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LETTERS FRO From ien14-1t. Girover C. ltichey. France, Nov. 15th, 1918. A. 1. 0. 717, A. H'. F. You 9tave asked me ill several o' your letters to tell you how, ,when and where I was wounded. Now mince the end is here I will tell you. My rea son for not having told you before wias! due to the fact that I had tivo and my only two brothers at the front fighting and I wanted to get back with them, while at the saine time I knew it would worry yod all to know that I had been wounded and was going back to my out fit, which is known as the fighting V1th. To begin with I was twounded in the greatest tight of the so-called world war, the Chateau-Thierry fight. Yo' no dollit i'rlemler that on .July I611h the Germans started an offensive with a point blank view of going to Paris. Fortunately there were seven Ameri can ;Divisions at hand, my Division be ing one among the seven. We receiv ed orders that. we came to France to fight and now was the time to fight, so dive in and light like hi-. We dived In and mwe fought and we fought like h-----,--. We fought for two long weeks. Naturally two iweeks Is a short time, but take it from me, that when yott wade through hostile artillery, machine gun and aer'oPilang fire for that. length 'of time you have seen (uite a little h-- on earth. I went through Witli comrade after colilradel falling on all sides of Me, receiving only a flesh ,vound in my left arim. This I kniew twas nothing serious, so after i ha nilagi n1g it up myself I wen I forward and continued to hold my own Iunitil August :)I'd,' .when I was (tIt doiwn. I then lized that my leg Woubl not permit. 1mly walking any firther so I tried to crawV . This I was doing when a iece( of high ex pIoisive (lit Illy gas mask from otT my face. The minans wei'e th len puttin g over' quite a numbei' of gas shells. There' was nothing for me to do bll wait. pamtlently foi' my end to come. I had given 11l) and was lying there thinking of all of you when one of my men came p111 and psked me if he Could (10 anything for me. I told him that my mask was gone and was only a matter of a few minutes for me andl for him to take the platoon and continue the advance. lie saluted and turned with tears in his eyes but in a few ininutes retturned with a mask 1whieh I suppose he had taken off of somse fallen hero. 13y this tlime I was prae tically goine and i'emecim ber lnothing dis tilctly 3 until -1 had gotten to a hospital in Paris and there standing overi me was a reaIl honest to God American nurse. She asked me what I wantc1, at Cup of chocolate or a glass of hem o-iale. .Juist wvlat I told her. I do not know, hlt the fu'llows on the ward with ie acenise me of saying, "My G.od, wlere ain I in IIeaven or- where?" From then on I continued to feel het tei' each day3 anld w~as 00on miysel f again. ILast Monda y mori'ng when thle end cene It took me a long time to realize that thle awar was over andi I 'was still livIng. ' Nevertheless I am. and hier'e's hoping it willI not he longK before I will lhe hack with 30ou all. Am enclosing a 1littl1( piece of poetriy that w'as dedIcated to the fellows of the Chiateaui-Thilerry fight by one of the chaplains. On thle road onut of C'ha teauii-Tierry, 11y the hill where 'we halted thle 1Inun, W hei'e th~me llh's icetriea t was begutn, Tiher Ie's ani acri' of crude Ii little criosse's Wherfite we luiieiiid young Serigeaniit Mon1 And somie day that roadr \'.ill lit teimi in g W'ithi i'i'ir~ims who v'(nfurlle to go Tlo ihmnaniity's IIouly of Iflicjs Oni -the road lby I he llois-dlcelllcui. Romne w Illihe look ing for'11 britei', (Oflers for' fathei' or' son, Maniy for hiuband oi sweetheart. Or' "omradeili who staid withi the gun. Goed grn t t hey miay' come In thle suni - shine, Whiile the sprIng flowers bloom oni the~ grave, And may they lhe lirolld of those com rades, Xnd glad for thle gift that t hey gave. Your' devoted son,. (1rmover., F"rom, i'dwau'd W. Knight. From Edward WV. Knight to his uin ele and aunt, Mr. and1( Lirs. Jeff Jones, of Waterloo. TJheo following let ter' was wriitten biy Edward W. Knight, oif Co. K, 1l 8th Infantry, on September 3rd. 'Sinice that time lie has madhe thle sup lreme sacrifice, having been killed on the field of action October Ilth, just one mnonthl before the armnistie was~ sign.. od. This was the last'-letter received from him before his doath, wvhich took W THE FRONT place In the famous attack on the I indenburg line: Somewihere in France, Set ,1918. Dear Incle and Aunt: - .Just a few Words to let you know that I ati getting along fine and an in the best of health. I received a letter from you about a week ago and was very glad to hear from you. We arc having a very good tIme over here, although France is not so gay as the U. IS. A. It seems like all the men ate in the army, and the women (o all the work. Work of all kinds Is carried oin by women, too. I have" been up to the front where they (1011 jin(d lighting, but I have been lucky. I caie back without get tling even a scratch on me. We cer tainly had some