The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-06-28
CARD FROM DR.. HARMAN.

write about the high and unjust
taxes, which I hope I will be able to
show you some of it and why and
what is the cause of it. The first
man I found out which was the cause
of it was the State Superintendent of
Education. When We had a good
one teacher school that was taught
5 months in the winter and in these
five months from 700 to 500 hours
were taught. The. cost of it was
$3.50. There was from 40 to so
pupils that went to the Delingo
school. Some of the patrons told me
that J. E. Swearingen advised them
to have an election and put two or
more schools together and have a
graded school and vote four more
| mills on for the school, if they would
| do that he would give the school State
| aid Of 500 then the children could
| be taught ready for College here at
! home. The patrons did this and they
taught the school one winter. The
highest scholars at that time were in
the ninth grade and the next winter
there was four Of the scholars ready
for the tenth grade, and my daughter
told me that they were not going to
teach the tenth grade, so she heare.
The next winter she went and reen-
tered the ninth grade over and in the
mean time I stopped and saw the
principal and asked why the tenth
grade was not taught. He said, -.
E. Swearingen told him that he
should not teach that grade" The
principle said he was ready, willing
and wanted to teach 1T. went and
saw the State Superintendent about
the tenth grade being taught and he
said he wouldn't endorse any man
teaching over three grades, if I want
ed the tenth grade taught put in one
or two more teachers. The principal
only had twenty-seven scholars at
that time. Now ladies and gentle
men, do we need any such a man in
office. The Pineview school has now
from 100 to. 115 pupils and is taught
months, the cost is about $500 and
the children only get about 700 hours
teaching. A few winters ago there
was State Teachers Association
called in Columbia and J. E. Swear
ingen ordered the trustees to pay the
teachers for being there: Some of the
teachers said that they got paid. Also
when the flu was in the school and
the school was. closed on account OF
it, he ordered them to be paid again.
Now voters did we have such con-
fusion: in the school before J. E.
swearingen got to be state superin-
tendent. u. IL.
Also do you call that just taxes?
If you do.- don't; furthermore, the
Gospel don't. when my daughter
went to Brsekland school before she
was ever examined at the commence
ment Of the school when nobody knew
what kind of examination she would
make, she came home and said that
it wasn't any use for her to go on
that she would not get any certificate
from the board at Columbia.
went down and saw the principal
about it and. to know what was the
mater. He said one of the boards told
him that she would not get any GER
tificate and that Swearingen did not
reconize any Of the doings: Of Pine
view school. It looks to me like a
man in office should know no one
and know every one that is just and
right. The State aid that J. E.
Swearingen is giving to the school to
vote more mills on. Is that not pay
ing to the schools to vote more mills
on the taxpayers? 1t looks to me as
such. Do we need man in office
that keeps getting taxes on the tax
payers. It looks to me that the. vot-
ers would better be governed by the
Gospels teaching than J. E. Swear
ingen's teaching.
Now he is a candidate for State
Superintendent of Education and if
you voters will take my advice that I
gave you six or eight years ago on
him.. to get some other man in Of
flee and let him tend to his own af-
fairs. 1 heard some people say that
they voted for him for sympathy be-
cause he is blind. Have we not got a
blind hospital to take care of such
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