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ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER
iVOtUMEXXVIUl
FROM THE BOYS OVERSEAS
Northampton Boys Took Prominent Part In The Great War,
" ' . On Land And Sea.
From Private C. G. Hasty, Co.
C, 168 Inf.AmerlcanE. F. France
lto bis brother, W. H. Hasty, Sea
board, N U. .
In France. Dec. 1. 19ia
Dear Brother:
V I will write just a few lines as
' we have some rest, today, I am
'well and hope yea are enjoying
. the same blessing.
- Well, I am m Germany now.
Since coming over here I have
. been through England, France,
, Belgium, Luxemburg, and now
am in Germany. Guess I soon
will be home as the war is over,
j and there is no more fighting to
do,
- Vfe are having some -very ugly
weather. It is cloudy all the time
But it is not very old yet.
" Guess you at home are getting
ready for Christmas. Wish I could
. - be with you to help eat the many
'' good things you will have. But I
can't get there by Christmas, but
think I will be there 8on after
I have been through many
battles but I did not get wounded,
but was gassed one time which
pent me to the hospital for
- month. I am well now, and am
' - back with my company.
I must cIobo now. I wishvyou
a merry Christmas and a happy
New Year. Bye bye.
As ever, your sincere loving
! brother along way from borne.
- C. J. Hasty.
Co C. I68 Inf, .
-"Americatf E: F. FlraneT "
From Woodie G. Maddrey,
- Engineer Corps, A. E. F. France.
to his sister. Mrs. Ethel B
Whitehead, Pleasant Hill.
Nov, 27. 1918,
Dear Sister:
Will try and answer your let
ter of . the 3rd of Novemoer.
Was very glad to hearjrom you,
and glad to know that you and
all were well. - This leaves me
feeling fine and as fat as ever.
An order came out today that
you could tell where you had
heen and also where you are
now, but I, won't go into ful
details about it just now. 1 am
now about seven miles north of
St llihel. in some German dug
outs and believe, me they are
some den. Can you imagine that
: I am sleeping on a real nice
feather bed, and what do you
know about that. We also hive
electric lights, all we need now
is steam heat and water works,
and so you may bet that the old
boy is having quite a time.
1 was in that great drive that
took place in the Argonne Forest
. from September 25 until Oct. 8,
and believe me I bad some time.
I would be glad to write more
but have so many letters to write
I just can't get around.
I want you to write as often
as you can and all the news.'
Give my love to all and just
remember I will be home later.
Wishing you and all a . Merry
, Christmas and a Happy New
Year, I remain, as ever,
. Your dear old brother,
V - W. T. Maddrey.
v" Mr. J. Kindred Long to his
ather, Mr, J. T. Long, of Sea
ooard: - -
. U. 8. S.' Stockton,
In Care Postmaster, N. Y. C,
14 DecemDer.'-WlS.
' Dearest Mother and Father: , v
For days and days I've intendr
ed- add planned to write , you.
- But with all the excitement over
, (he armistice, the constant shift
' Ing and changing, and the duties
' attended upon a man at tea in
RICH
Both
the destroyer force of the U. S.
my opportunities for a real heart
ta heart letter were indeed scarce.
Even now I have only a short
time for the things I'd moailike
to do. We have, just come in
rom sea. Of course you know
n - .!!. 1 -
our f resident is on tnis eiae.
Fortunately it was my extreme
good luck to be aboard one of the
ships in the Presidential convoy.
The President came over on the
George Washington, which i-hip
was accompanied by the super
dreadnought Pennsylvania and
U. S. destroyers. Outside of
Brest, France, he was met by 24
destroyers from . the destroyer
force operating in European
waters. He was met also by
nine super-dreadnoughts of the
Atlantic fleet, to say nothing of
the numerous French war ves
sels. It is impossible for one tw
conceive of a more imposing
spectacle. The Destroyers steam
ing in regular formation in be
tween the gigantic war ships;
the planes and zeps darting to
and fro overhead; the French de
stroyers and crusiera . running
their batteries in salute.. All
this on a bright, sunshiny day,
furnished a . sight perhaps the
like of which has never been
seen by the men of our navy, or
any navy for that matter. The
President's ship dropped anchor
in the outer harbour, and by it
the fleet of wat.yess.els passed in
reyiew. 'Of the' thousands of
men on those vessels there was
not one who was not doubly glad
that he was born an American,
and glad too of an opportunity to
be with the U. S. Navy, which
has clayed 'a part in this war
that the public has not been al
lowed to bear of, It is rather a
strange environment and train
ing that can teach a fellow to do
his duty and by doing bo aid ma
terially in the accomplishment of
a great end, yet that man asks
for no credit Such is the nature
of the real true American sailor.
