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AUSTIN C. WILKERSON
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where the lumber is cut for the aero
plane wings. My duty is to keep a
record of all the men, their present
and previous occupations. Say for
instance they come to me and say, “I
want a truck driver and electrician”
or whatever they want. I look on
my directory and tell them where
they can find ond and how long he
has worked at it, according to his
version. Work only eight hours per
day. Tomorrow is a holiday, sd I do
not go to work till eight Monday
morning.
We have a stove in our tent, also
electric lights. Real stylish to be in
the army, don’t you think? It’s bet
ter than to be in the woods, a whole
lot There are several trainloads oi
spruce here on the tracks waiting to
go through the mill, but we do not
work on holidays. I signed the pay
roll last Saturday a week ago. Guess
I’ll be getting my army pay in about
a week and' the mill pay in another
week. I am sure I'll be glad when it
does come.
It was sure hot here yesterday
though it was real cool this morning.
Guess it must have been hot there
yesterday.
It is not like being in the army
here at all. It is not compulsory to
drill and we never stand retreat. We
have supper at 5:30 and after that
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he wants to if he’s back by eleven.
Woe to him though that is not back
by then. When a man is here thirty
days he is given a special pass with
which he may stay out till 6 a. m.
Guess I’ll get one of them in about
three weeks though I do not suppose
I’ll ever need it. I’ve not been over
in Portland since we came through
on our way over. It has a population
of about 300,000. Vancouver is
about 9,000 I guess.
I do not know where-any of the
boys are now that came with me,
They are all scattered. There is a
boy in the 18th Squad that came from
Jonesboro last November. He was
sent from there to Kelly Field in
Texas and then on out here. There
sure is a bunch of boys here from
Michigan. In my report yesterday 1
had 3420 men. That is a pretty
good number for one man. I must
make a report of all new assign
ments, all sick men, all office men
All absent without leave, all in the
guard house from each of 14 , squad
rons. Quite a task,, I’ll say, too.
Guess I’ll be issued some olive drat
clothes next week, also a raincoat,
I’ve been issued an overcoat already.
Got my uniform on Monday after 1
got here. I do not intend to buy any
clothes if I can keep from it.
It’s ten o’clock here now and I
suppose you are about ready to eat
dinner. On Sunday we do not have to
get up if we do not want to. I got up
about 7:30 this a. m.
I do not know how the papers look
there but the way they look here the
war wall be over before long.
I guess I’ve written enough today,
so I’ll stop. Guess maybe I’ll hear
from you soon. Hope so anyway.
With Love, Your Brother,
Earl.
17th Spruce Squadron,
2nd Provisional Regiment,
Aviation Section Signal Corps,
Vancouver, Washington. •
Basil Wingo writes to Jesse E.
Williams as wollows:
Hello, J. E.: Well, here’s a sketch
of our trip from Vancouver, Wash.,
to Port Angeles, Wash. Last even
ing at nine o’clock the sei'geant said
all out for Port Angeles. We
grabbed our baggage and marched
over to the Y. M. C. A. and loaded on
a truck. We have a Scotchman with
us, and Scottie was singing. We left
Vancouver about 11:30 Friday night
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Following is a letter from Cor-,
poral Lee Long to his relatives here: :
Somewhere in France,
Aug. 20, 1918. |
My Dear Folks At Home:
I arrived here safely. I had a good
time on the transport, what time I
was not seasick. We had some rough i
weather and the waves looked ln.<
mountains.
The country is pretty what part I
have seen, but people have queer:
ways. The girls and little boys are
always selling chestnuts, candy, etc.'
1 know a little French language but
not enough to amount to anything.
Am trying to learn all I can.
We never see any men of our own
age—nobody except real old men,
women, girls and small children. The
farm houses and barns are combined
here and all the wagons are two
wheeled and in most cases women and
gills are driving them. I don’t know ;
how long we will stay here or where
we wjll go from here. i
I saw some German prisoners in
the town where we disembarked. We
are all anxious to go further toward
the front, for there is nothing im
portant here. We saw lots of fish,
including flying fish, but did not see
a single submarine. I don’t know
much news to write. We have news
papers every day but nothing like the
Gazette. I am well and enjoying my- i
aelf. Be sure to write soon for I
want to hear from you. Lots of love
to you all.
As ever,
Corporal Leo L. Long,
Co. C, 154th Inf., A. E. F.,
Via New York, j
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The following letter is from Earl
Mack to his sister, Mrs. W. A. Les
ter, of Diaz:
Sept. 1, 1918.
Dear Sister:
I’ve forgotten whether I answered
your last letter or not so I’ll write
again. I am at work in the office of
the cut-up plant now. That is
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and we all went to sleep, but Scottie
was still singing. When we awoke
, it was six o’clock Friday morning.
