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C V V DUE WEST. V V V I (A. R. Presbyterian.) Friends of Miss Virginia Reid will regret to hear that she is quite sick with influenza. Mrs. Ruth Robinson Long and daughter, Elizabeth, are visiting friends in Due West. \ Corporal R. S. Galloway, Jr., spent the week-end in Due West with relatives and friends. Mr. C. C. Clinkscales has returned home from the hospital in Anderson much improved. Mrs. L. T. Miller of Hartsville, S. C., is visiting the family of Mr. H. G Donnald. Rev. J. G. Dale was in Due West for a short while last week. He I spent the night with Dr. F. Y. Pressly Mr. Wisby, a student in Erskine, has gone to his home in Abbeville to recuperate after being sick for some time. Mrs. J. B. McCutcheon and children of Greenville are spending the : week in town at the home of Mr. R. S. Galloway. Mr. Allen Davis is at home from the Navy on a furlough, coining home to see his father who was hurt last week. Mrs. John Magill who was called to Atlanta two weeks ago on account of the serious illness of her mother, returned home Saturday. Mr. W. H. Davis fell against his ) shredding machine last week hurting his face and shoulder. He was rushed to the hospital and his friends trust he will soon feel well since re* . ? ceiving the message from the doctor ? ' that his wounds are not serious. It was a pleasure to the many I , i friends of Dr. W. L. Pressly to have " .him in town for twenty-four hours' last week. He is off for a short fur-, ' | lough and shopped by here on his way i from Montgomery, Ala., to Roanoke, Va fn viaif Mrs PtprsIv anri sr?n. He was very much in demand during f \ his short stay. If ' - | Subscribe to The Press and Banner ft i 1 U For H Weak ^ lyfl rjt I 13 Women % g B 1/1 r. VJ 1 l/l ?y || ' In usefo^over40y' ''':j? jRJ \ Thousands of volu ft -WyM letters from women, ^ /I ' v- */! W of the good Cardui r\A M/4 has done them. This is the best proof of the value \/\ ? 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I had no appetite, /f /y? and I commenced eating. ^M ^is best tonic 'ever saw'" TryCardui. /| All Druggists <d v.- " LETTER FROM Y. M. C. A. s SECRETARY TELLS OF v ; WORK OF ORGAN IZA- ( TION IN FRANCE ? ( During the recent drive for the 1 United War Works, and in all the y drives for the Red Cress and other 1 similar organizations, the people who ? were called on to subscribe have been ( anxious to know just what the mem- c bers of these organizations were do- s ing on the battlefield, and elsewhere, ^ to relieve suffering and to assist in ? the war work. There have been s criticisms, and no doubt some of c them have been well founded, but s the following letter written bjr Mr. * Wm. T. Gary, of Augusta, Ga., to 2 his cousin, Chief Justice Gary, of c this place, will give a good insight s into the work the Y. M. C. A. under- a I took, and has done and is doing ; among the soldiers. We have had a * ; great Inany letters from the young fc i enUioM in anH from t.hpse ^ the people have gathered some idea s is to the work they are doing. This 11 letter is published in order that the 1 people may see just what the hu- c mane agencies connected with the 11 war work have been doing. e American E. F., France, v Oct. 26, 1918. c Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary, a Abbeville, S. C., U. S. A. b Dear Cousin Eugene: c I Isent you a photograph of myself in uniform a few days before sailing e for France about six months ago. P Trust that it reached you. - n I came over on a transport in t: company with another l. Secretary " and about ten thousand troops. Our a fleet brought the largest number of n American soldiers that had ever * crossed the Atlantic up to that time. v Were well guarded by vessels of wari d and were not attacked by subs. Af-U ter spending a few days at our portjb of debarkation, I reported at our f head office in Paris. Was detained * there two weeks, waiting for move- b ment orders. Spent the time very ^ agreeably seeing the sights. Saw u about all there was to be seen, in-1 ^ cludirtg Notre Dame, Palace of Justice, Versailles, The Madeline, Arch v of Triumph, Eiffal Tower, Bois de ^ Bolougne, Fuilleries, Place de la e Concorde, Place de la Bastille, Grand e Opera House, etc etc. Heard the G opera Aida. is I was assigned to front line work|t( witn a envision 01 -regulars. ai: & first we were on a very quiet sector, | a though one of the most beautiful sections of France. Later were a- a vanced to a somewhat more active sector and are now, and have been h for some time, in one of the most ac tive sectors on the front. b My work for some time was that j of Cashier for the division. Was pro-Jv moted a short time ago to the posi-:P tion of business manager of the div-; si ision, which position I am now hold-!r ing. J J( In time of stress, all of us get out| ' into the field. It may interest youj to hear of my experience in connec-; <.ion with this present drive. ! y I was assigned to a certain regi- n ment which was to go infco the pres-j -jit fight. At first we camped for A bout p. week where the pri*.?nt drive; began, on one of the most famous;^ -ij.i-c.ij. -r j.1. _ 1 natueueius ui uie war, bleeping I!j dugouts. From there we went up to; a point taken from the Huns a few days before. While in the dugout? r we were shelled a little by the ene-'': ny. Sut only a few casualties re-j 1' suited. Reaching the next camp we!v were she-led with more effect, losing: ! 