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XETTER FROM PRIYATE JAMES A. CROMER. France, Sept. 18, 1918. ^Dear Mother and Father:? I will write you a few lines to let ".you hear from me. This leaves me -some better than I have been, I have ireen sick with the cold. Hope thai* . you all are well. T still lrwVlr pwrv riav fnr a letter "$rat "haven't got any yet, I know that have written to me 'but I can't *5u&derstand why I don't get my mail. WeTl, it is still raining; it rains ^very day and good cold rains, what '4[ am going to tell you. Bad weather. Well, mama everything is going our ^ay now. I think the war will soon A?l C Ic/ieer uur ^ "The army lives on 1 boys at the front and in when these longed for er postmark contain pictures frtu frvTirovrJc? mciVirinr Kcrl" Xai tu W ai UC3 uihaiii^ sons. Mother, Father, S I hearts write the soldiers I and you can send them a J every week with very litt II folder to put them in, an fl have your picture with hi Frame his picture in th a handsome silver photo fr; V WUVO v u uigutiivu i your dresser or writing a w... 1 rest upon it every mornin Honor your soldier b< Hang it in your front doo Call and see my stock c identification card holder can also make a frame fc camp pictures. Will be e my iine. i Mayes' Book ? I* The House of a 1 Buy Liber 'WHMBnHBaMMMnanaMi F " * i ?German j - has on! ! ?ONE C! ;; \ ?Only one chance of a Hnn Yi .'I -i ?Only one chance of causing ? 'and lives to prove a vain sacrifice )| : / ' ?Germany's one chance is tha p _ . . .... , ; <* XX victory, migm lessen ner euon and, through over-confidence, slacl } ?Our government knows that C ^ ?g desperation, the wild strength $ possesses that brutal cunning whi Ian opportunity. She is still a po* We in America must soe t is smashed se that nev^ ag ln<M> aiutK *KAKV BR?4 !the past four years. Force U must be our only thought, ou \ assured?until the war it f ?-Faihrre m the part of the i tfhere is yet a gzga&tlc task before ^diaastrocfily. irouM pen to the Ht Jj ?^Pfc? demands at ?ar uaj ?? i o? Aia? ?. co^Untiy i, r -?* ' ertr, 4ispa&s* with, ovr ooneompt ices, sxtd tood the money thus ? 3 gorernmcnt eu porehoc* th? btho I ' w*. Tb? government has dtrteed j|| for fb.m indiTidnftl to tan m this w jy tkepvroh?MoC , I WAR SAVIf <jr i South Carotin in the Pnrchs | Hr.i.p win xnjs WAJt I They pay inte 1 of 4 per cent ] pounded quar be over for we have been holding our grounds, and gaining every day. Bu! I reckon you have been looking ai j Fred's paper; if you haven't, voj staii ! and watch it up and you can see how things are going. If you notic- Th? ! 3tate paper along about the lirst o: soptem'Der you can see irnti wax r , going on then and think of me an' wuere I was. Tell Fred that be reads the uaper every day, he thit.A bad 11;? rhe date I told you, he ca i imagine how everything was and ab-iuc ;?>e I ! Well mama, tell papa I wi3 goin* to write my name at the top with '< German lead pencil. | Well, I guess you all are pulliu: fodder now, and me over here witi my overcoat on. Soldier Boys. etters" is the way the the camps put it, and ivelopes with the home 2 t\i Vmmpfnlks t.hpv jrm J Vi XAVAiiVXV?*?V/^ QW iter hearts and happier ?ister, Wives and Sweeti often. Buy a Kodak l picture of the family le cost. I have a nice d your soldier will always m. ie best. Get one of our imes. Give your soldier setting and place it on esk where your eyes can g and evening, ay with a service flag, r. )f stationery, photo and s and photo frames. I ?r your family group and 1 % * A ;iad to nave you inspect !' =?== (Variety Store 'housand Things. ty Bonds \ w i y ly HANCE i ctory. the fearful outpouring at oar blood t America, dazzled by the prospect ts on which Allied victory depend; ken in her prosecution of the war. fermany still ha* the frenzied power | of madness; and that she still ch never fails to take advantage of j rer that menaces all free nations. ? 