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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

5ermans-that is, if you are in cou-
pie of miles of them.
We are situated in q very nice
town about the size Of Covlngton;
but it has been deserted by the French
civil population. and one sees nothing
in it but soldiers. When the French
left this town they left most Of
their furniture in their houses. 1t
does seem real funny to tell you
that some of us have real feather
beds to sleep on in the front line,
but we surely have. And we have
plenty Of fruit to eat, as the fruit
has just begun to get ripe We have
plums, grapes, apricots and several
kinds of berries. This sounds too
good to be true, but we sure have
this right up at the front. And we
also have plenty to drink-most any
kind of wine you want, and also
plenty Of beer will send you q
souvenir of France the next time l
write, as | am not in a place now
where I can buy nice one, but I
guess | will be later
Well, if | ever do get home I'll
have some news to tell, as / have
been most all over France, and have
seen some service, too.
I've just got to quit for this time,
hoping to hear from you real soon.
Give everybody my best wishes.
ABNER +. ASHW0RTH.
Co. !, 327th Inf. American E. F.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
SOME ADVICE

This is a home for the soldier,
A haven of peace and rest;
Throw off cares and forget Of the
danger.
Let your spirits hold sway at their
best.
As you find that they give recrea-
ton.
Don't forget that on two nights a
week
They have meetings and talk with
our Saviour;
So come his forgiveness to seek.
On Saturdays they have their con-
certs.
be?
For we've brought that true Yankee
spirit
To this land far over the sea,
To the S. A. girls we take off our
hats,
For their doughnuts and cakes and
their pies
Are just like mother made long, long
And ali between bites we all heave a
sigh ~
EMBRY E, CARSON,
Camp Sheridan, Ala.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
Word from Upton
Warriors
Letters and Articles from Young
TiptOnians Who Are Now Wear
ing the Uniform of Uncle Sam.
-
LETTER FROM ROY BOYD

Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Boyd have re-
ceived the following letter from their
son, Roy, of the American engineer
corps, who has been in France for
many months:
Dear Dad and Mother-Yours Of
July % came in last night. Certainly
glad to hear the souvenir arrived
safely. Take care of it, because |
had quite time getting it. Might
have another souvenir Of some kind
to send you before long.
We are doing just about as usual.
Having some very hot weather at
present. Seems much like summer
at home. except the nights are al
ways cool. Take it all around, | think
the country has very comfortable
climate, excepting, of course, the rain
and mud in winter. Right now we are
pretty we'll satisfied with the wealth
er, though. and the war. Allied ar
mics are still on the advance, and will
Hktlv continue for some time. Our
men are getting into it more and
more each day, and are certainly MAX
ing a record for themselves wher-
ever they hit. Seems to me the
American are the best men over here
physically all young and strong,
with world of energy and a great
desire to finish this job and 60 home
The men Just over and who have
been here a year make pretty much
the same record-gOod, There has
certainly been good deal of work
for the engineers to do, building
roads. warehouses, railways of all
description. Saw an American box
car Yesterday, and it certainly look
ed fine. Makes these French cars
look very cheap and light Our
American engines look like noun
tain beside the French type, but the
Fronch machines are in some ways
better built than ours-seem to last
longer with fewer repairs. But we
have the men to keep ours in shape
and have had very little engine trou-
BILE. We have to be very careful
with our coal, as it is very costly
about $4,000 a ton. Quite a differ
ence between that price and yours
isn't there? Most everything goes
along like that over here. When you
know that they shoot away more
than a million and a half dollars
worth of shells in an hour and a half
bon1bardment. you can see where
your Liberty bonds go. Machine guns
use shells costing five cents each at
the rate of about 700 a minute-more
Liberty bonds And so the war goes.
Takes money, money, and still more
money to keep it going. No wonder
we need billions of dollars. would
buy bonds until it hurts.
If you have money to give away
give It to the Salvation Army. They
are the only bunch who go up where
there is fine chance of being killed
helping tired soldiers, with hot coffee,
pies and doughnuts and other good
things-absolutely without charge,
too.
Must leave you for the present.
Lots Of love to all. ROY BOYD.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
ONE FROM DUDLEY SULLIVAN

