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TWO INTERESTING LETTERS . FROM 'SOLDIER EN ROUT mjj Another Day. ijHT My life, my trip has been so ru W since I wrote you the other letter. have been busy. I have worked hai on this trip and all since my littl sickness I have been a most busy bo; Besides the regular work of the offu I have heiped Goodson (you remer ber him, the stooped over, rather ol ? ish fellow who was in our cietacnmem i get up a liitle paper 011 board tli P good ship. We, in connection wit F the ship's printer have worked wit f untiring energy and late hours hav t been spent getting cut this little p; p per. I am sure that this little ventur will be one of the things which will tell you iots about and I ai going to teil you "lots" in this letie L Mania has a joke on me?not a job F, either, but a reality?about how I one p touched the hem of Mr. Hobson's S5at & you remember it. I guess I have a ' ways wanted to meet and know gre* ? npnnif and I am not sorry for ra desire. I h.-ive had The finest intri ductions^I have most ever had an V they all eauu- Through' ray work wit B "The Volunteer." | First there was^Mr. Beach Thorua. He, Verna, is one of the best know journalists in the world, I am tol< but I must confess that his name i not familiar to me, but I attribute the to my little knowledge of things ii , erarv. He was so gracious and yo will see a little poem from his pe 5f!|ft?n the second page. I am sendin iv'won thp r>risrinal and this is valuabh rior he is a big man and folk on thi ship have heard about him and the ail seem to be honored when he talk to them.^ I liked him so much. Hi manuscript wi!i be a? valued remen trance to me and I prize it. Next came Lord and Lady Aberdee'j He is the e 1:1 resident of the Domii \ \ ion of Cana.\i ard is now on his wa to England . do some charity worTl.ey cali : ?- : is the ?vr/ they do s fp;?|fe>s?the t remarkable or uisi i; ; is the se/.iur, -e; I a a. r old fellow and i <<i bat he I'!;es year soldier. I ni g yci i his manuscript. V. >rize it and keep it forever i able to tell you so much aboi he is s. prominent Englishn-.si though, in the days that a: le. me mention, right here, ta lelighlful diplomat who was 6 Colonel Alexander, one of th >t statesmen of England, an I*him so much. He looks s ?pt. * The first time that I sa1 Hm HT!>? nrta affprnnon late I StOO fon the deck and was looking 01 towards a beautiful sunset arid I. came along and stopped and I aske him if he would like to see the suns* through the glasses and he asked m to let him have them. I didn't knowhat he was; I thought that he wa some successful merchant or sorm thing and I was so pleased when learned what he really was. He say "Right-o" most all of the time. Ke i ^so queer with that "Right-o." He di write anything; he is not allowe< / V Do you remember how we listene ^^to Harry Lauder on the talking m; chiije. Little then did I think ths ? some day I would taik with, a-id me? r. this gentleman, but I have and I wis f that you could have met him. He wa nice and "talkative." Night befor loci- ho conf ftvr mp to pome down t iUOb UV H/V*?v V- _ the dining room and he gave me tfc little piece which I wrote up about hio He was very hard to follow as hi brogue is not easy to write or to kno how to write. You know how hi songs go, well he talks just so, an I had some-trouble to write what I di< You will find in reading the typ< written articles that I wrote rnoi . x /than was printed, but we had to ci out a little of his piece on account < rlack of space and I was sorry. An again the whole paper is not. proper] punctuated, but the type outfit is | HANK Ah I?' B fyCUpONT M?An) f IfA T> 5' W !