The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-20
TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF CAR
TER coUNTY:

ent of Public Instruction of Carter
count
1 am now engaged in the work OF
| educating Carter county's youth and
a vote for me is vote for a CO.
worker with yourself for the ad-
| vancement of your children. feel
| that am acquainted with the re-
sponsibilities of the office and can
| fill it with credit. Some six or
eight school districts in this county
already know something of my ex-
ecutive ability and for the benefit
of others, | have state certificate
for the term of life, which requires
ten years of successful teaching to
obtain.
promise to earn my salary by
faithful performance of duty in
the office and will spend every pos
sible moment with the teachers, chill
dren, and patrons.
| promise that every school board
| in this county that will take the pro-
per step shall have the opportunity
of holding an eighth grade exami-
nation in their own building every
time the questions are sent out from
the state superintendent office.
promise to encourage school
boards to visit the county super
intendent's office and inspect the
records and qualification Of teachers
they wish to employ.
promise to aid and encourage
the establishment by the teachers OF
county teachers professional Ii
brary course, as initiated by the Car
ter County Athletic and Educational
Association.
The law requires an economical
and strictly business administration.
| promise to follow the law in all
things.
Sec 81, Art. 10:
Let the people know.
proposed amendment to the con-
stitution to be known if adopted as
Section 81, Article 10)
The legislature shall have power
to levy taxes in the aid of the COM
mon schools of the state and to
provide for the apportionment and
distribution thereof. Whenever the
amount realized from five mill ad
valorem levy and all other sources
shall be insufficient to maintain the
common schools in any district five
months in any year the remaining |
sum necessary to SO maintain such
school shall be apportioned and paid
out of such state levy"
This amendment is to be voted on
at the general election in 1912. The
constitution is the fundamental law
and any amendment to it should be
studied carefully before election day.
In most cases 80 per cent or more
of the voters never have an oppor-
tunity to ever read over an amend
ment until election day. This one
is short and simple. Vote your SEN
timents and l know it will be best |
whatever the result, for that you
vote for you want, that you reject
you do not want.
Now should be elected county su-
perintendent all school legislation OF
whatever character shall be made
known to the people in time for them
to study and intelligently say yea
or nay.
HARMONY.
/ will not worm myself into office
by my ability to abuse any former
administration on account of mis-
takes it is now too late to remedy.
shall profit by these mistakes.
know the campaign methods OF
some who are in this race will not
tend toward uniting the school inter
est of this county, neither do ! be-
lieve that any former superintendent
can possibly harmonize existing con-
ditions. l ask the vote of every
child lover in this county, who is