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ANOTHER FINE LETTER FROM THE FIRING LINE : Miss :Mary L. Burton has received a letter from her nephew, 'First Lieu- : tenant Jas. A Burton, Jr., which we have "been permitted to read. Wc found it so interesting and full of the true American spirit that we "want our readers to share with ns t the pleasure and benefit derived from reading it. Omitting the purely personal parts, the letter is as follows: Somewhere in France. Aug. 17, 1918. Dear Aunt Mary: Your letters of June 13th and June . 23rd both reacned me toaay ana you don't know how glad I was to get them. I've had many interesting ex- . periences during the past month. There isn't much that I can write, for ' I don't want to take any chances on writing anything that would help Jerry in case he manages to intercept the letter. However, I will write you ' a little description of some of it. The Infantry Regiment to which my J Signal Corps section was attached went over the top on the morning o? the 18th of July, and we were right1 1 with them. They were in the line, * or support, until a day or so ago when we -were relieved, and we are ^ now on our way iback to a training area for rest. j You of course have read of the wonderful drives that the Americans have made. Well, we were right it it; fact, our division started it I've been t through all sorts of barrages, high , explosives, shrapnel, machine gun and j rifle fire, to say nothing of numerous ? gas attacks; but I'm still here and ^ as good as ever. The only things I s liave to show for all that I have bees through are a few shrapnel scratches j I'll have some great tales to tell you * when I get back; .Robert Louis iSte- . venson won't be in it. !. I have a little confession to make: . "When I reached the chief signal of- j fier's office and found out t!iat the t work would be way back cf the line'--, , where you didn't even experience the { thrill of air raids, I decided that per- , haps an older man could handle the , work, and that youn^ men like me , Brora at the front, so ![ didn't ? 7 j let them know just what telephone j and telegraph experience and knowl- 1 edge I had, but impressed oil them the fact that I had had a year's ex.. perience in an outpost company of_ a Field Signal Battalion; and finally '} I was assigned to a regular (U. tS.) ^ army Field Signal Battalion where I ( have been ever since. I didn't try . to deeeire anybody but was modest 4 as to my accomplishments. Somehow Aunt Mary, I just couldn't stay baclc j tnere wnere i aian x. run a. m?u c j chance of getting "knocked off." And x I havn't regretted it a bit; in fact I've . been amply repaid, and I feel that T <fi have -been of greater service to Uncle j Sam than if I had taken the job that I ^ was originally sent over for. Just ^ wait until I get back and tell you of all the things that have happened, j then you can be the judge. 1 Write as often as you can and I j will do likewise. 'Don't count letters, ? though, as there whi 'De many wucs "when I won't be able to write for sev- j eral days and even weeks when we j are in the line. ij Lovingly, Jimmy.! 1 MORE LETTERS FROM FRONT ALL IN CHEERFUL MOOD 3 !tfr . * i it t Mr. and Mrs. Duane A. Livingston 1 are in receipt of late letters from * their son Duane, written in France. c In one. he says they don't have any 1 tomatoes, the people over there not. t i knowing what they are; and no veg- j etables except English' peas. He saw 8 hi8 first German airplane come down 1 the 2nd of August. It fell a>bout 100 1 yards from him. He sent a piece of t it home. It was a narrow strip from c the wing. Duane says he likes his * captain, who is a Mr. Hutchinson t from Rock Hill. (That's a good * name, Duane, stick to him.?(Report- i * er> He says he gees to church ana * that his preacher is a fine man. He : not only g-oes to church as often as 5 he can but reads his Bible, for, as be 1 says, -"I think I can get all the com- < fort I need out of. it", He says the < papers look good to all tbe iboys and' vthat -the 'boys are all well and "look- ( ing fine." . j3 In his next letter he says: "You '1 know we 'want a great many things ! we don't get, Out fby tne grace ul , Cod we are faring all O. K. vIt has ' been a very cool summer here; 'I sleep 1 under one heavy wool blanket, so you j see we fare all O. K." He speaks of j having been at company headquarters j and seing Sergt. (Hal Kohn, who gave i him several copies of The Herald and : News that he?Duane?had not re- ? ceived. He says the front line trenches and the battles are all right, as he v knows from experience, and that if he could only tell more he would; but ; he tells his mother, "I am glad of it, as it would make your hair stand up. j; and then some more. Tell papa he I ticesr.'t want to live in this country is there are no rivers or creeks at ill; -he last water I saw was the ocean. But we have the partridges and plenty of them, as they raise nothing but grain. 