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LIEUT. J. R. DEVLIN WRITES Tells of Many Weary Marches? Would Like to See Germany But Rather See U. S. A. Lieut. Roddey Devlin has written the following letter to his sisters. The letter was written after the firing closed, so that we know he is safe and sound. He is also in good hands, it would seem, as he writes on Knights 01 Uolumbus stationery. A. P. 0. 777, Nov. 11, 1918. Dear Girls, You are beginning to think all kinds of things about me for not writing oftener, I know. But we have been hiking about 15 mi. every day for 10 days. And by the timej we make that distance, get into camp | and get a place to sleep, it is dark and we haven't been allowed much light, and usually there was no room for writing. However, tonight, the first night of peace, finds us back of the front near Grandpre, where we spent last night, in an old German camp, which they had fixed up with their usual thoroughness. We are sleeping on American stretchers and have electric lights and good stoves. This was the officers' mess, and is a very cozy place. Now that peace has come, I don't I Bol J When I He beat our !The intimate stor rszan?nw wir wmi'.h rwammjwmagM "RnKlw Vmrl do IJ.JL1 tliV UjU)XI J-rvwwj v* V. ^ counted himself as good a New York. Bobby also hi didn't immediately bounc< Strumpk's jaw as the latl sending Bobby 011 a secre Bobby's reward was to be even an Iron Cross. 4'An I America" von Strumph t his own counsel?and Bol erican army (much to his he got to Berlin just the s I Dramatic!! I Widely I Exciting!!! I OPERA v ' \ - ? -?? ? ' ' - i - suppose censorship rules are of much ; force, so I'll tell you where I've been lately. On leaving Gerardmer, which was our headquarters for two months . while we were in the trenches in j Alsace, we came on a dinky train j through Nancy, Bar-le-Duc, etc., to St. Minehould. Here we landed and became a part of the First American Army, and our long march began. For days we hiked, never stopping more than one night in a place. We : passed through Grandpre just three days after Jhe Germans had left it. Talk about ruined towns! There was nothing left but a few crumbled walls. Not a house left untouched. All bridges and roads blown up, I trees shot down and fields absolutely , pitted with shell holes. Hardly a; square yard of grass even left un-j plowed. The American artillery, had put down a barrage which was one of the heaviest of the war. How any thing lived through it, I don't j see. The ground was still covered j with dead horses and men, Germans! and American. It was a sad sight. We spent last Monday night there and left next morning, expecting to catch up with the advancing divisions and get into contact with the Huns. But they ran so fast we could --A L_I__ ai a iiuu uverumc uiein. ou anci gvying about 25 miles north of Grandpre we were turned back and are now on our way to some other front, retracing our weary steps to St. Minehould >by Bi von Strom] army to the Kais y of Bobby Busch, an A! inn mi ii mmmmma rman blood in his veins he n American as any man in I E\d brains?that's why he ? his clenched fist off von :er outlined his plans for I t mission to Berlin?and |.w ? much money and perhaps j ? d you needn't come back to * old Bobbv?So Bobby kept 4 j iby didn't enlist in the Ami sweetheart's disgust), but same. 1 HOUSE, T - - - . ... to a R. R. Our next day's hike would have taken up to Sedan, and I'll always regret that I failed to get there. Last night, as we siept on the floor in a rough, roofless house in the outskirts of Grandpre, a courier brought us at 11.20 the news that the armistice was signed. Naturally we were much excited and elated, but Bill Edwards (from N. C.) was grouchy at being disturbed from his slumbers after a day's hike to be told the war was "finis." We are speculating as to our immediate future. We haven't seen jhe peace terms, but I fear we will have some weary months of guard Juty along the Rhine or down in Austria. Some one will be left, and the 6th Div. Reg. Army, not being! cut up in battle, will likely be part of our guard detachment. I'd like to see Germany, but I'd! .