The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-06-25


the Sheriff." should the law require his
execution, and thas officer is the Coroner.
Patrick Henry Boggs was born Mt
! Pleasant Hill Farm, now in the corpo-
rate limits of tho town of Liberty, Au-
gust tho 9th 1858. His fa:her was tho
lnto Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hamil
ton Boggs. His mother, Mrs. Martha
a. Boggs, is daughter of the lute Will
liam Hamilton, Of Anderson county.
The subject OF this sketch grew to
manhood at the pluce of his nativity.
He received his education Mt the we'll
known cold Liberty School" under the
tutorago of G. l.. Hollingsworth, Thom-
rs J. Dickson, Stephen Hollingsworth
and Miss Mary Alice Clayton. He was
also under the tutorage of the late John
l.. Kennedy ut Thalian Academy for
about year aud n half and Nfterward
he attended school taught ut Shutdown
10y J. Perry Glenn, the present Senator
from Anderson county.
After leaving school he managed his
mothers farm for several years. In 1874
on tho 1st dny Of December, he was
daughter of William A. and Sarah X.
Chapman, of Liberty township. He
first settled in Liberty township and liv-
ed there until 1881, when he moved to
the western section of Brushy Creek
township, Anderson county; here he
resided until 1885, when lie returned to
Liberty and settled on part of the old
homestead. About two years ago he
purchased a portion of the John Tenn.
pleton plantation from w. H. Chapman.
He thon moved north Of the railroad
but is still in the incorporate limits of
tho town and has Il valuable tract of land
and desirable home.
Mr.. Boggs has been n member of the
town council Of Liberty almost continu-
ously since his residence there. In 1888
he was elected Coroner for Pickcns
county, which office he still holds Since
his election he has been called on to in
vestiSatc about twenty cases of violent
deaths from accidents and through
criminal means. In the latter class of
cases his Investigations have always been
thorough and complete i'll every detail,
for which he has received the highest
concentrations of the State authorities
He has been n Master Mason since 1879,
having been raised ut Piercetown by
Barnett Lodge, No. Jog. He is mem
Der of the Alliance and is firm believer
in its principles.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The inccease Of tho volume of public
business III this county has been 30 greut
of late years that there has for q long
time been Il great need of more and bet
ter quarters for the accommodation of
our officers and tho records of Their
Offices. These demands are soon to he
satisfied IN the building Of the new
, court house.
As has been heretofore noted the plans
! have been submitted and the contract let
to II company of thoroughly reliable
men, who will have the structure com.
| pletnd within year, or in other words it
will be ready for the July court in '92.
The new building is to be an imposing
structure 50xSO feet, two full stories high
above ground, with basement. There
will bN eight commodious offices on the
! first floor, for the accommodation of the
several county officers. This will bring
all Of these departments under one roof
and will be great saving of time and II
convenience to the public in the truusnc-
lion Of business, and one will not have
to cover the entire corporate limits of tho
town III the search for the various Offices.
up for the court, will be one of the best
III the State and will accommodate nj
audience of five or six hundred, besides
giving ample room to the officers Of tho
conrt, members of the ba", and the iu
rlcS. The rooms set apart for the dcllb
erations Of the jury will he of good size
neat and comfortable, which will be i
great contrast to the present crampcd
" box stalls . under the floor, that have,
no doubt, caused great injury to the
health of many of our citizens. The
whole will be surmountcd by Il handsome
tower that will add greatly to the appear
anco of the building.
Tho progressive spirit of our citizens,
| shown by these improvements, will mn
doubtedly impress the outside world f;,-
vorably and will be the means Of attract
ing people hithcrward. AS long rs the
citizens Of any community put up with
and usc Cram -shacklo" affairs for the
transaction of business, just SO long will
strangers think that we arc n poor shift
less set, and they will have no desire to
come among us. We arc thankful that
we are able to say that old days of mako
shift are passed from this county.
RAILROAD PROSPECTS.
Every one who takes pains 70 look
closely into tho matter, knows that DO
one thing has donc SO much to advance
the material prosperity of Pickens conn
ty rs the Air Line Railroad. Although
we paid it 800. 900 it has been worth
ten tlmes that amount to the county
The obligation to pay this amount was
faithfully fought in the courts, but it has
been faithfully paid together with all the
costs Of litigation. But with all the sub
si,lics voted to tho Air Line, it was I'M
able to preserve it's actiyc corporate OK.
istencc. 1t had to go under Its pro-
jec;ors lost thousands, and the Bank of
Commerce ut Richmond was wrecked,
but the county is here yet collecting its
dividends year after year, not only in
the Sc, 500 taxes that the road pays, but
also III the thousand convcnicnccs and
advantages that tho road furnishes.
When we look at tho advsability of in
croasing our prosperity by encouraging
another railroad to run through the coun-
ty we should put all those advantages in
tho scales to balance npninSt tho eYDensr