From collection Candidates
Eliza A. Garner campaigned for the office of County School Commissioner in South Carolina in 1888 and 1890. She was not elected in either race. Garner ran on a platform of extending the school and supplying free books to the students. The local Democratic Committee refused to print tickets (ballots?) for her. A printer she hired supplied the tickets, but in the wrong shape. At the election these were thrown out as unlawful. After the 1890 election campaign, the county superintendent informed her that her school and salary would no longer be available.
