The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 38

16J HE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAK vUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 11 3. Old inn oh Knoxville Road Where Jackson Stopped, WomEmptyrShdl By BES8IK M. WILSON TT STANDS there pn a lime I ton ledge at the foot of Crab Orchard Mountain, thin ghost of other day, a poor, dingy, old wreck of a building, partly hidden from the road below, by bushes ten or fifteen cents for horse and rider FOB thos times the tavern was us spaulous as It waa Imposing. It hsd II large rooms. -which were heated by six huge fireplaces, on the first flor and three on the second.

The window sills and panels on both floors were handmade of locust wood. Recently some, of this wood, work has been torn out and sold. The other wood work waa of pine and poplar. 1 1 The. kitchen stood apart" from the' main building after the practice and trees, with Its broken window taring out upon It surrounding 1 1 A 1 1 5 I K.

Ki i i at lv J- vv y- yy A -t: like the unseeing eyes of an aged and broken man. Like an old man. It too has seen a great deal In the Sevier, Davy Crockett, who at the Alamo, in Texas, and t'realdent Jamea K. Polk, After lftr the tavern passed from the hands of Dr. K.

Q. Haley, step-son of Robert Burke, to Samuel Johnson, then to William Johnson, and finally to C. J. Wheeler, of Crab' Orchard, who with hla wife, lived there until hla death. Later lira.

Wheeler married a man by the nam of Renfro, and the two lived on at the old inn until their death. By thla time the place had ceased to be strictly a tavern and waa used principally aa a place of rest and, recreation by traveler during the summer months. In time the old tavern became a mere private dwelling, but for the paat ten or more years, it ha stood empty It seems a pity that some public spirited individual or group of Individuals, or some historic! society does not restore the old place and save it from oblivion. Traditions have grown un about the Inn. onlv one of which has course of Its long life.

The Old Crab Orchard Inn, as it common In parts of the South. It was a small brick room Just back la now called. Is a long two-story brick structure, with a porch ex of the tavern. The tavern of course had a bar where "thirsty travel- tending the entire length of the era could quench their thirst with' apple and peach brandy- corn whis building In front It must have presented an Imposing appearance ky, or wine. Later the barroom beoama a bedroom and the bar was no more.

The tavern was built anm-oxl Tke oU ima at Crab Orchard wkaro Andrew Jackaesi freqiieBtly topped ia tke slays of stage coach travel, has slowly (alias) into rnla mately 104 yeara ago by one Rob-ert Burke, who bought the prop erty from a man by the name of ter of a mile distant, where it was to hitch to the coach when It ston Dawson. Burke and his wile, for burned for the lime. The hand ped, that no time be lost, and the merly the widow Haley, moved from Roane County to this prou- Innkeeper and his friends or patrons stretched their legs and went out to pick up whatever newa and eny ana settled in a couple of lit ue log nouses just back of whoro gossip the driver and passengers the inn now stands. While liv ing here Burke built the tavern. which he kept until his death In 1850.

lie was riding up on the might provide. Of the patrons of the tavern, Andrew Jackson, was the most famous. He often put up there as he traveled from the Hermitage to Washington sometimes coming by the regular stage, but more often In his coach. Judge S. C.

coach bealde the driven wben the horses became frightened. Jumped. made bricks were of red clay tak en from a nearby knoll. Tradition has it that the bricks were tossed from hand to hand down a lonj line of negroes -from the kilns tu the building site. In reality, only a very few negroea had part in the building, as moat of the construction work was done by nine Knoxville workmen.

Located on the main stage line, the tavern became the most popular place of its kind between Knoxville and Nashville. It was, one of the "twelve-mile stations'' at which the horses were changed. A four-horse, coach made the trip dally When new. Immediately In front of the tavern, as people preferred to call It then, ran the old toll road built by the tavern keeper, beginning short way below the present site Of Rock wood, running over some wild and rugged country to Ozone, through Renfro Hollow, Crab Orchard Gap. Croasville, on pnst Bon Air.

located on the western side of the Cumberland Plateau, which overlooks the eastern portion of Middle Tennessee, and terminating at Sparta. In White County. Before the Civil War, traffic on the toll road was heavy, and many covered wagons from North Carolina. Virginia, and other states found their way over this mountain highway to points west A toll gate waa located directly In front of the and so heavy was the travel that It often brought in as high as 75 or 1100 a day from that one gate. Tolls along the road were fifty cents for horse and carriage.

ana tnrew mm to the ground, kill ing mm instantly. even the remotest excuse for being, namely, "there Is money burled near." This tale poaalbly grew from the fact that a alck woman living near the Inn waa thought to have burled money there, but ao far as any una knows. It. has never been found. There la also a tale concerning a man said to have been murdered In one of the upper rooms, that has since remained locked.