~ro T u. M \ A LINE 6F ? VCOT A JOS f "J ,; ||W y ; <2)?MvA?CC 1|S- ^ ~ V TUeSTORi Ife-M t ! Foe oroc u ?? f * [very small one, being that which J hey E j use to print menus, and it is n >r inI tended for regular newspaper work, | H.nd so you will understand- so:ue of 11 j the obstacles which we had to ov??r11 oonu\ but aft' r ve started at it I d | would not let it draw or drop through, le i so we went right ahead and did the y. j best that we could with the outfit at e) hard. I was surprised when, after a [i-! lor.g talk about the time that I was i- j gert'ng up to go Mr. Lauder ask Ml ) j uie to \ isit him and gave me his ad > - It- T 1A IS ' UreSS anu lUiu lilt? n 1 nmw \.'j h j to his home when I got my first furh ! lough. He wrote ail particulars about e | catching the train and like of that and a-1 made me feel he really wanted me to e i come. The ship's steward told me 11 that he has a lovely mansion with n i 15,000 acres of land.' Think of such r. | an estate, but why not, for he makes ej fabulous salaries and the New York * ' " 1 ' * A 4 ^ /\ >e! papers told about ins getting .. j a week for- 20 weeks to come to the i ! United States just recently. You will i learn all about him when I come v! home. I shall have so much to tell } : ^ | you about the things which I have to d leave off now for lack of space, time v and for other reasons. i* j j I am sorry that my name was mens ' ticned three times in this paper after n I had so much to do with it, but that ^ happened like this: I wrote the "A ^ Surprise Packet," and "One on the {l Chaplain" and I told Goodson the other about being side and ihe good will ^' come to those who try to get some _ good from it. I am going to do my n I rbest. I Lots of errors are in my letters. is You will understand I am writing uny der circumstances not the best. I am s like John Lander. He wrote under iS wagons, in mud,' everywhere, it wasj. not the place but the spirit. I want j you to fee! that no matter what con-j ^ di lions are I have tried to get you j ^ word. / v Another D?v. j Un bjiipooard. . .\y. . . .'. '.'C,. sii'r (j t Vi'ul.i' you . n , i;;e* Of her little It-?\vi\ Viiis 1 Iia. e t" , j ' ec; linger another cover i id this: LiiO I am gS.Ot.iiix 10 seiid io you by i ! i uiij - r C'ciiTiC!* i iliiiii i ac regular 11 , . . ,]ukrs' ii-aii. - y plan is to send this f- y j vO yoa ijy way ol out* ui me (ce.i-; t/s sored) I will give one oi them this yoiiginal and another a copy. They' ! iviil ue.mailed to you when these men e, j j.go back to New York; that is it they j j co as 1 expect them to do, and then e: iny letters wil! go to yoa without de- [ ~ i lay, etc., which must come through] . -1- ^ ~ X T},,* ! - j the regular course, at mis ume. uui, d, you will know which of the letters you 1 ? i get first, for I am mailing you one, j w j perhaps more, from this ship, and they j d | will go to England or somewhere and i j be sent forward to you, while these j e i two will come by another route and! d i you can tell me which of them makes! : the best time. Surely you will receive e! some of my mail, although I do not | expect you to get so much of it, for 'S there are so many things which may s- come up to prevent a letter reaching JI its destination, and if you will imagine i s' a little you can know what I mean. a man muv TlPVPl* </(\ l? i LH CUUi SC lUt'ac j-uw.j uv.w. 0d,back to New York and so you may i- j n^ver get either of the letters, but I d J am going to try several ways to get j. | you early news and I am doing my best I , L' to let you know that I am allright >*. and that the trip across was without: k serious event. u? With all my care ana regulated diet e I became ill and for 46 hours I did not o eat a bite, nor did I take a drink of | e water or anything. Today I am com-j a. ing over the top' and I am in hopes | is that I will weather the rest of the trip, j w This is the second spell I have had?1 is! the first one was not so bad and lasted d! only a day, but this latter one surely i. made me wish for land. a- We