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Soldier in Fance Writes More Encouraging
Letters to His Mother in This County.
Extract from a Number of Letter to Mrs. L. M. Parr From
Her Son, Mr. Emory F. Parr, “Over There.
Q. M. Detachment, Q. M. Corps.
U. S. A., P. O. No. 708, France
/ Sunday May 12, 1918.
My dear Mothers
Today is “Mother’s Day” int the
army, as well as in America, and
General Pershing has asked every
soldier boy in France to write to his
itu ther, or if he hasn’t a mother, then
to write to some other boy’s mother.
Of course, mother, it wasn’t necessary
for them to ask me, because I write to
you every Sunday and also one letter
during the week.
1 am in splendid health and condi
tion now, and as happy as 1 could be
so far from you and father. 1 love
my work here and have some good
friends—and then, too, Mr. Lawson is
with me still.
Your letter written on April 14th
reached me yesterday and I am happy
to know that you are well and that
father is so much better. Perhaps it
will not be so long now before we can
return to our homes.
Mother, I am no longer a member
of the Supply Company, but am now'
in the Quartermaster corps at large,
and stationed at XJ. S. A., P. O. No.
708.
We are having better weather here
now, but still have some rainy days.
Spring is with us and pretty soon the
weather will ibe hot.
Tomorrow, Monday, May 18th, is
my birthday. I am going to have a
birthday dinner at the home of a
Feneh family and have Mr. Lawson
to dinner with me. I will think of
you—and w r rite to you again soon,
sending the Menu card. Your baby
is getting old. but he doesn’t feel old
by any means.
* *-
Wednesday, May 15, 1918.
We have a beautiful day here, and
I am feeling fine. The sun is shining
today for the first time in a week, and
it is just cool enough to make one feel
good.
Mother. I had a fine dinner for my
birthday. Mr. Lawson and I went
out to a French home and the lady
prepared one of the best dinners I
have evrr eaten. I am sending you
by this letter the Menu. So. you see
your baby had a nice dinner for his
birthday. I thought of you and wish
ed it were possible for me to be with
you and father. We got mail today
but 1 did not hear from you. Had
five letters from Atlanta and two let
ter’s and a card from Milledgeville,
Ga.
Mother, l have increased the allot
ment home to $85.00 per month,
from May 1st., 1918 you and father
will receive check each moth for $35.
instead of $20., as you have been get
ting.
Don’t worry, for I am all right.
Tell my friends there tha I am well
and all right.
Sunday, May 19, 1918.
Sunday is here again and a very
fine day it is too. The sun is shining
in earnest now and you should see
things grow. The soil in this section
of the country is very fertile and
plants grow very fast. Strawerries
are in full bloom and the potato
plants are seven or eight inches high.
Mr. Lawson and I went out for a
rvalk this morning early. The streets
and roads are very’ pretty.
Tell father for me that I want
him to get well and stay well for me,
for I am coming home when the war
is over and stay with him and with
.you. It would be fine to be there with
you now. When you fry a chiken
think of me, and also when you churn,
for fresh butter milk is mighty good
to have. Mr. Lawson is well and
looking fine. He says he is coming
back to Georgia to live for life when
the war is over; says he will have
en ugh of traveling to do him for a
long time, and I agree with him.TIt
is nice to travel and see different
countries and different people.
Love, lots of it, to you and father,
and I am thinking of you every day.
Keti well and write to me often.
* * * *
May 22. 1918.
Your letter, written on April 21st,
leeched me today, and I was so glad
to get it for I hadn’t heard from you
in practically three weeks. Your let
ter was such a good one, too, Mother,
full of news. Please always write
long letters because they mean so
much to me. I am so very glad to
know that father is nearly well, or
was when you wrote in April. By
this time, I hope he is entirely well.
Tell him for me that I am going to
come horn to him just as soon as I can
and for him to get well and stay well
for me. I am all right in every res
pect and am planning to stay with
you and father again when I return
to America. By this time the boys
who had to go to camp are getting
accustom to thme army life, and it
will do them good. Mother, you are
right, they should feel proud of an op
portunity to come over here to help
the country in this war. I an your
jour and father’s main support and
didn’t have to come to the army, be
cause I am exempt, but it was my
duty to come, and as much as > r ou and
father need me, I think it is best that
I be here. The Lord, I feel, is going
to keep you and father for me until I
can return from my duty to my coun
try'. I think of you both every day,
and mj r prayer every night is that I
may j’et return to make you both
happy in j'our old age. God is going
to bless us according to His will, I
am sure. Don’t ever worry about me,
for if you worry, j’ou can’t staj T well
and I want you to stay well and hap
py. Tell father that everything is
for the best and will surely end in the
light waj' it should.
