DEATH OF C. A. HILL; NEW ADMINISTRATION.
MIDWAY ACADEMY,
Franklin County, N. C.

The exercises of this institution, which have been suspended for some time in consequence of the death of the late Principal, Rev. C. A. Hill, will be resumed under the superintendence of the subscriber on the first Monday in January next.

The course of studies will be preparatory to college.    Instruction will also be given to such as desire it in the French, Spanish and Italian languages.   Prices of board and tuition as heretofore, vis.
per session of 5 months
Tuition $10.
Board   40

Mrs. Hill, who resides at the place, will be prepared to accommodate any number of boarders that may apply. All who board with her, will be under the control of the teacher, as well out of, as in school. Should the number of pupils render it necessary, a competent assistant will be employed to take charge of the English department.

In a retired and healthy neighborhood, remote from the haunts of dissipation, this establishment combines every advantage that can be desired by parents desirous of preserving the health and guarding the morals of their children, while engaged in the acquisition of useful knowledge.

Having devoted himself to the arduous task of training the rising generation in the paths of virtue and science, the undersigned hopes, by assiduity and attention, to obtain a share of that patronage which is ever extended by an enlightened public to exertions made to promote liberal education.                                             John J. Wyche, A. M.
November 22, 1831.

—The Star, Raleigh, December 2, 1831.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)