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Liberty, Truth,
Vol. 17, No. 12.
SGT. BURGON FALLS
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8gt, A. Burgeon Falls writes
his father, Mr. Charley Falls,
from Nice, Frnce, as follows:
I am all O. K. Everybody hap
py. Why shouldn't they be, I he
war is over? From the looks of
the papers the people I nrt in
the States turned everything i,
side down when peace -s do
clared The people of Frsnrn
have had a continual celebrr.
tion since the armistice wnssiun
cd. The day after peace was 1e
cared a few of our company irt
furloughs and I happened to he
one of the lu;;ky one. We left
the Verdun front and came down
t irounb Chateau Thlery toParis
We spent one day in I'aris and
then on to Marseilles, there two
days and to N'c. We will have
seven days here, A bed surelv
does sleep good after sleeping
i i tents and dugouts and mud
for three months. It will be hard
to go buck to tlw coirip iny afu-i
the conveniences wehavo had.
It Is cold up around Belgium. A
few of our boys eume down since
we did and they say our coin
pany has move'! into Germany.
It is just ifte summer here. We
'Climbed one of the foothMls nf
the Alps thin n, m. I would jud.
Bhout a 1000 feet in aliiiuile hi d
wo could see th main Alps in
ltalv covered with snow. It i
thi prettiest fconerv I eversa".
Yejterde.y wu too' in Mom.
CirkY-tlie f'tmons gainblii e
j int. Then neros& Into Italy.
A little incident of today will
nlways remain in .my. memory.
A sergeant o-it e Alpine Chaus
era or Blue Devils carried three
of us through an ancient fort and
' oi the inside invited us t J have
a glass of beor. The beer was
served by an old ladi'. a refugee
from BeMim. When she khw
that we w re Amprievishe Im;
'ged and kissed the v neve
to her she a so tunny. H
home was abrn' t n iiiis from
vhere we won- st itionnd. Win
she returns I .h.nM very much
If she can tell where her hone
was. .The An'.-rica used- the
damaged wait to 'build roads. I
have never rece'ved such hospi
tality as the French show since
the war is over. I have had a
cood time on my trip but will
leave for my company soon,. I
dont know how long we will be
in Germany but hope to bo home
soon. The trip will do us a world
of good after being under shell
fire so long. We are about 1200
miles from on r company,
i Sgt. A. B. Falls,
25 Eng. Co. D. A, E. F.
raAm Aonlt.nlatlnn ftnDfi&L
COM BUSINESS
i" IUU1 m LUrvMi-"-- r -
log in lastyeek's Shelby News
it would pr that the county
commissioners came out a little
ahead of the game this yoar and
riant lpftfl tfian the taxes col
looted. The News shows
that
; inetawB are $46,000 and tx
' penses $39,818.50:
Exoantea Paid
Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
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January 1918 .
, 4,405.99
2,303,03
. 5,006.27
. 4,886.36
. 3,102,38
. 2.R14.38
. 3,568.13
. 8,462.12
. 4,804.27
. 11,926.41
. 324.67
February " . .
March ". . .
April : " -
May "
June "
July "
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September " . .
October " .
November " , .
Salaries and Bonds
$16,677
Net Expenditures
$39,318.50
The nresent Cleveland county
Indebtedness for bridges and
boo ds to Dec. 7, 1918 is $214,000
Answer the
Christmas
All you need is, a heart
and a dollar -J 1
total. These figures are from
Register of Deeds, J. J, Latti
morc. The commissioners have
operated under the budget sys
tem this year and seems to have
panned out well.
W. T. RANDALL WRITES
Under date of Nov. 19, Pri
vate William T. Randall writes
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to his mother and Brother as
follows: , .
I am well and having a good
time. I had a Roodhmo on the
Thursday, pccombcr.il),
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Roll ' Call
Kny GroetiUaf I
way over here, 1 louful so niauy
boys on the ship that I . knew,
Palmer Fulton, Gilo.; Sellers,
Ernest Sellers. Elijah McS wain
and a bunch of others that I
know. It doesn't seem so far
from home. There is not much
difference in. camps. They are
about liko tno camps in tho U.S.