- ather see U. S. A.! Got a batch of letters and papers: yesterday and was glad to knowj that all was well at home. We've j been travelling so fast that we've neither received nor sent any mail in two weeks. I'm carrying a batch of letters that- I can't get mailed. Our supply officer is going ahead tomorrow to a town and we've all given him cables to send off. I'm sending one to Agnes so you may soon know I'm a survivor of the Great War. Must close. Love and kisses to all. usch's J pf Unfoldei er by a nose and r 1-American German-Air BVHHBVIMDBDHinnnBBIBnBSnaMSHnDB A Rousing Phc of the Day Wh< Marched in T?nC Scene" Fr< Hi * THE KAISER'S hursday ai Pass this along, for writing is a hard proposition just now. Lovingly. Roddy. ELECT WHITESIDE AS SUPERINTENDENT HOSPITAL Rev. Louis J. Bristow Quits Baptist Hospital?Goes to Abbeville?Has Made Great Success. The State, Dec. 11. The Rev. Louis J. Bristow, superintendent of the Baptist Hospital, handed in his resignation to the board of trustees at their annual meeting last night and it was accepted by the board, with deep regret that Mr. Bristow could not remain with the hospital. Mr. Bristow announced last night that he had accepted the call to be pastor of the First Baptist Church at Abbeville. He was called by the church last Sunday. Mr. Bristow receiving an honor in being called to the Abbeville church, which he served as pastor five years before coming to Columbia to superintend the Baptist Hospital. The Rev. W. M. Whiteside, for 12 years superintendent of the Good Samaritain Hospital of Spartanburg but for the past year doing missionnrv w/rrV in fllmrlest.rtTi- was elected J *,w*" ? " ? to succeed Mr. Bristow as superintendent of the Baptist Hospital. John M. Kinard of Newberry, was " r > Bloc d His Big I [ what do you tli lerican. Bobby hated t! "" T" ito-Prophecy [ sn the Yanks ; to Berlin I . id Friday, , elected president of the board of trustees to succeed Andrew J. Bethea. Jesse T. Reese was reelected secretary and auditor of the board of trustees. Moffatt B. DuPre was elected a member of the board of 1 trustees to succeed Will Evans, who is doing Red* Cross work. W. P. Etchison was elected a member to succeed C. W. Estes of Greenville, who has resigned. After the busines of the board had been transacted the members expressed their deep appreciation for the work done at the hospital by Mr. Bristow. When he came here about three years ago the hospital was in ' debt over $11,000 and today it has | a balance of $77,900 in excess of its j liabilities. . j 1918 RED CROSS CHRI8TMA8 8EAL mm QB smfek * kJ Boi scheme...... 1 1 1*1% You'll CI ink he did? $ t ? ie Kaiser more bitterly t mmmma??rww w?a? ?a??i??MPO l&vx* 3$ ':*: iM BBMMMMmBP"' fflSMBI) . % v-.^C^-^-y^' vMB38T # ^rajr^ W /f^/v"| WOBHKBP i y 11 DECEMBE 11 DRINK HOT WATET I ! BEFORE BREAKFAST! fvflvs vnn rpaliv fppl rlpan cwppffl and fresh inside, and I are seldom ill. S 1 If you are accustomed to wake tfl i with a coated tongue, foul breath a dull, dizzy headache; or, If yoM ; meals sour and turn into gas aiH i acids, you have a real surprise awaM Ing you. ?9 ' * To-morrow morning, immediate? upon arising, drink a glass of hB ; water with a teaspoonful of limestoaM phosphate in it. This is intended B| first neutralize and then wash out H| your stomach, liver, kidneys ai^fl | thirty feet of intestines all the inc^B , gestible waste, poisons, sour bile aiHj | toxins, thus cleansing, sweetening a^B j purifying the entire alimentary canBE Those subject to sick headach^B ! backache, bilious attacks, oonstipati^B I or any form of stomach trouble,.a^B [ urged to get a quarter pound of lin^B i stone phosphate from the drug stofl| and begin enjoying this morning side-bath. It is said that men a^B women who try this become eatl^Q elastic ana Keep it up daily, it is^h splendid health measure for it is mcH| Important to keep clean and pure gg the inside than on the outside, becai^H the skin pores do not absorb impJHj ties Into the blood, causing diseaflE while the bowel pores do. HH The principle of bathing Inside HH aot new, as millions of people practBM It Just as hot water and soap clean HO purify and freshen the skin, so lflH water and a teaspoonful of Umestc^D phosphate act on the stomach, llvHB kidneys and bowels. Limestone phBfl phate Is an Inexpensive white powiHfl and almost tasteless, aBB lied 1 tieer Yourself Hoarse When Hjgjj You See HH| han any man. ?H i" ' " ?*l ^1 ^Sj ^v r< .< v J" I ; ::<1 v* i? * .<?<? A | ... 1 ,:?>a'<. IB ?? ": 8 ' V? * *" I ^' v^. y"x'* * ISER'S F.N.SH^H IR 26-2^|