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CLINCH VALLEY NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 18?5
J. A. LESLIE & SON,.. .Publisher*.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER Li. 1918.
THE ARMISTICE JUST IN TIME.
In another column mention is made
of General Focll's plans to deliver a
finnl knockout to the German army,
and the nirmens plan.s to raid and
destroy Berlin and other German
cities. In this connection appears an
account, in Sundays New York
Times, of a wonderful poison gu>:
plant, near the City of Baltimore,
which was in full operation when
the armistice was declared, which
plant was prepared to turn out, and
did turn out during the months of
September und October, 200 Ions of
this poison, death dealing gas daily.
One ton of this gas would destroy
an ncre or more of territory, and
"not one living thing, not even a rat
could live through it." A few planes
could destroy cities and whole armies
in an hour or two. When the arm?
istice was declared there wei e 2f>00
tons of this gas on the wharves,
ready to be shipped to France. The
plnnes were ready, tried and proved,
and but for the armistice, such a
slaughter of life would have occurcii
as the world had never dreamed.
Providence stepped in, just at the
right time, to stive us ami the work!
of this horror.
The existence of this immense
plant, embracing 300 acres of land,
employing 14,000 men, will be news
to most people, only a comparatively
few people new of its existence. It
is shut down now, and being dis?
mantled. The mustard gas on hand i.
no commercial value. It will be taken
out to sea and dumped. As it is
heavier than water it will sink. And
so, the armistice was just in time,
thanks to a beneficent Providence.
PRUSSIAN ISM IN CHILE.
There is trouble brewing, or al?
ready brewed, between Peru and her
neighbor, Chile, childly, over the rich
nitrate and guano deposits of Peru.
The truth seem:; to be, that Chile is
following the lead id' Germany in the
Alsace-Lorraine steals, anil because
she can has compelled Peru ami
Bolivia to give up rich strips of ter?
ritory.
The trouble is not over by a good
deal, and is likely to grow rather
than subside, As every other country
in the world has been in the "mel?
ting pot" except South America, it
nuiy be that this trouble in Chile is
the beginning of that great count rys
regeneration. Who knows'.'
The day of oppression of wenk
nations by stronger ones, has passed '
or is rapidly passing. Chile has n
nmull but well organized army,train?
ed by German officers, and has
several battleships, and is tilde there
ford to lord it over the little "Bel
glum" province el Peru. The outside
nations arc in no humor now to tole?
rate such proceedings, and Chile had
best cut her notches straight.
NO WINTER YET.
Certainly the weather id' the fall
juid first winter month of 1018, has
been the most remarkable and un?
usual within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant of this section.
Up to this good day, December
10th. there has been no snow to ,
amount to anything, and only about
three mornings on which there was
any ieo, und this no thicker than a
knife blade. Only a few days and
nights have been cold enough to
allow butchering of meat. The grass
is still green in many fields, and very ,
little feeding of cattle has been ne- ,
ccssary. The weather man has been (
specially considerate to users of coal, ,
and to the poor, whose supply of
clothing is not abundant. The wheat .
fields never looked more promising. (
Certainly this has been a remarkable .
fall, so far as the weather is con
cerned. And, then, too the war has
ended, the great peace conference is
beginning, so everything is allright,
both above and below.
GEN. FOCIPS DISAPPOINTMENT. |
It has come out now that General i
Foch is one of the most disappointed
mon connected with the great war, I
Bill excepted, (if we may be paid-1
oned for mentioning his name in the '
same connection.)
General Foch, it is now said, had
all his plans perfected to smash the
German army completely, and win
the most remarkable military victory \
of oil history. The stage was set, wires
laid, plans perfected, when the arm?
istice was declared. The airmen had
all plans arranged for a bombing
raid on Berlin and other German
eities. The victory was 10 be made
complete?notable, in nil history of
war. And this is just what Germany
deserved.
However, no doubt Gen. Koch, with
the rest of the world, is heartily glad
the strife has ended. To have carried
out his program would have cost per?
haps the lives of thousands o
Splendid men, who are saved to lh"i;
families and to the world, and the
General had nlready won glory enough
to last him the rest of his days, and
afl crwards.
COLLEGES HIT IIAid).
