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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-11-13

And you these nuts today hundreds of them;
French and Americans stand side by side holding hand
oendshp the war-wo grizzed whose fighting spirit
inspiration to Yanks Foyer du So1dat they call
the hut-hearh of the sothe approach home up
on the roads to battle
The support and comfort Of your Foyer," says General
Mang been and viii continue to be tremendous phys
cal comfort and moral support and has given the soldiers that
feeling of home which has been much lacking"
Your Foyers says Clemenceau constantly established
in increasing numbers great the front in the rear
rendered soldiers highly appreciated Thanks
your Efforts children have found in your midst
of distraction and comfort"
United in this for freedom, fighters stand 'esde
the soldiers of Franco United in this campaign for morale
these organizations you Frances fight
is fight Unity of command is winning the battefeds
abroad Unity fastening victory through morale Give
morale give for unity give for vctoryl
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trust in the Lord that, it will do me

trust in the Lord that, it will do me
good.
was glad to hear from Henry. I
hope he will get to come back home
and we all can meet again on earth.
l guess you all are going to stay
where you are. If l live tp get back
horne I am coming to see you all and
stay a month with you.
l will close for this time. May God
bless you all is my prayer. Don't
write until I write to you all for if
I do leave here l won't get it. If 1
stay here another week l will write
and let you all know but I don't think
l will. Goodbye.
Clinton Jones.
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Henry Harris Writes of Wound
Received in Battle.
October %, 1918,

October %, 1918.
Dear Mother:
/ will take the pleasure of writing
you few lines This letter leaves
me we'll except that am wounded
in my right leg. am up, though, and
doing fine in the hospital: Am GER
tainly having a fine time. l got hurt
on the 11th of October by shell. l
should have written before but have
MT had any paper. l have a nice lit
tie hole in my leg. I was out on the
first line.
I guess the war will be over before
I get back to France and think I
will be at home before long. Tell the
boys they are lucky and l hope they
won't get over in France. Tell Tobe
I say to stay at home if he can. have
wanted to be back home lots of times
I will never forget my old home and
I am coming back again. Before long
I will come marching back to you all
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-11-13
Carroll Mays Writes to His Sis
ter, Mrs. John Kemp.
October Ia, 1918.

Dear Sister:
Your letter was received today and
l certainly was glad to hear from you
and to know that all were well. 1 am
feeling pretty we'll. l was sick cou-
pie of days but am all right now.
have plenty of heavy clothing and
hope to make it all o. K. However,
we haven't any fires and it is getting
cold, and will be colder. But l am
going to try to pull through and when
l get back l will tell you all about it.
No, haven't driven any cars at
all since l have been over here, and
l don't suppose l will as we have
wagoners and Chauffeurs who are
sent to school for that purpose and
therefore they do it. My part will be
on the big guns as am gun pointer
who directs the gun and takes the
aim. l like it fine. Guess will keep
it as long as I can.
Ethel, if I stop writing for while
don't worry, as 1 may be where I
can't write. Hope all are well and that
I will hear from you again soon: I
am,
Your loving brother, !
Carroll R. Mays.
Bait. B, 64th Regt., Art. C. A. c.
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SOLDIERS LETTERS.
Walter Grifis Writes to His
Mother.
naIAIA. II 1910
October II, 1918.

Dear Mother:
will write you few lines as have
a little time. This leaves me we'll and
all right: Hope it will find you the
same.
l have just come out of a batrle
and didn't get scratch. The Lord
must have been with me. 1 hope
and pray that I won't have to go in
another battle. I have certainly seen
some sights for the last two weeks.
l have been to look for Hez. 1
found his company but could not
find him. hope he is all right.
mother, l guess you all have been
worried about me but I have just not
had time to write. l am sitting fiat
down in the field, writing on my mess
pan. You know I have fine desk.
Don't worry about me for we will be
back home in short time, think.
Mother, l have several souvenirs
from the Germans but have not got
what want. I want an iron cross
from them.
How are Aunt Emma and Papa
standing the times? Tell them l am
all right. Also tell everybody around
home Hello for me.
Well, 1 will close for this. time.
Your loving son,
Walter W. Grifis.
Co. D. ia M. G. Bn., A. P. o. TAO.
American Ex. Forces.
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Why you should give
a.. v.tv,svv,ISss.

