Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-30
RED OAK GROVE.
Soldiers Letters Enjoyed. In
fuenza Subsiding. Red
Cross Workers Very
Busy.

The Edgefeld Advertiser is read
each week now with more eagerness
than ever before / think The letters
from our, soldier boys is news to all
of US, because. they are ours, and all
of US feel greatly interested in them.
We read them with much apprecia-
tion from week to week and quite
frequently we pass the paper on to
relatives and friends, for there is al
ways something of interest to those
who reside elsewhere but have tender
chords here in Edgefield who say that
The Advertiser is like letter from
home.
The influenza is subsiding some,
there being only a few new cases
that we know of in the community {
Mr.. West Doolittle is slowly recov-
ering, having been quite sick.
The friends of Mr.. Frank Kenrick
who have been anxiously inquiring
about him, will be glad to learn that
he is improving now, having had a
relapse. He will resume his studies
in few days. The epidemic was of
mild type in G. M. A. There was
not one fatality out of a large per
centage of students who were i'll with
it. Work was resumed in few days,
due to the excellent skill displayed
/ by both the nurses and faculty. !;
Mrs. Press Parkman has been quite
sick and her sister, Mrs. Mamie Wal
iker has nursed her quite tenderly,
having recently recovered, herself,
from nervous breakdown.
Mrs. Dewey White from Plum
Branch is spending while with her
grandmother, Mrs. zelpha Thurmond.
! Mr.. George Mathis who is. sick at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jes-
sic Bailey, had with him last Sunday
Mr.. D. T. Mathis from Golfers, Mr..
land Mrs. Clarence Mathis, also MIR.
and Mrs. Tom Williams last Tuesday.
The Red Gross workers will spend
some tiirlses this week and
elss..
they can, as ssrgenl
Iand cannot be accomplished without
cooperation. We read that it takes
seven pounds of seed to make one
mask for our soldiers, requiring $500
tons of fruit pits and shells for mil
lion masks. The fruit pits and nut
shells contain the desired gas for the
safety of cur soldiers so we must
not fail to heed the demand and do
it at once.
We find the children responding
very readily and they really enjoy
having a part in the Red Cross. We
should keep the children abreast with
anything that will be of interest to
them in connection with the war, and
when the opportunity comes let them
feel that they, too, must have part
to do.
The raising of the Service Flag at
Red Oak Grove has been postponed
Indefinitely, though it will take place
as early as the arrangements can be
established.
The Baptist Courier of October "a
has a NEST excellent article by Rev.
VIM. Vines on "Does a Soldier Dying
for His Country Thereby Save His
Soul?" 1t is most interesting and was
made so much so to me by having had
the question asked me by an anxious
mother, She was on her way to Camp
Hancock in answer to a telegram
that her son was critically i'll. Also
, member of the Red Cross who
works daily among the wounded con-
lvalescent soldiers at one of the camps
seemed much concerned and was dis
cussing it with me on the car few
days ago. wish l could place the
article in the hand of each mentioned
above.
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