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F'l' l\nk ~nnlt(',. f'''~:; :''. 1" ,0111 ,I­

a" 'iar.' ,,' "r :> Q\(ISe town~ I .. ' "' !lIr. I .,' n ' II " , l 'un uf e,l ." count), .. :,r. or: ," ~ Hta r l~h

Job S~ .. lre ~rft_.: ... '~ II. I\ ~t l {e " N ew jl en e)' and a \11I 2U I d ':8.!f'Il' i It 0: St~J)hen Cr8n 2, mt.mha of I t ~ first CO:ltlnental Congr(sl!. .10"::: Crane a :lltlcd In the Sa:ldy Ilia ,O! s :;o;.t!on qui te II. loung man, Il nd mr.r Tied Lydia Flnth{ r, born In UIlI'a11 county. and daughl: r of John Flnl'L' cr , D!ltlve of Mecklenburg (ou nT• F. S. Cran~ . son of Jail aud Ly, l {FIn cher J Crane, bfts bean prOIl -n :;:lIt In til '! a f fail8 o[ thE' {'ountl· e3peclally In the ]\fa,.-In dls . I'lll, /-. hrme~ . m: nha::.t e nd puaU ;: 811'ril oi

( ItI~en. I n addition to hIs fa!"iui Inte~C81..!1 Mr. Crane has been In I I"­

merean.Ule buslne88 there for 2 yean, and before rurRI mali roat

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it were ulab\lshcd s ~ r v£d 6S l>oS ~m3 • ler In that section 2t. yea1'll. He hr \ 11.1110 been a ,; live In educnl 'onal lila . teTl. for many years renderi ng val l.. able service as a member of lh. s ::hool eo.nm lttze In his dlslrl<t. \

In 1882 he married Mrs. Arkant: V. He! ms. widow of Amon ;\1. Helml· and daughter of E. W. IU ~!1ardsol,o

I of Union cou nty. l~rom tb ' s mar rlage three IOns a re llvlng: Jam€~

I T .• Frank E ~nest. and Wllllalli San· ~ ford. i\lTI. Crane d ied In May. 19,0

since whlrh time Miss Jennie Helms. this fl t epdaugh te r, has Ilre.'ded Ol'l'l

hl3 ... bouaehold.

!7" - -J ... \ . Uf~AL.

Jacob Allen Deal was born In Ca~ 'aw ba cou n ty. N. C., r"::bruary 1 U, 1856. H is fa t her and mo~her were nl80 naUv£8 of th e 1I1me cou n ty. In

! ~ 878 Mr. Deal moved to !'nion coun-

IlY, lI~ ltling a t Il ls 1)r<8~n t location In Sandy Ridge townshI p, and hll8 been 'liglily Slh:C6Ssfu l 1111 II fa r m er and ,nanu fa( turer ~o r lumber. He owns

' :Ibout ::. 00 Rf' reS o f land In the tow n_ I ;; ,Ip, 300 M lng under cult i va~lon , For the pas l fourteen years he has

' also beCn engaged In the saw wilt !}usines8, his mi ll havi ng a capar lty M 6,000 re::t of lumber PH day. In lddltion to a large local t rade a good 'Ie:!. l of the produ( t Is 8o!d at Mat­t,hews and Charlotte. Mr. De l! WM me.rrJeu In 11I81 to Lyd ia A. Moore, Il daughter of Andrew Moore of Un­ion cQu nty. F rom this union t here Ire n ine 801)8 JI ving : C'laudJull A.

Quincy M., ~~ reOerJck. Aubrey , Hen ­I ry C .. Clifford, Doyle A., Garnet, l ind Har:'C':· ______ _

! J. S. V"~LAN I·; \· .

James Stanhope D~!aney, Sandy Ridge township, was born In I.&o ll eRS.,

ter cou nty. S. , C., July 2S, 1849. i His tatber, .Tamu D~laney. was a I

, native of Lancaster (ounty S C" I l a nd his mother, Cath ellne (Me-I Clure) Delaney, a nati ve of Ch ester I county. S. C, J am~B ' Oe:aney 8~r\'­

ed In the war betw een the S~ at;a,

, c n llstlflg In his na~he county, aou .

serving with the army o r no -lhffO I Virginia three years, bo~h in th e artillery and \n flntry branch(s d the s ~rvl((!. J. S. n :!laney mo·.cd to Un ion county about 40 ye:Hs 81'0 and s s ttled three ml!fs from h's

I present home. He has s: rvcd man} yea~8 on school commltte(lJ In nil:! township, and was g:>veral tlmfs ap-

I pointed to the 'OWee ot ma~18~r9.te. but dlj n ot !j~n·e. He is an exten_

j81Ve and progreasive far mer, his present holdings btlng 800 a cres, ab('u t 300 of which ard'lIndcr cult~-

, V:lt'on. . , In I ~80 he m!lrrled Maggie Mat­thews o f Sa ndy . Rld S"e townslr1p, ~. daughtcl' of th e late Wlli iam Mat· t hews of this county. J.~rom th ', u n ion there are 8IJven ('hl!drcn Il v·

ling: J . l~uter. William T., " l ar~ F . , ~~1"ne8 t S., Matti e L., Be .t!e C. and Charles O.

GOOSE CREEK. UNIONn U ,":.

Goose Creek hi one c f th ~ north-• :rn lownah1rll or th e county and '8 lile home ot man y prosp~ rous

,srmers, among them being the Jt8 ';e:l d~lIhl o f th 2 O! d 2S1 s : tt]er6 oi' his 8 ~Cllon .

Th e largea! areas und er cui llve­Ion at pres:;nt lire In the lower

n it of the township, whlLI\ Is a1-'0 more th ickly Ilo ;>u\atcd than the l !]lp~ r half. Th e center c1 ImpoT •

.. .;;: . ' t~" : "''''11 of Uf" gprl " '" J .1111 .... ., ,I" .. 11 ~-' , •. Broad, soon to be

lullt through th e towns h ip by 1\'.:11 1 I J( Unionville to Monroe, s hall be

~ompleted. r apId development .; . .... u g hout the e nUre 10Wllshll) 18 'onrldcntl y ex pe< t =d .

