Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-17
dresses. Officers of Glover Leaf

addresses. Officers of Glover Leaf
Council are: Roy Adams, councillor;
S. J. Smith, vice councillor; It. H.
Hopper, recording secretary; G. w.
Adams, financial secretary; Jas. A.
Barrett, treasurer; ]. L. Maxwell,
chaplain; j. S. Turner conductor; Paul
Hedgepath, warden.
Vital Statistics.
There were births and 2 deaths in
Kings Mountain township during the
months of October, according to the
report of o. E. Ford, registrar of vital
statistics for the township. There
were three deaths and only one birth in
Bethel township during that period ac-
cording to Mr.. Ford
Postal Business Increases.
Receipts at the Glover postoffice of
both incoming and outgoing mail and
the sale of stamps and money orders
has increased by leaps and bounds
during the past two months, according
to Mr.. Jas. A. Barrett, postmaster
here. At no season of the year-not
even at Christmas time has the postal
business been as great as it has been
during the past couple of months. In
fact so great has been the growth that
Postmaster Barrett and the Assistant
Postmaster, Mr.. Dan Barrett, have
been hard put to it to handle the
business. The services of another as
sisrant would be welcome just now.
Had Enough to Do.
Tom Bratton, prosperous negro
farmer would have had enough meat
from the hogs killed last year to run
him through 1923 if the meat hadn't
been destroyed in fire which destroy
ed his home in the Santiago section
early Wednesday morning. Along
with the siX-room house which he oc-
cupied, the property of Frank McElwee
of Clover, all his meat supply was
burned and also fifty bushels of
sweet potatoes. He saved his house
hold effects. There was no insurance.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by a defective kitchen fiue.
Back From India.
Just returned from India where for
two years they have been working as
Of the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian church, Rev. and Mrs.
Fred T. McGill stopped in Glover Tues
day to speak to Rev. McGill's brother,
DR.. G. D. McGill and other relatives
here. They were on their way to
Hickory Grove to spend some time with
relatives. Rev. and Mrs. McGill were
forced to return from India because of
the i'll health of Mrs. McGill.
Negro Laborer Injured.
John Wilson, a negro laborer en-
ployed on the hampshire min project
suffered dislocation of the sixth and
seventh vertebrae Tuesday afternoon
while engaged with other hands in un-
loading a car Of steel sash. by some
means or other some of the sash he
came loose inrthc car and fell on Will
sons neck. He was later taken to the
Negro Hospital in Gastonia, where it
is reported that he is in critical con-
dition.
Building Contract Let.
DR.. r. L. Wylie has let contract to
Sam Mccall for the construction of q
brick store room 24x6O to be built on
lot near the Hampshire Mill. The
building when completed will be used
for drug store with DR.. Wylie as
j. NJ. Smith has given
Contractor Mccall the contract for
brick store room to be built on Kings
Mountain street.
Messrs. NJ. L. Ford & Sons have re-
Gently moved their furniture business
into the handsome two story brick
store room which they have just COM
plcted on Kings Mountain street ad-
joining their present store room.
NJ. l.. Smith, general manager for
the Hampshire and Hawthorn Mills of
Glover has been in Northampton,
Mass, this week on business in con-
nection with the mills. He was ac-
by John r. Hart, Esq, Of
YOr,iville.
McClain Ford, a student at the At
lanta College of Pharmacy was a visi-
tor in Glover this week.
Mrs. John J. Nichols, who recently
underwent an opera ton for appendi-
citi.: in the Fcnncll Infirmary, Rock
Hill, has returned to her home here.