Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-06-16
LOCAL LACONlCS
To be Superintendent at Glover.

Prof. Thos w. Cooley Of Leesville
s. c., who taught the Sutton's Spring
school last session is to be superinten-
dent Of the Glover High school next
session, vice Prof. Baxter C. Riddle
resigned.
Windstorn Near Newport.
There was a heavy wind and rain
| storm between Newport and Ebenezer
last Friday afternoon. Little damage
was done however. Several trees were
blown down and numerous branches
were torn off. The community got a
| pretty good shower.
Big Yields of Oats.
Mr.. John A. Black has recently
threshed a bumper crop Of oats raised
on his farm nine miles east Of York
| Vile. There were two fields. one of
| 16i acres and the other 4 acres. The
yield fr m the first was 1917 bushels,
while that from the other was 257
| bushels.
Trouble at the Dam.
| Only about half Of the Catawba
Power Co.'S, plant is now in operation,
due to several Of the water wheels be-
ing broken down. The plant is bor-
rowing power from Great Falls and
other plants. Additional help has been
secured, and the whole force Is quite
busy 1t will take some time to COM
| plete the repairs.
Rev. w. w. Lipscomb Accepts Call.
Rev. w. w. Lpscomb, recent grad
uate of the Rochester, New York, The
| illogical Seminary, and native of
Cherokee county, has accepted a call
| to become pastor Of Clover, Enon and
Union Ba! st churches, and will be-
gin work on the first Sunday in July.
| Glover church has been without a reg
| ular pastor since December 1912, and
Enon and Union since last December.
Nicely Mill Loses Game.
The Nicely Cotton Mill baseball team
played the Highland Park mill of Rock
| Hill on the latter's grounds in Rock
Hill, last Saturday. The Yorkville boys
lost-21 to 6. 1t was a good game for
a while. but wet grounds and slip
perry ball which was used TO better
advantage by the Rock Hill team, won
the victory for them. 1t is probable
that the two teams will play in York
| vile next Saturday afternoon.
With the Threshers.
We'll, / guess it's about time we
| were making our annual tour with our
| threshing machine" said a young
farmer the other day. 1T is so hot
and dry and it is such hot job any
way that rather dread it. But still,
| there's a pleasant side to it. because
| everywhere we go people are very nice
to us, and the meals we get-chicken
and ham and vegetables. etc. are
worth a whole lot Of hot work. And
really, don't think | dread it so much
| after ALL"
Motorcycle Race at Filbert.
Motorcycle enthusiasts are still
making plans toward having a great
race on the Filbert Spur, July 81. the
| date Of the annual picnic at that place.
An entry fee of $3.50 is to be charged
each racer, and owing to the narrow
ness Of the track, the riders will race
Individually the time of each to be
| taken by means Of a stop watch. Some
of the motorists continue to practice
| each evening along the proposed route
Ia nd fla nj rer
and repairing of motorcycles prepara-
tory to the event.
Piedmont Springs Opens.
The Piedmont Springs hotel at
Kings Creek, was formally opened
last Sunday for the summer. The
name of the watering place has been
changed to the White Diamond Lithia
Springs. 1t will be remembered that
the property was sold by the clerk Of
court some months ago to ]. A. Car
roll and others Of Gaffney, thereby
placing the property under new man.
agement. A number of improvements
have been made, and the hotel bids
fair to have a good patronage during
the summer. Several Yorkville peo-
pie spent Sunday at the hotel.
Tribute to Sam M. Grst.
Following is an extract from the re-
port Of the Columbia State Of the
speech Of Hon. f. H. McMaster at the
annual banquet of the Life Under
writer's association in Columbia. on
Friday night, June II: Fl. II. Nc
Master, insurance commissioner after
glowing introduction by Mr.. Hyatt,
said: L am here to carry out the laws
on the statute books, according to my
oath. l can say that South Carolina