I)t Jftount %it$ ISeto£. fOL. XLI MOVXI AIRY, MOUTH CA MOLIMA, T HUMS DAT. SEPT KM HER JK, 1918. MO. 11 LETTERS OF INTEREST FROM OUR SOLDIERS Innwhru m Praa««. A»*u-t IStk. Dmt frtaad: I ranmi your iattar inn tana «p.n« laa»aa taa wall aod ■Imhi (kaa. I aiaa rvmvnl tka let ter* tram cW girt*. I chink it MM •bast tka Ural *4 JuJy rhat ( (at abaut a ilia— a* onra. Anal I Ml tar ry that I hava not M tuM '« u •aar llMa. I kaow it thay knaw haw hyiy I hara haan 'Kay wauM txma ■Mi I waa in tha traacha* in rha franc Haaa atai I got your 1 attar and I hava rvot had tiata ta writ* hoaaa Int about owra «v«ry thirty day*. I. hava haant fnm Hainan iimr I <aw fciia, h»t all Uuu f knew la that ha M ■aau whara mr hara. I would ilka to haar from avarytMrfy mr«r tfcara. 3 on «a who ran writa latter >l—i— writ* me evenf hat haa been grnnr on nwe I laft hoaae. Wail oM fnenH. T havw baan .crapping uie ne/nuuiN nut I, hava not found anything fanny about H. I ptM rum HearH i w» made. Wa panhad Ike Oa bark nrrtrr eighteen milaa wvl tha drive it not over yet, but T hava been pot back m tha reaeiva ami am now ra tha rear at tha firing l»ne. but am nat oat of haarwc of tha gun*. f riont know whan I will hava to go back, in tha treadle*. We bad a battle a few days age and laat many of our am. Taw aatd in your other letter bm the beat of lock' crmtd fail ta any one. and it ha* to paaa, for the German* at oa bat we went right thro, t §hR ft re. Kathinf allplM maddv It Ik, bat 1 did not miiwi a# the priaowan that «t took said that the Amrictiu riiW (n fire. W« want m feat that we had to atop aad wait for oar ow» artillery to catch sp. I was at a «Mt fa—t far a while, hot we cam* to a lively froat aad captured a good many mmD towaa and mm tare* oml A* W>» at the front art now hartng |Md «wdMr. Wall I aa J eloee aa it ia getting dark aad ws cat M Wa a light for I am on guard tor holding tha paper oa ay Year triead. OLIVER W BJ VKEE. Letter fioai Joha B KeC raw now ia| Fraaee to hie father. Mr J. W. Sic Craw, ef Rooad Peak. American Expedi. Force*. August 21. Dear Father aad Jfcrther: I aa vxarwiert la England now aad aa enjoying life. We arrived over sea ail right and had a vary good time oa oar voyage. I like this coun try line. It ia a very fine eoantry aad will please any oae. They have the aoet finished ceaatry that yoa ever vaw. They are behind ia many rcopacto compared with the L'nited State*. Bat Iketr farming is tar; ahead at what Tea aae ia the State* of »teea er brick. Everything ia aa greea aad pretty. I do not begrudge ay trip ever, for none ef ay tr^a oat weat war* u in- J tereating a* this eae has beea. I do' not think that wa wil ha aver here so very long, for wa will *oon whip the Hune aad yea aroaid think the taati if you could see *< much of the I'nitod, State* force* aa 1 have aaea. I win cleoe tar this tiae Write aw a* of ten a* yoa can. Year aoa. 1. B McCRAW Latter froai Abner ftratberage to hu father Peter Deaatherag*. of XL Airy. Thursday Morning. Dear Papa aad aH: Just a. line to let yea hear from ae. ThU leave* ae feeling fine and hope taaa to find yoa well. Aa iikiag better every day. Took ay physirat examination ye«terday. About 20 Drs. exaained ae and I pa*, sad thea alL Also arms vaccinated oa both arms aad will have to be again nest Wednesday and again tlie fallowing Wednaaday. Wa gat ibree ■Ml — 'aay r»U It IMn> Ml off my viw mm mti dm. Am <|uarr*» Cari f« M» »wlu. Toak no* imuraar* for AUaMad 115. a* irf my ulwy t* fear, mui »lM will grt JM.uA nrh month. Had ta riv« a amwral tofnpim otf my bwimii <mp«rian«i», and whan ha mada • i arnni-- Md una m <r*aa» marf by ana at tha htffhar ofll.'iaia ha out I naad not ha *fmrf I »i»H *•* • food jah>. Hm*a I hagan writing fhn lattar I wm