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Dear father and mother: I'll writ* you all a few lines ij lei you hear from me. 1 am well and sure hope these few lines will find you all the same. I have been up to the front and went over the top. I come out safe and all right. I sure would like to see you all but I can’t now, but 1 hope it wont be long until I can come home. You all tell all the rest hello for me for I can’t write them all and that I sure would like to see them. I sure hope you all have got good crops this time. I would like to be there to help you all gather it but I can’t. I am sending you all a slip so you can send me a box for Xmas if you want to. Do not worry about me for I will try to take care of myself. You all take care of yourselves un til I see you again. I haven’t anything to write so I will close for this time. I have not heard from you all since I have been in France. Hoping to hear from you all soon, as ever, Your loving son, Estelle V. Gravitt. Vm Vi.w Somewhere in France. Dear sister: I take pleasure in writing you a few lines. I am about well. I am feeling good to day, and truly hope you al. the same. I can't think of any thing much to write that will in terest you. I am still in En gland. I don’t know’ just when I will go on to France, very soon I guess. Tell mama I saic I was improving and enjoying myself all right but I often we. my pillow at night and in thi morning with tears when I be gin to talk and pray to God. 1 still remember you all in my prayers. I dream every nigh sweet dreams of home and gi ing to Sunday school with y’oi all. I can’t go to Sunday schoo and to church but I can read t>y bible n ! pray to GoJ fo> help. Acldie, you all go to Sui day school and meeting and re niber me that I sure woulc i he there to go with y*r As I can’t think of any pt write I will close. All of you write to me a long let ter and all (ho good news you know. You all be good and en joy your home and remember the one that is absent. Your lov ing brother, Fred Holbrook. Somewhere in France. Dear brother and all: I will drop you all a few lines this a m. This leaves me well as ev er and hope to find you nil the same. Wonder what you all are doing this beautiful morn ing? Guess you all have gone to church. Guess 1 would lov< to but I have been hauling uj wood, but I thought of churcl just the same. I am coming back some of these days but il I should not, thank God I can say I am ready to meet God and loved ones up yonder, sc don’t you all worry about m< for I am allright. You all un derstand I can’t write anythin* Bill, how is everybody in Brar dywine? Just fine I guess. Well Queen, you and Howard arc having sometime. Tell Howard 1 said for him not to forget to play ‘blind-fold while I an gone. Don’t suppose you have been called yet. I have got to get busy, so have a good time for me and give my love to al and tell my girl hello for me Tell her I am still in France sc good bye. Wil write more next time. Your loving brother, Benj. A. Stone. Somewhere in rruuce * Dear mama, sis, and all: In an swer to yours of some few days a?o and of course always glad to hear from you all. I just gol one from Walter and one from Mrs. Saitmn. Glad to know you .-.1l was veil. I an st'll enjoy ing life fine. Guess I have gol most of the mail you have wrote. Got to allow on some a getting lost. When til eboys get into the service tell them to get in the Artillery or anything be sides the Infantry. Guess Gra dy had a nice time in Knoxville Mrs. Sartain wrote me the day he left. It only takes a 3-cenl stamp to bring mail to me and 0. cross' in your window HSH For eyerymemter of THE FARMER MUST HATE RUGGED HEALTH Many Break Dawns and Failures Due to Exposure and Hard Work Catarrh in Some af It’s Many Forms Claims Thousands Every farm family hu ita medicine cabinet and In almost every one will be found a bottle of Dr. Hartman’* World Famous Peruna. For coughs, colds and catarrh %lt Is Invaluable. It's use la indicated In all case* of catarrhal Inflammation and congestion whether of res piratory organs, stomach, bowels or other organs of the body. Mr. W. J. Temple of *OO Lincoln Ave., Delaware. Ohio, suffered for years with" Inflammation of the mucous Untngs of the stomach and bowels. According to his own story he did not eat a meal for five years without dlxtross. Ho MT'- “I **n • farmer and must bo expoaed to all kinds of weather. After rears of guttering, a druggist recom mended Penina. I took all together five bottles and am a well man. Formerly, I could not do a day's work. Now, farm work does not fatigue me In the least. Penina is the beat medicine and tonic, oa the market Time only strengthen* my admiration for It especially for catarrh and colds. dress A P O, 749 France.. I’ll ret it sooncrj, and don’t wait on me to w'rite. I have got one etter from Lila since I come o er here. I have not seen any of he Georgia boys over here but nay later. I think I will write L \ and see if I can find out his iddress. Wish I could tell you ~11 1 have heard and saw since wrote you, but can tell you vhen I get back. Guess from .hat Walter said Arthur is lere by now. If there is any hing in my trunk you all can ret it out and use it, and my vatch is in there. Have it fixed ind use it. We all got a box of igarettes and smoking tobac :o fro mthe states. It was con ributed by people in the north >rn states mostly. It was a very lice gift and of course we are ilways glad to get anything ike that from the states. As lews is getting scarce I had bet er close with love and prayers o all. Don’t wait on me to write. Answer soon. J. A. Green. Somewhere in France. Dear Sallie: Just a line to let /ou know that I am