Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-13
CLOVER news BUDGET
Pursley Takes Over Management Of
Cotton Oil Company.
PUPILS READY FOR COMMENCEMENT

Cotton Still Being Soid-F orn1or
Merchant in Town on Visit-Other
News and Notes Of Metropolis of
Northern York County.
(by Staff Correspondent
Clover, May 12.-Former Senator
J. e Beam.guard. for several years past
secretary and treasurer and general
manager Of the Glover Cotton Oil
| Company has resigned his position. He
has been succeeded by Mr.. j. F. Purs-
ley who assisted by his son, Mr.. ]. l..
Pursley will take. over the general
| management Of the property. 1t was
stated yesterday that the retirement OF
! Senator Bcamguard is not the result OF
any friction or dissatisfaction with his
management Mr.. Pursley, it is under
stood holds controlling interest in the
property. Since disposing Of his mer-
canti.e interests some time ago he has
been out Of employment and hence his
taking over the oil mill.
Former Resident Visitor.
Mr.. J. D. Duff and Mrs. Duff Of Hen
Jacksonville, ~ c.. were visitors here
this week. Mr.. and Mrs. Duff are for
mer residents of Glover where for
number of years he was engaged IN
the mercantile business, leaving here
number OF years ago for Henderson
vile on account of his health. MI
Duff has many friends in Glover and
! vicinity who were glad to welcome
both him and his wife back here. He is
now engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness in Hendersonville. Asked about
the probability Of. Hcndersonviile, one
of the great summer resorts OF west
ern North Carolina. entertaining as
MANY summer visitors this summer as
usual Mr.. Duff said that he could not
tell us yet. $50 far" said he, we
have not suffered. There are now at
Hendcrsonville q number Of visitors
who have come up from Florida. But
the great rank and file Of summer
tourists have not yet begun to arrive
for the reason that it is a little too
soon for them. Whether or not the
number Of visitors will be curtailed or
account of general financial conditions,
we are as yet unable to tell; but 1t
would not he surprising if the number
is just little Off"
Mrs. Wylie's Father Dead.
Mrs. r. L. Wylie was summoned to
her home in Clinton Sunday on ac-
count of the serious illness of her
father Mr.. ]. w. Blakely. Mr.. Blakely
died soon after his daughters ar
rival. DR.. Wylie went over to Clinton
this morning to attend the funeral
which was held today.
Rev. Jones's Family Leaves.
Rev. o. l.. Jones, former pastor OF
Glover Baptist church who resigned
several weeks ago to become pastor CT
Camp Jackson-Baptist church came to
Clover this week for the purpose OF
carrying his family to the new pastor
ate. Rev. Jones and family left We'd
ncsday evening for Columbia.
Cotton SILL Moving.
Considerable cotton is still being
sold on the Glover market. local buyers
taking up Il goodly number of bales
each day. The result is that business
has been pretty good among local mer-
chants who feel that so long as there Is
a selling movement here even on a
small scale. business is going to con-
tinuc to look up.
Attended District Conference.
The following Methodists Of Clover
and vicinity were among those who
attended a meeting Of the district con-
ference in Blacksburs Wednesdays
Rev. J. G.. Huggin, Messrs. S. A. Back.
D. A. Pcndleton, Jas. a. Barrett.
Filbert Glover Road.
Work of sanding the North road be-
tween Fibert and Glover is progress
ing steadily. There yet remains much
work to do and motorists and people
travelling in other kind of vehicles are
for the present put to more or less IN
convenience because o. the road. How
ever. there is little complaint because
the most OF them realize that within Il
short time they will be able to trare!
over the best road that the section mas
known in Il number Of years.
School Commencement.
Glover school teachers and pupils arc
busy putting on the finishing touches
for plans for summer commencement
which comes next week. The opening
night comes Monday, with dec:ama-
ton contest in which 4 number OF high
school pupils will participate, as the
feature of the evening.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Robert Brandon of Gaston:a'
was a recent visitor here, the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. John NJ. Smith.
Mrs j. L. Brison and children re-
Gently visited Dr. and Mrs r. f.
Stevenson in Camden.
S. r. Clinton of Gastonia was visl-
tor in Glover last Wednesday.
Miss Louise Smith who has been
visiting friends in Grecnvil;c and
Spartanburg has returned to her home
in Glover.
NIrs Rcgsie Price ard children nf