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HORRORS OF WAR VIVIDLY PAINTED KT THIS SOLDIE Columbia Record. jV!rs. Girdwood Cochrane of this cil is in receipt of a most interesting le tor written hv h(^r brother. Lieu Edwards in France to their mother ; Asheville, -N. C. He gives a viv: description of the horrors of war. T! letter follows: Hdq. 2nd Battalion 61st, Ir June 20th, 191 My Dear 2VIother: I got a very delightful letter fro you several days ago, and have ii tended all along to answer it, but otl er things have pressed me so muc that 1 have not taken time to do s I am iby no ipeans at leisure no^ " 1 T ? ? n f liCl UUL I <1X11 HUi. aw ijct.ru pi coiicvi ?o uo> al, and if nothing happens while I a] at the task I will at least say a fe words to you. I have had a sor< throat for the past three days an have not had very much sleep c rest at night on acount of the tighter ing up on the phlegm. It was caused by having to wear m gas mask for so long a time and s often, for you may imagine they ar not the most comfortable things i: the world, and breathing become after a while rather difficult, and ot such headaches as they cause. Some of the fellows take ion: chances and wear the mask onl; when they hear the alarm, and I re gret to say many of them have waite< just a little too long when they migh have saved themselves by a littlinore caution, though it is too late t< tell them, for they are asleep ou there on the mountain side when they will be when Gabriel calls then to the final reveille. The main trouble with our men ithat they won't believe danger if near until it is too late to avoid, anc their seeming bravery has proven t< be nothing "but foolishness of a fata fcind. They are losing some of thei conceit now. especially those of then who have seen their comrades die th< most horrible deaths imaginable fror: the silent weapon of an unseen foe Death is more or less a distressinj thing any way you look at it, but t see a man die from gas strangulatioi is the most horrible form I can thin] of. They simply choke to death he &a\:se their breathing is stopped b. something' they can neither see no feel, and as they die they appeal wit] tfceir eyes for assistance while the; tear open their own throats with thei hands in an effort to admit the ai they so much need. Every time they knock one of ou toys off with a clean shot we hav no kick coming, and we bear ther no hatred for it, but when they sen' over clouds bf gas and pick them oi while they are sound asleep, we reg Sster new vows of vengeance. You ask why we, too, do not us the gas. We do. of course, but w only do it in retaliation, and then w dislike to do it because it is in ou minds, an unfair way to fight, am with us it must be a fair and eve: fight or we feel that we are fightin a foe not worthy of our steel. When we came here we came wit our minds open, determined to lear for ourselves what manner of me we had to deal with, because it wa hard for us to (believe human being capable of many of the things the said about the Germans. We af preached the point of contact -guarde of course, but still feeling that w icust see for ourselves the things c which we had heard. In many cas? we met their worst form of fiendist fnr back of the lines when instantly ran in gas of a kin which had no taste or smell, an could not be seen. Instantly we Ioj all disbelief we may have had, an in that instant lost respect for a rac of people we used to revere and loo upon as one of the most bi mane an enlightened people of the world. Our men fight with the rifle, an [HANK AN .scMeecDv FeTT: OFF TME POCK, _J 1 LC HAUtE TO , ^ a ^ e him! j ! ^ \ its- *7) ! <L, KI ! ^ " 'xZ "JH I s\ ''' / r io \ p?;r- -*; '.r :;r^ r^-'*- * *- - ~~.*~ [7- ^ - ^ " itr'tiiiiliji '177: ? laugh as they die, but they still have R a certain h-mane feeling for the ; fiends they "nave to fight who hear re; semblance to human beings, and they ! y are loath to shower down upon a mar. t- | that which they hold to be the wea t i pon of cowards. The last semblance it of respect for them dies in the id breasts of our men when they corner *e one of the skunks and he sees lie : is done for and "begins to plead fcr it ! his life, calling Camarade: <jamaraae; 8. | They warn none of his comradesh:p i then, and when he whines they drivf ni the steel into him without compunci j tion and wipe his despised blood upon a- j the ground. :h ' Maybe you would like to hear o. j something of the life the men live v* while in the trenches. I remember i- you once saw some men in a trench m who were perfectly comfortable and w | contented, and the scene affected ; you considerably. I think if you saw 3 i them here, it would make a still more >r forceful appeal to your sympathies !