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1 'l l 6I v I prBi.i.iHk.n'’ .h. 1C I HJtICI* AM» IKII'AV. II r.bhAV IIV II. ])k('ami\ Thr liRDQER iti not rospon»il)le for tbv v : owm of correapondoiits. Oorruspondente who do not contri bute regular ncwa loiters must fur nish thoir name, uot for publication, but for identification. All correspondence should bo ad dressed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. LIUHT TilK I.AMPS. Modern history exhibits no more sublime spectacle than the heroic struggle which Southern men have made against the adverse conditions which confronted them immediately on the conclusion of the war between the States. The whole country was In desolation; the spirit of the peo ple was crushed; in every home were torn and bleeding hearts; Helds lay devastated; cities were smoking piles of ruins; the waves along our coasts chanted llie nquiein of a nation that had fallen; the mournful winds upon the aeolian harps of our forests played the dirge of tb*' countless he roes that slept beneath those sombre shades; the iron hud entered into our very souls. But no sooner bad the demon of war with blood-red robe and footsteps of lire passed from our borders, than our gallant people, undauntedly disasters wlioi-e dread ful enormity would have palsied the tongue of Homer to relate, sprang up from the dust and ashes of defeat, grappled with foes still more terri ble than those they had faced in the battle’s front, and won a victory so glorious that a wondering world burst into applause, ana ••e’en the ranks of Tuscany eonltl scarce forbear to cheer.” ' Industry with smiling Plenty in her train has come to bless the land. The whole face of the country has been changed. Waste places have been built up; tiie desert lies been made to blossom like the rose; cities and towns have been set as gems in the jewelled mosaic of our landscapes ; the mimic snow of cotton, the shin ing gold of wheat and the dense clouds of smoke rising like incense from the altar of industry, gladden the eye and rejoice the heart of him who lovts the South. Thus far the rrcjrd of our people since the war has been lustrous with high achieve ment. jtut one point there is, of supremo importance, which we must not for- \,r- j 1 nmsneritv is not dustrial progress is indeed, itself, dependent upon intellectual and moral factors. In&ujjtry waits upon invention. Invention sits at the feet of science. There can be no de velopment of industry without eociu order. But social order is a fabric whose woof is right reason and whose warp is good morals. Jt is evident, therefore, even from a business standpoint, that if the South is to go forward with regal step in the pathway of progress, she must be armed cap-a-pie with weapons from the armory of know! edge. Our people must realize that the forces that govern the world are intellectual. The times demand trained men. Ever and anon a great outcry is heard about the vast army of the unemployed. But the only men who cannot, under normal cir cumstances, find work, are the men who do not know how to do what the world wants done. The day has gone by in every line when the igno rant, the undisciplined, the iuefli- cient, though well-meaning man, could some how make his way. The South is today facing a great crisis. We have begun to develop our material resources, we have gen erated enormous economic forces, we are now moving with tremendous momentum. We are gliding alohg so smoothly that we can scarcely realize with what startling rapidity we are going. The South has rubbed "thoXTaddin’s lamp of industry, and unnumbered genii have risen to do her bidding. Is it not plain that unless she knows how to direct and control these giant powers whom she has called forth, the most appalling results arc liable to follow from her incapacity? Our people must be en lightened. lieligion must do her holy work in the heart. Education, wit^f her golden key, must unlock thA.dungeon of the mind. The civic virtues, the social graces, the patri otic ideals must be cultivated. Knowledge must 1 “clrele with the wlml-." We intend to speak plainly upon the great need of the hour. We are talking in the bosom of our own ^■ffcmtharn people, not to an unfriendly cd professions arc not us sev* re, as in the Northern States for instance. We, the people, inlist change all this. For three quarters of a cen tury the South furnished the brains