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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.
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Dear Mamma:
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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.
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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
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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
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the war was a wealthy family. She
speaks English fluently, having traveled
over more of America than 1
> have.
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Mamma, I feel that we have lots
to be thankful for, that the war ii
aver and no more blood shed. Still
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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
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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
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iHere with Gifts f?
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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
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ad CLINTON, S. C.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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^ 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. New booka
will be bought after the beginning
of the New Year and the club will
then begin the serving of light re10
freshments.'
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