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The Butler Herald
Volume XXXXII.
BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 9 1918.
Number 26
LETTERS FROM THE BOYS “OVER THERE”
The following are letters in
full or extracts from letters re
cently received from Mr. Emory
F. Parr, who is now in France,by
his mother, Mrs, L. M. Parr, of
Panhandle community:
“Somewhere in France,”
Christmas Eve 1917
Dearest Mother:
Your letter came to me yesterday,
and I was so glad to hear from you
and to know that you were all well.
I, too, am well and happy, and, al
though 1 am not with you in person
tonight I am thinking of you and
wishing you a “Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.”
Christmas morning w r ell is here and
the boys are happy over here and are
receiving little packages from home.
1 have seen several Christmas trees
pass our camp, sosuppose the people
must observe Christmas about like we
do at home. This morning I saw a
dog hitched to a little cart or wagon,
pulling a small child along the road.
One of the boys in our company
bought a large package of fruit and
candies and has invited me to share
them with him this afternoon. He
is an unusually fine young man and
next to Mr. Lawson. He is my best
friend here. He does not drink,
smoke, chew, play cards, or dissipate
in any way, so you may know I am
glad to have him as a friend.
Mr. Lawson is with me and is well
and happy. We have ben fortunate
enough to keep together so far and I
believe we are going to be assigned
to duty together “over here”. You
know he has very little to say, but he
comes around to see me every day.
Mother. I am surprised that so
many of the children at home are get
ting married, but after all I suppose
it is best. When I get back to Geor
gia all the boys and girl I know will
have homes and families.
I send loveto you, father, and all,
and hope that all wall have a happy
Christms. Send lettrs to me as per
addrss below.
/:
Sunday, December 30,1917
Mothr, we had a fine dinner on
Christmas and every one enjoyed it.
We head turkey, dressing, potatoes,
gravy, bread, coffee, nuts, figs and
apples and each man was served all
he could eat. Our food at all times
is good and plentiful.
- France January 30th 1918
My dear mother:
How are you and father? Hope you
are well. I am well and hap-
pv and am gaining in weight
every day. If I keep gaining
I am afraid you will not know’ your
baby when he comes home to you
again. Weigh nearly 170 pounds now
and continue to gain. My clothes are
all getting too small.
Mother please don’t worry about me
for I am getting along all right and
hace a good place. Yes I am coming
home to you again for I am going to
take care of myself and keep well.
We are in a good part of the country
here I wish I could write you all
about it, but when I come home I wil
tell you everything. The boys are all
singingtonight and everyone sems to
be very happy. One of them is play
ing apiano-“Bringing in the Sheaves”
and it would do you good to hear
them sing.
France March 6th 1918
Mother I am having a wonderful
experience or at least I consider it so.
In the first place I consider myself
fortunate that I am a member of the
United States ary and able to serve
my country even in a small way and
in serving my eoontry to serve
righteous cause. Every mother in
America who has a son here ought to
and I know they do feel honored that
they have contributed to such a no
ble cause.
This is a wonderful country and a
fine old race who inhabit it. The
farms and farm house here although
very old and quaint are beautiful.
These people can produce so much in
the course of a year on an acre of
land and absolutely everything is util
ized. They waste nothing and of
course are a very thrifty people. And
one very interesting sight to me
the custom whirh prevails everywhere
here it seem of using large dogs to
pull little carts or wagons -to carry
packages bread etc. And the funny
thing about it mother is to see how
hard the little fellows will pull and
how they will let you know they are
tired. They will pull for dear life
until they get tired and then bark
which tells their master that they are
tired.
France Sunday March 24th 1918
My dear Mother:
How is my dear mother this beau-
\
HAVE YOU A LOVED ONE OR
FRIEND WITH “THE COLORS?”
The Herald desires the name and address of every volunteei
or selectman, white or colored, whether stationed at one of the
training camps in this country or already in France, who was
reared or at any time lived in Taylor county, but now in military
service of the U. S., either in the army or navy
This is for the purpose of publishing every week their names
and addres that friends may occasionally write to them or mail
them papers or packages, as many have expressed a desire so to
/ do.
If you have a son, brother, relative or friend, or know of a
former Taylor county citizen, in any branch of the army service,
fill out the blank below and mail at once to the Herald. Please
be sure to write plainly and use no other form than the one here.
Every change of address should be praomptly reported to
I this office.
, Ga„ 1918
Butler Herald,
Gentlemen:
I have a
State whether son, brother, relative or friend
f.i \lf£ L-a service of
* State whether the army or navy
the ^United States, who is in
State whether in the United States or in France
His present or last known address was
Yours very truly,
i
If colored so state here
. •/
tiful Sunday morning^ I hope that
you and all are well. I am Jelling
fine; never felt better I don’t think.
