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I LAURIE HOLLINGSWORTHS | WRITES HIS MOTHER Extracts from a letter from Laurie Hollingsworth to his mother, written from New York, Nov." 27th. ' Dear Mamma: ?V I received all mail yesterday from everybody, and your cake. No, I don't want any woolen garments for now we take a Southern course and we go around bare-footed and in our shirt sleevs. About two days after we leave , her6 and about two days before entering port on the other side, ther we put on all we can get. s" . Don't be afraid of me taking the flu for we are well taken care of, r ^ Our throats are sprayed out once eve> ery day and we use some kind oi / > salve as a preventive and wear s / mask, that is while troops are about. T woe Aiir Tlinnlfconr. JLKWb Tiww V*** L ing for we would be away from th? ship if they waited until tomorrow PI \ and we were wanted together for the ;. Thfmksgiynig sermon, so it was observed one week earlier. We certainly Aad a fine dinner Mamma. Thej ; , , gavd us some papers and1 a card 01 * \ pamphlet on that day. I am sending them to you. Rroot V-na nno wlipn t'/X "V*V *" - ' th$ armistice was agreed upon. Every Ipun on the ships, as well as or ports, peeled out a noise of victory, Tken the French and Americans beg? celebrating. The French women rtnild get every American and kiss J hn on the streets, or any where ?htt met him. Of course, none objected when a pretty girl came by. ; k forgot to tell you I have b 'French god-mother. She seems tc care a great deal for me. When I go there die can't do enough for me, .She has given an only son to' democracy. She is an old gray haired lady, of France's best blood, and before v: ' the war was a wealthy family. She speaks English fluently, having traveled over more of America than 1 > have. p- -' ' ,) r_ j - ' ' Mamma, I feel that we have lots to be thankful for, that the war ii aver and no more blood shed. Still '' _l. = SOHBI t-' fm v:. ' < - tai Hn a __ H ii f - % i Santa flane ie m i/ftuiiu viuuu iu . H Bowls and Pitchers I Knives and Forks . E Curtain Goods I Handkerchiefs H Lace Curtains I, Counterpanes Table Cloths Xmas Ribbon Underwear Suspenders Water Sets Rnv* Suits Overcoats Stockings Blankets Pitchers Towels Trunks i Lamps Plates Shirts I Panto ABBEVILLE ai J there are so many heavy, sad hearts. 1 Well, Mamma, we will be going soon. Will close with love, and wishing you the happiest Thanksgiving you have ever had and that the many ] more that are to come we will spend together under a forever peaceful 1 sky. ' ] Your loving son, ] J. Laurie Hollingsworth. 1 1 COTTON WILL BE CHEAP AT 45 cU Cotton will be cheap at 45 cents a ^ound by July, is the confident as- ( t surance given by Gorman H. Johnson, secretary of the Southern Whole sale Dry Goods Association, and secretary of the price-fixing committee ' of the War Industry Board, Monday. | Mr. Johnson, whose duties are to " gather statistics on the business con- . 1 ditions of the South, states, that prices on merchandise and staples for the spring season will show no '1 "imncro nnH that no noticeable de > crease will be experienced in 1919, ' but after this period is passed the market will decline^ When it does, -,ays, the decline will be far more r gradual than the ascension. "I am not venturing my statement ' about cotton' on hearsay or unsupported facts," said Mr. Norman, "but i from hard statistics gathered during my inside investigation of the whole i merchandise and cotton situation. . There is no cotton overseas and the ( rmmtriM at war have been devas-! tated of cotton, and there is no way to keep the market from rising. "Merchandise is scarce and our production will be decreased for the j next three months, making it still more scarce. The Government has bought more merchandise than all combined interests in America. The 1 influenza situation and the lull fol- i lowing our mental depression have ] slackened production. 