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- - ? DELAY IN REPORTING CASUALTY j LIST CAUSES ANXIETY I Those of us who have boys over there felt for awhile that it was true that the saying, "No news is good news," 'but the long delay in the Tvar * department in reporting casualties makes us feel rather anxi ?ous and doubt ?f that saying is tr;.:e "in this case. Just why we can not 'hoar of casualties until some comrade writes a letter home that some one Sbas been killed in battle we do not ;know. It does seem that with th?.? great number of clerks in ail departments, and with the great facilities in this day for handling information, and the fine system that wc thought the war department had, tha*. *>y this time we should have heard of those who were' killed in battle or wprinnslv wounded, but not so. Every tiow and then some soldier writes r.ome giving the in formation that ^ some one has been killed and it is not yet reported by the war depart-mept. Of course we understand that this is a big war and many men are ersgaoed in it, but the facilities for handling the details have been big as well iSome two weeks ago we published a letter from Duane Livingston to his mother stating that Haskell Cromer had been killed in battle. Mr 'Cromer's people received a letter from him about the same time which raised a doubt as to the correctness of the statement that he had been killed. Congressman Dominick tool: The matter up with the war department in an effort to get confirmation of the reDort but was unable to do so. ^nd in fact the information he go* raised the hope that young Cromer Tiad not been killed. Last week a letter from Philander Cromer to his father stated that he A ,v ^Philander) was m m? uusjLuuu well - and recovering from a wound, end that Haskell had been killed in Rattle. He also wrote that Ben Folk, son of Mr. and -Mrs. Tom Folk, had been killed, which was the first information received of his death. v We publish herewith letters from the Bullock brothers, stating that thev were all right at the time the letters were written, but no news has been received since, and the big battle was xiot yet over when they wrote. The statement in Lieutenant Earle Bullock's letter as to our boy is the latest news we have had from him ar.} Y)r. Cromer has not heard from his ?? ? timp and Mr. Mower SUil 111 4U1VV a VAAAAV. V.MV? _ "bas not heard from Dr. Frank Mower, though he cabled the other day, but ^ "has no response from the cable ^Naturally we are beginning to feel that no news is not good news. Ant] there are many others who have bov? cover there from whom they have ha?J ^>0 word in two months or more. Jt does look like the war department should be aMe by this time witb tjll the facilities at their command to give us some information. As we have remarked before we do rot feel much enthusiasm for celebrating though we are just as proud as ar.y one that th^ Yiornble war is over, but only thosr> who b*ve bovs over tbere from whon"* tb?v bavp h*d no word can annreciate 3ust how those of us who have feel. Sept. 4, 1918. 1 / Sly De^r Mother: ? Hew does Mrs. Bullock feel todayc V/ell I hope she is happy and enjoying the best o? health. I am and am jus** * * rY i .1 ? a.s tat as a pi?r. i-iave you neara huh; Glenn lately??the rascal wont writrto me; I guess he is too busy to write and spends his spare time in writing to his girl and you. 'Up until thei other day I sure have not had timr to write you all but once a week, but from now on I ^ope to have time to write at least twice a week and will do so if I can. I will go to my new work tomorrow morning if nothing prevents and will , write you my n'ew address as socn ?as I get one. fL linow you have been reading ail tke.^ood war news and bow the Hun^ ;arerrimaing before tKe Americans and ; all of the Allies. I claim that we -wontr-let them stop until the old Kai3_ . er gets rdown on his knees and begs for mercy.. Then I am going to lio a rope aroimd his neck and drag his: fior.a.^Jiile and I don't know what else we will do with him before we get : through with* him. Humbert Aull and myself were the vOnV Newberry boys here at school amd -w?? both made good. Mr. McCants jan^Se ^gcod al^o, he left yesterday af;tente?n tojfiifd his-new home. I don't -ftnaw just-where "he is going; and *' ? ^ ? ?1J ? mwill <vr\ SlUIUDerL AUll auu OCII nui few iw aether. We will leave tomorrow. Mother there is no news around this part of the country that you have not already read and it Is almost supper time and as usual, I am very hungry, so will stop for this time. 