Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-15

they couldn't get water. I've known
others to use a part of the cofree
served them at meals to shave with
and I've gone myself for more than
week without washing my race.
Sanitary conditions in France are
simply horrible as compared with our
methods. Yet the people are healthy
and we'll which goes to show that
environment has a lot to do with nv-
ing and that people can get used to
pretty nearly anything.
ITO my great disappointment l
never got into Germany. I had
couple of chances to go up with con-
voys; but 1 was busy both times
working on the private car of some
big general or somebody, and 1
couldn't beg or bribe any of my fellow
machinists to do my work for me and
let me go. Thus it happened; and
while I regret it still don't know that
l missed a great deal because 1 saw
enough of the Germans to last me for
quite a while. Thousands Of prisoners
were taken in the various areas In
which was stationed and we saw all
kinds from buck privates to some
of the biggest guns they had. The
American troops always treated their
German prisoners kindly and well;
but they were awful keen at all times
for German souvenirs. Many time
have seen a bunch of ferries brought
in who in a short time would be de-
prived of every button on their
clothes. The dough boys wanted 'em
as souvenirs for mother, sister and
the sweetheart and the cousins back
home. Nope, l never cut any of my
self; but 1 did have quite collection.
Roads Helped Win War.
France is in many respects
most beautiful and wonderful
country" Corporal Grist said. $50
far as road construction is concerned,
it has this country beat mile. Many
time have 1 run a Cadillac over
French roads at rate OF sixty and
seventy miles an hour and If there Is
road in this section where 1t can
be done-at least where one can do it
and keep we'll, / would like to know
it. Many of the roads in France have
been built thousands of years and the
French people in many instances take
better care of the roads than they do
of their babies. Never would the
war have been won in my opinion,
had it not been for the excellent roads
which permitted the swift transporta-
ton of troops. The enemy fully ap-
preciated their value and he succeed
ed in tearing up hundreds of miles OF
them. But he couldn't do enough
tearing up to stop the Allies, although
he did more than his darndest.
"As a farming country 1t Is all right
for truck; but the average York
county farmer would starve to death
in trying to make living over there.
The grape industry there is far more
extensive than the cotton industry in
this section. Ny duties carried me to
every section of the country on nu-
merous occasions and everywhere
were huge vineyards Of grapes, grapes
grapes. Truck farms spotted the
country and patches of rye. The
poorer classes live on rye bread and
cheap, low proof wine and they raise
enough wine to wash down the bread
with plenty to spare.
Some of these days if I live, per-
haps 1 will go back over there and
look it all over. If I go I'll go with
a big heel on and plenty of leisure. A
trip of that kind would be more than
interesting. But I am not going over
with any 'yaller' clothes on If can
honorably help it. And until re-
Gently l never did fully realize just
how attached l am to the Yorkville
Enquirer and Yorkville and York
county"