exeiting times, and feel that I have b'een very lucky to get back like I did. Tell sister that I am just as anxious to see her as she is to see tme. I -would glie anything In the world ot see her. I dlon't think this war ,will last so awful much longer, tho, abq theni I IwIll see you all-and beli v ,ime, I will be glad to see you too. We ean see a Fritz aeroplane come dowit every tnow and thent, but I have ievetr seen ani allied plane brought down yet. I tllinik we have .FrItz beat everywhere, and that Is the r'eas of. I think we will be honie so6n. I feel 'sorry for you folks over there suffering frot tle leat. The weather I jist pleasant over htere not too hot nor too eold. I have wrlt ton to Welfoid bitt ltaven't lheird a word from Ihimt Vet. Also ,ot a let ler from Grandpa tlie other day. (ive ni regaris to all thte folks and tell them to wrile to me. \rite' a long letltr first ebantce. As ever, Your lviig neplw., I~dward WV. linipht. Company lK, 15 iinfantry, A. -:. F., France. F 1rom L,14t. L. S. lioll to Ills Parents, 31'. and 3rs. L. S. HIIt, Sr. With the A. E. F., France, Nov. 19, 1918. Dea' Mania and Papa: When I 1wrote you several days ago, I was on he battletield, right Where mlty regiment was when the aritstlee weit into effect. Since that tune I have been vety busy anid haven't had a elance to write. Two oilcers were transferred, Capt. Farrow Is sICk In a hospital and I ai in cominiand of the Cotlpany, so it keeps tile pretty busy. We are ott the march every 1y . and of course I don't have imich spare tIme. Surely was glad to get out of tlho hospital, anl aimi getting otn 1lie now. I had a letir from Car lisle, dated Nov. 5th, ind lhe was in the hospital, but getting along 1ine. Ilope I awill b ail' to see him sotie time soon. Ai sitrely thankful that the war is over and i thiat son we will he comtIig hometi. It seemiied 50 stran tge to hieart the gitns cease firing at I 1 o'clock af Ier hecaintg t hemt day and anightt for such a long Itme. 'Thle men of lthIs ('(imtIany av ie sittrely done thleir' part and~ (lid it w~ellI. Ruiifit II. G eniole, ((tIotporl in tiy ptlatoon, was the, first manii in thtis iv~ision to lie kIlled biy NORTH CAROLINA FARMER WANTS ALL TO KNOW "13' Wi'e Siulierued so Slie ('ottld NotI flest ni N igh li D~ru'o 'u red IIer,"' Sn),, Noahtl Goodwlnii, llackachie, rhlettiitisit, uriiai'y dis (urder' s, arec caused fromt weaik, iniac lIve kidneys, whlicht fatil to tilter' ott andi~ the ontly wayt3 (tn i:iirthi to periani ettly and liosit ively title stulih irou lest , i; to r'emiove It''e t;itl'. Theaet herbl imediucine, Dr)ieno, ne ('o1tuplishies this becaniot it'eachles thle very rotots oif thIe idisea se. It soaks light inito tih' stotptd utt, inactivye kidnlieys thmt ough the' walls andt~ lininigs; glandls; nettiralizes tand tilssolves thit Itolio.' at'hI sit hattites atindt drivye all t he waste mtatter' out oif theit sys "'.\ly w~Ife sutffei'ed so she coiild tnot resti atnighit,'' dleclares Noah (onod wiin. Ithe twell kniown' farmei(r of Elm Wod., C., in a signed statemtet. ''Shte had bad tains in the btack and Ihntbs atnd loss of sleep made her nierv 01n1 and greatly ruin down. "On the advIce of a fiendl she got a botthe of thme new herb miediIcini, IDrleeo, anud aftt er' taklig (only halIf a lintte It'hle itt ns were i'elieved and ntiow shne tests flno at night. [ thin k Dr)geco a evonderfiti medIcIne arid have aske'd miy d rigglst to get some in stoic'I so I enni buy titoro anid send tiy) fiends toiI hiim fotr It.'' Sohi surei, so pitfiet 50 (liuick and last ing are thle results obtained from bhe use of D~reeo, that thtr'e doses a day for a few da~ys are often all that Is requtiiried to eor'reet tho wvorst case of bacekachie rhlenatismn, reguilate the most antnying bladder' dillordet'g and overcomte the numterous other' similar Youil cnn obitaln an-orIginal package of Dreo at triflIng cost from almost any first class dr'ug stotre. Tt Ia die pensed and~ partleularly reCommended in Laurena by Lautrens Drug Co. the enemy, lie was from 'Pacolet, S. C. I haven't heard much about any of the Lauretis boys sinee I came over except what, you wrote me. 110i1v the influenza L; not so bad In the States as wient you last. wrote ie. I received your letter-s of Oct. I ith, and surely was glad to hear from you and to know that both are well. Am so glad you are feeling better, \ama. )on't worry about mne for the worst Is over and I won't: have to stand (he -bad weather and other rol ditions I have had to go through with. I have seen the horrors of war, and Sherinan's delniton Is the only one I know that wlI half way express It. I only hiope I'll never see another. It is very interesting to see the bat tietllids and other things relatinlg to war, btt I've seen all I care to see, ind the little city of Lattrens will be noisy enough for te. I'm glad I came and would have come had I known I'd never return, but I did not come for the trip teross the ocean or Just to see France, and since it is all over I aim ready to return. 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