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VOLUME XIX
CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL lOth, 1919
NUMBER 15
WRITES FROM GERMANY.
Ngt. Pierre Burdette Tells of Interest
ing Trip Through Stricken France.
Hopes to Get Home Soon.
The following letter from 9g{. W.
gineers, now stationed at Mayachoss,
gineehs, now stationed at Mayschoss,
Germany, will be read with interest
by his friends in the city:
Mayschoss, Germany,
March 10th, 1919!
My Dear Folks:
Just returned yesterday from my
fourteen-day leave, and believe me, I
sort of felt like resting after skipping
about over France so long, trying to
see the country. And I think I saw
considerable of it.*
Leaving here two weeks ago with
three others, went to Coblenz and
changed. Then changed again at Metz
where we had dinner in the big station
which has a fine cafe and restaurant
in it. iDidn’t get to see much of the
city as we were not allowed to leave
the station but we could see the cathe-
drel, etc., from the train. Went on
down to 'Nancy from here, where we
spent a couple of days. Wouldn’t have
stayed so long but one of the hoys was
sick. Nancy is a pretty good town
with some right pretty places, monu
ments, etc. Also some sweH rates.
Nancy shows right smart evidence of
fooiWbinig in some parts, especially
around the station where a number of
buildings have been smashed up, one
or two burned and some of the busi
ness houses just getting fixed up again.
I can imagine the scary .times the
civilians had around there. From
Nlancy we headed fi>r Paris, (passing
through places I had been before:
Toul, Chalons, Chateau Thierry, which
looked very familiar, in and around
which I spent some anxious nights.
As the class of leave we»had did not
allow us to stay in Paris, we could
only lay over long enough tq wait for
our train going out. But at that we
had some twenty hours, getting there
at 6 P. M. and not leaving until 2 P*
Mu next day. During this time I had
the opportunity to see considerable of
one of the world’s greatest cities. It
is just as you.read of it and see it
pictured, its cafes, restaurants, and
the clamor and mixture and swirl of
fashion, military and chic madam-
oiselles. The night life is «a gay car
nival and the day is about as good. I
was fortunate enough to get in on a
sight-seeing tour in the morning’ and
saw the city’s most famous places
which are wonderfully Interesting. The
Place of the (Bastille; the cathedral
which the German long range gun
put a shell in, and killed 200 people
and badly wounded 50 moore while at
worship; Napoleon’s Tomb and the old
soldiers’ home; the cathedral of Notre
Dame; and several other places of
great fame, the Palais of Justice where
we sat in the chairs in one of the
greatest courts in the world; Eiffel
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Tower and Alexander’s Bridge; the
Trocadero and the Louvre; Arc of
Triomphe; Place de la Concorde;
Ohanup Elysees, the wonderful avenue
or boulevard, with its trees on both
sides and in the middle, and captured
German guns lined up its entire
length; Quai d’Orsay at which place
the Peace meetings are held; the
Tuillexiesi -Grande Opera—House,—ar
palace or two, and many other such
places. In the whole, getting a pretty
good eyeful of the city and its life. Of
course we went through and had ex
plained to us a lot of these places.
Napoleon’s TonVb, I believe, stands out
in my\ memory more than any. Proba
bly the most wonderful panoramic or
cycloramic picture in the world is now
to be seen there in the Pantheon de la
Guerre. It covers the high walls of a
large round building and* shows the
Western Front in France from the
coast to Switzerland. The bottom part
of the picture shows advancing
towards the eye, troops of every kind
—every allied nation under their re
spective sector and below that figures
of seemingly every famous person the
war has brought out This is a poor
description of it but it is a great pic
ture and work of art. I was sorry I
couldn’t stay in Paris longer but was
glad to get there at all. From Paris
we went down to Lyon, another large
and beautiful city where we spent one
day, going from there to Marseilles,
where we spent several days. This is
voted to be the world’s most cosmopol
itan city and deserves it. You can see
any nationality there'on most any
street. There are some, mighty pretty
and interesting places and cathedrals
there and,the harbor is great. One of
the largest cathedrals is up on a high
hill above the city and it is necessary
to ride a cog elevator ,pp to it. From
there the whole city and harbor lie be
fore the eye and it is a fine view. Mar
seilles is a big (place, second in France.