6 it that the power of the Hun ain shall the world be drawn 4 as ft has undergone during the utmost, force t? the limit, r aofe impulse, until victory it lM0ly over. ndtvidual American to reahie tfcat i OJir armies wo aid prolong the war ma their only hope of victory, d itavy and ot the fighting forces of mm A will nrtf HTltil thfl xtj on to the end?moat, more than ion of non-essential foods and eerirei to oor government so that the r and material which we hare given . a practical and profitable method ij tar VICTORY, and that is through ? rn ? i Liwfcin . b If5 QTAMPQ \uu u i nifii u a Lags Behind is* of W. S. S. ? BUY ALL YOU CAN rest *t the rate ?er ajmom, com- i i.?i~ 'Tsz&pqpgn* WK1 i,/ . '' Well, mama I will tell you the dif ' : ference in the time oyer here and at :; home. When it is six o'clock at home : it is 12 o'clock over here, so by that i , r T am eating dinner when you are eati ing breakfast. f Well mama I could write you more *. than Ida and Mary could pull in a 1 (two-horse wagon but I can't, mama. J, You bet I think about that good milk ? - ?- - ? .? ..i- inn. i? L ana Dutter. i recKon tne uuie wu i i is pretty. ! Tell little Rufus I said to keep the! z, mules trimmed and slicken up till I' < i come home, for this war can't la3t ( always, yet we are taking in the slick- < r headed goat like flies, but you have ( 1 to let them know that you are going , , to do them one before they will give ,' OP- 1 ! Well, mama, I will close and write , > Lula and Forest a few lines. {, I! !, ! 1 j Dear Sister and Brother: I j i I will write you both a few lines lo ; let you hear the latest. I hope you ( both are well. 1 Well, Lula, I want you to write until ( I get an answer. I haven't heard j V ^^ T 1 A 4.1*^ Lruii-i uume siuutr i icit cut: outtea. j _ j I guess you are having a good time ] j You and Forest take my part alone: I with yours. Pulling fodder is better < than what I have over here. I thini: \ about Christmas will tell the tale, i j Listen, Lula, tell Asa I got one if 1 ( ! don't get any more. I know that foe ( ; Dositively, I slipped upon him, got ] I wi bin 4.0 yards, and tell Forest that c ; one shot was all I had to give him 2 i with a 45 automatic, he knows what j j kind of a pistol that is. He will have j to practice up till I come home so p he can shoot with me, at a target. t i You write and let all the rest hear i % , from me, for I can't get the chance a to write so much. i $ ' " ! j You bet there are some pretty girls i ! over here. Tell Griffin I said he 3 ought to be with me; but they would t I ; catch him knapping. t Tell the Waits girls hello for me. l ) Lula, I can't hear anything from c i Lester, I don't know what is wrong d I reckon he is somewhere grinning. j Tell Alice that I am holding my c end of the rope tieht; for her to kiss f 1 all the little children for me, and es- j pecially the little baby. s | Tell Bill if he would come to see r VMA n 11 1* TtfiM11J V> A frt /% A I a f ^ 4 UlC an 11C nuuiu ULtX?O uu u ?,v? (. 1 write and let me know. I would get , in the truck and come after him. We , would have a erood time coming back i I would let him drive so we could come in a hurry. ? ! -Lula I would love to see all of you the best in the world, but it seems like I miss little Rufus and William , more than any of the rest. Kiss them for me. Give all my sisters and brothers my love and best wishes, tell them all to kiss all the little children { for rae till I come home. Tell Eva I haven't forgotten her. I reckon her old sport is still around there. Lula teL Knotts and Asa't wouldn't do r.f all for them to come over h^re , for we would r?a''e to send Jh.i*m back , or we coiidn'l manage th* n at all. j I thp-v would crazy. ! I You can tell George and Law ence i* tbev were c~er here wi'h me we t 1 i would do Uks c f damage for a good , shooter goes a fai ways over here. ! Tell George to kiss the baby for mc | and tell Dominick to write me a letter ; Lula, tell IMed Connelly and J. B a^r-planes were as common as snow hoopers at home to see. Tell J. 