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The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
An Appropriate Gift.

l know where there'll be a Christ
mas tree.
With friends gathered all around
Laden with gifts of the holiday
The finest to be found.
There'll be presents there from
all the family,
On that beautiful Christmas tree !;
But / know of something that'll
not be there,
And that's a gift from me.
Each time Christmas comes, and
is gone.
| think, ere the next is here,
I'll buy presents for all of these
friends,
But I've failed again this year.
All ! But know what will do,
Otis strange | hadn't thought
before.)
I'll give them the oldest of all the
gifts,
Why I'll burden that tree to the
floor.
On Christmas eve I'll epter the
house,
Thru the chimney from above,
And from every branch of their
tree I'll hang
A tiny sack of love.
Lloyd w. Silverthorn.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
@Elston's Real Estate Bargains

S0-aere farm, under cultivation, Eve
miles from Yale; good buildings and
fences in good condition. Good or
chard
S0.acre farm, acres good timber,
all new buildings, ~ miles from Rose
burg.
160-acre farm, 4 mile from Peck;
good buildings, lao acres tillable, bal
ance pasture land.
S-room house, small tarn, large lot,
i'm city of Yale. Bath and toilet.
The above property is all for sale
and on easy terms.
GEO. w. ELSTON
Real Estate and Insurance
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
JANUARY JURORS DRAWN
ST. Clair County Jurors

The jury was drawn in the cir
cult court room Friday afternoon,
but no date was set for the calling.
The docket for the coming term
has not yet been completed.
Port Huron City:-Fred FOw-
Ter, A.E. Basney, Colin A. Hoskin,
John Downey, Albert Block, An
drew j. Smith. James Mortimore.
Edward O'Neil. John Watson, A.
J. Stewart, N. B. Hyde.
Riley-Charles Webb
st. Clair twp.-Henry Wulff
Wales-Lottie Thomas
Berlin-C. H Loomis
Brockway--John Armstrong
Burtchville-Chas. Johnson
Casco-Wm. C.. Schultz
China-Henry Conger
Cottrellville-Chas. Nichols
East China-Fred Achatz
st. Clair City-Fred MeiSel-
bach, Belle Palmer, Jno. Sawher.
Yale-Rodger Welch, Philip
Beadle, John Henry.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Township Taxes.

will be at the First National
Bank, Yale, December 31st, and
the first Wednesday in January
for the purpose of collecting the
Lynn taxes. The first Thursday
in January at James Curvin's,
North Lynn. J. r. Henry, town.
ship treasurer.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Sanilac County Jurors

Sanilac County Jurors
Minden-Eli Seaman
Austin-Elson Clark
Greenleaf-Wm. Lewis
Evergreen-Henry Lorentzen
? .Argyle-Geo. E. Morley
Observation-Disclosures Merriman
Marion-Jas. S. Haynes
Forester-Jas. L. Sweet
Bridgehampton-Wm. Brown
Custer-Walter w. Scott
Moore-Reuben Bitterling
Lamotte-Henry Knapp
Marlette-Josh Dawson
Elmer-Chris Mortensen
Watertown-Adnes Corsaut
Washington-Wilford Osborn
Sanilac-George Hill
Lexington-G. G.. Gardner
Buel-Wm. Miller
Elk-Henry McElhinney
Flynn-John Rojem
Maple Valley-Daniel Hilliker
Speaker-John Weaver
Fremont-William Hunt
Worth-John Sanderson
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
TAX NOTICE

l will be at the First National
Bank, Yale, Friday, Dec. IL, and
every Friday thereafter until
Jan. 9th. to receive Brockway
township taxes. Will be at my
home on other days of the week.
Bert Barr, Township Treasurer
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Owing to the confusion In the names
of two Doctor Frazers on Military st.
DIR. r. G. Frazer, specialist on Eye
Ear, Nose and Throat diseases wishes
to announce his Office on the ground
floor of the Yokom Bldg, opposite the
Harrington HOTEL 1011 Military street
Port Huron. Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

FOR SALE-The Card house on
Park ave., Lot SO fit. frontage,
runs through to Mill Creek.
Good outbuildings. Call on N.
3. Herbert, Yale. ~
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

