Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-28
WITHIN THE TOWN

The TraVOra COTTON Mill, OH io"ei
Congress street, suspended operations
yesterday on account of the influenza
situation.
-Supt Faris of the water, light and
power department, has been having
quite q serious time Of 1t with innu-
enZa.
For instance, the health laws re-
uuire that there be made every three
months a chemical analysis OF the pub
lie drinking water, by a chemist ap-
proved by the state board OF healtn,
and also by a biologist, approved py
the same authority, bacteriolog-
ical examination. no less than every
three months. The results OF such
analysis and examinations are requir-
ed to be published for public infor-
nation. It has been quite a long time
since anything Of the kind has been
done, certainly not within year. wa
ter, pure or impure, bears most I'M
portant relation to health.
THE courthouse was we'll filled last
Friday night with people Of the town
and country, who had gathered to hear
Col. w. w. Lewis tell Of some OF his
experiences in the world war, as pre-
yiously announced. All the available
seats were occupied and almost all or
the standing room was taken. The au.
dience would no doubt have been still
larger had there been more room,
though possibly some may have oeen
kept away for fear Of the flu. There
was no charge for admission, the talk
being purely complimentary to those
who desired to hear Col. Lewis tell OF
the things he had experienced, seen
and heard in connection with the Dig
oh, f,a q q
but little If anything that had not al
ready been told and printed by others,
his story was none the less interesting
and entertaining. In his talk Col.
Lewis reviewed his trip across the At
lantic, told Of some incidents connect
ed with his stay in England and IN
France, recited some funny anecdotes
appropriate to the subject matter, and
exhibited q number of souvenirs, some
of which he had collected himself,
some of which he had purchased, and
gave the history Of each. The trans
port on which Col. Lewiss outfit made
the crossing was attacked by SUD-
marine; but the submarine was driven
off without having been able to inrlct
any damage. One Of his funny stories
was connected with the difficulties Of
trade between people who are unable
to talk to each other, and the prac-
tice Of the French people In victimizlng
their American customers. soldier
in making a purchase from a woman
shopkeeper indicated the article ne
wanted and allowed the woman to
take the price from a number OF COINS
in his open hand. The soldier thougnt
the woman had taken more than was
coming to her, and he appealed to a
pal who claimed to be able to speak
French to help him out. "ParleZ-vous.
Francais?" began the pal. "Bon)our,
oui. oui," replied the woman, and the
pal, unable to go any further plurted
out in English: well, why IN the hell
didn't you give this man the rlght
CHANGE" Col. Lewis described In IN
teresting detail the work Of his own
command in connection with bringing
up ammunition, explained the manner
of receiving. signals from the front,
told how most Of the movements had
to be made at night and especially
how. even q lieutenant, In command OF
men going up to the front with am
munition, was not subject to the orders
of any superior officer he might meet
on the way; but was instructed to In
yite such superior officer to take his
name and rank and report him to
headquarters, etc. While telling about
the artillery work, ne repeated the
story of a negro artillerytst who, upon
being questioned, explained that ne
was "doorkeeper to one Of the big
guns" II open de do, anuder Niger
pushes in de powder den anuder mig
ger pushes in de thing what makes 'er
20 bang, and den I hollers, Kaiser,
count your men," Among Colonel
I,ewis's souvenirs were some shells that
had been carved by French artists, one
a 72 and one AZ; pretty fruit bas-
ket that had been abandoned on bat
tlefield by the Germans, and other ar
ticles. In conclusion he told how en-
Enthusiastically responsive the troops
were to all the songs Of welcome on
their arrival in New York, and how 81
lence fell over them all upon the sing
ing of Hail. hail. the Gangs All
Here." for the boys could not help be-
ing reminded that many Of the gang
were sleeping in the bloody hattlef1elds
of Frame