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Tmo JUKI>oe:i*. PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. RY Ed. H. DkCamp. to come into the temple of light and knowledge. In whatever light this subject of compulsory education is viewed, it is impracticable, absurd, and contrarj to the spirit oi democratic institu tions; and a safer and more reasona ble inference from the figures men- l PERSONAI PARAGRAPHS. You Know Hint I’eoplt* You Don't i Know. .Mi>s Nancy Thompson has re turned from Atlanta where she had been to take a course in stenography and typewriting. After spending his summer in Texas preaching. Rev. Amos Clary The Ledger is not responsible (or tbv views of correspondents. Cards of thanks wi)' he published tinned in the first part of this article, h is returned to Rochester, N V , to resum his ministerial studies for ms third and last year. Miss Bessie Maxwell, of Spartan- burg. has been spending several days ee-ts a line. , All coii'espondjnce should be ad- dr ssed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. ™nt h -vord. ..... would be that a large percentage of Reading notices will he pu is e people are still opposed to the At -_,i .;cLits a 'ine eac insertion. , 1 r Obituaries will be pubinlised at five whole free school system. A RKI’I.Y' TO .MK LITTLK.IOHN S CARD In our last issue Mr T. M. Little- w th friends in the city and at Lime- s one College. Mayor P. H Freeman, of Blacks- john asserts that our accusation to burg, was in the city Friday. the; census and state.education. According to the last census the number of white boys and girls of sotool age in South Carolina is 218,- 823; and according to the report of the State Superintendent of Educa- the effect that the State Board of Equalization had treated the cotton mills unfairly, was “directly at va riance with the facts in the case.’’ He further avers “the Board treated every cotton mill with all the court- tion for 1899 the number of white i esy and kindness which could be ex children enroilea in the public ' tended to them in its duty.” schools is 123 398 These figures show that there are 91,125 white children in the State not enrolled in Now, we never asserted that the Board treated the mills discourteously or unkindly. What we did assert the public schools, and the partisans waa that by adopting a of Sta e education jump to the con clusion that these ninety-four thous- fmd white boys and girls are growing lip in ignorance to become ft menace to society and an incubus on our free ] institutions. Mr. McMahan and his disciples look with alarm upon the j tended its powers and bad treated conditions and demand with new and i the mills unfairly in the comparison, increased emphasis that these chil- We think the facts dren shall be compelled to come into the public fold and to partake of the intellectual nourishment which the E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg, was here Friday. Tom B. Meacham, of Columbia, was in the city F'nday. Hon. William Jtffries, of Home, was in town Saturday. G. M. Cline and J. D. Clark, of Blacksburg, were in the city Satur day. B. Manly Stallworth, of Spartan burg, was among the visiters in the city Sunday. Willie A Poole, manager of the '*"7. "i 1 Company store at Pacolet Mills, spent method of . gilri(ky ln t , i(i clty assessing the mills, which is not ap yV. N. Austell and C. H. Robbins, olied to any other species of property, 1 of Trough, spent Sunday with Mr. and by requiring mill officers to ren^ W G Austell s family near Lime- der in all the details of their business requirement pot made of other 1 industries—the board had trans- will sustain the accusation. Mr. Littlejohn is one of the best farmers in Cherokee county. He is State has so generously provided, one ot t,ie * ew tljat malte3 farming and which is designed to make them grow into wise, useful, patriotic, and delectable citizens. pay a handsome profit. Now if the County Board should assess Mr. Lit tlejohn’s land and farming outfit at a A little broader view of the situa- much higher rate than the lands of tion, we think, would greatly modify neighbors, and justify the assess- the alarm and soothe the tender j by the fact that Mr Littlejohn stone. Misses Rossie and Irene Fosier, two charming young ladies of Asbury, were the guests of Miss Louise Jeff eries last week. E. J M. Durham, of Davisville, N. C.. came in [and joined The Ledger brigade Friday. C. P. Teal, of Stevy. was in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Falls, of King’s Mountain, N. C., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Falls, of this city. James H. Thomas, now with Victor Mills at Greers, is visiting the family of his father-in-law, Mr. S R. Thacks- ton. in this city. Rev. A. M. Ross, of Clifton, S. C„ fiilled the pulpit of the Router of .lurv ('aNe*. At a meeting of the Gaffnev Bar, last Friday, the following roster of jury cases was arranged: Monday, Oct 7 —J S Moore et al. vs. St. John Butler. A. M. Dover vs Va.