Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-27
WHO'S Who At SEWER
Naturally the Draft Gets All Kinds
Of People.
MANY Men HAVE GIVEN Much.
Fact Of the Business is that All That
Was Worth While in the Big Amer'-
ca Outside IS Now IN the Army, and
America and the Army are Pretty
Neadly One and the Same.
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Correspondence Of The Yorkville Enquirer.
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c,t,rs.. the editor viii put an! cap
ton over II hc plc;tSeS. IhiS ar'ic"
vIll have, to do with Il number oil en-
listed men ot interesting personality
and who were engaged III WORK just
"A little out oil the ordinary. whom
nave met III my rounds oi the cahip
during the past few weeks. Oh course
men from every walk and station III
Iir are here. All one has TO 10 10
butt into some fellow who can talk
about himself or some other soldier III
AN interesting way. is 10 drop INTO
restaurants, soft drink stand. pool room
Or other plncc where soldiers con-
rr,.gatr. and hang around Il niue
while. Pretty soon some fellow VIII
start to telling about himself.
met IL Young Italian by the name
or Eutorc Nrrna the other day. ol
course. he is Il natur;ilized American
citizen now and ticklcd To death 10 bc
in ,lr. army. But i'll his speech ne
hlr.iys hIs nativity and ne likes SPA
.h, III. I'rior to enlistment i'll the mill
,ury service, Ncrna was gT,hd
,,,..,o singer with the Philadelphia
I;oston Opera company. He has sung
imlnrtant roles in grand opera con-
c,rtS in many of the big cities ana a'
u,usi,. festivals over the country. NJ
Camp Sewer there are many note"
musicians. singers and dancers among
thu. enlisted men: hut N"rn;t has been
voted the sweetest singer lie IL Il
lion at entertainments 1T the various
~" halls and other places over the
r;imp. The grand opera singer was
recently promoted to II cOrlDrhiShip
bv reason of the excellence OF his
work at the camp clothing shop. ana
h,. was lust us proud and happy over
il as though he were singing to vast
audience in New York or Quaker
Town.
There came To Sewer n few weeks
uyo with few drafted men from the
CITY OF New York. = young fellow by
the name of Walter y. LowenberG'
He is u graduate Of the Pulitzer
School ri. 4F,irnalism ut Columbia
l'nivcrs{Es1nd has had considerable
rxpcricS SsF on New York newspapers
lie is n big. genial, kindly chap VINO
has dropped for the present the news
rals.r game in which he was going so
good and is fast getting, into shape
10 do his hit againse>shs<hun.
Another interesting chap who was
at Camp SEWER until recently was
Albert =. Brady. Prior to Induction
into the military service he was
manager Of the great Casino Theatre
on Long Island. New York. Though
still a Young man. he is one of the old
timers on the stage and has appeared
in such well known productions as
"'rhr Prince of India" "l'en Hur.
".rhrrc Twins" THE Midnight sun"
and "Floradora." Formerly dragging
down $4,000 or more per year In the
shaIs. of Il SALARY. and now drawing
$50 per month. Private Brady was Ike
all who serve. perfectly happy ana
cuntrntrd and no doubt would have
been miserable had he been left out OF
the fight.
one day while going around dis
tributing literature IN the interest OF
food and cquilmgc conservation,
ran upon a fellow named Lee Gooch.
rrStty nearly every small hoy ana
every baseball fan who reads TINS
article will recall the name. Prior TO
Joining the army. GOoch was star
outiicldrr of the Philadelphia club OF
I'm, American Baseball league. Dccid-
ing that yellow uniform looked bet
ter and WAS much more appreciated
at this time than the white clothes
of the Philadelphia Athletics. no
came To Sewer and entered the fourth
officers training camp which has since
been moved To Camp Gordon. Atlanta,
Ga.
The other day | met Il young law
yer named Miller. inducted into the
service from l'alm Beach. Fla.
didn't get any dope" about himself
from himself. because hc was Il very
modest chap considering the fact that
ne was In civilian life lawyer. n
friend OF his was telling me about
him. "You wouldn't believe it," he
said. hut that chap who lacks a
whGlc lot OF being 81 years OF age,
was drawing down some $4,000 or SlO.-
900 II year through the practice OF his
profession In Florida's great winter
resort town. Why. just a short time
before H. entered the military service
he sold his home for 100000" Miller
was appointed corporal the other
day and he was proudcr over the lit
tie distinction among his fellows than
he would have been had he just
pulled down $4,000 verdict in some
hig damage suit case.
am tentmg with big guy named
Hughes. He lives In Indiana, and
before IL became necessary to put the
fear of God and Democracy In the
Huns. hc WAS drawing $500 or so n
month running n big jack on an In
diana railway. He's in work now
that has no connection whatever with
railroadinc. AS buck private he's
directing a number of German prison.
crs in tent repair at Camp Sewer.
working just rs hard and just as in
telligcntly as he used to do when he
drove his hig steam locomotive
through the Hoosier state ut 60 miles
per. He's n born leader OF men. this
fellow. and he'll forge ahead. These
fellows who were big on the outside
and who rose above the common herd
out there. will likewise do 1t in the
army II given time. You can't keep
'em down!
As most men and most women
know. the firm OF Hart. Schaffner &
Of vt, 10 Tor oh q