The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 29, 1919, Image 9
LETTERS FRO]
'Note-As a number of soldiers are
now returning home and are able to
give personal accounts of the fighting
in 'France The Advertiser -will discon
tinue publishing the soldiers' letters
excopt where they contain matters out
of the ordinary. We still have several
letters yet to be published and these
will be publishled during the coming
weeks. The letters of the soldiers have
been very interesting to ourselves and
our readers and .we believe that they
have been very valuable in keeping the
people at home in good cheer.-The
Editor.
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Froint W'rltI Simpson.
Somewhere in France,
Nov. 28, 1918.
Dear Brother:
With the greatest of pleasure I will
answer your letter that I received to
night and sure was glad to hear from
you. I also received two from mother.
This leaves me well and I truly 11hove
that this letter will find you all the
same. T have been all over this coun
try, but there is no place like home,
for the people cannot speak our lan
guage, but I have learned to speak
French. When I go over the top there
Is nothing but a cloud of shells in the
sky and when they burst so close to
you that they cover you upi in dirt,
you have not got anything to say but
conic on boys, as you come from tin
der the dirt, shaking your head, "'Let's
run him till his feet is as thin as a
dime." You -will never think of stop
ping. The more of your friends he
knocks off by the side of you, the hard
'er I fought him, but we have run him
to the Rhino. One of our boys was
captured, but he has run away and
come back to 'his company. le said
that lie did not like to be a prisoner.
Eleven of us boys captured fifty pris
oners one time. They seem to like to
le taken a prisoner. I will close for
tiis time, hoping to hear from you
soon.
Your brother,
Co. L, l lttiknf. \right Simpson.
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Froi James WV. Koon.
Somlihere in Fralce,
Nov. .1, 1918.
Dear Father and All:
Your letter reached me some few
days ago, anil you can never imagine
how moch it helps a person over here
to get a letter from liome or from
anywhere else in lie dear old IT. S. A.
Well, it is now night in camp after
ai hard day's work; still all of the
boys are very cheerful and seem to be
happy. Well Father, on landing in
Fran'ce about three months -ago, we
hiked out to what is called a rest
caip, but I don't care anything about
resting in such a place any more; it
was, as tle boys Caled it, "Caip Put
Out".
After staying there for a few days
we began to matke prepa rat ion to mlove',
s0 one afternoon we were loaded on a
traini (side-door piull1man ' and were
on our way abtoit. five o'clock and the
niex t aft ernoon1 abtout tat11 time we
reaiched our destination, I might say
thant it was on that trip that I learned
to slecep stantd inig up, still I enjoyed
I le Itrip Pver'y much in( td&ed.
It is p uit e diftferen t ove'r liere fr'omi
w'hat it is ini the Staites. Instead (of all
the btoys being in barracks or tents,
they are hiiilet ed out a mon gt he French
htomes andi in v'artiouis places. Sonie of
its arie no0w staying in whbat. was onice
a eattleI hartn, lbut aftr ci'(leaning up
and settling dlown, we are perfectly at
home. Of course there are a few
,har idslihips to unudergo, but wve coulIdnii't
expect to wini the watr without thiem,
but still it isn't as huadiU as o n ighit
thintk.'
Tihetre Is ceirta InlIy somile anidcin
bil dintgs over lieri. I saw a clhuirch
that was built someW time In thirteen
hundtllred. All of thle houses are built
of stone. I guess I had bett1er (lose
for thIis t Iitm, holdin g to liear t'fromt you
augain r'eal soon.
Your' son,
C'orpora I .1 ames Vi. Ifoin,
flat. It, 61st A rty., (. A. {'.
Amierican E. F.,
France, (Dee. t5, 1 $18.
Aiy Dleat' Father, AMother and Sisters:
Just a few lines to let you all hiear'
from me. I am well at. tis writinlg,
but have beoti in bed Bick, but ar) uip
io* nde fnnling fine. Tinve just re
VOLUML ve SEe r?iser.
VOLUI3 xxi. LUR~N, SU~hCARLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1919. NUMBER 28
W THE FRONT'
celved a letter from one of my girl
friends in dear old Laurens. Haven't
heard from you all in some time, but I
am sure you have nyrote me, but I just
haven't received it. I received a letter
from Rlobert the other (lay. He said he
was looking to come home in a few
weeks. Gee, I sure wish I could have
stayed in old Co. 'D. That was some
company, believe me, and I knew all
the good old boys in It, but I am in a
good company now and have made lots
of friends in it. We have good ofileers
and good boys too. Gee, I wish you all
could have seen our Thanksgiving Din
ner. Some turkey, believe me. We
have 163 meji and we had ISO pounds
of turkey. Some feed, see! By the
way, I was about to forget last night
we bhl another nice tinie. We served
wine, chocolate eake, cigareltes, andl
vome of tle sweetest girls to sing and
make music for us. You can het we
sure had a niee tlime. lEveryone was
happy.