A charter for the town or Unlon­IlIIe WIIS g ranted by th e LC,l 13lature It Its ilI.ll t 8~88·on . Slid ratl rl2d ?e~ruary 1 I , 1911. it l)rovhlC8 for J. mayor and nIle COmr1liS8itln e r ~ , a JJcretary and treasurer {one or!i~e J

o b2 s~ i ect~d from among the ( om­'Ilis3ioners. Tb e pr~s ~nt orndl\i~ or .he to wn I\rc: J. I!. LULIe. nUl.)'or: ommissioneu A A . Sscr Cst lJr

! \. 0 , N. WhIU~y. s)tr etary' anli

[ .:reasu rer, H , M. Wi1\lnms. J . 1'. Pr l : e an d R. L , Smith ! Unionville is S i : Ult~d nllou l s ~ l'en 1II11cs nor th from l\!onroe and Is the :enter or an unu S1\1\lIy progr Fssh'e

rind Int ~ lI!gcnt cOm mun: ly, it 1\ :8 1 • 11'0 gene: al merthl\ndl8~ s:or . ~ , n 'Ine drug store, roller mill. saw 1111:1 1 ~rlst mill. /tnd tile plan!ng mill t..f .he Unlon l'ille Manuh.t..lull ng C OiU­

l:lny. Th :smll! c.mll iols five t o s~>;

n; n coast:lutly, and Is dO'n s a stead­Iy growing bU !l ln ~ lI.'I. It was i ncor.

) orated In May. I!:IIO, with a ca!1i tal l( * 1 ,000. Doors, lIashes. mould· n2,s. etc .• are manufactured. and I t

' (I[I S proved of gr cn b::nerlt to tha t 'r ', Ie-n. Th 9 offlcers or tlte eO,lIlla­JY are: Or, \\I , H . Smi t h , presid ent; rl.. L . Sm i th, a ~cratliry lO !ld t rensur. r: J . U. Li t ll:!. manager.

l'S IO:\ \"ILI.t-; 1I1 ( 'jf S(;1I001.,

One or Ih ) eari"cs t I\ud bes . houls In Gn lon coun t y wall (lstab.

!i· :li"; i ll I !HI~ b) th o j ohn efforls ;. . 1 " ;.: P,'P>lson, Wi lliam /\ . LQve,

0 ," ,

1' 1'(1(, 0, (" H lilulito ll.

~~ . J , Griffi n and WHllutll O. Lun;. rh ey er ed c tl a con\lllod ~ou s t wo­':"I'y buildi n g wl. it-h t hey jJa'Med 111 .1 o31Uy t u rn !shcd with all nPces­Jury equl !III1cn t fo r high s. hovl PUT­

;.Joses, I t was k nown aa t he Union Ins:hute a~ld share I! or ~ :o~k .... ore mi d to d.Jzen9 or the to wu sh l p .

Owing to t h e g r eat Increase In Ih t: lar1ucnce and patronage or th ~

!!Ich ool . It Wil li rou nd In 18!lu lha. the orig inal bulld !ng WIUJ not l arge ~nollgh to accommodate i ts g rowi ng I ",atronage, anti I\n a·Jdltlonal two_ .itory building. a1 j cln lng th c old .. ,.. ... was erected.

Li bera l purehas: s of stock W3re Illa1e by th e 0 ig l n 'l l f ounders and (lim y olh ::r Imb: i -l,lr! l ed ".I~e:J8,

' tlno~ Ul .Il. ment'oned 1I1 Ii, I' u rser . A . A. ;:j 3( r . st I\n(1 !:;alll u - l .\ . H elms. The s hool has pasaed ' u the OWnershi p of Ihe (ount). and '(ttll r anks among t he lead in g h igh ~::.hoo : a of t he State. I t Is pel asantly located about 83ven miles frOm 1\lon­l '~ In an 11lt ~ 1Ilgrnt an d p ~o"' lle~­

fl US n31ghborhood .... lth ca)e::.i ll l1y bealthrul surroun :lln(s havi ng an abundance or pure wat er , I\nd Cree rrom malarlll and lo"al causes of disease.

Prot. O. C. lIaml :ton \I'alI lhe n"ll ~ll(' her and for twenty-five ~'e ll r8

1e re tai ned th e I)oa ·t 'on of prl n:: l pa]. ':: tJrl ng hs~ yeul" on Recount or age ' nd dl811bl :l ty, Pror. H amilton \\"R' \ 11hoU1 doubt the Ilble~t and lIIOI! .t\orough t !lacher ever emp loyed In ..i n ion cou nt y. H II exp~rI ( n(e ( Ov­

:---;d a per iod o f forty-fi ve years ,i· .... l thOu t cessation, and among his ! " ). r1y !lupl!a m ay be round lIIany

rum now high In th 9 affa!ra or the State Ilnd nation.

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• , , , • , Eo J . (;IUFFI N, ":SQ.

E lbert .In kllc n G rl~nl\. c r Oooll l ! t: r ce k , w :::a bOl"u la th8 ~ ~owulllI).

June ::0, 1 8~,O . His ft\t ~I: " \\'0 '1 J oab Griffin of t!l', <'0 :(11 1)'. who e:l IlU~ In the 10th Sa tta 10D of :\orl h Car.

1 ollna trevr.a In AI)ri) . 181>2. ::I nd ! 8 r vc.d u nti l th eiIO!!:! o~ 1113 1I·3r.1

~: I ng mullt: l'cd I:l In May, 1866. HIli 1110t h el", 1.Qu1 a (ilautolllJ u rl;­fin Wil l 11180 a na t l /.0 of Un 'on coun t y , It daugh t er o f Cryanl Uau-

I (om . Mr. Grlmn took an a li ve part In

I found lntt linion Instllute a t F u 'on­ville, draw ing up l!l. e orlg ln 11 a -:ree- I Il' ':nt b~lwcen the flrat 8:o~khold-

I crs d t hat I ~hool , an d al80 th e fl~,t I( 1I (,OJtraf' \ ",ado with P~of . O. C. Halll.

l.

