MO. li I LETTERS OF INTEREST FROM OUR SOLDIERS letter from I.imL Jim Yoklty, to kin mother, Mrs. J. A. Yokley, Mount iflTy? N. C. American Kxp. Foreea. Auk 31. IU1M. Dear Mother Have bwn too Ixisy «i«itin| plant of interest thiuughout thin section to Anil lime for writing the past few I am living in a lent, ran IMit write at nifht on arrount of niA having lights other than candles. Am catting rather lestles* on ac count of having nothing U> do. watt ing order* fir r.xmgnmenl in this • re-* ack U the old U. 8. A I im in the Hospital now. t rot a light dose of "Hlnnie's gas" hut not enough to do me much damnge. >o I am feeling pretty good again and am anxious to get nark and get re venge. I think the war will soon be over for at the rate Hlnnie is going n-tw they will soon have to rally round 11 ■ tha Kaiaer in Harlln and than I guaaa 1 he will have U> aay " Kama rail " I have wrilUn you aavarml l«lUr> out I haven't raraivad ona word from 'ha -Lata', ainra I laft, m I am rat- 1 Mnir iiuita anxioua to haar from you all. Will rlnaa fur thia time w.th love and ImI wiahaa to all. .MONROE . | !.attar from Ro> Urannork to hia. fathar Mr. Bud llrannork of Mount A>f£mr Fathar: We have landed In rnir French hrmie aiid I tfueea we ara hara for1 awhile. Thia aura ia a nlra place 'hat we ara at now. All wo have to dn la wmk and *leep. I hava been airk for a coupla of daya with rnp, | but am all right anin. Hara la hop-1 inif lhat every body at home ia wall! and enjoying what I would lika to hava, tfiat ia noma rood biacuit and country butter and nonay, hut Juat wait until thia war ia over and I am coming straight hark and eat you out of houae and home. Wa gat plenty of grub ovar hara, hut I want f pr'rie in the women whn are ao aplendidly upholding our na tional traditi ma abroad. For they have upheld our higheat nln>, and are earning the honor! that are being Iwetnwed upon them. They have not -ought the recognition that la coming to them, but have rione their duty a* they aaw it with a aerene courage almoet divine. Not even the nervoua atram of air raid*, the danger of acattenng ahrap nel, the brain-ronfuaing aounda of wounded and dying men in hoepital wards, accompanied by the dull, in ■latent roar of the big guna, ran launt their American apii-it. On, on Lhey go, taking no account of time, phyaieal fatigue or the horror of their iurro«ndinga; ucnnncioua of the im periahable tradltiona they are build ing up, raring only that they have the privilege of being there. > ur»*» are Frarlft*. An ana nurae, atationed in • haw hoapital in tit* French aartar. •* preaaed it, "We are ffiad to ha Kara. r<) hava miaaed thia opportunity arould ha aomething to regret alwaya" Mot a word of the haHahip, tha wor ry, the ilanger, only a clear note of -heriahed privilege. "Oar nuraaa In Prance are frequently placed in mora iiivanceil poaitiona than formerly >oaitiona not without itanpr, but »hen voluntoara are naadad for theae joat* it ia only a problem of choice," iai>l Dr. Finney, recently in Waahing on for • conference concerning tha miring aituation; "every nuraa wanta o fo." He adda that they are utterly 'earlaaa. "The American nuraa ia tha beat rained nuraa ia the world, and ia de rreeh (enera! recently. And the American nurae receivea ler honera with a niudtaty in heep ntc with the dignity of her profea lion and 'carriea on." Recognition of her aervfcea ia com ng tram the four corner* of the srth. Her Majeaty, Queen Marie of Koumania, haa personally decorated :en Red Croaa nuraea with honor >reveta. One of theae nuraea receiving hi* brevet wrote of the intereat and ippreciation which the queen expreaa *1 on that occsaion. "Her Majeaty received ua," the lat er reada, "on the day we left Jaaay. Ihe wept a* aha talked to ua, and aaid hat altho broken-hearted at Rouma lia'a failure, aha waa still atruggHng. You know,' ahe added, 'you and I are \nglo-Saxonn; we don't give up!" In England the Order of the Croaa >f Queen Mary "for devoted aervice" taa been beatowed on four Red Croaa turaea; one other nurae waa indiridu illy