Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-11
HERE AND THERE

Lyle Love. son OF MT. anu -n'H' ~
r. Love of Yorkvillc No 3. who Is WIN
an infantry regiment at camp SEWER
lGrcenvillc, has been commissioned
second lieutenant of infantry. Lieu
tenant Love Is another of -tire--fferk
c0nnTy boys who attended the third
training camp for officers at Camp
Jackson.
York county friends of Capt. r.. w.
Prcssly. chief Of the medical service
base hospital. Camp Sewer. will be In
trrcstcd TO learn that he has been re-
commended for promotion to the Office
of ior and has received his commits
sion. Entering the service last Sep
tc,nbcr. Major Pressly's rise has been
rapid and fitting tribute to ms
worth as n medical officer.
McConnellsvillc people. ever among
the first In York county in every pa
triotic endeavor. are contemplating the
organization OF ii company Of home
Guards in the community. The propo-
sition has not assumed any tangible
shape as yet: but in all probability
will within n few days. The greatest
drawback to the proposal Is the dim
Guilty in organizing becaus" OF lack of
men since so many from the McCon-
ncllsvilc community have gon" away
to 20 into the army.
First Class Seaman Perry Ashc. who
is visiting his mother. Mrs. John u.
Ashc in Yorkville. has already made
one voyage across the Atlantic and for
aught he knows may make another
pretty soon. He has been In the medi-
cal service little over year and ms
ship has acted as convoy over. IL"
spent several days in London and liv-
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saws that commerce and industry.
hustle and hustle are going on in the
big English cities just the same as
though there was no war In progress.
York county friends OF Lieut.. X.
Glenn Allison. son of Mrs. Mamie g..
Allison Of Yorkvillc. will he interested
TO learn that hr in now attached to n
base hospital in Paris. Mrs. Allison
had n letter from DR.. Allison last week
In which he made known his present
location. In his letter he spoke of enc
my air raids. etc. over the city OF
kIaris; but left the impression that they
did not amount 10 n great deal and
were little feared by the population Of
the great French capital and the mill
tary authorities there.
Lieut.. J. W. Anderson. formerly
principal of the McConnellsvillc school.
who is now with General Pcrshing's
forces in France, il getting along
nicely and Is in the best Of health and
spirits. Relatives and friends in the
McConnellsvillc section received letters
from him last week. the letters having
been written about the middle OF May
Tell me news OF the war when you
write" he said in one letter. 1--WE
hardly ever hear a thing bearing on
the progress of the war over on this
side"
Mr. w. f. Ashe of McConnellsvillc.
who spent several days in Chester
county recently. said that the great
hail storm through the Great Falls
section last Monday afternoon, was
one Of the most destructive and the
widest In scope that has visited that
cc.n.ry in gears. More than 600
window lights in the Republic Cotton
nils at Great Falls were broken out
las the hail, hundreds OF acres of cotton
and corn were ruined. hundreds OF
chickens and birds and even n few
cows were killed. "A well known min
lister told me-" he said. that the hail
stones split many Of the shingles on
the roof of his house. causing the
roof to leak badly. Now. mind you,
preacher told me that"
Charles Herndon, well known negro
barber and leather worker of Yorkville.
Is anxious to join the army. Despite
the fact that he Is 81 years OF age he
Is anxious to get into the military SER
vice and is very determined to do so
II there Is any chance. Despite his 81
years. Charlie insists that he Is as
strong and healthy as he was fifteen or
twenty years back and judging from
his appearance he Is. He Is anxious to
obtain employment in the army az n
leather worker. though he wants to en-
list no matter In what branch OF SER
vice he might be placed. Interested
parties have written the adjutant gen.
eral Of the army In Washington to find
out whether or not he can arrange n
place for Charlie.
Dave Cameron Of Yorkville No. 8,
last week received a letter from his
brother. John Cameron. who IL with
an American flying unit in France. IT
can't tell you much about the war;"
writes John. because I don't know
much except that our boys are fighting
like the dickens and are going to keep
on doing II until they are In Berlin and
on the other side OF there too. II they
want tn 60" In his letter he related