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About The Bartow tribune. The Cartersville news. (Cartersville, Ga.) 1917-1924 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
8 Pages Today VOL. 2 WONDERFUL VISION WASHINGTON SAW IS SET FORTH IN UNUSUAL MANNER Aged Citizen is Reported to Have Given Verbatim Account statement Given Him by the Father of Our Country. Jit. It. L. Adams, one of the popular clerks at the Cartersville post office recently favored the Tribune-Mews with an old newspaper, in which was i published the following very interest ting a •count (■: story supp .said to l:a.\ ■been told by one Anthony Sherman, in ■which this venerable man related how George Washington once told him of a vision he once had. This story is said to have been originally publish ed by Wesley Bradshaw, and is be lieved to have been published in the Tribune, in December, 1880. For the veracity of the story no liv ing man could vouch, but in view of its interesting nature, particularly at this time when the third and last prophecy in the vision may have come To pass, it will make interesting reading. The story follows: The last time 1 ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the fourth of July, ’859, in Independence Square. He was Ihen ninety-nine years old, and becom ing very feeble. But though so old, his dimming eyes rekindled as he gazed upon Independence Hall which he had come to look upon once more before he was gathered home. “Let us go into the hall,’ he said, "1 want to tell you an incident of Wash ington’s life — one which no one alive knows except myself, and if you live, you will before long see it verified." My venerable friend related to me the fol lowing singular narraitve, which, from the pecularity of our national affairs at the present time—Mai’ 24, 1 *461 —I have been induced to give to the world J give it as nearly as possible in his own. words: From the opening ot'the Revolution we experienced all phases of fortune, now good and now ill, one time victor ious and another conquered. The dark est period we had was, i think, when Washington, after several reverses, re treated to Valley Forge, where he re solved to spend the winter of ’-77. You toav6 doubtless heard the story of' Washington going to the thickets to pray. Well, it is not only true, hut he used often to pepv in secret for aid and comfort from that God, the inter- \ position of whose Divine Providence brought us safe through those dark days of tribulation. One day—l remember it well —he re mained in quarters nearly the whole afternoon alone. When he came out 1 noticed his face was a shade paler than Usual, and there seemed to something on his mind of more than ordinary im portance. He dispatched an order to the quarters of his officer, who was presently in attendance. Washington, gazing upon his companion, said: Washington’s Vision “I do not know whether it was owing j to my anxiety of mind, or what, but ; this afternoon, as 1 was sittinng at this j very table, engaged in preparing a ! dispatch, something in the apartment j seemed to disturb me- Looking up, I be held. standing exactly opposite me, a singularly beautiful female. So aston ished was I—for I had given orders not to be disturbed—that it was some moments before 1 found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A fourth time did I repeat the question, but no answer from my mysterious visitor other than a slight raising of the eyes. But this time I felt a strange sensa tion spreading through me. 1 would have risen, but the rivited gaze of the being before me rendered volition im possible. I assayed once more to ad dress her, but my tongue had become paralysed. Anew influence, mysteri ous, potent, irrestible. took posession of me. Ail I could do was to gaze stead ily. vacantly, at my unknown visitant. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as though filled with sensa tions, and grew luminous. Everything about me appeared to rarify, the mys terious visitor herself becoming more airy and more distinct to my sight than before. 1 now began to feel the sensations which I have sometimes im- I ag'ined accompanied dissolution. I did' not think, i did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I wa- only conscious of gazing vacantly at my companion. The First Peri! "Presently I heard a voice saying. ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn 1’ “My visitor extended her arm and forefinger eastwardly. T now beheld a heavy vapor at some distance, rising fold upon fold. This gradually disap peared, and 1 looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay stretched out m one vast plain all the countries of the THE BARTOW TRIBUNE (TRIBUNE VOL. 8, NO. 39 | world Kit rope. Asia, Africa and Amer- | ica - 1 saw tossing between Europe : '■ ad America the billows of the Atlantic land between Asia and America lay the rl’acific. “ Sun of the Republic,' said the same | mysterious voice as before, 'look and learn.' “At that moment 1 beheld a dark, shadowy being like ail angel standing of rather floating in midair between Europe and America. Dipping water out of the ocean with his right hand, he springled some on America with his right hand, while he cast upon Europe some with his left. Immediately a dark cloud arose front each of these coun tries, and joined in midocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it en- ! veloped America in its murky fold. Sharp flashes of lightning' now gleam ed throughout it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people. “A second time the angel dipped from the ocean and sprinkled it out as be fore. The dark cloud was then drawn hack to the ocean in whose heaving billows it sank from view. "A third time I heard the mysteri- . ous voice, saying. Son of the Republic , look and learn! “I cast my. eyes upon America and beheld villages, towns and cities spring ing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. “Again 1 heard the mysterious voice say. Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ The Second Peril "At this the dark, shadowy angel turned his face southward and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre.-up pronehing our land. It flitted slowly and heavily over every village, town and city of the latfSr, the inhabitants of which presently set themselves in httUle array against the other. As 1' continued looking I aawJSthe bright an gel on whose brow rested a crown of light on which was traced the UNION bearing the American flag, which was placed between the divided nation and said, 'Remember ye are brethern!’ In stantly the inhabitants casting from them their weapons became friends once more and united around the na tional standard. "Again I heard the mysterious voice saying, ‘Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ “And 1 beheld the Villages, towns and cities of America increase in size and number until at last they covered all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and their inhabitants became as countless as the stars of heaven. The Third Peril “And 1 heard the mysterious voice saying, -’Son of the Republic, the end of a century cometfc —look and learn!’ “At thjs the dark shadowy angel placed a trumpet • his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts, and taking water form the ocean, sprinkled it upon Europe. Asia and Africa. Then my eyes looked upon a fearful scyne. From each of these countries arose thick, black clouds, which soon joined into one; and throughout this mass gleamed a dark red light, by whom 1 saw hordes of armed men, who. moving with the cloud sailed by sea and murehtd by land and America was en veloped in the volume of the cloud. And 1 dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country, pillage and ruin the villages, cities and towns. As my ears listened to the thundering of the can non. clashing of swords and shouts and cries of millions in moral combat I again heard the mysterious voice say- ing. Son of the Republic, look and learn.’ “When the voice had ceased the shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth and blew a long and fearful blast. “Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shown from above me and pierc ed and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel upon whose head still shone the word UNION and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other descended from heaven attended by legion of bright spirits. These immediately join ed the inhabitants of America who I perceived were well-nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again closed up their broken ranks and re newed the battle. “Again amid the fearful noise of the conflict 1 heard the <soPiteriots celee THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS CARTERSVILLE, GA., DECEMBER 2, 1918 ETOWAH RIVER OVER ITS BANKS Heavy rains felt throughout North Georgia last Friday and Saturday, swelling the streams and causing no little damage to ungathered crops. Early Friday morning the rain be gan to fall and continuously through out 4$ hours it up a steady down pour. Christmas shopping was seriously interfered with as few would venture out in such weather. Monday found lie Etowah River out of its banks and rushing over the Cartersville-Emerson road to a depth of several feet at the Tinsley place and cutting off traffic at ‘his point. But the day opened bright, clear and warm and all prophecies went wrong for it was the prevailing I opinion that the rain would be stopped I by a cold wave and freeze. The oldest settlers do not remember a more re markable fall and winter. Ice has only been seen by> a few and only on two i mornings by early risers. And Christ mas day at hand. On Monday the river began to re cede and by Tuesday was back in its banks. All the rivers and creeks in North Georgia were up but road travel has been resumed, and Monday and Tuesday the trade centers were thong ed with eager buyers of Christmas prsents. From all indications Santa Claus will be very busy Tuesday night. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN PROCEEDING RAPIDLY The Red Cross campaigning for the Honor Roll is proceeding rapidly throughout the county, in Carters ville the women have taken over the burden of the work and dozens of young ladies, in red cross uniform, were actively soliciting membership Monday and Tuesday. They are secur ing hundreds of names. The Tribune - News was anxious to publish the list this week but returns from the county had not been fully received, nor was the work in Cartersville completed. Th total result of the campaign will be made known next week. HOW POTATO DISEASE CONTROL PAID Demonstrations of methods of con trol of sweet potato disease in Ac eomac County, Va., last year result ed in a benefit to this county alone of SIOO,OOO due to the application of the control methods. Special efforts made by the United States Department of Agriculture during the bedding sea son last spring resulted in the location and distribution of a considerably lar ger quantity of disease-free roots than otherwise have been used for bedding purposes and during the harvest sea son a campaign was conduced for the selection of diease-free seed stock in the field and in the storing of sweet potatoes under propr conditions. saying, ’Son cf the Republic, look and learn.' “As the voice ceased the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud roll ed back together with the armies it had brought leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious. The Passing of the Last Peril “Then once more I beheld villages towns and cities springing up where they had beeen before while the bright angel planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them cried with a loud voice: WTiile the stars re main and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Re public last. And taking from his brow the crown on which blazoned the word UNION he placed it upon the standard while the people kneeling down said Amen. “The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing 1 found myself once more gazing upon my mys terious visitor, who in the same voice 1 had heard before, said. 'Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three greaA perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the second passing which the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every son of the Re public learn to live for his God; his lend and Union.' With these words the vision vanished and I started from rn> seat and felt that 1 had seen a vis ion wherein had -Jseen shown me the birth, progress and destiny of the Unit ed States. “Such, my friends, concluded the ven erable narrator, were the words I heard from Washington’s own tips and America will dc well to profit by them.” I KINGSTON GIN BURNS MONDAY The cotton gin of the Kingston Sup ply Company was burned Monday night. The fire started through some defective applanoe of the gasoline en gine. which sent forth a- flash of lire which caugnt the gasoline tank and re sulted in a fire which totally destroyed the gin in a very few minutes. Otily a small amount of cotton was stored at the gin and the loss is said to he covered by insurance. The Kingston Supply Company is owned by Irby Henderson, S. I. Sheats and C. J. Gemes. LETTER RECEIVED FROM SAM P. HENDRICKS The many friends of Sam T. Hen* . dricks will read the accompanying let ; ter with a great degree of satisfaction, dn that his relatives and friends had be i come anxious concerning his welfare and for many days nothing could be heard relating to his welfare. Later it was given out that he had been ser iously wounded, degree undetermined. It now apears that while Mr. Hen dricks had been badly wounded, he is j convalescent, though still confined to the hospital. He retains his old-time I cheerfulness of disposition and it is I hoped that he will soon be among us ; again. The following letter has been receiv ed by his parents: American Red Cross. France. Base Hospital No. 47, A.P.O. 909. Dear Father and Mother: Just a few lines to let you know that I am up and walking about. I was in bed about thirty-four uays and believe me I am glad to be up again. One of my friends did the writ ing of the letters 1 mailed you some j days ago, but f am writing this myself, j My wrist is almost well hut r.ty hi.. 1 has not healed yet. It is doing nicely, 1 have not received a letter from any lone since 1 left Camp Gordon. 