'B. he could snort over here if he co-uld talk French. I would write a few words in 'French but yoVi rpnrt it. so T won't. i Lula, you think von can count money, but I wo'ild have my fun looking at you count French money. They have 20 cents bills and two cents pieces. A bill is called a link. Tell Fred it would be funny to hear him talk to the French girls for he couldn't understand them; but he ; con Id do like me?go by motions. ' * - A >! CM* Tell papa mai tney ua*c picuuj wine and beer over here. j Well, OLula, I am getting tired, i : reckon I will have to quit writing for 1 this time, so I will close with a kis=? to all. j Tell mama I hope her side has quit botherincr her for I know the feeling0. ! ! of it. bv experience. I I Give my love and best wishes to a1!.' i I am trusting in God for my return | and to find everybody in good health j and enjoying life when I come home ' . so I could spend some of my time j smoking a good cigarette, if I could } get them, but you can't hardly find them. They are cheap when you do 20 for 5 cents. So good bye one and j -11 Tn.ni hp with us all till we | an iui \jrv/u Tti" - - ? ? meet again. Your brother in France, Private James A. Cromer, Co. G, 53rd Pioneer Inf, A. E. F. via New York. [Share & Share AEke] rHE STATE <*F SOUTH CAROLINA, County Newberry. COtJRT OF COMMON PLEAS. Malzetta Robinson, Lou Griffin, Anna Daniels, Lucy Baker, -Nancy Eckles. Mary E. Redick and Emma Hamilton, Plaintiffs. against Lewis Childs, Dora L. Childs, Ethel E Mullen, Beatrice E. Sims, Carrie Belle Childs. Eugenia F. Childs and 0. W. Childs, Jr., Defendants. By virtue of an order of the court In the above entitled action, the Master will sell at public outcry to the highst bidder, within the legal hours Df sale on Monday, salesday, November 4, 1918, before the courthouse at Newberry, IS. C., the following described property to wit: A two-story frame dwelling house and 7-Sth of an acre of land, lying and being situate in the town cf Helena, Newberry county, South Carolina, the same being tin bome of the late Rev. Childs (colored) deceased, and bounded on the north by lands now or formerly of Thomas Grilliam, on the east and south by lands now or formerly of Lewis and Anthony Wright, and fcn the west by land now or formerly of Ella Oilliam. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase to be paid in cash, the 'balance n two . equal annual installments, at :he rate of 8 per cent per annum frorr lay of sale, uptil pa<id in full. The ;redit portion to be secured by the )ond of the purchaser and a mortgage )f the premises sold. The said bond md mortgage to provide for the paynent of taxes and 10 per cent attorley's fees, if same should be placed ifter maturity in the hands of an at- i ornev for collection; and the dwellm situated thereon said land seourei igainst any fire loss up to the full in- j urable value of said dwelling, and >olicy of insurance assigned to the flatter as additi&nal security. The i-id, when accepted, to he confirmed ; >y the immediate payment of fifty* dolars to the Master, and the full terms if sale to be complied with in five [avg from day of sale: otherwise the >remises will be resold on the suc'eeding saleday, at the ris& of the ormer purchaser. The purchaser to >ay for deed, mortgage, revenue 1 taming and recording of deed and "ortgaee, with leave to-the purchase? 0 pay his whole ibid in cash. >H. H. Rikard, Master. * ? - ? -vac. A>?i. 44 1MA fiasier'S v/inue, uti. 11, 13.10. rHE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Jfewberry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, rhe National Bank of Newberry, of Newberry, S. C. Plaintiff, Against Dlin H. Lane, as Administrator of the personal estate of E. <M. Lane, deceased, Zonie Neal Lane, Nellie Neal Lane, E. M. Lane, Floyd Neal Lane. IT* j : ? v. 1 T ?? T> /-? ATo+fViQirr^ 1 ? 111111 LidilC, D. iuan"6Tij| Terry Fish Company and King Hardware Company, Defendants. Pursuant to the order cf the Court in the above case I will sell at public outcry at Xewbsrry court house, on Monday the 4th day of November, 1918, during tfcfe legal hours cf sale to the highest bidder therefor the fol1 ort r? ttit lUTfing ; w\^u ia. uuc, v i?j . All tbat tract or plantation of land in Xewiberrv cornty, South Carolina, containing two hundred and twenty f220> acres, hounded on the north by lands of George Johnstone, east by a public road leading from Prosperity passing the Crotwell place and the Fikard place, south by lands of 0. B Mayer and" the lands of Henry Sligh. and the extension of Harrington street of