Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LIEUTENANT G. CARROLL SWETENBURG WRITES Wants to Finish War For Good? Not a Few Years. France, Oct. 10th, 1918. Dear Papa: Wrote mother day before vesterday that our regiment had just come out of a big drive and had camped in a little French village for the night. Of course our destination is unknown but we are going back to get reorganized. We did not move yesterday but expect to pull out this afternoon or early tomorrew morn ing, but as tne nuie rest aoes so much good we are not worrying about the time we leave. This morning I happened to run across this typewriter and as it has been so long aince I have used one that all my fingers seem like thumbs, so please excuse all mistakes, etc. Well, I have seen so much that I ion't know where to begin or exactly "what to write, but I have been * iI Uiere. I ou Knew we naa oeen ui j the trenches for some time but as the i sector we were in was very quiet;, nly at times we had very much ex-, eitement, but then we thought we| were seeing it from all sides. Ij wrote you we were being relieved, and had gone way back for training, then one night we got orders to j move in 30 minutes, so of course we an swore and kicked that we could j ot move in that short time, but j even if we had a week to get ready! in, some one would have some kick,! i mm mf?Ti Jc +Vio armv Vint nnv wnv in fite short time, and when the word to move forward was given every | iody was ready and everything inj shape. We marched for a few days light up behind the front and then "v "We were told the part we would play m the drive and given all necessary instructions, issued reserve rations and got ready for action, all knew there was going to be a big drive bnt what day no one knew, so on a certain night in September about 11 r 'clock all the artillery in or around, as far as you could see the sky was fit with flashes of the big guns, so as we or our Division was in support we did not move up that day fcut the next we were right up and " rders come that our Division would! " V*li'ouo fViq Ana in -f r?r\ r-?4- na on/I ! m v?iv> t v vuv VUV 1U xivav VI uo OlIU [ we would go over at daybreak. Thej relief was made and we all waited lor dawn, and then we would see what we had so long looked for. Officers and men were as cool and I thought no more of it than a daily routine of the usual army life and: f course it was a leap into the un-! known with the unknown, and natur-! ally we wondered what our men' would do. Of course they knew| what artillery fire was and were! wsed to the music of the machine: guns, etc., but they never had taken' part in a big offensive. As the hour rolled on to the time for the attack we began to get the sleepy ones up and give a few words of the final j Distinctions, and then we went for-! ward, and am glad I can write you that our men gave all any one could j expect of them, and they played their part well, gained our objectives, and to see them walk under artillery fire and up against machine gun nest was wonderful. Our gervfce was noticed by the troops on oar right and left and the Gener-j si commanding the Fourth Army of j fVance gave us the first citation and; the next one the Regiment will be decorated as it takes two to get the ; cross of war, so now we are going Hajrfc to train and fill up the again and hope to get our long hoped for J LEAVE as the Colontl says we1 if ??V t caiiigu lb. I ' ' I The Allies continue to make their daily gains, and the Boche is aboutj finished. We never think of that,' we are here to do until the last and we are going to stick and never think or try to set a date when the finish will be, only we are in it to the end. We certainly want to finmb it for good and not for a period of a few years. Received some mail yesterday, letter from mother dated 4th of Sept., and some local papers and under-', stand that Neil has gone to Clemson. Has Bayard gone to the army yet? Write me all the news and did Dick go to Clemson also? i Now folks don't worry because I am just as fine as could be anywhere, getting plenty to eat, and the only thing I need now is some clean clothes and a good hot bath which I expect to get in less than two hours of course that can be put ? i <L>'. - * off a week or two as I haven't had a bath in three weeks but guess it would make me feel a little better, 'ia! Give my love to all the children and be sure and write me all the news. Tell Lillian to write Aunt Nat and tell her I am doing fine and soon as it is over and we get back will come to see her. Give my best to all the people back there