This is a beautiful pUce. I wish
you all could spe this ounrry. 1
am glad that I came when Id id.
I think that I will be at home
next summer some time.
' Hospital Train 54 A. E. P,
1918.
$1.50 A
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THE YEAR CLOSING
Tl.e first of January is rapidly
approaching. At -that time a
goodly number of Subscriptions
f the Herald expire. The most
of those whose subscription is
out with the first of '"the year
know that fact For that reasor
wo shall wait until late? in the
month to send out notices to
them in order to save postage,
We hope that most of them will
either come Into the office or
Justice, Equality.
Year in Advance
J1H. GREEN -
ENTERS MINISTRY
I Tin- many friends of Mr. .
A. (Irccn. who had been mana
ger of the Phenix Btore from
I lulv 1 11 7 to a Tew weeks nyo,
will rf joici.' to learn that he hs
entered ihe ministry and 1ih
move I t near StntesviliH where
he occupies ;i Methodist parson
u'e hi d is bi'uinning to ride a
"ircuit uf f.)ur or five Mntho-
dist rharchps. Ouly to or three
ofiMr. (ireeii'.s closest f-ienN
kne x that lie had am jde (f
eniering tli ministrr uvlil ht
and liev. R A. t'ulp recli ned
lust week from blli.Mitlaimi! upon
the Blue Uidjfti Ailainc t'onler
eut'L' ol the Metlioilisl Kdisi-m-p.il
cMircli at A.-licville and it
was annouoci.'d'that lie lind een
admitted to ilie confuionce hihI
aligned a circuit. Mr. Green
says that for fifteen ytars he
'i, is felt that l.e onyht to preni h'
ii, il tliai the inif-i cssio:'. contin
ual yyiew stronger unli! Iiecould
resist no lonuer. He bean hi
work lust Sunday and moved
his fmnilv the first of this weel .
Sinn; eon.inn to Kiiins Moun
tun a .ypi.r and a half ho Mr.
Green and his wife and sister
it ve ii .;i tie a lio-tof friends who,
while they are sorry to fee them
I mm town, w sh them the hei
ght of sin cess iii thoir new work.
Mr. Oreenis a nativo of Hl
timoie. Hi was raised there and
tlierealiouts and mairicd there.
For a uu w be r of years he steam
b at! 1 or. the estuaries around
Ual'Miiorr. 1- rom there ho went
ti Wiishir.ton IS. JC. and went
Ml') business but finding leu
m j'eh inr.lariii after fourteen
m mths moved to Klc'xory, N. C.
He tl en lecaine njjased with a
Mr. Shuford in a mere, ntile bus
iness at Rhodhis whero he re
mained lor five years. Wnen
Mr. K. A. Sihi h bought the
Phenix mill here in 1017 Mi.
Green en mo with the new or
ganization us maunder of thy
Phenix Storo in which position
he ivii aintid until a few weeks
auo. The Herald extends con
Kratula i vis to itev. Mr. Orfcntl
and bespeaks for him unbound
ed success.
20,000 BALES GINNED
There wete 20,025 bales of
cotton ginned in Cleveland coun
ty from the crop of 1918 prior to
Dec. 7, 1918 as compared with
13,004 bales same date 1917.
J. L, Smith, SDecial agent.
call attention on the street and
save us the expense of mailing
out statements. We have tho ac
counts all made out and carry
them in pocket so that we can
wait upon you anywhere, Those
out of town will do us a favor to
call at te office or remit by
mail and renew sometime before
the last of the month. We have
just finished culling the list and
cut off all that looked like dead
heads. We have .these accounts
on the book and are anxious to
have them, settled np u soon as.
possible .
- December, 1017 . $ 7,290.97
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