Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
TELEPHONE TALK
Patrons Of Glover Exchange Say They
Want Improved Equipment.
THINK THEY SHOULD PAY NO MORE
Real Estate Deal Last Week Involved
Six Lots In the Business District
Vital Statistics for Kings Mountain
and Bethel Show Increased Popula-
tion-Good News for Bird Hunters
Other News Notes of the Metropolis
of Kings Mountain Township.
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Other News Notes Of the Metropolis
of Kings Mountain Township.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Glover, October 10.-There's talk or
n row brewing between the local tele-
phone company and the subscribers TO
the system over the question of equip
ment, the Glover patrons Of the tele-
phone company being OF the opinion
that they should have the benefit OF
better equipment. They are tired OF
turning the crank or doing the hand
organ stunt" as some of them put it,
when they have to call central to get
o connection. They feel that because
of the number Of telephones in Glover
and the price they pay for service they
are entitled to the installation OF
drop battery system like that in use in
Yorkville and in other towns not much
larger than Glover. There are about
275 telephones in service in the town
Of Glover and the belief is prevalent
here that the telephone company here
has more rural subscribers than at
any other town around. The telephone
company charges 50 a month for resi-
dent telephone service The charge
at Yorkville for residence phones Is
only s1.75 q month and the county seat
exchange has only about fifty more
telephones in use than has this town,
it is claimed.
Clover people who are agitating the
matter of improved service, say that
during the World war they not only
agreed to an increase in telephone
charges here, but insisted that the
telephone company raise the rates aft
er the company had stated that they
were operating at n loss. The only
free stations that are allowed here are
Ycrkville and Gastonia. One must
pay toll to telephone Sharon, Hickory
Grove, Rock Hill or Fort Mill.
Glover is a growing town, they ar
guc. Time is money. 1t takes con-
siderable time sometimes to turn the
telephone crank and get the connec-
ton wanted through central, despite
tie fact that the "centrals" are as
prompt and efficient as they can be
under the circumstances. Because OF
the high rate here the improved SER
vice should be given without addition
al charge, according to those who are
after it. There has already been
some correspondence with the tele-
phone officials about the matter and
what is to come of it all of course re-
mains to be seen.
Lots Are Sold.
A real estate deal of considerable To-
cal interest, and one which it is be-
lieved will result in the construction
of several additional store buildings
for Glover, was consummated last Fri
day when six lots of the Matthews
property on Main and Bethel streets,
were sold through the Glover Trust
company. One of the lots was pur-
chased by the Campbell Matthews Co.,
another by DR.. I. ]. Campbell, third
by w. J. Good and three others by w.
B. Stroup. The purchase price of the
six was $5,025.
Vital Statistics.
The birth rate far outstripped the
death rate in Kings Mountain town.
shin for the month of September, ac-
cording to the report of Edmund Ford,
registrar of vital statistics for the
township. There were IS births and
only 4 deaths in the township during
the month. In Bethel township accord
ing to the report of Registrar Ford,
there were births and deaths dur
ing the month.
Plenty Of Partridses.
Uamp Barnett, of Bethel township,
one of the best bird shots in all this
section. comes with the word that the
partridge crop in Bethel township IS
mighty good for this fall and that the
hunters are promised more sport than
they had last year, provided of course,
the land owners of Bethel township
don't take a notion to post their
land against partridge hunting. Mr..
Barnett attributes the increase in the
partridge population to the fact that
this has been an unusually good year
for breeding. 1t has been Il very dry
year compared with last. The spring
was unusually dry and hundreds OF
young partridges that were drowned
out last year were allowed to survive
this year because of the drought.
Peanuts Pannine Out Fine.
Preliminary reports from number
of Glover farmers who have expert
mcnted with peanuts this year for the
first time, are good. It is estimated
that farmers in the immediate vicinity
have 100 acres or more in peanuts this
year as an experiment, and while all
of them have not dug the nuts. sever
nj of them have and are well pleased.
Jeff Davis of Glover No. 4, who had
two acres in peanuts this year, esti-
mates his yield at so bushels to the
acre. Right now they are worth 81 n
bushcl and Mr.. Davis is Of opinion
that his two acres in peanuts are