ran into a storm, which lasted *e!for a little more than 48 hours. Dur-j it ing the storm the boat rocked and )f! pitched and with each roll "the books, i d j tablets and other office furniture y would take a plunge from one side of a! the room to the other and each mornin PFTF ~ ing the room would look as it' the wind had gotten into this very room and had played havoc with the papers, chairs and everything. Since I came with Capt. Gillespie I have been sleeping in the office and I will tell you some of the things we had to contend with and while all of the office men were halfway and all the way ill some almost like myself. One night the tables, two of them, raced each other, first to one wall and then to another, back and forth, at every lunge of the boat. To anchor them one of the orderlies moved his blankets and slept right on top of the tabies. lou tniDK uiis clXl Jligcuiuuo little trick and it was?but necessity, the mother of such thoughts, drove 1 him to this. He had been sleeping near one of the doors, the left door (port side, as they say) and the water was sloshing under the door and onto his improvised cot. He waked me with, "Sergeant, Sergeant, it is rain.ing on me," and when I turned on the light I realized the kid's plight and so after some minutes of what would ordinarily be a very humorous situation, we all went back to sleep, our strength i gone with holding our tired bodies in our blankets. This is a real job with I a high wind and a storm to rock a boat. Our office and sleeping room is what is ordinarily the children's play room and about the ceiling there (is the nicest frieze of little children at play. There are seats about two walls. It makes a very good office. We have for windows four small openings and two doorn and each of these doors opens on a deck, one on the port and * 1 -3 T*nc?a the otiier on tne siaruuaiu siuc. xuv/ov docks are the promenade decks, for first class passengers and there are lots oi' passengers on our ship. You see those who desire passage and have urgent business are allowed to go but not, however, until they are of proven character. Ail day long they parade up and down past the cilice ard the v. omen are often the most persis; oni walk-.-rs. You knt;w that ti.ey to walk lots keeps the sickness a" . and v ti;ey a.- e tiri 1 wairiir.Ohey roll up in rugs a.ui .sit or rc< !ine in the most con; fort./Die chairs. Tea is served twice each dny ;>nd ihey have lovely parlors, lounge, gymnasium, saloon?everything that a lovely hotel has for the comfort and pleasure of their guests. This is of course first class* passage. I won't say anything about second and third for it would take lots of my letter and time. There are many prominent folk on c-hi?, T.nflv and Lord Aberdeen, the former persident of Canada; the Japanese ambassador to France (Paris) and the best known cf all Harry Lauder. I have had a short talk with Mr. Lauder since he came to the office this afternoon. He is a terribly homely man, short, thick and partly bald, but his voice sounds true to that we have heard in the records. ! Last night I heard him sing a few songs and he made a talk, a war talk, I arid raised money for charity. The | audience applauded and applauded and ; I reckon they represent the way he is ' :?A Vnn ehmild see I rtJl'tflVCU CVCij nuwv. A VM j the little wife of the Jap. She has j her chair near our right door and I ! see her often there. She wears the 'native dress and little clatter-clatter } shoes or whatever they are called. [Last night at the concert she had on ! the most elegant (iress, richly emj broidered or brocaded?whatever they I have in Japan?and the blending of | the colors was lovely. Her face is ! rather sad looking, but I guess this is one of the characteristics of the race, /r-on't vnn wavinz wistaria and \ V?H V J V/VA w V ? w high bamboo bridges and 'rikshas and struggling Lutheran missionaries and Mrs. Kreps asking for funds for this mission and that mission). But as a rule the women are not well dressed and I guess this is caused by the war, as I understand that most of the passengers are English women and the pinch of the war has already come to them. In my business interif i mm m O Pf^TP- ?.lu4ATSll (0?A OF THC CCACCj J>id || ??. J C^Aue: rv/^i\M NGP?