'Please excuse short note, will write a longer one next time, and if you write to me before yon get my new -address just send it to Lieut T. E I Bullock, A. P. O. 714, American E. F., Wi France, and they will send it to me. U With worlds of love and kisses to |j you all. Your devoted son, J j Earl. >1 Somewhere in France, p Oct. 20, 1918. r! P aa r TVTnfhpr* | How are you feeling tonight, just [| | fine, I bope. I am getting along fine pj ' and just as fat as a pig. What Jo || | you think of your next to the oldest 8 | son? He is some Lieut., although h#1 Eg is just only a 2nd Lieut, but I am in Eg command of a who'.e company. Ijl was assigned to this company when; B they were up in the front line, so 11 1 went up and when I got there 1.8 found only one officer with the com-' 9 | pany and I had been there only a i || | couple of hours and he was wounded j K land so I became commander at oncejg I t ziorriod it thrmio-h the fieht and I a | believe me it was some fight. I know j | ! you read about the Argonne Forest j K battle. Well, I was right there with. 3 the goods. The fight lasted for days and nights, but I was only in ii 13 the last four days and came out with- j I out a scratch. I think I will be bringing my company home soon, (my J mem are from Pa.,) because I think ra old Kaiser Bill has about enough of Uncle Sam's men and believe me, S when his men know that Uncle Sam's I 1 *?offar thorn thpv fln B uu> a aic ^wixxing a?vi ? | _ not run?but just fly. That is all ?^!H them that get half a chance. -Most j = of them just fall where-they are?not in to rise any more. One night just af-js ter dark there were about six of my | men went out on- a patrol and came | upon a dugout full of Huns and they B slipped up to the door and asked thsra if they were ready to die and they 9 all threw down their guns and up I ^it.h their hands, so those six little |j boys of mine brought back 75 bis B Dutchmen. They said when the Amer- I jicans first came over they did net H think we could shoot but they found II different when we started after them. I have a little Italian in my company I and he captured two great bi<r Ger S mans one day and brought them ud 1 to me and asked what to do with these I devils, I told him to carry them back D to the pen; he said: "IMe can no take I hem hack day can no walk, me stick R dem wid de bayonet, and day no can I walk." So I came to find out that 1 hp hart eantured them and they were | a little slow in giving up, so he put || his bayonet in them. S Have you heard from. Gleen lately? I T guess he is all OK. $ Well, mother there is nothing new I and I still think I will be able to eat fl Chrstmas dinner with you all. ? W?th lots and lots cf love and kisses W( to you all, I am, j ijv Your devoted so*i, j m1 Earl. i0l) th Somewhere in France oe Sept. 14, 1918. ba Dear Mamma: foi Vnnr ?PVPr. al days ago, and was glad to heav e:: from you. Well, how is everybody? ws 1 am doin^ fine; just got a letter from su Earl. He is doing fine also. So you thi -.ee we 2re making this war as good bu i** any one can expect. I sure would ha like to be home, for I have come to ho the conclusion that home is the best is -?Iace cf er all. I think if I go through mi air.ry nice places like I went through r few day? I w'll be bullet proof wr Guess you have seen the account ag *"he papers where we are do;no- the ] Germans a job. I was called on about ~ wo weeks ago to go lo the front, so of course I went. Got to the froii' | line about 10 o'clock at night, walked J about 7 miles and was tired, so J tried to sleep but the shells made suc'r, a fuss I couldn't. I was in a fairly good dugout ard was lying inside and > shell struck just behind it and the dirt caved in on me. I didn't mind hat' only I cussed the E.'un that shot that shell, for he caused me about , 30 minutes of digging out my equip ment. I finally got everything out and just watched the rest of the night for another one, finally day light cam? and I knew something was going v happen for our big gunu had cease-i to fire, so about 12 o'clock an orde~ came for me a^d mv platoon to go over the top. Of course, this was my first time over the real top. and nat.. urally was a little rattled, but I did not let my boys know it. so when wp | were all ready, over we went, when we got about 200 yards in No -Mans Land it seemed to me a hail storm of bullets and shells began to fall, but we had the America'* spirit in us and the faster the Hun sem his shell? rh' [faster we run toward* him. We captured our objective am': past the mark i we had started to get. But mamma 11 can't write words that would oxplain this act, for to see th? ground hairier tnrn nn a IT around VOll am? ?? ? ? - ? - J expecting one to hit me everv minute was some experience. We went through what I call a shower of heL. but our time came 01 last, after we advanced about 500 y.irds we spotted the Hurs and then we were