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J. U VV ESTABLISHED 1844 The Press and Bannei ABBEVILLE, S. C. ~Wm. P. GREENE, Editor. The Press and Banner Co. Published Every Tuesday and Fridaj Telephone No. 10. r _ . Entered as second-class mail mat ter at post office in Abbeville, S. C Terms of Subscription: One year $2.0( Six months l.U( Three months .5( Payable invariably in advance. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918 S. T. RUSSELL WRITES Relates Many Exciting Thrills of th< Battlefield. Somewhere Else in France October 23, 1918. Dear Mr. Morrah: It was a long, long time ago whei I received your letter. Well, I car truly say that I have been too busj to answer before this. When we came over here, we wen1 to an artillery training camp when we were in training for ten weeks. During this time I was located ai a big hospital whfere I learned mucl : about medical first aid. Prnm fViia nlape we moved, bv rail (which required four days anc nights) to join the first Americar Army. We immediately went into actior and since the first day I have beer day and night) doing my bit toward: licking the Kais6r. So you see mj time has been well taken up and ] ' know you will pardon me for nol "writing before this. Mr. Morrah, I have often though about what you said about sending you a souvenir from the battlefifield Well, since Sept. 12 I could hav< picked up bushels of them; but yoi know how it is now?the mail wil -1 _ J* not carry any pacicage 01 uiis ua ture back to the States, but when ] come home, and it looks now lik? that will not be long, I'll bring yoi something fine. Well, we have just been giving olc Fritz h . On Sept, 12 the Firs' army started a drive in the St. Mie iiel sector.' I know you read al about this in the papers. We wenl over the top in fine style and everj thing was carried out to the smallest detail. * " * x H x l snail never iorget my ursi, uaj in battle. Our artillery put over the barrage all night long, and believe me, it was SOME barrage. Just at -dawn-the dough boys went over the top, and we immediately .-moved -up to another position in or der to. back them up; and then I be/*2n to feel and see what war really is. Our barrage had caught the Hun during the night as he retreated. and dead Germans, horses and battle equipment were lying in heaps and piles. The sight was sickening to me at first, but only for a minute. I can stand any amount of scenes like this now, for I am used to it. The drive was a complete s* a aoo /waiMa/1 r* 11 aiiw aI%_ ouvtcoo aiiu wc gaiucu c+ix vi vui ww jectives sooner than first expected. From the St. Miehiel sector we were ordered to the front in the Argonne Forest?where a much bigger drive was put on. Suppose you also read an account of this drive. Here v .tr forces met with a much stiffer resistance. The Germans were well fortifified and with all of their heavy artillery, machine guns, aircraft, etc., we had a man's sized job to go up against. We knew it would be a hard fought battle, but the Sammies never wavered and waded in to win. and we won. It was a bloody battle, but wa were winning all the time. Fritz put uo counter attack after counter attack, but to no avail. Each time they were hurled back, leaving the field strewr with their dead. Many of them were taken prisoners.Back of the Germar defence lines in these wooded hills stretched open fields. They knew once they were driven to the oper it would be good night for certain and they fought hard to retain theii positions, but our boys worked sc fast Fritz wouldn't stand hitched and when we left there they wer? "selling out" on a big scale. From the Argonne front we wer< where for the present it is compara tively quiet, but it will not be long % before we will start something here. I had some awful experiences in the Argonne drive, and will just re late one incident here and tell you the rest when I see you again. Our battery took position on the third day of the drive, just under f he crest of a slightly inclined ridge. Below them lay the road with a bank about three feet high. We decided - that the only place of safety for all . men not with the guns would be by this bank. We medical men fixed ip our first aid station in this bank ).and were soon ready to care for the j! wounded. From the way we had j the Huns going at first, we thought we would be there for only a day, our infantry made such small gains each day that it did not justify us to move up; so there was no pro. tection at all from shellfire, and old Fritz rained them upon us all the time. It was raining most of the time. The first night not enough to I put up our shelter tents, but the next night about eleven o'clock it j began to come down in torrents". I J took off my "tin lizzie" and sat in I it all night long. The weather did not give us much concern, but ber lieve me, those big shell bursting all j around us did not make it feel j. healthy. A day or so later, to show you what close quarters we were in, a German p!ane spotted us and j. proceeded to give us a warm recept tion. He swooped down and opened up on us with his machine gun. He missed his range, however, and j the only damage he done was to trim l the leaves out of the top of a small tree nearby. He succeeded, however. in throwing a scare into us. 1 I saw more planes that day than 1 ever before. The sky v/as black with them. The Allies had the upT per hand in the air and brought down dozens of them. I saw with my own eyes, seven German planes come down in flames. I have, until several days ago. ' been moving right along with the ar| tillery, but got orders to report to the Supply Company of the regij ment, where we are rendering medical aid to the men of that comj. mand. We are now eight miles behind the lines and I am kept busy dishing out pills to the fellows who have j ?1 T