• Ilton, It I flrlll tea~hcr: both of theR j original document s bel ]} \( Itl ll In , h ie poll?aaiqn . As o n o of the or11"- 1 Inal trustees of Union Inll :ltute li e 1

~ continued (on neeled with It u!ltll It I ;J:l.311!J Into th J school prop.!rtlu oiZ '"e ICJ n Y. I

IIlr. th\(lln 13 one of l he cOu n t)"!; mos , pl'ogruslve fa meu lind n ,w",)s J..;tI , eIY 11 .. ' r~8ted In 1.11 w~.t ~ re . CII_ ill!~ lally IUc.n J eduLationa! \' 0£1. I-I e ,J ~ NV(.(! us a mal:,hw'ale t l om I!iS7 . 0 I !I(Ja. I

In I S70 he maTlcd ~~ra:lle:, ;, nn l ?!''''e. d aulih t t,. r o f U. AI\ U . Pr ice, '" prom !n nt a:ld JI,·o . reai!l·e , I .b . n of u nion loun,y, alia one c f Ihe ,'Olindel'lI of 101001 InlHl.ute. or th l "lll' ~ ~_;

• 8S E. ( M Ill. IV. 1\. I~ov e " t 'at : \ . ) ~' ., l;ora E. Iillrll . W. BIll k ) , WOl', .cy E .. Emilia A . ( lilT •. O. Ii. Halg'

I .or), t'ann lo M . (Llirll . M. A' , OIl­Jo~n ~ ), Jo-.eph Bo)d, IJavld C., Char Lea ,\1. and K a'e.

I 'HO I·'. O . C . 11 ,\)111 .1'0:-.'.

Olher Clark Hamilton. th e lI\osl I t / er ed of Un ion I.ount~ ·s ."hoo l t ~a l hcls, was born In HandOlph

I~ ounty, N. C., NQI'<:mber 30 , I lf :~(j . H is rnthu, K S. Hamil ton, na~ l .. c or Mont:;omcry county , N . C" >Iud h is me l ner, I"ran (8 ( llrwwer l Haml,ton , was II. dalJghl ~ r or ' l';dward urewer, 1 ,)0. 11 of Ran dolph ~6unty, N. C. 1'1'01'. H aml(ton '01'1\8 eoJuca ted at N ew !'Iopc Academy In hl9 native 1;0 .111, '

Ity, Rnd at palmeu o AcaoJ emy In ,\Inrlboroush tou nty. S. C. Hc !Je. g an his (;arEle r as a t 9a( lI cr at (,uk RIdge Instllu te In Guilford CQunt)', where he remaIned th re9 years: then, c ( 0 Yad Kl n .\lIn~ral S)rlnj:,11 J Infltl tu l e In S .an ly (Qunty where he taught twelve ycars. He took churst' o r union [Ogt i tule In IIIS \1 and was ;lS prl n Ipal until 1 ~9S. 1'h~ cu ~ u ­Ing the yeara w l!"r a spent In l 1;:>I( h· i n:; at 1'hornns~ I : lc. Oold Hill. hurl at l e llu Academy I II M c~kle ll \l\lrg tou n· ty. H e th e n r ~ lurn :;d to Un 'un \llle .lId r e8umed 1I !8 old pOJltlon a s prln,ll)al or Un lc n I na ,l . ut9 wh ~re • he lo:;al!nu cd lib lI'o; k uu .! l he r e· , Igued In Allr!]. l!ljl, beIng Ilh~ S" I' ca'ly unaille to 8~r ve longu. Pro r. 1·111:11:10 U·8 8jl l ( llcjld wor[[ In build. I lug 11 11 lu;;l mnLntal t Lu g n h l:(h a an· I

I J)rd ('.r 8 'hool atn:1y and d 's [ ll]1n e , will f,,: e,er re mpl:1 a8 a UlounlHfwt I of a\Jle an :1 C0:111 I:m t 'olla (.Hor t In t he a::bool history of On ion ':OUllly. Du r In g his a SlO l.l ~loll wltb l h e {Iu'l Ion I ns Itut ~ he. has ae: u It grow from n a,na ll (ountry s heol ·.II :h a few I'uplls to t h e dl3 n ~ ly or n State h Igh 9 ~ h ool, and nn e:1 roll ' l mcn t of abou t 2f>O PUlllis .

. ' Pro t. I["mll .o n was manl ctl twice; , b"a first wi re, Eu gen.la. a dnu ; ht ... · ,

to r .J. B. C lark or Oak Hld~'e , N . C., I (li ed. le .ldng three (h l ld l'en : WI !. 'I 0 1 . , . .. ~ .. .. tY~"~ :7uu" ;:;ty; , t lila 0 .. Is It aau~h' ler of Willi am A. KII 'k (.f ScunlY ''''''if' $', 'i\ •• ; . j·n .... ,. r UJ'I< !." '" cf';l" d ren living t rom t :d s uuk u : Ell .

J ganl " ~~thel \ .... 1' '. G. M. GarrI80n 'I'~ L ChOlrl -:$ }oj . l-J.I1.al·( th (MrS. C. J' I

l ~rCCnm \l8) . Pcarl \ Mr8. W. B. l.o~e) , Oll ~n r A , U:::ulah. O. S:l l llks, E r nEst A .. l .ctna J .. and Myrlle K.

T. I., .\ . lua.MS. 'rhomUH Loren: n Alexander Hel mS

or Unl::n 'II'e, IO.iU:I born- III M{Jn ro~

township. January 2;1, l ila;. ilia

I rather, Jc.aeph ·C .. Helms, ItIl l h !. mother Fron((8 A. lMc La.. ',/) II t ' ms. " 'cre 60th born In UnlvD cou nty, hI, mQ!Jter being B t,lau,iih'c ' of An nti.JU\a McLarty. alIa of I , ' ,

Icou nty, ~lr. lI el 1l18 "'~. brov"'q <' II on tllIl 0: <1 form of h Is rll' In Monro, towullt;!l1':'l · r movlng to Un­Ionville about. ~" year, age> He 18 one Of the ¥Z;Olll lnent rarllle r ll at the (O:Ully Bn d .b,a 8\110 loe ~n Inler. ested In marl a n~. I :e bUBrncltlO, IIlW mill li n d gi nn ing -work .

In 18Sa he ma.,. lcd ~;lla A . Ca!d­well, II na .he "'C(--" ecklen l.ourg CQu n­ly. nod II daught r of .Jam(1I C. Cul(lwcl l , now of Un 'on .QU lI ly, 0 1 thl, marrl.l ,!e th ere afe IIlx ch lldl'eh

, llvl n l\: : F~ J n\(~ c, . Vlrg lu !a F.: ..10· l a: llh A., Amy A ., J:l,JlI . a Ii . , Chr~a· llDe.

Mr. Helma lI ~r vcd ror a!!l l'oral yean on a hOOI ( Ollllllltto 'a both In Un ion vi Ie an:! .\/onroll townahlp, and haa o therw 'ae ll\own li n IH l I\'e In.

' l lI'!re8t In ed uca~latter •.