- and emotions, though I assure you they are just as comfortably situated y ; here. The trenches are in all mao j it-rial features the same as you saw. e i only they have been shelled until all n ' their sides have been blown down s ! ar?i rebuilt with difoient kinds of t,; re\etmeni until there is very little j dirt walls to be seen anywhere. That r j in tne thing that would stir your emo_ r I < i r? i* ? ^ + Vir,t olmrvct PVPrV. y t-lUXlS, xur it means i."C4.v a.*'-""-- - ?^ - where men have suffered and died, 3 and everyhing in sight tells its own t part of the story. 2 In the daytime almost all the me-if ? sleep, just a few being left on guard t at a time along the trenches and their - quarters are very comfortable except ^ for the ever present "cooties," (but | at night everyone without exception s | whose duty it is to fight must stay 5 awake all night long. This is tru:? I of both sides and is no secret T am > giving away. What are 'cooties?" yov ! ask. Never mind what they are, just - | think of fleas, then multiply what i | you think by at least a thousand and 5 let it go at that. 1 ! I'm sending you a little post card i. I picture of myself which I had snapped ? the other day when I was out of the o ! danger zone for a while. It was' 2 | made when I was in the rough, t;me> worn uniform of the trenches, and -! they are very ungainly things, but ? , the only real objection I have to it r i' is that it looks like me. A soldier i out of the trenches, be he officer or .v man. is a very different creature in r j appearance from the natty, well tailr ored soldier you usually see in garrison or on leave.do not complain r; of my appearance at all, for it is to e | the ^manner of dress that 'many of? ?? *V>oi?. livQf harifliisp Fritz i? i m:ci is uwe ftj, ugmi.w . 1 a foxy fellow, and^ he knows an of ? ficer and makes him his special target - a long way off. My duty is not to fioht as a regular fi soldier, because thev need me more in I ft I executive work, hut some times it is e thruse upon me and I have made good r every time. If they should get me 3 now it would be a break in my favor, n because I have paid mv full duty S more th&n two to one. I will not go into the horrors of what we see here h every day and all the time, for I a would not burden you with distress n ing things, ibut in a mild way I will s tell you some of the things which are IS so common that no one comments on 7 them any. more. At the beginning >- of the war this whole country was d a flourishing spot all covered with "3 luxurious vegetation and forest, but >? the shells that have fallen by the >3 thousands have denuded it of all that, i- and in its stead there is left nothing a onU^toTQ^ shimns and what w P. v UUt WVUU4|1W ? >??? .. d call shell craters. d The thing most remarkable about 5t it is that just back of the devastated d area people are going about their dif:e ferent vocations as placidly as if k there was no war going on at all, d though every home has lost its most cherished member. Only yesterday d I had to remain out in a village about [D PETE . I T S G \ / ,' / v " \ > : // // y \\\ / - /// <r . \V* / / / Jf ^ '''''it. r\ /'/ &1 tmmmw -' " " - ' 'r I ni<;ht, and when I called at a place ' to inquire for a room the lady told . me I was just in time, that she had j buried her last son that day, a soldier who had fallen in action, and that. 1 was welcome to use his room. : When she said it she did not weep or look at all disturbed, for that was . hov fruirth c.nn to on anrl their EfOjnff had ibecome a common thing to her. Thev work in their .fields when the : shells are falling within a hundred yards of them and you would never know they had heard them fall, so co-ninoD have they become. "War has been going on so long in ' this country that it has become a j business and is fought along busi- 1 ness lines much the same as a man . at home conducts his store or factory,: to see how 'much he can profit by it- j ; I may fight on until it is finished, or I ay be finished long before the i war comes to a close, but to me it; will never cease to be a thing of ter-! ror and of dread, for I still think all J wars might -be prevented and disa- j ?- -" *-rL ? ^ ^ 1 A T-V __ yj ? ?-* 1 /\ ?-%-> n rtTT 1 1 greeuieuis seineu >Uy u.iynjnxa.<.j j stead of bloodshed. Often wh3n I1 look at the devastation caused ;bv the , i ravages of war I am made to wonder . if there is still a place in all the j world where men dwell in peace, and ; that dear old Bible phrase, ''Peace j : on earth, o-ood will toward men,'' still has a meaning. i Lovingly, your soldier son. Cotton Weighers Association. I . ! j j The members of the Pomaria Cot- j ton Weighers Association will hold its j annual meeting at Pomaria Thurs- j day, August 1st at 4:30 p. m., pursuI ant to an election to he held at Po! maria. S. C., on August 8th, to elect 1 a weigher who shall serve for one year. All candidates for above named of- j -11 1 A - Paa 2 i I nee will Lie required to jw a-c^ . I not later than noon Thursday, August j ! 