I had a letter from Wynn yesterday
He offered to send me money if I
wanted it, but don’t need the money’,.
“Uncle Sam” furnishes everything I
really need.. Write to me often,
n 'other dear, and long letters for I en
joy them. Mr. Lawson is well and fat
a pig.
* * *
Nevers, France, June 2, 1918
How are you and father this morn
ing? I am feeling fine. Hope that
you are well, as usual and that father
has recovered from his illness.
We are having some unusually fine
weather in this country at the pres-
nt time; not hot or cold, but just
cool enough to keep one feeling good.
The country around is very beautiful,
also. You should see the fields of
bay. The grass, clover, etc., has
grown more than one foot in height
and the Peasants are mowing the haj’.
I he soil is unusually rich and mellow
and the crops grow fast. They will
get two or three, and some, four crops
of fine hay from the same land. The
cows are all so fat they can hardly
walk.
When j'ou write, mother, please tell
me who has been called from Panhan
dle up to this time. In j'our last let
ter you menioned he fact that Grady
Fuller had gone, but that George
Young, Jack Byrd, and a few others
were still at home. I am anxious to
know who is in the service from the
district.
Tell father that I am all right
every respect and am going to keep
well and strong, if I can, and I want
him to get well and take good care of
himself. When I come home we will
go fishing at the favorite place at the
mouth of he branch, and pull a few of
he big juicy ones.
I must go to work now. Lots, and
lots of love from,
Your baby,
EMORY F. PARR.
Atlanta News Letter
Antioch Sunday School Notes.
Our Sunday School is taking
new life since some of our mem
bers attended the convention. We
are trying to put in operation
some of the new ideas and plans
discussed.
Next Sunday we will have some
reports from Delegates who at
tended the convention. We had
large attendance at Sunday
School Sunday afternoon of
teachers, officers, pupils and visi
tors.
Let us all pull together for this
new quarter and attend regular
and make our Sunday School
more interesting.
Let us not forget the aim of the
Sunday School to lead the soul
to Christ through the study of
the Bible.
(Miss) EDNA JARRELL,
S. S. Reporter.
DLLCO-LSGiil
The complete Electric Light and
Power Plant
Saves time and labor,—Increase
farm efficiency,—Pays for itself.
Home Electric Light & Power Co.
Macon, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.—Southern field
peas have been made a Dart of
the ration of the United States
Army, as the result o? efforts put
forth by United States Senator
Hoke Smith. At the request of
the Bureau of Markets of the
Georgia Department of Agricul
ture he took the matter up with
the surgeon-general of the army
and showed the excellent food
properties of the southern field
peai An order has now been is
sued authorizing their use as a
substitute for navy beans, show
ing Equivalent weights on the
basis of protein and energy value.
Atlanta, Ga.—Lionel Levinson-
Sinclair, a famous Anglo-Russian
pianist of New York, will join the
faculty of Cox College, in College
Park near Atlanta, at the opening
of the fall term in September, and
the musical curriculum of the col
lege will be otherwise strengthen
ed in pursuance cf its long estab
lished policy of affording musical
advantages to its studehts. Mr.
Levinson-Sinclair is not only a
brilliant pianist but an able teacher.
He has studied under Leschstis-
kym Busoni and Matthav and is
now connected with Volpe Insti
tute in New York city. Easrle
Chester Smith will remain as
director of the piano department,
and among other members of the
musical faculty will be Miss
Mildred De Lannoy Harrison, Miss
Nella Jameson, Miss Ella May
Minert.
Atlanta, Ga.—Beef regulations
have now been revised to permit
the use of beef at the mid-day
meal each week in hotels and
public eating houses. This revis
ion was made by Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, federal food administrator
for Georgia, in pursuance of the
Food Administration policy of re
taxing drastic regulations at the
earliest possible moment when
changed conditions permit. The
supply of beef cattle is now com
ing on to the market in somewhat
larger quantities and the meat
situation has considerably reliev
ed. The Food Administration is
making thorough investigations of
all cases of hoarding of regulated
foods by individuals, with especial
attention to sugar, and a man at
Canton, Ga., who bought 500
pounds which he had no right to
buy will shortly face a federal
grand jury in the United States
court in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga.—That William J
Harris has practically put his op
ponents out of the running is now
the consensus of opinion among
political observers in Atlanta. The
real sentiment of the state was
almost immediately disclosed when
the legislature convened. The
reports brought from every coun
ty by members of the house and
senate filled the friends of Mr.