J . n. It K \IH\" , "~"Q . . Ierr Davis H(: mby W8.3 bern i n th e

wcn::rn lIart 3Jndy 11I:lge 1861. HIs

of Union {O~lnty, noll' t ow lIsh lp, .lun3 z8,

father. Am OIl H : muy ~'.IS also a nallve of th ', connt} ; l :lrved In th e Conredern :e army, In :1 WlUI Jl II rnlD'ne.n~r. o t S""

ly Rldl{e. His mother , N ::.ncy (PJr •

. .'-Pot.) ~~:t'l'.!-), Xl::, be"1 f.\:..c r·: ' : ":'. In Unle·n county.

'Slulre Hemby b a rll7mer on .In unus .u\l1y large s ~ale . HI' ow ns JOO a~ru 'of land In UnIon and ,ll ccklenburg countlu , 500 c,t whl(h lre under cu ltivation. I n addi tion ~o f.trmlng he h as been In th e mer·

I.:nnllie bUSiness for the pnst twen t y yena, being a partnu In lhe PrIce. H emby Co. at Wedd !ngtoll sln" E' 1905. For many years he hilS seTl­

! ::td as a magistrate and s ~ ho" l {am· mltt;,e m(:mbcr In his d istrict , and Is Rt tio'eJy Int:r~sted In the w .'lUnre of hia county and town ship. In 1888 he married Vir gi nia Morris of Mecklenburg <ounty, a daughter c,: An:l.erson Morris. also or Medden. :'u rg. Of this unlOIl se"t:n chIJdren :lre living : Oscar L ., .Joaephlne E ( Mn. W . 6 . Thoma' ) .. Iohn M., Hal· lie M., Oavld C., Alary e. , and Le· na V.

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William Lester Hsmbv, Soll of E, A., and grandsc·n of A~lOS Hemby. I' was born In Sandy fUd ge township " July 27 , 1881. He is a prolllineut fa.rmer and me n :hant, rcs d Ong aIJoul , t NO mlles north of \Vp,ddlnglon. Mr '

, Hemby's gen~ral store Is near b'lI

Ir eSlden(e. and was startr d in 1901. The farming l!ltens s o f Mr. !lemuy

, are important , coUlpZ'lsl ng an OWII · ' (l~shjp of 40 0 a cr es "'l lh alJC.ut 3 1'0 under culti vat:on. He Is a member of the board of trustees of W ed. dlngton Academy Ullon which he bas served three years, and was e le ~ted I ' to the o-rfl(c of ma:,!;\s : rate In AprIl. ! 1911. In 1902 he rnarrld E ' hel' H arke;> 0: Vcnce tOlVns!:tlp. d!lL3ht : I' i ! of J. M. H:..rkey . Of t h h~ unlo) 1 t~~ee chlldren are living': W\lli:llt. ' F., An::lle L., and Mary Belle. ....

H. A. H L' IJSO N. K'itl.

Hl ( ha:'t1 Alexand er Hudson Waf born In the S:lndy IUIl .;e I~tlon 01 Un ion " ou n ty " 2Rr hla Il rCI .! lIl relli · denl'e, Ot:louer 29, IIHi r.. 111 11 ralh er, JOSCI)h R . H udzOD , wr.. It promt nent farmer anti magi, rale In h 'l day. being born nnel r d 10 th 8ftUle sect ion of Union ~o\L nty . H

r;:;"~I~~t~~' c~O;:\ , ~'~:~~;J' bo th natives of Union cou n ty.

Mr. 11 11dllOO IJ a highly Il rO,. ... e rOI.l'.' farmer, Oll'n!ng GOO a, r(ll In th lt 'ou n ty. about ~ 1l0 o f ..... hlch nre und , cultlvaUon. 11 ;8 home and ilur round In g8 are among th e 1II0llt aUrReti", In the cuu nty, 1~le location \.Ie' ng un t U8UII.Ily rlne. ~Ir. Bud'en III le:'I' Ing on hll al<:ond a?IJoln . lucnt I I

a magistrate, and h all been f(l r man ' years a member of the 8( h001 com­mittee In hll dlstll . t . I

[ n ]875 he married Sarah A . 110",/' ard. a. d aughter of Sam u el R 1101')' ard. bolh natlvcs of Unio n coun ,~. Mr . I-Ioward was a II rom1n ent dt'1.e t and one of th e l ead' n~ flr me rs ' I this lI .ett ' OIi . Of tll ll unton rl. e c hildren Rwe til tng : J>e:lrl V. PI! . S. A. Hood ), Eth e l I MIII . S. 1. Grier). Elite. "'Iargar~l, and IU . har l

.. A ., Jr.

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, W illiam Gre~ n I Cllg. t'hfllrmnn O' . j

li e ooll ld o f lOUDtl , o.um[",lonC!'I!. ( Nne \.lorn iiI Lolon ,Qunty -'l ay 3. c

he ellt Dllne 1.I : lng 1.1l1l'~ . nud . ~l-I

.'.1"-6 ', ;.. ¥ · ~t:l~.~.i !. ~ ,J • • ~Y.t. ... lJ . .ld'- Il , his .... eat-lJrandfa:ht r aerv­I ,n :; as. at II v!dlar In li, 3 e a r ,y IItruggle 10: 0 10 ~olol.!"I •. h i!! ' a . li 2r was Adilln '

1..("1'; , n 'lo a o:1, l /e of Unlo .. rm . D I: 1"1 ,t.:",,enllurg, lOU DlY, a nd w:u~ relr- '

... In til :! Inme local .t)' !Ill II II IkJn . i' 1~e mother 0: w. G. l.onr W •• ' N$Il­y (;r€..D, Il dau" h ter of l .eonard

"'ret n, wno wa. a sa D n:lllVC of . h ls loun.y, 1118 home bdo" In Ih e nc:thl.\u p.:.r . of GooJoe \';re. lI: lown­.ltlp. '

jl,r. Lon ~ Inent hll youth on t he fa r m u nt l( IiHiI wh en h ll tm!llied In t he I).h N. C .. la te r lu t rgc d InlO Ihe I " th N . C. r o! ;&: uhar In r ", " r ),. II r"ht g In COlllpany 11 .• an d It UH hed ..0 Cook', brlga1e, H eU'lIdl,.'.lon , ~II II'II O: PI . With th e Arm), of Nor.hern

Vlrglnl lL he wall engaged In IIlnny .uni{u l nar)' baltic II and WJII wounded It Malv(h n HIll pnd 1,1110 In l he IlIIt. tie Of the Wilde/ nUll. A r,Cr lhe 8u r render at Apl)(llUa l :ox, wh ere he .... as pre8en t , h e r ct ni ll ed to Un ion 'ounly an d resumed farm ing on t h e lid Innl!1 of his fa her.