-Car. Chemical Company. R. A Cobb vs. Cor. Chemical Company. R. A. Hawkins vs A. N. Wood. Tuesday. Oct. 8 —.1. H. Littlejohn vs W. O Lipscomb it Bro Moses Wood vs Cherokee Land Company. W. G Hughes vs. J. W. Wallace Wm. A. Camp et al. vs. Andrew Bon ner. W. H .McGuire vs. D. G. Ciine et al. Wednesday Oct. 9 —D. D. Gaston vs. J M Pinson et al. VV. L Settle- myer vs. S. C. it G E. R R. Co. Cassie Wilkins et. al. vs. M. J. Tur ner et. al Thursday Oct. 10 —J. R. Burrell vs S. C. it G E. R R. Co J. A. Willis as Trustee vs. Thos. B Butler. O. P. Blackstock vs. D. R. Bird. M. J. Turner vs. Cassie Wilkins and Ella Dorman. Friday Oct. 11.—G. Newton Little john vs. W. Sam Lipscomb. Mary A. Mercer vs. Southern R. R. Com pany. T. I. Walker vs. W. U. Hasty. Saturday Oct. 12.—M. J. Turner vs, Cassie Wilkins et. al. O. E. Wilkins The hens will appreciate a few chopped onions, and in most cases j will pay well for them in the shape 1 of eggs. Fresh Line of emotions of those who think the con ditions portend only disappoint ment and disaster. The Columbia State has very perti nently shown that there are other schools in South Carolina besides the public schools, and that it is safe makes more than his neighbors, we Cherokee Avenue Baptist church Sun- think he would justly complain of unfairness. Yet we think this would be exactly a parallel case. Then, if in addition to this assess ment the board should require) him to make a return of ail the details of his business, such as the number day night. A large congregation greefeu Mr. Ross, and he showed his appreciation by preaching them a good sermon. Mr. and Mrs. J. VV. Brown and son Roy, of Ravenna, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Clary, on Buford street. Messers Charlie and Clarence Pettit, to conclude that some of thesc- ninety-four thousand boys and girls of plows run, the number of bushels ano Paul and Broadus Brown, four of in It further o.lls atten- made of corn, wheat, oats, potatoes Ravenna’s most promising young potatoes arid turnips; hiSjpoultry, bees, fod- from National Biscuit Co. just received at Peeler & Lemmond, Prompt Delivery. is now ready for your inspection. It is unexcelled in the upper part of the State, and our policy of giving value will be kept up. “ The same goods for less money or better goods for the same money.” Our stock in the following lines was never better. Look over the list; you will need some of them, and remem ber when you buy from us your money back if you want It: Dress Goods, Trimmings, Silks, Velvets, Hosiery, Underwear, Ladies’, Misses’, Mens’ and Childrens’; Capes, Jackets, Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil dren’s; Shoes, Ladies’, Mens’, Misses’ and Chil drens’; Clothing, Mens’ and Boys’; Hats and Caps, Domestics, Bleached and Brown. tion to the fact that the school age , in thisBtate is from six to twenty- j ^ er > ao( ^ 90 on ’ while such re- one years, and there is a somewhat quirements were not made of men decided coloring of probability in the inference that there are a good many thousands of youths between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one who Dave left the public schools and taken up the burden of life. Yet these, whatever their numbers, and they must be considerable, are reckoned as a part of the deplorable ninety- four thousand. The Columbia State, however, thinks that “even if 15 000 or 20.000 of the white youths o(t In- State cannot be reached by the pres ent system, it will be desirable to re sort to some measure of compulsion to assure them a fair start in the race of life and to elevate the stand ard of our population.” We do not take the State to mean that if these 15 000 or 20 (XX) should be found in private schools pur suing their studies at the expense of their parents, they should be com- pel'ed to enter the public schools, though its words would bear such an interpretation, but we take it to mean that if so many were founu growing up in illiteracy, they should be compelled to go to school. Wo should like to ask our honored