Caswell County, North Carolina, Schools Text Books 1901

Caswell County Schools Text Books 1901 

Caswell County. Yanceyville, N. C., Feb. 28, 1901

"This is to certify that at the last county adoption of Caswell County, among the books adopted for the public schools were Maury's Geographics, Sanford's Arithmetics, Holmes' Readers and Finger's Civil Government.

"These books are generally used throughout the county and are giving satisfaction. In fact all the books adopted at that time are in satisfactory use and no change is desired. "A change would bring unnecessary expense to the people, confusion and slower progress for some time in the schools."

(Signed)                W. N. Harrelson,

                              R. L. Mitchell, School Directors.

The Morning Post (Raleigh, North Carolina), 9 June 1901.

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Walter Nathaniel Harrelson (1859-1933): Yanceyville merchant who operated a store from what became "Watlington's On the Square." Married Fannie Delilah Graves (1861-1898) and built the house that faces "Dongola" (now owned by Barry Keith Smith). His second wife was Ella Alexander (1853-1910).

Robert Lee Mitchell (1866-1935): held several positions, including Clerk of the Caswell County Superior Court. Married Lillian James (1872-1944)

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Maury, M. F., LL. D. Maury's New Elements of Geography for Primary and Intermediate Classes. New York: American Book Company, 1900.

Sanford, Shelton P. Sanford's Common School Arithmetic on the Analytic System. New York: University Publishing Company [first published 1872].

George F. Holmes published a series of readers for various grades.

Finger, Sidney M. Civil Government in North Carolina and the United States: A School Manual and History. New York: University Publishing Company: 1894 and 1900.