoriif wrvke
was held at the M. E, Church, in Ram
sett oa -Snnday in "honor, of Sergeaht
W. Orrin Forrester, a member of Com
pany K -vrho was killed in action duriaj
the batUo of Cambrsi of tfio 21th"pf
Septembe51918 j; Rev.H.Ja Byrum,
fSnsrer paslbTof the"decea8ednade a
m6st eloquenti. patrio'lic. address in
whiclt heepigtd tjifr brave deeds of
thvodier who gave his life for-the
cause of ' freomj.'In -'his address
Mr Bvrum "nve ft riesttme of the war
from tKe beginning andiaid that while
others- did valiant 'deeds and acconv
pushed rahd,thihgs; but the man: who
gave,; his, Hfe had jKcorpplished m6rHeiv first , aid. -He was then sent to
than Others. -Reverend J E. Woosley,
who was a pastor :of the young man's
mother before h6ww "married and
later her pastor "when Serireant For-
tvester was ay-baby, and still later as a
the soldier wholiad bo valiently given
his Jife.a4"-v "'j'5'
' Special music had been, prepared tod
the service, all the way throutrbr was
most . appropriate. The following!
BKetcn oi sergeant orrester was reaa;
am O. Forrester, son or James
i-k t j i ' . . ' . i
' Orren, as h was known to everyi
I In 1914, feeling the true patriotic
spirit -and heroism of a young Ameri-
i i , i i t-.
can, ne voiunteere-as a memoer oi tne
-Boon after his return home he was
called to the camp fof military train
ing in the National Army.
Qrren had a religious side to his na-
ture. He had highregards fof fthe
'dmrch: loved its sanctity-and appiOr
tiffed its influenM4nakihi'dB'
at the age of thirteen. In conversation
wttu wiw writer ui uus. tukeicn e t?A-
pressed his faith in the Lord just be-
fora he ieff tLis countrv for France.
He frequently wrote back to his loved
nnp nf hia firlelitv tn CnA While Tip
waa at Camp Sevier, near Greenville,
D. vj ne won me inenascip oi many
0f those with whom he came in con-
jt. waa here that lie met Miss
Frances L. Hughes in whom he was
willing to place his entire affection
finding a fesppnsive cord in her heart,
they were united in matrimony on
March 30th, 1918. This being only six
weeks before he left for r ranee,
l He landed in Prance about the first
v kU A,An'n.n. t.u
many other brave Americans, to take,
at the peril of their live,, one of the
Imost difficult points in the famous
Hindenburg line, near Cambrai, in
Northern France. So it was here that
the brave, noble young man, William
O. Forrester, gave bis life on Sept
29th, 1918. for the country he loved
land the freedom of the world. Long
may he lfve in tho messory of those
v u
- ...
Mr. W. 8. Wilson Dead
the Stake loses one of ite useful citi-
States Grimes office. He was the au
thor of the State rood roads bill, and
has written much, and was preparing
u v w vi uu .uuii bu uwui, h
heretofore announced, was due to In
fiueosa-pneumonia. ,
ED YORK KILLED JOE HEATH,
COLORED
Dee. 16. 1918. Ed York, son of
Clark York, of Back Creek township,
hired an old, negro itney , driver to
bring him to his father's home.
Several -days-after that the negro
was missing.' Investigation disclosed
the fact that the colored man's auto
mobile had been sold to Thomas Brook-
shire at Sophia for S150.- Mr. Brook-
shire thinking there was something
wrong about the matter as f 100 was
not enough for the auto.- When young
xork went te get his cheer cashed it
wss discovered that the . check .was
dated ahead and payment was refused,
inquiry was made of. the Secretary of
state who gave the owner Of the auto
as Joe Heath, r -r . Tv : V
When York was confronted with the
matter he went and showed where the
dead body was in the woods hear bis
father's home, He said he induced
the dot-eased to go to the Woods 16
kill bird. On getting In the woods
York killed him with a shot run and
took his money amounting' to; about
thre dollars. '. -. r , .-
The deceased Is the son of a well
known citizen who stands vML. The
young man had bn nruly for some
time, sni it is claimed .was not of
sound mind for several years, having
bwn Injured, It Is claimed by sun-
CpRPORAL JUNE PARKS ' 1 '
f;
