Smithfield Academy Under Wm. Broome, 1835
The exercises of this Institution are now in operation, under the superintendence of the subscriber. Having for some years been engaged in School Teaching, he flatters himself that he will be able to render general satisfaction. Eight or ten Boarders can be conveniently accommodated in the family of the subscriber. Payments to be made quarterly, for Board and Tuition. Terms of tuition:
Spelling, Reading and Writing, pr. session -----------$6.00
Arithmetic------------------------------------------------8.00
English Grammar and Geography---------------------18.00
The art of Surveying-----------------------------------10.00
Wm. Broome
Smithfield, Johnston County, February 19th, 1835
---The Standard, Raleigh, February 27, 1835
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915, pg. 192-195)
