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I'll 1C l^rlCl >i ; ICIC. BY Kd. II. DkCami*. rDBLISHKU TUKfil>AY AND 1 KIDAY M ltsDiiil'TION I’KICK: (■Huh in advance, per year $1 <><• On time, per year $1 Thk liEDOth ia not rosponsible for the views of correspondents. Oorrespor.donts who do not contri bute regular news letters must fur nish their mime, not for publication, but for identification. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to gid them to the oflico by Monday and Thursday mornings. Cards of thanks will bo published at one cent a word. Reading notices will be published at ten cents a lino each insertion. Obituaries will be published at five cents a line. All correspondence should be ad dressed to Ed. H. DcCmnp, Manager. TilIC SOIMUK SCHOOLS AUA1X. The Greenville News reviewed our editorial on the summer schools in a fair and courteous manner and while it does not agree with some objections that we offered, it shows its ability to discuss the whole subject in the spirit of truth and fairness. While we must dissent from one or two of the views advanced, we shall endeavor not to let the News out do us in courtesy and in respect for honest opinions. In answer to our suggestion that a teacher who had been actively en gaged through the school term, might need the summer months for rest and recuperation, the News has tins to say: “The longest school term in South Carolina is nine months; the average in the public schools for last year was less than five months. In view of this fact, it cannot be claimed that a month’s work in a summer school is a hardship on the teacher, especially as most other persons work twelve months in the year.' We are somewhat surprised that the'Greenville News, whose editor is a man of culture, of thought, and of intellectual employments, should make an assertion from which the inference is easily drawn that it puis intellectual and physical work i do the same category and endorses l be low estimate put upon the former by the illiterate and ail those who know nothing by experience of what intel lectual work means. We feci sure that the News did not mean to so as sert nor to give grounds for such an inference. Yet we think l ie lan guage of the paragrapli just quoted will easily bear the interpretation we have indicated, and that we should iufer that because men of other em ployments work twelve months in the year without injury to them selves or their business, the teacher may do likewise. Now it is a well known fact among those capable of knowing either from experience or observation that in tense intellectual cifort is far more trying both to mind and muscle, to nerve and vitality, than physical exertion of the same duration and of like intensity. The lusty farmer will drive the plow, wield the hoo or swing the scythe from sun-up till sun-down and feel little the worse for wear, while the man of lusty mind who grapples with some in tense thought for three hours, will find himself exhausted and unfitted for further work during the day. ‘ It is well understood now that a pro fessor in college who gives five hours a day to his classes, is doing extraor dinary heavy work. We ourself do Roe nelicve that a man can be intel lectually at his bust for more than three hours out of twenty-four. Of course wc mean the average man of intellectual pursuits and exclude from the list those men of prodigious bruin power like Napoleon and Glad stone who have astonished the world with a phenomenal amount of intel lectual work. We believe that the school law of our State fixes six hours as the length of the daily sessions in the public schools, on the supposition, no doubt, that the labor of the teacher in the public school is not s j intense as that of a professor in a col lege, and hence will bear a more pro tracted strain. Wo mention these facts only to strong) hen our sugges tion that the teacher who has done his duty in the school room, needs his vacation for rest, and to show the injustice of comparing him with men of other employments. Jf, as the law seems to contemplate, he ought not to be required to work more than half as long as other men, then it fol lows that he needs twice as much rest as other men, and to judge him by the standard of other men, is evidently unfair. Rut, it will be by those wh > lead our we did not presi this News further says: “As to the value of the work done, the teachers themselves are the best judges; and we doubt if any earnest wide-awake teacher can be found who has attended one of the summer schools and will not testify to the benefit received." Now with all due respect esteemed contemporary and teachers, we hold that the remembered article that point. The to our to the teachers themselves, that is the teacher-stu dents, are the very poorest judges of the value received. Education is a matter