Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-10-14
news ABOUT CLOVER
School Settled Down to Work and
Athletic Teams Being Organized
FARMERS ARE NOW STORING COTTON
Decline in Price curtaiis Cotton sales
Other News and 'rNotes Of the
Metropolis Of Northern York County


(By a Staff Corresponeent1 sigv9
Glover, Oct. 13.-The' double shift"
under which the primary and inter-
mediate departments Of the. Clover
school is operating this year - work.
ing quite nicely according to teachers,
and all concerned will be able 20 get
along as well as would be expected un-
til some time in the near future when
the new school building now in course
of erection. is completed. School has
been underway for two weeks. now. The
enrolment is larger than It was last
year and pupils are settled down 70
work. Basketball teams are being or
ganized among both the girls and the
boys and the Glover school hopes TO be
a strong rival at basket bali Of other
schools throughout this section.,. 65.a
Practically all Of the teachers en-
p.oyed here this year come from dist
tant parts of the state, and in fact
there are only one or two local. teach-
ers. The trustees are convinced through
experience that more satisfactory :rs-
suits are obtained with teachers who
are not permar ent local residents. 80
Storing Some Cotton.
Decline in the price of cotton In the
past several days has had the effect OF
checking in some degree sales onSthe
Clover market and producing deter
mination on the part Of a number spf
farmers to store their cotton either at
home or in the Glover warehouse
against the time the price will be
higher. v. @. Hambright Of the Cloy
yer Warehouse Company said Tuesday
that so far about zoo bales OF new
crop cotton had been stored Prach--
cally all Of this has come In during the
past week or ten days. soda,
Lishtest Man. 6l
".Uncle John Faris who lives near
Glover is the lightest man in this Sec
ton so far as / know said Mr.. 4siE
Sifford well known Glover citizen the
other evening. The subjeect Of weights
came up while A.. NJ. Grist Of Yorkville.
Mr.. sifford and others were weighing
on a slot weight machine in the Clover
Drug Store. E "Uncle John, said Nj
Sifford, weighs only about ss pounds.
He enjoys good health despite his light
weight and he Is a veteran Of the War
Between the States" 80 ~
Road Repaired. 80
Glover people are glad that the Eoeth
road at a point near the residence OF
Supervisor Hugh G. Brown at Filbert,
has recently been repaired. For months
the road at that point has been rough
and bumpy and at least one automobile
accident has occurred there. Atten-
ton of the authorities was called to
the rough place some time ago with
the result that 1t has been repaired TO
the qualification Of many Glover peo-
pie who travel between Glover and
Yorkville.
CASTOR County Fair. >, &. s.,
Numbers of Glover people went TO
Gastonia this week on account OF the
annual CASTOR county fair, an event In
which there is always more or less In
terest because of the, proximity Of
Gastonia and CASTOR county to Clover.
Those who attended the fair declared
it to be superior in attractfveness and
variety Of exhibits to last year while
the attendance was about all that
could have been expected,