Through the courtesy of Maj. M.
A. Walker, we make the following
extracts from a letter lately receiv-
ed by him from his former book
keeper, Mr.. Dudley Sullivan. The let
ted is dated England, August 80.
Dear Major-Have just a few min
utes to spare, so will spend them on
a short note to you. Should have
written to you before this, but as
you have been out once yourself, you
can understand how it is about the
writing proposition.
Certainly hope that your business
is good, and that the farm brings
you bumper crop. There are fine
crops of wheat over here; some of 1t
as fine as you could ever want to
look at. Also there seems to be an
abundant crop of sheep, for nearly
every day we have mutton in one
way or another. We have good cooks,
though, and are faring fine; and if
we do not have to digest some OF
that German doped" lead. then we
will have no kick coming at all.
Have gotten two or three copies
of the Leader in the last few weeks,
and find lots Of interesting things in
it, and wouldn't trade it for full
outfit of Hearsts. See where some
of my old colored friends have pass
ed away, and some of them pretty
good old negroes.
Have just inspected at close range
one of the monster bombing planes;
and when they land and come toward
you it looks like an immense farm
house in about a 300-acre tract, all
through the air.
Guess you got the good news that
has come out on the front for the
past few weeks. Things are going
nicely over there from the reports,
and there is a feeling all over this
that it will continue that
way.
Give my regards to all; which, of
course, includes Mr.. Currie and fam
lily, and Capt jim, or rather both
the Captain Jims-Walker and Nc
Call. When you have the time will
letter from you.
Very Sincerely,
l51st Aero Sod. DUD.
E. +.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM EMERY d. CARsNN

Dear Sif-Will you please put this
letter in your paper. 81 feel Like
aim not in the army If | don't write
to my county paper just the same as
do my mother and brother, for
love my good old sweet home, and |
like to read from other soldier boys
who write to your paper.
Well / will tell some of my funny
drills that | have to 90 through.
First, I get up in the morning foI
roll call about 5:15; no SLOW time in
the army; it is all double time at
everything we 60 at from Sis a. m,
till $3.50 b m. I am in the fastest
thing in army drills. We have squads
left and squads right for two hours
each day. There are eight men in
SQUAD, with one corporal and one
sergeant. 1t looks mighty nice to
anyone to see us men go through
these movements. am going to
the rifle range Sunday. 1t is about
% miles, and we take 100 steps a
minute. A soldier can't drag back
here, for he is in the army, and not
behind pillow; SO you will know
what l mean. We have no dead
beats-the army makes men, not no.
boes.
! Mr.. Editor, will send you one of
my company pictures, and | want you
ali to put it in one of your windows
so my whole county can see what |
am doing for my country. | will
send it when the studio gets through
with it, which will be soon.
If can get to come home on a
Today furlough / am coming to
Covington.
| will close and ask you to print
this letter so all of my friends in
the county can read it. viii you
please send me ono Of your paprs !?
| only see one of your papers now
and then in my camp.
EMBRY E. CARSON.
Co. C, 26th M. G. Bn.,
Camp Sheridan, Ala.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM ROBERT E. GLENN

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Glenn, Of
Coyington, Route 4, have received the
following letter from Robert E.
Glenn, who is with the American
evolutionary forces:
Dear Brother and Sister-As am
thinking of you this morning, ] will
try and write a few lines. / am not
so well at present. / have been sick,
but | hope that when this reaches
you it will find you both well and
enjoying hfo.
| have teen looking for 2 letter
from you for some time, but | have
net vet received but one let IL from
you since ! have been in France. I
think every letter / get will he tell
ing me yeu Lave been called. / pray
that this thing will soon end and you
boys won't have to come over here.
Uncle Sam is sending the boys over
here fast now think / have had
right smart of experience in war
now. | have been on three fronts,
and believe me, there was something
going on. / have been under shell
fire, and have been in gas attacks.
/ just wish / could see you all. l
could tell you more about everything.
] am not on the front now. We are
far enough from the front that the
big guns cannot be heard. We are
in little village at the crossroads,
and not anything doing here, We
have barracks to stay in here, and
cots to sleep on. 1t is not like Sleep
ing in a dug-out.
Well, guess you all are having
a big time going to the big meetings
this summer. Gee, what would give
to be there to 90 with you all to
them. ! am trusting in the Lord
that l may spend happy hours again
going to Old Hebron and Solo.
Well, I don't believe / know any
more to write this time, so will
close, asking you all to answer soon.
Your loving brother, ROBERT.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM CHESLEY BOWpEN