Spring has opened up beautifully
here and everything outside this
morning reminds one strongly of
life—life in the States—to me. The
sun rose in a cloudless sky no wind
blowing and the little birds are try
ing to sing their swetest and best—
and even though I am far away from
you this minute I am happy. There
are so many reasons why one should
be happy you know.
Last night one of the boys invited
me to go to the theatre with him—a
performance for the benefit of the
families of French soldiers who have
been permanently or temporarily dis
abled on account of wounds—and I
heard some of the best music! It was
in reality a light Opera and was very
goodinded. The young man with
whom I went is a Georgia boy whose
home is at Albany. Wish you could
have been there with me to see the
French ladies and gentlemen—the
way they dress their custom etc. I
know you would have enjoyed it all
Oversubscribed The
Loan By $31,000
When Campaign Closed Sat
urday $92,000 Had Been
Taken By 335 People.
LIEUT. PHIL E. DAVANT
CHATS WITH BRITISH RULERS
France April 10th 1918
When the mail comes this morning
I am expecting a letter from you be
cause you see I havn’t had one
about a wek now and it is getting
time I had another.
It is cloudy and cool here this
morning; just the kind of weather we
used to have at Easter but during the
middle of 'the day the sun comes out
and dries everything off pretty well
How is the weather in Georgia now?
I hope you are having fine weather so
that the farmers can get in their
crops and get a good stand of little
plants. How is your garden—mother
and little chickens this year? Tell
Julia to try her hand this year and
see how many chickens she can raise
because everything to eat is going to
bring a good prire and she could try
real hard and make lots of money
there raising chickens—the market is
going to be good.
My health is good—mother—and I
am gettini along all right—Uncle
Sam is taking good care of me and
all the boys in France. Mr. Lawson
is well and fat as a pig; we are to
gether still. Couldn’t get along
without him we have ben together so
long.
Lots of love from
Your baby
EMORY F. PARR.
Address: Supply Company I. M. C.
303 American Expeditionary Forc
es Via. New York.
From Joe C. Rogers.
On active service with the
American Expeditionary Force.
Dear Homefolks:
I received a letter from you
several days ago and was glad,
as I always am, to hear from
home. I am still having good
health and am getting along o.
k. in every way. I’ve been to
the trenches and have shot at
the Germans and they have shot
at me, or at least someof their
bullets whistled pretty close
around me, and some of the
shells from the German big
guns roared over me. I didn’t
mind the shells that rattled over
my head and passed on a mile or
two behind me before bursting,
but believe me a fellow will cer
tainly duck his head and get un
der cover if posible when tne big
shlls begin to fall and burst
nearby.
The German sharpshooters
and machine guns never missed
a chance to fire at us if they got
where they could see us, but we
always tried to return them as
good as they sent us and we al
ways made it as hot as posible
for the men over in the German
trenches. But life in the trench
es is not near as bad as I thou
ght it would be and we had a lot
of fun and interesting experienc-
iliere.
I’m glad I came over here for
I’ve seen more and learned more
since coming over here than I
would in alife-time over there,
and I’ll have a lot of things totell
you people when I get back tothe
Taylor County not only sub
scribed for the alloted amount of
liberty bonds, but when the cam
paign closed Saturday night had
exceeded it by 40 per cent.
Taylor’s quota, which was
originally set at $82,600, was re
duced to $61,000, as it, with every
other county in the district, had
been overassessed through a mis
take by the central committee at
Atlanta.
Chairman Ricks reported Satur
day night that the county had
subscribed to $92,000 of bonds, ex
ceeding the quota by $31,000 and
the original allotment by $9,400.
Three hundred and thirty-five
people in the county bought bonds.
Mr. Ricks, who had charge of
the campaign, appreciates highly
the valuable aid rendered by his
committee and the liberal res
ponse of the people to this call of
their country.
Georgia subscribed $36,539,600,
nearly $10,000,000 over its quota.
The total amount of subscriptions
is not yet known, but it is believed
it will reach $4,000,000,000.
ATLANTA SPECIALIST
COMING FRIDAY MAY 17
To Butler and Will Give Con
sultation Free This Day
Only At The Sealy Hotel
From 8 A. M. to 2 P. M.,
So Call Early.
Eyes, Headache and Nerv
ousness Corrected and Cross-
Eyes Straightened Without
Drugs, Pain or Knife.
Dr. Kennon Mott, the success
ful Eye, non-medical and opto
metry specialist, of 428 Austell
Building, Atlanta, is representing
the “Diamond Disc” Lenses and
“Idokure remedies.
Dr. Mott is an optometry spec
ialist of long standing and has
thousands of satisfied patrons
over the state.
