Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-19
CLOVER news BUDGET
Construction Work on New School
Building is. Now Under Way.
SWIMMING POOL GROWS in FAVOR
Glover Defeated Kings Mountain Sat
urday--Town to Bore Another Well
for Water SuppIy-Other News and
Notes of the Metropolis Of Northern
NorL Houptv
(By a Staff Correspondcnt.)

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Notes of the Metropolis Of Northern
York County.
(By a Staff Correspondcnt.)
Glover, July 1S-Sam x. Moore, sub
stitute mail carrier on Glover No. l.
also had narrow escape froH death
when his horse was killed by lightning
near Bethany church Tuesday after
noon. Mr. Moore was rendered un-
conscious by the bolt and it was some
time before he was able to grasp the
situation. The buggy was uninjured.
MIR. Moore also suffered slight burns.
Good Auto Record.
Walter B. Moore Of Glover, returned
homo Saturday Afternoon after spend
ing several days in Richmond, Va. Mr.
Moore was accompanied to Richmond
by his daughter and Mr.. Ed Whiso-
nant The trip was made in a Ford
and Mr.. Moore believes that he holds
the Slight. trouble" record of this
section for such a long trip. He had
one puncture on the trip which in
cludcd more than 500 miles and the
machine also suffered a broken fan
belt. Upon his return he learned that
his horse had been killed by lightning
while he was away, the animal having
been driven by Sam Moore substitute
carrier for w. B. Moore. The roof of
the barn on Mr. Moore's place was also
blown off by wind during his absence
Interest in Swimming Pool.
Day after day interest increases In
the public swimming pool and III the
afternoons especially many Clover
people Of all ages come to the pool
some Of them to swim and others to
watch the swimmers. 1t is a common
occurrence TO see as many as thirty
five swimmers in the pool at one tlnle.
The water. which is changed weekly
is furnished by the city water system
and tho town council has agreed that
no charge will ne made the School I'M
provement association who own the
pool, for water this year. Odis RoD-
inson, Trinity College student VINO Is
spending the summer here has been
EMPLOYED as life guard and caretaker
at the pool and is on the JOB at all
times Season tickets are being sold
permitting all holders to enter the
poo rs often us they care to. inc
total cost of construction WAS about
$1,25O.
BuAdina New School House.
Work of making the necessary cX-
coyations for the new school building
to be erected in Glover has been COM
mcnccd. The new building will join
the present building and it IS pro-
poscd to push construction work as
rapidly as possible. The new building
il is stated will hardly he ready for oc-
cupancy by the time the fall term OF
school opens.
Construction work on the new First
PRESBYTERIAN church building here IS
also being pushed rapidly. The hliisd-
ing is being erected hy day labor IN
charge of n competent ovcrseer. The
cdiiicc will moi bc completed for sew
rral months.
Glover Defeats Kings Mountain.
The Glover "rown Roundcrs" de-
rcated the Kings Mountain North
Carolina. baseball team on Hawthorn
Field. Saturday afternoon, 6 TO t. IL
was a. slow, unintcrcsting game ot
baseball although at times there were
flashes of the national game as II
should he played. Red Ormond'
second baseman for the visitors
starred at bat, getting a terrific drive
TO the centerfield fence which lacked
ONLY about two inches of going over
and netting the batter three bases. II
was said to have been the longest rit
registered on Hawthorn Field this
season. Louis Smith of Filbert.
PRESBYTERIAN college hurler. pitching
for Glover, allowed himself TO get into
several pretty bad holes hut he was
there win the goods in the pinches.
Lee Ormond, pitching for the Tar
Heels did 4 good job but the support
accorded him was miserable and real
izine that he couldn't win the game
by himself he appeared to let up con-
sMcrably toward the last.
There were several janGlcs between
the umpircs and players. the Kings
| Mountain crowd doing most OF the
jangling.
A hig crowd. including perhaps a
half hundred Yurkvillc people turned
ont for the game which failed to hold
thcjr interest. The afternoon was
drcndfnlly hot. causing the perspira-
ton to come out on the face OF the
painted little girl sitting on the first
row Of seats in the grandstand rlGn'
near the entrance. making her face to
lonk like it was afflicted with warts
when if wasn't Tho hot weather pro-
durcd a. considerable thirst for the
fans and the man selling colas and the
lady selling ice cream and cigarettes
did II rushing business.
Dennis Parrish umpircd balls ant
l,ascrm Howe bases. Their work was
all right.
Doqs Named for Murdcrcrs.
G. w. Adams Of Glover has nl
rather had two fine hound dogs which