We make the following extract
from a letter received by Mr.. J. A..
Bowden from his son, Chesley, writ
ten from Paris and dated September
l.
Dear Daddy - Something of the
date tells me to write you this eve
ming. am quite tired after the
days go. We had a splendid crowd
this morning. I spoke on "a Revela-
ton of the Beyond and the Key"
The boys sure did enjoy it, if | am
not mistaken as to their attitude.
The crowd consisted of fellows from
every denomination and creed. The
Y. NJ. C. A. secretary was director
of the service. One boy brought me
a letter to censor, saying he had not
written his father in eight years,
and was writing him. So, Daddy
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM ALFRED B. COMBES

Editor LEADER will try and write
YOU a short letter to let you know
how everything is getting along IN
Camp Merritt.
We are having a very good time
these days, and we all hope that the
ones We left behind are doing fine;
We are having lots of ram, and
are not doing much work; but all
would like to see homefolks once IN
IA while. There are a lot of Upton
county boys with me. We are all to-
gether. but not in the same barracks.
Arthur Hooker, Hans Anderson, Jr',
Efford J. Baskin, Oliver A. Durham,
Cleve Benson. Eula Hadley, Ernest
Wiseman and Clarence Fleming are
some of the boys. We all eat IN
talking distance. Part of us eat in one
mess hall and the rest in another,
and lots of us are quarantined for
measles and mumps. Lots Of the boys
have the humps.
We have boxing, wrestling and
football games, and the Y. M. G. A.
men bring us writing paper, stamps
and envelopes to write home
We have a little colder weather
in New Jersey than you all have
in good old Tennessee, and we have
a certain time to go to bed and to
get up and stand reveille. They call
the roll every day to see where we
are.
All of us boys will be glad to
hear from anyone in Upton county.
ALFRED B. C0MBES,
Camp Gordon Sept. Aut. Repl., Draft
Inf. Co. No. 10. Overseas Casuals,
Cop,n Na,,.;t+ NJ
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM ROBERT A. DAVIS

Dear Father-Will write a few
lines. Haven't much time before
drill time.
am we'll and having big time
living in barns and puppy tents. The
fleas almost worried us to death
while We were sleeping in the hay
barns.
Jordan and l have gotten our
bunk together.
All of our battery is out on high
hill where we can get plenty Of fresh
air.
The people are just about through
harvesting their grain around here.
They work oxen instead of horses.
/ have seen only few horses here.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
JESSE RAWLINs WRITES

Mr. John Rawlins has lately re-
ceived the following letter from his
son, Jesse. written from somewhere
in France:
My Dear Loved Ones-I have Just
finished eating supper, SO I will write
you a few lines. Wish | could have
eaten with you. I am feeling fine
and hope this will find you all the
same. l am getting to see lots Of
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

dear, on your birthday / can sent
you nothing else but report Of the
day, with a sons most filial affec.
ton and loyal love.
Lovingly yours,
CHESLEY L. B0WDEN.
Co. I. seth Inf,
Am. Elk. Forces.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

saw some Of the prettiest scene
ny on the way here that / ever laid
eyes on; but as a whole it isn't such
a pretty place as / was expecting
to find.
Well, l must get busy. Write real
soon. ROBERT A. DAVIS.
306th Trench Mortar Battery,
American f. F..
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
FROM ABNER F. ASHWORTH

Miss Leona Boswell, of Atoka, has
received the following letter from
France:
I received your long looked-for let
ter this morning, and sure was glad
to hear from you once more. How's
everybody at home. / am well and
having a nice time to be in a war
like this, as you don't know when
you are going to be picked off by the
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
TOOK OUT DREADFUL SORENESS

When the kidneys are weakened
and fail to throw impurities out Of
the blood, the poison remains in the
system and backache, soreness and
rheumatic pains develop. Mrs. David
Henry, 65 S. Lincoln Ave, Washing
ton, N. j., writes: "Foley Kidney
Pills took the dreadful soreness out
Of my limbs and / walk good" Union
Drug Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

Mr.. Jesse Turnage, of Munford,
was among the visitors in this city
Monday.
Mrs. James Short left Tuesday
morning for a visit to Montgomery,
Ala.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03
COUGHED so HE COULDN'T
SLEEP

