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LETTER LETTER FROM LT. EARL BUllOCKp 1 ? _ _ *%. A 4 H At O I ijongre, *Tance, i\oy. z*, xvio. j Dear Dad: This is your Christmas j] present, so I will try to tell you what i i I have been doing in this country. On May 24, 1918, just six months jj today, I landed in (Liverpool, England. Went from Liverpool to Lon-;; I I Lieutenant Earl Bullock from n 1 photograph taken before he went over seas and when he was Sergeant Bullock. don, then to Dover and then sailed j from Dover on May 26 to Calais, j France. Then we hiked to Belgium and went into the front line on June 24 and held the line in the big city of Ypres. We made an attack in July which was my first fight. We drove the Dutchmen 8 kilometres w>picn is; about f> miles and captured a hillj known as the Mt. Kamberel. That! was a hill that the British had beenj trying to take for 31-2 years. It took j the old 30th. division just five hours ( to take it that morning. And our casualties were very light. Well, I fought with the 30th up to , July 28, then I was ordered to Lonere, j France, to the Army Candidates school j --- At. 1. i i. ^ i. I ior tnree monms course, uui ai me j middle of August I had only been in j scbool six weeks I was called up be- ? fore the commission board and pass- j ed my examination as third in my j class. Was then sent to the 28th di- . vision and we then started the big I ; American defensive on September 26, j in the Argonne forest. j* I was assigned to Co L, 110th infan- j, try, as a platoon leader and on the; second day of the fight I was put in j command of the company and on the' 12th day of the fight I was put in com-1 mand of the battalion and I fought! like a tiger for three days. But on the second day of the fight I was wounded in my right hand but not bad and so I would not go to the hospital on account of that, and then the ether officers were being killed off very fast and I knew I must stick until the last, and so day after day of hard fighting we went through the great forest, driving the Germans before us and leaving dead ones behind. On the 15th day of the fight my di- i vision was relieved by the 82d divis-| ion and we were sent back to get | more men in our regiments. I went into the fight with 245 men in my company and when we came out I had only 37 in it. There were 965 men and 122 officers in my battalion when we started the scrap and I wag the only officer left and I had 113 men in the battalion. So you see we were doing some fighting /and during those 15 days we took over 4,000 prisoners, captured 14 towns, over 200 big guns, over 1,P00 machine guns and lots of ammunition and only God knows how many Dutchmen we killed. One afternoon I came back to try to get something to eat for my men and they were collecting up the dead Dutch -i- ? * xi mi men 10 Dury mem. j. ney were piuiig t them up in piles of 100 each and I| counted 7 piles along the road that I j went For four days of the scrap the! way we lived was to go out at night, to the German gardens and steal cab- j bage and potatoes and eat them raw, I and lots of times we would find Ger-' I mans there getting cabbage. We1 would either kill them or capture them and make them bring our food back for us. j We were sent over in front of Metz j from the Argohne forest and went into j the scrap again. But the major had ! come back so I was back with my' nnmnoWv Wo frmcrVit nn thoro fnr I If V/ V j two weeks and on the morning of1 November 11, the day the armistice was signed we were fighting. My division went over the top that morning at 5:30 and by 11 o'clock they had captured 2,000 or 3,000 prisoners and four towns. My company was to go over at 11:05 if the Dutchmen did not sign the armistice, but thanks to the goodness we did not go because we had started the drive on Metz. We| were just three miles from Metz when! the Germans threw up the white flag. | J i 1 IS FROM THE \11 along the line you could see white. su laers everywhere. ! sa This is a few of the scraps I have! m 3een in and just-a few of my hard-! on ships, but thank the goodness the war 1 wi is finished, ee, Dad, the last two se hours was the hardest of all for the wi Germans. All along the line the American, British, French and Belgians all were firing every gun they 17 tiad from the biggest to the smallest. | The airplanes were busy bombing j j them. We were trying to see who j | could shoot the most and the last shot, I | [ have never before seen such slaugh-1 | ter, and of course we lost lots of men j u ilso, but our losses were not one hun-! i : iredth part of that of the Germans, j | I am now at Longere, France, going j J to the infantry specialists school, j | rhis course will last about four weeks, | I :hen I am in bopes of my division be-j ing sent back to the States. My di-! vision has done some of the hardest j ighting and it is almost certain that; we will be among the first to get to j leave