Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-03
Cherry Grove Notes.

IactlOn 80 lar. Ills SCuoot is not |
large.
ESQ. Harrison's little son that
has had typhoid fever so long has
got about well. They have had
typhoid in the family since July,
lost their second son in August
with same disease. We hope the
family will be free from it after
this.
Cherry Grove was built abo ut
1874, and has some interesting
history connected with it. 1t was
built in place of the Wells school
house, an old style log school
house and preaching place that
stood about one.half mile South
of where Cherry Grove now
stands, and was used for many
years for both school and preach
ing house, Rev. j. f. Walker
held a great many interesting pro-
tracted meetings there, and did
much good, and many were the
conversions at these meetings in
the days of long ago. After that,
Rev. @. Y. Hudson held meetings
on the same style, which were
greatly blessed by many CONVEX
sions. The house finally became
so much dilapidated that it could
not be used, and it was decided
by the community to build a new
house for the purposes of the old
one, and the present site was
chosen, and Cherry Grove was
built, and many were the good
meetings held there, and many
remember it as the place where
they were converted and began
their spiritual life.
But the main, general feature
was the schools, and young PEG
pie that attended these schools
The teacher was noted for good
and strict dicipline, and the pat
rons co.operated with the teach
er. So, there was little trouble
in maintaining the best of order
No going home and telling how
the teacher beat the children
dear little things, till they had tC
be taken from the school and doc
tored-and then the teacher wal
threatened with prosecution; bu
the teacher was monarch of al
he surveyed" and his rule was
respected by all and obeyed, eth
er by fear, or love and respect
. and fully bact ed up by the par
ents. The teacher had not only
the mental go5d of the children
at heart, but also the moral ant
spiritual welfare, and CAREFUL.
, looked after each, and did no
: wait till $3.50 in the morning to be
gin school, and then sleep al
hour at noon or longer, if no
. aroused, and then close at $3.50 p
M, or A o'clock at the latest; blu
began at Z to 1880 and closed at
to $50 p. M. He had the good o
5 the children at heart, and strOv,
: for their tbree-fold culture, ant
!. not the money alone, and til
least amount of work, becaus
the law would not take hold O
him, and say he can get his mon
d ey, which is the only object i
view.
g Some of the results Of the frs
ten or twelve years, the people Q
@ the community were plain, CON
mon country folks; tillers of tn
q soil; brought up their children
both sexes-to work; had but fe,
luxuries, not great many CON
Z forts; could furnish their childre
very few toys, and only a liltl
g time to play with those furnished
= So, when they started in schoo
r it was understood it was to learn
And from these common countr
Q. people, as it often happens, cam
e multitude of apparently ordinf
r ry but orderly children that ha
s been taught self.denial, and t
|. work, and they entered schoo
It some seeming dull, others less Sc
II and now on retrospect, we fin
!, two of these same ordinary boy
k railroad officials, well.t3.dO in tn
r. world; two in the mercantile bus
II ness, having fine business; Oh
}, successful druggist; one law
=: yer; one began q doctor with
'. sair promise, but diedi several ar
e county officials, one bright, il
0 telligent minister; none use toba,
\ co, all are Sunday.school worker
e aud members Of the church, wit
Q possibly one exception, quite
d number are good, respected cit
d zens, and several live in othe
y states, and are making "a good liy
j. ing, and are respected.
J. Some Of the boys and girls {
l. the schO) formed an attachmen
S for each other that resulted i
g their marriage, and now hav
t promising children, some of the,
t nearly grown. Some are farmer
in this county; some mechanics
!. others have gone to West Tenne
| see, some 20 Texas, some to Arb
e ansas and Missouri, aud all Q
t them are fairly well.to.do, au
Q good citizens.