' LEXINGTON, S. CM WHJ?JI3SZ>AY, I)UK 25, 191S No. 9.
Wm yOLUME No. 48.
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i FROM FAIR FIELDS
SOLDIER
V' ' TO C. H V.
R. B. Vernede.
J
On one of the scarred battlefields of
iPrance Lieut. R. E. Vernede lay down
^ his life?a poet hero of England.
- Shortly before he wrote this beautiful
: T j<'>oein to "his wife "C. H. V." It is j
Aought with poignant meaning- and !
a prenfconitlon of his glorious death, j
What shall I bring to yon wife of mine
When I come back from the war? i
A ribbon your dear brown hair to ;
twine?
; A shawl from a Berlin store?
Ray shall I choose you some Prussian :
fE&-?. w* >' * ;
f:: hack
, When the Uhlans we overwhelm? "
4?ha1} X bring you a Potsdam goblet
v. - {Little yo-ud care what I laid at your
feet
Ribbon or crest or shawls
jrefe" What if I bring you nothing sweet
l^for maybe come home at all?
; Ah but you'll, know Brave Heart youll
./ knew
'*f.p !Two things I'll have kept to send.
Mine honor for which you bade me go j
pv ' And my love?my love to the end j
Today's November Housewife.
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jiE* ;*- . Somewhere in Prance
_ Nov. 12, 191S.
; 3frear Mother:
LV . . How are yoji all by now ?
V# * feeling fine today although |
:f my burns are not doing so good but I !
think that I will be out of this Hcs,
yital in a few days.
V;- iMa ma you talk abou omething I
wish that you could have seen these j
^ V" * ' * v -k*- r\ + rVAO/^O I
'f WI1CI1 LII?v U uiai< yw?wv
was mad? yesterday morning-. I was
v*- happy myself and know that you
irer? but you dont know whether I
V am living or not but I am arid hope
sv that it will not be long befor I will j
be back to my dear old mother again,
;C7 the <jooner I get back the happiest
will be.
>V "Well this is all hoping to be with
you all before long.
^ s^ive my love to all.
- j Your Son,
jap&y } Holmes A. Shealy,
v. "Co. A. 114th M. G. Bat.
59th Brigade, 30th Division
IptC \ ^ Somewhere in France.
Sunday, Nov. 17, 191S.
W' ?ear Mother:
I received your letter the other day
;; and sure Was glad to hear from you
alidad to know you all are well and ;
hope this^viil find you the same. !
You said grand na was sick I sure!
. hope she will scon get well and be j
?v; able o get about again. You said I i
Sr hadn't been writing to you I know I
f havent been writing often but I will :
? ' write crftener than I have been to you j i
\ since the war has finished. I sure
f\V was glad it finished when it did but
f. sometime I didn't know if I would see
F the finish of it or not but I did and I
? :. was glad to see it you bet.
When I come home I can tell you
I something- that yon never heard of,
Rr . before. I have heard of war but this
will be worth telling to you or anyj
f one else.^
Vy . Pvt. Artie S. Corley, Hq. Co.
k IIS Tnf. A. P. O. 741). A. E. F.
jv Ycru sai'd Hamilton was over here 1
I feoiu$where I sure wish I could see
b- . him I havent seen but a few boys I
W Know. I seen Matthew Seay about
* ^ two weeks ago. He was well and all ,
right then. I guess I will stop my
had -writing for this time, write soon ; 1
g' Sjind tell me of all the news you know
t fef over there best wishes to all. By ;,
*?'. flby. Write soon. . j,
|
, Somewhere in France.
Nov. 17 th 1918. <
t friend Rufus: j I
: I know you will be greatly surpris- ;;
"fed to hear from me, although I did ,
.. jg^omise to write you. j <
k" < How arc you progressing these- colc j
a- "davs? Fine I know. Im the same ]
| cday as I .W23 the day I left Lexington 1
tiflor camp I think I feel better if I am f
across the great pond, and long way ' ]
from "home but I do honestly believe , i
ifchat l am coming back safe and sound <
"here is hoping I will. Oh yes how is
iold Lexington these days? Just the :
teamo I knew, believe me I would like ;
io walk in on you one day before
Jong, dont think it will be very long j ]
jet /(before we will leave for the good old }
eg KJ.; S. A. I like this country very
and some parts are very pretty; ;
I>ut nothing to compare with th.c l". S. \
Vou know I like or love the girls \
cannot put out any love for those
igrirls ha, ha. Im going to ails until
*?;J make my return, and then look out
| you can or will sec me around pretty \
t L fcften. Guess T would liko these girls
il L.f>etter if I could talk with them, but x
I cant understand half what they say <
?* ha ha. - ]
r f > . I have been prettyt busy since T arhived
on this side, and I like my work ?