We took a boat trip out in the Mediter
ranean, out to the Isle of 'Chateau d’lf
which is the place of the prison from
which the Count of Monte Christo
made his escape in the famous novel.
This was a nice little tour, seeing some
big ocean hounds starting out. one fill
ed with French Colonial troops, Afri
can, etc.
leaving Marseilles the country is
certainly beautiful up to Lvon. and it
Coblenz the Rhine scenery is great—
the boats on Jh‘e river, and fine old
castles up on the bluffs, some in good
shape, cithers ruins of centuries. Sev-
eral of the boats were excursion boats
filled with American and French
troops—a good sight on the Boches’
beloved stream divine.
So I had a fine trip on a leave which
has been a long time coming. And now
we are looking forward to the "big
leave”—going hothe. Some dope has
it fixed at the latter part of April and
here’s hoping it is no later than that.
On getting.back was glad o get Mama’s
and Florrie’s letters of the last of
Is sure “La Belle France”. We routed
ourselves home via Dijon up to Bel
fort through that pretty Alsacian
mountainous country. Spending the
night there, the next day we went out
to see the Lion of Belfort,- a famous
affair, by Bartholdi, to the defender?
of Belfort, War of 1870. It is 22 M.
long and 11 metres high, on the side o.*
a big bluff overlooking the city. From
Belfort we went through Mulhouse to
Strassbrug. of which I saw a little bit,
cutting short my sleep in order to do
so; the fine old cathedral which’ I
moseyed around in; the big plaza,
monuments, etc. From here we went
over to the main French bridgehead of
Mainz, on the Rhine, and from there
on home up the river. From Mainz to
January and was sure glad Mama
went to Columbia and hope she enjoy
ed herself. So Speer got a commis
sion. -Had a letter from Harry Graff
who said Cooped had received a com
mission and had been discharged. Al
so had a letter from Chris, who seems
to be prostrate with Joy at being home.
No wonder!
Am enclosing a few cards of places
I went to, and also a few "caricatures”
I had snapped in Marseilles of this
American Permisslonare.
Hoping to see you before many
month/
Affectionately,
Blerxa.——
Grange Campbell, Arthur Copeland,
Helen Milam, Florence Prince Bob
Farrow, D.. Reece Williams, Rolfe
ClflTke, Taylnr Martin. KPnnmgQ-RaiiQV,- hie
Co. B, 117th Engineers,
HONOR ROLL.
First Grade—Venable Martin, Both-
well Graham, John William Dillard,
Braton Dutton, William Rudd, Avanell
Templeton, Ethel Collins, Ruth Carter,
Edna Beauchamp, Virginia Barrow,
Joe Vance Pitts, Elbert M^lson, Elsie
Eller, Velma Word, Annie R. Wood,
Dorothy Wilson, Almena Milling, Ma
bel Musk, Ruth TBWr J. D; -MeMeektn,
Keith Adair, Dewey Bailey, Louis
Wham, Edgar Copeland.
Second Grade—Alice Benjamin, Wil-
lle Mae McMeekin, Ruby Thompson,
Eva Rice, Hovie Reed, George Ruther
ford, Raohel O’Daniel, Elizabeth Tpdd,
Bertie Cunningham, Sidney Denson,
Vallie Campbell, Munford McCrary,
Gary Bailey.
Third Grade—William Blakeley, Otis
Blakeley,. Isaac Copeland, Janette
Leake, Frances McSwain, Paul Quin
ton, Elizabeth Shealey, Eula Mae Pil
grim, Fay Adair, Fannie Bailey, Fran-*
ces Barrow, Downs Bell, Janella Bo
land, T. J. Blalock, Jeanette Crawford,
Carolyn Hentz, Mamie Ruth Holland,
Ethel Troutman.
Fourth Grade—Margaret Copeland,
Dudley Cozby, Frances Dutton, Rosalie
Jones, Sara Knox, Grace League, J. W.
Milam, James O'Daniel, Cleon.. Pitts,
Frances Sheely, Rose Williams, Alva
Wilson Fant Thornley, Margaret.Cope
land, Virgil Abrams,|J. B. Copeland.