'Corporal June jL Parks, of Sea
grove, arrived in Asheboro on Christ
mjas morning.-; He is the first Company
K. boy to. return to Randolph county.
H received warm- reception at the
depot by the neople who happened to
Uneetlhe tralnr-No ong knew.he was
coming. He' arrived in- 'New ; York
'th a smmber-of other wounded mem
birs of the 30th -division on the 23rd.
life has been, wounded twice, the last
wound he received In the battle of
Ckmbrai on?, the 29th of September.
Es. wagrwounded soon after starting
huo battle;on Sunday"' morning and
crawled a part of the way back to re-
a hospital. In England and from thence
to the United States. He says that the
boys made a splendid record over there
and cannot say too much in praise of
their beloved Captain for whom any
one in the Company would giadiy nave
gtjren his, life.,
-.-VI Parlra anont th linlidava with
JbU fath,Mr. Lewis Parks, of Sea-
grove, and returned on: jaaturaay w
Camp Meade, where he will probably
refceive discharge in -the near future.
He has had a great many interesting
experiences which will be of interest
tnfthe -neonlft of- this: county and-he
Fwll probably give them to . The Cou-
Tier JOT puDUCUm Ul Mw uu
Ha seems to he m nne pnyaicai con
dition with the exception that1 he is us-
a cane at present but will soon be
Lunntra farmers to BE
r SUPPLIED WITH NITRATE
Government to Sell Nitrate For Fer
tilizer t nrourn vouniy nitni
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1. Notice
ha been given to D. S. Coltrane, Ag
rirfultural Asrent for Randolph county,
that the U. S. Department of Agri
culture will sell at cost a supply oi
nHrate of soda to farmers in Randolph
eotfnty.
1fhi nitrate will be sold under the au
thsritv of the Food Control Act and
Subsequent legislation relating there-
topThe price will be jjbi.uu a ton,
onpoard cars at loading point or port.
Farmers are to pay in addition fi-eight
Wij-neir snip pi a uuiuw.
"Application for a part of the nitrate
vughtisy the government vill be re
iived nnlv-from actual - faimera': or
- nini i iiiLaiii niuaic
SjsJwJ tLiSiO faraai Jarupnl
their land, andnayi be mnderoughl i
County 'Agent D. 8. CJ- .ane.
No i oneV w.r De re i tueo witn in'
.nvlicai on b i' vpon n'.ue from t'me
ftuthoriied reDresentative of the De-
1-artment of Agriculture farmers who
have signed applications must deposit
with a local bank, association, or in
dividual, designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture to act as the farmers'
agent for that purpose, money to
cover the cost of the fertilizer except
the freiarht chaiire. In- practically
every case the money will be paid to
a county nitrate distributor designated
by the Department of Agriculture.
Nitrate will be shipped to distributors
on sicht draft with bill of lading at
tached. Distributors will pay drafts,
take up the bills of lading, collect
money from farmers and distribute ni
trate to farmers. Arrangements have
been made to secure a large quantity
of nitrate and it is believed that all
reasonable requirements can be met.
Interesting Meeting Bachelor Maids
Book Club at RaMsenr
Miss Martha Black was hostess to
the Bachelor Maids Book club, Satur
day niirht before Christmas. After i
abort business, meeting the hostess
served delicious refreshments. Those
present were If isees Or Scdtt, and her
guest, stable Fanner, Hacel Spoon,
Madge Momtt, Earn uote, airs, c o.
Cochran, ana Mrs, u w. aiacx.