Very much. But I do believe its i
' 'A Vl C\ T'O
i&DOUL o\er,
< Dont forget but ibear in mind that 1
-the boys from old Lexington Co. are t
tfri <fce job. Where is Alma L. now? <
teuess she is still in the office tell her ?'
helk), for me, also Rude Roberts, and :
Holly Tx H.
Hope you will mention this letter
fts you promised. ! \
sSv^ Hoping to see you in the near f u p
Respectfully. j i
' dmRY A. GOODWIN
Somewhere In F>
OF FRANCE
BOYS WRITE HOME.
Somewhere in France.
Nov. 18, 1918.
Dear Mother:
As it is Sunday night I thought that
i I would write you all a fc-w lines. I
jiavent "been doing anything todoy
|'"but staying around the stove, it is little
frosty over there. I am well and
uoing tine now ruin onpe max you an
are the same. I have been away
from, the company now over six weeks
have been in a rest camp ever since I
come out of the line. But I was to
go out of the camp today but I didn't
go. I want to get back to my company
and get my mail I havent got
a letter in two moths al are at my com
pany. I know that I must have
about twenty five lettss there but I
think that I will get back this week
some time and I will have a reading
time. Well mother everything is over
T am so glad and know that you all
are and the whole of U. S. A.?but I
cant tell how long it will be until the
hos will come back so keep the home
fires-burning until the boys come
marching back. Ha, Ha.
I want some of that good old fried
chicken and a fruit cake . about 15
inches thick Ha, Ha. that much is it.
Well you al have done heard the
good news so I have nothing else to
write this time, so tell all hello for
me, best wishes to you all, am your
son.
Pvt. C. Eugene Xcese.
jOX ACTIVE SERVICE WTIH AMERICAN"
EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES.
Nov. 24, 1918.
'Mrs. Joe Fallaw,
My Dear Aunt:
I have some spare time this afternoon
so I will try, and write you a
letter. I have been hiking for sometime
now, but today (Sunday) we are
-*- t if "Rolcrinm
resting X Ilcl/V e 6CVU a. AO Wi. J? .
lately and think it a better looking1
country than France. I received a
letter from father a few days ago and
he wrote me about the Influenza in
Gaston and about Harry G. death
so sad about him. I do hope they
have it checked and everybody is well
again.
I have not heard from anyone over
here except Father guess everybody
else has forgotten me, Father also
told me about Arnold, now what do
you thftk about that? Is he still at
Charleston? And are they living there j
or at Gaston?. Well Dear Aunt I j
dont think it will be long now before .
I will be back with yen and Fncle and !
I am longing for that day to come, j
How is Bessie and Lou and the little !
girls? Well I hope. And brother;
James is he still with you?
Give my love to everybody and do i
write sometime.
Your Nephew,
Private Jinn F. Craft,
Co. B. 165 Infantry
A. E. F. France.
IX BERCULOSIS CHRISTMAS
ROLL CALL j
With the cooperation of the county |
and local organizations, the State j
Branch National Tuberculosis Asso- i
ciation is hard at work to gain for
South, Carolina, its largest Christmas j
Roll Call} The jState workers are j
eager to receive their full share of j
the annual Christmas Tuberculosis j
fund?formerly obtained through the j
sale of Red Cross Seals? in order j
that they may continue their untiring i
efforts in wiping out the tubercular I
germ in this State.
Arrangements have been made by |
the National Association and Ameri- j
can Red Cross whereby a cooperative \
plan will do away with the sale of J
the popular Red Cross Seal this year. !
As a war measure, it was deemed nd- J
risable by the Red Cross War Counsil,
ro make an appropriation to the Tu- '
bercuiosis Association of $2,500,000 in j
lieu of the usual "Seal campaign. The j
various State Associations will re- j
tto've their respective quotas through
the National Association in quarterly j
allotments.
The object of the State workers to
enlarge the Christmas Roll Call, lies j
in the fact that to some extent, the a1
lotment to be paid into the fund of
:h?s State, depends upon how well this
H-ite participates in the Anti-Tuhercu
osis movement. Its active part ic: pa- j
i'in is judged by its membership. The
Seals will no*- entirely vanish. inasmuch
as rhc State Chairman will have
i certain number to issue to the newly
icqukd members.