and tell them this is a great life and we get to see things they can't even think of or any huI man bing can imagine, so be sure and write soon, and last of all, don't let Mamma worry. Your devoted son, Carroll. G. Carroll Swetenburg, 1st Lieut. Inf. U. S. A. LETTER FROM HAPPY WRIGHT. Formerly Delivery Boy for Barks dale?Rides on Pullman, Not on Top, Not On Blind Baggage, But in the Berth?The Life. The people around Abbeville remember the bright mulatto boy who formerly drove the Ford Truck for W. D. Barksdale, and who was always polite and obliging. Only last week his wife, who was Angie Davis, died. He has written the following letter to his brother, Joe Wright, the barber, the letter being written before he received news of his wife's death: 9-25-18. Dear brother,?While thinking of you all, thought I would write you to let you know how I am. I am iiisf. ns finp as T ran bp. honinc vnu are all the same. I am through training on this side of the sea. The next training I get it will be in France. So I am going to send you a prayer, and want you to put it in the Pressing Banner for me. If you see mama or Angie in' passing ask one of them to give you the money. I will write it off and mail it in this note, don't forget. Don't write me. I will write when I get to France, a French letter. I am here in the Y. M. C. A. with all the fun that is T anirtvo nnnr 4-Vi a li^n tmava UUVUVU* A WIJVJ0 11V TT k/liV- 1U& ill Vi C than ever. Sunday from 3:40 p. m. until Tuesday 5:30 p. m., I was in solid pullman 14 car train, not on the top nor the blinds either, but in berths. Give J. S. my love. I guess I will meet Ezra over there. He h^s been here. I must close this note. Remember me in your family prayer and in church. James 0. Wright. The Prayer. In service for my country this is what I want published in a home paper. This what we all needs. Act. Sg. Jim Wright, of Abb. S. C. "Farther in heaven, Long suffering and compassionate, God of justice, Lord of hosts, I give my life into thy hands, a weapon for thy using. Let it not be thrown away with all its hopes and love and opportunities, but take it as an offering for purposes of justice and brotherhood on earth, guide the thoughts of those who plan the battle, remember my comrades of the ranks, keep us and arm us withj steadfast and adverturous hearts and if it pleases thee give us the, victory we desire, remember in loving kindness all whom I love, uphold and deliver them and bring us to-( gether at last, whether through life ( or death, into thy hands i commit my spirit, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, thy kingdom come, in the name of Christ who f gave himself for our deliverance, even unto death. Amen." We have tried to copy the prayer just as it was written by Happy. It was first offered, no doubt, by some person with more learning than he, but we may well doubt whether it was offered, in the beginning, by one more devout, or one who entered into all its beautiful petitions with more earnesntess and real conviction. As it is read many people in Abbeville will pray within themselves that it will go with the simple negro over the top, and out into the unknown land, and "deliver" him. RIOTING IN TURKEY Germans Attacked in Constantinople and Smyrna. Rioting has broken out at Constantinople and Smyrna, according to a dispatch from jMytilene, Island of Lesbos, to the Patris. At both cities, the dispatch adds, the Germans were attacked. I t < I PAY ENOUGH FOR CLOTHES Y'ir H OU may ex more this f A ? 1 4" ^X. . ; uul uu< ' The main thing t much do they cost' get for the money?" Thai in buying clothes anyway. I You can judge for yoursel Don't overlook the fact that we hav< ? i nci ?i values V^lUllllllg, UllUCS anu i unuomn Hardware Store. THE ROSENBERi i 1 ______________ Copyright 1918 Hart Schaffner & Marx 0':M pect your clothes to? cost all than they did a year es not everything-else? o consider isn't '"How \ but "How much do I t has always been the main thing f what happens to merchandise I when the cost of production I rises. Some makers do all I they can to keep the price fl down, with the result that the I quality gets pretty bad. I Hart Schaffner & Marx make all= m wool clothes; you know you are if getting the value you pay for in M such clothes. M We say $25.00, $30.00, $32.50, $35 I and $37.50 for a Suit; we have some ? for less and some for more. We'd S| like to have you see the wonderful' H range of patterns and models. E ??? I Shoes For I Men Women Children I 5 three stores and each stocked with exceptional g goods Store, Dry Goods Store, Grocery and