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OUR COUNTY EDITION I To a considerable extent every edi MOn-of the SENTINEL is a coun1ty edi. tion, but this week it is so to a much greater extent than usal. We de vote considerable space to a sketch of the county in a general way, and the brief sketches of our county oflicers will be quite interesting, The en gravings are well executed and ie imarkably faithfult to the photographs. This has been tested by.showing them to intimate acquaintances of the sub. jects, who unhesitatingly pronounced them first class. The work was done by one of the best establishments in the United States. This has become quite an interesting and popular fea turo of enterprising journalism and iB in no sense inap)l)ropriato for a Ia per like tho SENTINEL which is run ill the interest of the )eopl) of Pickens county, and to interest and inform its constituency in the counlty. Enter prise cannot wait for the alpprovid of every one. At every leap forwird it Will meet with sharp critiCism1 from the rear.. But we live and move and have-our being in a prtogressive age, and if the head light does not Ilicker. we are going to run in on schedish time by the 75th meridian. This v(1 ition of the SFvr1N'EL is by far the largest issue of any newspaper, that has ever been printed in Pickens comni ty and nearly every copy has been sold and. wo regret, niow that wo did not print five hundred copies for free distribution. Maj- Stewart the Clerk of thecourt did not have i pOw,to sitable, ail he -with us regrets that ill health, tie bad weather and a pressure of wirk prevented him fro4,m ccomiplying willh our request in this part icilar. A nl we did not get toisee Corone- B,gs and tihe Jury Comi issioer, M. Ser. iff Brown in timo ]have them f"I this edition, but vo ho to peseit them soon. WVell tdis is the first at, tempt of the kind that has ever been made inl Pickens county, mi4l If it, did nothing else it would keep us all from thinkillg that we live in t ihe I bickwoi,((s or bohilid the mountains. We live in front of the mountains - tie sublime, . time beautiful Blu - ilg, in the best( secion n of coIItIrv there is anly 1'where. All we Iieed to develope it. is more Ilel. aniid imore, muscle. 'These factors ire ci oNstaiilv beifg ad(ded to our res(nbes, aiil consiquentlyN we are Prosperity anld eahh a' a \cout y. Every one Canl be faithful to il,1 truth and still speak wellof this uII ty, and overy lauidalc (enterti] se\ and11 agement, if 1no mUore i i fo r not in the 115hj1 of - & onat ,s..,a. -Tea ingwll 'if ytour '.,v andl its eniterpr*ises, thle sotoier youl get youirself into that luibit the better it will ho tfor youi, anid thet quicker and~ higher will you ise ini your own andtt the L'timiationlof others. - ~ Piekens~ (County vwas forimed in 18; nnd1( mcado of lie easter ti plo rtioni (of Pic'kens dlistriot. Ac'cordling to-I lhe recent map miadle by the State the county co)ntainis somlet.hing. over 625 square mniles, but it. is generally sup) posed to contain less than that numn ber. It has1 three natural and one aurtinicial boundlary. On the north the lino is the Blue Ridge M1ountaiins and Saluida Rliver, by which it is sep. aratedi respectively from Nort h C'aro. ia and a piorition of Greeiiville coun.l ty. The entire eastern line is Salu da IRiver. 