The sailor comes in for quite a
bit of disparagement, and under
ating at the hands of the public
yet that same public would be
sadly at a loss were they placed
in such positions as it has been
my privilege to see the so-called
American Gab come through in
such way as to reflect credit upon
himself, and at the earns time
enhance the highly rated Ameri
c n Flag. I hope I'm in the
Navy for a short while only, but
my hat is off when the sailors go
by. but their going can not take
away the friendly feelingo
comradeship I have for them
But this is digressing, and is per
haps of, small interest to you.
most especially since you are in
land and probably know nothing
of the men of the sea. I'm glad
circumstances threw me with the
men in blue,' with them-I've
done what i could, 'and I'm glad
with the gladness that follows
the consciousness that you have
done what you could, though
your task was small..
I'm led to believe the Navy
man, because of his opportunities
of travel and observation, is the
most cosmopolitan man to be
found in any branch of the gov
ernment service. Travel is in
itself a liberal education, a class
ot knowledge that counts highly
in society, since it so broadens'
onefs views, and enables , him to
make comparisons, to balance the
home land in the scale wii3 tUi
rest of the world, but of. course
- Contknnd ea sac eight) v
CAROLINA, CAROUNAT HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HOI"
SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,
THE 322N0 INFANTRY
Lieutenant King ol lo. F. Writes ol
The Last Attack-Northampton:
Boys In IL
About all of the big bunch of
Northampton boys, 93 in number,
who left here May 24, and-many
others from Northampton who
bad gone before, were in the
various companies of the 322nd
Infantry, 81 division, andwere
in the fighting the last three days
of the war. Lieutenant Hiram
K. King, Co. F. 322nd Infantry,
wrote his parents, Mr. ahd'-MjfS.
B F. King, of Sunset Parkt
Wilmingtoii, of his experience jn
that fight which will be of in
terest to Northampton people, on
-ccount of our boys being with
him. His letter follows:
"I have just como oui of the
firing line, for the first time that
I have really been in it. , I have
been in an attack the last to
days of the war, and I thank God
that this war is now over. I
prav devoutly that there will
never be any more it was in
che hope and belief that this war
would end war for all time that
I went into it And I trust the
great day has come when there
will be 'peace on earth among
men. Aren t tnose wonaeriui
words?
tit 9 i r r
ion reaa ounaav morning
all over America our people, read;
A supoose-or tne general aacn
of the allies on the wooie western
front, beginning Saturday a. m.
My division was put into it : My
company, went further hri nyiZiih' - f-iteeaofotfey-tj cover the cost of the
4j(jnipany jn -the di vision, ana myr0.d , 8 by man wno
platoon happened to get a little
further than any other. You
will hear of two officers in my
regiment from home (Wilming
ton) who were killed. I am not
allowed to give their names until
their deaths have been officially
published. Isn't it a tragedy,
from the way we humans see ir,
that they should be called upon
to give up their Uyjes for their
country on the third to last day
of the war? I pray God to bus
tain their loved ones and guide
them in their hours of darkness
and Borrow when they hear of
their loss. How I came out alive
how so many of us came out of
what we went through alive I
do not see, humanly speaking.
But I know you will be distress
ed to know if I am all right, and
I trust this news wilt-get to you
first I am well and whole, with
out a scratch. Why am 1 so
blessed? I Dray that 1 may live
to merit the manner In which
Providence has indeed blessed
me, all my life.
."I could write you about the
attack all day if I had the time,
but maybe you had rather not
hear about it. And I must hurry.
Our company had six men killed,
26 wounded, and one still miss
ing. Oaly one of the killed was
from my platoon, an Indian from
the west, one of my scouts; seven
of the wounded, and the - one
missing were from my ? platoon
I'm afraid the missing boy is
dead. Lieutenant Turner has
been out twice to look for him,
and I'll go this afternoon to look
again. We went 'over the top'
9:00 o'clock Saturday morning,
and were in the attack Saturday
and Sunday. Our opposition was
machine gun nests and artillery
fire. Five of .my men were,
wounded by machine guns and
two by shrapnel. I have dressed
the arm of one of my men under
machine arun tire: dressed. the
arm of my platoon sergeant in a
village we had just passed and
which was at: , the time . mined,
and I have been through four
N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY
Letter From An Appreciative Sub
p scrlber.
