Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-04
CLOVER CULLlNGS.
Heavy Cotton Sales-Account of the
Savannah Races-New Hunting
| odoe on the Riyer-Other Notes.

Heavy Cotton Saes-Account of the
Savannah Races-New Hunting
LODGE on the River-Other Notes.
Correspondence OF the iurkville ENQUIRER.
Clover, December 4.-Clover is GER
tainly more than holding her own as
a cotton market this season, and as
a result more cotton has been sold here
up to this time than during any fall in
the past six or eight years. Mr. w.
P. Smith, who is buying for the Loray
mill at Gastonia, is getting the lions
share. Up to Wednesday morning he
was paying 9 cents, but on that day the
price was cut to SIS and at that
price he got about so bales. The same
price prevailed yesterday and today.
Messrs. H. L. Wright and M. L.
Smith attended the automobile races in
Savannah last week, and both state
that they never got more genuine sat-
iSfaction out of a trip in their lives.
IN the first place they were more than
favorablv impressed with the intelli-
gent, painstaking methods Of the Sa-
vannah people in looking after the
comfort of the visitors. Although there
were not less than 10000 visitors in
he city all were cared for and there
seemed to be no disposition to gouge.
They were just as ANXIOUS to take
oare of the man who had $40 to spend
as the one who had $500, and both
were there. 1t was so arranged that
one could pay $50, $25. SIS, SO, SIS,
$3.50 or so cents to see the races or
could see them for nothing. The
rack was a fraction over twenty-five
miles long, and Of course was not en-
~losed. They express the opinion that
the least evcited people that had ary-
thing to do with the affair were tho
men who drove the machines. They
were as cool and collected as the
average man when pursuing his daily
occupation. All the cars that stayed
in for the 400 mile race were foreign
and the engine Of each was from 12O
to 125 horse power and at times they
ran at the rate Of more than 100
miles an hour, literally burning up
the tires. The foreign drivers espe-
oially. seemed to be exceptionally
fearless and cold blooded 1t is said
that as is their custom on all similar
occasions. at Savannah five of the
drivers put up $500 each in a pool
and each man made a guess as to
which one would be killed in the race,
with the understanding that the man
who named the one who actually lost
his life, was to get the $4,000. None
were killed on this occasion, there
fore the money was returned 10 tne
original owners.
Mr.. James F.. Reamguard is having
his dwelling on West Kings Mountain
street, remodeled and enlarged, and
when completed it will be one Of the
handsomest houses in town.
Up to this time about 1900 bales
Of cotton have been ginned by the
Clover Ginning company and it be-
gins to look like the total number for
the season will be equal to that of
last year, which was about 1885.
One year ago today. the hunters
lodge belonging to Messrs. H. L.
Wright, Meek and Willie Smith and
others, down on the river, was burn
ed. together with several guns, a lot
of ammunition and other property
The building has been replaced by
new one and Messrs. Wright and
Week Smith are down there today,
but it is to be hoped that they will
not have any more hard luck stories
to hand us when they return.