contemporary and all who are advo cating compulsory edU'-ation, what measures will they adopt? Can you adoot and execute any more string ent measures than we already have? Isn’t the educational qualification fur the elective franchise fix *d by the constitution of the State, as far as government can go in the matter of compulsory education? Already un dor our iuws, illiter cy is proscribed and the penalty is disfranchisement. This law, if faithfully executed, se cures the btate against ali dangers arising from an ignorant electorate and at the same time relieves i f of all further responsibility lor iliiur- aey among the people. Possibly the -advocates of this measure would attach still heavier penalties for ignorance. Perhaps they would make it' a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprison ment, one-half the fine to go to the in former. Perhaps, as our Slate is be coming extremely practical, a ye><r on the ebaingang employed in improv ing the roads would comp* nsate th>* (State for the lack of intt lligence or. the part a of humble and obscure eiti zen. Perhaps, as the# free school 8)>ti tn is largely a r hild of rhe St ate dispensary it might be advisable D put the whole matter of enforcing the compulsory law, whatever might be its provisions, into the hands of the dispensary constables, and have them go out into the dark places of the country and compel delinquents in other lines of business, we think he would complain again, and would 1 have the right to complain, however kindly and courteously the Board : mav have done it all. This we think is another exactly parallel case. We trust that Mr. Littlejohn on n fl-ction wiil see that we hud good reasons for bringing the charge we did against the action of the rftate B .'IiTd. Lockhart Loci 1«. Lock it art, Sept. 23 —Mr. J. Y. Keasler, of the Gaffney Manufactur ing Company, has been on a visit to the family of hi- father at, this place. He whs detained for a day or so from sickness. Mr. Keasler w.is once an employe of the Lockhart Manufactur ing Company, and to say that his old friends were glad to see him would but feebly express their sentiments Misses L-itha Maness and .Susie Barnes have gone to attend school at Ali Healing N. C. We wish them much success but are very sorry to w-ive up M’ss Leithy as she was our organist at the Baptist church. Mr. E B. Husky recently made a visit to friends and relatives in and amund Gaffney. He appears to hav»- er.j >ycd his visit very much as he -eis the whole matter down as a “R-d Letter ' time of his life. Mrs Dr Brow ley is off on a visit to her parents in Alabama. It is > x peeted that she will return it. about two weeks A good many of our friends have very line prospects tor plenty tur- n ns this winter. Birns’e store was broken into arid robbed one night last week The ■ hieves effected an entrance through i window The -xact Jo>s I dr* not know. Mr. Barnes was not at hoqie at the time, as he w;»s alter ding c urt as a juror at Uniot ut d his mother and sister were at L')Ckh«rt Lr-t us hope that he will be succ* ss- ful in bringing the thieves to justice Miss Ida Hood, who has b"en very sick. has so near rt-eov.-r-d as not to require medioRl attention Alias L* nu Reader lias beenemploy- I > d bv the Lockhart store as a riry- goods saleswoman. Homo men, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with the families of Barney Clary and John Pettit.* Major John B. Cleveland, of Spar tanburg, is in the city to-day. Miss Maud Thompson has closed her school at White Plains and has returned to the city. PIANO RECITAL. A Rich Treat E'riilny EAcnlni; for Lovers of lli"l. CliiHi. Munic. Friday evening next Prof George Pratt Maxim, director of music at Limestone College, wiil Gin Houses Insured in good relia ble companies. I am spe cially prepared to take j care of large risks either | in town or country. Hugo S. DcsieiM, Insurance and Real Estate and a hundred other things to interest you, and our prices are the lowest, quality con sidered. Gaffney, Sept. 24, 1 90 1. recital in the col.ege beginning at 8 o’clock. give u piano auditorium, urogram will be Op up No.Si-huirt-ii . :;7. No. SiMoon- 1 he following rendered: Impromptu.<1 niu.io iliata. < sharp mil light) 11 <•) hovi n Ailagio sosiimuto Alhv’D-ttO Pros to agfiitlo Ki apsotly. )i minor, tip. Th. No < I i.trniu//.o. 1. Hat major. Op. 117, X<>. 1 i — lira hms. “Si-hhif siinft. mein kind, si-hlaf suuft uml schori! Nieh dauiiert’s sehr. <lh‘h velneii selin.'’ i aiiiaisie Impromptu, ('sharp minor. Op. Ml Noel une . !