Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-08
news ABOUT CLOVER
Citizen Takes a Notion TO Swap Good
Money for Doubtful Stuff
SNAKE BITE FAILS TO HURT NEGRO
Township Roads Are Reported Going
to Pieees-Hawthorn Wins From the
Fast Arcade Mill Tean-other
News Notes of the Northern Section


News Notes Of the Northern Section
of York County.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Clover August Fifty dollars
worth of German marks bought for Il
customer of the Bank OF Glover the
other day, brought more German
money to Glover than was ever seen In
this town before The banks GUS
toner got 27,777 of Heinie's marks for
his $50 of good old United States
stuff, the marks coming by registered
mail from the Glover banks New
York correspondent. The pre-war
value Of the German mark, according
to Mr.. Jas. A. Page, was O.23S, and
now one can buy 100 marks for $O.1S
of Uncle Samuel's filthy lucre. The
pre-war value Of the 27,777 marks re-
ceived by the Glover man, who for
purposes of his own swapped $50 of
good money for them, was over $4,000.
Mr.. Page estimates that it now takes
Glover cotton at prevailing prices. II
didn't know whether we would receive
this German money in a barrel, in
bale or how" commented Mr.. Page.
However, it came in denominations
Of 1000 marks each and did not make
a very bulky package after ALL"
Vital Statistics.
There were births and deaths in
Bethel township and 2 deaths and
births in Kings Mountain township,
during the month of July, according
to the report of Edmund Ford of Clo-
yer, who is registrar Of vital statistics
for the two townships. Mr.. Ford
points with pride to the evident fact
that there is little danger of extermi-
nation of the race in this section of
York county, since the birth record is
well ahead of the death record for
both townships.
Didn't Bother Charlie.
The bite of large snake, said to
have been an upland moccasin or pi-
lot, didn't cause Charlie Adams, COL
ored man living near Clover, to lose a
single days time from his work.
Charlie was shucking corn in crib
when the big snake raised up from
some where under a pile Of shucks and
punctured his arm. The snake made
it's escape at the time, but was killed
the next day. Charlie's wife rubbed
the arm with sweet oil and made
poultice of tobacco and the swelling
was reduced in short time. Accord
ing to the wife, tobacco is the best an
tidote for the bite OF any kind of
snake. All that one has to do is to
"chew strong black bacccr and poul-
tice the wound with it and the snake
poison will come running out" She
told several gentlemen who were talk
ing to her about Charles case in
Glover store the other day, that no
kind of n snake can stand tobacco. If
you are walking along and encounter
snake and happen to be chewing to-
baco, just expectorate wad in the
vicinity of the snake and he'll beat a
hasty retreat.
Glover Won From Arcade.
The Hawthorn Mill team of Glover
won from the Arcade Mill of Rock
Hill by n score of 2-1, in a fast and
snappy game of baseball on Haw-
thorn Field Friday afternoon. Millard
Goat Williams, formerly of Glover,
but now of Lincolnton, N. c., came
down to twirl for the old home town
and he pitched good game, although
Harry Martin, pitching for Arcade,
hurled a better one. Arcade's hits off
of the Goat were rather scattered,
however, while the Hawthorn team
! punched theirs and copped the biggest
end of a 2-1 score. Many of the fans
declared it to be the best game of
baseball seen on Hawthorn Field this
summer and it probably was. Bat
teries: Arcade-Martin and n. Rich
| 2rQS, HaWtnOfn--N llllaInS anu I1OBuc.
Umpires-Harvey and Dan Barrett.
Roads Going to Pieces.
Many Glover end Kings Mountain
township citizens are lamenting the
fact that a number of brag roads in
Kings Mountain township, built by
means of a township bond issue sever
al years ago. are now going to pieces.
The road from Glover to Bethany A.
r. p. church is reported getting in
bad shape now, as is the road from
Glover to w. G.. Adams's home, con-
Meeting with the Kings Mountain
road Little work has been done in
repairing them in recent months, it is
said, and the road authorities are un-
derstood to be in the position of being
practically without funds to do repair
work. Unless something is done to-
ward maintenance very shortly the
roads ere doomed to again become
mere gullies and bogs in bad weather.
Woman Gets Converts.
Seventeen men and women of Glover
are reported to have affiliated them
selves with Glover Methodist church