The colleges, and the S. A. T. C.
students as well, have been hit hard
by the early closing of the wai Con?
tracts were entered into expiring
July 1st. 11)1!), between the govern?
ment and about -100 college- in the
Cnited Siates. to furnish free edu?
cation to tho hoys in the last draft,
subject to military duty. The col,
leges, in many instances were vir?
tually turned over to the government
The schools were filled with these
military students, many of whom
were unable to pay the regular col?
lege fees. Now these contracts are
cancelled, the hoys unable to defray
regular expenses, must return to
their homes and to business.
However, the Ijl>:' have los*, noth?
ing, have bad a month or more of
schooling etc., and ire in no worse
fix than before, it :s the school
which has been hit the haidest The
-Indents nie gone.
The policy of the government to
curtail expenses, will meet with gen?
eral approval, nevertheless. Millions
of dollars will he saved to the coun?
try by the cancellation of these con?
tracts with the schools. No rftatistics
are available as to the number of
students in the S. A. T. ('. in the col?
leges. At ii wild, off hand guess then*
would be an average, say of KM slu
di nts to each college. A little lig
uring will show what will he saved
in the one item of salaries paid per
month, at $30.00 per student, besides
uniforms, rents etc. Whether or rot.
the govet nment will reimburse the
schools, has not been stated. At any
rale, the war is ended and evcry
bedy, including the school authori?
ties, heartily rejoices.
WIIITK AND YKI.l.OW COKN.
A visitor to this ofllcc a few days
ago, examining samples o f cpvix
shown on our desk remarked, that he
liked yellow corn better than white,
for the reason that "yellow corn is
stronger" bo said, "will fatten hogs
and other stock better than white
corn will." This seems to be a gen?
eral opinion among farmers, but not
founded upon facts. Test i in Experi?
ment stations have shown repeatedly,
that there is little if any difference.
Yellow corn may contain more oil
than some white varieties, and some
white verities more oil than some
yellow varitics, but not due to the
color of the grain, so the knowing
ones say.
COW LOST HER "CCD."
The same old fallacy bobs up every
now and then. A citizen of the com?
munity asks "what must 1 do with
my cow? She has lost her cud." Of
course the cow has not lost her cud
for the reason that she never had
one to lose. She. has many cuds, but
they are only her food which she is
chewing over again.
When the writer was a boy on the
farm cows sometimes "lost their
cuds." A large, soft oily rag, pre?
ferably a dish rag, was stuffed down
the cows throat, and sure enough,
sometimes the old cow would go to
shewing again. Failure to "chew the
pud" is due to indigestion, and a
(hange of feed, or cutting down
amount of feed for n day or so, will
generally start that mysterious mech?
ini sm of a cows in):ides, to working
ngnin.
FALL AND WINTER PLOWING.
Have you commenced? It appears
to one who does not claim to know
much about farming, that this re?
cent and present weather has been
just right for fallowing next springs
corn ground. Had, wet weather is
almost a certainty in the late winter
and early spring months, where work
will be pressing. "The largest corn
crop ever" is the slogan for 1019.
Hadn't you better start the plow.-;
next week?
A great many salaried men woulc.
rather have a salary of $25 a week
and spend $20.00 than one of 20 a
week and spend 18. Peculiar, is'nt it?
Puck was right.
Mr. McAdoo leaves at the psy?
chological moment. His sun set in a
b'.aze of glory. He will rank, along
Svith his chief, as one of the great?
est men of history. To raise billions
and billions of dollars within a few
short months time, run all the rail?
roads, and not disturb business,
,bul leave the people richer than they
wer? before, is one of the must mar?
velous feats in finance of all his?
tory. Congressman Gla:'3 has a job
on his hands.
If the purchase of the Richmond
Christian Advocate eliminates Bro?
ther Cannon entirely from Virginia
and all state politics, some politicians
will be happy. Saloon keepers and
their political allies, dreaded him
and WO suspect some of them bated
him. When he opened up on that
crowd they at once sought tall tim?
ber.
Joseph, the chief character in last
Sunday's Sunday school lesson, was
the Herbert Hoover of Egypt, Jo
Reph had nations to feed during a
SCVCn-ycar famine, and he did it.
-i
Why continue hasping on the fact|
of the "unpreparedness" of the United I
iStales"'? The war has been won, and
lit is all over. No good to keep on
nagging,
llinil TRIBUTE FROM LEADING
REPUBLICAN PAPER.