1 would : like to know if everything is O. K. at home. Well. I can say one thing. 1 am glad the war is over and that we will be hom e sometime soon. 1 would like to be at home for Xmas, but I do not guess 1 will: I am not looking for much Xmas myself. 1 may he on my way back to the States. I cannot tell. I suppose Paul and Virginia are growing right along. 1 sure would like to see them. Well. I guess I will see you all some time soon. With much love, your son, SAM T. HENDRICKS. He’s Plump Discontented Says Johnn’- Spencer, the incompar able paragr;.t>her of the Macon Tele graph: , “While we don't go in for larency as a regular thing, the letter below, which we couldn't help noticing on the desk of Attorney Hendley Napier, whilewe were vlsitng In his office yes terday, proved more of a temptation than we could withstand, so we haul ed off and swiped it: “i have herd you are good on gettin men out of jaie. can you get me out of iale. i am in jale an tftri not sutisfyd. if , you got me out of jale how mutch will I it set me back an do you charge cod! or in advp. nst. please Let me no at wance as i am not att aul satisfyd. i have not done nuthing so it is a esy mated to get me out of jale. they say i | was gamien an vilated prohigh law but i never. I am very disatisfyd. Two wit ness will tell l was in another place. I never shoot crapes unlessen fun an don drink liqur. 1 am not inabled to pay for it during the panic, please let me here from you at wance an if you can get me out of jale an I am not well and very disatisfyd and do you get pay ed c o and or in advanst. You can tell the juge i have bote a libity boan # excuse haist. “J W .” Harry Cason, a former resident of Cartersville, spent seevral days in the city the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Harris, of Wa leska, are the guests of Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Harris. Captain Benham Lumpkin was the guest of his parents several days .ast week. Mr. and Mrs. Will Weinman are in Florida for a visit of ten days. They were accompanied by their guest, Miss Mary Payne Marriott, of Kentucky. Miss Zeta White has returned from a visit lo friends in Griffin. Lt. John Conyers and C. T. Con yers are at home fer the holidays. Miss Caroline Field is visiting in Atlanta. (NEWS VOL 35 NO. 50) JUDGE M.C. TARVER ASSIGNS CASES FOR THE JANUARY TERM Ja;-ies Drawn and AH Preliminaries Arranged To Clear Su perior Court Docket at the Coming Session. Judge M. O. Tarver was in Carters ville lasr Saturday for the purpose of setting the court calendar for the com ing January term of the Superior Court of Bartow County. He met the mem bers of the bar and assigned for trial all the civil cases on the docket, leav ing certain days for the trial of the. criminal docket. He was quite sure that he could try the docket in two 1 weeks and drew juries for the term accordingly. Judge Tarver has greatly reduced the number of cases on the docket of this county, as well as throughout the district. He has been active in clearing aawy old cases which have been hang ing for years and thus has accomplish ed a great reduction in court expenses. Judge Tarver was only here for a short period of time Saturday, hut dis patched quite a lot of business and cleared the way for the coming term of court. Quite a number of important cases are to be tried, both civil and criminal. The following jurors were drawn: GRAND JURORS, JAN. TERM, 1919 1. T. W. Taylor, Euharlee. 2. M. L. Upshaw, Pine Log. 3. W. H. Dooley, 6th. 4. J. N. McGuire, Kingston. 5. J. M. sffiith. 4th. 6. J. R. Dempsey, Kingston. 7. R. C. Sloan, sth. 8. S. W. Bradford, Pine Log. 9. W. B. Quillian, sth. ■OO. W. D. McDaniel, Pine Log. 11. M. E. Gray. Emerson. 12. Henry Mayburn, sth. 13. Z. M. Jackson, 4th. 14. W. M. Dodd, Adairsville. 15. John W. Sewell. Tine Log. in. F. V. Smith, -Ith. 17. J. F. Cain, irh. 18. H. B. Cannon, Euharlee. 19. W. P. Fallis, 4th. 20. T. S. UaWkins, Euharlee. 21. H. C. Stiles, 4th. 22. J. F. Bridges, 4th. 23. C. M. Shaw, Adairsville. 24. J. M. Collins. Euharlee. 25. S. J. Allen, sth. 26. R. J. Raiden, 6th. , 27. B*. F. Mullinax, Iron Hill. 28. J. H. McCormick, Taylorsville. 29. B. F. Martin, Adairsville. 30. S. C. Thomas, Kingston. TRAVERSE JURORS First Week 1. J. E. Yancey, Wolf Pen. 2. Sam Verner, 4th. 3. J. F. Madden, Iron Hill. 4. G. H. Headden, sth. 5. J. L. Doss, Pine Log'. 