Miss Ptckard Entertains
The home of Mr.' and Mrs. W H
Pickardi Hendrix street, In Greens
boro, was the scene of a delightful
occasion Friday evening, December 27,
when Miss Elisabeth Pickard . enter
tained at progressive rook. The res
ldenee was decorated in red and green,
while the refreshments-. also carried
the chosen colors.
The tnise was won by Miss Janice
Brown, while the consolation fell to
Miss Frances Glascock. -
Those oresent were Misses Evelyn
IThacker- Mary Elizabeth Perkins.
Catherine-Penn. Ruth Diddle. Rachel
Donnell, Catherine Wharton. Margaret
Andrew, Virginia stainnacav Mary
Denny, Martha Watson. Frances Glas
cock, .Willie Sloan, Margaret Vaughn,
Bettle Myers, and house guests, Jose
phine Logan and t rances Myers, Alice
Wilson, Nettie Irvin, Annette Wright,
Helen Stone, Barbara Hagan, Rhea
Van Noppen, Dorothy 1 Caldwell, Ada
Denny, Cornelia Cartland, Janice
Brown. : -'. . .. .-
Biennial Session of Legislature to Be
-, - Held ' .
' Governor Blekett recently ' declared
that he had no purpose now to post-
pone the biennial meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly until the influents situ
ation Impovea as the. opinion of the
state health officer, Dr. W. 8. Rankin,
should be guaranty that there is no
danger., -t '.: . ...r- t - s , ",
Four Tears of German oppression
brought njj loss of life from starve
Uon to the population of Belgium and
northern France, and ti e undcr-iwrar
lr.tneflt resulting frrnn enemy ecupe'
tion can be stamped out If America
ro-itimifHi to aond food. The rru-t--!
of Hi rwln the L ni'I
CORPORAL D. EARL POOLE
.r : t ' -. .
ntufr anil
Mm r p.l: nf near Aahdhnm. tf
was a member of Company K and was
killed n action on the 29th of JSeptem-
: i-
CAR LOAD TEXAS CATTLE
WILL ARRIVE LAST OF WEEK i
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iTnnntw Aont Ti. S. -floltninh tins
just received a letter from Texas stat-
- n..i 13 B rn tt I
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f
h
i I
j " -'ft
I ' : "::';,'r:f
u
ing mat a car loau vi oo nwrexoru - " v... ..,v.
heifers were shipped him from there an4 8om6 olhera dispute thia
Saturday, December 29. 'Mr.-Coltrane,claim 'greatness.
expects the cattle about Friday, Jan- - .t Brummitt for Speaker
uary 3. People in thecounty who are Visitors to Raleigh and the local-
interested in these cattle win do well
to come to Asheboro Saturday. They
will be at A. M. Free's stable. .
(
Lieutenant John Erwin Arrives in New
.
I
Rev. Ira Erwin was in receipt of a I
teleeram Monday, from his son Lieu-
tenant John Erwin which said "Have
arrived in New York in time to wisn
you a Happy New Year. Lieutenant
Erwin has been in the aviation corps,
in France and has seen active service,
He had an accident in which he suf-'
fered a broken-arm and was in a hps-
pital for some time, since tnat time jod ii he wanted it, but he is under
he has been able to do hig-part toward stood not to want it.
bringing, about peace. V Hi uaiy. ;. CoL Harry Stubbs couldn't be indue-
friends- in Aahebore willijie interestedd to break his program which sched-
country and wiHlook forward to the. ner in the gubernatorial race by tak-
tftn when he 'arrives in Asheboro. ing (if he.could have "took" it).
Thirtieth Division at Le Mans, France
The exact location of 35 coi.ibat di
visions and si depot divisions of the
American army in France, Germany
and Luxemburg as they were station-
ed November 28 has been announced
uyuie ar uciKuimc,
The announcement includes the 30th
division at Le mans.
In this diviston are the troops from
North Carolina, South Carolina
Tennessee.
' , TZ T .
Miss Ruth Kearna, of Bombay, Marries
Mr. Ben Crowell, of Farmer
An impressive marriage ceremony
was performed at the home of Rev. J.