Under the heading "Our New Fi?
nancial Head," the New York Trib?
une, the recognized spokesman for
the Republican party, has the follow?
ing to say of the appointment of
Hon. ('arter Glass its Secretary of
I the Treasury:
"Mr. Caller Glass is, if we mis
t: ke not, the first newspaper man to
become Secretary of the Treasury.
His life has been one of notable sim?
plicity. He was born in Virginia, a
lew miles from where the President
was born, and only two years after.
There he grew up, became a news?
paper man, state Senator, and then
Congressman, and there bw still
lives. This is his eighth term in the
Congress. He had taken no very
conspicuous part in that body until,
us chairman of the House committee
on banking, he had charge of the Fed?
eral Reserve Bill. It seems universal
tcsitmony that in thu handling of this
measure he showed a clear and re?
markable grasp of the problem in?
volved, that he fought steadily
against the inclusion of meritricious
features in the act, and displayed a
notable courage and tenacity of pur?
pose throughout the long discussion
of it. As much as to any one man,
the credit for its passage ill its pres?
ent form is his.
The advent of Mr. Glass to the
Treasury portfolio will be precisely
at a time when these qualities of
courage and understanding and a
clear and cool head are deeply need?
ed. His influence and hin acts may
be most salutary. It is well known ill
Washington that Mr. Class has re?
garded the policy of the Federal Re?
serve Hoard with grave apprehen?
sion, as calculated to be subversive
of the very ends for which the Fed?
eral Reserve system was establish?
ed. Certainly on one ever dreamed
the Reserve system would, almost
with its full formation, be made u
vast engine for credit inflation, with
the inevitable attendant effects upon
prices ami business. There was a |
substance of justification in the ex- |
tremetics of war. That justification
is now gone. A Secretary of the
Treasury who will guide his country
out of a period of gross inflation and
back to a sane basis of banking and
finance will win high fame and do his
country a great service. That is the
opportunity that awaits Mr. Class.
Among those whom the President had
under consideration, perhaps no more
fortunate selection could have been
made.
PRAISE FROM MR. SLEMP.
(Roanoke Times.)
The elevation of Mr. Class to the
cabinet, in the opinion of Represen?
tative Slcmp, Republican, of the
neighboring Ninth district, "is a log- '
icalical outcome of the distinguished '
service he has rendered the country 1
while a member of congress." That
is very nicely said and Mr. Class' '
friends, including the Times, will
especially appreciate so kind an ex- 1
pression from the lone Republican
of the Virginia Congressional dele- I
gation. Mr. Glass has gone into the
Ninth time after time to campaign in
behalf of the various Democratic
candidates who have alike unsuc
cesfully sought to defeat Mr.' Slcmp
and wrest from him his seat in Con?
gress. Probably Mr. Glass w.ll do
the same thing in future years. Vet
in the full knowledge of that fact.
Mr. Slcmp is good enough to say of
a politcal opponent that "Mr. Clus;
brings to this exalted position a won?
derfully well trained intellect, a wide
experience in public affairs, and nn
intellectual integrity which will guar?
antee the highest iperformance of
public duty." High praise, indeed,
and, coming from Mr. Siemp, very
generous. The Ninth district Co?,
gre.tman, like Mr. Taft, Mr. Mann
and a few other leading Replbl cans,
seems to be able to rise admirably
above partisan levels on occasion. It
does not detract in nny way from Mr.
Slemp's standing in the estimation
of fair-minded people that he has so
signally demonstrated his ability to
do this.
NOW ARE YOU READY FOR THE
ROLL CALL?
There are milliens of reasons why
every man, woman, and child of the
Nation should celebrate the Christ
mns season by enrolling as members
of the American Red Cross.
Each of these reasons is an Amer?
ican man or boy who has answered
the call of the colors; who has kepi,
those colors afloat along the buttle
lines of Europe; who is helping to
confirm Freedom for Russia; who
has guarded the pathways of the
troubled sens; who lies wounded in
hospitals, or who, having proved the
full measure of his devotion, has
passed the "torch from failing hands"
and bidden us keep its light aflame
that his sacrifice shall not have been
in vnin.
To these millions of reasons, whicl
touchy us personally, are added mill?
ions more?the stricken women, chil?
dren, aged fimili&A of soldiers who
have given their nil, turning to
America to ask: "Now when guns
have ceased firing; when armies have
stopped marching, are we to be left
with empty hands, friendless atul
alone amid the ruins of our homes?"
What will America's answer be?
What will your answer be?