Enlist in the war a ainst tubcrcuoais
NOW. and lot the South Carolina
nails carry the Seals, thereby showng
its part in the battle, and cspcci
* * ~ !oiin 1
fly to make it possimc iu iu?i" j
vith rcnov.ed energy, the good work j
hat has been done in the past.
j
< A NCIoU-i 1U :STRICT!(>xs.
'Hie State Council of Defense has |
>oen advised by Kcrnard M. Caruch
if the war industries hoard that all :
estrictions have been cance led. The ;
'allowing' is the telegram from Mr. j
3aruch:
"Effective January 1, all rules, rcgti j
ntions and directions of every nature ;
vhatsoever issued by priorities divison
of the war industries board are j
v-roby canceled and all pledges here- i
.tore made on the suggestion or re- j
luest of the said priorities division j
:re hereby revoked."
I
LOST STKAYHI> OR STOI.KX.
f'p.e brown pointer pu;.py ai?out 1~:
veeks old. Also one pointer puppy
vhite and black spotted about
veeks old. ^ Finder will please notify !
ne and receive reward.
Ifvlor Harris
Lexington, S. C.
ItiOpd. i
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! HUNGER
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SHH famine Conditionsfegijj
Food Shortage approching
{%%%} Serious Food Shortage
K\\v<vj Sufficient Present Food Suj
But Future Scn
rzzTi Peoples already receiyii
* * American aid
| 03 Unclassified
A food map of Europe today shows
' not a single country in which the future
does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
la not rapidly approaching the famine
point With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
haye sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest and
even in the Ukraine, with stores accumulated
on the farms, there is famine
in the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand in a different relation
from the other nations to the peo
' pie of the United States. America has
: for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which, with those
of Serbia, must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
; for the help America has extended to
; her during the war constitutes the
; strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more in her Own
LETTERS TO I
SANTA (XAITSii
sjivwi2.vu- |
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t11
Lexington, b. ( . ] .,
Doc. 21, 1918. j c
Dear Santa Clans: jv
I am writing t<> you to lot you know ! *T
what 1 want for Christmas as it is war j"
times. I am not going to ask for j '
much. I want you to bring me a pretty j
little doll carriage and sorrie oranges, 1 '
apples, nuts, and other nice things to j
me. Hope .ill the little children on i ?r
the other side will get something.Kop !*
ing you a merry Christmas and a j 1happy
Xow Year. i *
Your little girl. |
Ailic Floyd. I'm
Lexington, S. C. ' a
Dec. 21. 19IS.
Dan** f >H Santa:
I guess i+ is nearly to late to write
but. i am writing anyway.
T want you lo bring rue so rue soldiers
and a cann.cn to shoot with ami
a cap pistol and some oranees, upplc-.s
candy nuts and. other things.
You must bring the little boys over'ai
there something imping you a merry t:
cnrisuiius ami a. uuppy -\<w jvu:.
Good bye Old Santa.
Victor Crump Floyd. }?
Lexington, S. C.
Deo. It3, l'.'IS. !
Dor.r Santa:
I in a little doy twelve years old. Ij
will make out with the best 1 can. 1 j
want a fountain pen and a watch and ^
firecracln rs an frduit.s and candy. 1
Santa Glaus do not forget the child- 1 ,
; ( n in France.
! hoe you a merry Christmas and it j
happy -V- w Vear. \ ^
Clyde Roof
Lexington, S. c. ! '
! ' 1
i xwrngion. S. C. j 11
1 )ecem ber DJ, 11 1 S. j i:
! )(-.'< r Santa: , o1
! am a little bov one year old. 1 {
will make out with the 'host ! oar. 1 b
wan you to bring me. A little oart j is
and fruits and candy. Do not forget)
the children in France. I hope you a;b
merry Christmas and a happy new j b
year. i 11
It. E. Roof,
Lexington, S. C. i d
J
: DRAWS 1
$ ' '' '
,^/vP/CA
seat of government the little nation's
first thought was to express her gratitude
to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Americans
because there is no present indication
that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou
Die corners..
Englana, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from African supplies,
have sufficient food 16 meet Immediate
needs, but their future presents serious
difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral countries?Norway,
Sweden and Denmark
?whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already in the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before another spring thousands
of them inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout fos Baltic reDecember
15, 191S. . <
)ear Sandy:
I hin writing you to let you know t
*hat I want for Christmas. I guess
better tell you something about my
elf I am a busting boy to my age I
m 5 years old I want you to bring 1
)0 an automobile and some nuts ap- '
les a<J oranges. I have a little broth- '
: .baby he is two years old 1 want (
ou to bring him something for fhrist
las too. Do said he wanted some
: ndy and anplos ami nuts so you can
'ring up what you think is best as 1
ont. wan! von to format our soldier :
oys and the little children in 13c? 1 ium
and France. 1 a in telling'on
v/hosc boys we are and maybe
oil wont forget us Mr. James Spires
; our father and my name is ilearrrt
Spires and my. little* brothers
is IToarmon so'I will close for
is lime vs it;i a. merry Christmas and
happy Me .v Ycar.iw you ail.
iiearbcrt Spires,
Lex inert on S. C.