M. Varner, pastor of the Farmer M. E.I
church when Miss Ruth Kearns be-,
came the bride of Mr. Ben Crowell.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and'
Mrs. John M. Kearns, of Bombay, and
the groom is a prosperous farmer of
Concord township. He is the son of
Mr. A. H. Crowell. The young couple
will reside at Farmer.
Rsmsenr Items
Ramseur graded school opened Moa-
day with a full corps of teachers aad
studenta in attendance. The influensa
situation is much improved aad w Mrs. Re tha Craven, wife of Clark' -rtrust.
there will be no further develop-. Craven, died at her home three miles
ments of it
. The holidays passed off very qrJetly
Lin Ramseur. The number of visitors
W 1 I ..I A
u u wrp u iinuu or uigir. wiivni buuii mmsi. tww ui motuar aaq
the large number we notice the fol- daughter were buried in the same cas-"
lowig: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Watkins, ket at West Bend on Monday after
Miss Margaret Phoenix, Eugene Mar- noon. Mrs. Craven was the daughter
ley, Walter F. Johnson, Wilson Hill, of Hillary and Sallie Haddick and is-.
Mr. and, Mrs. Harvey Cox, Mrs. A. G. survived by her husband and three . -Burgees,
Miss Laura Burgess, Mr. and children. It was a very sad coinct- 1
Mrs. Sol Caveness, Rev. and Mrs. J. E. dence. -
Weosley, Miss Olive Wookle-. Mrs. W. . '
B. Webater. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Raid- Corporal James Clyde Frailer'. Father
win, Waldo Copeland, Miss Mary Tate,
Iff u Tt v.'.. .-1 vu I ; I
wit. tt. ii. iun, vncar ivtiig, raissi
Mary Yow. V.itt Ore Scott all of
Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. White,
arid'chili! of Sanford, Mr. and Mm.
Augcll and family, of Stoke'dale, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Pope, of Rocky
Mount, Minor March, of Norfolk. Va.,
L D. Wagger and Chariot! Redding,
of Randleman, Fred Burgoss, of Camp
Ie. Girt. I-W. Blaclf. of Camo Sevier,
Thomas Meltcn. of Camp Msado, Ml, his life for his country, but It n
Miss Sudie Baldwin, of Salleb-jy, Miss comforting to have the official confir- - -Mary
Cox-of Durham. . jmatlon that his body had been recov
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Woosley were ered and had been given a christian
very popular and welcome visitors 1j burial, and that lies in a spot which
town this week. j in under the care and control of thone '
; ' ' who will not neglect his grave. The 1
Mr. and Mrs. E. C WatVlns Give Be- letter was accompanied by a circular "
gam umner ai iseir ueantiiui
Country Home Near
. Bemseur
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. WaVln nu a
dinner party Thursday, at Woodcock (Heexlfuarters Service Supply, A. P. 0. -farm
la honor of the boys who have, 717, A. E. F. France. . .
recently retarned from camp. .The - ' ... . ' . . :
dlirtng room was tastefully decorated, Warships te Aid in Brlngiag Troops . .
with holly and United gutee flags. " - Home - . .
Thoe prwnt were Mrt and Mr. 11 Fourteen battleship and teii " crul- -W.
Clark, lit. and Mr. Egbert Bald- sers have been assigned by the navy
win, fr. and Mrs . Verlua HoHsinoVpartment to help bring American j.
Orll York, Tom Park, Fred Uor- troops h'me from Franre. - "
?. Waldo Leonard. Miws- Mdirl Thwie battliwhlna aalmi for the .
Mor.tt, l,i7! ; -rii;h, lurnh Cole and
LLEWXAM'S LETTER
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, Dec 31. With the essen-"
bling here on Wednesday of next week ;
of the Legislature of 1919, the begin" -,'
ning of a most interesting session win
be launched.- All the little side-talk - - -
about adjourning to meet later Jn tfieT'-"'"i
year , is tommyrot and" doesn't 4 " 3
amount -to tne value of a row '
of pins there will be no - "adjourn-"
ment" until the 60-day period expires, -?t
and tnere's lots of work to be done. -Gubernatorial
Aspirants .
