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ROLLICKING LETTER FROM FRANCE F<' 'tiler Instructor ut Carolina Writes Interestingly of France and the French Columbia State: E. R. Jeter, an accomplished young graduate ot' the University of South Carolina, and sometime instructor of English at his alma mater, is now a private in the United States Ambulance Corps, and is attached to Red Cross Military Hospital No. 1, "somewhere" in sunny France. He has written a letter to an old friend in Columbia, obviously, with no idea of publication, for no one familiar with his many contributions in prose and verse to The Carolinian, or who remembers his really brilliant paper on Oscar Wilde, read two or three >ears ago before the Columbia Dramatic League, would recognivn ibid 1 'ol o r\ rl ? o V* ' ' u v 1 n o nil clo no of this rollicking letter. The following are some ot' the remarks: "In a Base Hospital. "January 28, 1918. "My Dear : "This afternoon I have just finished tuy work an hour or so earlier and so am going to imprvoe these shining moments by dropping you a short note. At least I expect it will be a short not for it isn't so long until supper and there are few things I prefer to the suppers they give at this place. ... I may be able to give you a litile dope on what's happening over here, that is as far as I can see from personal observation, for we really know mighty little about what's happening on the front. It's just a bit difficult for us . . .to get a very comprehensive i<l<M r.F t n ???.. :? 1 iut? vi iuc a\,v:vuiiia m intr lit* w npapers, and General Pershing has so far not honored any of the members of our section with any confidences. I guess he doesn't know that we've come to town yet, though we're looking for him every day or so to come out to take lunch with us. "We had a wonderful voyage over Were. It was much warmer than it had been where we were quartered town named Tobyhana. about ten before we left the Stutes, in a little miles from the North Pole, though it was located in Pennsylvania. There was nothing of interest on the way across, though the trip was enliven-! ed for me by a trip to the forward 1 crow's nest every day. Three of four of us were put up there to look for those sea jackals, Bill's tin fish,' ?ud it had a little spice to it. to crawl up that rigging with the wind whistling about and playing hide and seek with the box we were standing in. I saw 15 sea gulls and . two pieces of drift wood coming over , u mm WflfT| , umi . R Helps m Women H ; Cardui, the woman's ^ tonic, helped Mrs. William Eversole, of Hazel Patch, Ky. Read what J; she writes: "1 had a njj^ general breaking-down 1 of my health. 1 was in bed for weeks, unable to , get up. 1 had such a , weakness and dizziness, , . . . and the pains were H ) very severe. A friend t told me I had tried every- jgB t soon saw it v. as helping Prafl : ! am strong and well." ?% Jm 1 *~4 TAKE ^ ' PinnEii umiuui The Woman's Tonic MM Do you feel weak, diz- mm MM zy, worn-out? Is your , Mr lack of good health caused i Iw from any of the com- wl plaints so common to WM , kHfl women? Then why not WK+ . Kft give Cardui a trial? It RH 1 should surely do for ycu MM what it has done for so . many thousands of other < H^B women who suffered?it ^HB should help you back to Iff HP Ask some lady friend BH 1 ^I u/hn hoc fol/on Pn?#(?*S HHt ???W iMnwai vaiuui. mnmr though I could have sworn that I saw 30 periscopes and twice that many subs on the last day out, when we were in the war zone. Fortunately none troubled us and the voy- ( age was as calm and peaceful as a summer's day. I learned one great lesson though and that was to take' ofT my hat at mention of the names ot the late Messrs. Columbus, Magellan, Hudson et all., for believe me' those babies had nerve ... to try and cross the pond in those batteaux they wandered around in. . . .1 didn't get seasick though 1 felt very little desire to eat for several days, i That noble gentleman from the i South, Mr. Irvin Cobb, says that nobody ever gets seasick; they have an attack of grippe. If that is true sev-' eral