'Te southlerin line leavesI Saluda River at thle month of George's Creek and rns~ a westerly course un-i til it intersects t he road leadinig fromi Pendleton to Ravenel's Bridgze, t hence slaid1 road to Seneen River. Th'Ie wvest ernI boundlary is Senie an'i id h KOeowe Rivers iand by i amilendmeni.lt in 18'75, Toxaway River was madue the line in stead of White W ater River. It hais an utidulating, and1( in sonie places a hilly surface in the southbern pr ion. In the northern part it is hilly anti muon n tiusi. It is perhaps thme hcst waiter el counhity in thle State. Its rivers mire Saluida, Keowee, Oolenoy, TJ'xa way and Twvelve Mile. Its tiree.ks are'( legion. Thr is scrcl four miiles of road in any dlirection, as nuimerous as the roads are, that is not crossedi by one or more streams. No better' 'wat.er poer thani those whI,ich abound on almost every stream, canu~ be found any where. They are sanm. oent to,run all the mills and factories in the Stte. The soil is varied, grey sandy, sandv loamn and clay subsoil. bUtder ordin. aniy cultivation it produces wuell. While there are some fine mineral waters in some of the sparcely settled portions, the prevailing character of tho.water-is free stone. A sulphur spring deserving especial mention lows from the foot of Potato Hfill * Mountain near Maj. James H. Am. 2 ~ blew's. There are springs also aroundi Boggs Mountain strongly imupregnat .d. with iron and ether minerals. * Pickens county is well adapted to $o.production of all crops grown in UN ier and middle Statted 'lie alluvial bottoms of the lower see- of ion of the county Produces fine corn tti rops,. on the ridg d111 ( table lanlds A he finest of cotton and oat cropL are >roduced, and thig section is also well al 6daptod to the production of the per- A -ennial grasses, though they have not 1 cen tried to any great extelt. In ei ;he upper or hill .iection, corn, rye, l >ats, potatoeg and tabacco, can he A grown to tho beit advantage, and t where the land is not suitable for cil tivati<m, all kinds of fruits will grow and there i-; no better peach and grape section to be found oi this eon tinent. Last year's crop was good and there is yet in the cointy lenty of cotton and corn to scl. This year our prospect is far ahead of any other section of the State. Any person wishilling to live in a conmunlity where devesitied farniinlg enil be Ilade i mon1ey-ln iking 1 bilsinless, siould colm. to Picken,. The cli mate 1annot he Vxcelld and it 1hats every advalitage to be desired for inl tgrictiltiral cmll. inul it