- I HO' OR vo\pe ? j A?? MY s* v, - J r CASG^- I> V fNecKTie Jplra '/ \SAteshAK 1 'course with the steward, the purser and other officials I have bad a rare i chance to learn a few little things which some of the boys have not had t i a chance to learn and I am very thank| ful to have this opportunity to talk I with men who run a steamer with suci cess. And these boats are models when it comes to efficiency and things being fixed right. You have heard the old adage that such an such a thing was ship shape," well when you have I some with me on a real boat you will | understand where this saying comes I from. I For all those there I send my love and you won't even forget "Aunt ! Crecy." For those who ask about me I am glad. I am glad -that there are few who are intersested. i AN APPEAL TO BUY 1 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS I Newberry, S. C., June 24, 1918. To the Officers and Member sof the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and i ... ? ,, Household or Kuin: We are inclined to think that the time has come for us to be thinking more seriously of our sons and memj bers who have entered and are yet to ! enter tlie great war, j In keeping with the obligation we I have taken we ask that each lodge would meet this week, day or night, and take as many thrift stamps as j possible. j I am asking you to do what my } lodge, St. Jacobs, No. 250, has done J already. Now, I am asking trie inspectors 10 sacrifice some time in getting this information to you unless you change. Let us keep in mind that this opportunity expires after the 28th. Am ever yours, ! B. F. Neelv, Chief Inspector. FOLK-SIMMONS. ivcwberry Girls Weds Cr.srn Jackson 3o!dicr in Columbia. (The f-'ate, ) r-Ji- s Ley In V. Fo:k, (rurfnter of ]">r. i and Mrs. J. W. Folk of N v: bo fry, was : jsavned to Cm'p. V, iliiaia Simmon s ! at Camp Jackson "Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's cousin. Mrs. P. 3VI. Malone. Only relatives j rind close irk'rids were present, at the : ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. Dr. C. E. Burts. A color scheme of yellow and white was carried out in every detail and the dining I room, where the ceremony took place, was decorated with daisies and ferns, j Mrs. J. W. Haltiwanger played the j wedding march and an introductory : program. The bride, wearing a dainty ; white georgette gown, entered with her cousin, Miss Marie Malone, and ; the bridegroom was attended by Cor, poral Sander as best man. After the ' '1 nalrCk Tl'OTA I C6r0mony ict?s <mu ? cuujuh .. ^ | served by Mrs. S. B. Evans. Mrs. i Lula Roberts and Miss Annie Jacobs, j Among the out of town guests were j the bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Folk of Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. j J. F. Bradley of Clifton Forge, Va., I Mrs. S. B. Evans of Kinards, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dobbins of Kinards. j DO NT FAIL TO SEE BILL HART IN HIS MASTERPIECE FRIDAY, JUNE 28, AT THE OPERA HOl'SE, nnm NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT OF VOTERS FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. Pursuant to the rules of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, I, Harry H. Blease, County Chairman of Newberry County, hereby give notice that the books of enrollment for the respective democratic clubs for the new enrollment of voters for the year 1918, in Newberry County, will be . opened by the secretaries or the enrollment committees of the respective clubs on Tuesday, June 4th, 1918, and will remain open for enrollment until Tuesday, the 30th day of July, 1918. ?? A vnet/w BfuS, ISTO niEU A IliUUI , that's fonnv, l'\A [ xesmam too- i'm kf <^ov^an^ y'can: rwtoav to see a 3 that bu rzr^cu^tom?r j | molaj y0l s6 unnow i ordess wit \mpce i,/?s sho^in< th i a "j 7 wh?r6's voc 0 ^':ii ;! | I tt; I 5? i i! axi?fe i, ' ; j<sfe9j^ ; -v !