In all my newspaper experience I "
have never heard of so many "willing
Barkises" as are turning up shrdlum
inthe game as at present. There are,
a half dozen eligibles already in the-
held, Lam Morrison, and Max Gard- - -T
ner and Bob Page being in the al-- a
ready announced class, with three
other possible rivals in the new field
these being J. Y. Joyner, Col. Albert- J
Cox and legislator Rufe Doughton
ftnfl ttlf.tioi nf fllctm orniilil fnotra a mutA 1 i.
governor, all of them are fine and able ;
gentlemen. Morrison is probably the
ibeBt looker with his beautiful srrev
hair and intellectual face. Cox is a
dashing youflg officer and the State
never had a more sensible and capable
Official than Supt Joyner who is tc-
panment oi education jan. ist. max..
iuane 18 pro""811 character.
opeaiemg QI Morrison s mstoncai
looks he has a strong precedent to lean
back on with those who can recall
Governor Zeb Vance's magnificently
plAn nanI Imt Rnn f-i ann Cum A .rz-zwl-
ruuuT vy hktouuum,
ftepresentative nrummitt or uran-
ivuie wm nave waiK-over iw tne
speasersnip. xnaeea today it is stat-
ed that his name may be the only one '
lrAVAn AH w Inn Hi rtsvi-f -7-.
New Candidate for Marshal N . JL w
Ex-senator Thorne of Rockv Mount s
having withdrawn from the race a new -
candidate for U. S. Marshal bobs up
today in the person of Frank Hamn-
ton of the same town, but at present
a clerk to Senator Simmons. His en-
try brings the list up to 6 or 7 active
candidates. State Chairman T. D.
Warren, it is believed could get the
The 81st Division
The 81st division, consisting chiefly
ef f yo fiiA man' -fvn rv XT-4-V nnI CahIIi
Carolina, Florida and Porto Rico, was
not thlown into action until the last
few days o the war. but jn those a
they fought valiantly and sustained its
proportion of, killed and wounded.
anun thf, nrTT,;0t;0 a eA fv,
'division was rfiviHpd. n nart. hnRPd nt
vinftI,e f Somme niwi. in mil.
southeast of- Verdun and within 25
miles of Metz, the strongly fortified
German city in Lorraine: and a part
(Wa8 ba6ed at jg.gurTjUe, abot,t 100
miles distant. The men at Somme
Oicux were in heavy fighting Novem-
Der .
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UTCTnw eii weciines io raroon
D. , ,. . .
Governor Bickett has declined to
pant pardon to J. Graham Hege, of
tfJU"wu' 7UU "", "i;u uiii
?, ' manslaughter. J. F.
a promineat banker.
waa shot in Hege'a home. Hege's term -is
not less than one year aad not . - ,1;-,
more than four years si the state pris- '-vul
ea. . ; r-:
Two Deaths Ocear hi Ssaie Family t'-
Sunday Night
south of Asheboro Sunday night fbt
lowing a five days illness from influ- '
enza. Her little daughter died a few
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Notified of HI Burial Place
iff. 1 ff- T". . . . ,
mr. uvm u. rraxier, 01 ASnPOOrO, ' -
has received a notification from mwi. -
seas dated December 9. and nimnd iv "
Chas. G. Pierce, Lt Col. Q. M. C. U. ' . 1
S. A., stating that James Clyde Fra-'"
sier. Co. K, 120th Infantry, died Sep-
tember 29, 1918, and was buried in the " -'
Tlncourt, Somme, France. The let- ;
ter expressed great sorrow at ' the
death of the Vounir man vhn huA mtvn "
or inforroaUon foe the friends of our
dead, and all letters about burials and
grave locations should be addressed to .
rkinf Hm... D4.Mtu. . o .
srv(r are amon tha oMct on the
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