By giving to these seven organizations
all at once, the cost and efogt of SIX
additional campaigns Is saved.
Unless Americans do give twice as
much as ever before, our soldiers and
sailers may not enjoy during 1919 theiS
$500 Recreation Buildings
1000 Miles of Movie Film
100 Leading Stage Stars
20o0 Athletic Directors
$500 Librarsessupplying S, ,0oo, o,o0obooks
IS Hostess Houses
$4,000 Big-brother secretaries"
Millions of dollars of home comforts
When you give double, you make s:re
that every fighter has the cheer and COM
forts Of these seven organizations every
step Of the way from home to the front
and back again. You provide him with
church, theatre, a cheerful home, a
store, a school, club and an athletic field
and knowledge that the folks back
home are with him, heart and soul!
You have loaned your money 70 supply
their physical needs.
Now give to maintain the Bgozale tf,aG
is winning the war!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-11-13
Clinton Jones Writes Letter to
His Uncle
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
U. S. General Hospital Il,
November 4, 1918.

November 4, 1918.
NY Dear Uncle and All:
l viii answer your letter that I re-
ceived yesterday. l was glad to hear
from you all. l am not at all well. l
am up but am weak and it doesn't
look like | am getting any strength.
/ hope you all are well and in good
health. l would love to see you all.
Tell Tobe and Stonewall to come to
see me if they can get eff forI would
be so glad to see them.
Well, Loman, they are going to
send me for treatment to the other
side of New York this week so don't
write me any more until you hear
from me again. l will write you all
just as soon as get where l am 60
ing and let you know how 1 like the
place. hope l will like it fine and l
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Henry Harris.
Albert Eubanks Writes Letter
To His Mother.
Bordeaux.
October 13, 1918.

Bordeaux.
October 13, 1918.
My Dear Mother:
Well, it is Sunday morning and
am somewhere in France, but think
ing of you all back home in the good
old U. S. A. Am wondering what you
are doing. Getting ready to go to
church, l guess. i am doing all right.
Am well and feeling good. Hope I'll
be lucky enough to stay so. The wea-
ther is very pretty here this morning.
You know, l told you to let them
use my clothes but you wrote and
said that you were going to save them
for me. l will be glad if you will save
them for me. 1 mean the two suits
and the hat.
Well, as said before, guess 1
have some letters on the way here.
Surely will be glad when they come.
As | don't know of any news much
will close for this time, but just re-
member that 1 love you, dear Moth
er, and am coming back home to you
some time. Give my love to all the
rest. I hope Papa is lots better and
Claude also. AS ever,
Your same devoted son,
Albert Eubanks.
II. H. S. Rf. Plant Co. sci,
A. P. o. No. 705.
American Elk. Forces.
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--~.v Vi uiy,
C. M. Belkel,
Mrs. Sam Aener Receives Let
ter From Her Son
Somewhere in France,
October 5, 1918.

My Dear Mother:
How are you getting along? Fine,
truly hope as this leaves me well.
| came 10 the hospital on the 2lst
of September with the mumps. Am
about well Of them now, though. VIII
get out of the hospital in day or
two. It did not hurt me at all. | hard
ly knew that l had them.
Tell Papa and Brother Wiley "How
dy" for me and also Brother Eddie
and family. How is Bruce Thinner
man getting on now? l received his
letter but haven't had time to answer
i yet. He said he was sick at the time.
Well, l guess you all are nearly
finished picking cotton now and L.
suppose you got good price for it
this year. l hope you did.
AS / write this letter am thinking
of you all going to preaching this
afternoon and tomorrow morning.l
guess the road to the church that we
worked before l left home is very
good now. Are you all going to still
keep Mr.. George Bussey to preach
for you another year? He is such
good preacher. I would certainly like
to see him.
I imagine those late peaches are
getting ripe now. 1t reminds me of
when l went down to see Uncle
George Agner last fall and carried
him a sack full of them.
Well, had better close for this
time. Write and tell me all the news
at home. l will wlite as often as l
can to you all. Goodbye, my dear
Mother and Father. Lots of love to
you all.
Your loving son,
Pvt John E. Agner.
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Hezzie Grifis Wounded and
Condition Serious.
No. 5 General Hospital. w.
October 23rd, 1918.

No. 5 General Hospital. ~
October 23rd, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Grifis:
This is just to tell you that your
son, H. F. Griffis is. not so we'll. He
says he has already written to you so
you will know he is in the hospital
wounded.
The doctor now thinks very seri-
ously of his condition so am afraid
there is very little chance for him.
weak and
night.
Vigorously
20 let you
there is
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October 16, 1918
My Dear Mother:

My Dear Mother:
l received your letter yesterday
and was glad to hear from you all
as l always am glad to hear from
home.
Mother, I ws so glad to hear that
YOU all had such a good crop this
year and are getting such good price
for cotton. | was glad to know that
Brother Wiley has joined the church.
l guess you were quite disappointed
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Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

church; suppose that the parents
who congregate every Sunday in
the public places to swap lies, "
gossip and tell obscene stories,
or to play "fve-up," were regu-
lar attendants of the Sunday
Schools, churches and prayer
meetings, do you think that the
moral status of the young people
would be any better? You say
you want better conditions. Are
you certain that you are not ly-
ing, when your conduct proves
that you don't? Could you prove
by witnesses, if required of you,
that the life you are living is of
moral benefit to the community?
Finally you are going to be judg-
ed by a Judge who knows
what you are NOW doing to
make the world better.
Moreover, Germany must be
destroyed.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
Three Million Buttons
Bought for Fourth Loan