decorated by the King, and the loyal Red Croaa Medal of Hia Maj eaty, King George, haa been pre lented to four otliera, one being given 'or diatinguished rervice at a Caau ilty Clearing Station "somewhere in •"ranee." The extraordinary bravery of the wo nurut recently recommended 'or the British War Medal will ro lown into all history to glory Ameri ran womanhood. Wounded by the explosion of a tomb fron an enemy airplane, bad y shocked and suffering intensely, hey stuck to their posts. One of he nursed was struck in the face by >ieces of rhrapnel, some of it cut ing her eyelid; the eyesight fo the ither was destroyed by a fragment ram the same bomb. Atl night long he one nurse, lets wounded, rtood by, insisting the doctors in the operat ng room. The sweater she was wear ng over her uniform, for warmth ras cut in many places. Her watch i real American Ingersoll, was broken md cut completely from the strap on ler wr'st. General Pershing, in a personal etter to each, praised the exceptional onduct they displayed on that occa ion. "Such bravery on the part of wo of our compatriots," he said 'calls forth our deepe. t admiration ind is a source of insp' ration to us ill." First Nnrae Decorated. Another Red Cross nurse has the lonor of being the first American iurr.e to be decorated by the Presl lent of France, and Is the only one a day lyoffct Ihwi had not mora than aa hour1* ilwf. Tha French (swMMart haa ea rot lad many American Kad Craaa nur I aaa in ita haw or hoah, railed La Um d'Or, and haa lately ha at aw ad by mm utartal teat>ion (ha Kptdantr Var million Medal (a aparial Kranrh ma rial) bit an Anwrwan nuraa. Field Marxhal Half, tha Briti.h ommander in-rhief, haa reroaamend rat twelve mora American nuraea | -arvin* on tha waatem front, aa da ! wminf of aparial mention. Orar Body of Czar. A matardam Sept. 23.—Holamn rara . moniea ovar tha body of Ntrholaa Ro manoff, former emperor of Russia 1 hava baan hald at Yekaterinburg hy troopa of tha "People's Army," ac rording to tha Iivaatla, of Moacow. Tha body had l>een burl ad in a wood naar whara tha amparor waa executed and it waa located thru information providad by paraona acquainted with tha cirrumatenraa of tha axarution. Tha work of axhumation waa dona in tha presence of many repraaente tivaa of the >uprama errleaiaatical au thorities of waa tarn Sibaria aa wall a* delegates of tha "People's Army," rossacks and C lech o-Slovaks.. Tha body waa placed in a cine eoflln an raaad in Siberian radar and placed in tha cathedral at Yekaterinburg under a guard of honor compoaad of cam mandera of tha "People's army." It will be buried in a special sarcopha gus at Omsk. Mr. Schwab Sees Flew Social New York, K. Y.—Tkt true artisto crat of the future will be the man of integrity having in his heart the leva of hiii fallow*, poeeeseing a (tardy scaracter, Mid ("has M. Schwab, di rector of the Eawwency Fleet Cor poration, at a New York (M the eve ning of a day recently when ha wae on Station Island "We are about to enter," aaid Mr. Schwab, "if indeed we have not al ready entered, a new social era for the future one which few parsons to day ever dreamed waa possible. It ia an era which mean* that the artistoc racy of the future will not be one of wealth or of birth but of the man who don something for hi* fellow men and hi* country. It will be truer life of democracy than in the paat. There will be no sharp distinctions between rich and poor. The merely rich man will have no credit in the coasaiunity if he is of no use to the world." Mr. Schwab said that during Augu st .150,000 tons of shipping, dead weight not launching, were put in commission. He would be disappoin ted if the August record should not prove to be one of the smallest attain ed in the yards. To the shipworkers Mr. Schwab said: "Let us see this Job through, and when the war is over we will hold up our heads and say with pride that we are American citisens." Registration is Above Estimate Washigton, D. C.