We stopped at an inter-locking sta
, tion they call Black River. We stay
i ed two hours there. It certainly is a
I fine country through Washington, es
pecially at the place called Black
! River. We left there at 8 Saturday j
morning. Scottie w^as still singing.
We reached Seattle at 9 o’clock and
' marched through the city over to the
! docks on Puget Sound and missed
our boat about 45 minutes. We had
all day in Seattle, which has a popu
lation of 325,000 and more traffic
than any city I have been in. We had
dinner at the Palace Cafe, just oppo
site the Smith building, which only
has 45 stories. I haven’t time to men
tion all I saw, but at 4 o’clock we
went back to the docks and boarded
the U. S. S. Sioux, and Scottie was
still singing. We have about forty
in the bunch and are going to Port
Angeles as mill guards.
The trip to the port was a great
one on the water. We enjoyed the
trip through Postage Canal. The
scenery was great, and everybody had
a fine time. We left the boat and
took a train. The railroad is trestled
and, it being dark, we could not see
much on the way. We are here at
Port Angeles, in a real house, with
steam heat, but will move into tents
tomorrow.
Wo loft. Scottie with the 120th
Spruce squadron, still singing.
Yours truly,
Basil Wingo,
119 Spruce Squadron, Port Angeles,
Washington.
Carlisle Heard is in receipt of the
following letter from his friend', For
rest O. Lawrence, formerly of New
port, who has been in France for sev
eral months. The letter was written
while Forrest was recuperating in a
hospital. •
Dear Carlisle:
Can’t write you much of what is
going on here, but anyway I am go
ing to write you. I have been over
a great deal of France and England
and it is great. England is a land of
flowers, and if your wife was here
she would not have to have boxes and
> pots for her flowers. They just grow
out of doors and run all over the
walls of the houses, and listen, Car
lisle, this \yould be a great country
for the automobile business. The
roads are fine. There are more pret
ty girls in this country than I ever
saw in all my life, but no boys at all.
France is a pretty country too. They
raise lets of wheat, oats and grapes,
but you know the old saying, “If you
can’t talk, shake a bush,” well, I’m
getting tired of shaking bushes all
the time, for we can’t speak French
to these people, and I don’t think it
will pay to learn French because they
can’t speak French in Berlin any
more than they do English, and you
know Berlin is where we change cars
for the United States of America.
Now as to the battlefield, that is hell.
After all we have the amusing side
of it, even in the trenches. I have
been to the front for several days,
and “over the top” three times, and
even in the rage of the battle you
have to laugh at some funny things
that are said and done. I am laid up
in a hospital for awhile, being knock
ed out by a bursting shell, but I am
going back to the trenches before
long. Will close.
Your friend,
Forrest 0. Lawrence,
Infantry, H. D. T. Company, 103 A.,
American Exp. F.
Mrs. Jean Diaz has received the
following letter from her son Jaime
Diaz, who has recently arrived in
. France:
Dear Mumsie:
Somewhere in France is a Lily, but
,1 haven’t found it. The people of the
port where we landed were very con
genial, though I could use only the
sign laugur.ge, for they do not speak
English. This place is the same as
any other large city " with a water
front.
The have the funniest customs.
One hardly sees any young men, and
those we do see are in uniform. They
all seem proud to see us, and ask for
cigarettes and pennies. These people
look like they have given everything
they ever had. This morning one of
them, a real elderly lady, came to
camp and asked for some grease.
When we gave it to her she offered
a prayer and gave us her blessing.
It was real pitiful.
The scenery here is real pretty. I
! can now realize where the cubist got
the inspiration for his style of paint- j
I ing—go many different colors, and
i all nearly square or they run in a
i straight line. No fences at all. All
fields are surrounded by a hedge
made of dirt and small trees and
bushes nearly four feet high. Some
; times one thinks he is in Holland be
cause he meets so many people wear
ing wooden shoes.
On going from the ship to camp1
we passed a bunch of small children 1
singing, “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All
Here.” It must have been all the
English they knew, as they didn’t
sing it very well—broken English,
but the tune is what we recognized.
Guess you want to know if I got
seasick. Well, I didn’t, and a large
majority of the boys did not. We
had good weather all the way over,
and we weren’t in any danger of any
thing except too much sleep.
Lots of love,
Sgt. Jaime Diaz,
Co. B. 153 Inf.,
A. E. F., via New York.
CIRCUIT COURT
IN BUSY GRIND
Civil Docket Is Being Disposed Of
Rapidly and Grand Jury Has
Begun Its Work.