Y. It is lv known that the hills of Piceln'ls coility aro rich in c'miIeI Cial inincrals. Iron, iea, asbusit4s, !qper, fuldspiar, and linetoie exist here inl payin'." g:ut it its, as Ile ge. o"ists- ive it: "Thesv iiniakl abmil t1here and o l,v awNait tite inilix (d fc:p. ital and energy% to make this 4n of the mAost t 1 hriviIng Sec'- it s of the rapidly growing ouths." Thilie liinest, gniite to be had is fullil h(ie, ill ini(.Xhaus,tltl, ible quanlilit ivs, aind saillpics (f V,d uirlble limve alls) been fru10 in soml.w4 plaevs. The2 opplortliunit iis ul'mr lheret for~ T II dt 4ck ralisinig arte124 i.xt-lleI (e-l by: the best pmrtimns )f what is kilwin aL-i the stok raising itatus." WitI a S1.1malfla 4b 4 kof .1 aap tlad a litth-. Work, 111i.hi .ounilty w 1111iW 2(1 A )1)n 4f tie fillest pa.stur1-e lands in t Worl. :ndihorses, mu1ts. caile an<l a .sh-cpa en be raiso hdre at a large A proltit. Therle is i ) d.ub t t ait C, the b-st (f gra-zing rassm-s can h1 ) railised here and all thlie pa,;tuire u:11dS WMuld he w%.(llI watered by (ear, lim pid, re-freshinllg Spr-ilgs and taeanis 11n1d wIhenil onc1, th1e, 11n4dIs have ben (' set in) gra it will rma1:n set f,)r all I-ilile to th12e Xecisilo of worthhsles i unldergrolwthl ia weteds. Ti ong win b22 ters, the ball, o sh>"ek rlaiS.I;, IS 11 thilg unki'm1n h.r 1nd v litih t ke(-pin 14 t hwk cms al -4e tl I I 1T rC :0-e live tIw1s in th ('011ty E"ahley, U,iberty . .g 1-... I ,,-11 (o2 the( Es .,2 i:1indh-a: :122 . Piehlis. 'I 24 t'ist th:ree4 and2 hf- hiave tI>44 b schools4d re'uningi. t421 mon41ths il th 12aid oll', att the (1h pot fori leansonl e4 lege at Fort4 Hil, thriee fourths1 o'f a goodt4 school for teni innithis in the' ig supplem(en(1 t< d1 1y pi ate 52sbsrip titonis. ar2e (41 every:1 hlP2il. .In the la1st t welv 114>1th s moe e w diwellin lgs Iimiv* year' 41 tof . ('(county's is1t4ory. T1he' Sthbers for buliltding and1( in) tnet for abn214 st any IVthIing abound2114. P~ine, 44ak, iocust, spriuce(, ash, hickory and inuany TIhe county2k no0w 1122 a popu41la1tionl of niearI 17,U(00, most ly whites', an.2 in y 1.. pri ('('nt. '1he1 whlites5 are lairget ly1 in1 tlhe ma22jor1ity, anld te p1eetage 4. (4f increase25 ini the' wh ite popiilatio is4l~I more1 than12 doulet thait. of Ite laiks. It, is pred'4ic'ted the incrlealse dur2'1ig e' thle ne(x1.tlUdecade will be inore than 75 t per1 cen'lt. I It In lIgNs mountain.1 His1 fahe was1vt Johni2tV Eliat i 'Dl,i who wasi also th nahv le uf this coutyl1~ . I lis mo2ther' . , waIs Eliaethi CL,yton2, a1 dau*lghter of II: tiic late Stepe lyo h asd< h(4fml nite pla(e no0w tIote hv dli ThIe O'Dells aidi ClaytIons ar1e of' tht Irish descent1. Trad'ition 11satys that thet father' of Stetphen2 Clayit4' emne ell s o4ver frem Irelan12d wiith Iiight (If is w. newV(411 oninenit, the~y sou1.ghit thir ii'a hiomesi m dihlerenit- i setions.I he wa'zs three~222(42ths1 old, andt he wiasn then placed'i under1:1 tht carie