•' sharp minar, Op. K No. >■ *herZf», R minor, op.-jit. Chopin. toe people of Gaffney and the pub lic in general, are cordially invited to attend. The dummy will run for the convenience of nil who wish to go, and the lovers of higb-claes music nitty expect a ricli treat. At Boat W. A. McGuinn died at 1 .30 this morning after an illness of three months. He was in his thirty-fifth year. Decease leaves wife and two ci il N-t n ana a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn nis loss The funeral v\i!i take place from the residence. No. 1205 Cherokee avenue, this evening at 7:30. Toe remains will be sent to Spartanburg for interment F. G. Stacy, President. J. G. Wakdlaw. Vice-President. THE NATIONAL BANK OF GAFFNEY. CAPITAL, (Ltd,000. SURPLUS AND PROFITS, - 10,000. Sritfite. County arid City 1 K-powitory. imposPs sollcUed fr ur. F .mx-rs Merchants, Manufacturers and others. Every accom modation extended to cusndm'i s that, their hu-im --> ;uni r< .->poitsihility will \i :irr;ini. MM S t>v : 1) O. C*£ishi<*r "I K \: sty*! m r u dSM I fa c? 1 k Your photograph is your re ii '-entiitive an i it should show you at your last. (.’Altl N F.T.s,i per do/t'ii. JOHN GREEN. Final liischarge, Notice is berchy ic ven I hat w v i 11 apply to Horn .1. E. Webster Probate .ludire for Cherokee eouilty, S. ('., at h;- oftiee, on the •Jltd day of October next, at la o’cloek a. m., j for a final sett'« tn at and dis'-h.it_ r e, as ad ministrators of J. ••.•(‘ Dock") Spem-er. de ceased. All per- as holding claims against said estate will present them to the under signed on or before that day. Thomas Scknckk, K. S. Si*i;.v) kk. Admr’s Estate .1. (j. Spencer, deceased. Ga't tiey. S. <' . Sept U.hiI, Published in Gaffney Ledger J4tb Septern- i b» r. itii. Iltii, and i-lli Get,iljer. la'll. 207 New Fall and Winter sample books from Fred Kauffman, M. Born & Co., end Lornm Si Co., the Finest Tailors in America, who guar antee to please and fit the hardest-to-fit or you need not take therm We have just re ceived 267 Bets’ siiii flea*’ Letters of Administration. of tl. If I d • AKOhIJfA, i I ClfKKOKKK. t )ster, Emi 1 • ire, Probate .I udife illl im A. Cioeker has made sui it him letters of adminisirutioi and tToctsof .Mrs. Mary (ealiet er. defeased, ther 'forf to elte and admonisl i ar the kindred and ctedhoi.-o ry <'picker, deceased, that Un ir Iteton me, in t hr <'on r'. of Pm held at Cheiokee court houst ey, S. < n Tue- puhlir ition tlie e lorenoon. to s: her -t. •lock ay iliou t or prante > .vea umlt'i iilc r, Anno j If anybody has a message for T the people of this community 4 ■ he cannot deliver it to them so ^ * < fectually, so cheaply, so quick- ^ f ly in any other way as through ^ ♦ the columns of this paper. * ^ It is the builness of this pa- 0 <» per to carry messages of one « 1 kind and another Into homes. ^ ^ The message will be delivered, ^ ^ too, under favorable conditions, ^ T for few persons take up their <> , , . r , i local paper except in a pleasant I ^ and receptive frame of mind. The sign upon the fence board * T may be good, but it can be seen ** ^ only by travelers who go that ^ ^ particular road. The message ? ^ in the local pa^er carries itself ^ ^ to thousands, no matter by which 4< 4 read they travel. + 4 Select your space and put 4 1 your message where it will do ^ ^ the most good. handsome and durable: bought at cut prices, and we will sel! at a small profit on first cost for spot cash. They are now ready for inspec- xion. Cal! and see them before buying. Yours truly, J. R. Tolleson & Co. I 1 0f,l,?O Or.n TO bund Uii» Ulli duy of Se|>- Illui 11101. J. E. WKHhTKH. IL s.l • Probate Judlfe. GuITuey Le.lyei Se|)lembi i ITtli l«il. We, perhaps, can help you ff you wiil bul tu>k us. Atlanta. Special Excursion 30 ehoice buiidlmr lots in diiTerent p;irt«. of tin* oily. 4 furms of .V itert s e : -b m ar i.iuifstone. 3 tmets on Metal road. A few of tii Thom-m !i t*. not yet sol I No belli r VIA II. SGUiliei Leave Gaflney at 8.15 a. in Thursday, September 2(>. lb*- turning leave Atlanta I ridav, September 27, 0 p. 111. ’■E*. € -'- A. ■■ • t* •«<*' —— > A - • *»•> * — **r»- «v »«0' ! * Firsl-Class Acccinmocstloiis. 1 A It.M I.Its: l^u us ask you to try one ol our I.yne 1 burtr Two-llors»‘ Turn Plows, ami w lieu you jjet It In your Held* H will talk bn tseif. Wo al»o want you to si < our Trump’* W i ■ al Drill. ( uitl vatoi Di-.e II arrow. Ly le’» Hay Pr • s* and Gardner P> a Hu Me is,. >V IJL#ItXI ISfH* 1IAKI>\VAKI5 S'1‘0 J< 1C.