Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, March 26, 1919, Image 6
JNavy Boy Writing Home.
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Gepantanamo Bay Cuba
U SS Texas 'March 7 1919
JBditor of the Dispatch-News:
^ i I receive a copy of your paper every
\v?tk &nd f see very little about
the boys in the Navy from Lexington
county and if pohsible through your
paper I would like very much to answer
a" few of the many* questions ask
m? while on lSavo in January This
"ship is of the superdreadnaught type
ahd carVies ten 14 inch and twenty
oiie 5 inch guns with two anti-airCraft
guns and four airplanes
"v /
' <; After six months of service in <
home waters we were called to join
our squadron in the Orkeny Islands
.. Northern Scotland and sailed from
New York on Jan 30th 191S and after'ten
days Of very stormy weather
we reached the North Sea and later
met the New York -Wyoming Deleware
and 'Florida and made up the
sixth . Battle Squadron of the British
rm& Fleet- and from that Base we
haade several trips to different ports
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in Norway which were very danger>'
ous for us with only five ships for at
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that time the Huns kept that port of
North Sea well guarded with
> 4'U-Boats and destroyers ^
In June we were ordered to proceed
i, to a new Naval Base in the Firth ofj
Forth near Edenborgh which looked
a little like civilization for the Orkeny
Islands are no olace for scenery and
at this Base we were, treated fine not
ony byy our own officers but the British
did everything they could for ourj
welfre
Tn July the Arkansas relieved the|
Deleware and she returned/to ^Xew
York sometime in Auguht
Evrybody seemed to be enjoying
themselves until the night of Nov 9th
whn a message was received from the
commander-in-chief that prospects
for battle were brighter then than
ever before and* if the Germans were
going' to fight he expected every man
in the American Squadron as well .ah
the British to do his part towards
making the world safe for Democracy
for the Huns had only, a few hours
k left/ to deside and durng these few
hours the Hum Sailor played wise
and tbrought albout mutiny in the
Kiel Canal and aboard their hhips
gather than meet the Grand Fleet
Then communications began between
the two .commander-in chiefs
every ship was ready to leave at a mo
fonts 'notice., and on the morning of
Nov 21st our squadron, with three of
the British and several flotilla's of
destroyers steamed out of the Firth
for a certain rendezvous about one
hundred miles off May Island arriving
there about ?:30 a m we were lined
up in two paralelled lines consisting
Of two Battlft Sniiflfirfinc oor>Vi Aex
stroyers were lined up likewise and by
10:00 a ni we were really to receive
the German Hgh Sea Fleet which a
few minutes later was seen approach^
sag over the horizon in formation by
| the British commander-in-chief and
| steamed up between our lines Our
guns were manned and ready for
I any crooked move they might have
I made But without any resistance at
I all they were escorted to the Firth of
I ^ Forth and searched The srews were
I sent back to Germany and the ships
I taken to the Orkney Islands lorintem|
ment December 2nd The Britihh bid
- - - us farewell as we raised our home\i
' ward bound remnants and sailed for
, .Portland England arriving there four
days later we ancored for a week and
the Arizona Utah Oklahoma and Nevada
joined us; who come over a few
weeks before On the 12th Dec we
sailed to meet the George "Washington
that was bringing over the President
escorted by the USS Pennsylvania
and two Flotilla of Destroyers and im
mediately after meeting the President
each ship fired a twenty-one gun salute
then proceeding to Brest France
arriving at 10:00 a m Dec 13th
The next morning we again hoisted
the homeward bound pennant and set
fa-i! towards home for thef irst time
. / in ten months arrived in New York
Dec 26th laved at anchor for fourteen
days with the decks of our Dread
naiifirhts .warmin? -n-ifh nt
1 visitors from all over the world But
today we are maneuvering over the
Southern Drill grounds preparing for
the next war
Respectfully
E K FURTTCK
Swansea S C
B. F. Harman a progressive young!
farmer from Lexington route 5 was a j
visitor in Lexington Monday and gave !
us $1.50-for a year in advance. While j
here Mr. Harman was telling us about j
some pigs he has. Mr. Harman has!