Two hundred bushels of corn;
so shocks of corn; a or bushels
of mangels; 1 stack of straw.
Charles Adams, ia miles north
of Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
NOTICE

Anyone. having road orders on
the township of Brockway, if they
will leave them at the First Nat
ional Bank, l will leave checks
for same. Chas. A. Wilt,
Highway Commissioner
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Poultry Wanted

I will pay the highest market
price for all kinds of poultry. If
you have anything to sell notify
me and ] will call. Will buy ev-
cry day. Call SO IL Is.
1926 A c. Sperry, Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

TEAMS WANTED-For road work
in Sanilac county. Address, N. W..
Construction Co., Port Huron. 2
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Bring On \ our Junk

will pay s150O a ton for old iron; lc
a pound for rags; sc pound for rub
Der boots and rubber shoes.
21-2c John sexton, Yale
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

FOUND-On road out of Yale on
Sunday, pocket book contain
ing small sum of money. Own
err call at l.. Roy Fuller's and
describe same. 1872
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

FOR SERVICE-A thorough
bred Berkshire boar for service
at Pleasant View Farm, u mile
north of Old Brockway. j. H.
Gathergood. 1873
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25
Liner Column

POULTRY WANTED-Am in the
market for all kinds of live
poultry and will pay the highest
market price for same. If you
have any for sale bring same
to cream station or to my res
idence opposite Feed Barn. H.
Il. Dinner. Yale. 13-
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

FOR SALE-Two Art Garland
base burners. Enquire of Jas.
P. Cogley, Yale. &C.
The Yale expositor., 1919-12-25

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
NOTICE.

To the stockholders of the Clinch
Valley Coal and Iron Company:
beg To advise you that II special
meeting Of the stockholders Of tho
Clinch Valley Coal and Iron COM
pany has been called in pursuance to
law To be held on the twcnty-seventh
day of February, 1919, at tie office of
the Company in Tnzcwcll, Tnzewell
County, Virginia. Mt which meeting
the stockholders will be asked to as
sent to plan of liquidation and dis
tribution Of assets among themselves.
70 make this meeting effective IL ma
jority of the stock must be repre-
scented. Prompt action on the purt of
the stockholders is requested in order
that the necessary cash payment can
he made to them and to avoid M far
M possible excessive taxation which
mny be hereafter imposed. 1t il
therefore To your interest either to
attend this meeting in person or sign
and return the enclosed proxy which
will be used for the above purpose.
The plan of liquidation propcrncd by
the Counsel for this Company il MS
follows.
/. liquidate and settle the debts
OF the corporation.
2. Authorize the directors To con-
vey the assets OF the corporation TO
n trust company us trustee to col
lcct and receive the proceeds thereof
and distribute the same pro rita to
the stockholders after payment OF
the debts.
3. That the directors he author
'zed to take all necessary steps to
dissolve the corporation and surren.,
der It's charter.
4, After payment of the debts, dis
tribute the money in the treasury.
~ order of the Board of Directors.
Respectfully,
Il. II. SHAW, Secretary.
The required revenue stamp will be
affixed by the company.
jan.3i 1T
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07

They had roast chicken. mashed DO.
tatoes. wild hog, meat gravy, ieily
butter, bread, wine, coffee, and cher.
ry brandy, and served it II y. m
Gee, but you should have seen me
splitting French. They think | am
somebody, and the girl was very
sweet On me, and | was the only one
she invited. Our party broke up at
1:3o n. m, so you see had pretty
good time. l go to see her most cv-
cry night. The old lady treats me
just like a baby. so don't worry, your
son is being well treated, and [ have
Y big French bed to sleep in. Gee,
but it sure is great. | almost smother
in it. A nice room all to myself. You
know l was always pretty lucky, any
way. SO don't worry about me for
| am doing fine. = We'll, | ruecs
everything is lovely in Tazcwcli. We
had our first snow last Friday and
then it showed yesterday, so il looks
some like Christmas.
Well, give everybody my love and
best regards, and tell them hone to
see them soon.
Your devoted son,
LINDSAY II. MCGUIRE.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
SOLDIERS LETTERS
'+++++-a|s+il-.s-s++e%H.ta4s-a-Ss4.s