that governed the country. There is no reason in the world why Southern n should not in future be one of the greatest factors in the life of the whole land. But tills will be come possible only when the South shall Riveter children the thorough, complete, elaborate education that is necessary to tit them for tho part they uf<! to play in tho great drama of modern life. We must improve our public school systems, wo must furnish better facilities, we must set higher standards for our teachers, we must pay them better salaries, we must keep step with the onward march of the world. The fault is not in the teachers, but in the sys tem. The cheeks of any man, com petent to judge in such matters, will Hush with shame when he learns the miserable pittance that is paid to the men and women into whose hands is committed the difficult task and sa cred trust of moulding the minds of our young children. The pay is ut terly, absurdly, abominably inade quate! We must first raise the sala ries of teachers and then raise the requirements of admission into the profession. It ought to be a profes sion’, a learned profession. But you can not expect that men and women will spend a small fortune in prepar ing for an occupation whose rewards are so meager that they scarcely en able one to keep soul and body to gether. Just so long as the wretch edly inadequate salaries are paid, the work of teaching will continue to be liable to be looked on as a mere makeshift, a stepping-stone to some thing higher, a half-way house be tween school and a profession, a maiden's bower between girlhood and murriaue. The crying need of today in the public school system is pro fessional teachers. As things are now the graduate of the public school often returns, without fur ther preparation, to teach the public school. The plan of the man who tried to raise himself by pulling on his boot-straps was wisdom com pared to this. Space forbids a further discus sion of our theme at this writing Perhaps enough has been said, how ever, to emphasize the idea that there must be an advance all along the line of the South’s intellectual life. The ters,” “More Learned Lawyers,” “Better|Equipped Physicians.” There must be ceaseless agitation ; iteration and re-iteration of this demand ; in sistent, persistent, strenuous strug gle for this idea; invincible determi nation that the South shall no longer lag far in the rear, but that she shall lead tho line and bear the banner in the country's onward and upward march. PERSONAL 1 PARAGRAPHS. You Kimmy tunl I’tuipU- You Don t K niitv. Mrs. Paul V. (JalTuey and children are spending the week with relatives near Wilkinsville. Mrs. Robert Rountree, with her lit tle sin Pates, from Spartanburg, have been on a visit to in r parents, Mr. and Mrs. U M. (Jaffney. She left Tuesday afternoon for Monroe, N. C , to \isit Mrs. J F. Laney. Mrs. A. (J. Smith, of Chester, ac companied bv her daughter, Miss Mary, ar.d son I/mis. are visiting tho family of Dr. Fort. Mrs. Chary Watkins is spending a ew weeks with her daughter, Mrs. 1). L. Vussy. near Thickety. Master Keith Folger, son of Mr. A. W. Folger. of Easley, is spending some weeks in the city with relatives. Samuel Lionel J"Series left yester day for Spartanburg, Union and other points for a month’s stay. Miss Wilma Gaffney is visiting her grandmother, Mrs Macomson, at Mercer, in lower Cherokee. Capt. T. J. Thackston and his family returned yesterday from a lengthy and very pleasant visit to relatives in (.ireenvillo county. Capt. Thackston also visited the place of his birth and the scenes of his boy hood days while away. Mr. A W. Lotspeich, of Warrons- burg, Penn., is spending a few days in the city. Misses Minnie and Nellie Owens, of Greenville, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Walker, on Victora avenue. E. E Elliott, of Spartanburg, was in the city for a short while Wednes day. Mrs. H. Fay Gaffney has gone to Edgefield for a stay of some weeks. Rev. L. C. Ezell, of Woodruff, ar rived in the city yesterday on a visit to his children, J. E. Ezell and Mrs. T. I. Walker. Prof. H. P. Griffith went to Owens, in Laurens county, Wednesday to at tend a reunion of his old company (Company E., 1 Hh S. C. Vol.) and to visit oid friends. Mayor P. II. Freeman, of Blacks burg. was in tho city Wednesday. Mr. Freeman has recently been ap pointed auditor for the S. C. it G. E. railroad. K. K. Belue. of Blacksburg, was in town Wednesday. Arthur Marsh, who has been resid ing in Union for some time, has re turned to Gaffney and will make his home with his mother, Mrs. William Marsh, at this place. Mrs J. A Harris, of Algood, is attending tho summer school for teachers in this city. Hon. William Jefferies, of Home, was in town Wednesdyy. Misses Jane Nottjand Fannie Corry and Ma-ters William and Ed. Corry, of Gaffney, are visiting in Yorkville. the guests of the Misses McPheeters and Dickson.