1'C'- Cirbri' S ID I S.
Route 3.
. r . ("Jnyj;; ^
i a:a a. b.Uie girl years old, '
i1' I < (); broil ' -^v.nd ii r
r:-.' A : i i ? you tme a
'.a doli baby and some now,
So.oL: dort fo-.rt me. as it.
v.'ar I wont ask for anything.
lac. i will eiose.
Yours Truly.
1Y Y. R. |
\
t
(las!on. >S. C.
Dec. a, 191S. ; T
ar Santa Clams:
My pen I take to write a line to you. a
Ithough i guess, you are busy ypttin.it a
ttctrs like mine, so I make my note."
short one. I want to thank you, ' a
acta, for the things you brought
at year. Xow dear Santa as I know;:icre
are so many little, girls and j
ays in 1 Vance thai would like for you
? visit them 1 will not ask for ioo ; f
inch for I wa?'.t to remember thorn.!
rer there.
aia a little girl of seven and am a j v
I''"''iiiii in rifle sister Thelma ; t
five yewrs old and is a blond. I'
Thehna urn! myself want you lo , li
rin.a us a sleeping doll and a rvirriaPTn I :
rinir us nuts and lots of fruit and for a
in rest you choose yourself. a
So J wont ask for any more as 1
out want you lo forget the little 1
'HE MAP
gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumanla and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering a heavy
f a11 /I a?+K rri^a A nm an ion vvatmiIo.
LVil VI UCU LUL? ML1C iDLlilICi-iiU.il pv^UlU"
tion is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Itoumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. Although
starvation Is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey
are in the throes of serious stringencies.
In order to fulfill America's pledge
in world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be handled
throngh our ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20.000,000
tons compared with G,000.000 tons prewar
exports and 11,S20,000 tons exported
last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
allies.
If we fail to lighten the black spots
on the hunger map or if we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts of
Europe a repetition of the Russian debacle
and our fight for world peace
will have been hj vain*
children in France.
Wishing you success with your trip
his Xmas from two little school girls.
Annie Gidean, Thclma Spradlcy.
i - oar Santa:
1 want you to bring me a train with
iiio couches, and a hall and also some
undy.
And T wan you to bring my little
:stor W.bel a doll and a iciure pook.
! am a little boy five years old And
'.label is one. We both go to Sunday
r -tool every Sunday wo can.
V. ! ciose with best wishes to old
M nla.
Harper ahull Jr.
New Drookland. S. C.
Dec, 11. 101S.
<r old Santa:
l 4, (*'!?'* * '"'" l'1 vf>;< ;> frt-y
'.a .. yi.r.ow what ! want for
hri'-t: es i : nt you to tiring mo one
f ore - .y dolls up a: Miss Stallne.-:
an brir.g my little : bier .me to
;nd bring us some fruit and nut: and
. nothing cf everything 'that you
:: "<! i you to orinc my
iiMc 1.hers what you ha?c they
...? ' :>-v v.'h.at t'nev want 1 gueas 1
y.'l for this !;vn :.s ! have got
) to s; boo! ;- > good by. new l* anient
>'< "'-at me.
1 little friend.
.Myrtle M ic Moiw.
Lexinqton. S. <\
Dec. 11', 11'IS.
)t ur < dd Santa:
i wood. ] how many letti is you have
Iready rrott.n this year and if you
\< ry Imsy makin.q toys, dolls, and
{her t'dnprs to brinq all the qood little
i: Is and boys?
! am a. little qirl six years old and
iv. in the first qrnde at schorl. I on
oy to school ami try to he a
marl little qirl. 1 lo\c my teacher
or she is so nire to all the children.
I have t"'o 1 *iyr hrotchrs. one little
and a. sister. Now dear old
an'-; I rnt qoinq to ask for much
hi is Xm.os since there are so many
'lot's ill ! ]:H!e children wllos hollies
i:! W hoen destroyed and have hern
:;:'de orphans account of tlic war
nd I wish their hearts made glad
ilsn.
Dear Santa i want a pretty dell
la'ny, hiino my little hivilur, I'd, a.a
I
! air rifle, and my sister, Mary Pearle,
a ring.