Mr . I.ons hal alwa}1I IIho ll'n an :lctlve Internt In th ~ af!J.t ·1 or the eOunly an d was o.:le (If til l fOund ~n o f Un ion 1 :I.~tllu,e lit Cn 'on ville. A8 1\ nill,ghslr at$ he hall be! !! 1)l"onllnen l 1Iince 188 -1 . He 11.1110 l!er ved c n t he

ou n ty bo:u-d of edu ::-atlon o.l e term, and III now . , rvl ng h i. fourt h (c n· II:lcutive t erm all OOlln.y (ommlulon·

, er, bel li ' chalrmc.n of th :) bOJrd re r the pa.t two t ern.'.

In 1866 M r . Lc n ,: married Suah E. Allllttn, a dau)'hlcr of John E. A U8' l n, both being nath'el o f Un 'on coun t )'. or thh mnr, la:;o ele~e ll children are 8t il l JIvi n g, lUI fot'owlI: J amea, Mar ( ll lI, H \I ~h, t o:. (~ l l"11. Geor ge F . Uzu:JJ) , 1~H1)' (~IIII . II l n · ry I)u r ta'o). f:JII'nrd, Florence IMil. T . M. W[Jey) , WHnlA, ,;llrl. 0 I). ~rcCurd)'), Samuel. .\nnle aod 0.' 11 .

,W. A. t on ·:. '::SQ.

WI!Uam Al t :.:ander L ove W J S bo~n

~!l G~a9 Creek tow ns hip. near t ile r esent low n o( Un loul·ln". Apr! n . 1842. H la rather, John 1.0\'c, ,n d his m other Ma'llIlll (Tar;t OIl) ' o ve, were both "a :lvcs or UDlc D

,t)Ullty.

In March , 1862, he c n lls ~etl In Il om l)any I. 48th N. C. In fantry . and t r iled In l he army of Northern

I \ ~rgl n la In General A. P. Hill's 11f1IS, Heth's division ODd Cook', ;,Igade. Arter the ClOS9 of h08t l\1-

III II between the Statea, he re turned l ' pis ""!lve county and resumed '" mInI' ncar Unionville, where he still resides. I n 188 4 h e built a saw and grist mill, ann In \\101 e rected an up-tn-date rolle!' mil!. all or whiCh are slill In oi)enttlon al Unionville. Mr. Love Willi olle ot the founders o( Un !on Instltut.e and a stal1n(h lIilPllOrtel' cf th ~ s ~ hool

lever since I ' ll organ izatIon. On nil matters ])erlal n/ng to the welfare and progrc811 of his lo<:nlity he has

Igl ven bo l h moral an d tln :U1clal hell!, while the In fl UEnce c f h Ili progres· sl ve spirit ball aid ed materially In the build i ng up or UnlOllyille. He hM been a m agistrate for tho past 10 yea.rs, h p romine n t In 11: 11001 committee work. and O'NnS a fn l far m of 500 acres.

Mr. Lc';e WII ] mar r ied In ISG(j to MlslI Nancy P. Jen:dnll of t.: n lon eO'Jn t y, II daugh t ' r of Ammon Jen· :tlnll, a:IlO n nn I ve Of tb ' 8 county, who s ~rved In th e CO:lfejcrate ar_ my and die:! r ~om wou nt.l 3 re :::eiycd durIng th ::: war, or thi s unlc n eIght child :"cn are living as ;0110\\,8 : Oel uy

W . 1\ , 1.0 \" ',

( Mrs. Jam'::a A . WatJo:l ) , .\Iar l ha L, I Mra. I. C, Clon19), N l nt ) S, t .\lrs. N, C, Prl e, LIlly { "lrs, l.f e lIalnesJ , Dora (Mra. 1{ - !l ' 1l GI' l rr!.l ) , ,l e ll ~le M, plrs, 11 . H , ,1:1111 : 11), John A. 1n:l WilHam 1-10 : ]0,

I .. ~. M . Mooll .. :.

Emlley Mon roe Moore . '81 born I In Slndy Ridge townlhlp, Union

cou nty, S l ptember II, 1812. H!. : fath er , Robert M. Moore, was a

well known fa rm::r and oa'll'e ot thl, cou nty. H is molher, l(oJ:a na (S';:r i sl) Moore, wall a daugh ter or

i E ;lhralm Secr est of Un ion coun ty, a t msa who In his d ay tcok an a ::ll"e Intereat In I choo\ an d church mIl­lera In Sandy Rld :;e lownsb!p. ll r . Moore baa wor ked hlmaclf up from BUlalJ beglnnJ o£1J t o a prominent place among the farmera and pro­grell8lve d Uzen, o f th e coun ty , 1)e­.i dea owning a (I De f ar m be I, a]ao a partner In the f irm of P r lca &

I Moore, general merchant. at Wefl!e)' v bapel. Mr. Moore baa abow n much lote:est and enterpr'., In coont'(':lIon I "Mlth tb .::: billb a: hooi at Weller ChI., JI. being one of the Ie ",' wh o h ! llJed to build the n ew .~col houl . It that place, and a lso rendered good suvlce 8JI a member of It I uO!ird of _r us tees.

In 1907 b e marr ied Amelia Wln· 1 chelter , dau8bter of ThOiIla8 M . Wln<helter , both oath'(8 of lin Ion county. Of this union there a re two children living: Augustul D., a!ld t'lu lma.

,I. \\" l'III~S l.t')\' ,

,: ("lIn \Ve~ ley P: cIIIE'y WIL8 llorn In G oos~ Creek t ownahlp o\: lolo~ r 2Co , 18 49. 11I1I fJth er, 1\I\ IILII n. Prts:ey , W:lS alllO n n Jl1ve or Un 'on cou nty and wall engaged In f anllln,!!: unt'l he Joined th !l Con f'tl t rate artilY in 186 1, and died dnrlng h ', . : nke. HI, mother, A;;!lS (Hclru) Presl ey , .V.llI a danghter of Gabriel H el n •• , loe. t ll b'.ll ll g nati vell of I,.;n'on coun t )' .