Buying three million buttons is just
one Of the minor tasks which had to
be taken care Of before the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign by Ralph
Waldo Emerson OF the War Loan or.
ganization at Washington,
But on these triiies Emerson was
able to save the government sixty.hye
thousand dollars In real money; vast
amount OF celluloid, which contains
guncotton; an enormous quantity OF
white paper; hundreds Of gallons OF
wood alcohol. and hundreds OF hours
OF labor.
The saving was brought about by
the employment Of steel engraving
process. The old buttons have always
been made with celluloid and paper.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
Valuable Information Service by
American Red Cross.

Through the Red Cross Civil
ian Relief Department arrange
ments have been made by which
valuable information regarding
any question pertaining to the
allotment, allowance, compensa-
tion or insurance can be prompt
ly secured for the families of the
men in any branch of war SER
vice.
Most important is the fact that
information concerning men in
hospitals in France, or who may
be prisoners, can be secured more
promptly and more accurately
through the Red Cross mediums
than in any other way.
Families of men in the service
from Morgan county should COM
municate with L. Y. Redwine,
Chairman, or C, D. Arnett, Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Civilian
Relief Committee Of the Morgan
County Chapter of the Red Cross
to gain desired information in
reference to any question pertain
ing to the War Risk Insurance
Act, Or regarding the welfare of
men in camp in the United States
or in overseas service, or in re-
gard to any home problem where
aid or advice is needed.
Careful consideration will be
given every request.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

1t is not sufficient to bar the
girl of bad repute from the home
of innocence. The libertine is a
more deadly menace to the COM
munity than the fallen woman,
because from his foul soul only
the thoughts of evil spring. He
contaminates all with whom he
comes in contact. His conversa-
tion is corrupting to the young
manhood and his association an
insult to pure womanhood. If
some of the parents Of the young
girls of this town would take the
pains to inquire after the nature
of the ordinary conversation of
some of the young men and learn
from it how devoid of respect for
womanly purity and how intent
on the destruction of virtue
these vultures are they would
place barriers upon the associa-
tions writ plainly, Thou shalt
not"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

The factories which are turning out
the buttons for the Fourth Loan are
distributed about the country so that
shipping to the various federal reserve
districts can be simplified and thero
will be no chance OF any district being
left at the last minute without its sup
ply Of little bond buyers insignia
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

GUMPTION, Ha~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
language, without Educational Furbelows.
BN L. II. .FIOVIGRNIALE.

mothers counsels, or comes to
the point of doing the apparently
harmless things that she is un-
willing for her mother to know,
she is soaring her conscience and
breaking the threads of charac-
ter. She is paving the way for
graver errors.
~ ~
Your light upon this matter is
shown by the attitude you are
taking in the matter of morality
in this community. Passive in
difference is equal to encourage
ment. If conditions grow worse
and this community becomes a
cesspool of evil, can you excuse
yourself if you have done moth
ing 10 prevent 1t!
For the immediate relief there
are radical measures. The good
people should close their doors
against the young men whose
talk and acts proclaim them liber-
tines, and should be sure that
their girls girl associates are
above reproach.
But primarily the cause is more
deep seated than appears at a
casual glance. Indifference to
the religion of Christ is the under
lying cause of all social evils. If
you have the courage to look at
your own life introspectively and
judge yourself candidly, what
will be your conclusion as to
YOU? | know that it is easy for
us to sit in judgment upon the
frailties of our neighbors, but do
we search our own souls with as
relentless scrutiny?
1t will not be- denied that
Christianity if the great force for
good in the world, Ergo, the
more Christians in a community
the better the community. "But
there are hypocrites in the
church." you say.} Granted.
But are YOU DOING what you
should do to make the communi-
ty better? How il your light
shining?
= 49,. Ia -..- - =.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
EVer Thought What
One Sailor Costs U.s.?