—Yorkville Enquier. THIS WEEKS WICKEDNESS. audience ready to carp and criticise and sneer and jeer at the weakness of the States ro love. We cannot be silent, even though it pains us to write and our readers to read our _The surgeon must not falter h^ere touch the sore spot, , may be his affection t* 1 fht. The plain truth, V* * V ^ J tbsvi’ feouth la > iu 'ts in- j .y behind some other union. Knowledge morally diffused, educa- ,oo a# high u plane, the rofioitoc/jo the learn- A Former l.iiiieBtoue Girl. The following paragraph is from an Olga letter to the Coumbia State : “Mrs. P. R. Butler, who hae been visiting relatives here, has left for Greenville to spend a few days, thence she will go to Gaffney to visit her son and daughter and to spend some time among the haunts and scenes of her girlhood days spent at Limestone years ago; from there on to her home at Carlisle.” Mrs. Butler is the mother of Col T. B. Butler, of this city, and she is now at his home on Victoria avenue. There have been many changes around Limestone since her days at that institution. At The KplMcoiml Chureli. We are requested to announce tha*. Rev. G. Croft Williams, of Blacks burg, will hold services in the Epis copal church at this place next Bun- day afternoon at o o’clock. Rev. Williams has been spending some time down on the coast, in and around Charleston, in search of rec reation and better health, and he comes hack mu*jU. refreshed by his visit to the seashore. Mr*. Fort Kntertalos. Mrs W. A. Fort gave a formal reception on Wednesday afternoon ti her guest. Mrs. Smith, of Chester. The affair was highly enjoyed by all who were favored wilh invitations. Childish laughter Heavenly music. is the echo of Tho author of harmless mirth is a public benefactor. Innocent amusement transforms tears into rainbows. To best please a child is the high est triumph of philosophy. The man who never gives offense is as clever as lie is scarce. Excessive economy makes a tnan an undesirable acquaintance. , ■— •*.* ’VitnoO* OfTeuKt-H. " '** see m’S 1 Y6' i PflPft« JJ<K.a^C*.<1 i 8 eascr. atmospheric conditions and to have its seasons for breaking out into an epidemic which will run its course in spite of everything that can be done to prevent its “spreading.” It frequently happens in our city that two weeks will go by without a case of any note in the mayor’s court, and then, probably, for the next two or three weeks everything and everybody seem to get “wrong,” and Mayor Littlejohn’s court room will be croweded every morning with sinners of all kinds and colors guilty of violating nearly every law in the city’s code. Between times, however, some in dividual who is afflicted with the chronic ailment of having too much time at his disposal, becomes obstrep erous, for want of anything else to do, and has to be hauled up before the city’s chief executive for "treat ment.” The first of this kind to be on hand this week was a white man who had been trying to drown bis sorrows by the use of distilled spirits. He had put up if5.00 for his appearance at court, ana, failing to appear, forfeitid bis five. The next were two colored “ladies” who had been guilty of indulging in conduct unbecoming in their sex. One was dismissed without fine and the other was taxed $2 (X) or ten days for her part in the affair. She paid the money. Another plain drunk brought $2 50 into the city treasury. Two young white men were next fined l|i5 00 each for a little “scrapping bout” they bad pulled off in the upper part of the city. A white woman was up for keeping a disorderly house in the city. After a thorough investigation her fine was placed at .f20 or thirty days. She was finally given the privilege of leaving to.vn, and this she consented to do. Another case of drunkenness and two cases of disorderly conduct enriched the citj treasury to the amount of !jt5 00, while one of the offenders was released without a fine. The above cases constituted the proceedings for the week up to this morning. BUFFALO BUDGET. IiiIym'I’Omji •’•’•’••"Hai Hiid l.ornl ID in* From I Clivrokoe. li'orrcspomleuce of The DeiiKer.) Bitkai.o, July JO.