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244 July 3d Saul L Maddox Registering Officer 40 My Dear Sir: I thank you for your letter of yesterday. Appeals like the one you make have already reached the Number of nearly 200, and I am unable to respond to any of them. The schools are maintained exclusively by private charity - the government only furnishing school rooms where the support of teachers is provided for by responsible parties and giving a general supervision and unity to the work. Private charity cannot enlarge the work it is now doing. The only hope for the people in the matter of education is in state action by a reconstruction of the laws, and the establishment and support of a school system. I am very Resp'ly Your &c R. M. Manly Sup Education.
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