of intellectual growtli and de velopment and no man is a compe tent judge of his own growth. Literal physical growth is far more palpable and tangible than intellectual growth, ar 1 yi t a boy will grow for a whole year all unconsciously to himself, while his friends will note his in creased size every time they see him. \Yo admit that the instructors of tin so summer schools arc in position to judge with some degree of accuracy of the progress of these teachers whom they instruct; and if wo are to take the testimony they oiler, there has been wonderful progress made all over the State even at this early stage of the summer. Superintend ent McMaham has lined up the re ports from fourteen of these schools and they indicate that the citadel of ignorance has been taken by storm and that on its ruins the temple of knowledge has sprung up by magic. When we try to contemplate this temple wc find ourself repeating the words that were used in reference to another noted building, “No liamnier fell, no ponderous axes ruin'. Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprunj,'.” As a fair specimen of the ring of enthusiasm given out by these re ports we quote from one by 1’rof. 0. B. Martin one of the instructors in the school at this place. 1’rof. Mar tin writes to Mr. McMahan: “Our enrollmedt is fifty-six and you know there are only fifty-six white schools in this county. Wo count only fifty- live in actual attendance for one fel low came only the first day. I think our enrollment is phenomenal, out what is better, our regular attend ance is fine. There has not been a day when we have not had at least forty interested, wide-awake teach ers present. The interest has not abated during the session—rather in creased." We really should like to have an in troduction to that “fellow" (sic) who came the first day, though we have no reason in the world to doubt the honesty and sincerity of a single one of these enthusiastic reports. It is natural and right for teachers to put high estimate on their work and they could not be expected either to speak or to think disparagingly of it, (■specially when their enthusiasm is encouraged and sustained by whole some allowances of the public pap. Neither have wo spoken disparagingly of their work nor expressed a doubt of its e-lliciency except by inference and comparison. The sum and sub stance of our criticism was that the net results did not justify the outlay of time and money and that there was not or ought not to be any nec essity for these schools. Wc did not say, even by the remotest implica tion that teachers need not study and learn, and all that Trot. Martin has said on this head, is entirely gratuitous and redundant. Surely when a teacher has governed a school for nine months it is reasonable to presume that he bas learned some thing about governing himself and is capable of doing some study with out a master. Surely when he has made a business of directing others in their studies, it is not absolutely necessary to put himself under ttc discipline of a summer school in or der to keep himsiA;'iamiliar with text books.^ Tne whole question is as to> tife difference between what he will learn in the summer school and what he can learn without it. Those schools are costing the State about !ji 10,000 a year. That is a con siderable amount of money. It would run fifty of the common schools five months and furnish in struction to twenty-five hundred children for that time. It would add ten dollars to the salary of each of one thousand teachers. It would build d'comfortable school house in every county in the State. Such an amount of the people’s money should not be lightly and inconsiderately squandered. We can hardly understand how the very mild criticisms which we offered should have irritated I’rof. Martin and his associates, nor how they cduld 1>j construed as a fling at the local school, an ii j i lice to McMahan, and an injury to Die common schools of the county. We wrote of the sum mer schools in general as we under stood them. We knew nothing of the internal workings of tho local school. We asserted that the object of these schools is to teach the pri mary branches, and we named some of these. 