-i . ?t ! '?^i-r j j which shall be the last day for eni rollment. Each applicant for enrollment shall j in person write his full name upor. | the club roll, and immediately therei after his age, occupation and postj office address. If the applicant canj not write he may make his mark which j shall be witnessed by the secretary or j other person having the custody of } the enrollment book and the secretary j or member of the enrollment commitj tee shall enter the other requirements. No person shall be enrolled in any I cluib or vote in any club district ex j LCpt >? g l^iuww. I The club districts, as heretofore fix. | ed, are established for the year 1913 PerF.%ns who become of age by the time of the general election of 1913, to be held on November 5th, 1918, and otherwise entitled to vote, will be permitted to enroll and vote in the primary elections of 191S. The enrollment commitees for the < various, clubs are as set out below. The books will foe opened at the places specified, and where no placo is named the hook for the club will be opened and kept at the residence of the person first named as a member of the enrollment committee, but the enrollment committee for a club may change the place for the keeping of the book if they desire to do so. Ward No. 1?John H. Baxter, Wm | M. Dorroh, W. A. Hill Book at Bax ter's undertaking Darlor. Ward Xo. 2?W. W. Cromer, Harry W. Dominick, T. P. Johnson. Book at Xational Bank. Ward 3. Xo. 1?Otto Klettner, R. L Tarrant, C. H. Cannon. Book at l Klettner's store. i Ward 3, Xo 2 (Mollohon)?D. D i Darby, W. S. .Tones, D. C. Driergers. j Eook o.t I. T. Timmerman's store. Ward 1?Frank R. Hunter, Geo. W. j Summer. Sr., T. B. Kibler. Book ar If. . R. Hunter's office, in old court | house. Ward T. F Turner. W. IT. Hardc* ! mnn, -T. V. 'ones Pcok at Xeslev & j j Timmerman's store. : Oakland -M. A, Attan*av, H. W. i Tiinmas.' W. F. Griffin. Book at T ; M. fanciers' store. Helena? T. H. Chappell, -T. TV. Henderson, G P. Hill. i T-Tartford'~L. E. Samiaer, J. McD. ; ."'hifiupert. \V. B. Gcgeans. | Johnstone?W. E. Wallace, W. E. j ;el, T. -T- Kilgore. : Garmany?John T. Oxn-er, J. T. Cromer. .T. A. Sliealv \u p.othPl?S. W. Brown. S. A. Ri kard, G. S. Ruff. Mulberry?'T. W. Xeitt, J. A. Sease, J. D. Nance. Mt. Pleasant?Ernest Ringer, J. L Henderson, G. F. Smith. Whitmire?J. B. Baker, W. R. Watson, John G. Holder. Book at John G. Holder's store. I Long Lane?J. C. Craps, T. B. Carlisle. C. M. Folk jalapa?B. L. Albritton, Junius Long, W. C. Sligh. Book at Jalapa Mercantile Company's store. Kinards?J. A. Dominick, T. H. Pope, John Miller. Book at J. A. | Dominick's store. Longshore?G. H. Martin, A. R Morroh, J. W. Wilson. Book at Martin's store. Trinity?Marvin Longshore, John Brehmer, J. C. Longshore. Reederville?P. C. Workman, R. E Livingston, W. T. Buford. Dominick?John N. Livingston, J. M Abrams, M. Q. Chappell. Chappells?W. L. Andrews, J. J. Murran, A. P. Coleman. 'Book at Coleman & Scurry's office. Vaugrlinville?L. H. Senn, H. D Hollinswerth, C. W. Moore. Saluda, No. 7?J. S. Werts, J. W Sanders, H. T. Fellers. Utopia?B. 0. Lake, L. H. Boulware, G. C. Blair. Silverstreet?G. P. Boulware, J. M Nichols, C. L. Leitzsey. Book at post office. East Riverside?-W. P. Paysinger E. L. Hayes, Olin Cousin By K] t TCU. ^ hoot j y \eGC0D5^ ^ ' ;,J^ E'x ife?I '' ! U "> ^V:3:.rrr?rl ' :' r4?* 1 r k v ' "i . \ ^ *; /rSs/^\ /,!} ~~ x ' - - ,M i } ^ \v A // > .''