Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-29
HERE AND THERE

The publication of the story that
Mrs. "a. B." Of the Piedmont springs
section smashed up a still by which
she was being annoyed, brings out an
other incident Of the same kind. Sher-
if Quinn told the writer last Saturday
that not long ago he heard a story like
this: while working out on their
plantation in Cherokee county, two
ladies, mother and daughter, saw a
suspicious smoke arising from the
woods on branch some distance from
their home. They went to the spot
from which the smoke was rising and
saw some men working at a still. The
men ran away. The mother left her
daughter to watch the situation while
she went back to the house and tele-
phoned Sheriff Thomas. The sheriff
came on the scene without delay. and
lost no time in breaking up the still,
and the ladies did not fail to give him
the names Of the men who had been
operating the still.
In a letter, dated at La Pallice,
France, April 9, and addressed to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Grist,
Corporal Lewis NJ. Grist Of Motor
Truck Company $40, says that his va
cation at Luchon was spoiled by bad
cold, accompanied by considerable fe-
YER, that kept him in the hospital for a
week. Il went to the DOCTOR" writes
the young soldier, ito get a headache
tablet; but instead of giving me the
tablet he sent me to the hospital, and
naturally felt very much disappoint-
ed to have my vacation interferred
with in any such manner. for wanted
to get all there was to the outing, and
1 was not right sure that was in nee:
nf nh P,,f f1,r mt
right had considerable fever and a
pretty rough time for about four days.
But it was not nearly so bad as 1t
might have been. It was a French hos
pital in which American soldiers were
also treated, and at one time 1t was
taking care Of 5000 patients. There
are only few hundred now, including
perhaps a dozen Americans And there
were two American nurses who were
just as good to us as anybody could
wish. In fact they gave us well-nigh
everything we asked for, and did 1t in
a way that made us feel that they were
glad to be Of service. I am glad Of the
time spent in this hospital, because
now l. feel that I have probably es-
capped more serious illness. I left here
to be gone seven days, and was gone
fourteen days. And another pleasant
luClueIlC OCCuTTGu. 1 ulel up Will hcOll
PlaXco of Yorkville, the first pre-waI
acquaintance I have run upon since
leaving the United States. If you
believe both Of us enjoyed the meet
ing, ask Leon"
The idea of preparing individual
narratives and testimonies Of the war
while the subject is still fresh in the
minds Of those who participated in 1t is
not new. 1t has occurred to many of
the older people who, by past expert
ence and observation, have been i'm
pressed with the Importance Of such
work. But the puzzle Is how best to
accomplish this work. There have
been suggestions of the erection Of es-
pecial memorial buildings in which to
store and preserve such records. That
suggestion is good, If it can be carried
out; but the question is, can 1t be car
ried out? Honestly, there is but small
hope in that direction; but the absence
of such a building need not interfere
with the plan, because If there Is a
will to prepare these records, the
work can be accomplished as satisfac-
torily and as thoroughly without a
building as with one. 1t occurs to u
that the best way to handle the task
is through the public schools. There
are few families in which there were
no soldiers and. still fewer families
which there are no school children
Every soldier who was drafted for the
war is represented by child at school
if not by a brother or a sister, II
certainly by a niece, nephew or cousin
If there is any better means Of mind
training than in the writing Of histori-
cal narratives like those here involved
the nature of it does not occur to
The war experience of brother, un-
Gle or cousin ought to appeal to every
child as a most interesting subject, and
if every school will take the matter
up, it will be a comparatively Ell
matter to compile complete record OF
every soldier. Now we have the idea.
Why put it Off?