Well, I guess everybody is feeling
good over the good nws about tile war
being over. Web, Mama, you cau have
my (lothing eleaned and fixed. I will
be home in a few weveks myself. I
would ask you to have me a new stilt
made, but you don't know what size
to get, so I will just ,wait. until I get
home. Well Maama and all, I wish te
he with you al soon. Wishing every
body in dear old Laurens a 'Merry
Christmas and a happy New Year. As
ever,
Your son,
Reed W. 'Martin.
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Front Sergt. Hornee C. Nelson.
Dec. 4, 1918.
Dear Mother and All:
Guess you think I have just quit
writing, but. I haven't had tinie. Just
after I wrote you last, I was transfer
redl aMway from that place lnd have
been busy every hour since. I aml
getting along fine. We are having
plenty of rain every day and mud about
six inches deep. I haven't. heiard from
you all in (iuite a 'while, but hope all
are well. I have not heard from
Ilanche since I left tle othber little
town. I would Sure appreciate a long
letter from home saying all were well.
Mother, don't worry about me. I am
getting along fine and] expecting to
comie home before very long. fluess
you had a good Tlianksgiving Dinner.
Well, I will never forget this one. We
ate ours in the rain and inud, but we
can't grumble. We are glad to get It
any old way. Tell the girls I haven't
the paper to write them tonight, but
I still love them and think of them
every (lay and will toll them all the
news when I. come home. Mother,
don't write any more until you hear
from me again for I don't know just
bow long I 1will be here. I am at the
forwarding camp, 83rd Division, but
am not expecting to be here very long,
but i'm satisfied anywhere. Tell Dad
to write to ie whmetn he get's a chance.
1 hopew you will get this by the 25th.
(Give my love to 1?. C. anid (amily. TFell
Ithecm to wite; also Carrie. I haven't
wr 'iitten he r ini sevef'al days. Mlama.
if you write to mte, send It 1o myv old
addir(ess. I will get it, Love to all and
hopbinlg to see you soon.,
Lovingly, yourt son1,
Ihorace.
Syt. I I. ('. Nelson,
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If you1 have shortness or breath,
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"In the midst of life we are in
Death."% These Swords are being
'brought home to all our hearts as the
days come and go, for verily Death is
abroad in the land.. I doubt if there
be a single soul, who shall read these
lines but whose heart has been sad
dened by the loss of somfe one loved
and dear in these passing days. Is it
in mercy or in wrath that the last'De
stroyer is sent? is the question that
is in the hearts of all.
Only last week we sat in the quiet
farm home. A freight traini stopped in
front of the house. The very stillness
of the train had an omninousness that
presaged ill tidings. I went to the
door to investigate and met. the lit
tle lad, white-faced and with a voict
tremulous with feeling he said, "Ma
nma, Uncle Will is dead." "No child,''
I answered, "surely it must be a mis
take. Not Uncle Will'. But the fate
ful yellow slilp hand(ed him by the con
ductor gave conflirmation. 1)ead
Without a moment's warn i ng, the big,
str.ong man, the picture of health and
vitality wN'hen I saw him just a few
short weeks before. In the tUwinkling
of an eye, hurled into eternity!
My Iin(d went back to the last visit
lie made us. Just a short stay bet ween
trains on Christmas day. I could hear
again his voice as lie announced his
coming-"Come on here to the door
and see what the train and Christmas
has brought you." There they were,
the father, the two daughters, the new
son-in-law, and the beloved grandson,
Billy. What a jolly good time we had
together, and now lie is gone. Abso
lutely plain-spoken, lie camne as near
speaking what he thought as any per
son I ever knew. There was no sham
about him and he detested affectation.
le had his big, generous heart under
iave
The,
Our
used---- T
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a bluff and brusque exterior, yet we
who knew and loved him realized that
at heart he twas among the best.
'We shall all miss him as the years
pass by. Whose heart among us, does
not go out In sympathy to that Lau
rens mother who had gone so far to
visit a bereaved daughter and just be
fore she reached her destination "the
child was no more?" I met that father
on the street last week and my heart
was strengthened by his faith. "Aunt
Kate, I feel that the hand of the Lord
is in the death of my child"-feeling
like that lie is safe. Affliction and
sorrow serve to make us either sweet
er-spirited and gentler, or like Pha
raoh of old, "we harden our hearts
and stiffen our neeks".
,To every dear friend whose heart is
saddened today by the death of a
loved one our deepest, profoundest
sympathy is given.
"Ilow far is It called o (lie grave?
'Tis-only a life, dear friend,
And the longest life is short at last,
And soon our lives must e(d!
Ulit t here is One who arose from thel
grave,
Who ascended lolitri ilumant on hiIgh.
With our I rust in fiim we will know
n1o sting,
Though low in our graves we lie;
And we ate almost there. We are al
most there."
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