1 "The coming year will be good for 1 business, and while business will not bring as much money as during the war it will be better than any other year in the history of our country < prior to the war. There is no rea- < son at all for any depression, and < [ next year should be prosperous.*' 1 rvr ii ji n iHere with Gifts f? I Ladies Coat Suits Ladies Coats Shirt Waists Girls' Coats Men's Suits 1 Knit Caps Camisoles Petticoats Stockings Sweaters Mufflers Dresses Gloves Gowns Skirts Shoes Pants Shirts Rugs Caps Hats TU. | A 1VO [HE HO ad CLINTON, S. C. ? - MAJOR CHEATHAM WRITES ABOUT OUR BO1 France, Oct. 24, 1918. Dear Wife, I am writing a short note tonig ;o say that I am here and very tir< My trip over here from hospital pleasant and stay in Paris delightf though only one day and night the The train accommodations h< are rotten, run by Frenchmen. Saw Captain Craig from Har rille, S. C., last night. He is in sai Division with Neuffer, Wilkinsi Calvert, etc.,'and knows them. Wa: law Lyon is in his company. He sj Wardlaw is as brave and good s dier as ever lived. Gus Hudgens, in same divisi< from Honea Path, has been kill Pa knows him well. Smith, Cc i i i _i:_v man s son-in-iaw, nas ueeii sugu wounded. Neuffer will be sent back to sta to act- as instructor. He has ms jood. I landed at 3 P. M., and hi walked my legs off nearly,- but ha apparently, a nice place to stay. Maj. Wyche and.I are rooming gether, nice bed, don't know h long it will lpst but I am told till ter Christmas. Haven't seen Wyche yet but s room. It is all right. Will write more later. Send mail to Major R. B. Cheatham, A erican P. 0. No. 714, American E. France. "W. D." TO THE FRONT. Interesting Write-up of the You Soldier in Sunday'* State. Lieut. W. D. Wilkinson of AM vill^, who is with the One Hunch and Eighteenth, Machine Gun Co pany, Thirtieth Division, on the b tie front in France has recently <3 tinguished himself in action. Lieutenant Wilkinson led his. p toon into the heart of the Germ fire and killed and captured over 2 Germans. Lieutenant Wilkinson k ed three himself and captured during the fighting. Many men hhp rnmnnnv wptp wrninripri hiif. * kMe HI H JH H MB BK HE r Babies, Boys, IT HU< i deaths resulted from their wounds. [ ITS ' Lieutenant Wilkinson has distinguished himself several times during recent fightng at the front but has said nothing about this to his people :ht but they learned from letters froni| ;d. other Abbeville boys of his brave acras tion in battle on different occasions, ul, Charlie Armour, an Abbeville boy, re. writing to relatives in Abbeville, ?re tells of one occasion where Lieutenant Wilkinson in a rain of machine ts- gun bullets went to the aid of four me wounded boys and carried them back an, to safety after having placed himself rd- in untold danger, tys Lieutenant Wilkinson has a brothiol er, Julian Wilkinson, who a few years ago distinguished himself by in, rescuing Miss Mary Perrin from ed. drowning in the Savannah River. For ,le- this heroic action he was given a' 4.1- flamAPie medal. o Lieutenant Wilkinson was with teg the American forces on the Mexican! l(je border. Later when the United States' declared war on Germany he reen-J lve tered the service and soon worked vp> his way up from a private to a first ' lieutenant. He comes from a line of t0. fighting ancestors, both grandfathers Kainr* Vflforono TTft iq QW W1IAVUV*MWV * V WV* ? af. the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilkinson of Abbeville, who have five aw sons in the service. Four are overseas and the fifth is in a naval trainall ing school. .. . . : m. The last letter from Lieutenant p Wilkinson was written from a hospital where he was recovering from an attack of gas. He was in a cheerful mood and expressed the hope that I he would soon be able to return to mg the front. i L v the book club. ^ " ^ The Book Club held a very pleasm." ant meeting at the home of Mr*. T. G. White Wednesday afternoon. This 'k" is the first meeting since the epidemic of influenza and was greatly enla" joyed by those present. 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