2 Duroc Jersey pigs 62 days old that
weigh 46 1-4 and 4 3 1-2 pounds re J
"spectively. That is what we call i
"some pigs.'*
WANTED?A wares hand white-or'
, colored for farm work.Good pay and;
good treatment.
Sam'! E. Taylor j
Gilbert Rt. 0.
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Found?On the first Sunday of
August 1918 just inside the hide door
to St. Peters church one pair cf child
ren's shoes and stokings. Owner can
have same by identifying articles and j
paying for this advertisement.
J West Kleckley
Lexntgon S C Rt. 2
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T? p iPftdinC" citizen of '
Swansea was a business visitor in Lex:
ington Friday.
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DIXIE DR
START a profitable business cutti
yourself and others. .< The DIXIE
Made of the best materials obtain
wood in 10 hours. A ONE-MA
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A 4 H-P. Portable Single Cyiin<
skids. Weight 280 lbs. Makes
logs 7" to 72" diameter. Easily
smoothly as a Liberty Moter. Th
ture Fuel and Labor shortage,
grows weary. May be taken to t
et? Equipped with friction cliit
sawing, Dixie Engine may be us
churn, feed cutters, ate.
G. E. SHEJ
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Mr. Purchaser:
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Before you place y Our order for
bricating Oil Equipment. The I
of Cincinnati Ohio, manufactui
TANKS forj any f purpose. The
class offered today?no exceptior
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operation, substantiability and a
I the BEST. We 3olicit your inqu
are entitled to this courtesy. It
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OARI> OF THANKS.
I want to thank the people of Lexington
both white and colored for
their many kindnesses shown me in
aiding to capture the man who robbed
my son "Buck4' of his automobile on
Thursday March 13th and especially
Mr. Lester Miller.
Anytime that I can be of any service
to any of these kind people I will be
only too glad to serve. May the Lord
bless you all is my earnest prayer.
Antionette Suber.
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ing timber, firewood, etc., for
pays for itsely in a short time
able. Cuts 10 to 30 cords of fire-'
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125, strokes per minute. Cuts
started and moved. Runs as
le solution of the present and fuEconomical
of fuel and never
he woods for cutting logs, fuel,
ch and when not required for
>ed for driving pumps, dynamo,
U-.Y, Agent
- ( Gilbert, S. C.
INVESTIGATE
that Gasoline, Kerosene or I?u^merican
Oil Pnmp & Tank Co.,
:e a complete line of PIJMPS and
American Line is the highest I
iignifies speed, _beauty, ease_of I
ccuracy. Not the cheapest, but B
liry, Let us figure with you; we r
is to your interest. Write J
TO?V ALLENDALE, S. C. I
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I^TIVE LITERATURE |
rHE TIME I
OUR ACREAGE; |
is the Time I
HAT YOU PLANT, AND 1
he Time I
,t you plant if you use the |
For over 40 years the jg
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nd known as gccd value in
rHE TIME TO SEE THE I
DEALER or write us. I
iPHATE CO.
on, S. C.
DAN CUPID AND
FATHER TIME
are in conspiracy all the time in
our vulcanizing shop.,'.For Father
Time is our vulcanizer and constantly
renews with the breath
r\"P vr?ntV? orwl oil
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of the old, worn-out, used-up
tires and tubes which Dan Cupid,
Chauffer, brings to him. Anc
you ought to see how spry those
old tires are when they leave
our shop.
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vice Station j |
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that on account of the at
Main Street, we have b(
and we are now ready f o:
(Street. Our new service > s
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in a nosition to offer to o
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prompt and efficient serv
given.
We must ask you to b<
can get everything arran
your cars. Our stock ro<
the public, and as our pa
way damaged by the fire
ders usual attention.
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Phone 1226
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station will be ready I
lays, when we shall be |
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