1st, 1918. Jos. W. Alewine, I I). L. We'Iaman, President ) ; SecandTreas. July 23, 1918. -taws* j ______ I EXT I i CORN Mmk | 5 SAVE 1 1 ifflllf i i j TRACTOR SCHOOL. ! I ; . Greenwood, /nly 31, August 1, 2, to j j Learn the Intelligent Fse of Laborj Saving Machines, to Help Solve the j | Farm Labor Problem. i Realizing that the 'question of an I | adequate supply of farm labor is now j j one of the most serious problems, and ! | appreciating that, the intelligent use , j 1 of labor saving machines is the log- j ieal and most economical method of ( soiv'j.-fi this pr ;biem, the Extension j Service of Clemson college and the ; IT. S. Department of Agriculture has j ! determined to hold a Tractor school ; ! at Greenwood July the 31 to August. ! i 2nd inclusive. There will be demonstrations by t ! agents and tractor manufacturers, j Also lnclures e?r>h day ^v specialists | cn tractor engineering. j Other labor saving machines will j he on displny, especially two-horse j cultivators. July the 31 is the (lay designated i for the people of Newberry county to attend these demonstrations. All demonstrations and lectures are free and every one who is interested j in any of these machines should at- j tend. I will drive up in my old reliable Ford, leaving :New<berry about 8:00: o'clock on July the 31 and shall be I glad to have company. Also conven- { ient train service on the Southern railway. Be sure to attend the school. T. M. Mills, j j County Agent, j itiruoi & fieiv ASfcr KAERUf AJUMgU ?, r: s c < . Moi-D T! CHT -? ^ . DON7 CcT Ht V Vourg ALC f" f~ Lit Ift I.,::, 2 < 1 ? j I ..; [j \^_/ ., ^ . Little Mountain Reunion. The Little Mountain reunion in the ; interest of 'Newberry college will to held on Friday, August 2. There will bft no barbecue this year but t.he picI nic dinner will be in evidence and the crowd will be there as usual. i The college part will consist of an j address of welcome by Oiin Lono and addresses il.-y Doctors A. G. Voigf. IT ) A. McCuIlough. E. B. Setzler, P. E. j Monroe, and S. J. Derrick. Mr. W. B. Shealy is president cf the reunion and will preside at the meet - _ ing. ' i ---- - ! ??OP*"? t i j Maves Book Store has secured a r " . I few copies of Gerard's book on ''My ; Four Years in Germany" which fce is | selling at 75 cents each. They are j bound in cloth and usually sell tor $1.50." At this time you will 'be in-j terested in reading this book and thi? S is a rare opportunity to secur? cuj~' at such a tow price. Gerard you ! know was the American ambassador j to Germany when the war with Germany was declared. I ! ONINIVlrJO'J .-VLX-J | ; I ASOT^23 iO A ..o <K j ^qfegpF "snzijv?irTviiu. -;.. -W.A j *JjMl , , . - - - - - - -- EDUCATIONAL RALLY Chapin, S. Monday, Anpist iith, \ Rpcintiinff ai IrtiSft A. I Address Welcome, Rev. J. L. Cro-m- j er, Chapin, S. C. * Reply, M. L. Mauney, Cashier First j National Bank, Cherryville. N. C. Address, Lenoir College, Present j and Future, J. J. .George, Cherryville, j N. C. Address by Dr. Simon Feter Long, j pastor largest English Lutheran j Church in America and one of the i finest speakers in America.' Afternoon Session. Address by President Fritz of Len- j m'r ml OTlrl TW Q "P T cr J \JAl VUliVtjV/ X A J^I\JLlfj9 This-Js going to he a great day fori Chapin and we want everybody to ! attend. Bring your dinner basket and come prepared to spend the day | and help along the cause of Christian ; education. You will be glad to hear ; Dr. Long. We were fortunate to get ! him. Tell your friends and urge them i to attend. Dr. I>ong has spoken all ! over the United States and to thous- J ands of people and we want 5000 at j unapm ai least. J. J. George. President Alumni Association Lenoir j College. THE LAW AGAINST SPEEDER* This is to give fair warning to per- ; sons who shall hereafter violate the law against exceeding ?peed limir for motor cars in the c:4y of Newberry that the law io ?0:r.? to b3 enforced strictly, and that violators win De subjected to neavy lines wunout regard to precedents. The lives and limbs of pedestrians are in constant danger from persons who insist in running their cars ibeyond the speed permitted by law, and ft seems .here is no way to put a stop to this practice except by heavy fines. J. W. Earhardt, 7-19 3t Recorder. ESTATE 30TICE. Any persons holding claims against the estate of Dr. Orlando B. Mayer, deceased, are notified to render a statement of them to me, duly attest? J ? ~ V Urrr <1 T> /I O 11 nPf. CU <X2> I C4UIJ CUL Uy 1CL Yf y auu Mil W* I sons indebted to the estate will make payment to me. ."Harriet Jones- Mayer, 7-22-18 4t Executrix. 