Harris with confidence and
thoroughly discouraged the How
ard forces. Mr. Howard is now
in South Georgia engaged in a
desperate attempt to overcome
the lead which Mr. Harris gained
in that section weeks ago. The
reappearance of Hardwick on the
political stage has not caused more
than a ripple. His speeches have
consisted mainly of abusive ti
rades against the newspapers.
The general admission that Mr.
Harris will win the race, two
months before the election date,
is one of the most remarkable and
significant occurrences in Georgia
politics.
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia legis
lature is now well on the way
toward the completion of the third
week of the 1918 session, and it
becomes increasingly apparent
that war measures will be given
first consideration ahead of all
others.
In order to clear the decks for
these measures the house and
senate ratified the national pro
hibition amendment to the con
stitution on the opening day of
the session, thus getting it out of
Important Positions Filled
By Boiler Young Ladies
Owing to the call to army ser
vice of so many of our young men
who have had to sacrifice ex
cellent positions, our women are
responding nobly to the call that
goes out to them to fill many of
these positions, otherwise a great
number of business enterprises
would be closed.
The scarcity of young men in
towns and small cities have been
keenly felt, so is the scarcity of
young women becoming more and
more noticeable, they going to the
larger cities to fill vacancies made
by the men in the war.
Butler has and is furnishing her
full quota of young women for
these places, all of whom have ex
cellent positions with fine salaries.
the way and placing Georgia once
again emphatically on record for
the abolition of the liquor traffic.
Then the house took up the bill
enabling Georgians in the service
to vote in state and local elections,
and this bill is now pending in the
senate as a war measure. Among
the other important war measures
yet to be acted on are the bill en
larging the powers and increasing
the appropriation of the State
Council of Defense, and the bill
reqiring all able-bodied men be
tween the ages of 18 and 50 years
to work at least five days in every
week.
The latter measure is intended
to relieve the labor shortage by
compelling all men to put in full
time work every week. A great
many laborers are earning enough
in three days to live on six days,
and they refuse to work more
than half-time.
DEAN OUT OF RACE;
ILLNESS IS CAUSE
Gainesville Candidate for United
States Senate Unable to Remain in
Contest.
Atlanta, July 8.—Col. H. H. Dean,
of Gainesville, today withdrew
from the race for the United States
Senate#
Backers of the three other can
didates all claim that his with
drawal will be of material help to
them. The Harris people are con
fident that practically the solid
Dean following will go to Harris,
since they are strongly opposed to
both Howard and Hardwick,
which was the fight Mr. Dean was
making. The Howard people do
not claim any considerable pick
up, as quite natural, since the
battle between Howard and Dean
was a pitched one. The Hardwick
people are making claim to a large
slice of the Dean following and
appear to be quite jubilant that
Mr. Dean is out of the race, while
at the same time they express
sympathy for his physical condit
ion.
From a non-partisan standpoint
a reasonable conclusion, based on
knowledge of the situation gen
erally, is that Col. Dean’s retire
ment unquestionably adds strength
to an appreciable extent to the
Harris camp.
Lame Shoulder.
This ailment is usually caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. All that
is reeded is absolute rest and a few
applications of Chamberlain’s Lini
ment. Tr>’ it. V
FOR SALE.
Located in the city of Greens
boro, Green County, Georgia,
Six stand 70 saw all steel, Murry
Cotton Gin outfit, 100 H. P. Boil
er, 75 horsepower quick action
automatic engine. _-Attached to
gin new 8-30 American corn
mill, and wood sawing and split
ting machine.__Outfit cost $10,-
000. On account of bad health
the owner will sell cheap. If in
terested write
ALL STEEL GIN CO.,
Greensboro, Ga.
No Hurry,
Beas—“Oh, ye*, I know that he la a
perfect angel, bat thero will be plenty
of time to mix with them after oa»
C«te to heaven.”
Taylor County’s
Honor Roll.
Hudson, Lieut. J. E., Co. B. 326 Inft.
American Expeditionary Forces,
France.
Hudson, Willie Pope, Co. D. 121 Inft.
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Pierce, James H., Co. C. 106 Engin
eer Regiment, Camp Wheeler, Ma
con Ga.