or our men had bad colds and i one or two of theni, from the way they hung over the rail, must have had pneumonia. "We are here in France now, located at a big base hospital doing evacuation work; that is taking men from the trains to this hospital and ; from this to others. We are in won- i derful quarters, the best, I believe, occupied by any part of the AmeVi-1 can army over here. We sleep in I beds?can you get that??in real , beds with sheets on them! I don't] know what you think ahout that. I but, to us, who slept on hard floors ! at Tobyhana, it is the ne plus ultra j of Sybaritic luxury. And we eat t food too that is cooked by a French < j chef, and served by a French wait-, less, and believe me, it's some food! j We've had rice twice since I've been ^ here that was cooked us the good Lord intended rice to be cooked. I . got away with four helpings today at dinner, the first two boldly, and the I last two surreptitiously. I have tasted many dishes'in my life time, but! never one that so touched the hidden depths of my soul as that rice did,' and now I understand how men cun develop epicuccan tastes. ... I, hope that 'ere long we'll get sent to' that this little dream is drawing to' a climax, and I want to have a front row seat when the curtain goes up on the last act. It oueht to hej mighty interesting up there and, When I learn to sling this lingo, I'm going to make a stab at talking to! some of the poilus and finding out . what this trench stuff is really like.' One sees a plenty of them round ( here. "There are quite a bunch of South' Carolinians in this section. Bob J Walker, the first sergeant, is from ' Columbia, and is an old Davidson and Cletnson football man. Then,' there's Tom Heed, Tom Crawford: and Lyles Whitner from Rock Hill, \ Toots" Walker from Columbia. Dan Scarborough from Summerton. Ca-' rey Murphy front Charleston and rour honorable servant from the vilds of Santuc and ! >.re old Carolina men; ? having .thieved the distinction of being reagnized as one of the laziest men hat ever graced a room in Hutledge and you know what workers the :entleuten who stayed there always k'iMv! lit* works aboui as good as uy man in the section now. In fact il of them are putting good soldiers n one of the hest sections in the' tnbulance service. Our lieutenant s also a South Carolinian, L. M. mill). "And as for France?many have lied to express their love of this und and I can well understand how utterly they must have hated their nubility to find words wherein to onvey their ideas. You. who have ceii it, can understand. Long valeys rolling in gentle swells up to he foot hills; the wonderful clearloss and brilliancy of it all, and bednd everything the wonderful lure >f the land; the knowledge that hisory lies just over that hill yonder! have M-vei known just exactly the ame si, i of thrill I felt that mornng mi s'-eamed into harbor. We :chl i la ml about 7 o'clock in the .or ling: about 1.7 miles away to or: -a dim line indistinct on (lie ho i/.on. Abojut 12 o'clock we pulled nfo barb >r and lay for a few days ufoii we lott loi tliis base. We :iw one oi two of the most famous owns in France, though. We couldn't go sightseeing We lad a rathei long journey and i ;.!< bis French bread for the 'irst time n my life those long loaves of irmvii bread. It was line then, hut ,i(W we've become too 'accustomed :? it to cause evena momentary tlirili )t excitement. I have round out too hat wine is merely a comparative term, for some of it that we get is mi the blink. You see we are at a ospitnl where they have only French blesses* and they must have their wine with their meals, so they serve it to us too. It hasn't us much kick is a good coco-cola with a dust of lemon in it, and it doesn't agree with tn American stomach at all. The ladies are beautiful, there is much of youth and laughter despite the toll ; war so we nave a good time. If any one had ever doubted that I'rance has been at war that illusion would he dispelled by a visit here, lint' sees uniforms everywhere one irons; uniforms of every kind and leseription from the brilliant red irousers of the old army of Francej to the dull khaki of the Australians.) Our greatest wonder since we come liere lias been to find where France's medal factory was, forevt ry man you see :s decorated like a negro at a M< thodist social. 