i-allarf mmr to nna of tha aArerit and had to ha ra-«3aaunari on nna of rJw> phynral examination* I toait yan tarriay, than tfcay wiH pot ma hi an nflba or wbarsvar cjwra ia an opening I ran ML Had a Ana rfinnar forfay, an<i Salip-a ma I'm tifffct. Will sat mi uniform tomorrow or naxt day. adu< aUon te any Fmj, and >/ we jest nut «afa, which I don't doubt in th« leant, wa will ba hattar ftt far life m rvery raafKt Tan don't any ilaan-baartad man bar*—<xc*pt a faw new omi. TTwra ara about AK^MM man kan and they ara ihippnf than •vary dny. If I Rat m an oAca, 1 will ha allniwnd i» ■MillM bare, than if t have to gn over thay will giva ma mimathing biidaa a (run. for ana is an nOea don't gat any training with a r»n ... Will doaa. writ* at yoar convani anca. With much lova and bast wiahaa. I am Tour hoy. ABNER. Wednesday Night Ms working is an at a make op ptrniU. complicated system, but I can harufl* it. Practically all the baya that came with km kttvc nttn transferred to thr Pield Artillery. Gum 111 be Mat to Gmnvin*, S. C-, some tint Man, a» ihey ara turning this camp into an Artillery Camp altogether. M those in the Infantry will b« sent to Camp Write whan you ara not busy. I am •Irifkt Not much diftrmn in the climate here and up than. Am nam* every naaiiiia Cor my health. 6a to bad about 9:30 and gat ap at 5:4ft. Gat I wwli rafalu every day. Remember ma to all. With much lave Your boy. ABNEK. Letter from Jesse Isaacs. m Franca to hia mother Mrs. Margaret Isaacs. Dobeaa. N. C. Aug. 5, 1918. Dear Mamma and Papa: Will write you aft a few line* tn answer to your latter received Aug. 2nd, was glad to hoar from you all and La boar yoo til waa wail this leave* me wall and enjoying rood health. What do you think about the war1* We hope it will soon be over. We have mft franca and ara now m Belgium. Would like to tell you bow every thine » hot can't now. Hope to soon ha back and than I can tail you the wonderful story which I could not eapfattn with pan and pa par. Weil 1 had tha pleasure U see ■of a German airplane brought down a faw days ago. That ia about all I caa <ay about tha war. Was glad to hear wm had food rropa, was sorry to hoar of the two deaths. Tell Walter B'l. people that he was wail the la« time I mw him. The war you ad dressed your letter wan all O. K. 1 have changed Co. it will be like this Supply Co. 11*. Inf. A. P O. 149. American E. F, ra New York, aad wffi get it all O. tH. I will get it ad dressed the other way like you ad dressed your, but I wilt get it quicker this way. Give my bast regard* to and tell Minnie I will answer her let ter ia a few days. Good Bye. JESSE ISAACS. Letter from Wm. B. Leftwich at Camp Jackson to his father N. R. Loftwx-h of Lodonia. N. C. Sept 16th, 1918. My dear Parents. Your welcome letter of 1.1th just received and I waa very glad indeed to hear from you. I am well and liking fine, there ia no reason we should not lihe. for I'ncle Sam has the best paid, and supplied army m the world. Our rations ara ettra good and well prepared. Drrtt Sparger is om at (he cooks far <nn Camp Jmrkmm td i Milan Mortk Waat a# C.Mumkta, & C. aarf ia oaa rf tha largaat bnt » m tha Snath, axtandinr naarl y milaa ia lanflth mmd varying ia froai saa-katf ta ana and w half aniaa. Bnya an (nmad hara for naarty morj branch of tha narrtca. Thara ia a taiall aviation Aaid THa Y *. C. A. ia 1 fanuak naarty all roat/srta wa moat any ktmi of i U tha hnma f ojka I valaa fhay vara ta tha hoy*, tha faada wmtld ha lar«ar, I'm aara. Tka haya hava ta ataaai a vary H rul "«ami nation phy rurally aaai man tally hafora thay ara aant ta tha Ar tillary. and whan thay Ami oaa a Ht tic waak nr 'low thay aaarf Mb hark to tha Infantry or "Da rtoogh bnya" a> ealj theai. Haping tn