11 - / ? tips roa wlola I f VOU Cfc'ftT-AiH - ij HARROW es AN1 \ J j HOW P?0 VC^ iRv/oos^ ccne to ( ??chT \\J j! FALC IM ? ; | I C V I r ^ J ^^ .' CT'B??8< ( \. ~ :' 1': $?&3g$ , j * : v^g^-vsar-saK? : v; . , ; ?jp=== M 'ifa " % fWiP '! i - | r -' : | (v.'vV--; >v i||l^ | j j . .5 jijjiii j|j r ANNOrNfJEMENTS. CANDIDATES CARDS. Or. account of the very high cost cf printing a newspaper. The Herald and News is compeiied to make a s : ght] increase in its charge for the nomination of candidates: Nomination $5. except that the nomination for magistrates in Newberry,: Prosperity and Whitmire wiil be $2, and in other townships $1.50. Articles advocating the cause of; candidates, under the head of "Poiiti-j cai Advertisement," will be charged for at the rate of 29 cents per ?ncl. i I I For Railroad Commissioner. T. J. McLaughlin who is a candidate for the office of railroad commissioner is from Calhoun county ami a farmer and has served his county in the legislature and will serve the people faithfully if eected to the office he seeks. He will appreciate the ; vctes from the people of (Newberry county. ! _ ! mm For The Legislature. Dr. J. Wm. Folk is hereby an- : nounced as a candidate for nomina- j tion for legislature. Will abide rule43 j of the Democratic party. If honored by nomination promises faithful dis- j charge of the luties ?f the position. | ^ 1 i W. B. Boinest is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection to the legislature and will abide the rules j and regulations of the Democratic j primary election. T. A. Dominick is hereby announced j as a candidate for reelection to the 1 legislature and will abide the rules j cf the democratic party. I George S. Mower is hereby an- j nounced as a candidate for nomina- f tion for the House of "Representatives in the approaching Democratic Pri- j mary. and will abide the result of; that primary. I K. K. Evans is announced as a can- | didate for reelection to the legisla-, ture and will abide the rules of. the! Democratic party. For Probate J is dire. Van Simthjs hereby announced as i ' I a candidate for the office of Probate 1 fudge and he will abide the rules and j regulations of the Democratic primarv. I . j TV. F. Ewart is hereby announced j as a candidate for reelection to ths j office of Probate Tudge and will abide ; the result of the Democratic primary, i Service Buy a Sei Price Service m _ 25c to If you havn t one to g< nit y n raayes bi The House of a mmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrmmmmmammmatmmoammmmmmm ~ By KE mad a ; cap6 ! \ ( i di d h >j j Fall ! ) i coh f ^ ! \ Pi Si ?. ^ ^ ^ i v ' 1 ** 'M'i. *?rvw f"in;'77'"?"n-'ifjj,."ijVif?"|jilTij v'^V' Ff r ;Tr::l 'r. ?< . x"o:-. ' : 5. I hereby announce mveolf as i candidate lor reelection Magisf. r Wis. 1 and S Townships and pledpe myseif to abide by the rulea^flj of the Democratic primary Chas. W. Douglas. T herehv announce rcrvse1? a? a candidate for the office of Magistrate . for Townships 1 and S anil will abids , the rules of th1 Democratic primary. ^ L. M. Player. For M?j??siirate Xo. 2 Township. W. P. Harris is hereby announced as a candidate for magistrate for No. 2 township and will abide the result For Magistrate >"o. 3 Township, -A W. D. Rutherford is hereby an- J r nounced as a candidate for Magistrat..^B for No. 3 township, subject to thfl rnlos At" the Democratic cartv. '-i: ^ ?; Magistrate >'o. A. fl I hereby announce myself as a can. jB didate for re-election as magistrate for No. 4 township and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. R. M. Aughtrv. For Magistrate >o. 6. T. H. Dorroh is announced as a candidate for rejection lor magistrate of No 6 townillp and will aMfe ftifi result of the Democratic primary. ^ For Magistrate >'o. 7. W. P. Allen is hereby announced as a candidats for Zlacis.rF-'.e for No. 7 township and will abide the rules asd regulations of the democratic primary. For Magistrate No. 10. I announce myself a candidate for reelection as magistrate for No. 10 township and will abide the rules of the democratic primary. , - M P. B. Ellesor. ^ ]". A. Kinard is hereby announced as a candidate for magistrate of No. 10 township and will abide the result of the democratic primary election. ? nil For Magistrate Xo. 11 H. H. Ruff is hereby announced as a candidate for reelection as magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide the democratic primary. 4 ' i. i5. rucnarason is auuuiuiceu ?oa candidate for election as magistrate for No. 11 township and will abide the democytaic primary. 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