plenty for them. When th??y saw who we \ Rv rli sel! at put 1918, at t Warehous charges, u The same sale postp Good tity or val m. T erm I COLUMBIA November 1J j ire, most of them ran for their es, hut their lives were nut worth jch for we do not take many *pr;:<-. ers, so we streamed bullets em and killed all we could find ex- j, pt just a few, we brought them ck for the headquarters to get in , rmation from. j Well, this finished my first expe;*i , ce of over the top, so I thought I j 1-3 tbrrvnp-h with the fiav but we hud ; i ch success, about 6 pm. rhe same . ing happened?we went over again, j t felt much better about it for v/e j d been once and fel"., like we knew . w so we went with success There L, not as many deaths as any o.ie | ght expect. ' . 11 ?uess I had better mi it for this time 1 ^ i:te soon. We are back in France; ain, I forgot to tell you that. Lots of love to all, . Glenn. J I "- j" ^ ; .. You I \X I Ta & % Rep'ardle 1 stable b | childrer I "tea nor INST. answer* a hot dr | -admiral: Its co purity an< a safe dr I "7A, jitW . "V-^V'^Wr^;' / ' '> ' ' \-,'Li> v5?v # rection of the F )lic auction on i * i m. T he Columbia, ;e, Newberry, S. nclaimed and r items advertise oned. s sold without < ue. Sale will c is cash. : I r / I k, NEWBER1 J. W. DEW 3th, 1918. - Letter.to Mrs. J. T. Morris, j Le Foyer du Soldat Uuion Franco-Americaine. My Dear Mother. I received your kind letter sorre time ago; was more than glad to | hear from you. I am well and getting along fine now.. I left the hospital some time ago and arrived at the company just in time to get in iction. Believe me it was a hard Eight, about the hardest job we have tiad yet, and thanks I went through without a scratch. It certainly is something to be proud of. I saw Clarence a few days ago; he s getting along fine. I heard since le went on pass. Jim is in the hospital?he was ft-onnded a short time ago. I haven't m B / r Childr ble Drin iss of your own c evera^e you wil * should drink n coffee. 5 "bhe requirem ink for childre jly. 5-1 ike flavora'tfcrac j i i a wnoie5omene5s ink -for younrf or o eres a J^easo/ ?a s?? Yeight Claim As Saturday, Noven jwberry & Laure C., for freight < efused articles c -J n f\ 1 "5" ,#"V V" u f ui saic uliul % \ \ guarantee of que :ommence at 10 \ .1 4 RY & LAURI IING, Agent - - - - - Nc [ heard from him since, although I | hope he will get along all 0 K. Marvin Fulmer was also wounded some time ago; bo a man from his | company told me. He didn't know whether it was serious or not. I Mother, donrt think hard of me for not writing oftener. I write every chance I get. Sometimes it is for weeks that I don't have an opportun ity to write a line, uui wneri 1 tau I -will write every week and I want von to write two or three times a week: it sure makes me feel good to get a letter from home. I had a dream one night while I was at the front?I thought I was at home: I sure was having some time ihe few minutes I was asleep, but" when I awoke I found it was all a dre&m and I felt real mad at myself. 'I ~'i* ' *'1 *Av; 1 5?? en's ,k 1 p * jr'* :hoice in | I a^'ree J iei?her TUN | ierrbs of r% mncf* ii,ii ww % m ! i ts and Its make i*fc I Id. ' | i I | 7 I 1 _ _ Jl[ j ight!1 k rent, 1 will n iber 30th, jJ in s Freight II md other 1 j >f freight. 1; >er 5, but 1* Jkty, quan- I" nVlnrlf a. I ? 8H ENS R. R. | iwberry, S. C. || . - Well, I haven't heard a gun foi some time now?about two weeks. I f-hinlr thp r^hanse will do me eood. at least I hope so. * 4 Well, mother, I understand that Christmas boxes can be sent and of course I am expectig one. They must A be a certain size?3x4x9 inches? an inch larger, and I don't know anyone who would want one . anj H smaller. I know I wouldn't. Bn I haven't renewed my allotment but'l am going to when I get ever^^H thing straightened out. I can't s^^H when that will be. I must stop as the candle is gettin^^H short and I can hadrly see. With and best wishes to all, Your loving son. * Claude. ? *3T* l WAGONS?We have just received a few two-horse wagons but expect a car next few weeks, remember ^ White Hickory wagons satisfy. Ic^HH will pay you to see us for your^H needs. Summer Bros. Co. 11-22 2tfl| fil 5^:Sj??:?saii::s;s;::ssK?:g?SjSSlij|^B ft CO&y<>toS<MUjlfied' Wk i JfcWiti Sjuxell? JBH Here is your opportunity to insure ; against embarrassing errors in spelling, flHHHl pronunciation and poor choice of words. Know the meaning of puzzling j; war terms. Increase your efficiency which results in power and success. WEBSTER'S ::! mamas fiu va*ntl IVlAll jj ntir in i ckumi iurmh I: DICTIONARY is an all-kno*flHN jj ing teacher, a universal questioB^^B| ij answerer, made to meet jj needs. 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