Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-18

Marine and there were only eight of
us to about sixteen of them, but we
sure cleaned out that first batch. My
pleasure ended right there though,
for piece of shrapnel banged me in
the left arm and it was back to the
woods for me. But, believe me, my
company did it's share in driving the
Huns into the river"
Didn't Know When to Quit.
If anyone wants to know why the
Americans were at first driven back
from the river bank, they are hereby
referred to Lonnie Shelton of Bur-
dine, Ky. Skeletons unit alone took
over 500 prisoners when the Ameri-
cans returned to the counter attack,
and but for the fact that a number
of them were knocked out as Shelton
was, they would have still been going.
"They knocked us back at first by
the most terrific barrage 1 ever saw
turned loose, but we didn't stay back
long" declared he. 1--WE got the order
to cOunter-attack, and the way we
waded back into Mr. Boche was some
thing to write home about I've never
seen such bunch as we had. They
advanced yelling like hell, bayonetted
and shot down every Heinie that
didn't know enough to get out of the
way. Those guys could never beat
America in thousand years, and tell
'em l said So"
Kentucky had another man in that
same scrap that didn't know when to
quit, even after piece of shrapnel
had cut nasty cash in his right leg.
He's Arthur Baker of Doorway,
''Kaintuckee," and he had just gone
into line with his company when the
ball opened. The barrage got him, but
didn't put him out. A little later,
when the Germans came over to see
,, about it, Baker was still on the Job,
! working his gun for all he was worth.
When the Americans had to 90 back
Baker was so exhausted he couldn't
retire. His comrades picked him up
and carried him.
O They Didn't Last Long.
e "Heinie" tried out one of his favor
e tie stunts of dressing up some of his
soldiers in French and American uni
forms, according to Anton Zolnowsk
: of 2848 South Turner avenue, Chicago
y I'VE saw ten men on the edge of {
:. little wood a little distance away
Il eight of them were in French uni
= form and two in American. We yellet
r. to them to come over and join us
% They advanced a few PAGES and thel
ID opened fire on u.s."
+ Zolnowski smiled rather unpleas
Is antly as he patted right arm tina
bears machine-gun bullet.
u "They didn't last long. We mad
- one dash for them. Not one of 'er
ID got away. They were Germans al
rs right. There was another group CON
at ing up. I got private and then tn
w officer In charge sailed into me.
g. tried to shoot him with my rifle. bu
1T was broken. got him all RICH
ne though"
he The Chicagoan seemed inclined t
re end the conversation there.
as How'd you get him?'' I asked, afte
al. a little pause.
ed "Just turned the butt end of nv OIL
ry around and dubbed him over the hea
re- with It," replied Zolnowski in tt
most matter-of-fact tone.
he When the Americans came back
of them it didn't take long to clean eye7
an German out of their territory, d
nd. clared Elmer Sturtz of Wellsbur
ap- Pa. Before he got a Mauser ball
lily his right shoulder Sturtz had the q
ale IRENE good fortune to see two no
toon bridges the enemy had throw
of across the river destroyed by the E
ich curate fire of the American artillery.
ged Content to Be Goino.
They were filled with Germans +,
get Some Of them were coming, but the
tier were others who seemed very conte
ere TO be going. Two shells from Anne
the can six-inchers lit squarely over t