1 have seen my first cuckoo. You know the cuckoo clock, don't you? Well, I have seen the cuckoo and have heard them, and ! it sure makes you feel good to hear them at about sunrise." Later on in this letter he says he has been out of the front line trenches now (Aug. 13) for about a week, and "we have a very good time -while out; we play baseball and go to the Y. iM. iC. A huts and to some little town close around and have a. very good time. We look for the mail and papers." He says it is all Tight in the trenches, "'Dut (No Man's Land is not as good as cake; but the ?boys are crazy to go and for night to come in the -?* X 1 T-i I trencnes, as tney go out xoua-mg iur Jerry. It sure is great to see one coming in and ferry in front with bis hands up. We don't do anything in th? day but sleep. It was almost j four days that I did not see the sun. is I would go to bed 'before it came '! jp and didn't get up until dark; so | rou see we get plenty of sleep as the i lights, here are only eight hour? { ong. I am with a Lewis gun squad j >nd I carry and handle the gun, so j ivhen anything happens I am on the j ' - * rr*1 ?T. ? a_?i?v r?rtTrnr* ! 1 !0D. rue gun suuuis iuriv-B^*c.u. muso it one pull of the trigger, and it is. rery quickly loaded. We stay on ?uard and go out on iNo iMan's Land j :o watch their post and paths that { ead up te. their trenches; and be- [ ieve me we get them when they j show their heads. Gee, but I could { ;ell a 200 page book full; but I will | stop now as it is growing dark. T j ion't know when we will go in the ' ines again. (Oh, yes, mother, I want :his given to Mr. Greneker): I was n the lmes two nights with the Brit- ! sh soldiers. Tommies we can tnem; md old U. S. can say they are right ;here when it comes time to go over :he top, for they are ready, and thev sure know how to carry on things md very -"brave indeed. They don'c nind a wound in the arm or leg or mywhere; all they want is Jerry, md believe me if he, 'Jerry, is aroun.. n a shell hole or' dug out he will ind him. 'But they left the lines for is to hold and went out for a rest. iVe went in on (Mary's birthday, the L6th of July, and my first aeroplane ?Jerry, or German,?fell on Margaret's birthday, the 2nd of August, so rou see I car. well remember the iates. But out of all this I am feeing fine. Don't worry about <Duane, .'or he is going to look out for nimlelf, and if old "Co. K comes back to America I will be In "the company. j<yre to all. God's richest blessings tpon yon all.** In a postscript to the last letter he &ys: '^Sorry to hear of (Lieut. wmi* tfayes being wounded." He closes by jiving instructions as to his Liberty Bonds, which shows that Duane is loing his 'bit "over there" and "over lere" at the same time?double duty fVTiile some are doing very little h? s doing a bis: bit. ' | TWO LETTERS FROM SERGEANT GLENN BULLOCK: July 31, 1918. i: Somewhere in . Dear Mamma: Your most welcome letter received ?' resterday and was more than glad ;o get it. This makes 3 letters we iav*e received, .the last letter wa3 : " ' * T n/* ? <na T?n _ lateu June <:o, su you see jeived the second letter first, but. : levertheless we were glad to get hem . j Hope everybody is doing fine. We ire getting along fine; we are work- 1 ng hard every day. The time i? ' -ather lively now, so it keeps us 1 >usy, we are trying to hurry the end 1 >f this war and I think our intentions * ire good. 1' wrote you Sunday, and : oday is Wednesday. I'm writing early \ ;his time, 'because we are going on a rip and don't know when we will , *et to write again, it will be at least, 1 ^ T +A Vl O VO iu days any 'way. x ^ i?*tv several letters when we get back, for letters are real consoling, and after i stay in the rush, a' letter is real sheering. " " I am using a hard tack can in front 5f my hous6 for a desk and it is alnost dark, so I must hurry because we can't have any lights after dark. Well mamma will have to close, fust wanted to write a few lines before we went off. As sooii as we get back will write again. With lots of love to all, I am, Your son, Glenn. Somewhere in August 6, 1918. MV dear Sis: Your letters received yesterday and was glad to hear from you. I felt real good, I got a letter from you, Mez and mamma all at the same time and I just sit and read them over and over. It seems like I got something new every time, guess I'll read n " es&jsgtfc? /V? FREE C?pperand t 17 ? ~ or Aiumi As a special inducement, only, we have arranged ^ present each purchaser of with a handsome and use ware as illustrated or a Ware. This; is your oppor thing really worth while fo will be sold at the regular Everybody?DON Newber I them again, then I will have to burn 1 them for we have to destroy all things i like that before we go to the front, a How are you all making it? That * Was some party you all had the 4th, we had a time the same day, but it s wasn't celebrating. We were on the a march, and real marching at that. f We marched 18 kilometers or about * 16 miles, and was some tired -chaps t when we got to the place where we nroT*o trmri pr Thft last or 6 miles S ??