Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-09
HERE AND THERE

A good many people were more OF
less ske ptical about the real condition
of that tank last Monday. The story
was that the tank had broken down
and that the missing parts had been
ordered to reach Rock Hill by the time
the machine got to that place. Some
believed the story and some were moi
so sure. A great many thought tina,
the driver had gotten tired Of rolling
the rough war machine through the
streets from day to day for exhibition
purposes. Some were suspicious that
although the tank was not unloaded ir
Rock Hill. This did not happen, how
ever. The statement in Rock Hill was
that even with the broken parts avail.
able the machine could not be repair
ed to working order for several days.
At the meeting of the county board
of commissioners Wednesday, Mr.. J. S
Brice called attention to the informa.
ton given out by ]. Roy Pennells, state
engineer, as published elsewhere in
this issue of The Enquirer. AS Mr.
Brice saw it in a general way, any
county that is getting the benefit OF
Federal aid for the construction OF
public roads, in whole or in part, ought
to be able to get the use Of one OF
more of these trucks. York county Is
already getting the benefit Of govern.
ment help, and If the Kings Mountain
township bond election carries it will
probably get more Of it. There are
many counties in the state that will
not be eligible to receive trucks, anG
that ought to give York county as
many as she wants, at least one fol
each township. He thought that these
trucks could be used to very great ad.
vantage and he suggested that by al
means steps should be taken to secure
the county's share at once. The un.
derstanding is that Supervisor Boy6
will take the matter up forthwith anG
see what can be done.
"Sure, you can make a flrst-class
road with good road plow drawn by
la powerful tractor" said Mr.. w. B
Keller, in reply to a question from
Here and There, Monday night. 1T /:
only a question Of work, experiment
and judgment. did not make a com.
plete job on that section Of the King:
Mountain road that I was working or
the other day, for two or three rea.
sons. In the first place I did not un.
derstand that was to have the roaC
outfit for a long enough time to make
JOU, dllu L ildu W uly
plans to suit the short time. In the
second place, the tractor had only 6
central hitch and it needed a side
hitch for the best results, and in the
third place, the plow which was brok.
en- to begin with, gave out before 1 go
through. But you can take that kline
Of an outfit and smooth and shape VI
road to perfection. It Is only ques.
tion of knowing how to do the work
and being willing to put in the time
Mr.. j.. C. Wilborn told Here anG
There yesterday, that the York Auto
mobile association is certainly going tc
see to it that York county gets it.
share of those army trucks that are tc
come 20 South Carolina, 1--WE do no
know yet just what we will have to de
to get the trucks" he said, but what
ever 1t is necessary to do, that
we will do, and If there is nc
other way to secure their opera.
ton on the roads, we will see that they
are operated, even If we have to put uI
our own money" He went on to say
that steps are being taken to sec
whether or not it is practicable to ge
the Federal government to help or
that Catawba river bridge to the tune
Of fifty-fifty. II have no positive in
formation as to what can be done,
he said, "but am writing to find out.