Your little friend.
Mattie Katherine Gibbs.
" | Swansea, S. C.
U Dear Santa:
My little brother wants me to
I write you a long letter to tell you
i what to bring us for Christmas, and I
! guess 1 better write, too, so you will
; be sure to bring us what we want
most of all.
We want our dear uncle Calvin to
come home from the army and next
of all I want you to bring all I want
you to bring all the little children,
wliosr. papa is in Franco, baskets fillod
with nice things so they can enjoy
Christmas like me and my little broth,
or.
Please santa dear, dont forget to
bring uncle Calvin to us, you dont
know how glad we would be. It has
bee a long, long time since he has
been home so please send him home
for Christmas, and bri^ig me a big
doh with real hair on it's head and
bring brother a gun. But most of all
wc want uncle Calvin to be home on
Christmas. . 1
Boise and Charles Mack,
December 1G, 19 IS.
Door Santa:
1 am writing you for some Christmas.
I am a little girl will be eight
years old on New Year T am going to
school every day I can.I want you to
bring me a nice doll for Xmas and
anything you think is best,for I want
'you to go and see all of trie little chii
dren all over the world and it is
hard times now so I can make out
i with just a little Dear Santa. Please
I remember the Dear soldier boys
jwhereever they maybe you no where
I they are so I will ring off wishing you
p.ll a merry Xmas and a happy New
: Year.
Perllie Spires
!t>p.tye ox disease planned
BY STATE BOARD FOR 1919
II
! At the meeting" of the executive
[(committee of the State board of heali
j th on Friday morning many plans for
'the coming year were made. It
, j was recognized that the year 1919
, I would be one of strenuous endeavor
j by all concerned in maintaining th?
i health of the citizens of South Caro- '
' lina. The demobilization of troops
[represents many health problems on
i account of the shifting of men from
! place to place.
j The influenza situation, said Dr.
j Ilayne, is far from satisfactory, and.
j j will be a constant' source of concern
! to the State board of heath. It is
feared that there will be an increase
' of tuberculosis on this account, so
1 plans are bc-in c considered for better
: care of tuberculosis patients.
I Child welfare is the most imporj
tant business a State can engage in
The statistics of last year show that
| we arc not properly conserving the
j health of the children. Communicaj
hie diseases arc neither properly re!
ported nor properly isolated, so that
: well people are not safeguarded from
1 the sick and there is consequently
' much unnecessary loss of abor and
! increase expenditure of money.
The State board of health feels that
the time is propitious for spending
money to properly take care of the
. health of the citizens of the State
: cm] win ask for a most liberal appro:
priation.
; Plans perfected at the meeting call
i for a infirmary for negro tuberculosis
: nat'ents at the State Park, visiting
J nurses in each county, the organizaj
tion of better facilities for rural sanJ
itation. a bureau for child's hygiene
j and a sanitary engineer to be a memj
bf-r of the staff of the State board of
health department. An epidemiologist
will probably be furnished without
i cost to the State, by the federal govl
! ernment.
The iontrol of vonoral diseases is
j as necessary in time of peace as dur:
ln:r the war, and he board has workj
eii out a plan for such control and
hopes to have an appropration for
; this purpose from the Legislature.The
j federal gove rnment will appropriate
i one dollar lor every dollar appropri'
ated.
TT.ef figures of the recent influen;
a a cy.idemh- show an appalling death
irate. Over 6.0(J0 people have died
-sr Swv "When it is considered
that the total death rate under ordin'
;,iy circumstar.e^s in this State for
; reP'o :r.on?h.; from all causes is only
ft.000. c:?n;o id":: may be obtained of
the extent e! '''.is epidemic. It is
honed that ;n lite n?-:?r future a preventative
and a :u<>st succcessful treat
: . t U( will bo found.
Lr. .lames A. li 'vue. State, health
olPcer. is tuuch worried over the fact
that owing >u the illness of the clerk
of the board and of the stenographer
. cmnloycd to take her place, the annual
report is not yet. in the hands of
the printer and will be late in reaching
the Legislature, however. the
journal of South Carolina Medical
' 11 ' - 1 .? C?f.i -f r*
i Association v. '.'i n<- Mumn
boaord of health number and will con
tain the essentials of this report and
a cony will be placed on the desk of
each representative. Columbia Record.
TKKSIWSS \OTKT:. t
This is to notify all persons that
huntinsr. with or without license, day
or nybt on the land< of the nndersiirnefl
is strictly forbidd'm. The law
will be enforced aaaim-t all persons
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