Hortonville, Ind
. 4j Deeember 27, 1918.
Mnr Andrew J. Conner,
Editor, The Roanoke Chowan
-U Times,
Dea Sir: .
. Enclosed find $L00, my sub
scription for. the wming year.
Your paper has paid its weekly
visits to my horns for several
years and I presume that not one
of Jts readers enjoy its pazes
motj than I. I welcome it each
weelt and read it (advertisements
andall) for it tells of dear friends
of my childhood days. It comes
Jikera letter from home. I have
had 'pleasure in the chiming of
the. Redding bells for many werel
the apns and daughters or those
I used to know. I have grieved
wheji the bells have tolled the
departure of many that I knew
and loved. I have rejoiced in
your new churches and schools
and rail the improvements, but
when the book of memory opens
its panes to the pictures or. oy
gonq years I see Rich Square as
jit w$d when I was a little girl in
your? midst (for nearly seven
years.) Just the years of one's
life when the most lasting im
pressions are made, and the
' truest friendships are formed.
i always remember those years
l V
innoin finme rfav tn back
LMtn.v I'm triad, for the new
cnurch Up in the t0Wn but
- mn-g hrinoa hfor ma dea
nlri rinffnl-h hiirVi in tho B fin do
fif thn& maieatlc oak and nine
have long since joined the "Choir
Invisible.'-' Their voices have
Ions been silent but their in
flue' ce lives on. In thouitht
mingle again with the young
neoule. and assemble at the old
sweep well and drink from "that
moss covered bucket," the beet
water on earth, (begging Dr.
Register's pardon. ) I have en-
jayed and have been very much
interested in the Doctor's letters
in your paper and think his a
valuable mission. It is in ad
vance of any work done here.
Lest my letter becomes waste
basket material I must close,
wishing that the New Year may
bring- prosperity and happiness
t your 4aper and all of its
readers.
Respectfully,
Etta W. Fierce,
artillery barrages which killed
men on both sides of me, in front
and behind me. I think I have
sfen all of the war in those two
days, except gas. I'm thankful
we did not have that.
"Sunday afternoon we (our
regiment) was relieved by anoth
er, which was to stay in the line
two days.
"And the next morning Mon
day hostilities ceased. We could
not believe the war was over. If
it were not I should not dare
write you all these things,' but
you see I shall not have to go
through them again now.
"The mail I had lest has come
now came the night before we
wentiver the top. 'Don't'Iet me
fail to tell you about that night
how happy we were, thinking
the war was about over then
and about receiving the order 4
o'clock the next morning to go
into the attack.
"We are now back in the semi
billet trench position" where we
were before the fight, are faring
fine again. We went two days
on cold meat and hard tack, but
we are getting good hot meals
again now, and everybody is
happy, except for the fact that
we hate left some of our men
behind."
9, 1919.
LOCAL FARMERS TO GET NITRATE.
liovernment to Sell Nitrate tor Fertl-
Ilzer Through County Agent.
Washington, D.C , Jan. 1, 1919.
Notice has been given to M.
W. Wall, Agricultural Agent for
Northampton County, that the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
will sell at cost a supply of nitrate
of soda to farmers in Northamp
ton County.
The nitrate will be sold underlfind many encjuraaing things
the authority of the Food Control
Act and subsequent legislation
relating thereto. The price will
be $81.00 a ton, free on board
cars at loading point or port.
Farmers are to pay in addition
freight to their shipping p rints
HOW TO OBTAIN NITRATE.
Applications for a part of the
nitrate bought by the govern
ment will be received only from
actual farmers or owners or hold
ers or iarms lor use on tneir
land, and may be made through
County Agent M. W. Wall or
through any member of a local
committee consisting of G. F.
Crocker, Seaboard: W. J. Long,
GarysburR; W.F. Outland, Wood
land; or C. DeLoach, Conway,
N. C.
No money will be required with
the application hut upon notice
from the authorized representa
tive of the Department of Agrl
culture, farmers who have sign
ed application must deposit with
a local bank, association or indi
vidua!, designated by the Secre
tary of Agriculture to act as the
Wf BeDt for tnat PurP?8e
fertilizer - except the freight
charges.- In practically every
case the money will be paid to a
County Nitrate Distributor desig
nated by the Department of Ag
riculture. Nitrate will be shipped
to distributors on Bight draft
with bill of lading attached. Dis
tributors 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 be
lieved that ail reasonable require
ments can be met.