Mr. Prelley d: vol'. h l8 enl'n} ti me to f arl!l l n lr, ll r.tI ow n. a f in ,) farm ne:lr the town or Un !onvl!\c. Dy IndU8try and ear~ ful mana~ement he has n.'-qu lr ~d a bandl:Jlile prOf.­c r ty. and hi. pro~ rt:"h'e I tI ~:a8 re no der him of val ue In ,~n lh l! public affai r, cf h " tow n lind (ount)'.

In D!I-e mbt:r, 1869, he nH\~ rI = d S(lrah E , Pr l re, daughter o f Andrzw C . I' I'I r6 of UnIon 10Ullty , 1·'roUl th~ l r union ni ne children !\fe llvln,\:: I v ~ry n., Sellborn D., ~~ranldln 0 ., Rufu8 A., Pearl R (Mrs. F' ranklln Ha1Ji; lerL Earney i\1. p i n. Hora"e Williams ). \Vo rley E., Anu el R ., R"lP dolph W ,

,

H . 1" I ' III (;E .

Henry Lawson Prke W8g born II, Sandy Hldge towlI8hl l). Union l oun_ 1 ty. August 1, ]871 His fa :h?r, J. lII ~ Ca\l\lm P.'lce, W:l8 a"so a na .. 've of Union county and p~t··m ' nt:nt Til a farmer, magistrate,' and d I ~ ' n or more than ordinary ~'n 7 t'gy and en­terprise. His mother, Slr:::.h (~; c· '

Neely) Pric e, was alsu a n 1tive of 1 Union counly. Besldcs h's prom'­nence as a fa~mer an:! merchant. ~lr. Price has ghen lllm' h tLlte to lhe publi c affairs Of th e Cou:lty, I serving on the board of ('cunly (0111-miSSioners t"'O g rma (l!1 32_19Uti) be ing chairman of the hoard durIng bis last t ::rrn. Mr. PrLe h 3. s been

H ushl.·u \.'o o r H . I., 1'.1cc, W esley (;I" ' jlc\.

a s trong r .l~ tor In the e1u<;atiolill development of his distr ict, and was one of the foundels c.f th e Wesl , y Challel high s : hool and member cf lhe board of trust &'s. Mr.' Price has held the orflce o f mlgh,trlllc in I his s3cUon for the '»)st twelve yea' s. In 1904 h e started -in the merc).ntlle I buslncss a t Wesley UhllpeJ. and lat­er was Joined \)y E. M. Moo~e, form­ing he pr€s : nt firm or Price & : ~I()orc.

I The farming Interest of Mr. Price a.re very extensive, InclUding about 700 acrcs, 200 of which a;'e und : r cUllivatlon.

In 1893 he married Nora W inches I ' ter, daughtcr or Thomu M. \\"t neh ( lI­ter, promi nent farmer and native of I Union county. From thlll union ther e are eight chlJdren ilvlng: Jo­

I lleph Hampton, Joh n Lawllon, Irwin, Heath , Curlls, Mary, Sar ah, and

( Henry. I

J. N. 1' I U (;.~.

James Kew t c n Prke Sandy Ridge township, ly , S <: I)tebmer 27. 1866.

was born In Union <..oun­

His fa .her, Andrew J . Prite, and his moth er, E mily J. (HolI'le) Price, were a:so natl,u tIt Uu ion county. Andrew J. P rl t·e WILS one ot the most note d men o f t he county, \IOSSCSS·ng un­IIlIllal exe<:utive ability, which was displaye d In the variOus otfkes of t rust and responslbltlty whith were conferred UI)on him by his feJlow cltlzens. He was a member of the board of county com missioners sev. c ral te rmll, treasu r er Of the cou nty two terms, sh~rjfr two terms, me m­ber at the county board of edu ca­tion two t erm s. a n d for many years held the offlre or magistrate. His death in June, 1911. at the age of 74 years .... cJOIl;;.\l.....lL...lif1!. nf macl<.o<l­Ilutt u""rui 1l<"lIVHY, not nnly In Jlub-

~~ :::::[S'WI~:~~1 ~I~~' I 11: 0 1.~;I~::uta:~~ materia! ad '·lIncement .

. Iames N. Price Is a {lrmer on a ll extenSive Beale, and prominent a~­so as mer('hanl , l1lanllrn(' turer, and strong ImlLlenl hoor in the [l 1,uirs of U~lon <:oullty. He Ilns h eld the office of maglstrote abc-lIt 20 yeaH;, was a member of the county board o f ed ucation two t'HIIlS , [I!}d \lel'fo:1Il ed good s ervice as a me mber of the G:meral Assenlbl y. li e \\'011 flrs_ elected to the Leg'slatlll·e in 1897, alld again In 1907, s~rvj llg alSo In the 911ecial sellsion of I !)(l8. Duri n g

J . N. I'.j::e.

his leglslatil'e eXjlerience he ed on the judl~lary and other Im­portant commltte~s. He Is pr<:s:dent of the Price-Hemby Co., m erchants at Pri ~es's Mill, Weddington and Stouts, illeorporat2d with a capillI of $12,200 fully paid ~n .

In t 888 !\Ir. Pri e~ mlr:·I : d Nan( y C. Winchester, daughl:;r of T!Jo,nas

·1 1\1. Win o.; hester c-f Union (.ount)'. From this union thue are swen cblldrcn living: )'laurLe. Irt. Loyd. l Broo:'s, Carr, F'ay, and Page. I

II · <il I ~ n t·c " r J. N. 1'1 h- r . ;-iuw'y IIlt l;.:c,

SANDY RIDGE. S:lndy RI:lg?....tow,nShlp Is on Ihe

w")SttJrn horder of Union county, and noted for Its fine f ar ma and the g~D~ral prosperi ty ot Its pe()J)le. T here are four promin ent 8et~ l e­

ru~nt8 ln the township: WeSley Ch a J: ­el, W edd Ington, Marvin, and Minerai S;lrings. Conaldered aa ru ral 6Btao­I!allmena the 8.h o018 and churchcs of S)ndy Ridge are o f unusually high character, and reflect grell.t eredl . upon the enterprise and Intelligence of their respective commun lt's. The Wesley Chapel h igh school r anks among the hest In the Sta~e. lJoth as to hig h e:tandarda Of stu dy and general efficiency of method In t eachin g. This community h ss th e h on or of havi ng eBtilbl!shed the first ru ral graded a ~hoo l In North Caro­lin a, and for paying the h lgb e.l t rat ::: o f special t ax ot any com mu nIt y In Un Ion coun t y. A tine churl.'h In close proximIty to the 8 ~h oo l bul]d­Ing furnlsh '?s ample and conven[~n t

tacl1lt\~s tor worship.

