Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-13
SURE ENOUGH AMERICANS

SURE ENOUGH AMERICANS
Miss Frances II. Parish. formerly Of
Yorkvil!e. now Of New York. spent n
!. part of last Saturday and Sunday in
Yo'kville. having stopped over on her
way home from visit TO her sister.
Miss Lille Parish, at 81. George.
During her brief stay in Yorkville she
was the guest of the families of Mr..
W. d. Gr'ist and DR.. \. Y. Cartwright.
Miss Parish. IL will bc remembered
by many. was once a member Of the
| staff OF the Yorkville Enquirer. Sh2
went 10 New York in 1906, continued
her connection with publication work
on various magazines. and for some
wears Iast has been one of the editors
Of the Review OF Reviews, which has
publication offices in London and
New York. and which. with n month
| ly issue of nearly two million copies,
is one Of the most noted and widely
circulated magazines in the world.
Though of a somewhat shy and re-
firing disposition. decidedly avcrSc to
any kind OF boasting, Miss Parish is Il
Young woman OF unusual ability. She
graduated from Winthrop college
while quite young. and has ever since
been q conscientious and persistent
Striyer after intellectual and spiritu-
al Improvement, not so much on her
own account as for the help she could
bc to others. She is teacher in a
mission for Italian waits, founded In
Nnw York hN Mrs
Mason. Il sister Of the late Hons. |.
d.. j. II. and J. X. Withcrspoon OF
lOrkyillr. and she is q leader in sew
| eral patriotic societies in the city. hav-
ing for their object the comfort and
wei being of departing soldiers and
sailors and the returning wounded.
"One OF the most wonderful cases ]
have come in contact with" said Miss
Parish, was that of u young fellow
| from .\labama whom | met in the
Columbia University hospital. He was
II bright. handsome boy. still under
II. who mad gone over with the Rain
low division and who fell wounded
the. first time he went over the top.
\ bullet struck his throat. practically
cut the JuSular vein and passed out
on the side of his face. He fell on
his rifle in such a way that the
barrel pressed against the wound
and checked the flow of blood. II was
several hours before hc could be
moved and II" lay in Il French hos
pita! for six weeks before he began TO
rec over consciousness. He could re-
member Il little about being on ship
hoard during the voyage back home:
bit hardly seemed TO he able to re-
aliz,. that he was I'm America. We
could talk To him but they did not al
low him to talk. He would answer
lanythi,S that required an answer on
Il writing pad. He was evidently very
fond of company and made himself
most delightfully."- agreeable. one day
wh,n ! onsolmgl! assured him that
hc wound soon be abl" to get back 10
lis home In Alabama. his eyes show
ed displcaSIIrc and he wrote, why.
they got ME the first time tried To go
over the top. | will never he happy
until | get back and get some Of
tlcm. y few weeks ago I got letter
| from him In which h" proudly inform
ed hIC that he was back in the ranks
and would soon bc in France again.
Why. such spirit. such determination,
II is simply fine"
Iiut the message that Miss Parish
brought that WAS Of most local interest
had to 90 with DR.. Philip Hunter Of
Yorkvillc Even the members of the
doctors family had never learned the
details of the doctors capture, and
from the story Miss Parish tells there
is no wonder, for as brave man as
Philip Hunter proved TO be would
never have repeated the facts on his
own account. That Is because of the
modcsty that is inherent to such cour-
age
81 heard the story from Dr. Nc
Gill. a Scotch Canadian. who had
been three years in the service in
France. and who was lecturing in
New York Il few weeks ago. his sub
irct being the self sacrificing hcrOism
Of individual soldiers. DR.. McGill is Il
chaplain. not an VI. ID. From what the
speaker said. I gathered that he was
an witness TO what he was talk
ing about. Anyhow as | understood
him it was not Tar from Cambria. He
sail that positively the most heroic
act he had ever witnessed, and hc
believed the war had developed moth
ing greater was performed by three
young army surgeons. Onc OF them
was from Chicago, one from Ohio.
and on" was Philip Hunter of South
Carolina. He mentioned the names OF
the others: but ] have forgotten them.
OF course there was no mistake about
Ihilip, because ] was thrilled by the
hlON VI III
n boy OF my own acquaintance from
my home town. We were forcing the
Germans in our trenches said DIR. Nc
Gill; with shells coming and going.
when We saw four or five Of our men
run into cloud Of poison gas that
was being waited over No Mans
Land The men We're caught unawarcs
and fell. The doctors saw them. Ii
WAS their business TO treat men who
were brought in. and no part OF their
duty TO go out there: but all three Of
them went. They had on their gas
masks: hut nobody knew the danger
better than these same doctors. AS
they approached the PROSTATE men
they lost their way and being unable
to sec with their masks on, tore them
off down 10 the parts that covered
their mouths. The enemy began shell
ing and that made the work more diff
licult. Philip was overcome by the
gas and fell while still trying to help
tn" men on whose account he had
gonr out. There was every reason to
believe the young doctor was dead and
IL WAS not worth while under the cir
cmStanccs 10 try to bring him in. II
was some time after that before il
W; definitely learned that DIR. Hunt
or WAS n priSOnpr'"