Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-10-19
SCHOOL PROPHECY"

Having worried over the closing of
our school and regretting that the
time was so near at hand when nv
school mates and l would have to
part, probably never to see each 9TH
er, again, | fell asleep last night and
dreamed that fairy came to me and
told me that if l would follow she
would show me five years into the
future and would show each of nv
school mates as they would be then
We took trip all around the world,
and the first place we visited was way
off in the woods from Osierfeld. We
came to a little log cabin; looking
around | saw man blowing near the
cabin, and to my surprise, l recog-
nized Thomas Burke. Starting on tow
ard this cabin l saw a lady come to
the door and viewing her closely
saw no other than Annie Williams.
The fairy being in great haste did not
let me tarry but carried me to small
town in Kentucky where we came to
large tent. There was one of the lar
gest crowds I've ever seen at one time.
| learned that it was a great revival
which was being run by a great evan
gelist and his wife. l went in to hear
him and | found no other than o.
wald Howell and Pearl Roberts. On
looking thru the crowd l noticed two
familiar faces who were attending to
person who had tainted l went to
them and introduced myself, finding
he was doctor and she was a nurse.
Mr.. Henry Kitchen completed med
ical course had settled in this town and
married nurse of the city hospital
Miss Willie Maude Dix.
These were who | met in New York
City. We went to a circus. A clown
came by on donkey and went to a
peanut stand where a girl was sitting
selling peanuts and popcorn at five
cents bag. thought l had seen
them before and going over, l bought
some popcorn. | found the clown to
be Robert Cook and the girl was Emro
Virgins.
| visited the asylum and ] noticed
a girl that acted crazy only half of the
time. l learned her name was Eula
Virgins l sked her why she was
there. She said that Ira Barnes ran
her crazy trying to get her to marry
him but that she refused because she
was afraid he would make her milk
the cows.
| hired car to carry us to Niagara
Falls. The driver went by his house
and called his wife out Lena | am
going to take trip" She said alright
Lenton, hurry back. l afterwards was
told that it was Lena Barnes and Len
ton Vaughn. At the folls | saw Lula
Cook and Wallace Dix taking their
honeymoon.
After leaving the falls we went to
Mexico City and here was an Ameri-
can Quartette billed to sing that night
at the opera house. We attended the
performance l recognized the whole
troupe. The two girls were Misses
Leora Lanford and Lille Mae Gran
than, the two boys were Mr.. Arthur
Maddox and Quinton Wooten.
We left this city and went to the
Panama Canal Zone. We were enter
tanned at one of the finest hotels in
Central America by Mr. Eugene Burke
and Marie Young. We boarded liner
for the Philippines and after being on
board two days, we discovered that
Curtis Mclean was captain, and that
Miss Eula Mae Mcmillan, his wife,
went with him on all of his voyages.
He also told US that William and Otis
Lewis were the engineers on the ship.
One day while on deck William gave
me letter addressed to Myrtle Will
liams, who was still an old maid.
slipped it, it contained the following;
Dear Myrtle, don't know nothing
sorroWfullv. William Wooten. Ate