WeddIngton Academ y Is another SChool o f high grade In the 8! tl]e_ m ent of that name. The pu blic IIchoo] and 811eclal t ax rU ll d III here 8u PJle m znted by an endowment f .llId. be'l ueathed to It by th o late R!luben Weddington. Severa] teat'iletll arc <lmp]oyed and t he high 8chool g-radu are t aught. A handsome ch urch near by Is also a girt from Mr. We:ldlng­ton .

MarvIn Is provided wl Lh a good two-room s: hoo[ buIJdlng. Thill com­muni ty voted local tax two years ago and by thIs meRns Rn d aid trom the cou nty, have "dlled mudt tu Ihe f acil ities Of teachers and I)U­p lls. T he churches are cona ~ dera­

bly above rural st "n :lards. the '\1et1l­odJst beI ng a t !no brick str ucture, whlie the Presbytellan church 18 th e tineal In t h e cou n ty outa!de of Monroe,

Miner aI Spr ings also has " good school with all mOder n convenIen­ces, nad Is a busy and thrIving lit­tle sJttlemen t . There are two oth­er school dlstrkts In the towullhlp : No.3, Union and No.8, I-I owle Mine.

Land valu£ll In Sandy H!dge ure high as comparet! with lIome o,her portiOlll1 of the ("(".u nty, hut lhls IIltl.Y

_ ..... VUl.Ll.t;u 'fOr I),. lite ra~ t 1nM I . " .. 'lIOI\"' ~ " .... ... ..... . ~ .... tt, .. '''.~ , "1" yeara have been somewhat more rap­Id and substantial than In les8 fn­vored localltle8.

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I ArnbrU8l ArlllCnlu8 Se relt " '11

A. A. SI·:I ' It":ST,

born In Monroe tc wnsht p. April a, l 1808. Ills fnt h €r , '':Irlrew J. S~· ('rut , woe 11.110 II 1I'I. ;; lve of p ., I..," Cou nty nnJ une of .11 "~o"!i rr.b : l ~

,\ . A . Se("~t·"1.

' '''hool teacher s, [n which CII.;J3C!ty I t13 dl l,Jlaycd mn~ ked ability a nd I 7.~1l! In' t he ('Run of educatIon. Duri ng the war between the Stat 1\

he lI ~ rI'cd in t h e Confellerllte IU'IlI)' and IVa. k illed In nellon "ctor 53 • .... ~- , . .... ,

lIlo t her o f A. A. Saere.t \\'.\8 l l:l.r, ! tha 1\1 , ( Ilobinson) Secfn t, a daugh_ ter of .lnmc8 RoblDeon o f U n ~on ,-Ounly, wheae f!ll m Will' In what 16 1101'.' know li as Vant e t o wIIshl!) ,

Mr. 83' rut has r . aided In 00082' Creek townsh l;J, at Unionyille. 81 11(el carly youth. and ah..ays ol"<:upled a ;>fom/ncn t place In II, a,falrs, AI ' e ne of the 8up;lorte: . or Ulllcn In· lItlltlte he has b: en liberal In th .. giving or both ti me lind lIIoney , S::lrvl ng n8 on ~ of HII trU8l l'(8, fir · t een yen18 88 r h :llrman of .hat board, nn d n:80 as 13cre~;l ry nnd treasurer,

Mr. S ~::rest wus m:u r1cd In ISa to I.~ dill. A I.)ury Prke, n (lltugh ~er c r D. Me. P1 1 ~e. a nath'c of Union e,",-lnly and one ot the round ::lrs cf Un 0:1 1;l1 .llul ~ . "fh ~ re are lwah'e r hl ldrCn o r tttls unlen ]l l lng, 118 folloWI: Ue rtha A. Olrl. (;harlcl Ii:. H lI.mll ton J. MaL Ic M. ( r.!rs. J . Ti ll Helms). A!ld r r ll' MeO . . ~;~sle C. , Lydb A. (~lrII 00' 1111 McKau ghan I, E J.lolr L ea, Joh n R Vall n V., Ruth , MaMy, In.'lel , WIP I, A. Mr. Secres t Is a prominent flrmcr, and Is a'lI() O"'n :;r of vJ.lua~le f) roper: lu In the c.I l y of Mon roe.

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John Albe r t Se~rat, promln~nt tarmer of S\I;ndy Ridge township, .... as born In \lnion cou nty Decem ber 14 , 1861. His fatber, Jobn S~relJt.

WJIJ a!so a native or Union county and was en gaged In farming u nt il be Joined th e Con federate arm)" where he died during hla term of s:'rviee. His mother was Sarah L . (Howl a ) S : C" reat. daug hte r of George lIowle. native of Union cou n ty. When his motber dicd in 187::', John A. Se­crest wu ca red ror by h la aunt, Mra. Nancy Winche.ter, for s everal years, and allJO paas~d some t ~ 1I1 e wIth other relatives un: 1I able to t ake care of blms l lf. Tbe orphan boy wor ked around bis n eighborhood at farm in&" until I g8l wh " n he went to Florida, remaining In Polk cou n­ty and "·ork lng In orange gruna and tak ing ca re of cattle until 18S-I . He th en returned to Union cU\ln ty, 1I::. tll ng nc a r hi . old home In Sandy Ridge town sh ip wh zr e b e boug h t a S lh l. ll farm and began work for him_ l elf . Sin ce that time Mr. Se~r<!'t has steadily pursued bls vo~atjon as a fsrm e r , addln &" t o his P018~88 ion8 by th r ift and car eful ma!lag~mE:nt, untU he now ownl a bout 1 .000 a rei, ;1;:;0 oT whl('h are uod ~r cu lt l;atlon . :\lr. S IKrelt hal a:lo a "'1'J ulrli!d a rfop­ut\l;\ loo as a Itock raiser, h Bvi n; u n !lisp lanlatlon 25 be ad of bO~1 III an d nu !es bell des num~rouB. (a .lle, IbtHlfI ;oats and poullry. He alIa O",' nl a l.lW mill and tran .a~ lB a gro.win K' bUll nell In Umber and lumber.

o. w~ S U'M'OX.

