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get more than $12 from the pupils, then I shall send you less than $7. &c &c

You must insist upon the payment of the 40 cts. before the end of each month, or the pupil cannot continue in school. 
  
Please consult Rev. James Strother freely. I expect him to aid and support you.

Of course if the people do not stand by you, and fill up your school, and pay you promptly, I cannot keep you there. 

Another thing, I beg of you to make your school as good as possible. Keep a quiet orderly school, teach them thoroughly, and I will come and see how you get along.

Please write precisely how you are situated, your number of pupils, and what the prospects are
Yours &c                          R.M. Manly                               Supt Ed.