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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, MU
LETTERS FROM CARROLL’S SOLDIERS
SENDING THE NEWS TO BERLIN
When lately the British went thundering through
The rickety Hindenburg Line,
And the Huns didn’t stop till they brought up kerflop
On the shores of the billowing Rhine,
The German command got this bulletin out,’
Which frankly described the event:
“Our soldiers advance fifteen kilos in France”—
But it didn’t say which way they went!
When Pershing went hammering up the Argonne,
Removing the foe on his way,
And Heine and Fritz dropped the guns from their mitts
And wished they had learned how to pray,
The German command made this truthful report
The folks back in Prussia to cheer:
“Our positions improve; all our troops on the mave”—
Omitting to add, “Toward the rear!”
.When down swept the French to the banks of the Aisne
And out swept the terrified Hun,
And proved as he fled that he’s not so well fed
That he’s not in condition to run,
The German command thus described the retreat:
“Our troops met a heavy attack;
New line strons and short”—but it didn’t report '
That the line is a half mile back!
wonderful trip to take. I 'iuro did en
joy it. Wo were riding two days and
nights before we got off of the train.
We came neross five different states and
part of six. When we got our orders
to get off we were in New York. We
came from Camp Gordon to South Car
olina, then to North Carolina and from
there to Washington, then to Virginia,
Baltimore, and on to New York. We
sure did have a timo when the trnin
stopped at these towns. The Red Cross
girls would meet us and give us all we
could eat and tobacco, too. The Red
Cross is a wonderful organization.
Well, this is the prettiest country I
ever saw. It is as level and smooth as
a floor. I had always heard that they
didn’t grow anything but grain up here,
hut they raise cotton and corn just like
you do.
Well, I don’t guess we will stay here
long. If 1 get sick I will let you know.
So I will close for this time.
PUMAH WILLIAMSON.
ing about you. He said you reminded
him of a fellow up home—up North,
I guess. So I think if you over come
back you will be well acquainted.
Well, as it is time for the mail to go,
will close.
All of you write.
As over,
MARION FULLER,
Ward 8.
I 1 . 8.—I wish you would send me the
Free Press and also the Constitution.
T like to have reading matter, especially
from home.
SHALL WE ABOLISH THE CITY COURT?
GEORGE F .WRIGHT
Camp Hancock, Go.,
September 20th, 1918.
| Mr. and Mrs. J, f 1 . Fuller,
Carrollton, Georgia.
| Dear Mr. and Mrs. Fuller:
Your son, Marion, is quarantined in
The weather is a little bit cold here I Wn 1(1 °> Baao Hospital, with menalcs
now. 1 am glad that I have a good nnd wi8,, ° 8 ,IK to tlro P . vou 8 few 11,108
warm bed to sloep in every night. I I a,ld * c * ; - vou know why you are not
J. WALTER JONES.
, Base Hospital, France,
September 19, 1918.
Dear Mother, Dad and the Kids::
I nm at “Blighty” aiid am feeling
fine. You should see how well I get
about on my crutches. I was wounded
in action on the 15th inst. at 11:30 in
the morning, nftcr fighting hard from
early dayllight. That was a great old
battle. In the first grey light of tho
morning we went “over the top’’ and
in one hour we had possession of the
long, high hill we were after.
.“Dusty” (the boy on the picture
with me) and I fought side by side, and
more than one Dutchman paid for the
wound I received. I recived a shell
Wound in the foot, but I expect to be
able to walk in a week. They cer
tainly treat us nice back here in the
American hospital. It almost makes
jpmo feel glad to be wounded,
jry I hope the summer has been pleasant
*" you. I can see the broad fields of
cotton and corn ripe for the harvest
1 thefe in my own southland.
Don’t. worry about me. At present I
am enjoying myself over at the Y. M.
C. A. My wound is not bad enough to
keep me from enjoying myself.
Love to all.
Your sen and brother,
J. WALTER JONES,
78th Co., 5 Reg., U. S. M. C.,
Amor. E. F., Franco.
