Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-03-18
HERE AND THERE

Ernest Camp, one Of the Thlrtleth
division boys, who was returned 10
America in advance of his division, pe-
cause of wounds received In the ngnt-
ling, gives some interesting lnlorna-
ton about another York county poy,
r. B. Beach, who formerly lived near
Yorkville. Beach's left arm was cut
off by a shell, all but thin STRIP o,
skin that held it to the stump. he mao
ring ON q finger on the arm and with
his other hand he took that ring on
before leaving the detached member
on the battlefield. Mr.. Camp under
stands that Beach is now in Washing
ton and probably will enter one OF the
vocational training schools.
Apples of the kind that used to sell
at from 20 to 80 cents a dozen, are
now bringing go cents a dozen: NO
one has ever known apples to be SO
scarce before, and nobody knows the
reason. A copy Of the stars ano
Stripes." the soldier paper, just recelv-
ed from France, contains q paragraph
that may shed some light on the SUD
iect. It says that $4,000 crates OF ap-
ples have Just been received by the Y.
M. department and that from now on
the apples will continue to come al
that rate every month. The paragraph
eynIains that the soldiers are all SO
badly stalled on salmon that the u. M.
denartment has sold 100000 cases
to the French and orders have been Is
sued that hereafter no more than one
Mound of salmon may be served to any
member of the A. E: F. during eacn
20 days. Apples, oranges and otner
fruits are being imported In large
Quantities. but in spite of 60 cents a
dozen, apples are still In demand Al
the stores. :,
We have a. copy Of 1.-THE Barrage,
put over" (published) by the lSth
Field Artillery, now in Germany, WIN
the compliments Of Paul 4. Bratton'
who is with that organization. Paul.
n will be remembered, is volunteer
who went with the first hundred thou,
sand and who has been through II al
from the beginning until now. AT TINS
time he is in Germany, willing 10 see
1t through to the very end; put at ttie
same time anxious to get back 70 tne ,1
folks at home. The Barrage is sHaii
four page paper, only recentiy
and devoted entirely to the viewpoint
~ the artillerymen. It Is dated at
PoIch Germany. The leading article
in the copy at hand is review OF the
bie part that has been played py the
Eighteenth artillery from the oegln-
ming of the fight on the Marne on up
to the armistice. Among the seVerai
editorials that Artilleryman BrattoIi
has marked with evident approVai, Is
one protesting against the proposltion
to take away the gold service striPe
that had been awarded to the boys VINO
had six months service abroad. anu
also a protest against the common ten
dency of the newspapers and the pup
lie to confuse the doughboys with tne
artillerymen. The public LOOKS upon
the term "doughboy" as an allectioii-
ate reference to all the American ram
and file; but in actual service, the a.
tilleryman, the infantryman, tne ma
rine and the members OF the various
other branches look upon ms own p
ticular branch Of the service as 'as ns
whole thing and the others as more or
,oss necessary auxiliaries. Altogether
The Rarrage is quite an interesting lt-
tie sheet.
Mr.. Lindsay B. Misskelly, son OF Mr.
]. d. Misskelly, of YorkVlile NO; o. 20
home from the great war. iouue
MisskeIIy was one Of the first to vol
mnteer his services to the cause en-.
listing Nav 2S, 1917, though dla no.
yet to the front until some tlme III
lime of last year. He was a menlpel
of the 1O5 Engineers, and says thI.
be learned q little about every praIch
of the service, although he never car
,iod a rifle nor helped man a macIine
,r,n IN action, He did his fighting
With huge revolver; ne says lie
,yas Glad not to have rifle and pay.
onet after seeing the savageness OF
ba yonet fighting. He took part IN
two particularly heavy engagements'
and saw plenty Of the German ma