The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-25
"reminiscences Of a Georgia Itinerant
NOM 4 REsIpENT lori VAsHON ISLAND
N'ontinued)

the Chaitahoochee river between Mar
ietta ami Atlanta. Monday, Bro. Baze-
more said to me: In the great battle
OF Atlanta | was over there (pointing
down the river on the right bank
shooting at the Yanks" At the same
time | heard Bro. Palmer say to the
forryman. In the great battle OF At
lanta was over there tpointing down
the river on the left bank shooting at
the Rebs over there"
then spoke TO the ferryman. Now
listen' In the battle OF Atlanta this
man (Bazemore) was over there shoot
ing at the Yanks; this man (Palmer)
was captain of men shooting over
here nj the Rcbs. Now Palmer is
presiding elder Of a district in the
Methodist church and this man tBaze.
more) is in charge Of circuit under
him" Bazemore told me how he went
into The Southern army. Public speak
crs throughout southern Georgia paint
tu tllt unhs III tHt h"ihSet toiois.
Thes told the young men 1t was their
duty 70 their mothers, wives and sis
ters to fight the Yanks to save them
from a catastrophe worse than death.
He said that they made some believe
that the Yankees had hOofs and horns.
Being thus impressed he volunteered,
and foand out his mistake when he
snapped tobacco for coffee on the
picket lines around Atlanta When he
found that ont he deserted and hid in
the swamps OF southern Georgia till
the close Of the war He was married
very Young. Afterward he was con
verted Immediately ne was appointed
to lead prayer meeting. He said.
What was | to do2 | could neither
read nor write" But his wife could.
she taught him his hymns so he could
repeat them from memory and he
could cxhort Thus he began. He
afterwards took preparatory course
in East Tennessee Wesleyan Uniyer.
sity al Athens.
Later his wife, Sarah Ba2emore, told
me that she owned a slave boy before
the war. She taught him TO knit and
sew ard do other Homework. Then,
when no one was near TO observe. she
taught him TO read and write, which
was contrary to law, aud which she
WAS liable to fine anti p' 'sonment
in case of discovery She aid, q have
always been thankful thatI broke the
law. for that negro boy is now mem
her Of the Savannah conference and
doing much good among his own
people"
We put up at Or. Fuller's in Atlanta
and Tuesday morning we were again
on the road You ought to have seen
our cavalcade. Bro. Bagemore and
led, he ON quite a large horse and on
my little pony When his horse walked
had to trot. and when his trotted
bad 10 lopes Bro. Palmer followed in
buggy We passed through the
Donough, crossed The Ocmulgee river,
and passing through Monticello put UP
Wednesday night with a Mr.. McKis-
sack. We saw 70 woman about, and
when we sat down TO supper our host
said. God bless our food. VIII you
have some of this?r Thus he began
passing the food. We could hardly
keep our faces straight When alone
Bro. Palmer said, BRO. Bazemore, YOU
won't pray your way through here"
think that was the only place we had
TO pay for entertainment on she "trip.
The hospitality OF the southerner is,
proveroial, and deseryedly so. They
forget not 10 entertain strangers
The remainder of our trip was
through Hnlsboro, Milledgvilie, the
capital of the state, across The oconce
river. through sandersgIlle and Louis
Vile. and We landed ~ Mt Zion Sun
day night ON Monday we went
through sylyania to ihe home of Bro.
Bazemore's mother our whole trip
waa S24 miles and The cost 10 me was
only sS.5o
In the later part OF the trip he'd
noticed rice fields. Spanish bayonet,
sugar eano. the longieayed Or turpen-
tine pine, wire.grass. pelmettes, Span