—When Provoet voet Marshal-General Crowder made hia estimates of the number of men who should reciter on September 12 many persons thought the Azures too high, that sufficient allowances had not been made for various losses, and that, in consequence, there would be disappointment when the registra tion figures were given out. Greatly to the surprise snd grati fication of official's, as it will be to the general public, the registration out ran the estimates. The aggregate number of men in the United States subject to registration was estimated at 12.778,758. Official returns indi cate that the registration will st least he 12,870.000. Some states exceeded: and some fell below the estimates. Tliis was probably due to the shift ing of pcpulat:on through economic influences and war needs. | "It is very plain," says the P Marshal-General, "that practically every living man of the new registra tion ages has come forward. There is no shortage lietween the number of those that exist alive, and the num ber that registered. This is where we have scored a national triumph. If Registration Day means anything, it means that thir. nation is unanimous ly in the war to win—and to win it completely, decisively and forever." WILL RCmOCHJCE CUIIIAN PO0TEJL V mammy"» PaMkity Cum to to Jmmmd m Hi. by Utorty Waabington, Sept. 2S. A poater la md by the Imp*rial Ganna fovtrn ■Mat tat a#ert to haMttl* tba Uni ted Huua contributor to the war ami holatar tba falling iptrlt* of ita koa fciAAet laiifi Uai t ho pvcipiv n»« nNn rvpnuiiirwi l»y in# l.tbarty I-oon Publicity huraau and rnfxa wilt ho diatnbutad ill thla country ihnnr tba fourth Liberty Loan campaign which open* formally novt Saturday. Intended aololy for conaumptim withm frermany tba poator will fat ! far wider circulation, raaultinr in tha enemy'* publicity (Via being turned on him. Tha pooler waa forwarded by an A mar Iran in Mwitserland. "flan America'* artry make i le riaion in tha war-' la tha poator'* ti tle. And, with diagram* ahowim; a •mail Amartran army and a mall marrhant marina, the pampblat infer antially anawam, "No." "Ruaaia'i army of million* mild not down Germany," argue* tha poa tar "America thraatona to nend tranaporta of one-half million man, hut it cannot ship thorn." Thoao word* ara inarnbod on a acroll held by a cadaveroua looking Uncle .Sam along-ula a Ruaaian aoldirr appearing immenae in rompariaon. At tha time tha poatar waa diaplayod thru out Germany laat July, more than 1,000, 000 fighting men were already in France and thin number will aoon be doubled. "England'a Ma power and Eng land'a merchant marina have not de rided the war,' says the poatar. "America cannot increase her groaa rafiitorad tons for 1918 by mora than two or two and a half million tons; oar U-boats aink twice aa quickly aa England and Ameria can build." These linen accompany a diagram, of i Uncle Sam holding a tiny boat, con trasted with a big ahip representing England's merchant marina. The poatar aiao ahowa a great fleet of shipa mora than twice s sagger - ■are food Hi ortar to hasten the transportation of American aold:era ia reproduced by the Carman aheet with the comment: "Also the alliea are beginning to have their doubts." Alongside the tranalation of the German poatar the circular iaaued by the loan publicity organisation pre sents statements of facta refuting the enemy allegation* and conclude* with Secretary McAdoo's aaaertion that fourth Liberty Loan is the barrage which will precede the victorious thrust of our army." A La* It a Fishariea products big. Seattle, Wash.—The value of the fisheries products of Alaska will be greater this year than ever known in the history of the territory, accor- ing to those who are versed in the indus try. The moat important single item |ia canned salmon, but included in these products are all that might be grouped as the products of die sea and' include (resh. smoked, dried, cured, and pickled flsh, clams. Ash meal, sealskins, walrus, ivory and whale products. Aeording to official reports of the United States Department of Com merce the total valuation of all these products for the 11 months ended May 31, the latest report available, was (45.718,719, which was almoet double the amount for the same per iod of 1917 and considerably more than double the amount for the simi lar period of 1916. The salmon "run" during the sum mer and aarly autumn months, so these months witnena the greatest activity in the North. FOR BILIOUSNESS TAKE A CALOTAB. 