Of hi,~ 1 grand- father', Stephen CIh'.y on, hv whom he was raiised. He ri'eciv4c all hit schooling at Liberty under the forage of Maj. 1). Oliee, Col. C. L. >AlineglSworth and Thos. J. Dickson. ter the war, le was t pupil of the te Stephen llollingsworth. He was 3o for one sefsion, a pupil of Miss ary Alice Clayton, aC former class ate. The writer well reiciber-s te aptuess of young O'Dell in inlath natic. This is pre einilentlY i aracteristic of the Chayvtonl famnily. 4 a general rule, algebra, triginlonlii .-y and geoiett are as easy to tlwn14 s the' "Siingle rle oIf thre. \vw: is de'sn'e, :md( the init-litiom of his 11n1d-father, t he sllmd l1 ave 1 hloroughl vdienti,on, ItM with thli: 1d inl view hl w\as seit to tie Arseni I at C0lmtkhiaI, Nwere he h110 becil oIIly i shiiort, film -, whell, inl JImIIIm.v .865, the State cnicts wen- <rivi1 mitt by the iIINv:iion of Sierimn II. Ib( vas' iii the seirlvice of tilt c.Ilfe<d(rlaN %ithl the e.lets ight10,ViIt mIoIs. Ti I %-as the last c,mnferate militlrv or-anl zatfioI to ble d( ishShIlIII d. ('ap1t. J. 13 atrick ais nle (if thit 'Alicers I com 111anitd (n.Ir C(d. ,))lohn .P. Tholmas. A flvr the cl,se of the wa, 'Mr TDeli retunled t:i the faIn to whi me has givell is hio st :lteutiill < V 1 In . (k C tle 21st (4 Jolv, 1870, h vs m trri t .Ali;4 .rv 'a s Ie Sii-c'old ( i ll. r ,11h f 1 ir e S ,bun- - . , h. l'ar sIo . it . v Itsnl (d s ilt tinrlv Y Mills pl -c ill Ti v-- lihilc 1ver, put nvriingt k ill i i m11 (-ar, 0hn14.,11higrntr Rofb r 1 CIIrb Ie ('tl T Inving pllr Ilas d the .hv (x, I'llii: l I letl re k,he m"1'v d (i it amI(Ii so. Pll rolughIt itl ) p , :1 hi-Ih MIt'. of (.nII tat.ion. HI.o 4im r-iemlawi cnic,mf Oars, when.) hw ml >v.(.d to is pres(.ni I-Sidenic. al. Ih(mll,kw, thev vahmtbhe Itati n f(r ly owniid bf y h.i:s 1 Ilv, 'apIit. A T. C ytin. ' ite ha c nci l y 11N s1 uccessfuhl farn-Il r. W hil - i - 1 ha n vr r -bl any1 * v lii . f p>r,ft. h i, h s I bwf rtl . Il I ig otv i i i of l >n 11 1 it t Iist, le Wat isillt ti 4 Owpisb e i Ich- l ' in I it I v I'-wns 'ip i -hw.l v.,m I:,Si MI. Ahj ). i .'p rad Ilv v : li has iv i'lil that can a 1v Vt Im'ly I v1r s ie . 1m:1 11n111m11nb)r 4f thw .\liam-e vvver 'lIiitnscl ' it In ftI t } cwit v Ild wa:ks th- n4 tll' ei:h.lik' '"ll i -0. 1In 181 ) hot wt " clC dt 1111u- , :t . chn s1:1 tilt 4 i,hi d (,timt pofi 1111d v d( m -n raf i'14 . e it Ie 0 CIinlillit Iet, r ofIll fl;:l- yc7,!-s. 11c is n1ot a 1:111 o)f hihI p n- -. sp ltl ablut nt Iing,!: but h- it 4 : hil in f his 4 mVi uns s h ise -:-v::!ivv' mwA wvhv :s I: . Ow it:u o n.d - m l -al rp1wn. If a i . v It - is :nI blyillpa,thY V Hit till. C;lr Ill-Iov,met, but1 !it. i:4 a n1um1 1f I'le) -(d- n A (r n1!1:., and (0tvs ,c lIii,"~ to hIis j:-1 n .nt., i f h. h as -V(;b. hv h s r ber 1867. In 1878 he was eiected to thLegislature. Hie tcok astrong stand for ten)perance and greatly aid ed in domg away with whiskey Ii. cen se im this cou nty. Mr. Bowei has nI ways takei a prominent part in every moveienlt looking to the1 interest of his comity tnd fulow farmers. Ih- is a ieinber of the Faruers' Associa tion and the Alliance, nd in the late reforIn mnovemIet, hv. took ain act%ie itetrest, anld wa1S, vlectedI l1wimber of, tle lHouse. 