French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-02
COUNTY BOY
SEES LONDON GO WILD.

The following letter, addressed tt
Mr.. C. S.>Fullbright, will be of interes
to many friends of the writer, who i:
son Of R. c. Clayton of Cane Greek
Young Clayton, who was formerly IL
the employ of the Peoples Nationa
Bank, was working in Richmond, Va.
at the outbreak of the war, and enlist
ed in the Navy at that place. He is
a nephew of Mr.. Fullbright and of Mr.
w. A. Young.
U. S. Naval Headquarters
London, Eng. Dec. 8, 1915
Dear Uncle C. S.
Enclosed herewith is P. o. Money
Order for $4,000 which you may ado
to my account in your Savings De-
partment.
Well old Chappie, OondOn stuff
how are you making out these fine
days? I am jolly we'll at present.
The only thing that bothers me is the
fear of the bally Flu. 1t may seem
extraordinary, but I haven't taken it
yet eyes, knocked on wood. What's
that? No, 1 didn't hit my head. 1t
is still pretty bad here although no;
as severe as a month or so ago.
hope none of you people have had ii.
A great many OF our boys here have
had it and one of my friends died with
it about a month ago. My health is
pretty good, haven't missed day at
work since 1 came on account Of sick
ness.
Well, suppose things are somewhat
different over there now since the
World nightmare is over, though Of
course it vii take some time to re-
cover completely and things get back
% normal. There is no noticeable
change here except that the people
Ire much more cheerful and the
streets are lighted at night where it |
lsed to be almost total darkness. YoG, |
hould have seen this place on Nov.
1th. The people went wild. They |
hronged the STREETS by the million and !
celebrated in every conceivable way
Everybody was carrying flags, some
-aving them high, some with them tied |
round their heads and necks and the
uildings we're all decorated with
hem. They shouted whistled, blew
orns, and when an automobile, taxi
alb or truck ventured into the street
would Immediately be sWamped by
lie human tide that would climb upl
n them, bon fires were made in the
reefs and squares, fireworks were
5ed, guns were shot, bands played
I'D the joy Of the people knew no I
ounds. 1t went on this way for (
hole week, every night the mob ;
ould start and then you would hear
e din. l did not think it was in (
ese people here. I had never seen :
EN- in any kind of demonstration
Id I had an idea that they didn't
re for that sort Of thing, but they
rely did turn loose this once.
ID you could see an English Cap =
in marching along the street with +
American sailor arm in arm with {
cir hats exchanged and ridiculous II
gifts of this kind were common. It
surely great relief to know it is a
over and that we will all soon be r
tting back to Gods country. b
guess 1 will be here for 8 or 4 .
'nths yet, as long as headquarters is e.
re. l am in the communication De- B
rtment here and it will probably be =
2 last to leave. AS the censorship
all off and we are allowed to seal -.
r letters, it is now all right to tell p
u something Of the nature of my n,
rk. 1 am in the Radio Receiving al
reless messages sent from the United h
ties and Europe. 1t is very wonder pl
and interesting to get communica- pc
rs in this way. 1t seems strange -
kind of uncanny to one who 10
'sn't understand it to see the ope-
Ors receiving messages and press IL
n signals made 5000 miles away by
eless. It is a great success as it
but it has wonderful possibilities
development and Improvement
'ther very interesting thing is the
10 telephone, which is like the wire
telegraph except that instead of
signals made by key, the human 4
,e is transmitted, so that you
Id telephone to me right here, if
had the proper instrument. It
IS as if there is no limit to wha;
be done by people. While Presi-
Wilson is on his voyage over
: he will be in constant commune L.
on with Washington and this side
wireless.
would like to get trip to France
le l am over here, but I don't see h
immediate prospects. If 1 do get