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C—Tlla Fua4 Ad lainiartation ha* «MM<< a notice to tha •ffart that autawabilaa may ha need far work connected with the Llkartf l.ean on Sunday September 29, thta being regarded aa a work of national It ia further explained that whila it la deatraMe that all plaa.ure riding on Hundaya ha eliminated, thara haa baan na intention to do away with tha na raaaary uaa of tha automolnle. Thoea who muat go con« uierable diatance to rhurrh or _ to thair war ItntoiM or uaa automobiles for aay kind of uaeful or naraanary work may avail thamaalvaa of tha privilege with a rlaar ronacienra, ao far aa tha meaning of tha Fuel AdminiatratMMi'a rent rictiona ara concerned. Thoaa who ' muat nda on .Sunday ara a all ad, how •ver.to aava an equivalent amount of gasoline during tha waak. if poeaible. Tha Fourth Libary L— Tha campaign for tha Fourth Lib erty Loan hegina Haptamhar « ind rloaaa Oetohar 19. Whila tha amount haa not yet baan announced, it ia gen arally conceded it will ba for a 1arger amount than any of tha praeading I nana. Tha American prople tharafora ara railed upon to raise a larger aum of monay in a ahortar length of uma than ever bafora. Thara ia need, thara fore, tor prompt action — prompt and efficient work and prompt and libaral aubecriptiona. Wa have a gtaat mapiration for • great effort, Tha nawa from tha bat' tie front inspires every American heart not only with pride and pa tnotiam but with a great icentive to do hia or her part. Thara ia no ahifting of tha individual burden no aelflihneea by American aoldiara in France; there ahould ha none here. We are both supporting tha aama country and tha aama eauea—our Army in cue way, ouraalvaa in anoth er. Theirs ia tha harder part, but at laaat we can do our part aa prompt ly and loyally and efficiently aa they do thaira. SaeraUry of Nary Sy—ka at w*M&srw~ urn-m ■i|iu who have completed tha intan «t»« training eoama at Annapolia and ara immediately to taka part in tha work of tha navy in winning tha war, listened to an address by tha Sacra tar; of tha Navy on Wednesday, in whirh ha called the attention of tha young officers to the fact that four things upon which the world'* atten tion hail been cantered within tha iaat few days were closely related. Thaae four thing* ara: The virtoriea of the allied fdrces, the spaech of tha Kaiaer at Essen. Germany'* offer to Belgium, and tha Auatrian note, the Iaat three inspired by the first. Mr. Dan tela pointed out tha leaaon in the sequence of these events, tha ob vious one being that military *uccaaa is tha only argument that tha Carman militarists can understand. "The al lied advances are alone responsible,*" • he said, "for the offer of peace to Bel gium and the proposition of tha Aus trian Emperor for a conference. Sentences of Three Soldiers Commuted. Washigton. Sept. 21.—Three sol diers sentenced by court martial to be shot have been shown clemency by President Wilson, it was disclosed in orders made public today by the war department. Private Vincent, of the 16th infan try, found guilty of sleeping as a sentinel in Franc*, was sentenced to death but General Pershing recom mended. in view of the fact that there was but a single witness to the of fense, that the sentence be commuted to dishonorable discharge and three years' confinement at hard labor. Thia recommendation was acted upon by the president. Newman Ladenson, a private in the 1M depot brigade, was found guilty of having deserted at Harristburg. Pa., and sentenced to be shot. The president approved the finding bat commuted the sentence to dishonora ble discharge and fifteen years at hard labor. Private George B. 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