The cost Of the U. s. Navy per man
per day during the first six months OF
the fiscal year 1918 varied from i9c on
the larger types Of vessels to SIC on
the smaller types. A $50 Liberty Bond
will keep a sailor for lo2 days in the
larger vessels and for s6 days on The
smaller typeA !
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

these size job You know the
" Ferdinand Of the
allied forces in Europe John Pehing,
mander-nchef
No American would the burdens
bear No American permit these CLOTH
ammunition about
getting enough guns, about getting enough
Every Liberty bought the United States insurance
against brdenng leaders with Worries
They handle the fighting America
at home must furnish everything that the fighting
men when they need IT,
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
Your Light.
THE CONDITION of NOR
l ality in West Liberty is

HE CONDITION OF NOR
l ality in West Liberty is
becoming a matter of grave con-
cern with many parents, and the
question is frequently asked as
to the reasons for the departure
from the unusually high standard
of a few years ago. The good
people themselves are RESPONSE
BILE. The tolerant attitude that
they have assumed toward vice
is bearing its inevitable fruit.
immortality is insiduous in its
growth and all too frequently it
gathers its victims before the
public is aware, and when the
exposure comes the people stand
aghast at the conditions that
have grown and fiourished under
their very noses.
u y
This is not a pleasant topic to
discuss. | would avoid it if | did
not feel that plain speaking was
a duty in the premises. The man
who can look with unconcern up
on conditions that threaten to
taint the purity of the young of
both sexes in his community has
failed to grasp the meaning of his
highest-duty as a citizen. The
man whose love does not reach
sout to throw its protecting infu-
,ea aSlut His his nejghbor's Child
has failed to undertapd the
reason for the tragedy of Calva-
ry. The moral conditions are
charge upon the conscience of
good people of that community,
We can't dodge our responsibility
In this matter.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
FACE the FACTS

EFT us face the facts The situation is critical.
IL Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought, defeat threatens Hungry men cannot fight
at their best; hungry nations. France, England,
and Italy going hungry unless we feed them.
Wheat Savings-They must have wheat. 1t is the
best food to fight on. 1t is the easiest to ship. We
alone can spare it to them. By saving Just little
less than quarter of what we ate last year-we can
support those who are fighting our battles. And we
can do without stinting ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food just as good
The Corn of Plenty-Com is that food. There's
surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the
hour of need 1t has given us corn in such bounty
as was known before. Tons of corn. Train
loads of corn Five hundred million bushels over and
above our regular needs All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
easy? And so clear?
Americas Own Food-Corn! 1t is the true American
food The Indians hardest of races, lived it.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered
continent For great section OF our country it
has blong cen the staff Of life. How well the South
fought on it, history tells. Now it can help America
win world war.
dozen, It's cereal. It's vegetable It's a bread.
It's dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it,
dollar for dollar, than meat or eggs or most other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic.
Corns Infinite Variety-How much do you know about
corn2 About how good it is? About the many
delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing about it? Here are few
of its uses:
There are at least fifty ways to meal to
make good dishes for dinner supper, lunch or break
fast Here are some suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread Corn-mea molasses cake
Hoecake Apple corn bread.
Mullins Dumplings.
Biscuits Gingerbread.
Griddle cakes Fruit gems
Wafes.
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croquetes. Corn-meal hsh balls
Meat and corn-meal dumplings.
Italian poenta. Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin 565, Corn
Meal as Food and Ways of Using It,, free from the
Department of Agriculture.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
Buy llBERIY BONDS :

DR.. L. D. Carter states that he
is here a few weeks on business
and that he will gladly serve the
people when called upon to do so.
He has all the necessary medi-
cines for most cases. 428ft
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
<BUY LIBERTY BONDS :
State OF Ohio. City of Toledo.

State OF Ohio. City OF Toledo,
Lucas County. ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner OF the firm OF +. j.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day OF December,
A. ID. 1856. A. w. GLEASON,
lSeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken In
tecnally- 9pa-e.tts -throngh. the -sRleoA- az.
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
x BlN IIgERTY BoNns -
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

( Buy LIBERTY BONDS :
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26

There is psychological inhu-
ence that exerts itself without
recourse to words. Young peo-
pie feel the beneficial effects of
the contact with a person of high
ideals and pure thoughts. There
may be no hint of preaching" in
the conversation and none is
needed-but the fact that the
soul is clean makes itself felt by
all who are brought near it. On
the other hand the evil influence
of the vile is baneful. Itmatters
not that the libertine may be all
that rectitude and decorum re-
quires, in conduct and conversa-
ton, when associating with your
daughter, the evil of his thoughts
will nevertheless influence her
and lessen her hold upon the
finer conceptions of purity. No
girl ever lost her hold on virtue
suddenly. The process is grad
al. One by one the finer sensi-
bilties, the threads of character,
amust be broken. Mother has
instilled into the mind of the girl
a code of proper conduct based
upon clean thinking. To some
these things may seem trivial,
but they are the vital elements of
character. When the girl is in
fuencad to look lightly upon her
Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-26
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Suppose, for instance, that you
had always been a "never-fail"
attendant of Sunday School and