Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-10
CLOVER news LETTER
Money Subscribed For New Baptist
Church.
GINNING, OVER 100 BALES DAILY


Red Cross Renews Aetivities-King'o
Mountain Street Property SoId-No
New Cotton Mill .Soon-othsr News
Matters.
Staff Correspondence.
Glover, Oct. 9-Practically all tho
necessary funds to build Clover's new
BAPTIST church has been subscribed
and the building will be financed
through the local building and loan as
sociation, it was announced here this
week. 1t is proposed to build plain,
brick church at a cost of $4,000. Con-
struction work will hardly be commen-
ced before next spring. The new edifice
will occupy the lot upon which the pres
ept building stands, and it is likelythat
an offer Of $3.50 for the old building as II
stands and which has been received,
wiz be accepted. Members of the local
church have been liberal in their sub
scriptions to the cause, according to
church leaders and considerable assis-
tance outside the local church has been
and will be secured.
No Third Mill Soon.
Since the recent sale Of the Glover
Cotton Manufacturing Company to
foreign interests, there has been consid-
erabIe local rumor and speculation as
to whether or not Glover would have a
third cotton mnl right away. 1t will
not, according to prominent local citi-
zens who have been more or less as
soc:ated with the rumors and who were
interviewed this week by The Enquir-
er's correspondent. Runner has had II
that the local stockholders in the
Glover Cotton Mill having just learned
n mill is q good thing through the
pleasant experience; of. drawing down
the big stock dividends that have come
to them recently, would be right in for
Il third mill in order that they might
add to the ducats they have. But it looks
Just now that it won't be. The opinion
of local leaders and thinkers and men
with money is that it would be next
to impossible to build a cotton mill now
because of the scarcity Of labor and
the inability to get materials and sup
plies and that quite number Of people
who UP until few weeks ago consid-
cred cotton mill stock the best invest
ment possible, don't think so much OF
it now. 1t will be some time before
Clover's third cotton mill is erected
say those who know or who think they
know.
Wages Reach High Pinnacle.
Wages for day laborers have recent.
have ever mounted in local history
Day laborers-men employed in carry
ing brick and water, mixing mortar and
that kind of thing, arc being paid sc
cents an hour and arc scarce at that
In fact, Glover contractors and Other
employers have recently been having
a hard time getting labor at that
wage. Bricklayers working here arc
being paid so cents an hour, the high
est wage in that trade eyer paid in
Glover.
- County is Organized.
Rev. .. L., Jones of Glover, pastor
of the Glover Baptist church who is
county organizer for the Baptist $75,-
100000 campaign, said Tuesday that
he had about completed the work OF
organization in this county for the
drive by which the churches hope 10
raise their apportionment of 100000
Rev. Mr.. Jones has recently visited
every Baptist church in York county
and has had busy time of it. He is
confident that the York county Zap
lists will raise their appQrtionment.
Mccall Purchases Home.
Mr.. Sam Mccall, a well known citi-
zen of Glover has recently purchased
house and lot on Kings Mountain
street from, Mr.. r. Lee Whisonant. The
purchase price, it is understood, was
$500. Mr.. Mccall and his family
have been occupying the property for
some time past.
Daily Ginnines Over 100.
Local cotton ginneries have recently
gone over the 100 mark. The two
ginneries are not averaging 100 bales
daily but several days recently the
number of bales ginned has been over
the century mark. For a time after
the opening of the -~cotton ginning
season here a short while ago about
fifty per cent. of the cotton ginned in
Glover was carried home by the res
pective owners instead of placed on
the local market. There has been a
change in this respect of late and Il
we'll informed Glover man on Tues
day gave it as his opinion that at
least ninety per cent. of the cotton
now being ginned here was Being sold
as soon as it was brought UP town.
Quite a Contrast. |
Quite contrast in the mortality rate
of Glover and this territory, is to be
noted in report for September of
this year as compared with Septem-
ber. 1918. A representative of the
NJ l.. Ford, furniture and cmbalmer
in discussing the matter the other day
mentioned the fact that in Septem-
Der year ago, twenty eight coffins
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