Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-12-29
TIE STORY OF SHARON.
(Continued, From Page one)


int and carried back to Blacks
Agent Moore was standing on
rear platform of the freight. The
black crow few on top Of the cab
fappfng his wings seemed to hurl
wen taunts of derision and exul-
bn at the people Of the wilderness
b as he yelled Cav! cav! cav"
ines D. Hope, well known Sharon
chant tells another interesting
y about Agent Moore. The agent
rded at the home of Mr.. Hopes
her. He was q heavy whisky
ker at night. He would stay sober
kay time and then load UP at night,
be- usually, pretty high by the
he, arrived at the Hope home
le little distance from the Coach
ot" -.
Inc night, seeking to have some fun
agent Moore's expense, Mr.. Hope,
brother Mr.. Sam A. Hope and
er young boys rugged up a scare
w and placed it in the yard at the
&dence. Moore came home that
Mt as usual, pretty tipsy The
Ee-erow in. the yard naturally did
return his greeting, so he calmly
fpped out his revolver and fired
ee times. Then he walked into the
he house and quietly informed the
hily that he had shot man outside.
len he went, to bed, The next morn
when ne went to work he saw the
Ire 4crow. And it was noted that he
4 directed two Of his three shots
Ettly through that part Of the coat
h would have covered a mans heart.
i not of record, either that the Hope
rs ever played any more tricks on
Sbre.
! Commissioners Summoned
Fhe dander of the people of Sharon
s thoroughly aroused when the
broad OFFICIALS hauled their depot
ay They were mad about it and
m somes The state railroad com
ssioners came to Sharon and a big
.eting was held. The railroad au-
,rities claimed they never had any
,tion at Sharon. anyway. Sharon
izens testified they had not only
ught tickets OF the depot here but
II they had been made to pay eX-
IS fare when they didn't buy tickets.
e railroad authorities lost out, the
ordering them to main
n a station here.
Then the present station was built
~ssAoney being subscribed by the
ople of Sharon. Generous Mr.. John
Rainey not only gave. the site for
, station but contributed 500. John
Hartness, now cashier of the First
tionaI Banl; was the second agent
d went on the job about the time
station vas built, He recalls that
or it was completed there were no
ks for the doors. Mr.. Rainey no
ed fhe absence Of locks one day and
ing him a dollar, told him to buy
PC. Those locks served many years.
John BarxteI's Strength.
rhe depot in those first days was not
iipped with commodious freight
form like it is now. Bales of cotton
shipment were dumped on the bank
Lr( the tracks and hoisted on board.
btain John Barxtell, now passen-
conductor on the Marion and King
h division, and popularity known to
ndreds of travellers, was freight
iductor in those days. Despite his
yancing years he is still a powerful
IA physically. In the early days OF
, Three Cs" he was a veritable
mt in strength. Mr.. Hartness says:
any a time / have seen John Bark
put a SOC pound bale of cotton on
back and dump it into a freight car.
could handle it as easily as the av-
Ige negres slaborer can handle a 100
hnd sack of -four"
Early Cotton Buyers. l.
rho first cotton buvers at Sharon
re Messrss, w. S. Wilkerson and Bert
,pe, the latter buying for the late j.
P. Hope in Yorkville. There were
banks in This section then and cot
/ buyers paid cash for cotton. Mr.,
lkerson, old residents recall, had his
lnkp or money for cotton, in a little
use near where Mr.. ], d. Gwinn's
,idence now stands. DR.. Saye tells
amusing story about one of the ear
cotton buyers:
Cotton was selling for 10 cents
und, as we'll as l remember; and a
,nner of the community had agreed to
I a bale weighing over 600 pounds at
1t figure. Before it was delivered
,re was a sharp drop of around two
1ts a pound. When the extra big
le' was delivered the buyer was rear,
::
= Just look how wet that cotton is
grumbled. 4 can't afford to pay 10
lts. o pound for water. Too wet.
o wet Too wet
The cotton was as dry as powder" p"
IA the narrator 1T was that two
n q q mound dram that WAS hunting"