You want to help ns a friend and
neighbor. And because you want to
help as friend and neighbor mal be
cause your neighboi is 3,000 miles
away you ask the Red Cross to serve
for you, and one hundred per cent
enrollment in the Christmas mem
bershlp will prove the sincerity of
your wish.
America does nothing by halves.
If Americans talk they also do.
The Christmas registration of
membeship in the American Red
Cross stands as a pledge by America
to complete unfinished business.
The Red Cross Christmas Mem?
bership drive is not made for money.
It is rather the unfurling of moral
and spiritual banners.
The Roll Call gives notice to the
world that for every Soldier and
Sailor who has ofTercd his lifo; for
every sorrowing, broken man, wo?
man, and child of Prance, Helgium,
England, Italy, Serbia, Palestine,
Russia, there stands an American
ready to serve and carry on througn
the Red Cross.
Greet Christmas by hanging the
flags of the Red Cross in your win?
dow to declare that you have ans?
wered present at the roll call!
GIRLS. ITS YOUK
STEP THAT ATTRACTS.
Says Women Puy too Much Heed to
Their Pace Instead of Their Corns.
Watch your step! A orisk, lively
step is what charms more than a
lovely skin, but yout high heel3 have
caused corns and you limp a little.
That's bad, girls, and you know it
Corns destroy beauty and grace, be
sides corns are very easy to remove
Rid your feet of every corn by ask
ing ut any drug store for a quarter
of an ounce of freezone. This will
cost little but is sufficient to remove
every hard or soft corn or callus from
one's feet.
Women must keep in mind that
COmleSS foot create a youthful step
which enhances her attractiveness.
This freezone is a gummy sub?
stance, which dries instanlty and sim?
ply shrivels up the corn without in
llnming or even irritatng the sur
ruunding skin.
A few drops applied directly upon
! a tender, touchy corn relieves the 6ore
i ness and soon the tnire corn, root and
I all, lifts right out without pain.
Low Meat Prices
vs.
High Cattle Prices
If the farmer cannot get enough for
his live stock, he raises less, and the
packer gets less raw material.
If the consumer has to pay too much
for his meat, he eats less of it, and the
packer finds his market decreased.
The packer wants the producer to
get enough to make live-stock raising
profitable, and he wants the price of meat
so low that everyone will eat it.
But all he can do, and what he would
have to do in any case to stay in busi?
ness, is to keep down the cost of pro?
cessing the farmer's stock into meat so
that the consumer pays for the meat and
by-products only a little more than the
farmer gets for his animals.
For example, last year Swift & Company
paid for its cattle about 90 per cent of
what it got for meat and by-products
(such as hides, tallow, oils, etc.)
If cattle from the farm were turned
miraculously into meat in the hands of
retailers (without going through the ex?
pense of dressing, shipping and market?
ing), the farmer would get only about
\1/q cents per pound more for his cattle,
or consumers would pay only about 2%
cents per pound less for their beef!
Out of this cent or two per pound,
Swift & Company pays for the operation
of extensive plants, pays freight on meats,
operates refrigerator cars, maintains
branch houses, and in most cases, de?
livers to retailers all over the United
States. The profit amounts to only a
fraction of a cent, and a part of this
profit goes to build more plants, to give
better service, and to increase the com?
pany's usefulness to the country.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Your Stomach Has no
TEETH
Improper und insufficient mastication of food in the mouth from
lack of COOL) TEETH causes fermentative conditions which result In
indigestion and very frequently appendicitis. It has been estimated
that '10 per cent, of nppendictPs eases are caused from bad teeth.
Your stomach cannot do the work that your teeth should do.
LET US PUT YOUR TEETH IN GOOD CONDITION.
Pull set of Teeth.$S On
Solid Crowns.,. .$1.00
Gold Fillinsg.$1.00
Silver Killings.50
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Over the 5 and 10c Store,
BLUEFIELD, W. VA.
In the Clerk's Ofnce of the Circuit
Court of the County of ThzowvII
on the -1th day of Novomber, 1918.
ANNIE S. BLEVINS,.....Plaintiff,
against
THOMAS A. BLEVINS, Defendant.
