“ Miss Garner, after finishing her studies, began to teach in the public school of her neighborhood. She taught successfully for twelve years She was the first woman candidate for political office in South Carolina or in the South. In 1888 she announced herself a candidate for county school commissioner, with the proposition to the people that, if elected, she would use the salary of the office to lengthen the school term from three to six months and to supply the schools with books A few conservatives and her own family prevented her election. ”