Crcuit court for Jackson county
convened here yesterday, taking up
the civil docket, and the cases booked
for yesterday and today were practi
cally disposed of today at noon,
Judge Dene H. Coleman rushing the
proceedings in the rapid and economi
cal manner mat nas so cnaracierizeu
his tenure of office.
This afternoon the case of J. R.
Henley vs. Hardy Adams, a damage
suit growing out of alleged injuries
suffered by Mr. Henley’s car by Mr.
Adams’ car when they met, is being
tried. Gustave Jones represents the
plaintiff and Hillhouse & Boyce the
defendant.
Following are the proceedings;
yesterday and this morning:
Ed Plant vs. Ruth Lumber Co.,
damages; dismissed at cost of plain
tiff.
Tom McNees vs. Crawford West;
appeal J. P. court; appeal dismissed,
i J. F. Parish and J. M. Bunnell vs.
Jake Britt, appeal J. P. court, jury
trial; verdict for plaintiffs in sum
of $100.
Mack Mill Company vs. J. W. Con
nor, garnishment; dismissed at cost
of plaintiff.
* J. S. Best vs. Thos. Carroll, unlaw
ful detainer; Judgment for posses
sion.
Millie McConnell vs. L. T. Arnold
and C. E. Hardin, debt; continued for
; term.
| Arkansas Bank & Trust Co., vs. P.
j St. Clair, debt; judgment or plain
tiff in sum of $150.
A. M. Edgar vs. W. M. Corley, re
plevin, judgment for possession of
two horses.
J. D. Craig vs. Rock Island, dam
ages; petition for removal to fed
eral court granted.
Lawrence Hughes vs. Geo. Baker,
unlawful detainer; judgment for
possession.
Following are those who compose
the grand jury:
S. W. Harvey, Foreman, Tucker
man; H. G. Mantooth, Oil Trough;
W. P. Mason, Glaize; J. F. Farmer,
Hickory Grove; Geo. Baker, Grubbs;
B. F. Burlon, Shoffner; Felix Sim
mons, Tupelo; J. A. Hutchins, Beed
eville; J. M. Balch, Balch; J. S.
Pennington, Grubbs; G. A. Church
man, Tuckerman; R. H. Howard,
JohnstownP. H. Van Dyke, New
port; J. N. Nance, Grubbs; E. D.
Gardner, Swifton; Charles E. Penix,
Tuckerman; R. T. Simmons, bailiff,
Newport.
The petit jury:
P. A. Condtt, Tuckerman; E. C.
Julian, Tuckerman; J. M. Terrell,
Tuckerman; O. H. Hurley, Hickory
Grove; H. C. Newhouse, Hickory
Grove; J. J. Massey, Jacksonport;
Randolph Moore, Grubbs; F. M. Sil
man, Grubbs; Mike Ball, Balch; A.
Snow, Tupelo; W. L. May, Au
vergne; S. L. Block, Stegall; Tom
Mooney, Johnstown; Ld Mink, vil
lage; R. C. Wallace, Newport; D.
A. Rowlette, Swifton; Hendrix Wil
liams, Grubbs; Rufus Johnson,
Balch; M. O. McAuley, Auvergne;
R. H. Laird, Newport; L. W. Man
tooth, Newport; P. N. Massey,' Oil
Trough; Arthur Blanton, Oil Trough;
Robert Clark, Oil Trough; C. T.
Bateman, Newport.
WARNING ORDER.
In the Chancery Court of Jackson
County, Arkansas.
Mary E. Smith, Plaintiff,
vs. No. 3340.
A. L. Smith, Defendant.
The Defendant, A. L. Smith, is here
by warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the
complaint of the Plaintiff, Mary E,
Smith.
Witness my hand and the seal ot
said court this 19th day of August
1918.
(Seal) R. W. BANDY, Clerk.
J. H. Johnston, Appointed Attorney
for Non-Resident Defendant. 19w4
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WARNING ORDER,
In the Circuit Court of Jackson:
County, Arkansas.
Boston Store Dry Goods Co., Plaintiff
vs. V No. 334T
Mrs. Vannie Carpenter, Defendant.
The Defendant, Mrs. Vannie Car
penter, is hereby warned to appear
j in this court within thirty days and
answer the complaint of the Plain ^
tiff, Boston Store Dry Goods Co.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said Court this 22nd day of August*.
1918.
• • (Seal.)
R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
By J. B. Parrott, D. C
J. H. Johnston is hereby appointed
non-resident attorney. 20w4t
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| Are You Interested in Beef j
I and Dairy Cattle? 1
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I 3 O’clock 1
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B There will be a complete showing of moving pictures g
1 depicting the interesting and instructive methods used m
m for raising dairy and beef cattle in Iowa and Wiscon- ^
g sin. Everybody is invited to attend. j
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