and lot you
have three good thick blankets to cover I l,oari,, B from ,lim > and also tlia | >><-’ is 1
with, so you see that 1 don’t sleep I Siting along nicely, lie says for yon
old at all. 11,1 not *° "' orr . v > that he • has good
Mother, I don’t see how the war can j doctors and nurses and that lib will
Inst much longer at the rate it iB go- wlBo as 80011 as he 18 °ut of quarnn-
ing. I believe that al! if us will be * 1IU> - Bo 18 "°t allowed to mnil any lct-
at home by Christmas. Wo had good * cr8 > b,B onn r °ceive B,om > and wants
news this morning. I don’t believe I - vou B> bo 81,10 *° writt'. Please do
will ever have n chance to see the front l' 118 rea ' often ns they get pretty lone-
nnv more. So don’t worry one minute 80,1,0 and nothing cheers them up liko
limit me, for I haven’t been sick one 11 S ood letter from home. Don’t write
minute since I left home, and I hope I anything discouraging. He wrote you
that I will stay that way as long as I Sunday evening. He has been in the
stnv over hero. hospital since Tuesday. .Said ho
Believe me, this is some country to w0,fted Mollda . v . did n °t foel very
live in. If the Lord will permit me « ood ’ Hu 8avs for y° u to 1,80 . vo, >''
to return to my dear wife and mother owu .i ad K«'°»t about coming down now,
I will try to live a better boy the rest 9 1 ' wnlt lmtB be is out of quarantine,
of my life. $t is awful to see. how ^eraonaUy, we think it would be more
some people live over here. Looks like Peasant for all of you to wait until lie
hey don’t care aything for their lives 8°t s out and then no can show you over
or their souls, cither. I don’t see how B,c cam P and get a pass and go down
they can afford to do that way, but that lo " n with you. If you come now you
is thoir business, nnd not mine. would have to visit him in his ward
Lorine, you nnd Vcrdie must be good at corta,n hours, nnd l am sure you
little girls, and don’t forget to go to <vould en i°y the visit muoh better if
sec Alice while I’ll over here, and when I . vou wait until he gets out, which will
Iget back everything will be sweet for bo 1,1 n b°at two weeks,
its all ngain. H° 8a -f 8 tcB Eno °h and Opal hello,
Wll, I guess I had bettor close. _ If the Rod 0ro88 Pan be of any scr
Again I want to ask you all not tol vleoto Y ou lot U8 ' inow .
worry about me one minute, for I ami ^ours very truly,!
well nnd fat nnd doing well. So you GEORGE F. WRIGHT,
all be good and pray for a better day■ Associate field Director in Charge of
for us all. I am trying to live a better I Hospital Service,
man every day of my life.
ISAAC N. DAVIS.
Charleston, S. (’.,
October 12, 1918.
My Dear Mother::
I am on the trnin bound for Savan
nah, Ga. There I will go on a hont
by the name of “ Hancock.” I trust
you will not be troubled about me for I
ill be alright and will come back home
soon as possible, so please don’t
worry about your boy, for you know l
ill hnvo to go from place to place,
nnd T can see some sea service and can
tell you something about the navy, I
an now see the old marshy places at
Charleston which suTound this place)
nnd you know it is not ' ilthy. [don’t
know how I will liko u, but t hope to
liko it fine.
I will lie nearer home when I get tu
Savannah than I am now, and 1 believe
can go home. When 1 got to that
place I can find out how long I will
stay there, and if I stay there 1
go home, so please don’t worry about
me for you know tlint l will como homo
as soon as possible, which I trust will
be soon.
I am well as far as J know, and
tliinx I am a pretty good judge.
Plonso excuse my writing, for I am
doing well to write at all. Send my
mnil to the same place nml they will
send it to me.
Toll all tho people 1 said hollo, for I
am travoling now.
Now .mother, I want you to pray for
your boy, for ho neods it, nnd I assure
T will do all 1 can to please you,
and nothing will I do that I would not
want you to be present.
You may hear from me every day or
wo as long as I nm unsettled.
Your faithful boy,
ISAAC N. DAVIS.
WILLIAM J. WARREN.
, 11 Somewhere in France, ’ ’
September 18, 1918.
Dearest People: ,
T received your letter a few days ago
dated August 15th, and can say I was
the gladdest to get it of any one yet,
for it hnd been so long since T had
heard from any of you. Glad you all
Were well. Hnd begun to get uneasy.
I am well and feeling pretty good.
We arc just back from tho front, mul
from one if the greatest drives of the
war. It is tho first time we had been
In real action in tho front lines. I sav
our battallion (about 1,000 men) was
lucky, too. Not a man was killed-
just three or four g’ightly .wounded.
Your baby boy,
S. D. LONG,
Base Hospital No. 68,
Amer. Ex. Forces, France.
MARION F. FULLER.
Camp Hancock, Oct. 3, 1918.
