Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-06-27
NEWS ABOUT CLOVER
Minter Homes Company Gets Con-
tract for Hampshire Mil Houses.
FARRIs HAS ELECTRICAL CONTRACT
Construction Work Started on New
Hawthorn Community Building
Farmers Find Few Evidences OF Boil
Weevil's Presence-Other News and
Notes of the Metropolis of Northern
York County.


Notes of the Metropolis of Northern
York County.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Glover, June 26-Contract for sew
enty-five ready cut houses to be oc-
.cupied by employees of the Hampshire
Spinning Mills Company has been
awarded the Minter Homes Corpora
ton of Greenville, it was learned here
today. The houses are to be from
three to six rooms each and they are
to be shipped to Glover for erection
on the site for the Hampshire Mills
and mill village, n short distance
south of Glover, within a short time.
o. II. Farris, well known electrical
contractor of Clover, has been award
ed the contract for wiring these
houses with electric wires and MIR.
Farris and his assistants are ready to
begin work on the contract as soon
as the houses come to Glover. The
houses of employees of the HAMPSHIRE
Mills, it is understood will be equip
ped with all modern conveniences
and the new mill village will be laid
out in an artistic manner.
Building Community House.
Construction work has been started
on the community house being erected
for the benefit Of residents of the
Hawthorn Mill village. The commun-
ity house which will be brick struc-
ture is located in the rear of the
Hawthorn Athletic field on the south
ern outskirts of town. The under
standing is that the building will be
used for all kinds of community ac-
tivities at the Hatthorn and that re-
ligious services will also'be held there.
1t will also be available for employees
of the Hawthorn mill, it is stated.
While no steps have been taken in
that direction as yet, it is expected
that community worker will be en-
ployed latcr on.
Boil WeeviI Not Numerous.
Interviews with leading farmers
around Glover develop the information
that the boil weevil is not numerous
in this section and while few
have been found in some Of the fields, 1t
takes a. pretty diligent search to find
them. While the farmers are keeping
a sharp look out for weevils most OF
them are confident that unless he ap-
pears in much greater numbers later
on in the year than he has developed
so far, his hosts are not going to do
any great amount of damage to the
crop this year in this section.
Marshall to Build.
Ben NJ. Nivens of Nivens Brothers,
we'll known grocers of Yorkvillc said
recently that he had made arrange
ments with r. c. Marshall of the
Marshall Oil Company whereby Mr.
Marshall will build large store room
near the Hawthorn Mill which will be
occupied by Nivens Brothers as a
branch Of their grocery business. 1t
is expected that the new store will be
in charge of Mr.. B. r. Nivens.
Will Have Good Games.
The Hawthorn Mill baseball team Of
Glover, is getting in touch with lead
ing semi professional teams in North
Carolina now and expects to bring a
number Of strong baseball teams here
for play within the next few weeks
Among those teams which are expect
cd to come here soon are: kings
Mountain, Shelby and Ranlo. The
team is trying to arrange matters so
that a strong team will come here for
n game on Saturday Of each week;
ard the management is anxious to get
IL touch with semi professional ag-
gregations within a radius of fifty
miles of this point. Glover is anX-
ious to secure return game here
with the strong AragOn Mill team OF
! Rock Hill, which severely trounccd
| the locals IL short time ago.
Personal Mention.
! Miss Blocker Bcamguard of Glover
| left last week for New York where
she joined a party for a tour of the
north western states.
w. l.. HoGue and family of Clover
visited the family of w. l.. Babcr in
| Yorkville last Sunday.
Miss Agnes Youngblood has return
ed to her home at Glover after visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Matthews at