The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, January 17, 1919, Image 1
. .. w - T': ' '■ ... f g"* • i?. t,j *g 5 t The Henry County Weekly VOL. XLV. Letter to Dad. (Continued from last week) After night again we landed and marched out to another English Rest Camp—the most miserable place I’ve seen since I’ve been in the army. We were in tents, thirteen men to a tent, a circular tent not more than ten feet in di ameter. To add to our discom forts it absolutely poured rain the whole time we were there, and I don’t remember seeing a spark of fire the whole time we were there and it was in December, too, so you may judge how cold we got. Ditto again there wasn’t much to eat. About the only comfort 'we got there at Le Havre was the tea, piping hot but without either cream or sugar, which we bought at the Can-teen. The first night of our stay there a Hun flyer came over the camp and dropped bombs. One fell within a hundred yards of the tent where I lay peacefully sleeping. It turned out to be a dud, howev er, and only buried itself up in the mud pf which there was plenty. We used to rip out of our tents early in the morning and make a run for the wash basins some dis tance down the street, and I used to think that that was without a shadow of a doubt the coldest water that ever was without hav ing ice in it. Here at Le Havre we saw all sorts of soldiers. There was a contingent of Servian troops there which had just come down from drSle 7 ! Sensational Shoe Sale Starts Friday Morning, Jan. 17th- Entire of Men’s, Women’s and Children’s Shoes and Hosiery mu& be closed out at once. We have the room ! The GREATEST BARGAINS we have ever offered. Nothine reserved. 300 PAIRS WOMEN’S $5.00 SHOES, Small Sizes, 2 to 5, to go at - - 31.95 MEN’S SHOES Brozvn, Tan, Black Calf and Vici Kid $12.00 J. & M. Shoes ____ T $8.95 10.00 Just Wrights 7.95 9.00 Just Wrights 6.95 8 50 Just Wrights 6.45 7.50 Shoes 5.45 700 “ 4.95 650 “ 4.45 6.00 “ 4.20 5.50 “ 395 500 “ 3.75 450 “ 3.45 BOYS’ SHOES $5.50 Reduced to_ $3.95 5.00 - 3.75 4.50 “ 3 45 4.00 “ 3.25 3.50 “ 2.90 3.00 “ 2.45 All Men’s and Women’s Work Shoes included in this Clearance Sale. We reserve nothing. All goods were marked in plain figures when they came into the store. Will exchange but will not refund money. Mail orders filled. CASTILE & DRAKE SHOE COMPANY, Griffin, Georgia. A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of McDonough and Henry County. McDonough, Georgia, Friday, January 17, 1919. the Russian front by way of Arch angel and England. It made me feel ashamed to know bow com fortably we were all equipped and those poor fellows in their ragged uniforms, thin overcoats and one blanket. But gee they were strap paing lads, and there was a light in their dark faces thaf Germany has never been able to quench. We also saw there East Indians in their flowing robes and big tur bans that had just come over from India. There in those miles and miles of little round tents we slept men from all over the world, but “brothers under the skin,” and all with one purpose to lick the Hun, East Indians, Servians, French, Scots, Englishmen, Australians, Canadians and “Yanks.” Then one morning we marched to train again, as we thought to go to the front. We were rather aghast to find ourselves loaded into boxcars, marked “40hommes ou 8 chevaux,” forty men or eight horses. That was about 10 o’clock one morning. We traveled all night and up until ten o’clock the following morning, and believe me, Dad, it was some night. I thought I had been cold several times in my life, but looking back on those times that night, they seemed perfectly comfortable in comparison. Nothing to eat, as dark as Egypt and a cold, clear sky with beauconn iee outside. We passed through Rouen (where Joanne of Arc was burned to death) and we kept thinking that we would soon be in Paris. Weren’t we chagrined to unload next morning and find that we were way down in the Loire Val ley at Tours, where it was much warmer, but where we were as far from fighting as you are in the States, practically. We had count ed on going up on the front. We stopped at Beaumont Bar racks in town for two days and then came on out here to open up this Flying Field, which is the largest Bychool for Observers in the whole world. We came out ou a cloudy, cold day and were rather discouraged to find only a few old French barracks and hangers around. Our first