Haar from you aaaa and oftaa. I rloaa. ▼oar Iovlnc *aa, Pn. *a. B. LEFTWICH. from Ctaoda B. ta hta wife who lives naar PHat ia fr Daar Wife: WiM take (rat pleasure m «rtin( rem rhis tfttnwwi. I Ml failing line having pianty U •at and a (xrf plan to iliip. Thi< ia a b—utifol country bat ia mwk different from oar*. Two of the hardest things far me to undar Htand ia th« money and ling—fa I wuh I rouid ipank Prench. I want you to write aw all the news and tail me how all my paople are gattiag along. I dan't think 1 will have to stay over tone, so enjoy yearself and tiaa Ma ac little as fn ran. Will rleee hoping thin wil] fhvt you all well. Tour husband. CLAUD* E. NF.RDHAS*. operating • i pun* railroad in the St. Xikwl sa lient, tk« American* having eaptur*d| M om man gasoline locomotive* dur ing the offensive. In Thiaucourt the Amir ran* took ex of these locomotives, which were in running order. Several other en gine* had been damaged hy the re treating Germane, hot they had no time ta injure the others. The Aawr icaaa aeon had the damaged engine* The equipment include* many mile* of tracks, with y t (tack* at unlaid rub and steel tie*. AO along the front these one-man engine* an dart ing here and there on track* laid by the Germane aad alaa upon new track age hi up by the Ammcaiu. which connect* with the various German Hundred* of mail Cat ear* aim : were captured and the American* are i»ing gasoline which they found in 1 'be German supply station. The A* | *rican* had tittle difirulty in solving I the machaniam of the German engines and they were ready for operation when the shell-torn track* were re paired. Narrow gauge flat car* which rame from the United State* alaa are 1 being used over the German rail*. They are twice a* long a* the German car* and bear en their sidt "IT. S. A." Working i. Field*. With the American Force* in France, Sept. 2#—Thousand* of Ger man piiowin many of them taken by the Americans in "he tnre north at the Mania and southern of >e«* aona. have been work in the gram I field* of France durinr tfc» last few week*. In some instances a single French soldier guards fifty or Mxty I rfrmaiu j as they labor in the field. One French -oldier >aid he has been guarding prisoners all summer and that act one at them had endeavored to en cape. All of the Germans woriting a< hanulert still clung to their <as masks many of them carrying them 1 on a strap over their shoulders as they totkd in the field. At night the German farmers' helpers were taken to quarters in the different farming districts where tem porary buildings, surrounded by a bight barbed wire fence had been erected. The more bond* you buy the fewer ! boy* will die. . . .... * . .. .„>>r ■ ,r it . £ik .' TURKS ARE BEING CRUSHED IT ALLMBY With tha vMlmra at tha oparationa I on tha waatara fmnt ta Fraara cmmmut ■rably dianatehad m intamaioy, t ho Tartu in PaiaatMta Bad th« Balfiram and thair >1Hm m Maeadonia arc ba in* pat to tha tmmt. Bat iwlnri rhua far have thay baan afela to haM hark, or avan ta raoatarart, tha onalauvhtx of thair torna. la PataatUM tha Turk* naniHrW ara m tha prooaaaof haing rruahad: ia Maradonia tha aatanta foreaa ara 'irivinB ^harp Wadcoa tar rnw»id*ratita 'iutanraa inta tha maay front*. Ia Franra and Flandar*. whara thara haa baaa aay Ashling nam* ia ■aiportaaea ak**« patrol aneountara. rha Rnfixh, Pranch ami Aiaanran trnopa have kapt tha uppar hand and advanrad thair raaportiva linaa. Oar tranarandaat tateraat for tha mommt, at laaat. ara tha oparatwma i of tha Britiah Ganaral Allan by'n for rma m Palaatiaa. Hera. in laaa than foar <iay», tha Bntwh have iwapt for ward ia tha cantor batman tha rtvor Jordan aad takaa tha rkiaou* Maxar-1 ath, wtnla chair wings cloaad round in a iwift