Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-25
LOCAL LACONlCS.

Some Good Work.
The chaingang has very much i'm
proved the Rutherford road out of
Yorkville from the corporate limits Of
the town to Turkey creek. The sand
and clay section put down under the
supervision of Mr.. D. II. Winslow. has
been worked into good shape and pao-
pie who have passed over it, say it is
the thing"
Death of Mrs. w. A. Carroll.
Mrs. Florence Carroll. wife of Mr.. w.
A. Carroll, died at her home at Filbert,
on last Tuesday morning ut o'clock,
after an illness of several weeks with
a complication of disorders. The de-
ceased was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. r. Hogue of Filbert r. +. d. No. l.
and was a lady of admirable Christian
character and disposition. who was
held in the highest regard by all who
knew her. She was not quite II years
of age. She leaves a husband and five
children, three girls and two boys
She Is survived by her father and
mother and the following brothers and
sisters: Mr.. J. A. HOgue, Camden: Mr.
w. S. Hogue, No. 2, Yorkvllle: Mr.. j.
N. Hogue. No. |, F'ilbert; Mrs j. b. At
kins, No. 6, YOrkville; Mrs. John r.
Carroll, Yorkville; Mrs. J. NJ. Stewart
Rock Hill; Mrs. w. F. Gettys, Tirzah.
The Mary Copper Mine.
Messrs. Frank ]. BetZ and Robert
Lynch, mining engineers from COnnec-
ticut, have been spending the past two
weeks prospecting the Mary Copper
mine, about six miles northeast of
Yorkville. They pumped the water out
of the mine for the first time in nearly
fifty years, found that the flow can be
easily controlled, and took specimens
of ore that they say assayed more than
40 per cent of copper. There is nc
question of the fact that it Is a mine
and a good one" says Mr.. BetZ
and furthermore, he is sure that the
Connecticut people he represents, who
he says have plenty of money, will take
up the proposition and develop 1t ex'
tensively. why, you know copper i!
great metal now days, and in con-
stantly increasing demand. They arr
working mines in the west and in Mex
leo that run only or per cent cop
per and making good money out OF
them. This mine looks very good tc
us, and we will certainly recommend
its development"
The Charlotte Road.
The people out the Charlotte road
are in rather a bad way on the roat
question, especially with regard Il
portions of that section, extending
from the corporate limits of Yorkvillt
for several miles. At the beginning ol
the good roads propaganda In this
county some twelve or fifteen years ago
this was a very bad piece of road, a,
least for the first mile or two. AS the
result of a movement inaugurated by
DR.. r. A. Bratton and heartily Sec
onded by Messrs. G.. H, G'Leary, M. l.
Thomasson, the late ]. H. Riddle ano
others, several thousand dollars were
raised for experiments in macadan
work, and with the assistance OF the
county chaingang, there were bull
about four miles of road, which for
long time stood as the very best in the
county. The road was spoken OF
throughout al this section as a brae
piece of work. But from the day the
road was completed, no further atten-
ton was paid to it, and after a time, II
began to go down. BY last summer /,
mad gotten into very bad shape, anc
the road hands in trying to improve it
covered the macadam up in places
with clay. This proved to be very
bad move, and during the winter the
road has been in horrible shape again
as bad as it used to be. Mr.. M. l.
Thomasson, who lives a little more
than two miles out, is very much con-
cerned about the situation, and is try
ing to rally the forces necessary tc
secure q new road.