All applications must be re
ceived bv Saturday, January 25th.
No applications after that time.
Farmers can meet the County
Agent or one of the Nitrate Com
mittee at the following places at
the time and day mentioned or
call at the County Attent's office
anv Mondav or Saturday before
January 26th.
Friday morning from 10 to 12,
January 17th., Pleasant Hi
Margarettsville. Rich Square,
Severn, MiiwauKee
Friday afternoon from 2 to 2:30
January 17th.. Gumberry, Pen
dleton, Lasker, Potecasi.
Saturday, January 18th., Sea
board, Conway, Jackson, Wood
land, Garysburg.
Orderly Beans Now.
Now la the time to book your
orders for Soy Beans. The best
grade of good Mammoth Yellow
soy beans can be bought no"v for
&Wper bushel. Get busy and
send in your orders to the C mnty
Agent and be will secure them
for you before planting time
when the prices always go up
Either write or call-
M. W. Wall.
County Agent.
Not Knocking Mailo.
Chorus Lady "Mazle Mlddleton told
me yesterday that she makes some
easy money mornings posing as a hea4
antoweki model for a sculptor." Show
Glri-I shouldn't b at all surprised.
Some-'- sculptors, you know, make
specialty, of gargoyles I" Buffalo Ex
SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.00
NUMBER 2
GOOD YEAR'S WORK.
The Baptist Churches at Jackson, Sea
board, HI. Carmel, Elam, and x
Bethel Have Made Progress.
Dear Mr. Eiit r: In the clor
ing of the old year and planning
for the new year we always de
light in taking inventory, and I
think it well that we apply this
plan to our church work.
In looking over the past year I
and I am sending you a few of
these pei haps it may serve to
strengthen and help someone,en
couragement to kno-v that amid
the past years grip and distress
es, horrors and cruelties our
Lord's work has gone steadily
forward.
For this let us be thankful.
All of the churches comprising
this field have met their aopor
tionments and in SJine instances
more than mot.
The orphanage, so well beloved
among us, was generously re
membered Thanksgiving kh ut
seven hundred and fifty ioi- rs
were given.
Jackon has cancelled cli in
debtedness, painted the pastoriiitn
installed a new piano and ma le
other improvements.
Mt. Carmel has advanced ah-tg
mission lines and is well IovhH as
our pioneer church.
Elam haa material on band f
remodelling her house of worxi-.ip
Work will begin on it as soon a
the weather permits.
Bethel has complete ' r
church bouae, and dedicated it.
TwoTSbnths before the A-t cia-
tion her mission pledges were 1I
paid. She has recently increased
the pastor's salary.
Seaboard expects to dedicate
her handsome brick house in the
spring.
The West Chowan Association
will convene with this church
next faL and we serve notice
that we shall expect all of North
ampton County to be present.
Every church on the field has
adopted the individual Commun
ion Service.
We are indeed grateful, glad
and happy on this New Year's
Day. No pastor ever served a
more loval or true people.
Faithfully Yours,
Alexander -Millar,
Jacks), N. C.
A happy New Year, Mr. Editor.
Margarettsvllle Locals.
Mrs. H. C. Bottoms was in
Weldon last Monday having some
dental work done.
Mr. Charlie Lambertson has
returned home from Camp Hum
phreys. Va., having received his
honorable discharge from the
government service.
Rev. J. W. Downey, the new
Baptist minister for this field,
tilled bis first appointment here
Saturday and Sunday. Bro.
Downey comes to us from Wood
land, and we welcome him as our
new pastor. His regular appoint
ments here will be Saturday be
fore first Sunday at 11 A. M. and
first Sunday at 11 A. M.
Mr. Raymond Bridgers Of
Portsmouth, Va spept the past
erk end with relatives near
here. ' ::" ' .". : . V-':.-
Mrs. Mollie A. Vick returned
to Francisville Sunday to resume
her work, after spending the
holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Alma Railey. ; :
Mr. William Faison, U. S. N.,
is here on a visit to bis parents,
Mr. and Mrs. WalterFaison. ,i:
Miss Donia Johnson returned
last Friday from a visit to rela
tives in Rocky Moant, V
Mrs. E. a. Stanceil. oi koci
Mount ia here on m visit .to her.
Bisters," uesdsm.es
S. J.
Jonea
and L H. Coggin.
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