still living ind in the best of health. I trust hat you and family are well. Tell the little boys hello for me ind tell them that I will try and jring them a nice little sovenier when 1 go back over the sea. This is a very beautiful autumn lay and somehow or other I keep thinking of home and all /ou people who are so dear to me and it makes one long for home, but you know that it would not do for a big boy like ne to ever get home sick,while there are so many of the other boys over here who had never been away from home before. ( have just been out to treat a ittle French girl who was very jadly burned here in the little village where we arc bhletlc l at this time. I have doctored Peruna Is sold everywhere. Tou may buy It In either liquid or tab let form. Ask for Dr. Hartman's Well Known Peruna Tonic and if you are seeking health taka nothing else. Insist upon Peruna. If you are sick and suffering, write The Peruna Company, Dept. 77. Columbus, Ohio, foe Dr. Hast*, man’s Health Book The book I* free and may halp you. Ask ywaa dealer for a Peruna Almanaa. J quite a few of their civilians, and they are always very grate ful for any little kindness that one shows them and it is marve lous to see how cheerful the old men, women and children are who have been tortured for 4 long years by those huna. But listen, as sure as there is a God in heaven those brutal Ger mans will and are now paying for the bloody crimes that they have committed. She is doom ed and the boys are slowly but surely tightening around her neck. Well, I have got to stop and see some sick men. You must write to me real soon and ■ remember me to all our folks and friends. Lovingly, Grady Ballister. Somewhere in France. Hello mama, how is all ?Fine I guess. I am o k and hope this will find you all the same. Ma ma, it sure is hot over here to day. This is Wednesday p m & is a half holiday so we get to rest. You ought to see this place. It sure is a pretty coun try but everything is different from that in the U. S. A.. Have not seen but one or two four wheel wagons since I have been over here. They are all 2 wheels, and some work two horses to them one in front of the other and the trains arc dif ferent from those over there, and you don’t see many auto mobiles only them that come from over there, and they are mostly trucks.. There sure is some fine cattle here and also fine horses and cattle look like the cattle at the Fair in Atlan ta, so you know about how they look. Don’t guess I will be in this camp very much longer, but you write as it will come to me just the same. How are the |crops over there? Fine I guess. 1 It has not rained any since we have been over hre. It has been pretty and fair and warm also Go To W. H. HAMMOND’S You can find almost anything you want in the way of Winter Goods, such as Bed Blankets, Heavy Outings, Ladies Sweaters, Caps etc. We also have V l • A Large Line Of Mens and Boys Hats and Caps at very low prices. We carry a full line of Hardware, such as Turn Plows, Points and Bolts of all kinds. Also a full line of Feedstuff, such as Cotton Seed Meal, Beet Pulp, Peanut Meal-in fact most anything you need in the way of Feed, and our price is always the lowest. A Big Line of Shoes Just coming in of newest shapes. If you have not al ready bought we believe it will pay you to look through our stock befort buying your winter goods. We buy most anything you bring us such as Peas, Beans, Chickens, Eggs and Butter, and pay you what you want for it Most of the time you get more tor your staff than you expect to get. W. H. Hammond. When have you seen uncle Jno j folks. Tell them I would like to hear fro mthem and Carl & Ellie, Say, is Mark still in At lanta at work? Tell him and Lessie they can write to me if they wish. I would like to hear from all the folks. I have not got time to write to all of eni and they can take time t owrite Has Worley ever had to go to the camp yet? Guess he has. 1 hope not anyway on grandpa s and grandma's account. lam going to close as I don’t know anything else to write, so bye bye, Your son, J. Presley Samples. My dear cousin: Your letter of May 3rd came to day. It was a great pleasure to hear from you although I have never had the opportunity of seeing you. I have often thought of all my Cousins and hope to see them all in the future. I have been a cross the pond since the last of January, 1918, and have alrea dy had some experience that it would be hard to tell about. Proably you know that I can’t i say very much along the war line as it would be censored out as some of my letters have al ready been out and marked al most completely out. This is a beautiful country if you do not get into the war zone. Every thing is different from the old states, and I am sure you would not feel at home as the langu age is so hard to master. The houses are all of stone or ce ment without any piazza, gen erally surrounded by a high stone wall which gives the odd and old appearance. It is nat urally a rich country but the French have not been so pro gressive on many things as the American people. I have been on the front where you hear the big guns roar and the ma chine guns sing. It is easy to re- alize what war is. I would like to see some of my cousins ov er here but I am sure it will be an accident if we ever meet. I am sure you will not be inter ested in this letter as I am not telling you much you wanted. Some time when I am in right mood for writing i'll try and write a nice one. Hoping to hear from you again. Give my love to all. Your cousin, Claud,: Monroe. Daily Thought. Hast thou a friend, visit him often, ir thorns and brushwood obstruct the road which no one treads. —East* n Proverb. j r i i-