The object of this suit is to obtain
a divorce from the bonds of matri?
mony in favor of the complainant on
the grounds of desertion.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that the defendant, Thoma i
A. Blcvins, whose last known place of
abode is Youngstown, Ohio, is not res?
ident of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication here
of and do what may be necessary to
protect his interest in this suit. And
it is further ordered that a copy here?
of be published once a week for four
successive weeks in the Clinch Val?
ley News, a newspaper published in
the county of Tnzewell, and that a
copy be posted at the front door of
the Court-House of this county on or
before the 18th day of November,
1918, that being the next succeeding
Rule day after this order was enteren.
A copy?Teate:
C. W. GREEVER, Clerk.
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Redeem Your W. S. S. Pledge.
IT SHOULD MAKE A
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Cincinna liMan Discovers Drug That
Loosens Corns So They Lift Out
Good news spreads rapidly and the
Iruggists here are kept busy dispens
ng frcczone, the recent discovery of
a Cincinnati man, which is said to
opsen any corn so it lifts out with
lie lingers.
A quarter of an ounce costs very
little at any store which handles the
drugs, but this is said to be suffi?
cient to rid one's feet of every hard
or soft corn or callus.
You apply just a few drops on the
lender, aching corn or toughened cal?
lus and instantly the soreness is re?
lieved, and soon the corn or callus is
so chriveled that it lifts out without
GLAD TO TESTIFY
Says Watoga Lady, "As To What
Cardui Has Done For Me, So
As To Help Others."
Waloga, W. Va.?Mrs. S. W. Oladwell,
of Ibis lown, says: "When about 15 years
of age, I suffered greatly .. . Sometimes
would go a month or two, and I had
terrible headache, backache, and bearing
down pains, and would jus! drag and
had no appetite. Then ... it would last
. . . two weeks, and was so weakening,
and my health was awful.
My mother bought nie a bottle of
Cardui, and I began to improve after
Inking the first bottle, so kepi it up tilt I
took three ... I gained, and was well
and strong, and i owe it all to Cardui.
1 am married now and have 3 children
. . . Have never had lo have a doctor for
female trouble, and just resort lo Cnrdui
if 1 need a tonic. I am glad to testily to
what it has done for me, so as lo help
others."
If you are nervous or weak, have head?
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ailments so common to women, why not
give Cardui a trial? Recommended by
many physicians. In use over-It) years.
Begin taking Cardui lod;i;- II may
be the very medicine you need.
NC-130
Only One Corn
Peeler/'fiets-lT
Stop Corn Pains; See Corn Peel Off.
It Is just when a corn hurts that
yon want to fool surest about
(totting rid of it. Why take chances
of keeping the corn and having tho
pain grow worse? You'll use "Oots
Tho Only Peel It Off Way I? "GeU-Il."
It" anyhow, sooner of later; might
ns well use it sooner. Then you are
absolutely sure that the corn will
loosen from your toe so that you
can peel the wholo thing off pain?
lessly with your lingers, in one com?
plete piece?just like peeling a ba?
nana. It takes a second or two to
apply "Gets-It." There's no fussing
or puttering. Corn-pains will van?
ish?that'll keep you sweet While
the "Gets-It" docs the rest. Nothing
new for cornB has been discovered
slnco "Gets-It" w?b born. Follow
the judgment of the millions; use.
"Gets-It and be sure to bo corn
and pain free! You'll any It's maple.
"Gets-It," tho guaranteed, money
back corn-remover, the only sure
way, costs but n. trlflo at any drug storo.
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sold in 1'az iwell and guaranteed
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Redeem your W. S. S. Pledge.
'TIS EASY ENOUGH TO
LEARN THE DIFFERENE.
At a glance you will be able lo dis?
tinguish the- difference between our
method of nressing clothes and the
oltl time methods used by others.
We give your belter clothes Un?
natural bodv shape, better crease.:,
and a thoroughly uniform finish.
Cleaning. Repairing.
ALEX DICKENSON.
Phone 6-B
NOTICE.
All persons having clnims against
.he estate of Henry S. Bowen, de?
ceased, will present them to the nn
ieraigned fo: payment.
T. C. BOWEN,
Administrator of H. S. Bowon.
SOLDIERS'
LETTERS.
r? ??--'?? ????'?.? ??
NOTICE TO PARENTS.
Wo propose making a roster of ev?
ery soldier and sailor in TazeweU
Cnmty, and will ask the parents of
the boys in the county and elsewhere
to send .to us at once, the names,
names of company ami regiment, und
harne address of ever- soldier now
serving the countrv from TazeweU
county. Mail the information to us
on a postal, and write plaintly. Do it
now!