Bronchial coughs, tickling in the
throat and asthmatic spasms break
ones rest and weaken one SO that
the system is rundown and serious
sickness may result. Enos Halbert
PaoIi, Ind, writes Il had a severe
cold and coughed continually at night;
could hardly sleep; Foley's Honey and
Tar cured my cough" Union Drug
Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

Luther Flowers left Tuesday morn
ing on a visit to relativs at Trimble.
Rev. O. L. Owen, pastor OF the
Central Avenue Baptist Church,
Memphis, came up Saturday on brief
visit to relatives and friends.
Miss Martha Ray left Tuesday for
Memphis to resume her studies in
the Memphis Business College.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-10-03

ALEXANDER DRUG co, covINe Ton, TENN.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25

WESTERN CANADA
FARM LAND PRICES

Stories OF phenomenal advancement
and prosperity in Western Canada
have been told The reading public for
some years past. The stories were told
when there We're hundreds of thous-
andS of acres of splendid land ada
cent to railways and projected lines,
Which could be had on the payment of
Il mere $40 entry fee, and under cult
Walton and living conditions. AS was
~prophesied then, the day has come
when these are few. There are still
available thousands of these: they are
some distance now from the railways.
The land is as good as ever, but pio-
neering conditions will have changed.
A great many are still taking advan-
tage of this free offer from the govern
ment. The story was told when good
lands near lines of railway could be
bought for from SIS to $40 per acre
and the prophecy made that these
prices would double i'm Il few years. for
the Intrinsic value was far more than
that. That day has come more quickly
than expected. The immense crops of
grain that could be raised has brought
about the change. and the demand for
low priced lands with maximum re-
turns has prompted the keen pur-
cn&ser as we'll as the owner of higher
priced land from which no greater re-
turn could be looked for. Prices of
land in Western Canada are still adj
Vancing, and will continue TO advance
until. of curse, the limit is reached
when returns will warrant no further
increase. That day is not far distant.
But. i'm the meantime. there are large
tracts of land owned by land compa-
MES and private individuals that have
not felt the advance that has been
shown i'm other districts. The oppor-
tunity to purchase these should not
be lost sight of, and if there are those
amongst the readers of this article,
which is authorized by the Canadian
government, who wish cheap land,
such lands as produce from % to 40
bushels per acre, and will pay for
themselves out of one years crop. adj
vantage should be taken of the present
opportunity.
Coming to Alberta with his family
thirteen years ago, his assets consist
ing of IL small outfit and $50 i'm cash,
Mr.. O. +. MaImberg has accumulated
by farming and live stock raising as
sets to the value of more than $780,
600, and has a personal credit, worth
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25
WELCOME WHISTLE OF
AM RlCAN LOCOMOTIVE
BY FRANK y. TAYLOR.
Press Staff Correspondent.

With the American Army at the
Front.-By MaiD.-One of the things
that gets deeply into a dough boys
blood is the whistle of a good old
American locomotive in France, and
the clang of it's bell.
1t sounds like home. The American
locomotives are big. husky ones, ma
locomotives are big, husky ones, making
the French engines look like toys.
When the first American locomotives
arrived in France. the natives were
~astonished at the deep toned bells and
whistles. French locomotives have a
"tootr" on them resembling an enlarged
peanut wagon whistle, say the dough
boys. and there is no bell at all. The
Americans contend that the slfrill
French whistle il. too screechy and
effeminate.
A truck load of doughboys was
bouncing over the road near a woods.
from which a railroad emerged, in
came a deep toned blast OF a socomo-
tive from the woods. followed by the
painting chug that reminded you of
a train going over the Rockies.
Sounds like an American locomo-
tive, surer than thunder" shouted one
noise a mile away. Let's stop until it
out of the. woods"
"We're liable to get shelled here"
said the truck driver, but II you fell
lows are game. I am. 'Id take a
chance on shells any day to see a
Baldwin locomotive go by with a good
old American puff and shug and
whistle"
The group insisted on stopping, and
the locomotive. hauling a host Of tiny
French freight carr, came putting out
Of the woods. The doughboys broke
out into cheers, and more doughboys
running the engine replied with a full
clear into Germany.
II can die happy now said one of
the doughboys, az the truck moved on
toward the front. after the husky
American locomotive had ben watched
sut Of sight.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25