enveloping laovafaant and nip pad within tka maw at tha raat pin- • car all too Otuxaan foreaa ,n tha coaa tal aactar, tha plain of Sharon, tha hill ragion ia tha ran tar and alaa tha want am Jordan V allay. Meanwhile ta tha narthaaat, tha fnaadly Arab force of tha kmc tha Hedjaa hav« rut ail railway -oauauniratloa ia froat of tha Baaing Turfca and ara standing a har nar to thair earape by way of tha Mora than IAJMM Turks had baaa ■aada prtaoaara by tha Britiah and ad whoa dtt laat raporta froat G«na ral Allaaby' wara received. Ia addi tion kraat quantitiaa of war storoa had baan captured and atiU othara had not baan eauntad owing to tha raatd sty of the & is nut the literally hands of the Biitish. Mt their lines of retreat had been rut a#. Although the Turk* at mm paints offered considerable rwuitana te the British, at >u> pauit war* they sMe to stay the atlvanea, «v«n a* the famous Add of Armageddon. which tka Bri tish cavalry mpt stress and oeropl ad Nasareth to the north. In tha op • ration of <aahac tba enemy in tha sack, aviators played an i* role, vigorously bombing tha in* Turks, inflicting enormous casu alties on tham. Tba In—ss at Genera] Allenby ara described as slight, in rompari.son with tba importance of the movement carried oat. Its TwiIimi I Discussing the outbreak of Spanish Influenza m this country. Surgeon General Blue says: "The disease is characterized by sudden onset. People are stricken on the streets, while at work in factories, shipyards, offices, or elsewhere. First there is s chill, then fever with tem perature from 191 to 1*3, headache, backache, reddening and running of the eyes, pains and aches all over the body and general prostration. Persons m attacked should go to their homes at once, get to bed without delay and immsdisteyl call a physician. "Treatment under direction of the physician is Mm pie hot important coo iistuig principally of rest u bed fresh, air, abundant food, with Dover's Powder for the relief of pain. Every' case witk fever ihould be regarded as serious and kept in bed at bast until temperature becomes normal Cob-J valescence requires careful manage-' ment to svovd venous compilation*. «wch av hroachial pneumonia, which' not infrequently may have fatal ter-j mutation. During the present out-J break 1a foreign countries the salts, of quinine and aspirm have beea most rvneraliy ik-.ed during the acute at-! tack, the rsptrm apparently with' mach success in the relief W >mp-) tomv" Because the last epademw of in flu etna occurred more than 2S years ago. phwinaas who began to practice ■mdicine smce 1*92 have not had per-i soaal experience m handling a situa tion now spreading throughout • eon-' siderahle part of the foreign world and already appearing to soese extent in the United States. Por that reason Dr. Blue is issuing s special bulletin for all m*4kal men wbc vend for M. MMiiowt DToarru) it THi CMMMAH WVAPOP Paria Au«iut 31.—Gtmuy hu u Mtw war coatnhutiona fr^m Belgium. luring the ftnt four yan <f the war, amounting t* a Mai of ( Thia ta in addition to tha vaet luaount at machinery. material* uiit man tak an from Bet«ium to swMni f.ermanv In thia fifth year of the war it ml interesting to review tha "ftawu-ial artivitiee" at tha German* in Belgium ■Ufa that fataful day 1a Belgium'* I hiatory, Aufuat 2#, 1)14, whan tha Geratan hordea entered ftruaaet*. Dunn* that month, aa tha German* annaa wara ha* .in* their way thru tha little kingdom nuataroua town* and citiee wara "fined" and war con- J tnbutiona wara laviad from aach prov-j ince aa tha Genaana progressed ->outh i westward. Tha flrst nova of tha Gorman italf whan antarinff * town waa to proceed to tha city hail and aaaounca to tha burgomaeter that for raeiatiag rna ad vance of