1’rof. Martin accused us of misrepresenting the subjects taught and named those taught in the local school, which are all still primary. We have known kindergarten meth ods taught in a summer school. Our meaning was that the instruction is all primary, in regard to the music we did not assert that the State fur nishes musical instruments and musicians to all of these schools. We know that in the summer school at Winthrop last summer, music was a prominent part of the exercises and we have every reason to believe that it was paid for by the State. We know again that Mr. McMahan has been negotiating with a prominent musician to take charge of tho music for that school again this sum mer. We presume that a competent salary is offered. The educational system of South Carolina is loo sensitive to criticism for an institution conscious of merit and of inherent power. It is assum ing tho cliuracter.sties of a huge machine, political and financial. It is a machine that needs a heavy fly wheel to accumulate power, for the least obstruction thrown among the little cogs on tho outer rim imme diately communicates its effects through tho long train of wheels back to the big driving wheel in tho center and causes it to jolt and wab ble. Prof. Martin resents our expression “tricks and turns," as casting a re flection all along the line of teachers up to Mr. McMahan, and claims to he able to prove by no less a person age than Mr. McMahan himself, that “tricks and turns" have no place in the graded schools of Greenville. Now, we had the pleasure and profit of seeing Prof. Martin before the summer school here only one even ing towards the close of the session, and if his performance on that occa- tion was not full of “tricks and turns,” then we don’t know a trick from an epic poem, nor the difference between a turn and a bee line. We must say, however, that these “tricks and turns” were admirably rendered to the apparent delight and no little edification of his audience. We feel like embalming our own sentiments in regard to them in a stanza of im mortal verse slightly parodied. ‘Now, let us sin}? lon^ live the schools, Ami grandpa, long live he; And when he next ax handles hunts. May 1 be there to see.’ NOTES AND COMMENTS. The National Republican party came into existence as a party in 1850. In four years after its birth it had plunged the country into tht* bloodiest war of modern times. li i has now had absolute control of th government for the past three year and during that time two wars of conquest have been waged, trusts and monopolies have reached a de gree of power never before known in any nation, and tte United States treasury is - plethoric with the in gatherings of the people’s earnings. These arc some of the fruits of Re publican domination. The young men in Savannah are getting up what they call a Shirt Sleeve brigade, or a general agree ment that they will wear no coats during business hours in the months of July and August; whereupon the Greenville News rises to say that such a thing may do for Savannah, but it would not be tolerated in snch a city as Greenville, especially by the la dies. Now, we are well aware that we are not regarded as standard au thority in the matter of dress, nor indeed in any matter that involves nice esthetical qualities, but society, like a court of law, may afford to ad mit doubtful and incompetent testi mony sometimes, trusting to judge, attorney and jury to sift it and get what is legitimate out of it and throw the rest away. Oijr testimony is to the effect that a young dry goods elerkj’jith a clean white shirt on, with spotless bosom and the Jiee'ves kept from flowing by neat elastics, is in a garb decent enough, without any coat, to wait on any young lady, however fastidious she may be. And the young lady who would object to being waited on by a young man in such a garb, is a prude, and destitute, in a measure, of both sense and true refinement. We should expect such a young lady to dress herself for an evening party in a manner not in accordance with strict modesty and refined taste. Star Farm 8tat«nifutM. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Star Farm, July 7.—We are hav ing some warm weather now. Far mers are busy killing grass ana lay- ing-by crops. Crops are very good in this vicinity. We had the pleasure of attending a most enjoyable picuic in the grove at Mr. Wm. Jefferies yesterday. A good many young people from Gaff ney were present. Miss Louise Jefferies and Miss Ester Goudelock are visiting Miss Mamie Jefferies, of Home. Dr. Sanders preached a most ex cellent sermon at Elbethel last Sun day. Litti.k Dickie. To tlie lata of I'ttlma. Ramseur’s specials to Charleston and the Isle of Palms July 17th will carry the largest crowd of the season. Seats guaranteed with each ticket. M. L. Ross is the special agent of Mr. ttarasfcur in Gaffney and he will give all the information necessary. The train leaves Gaffney at 7:10 a. in., instead of 8:10 as advertised on the hand bills. Rainfall for Klx MoiiUim. The rainfall for Gaffney for the six months beginning with January and ending with June, as recorded by Chief Camp, was as follows: January 3.:C Iim-Iich February 4.H* Mureli 6.73 “ a pri i H.aa *• May - June.. 47 !• Total ,11.06 indies Keil Hot From the Hun Was the ball (hat bit G. R. Stead man of Newark, Miob., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen’x Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils. Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cte. a bog. Cure' guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Rrug Company, Druggjsts k' CITY AND COUNTY CONGLOMERATED. Local News from Town and Country TOO SHORT FOR A HEAD Jtut None Too Short to Mention, Hence They Are lloltad Doa n l or Outc k Itea.l- Ing by Ituny Ledger 1'atroiiM Who Are I’reflfted for Time. Little Mary Jones is real sick at her home. We hope for her speedy recovery. Rev. Landrum Ezell will preach in the Second Baptist church next Sun day night. B. F. Green, of Spartanburg, has accepted a position with L. W. McGwinn. of this place. Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith have a very sick little boy and fears are en tertained for his recovery. Mr. Paul V. Gaffney, of Gaffney, S. C., passed through on his way to his home Saturday.—Gastonia Gazette. Rev. R. W. Sanders, of Greenville, came over Saturday and filled his ap pointment at Limestone church Sun day morning. Grenard Lodge A. F. M. will hold an extra convocation Thursday night in their hall. Work in the third de gree will be done. We are glad to report that Mrs. R. S. Cook, who has been quite sick for a week or more, is much better, though she is still confined to her bed. There will be services in the city hall as usual next Sabbath. Mr. Robertson yesterday prevailed upon Rev. Amos Clary to occupy his pulpit and he will conduct the service. The photograph of little Annie Mosbee Pierson and Sarah Carpenter in their floral costume is lovely, and Prince (the pony) stands as if he was proud to carry his load of beauty. An Italian by tho name of Tony Mormino, has opened up a fruit store in the rear of the Lipscomb hotel building, next to J. C. Jefferies’ law office. He deals in fruits exclusively. Dr. Lodge yesterday received a tel egram from Mrs Lodge, who is at Wilmington, N. C., stating that their little girl, Mary, was very sick. The Ledger trusts the next intelligence will be more assuring. Rev. Dr. Sanders, of Grecpnlle, filled the pulpit at the Seconl Bap tist church in Gaffney lust Sunday night. Mr. Sanders’ sermons a.^ al ways able, eloquent and interesting, and large congregations greet him at every service. The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Inter-State and \\>st Indian Exposition Company have appointed Dr. Lee Davis Lodge as one of the committee of four to re ceive subscriptions from Cherohee for the exposition. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Butler have rented Mr. W. F. Brown’s cottage on Limestone avenue and gone to house keeping. Everybody in that section of tho city w-ilf welcome Mr. and Mrs. Butler in their midst for they will prove to be charming neighbors. The Ledger was the recipient yes terday of some delicious tomatoes from the garden of Mrs. A. R. N. Folger. They were the finest speci mens of this delicious vegetable we have seen this season and the first that we have known to ripen in a lo cal garden this year. If the succeeding fare at the Com mercial hotel is to be in keeping with that served by Mr. Harris last Sun day at dinner it will not be long be fore the new hotel will win its way into tho hearts of the public. Mr. Harris is a capital hotel man and withal a very pleasant gentlemen. Mr. John R. Kirby, who has been connected with the Gaffney Machine shops, in the capacity of assistant moulder, has accepted a position in the navy yard at Newport News, Ya., and will leave in a few days to enter upon his duties. The Ledger wishes for him the success he so richly de serves. John R. Gordon and family have moved from Cherokee Falls to Kings Mountain, where they will reside. The Ledger regrets to lose Mr. Gor don from this county, as he is a most estimable man. We hope he may find it to his advantage to return to this county some time again and make it his home. Mr. George L. Gibson, of Georgia, an experienced jeweler and engraver, has accepted a position with Mr. R. S. Lipscomb, of this city. Mr. Gib son comes well recommended. He is a gentleman of pleasant address, and we trust his stay in Gaffney may prove both profitable and pleasant to himself and Mr. Lipscomb. “Lon” Holmes has accepted the enviable position of superintendent of the Alpha Cotton mills, in Char- N. C., and left yesterday morning to enter upon the duties of his new po sition. He will make Charlotte his future home. The Ledger wishes Mr. Holmes every success. Mrs. Holmes will join him later. Several weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown went over to Baeolet to visit relatives and friends. News has been received in this city that both have been quite sick since they left but we are glad to bo able to state that the latest news is to the ( fleet that botli aro improving. They will remain in I’acolet sometime. Louis Wood, who has been attendr ing tho Citadel in Charleston, return ed to the city last week and is now engaged in the bank of his father, A. N. Wood. Lewis is a gentlemanly young man and will make un accepta ble anil valuable addition to the cler ical fotce of the bank. Lufar Lip scomb. who has been assisting Mr. Smith, will take a course in study. Dyeing is as simple as washing when you use Butnam Fadeless Dyes. Sold by Dr. H. B. Crawley »fc Co. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. IVupta You Know Mini Itaoplc You Don't Know. Supervisor Lipscomb returned from Harris’ Springs Friday. Ho became unwell shortly after arriving and thought it best to come back home. Ho is now somewhat improved but is not strong. His friends wish for him a speedy and permanent recovery. J. I’. Turner, of Gaffney, is now working in tho capacity of roller cov- erer for the Edna Cotton mills, at Reidsville, N. C. W. E. Osment, of Wilkinsville, was iu the city yesterday. Ho expressed his regrets at not being able to get to Gaffney on tho Fourth, but said that he was like a good many of his neigh bors, in that while ho could not be witii us, his heart was here. J. W. Lipscomb spent Sunday in Spartanburg with friends and rela tives. Mrs. Alice Sarratt and her daugh ter. Miss Myrtle, left the city Satur day for Thermal City, N. C., where they have gone to spend the remain der of the sumuur. Mrs. W. B. DuPre and children left Saturday for Spartanburg where they go to spend a few days with relatives and friends. Miss Augusta Pierson, after a brief hut pleasant stay in this city with her sister-in-law, Mrs. W. II Pierson, returned to her home in Shelby Saturday. Miss Mabel.Fort left on Friday for Charleston, where she will spend sev eral weeks with hei friend, Mrs. Albert Buist. Tom L. Brown and Miss Nellie Wood went to Pacolet Saturday to see Mrs. Beona Brown, who is quite sick at that place. Miss Florence Griffith, who has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Downey at Pacolet, returned to her home yesterday. Professor Claude McArthur and Miss Sams left the city yesterday for Charleston. They were met at Paco let by Miss Eva Sams, who accom panied them on their trip to the "City by the Sea." Miss Carrie Peden went to Spartan burg Saturday to visit friends for a few days. Miss Lizzie Becker who has been spending several days with friends in this city, returned to her home in Spartanburg yesterday. Mrs. V. O. Boroughs and children, who have been visiting Mrs. Boroughs’ father, Professor R. (>. Sams, for sev eral weeks, left yesterday for their home yesterday. Mrs. P. V. Gaffney and children left yesterday on the vestibule for Waynesville, N. C., where they go to speed several weeks in the mountains with Uncle Sam and Aunt Sallie Hop per. Mr. C C. Harris. Mrs. Gaffney’s father, accompanied them. J R. Pennington, one of The Led ger’s valued patrons of Cherokee Fulls, was in tho city yesterday on business. Prentice Luckoy, of Spartanburg, was registered at tho Lipscomb’s Ho tel Saturday. Mrs. Juiian W. Lipscomb is visit ing Mrs. Charles Christman in Spar tanburg. Rev. S. T. Creech, who has been assisting Rev. Mr. Holroyd in a pro tracted meeting in Spartanburg, re turned homo Friday. Phillips Ray, a well to-do farmer of State Line, was in town Saturday. Tom Clarkson went to Spartanburg Saturday. Dr. C. T. Lipscomb returned from Harris' Springs Friday, where he had been attending the annual meeting of the State Dental association. He reports a pleasant time. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Drummond returned to their home at Woodruff, Friday, after spending several days in the city with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ezell and Mrs. T. I. Walker. Miss Dora Hamrick will return to Shelby this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Downey, of Pacolet., spent a few hours in the city yesterday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Griffith, on Frederick street. Mr. Jim Litthjohn spent yester day in the city of the Spartans. He left Sunday night and returned yes terday afternoon. Claude Rosa and Wofford Hum phries, two of Gaffney's gay and festive gallants, left last week for Saluda and Hendersonville and other points in “the land of the sky." The Ledger wishes them much happiness and a gay time. A I’lcaiumt Fvoidug, ljuite a number of young ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a most pleasant evening at the hospitable home of Professor and Mrs. W. F. McArthur last evening. Dainty refreshments were served and pleasant conversa tion made the time pass swiftly. It was almost midnight wnen gay’ and happy hearts wended their way Home ward, each and every one voting Pro fessor and Mrs McArthur the charm ing boat and hostess they are. Working Night mill Day. The busiest and mightiest iittle thing that ever was made is Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, listlessness