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LEWIS M. GRIST GiVES HIS IMPRESSIONS OF FRANCE Transportation Wen the V/ar.?People Drink Wine Instead of Water.?Farming Confined to Trucking. Yorkville Enquirer. Lewis M. Grits, Motor Truck Company 520, returned to the home of j his father, Mr. W. D. Grist, in Yorjcville, Friday morning after nine months' service with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. He arrived in the states in May; but his earlier discharge was prevented by reason of the fact that he has been % held for treatment in hospitals?first at Walter Reed in Washington, and later at the Base Hospital at Camp Jackson. He is looking quite well1 and is much heavier than when he went over. He freely admits that he is fflad of the opportunities he had and the experiences he gained were invaluable, although he emphatically declares that all the money*, in the town of Yorkville would not be much of an inducement for him to go through it again unless conditions were the same as those which made it npfpssarv for the Americans to put' ^ the fear of God arid democracy in the' Germans. He said Friday that he had quite enough of traveling to satisfy him for a few years at any rate,' and that the wanderlust is not strong within him by a great deal. "My job on the Yorkville Enquirer," he said,! "looks better to me than any place I know, and I know for a certainty that | this town of Yorkville is the finest j ? spot on the face of the earth?abso-: lutely no excptions." ' Speaking of his experiences over-1 seas and the work of his organization, Corporal Grist said: "We fel-! lews in the motor corps didn't have any chance to especially distinguish ourselves and we did not have any fighting to do. Why, we didn't even have to fight cooties and I have yet to have the experience of going through one of * those de-cootieizer outfits, so necessary and vital to the physical comfort of the doughboys. It was our job to transport the fight' ers to the front lines, to haul them j snnrvlies and all that kind of thing "TX and to keep the thousands and thou- j sands of trucks, motor-cycles and1 . touring cars in running shaps. We had plenty to do all the time and there was comparatively little time: for recreation. If we didn't learn pretty nearly all there is to learn about motor cars and their mechanism, it is our fault. We surely had plenty of opportunity to learn. j Aided Railroads. "You have heard a good deal about! the efficiency of French railroads," Vio .-nntinued. "There is no doubt of the fact that they are efficiently managed. During my nine months in France, I never saw or heard of 1 a serious railroad accident. But at % the same time those railroads are j very small and very slow, and it is! my sincere belief that had it not been ' for the thousands of American and Allied trucks used in handling soldiers up to the lines like trains the war 11 T - *? nlca i "would Still De in pru^reaa ut ClOV j Jerry would have long ago mopped j up. Motor trucks hauled as many, soldiers over France as ' did the! French trains and most of the auto- j mobile hauling, it seemed to me, was i done by the Americans. i , "The French trains are small, they j have not the accommodations of our American trains. Why, many of their engines on the main lines are not nearly as large as the dinky engines one sees in use on construction work in this country. There seems to be little system about their operation and yet there is a lot of system too. They know nothing about air brakes and the conductor has no means of communication with the engineer except in person. Many a time I have seen a French conductor stop his * train at some little village or town, i. go into a saloon and order a quart of ^ wine and sit for half hour or so at a | P table, calmly sipping his vintage. The, v passengers had no redress other than i to wait his pleasure to proceed. I've known the engineers to do the same thing. It is more tnan lunny as com-, pared with our methods. Yet damage suits in French courts on account of, railroad accidents are almost un-j known in France. A watchman, usually a woman, is stationed at every! railroad crossing of any importance, in France. She has a horn and upon approach of a train, stands near the .crossing and blows the horn. Rode in Box Cars. I "We enlisted men did most of our Tuesday, July 22 | Hal! Caine's Greatest Story "THF MANY-MAN" ARCADE THEATRE Admission 15c and 25c Coming?July 24th?Coming ELMO LINCOLN and in Universalis latest serial "ELMO, THE MIGHTY" riding in box cars?third class ; :>u; know. Atier 1 got my warrant C: a! non-commissioned officer I was . .l-j lowed to ride second class and n. e j than once I have gotten away wit , a ; seat in a first