/! t \\^ v\vA ^ ' ^-i ' I % I I ~ lii { ! \i.;; ! ij *: i j i . , ' { '< . i i '} I: i. WM ^ -V-i />: - 'C ' * ! . < | Prosperity?T. A. Dominick, W. J. Wise, Geo. W. Harmon. Book at T. A. Dominick's store. Liberty?G. F. Hunter, J. T. Hunter, Pope Morris. St. Lukes?C. S. Nichols, J. P. Hawkins, J. W. Metts. | Saluda No. 9?Jacob A. Bowers, M. I C. Bedenbaugh, J. E. Monts. The I j books will be in charge of Jacob A. Bowers, the secretary of the club. OW'eall?Pat B. Wise, Willie H. Long, James Fulmer. Monticello? (Xo report.) Big Creek?X. A. Xichols, Perry Kurekle, Otto Boozer. T.i + fla Mnnntoin?J "R W. . A. Counts. A. X. Boland. Book at C.t ! 'N. & L. depot. Swilton?J. S. Werts, J. E. Lor*g, ! E. R. Shealy. Union?J. D. Quattlebaum, Geo. S. En low. W. B. Franklin. Jolly Street?G. I. Kinard, D. L. j Stone, T. L. Boinest. St. Paul?L. B. Bedenfbaugh, G. A.. C. Wicker, J. D. H. Kibler. Central?Eusebius Koon, J. 4. Counts, John 0. iSligh. Zion?Jno. W. Kinard, M. H. Folk. B. M. Suber. ?. ?-?!4 ? St. Phillips?H. H. Ruff, C. L. Ruff, j G. H. Sligh. Book at Ruff's store, j Poraaria?y. T. Kinard, J. P. Setzler, j W. D. Hatton. Book at J. T. Kinard's j store. " j Walton?J. L. Crooks, W. H. Folk, | A. J. Myers". Book at Crooks' store. ! A few clubs have not given inform a j tion as yet. These are maked as "Nt j report." as soon as tne miormauoa j is furnished, it will be kiserted in this I notice. | A member of the enrolment commitj tee from each club, or some person j designated dv mm, win piease can at j my office for the enrollment book. On the 3!st day of July, 191S, the j secretary of each club will forward i the enrolment book of his club to me, j at Newberry, ? C. Harry H. Blease. County Chairman. j Attest: i B. B. Leitzsey. secretary. ... . r ?" I \OTHE OF FIX AT* SETTLEMENT. ! f I will make a final settlement of j the < state of Abner Julian Derrick j in the Probate Court for Newberry : c. aty, S. ', -t. 1* io.-niay the 36*h i day of Tuly. 191S. at 10 o'clock in the i forenoon and will immediately therei _ _ after aslt for my discharge as aci; ministratrix of said estate. Belle Derrick, Admx. i Newberry, I ur.e 12^.h, 1018. ' " 1 | rTcNtr sETX /c'<? to i ft |?0M:?.cSTft \ fk'TKT GIVE YOUR MOTOR I 1 IBE BY-SIGM j THEV WATCH IT PICK XT? A>U 3 TTTTcnrrH ?-ITT>T7T\P4Tir TA f i-JW.-V. I " 1XXUAjU xv Friend Autoist: "We don't havo to ic'I . | you anything about carbon, tho great i standard motor curse which you "cuss 1 out." but seldom entirely cut out of i your motor. At that carbon is great stuff?in its place. Thus it may ba life to the electric light?while it is ! doath to gasoline motor efficiency. Tou should do what thousands of satisfied autoists aro doing. They givo their motors H-V-SIGN CARBON KEMOVER and find it is euro death to carbon. HY-SIGN improves the duality of J your "gas." giving 25% to 40% more / | mileage on same amount of gasoline? thus making for greater increased ef- 1 ' - ? - +f?VI/?9 i Iiciency ana economy vuu.vo ? of high gasoline prices. Give your dealer toe HIGH SIGN. Then give your motor the HY-SIGN, and note how gratefully it Rives you Its very best ?? speed power anjl mileage. HY-SIGN has proved all that Is claimed for it t>y exhaustive tests. BOX CONTAINING 24 cubes. 81. Good for 120 irallons of gasoline. ASK TODS .!>?ALEB or send to Eureka Auto Products Corp. 123 Liberty St., N. Y. City. DOS'T FAIL TO fcEE BILL HART jy HIS MASTERPIECE FRIDAY, JUNE 28, AT THE OPERA HOUSE. EN KLINg" f FOR rwe Lov;e OF mud | j HAM - A HCART-j 1 i I 5 cL PIANOLAS !l j I ,, jj & X *?; \ r' '> < ' > V }?<s ! v /'va ; t< ' . -' - .,;* ,v TV/ - . - *,. /v \f./" </;'? :'\ \ \ vh :/ / Jr- ?>V ^ 5" ..- < t 1 v ! \V\\\V\\ I '?~1 :^| iliylka.:.1 ?T.:?zi -iS.:?! Of" i ' -V': I' !: , ? ? 5 ' L -- H V-: >, :./ -V. L- r~ " \ ' ' 1 -.-' * "-. I ' .:' ' ' r-'.X- ' ' ~P-*\ V! ; vr;i - ^ ' -* t t I