tha Cm par or Wi llama trmtes, hta city or town had been fined no many thauaand or million franca, aa tha caae nught Ha, Whan tha burgo ■aaatar would remoa«traf> IThiaaa, and Daath '* Haad huaaara would a-, -art '—rcmt'- »« the city heP wrara or tha bugoaaater would ba takaa (a one instance in tha previnee of 1.1aire the r«rmu roounander of the company entering the town informed the bugomaater that a war contribu tion at lOi.MO franca would have to I he forthcoming within two hoar*. Tha bugomaater demurred. Neither in the hiatary of the little town had there Seen aa moeh money in the City treaa ury. At the praaent moment, there waa only a little over 3.0M franca in the <tn«i box. "Well, mall take that" clamly re-1 < ponded the German. Mora than 2M.MA.MQ franca were! thua la had betmaen Aiiaaal and Moe-I chat it wwW not to P**h»'< decree hwiig, proved to be bat mother wnp at paper. In Woveaiher IMS, Baron von Bls finf ralM upon the council* of the nine Belgium provinces to nuat and inform them that tha promise of his predecessor had baan made in good faith hot with the implied condition that war would be ended within the year and that ha sew no alternative bat than ta renew the monthly contri bution of <i0.OM.OM franca for anoth er year. On the 2#th of November, 191*. in-' of sboliahtng the onaroaa tax on1 in* (a the duration of tha war the in- ( creaae in pricea high coat of Irvine— he would have to mei-aaae the monthly payment* to M^MJN francs. He' a.lded ominously, "temporarily." It proved to be *0. inileed, for the Jl*t of Way, 1*17, the contributions wan further rained to M.0M.0M francs. The flow of francs into the coffers of the "war lord" was too small to satisfy the gargantuan appetites of the military men however, and Sep-, tember 12, 1SW, they "seised" «*>. 0M.0M million marks, constituting ail the deposits m German t tOn of the Banque Nstionale aad Societe Gen erale de Belgiqae, the two largest banks in Belgium- When one of the directors of the Societe General re fused to divulge that part of the com bination of the vaults which be alone knew aad wrtheut which the vaults could not be opened, the Germans said that they would Mow them open with high explosives. The director rather than have the vaults of the in-j stitution wrecked decided to acquiesce' Thus what will probably go the greatest gurgtary of times was perpetuated. Smm Liberty Wear your old clothe* and buy Li berty Bonds. Liberty Boods or Germany bea ~Comm across" or the kaiser will. The soldier gives; yea most lend, j Liberty bonds er German taxes. Buy over here to wia over there. For Forh and freedom; buy bonds. A bond slacker is the kaiser's bach- j ■er'* friend. Let all get ea the bond wagon Be one of the millions to toad the b ilt toa*. WHY WE AM AT WAIL The fi. lowing editoriaia tnm the Bihl-.al Recorder will be of •spacially lataiaating M tin. Hi, The drat <ata forth vary Unefly, ixrt plauily our juatifleatuin for bawg ta the War There ara >«ma people I few, let ue hope) that do not yat from a conservative rali<poua aa Or. Johnaon tka wntar ia, tka lint of tkaaa edi-.nala ihould lightening ta that rlaa*. Tha •eta (orIk, wha*. nay ha ropiW aa tka vtawa of tka eoaaervative claae of thinking people aa tka minimum that must ha il—n led of 'kmany wttan paara comaa ta ha made. Any ona who wiahe to see ju..t!ra dona to tka .mall na'„ ona teapuied by tha Hu.i*. ta wall aa to ^uarautaa peace for tha future,, could not aak laaa than tharain Mt fortk. Ckiietiaae aag tka War. We hava been aaked several fun en h»w it i* that (."hnatiana ran en tar enJiuaiaitUcaily intj iki:. world war. 3d far aa the wntar ia rom-arnad tkia .