Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-03-09
BOOne's Greek District.

EDITOR HERALD AND TRIBUNE. Jones
boro-Dear Sir and Friend Our fam
lily takes your paper, the Herald and
Tribune, and l have been looking for
a long time to see a letter from our
district touching up passing events, es-
pecially our schools, but have looked
in vain. Now, if you Will publish a
few items from this corner you will
greatly oblige us.
Our farmers are greatly behind with
their blowing. Some few took advan
tage of the fine weather last fall and
got their corn ground nearly all plow-
ed. But since New Year the weather
has been such that outdoor work is on
a standstill
Our schools have all closed. Our
school at Boone's Creek Seminary
closed on the 18th inst, with appropri-
ate and creditable ceremonies. This
school was taught by Prof. T. C. Garst
and Miss L. Belle Hylton, of Blizzard,
this district. They have taught us one
OF the best schools that has been taught
at the Seminary for several years. But
with such teachers as the above named
we look for nothing short of success
Prof. Garst is a 60 ahead kind of man,
and his experience as a school teacher
enables him to push the work to the
front from the very first day of the
school, and he leaves nothing undone
on his part. Miss Belle Hylton is a
young lady, a graduate of the graded
school at Jonesboro. She has prepared
herself for the school room. She reads
everything she can find that has a ten
dency to throw light on this great
work-education. She has only the
experience of two terms as a teacher,
but our people can see already and are
beginning to say that her work as a
teacher can not be estimated. And
understand that our directors in order
to show their appreciation and as a
compliment to their untiring energy
as disciplinarians have promised them
the school at the Seminary next fall.
This is a good selection.
The school at Hodges was taught by
Chas. s. MAIDEN. He has taught a good
school, though, as is common, he had
several disadvantages to battle with.
The house has gone to rack, and is not
fit to teach school in, and owing to the
extreme cold weather it was almost i'm
possible to keep the school room warm.
But everything considered Mr.. MAIDEN
has taught a good school.
A. G. Pickens, one of our directors,
backed by the citizens of his neighbor-
hood, is taking steps to build a new
school house. A meeting of the direc-
tors and patrons was held a short time
since, relative to the above, and the
site where the old house now stands
was decided on as the most suitable
place for a new house. In a short time
another meeting will be called, at
which a building committee will be ap
pointed and a bill made for the mate
rial, also a subscription paper will be
drawn up and started around. And
then all opposition may as well vanish
for nothing short of a good house well
equipped will satisfy the good people
there. A good house is badly needed
in this neighborhood, and with ESQ.
Pickens in the lead, our people may
rest assured that by the proper time to
open school next fall a good house will
adorn that neighborhood. May every
effort made be made in the right direc-
ton.
Now we go up to Gravel Hill. This
place has had no school for two wears.
on account of the house being so very
much run down. So last summer the
citizens of that community assisted by
the directors went to work in the right
way, and the result is that a No. 1
house now adorns the hill where the
old n stood. The old house was
known as Gravel Hill, but the new
house is known as Columbian Institute.
This is good house well furnished
and equipped with patent desks. The
good people around Columbian Inst,
tute are wideawake and coming to the