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Brave Soldier Boys Leave Town to Join War Effort
A large crowd gathered as 32 volunteers from the area, led by Lieut Albert Fink, departed from Bow ers Hotel for Camp Bob Taylor Knoxville. Mothers and sweethearts bid farewell amid tears and cheers, with each man carrying a small flag. The list of enlistees includes T L Lowe Joseph Bowers Creed Young Bad Justice John Gomley Clare Perry George Lakey Dolph Winters Zeb Winters El Winters Sam Adkins Jim Adkins Eli Younce William Younce William Kellar Tom Laws Roby Hartley Straub Perkins Fin Caraway Dan Oaker James Buntin George O Buntin Dan Potter Jake Hicks Dan Williams George Williams Moses Sanders Roby Greer Will Erwin Sam McKylen Abe Eggers Dave Moody.
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Democrat
Johnson City
Bower’s Hotel
Albert Fink
4Th Tenn
North Carolina
Camp
Bob Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
T. L. Lowe
Joseph Bowers
Creed Young
Bad Justice
John Gomley
Clare Perry
George Lakey
Dolph Winters
Zeb Winters
el Winters
Sam Adkins
Jim Adkins
Eli Younce
William Younce
William Kellar
Tom Laws
Roby Hartley
Straub Perkins
Fin Caraway
Dan Oaker
James Buntin
George O Buntin
Dan Potter
Jake Hicks
Dan Williams
George Williams
Moses Sanders
Roby Greer
Will Erwin
Sam McKylen
Abe Eggers
Dave Moody