'Mr. wn is a1 memeir of Secoua Bapt ist chlnrcb tund takes 1 ren,1111t inltee-q,# inl everything tin t will advancev flhe caulsc of fthe chm'ch alld Suni hiy Schlool. --7 IoN. C. U. CAlIPIENTER1, nR-PNEETT F.N C harles 11. ( J1roeri mwillnher of the Picken1s -delegatil), Was biln inl tle cit y of (irevmifle ill 1859 ;wid is oIf Gre-mman En.lish ])I. retg . His faither .1. F. n- ntr Esq., is at promlini lt c(Inn i: o :nld build(er of that placv. Hiis n >tw rnaih-( iu1 was I iltle,t hnt1, and I li al dec. 1:bi f 1111 th l t I-' Ilsh Fim,ci-tl flit 'll. a nthr lnt . 1 e-i b lt I Bi i Ifr m n lcIn. t u t i A f-. I i : iI f: m I I It I S ; I I I I it 1880 h8 1 n r iI . lii nt I t r ofth I atanPcn f thi - I n I , : :I V a I .I I. a t rw 1-mv :1l 1t:4 1 . : A I S b. I bI- -Ia tr , : e. I i -. it i V, .1 Us 11 1 a V te II! . 4-41 114 I I wkt- .1 ;11 1 lt l 1 111 )lt 4- . - f F Ila, I Ii :I t ti, a. c i , i i ib crut ic ,1n Ihe I :- , ( h3 - f. i. . h.r. bl' iA. .4 1 1 :T . t I o m . 4b Inaxet18nt9 h in . k ( n ;-( . i, -lit1 m'(i4t w:ths : -4 11t 1 a i itl 42ti ti, , tIil i Iliet atC V.dl act J iri-r, 'iI "1111 ill ( ) i Ie f ii t he V liins a:i l at41 :1)4tvd a 44 . lit by:441 till - , bitl~ 411.r n t1il flit lniiin( 1. i.n no-n11 f ti m -, 2)41 I lie l gv :d44 s aat llulin4IteresI tit 4111 fb nula )Se1>4 ' i nce'I h11 e wil Iit f .nrt ii I d tst inl a " . - st lii1)., '1 1. 1,. j I 11g4 444akeni ll laltrink. nor Ido41 hIt Iusto b.c444 in nf ri. II n4H iit!14 il is It.1 it trongiiSi ad)je5 fal plans Pt'L-1 1h a 1-1 unty.I' l't-i141 was)44.rul ,,ilh - li i th of1 ' May 18:tlal,4in. i ('.S.a ('nt. hit 44 tion 4 .1 TwIAve 1\lile River Associationl. In1 1888, hIe wI electA Cle.rk of t w Cir enit. oulrt ft'r twh.e,11rra(of four)t ear* lie thei muoved to Pickens, h'aviig purchaised the Philpot, 1House froni Mr. Jaines E. Kirkslr. lie has reatly ,ii pro-'ed this ph1,ke e1id inadle it, a beluitifil vllag i,ilt. 114 is onei1 11olig the activito n o4gresiv 11;ptist pl,puLltionl that has coinle iito Pickens InI the( last f ew years, aicar tcr ineibil T of th1e4 .lpdist cliirch1 re cf,ntlyv or".'Ilize<d il >i k n . anid It(. I is also oil, (If the triustves (f t il. Pick idenvitilit.d w%ithI N%ha.tvver pnintiM*C. Iud to the town%%I 10 ,llv. 11 A L. I , I I heIIVI is Iir e .\k. W il'- ub\ hi wa-;s 14>rn1 nc:w- 1 In ;1 PAth 4:1 thel 150h 144N e 1( j 1 Pi fll .lr is J:111nes N. . ihe , - f w vuh.r--:n c( e t I I Iis - val I - )).'w [rchnd n 1al! m r I:I:: -4 , ;.. f irelat.l ini tlw 'li r p:t - I -f t~is in teenth I I ' -sG n I d' ii tihi in 1 5i(5 h. l i : i h*i'i iji-ind l n::. 4f A hI c- : . r. i it a !I1 t I. . 