— 1’olk Scott, of Gaffney; was at Buffalo church Inst Sunday. His friends need not be surprised if lie comes back again. He seemed to bo perfectly at ease, in fact he looked like an adopted child. A protracted meeting is in progress at Buffalo church this week. Rev. G. 1\ Hamrick is preaching a series of sermons from the ten communa- ments. It is to be hoped that much good will be accomplished before the meeting closes. The time is close at hand when Buffalo will have to have a new graveyard, and it won’t be many years before they will need a new church building. For the convenience of a majority of its members it ought to be located near the Buffalo Academy. The people around here are able to build a new church if somebody can only get them enthused with enough of “git up and git,” about them. If every member would quit using whiskey, tobacco and snuff they could build a new church and have it nicely painted within three years time and nobody would he any the poorer by it. Just leave off your sinful habits, brethren, and you will feel like doing something for the Lord. Notwithstanding the fact that I am a poor man, and some of our so-called Christian brethren look upon me as an old reprobate be cause I am not afraid to write the plain truth, I am willing to give •tJO towards a new church building. Will the people of Buffalo make any attempt to build a new church? No, as a matter of course they won’t. Anybody with a grain of common sense knows that a new church is next to an impossibility. Buffalo like Blacksburg can’t fall into procession along this line of progress. There are two kickers. I um going to make the following liberal offer to the people of Buffalo and Blacksburg. I will give them five acres of land for a graveyard to bury the kickers of both places at a distance remote enough to keep their spirits from coming back and setting stumbling blocks against progress, though I would have to be buried in the same graveyard my self. If the people of the whole county want a graveyard for “kick ers” I am willing to give ten acres of land for that purpose. That would hoid a good many old sinners. Mr. Tom Harroll has nearly com pleted a new bridge across Buffalo. All who have seen *it are highly pleased with it—the job. Mr. Eb. Jefferies, can’t you come over to Buffalo church next Sunday? You haven’t been here in three years Then you were a popular sport among the young ladies, but af ter you were re elected clerk of court it seems that you suddenly forgot about them. They are as pretty as ever and I am sure they would be o' » - - — lors of the county to have a bache lor’s picnic at some central point sometime during the month of Au gust ? As ja matter of course it is understood the old maids would not be forgotton. Mr. Willit McCraw, of Gaffney, has started out alone on a pilgrimage to wards the realms of matrimonial bliss. A preacher once passed through this country who called him self the wandering pilgrim, hot for the present we will call Willie the little pilgrim, though occasionally he wanders away from home and when he comes to himself he finds that he has already crossed Broad river. Ho spent the glorious 4th over here, and has been back since, and ho wil come again. His friends need not be surprised, that at no distant day they will see him extracting all the happiness possible from the ever- changing vicissitudes of life by weav ing his love together with that of beautiful young lady in the holy bonds of matrimony. When I was a young man I had a sweetheart in the town of Sugar Valley whom I courted for seven long years. In one of her letters she told me that she bad asked a professor to define love, and he told her that it was an inward in- expresii da Jan 1 an outward allvver- netB That described my feelings exactly. Is that the way you feel, Willie? If so you had better come back again or you will experience an ndeacribable feeling of wretchfd- ness. That’s the way I felt when my girl married another fellow. One of our school trustees has re signed because ho could not con scientiously berve any longer under a dishonest “boss.” BiCHKLOR. For the Building Season. L. BAKER Has just received a large stock of Sash, Doors, Mantelpiece? and all kinds of Trimming, Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Box ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No. 1 Heart Pine Shingles and a good stock John W. Masury & Sons Guaranteed Paints and Varnish, all at the lowest rea sonable prices. Call and see him when you want anything in his line. No charge for making estimates. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. Tlie examinations fur the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop College and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 1-th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than iifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 12th they will he awarded to those making the highest average at this examination. The cost of attendance, including lioard, uruished room, heat, liaht and washing, is $11.00 per month. For further information and a catalogue address President I). B. Johnson. Kock Hill, S. C. V fllj t »•>’ , ri ** X /■ i i I would rather be called the chil dren’s friend than the world’s king. There Is more Catarrh in this sect Ion of t he country thun nil other diseaiM'N put to- aether. and until the last few years wassup- posed to h.» Incurable. For a (Treat many year* doctors pronounced it a loeul disease and presents d local remedies, and by eon- *tuntly fallinjr to euro with local troa'tment, pronounced It Incurable. Science has proven catarrh to Is 1 a eoustltutlonnl disease, ami li'ereton' i'c<|kilres const itut Iona) treatment. Mull s< atari'll Cure, luunuiaetiired by V. J. < lieiiey A: < <>.. Toledo, Ohio. Is the only oou- slitut lonal cure on tin market. It Is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to a teai- spoonful. it acts directW on the blood and mucous surfaces oi thcsiidcm. They one liumlnal dollars for uLy ease it fa oofo. Keiul (or cireulais>u*d test!mo Add re** *„i.i . J ’ OHO'**’ A Co., Toledo, O. Hall’*pumfiy i’Jlijrar’e the be.'. A For The Exposltlou. Mr. E. H. JTingle, one of Charles ton’s most prominent business men, and president of the Bank of Char leston, was in tho city yesterday, Mr. Pringle is making a tour of the State among the bankers, merchants and manufacturers, in the interest of tho Charleston exposition, and he states that he is getting up quite a nice subscription for tho exposition. Doe»l Cotton Report The following ore the prices paid for cotton in Gaffney today: Good Middling 7^ Middling 7^ The people of Siberia when reduced to hard straits, make a tea of cabbage leaves. You Know Wlmt You arw Taking VVben you take Grove’s Tasteiesi y offer I Chill Tonic bt(ause the fc imonhiK I plainly printed “on < — ing that it ia «implt in a tasteleis Pay. 6O0. A YOUNG LADY’S LIFE SAVED. At Colombia by Ctiauihorluln'* Collr, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Dr. Gitas. H. Utter, a prominent physician, of Panama, Colombia, in recent letter states: ‘ Last March I had as a paGent a young lady six teen years of age, who had a very bad attack of dysentery. Everything I preset ioed for her proved tm ff.dual and she was growing worse every hour. Her parents were sure she would die. She had become so weak that she could not turn over in the bed. What to do at this critical moment was a study for me, but I tbought of Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and us a last resort prescribed it. The most wonderful result was effected. Within eight hours she was feeling much belter; inside of three days she was upon her feet and at the end of one week was entirely well.” For sale by Cherokee Drug Company. The man who is driven to deai lion usually assists in the drj, Chamberlain’s Colic, Diarrhoea Remedy hi reputation for fails and is pleai For sale by Cbei An envious perse everything- Notice of Final Discharge. Hy permission of Hon. J. E. Webster, Judge of Probate for Cherokee County, S. C., 1 will on Tuesday, the 27th day of August. 1901, at 10 o’clock a. m., make my final return as ad ministrator of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Lotspiech, deceased, and apply for letters dismissory. AU persons having' claims against said estate are notified to present them, properly attested, on or before that date, and all persons Indebted to said estate must pay on or before that day. A. W. Lotspeich. Sr.. Adni'r estate Elizabeth A Ixitspeleh, Dee'd. Published in Gaffney Ledger August 2nd, 9th, Kith and 2.