Fifth Grade—Louise McIntosh, Per
rin Wright, Martha Reed Todd, Doro
thy McSwain, Edward Martin, Mary
Helen Hentz, Benet Godfrey, Elva Eld-
wards, Frances Bell, Ellen Copeland,
Marian Copeland, William Adair, Thos.
H. Copeland, Mae Adair, Virginia Ben
jamin, Lucy Bailey, Nell Clapp, Nell
Dillard, Elise Henry, Ethel Copeland.
Sixth Grade—Ansel Bennett. Wil-
Tlam'Blaidck. Myrtle Spoon, Ralph Bar-
row, Mamie Bell, William Farr, Mary
Pitts, Willie Putnam, Ruby Carter,
Henry Hunter, Odys McIntosh, Frank
Hughes, Clara O’Daniel, James Tem
pleton. George Wright, Robbie Adair,
Robert Jeans, Addison Neighbors.
Seventh Grade — Ethel MciSwain,
Claire Beauchamp, Kate Milam, Louise
Adair, Sarah Glynn, Florence Rantin,
Andrella SIherbert, Ruby Wilson,
Henry Moore, Roy Trammell, Charles
ReeiL-^- zu— r ——
Eighth Grade—Sallic Turner, Jeanie
Wright, Leila Norman, Lila Hughes.
Bruce Galloway, Mary Copeland, Ma
rie Collins, Ruth Clarke, Lee Crocker,
Lillian Barrow, Ruth Bobo, George
Blalock, Eva Buchanan, Fred Bragg,
Hansel Boyd.
Ninth Grade—Lois Blakely, Eula
Grace Bobo, B. Copeland, Nan? Cope
land, Marie Co«by, Mary Henry Nan-
Tenth Grade—rAnnie B. Adair, Xan-
nell Blalock, Louda Copeland, William
(Clapp.* Louise Davidson, Herman Hun
ter, Nell Hunter, Virginia MeSwain,
Sara Pitts, Ethel Putnam, Bee Tem
pleton, Jimmie Nola Sparks, Melenee
Thotnley, Mtercer Vance.
Eleventh Grade—Gladys Adair, Ma
rie Adair, Beth Blakely< Collette Grif
fin, Emily Phillips, liable Simpson.
Hurricane School Honor Ro*L
First Grade—Mayfield Copeland, Eva
Puckett.
Second Grade—Helen Thomas and
Rosa^Nelghbors.
Third Grade—Maggie Horton, Jud-
son Whitmire.
Fourth Grade—Elizabeth Copeland,
Thelma Nabors.
Seventh Grade—Alice Whitmire.
Eighth Grade—Mary Brown Whit
mire. '
Tenth Grade—Hattie Mae Horton.
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ARMY OF KEYMEN
- MAY 00 OX STRIKE
_ r JNe.w YoFk, AprR“6;-=-Bat}otfn!T To de-
termine whether the 400,600 members
of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Un
ion of America and six affiliated un-
Jons shall | strike as a protest against
Postmaster Burleson’s methods of
wire control was authorized at a meet
ing of the union’s executive committee
here tonight. Ballots were distributed
returnable for tally at the union’s
headquarters In Chicago, April 22,
S. J. Konenkamp, national president
of the union/in an address stated that
the contemplated strike was the result
of dissatisfaction over Mr. Burleson’s
action on requests for wage adju st-
ments. Mr. Burleson also had refus
ed, he declared, to abide by President
Wilson’s mandate that the rights of
workers to organize should not be
abridged. - • ,
EGLNNING Monday, April 7, 1919,1 will not charge anything, work
or parts to any body. I regret to have to resort to this rule but
so many of my friends and customers failing to realize that it is impossi
ble for me to continue in business under existing conditions, paying C. 0. D.
for 90 per cent of all goods used in my work, paying weekly for all labor
and many customers who have not paid a dollar on their account in from four
months to one year, representing thousands of dollars. I have tried hard
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to serve the public faithfully and I appreciate the big patronage given me,'
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but my past rule of collecting every 30 days has proven unsatisfactory^ so
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