1 have one or two >ld campaign badges at home and 1 think I'll send for them in order Ihot 1 too may walk among the ul'u. Then if any one asks me what my orders were, I'd say, 'I have j the medals of honor of the order of Cole L. Blease; the association of | William Jennings Bryan, and the Cruix de Guerre of Woodrow Wilson.' They deserve them, though, these poilus; brave, brave men! "I wish that I could write more, but fate compels me to stop. Best regards to all my friends. . . E. R. Jeter." Rattlesnake's Rattle. The rattle of the rattlesnake Is developed from the single scale or epidermal spine, which In most snakes forms the internal tegument of the tall. The bone on which the root of the rattle rests consists of ihe last annrln 1 nn,l to ??-K - vauuui ?n irwia auu to vu? n ru ** iin a skin which is the beginning of the rattle In young rattlesnakes. Professional Cards. < I.. B. HASELDEN Attorney at l>nw DILLON, s. c. \Ior.e; to Lend on First Mortgage Ileal Estate. J. W. JOHNSON At torney-at-Law Practice In State and Fedoral Court* Marion, S. C. OK. J. H. HAM Eli., JR. Dentist Office over Peoples Bank. S. C. HEX5L.EE, M. D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Spectacles Fitted. Office Hours 9 to 11 and 2 to 4 Evening Hours by Appointment. llAIUiUOVE it llKADDY A11 orncys-at Law. Office first floor People Hank llldg. DILLON. S. C. (?II IS ON & MULLEK Attorneys-at-Law OiLct) Malcolm Mercantile Go DIL.LON, a. c. Practice In State and Federal Oourtf 4. M. JOHNSON, C. JS. ? My surveying and Engineering of rice '..-ill be Open during my absence, ind prepared to take care of any work as usual, address all coin in uli-rii ns as heretofore. J. M. Johnson, Marion, S. C. L. D. LIDE A11 orney-at -141 w MARION. S. I)R. C. R. TABER Physician and Surgeon OiTicv at residence. No. 5 Harrison ;t. I.e. idcnee Phone No. 90. I YO I You wi most in greatly best sei fertilizii There is a IwjFr THE RED CROSS NURSES OF EUROPE ARE GIVING TOASTED CIGARETTES TO THE BOYS i j To anyone who doesn't know of the wonderful advances that have been made in the preparation of smoking tobaccos in the last few years it may sound strange to speak of toasted cigarettes. Strictly speaking, we should say cigaI rettes made of toasted tobacco; the smok ! era of this country will recognize it more readily by its trade name, "LUCKY STRIKE "?the toasted cigarette. The American Tobacco. Company are producing millions of these toasted cigarettes and these are being bought in enormous quantities through the various tobacco funds conducted by the newspapers of the country and forwarded | through the Red Cross Society to the boys [ in France. i This new process of treating tobacco I not only improves the flavor of the tobacco but it seals in this flavor and makes the cigarettes keep better. The Red Cross nurse is always glad to have a cigarette for the wounded soldier, as, in most instances, that is the first thing as?ed for. McCrady IV.os. & Chevis Civil Engineers A. J. Evans, Jr., Resident Engineer Surveys, Designs, Estimates HAMLET. N. C. Leave calls at Evans Pharmacy or address. Dox 601. NOTICE Take notice that the Court of Com- ? mon Pleas for the County of Dillon ? I will convene at Diloln, S. C., on Mon- 5 'day, March 18, 1918, at ten o'clock in J [the forenoon. \ JNO. C. BETHEA, : ' 2-2l-4t. C. C. C. P. | TKKSPASS NOTICE j | i s Hunting, iishing or trespassing in any way on place known as McLaurin ? or Cousar Bros, lands is positively % forbidden and mean to enforce our 5 rights in the premises. ? J. D. EDENS, | J. H. BENNETT, ; 2-2S-tf. | PRICES DELIVERED I Ford Cliftsis $445.06 (jl Ford llunabout 480.98 | Ford Touring 496.37 3 Ford Coupelet : 609.S6 J Ford Town Car 006.50 i Ford Sedan. 747.81 I Ford Truck . . 05O.31 5 Dillon Motor Sales Co.. | Dillon, S. C. 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