(Ueation give:, lum no trouble. T ia ia, w« think, like no otkar war that haa ever haan wage#, in Lhe world ai d <-artainly like no othar witk which wa hava had experience. Germany ia an outlaw among the nation*, out ta rruah the weak by might, to despoil tkoaa whom ~J»» enwHn, ta murder the weak and 'lefeneaMs.. ind ta eom aut outrages tkat would have mada tha blood of tkoaa who livad in tha dark atrea run cold. it would be wrong for a ' hnauan to go out on tha street and telitoerate ly thoot dow.i a man against whom ha had a grievance, but it would not only be right but tha *acrad duty of a Ohnauaa ta dafand hia tome againat tha invaawn of ona who came for rhe purpoae of murder and rapine. Tha lae principle holds with nationa. 'Germany ia a -ational highway rob ber, a menace to the peace and aacuri ly of Lhe othar nationa of tka earth, tnd therefore, should ha overpowered ju.:t aa an individual akoold ha who ia guilty of tuch lawlessness. The wntar doaa not acauma to ha the keeper of tha conscience* at otkar people: -hftt he cannot tea how any red-bioodad American citizen, who be ll vea u> justice and right, can be neu tral in this mighty world conflict. We believe it ia our duty aa a nation Mr. Wilton baa himaelf seen the un wisdom of th« first proposition. Pw* without victor; means that the war ring nations will com* to a point where they are willing to lave a e— -nation of hostilities and gather around the council table and discuss tarma at peace. In our judgement there -an ha no peace without v-rtory Such aught ha if the nations on both suiaa in this conflict were civilized. But we can not afford to parley with Germany or give her a place at the table whan peace negntiadona are being enwhiet ed. Germany baa shown that aha baa no regard for her word, and honor ia a term that ia not found in her voca bulary The araat «end treaty, by her own coofeac on, ia a "mare acrap of paper." Peace aiuat be dictated by the Alliea and Germany muat ac -<»pt what her victors will give her. We have no doubt but that she will e dealt with fairly by the vietoriooa natiana. We do not believe that the autocra cy at Germany should go free of puni 1 mrnt. We are not saying hare what that form at puriabraent should be, but if the Kaiser and those imme ..itely associated with him are not shad, then aB peaal haws in re gard to iiuiividnaia in all countries of 'hia earth should ha eapunged from tr» statute books. . s to indemnity, it seems but fair that -i country which would deliber ately plunge the whole world into war and wi. 1 a wanton reehleaanaae des troy thej -operty at their adversaries, when it wan not necessary to do so, should be atade to pay indemnity. For the peace of the world, and u a warning to any other nation that is the future might desire to follow a ruthless and cruel warfare sack La Germany bar waged, we believe that this outlaw should be dealt with sternly. This paper has tried to pursue a conservative coarse during the war. and the writer ha* sought to exar cwe self restraint lest he might my hmgs that would be afterward ra tted. bat ha ia potting dosra here 'he deliberate conclusion* which ha has reached after mature deiibratioa. Hearst Prmta Publicly Eugene. Ore.—Cap— of two* uauad by William Randolph Hearst, which had accumulated at aawtataada hare since a recent agree ment waa pat ia effect by newsdealers barring aS Hearst pablicatioaa from sate ia Engene oa the found that they were duloyal, were burned pub licly ia a bonfire hers. A crowd at people asseaabled for the ncrarim. which included member„ of the pa triot league. Citiseos sang patriotic songs ae the ftamea mouiit *1 and patriotic ad dresaes were made ia which the news were cummandad far their in barriag the alleged Hearst public atasas from sate.

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