this country and I don't care J how soon that will be. I think I will! i t>e a first lieutenant when I get back j :o my division. I am still a second j lieutenant but have been recommend-1 ad for a first. I don't care if they don't give it to me, for if they do I C will have to stay in service longer, so that is why I don't want it. ?i Well, Dad, I think I have told you ai almost all I know now. Tell mother I ? will write to her tomorrow. Say, have 0l you heard from Glenn. I have not Cc been able to get any mail at all for a long time, but now I think I will get k] lots of it in a few days. I must stop now and go to dinner. I have been sc sitting here by a good fire all morning writing so I am rather hungry. With tl rV , lH Earl. Lt. T. E. Bullock, \ Co. L, 110th Inf., A. E. F. i * h< LETTER TO A MOTHER. ' a. I u? Mrs. W. B. Kibler of Prosperity has fr received the following letter: ^ France, Nov. 26, 1918. u] My Dear Mother: How are you all je by now? Well, I hope. I am doing 0< fine over here. Everything is quiet. I w am not doing anything now. Guess there was joy over there also when the armistice was signed. I don't L know when I will get home, don't think it will be very long. [ , Weil I went to the front before it bnded, didn't mind it so much. We i are now on our waq to Germany. J . - - - - isl Don't Know wnen we win get mere, i ^ We have been on the way for several j days. * * I sure have seen some part of this} i fii country. We have already passed j through Belgium, a nice country. What are Pa and the boys doing now? - Guess they are through with the crops and are now getting ready 1 for Christmas. Tell the boys to feed my horse good and care for him so I can drive him some when I get back. Also tell Pa to kill plenty of hogs. I wrote Eunice yesterday. Hope they. are all well. *Are you going to Greenville Christmas? Go and .enjoy your-! b self. Have the bv ys to h^ip you and ! d Pa with your work. Now mother if you don't hear from: ^ me so often don't worry or get uneasy, j ^ How is Mr. Caldwell Ruff? Hope he j jr is improving.? Give my love to all. n From your son, n Tomoff HP Vihlar* x* Axi w*v* : f( LIEUT. HUMBERT M. AULL b SUFFERS ATTACK OF GAS e Last Monday evening wer received J A the following letter from our boy si over there from whom we had not k heard until then since the 30th of Oc-j tober. We make some extracts from j k it so that his friends may know that i r< he is all right and recovering from the gas attack. . A "Tnnl Prannp "Dec 4, 1918. jo: "My Dear Papa: ju "Your letter dated September 231 g reached me today due to the fact that f< I haven't been in one place long enough for my mail to catch me. This a is the first letter I have received in; tl over two months. c; I am now in Base Hospital 82, just 2 f( kilometres out of Toul. I have been ti here since November 2, suffering from t( mustard gas. I was gassed on No- n vember 2 on the lines about 25 kilome- ii tres southwest of Metz. For a week ci I was totally blind, but my sight is. all j 1< rignt now. i aon i Know now long 11 a will be here: just continue to sendjlc my mail to Co. H, 112th Infantry and a: it will be forwarded to me. a: "I had quite a bit of excitement! f( just a few days before I received that t( d?n mustard-gas. On the night of d; October 27 I carried a raiding party tl over and captured three prisoners. On fi: the night of October 28 I started over 0] on another raiding party and succeed- tl ed in getting half way across and got le caught in our own barrage. I laid w there for about 15 minutes and finally [is j J - I BOYS. * * ii* ?? 1 ^1. cceeaea m geuing an my men uacn. fely. It was nothing short of a iracle that we were not all wiped I it. On the morning of October 29 I as ordered to carry a patrol over and e if the Germans had evacuated the' oods in front of our lines. I found 'vij I V - I Lieutenant Humbert Au 11 in tho, mtre when- he was First'Sergeant at j amp Sevier. The two comrades arej am Bolleman with the shirt in* hand id Sergeant Bailey. it what information I wanted and iptured one prisoner. So you see I as having a great time until I was iocked~ out with mustard gas. "I am glad the war is over but I am j ury that I was not able to be with, y platoon which was on the line' hen it all ceased. I have been told lat the Germans came over to our ae as soon as the firing ceased. And > think I was in the hospital when 1 this happened nearly breaks my 2art. I "I received a letter from John to ly, the first time that I have heara om him since I have been over here, s soon as you receive this call him ? and tell* him that I .received his tter and would appreciate ^ one as :ten as he can spare the time to i rite. Haven't heard from James nee I left Columbia. i "The last time that I saw Huston ong was the last of July and he was ljoying the best of health. I . , . . . .j "I appreciate what Miss Mary Bur-j >n had to say in her letter to yon lor, le is not the kind to say those kind : things unless she really meant it. | "How is everything around the of-, ce? Fine I hope. Give Mae and the ids my best. ' I "Your devoted son, I "Humbert.". 