Mr. J. P. Fuller,
Dear Father nnd Family::
As I didn’t get to write any yestor
F. O. LONG. I da - v > wB1 tr -V to write you somo more
“Somewhere in France,” this mornin ff- I 81 "- 0 am improving
September, 1918. fnst ao fnr > and I ho P e 1 wil1 continue
Dear Homefolks:: : ’ P n ’ 1 tru1 ^ ho P e when thia 1 «“e r
Hnve not heard a word from you all lonollos your hand it will find you all
yet, as we are changed about so often, u' 0 ** nud do,n B dno '
Am well and feeling fine-haven’t been We are still having mighty fine
sick since I ws sea sick. Get plcntv to w^ntho, ' and 1 8U,e do hato to 8ta y al1
eat and good warm clothing. Wo are 1 ho,,8od U P whon il is 80 «"«• Wouldn’t
sleeping under three blankets.
The life of a so’dier ceases to be a
play thing over here, nnd gets down
to brass tacks. •
We are having lots of rain,
llppe you are all well and getting
along with the crop fine.
Love to all.
F. G. LONG,
2nd Co., 5th B. O. D. B. N.,
U. S. A. P. O. No. 741,
Amer. Ex. F., Franco.
WouUln
make so much difference if it was bad
weather so' noboby eould got out, but
ns long as T see folks stirring about it
makes me restless.
Well, I guess I will take tho mumps
Inside of another week, or most any
time as we have a ease in the measle
ward. I wear my mask over my face
keep it off, but if I do take thorn I
wilt get some one else to write for me
so you can still hear from me. Looks
like 1 can’t get my mail. They won
transfer it from my company or just
don't get none one or the other.
Wo are under quarantine^ here. No
patients discharged from the hospitul
until further notice. Thoio were two
or three of us that would have gotten
DUMAH WILLIAMSON
October 18, 1918.
Hello papa, and all the rest. I hope
this will find vou all well. It leaves
la our battery there was only one flesh | m0 well . I hope you all won’t worry I outyesterdarortodav^ifit hadn '“"been
wound ’ .... „ ; abou ‘ mo moro ‘ hao y°° can help. It that they are giving us a doso in 0Hr
Today >t is rammg, but the weather breaks my heart to lcav you all, but it eyc8 for that iufluenz „. Thev put it in
isn’t any cooler here now than at home can’t be helped. I hope to see you all oul . cye8 four tiraes a day . It doesn>t
at this timo of the year. | again some day. I am going to do my hurt) ju3t ffiels kindcr funny . Th
It is time for dinner, so I 11 finish part wherever I go. claim that it wiu kccp it off . The pa .
| * bave bcen rldin K since Thursday p(Sr boys bavo ,q U ; t com i ng and wn 8ure
I hardly and this is Friday evening and I am 1 do miss 0UI , papeTa .
To the Voters of Carroll County:
Wo wisli to submit some facts for
your consideration before voting next
Tuesday for or against abolishing vour
City Court.
To all citizens nud voters, who be
lieve in the enforcement of the law,
nml a speedy trinl, who desire the pro
tection of tho court nnd a speedy trial,
who desire the protection of the court
nnd the law, and who wish to see the
business of our court administered at
the least expense possible; to all such,
no wish to urge our reason for voting
against abolishing the City Court,
1. Tho City Court is necessary and
indispensnblo. ■ In the history of our
county two City Courts have at rend v
boon established. We have jjnly two
terms a year of our Superior Court
Six months apart.
There being five counties in the Cow
eta circuit, it is impracticable to have
more terms. Therefore ns the county
increased in population nnd commercial
activity, with the consequent increase
of litigation and crime, it became ne-
ssnry to have more courts to transact
tlie business. Hence the first City
Court was established with four terms
a year. This was the only relief for
the over-crowded Superior Court.
brought before a grand jury to indict
the three hundred nnd fifty misdemean
or defendants disposed of infthe City
Court in 19171 Wouldn’t that interfero
with your hands? And then have to
interfere with them ngain when tha
cases were tried.
Some will argue the fewer the courts
the fewer the eases, accordingly the less
punishment for crime If this reasoning
is sound why not abolish nil the courts
nud let crime go unpunished?
Yes, misdemeanors are bailable, so ere
felonies, but ask your sheriff if thcro
isn’t nearly always somo one in jail
charged with misdemeanor who can’t
uinko bond. Do you want to abolish
your City Court nnd feed such four or
six months ns the case mnv be at your
expense? Wouldn't it be better to re
tain the City Court, try him speedily,
put him on the rond where he will bs
worth somethiug to you?