1 I a number of men. One shell struck! close enough to throw dirt over th<21 n wheel horses of the wagon on which u I was riding, a portion of the shell j penetrating the helmet of a French! soldier just in front of me. I n That night I slept in a hole scoop-, 1 ed out of the ground about a foot!s deep, which gave some protection from shell fire. Had two gas alarms fc but had gas mask handy, so suffered v i no great inconvenience. We had S many shells,1 shrapnel and high ex-jl plosives, to pass over us and some to v explode quite near, but comparative-; o ly little harm was done. The next morning a high explosive shell struck s anu t'Apiuueu liiimeuiaueiy 111 ixuiiu * of me, about 15 or 20 feet, but for s some reason or other, failed to strike * me. Spent that afternoon distribut- < ing chocolate, cookies, tobacco, etc., at the dressing station for wounded, i t Also helped the chaplain bury some v of the fellows who died there. Slept; that night in a wagon. The next' Jmorning served hot chocolate to tinmen returning from the firing line I and to the wounded at the dressing 1 9 <-j . _ . , w"a .. . - tatlon. Remember ' the' ekpiression ised by one fellow: "Gee, look what jod has sent us." That afternoon ill of our rolling stock was brought >ut from headquarters in response to i request for help in moving the vounded. My friend, Charlie G.?, ind I were on a big'truck and two secretaries in each of two camion;ttes (Fords.) We reported at the Iressing station and asked to be assigned to work. Were told that there vere a lot of wounded at a first aid itation near the firing line. We all set out to get them, Charlie and I >n the truck leading. The greusome ights on the battlefield I shall never orget?the mangled Americans ind German boys, portions of bodies, lead horses, etc. We passed our re- 1 erve line, dug into shallow holes 1 ? J /s?11? i j n x I i Lna nntuiy reauueu wie euu awiion, where the wounded were walk- l ng or being brought in by little ' learers. Here the real "fireworks" 1 iegan. The Huns saw us and began ' helling us "to beat the band." To nake matters worse, a wheel of our ' ruck got in a shell hole and we ( ouldn't get it out until we got a lumber of soldiers to help us. How- ' ver, we finally got loaded up with j /ounded and started back, the shells ontlnuing to follow us. We drove 1 t full speed and got away without eing hit. It seemed almost a mira- ' le that all of us escaped. On de* ^ iverirtg our wounded, we were amazd to find that we had been to a 1 oint within about 200 vards of the ' lost advanced position held by our 1 roops and a point to which the ar- ^ ly ambulances did not go until 1 bout a week later. Some of our 1 len made additional trips back, but ' was sent to a field hospital with : rounded whose wounds had been J ressed, which took me until late in 1 he night. The next day I came j ack to headquarters, as I was about 1 agged out from loss of sleep and 1 he all-prevailing trouble caused by ad water. Am all right* again now. 'wo of our secretaries who relieved ( s were wounded and are now in ] ospitals. 1 Have been stationed in about- 15 illages and cities, so have had a pret- 1 y good opportunity to see a consid- 1 rable section of France. This north- ' rn section, recently occupied by the 1 fermans, or just across the old line, * s almost a wilderness. Some of the " awns are almost level with the round. Have; been in jSt. Mihiel nd expect to visit Verdon before javing this section. Both have lmost destroyed. We are having fires right along, aving had frost several times. I have many relatives over here, ut have not met any of them. We are hoping that the end of the rar will soon come by surrender on. art of Germany, as it quite a hard-| hip. to be away from wife and child-1 en; but we want to help make a good J Db of licking Germany, so that our! hildren will not have to do it later.! Much love to all the househod. IJ often recall my delightful visit with! ou. When I get home "you all"! lust come to see us. Effectionately, w. I. uary, i.m.u.a.l. P. 0. 745. >EATH OF LAWRENCE NICKLES i Last Monday at noon Mr. Lawence Nickles of the S. A. T. C., Ersir.e Unit, died in the Infirmary. This oung man had been sick about a reek with influenza, which at the, i-st developed into pneumonia. He was given most careful medical ttention and efficient nurses were mtiring in their ministrations. i Mr. Nickles was nineteen years old he twentieth of this month and a nember of the Freshman class. He ived near the "Brick House" about even miles southeast of Due West. ! A military escort will, if permissive, accompany the body to Greenille church, the family burying ;round, six miles east of Due West, lev. J. M. Dallas, pastor at Greenille church, will conduct the religiius exercises . This is a very sad death and a hock to the community. It is the irst death that has occurred in the tudent body at Erskine in a great nanv years, Mr. David Kerr of Ce I:?v Springs, probably, being the last. The heart of the student body and he community as well, j.