Private George Hartman, of &C.
dar Buff. whom the Home Service
Section of the Tazewell Red Cross has
been edeavoring to locate, has been
found, the following letter having
ben received last week by his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Harman ut Cedar Bluff
Co. NJ, 58th Infantry, A. Z. i.
My Dear Wife:
will try and drop you few lines
to let you hear from me. guess
you think / am long time ubout
writing. | would have written sooner,
but | havn't had any writing paper.
Was sorry to hear you had been sick,
and hope you are well by this time.
am in the hospital now. have get
something the matter with my head
like catarrh, but it is getting better.
guess will 20 back to my company
soon. | suppose everybody in the U.
S. are rejoicing that the war is pv-
CT. don't know just when l will get
home, but ! don't think it will be very
long.
Another letter, dated Dec. 2S, is
as follows:
81 hope you are well and getting
along fine. would like to be At
home with you all today. There is n
big snow here, but | don't guess it is
any colder here than it is in the U.
S. Hope you and mother are getting
along all right. Save every cent Of
my money you can. Give mother half
of it. 1t M light be three or four
months before C ONE home hui that
will soon pass away. Do not be mi-
easy about me for all is we'll.
PRVT. GEORG HARTMAN.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
A. +. T.. Dec %. 1918.

n. II. f., Dec. %. 1913.
This letter was received by Miss
Maggie IIoback, of Burke's Garden,
from her cousin, Prvt. d. Il. Tkomp-
son, who is with the American Expc-
dictionary Forces:
Dear Maggie:
take the g-cates> of pleasure in
dropping you few lines this rainy
morning, as nm feeling somewhat
blue and thinking Of you all. Well,
this leaves me we'll AMI 0. X. Truly
,hope that you all are the same and
having a nice time, but. reel that is
more than | am having, for I never
had the blues rs bad in my life as
1 have for the last two weeks. But
hope that it wont be as long rs it
has been before get back home We
sure had sometime Christmas. We
passed in review before President
+ Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, but he did
/ mt tell me when he was going to send
me home. am living III hopes it
will not b long / saw Mr.. Golden the
other day. He says he hopes to be
| in the States anyway by the next Of
.Iulv. | heard that we were coming
back soon, but don't know whether
to believe it or not. have seen all
l want of France, and when | get
home | am going 10 stay there.
have lots to tell you when return.
! havn't heard from Grafton for n
good while. He was wounded and in
| the hospital the last heard. guess
it is getting cold over there now. 1t
showed II little here the other day,
/, and rains nearly every day
! Well, as the dinner hour has ar
rived, | will close. hoping to hear
from your real soon.
Your cousin,
PRT. d. b. THOMPSON.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
From Lindsay Mcclure.

The two following letters have re-
Gently been received by Mrs. Mcclure
from ncr . n, Lindsay Mcclure. Sup
ply Sergeant CT the 3I7th Infantry:
:, Perigny, France, Jan. /, 10.
My Dear Mother:
Just line tonight to let you know
| am well and getting all right and
truly hope you all are the same.
Well, mother, we moved here yes
terday. IL is very nice little viii
!!age, about thousand people, and
it is about seven miles from where
we were. hated to leave Arras, for
| had gotten acquainted with most ev-
erybody there, and they treated me so
well. l sure wish you could have
seen me when left All the girls
and old women kissed me. Gee! but
| had sometime. Well, mama, here is
where my ink gave out so viii fin
lsh with pencil. We'll, mama, !
nave had a very pleasant day and
plenty to eat, but not like at home.
Last year, you know, | went to see
Carrie and had such q good time,
but gee, SO much has happened since
them, but / am so glad nm still in
the land of the living,and to some
time in the coming year OF be home
again with you all, but it is hard to
say when, but l hope to Just the
same, but, remember, though / am
far away, my heart is with you all
the time. ! had long letter from
Joe Sunday a1d you know ] was glad
to get it, and also one from Carrie,
and they certainly do give me lot of
pleasure. Carrie writes me regular
ly and is such u darling girl, and she
thinks so much Of you. / have won
dered what she gave you for Christ
mas. know it must have been some
thing nice.
Well, ! guess Litz has gotten the
German haversack by now. Tell him |
will fix it when | come home. have
big time now. / go somewhere most
every day and am taking in France.
/ will tell you all about when / see
you. 1t is n wonderful country. | am
afraid n French girl will Het mo he
fore / get back. Well, if she does,
you can come to France to zee me,
Wouldn't that be fine? / was lust
teasing you. You know where am
going when we have finished over
here but i am going to see all of
France while have chance or at
least what can and that sure is
some and i saw lot OF it on foot
lou must give everybody my love
and tell them am we'll and happy
Hug and kiss all the family for mo,
and tell them to write. | an, sendine
Litz and Walter a badge each. With
lbost love.
LINDSAY r. MCGUIRE.
:, Arras, France, Dec. 26.
My Dear Mama;
Well, / guess you oil had Lowell,
Christmas and know you did, anc
oh! how | wished / could be witt
you all, for ! know it was great
pleasure TO sit around the old homo
fire. ! thought of you all so much.
could see tho children going thru
their stockings to see what old San
ia Claus had brought them. All tn,
company was made very happy, TO,
we had pay day yesterday. had ,
pretty good dinner. and plenty O.
cherry brandy to drink. Wish Vol
could have had some of it, for it sur,
was fine. Then Christmas Eve, a lit
tie FRENCH girl invited me out to hav,
supper and watch Christmas com
in, and mama,j it was some treat
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
In The Clerks office of the Circuit