It has been argued by some who ap
parently think that courts are run sole
ly to raise revenue nud furnish road
hands, and not to protect your property
nnd lives nml maintain good order, that
the Solicitor of the Superior Court has
been placed on n salary.for the next
year, which is true. Carroll’s part be
ing 912.00, when he received $1,450.00
When relieved tho people thought the 1 Inst year, thereby reducing his salary
A PRAYER
‘God give us men.. A timo like this
demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands;
Men whom the lust of office does not
kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot
buy;
Men wiio possess opinions and a will;
Men who hnve honor—men who will
not lie;
Men who can stand before a dema
gogue
And stand his treacherous flatteries
without winking;
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live nliovo
tho fog
In public, duty nnd in private think
, ,a R-”
ROOPVILLE, ROUTE 1
There is a good deal of sickonss
about, though not any in this imme
dinte community.
Mr. nnd Mrs. G. N. Aderhoid spent
Monday night with liis mother, Mrs. J
J. Lewis.
We are sorry to say that Mrs. J. E.
Morgan had the misfortuno of losing
her milk cow one night this week.
Several from thus community attend
ed tho fair this week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Morrell had
some music at their house Tuesday
night which was enjoyed by all pres
ent.
Mrs. G. W. Wulluee nnd son, Dewoy,
spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.
Ludie Aderhoid, and husband.
Mr. S. J. Craven took dinner Friday
with his daughter, Mrs. Davis.
City Court unnecessary and abolishd it,
but it was necessary and the next year
another City Court was established by
the legislature, and was soon doing bus
iness. With our thirty-five thousand
population, more than three-fourths of
whom are white nnd moat of whom own
thoir homes, nnd with more than $8,-
000,000 taxable property, the City
Court is needed more than ever.
As shown by a statement of the clerk
of the City nnd Superior Courts, last
July, there were ponding in the Supe
rior Court 103 civil cases, 45 criminal
cases nnd 53 certiorari’s. In the City
|Court there wore 77 civil cases, 350
criminal eases. Abolish tho City Court
and what would be the result?
There is a certain amount of civil
litigation and crimes in the county that
must be disposed of regardless of the
number of courts. Abolishing the City
Court will not abolish litigation nnd
crime, some folks to the contrary not
withstanding; you would only transfr
it to the Superior Court with its two
terms n year, you would never get
your civil cases tried and crime would
go unpunished. i
3. Under the Act creating the" present
City Court, the Solicitor, Clerk and
Sheriff get such fees only, in criminal
[•ns(;s as are paid by the defendants,
that is true also as to civil eases, there
fore neither of said officers recive any
thing from tho county, except the sheriff,
who receives the amount allowed by
law, while the court is actually in ses
sion.
The record of the court for 1917, as
kept by the clerk, shows that the City
Court, not only paid the officers their
fees from fines imposed, but turned
over to the county, in addition thereto,
21 years and 6 months of labor, which
tho County Commissioner asserts wns
worth more to the county than tho total
expenses of both Superior nnd City
Courts for that year Yet you arc ask
od to abolish this court.
4. It costs less to run the City Court
tlinn it does the Superior Court. We
know. Your Commissioner of Roads
and Revenues knows, see his statement.
Some people evidently don’t know that
it takes forty-eight jurors nnd a grand
jury of twenty-three to run tho Su
perior Court. To run a City Court only
twenty-four jurors and no grand jury.
Howf do you get witnesses before a
grand jury? Takes bailiffs don’t it?
Have you figured the loss in labor and
time to have tho necessary witnesses
over $509.00. They forgot that that
amount wns fixed on the idea that ho
tried only felony cases. Would theso
gentlemen have tho Solicitor of the Su
perior Court discharge the duties of tho
Solicitor of tho City Court for nothing
and take his earnings to pay off jurors
and bailiffs?, Isn’t the laborer worthy
of his hire? If the Solicitor of ths
City Court gets too much for his ser
vices, place him on a salary, too. Don’t
destroy tho court, a necessity, in order
to ride a free horse.
Respectfully,
0. K. ROOF, SOL. S. C.
R. D. JACKSON, SR.
JOHN H. HUDSON.
JAMES BEALL.
R. D. JACKSON.
W. A. GARRETT.
WILLIS SMITH.
.T. W. STONE.
LEON HOOD.
E. T. STEED.
J. L. SMITH.
J. L. WEBB.
S. C. BOYKIN. 1
L. K. 8MIT H.
JOHN M. MOORE.
W. J. MILLIGAN.
H. C. STRICKLAND.
S. HOLDERNESS.
EMMETT SMITH.
RAYMOND ROBINSON.
MATT E. GRIFFIN.
