Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-07-18

/ terestingly OF Traft1c IN rIent'ns
Cocks-Kins's Mountain After Rud-
isill to Manage Baseball Team
Other News and Notes of the Me-
tropoIis of Kings Mountain Town
ship.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Glover, July 17.-Permanency OF the
"star route" between Gastona ana
Yorkville, temporarily inaugurated
several weeks ago, is now practically
assured as the result of an order Oh
the postoffice department removing
its maximum offer OF 5000 per annum
for the service. 1t is also announced
here that the time for receipt OF bldS
for the project has been extended
from July II to August l. Glover peo-
pie who are largely responsible for the
inauguration of this new temporary
postal service, were afraid 1t would De
lost when the government announced
it was willing to pay not more than
$500 n year for the daily 22-lnile SIX
day trip. 1t was not thought that any
body could be found who would be
willing to take it for that figure. But
now that the government has announc-
ed its willingness to submit the pro-
posal to the lowest responsible bidder,
it is assured that the proposition Will
prove attractive to some one.
Having only one mail from the north
a day and that reaching Glover about
Sis in the afternoon, v. Q. Ham
bright and Postmaster James A. Bar
rett got busy several months ago Sc
curing a petition signed by Glover
people asking for the inauguration OF
a star route from Gastonia, to leave
that city early in the morning bring
ing first class mail and daily papers
from the north. Service was granted
temporarily and Clyde Farris was ap-
pointed carrier. Then people at York
vile. ten miles south Of Glover, got
busy with petition asking for an eX-
tension of the morning service there
and the petition was granted, the vii
lage of Filbert, midway, also being
served.
Want 1t Both Ways.
It was learned here today that there
Is strong sentiment now for a return
service from Yo-kville to Gastonia,
via Glover. The idea is for the carrier.
to leave Yorkville on the return trip
about 2:SO, arriving at Glover about
3:15 and at Gastonia about 4: 4:15 or ear
ller. Petitions are being circulated
among business people at the county
seat, it is understood, asking the post
office department to inaugurate TINS
two-way service, since the cost would
be little more than one way service
and of great benefit to business inter-
ests and the general public at York
vile, Filbert, Glover and Bowling
Green. 1t is hoped to have the neces-
sary petition in the hands of the post
office department within few days
and that the double service will be in
augurated by August l, when perma-
nent bid for a one-way service was
to have been let.
Business Is Still Good.
Raising of game cocks for fighting
purposes is still quite q profitable
business, although it isn't nearly so
good as it was in 1918 and 1913, ac-
cording to E. C. Bigger, who lives
short distance east Of Glover, and who
was talking about fighting cockswhile
in Glover the other day. Mr.. Bigger
was in the Glover postoffice with 4
letter from game fgancier somewhere
down in Guatemala, Central America.
The envelope he held in his hand was
plastered with postage stamps and
Mr.. Bigger was trying to find out from
Postmaster Barrett how much postage
would be required in Uncle Sans
coin to match the "show paper" look
ing stamps with which the letter from
Central America was plastercd.
Game cocks" said Mr.. Bigger,
command an average price of about
SO now. I guess l have about $50
that ! will ship during the fall and
winter. The best markets are Mexi-
co and Central America and the states
of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Cocks are
not a great deal of trouble to raise;
but the greatest difficulty is to get a
range for them. One can't keep them
together, OF course, because if you did
you would be a witness to cock fight
all the time, or as long as one was left
alive. have them scattered all over
this country in the hands of friends
who keep them for me. Homes for
cocks are getting more difficult to OBJ
tain, however, due to the fact that so
many people are going in for breeding
of pure strain chickens and don't want
TO mix them with games.
Game cocks require very little
care" Mr.. Bigger went on TO say. Give
them the range ard they will make
their own living. They like TO live in
the woods and often they become quite
wild. In fact | have been under the
necessity of trapping n number Of
mine inst like | would tran birds be-