-oes out ri mstinted measure to bereaved arn.'ly and hrge lircle cf friends.? R. Presbyterian. Cngraved Cards and Invitations at rhe Press and Banner. M V'l'irfiiistfvr'i r'Tjniii-y COLORED' SdtDlfeR WRITES. Joe Baicon, Formerly Employed bj Mr. R. L. Mabry, Writes His Former Boss. Co. "A", 584 Engineers, A.E.F October 23, 1918 Dear Mr. Mabry: I received your most kind and affectionate letter of September 19. I was truly more than glad to heai from you. I think of you most all the time, because if a man ever was a friend to me, it was you. I alsc think of what you gave me the morning I was leaving for th Camp?I will never forge^ you. I just keep on read ing your letter. It is a great consolation for me to read something straight from the plase I love so wellj old Abbeville. I am having fairly ?ood luck with the bones, but it.was hard for me to count this money at first, but now I can beat the man counting it who made it. I have not got any mail from Essie as yet only some what was transferred from Camp Upton. Tell her to write me. [ writes her weekly. I have been looking for Mr. Francis ever since I have been here, but I cannot find him. What is his company number? Let me know so I can find him. I also want Messre. Albert Morse, Carol Swetenberg and G. A. Neuffer.Jr.. Hope to hear from you real soon. I have not seen a white boy from lume yeu, uui, i awve seen cuxureu soys by the hundred. The time is not long now. We are giving the Huns H . I want you to pray for me because I think we have almost wound up the huns. I would ike to hftve a few papers and maga?ines, just to have something to read for consolation to keep my mind from vandering off. Well it is about time for the second Taps, I will have to finish tomorrow night?lights must ill go out at second Taps. Well, I am starting again. We an get the real stuff to drink?rum, :hampaigne, and so forth. Champaigne costs 15 francs per quart, that s about $2.85 in American money. rou can judge how I am on Saturday lights. No more lemon extract for nine, at that rate. The people here ire certainly friendly, it is like talkng to deaf and dumb people talking ;o them, but their language is easy to LEAV We wish t the patronage by the people -m . 1 -I this method o | to sell out oui uary 10th. 1 on goods suit many useful c they are picke FOUNTAIN PENS POCKET KNIVES SILVERWARE SHEET MUSIC TOILET SETS UMBRELLAS CUT GLASS TRAYS Mr. & M J Parties having call for sam i -- j?vv:_'-_4. learn after you get on to them. I can speak a fetf words nofcr?I am r 'tearniiifc right on. ' ' ' Witl Minton says teil Messrs J. T. j Evans and L. W. Kellar, hello, and he is doing fine and will write them soon. Fred Henry sends love to Mr. Earl B. Wosmansky. ( Write me all the news. Tell me j ' everything I want to know?all what is going on. Wish you all the good ri lock in the world. Tell Gilliam I I will write to him Sunday. Glad to ! hear of such a good cotton market. ' Now is the time I sings the song, I " wish I was in Dixie. May the Lord 1 watch between me and thee while ' we are absent from one another. This " I ask in Jesus name, amen. ' Answer at once and tell me all the news. From your old friend, Prt. 1st CI. Joel E. Bacon j 1 Co. A, 534 Engrs. , 1 A.E.F,, via N. Y.: l . I ffiwreu 1 -warn J ? VMITSSr?C*Stt ,1 Not Only The But at the present pric j GRANITE is the CHEAP construction of WALLS, 3 NEYS and UNDERPINS] AT* ATi o rm Iux uu tut x- ai JLJLI. We can furnish promptl; class of work drilled and br two men can handle. Carload Ship WRITE FO] | OGLESBY Gl ELBERTON, TELEPHONES ING * o express our a and support givei r i ? ; ot this commui f announcing that stock between r We are offering li able for gifts. L irticles. Come :d over. WRIST WATCHES LA VALLIERES DIAMONDS BRACELETS WATCHES LOCKETS CLOCK RINGS t repair work her e before January ig >beervrfftfce' of <&rfttxnftS -tod that W teniae Chjrfrtsas." -rHaitffc VaU .' " ':" ^ 4 L?t It Mar*t Xbt r), ' A white Xhrlstmafi is" Well' entro&l, 3ut it need not embroider its benefao Ions by adding,frostbitten toes. ^UNDER^^^^TLETO? ? ?Buy W. S. S.? " ' . Most Parable e of building materials 'EST you can use in the FOUNDATIONS, CHIMING for Houses in Town ? y stone suitable for this oken in sizes that one and ments Only i PRICES. RANFTE CO. GEORGIA i 2602?208. I * ppreciation of * i our business i lity and take I we are going I low and Jan- I iberal savings I ,ook over our 11 A.RLY before I LEATHER HAND BAGS En LODGE EMBLEMS. SB SFABrUI ir.HTs 3B LUNCH BOXES H WATCH FOBS Hj BATTERIES jj?| CHAINS 88 COMBS [WOOD I e will please Ej I Oth, 1919. I