CEHBates_MarApr1919_046c

[Imprint: Hotel Chisca Memphis]

Hotel Chisca
Memphis, Tenn.
3-7 1919

Dear Friend Ed,
I have only been
out of the service for one
month & am selling the complete
lines of So. Cotton Oil Co. in this
old Southern State. Wish you
could be with me.

When I arrived at
my brother's home I found your
card & surely appreciated it,
especially was I glad to hear
of you [your] success & safety in
many ways, I congratulate
you, & am sure that Uncle
Sam was quite wise
in choosing you as
one to lead the
boys.

I had quite
a short, snappy
week in S.F. & another