‘ird, 1901. If in need of anylliing in Summer Goods of any description Jj you should visit our store.. Closing out at hig reduction all Rummer Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers. Ladies’ $1 25 slippers at 75c. “ $1 50 and .$1 75 slippers at $1 25. “ line $2 00 and .t2 25 Oxfords at $1 50. Few pairs ladies’ and misses’ tan slippers and oxfords at half and loss than half price. Ladies’ $2 00 and $2 25 Oxfords at 08c. Misses’ $2 00 Sandals at 75c. WASH GOODS. Fine colored satin striped lawns at 5c. ' ' “ ' “ dimities, value 10c, at O-jc. ® “ “ French organdies, the 25g grade, at 10.•. Good line lawns, dimities, hatists 71c, V)c, 121c to 25*, much below their value. MILLINERY. For Sale. State or Sooth Carolina, < Cherokee count v. t C. H. Gaffney etal vs Edna Northey et at. In obedience to an order made herein, for partition, dated March itith. I9W, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., before the Court House door (or on the grounds) during the legal hours of sale, salesday August 5th, 1901, the following described lands, to-wit: Twenty-nine (29) lots lying on each side of the ‘’ rank Branch” iu the western part of the town of Gaffney, designated as lots Nos. 4S, 49, 50, 51. 52, 55, 50, 57, 50, 59. 60, 01, 62, 05, 04, 05, 00, 07, 00, 09, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 70, 77, 7K. 79, containing in the aggregate about 13 acres, Including streets and alleys. These lots will be sold separately or as a whole. Also lots Nos. 89. 110, 125, 25 5, 2. 37, 38, 39, 40, 41,45, 46, 47. Also block ••O" containing 3*4 acres. Terms of sale; One-third cash, and balance ’ 1 —... ..a—...—~....a *wo va>.i-8 with Inter- annum. secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers, recording, etc. J. Eb JicrrERiK#, 71-9-3L CTkC.C. PCs. Cherokee County Slimmer School for Teachers Will Ihj held at Gaffney, July 22-August 17, 1901. W. F.'McArthur. Principal, W.G. Blake, Assistant. The course of study will bear directly upon what the teachers will be required to teacli during the ensuing year. There will l»e in struction iu School Management, English Grammar. Literature,Geography and Mathe matics, using the newly adopted hooks and aiding the teachers to make the best possible use of the books. The publishers have consented, iu order to aid the teachers, to sell the l>ooks at less than half price. Buehler’s Grammar will be re duced from 45 cents to Jo cents, and Frye’s Geography from 75 cents to 3" cents. In many of the countlos the trustees are assisting their teachers by allowing them a small sum to aid in defraying expenses or by giving them a little extra on their first month’s salary, Will not the school officers assist In giving their teachers some new Ideas for the chll- dron? Every teacher who expects to teach in ( herokee county should attend the Summer School and assist In making it the best ses sion ever held In tho county. Professional teachers are much needed. All business enterprls3* are advancing to mee the progress of the *ge. W’. F. McArthur, Supt. Education of Cherokee Co. Oaffney, S. V., May 31,1901. What you have lost in waiting you gain now in prices if you visit us for your Millinery. Ladies’ black trimmed sailors at 10, i\ .-mil 20c. Walking hats at 50c, 75c, $1 00 and up. Trimmed hats at :i and ^ off. 50 nits at $2 00, aul $•> CO hats at $2 00. Men’s and Children’s Clothing. If you are interested in saving’, you save here $100,, $2 00, ^ $2 00, $ 1 00 and $5 (Ml, depending on 11o\v good a suit you buy. Boy’s knee pants 2 piece suits at 75c, $1 00, $1 25 and up to $5 00. Men’s $5 00 suits at $2 50; $0 00, $0 50 and up to $S 00 suits at $4 50. Only a few more left and only a week or so more you will have the opportunity of such values. OUfi BARGAIN Cl has many attractions at pric^Jthat will interest the most economical house-keopers; Tumblers, Goblets, Berrf Bowls, and Fruit Saucers. Another lot of Glass Dippers just arrived at only 10 ets W. Harry Dodenhoff, 722 Limestone Street. | the strongest Insurance Agency in tho city. Write Fire, life, Accident, Healfli and Bent Insurance. 1' ' * - 'l Ratesure the kind that will interest. c HUGO S. DODENHOFF, Insurance and Real Estate. HOOSIER IS THE BEST. The most desirable, simplest constnJe^d, easiest adjusted, gives best results. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. For sowing peas, corn, oats, wheat, rye, or cane ~ * ft |d see the machLqp.