class compartment y j telling the French conductor 'no j compre'?that means no savvy, wh^n I he undertook to oust me from my j good place. "On the whole we fared pretty j well. I don't remember ever going j hungry a day and there was always 1 more than enough for us. But the ! drinking was something fierce. The water in France is very poor and j much of it is poisonous. All that we had was charged with chlorine to kill the germs, and that resulted in a' dose that was worse than awful. Up . around La Pallice the water was i salty and of course there was nothing doing so far as drinking that was i concerned. We had to content ourselves with the wine and beer that! the French drank. I never could J p-et accustomed to it, however, and o ? many a time have I moaned for a drink from that fountain on the aourthcuse square in Yorkville, and my buddies used to make me more than mad with stories about the good- : ness and virtues of spring and well water in the respective communities J 1 - r*own in me oiaies xiviu wuciac v.muv. , The only decent drink of water I had j in Europe was some I got on a little . junket I made over into Spain. But; it didn't taste nearly so good as does l some of that mineral water over at' Piedmont Springs. Shaved With Coffee. "The water problem was ever a r\? 4-U ^ TTxan/iVi ; serious one. \ji cuui&c tuc r^cuvu . don't worry about it because they \ don't need any water in their busi- i ness. I've known fellows to go for three months without a bath because they couldn't get water. I've known . others to use a part of the coffee served them at meals to shave with j and I've gone myself for more than j a week without washing my face, i Sanitary conditions in France are i simply horrible as compared with our methods. Yet the people are healthy j and well which goes to show that j environment has a lot to do with liv- i ing and that people can get used to - 1-. pretty nearly any uuug. "To my great disappointment I I never got into Germany. I had a couple of chances to go up with convoys; but I was busy both times working on the private car of some big general or somebody, and I couldn't beg or bribe*any of my fellow machinists to do my work for me i and let me go. Thus it happened; and while I regret it still I don't know that I missed-a great deal because I saw enough of the Germans to last me for quite a while. Thousands of i prisoners were taken in the various ] areas in which I was stationed and we saw all kinds from buck privates | to some of the biggest guns they had. j The American troops always treated j their German prisoners kindly and1 well; but they were awful keen at all times for German souvenirs. Many a time I have seen a bunch of Jerries brought in who in a short time would be deprived of every button on their clothes. The dough boys wanted 'em as souvenirs for mother, sister and j the sweetheart and the cousins back; i home. Nope, I never cut any on my- j self; but I did have quite a collection. Roads Helped Win War. "France is in many respects a most beautiful and wonderful country," Corporal Grist said. "So far as road construction is concerned, it has this country beat a mile. Many a time have 1 run a Cadilac over rnnrta at. P of SlXtV and 'seventy miles an hour and if there is | a road in this section where it can 'be done?at least where one can do it and keep well, 1 would like to know it. Many of the roads in France have been built thousands of years and the French people in many in- j stances take better care of the roads; than they do of their babies. Never j | would the war have been won in myj rmininn. had it not been for the ex- j j - I [ cellent roads which permitted the; swift transportation of troops. The i enemy fully appreciated their value ! and he succeeded in tearing up hundreds of mile of them. But he could j not do enough tearing up to stop the j Allies, although he did more than his! darndest. I | "As a farming country it is all j right for truck; but the average York; county farmer would starve to death I in trying to make a living over there. |The grape industry there is far more extensive than the cotton industry in this section. My duties carried me to every section of the country on nu-1 |merous occasions and everywhere! jwere huge vineyards of grapes,! i grapes, grapes. Truck farms spotted j | the country and patches of rye. The poorer classes live on rye bread and I jcheap, low-proof wine and they raise enough wine to v/ash down the bread, with plenty to spare. "Some of these days if I live, perhaps I 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! < , . . . p , y / I - . " | iMyyXywjfiu/yg MEN'S C Newest and best styles Suits, special prices BOYS' C Boys' Suits with belt, sp to ? iQitqcj Q fn 