Ipto energy, bruin-flag into mental power. They’re won derful in building up the health. Only 25c per box Bold by Cherokee Drug Company. A Kansas judge was culled up at 2 o’clock in the morning recently to marry a fond couple who couldn’t wait any longer. Probably the girl’s irate pupa was not many blocks behind. After many Intricate experiments, scientists have discovered methods for obtaining ail the natural digest- anta. These have been combined in the proportion found in the human body and united with substances that build up tho digestive organa, making a compound called Kodul Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you cat and allows all dyspeptics to eat plenty of nourishing food while tho stomach troubles are being radically cured by tiie medicinal agents it contains. It is pleasant to take and will give quick relief. Bolij by Cherokee Drag Co THE CENSUS TAKER. Some of the AlmonllttaH Tlnlt He Fomin In Fontnct With. (Corresponilcnce of Tho Lodger.) Etta Jane, July (J—When a pretty young lady gels bee stung she don’t consider it. much of a compliment to tell her Mint bees like sweet things. During the recent enumeration a census taker rode into the field where an old gentleman with his wife and children were ul work. When lie told his business the old gentleman slapped botli hands on his pockets and told one of jhe children to run to the house and bring him his pocket book. Before lie finished speaking, however, the old lady said, “They told us wc were double taxed.’ ’ Tiie enumerator said lie had nothing to do with that and was soon at his work. Another told the enumerator that he knew what ail this meant— “If s to get another cotton crop for nothing"—but they wouldn’t get liis. One darkey was very slow in an swering the questions. A bystander told him to speak up and tell the gentleman what he wants to know. His reply was, “I want to know what 1 am tellin’ it fur, fust.” Another wanted to know why they axed about ever, body's 'pioyment. The enumerator said. "They want to find a job for everyone who hasn’t any." Next Sabbath, 15th inst., Rev. J. P. Marion will preach at Salem. \ye regret very much tolehru that Mrs. William Byars fell and was se verely hurt at Mr. W. A. Whiso- nanfs last night. Dr. Mason W. Smith, of Gaffney, was cailc-d to at tend her. The county chain gang is now camped at the Davidson place and working the roads in tliis section. We have frequently heard it said: “Better to bo an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave." Yet all the girls don't think so. They don’t appreciate sipping loves’ nectar from the luscious lips of a lioh old bach elor or basking in tho sunshine of his affections. A colored man in this neighborhood ciainis *o have a recipe for baffling blood hounds. We will not give it as our readers are not interested in his discovery. But if he wii! tty somebody’s hen roost or watorm- ii n patch while Captain Wilson is in this neighborhood with his dogs wo will be giad to test the merits of bis discovery. Upon request of the postmaster and the recommendation of Con gressman Finley, the money ord r business at this office has been dis continued. The weather for several days lias been very hot and farmers have had a grass-killing time. Mr. Mike Hellers has worked out his farm in Egypt. Like others le has had to replant where the Ni.e (Thicketj) has injured it Miss Mamie Comer has been quite sick. Her many friends will be glad to hear of her recovery. She is ex pected to take un active part in tiie children’s day exercises at Salem on the 26th inst. Rev. Landrum Ezell will preach at Abingdon creek on the third Sabbath. He is one of those fearless advocates of the truth who "hews to the line." If everything we did was for the glory of God we would do a great deal less, yet accomplish a great deal more. The price paid for our redemption makes us God’s possession. Dreams of wealth are not visions of greatness. We learn that Dr. and Mrs. Morton, of Lawn, expect soon to remove to their hew home in Spartanburg. The hot sun is drying out the land and a good shower would be very ac ceptable just now. More than a score of our State pa pers have copied the following. We don’t remember all of them but The Ledger has doubtless copied it, too However, it will bear reproduction with the injunction that the voters cut it out and paste it in thoir hats as a standard by which to measure the candidates soliciting their votes.: One of the mist serious evils in this county is the weakness of men in public office. Too many of them think more of their chances for ru- elect'on than of discharging their du ties fearlessly and faithfully. When ever a serious crisis arises, immedi ately the officer begins to vacciilate and speculate as to what course he should pursue, and his conduct is not influenced so much