Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-29
The west ROAD
Construction Work is Well Under
Way in Smyrna NeighbOFhOhd.
negro FOREMAN is HARD BOILED
Dirt is Moving and Contractors are
Losing no Time on the Job-Pres-
ent Contract VIII be Completed by
September and Possibly Sooner
Bio Fill Now Being Filled.


September and Possibly Sooner
Big Fill Now Being Filled.
(By Staff Correspondent
Smyrna, July 2S.-People Of the eX'
treme section ofNWestern York county
this week for the first time realized
practical results from the agitation
| which they have been keeping up Tor
years having as it's object the con
struction Of a decent road through
their section of the county tC the
county seat. Contractor H. S. Huffstet-
ler and his road forces began work on
the West road bright and early Mon
day morning and since then the rec
dirt has been flying without let up
The contractors say that there will be
no let up until September, when the
portion Of the road which has beer
contracted for will be completed.
Cherokee to Begin Work?
Contract Huffstetler started at q
point near the home of Mr.. Pink Cald-
well, about mile east of the village Of
Smyrna, while a sub-contractor OF
Spartanburg, is working from there tc
the Cherokee county line. 1nforma-
ton received by the correspondent who
visited the scene of operations We'd
| nesday was that the Cherokee county
authorities would begin road work or
their end within the next few days ano
would push the project toward CARNEY
as rapidly as possible.
At present Contractor Huf[stetlel
has thirty-flve hands and thirty-eigh'
mules on the road project from the
| Caldwell home toward Hickory Grove
A commissary in charge of Meek Wooo
of the Filbert section, who has been IN
the employ of the Huffstetler organi-
zation for the past seven months, has
been established near the home OF
Robert Starnes, q short distance from
the present scene Of operations. Here
little tented village has sprung up
the tents being used as quarters foi
the hands and quarters are a'so there
for the mules. John Lawrence or the
| Glover section is walking boss" anc
general superintendent Of the roae
work and John Woods. colored, has
supcryision of road work under Mr
Lawrence.
A regular hard boiled top kick Is
this John Woods, an intelligent negro
who has been engaged in road con-
strucilon work practically all OF nj:
| life.
A great, big husky negro hant
known as big Boy" appeared to JONI
Woods to be loafing on the Jop wed
nesday afternoon and furthermore, he
appeared to be doing too much tax
ing to suit the colorcd foreman.
And forthwith the negro proceeded
to bawl him out.
Baw.ine Out Big Boy.
"Iook here" he said TO Big Boy "yo
big old blankety blank you, we are
come here to work and not TO chew az
rag, Dat appears to be about all yo
are doing. Ebery time all turns mar
back yo' is interferin' wild de men ane
loafin' on de job lax yu wuz at e.
Niger picnic or something. Niggat
WI Is heah to wuk an TO nuthin' eis'
an WI is gwine to wo'k or git off'n di:
job"
Big Boy attempted to reply but INT
| cl,
and he closed up his face.
II was learned that Woods has com
p.ete management Of the labor per
sonnet He knows how to handle them
uo allows them to sing OH the job pu
talking Is barred. "Ah will do all d.
talkin dat it necessary mahself, n
tells them.
And what the top kick says goe
with the hands. He has sort OF pulle
hend and Il wicked looking gleam i
his eye and fight is written on nj
face and he wears one Of those slouch
Stetson hats.
This week the contractor is engage
in building big I'll over Rolin brancf
! excavation dirt being used 10 close u
the big divide. From morning unit
night n string Of dump carts, eac
. drawn by two mules, is kept BUS
hauling dirt onto the fill. The mule
walk down the steep hill of loose dii
with never the slightest fear OF somer
saulting, so we'll trained are they an
pcople from the surrounding counts
get much pleasure in watching IN
, performance which is really WORT
Watching, so we'll trained are the mule
/; and SO expert the drivers.
$ Crossings Eliminated.
. Under the new survey for the we:
: road all Of the several dangerous raj
: way crossings between Smyrna in
Hickory Grove will be eliminated,
the great relief Of the general publl
{ Several serious accidents have OK
t Cured ut these crossings in fecei
= years and only last Monday Contract
!. Huifstctler himself narrowly escape
!, death when his automobile was strut
= bv Il train and demo ished. That II
q road commissioners will have perform
cd Il great service to the general pul
s lie if they do nothing more Ina
4 ] eliminate tbn leu1l. eros