The Robesonian., 1918-06-06
IN The MOUNTAINS

A Ceased" Soldiers Tribute to
The Red Cross-Scenes and In
cidents in the Land of the
Sky"
Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Waynesville, June 1.-The delight
full news of the Red Cross drive
how it cheered US! We expected good
news but this was better and best,
especially that Fairmont more than
doubled her quota. Haywood county
and Waynesville did big things, too.
and it was inspiring to see women,
and especially men, SO unselfishly
helping to make the world better.
Insssffj had a splendid parade one af-
the whole town turned
out to ss2ys$Ihe doctor, the chauffeur
i, and ! filled thHRuick with with little chill
dren and were part of the parade,
| which Showed Red Cross nurses, sol
= diers from the hospital, fire depart
4 I. nisnt mothers and wMes' club, Bel
4gfan childfen, Uncle srSamE and his
helpers of farmers, pig club boys and
z ..ssl sorts of such. things as are usua..yy
!. : seen, all well caNied out. The
l Ghes also caExfed out the Presi-
dent SE61a day of prayer.
I have made another visit to the
hospital and had talk with a young
man who has "T. B." from gas. He
is free of fever and hopes to be en-
tirely we'll before many months. When
asked his name, he said "Grover Pltt-
man" / said, "Why you ought. to be
from Robson county, we are full OF
Pittmans" He is from New Frank
lin, Mo-, twenty-five years old, mar
ried three years, no children, rente1
out his little farm, and wife went tc
her people. He liked army life fi' Q
was in the infantry.
eve were in the first line trench
es," he said, (which are really moth
ing but shell holes-no sand bags, nc
dugouts 1t was my fourth day and
was getting on fine, but when the
gas alarm came / couldn't get my
mask on quick enough. Nobody te
blame. 1t comes so fast fellow has
only from five to ten seconds to get
the mask on. l fell over helpless
but was never entirely unconscious
and was carried back to the field hos
pital. The pain, oh, if you can mag
inc hot knives slowly pushed into
your lungs you would have it. "
Alas, / could "ima gine" very easj
ly, for that is the kind / am fighting
in my right side myself!
A cold rainy spell gave him a bat
case of bronchitis which later devel
oped tuberculosis. His bright brown
ewes shone when / asked him wha
the Red Cross had done for him.
"Everyth -ng," he said.
I ASKED aim to tell me something
the Red Cross could do and didn't
"Not a thing that / can think of h
said. eff the folks back home will
furnish the money as they are doing
this week there is no limit to wha
the Red Cross ean do except to di'
for us"
We are taking some wonderful
drives up and down the mountains
Lively homes, with yards full O
flowers, gardens full of young grow
ing things, sleek cattle, leggy littl
colts following their mothers, ant
men busy with crops around ever,
turn. The hills separate neighbors Il
calling distance Of each other so tha
they seem isolated, but in reality ar
not so at all; and so often we com
upon little village all at once, wit
church and school, post Office an
dwelling all nestled torether in til
lovely green valleys looking the pei
sonification of peace.
We took two of the Waynesvill
hospital ladies through Pigeon ea1
10 +ho al II
passing en- route the home of YOU
through prosperous farms. Til
wheat crop is magnificent this yea
if I can be gathered without ba
weather.
The chauffeur took a snap shot {
us three women in a daisy field viii
the doctor was in to see little gir
Now if it comes out showing n
young and pretty III send you one f.
publication.
The rhododendren and the fie
daisies are in full bloom making Il
creek banks and old fields look lii
Thousand dollar florist grounds.
We are having unusually war
weather right nov, yet the douh
blanket fels rood this morning.
The summer homes here and
Lake Iura1uska are filling up, a.
each one that comes is delighted
get sack 70 the clear pure air and t
COL braezaz Of tla taIeq~s.
Waynesville gave the last of t
boys a big send off as they left
Camp Jackson and again l was pa
Of the rarade. We followed them
the depot where there were speech
and treats and smiles ard tears, a
as the train moved away to the strai
of Dixie from the band everybo
tried to hide the tears and only she
smiles and cheers to our hero bo
gong sc bravely to the front for @
sake.
FLORENCE BROWN
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