Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-18
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. c. w. Carroll and little daugh-
ter, of. Yorkville, are visiting relatives
in Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Della Stewart, who has been
spending several weeks with relatives
and friends in BlacksburS, has return
ed to her home on No. 2, Sharon.
Miss Iva Mahaffey, who has been
spending several days In Columbia,
Chesterfield and Bishopville, has re-
turned to her home in Yorkville.
Miss Maggie Bolin, having com.
pleted her second term as teacher OF
the Rehoboth school, near Waxhaw,
N. c., has returned to her home on No.
6 Yorkville.
R. F. Smith, who was recently call
ed to his home at Tirzah, on account
of the death Of his mother, has return
ed to Camp Alexander, Newport News
Virginia.
Mr.. A. Knox Quinn, recently return
ed from France, after spending several
days in Yorkville with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Quinn, left Wed
nesday to take his old place at New
bern, N. G.
DR.. w. c. Black, of Greenville, S. c.
who has been attending the Medical
association which met In Florence, >.
c. spent Thursday in Yorkville as
guests of his cousins, Mrs. Susan
Wallace and the Misses Quinn.
John K. Smelling, ESQ.,, Of Barnwell,
S. c., has been in Yorkville during the
past several days visiting his SON DR..
G. N. Smelling of the understanding
Drug CO. Mr.. Smelling has been judge
of probate of Barnwell county for the
past twenty years.
Mr.. Arthur C. Lytle, recently re-
been serving as sergeant in the 11Sth
Infantry, Thirtieth division, has pur-
chased the drug business Of w. B. Ar
drey & Co., in Fort Mill. Mr.. Lytle
was in the drug business before he
went off with his company and now
assumes the vocation Of proprietor,
where formerly he was clerk.
Mr.. John Gettys McClain Of Coving-
ton, Tenn, has been spending some
days in York county visiting relatives
and friends Of the Gettys family con-
nections. Mr.. Mccain has long been
one Of the leading citizens OF his part
of Tennessee along social, religious,
educational and business lines. He has
been retired from active business for
several years with the exception Of
more or less direct interest he still
maintains in his farming operations;
but lacks a great deal Of having be-
come back number in any particu-
lar.
II hope to look Yorkville over once
more before leave this world" writes
Sergeant A. McNeel Of Solsville, N. Y,
in a letter in which he encloses $3.50
to renew his subscription to The York
Vile ENQUIRER. Mr.. McNeel Is Union
veteran Of the Civil war, who was sta
toned in Yorkville during the early
seventies, and who entertained the
same sentiments toward the local peo-
pie as did Lieutenant Benner, or non
ored memory. He has been to York
Vile twice within the past dozen years
to renew communion with his old SOL
dier days, and although he describes
himself as now hanging on the rag
ged edge" he feels that he wants to
come back again. Although there are
few who now remember Sergeant Nc
Neel, there is q deep compliment to
the little old town and her people In
the sentiment of this true blue old SOL
dier.
The following letter dated March 19
from Yorkston Grist, Battery +,
Eleventh Field Artillery, published in
the Columbia State of yesterday. gives
good idea Of how some of the Amer
ican soldiers are enjoying their days In
France: Dear Mamma: l received
your letter today dated February 1S.
| also got a letter from Earl Grist and
one from Hazel, (Mrs. H. E. Neil. OF
Yorkville). 1 have been getting my
mail o. X. since December %. One OF
the boys got his Christmas box yes
l., It'll
me. ! came back from Nice, France,
Yesterday. Believe me I had the best
time / ever had in my life. l had been
all over France. but only through the
country, and of course / didn't think
much of France. But since / came
back from Nice l have a different
tune. Nice Is the prettiest place
have ever seen in my life. There were
more pretty girls there than / have
ever seen and if you were an Amer
lean soldier you could hardly walk
on the street for them. Some times
you would be with one and about ten
would take you away from her and
away you went. Talk about style,
they had it. What it took for them
to doll up was right in Nice. l stop
ped at the best hotel in Nice and be-
lieve me those big beds and that beau
tiful dining room would make SOL
dier from the mud and woods OF
France for the last seven months long
for home, where he can live as gen.
tleman once more. To sit at that ta-
bic with honest plates and cups and
five or six French maids to serve you!
I thought 1t was only a dream but
when I bit on one Of those biscuits and
some pork roast and then l found 1t
was not a dream. Then I went to
Monte Carlo, a country of $4,000 peo-
They had an army Of 126 men
when the war broke out. Then / went
over to Italy for a day. The pretty |
part about the trip Uncle Sam paid the
bill. That was the only time that J
wished Wild was over here, so that he
could take that trip with me. The
things that l saw on that trip could
never get paper to write 1t on. VIII