Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-02-22
SCHOOL LAFAYETTE.

schools suggests That the New |
Consolidated School in Fork
Township be Named in Honor
of Capt. Asa Lafayette Sasser.
EDITOR ARGUS:
In hal progressive neighborhood
around Walter and Pine Forest, in
Fork township, a splendid school has
peen established during the past
year.
A beautiful three room school
house was erected last summer, and
school opened the first Monday in
November for a Z months term. Mr..
J. r. Giles, of Wilmington-a gradu.
ats of the University of North Caro-
lina-was elected principal, Miss
Julia E. Howell, ssistant, and Miss
Florence Cullom, of Wilson, music
teacher.
The work of these teachers is be-
ing felt and appreciated throughout
the community. In addition to the
splendid school 70 w ,rk in this
school, under the leadership of the
principal a literary society has been
organ zed, known as the Washing
ton and Jefferson Literary Society.
The society meets every Wednes-
day afternoon. The writer of this
article was present at one of the So
| ciety meetings, and it was a pleas
ure, indeed, to hear the boys speech
es on the questions under discussion.
After the debate six boys and girls
read papers, on such subjects as the
following:
Labor Saving Machinery; Sketch
of the Life of Jeff srson; Sketch of
tbs Life of Washington Irving;
Early Settlement OF North Carolina;
Why the South Left the Union in
1860. These papers showed consider
able research upon the part of :he
writer's, and stand as evidence that
the library in that school is being
used.
people of the neighborhood
are proud of their school, and justly
so.
That men n W living ii that com
munity are progressive education.
: ally is to be expected. In eduea-
, tional matters they ar. worthy de-
scendents of an energe'ic and pro.
gressive ancestry. We Ill remembe,
, old Pine Forest Academy and how
loyally it was supp ,rted ty the
fathers Of many Of the men now liv'
ing in Fork township. We mention
/ among the fathers, who have passed
away, the name of sampson Ed
: wards, Edward Mitchell, n. H. Cur
' ley, DR.. J.R. Thompson, Maj. B. F
e Hooks, Col. NJ. X. Crawford, Lewis
:. sasser. There are others whose
/. names we cannot now recall. The
only surviving member of the o'e
generation of men named above ii
the venerable Capt. A. L. Sasser.
f, The present splendid school il
e Fork township is the outcome of thu
+ efforts put forth in the seventies b,
;, the venerable Captain and his co
4 laborers. Capt. Sasser was thu
Y 'sower who event forth to SOW
sowed the seeds of education
e away back in the seventies, and W.
are now "reaping a beautiful har
vest"
. When Sherman marched through
: this county ha left behind him desc
Ilation and ruin. Surely there wer
4 no school houses left standing, ant
It if, perchance, there was one now an
n then, it remained empty till afte
the days of reconstruction. It wa
# at this time-sbOut 1S7O-Whel
there were no schools in the neigh
e borhood, and but little of anythin;
else, thus Capt. Sasser took the lea
v in establishing a school in his neigh
borhood. Did ha make sacrifices
Yes. Did he put forth all his energy
Did he stand by the schoc
lwith his pocket book? He did.
e MI. Sasser employed as his frs
s teacher Mr.. Edwards, Of La4range
and opened school in a little hous
It about 16xI8 near the Poplar branc
e crossing, on the Goldsboro and until
field road. his n'ighbors name
2, above-true men they were -rallie
le to his support and, under the leader
ship of Capt. Sasser, Pine Fore:
academy was established. Let 10
s. name the teachers who taught at OF
,r Pine Forest from about 1875 10 1885,
Mr.. J. G. S"arb ,rouoh. Il. cea ; {
G. Hon. W.S.SteveDs, Cl% # the coul
Of OF Johnsttsn cossnty, Dr. Z. NJ. 10
IS, dun, R2la;gh, \. e., NJ. NJ. I
e: E !gcrton, uow OF ssl;nta, Opt. W
II. Han, Supt. Graded S, ho,I
lie Ches er, S. c., and there were O. hel
10 whose names ] do not now recall.
is; There was no better country Ac;
he DENY ia this county-nnr elsewhel
re ethan the school conducted by tt
IN above named tea hers at cd PHI
forest. The inf aence Of this sclot
Preached fur her shan the distri,