THE home news
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Entered as second-class mat
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919
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NEWS FROM WINFREE
Villerupt, France,
January 1, 1919.
Ir. Grover McCrory,
My dear friend Grover:
“Greetings, old chap.” It is
dth genuine sympathy that I
reet the fact that you can’t
>e with us. Really you are
nissing the time of your life,
t will take intimate confer
ence some fine day.in the fu
ure to tell you just how much
;°u havq mi&sech At first thd
noughts that to be in the army
a occupation would keep me
a speedy return to the
5 ates, this made me blue at
!m,es;, But I &m indeed glad
ca,t y1® Second Army was se
ated for such a task.
°/.a new years eve frolic,
o tilends and myself were in
countries during the
Six we din*
leverAwlerupt’ France, at
'finrn ' we talkei or my
'irk -mfue Germdn to the
iL city of Audun-le
5sc.e Lorraine, later
he new -vear
Thi«y Lsch; Luxumberg.
•av 1 y °xf Esch is really a
treat'll06' No scars of the
'mileVo? T here t0 keep the
lresk, nD ea3ure away. All
erm.^ ,' look well fed.
in nil *"d Luxumberg coin
goo ^n''’ .;Uld the PeoPle
tood spenders. But, oh,
the drinks, only France and
England have the drinks. The
beer at this section is very bad
really I had rather have water
Champagne is not to be found
for any price. The wine is as
poor a grade as the beer, thus
the soldier who cares for the
strong drinks is out of luck.
Germany has had no chance
to make the famous drink'she
is well known for having so j
much in abundance. May she
soon get to work along the old
lines of beer brewing.
So much for the drink sub
ject. I am sure you don’t eare
for such any more than mjfself
in fact, it is the girls that you
want to hear about. Well, they j
are here in large lots, good
looking ones and the others as
well. German is the most im
portant language, that is, it is
Spoken more than the others.
No English, all can speak the
French, so if you can’t compre
the German, you need not be
surprised to hear “tout-de
suite”. Being of the lucky lot
I have a room mate who can
speak German as well as the
natives. Rathke, being his
name, would indicate that he
would be well versed in the
language of the Huns. Really
one of the nicest fellows I have
had the chance of being with.
He does all the talking and I
look on. We had been in the
city only a few hours when we
had a room at 48 Rue-de-Car
not with a Luxumberg family
that treat us as well as one
could be. They are strong for
the Americans, and don’t care
for the Huns one little bit.
When we asked the price of
the room - per month, the an
swer was, “why should you
pay us, the Germans never
thought of such a thing.” This
is not the American speed as
you well know and the family
are receiving more than they
would expect for their entire
home per month. And I must
add that it is a real nice place,
electric lights, coal stove, one
of the grandest beds one ever
dropped into. You have read
of the famous French beds,
well, this is one I’ll write a
book on some day. When I
landed in the said bed at an
early hour this morning, I
thought it about the grandest
little thing I ever came in con
tact with...
We were all fixed up for a
move on the Rhine, but Lieut.
General Bullard, commanding
the second army paid our city
a visit last week and thus or
ders came out that we stay
here for a few more days.
May the days run into weeks
and even months, if we are to
stay over here.
Where the fellows from in
and around McCrory are, you
know, I do not. None, not one
do I konw the address of,
they may all be back with you
for all I know, but this is har
dly possible as the newspapers
give no news of troops return
ing to the ports.
Much is being said about
Mr. Wilson’s visit in Europe.
The papers we see are full of
the accounts of his royal wel
come, both by the French and
English. To be unprecedented
is Mr. Wilson and in my way
of thinking the greatest of all
presdents. I am sure exery
American soldier is for him.
Can‘t you find time to tell
me all about business and gos
sip in and about the city?
Sincerely,
OSCAR WINFREE.
-Buy WS.S.
J. A. Cullum, the popular
tonsorial artist of Augusta was
a business visitor in this city
this week.
-Buy W.S.S.
Rev. J. R. Nelson and Mr.
W. E. Jelks attended the meet
ing of the Methodist Hospital
Commissioners in Memphis
and Lake View, Miss., last
week.
-Buy W.S.S.
Rhode Island eggs from se
lected stock from best Red
farm in south. $5.00 for 15.
Only a few for sale place your
order now and we will book it
for future delivery. These
reds lay and weigh. Dilliard
Stock Farm. 1-24-tf.
LUWi
| SACRIFICE SALEf
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I Buy while you can
( get them cheap
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I have sold my garage I
and will give some rare bar-1
gains while the stock lasts.
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First Comes Get First Choice
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i It will pay you to buy |
\ your tubes and casings now. \
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EARLE L. KITTRELL
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(Deputy State Veterinarian)
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