In The Clerks office of the Circuit
Court of the county of Tazcwell,
ON the ldth day of january, 1919.
To Geo. p. Gautlinr.
You are hereby notified that
tract or lot of land in Maiden Spring
District of Tazewcll county, in the
town of Richards and State of Vir-
ginin, was sold on the 2lst day of
january, 1902 for delinquent taxes,
levics, interests and costs, for the
year 1900, and in the name of Geo.
l.. Gautling, to the Commonwealth
of Virginia, and assessed on the COM
missioner's books for 1918 in the name
of Geo. p. Calling, and application for
the purchase thereof has been filed in
this office and it appearing from tho
records in this Office that you nro in
tercsted in said land, you are further
notified to appear in four months
from date Of this notice and do whnt
may be necessary TO protect your in
tcrcst
Givon under MY hand this the 18th
dn yof january, 1919.
G. w. GREEVER, Clerk,
Circuit Court OF farewell County,
Virginia. 1-17-4t.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
HARRY A. HUMPHREY.
Oscar Williams is Getting Straight
ened Out Apain.


ened Out Again.
Base Hospital No. %, A. Il. f..
Dear Dan:
| am about straight again and am
feeling fine, altho the doctors wont let
me stir around much and do not
much care, as | am faring fine and
nave all | can eat; nice warm room
to sleep in: But the worst part of it
IL that ! have been smoking, but
am going to cut that out when come
home.
Dan, ! will give you my experience
of the first day in battle. On Sep
tember 25th our division went in the
trenches near Bethincour.. The fol-
lowing morning we went over the top
at $50, made seven .kilometcr drive.
"a 3-S miles), that day. ] don't re-
member how many prisoners were
captured, but during the time | ran
on LIT: Bricr and Prvt. Shue. We
walked down to dug-out, and looking
in we saw German. We drew our
guns and 1t. called for him to come
out, he started and six more follow
cd, holding their hands up. 1t. and
held our. guns on them while Shuc
searched them, finding nothing but n
lew grenades, and one proving to be
an officer. We marched them over
to another trench and turned them
over to the guard / then left to 10.
cate 1t. Williams, this being about
l.3O p. m. sat around and ate a box
of hard tack, then | started for tn,
second battalion, which was in Sc
psarges; had just topped the hill
above the town when a snipcr open
ed up with machine gun on me.
dropped to the ground; he fired sever
al shots which almost scorchd m,
back. Rugged the ground for abou
I'VE minutes, then / made a quicl
Jump and dashed down over the to,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07