6. L. J. Boston, Wolf Pen. 7. Homer Barton, Pine Log. 8. Hirman Hayes, 6th. 9. J. A. Baker, Euharlee. 10. R. H. Cannon, Euharlee. 11. Emory Stegall, 6th. 12. O. H. Henderson, Iron Hill. 13. G. W. Kincannon, 4th. 14. Hubert L. Barron, Wolf Pen. 15. C. W. Sproull, 4th. 16. W. B. Madden, Adairsville. 17. T. J. Bell.. Adairsville. 18. W. 1,. Puckett, Wolf Pen MAKING THE RURAL SOUTH BEAUTIFUL Here in the rural South, unfortun ately, we are far behind most other sections in our appreciation of beauty —as is only too painfully revealed by our countless unpainted houses; rag ged, patchy fields; the too scanty use of 6ur glorious possibilities in shade trees, flowers, and lawns; and a com mon tendency to use Inartistic pic tures in the home instead tions of the world's masterpieces of art and beauty. Now is a time to call to mind Mo hammed’s advice; “He that hath two cakes of bread, let him sell one of them for flowers of the narcissus; for bread is food for the body, but the narcissu-s is food for the soul;” and the later saying of our American sage. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s hand writing—a wayside sacrament. Wel come it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” Now at this Christma J season let as indeed resolve that the coming year shall bring into our homes and lives more of the element of beauty. X,et us make the farm itself beautiful by healing the gutties or waste places, 19. W. P. Martin, Adairsville. 20. J. R. Williamson, 4th. 21. R A Bell, Pine Log. 22. C. E. Wheeler, 4th. 2lk Is. D> Munford, 4th. 24. L. L. Landers, 4th. 25. W. L. Randolph, Wolf Pen. 26. J. M. Kincannon, 4th. 27. W. B. Uren. Euharlee. 28. James H. Gaines,, sth. 29. F. W. Dent, Taylorsville. 30. J. R. Kay, Wolf Pen. 31. R. B. Hitchcock, Taylorsville. 32. C. L. McGinty. 4th. 33. Lon Smith, 4th. 34. J. R. Auchrnutey, Euharlee.. 35. J. J. Floyd, 6th. 36. T. W. Tinsley, 4th. 37. Albert W. Gaines, sth. 38. John H. Crow, Pine Log, 39. J. E. Barron, Wolf Pen. 40. J. G. Guyton, Stamp Creek,. 41. C. D. Pope, Euharlee. 42. S. Fields, Iron Hill. 43. J. F. Keith, sth. 44. J. H. Morris, 4th. 45. E. E. Shope, 6th. 46. Amos H. Edwards,, Pine Log:. 47. H. E. Duncan, Pine Log. 48. J. C. Reynolds, Wolf Pen. Second Week 1. C. G. Cagle, 4th. 2. H. L. Taff, Euharlee. 3. W. R. Caldwell, Euhar’ee. 4. Justice L. Alexander, Wolf Pert. 5. Clifford H. Kincannon. 4th. J. K. Goss, sth. 7. Wm. T. Fincher, 4th. 8. R. 1,. Adams, Kingston. 9. J. Taylor Cagle, 4th. 10. L. A. Franklin, 6th. 11. H. L. Sewell, 4th. 12. W. L. Alford, Iron Hill. 13. Amos Keith. 4th. 14. J. A. Holcombe, 6th. 15. C. H. Sweet man, Iron Hill 16. H. W. Meeks, Iron Hill. •7. u. L: KcheJy. Adairsville 18. A. W. Buford, 4th. 19. J. R. Pickord, Adairsville. 20. R. B. Satterfield, 4th. 21. W. J. Taylor, 4th. 22. L. M. Kerce, Kingston. 23. Vi. P. Morgan, Taylorsville. 24. W. J. Jones, 6th. 25. F. A. Milam, 4th. 26. F. L, Raiford, Euharlee. 27. C. T. Knight, Stamp Creek. 28. J. L. Waite, 4th. 29. John Sellers, Emerson. 30. W. M. Parker, 5 th. 31. J. W. Masey, Wolf Pen. 32. J. M. Anderson, Adairsville. 33. J. L. Ray, 4th. 34. E. T. Abernathy, Stamp Creek. 35. J. B. Mahan, Pine Log. 36. H. T. Sexton, Adairsville. 37. T. J. J. liodfl, Adairsville. 38. Frank Nelson, Euharlee. 39. O. H. Rogers, 4th. 40. W. H. Stiles, 4 th. 41. L. C. Johnson, 6th. 42. Horace E. Smith, Emerson,. 43. D. C. Hamby, Adairsville. 44. J. O. Ooodson, 4th. 45. G. L. Gaines. 4th. 46. Wm. T. Bell, 4th. 47. Martin. Collins, 4th. *S. R. L. Griffin, Pine Log. ' clearing out any ragged patches, aiw! ; lay off the place in even, well-shaped.. 1 symmetrical fields. [ Let us make the home beautiful out side by-painting the building, and set , ting about it not only stately shade I trees but flowering shrubs —the red bud or Judas tree to blossom in the I early spring; the dogwood in later | spring; the mimosa in early summer; and the crape myrtle through all tb# latter part of the summer and early fall—besides bulbs and a glorious - bundunce of other flowers. Then let us make the inside of the home beautiful by putting on the w:i>?~ reproductions of famous pictures,, asxf by utilizing in all appropriate forms of beauty not only of cultivated ffawerv but also of our too often forgotten wile flowers. The poorest family-, us well as the richest, may have the more intangibly forms of beauty we need to cuitimbe — the beauty of song and music and pfay all of which need more attention ~ mong us; the ancient beauty of cour tesy and chivalry and unselfishness i everyday speech a ltd conduct.—The Progressive Farmer. Mrs. G. N. Hay has returned to <irr home in Rock mart after spending" nev - ersi weeks with her daughter. XT.--*; _ John Terry. 8 Pages Today NO. .40