American Expeditionary Forces,
October 19, 1918.
Dear mama:
i received your most kind and wel?
come letter some few days ago, and
as usual was pleased to hear from
I you, and to know that you were all
-well.
j Well, mama, I am glad you got the
vases o. k. When 1 started them ]
did not know if they would get thru
or not, but thought 1 would take a
a chance. Tell papa, I am sorry he
'didn't get his cigar lighter, not as it
amounted to much, but I just wanted
him to have it. I guess it got lost
out before it got across. Tell him I
will bring him one when 1 come my?
self. I gess you have received the
i money 1 sent you by now. If you
i have not, write nie your next letter,
'and I will trace it up. 1 stll have my
receipt. Tell grandma Dillon will write
her in a day or two, just as soon as
I have a little more time: 1 am writ
'iug this where our big artillery guns
'arc making so much noise shooting
over in Germany that I can hardly
hear. I have been on the front sev?
eral times and have seen and done
lots of things, but can't tell you about
Uhcm just now.
j Will write again soon.
Your son,
CORP. REESE MUNDY.
Co. A. 38th Infantry.
October 20.
j 1 tear brother:
j I received a letter a few days ago.
1 have been very busy for the past
few days, but now I have a little
time. It is raining here today and
the mud is about six inches dee),
? everywhere you go. I helped capture
some prisoners also helped take sev?
eral miles of territory. Things were
very interesting for a while, but ev?
erything is quiet now. Mr. Hun has
just began to realize that Americans
are over here, and believe me, they
have been feeling it for the past two
months. Just to give you an idea how
they are feeling it: As 1 was com?
ing from the front the other day I
counted the dead Germans by the
dozens. While we were at the front
some Hun aviators came over to get
;?. peep at our lines and with our
rides we brought three down, but
that is a small number besides what
are brought down in other ways.
John, the girls are very pretty
over here, but 1 very seldom see one.
Well, I have no news of interest.
Write often. With love to all.
CORP. REESE MUNDY.
Wi-th the American Expeditionary
I Forces, November 7, 191S.
My Dear Sister:
Tonight I will drop you a few lines
I to let you know I have not forgotten
you. This leaves me well, or as well
as could be expected. I was wounded
on Sept. 29th and have been in the
hospital ever since, but 1 hope to be
able to return to my company in a
few days. I have not heard from
home since Sept. 1st. Hope they are
all getting along fine.
1 hope this will find you, Walt and
all of the rest well and getting along
fine. Do you go down home very of?
ten. Guess you are looking to have
a good time Xmas. Only wish I could
be with you, but lot us hope if its
the good Lord's will that it wont be
many days until I will back in the
good old U. S.
It makes me just a little blue when
I think how long it has been since I
beard from mama. Only hope she is
well, and getting along line. 1 wonder
what she said when she got the no?
tice that I had been wounded. I have
written her or Dell most every dny
since I have been in the hospital.
Well, it will soon be one year since
I last saw mama. Guess your baby
is getting to be a great big girl by
now.
This is a pretty country, but noth?
ing like the good U. S. I have seen
most of France, and part of Bel?
gium. Have never been to England.
Would like very much to go while I
am over here. Have been to Paris
once, but was not there long enough
to see much of the town.. Guess you
get lots of war news out of the pa?
per-;. When you were reading about
some of the big drives did you ever
stop to think you had n brother in
the front line. Guess I would be there
today if I hadn't got wounded. The
Inst time I saw the "Huns" they were
nn .he run i nd from what the papers
say they are still running. If I did
n t get the one that got me, guess
someone eise did. As i am out of pa
per will have to cio.se by asking you
lo answer soon.
SGT. R. M. RUSSELL.
On Active Service With the Amor
can Expeditionary Force, Nov. 11.
My Dear Mother:
I received your letter, ) nd you
:an't imagine how glad I was lo
tear fiom you. I certainly hope you
iaye received my mail ere this. I
vrote you shortly after I arrived ov
id here. Am awfully glad that Franks
vife recevied his letter, so you could
iould hear from me. Frank and I
verc together for a while, but for
ome reaso-i our corrnanies have sep?
arated, and I havn't seen him for a
nontb.
I have seen James Lee and John
Jell. They were both looking well,
nd they said that I was the first
icrson that they had seen since they
avc been here. We are all expecting
o be home soon.
You asked me if I had seen any
ghting. Well, I havn't see the real