Somewhere in Franco. Dee. lS.
TO the Editor Of the Clinch VALLEY
News:
As | kinder have the blues tonight |
VIII write short letter TO the dear
friends of Tazewcll to let them MI
know am well and still on TOP. Ev-
crything looks fine over here ut The
present. We havn't had any snow
where ] ann yet, but il rains every
day. Well have had II good hi, Of
experience with the Huns. | have him
i'll the front line several times and
over the top, have spent fourteen
months in Uuclo Sans army, six
months of which has been in rance,
but | hnvn't learned to talk the lat
ter lingo yet, but have learned To
wash Iny own clothes and dishes if
only hat n wash board would he in
the race, but have my first one to see
in rance.
Henry Porter, Floyd Repass. Rob
ert Whitley are with me from dear
old farewell, and ! hope we can all
return home to the Statute of Lber-
" soon to be with our loved ones.
] feel that have done my bit, but
if it is necessary will spend the rest
of time over here that others may
live. don't think much of the slack
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07

eE. If man is afraid of the Hun I
don't think he would make much of d
husband. l thinl. he would be kinder
bashful. ! was slightly wounded on
the 9Th day of October, which has
entitled me to wound chcvron, so 7
Will call off as the old COW has kicked
the end out of my house and the old
sow and pigs are coming in wishing
to sec me: Good luck end God bless
you all, Goodbye
Yours truly
CORP. J. w. PUCKETT.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
Jesse Cregar Writes From Germany.

jesse IreEhr Whites FrOm Germany.
Rnuback, Germany, Dec. 70.
Dear Papa and All:
| will try to write you few lines
today, as l have thourht of you all
so much today, for you know what
Christmas day always means to US,
and we enjoy being together on that
day But rs it is impossible at this
time, it causes me to long to be at
home with you all and have some of
the things which you have to enjoy
this is the first time in all my
life that l have not had the oppor-
tunity of having my share given me,
or the privilege of buying something
for myself and others. We have been
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07

of the hillside. Bullets were whizzing
pass my head. / gave IL few five foot
Jumps and bending down | was soon
hid from view by the hill. In twenty
minutes was i'll Scpiargcs, whci q
the Germans had held out The night
before. When reached the town the
second battalion had advanced thru
tne town and was digging IN on tile
other side of the next hill. The first
days drive ended here.
went to the major and asked il
he knew where 1t. Williams was. 81
don't know" he said, "Probably he i,
behind us. That motor is heavy and
the men cant travel fast" BY this
time the German cighty-eights were
failing around us. We Slid in shell
hole and when they Stacked up | start
ed back. and the Major said "Ilnvo
the motors brought up here"
Just outside of town met 1t. and
the boys, none of them having been
hurt. except Il few wounds. Night
having ovcrtaken we dug in for the
From your brother,
d. 0. WILLIAMS.
Corporal of Trench Mortar.
To Dan Williams, Tu2cwcll Vn
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-07
First Christmas Away From Home is
Spent in France.

-. l. - DEC, 20.
Dearest Mother:
thought of you and all the dear
ones at home today, and wished
could be with you. never dreamed
that | would spend my first Christ
mas away from home, and in France
IL never seemed like Christmas day
to me anyway, and don't bclicvs
ever would away from home. Thu
horne atmosphere and Christian spi,.-
1t were absent. These IRE two ,hir~s
you cant find in the army, at lcns,
l hhvnt. or course, you find lots of
nice fellows, but the other kind urr
far in the majority.
] am thankful that | was hrou,-bt
up in Christian home. 1t makes il
onsicr for me to overcome the MANY
temptations in this kind of life. Some
OF the fellows may think | am not
very sociable but don't like their
idea of good time. We had an I'M
usually pretty day for France. IL
rained little soon in the morning.
but the remained of the DIV was clear
and cool. don't believe IL dav eyer.
goes by without rain over here. 1t is
lots worse here all the time thnn tho
spring of the year at home. | ccr-
talnlv cant see how human beings can
stand to spend their lives in a place
like this,
] walked down to st. Nazaric this
afternoon. The streets were pretty
well filled up with soldiers. said
streets because the sidewalks very
often disappear into building, or
GU cant lind them at all. We walk
mostly i'll the way of autos and BIZ
cycles IN this place. The bicycle il
N very popular way of getting about
over hefe-men. women and children
ride them. | havn't heard from Chns,
or from home, either, yet. II has been
Just about three months since | rot
my last letter. Well, I hope YOU are
al well, and have had II merry Nmas.
With lots of lovo to I'LL.
Your devoted son, GEORGE.
Geo. b. Gose, to Mr.. md Mrs John
l.. Gose, Burie's Garden, Va.