by wlint is right as to what effect his policy will have upon the largest number of voters. Too often a man's entering politics loses his individuality and ail independent manliness—Wiunsboro News and Herald, We will have an abundant peach crop in places this year. “Uncle Jimmy" Raines sends us a batch of Richmond, Va., papers every week. They remind us of war times. Thank you, Uucle Jimmy. J. L s. A Fiipitul llutfl Porter. Luke Corry, Gaffney's champion hotel porter, and tlui equal of any In his line, is now with the new Com mercial. Luke has been closely identified with the hotels here for many years; he is thoroughly con versant with the ways and means of "persuading" the tired and hungry wayfarer, and Mr. Harris has done well in securing his services. Tim Grewtent Kvhtaiifw of the dangers of cholera morbus, (liarrhcua, and dysentery is tho increase in the death rate during the Hummer months. You cannot l»e t(si careful, and particu’ur attention should be paid to the diit. a supply of Rain-Killkr should lUwuys be at hand for it can lx* relied on at alt times as safe, sure and speedy. A tea- 8p(*>!iful will cure any ordinary case. Avoid substitutes, there is - but one Pain-Killer, l*crry Davis’. Price 2. r »c. and 50c. To Uh> Public. I am informed that a report is be ing circulated over the county that I have withdrawn from the race for supervisor. I wish to deny this em phatically. The report originated wish some who hope to change some of my sup porters, I am in the race to a finish with every hope of winning. J. H. TitSNKK. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. I’cmoiiul Paragraph* Ahout our Frtaiol* Itsyonit the It road. ((’orr< Hpotiitaiicu of The Ledger.I Bi.Ar KSOI KU July 10.—Dr. W. R. Mci.i iul, of Timmontvilic is visit ing his brother. Rev. I). M McLeod. Mr and Mrs. T Y. Mu^m left Fri day for Richmond, whore they will spend a month with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf and children have returned home from a visit to Fo/est City Messrs. Horace Alexander, Louis Knox and Bernard Tambyhe went to Grover Sunday. Miss Emma Lathcn, of Hickory Grove, is visiting Miss Ira Whisonant in this.city. '1 he Piedmont base ball team spent Sunday night in our city and left Monday for York vi I It*. Mrs. Vvill King after spending threo w» eks with tier parents, Mr. and Mrs. Healan, returned to her home in Charlotte Sunday. Miss Leila Bonner, of Gaffney, is visiting Miss Maymo Gaston, of this city. Dr. S. M. Deal, of Baltimore, is visiting his mother. Mrs. M. E. Deal. Mias Minnie McLarnon, of Peters burg. Ya., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Marion, in this town. Mr. Charles M. Glenn, of Gastonia, was in our city Monday on business. Miss Eva Blanton and Mr. F. A. Harris were married last Thursday evening by Rev. i). M. McLeod. Only two friends were present. We wish them a long life and much happiness. Miss Addie Gibson and Mr. Bob Davis were married Sunday morning at Antioch, Rev. J. I). Bailey officiat ing. We all unite in wishing them a long, long life. L. B. R. Alderman Cash Ketiign*. Alderman E. R. Cash has resigned from the city council on account of press of business. In another column will found an advertisement or- deringan election on Tuesday, July 2ith, to filf the vacancy. 1$ Babylhin this summer? Then add a little SGOTT’S EMULSION to his milk three times a day. It is astonishing how fast he will improve. If he nurses, let the mother take the » Emillsion. 50C. and $i.00; all drnggists. ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND Hain-Ki/le, * THERE IS NO KIND OF PAIN OR „ * ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, • THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT RE LIEVE. LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB STITUTES. THE GENUINE BOTTLE SEARS THE NAME, PERRY DAVIS & SON. Summons for Relief. (COMPLAINT SEKVt:i>.) Tim State ok Soi th Cauoi.ix \, j Court of - ('oininon ( or.NTY OK rilKHOKKK. ) IMuriS. J. \V. Mari in. Andrew Martin, (I. \V. lintiner. Bryant Bonner, A. C. liobtis and Louisa Holman, Plaintiffs, a:ra in st Lee h. Arnistronir. C. A. M liitlock. E. It. (Veb U r, ii. M. Ilcnn, J. L. Barnett, A. M.Chas tain, C. L. Boswell, T. F. Foster and B. F. Webber. Defendants. To the defendants Leo 1». Arms trod j.', et at., above named; You are hereby summoned and required tu answer the complaint tn this action of which a copy is herewith served upon yoQ; and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com plaint on the subscribers at tbelr office in Gaffney, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time’ aforesaid, tin pGinlilf in tliis action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in tho complaint. Dated June Mill, Pkni, A. I). Wai.i.ace Orrs. Plaintiffs’ Attorne'ys. 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