SUGAR CREEK ACADEMY, 1827.
TO THE PUBLIC.

The school at Sugar Creek Church, superintended by the Rev. Samuel C. Caldwell, deceased, will be continued by the subscriber. Young men wishing to study Geography or Astronomy, can enjoy the benefits of a set of Globes. Board can be had in the neighborhood for sixty or sixty-five dollars per annum, the student finding his own candles. Tuition, twenty dollars per anuum. The subscriber hopes to merit the liberal patronage of an enlightened public, by his punctuality and fidelity in the discharge of the duties of a preceptor. The patronage of the public will be kindly received and thankfully acknowledged by
January 30, 1827.
Walter S. Pharr.

—Catawba Journal, February 13, 1827.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)