RIGHT
GLASSES
for WRONG i
EYES
FOR SALE OR RENT
after dinner
;Woll, I’ll try to finish, but
know what to write. I could ask lots still going. We wore in South Caro- x want you aU to bc HUrp t0 scnd
’Una Thursday night and when I awoke that (obacco a3 we ean - t ^ a bit of
Friday morning wo were in North Car- chcwing tobacco. The Red Cross man
olinn.. 1 am enjoying tho trip fine, o-nr no Mnmp citr!ipnfr„« which hntvw
of questions, but you would get tired
of that. I am going to ask the same
old two again:: Have you got my in
surance papers, and is my allotment
coming home? If not, I’ll see about
jt.
I have been over to the Y. M. C. A.
this morning aud bought somo candy,
cookies, nuts and soup. Tho first I’ve
had in some time.
Well, I will quit and write you again
soon.
Wm. J. WARREN,
Battery B, 1st Bn. Tr. Arty.,
Amer. Ex. Forces, France.
S. D. LONG.
“Somewhere in France,”
Sunday morning.
My Dear Mother and All the Rest::
How are you all feeling this today?
I am feeling fine and am doing welh
My leg is healing up as fast as it can.
It don’t hurt me but very little. All
I do is sleep aud eat. So you see I
aught to get fat.
enjoying tho trip nn °. I got us some cigarettes which helps
The Red Cross gives us all we can cat. L omc . Somo of the boys 8tU1 have a
Well, I hope you can keep Knox at little shewing tobacco, so thev divide
home, for it is enough for me to be up with me until j can get somc M!1i
gone, if you think about me like I do my appetite sure is £ood. All the
you all. I think of you all every hour trouble is> j iu8t can - t harlly gct
when I am not asleep. enough to eat.
Well, I am not by myself. There is | As I didn’t get through with mv
twenty-five coaches full of us, and a
fellow can't get lonesome with this
letter this morning, wilt finish. I wns
waiting for the mail to come, thought
RIGHT GLASSES—right ia
quality, appearance, accuracy
and adjustment.
WRONG EYES—wrong in
focus, power, strength and
clearness.
We rescue wrong sight
by furnishing right glasses
J. D. HAMRICK. M. D
Eye Specialist
crowd. They are always keeping up a maybe I would get a letter from somo
fuss of somc kind. 1
Well, this leaves me somewher be
tween North Carolina and Virginia.
My love is with you all and if it is
God’s will I will see you again.
of you all at home, but the mail didn’t
come in, so I guess I had better come
to a close.
We have three more new patients in
today—one from my company, and they
on t write until you hear from mo still keep coming in. I guoss most ov-
affain ‘ erybody will have the measles in the
Camp Merritt, camp now, as they have had such a
October 19, 19J8. good chance to get them.
Dear Homefolks: p aj j be g ed c rog8 man wag asking'
How are you all by this time? Fine, about you. I think you and him must
1 hope. I have gotten whore I started j bare gotten to be Buddies while you
aud apa feeling fine. It sure was a | were here. Also my doctor was spoak-
202 1-2 acres. Two-horse farm open.
Two good houses. Two and one-half
miles from Richland in white communi
ty. 100,000 feet good, second-growth
timber. Price for quick sale, $1,500.00;
or will rent for $150.00 with privilege
of buying later
303 1-2 acres with about five miles
hog and cattle wire entirely around
tho place, with 150 acres summer pas
ture, five separate fields for winter pas
ture, three good houses, four-horse
farm in cultivation, three and one-half
miles from Richland, three-fourths mile
from school and church in white com
munity. Will sell for $5,000.00 cash or
will furnish stock for hustler eapablo
of running two-horse crop, and. give
half increase on hogs, cattle, Angora
goats, etc.
For Ront—Money note. Good two-
horse crop cotton, peanut, corn, peas
and velvet bean. Land on Richland,
Buena Vista highway, three miles of
town. Good four-room house and barn.
Price $250.00 for. tho two plows. This
place ia Carroll county would easily
rent for twice the amount. Red peb
ble laud with clay subsoil. Act quick
if interested.
G. G. MURRAH,
10-24-2t Richland, Ga., R. 3.
AUTOMOBILES
We have a big suuply of New Cars on
hand for sale consisting of Reos, Grant
Six and Maxwells.
Also have one New Ford and several
Fords that have'been used very little.
W ehave one New Scripps Booth that
we will sell at $125.00 off list.
One Four Ninety Chevrolet that has
been driven very little, good as new, with
extra tire, for $800.00.
We have an extra large stock of Tires
on hand. We are going to offer these
tires at 10 per cent off list.
Call and see our line before buying.
W. L. FOLDS
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