Pierce, Felix, Co., 329 Bakers, Camp
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
Garrett, Lieut. S. T., 52nd Inft.
Camp Forrest, Chickamauga, Park,
Ga.
Fuller, Henry Grady, Co. 30, Casual
Department, 157 Depot Brg’d.,
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
Jenkkins, Sargt. Roy N.. Q. M. C.
Tioga, La., P. O. Box 1 1.
Thompson, Henry G., Co. 326 Inft.
American E. F., France.
Fuller, H. G., 1st., Canidate Bat. 4th
Officers Training School, Camp
Jackson. Columbia, S. C.
Hill, Walter, M. G. Co.,304th. Inft.,
Camp Bevins, Mass.
Shine, Tom B., M. G. Co., 121 Inft.,
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Wilson, Thomas F„ Co., E. 307th Eng
Regiment, Am. E. F. France.
Mathews, Slack, Co. 12, Coast Artil-
ery, Ft. Hamilton, Brooklin, N. Y.
Parr Emory F., Q. M. Detch. Q. M.
U. S. A., P. O. No. 708, France.
Si-.ealy, Theadore, P. O. 8th Training
Ktn., Mustering Office, Camp Gordon
Wadsworth, Alma, Co., 2, M. C.
Camp GdiSon, Atlanta, Ga.
Boland, Herbert C., Co. K. 2nd Pion
eer Inft., Camp Wadsworth, Spart-
anbanburg, S. C.
Kimbrew, Maj. V. M. 2nd Tr. Bn.
157 Depot Brg’d, Camp Gordon,
Atlanta, Ga.
Shealy, Jackson J., Co. K. 325 Inft.
American E. F., France.
Graj-, William, colored, 58th Co.,157
DepotBrg’d., Camp Gordon, Atlan
ta, Ga.
Robinson,, P., Co. 21, 156 Depot Brg’d
6th T. B., Camp Jackson, S. C.
Respess, Corp. J. R., Bat. B. 127th F.
A . Camp Cody, New Mexico.
Butler, Maj. H. L., Camp Wheeler,
Macon, Ga.
Butler, Lieut. Walter. J.. 254 College
Street, Macon, Ga.
Riley, H. L.. Remount Department,
Belair, Ga.
Nickson, L. C.. 16 Evans Drive, For
McPherson, Ga.
Carson, J. T. Jr., 121 Inft. Machine
Gun Co., Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga
Carson, Robt. C., 121., Inft, Machine
Gun Co., Camp W., Macon, Ga.
Montfort, O. E., Co. I. Sec. 3, Reg. 5,
U. S. Training Camp, Charleston,
S. C. -
McCants, J. Morgan, Co., C. 1st., Pri
mary Inft., Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, S. C.
Edward W. Hicks, Supply Co., 80th,
F. A. Camp McArthur, Waco, Tex.
Estes, T. H., 128 Abercom Street, Sa
vannah, Ga.
Harris, Otis P., Co. A. 151 M. G. Bu.,
American E. F., France.
Rawls, Joe W., Co. B. 151 M. G. Bu.,
American E. F., France.
Windham, Hoke I., H. Q. Co., 151 Mg
Bat., Rainbow Div., American E. F.
France.
Hodges, E. P., Emorj - Base Hospital
Unit, No. 43,
En route to France.
E. W. Hodges, Emory Base Hospital
Unit No. 43. ,
En route to France
Barrow, Willis E., Em’y Base Hospit
al Unit, No. 43,
En route to France.
Elam Griffith, Emory Base Hospital
Unit No. 43,
En route to France
Waters, Terrell F., F’ortress Monroe,
Va.
Alley, R. E., Co. B. 43 Eng. Ameri-
E. F., France.
Respess, Z. D., Radio School, U. S.
Navy, Co. 12, Cambridge, Mass.
Trussell, Sankie, Co. K. 325 Inft.. 82d
Division, American E. F., Farnce.
Wilson, Herbert E., Supply Co. 311
Camp Stewart, Newport News, Va.
Shealy, F. P. Fort Monroe, Va., 1st
C. A. Co.
Freeman, Elam M., Co. C. 46 Engin.
eers, Camp Sherdan, Montgomery,
Alabama.
Nelson, G. J., 30th Co., 8 Tr. Btn.
137 Depot Brgd, Camp Gordon,
Atlanta, Ga.
Anderson, Henry F. 5th U. S.Inft.
Empire C. Z. Panama.