George Washington Sutton wall ~orn In Lancast~r county, S. C., May 18, 18 57. His fathe r , Bel1 j i mi n F. Sutton, was also a uative of Lanca!­ter county. H is mother, Elha J. (Trull). was bOl'n in the Sandy Ridge S ~C liOD of Cn lon cou n ty, dau ghter o f Chari( s Trull, a:so a na­t ive of this county. U. lo'. Sutton s : rved In t he Con federate a r my fO'lr years, en llstlng in a South Car­olina regimen t. He was t nga: ed In many of th e desperate battics of the war, and was shot th rough the body at Gettysburg. After r ecovering from h is wound he agai n _ en ils ted and s:r ved untli Lee·s surrendu. In 1870 he moved t o Mon: oe t :::- wnsilip In tb !s county and during the re­ma' n!!er of h is d .e was en gag: d In farming .

G. W . Sutton was educa t~d a ~ th e Wcale Cba c

I- v ........ .. <>1, "'<-\41 cu"rse In Normal 11 _11 001 work and p~nmansh l p. As ., pu blic !I ~ h ool I ::a ~be: II s eXile. 1-e n{e covel·ed a pulc·d CI ltn yea : s In the s chools of waxhaw and Sall­dy Rid ge township. Mr. Sutlc. n was e ie t t ed to the o.f1ce of ma]:lstra 'e for his district In 1894 and Is II 111

I acting In that capacif:,y. Htl lUll. a rlne farm in th e western por tion of

I Sandy Ridge and Is prom Inent for I his 'IntereSt In raising g.-ood live stock , and otherwlS3 promot!ng Ihe l

I best Interesta o f bls town a nd co un· ty . In J 880 he married L.aura A.I Howie , daughter of Samue l !Ii. Howle of Union county.

A. n. N. WIIl 1'I .• f.;\', ~ t. U.

Ar ls DlVie Nlcod ?III t;8 Whl . ley wail 1)0:"" In Monroe tcwnshlp ~Iay

24, 1815. bei ng n IOn o f PhlJf l) WlIltley and Mary Etta (Simpson ) Wh itley, dau gh t:lT cf Da,ld Shn pilon of Un l en CQun ty. Dr. Whlt:ey. a n ative ct Monroe township, was ell ­gaged In hrm lnX and mercantlJe

"I busincss for s : veral yeals In Du-ford t ownship b~fore movi ng to Goose Creek. He attended 8. hool

[at Union Institute, an d later on purs:nd his medieal stud lu at the

I Unlvcl'~lty of Ma-yia nd jn . Uult'n:ore. He beg"lul Ilrn: tiee In BUfort'! tow n­sh ip, buL r ~ lIl c v((l to Un tonvi l\(l, hili

, pr: s ' nt h ome, six years later. Dr. WllllIe)' c njo)"s n wide praclite and

I devotes o1\Hh lime and Int~ rell . to I lh :: a if:tlrs 01 Unlo:lI-jJ]<" LJe"ng s :?u e-

I

))1', A. II . :00 . Wh it]",..

t :lry an d t 1't:~ lJcre r of that lOwn . lie hall 83r1'eJ ail Ilh yskiln e n t h e {o unt)' bO!l.nl of h'.lnlth fo r uln e ),ear s. lin d 18 nn ardent sa!>llort er ot n~l mOve­rn :::nts hnl'ing fOI' their oble;1 till) 'I welfare or hili town and ( ount)' .

Dr. Whitley was mllrr !ed In ! 898 to Llzi<: Be!k (It La:les Cr~ek town_ ship. a d .lllghttr or S. E Belk. 1\l1l0 ( ·r t 'le 8lme 10::811 y . ji'our chlldr~ n 3re living a s t he result of thIs u n-

[Ion: On a, ElIl:!. , J-Jllwnrd lin d Do··vd .

In CO:ln :::~ tlon wl.h h' s Ilra · t ke, t ll s do~tc·r (ond u(. ls a rln~ dr'l g

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s~ore a.l Un lonvll~9, ea~ r.' Ing II -.IIlllea­did ato . k o r drugs, toliet articles, lIo1a rou n .al n, €tc.

PHOI". J . T. Y " :,\H(aX . I Job Theodo:e YClI.r&ln, prlndpaJ

of Wcsley Chapel Hig h Sthool, was born In Anderson, S. C. , U.K.ember 9, 186S. tie waa educateed at th 3 high s chool at Mc ffetllville , 8 . C., Furman University at Greenville, S. C., an!! tile National Normal S.:hool l or I.ebanon , Ohio. Arter nklng the degree of Il. S, at" the latter Instl­lutlon hs attended th e Sollth~rn ~or­mal S chool at lt unllnJt,'lu n, Tenn. where be receive d the degree c· ( A. H. In addition to hll a::ad ~ mle ilt u­dlel Prof. Yeargin t eok the lull coune at Uraughon·s PracU, al Hus­Ine88 College at Nashville , Tenn. H!a CXjlcl·lenee 11.11 a te:l~ he r began at

l'l·uf, J. T . )' (!lu ·;ti n .

Anderson, S. C" whe~o he wn~ (on­ne~led wltll th e lIty 8~hoo j lJ fOI' ri\·e yearl. li e n ::xt beeamO Ilr , . 'de nt et S ('"() l lJJbu rg l'ormal ColleAo a t S. ot II­bur«, VII " one year. al t ~ r ..... hlf ll he l!lu g ht at CrOBil lilli, S. C. , on " )ear; at Collegiate Inll Ilul~. "'a' rde w, N . C., one year. and WJs ]")11:1< IVMI o f t he g rllded s ::hoo l al HI·own Hllr!n: ' Ark . , thre~ yoarlJ. I'rof ' Yearg in t he n returned to North Carolina nnd A.fl" .. ~ .. .,·( ..... .. 1" .. ,,, Jl~ I" ......... " ..... ....

I as Ilrlll(lllal of the o:om m2r,·ial Ii <;.­' .. .. ·"' .. "L j ~ , 1I .... "'~.h.~ T>'.. H"I' " '! .. . --College In Raleigh, he accept: d h is present position 10 1905. Prof. Yeargin's attaInments SI a 8. holar lre of a high order, while his abll. Ity aa a teacher haS, betD well I)rov· ed. In 1901 he mar ried Mary V. Buntin of Crystal Hill, Va , who Is alao a t '3acher of marked ab\J lty. She was edu cated al Oxford S1ruloa­ry, N. C., and Scot .sburg Normal College, Scot:sburg, VI., whe re she received the degree of H. S.