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

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10 considerable extent every edi-
tlon OF the SENTINEL is q county edi- :,
tion, but this week it is so to q much
greater extent than usual. We de.
vote considerable space to sketch of
the county in general way, and the
brief sketches of our county officers
will be quite interesting, The en-
cravings are we'll executed and le
markably faithful tothe photographs.
This has been tested by showing them
to intimate acQuaintances of the sub
jects, who unhesitatiugly 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-
ture OF enterprising journalism and
1s III no sense inappropriate for pa
per like tho SENTINEL which is run in
the interest of the people of Pickens
county, and to interest and inform it's
constituency in the county. Enter
prise cannot wait for the approval of
every one. At every leap forward it
will meet with sharp criticism from
the rear. But we live and move and
have our being in progressive age,
and if the head light docs not flicker.
we are going to run in on schedule
time by the 18TH meridian. This ed,
1tion of the SENTINEL is by far the
largest issue Of any newspaper, that
has ever been printed in Pickens coum-
ty and nearly every copy has been
sold and wo regret now that wo did
not print five hundred copies for free
distribution.
Maj Stewart tho Clerk of the court
did not have photo suitable, and he
with us regrets that i'll health, the
bad weather and q pressure of work
prevented him from complying with
our request in this particular. And
we did not get osscc Coroner Boyss
and the Jury Comi missioner, Mr.. Shcr.
iff Brown in time o have them for
this edition, but we hopo to present
them soon. Well this is the first ut
tempt Of the kind that has ever been
made in Pickcns county, and if it did
nothing else il would keep usull from
thinking that we livcin the buckwoods
OF behind the mountains. We live in
front of the mountains the sublime.
''r-s"9. ct, ,t'-+-sa time beautiful Blue
-."Go' IN the best section of country
there IS any where. All we need to
doSelopc it is more men, and more
muscle. These factors arc constantly
pclnS added to our rcsouf ccs, and
consequently we are incrca sing in
prosperity and wealth a3 a \comtv.
livery one can be faithful TO the
truth and Still speak well of this( coun
ty' and every laudablo ENTERPRISE, and
effort should have this much cn*:your.
"gement, if no more; u n Won orc moi
aa'..t . 'tDt. ,tDt1 % speaking well of your
roVaiHe, and it's enterprises, the sooner
you get yourself into that habit the
better it will hc for you, and the
quicker and higher will You rise in
your own and tho estimation Of others.
See?
rICKENS COUNTY.
Pickens County was formed in 1868 |
and made of the eastern portion OF
Pickcns district. According to- the
recent map made by the State the
county contains something oveH G25
square miles, but it is generally sup.
posed to contain less than that mum
her, 1t has three natural and one
artificial boundary. On tho north
the line is the Blue Ridge Mountains
and Saluda River, by which it is sep.
arated respectively from North Caro-
lima and a portion of Grccnvilc coun.
ty. The entire eastern line is Salu
da River. The southern line leaves
Saluda River ut the mouth of Georges
Greek and runs westerly course un-
til it intersccts the road leading from
Pondlcton TO Ravcncl's Bridge, thence
said road to Seneca River. The west |
ern boundary is Seneca and Kcowcc
Rivers and by amendment in 1875,
IoXaway River was made the line in |
stend OF White Water River. 1t has an |
nhdulatinG, and in some places hilly
surface in the southern portion. In
the northern part it is hillv and noun |