1 1 1 Il. 1... - I Ii i i V. I, ! -, t t, .i '111i' l I 11 ' lik - C t i I1 . i-n di v. IX \V i I, . .14. I \\. - % lilt )I -f Ii ,, ( t 1- 0 ! n<i u 'ti~hc WIs .S f..--l l Iil' \I ittii m ,t.ri 1279 V i - h-e notit 1451 if the inn - lil iel ons on;t4 ni iti lal I<ith d iaitig- tlwn ofi I lvi.i 1-'or a u1bib.1 l'nd (put up,iI I on ar.line :b et tis tI lh e s 1)41of 1 ly I 1-.iOt1 ;!i he it m1 nilt e r t 14 i i-nn ilanI -. 144; * t \4It yt at, y tu n. N I is 4ttn i4 o tn-lv r rying he uml l 4- wen i-:ah- aind:4 Pickens,.1 uni , when4i4t he wasiit. th nn Ie t II 4iln, uIlwre he11 has I lei 414 has h u. l lit e siccs'l( u ilt boith 14n 1 unumt a o his la ie t' i,'.l ami ilm j11a41il ' b ntt'nih t-> b bIfi of iti Pickens ctout,Ci v'it V.I12 1nis aictliii wfe ~.j L'r1;~ha 3uriu(, [ da1ughter of the Rev. J They Wev 11;arried onIt January1111 1860, anid S tf Crook tonsh'Aip. Likt at that tiinle the brig their inarried lift) wvasi hy tho elolds of war. all -"good. byes" must I from the ohlier's lips the dear. young wifit it as well as:- in his own, ae s in for wh:1w oNi ofi warI' inny brn. .1 SOrViCt VnCman . tuiler cOIln. nindofCat.S.' D. G'o')dlett, ()th thN.6 Clion Rgilit. He wvas aft ( -NntIds n1lade Lieutenai lt of the 25thi Virginia, omn)ded by Col. 1). W,Ytt ElittIlis Servico Was al iInOSt. eni irely in Vrgiuin. In knu ary*. 15, oil account of failitig health Ie was seit hloie ol a furlough which was cxtended ait various timles Iluitil the sureiider. After the war lie set. tied dowin to farining in Anderson CM1unty, where he rvinainedl mntil the 15th of Dtveeiiber 1873, whten he mov0d to th, town of Pickens, nld settled ml tIle ple\ewhre he now re. Si(Is. ic aed A. M. Folger put up1 on1 Town ICek. at, what, is nlow kilwi as tihle faItle & CIeuients !ill l'a t he fir-d. ciretilar saw O.hat was uver k-peratell in iis Section. TheiY also) buil( ait, thOwni timle, at cottonlf gin aid g-rist imill. This bu-:i 1(18 wAs en1tirlv mlder. the linanage.0 mewnt anld c4nolO of Mr, Newberry and \kll hiil he turn to accouit one (if tle best water powers inl this Hve tio I. lith devotd himself 'with per. S(1vering!,* iindustrv to this business for seven1 yea%, n hIn t(e en t ire plant w(as s it out, together with tile tract f biIIl, inl t(e fall of 1'7.), hili tle Mxt. fall he bcgall his career as a 1111r1,11:11t by "()ing" into partner-ship w\Itth e i - tt. J. C. Griflin ait the:;tand n 1* 1f \lin Stre-t, lowN ccupie(d bYV h1-ris & M,wrrs. IL still ris :1 hr.1tab!1 bsnSS Inl this' !ll( inel the luth Ii<ie of Alain Stnet, niwxt (1(oor' t" lisl .lw,-o C. to which h1.'ac h u I1' \4d lat Jranw-v. M r. Nc e n \u csi appimik-il Triailf JtiiC inl 1i m:1111 1S41 vc'I t\wn) terills to the sl i ;lh.: i,,n (f all. lI was again 4.4414i1 d t a thinhl .rIll, hat <lfib:d Sd 'i- r. In 1s8 ens hc I 1 ei44-- . 1of Ur j.1t J,.tIge wh4ieb i I . 