Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-24
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Sharon Man Almost Lost Lie Lie When
Train Strikes Rear Of fac.
]. DALLAS BURGESS is dead
Rev. w. A. Hafner Began Revival Ser
vices at WoodIawn Yesterday-Sha-
ron Ladies Take Third Place at York
County Fair-other News Notes OF
Metropolis of Western York.
(By a Staff Correspondent

county Falr-Otner NEWS NOteb W
Metropolis of Western York.
| (By a Staff Correspondent
Sharon, October 24.-Paul Ferguson,
assistant cashier of the First National
Bank of Sharon, had a narrow escape
from death last Thursday when Ford
car in which he was driving from Co
lumbia to Sharon, was struck by g.
freight train on the Southern Railroad
near Winnsboro. The train struck the
rear Of the car after Mr.. Ferguson had
passed over the track and the auto
mobile was only scraped while the
driver escaped without' injury. 1t was
the closest of close shaves al was al
experience which Mr.. Ferguson says
he will not soon forget. Mr.. Ferguson
had been to Columbia with Mr.. Buford
Good Of Sharon and both young men
were driving back to Sharon, both go
ing at pretty fair clip. Mr.. Goods
car. which was ahead passed over the
crossing before the special freight
train came in sight Mr.. Ferguson, It
seems did not see the train until it
was too late to stop. The only thing
for him to do was to put on all the
power his car had and try to get over.
This he did as the pilot of the engine
grazed the rear of his machine. Mr..
Good who had turned his head and
noted his partners plight, was sure
that the unexpected special train had
added another to the long list or
grade crossing tragedies; and 1t was
big sigh of relief that he breathed
when the Ferguson car came on be-
hind his on the way to Chester.
Revival at Woodlawn.
With Rev. W. A. Hafner of Gaffney
doing the preaching, revival services
began at Woodlawn Presbyterian
church here yesterday and the under
standing is that the meeting is to con-
tinue through Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Haf-
ner is we'll known in this section and it
is expected that there will be large
congregation to hear him at every
service. Two services are to be held
each day-one in the morning at 11:45
and the other in the evening at 1890
And Still They Come.
Mayor Dennis Whisonant said Sum
day that the number of applicants for
the place of policeman Of the town OF
Sharon which is to be filled, totaled
seventy-four at the last count he had,
although more were expected. The un-
derstanding is that the town wants a
combination policeman and street work
overseer and confidence Is felt that out
Of the long list of applicants for the
lob there will be little difficulty in
picking out the kind of man desired.
The village council will elect within
few days, it is stated.
Sharon Took Third Place.
The booth and exhibit Of the
Women's Home Demonstration Club OF
Sharon took third prize among those
at the York county fair in Rock Hill
last week The members of the club
feel that they made most creditable
showing especially in view Of the fact
that they live great way from the
| fair and were not able to have at their
command flowers and other decorative
materials and things which would have
been available had it been possible to
design the booth at home. Among
those ladies of Sharon who are respon-
sible for the community booth at the
fair and who take a great interest in
the home demonstration work here are
Mrs o. NJ. Spurlin, Mrs. w. d. Nickel
lar, Mrs. c. L. Kennedy, Mrs. ]. ID.
HOPE, Mrs. w. L. Hill, Mrs. c. s.
! Pratt.
j. Dallas Burgess Dead.
Mr.. ]. Dallas Burgess, aged about ~
years, well known citizen of Sharon
No. l, died at his home Saturday fol-
lowing a long period Of i'll health. The
interment was in the cemetery at Sha-
ron A. r. P. church Sunday morning,
funeral services being conducted by
Rev. E. B. Hunter. The deceased is
survived by his widow and the follow
ing children: Mesdames S. w, Nelson,
John Latham, James Latham, Johnson
Cameron, Misses Flossie and Little
Burgess, Messrs. Lawton and Ernest
Burgess.
Personal Mention.
Haskell Sherer of Charlotte, spent
Sunday with the family Of his mother, i,
Mrs. A. X. Sherer.
Ray Feemster of Gastonia spent
Sunday with relatives in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hardin and Mrs.
Wilson Priester of Grover N c., spent
Sunday with Sharon relatives.
Tom Dowdle of Wofford Fitting
School, Spartanburg, recently visited
relatives in Bullock's Creek township.
KILLING WeevIs.-T. Mabry Cheat
ham, manager of the oil mill, showed
us a new scheme by which he Is de-