the town of Newberry known as the Sligh road. This iand lies part ly within and partly witnout tne corporate limits of the town of Newberry, being the land conveyed to Ernest M. Lane by the plaintiff on the 21st day of November, 1913. There will be excepted from this sale eleven 1-100 acres heretofore conveyed by Ernest M. Lane to Colin L. Graham. Under the direction of said order I will offer the said premises for sale in the lots or parcels into" which the said prmises were heretofore divided for the purpose*of sale in the case of Wallace B. Todd, vs The National Bank of Newberry, et al., defendant?, plats of said sub-divisions being al' on file in this court in said case, the same being represented by plats one to eight both inclusive, plat number 10 and so much as remains of the parcel represented 'by plat number 9 was not sold to Colin L. Graham which will be sold with the parcel represented by plat number 10, and 666 curas Chills aiiu Fever. 0 C f# v-u l?l? I # ...... Just received?Best lot Cedar shingle?! ever bought. Langford & Bus'i j ardt. 10-4 'J1 666 cures Malaria Fever. 8-5 If Suosciibe to The Herald and Newa jTEAR ?OR ONLY ll.ZQ J I will then offer the premises as : whole. If the aggregate of the bids of the sale in parcels exceeds the bidfor the premises as a whole I will corvey the several parcels to the several purchasers therefor. If however, the bid for the premises as a whole ex- j ceeds the aggregate of the bids for the separate parcels then I will convey the premises to purchaser of tha same as a whole. TERMS OF SALE: One-third of the purchase money in ca9h, and the balance in two equal payments on a credit of one and two years with interest from the day of sale to be secured by the bond or note of the purchaser or purchasers, and a morfgage of the premises sold containing the usual stipulation for the payment of attorneys fees in ease of suit, action or foreclosure,?purchaser or pur chasers to pay for all papers, stamps and recording, with leave to any purchaser or purchasers to anticipate the payment of the credit portion purchase money in whole or in part at any time. Purchaser or purchasers will be required to comply with the terms o! sale within five days, and upon failure so to comply I will sell the premises on the next succeeding salesday nn the same terms at. the risk of the defaulting purchaser or purchasers. H. H. Rikard. Master for Newberry County. October 10th. 1918. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLIXA, County of dewberry. __ IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Mary L. Rawls, plaintiff, T against Nancy C. Barre and others, defend- | ants. By authority of a decree of the i Court of Common Pleas for Newberry I county, in tie case of Mary L. Rawls against Nancy C. Barre and others, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, in front of the court house, at Newberry, within. the legal hours of sale, on salesday in Novem- \ ber, 1918, being the 4th day, the fol^ J lowing real estate: 1. A tract of land in Newberry 4 county, containing out; nuuuicu au c? I more or less, and 'bounded east b/ ! tract (No. 2 of Barre lands, south by j Bush river, west by land of R. E. } , Gee, and north by land of R. E. Gee and traot <NTo. 2. < I 2. A tract of land in (Newberry county containing one hundred and I twenty-five acres, more or less, bein? the home place of lands of D. W. Barre, deceased, and bounded north by the public road leading to Newi j T?l? toQBt hrr Utirrv, auu ll'llli naiy iauu, w.t \ Tohn Harp land and Senn Mill road. * south by Neel land, and west by tract No. 2 of Barre land. 3. A tract of land in Newlerry county contains eigrhty-three and cix one hundredths acres, more or Si less, and boundeu north by land of ' R. E. Gee, east by tract No. 1 of Barre land, south by Neel land and Bush river, and west by tract No. 3 o? 111 Barre land. r Tbe purchaser cf each tract will 11 be required to pay one third of the ^ purchase price in cash, the balance to be secured by his bond and mort- ^ gage of the premises, paya'rle in 13 'wo equal annual installments, witb c interest from day of sale, payable annu ally until paid, with leave to anticipate - payments in whole or in part; 15 the mortgage to contain the usual stipulation for attorneys fees; the ^ purchaser to pay for papers, for re- ^ cording and for revenue stamps. H. H. Rikard, n Master for dewberry County ~ Ji THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Anna Worthy et al, Plaintiffs. ' bi vs Robert Alston et al' Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the Court 'N of Common Pleas for Newberry county, (State aforesaid, made in the above lt entitled case, I will sell at public auction before the court house doer at ^ Xewberry, S. C, on salesday in November, being Monday November 4, C 1918, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder therefor, the following described lands, to wit: All that certain tract of land, lying, ^ being and situate in Newberry counn ty, State aforesaid, being known as ~ Tract No. 1 of the "Hamp Blair U place;" formerly owned by Mrs. Sa- D rah E. Chick, the said tract No. 1 containing thirty seven and one-half l (37 1-2) acres, irore or less, &n^ tl bounded by S. P. Crotwell lands, ,e' Chick estate lands, Geo. S. Mower's ( I /? i Oxner lands, and Tract No. 2 of the ~ 'Harap Blair" place. The said Tract N'o. 1 being more accurately described * :n a certain plat made by F. W. Higgins, surveyor, on the 7th day of May, 1918, and filed in the above entitled case." Terms of sale cash; purchaser to pay for papers, revenue stamps, and recording. !c H. H. Rikard, ' I Master for Newbery County. J T 1 For headache, t n J neuralgia, coias ana grippe prudent phy- 1 sicians now advise 1 The improved tablet in flj which the heart-depressing J tendency is counteracted 1 hv heart-toninsr elements* V To avoid confusion Aspitone 1 is sold only in unbroken V packages. Price 35c. At P. E. WAY, DRUGGIST. FRIDAY I ' CMS MZAX i WHEA3XESS JnjSjn j USE kO SZ0EA2X CRjtfSX&A illllfll^ I zasjbt or skeakeast xooos OOKTATAONO "WHEAT ^fKgip^ I ^ -,. 'l Sow Wood's Hteh-Grade Seed Wheat For Best and Most Productive Crops. I Our Virginia-Grown See^ jt Wheats are superior f~r thm South?make larger yields^J and better quality of grain. Write for "WOOD'S CROP SPE<fl CIAL" giving prices and Information^ BbOUt SEED WHEAT, SEED OATS, Wt SEED RYE, BARLEY and all other fl Seeds for FaU Sowing. H T.W.Wood & Sons ' Seedsmen. Richmond, Va. |v4; Plant WHITE PEARL AND BERMUDA ONION SETS for profile- A ble crops, both for home use fl and market. Write for * JA "Wood's Crop Special," jtf giving prices. TAX NOTICE. The b'ooks lor tne collection oi tate and county tax for the year )18 will be* open from October loth, )18, to December 31st, 1918. Those who prefer to do so can pay To f-i it o nr 1Q1Q TtTltVl nfll> ronf* L uauuai;, a niiu uuc wu?, l February, 1919, with two per cent; id from March 1st, 1919, to Mai^M 5th, 1919, with seven per cent. jM The county auditor has man ooks by school districts this nd it will be necessary for taxp? ) give each school district in w? leir property is located. The levy for 1918 is as follows^? tate 8 l-4j onstitutional school <..3 rdinary county 6 1-4 nnrla/4 lTlrloJifoWnOCc nf r?r?linf"V ?l UUU^U Vi VV- ? ? * M oads and bridges I ourt house 1-2 ack indebtedness. 1-2 ail bonds 3-4 Except in the following localittafl here an additional railroad tax haV een levied: o. 1 township 1-4 mill 20 3-4^ o 8 township 3 mill 23 1-2 V The following school districts have | >vied tae following levies: m Dstricts iNos. 1, 22, 23 8 >i2*ricts Nos. 13, 19, 23, 34, 36, 39. M 40, 44, 45, 48, 49, 55 and 56 4 fl 'istricts Nos. 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15 I 16, 17, IS, 20, 21, 24; 32; 35; 41 42, 43, 46, 50 istricts Nos. 52 and 58 .jL Mn 1A lOti 1V/W *1 u. {strict No. 26 'istrict No. 30 'istrict No. 31 .fl istrict No. 47 A poll tax of one dollar has B ivied on all male citizens betS le ages of twenty one and sixty yearg?B xcept those exempt by law. * -if I A tax of fifty cents is levied on an ogs. Persons liable to road duty may pay commutation tax of $2.00 from t ctober 15th, 19"* 8, to December 31st, 518. C. C. Schumpert* Treasurer of Newberry Co 666 cures Headaches, Biliousness, )!5s of Appetite, or that tired aching idling, due to Malaria or Colds.