1 'V 1 11 1: ak well for t- i . (.I P Ili l t1 44 i l"11 h e L - " t ; - 4 .. nra 'w. \V. r. nurirriii, Fl 444 co4muM-STN. S< e, I). '4 i.her I 0h, 8-hi, of Si'otch Li !!" att'inled1 the~ "11h1 fiebl w nthe winter~'1 :uni4 wIrkedl (oc -h L ah r~ far <bulin411jg the siuInmier. I tI y i'll . 4 - a I i>421 :d 411 1.va iage 44ni was a sl, r1 tI a1 t thle UnOiun .ln(-r1' son1 Colege, 011nI 4151stein Rdiver. 11.4 shor t. IIIne bein1g ('nllel home)1( bv the 4411l 1he wasiI ('4in41(lI(ed to reliniquishi his~ tuies and21i( unii(2ge the farm. 114 rInil 4 n41 the fa.ri tuntil tin 4(pening 441 th ho 14sfilities het ween(41 thle NCrth i 0l( South1 I whvlen- on the 1 3thi d ay of' Augst 18G"1 , lhe enlisteud inl ('441n11:my 1%. lifthI Tennessee5( ]at I',i(4ut1nant ('44l 2el Geo1, B. McClel. lhe Iih1-:une enilist ed in Co4nilmuy- K. he.vls. 114 wats inl active cluty d'uriig 411(1.t3rd. 18I5 1 r.; 11righ ~V f l)11(n enin t hen returned1(4 to thlis (oIunty and1( be( 4 n tecing'!l scho1444l at Cross 1Road(1s. I hi ph:2(' since'4 180 wIS iith thle e4xcep Ij iln 4of 4n or4 441 wo*i yents', when lie 1an1ht subscr'ipti'n 1(chools. Oti '.he 21st of Si.tembl r.4 1 S71, he wasl mar-l~ rii t11o S\iiss Maigaret .1., (IhoAghter' of lI VJ. WVilli:ans, of the Sala1 side. in1 H and(4 lo't(( 1i'taken hold ixwi th l,etminationl t4 do4 .eerythiing in his power 1 I to1 dvane th' Ile ('onse4 o f ('teuc 1441 in1 t his c(llt v, .IlE 1s al elnsei -III ns41 14:11 is 1 t do otIh'er', at'd no( r'1entlyv bentijed1 by his athnllinistran 4i11. A\s nhove noted144(4, much(I of htis -'untry schl4 n.141 all t his teainglIi Ciri' been dne tiE'ill thel samei seci( n 1ne 4of the1 re-alI-s is tha4 lie lhas '4n11 and1 pa14i5. lbis 4'p\41ri.-nce ill his way wvil ienm uhesg .estion1s to4 the. to:4-!I,-r (of thle coun11 y. Mir. I'.'ith is a farinwas well "c is1 ten44h4r and4 has taIkenl an ne(tiVe' in ('rEst inlEV \v rtinIe that1 lo4ki (to the~ 44n14it. 441 144' :i' i('ul rl 4 4classes. 14'41411 Ie is a proine t.lle(eI anan 41 hli severa r4'4esltntib-i pos( iito fin V . . NA V/ MATTIllMW HENDRICKS, CIIAIl'MA BOARD 01' COtUNTY COMMI MllattheW (10n(1rick w tober thu 4th 1842, about soutihwest of Pick'Hi.. ' was Col. John . 1-(.lndricks, of Virginia, who died when Ma was hix years of age. I I is mi('-er f 0 daughter of the h'ie Allen He wis raised on 'lie faii - noW lives, ieart Pt m1pkinilto , receied acornnen choo q it the Oolenoy ACIelem11Y, b 1,. pal teacher being J. B. Reid. openlmg of the war in '61, Hendricks then eiglteei ye enlisted in Coiipany H. 4th : / A Carolina VAlunteers, Captail, (hiffin; remaind in the 4th 1V miei4 one yevr awl then jo;Intkj Brooks' Artilery, of (alilrlesion, un der Captain A. U. Ifhdt rellmained with that Command iearly two y-ears, and th<n juineud Westlivld'S Caivil t'der Cliptain J7hn1 Westield, a remained wit h this c(mnmiad uin tle lose if the wir. Hei was at t' fnot all the 1 ino alld in Iiost of tH L battles of Virini, First and See Olnd .