T,nll Ko j cuugTis aim tuiua. uuc? * nut. here only a few days when we will be called back to the front. Although we go through things that seem hard at times, I would not take anything for this adventure. We get plenty to eat. "Armour's Corned Beef" in an abundance, but ! not as much sweets and fruits as we ' want.. I haven't seen an apple since I have been in France. Pretty girls are plentiful in France but for the past ten months I have ; not seen a one. They are further back of the lines. I do not mind this much, however, as girls don't bother me like they used to. Did you get up home this summer? Remember me to all of my friends there, and write to me as soon as you can. i Your sincere friend, S. T. Russell, | S.D. 113 F.A. A.E.F.: . MARRYING IN FRANCE ! "It's hard for anybody to get married in France", said Lt. Curley. "I helned a British friend of mine sret married once. He got two weeks off for the ceremony, and it was consummated just two days before his leave expired. We had to get the written consent of the commanding generals, of the British, French and Amerioan' districts, the written consent of three generals next below them, and final-: ly, after going through the necessary i civil formalities of getting a license, i . we had to get the signature of Prem. i-?r Clemencau. The head of the , French nation had other things to do ; than sign British Lieutenants' mar riage licenses, and it took a week to > get that. > "When marriages between Ami erican lads and French lassies do oc; cur, they are given every publicity, i While I was at Brest one such mar, riage occurred, and the town was alt most wholly given over to the celei bration of it. The hotel where the . newlyweds stopped was decorated r and a French and American flag, > Lied together, were draped over the , door of the young couple's room. i "The French encourage such marriages, and desire them, but will not ; abate one jot of their national regu 'i.tions to make them easier." i Influenza a Robber of Health and Strength I Leaves Victims of Recent Epidemic in a Weakened Rundown Condition from Which Most Are Slow to Recover. SAYS GOOD NOURISHING FOOD IS BEST STRENGTH MAKER? RUT MUST BE ASSIMILATED, NOT WANTED. j If you like thousands of others, ihave just come through an attack | of Influenza, you know how greatly it has weakened and undermined iyour whole system. You are back I of nrnrV Vmt "woalt nn vnnr rtins" i and unable to stand the strain of i hard daily effort without quickly : tiring. j You are weak, listless, run down I and lack strength and reserve force , at the very season of the year when ! you should be at your physical best : to withstand the rigors and hardships i of the hard winter season just before you. i Strength and health come back I very slowly after Influenza and j Pneumonia unless you adopt a systei matic plan of body building. It is j folly to let Nature take its course i vi a1v\ nw/j rtrmolltr -trtrtl 1 4-n < wibiiuut iicip aiiu C4U011J' iuuiiou ?*/ dose the stomach with strong stimu1 lants or so-called tonics which whip i and lash the jaded nerves into spas, modic temporary action. The best way to quickly regain ! lost strength, flesh and health, says a well known authority, is through i the original source of all strength? | your daily food . Food however, produces flesh .strength and norma1, health only in the proportion in 1 which its nourishing elements are 1 absorbed by the blood. Your illness has thrown your assimilative organs out of condition and you are failing \to absorb the full nourishment your j food contains. Probably sixty per ; cent of the fats, sugars, starches, ! proteins, etc. of your meals are, instead of coinc into vonr hlooH to nourish your body, passing right through you as waste?undigested and unassimilated, such as unburned j ^oal falls through an open furnace grate. This merely means that the assimilative functions of your stomach and intestines need something to get them working right again. There j is nothing better for this purpose 1 than the famous assimilative agent known as Dreco?which has been ! called the missing link between food eating and strength making. Dreco is not a tonic in the ordinarily accepted sense. It does not : of- itself build strength and flesh but j a spoonful taken with your meals j for a few days acts upon every ! mouthful you eat, first separating all | the fats, oils, sugars, starches and j other ingredients that make flesh 'and strength, from the useless waste I matter and then preparing all the fat making nourishing elements into a form which your blood can readily absorb and distribute throughout your body. * The effect is quickly felt. Strength, 2-ergy and lost weight are quickly restored in a natural way without the need of false tonics or stimulants. In just a few days you ':ould look, act, feel and be your old true self again. Dreco is perfectly harmless and strongly endorsed by the physicians who use it. It is dispensed here in Abbeville by P. B. Speed. If you have had Influenza i i?ii i_ .1 -V ! ana are sua weaK ana ieeung run down, you should by all means give Dreco a trial.?Adv. ^ j ; : obil! { I And He Got Well and Strong, j That's True Monaca, Pa.?"My little boy, who j is the youngest of three, was v.'tak, j nervous and tired all the time, so he j was most unfit at school, an*.'. noth- i ing seemed to help him. 1 learned : of Vinol and gave it to him. It has i restored his health and strength and j he has gained in weight."?Mrs. j Frederick fcommers, Monaca, Pa. Vinol is a constitutional cod liver ! and iron remedy for delicate, weak, j ailing children. Formula on every bottle, so you know what you pre giving them. Children love it, P. B. SPEED, Druggist. I ("Where can I get That's the right thoug clothes buying. 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