- ? was under artillery fire so you ,see s not being qsed to it -we did think it I s was some excitement. I am just a i 2 back from that front, I was in the !c trenches -when I got your letters. No . 8 3o not try to send us anything yet: c for we can't get it for a long time, [ so wait till we get further back. Tell Kate I will write her in a day ' i or so, I got her letter alright. - - .1 Well Lou, I must close for I want j to mail this today and the mail goes away soon. Write as often as you can. t Lots of love to all, I am i ^ Your brother, Glenn. Xcuse haste. j j I I I LETTER FROM WOUNDED SON i FOLLOWS LETTER FROM NURSE 1 (Mrs. iM. C. Gilliam has received the * following letter, with an appended * note from the hospital chaplain. The I first letter from a hospital nurse, i preceding a letter from Mrs. Gillima'a j son, Private Robert I. Gilliam of Co ] E, 16th Infantry: Aug. 11, 1918. i g IT ^*1 ATI/1 j I My ucar menu. , Again I am writing you a line for t Robert. He is doing nicely I think. 11 At present he is able to handle him- j self much "better than at first?he can even feed himself ice cream. 0? ( course you see he is not able to raise WHfflHUBWOTflBM TUffKHHFTifcfi 5 ^ Wl' ' \ I c ? j L HAjegm j JT' /$f| IteBSWl/ 4M>, _ ftK [ t > ?.R \ V>.. \ A, \ V ^ Granite Ware inem Ware , during this week vith the factory to a Maiestic Ranse m iful set of cooking Jjjy set of Aluminum ::' tunity to get somer nothing. Ranges I* prices. IT FAIL TO SEE TI I THE NEW FINISH ry HarcK lis head to see what be is doing, for m t makes him dizzy. CBut the wound leems to be healing well and we hope or the best. He is quite cheerful )ne of/ the little French girls who serves the patients meals has taken . great fancy to him, so he wants or nothing when it is time to eat. ie has ibeen moved from the isolaion ward into a 6(M>ed ward. At first a rliri nrkt lilro it Sn well, bllt he ays nothing about it now. He hopes j I oon to be able to write to you him- ' J elf. He sends love and you may be ure he thinks much of home these lays. He is not too much of a talker o I really know nothing about him >r his. Very truly, Clara M. Foley, A. N. C. j Aug. 16, 1918. j I )ear Mother: I will write you a few lines to let 11 rou hear from me again. I am get- ! I ing along as well as can be expected. ' | Ay nurse takes fine care of me. | jg 3lease write to her: iMrs. Clara M.; I roley, American Red Cross Military ! ^nsnital No. 1. American E. F. I.'| vas wounded in the head, and my I eft side is paralyzed. If it does not j jet better I guess I'll ibe home soon. ?i tfuch k>ye to you and sisters and ^ >rothers. daWAto/1 or?n JL UU1 UCIVkVU BVUJ Robert I. Gilliam. ai da Dear Mrs. Gilliam: t0 You need not (be anxious about your to son as he is doing very well indeed. Hi Is I also came from S. C., Charles- fr on, I have been specially pleased to fi] enow him. He is a fine fellow. , m Yours sincerely, f cc Francis L. Frost, le; Chaplain Am. Military Hospital, No. le 1, Am. E. F. . it ?a?b???oaaB?aa?g msam ajesiic Demons and ! At Our Store, O SEE the GREAT MAJEST Reputation, in its new dre resentative show you why Better?Looks Better?Last Water Quicker and Hotter i any other range. We want you?want you to know why Kir va lug 111 JT ICVUIUUIVUUVU l/J j w the Standard by which ail n it is known in every county Range with a Reputation. IE GREA T MAJi AT OUR STORE vare Coi BHOHHHHMBnHI Static \ Buy your statioi Book Store. - * 1 letters to the be Nothing is so v boys as a sweet, from home. Ih ery suitable for the letters. Mayes' Book ? The House of a T Stand Back of Pershing. Since the above letters were written 1 Ld received, Robert -was able, under te of August 19, with his own hand write his mother, although he had lie on one side to write the letter, a says he didn't like to be moved om the ward in which he was at' *st, because there he had a fine i irse who liad done everytmng sue j ?nld do for him; and he hated to|. ave her. We quote a part of his tter, as follows: "Mother, I know nearly killed you when you heard / \ v - v 1 aWKCTMll WfU' >1- 7 I' " ."T1."* 1 - ?' 1 i tration Bale t * t m .. i ne Week Only | M Sept 14th 1 mi IC?the Range with a * y >ss. Let the ractorv rep- I 1 the MAJES11C Bakes \s Longer?Heats More 2nd Uses Less Fuel than to prove these facts tp t the MAJESTIC is so ur neighbor?why. it is atnges.. are judged?why in every state as The % 1 * ? ESTIC RANGE j i 1 ' y I moany j E=d < mery ^ y lery at Mayes* Write cheerful i - M ?ys over there. fl welcome to the j ?11 cheerful letter I o tra ti, ^ cl o fr^n_ CIOIIVU" the writing of : Variety Store [ housand Things. Buy War Saving Stamps BunDnHBonnnRnn of my being wounded, 'but please don't worry about me for I am all 0 K. I < was going over the top for the first time when I got hit, '"but I don't mind shedding blood for Old Glory. I am proud to say I have for I have done my bit. I am very anxious to go to # 1 \ the front again. Good bye an^-^Witli much love to all." Your loving son, Robert I Gilliam.