lated in land, but bought only to farm.
Near Blackie, Alberta, he operates 81
loo acres of wheat land. He has just
purchased an additional 1850 acres
hear Cardston, in Southern Alberta.
His personal credit enabled him to
finance this deal in Calgary in Il little
over three hours. The ranch just pur-
chased is a fully equipped stock and
grain ranch. At the present time 1t
carries q thousand head of cattle and
several hundred horses, and is fully
equipped With buildings, machinery,
c%orrals, sheep sheds, dipping watts, etc.
That is a story from one district. Let
us select n from Il district some hun.
dred or more miles from that.
"Peter A. Klassen, who recently
moved to Herbert. Sask.. from Kansas.
has purchased II section of prairie land
in the Hillsboro district, about "a miles
northwest of Herbert, for which he
paid $4,000 cash. He is erecting ten.
porary buildings to live In While put.
| ting the place i'm cultivation, and this
summer plans to erect good buildings
on the farm and equip 1T for a home,
Mr.. Klassen recently sold his SO-acre
farm i'm Kansas for $4,000 and is In
vesting the proceeds in Canada"
With the proceeds of the sale Of his
land i'm Kansas, this farmer purchased
in Saskatchewan Il piece eight times as
large as he had previously been farm
ing, and had Il balance with which to
purchase equipment, stock. etc, of SD.
600. Moreover as land i'm Sasltatche
wan may be expected to yield twice Il:
much grain per acre, he will be able
to produce sixteen times as much as
formerly.
The average value OF farm land for
the whole of Canada, including land
improved and unimproved, together
with dwelling houses, barns, stables
and other farm buildings, is approx.
mately $44 per acre as compared with
SAL i'm 1916, according to the latest re.
port of the Census and Statistics
branch at Ottawa. The average value
of land i'm the Prairie Provinces is as
follows:
Manitoba ..S31.0O
saskatchewan ......... 26.OO
Alberta ............... 26.1O
Tt is the low prices at which land
can be obtained in Western Canada
which is rendering this country such
an important factor in the production
of foodstutfs at the present time. 1t
is enabling men who have been farm.
ing small areas i'm older districts to
take up and farm with the same capt.
tai areas not only many times rs great.
but which are also capable of produc-
ing considerably larger crops TO the
acre.-Advertisement.
1t i%s'proposed to uniform train crews
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25
Hot Weather Hits Us
Hardest in Stomach

EATONIC is the wonderful new
compound that absorbs the harm.
full gases and juices and almost
instantly drives away stomach,
misery.
Instead of sudden and painful
attacks Of indigestion, after you
begin using EATONIC you'll for.
get you have stomach. And there
will be no more heartburn, food
repeating, sour stomach. gas pains.
or that lumpy, bloated feeling you have
so often experienced after eating. Then
your appetite-you know how bard it
is to satisfy in hot weather-eat one or
two EATONIC Tablets a.half hour be-
fore meals-and you will enjoy the re.
suits and feel better in every way.
These are a few reasons why Won
should start using ATONIC today and
tortity ourstomach against the chance
trouble this summer. It costs only SOC
for q big package. Your druggist whom
you know and can trust, will promptly
refund your money if you are moi
more than Satisfied.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25

Keep a closewatch on yourstom-
ach this summer. We need ali our
fighting strength. War work
change of diet-will make US all
easier prey to stomach and bowel
trouble than ever before. It is so
easy to become overheated on a
blazing hot day, especially after
eating a hearty meal. And then
the excessive heat makes us flood
our stomachs with all kinds of
cold drinks. That's bad at any
time; much worse-even danger
ous-when there is the slightest
feeling of stomach trouble.
Keep the stomach sweet and
cool and free from too much acid
that's about all that is neces-
sary. It's not so much the diet
as to keep the poison from start
ing trouble. You can easily do
this if you will just take a tablet or
two Of EAToS1c after your meals.
His Occupation.
"What does he do for his country?'
He's an automatic hot-air genera
o r."-Detroit Free Press.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-25
Just a Dream

Just a Dream.
II dreamt l dwelt i'm marble halls"
"Eh?"
"Fell asleep in the, union depot
Louisville Courier-Journal.