90 vpars. V l/V M V J n#? BOYS* KHAK Prices 35c quality Percale, 36 colors, yard BOYS' C Sizes 6 to 18; pair. OVE $3.00 Carhartt Overall; ?2.50 King Overalls. . Finck's Overalls, khaki 6 spools J. & P. Coats.S 1 package limit. None GLOI I NEXT MAYES BOOK S Coming?July 24th?Coming c3 ELMO LINCOLN and \ GRACE CUNARD c in Universal's latest serial S "ELMO, THE MIGHTY" \l ARCADE THEATRE a Tuesday, July 22 j1 Hall Caine's Greatest Story i'c "THE MANX-MAN" f ARCADE THEATRE |* Admission 15c and 25c with any 'yaller' clothes on if I can I honorably help it. And until re- j I cently I never did fully realize just I how attached I am to the Yorkville Enquirer and Yorkville and York county." i ALL DAY PICNIC BY COMMUNITY CLUB. The County Home Demonstration Agents, Misses Willie Mae Wise and Ethel Counts, with Miss Forney, State Dairy Agent, have been doing some special work in Tranwood and Rutherford communities along dairy! lines. Miss f'orney was so wen pleased with conditions and results that some special meetings have been planned for July 22 and 23. Miss | Forney will bring Mr. Moseley, head jof dairy work in South Carolina and I several other speakers of prominence jfor these meetings. j On Tuesday, July 22, at Mr. J. J. Sease's pasture in Tranwood comImunity an all day picnic will be held. |As previously planned a butter con-, test will be held, and the speakers ? ii-i- ? 4.:? "TV. ar? I will give vaiuaDie lniorniunuii. xi:?a i on Wednesday, July 23, at Rutherjford school house an all day get-rogether meeting with picnic dinner will be held with program same as 4< j AR( T "77 Featuring Elizabeth R This wonderful p cast of actors, its beai will enjoy. "Better se I the rush. ARC j OPEN 1 TO 12 P. M. I . \r Saturday and j ? AT 3 Dry CjO LOTHING MADE . Men's and Young Men's Agents for th $15.00 to $35.00 more, Md. Let LOTHING H00 samples to ort models; price $4.50 ? ? ? $16.50 Sale price. . . . I PANTS SALE 98c, $1.48 and 75c . , ' , , , , , Received this inches wide, dots and light Chine and Georg 25c to VERALLS .. . , 40-mch White . 25c to $1.50 Worth more ti RALLS 35c ^ne qUa]j^ s $2.50 ??? $1.85 Yard Wide Pe and blue; special, suit $4.45 ? 35c quality Gi pool Thread 25c ???? sold to wholesalers. 25c Long Clot 3E DRY GO< ;tore lay before. J Robert Andersoi An invitation is extended to all | Robert Anderson W within reach of these communities to November 6, 1882, a 3 * TV? i C !c? O ' 1 _ J* i\/f, ome anu enjuy me uay. x.i.o ?. nome OI I11S A,XJ plendid opportunity for people to yiear Pomaria. July 3 lave their dairy problems discussed 3^ years, 8 months ai md settled. Let everybody plan to ;funeral, which was la nake these meetings worth while, for was conducted in St. ?ur visitors are of great prominence. |and the interment wa Shall Newberry county fall down tery near the church, vhen our State workers are so in- Spirit comfort the b erested in us? !in the hour of affictii l I ??V A mri GOVtKINMtlN 1 MLtHAHl / <v?ftftfMff5?pyggjftg?Kagft#fora Scene at Camp Jesup, maammoth mechanical repair s Df the southeast has been established and will be operated -< a nr tuc JL I1L UESDAY, JUL" George Loane Tucker prest JF MA NY., isdon and Fred Groves From tl tieture has thrilled movie fans through itiful scenery and human appeal. A -> i J "I _ * l "3 -* -"A i-J ?*/? /V)V< ;e it and enjoy it, tnan miss n aim icgi a r? nr u c 1 jn ? i J^jj" f|^e ^ [ A oris Co. I I l-TO-MEASURE CLOTHES j Monumental Tailoring Co., Balti- | us make your suit to order. Prices ^ - A/v/V /\/\ J>23.UU to $>5U.U'J | pick your suit from. I WASH PANTS 1 $98c to $2.50 | WAISTS |? - - i- i. - f ^ 6 weeK new snipmeiit, ui wcpc ette Waists; sizes 34 to 46. Price $2.50 $8.50 Cloth, special yard 19c tian this at the mill today. ;y Sea Island, 36 inches wide, yd 23c rcale, special price, per yard 24c nghams, 27 inches; sale price. .. .25c h, snow white; sale price 19c DDS CO. j nirummnv c r 1 1 Wicker. > For Government Regulation. icker, was bom Detroit Free Press. nd died at the presume you're mighty glad the rs. Ida Dickert, war is over." L5. 1919, aged "Well. I dor.' jes' kr.ow r.bcv.t nd 9 days. The answered Mandy. "Cose Fse giad torgely attended, have my Sam back home an' ail dat,, Philips church, but I jes' know I ain't gwine t' get is in the ceme- money from him so regular as I did May the Holy while he wuz in de army an' de govereaved family ernment wuz handlin' his financial on. affairs." \ ICAL REP A R SHOP. | "" ,1 hop, where tec hnical training school for young men [ at the expens e of the government. iATKti Y 22 I jnts \ MAN" I * lie famous novel by Hall Caine out the country by its splendid picture that the entire family et it." Come early and avoid 1 i A TDE1 a r* i i ADMISSION 15c AND 25c 1