Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-28
The Kina's Mountain Township

The Kings Mountain Township
Highway commissioners have COM
pleted practically fifteen miles OF first
class road at IN expense OF approx
mately $4,000, probably little less
rather than a little more, and they cs-
innate that by January /, they will not
have expended quite half of the money
realized on, the sale of their 100000
worth of bonds.
The whitest cotton field up the
Kings Mountain road is that of Mr.. ID.
3. Wallace, about miles from York
vile. In passing the reporter asked a
companion Who knows: What Is the
matter with Mr.. Wallace, that he
should have all that cotton in the field
at this time Of year when everybody
else has their fields clean?" why"
was the reply, "Mr. Wallace is just one
of the best farmers in York county,
and he has made. so much that he has
been unable TO gather it,
If do net know but what I'm rather
glad that we did not get any Federal
AID on the road from Bethany to tho
Kings Mountain lirc," said George ~.
McCartet of the Ramah neiShborhood.
Wednesday. You sec it is this way"
he explained. "Wherc you get FEEDER
al aid, the state engineers have
charge, and they spend so much mo-
ncy in various prcliminarics that are
of doubtful use that fear there would
not be enough left to build the road. ]
feel sure that we have got every bit rs
much road as we would have got with
Federal aid and believe it is every
bit as good" As to whether Mr.. Nc
Carter is correct or not, there may be
room for difference of opinion; but h'
Is certainly not alone in the view he
has expressed.
The sand and clay idea so common
in ro2d building few years back, has
about played out. Originally the cN-
perts sent out by the department OF
agriculture undertook to teach that the
sand and clay idea was the thing and
insisted that the entire secret Of sue
ccssful road building lay in the pro-
portions of the mixture. Some clays
required more sand than they said.
and others less. They held too that
the percentage of sand and clay for
the best results depended on the char
acter of the sand and the character
Of the clay. In all these things they
were no doubt correct: but it does not
appear that the exact clements have
been discovered, just what kind of
mixture can be absolutely depended
upon TO form a strong durable road
surface that will not yield to water or
rough usage. 1t is commonly recog-
niZcd that some roads stand up better
than others. even under conditions OF
equal drainage and equal treatment;
but the why is still system of mys-
terry, at least to the practical roadbuild-
er who does not pretend TO chemical
or other scientific knowledge bearing
on tne SUBJECT. w HeIt lOI IHtAlS tiS
roadbuilders considered an extensive
supply of reasonably clean sand = nee
cSsary requirement to successful 0per-
ations, he is no longer so particular as !
he was. instead Of going to the creek
bank he uses the ordinary top soil
from the nearest available cultivated
lands. and although he does not want
too much gIit, he finds that he usually
has better luck with this top soil than
he formerly, lad with sand. In most
cases he quickly gets cement like !
surface that will stand water. wear
and team and not cut up into ruts.
In TIE passing of Mrs. Margaret Eu- !.
genia Deal at Biacksburg, last Satur- .
day men and women of the older
throughout this section as
we'll as many of the younger ones, are .
reminded OF a we'll spent life that has
been worth while. Mrs. Deal was the
second daughter of the late Samuel &.
Brown. in his day one of the leading
men Of Western York, and was born
near the pre sent town of Sharon, on
June >. lSiJ. In October 1873 she was
to Mr.. J. Augustus Deal Il
rallant Confederate veteran, one OF 4
York county's representatives in the
historic Wallace house, the contractor
who graded the greater portion OF the
Iarolra and r;orthwestern railroad