Tucker, W. Herman, Bat. D. 319
Field Art., Am. E. F., France.
Tucker, Sergt. Alonzo T., Co. M. 328
Inf. Am. E. F., France.
Payne, D. W., 24th Co., 157 Depot
Brigade, 6th Ar., Camp Gordon.
Dixon, Lon, (Colored) Co. G. 302
Steve Reg., Am. E. F., France A.
P, 0. 705.
Sugar Gan Only Be
Obtained By Official Permit
Persons who wish to buy a sec
ond 25-pound lot of sugar for
canning purposes (provided they
can find same for sale) must get
their permit from County Food Ad
ministrator J. T. Adams before any
of the merchants of the county
can sell to them. This action has
been taken on account of the
abuse of the special privilege ex
tended to those who are preserv
ing fruits and canning produce.
A great many people of the
county have availed themselves of
the special allotment of sugar for* 1
canning purposes and it looks as
if they are preparing for winter.
A great deal of canning and pre
serving is taking place and it is
believed that the total aggregate
of canned and preserved produce
will be large. This is in line with
the government’s request that the
nation preserve and can all the
produce and fruits possible in or
der to protect themselves and
leave a large amount available to
the allies and our own soldiers.
Slaton Near Death In Trying
To Stop Duel With Knives
Atlanta, -July 8.—Ex-Governor
John M. Slaton narrowly escaped
death Saturday morning about 10
o’clock in trying to act as peace
maker in a fight in which one
negro was shot to death and the
other seriously cut about the
throat at the corner of Boulevard
and Decatur streets. The dead
negro was Joe Smith and his as
sailant Paul Jones.
In the encounter Mr. Slaton was
covered with blood, his trousers
were cut in several places and
two shots which went through
Smith’s body barely missed him.
Musslewhite, Frank, U. S. S. Geor-
Gia„ care R. M. Fortress Manire
VA.
Whatley', James Edgar, 121st Inft.,
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Newsom, Eric A., 121st Inft. Band,
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Aultman, 61st Brgd. H’d., Camp
Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Montfort, David T., Qm. Department,
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Saunders, Willis D., Amb. Co 121 S-
N. T. N., Camp Wheeler, MaconGa.
Fountain, Jim A., U. S. S. Apache,6th
Navy Divs., Charleston, S. C.
Riley, Lowery H., Battery No. 7 4th
O. T. S., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky
Posey, Brooks, M. G. Co., 121 Inft.,
• Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Anderson, Hillyard, 30th Co. T. R. B;t
N., 157 Depot Brgd. Camp Gordon.
Scrimshire, Robt. E., Cook, Co. C. 18th
Engineers, R. Y., American E. F.,
France.
Scrimshire, Herbert, Third Inft. Supply
Co., Eagle Pass, Texas.
T. W. Wilson, U. S. Naval Hospital,
Operating Ward, Portsmoth, Va.
Thornton, Brown, Com. B. T. D. Ga
School of Tchnology, Atlanta, Ga.
Adams, L. R., Com. B. T. D. Ga.
School of Tehnology, Atlanta, Ga.
Brown, Alva Lee, Com. B. T. D. Ga.
Gchool of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.
Cooper, Joe L., Co. B. 3225 Inft.
American E. F., France.
Peacock, Henry, Co. K. 325 Inft.,
American E. F., France.
P.iley, Hamp, Med. Corps, Base Hos
pital, Camp Gordon.
Fuller, Candidate H. G., Co. D. 4th
Officers’ Training School, Camp
Sevier, Greenville, S. C.
Windham, James G., Co. G. 327 Inft.,
American E. F. France.
Anthoney, R. E., Co. E. 66 Engr.
Camp Laurel, Md.
A.lams, Luke, Co. E. 307 Engrs. Am.
E. F., France.
Heath, R. B., Co. E. 328 Inft. Am.
E. F., France.
Sealy, Olin F., Supply Co. 309 Q. M.
Am. E. F., France.
Garrett, Yancy J., Q. M. Sergeant
2 Co. W. P. B. G. Ft. Pherson, Ga.
Riley, Sergt. Howard L.. care Aux.
Remount Depot, Belair, Ga.
Eogers, M. S., U. S. Gen Hospital
No. 8., Otis-Ville, N. Y.
Rogers, J. T„ Co. D. 106, 31st Reg.
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Beeland, Johnnie D., Co. K. 52 Reg.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tucker, Shellie B., Co. D. 28th Inf*
Regulars, AM, E. F. France .