0. K. "H. M. Aull, Lt. Inf." LETTER FROM H. T. LAKE. Valdohon, France, Nov. 24, 1918. Dear Father: How are you all this eautiful morning? I am fine and andy. Hope you all the same. , i I have been in the hospital two reeks yesterday with the mumps, ave one more week to stay here, was l bed only four days. Would have ever gone to bed if they hadn't ma de le. i Well, I guess everything seems dif-. irent since the armistice was signed y Germany to the allies. I know verything seems different over here, i Every one is preparing to sail for merica. Don't know when we will ail as yet, but I think it will not be >ng. Well, I guess you would like to now something about our trip to Eu3pe. We sailed from Hoboken, N. J., on .ugust 8th, about 6 p. m., and arrived i Liverpool, England, about midnight: f August 19, 1918. Stayed on ship ntil daylight. On the morning of Auust 20 I stepped off the Metagoma )r the first time in foreign land. We had to hike about four miles n A + Vion + r\r\Lr +-roiri on/1 imtil lot/a uu tuwu Lyvn 11 uiu uuu x uuui latv lat afternoon and came to a rest amp at Ramsey, England, and rested )r three days. Then we hiked for. velve miles to South Hampton and )ok a ship to cross the English Chanel, one of the most dangerous spots 1 the war zone, and waited for the Dver of night to cross here. We mded next morning in Harve, France, nd rested there for two nights, then >aded on freight cars for three days nd nights travel to Southern France ud arrived at Flonbouche, France,' >r thirty days training before going > the front. We stayed there for 40 ays, then came to Valdahon camps, le finest camps in France, for the dishing touch of our training. Hadj rders to leave Sunday morning for le front near Metz, and our company ft on due time. They were on the ay to the front at the time the armtice was signed. Our infantry was ' . f ? ?????? already in action. I forgot to tell you how mariy ships came across the same time we did. We had eleven transporters and one war ship and one sub-chaser. All of the transports were British ships, but the war ship and sub-chaser were American of the latest type. Two days before we landed we met a fleet of sub chasers numbering twenty-eight, consisting of British and American, which made it impossible' for a sub to show himself. Well, father, I have seeft where all of the styles started from. While the French treat us boys fine but I can't agree with the type that starts styles. Well, I will have to close for this time as it is time for dinner and will have to hurry if I get anything to eat as you know how it is in the army, every one has to look out for himself. Will close, hoping to see you all soon. Love to all. ^ Your son. H. T. Lake, Hdqrs. 317 F. A. N. A., via N.. Y. A TT TT - 1 A ~ w. xv. j\a,n a. Mitaei, 2nd Lt. U. S. A. Maddox Longshore Writes. Mr. H. C. Longshore got two letters last week from his son Maddox; written the latter part of November, dated in Luxemburg. He said he had heard from his brother Clarence three weeks before. Clarence was then or a seven days' furlough and having a fine time. Maddox writes: "I am ir a town about twenty miles from Lux emburg city, but we are looking tc leave here in a few days. I don'1 know where we are going but I will irAii V* rvn T T mi AOC FIICC JSJLL VTUCJa ? lllCi X ycu all are having a big Thanksgiving day. I hope I will be able to spenc next Thanksgiving day at home." Maddox R. Longshore is a membei of Co B, 117th Engineers. In his let ters he wants to know how all th< people around home are getting along He doesn't like it one bit because th( mails are so long delayed; misses let ters and papers, and wants to get i late paper to "see how everything is getting along around home." Both h< and his brother are in Luxemburg. Oi their way from France they passec through Belgium, spending one nigh in that country. Dr. Stuck Remembers a Friend. Lt. E. E. Stuck of the 12th Aer< squadron, American Expeditionary forces, sent a Newberry friend sev eral posft cards, under date of Novem ber^30. One was a picture of th< Condc Hip Natifl A AAV & VMMV New! I From repci Showing Conditi< I.' RESOURCE loans and Investments . . . Liberty Bonds and Treasury CertifiI | cates of Indebtedness . . . United States Bonds .... Cash and due from Banks and I United States Treasury . - . THE NATION; B. C. MATTHEWS, President. State, Coui I Membi %v':, r- : ? V*-! ZVS&rt ' - J J Americans entering Luxemburg. On i the back of the card he wrote: "On our way to the Rhine for the winter. Our squadron camp not very far from this city. Spent the day here today, and enjoyed it 'muchly.'" On a card ! with a view of Metz he said he spent . Innp nip'ht in that ritv en rrmtp hut * ! "Decidedly too many Germans there to suit me." On a beautiful