He is making many cures of the
eyes by new methods, after oth
ers have failed. The glasses re
lieve headaches and give good
sight, ease and comfort. Absorb
ing of certain kinds of cataracts,
removing growths from the eyes,
straightening cross eyes and all
ailments of the eyes without in
jurious poisonous drugs, knife or
pain. Some eyes can be so cured
that glasses will not be needed.
Glass eyes ordered and adjusted.
Women and childsen given spec
ial care. No matter how bad
your eyes are, nor what others
have said or done, consult this
specialist and you may get relief.
Don’t forget the date and hours,
Friday, May 17, from 8 A. M to 2
P. M. Call early.
King and
Queen Bestow Autographs — Praise
United States Soldiers.
London, England, April 18
The king and queen are making
a tour of industrial works. At one
factory they visited there was a
guard of honor composed of
American troops.
The king and queen were evi
dently much pleased to see them.
Two of their officers, Lieut. P. E.
Davant of Bay City, Texas, and
Lieut W. G. T. Poulson of Phila
delphia, had quite a long conver
sation with the august visitors.
(The first mentioned is the son
of Judge and Mrs. J. E. Davant
of Butler, and one of the suryi-
vers of the Tuscania, which was
sunk by a German submarine,
when Lieutenant Davant was en-
route to France a few months
ago.)
“I am very glad indeed to see
the American soldiers in England”
said his majesty, “and a fine stamp
of men they are. When I was in
France not very long ago I had an
opportunity of seeing troops from
the United States. They im
pressed me very much indeed
with their excellent bearing, and
I was told they are becoming ef
ficient very rapidly.” .
At another works Captain Mack
of the American army insurance
department was introduced to
their majesties. Captain Mack,
after informing their majesties
that already members of the
United States forces had been in
sured up to $12,000,000,000 asked
the queen for an autograph.
The queen laughingly respond
ed and the captain handed her a
fountain pen and a little square
of paper. The captain’s sergeant
offered his back as a writing pad
the queen, as a center of a laugh
ing throng, wrote “Mary, R., 1918”
Then the king was asked for
his autograph. He immediately
wrote above the queen’s signa
ture: “George, R. 1.”
HOW SUGAR FOR CANNING AND
PRESERVING MAY BE SECURED.
Butler, Ga., May 6, 1918
Editor, Butler Herald:
As mention was made in last week’s Herald relative to the
use of sugar for canning and preserving purposes, I beg to submit
the following as the rule governing the sale of sugar for those
purposes, which are to be strictly observed. Read carefully, cut
this out and preserve for future reference.
J. T. ADAMS,
Food Administrator- for Taylor County, Ga.
states. I want all of you to
write to me whenever you can.
With love and best wishes to
all, I am as ever,
- JOE C. ROGERS.
To provide for household preserving and canning, Dr. An
drew M. Soule, federal food administrator for Georgia,- has pro
mulgated the following plan and order for obtaining sugar, under
certificate, in the amount of 25 pounds at one time:
To County Food Administrator's:
Under the due execution of the certificate below, permission
may be given to any person to buy at one time not to exceed 25
pounds of sugar for canning and preserving pur-poses. You
should instruct all merchants of your county that under no cir
cumstances must sugar be sold in larger quantities than five
pounds to city and ten pounds to country customers without the
execution of this certificate. Any violation of this rule, or failure
to have certificate in writing for each sale made for canning and
preserving purposes will be cause for- denying such merchant per
mission for the sale of sugar in any quanity.
The certificate should be carefully preserved by the mer
chant selling the sugar, who should make a record in a book of the
date, name of purchaser - and amount purchased, and at the end
of each wek, the certificate should be mailed to the county food
Administrator. Any person improperly using a certificate to
obtain sugar will be denied the right to make any further pur
chase of that commodity.
U. S. Food Administration Sugar pledge for Home Canning
and preserving.
Ga., 1918.
Desiring to purchase sugar for immediate canning and pre
serving purposes, I hereby pledge myself to use such sugar ex
clusively for such purposes and under no circumstances to sell or
loan the same. Permission is sought to buy
pounds from , at.
Name of Dealer
Address
Signature of purchaser
I hereby certify that the above amount of sugar was this day
sold by me for use by the above purchaser for preserving and can
ning purposes only and I further certify that I have reason to be
lieve that such sugarwill not be used otherwise than in accordance
with the regulations of the U. S. Food Administration.
Signature of Retailer Address of Retailer
Under no circumstance must more than twenty-five pounds
of sugar be sold on this certificate or at any one time. No retail
er shall sell to the same customer on additional certificate until
he has satisfied himself that the permission obtained in previous
certificates has not been abused.
This certificate will not be furnished by the Food Adminis
tration, but must be furnished by the dealers. No form jjth
than the above will be permitted. *