Evening journal., 1914-06-22
ALL MUST REPENT
IF DISASTER IS
TO BE AVERTED.
Prophet Jones Fears Either
Hurricane or Earthquake
May Destroy Wilmington
ALREADY Sees HOUSES
'CRUMBLINC TO dust" BUT

BE prepared an We Wlmingtonians,
for death and disaster is predicted TO
Alsit this city. Il see buildings
crumbling to dust in Wilmington, but
don't know whether it is to be hurri-
cane or an earthquake" So spake
Prophet Andrew Jones in THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL Office this morning. The
aged prophet Of patriarchai appearance
is convinced that his dire predictions
will come true il the people don't "re-
pent"
Prophet Jones is an aged colored man,
who was a slave in the days before the
civil War. He is TO speak in Shiloh
Baptist Church, Twelfth and Orange
streets tonight. For many wears
Prophet Jones has been predicting dis
asters in many sections of this country,
and he has large number Of news
papers IN which appear predictions he
has made which have, singularly
enough, come true
An article appearing in Cincinnati
paper shows that he predicted the flood
that visited that city two years before
il came. Other papers show that he
predicted the assassination Of President
Mckinley, the Galveston flood aud he
also claims to have predicted that
Theodore Roosevelt would be shot a
short time before the assassin fired the
shot that wounded the ex-President.
Another paper produced by the aged
prophet shows that some years ago he
was imprisoned in a prison in the far
east on the charge Of lunacy and that
the cell door opened in response to his
prayers The article stated that be-
fore being imprisoned Prophet Jones
was unable to read or write, bnt after
regaining his freedom he was able 70
do both
Prophet Jones produced a copy Of the
Daily Republican. printed in August,
1898, in which he predicted a famine
for this country earthquakes and floods
lie states that this prediction has come
true as the country has had the floods
and earthquakes. He says the country
now practically has q famine, as It
takes S3 to buy what SI used to pur
chase.
~And war is soon to Gomez he ex-
claimed. "A greater power than Mexico
rs goin' 70 fight us Prosperity is to
be taken away from the people and
the only hope Of escaping is for the
people TO repent Of their sins and deal
justly with one another
Prophet Jones sees millions of peo-
pie dying in New York City. the
streets running with blood. buildings
crumbling to dust the result Of an
earthquake which is destined to visit /
that city.
Why / wouldn't sleep ali night in /
New York for anything he exclaim-
ed mo, sir, | wouldn't go to bed |
in that city for all the money in Wall |
street,"
When asked whether or not Teddy |
Roosevelt would get back with the !
Republican party again, the aged !
prophet replied.
I'm praying they will You know
united we stand and divided we
fall Prophet Jones, in speaking |
of Presidents, said:
In 1900, predicted that all the |
Presidents elected up to 1881 would /
be Presidents of sorrow and tribula-
tion, for all the feather beds in which
the Presidents used to sleep in the |
White House have been turned to
beds Of sharp rocks"
Prophet Jones desires to call the |
attention of unbelievers in his pre-
dictions to the sixteenth chapter. 1
thirteenth verse Of st. John, which /
says How be It when He the Spirit
Of Truth is come He will guide You
into all truth for He shall not sneak
Of himself but whatsoever He hear
eth that He will speak and He will
show You things TO come"
Prophet Jones stated that he has
never been caught in any Of the
cities where disaster have occurred
as he has always been able to see
them before they came. IL IS ex-
peoted that a large audience will
greet the aged prophet when he
speaks tonight