one he exi claimed: "It's every bit as pretty as it looks." He enjoys The Herald and i News very much when it arrives, but ] the mails are slow owing to moving so j much. He hopes everybody is fine and ! sends regards to all the boys. The many friends of Lieut. Stuck will be glad to hear of his well being, and the cards are being enjoyed by all who see them. Good Letter From Colored Soldier. John G. Gilliam 'heard from his son Andrew last week, the letter bearing date of November 22, as follows: My Dear Father: Just a few wt>rds to let you all know that I am Well and getting along fine. Well, the worst is about over and we are waiting to be ordered back to th? States. We are in a little Frfench village and the people are certainly fine. They are the politest people I ever saw. They will ' - do almost anything for you. If there | wasn't any America I believe I could live here. But there is only one flag ' and that is the old red, white and blue. ^ A man never appreciates "Old Glory" L until he has fought for it and seen men die for it. ^ This time another six months I hope . to be with you all. You can be satisI fied now that I am no longer fighting and that the chances are not so great as they were before. Give my regards | to all, Mrs. Maggie' especially, also Uncle Jack and family. With this I remain, Your devoted son, Andrew. Mrs. J. O. Williams Dies. The State, 14th. * t Mrs. Emma Williams, wife of J. O. Williams, conductor for the street railway company, died at her home at an j early hour yesterday, morning after a j brief illness. She was 24 years of age and leaves ^ atia Ii+4-Ia rtViil/1 7n. tier UUaudUU auu uuc muc tuuu. xu terinent will be at Jackson Creek church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. ) i If you have organs to repair, call st j Hallman's Barber Shop. M. C. - Hallipan 12-13 H 5 6C6 cures biuous ^ever. 8-b tf 1844 xised Stat OF inal B ank oi berry, South Ca rt to the Comptroller of t >n at the Close of Bus 5 $ 704,495.55 Capital Stock . Surplus and Und Circulation 182,110.00 Dividends Unpaii 100,000.00 Deposits . . Bills Payable (s Bonds) 146.426.17 Rediscounts with $1,133,031.72 i I II RANK OF m 1 AJk ASA AA 111, V A aim i T. K. JOHNSTONE, Cashier. nty and City ?r Federal Reserve i j SALE OF TWO VALUABLE LO*TS V& CITY OF NEWBERRY. /Under and by authority of the last A will and testament of Mrs. Harriet Y. [ Lane, deceased, now on file in Pack-^^H I age No. 552, ar.d recorded in Wil^^H| ! Book No. 6 at pages 194 and 195, *nSH i the office of the Judge of Probate fct^^H [ Newberry county, S. C., I will sell H I i ? - ?-.n *_ J ;i < . ?# j cne iwo iouowmg aescnuea xoc? ^ i^H 1 land, to the highest bidder, before the I court house at Newberry, S. C., cr J Monday, salesday, Janaary 6Ch, 1919, ! immediately after the judicial sales: All that piece, parcel or lot of lana j lying and beir.g situate in the town I of Newberry, county of Newberry State j of South Carolina, fronting forty-three , j ar.d one-half (43 1-2) feet, more ?r ^ less, on Main, or Pratt street and runnii;g back therefrom, same widtb ninety-five (95) feet, more or le?sr and bounded on the north by Main, o;' y Pratt street, or. the east bV iz'C of Otto Klettner, on tl?e south by an alley which seo?.raies it froin the lot hereinafter descr.lK- i r.rd on the west hy lot of J. W. i'mith. / ? Also, all that other piece, parcel ?r I lot of laud lyii'-i' and being si;uate ia the town of tfewbevr/, county o' Newberry, State of South Caroline, {routiner seventy (70) feet, more or less, on Friend street and running badcr therefrom, same width, ninty-tive a?d. five twelfth (95 5-12) feet, mor? or less, and bounded on the north by an alley which separates jt from the lot hereinbefore described; an the east by lot of Otto Klettner, on the'south bv Friend street and on the west by an alley which separates ?t from lot of George S. Mower and John MKinard. A two story residence is o? ttis lot. A plat of said 'lots is now on record, and may be seen, in the office of clerk of court for Newberry countyin Plat Book T), at page 292. ^ Terms oi sale: One-half cash, n&lrf the balance in twelve months, with in- " terest from day of sale at the rate of eight per cent per annum to be secured \ by a mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser, or purchasers to pay fcr^ papers and stamps. John M. Kinard, As Executor of the last will and testament of Harrist Y. Lane, deceased. WANTED?A cottage; or four or five rooms. Desirable location and garden. Possession wanted as soon as/ can be given. Address Father, careHerald and News. Dtf i / ' vn$| ( ^ ement I j Newberry I ! irouna he Currency iness Nov. 1,1918 7 r % LIABILITIES ! i 100,800.00 : I i in r. lOOAJIA 9 maefl rrtrcs . . io,ov*.iu ^ I 98,800.00 M 56.00 J? . . 793,311.20MB scored by L&erty I lOl.OOOX^m i Federal Bask ' 21,060.42 ? n $1,133,031.72 1 VBERRY, S. C j 4 W.W.CROMER flH Assistant Cashier. I Depository System J