winter over here was a terror —there was a scarcity of fuel and the barracks used to be pretty fairly chilly, and the streets of our camp had mud in them half way to the knees sometime, and sometimes the wat er in the pipes stayed frozen for days, and you oouidn’t wash your face and looked like old Harry generally, but we were a pretty good natured bunch and took it ,all as a part (our bit) of the Great War, and there wasn’t anv more grumbling than is natural among soldiers. Our camp has now grown into a fair sized little city, and a lot of the old fellbws are still here, and we call ourselves “Native Sons,” and we are a little bit proud of our camp now, with its numerous: planes zooning around through the air at all times. We’ve licked the,Huns at their own game and we’re glad of it. LADIES’ SHOES Military, French and Low Heels, in Dark Brozvn Kid, Brown Calf, Black Kid and Calf, Gray, Field Mouse and Cafe au Lait at much less than cost. $12.50 Reduced to $9.95 12 00 “ y 9.45 11.00 “ • 8.95 10.50 “ 8.45 10.00 “ 7.95 9.50 “ 7.45 900 “ 6.95 8.50 “ 6 45 8.00 “ 5 95 7.50 “ 5.45 7.00 “ 4.95 6.50 “ . i-_- 4.45 6.00 “ 4.20 6.50 “ 3.95 5.00 “ „ 3.80 4.50 “ 3.45 3.50 “ - 2 65 ®L | ©r I ©|| ©|| Xl J w A Y<» #4, \ • . • vv Nv We like to feel even way back here that we diu our bit, and per haps added to the final over whelming onslaught of Marshal Foch, but now that it is over, we are all beginning to look west and count the days until we look the Goddess in the face again, I can remember when we saluted her coming out of New York harbor just a little over a year ago. If nothing changes perhaps I shall be at home early in the coming year. I’m glad I came, for this was the biggest game that this reeling old planet has ever staged, Humanity against Brutality, civili zation fighting for her life. The fellows that didn’t come missed the one big chance; the fellows that did come and died will have a front seat in heaven, and those that did come and will soon be sailing' home are the luckiest fel lows in the world. I lost one of the best friends and one of the finest little pals imaginable here last summer. He was run over by a plane taxing along the ground and had his neck broken, but even at that I’d rather be in his shoes today than in the shoes of some of the fellows that developed weak hearts back home. My victory letter is written, and I haven’t exactly made my love in it as we were directed to do, may be it will answer the purpose just as well. I only hope that you will receive it on Christmas Eve, for I’m send ing the best of Christmas wishes in it for you, Mumsie, Granny Kit and the rest of the folks. Per haps I shall be home to hunt “rab bit eggs.” I hope to. Devotedly your son, Ernest Tarpley. New Cashier for Locust Grove Bank Annual Meeting Held. The Citizens Bank of Locust Grove held its annual meeting on Thursday, January 9th. The re port showed that it had received its share of the prosperity preva lent through this part of the coun try. An 8 per cent dividend was voted and ordered paid, in addi tion to placing substantial sum to surplus account. To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr.-J. C. McKnight, former cashier, Mr. E. F. Vickers was elected, Mr. Vickers was re cently discharged from service as a lieutenant in the army. While quite a young man he has had several years of successful bank ing experience. The old board of directors was relected, as- were Mr. J. L. Gardner, the President, and Mr. 1. W. Parr, the Vice- President. This institution is looking for ward to another year of increased business and extended usefulness to its community. New Principal. Prof. Clark, who recently re signed the principalship of Mc- Donough Institute, has been suc ceeded by Lieut. Boyd of Fairburn, who assumed 'charge Monday. Lieut. Boyd was recently released from service in a, Kentucky camp. He is an experienced teacher, and cordially welcomed to McDon ough. Henry county ginners’ report, 28,975 bales to Jan. 1, 1919, same date last year, 20,902. ti * "*** 41 ,? r .T | '■; 1 MISSES’ and CHILDRENS Button and Lace Shoes in Freeh Calf, Patents and Patent White Tops, Tans and Brown, all sizes. $5 50 Reduced to $4.20 5.00 “ 3.95 4.50 “ 3.45 4.00 “ 3.20 3.50 “ 2.95 3 00 “ 2.25 2.50 “ 1.95 2.00 “ 1.45 1.50 “ 1.20 HOSIERY ALL COLORS $3.00 Men’s and Women’s $2.45 2.00 “ “ 1.65 1.75 “ “ 1.45 1.50 “ “ 1.30 .85 “ “ .65 .60 “ “ .45 .50 “ “ .: .35 $1.50 A YEAR