\lmnssa, (kc-ttysburg, Sharps. bur, 1nahriesbug, ad all 4f thle 11iaINy h it 1 ..ts fru f ld around litim l. I!is 'rotior Jamnes Al Pcni-n< i:-k" wasI: killedI a t 1), Whit,. Oak Huayblwlichmlo, but 3ahwl. throughl tl all u: \t the: S1u rn.nld t Is ikW,n 4n - h1 11( 11('1 v .3M av 1R 08G5, 11111 it mie neut- the Ibl ies- of f:ninig. Mar-eb ihe 2:. I SGG, he was rinig. I' t t \ 'iss Mi J, huhter df -ligspi L wp.r, w! lilil ba blv se it11 w'Eiii-I i th t il l i ,~ 1 M03r. H111nd1-rk-4 was appoi publli.' L rosCiii He(ster's S'tore'( illy Spin ( 'iiirebi. Ever Sil that timi1 he has bieeiln ore or 1 inte.s%Liin layin (lut aill the pub roMis of the co1ty, a1n to his a wokinl that lim" thlecountyk is indel d for the! mplendid gilradu of ill b.r new public hi.Ihwavs. lie v 4 b-cted (',untY (' uisi oneL-i-;tiivr in *nliat the (:or :-alization (f Ilhv B I -n .J:uinin.ry heo w:ts m:ele Chairnas, D)ent'on in thle (3 )noyt ia I i pi i-t Chun :iul idk-ts anl let he iti ir-st ini all il sL'c'i,is of lwd clii:reih for the a vanicemient if thle catuse of religi. anid hi1 'i1 is cunsl1.and licel:t l isi mu sioighit after by his fiemci .s anid neigh bors whIen ini troinbh..l e J. N. MiRHEJIt,~ Cot) NY iaoMthssIoNER. Jainets im tmotns Muirphree waH b~oru itt the WXill iami Murphree1'O lafce fou ileiiis f.rm Pickents, on the Twelve Mile Ri Uver. As his namie in ienites, he( (Cme oii\q f st iardiy Irish thle Twelve Mile farm, shortly after thle Revoluit ion. His fathliEr, \tillim as wvas lus ii mth ler, Miss Mary B3aker', whoi wa bor5 n andiu( risedRC( on, the farm no)w owneid by Mrs. Laura Baker', thr iee miiles norlt fi of the coun ty seat. Most. (of his ('dbication was rceived ini1 the coin n sc(1fhiool oIf his nteigli thrh, taught principally ' by tJtTrison Pa'irsons!. H is- T'outh was spent ini hai work ont the farm.. On t hei lit ch of .Jaua ry , 1.853,h was ~i hpily Inmrrii'iied to Missn Nancy Price,<intier of theii laite l-athjdi Picje, and14 set led oni M ile Creek. He1( was stewar ofi 'h i the Pickents (di8 tict pr farmlliii for five4 years 1. When~ he gi.E( up the steward'iship1 hie mnoved fto Cw Creek wthere lhe livedl uttit I SGI, thle h:'uining oif t he war. On~ JIuly~ 214 il f htt t year, I ie, sam1e day t he tir.t, ba:t t le ofI Manaliissas wViP fought h:e ('nlisted ini Comtpany AA (Orir s lIeUgimeln t, at. Sandy Springs. Ilis fr.st siirvice was (li the South Car'i hnia cEoast, friomt there his~ siiiiiitan was i+n to Vir'gig-. ila and lit Iitached t o thea "'Stobnowalh liigao,"' ktnowni lil Jalcksons foe~ hils fiamoiis e(nuounter duinig th.Q ui MelDoiwell out of thle Shmenaundoah Vailey, anid fri'enttly' enjoyed a ful! neal( from the waigont trains of thesee Nuortern, Generalsh. It was ntoto)ri us~ that Bianks' armty kept, Jackson's. wYl caar, mi brioad( andh imat for. II mieti me durini g that camlitpaigni Mr'. ilar that illuist Iioust GJelita vwhoienh -trvdhi et wud ung het war* he twvico felt the hot sting of ,he yanikee lead. At the usnm 2la.