But George A Haley, son of Dr. E. O. Halev. mentioned earlier In this article, says that to hla knowledge, there never has been any tragedy connected with the inn, and that there Is no locked door.

Be these merer tales or not. tha old tavern stands there In the summer sunshine and the storms of winter) a grim, silent, pathetic old ruin. fts chimneys its weaKend fallen In. It Is dreaming perhaps of the days when It was a gay younc filled with light cheer and people. Brown of Athena says that Jackson THE lumber, clay for the bricks and lime for the mortar uaed in building the house came used to stop along the way and talk with the citizens, especially the old Revolutionary soldiers, one from the surrounding territory.

It cannot be ascertained for certain. of whom was Mr. Brown's John Narramore, who but It Is thought the loirs from that time lived Juet east of each day over 'this road. The stage drove at a gallop, and, according to custom at stopping places, the driver sounded a blast on his bu which the lumber was made came Crossvllle. from Haley Mountain, and were sawed up at an old mill located on gle Just before reaching the tavern to give warning of bis ap THER prominent patrons of the avers according to Squire C.

L. Dcatherage, were John Basin Creek. Limestone rock was hauled from the building: alts to proach. Negroes ran to harness the kilns a little more than a quar- the rested team and have it ready1 Small European Neutrals Alert; Defense Talk Rife As Swiss Buy Guns Sweden, Denmark and Norway Also Put New Emphasis on Defensive Armies By M. K.

WHITELEATHER BERNE VP) Study Swlas mountaineer. traditionally 'Utral and hater of war. are preparing for whatever show the European continent may stage I I il oiLo'ff Jf Kfr roLM4( MAMCt 0 rw not to be too nlarmed for "general staffs, regardless of country, establish such plans of campaign as their natural functions." Perpetual neutrality for Switzerland was declared in 1815 and the country since has maintained a strict hand-off policy In European quarrels. This policy was largely responsible for selection of Geneva a tha seat of the League of Nations and has attracted many other worldwide organizations In search of shelter from international conflicts. By ELMER W.

PETERSON. STOCKHOLM More emphasis on national defense, with increased likely, I looked for in Sweden, Denmark and Norway this winter. That the parliamentary right wings will demand Increased appropriations ia assured, and the socialists, through party leaders, have Indicated a change of attitude toward the military' as a re small nation cannot go In for too much curtailment of. what it now IN DENMARK, where boundary discussions with Nazlst Germany have had their effect, Hans Nlelaon, veteran speaker in the second chamber, announced at the opening of parliament hla Interest In right wing proposals to use military facilities In training unemployed young men. The Scandinavian presa in general interpreted his remarks as indicative of a new attitude toward defense by the Danish lefts.

In Norway where the socialist "workers" party scored a recent victory, much tha same tendency is being revealed, although the pi b-lem of national defense la not as politically Important Sweden's present military budget goos to approximately llt.000,000 ronor (normally about $J1, Including provision for two submarines and two destroyers. The air force, now a separate unit yearly la becoming more effective. The past year, however, has witnessed soma curtailment of conscript training which, as In Denmark and Norway, takes the place of a regular standing army. In where gradual diminution of national defense has worked hardship on the navy, approximately 16.500,000 kroner (normally about ,11.600.000) 1 being anenf thi year, and in Norway about the same amount Denmark has Its chief strength at In a well-trained artillery, strategically placed throughout the country, Norway, ilk Denmark, has no particular naval strength. aa a result or current unrest.

Stung by press reports that the German general start has a plan of Invasion of France through Switzerland, and by what waa Interpreted as slurs on the Swiss army which appeared In German newspapers, the government has started to renovate the fighting equipment of the republic. The minister of war, Rodolphe Mlnger, expects to spend 100,000,000 franca or nearly $30,000,000 in refurnishing army equipment and Vurchasing rlfK and artillery. "The 800.000 Swiss subject to mobilisation will hold from alley to valley from mountain top to mountain top, from river to river," the minister recently said. "Whoever raises the slightest doubt about this fools himself badly." He said any belligerent who tiled to cross Switzerland would have to count with the entire Swiss army. "That means." he said, "that In this particular before the French frontier, its principal object, the German army would fcave to annihilate the Helvetian Mlnger amid that the German plan for Invasion of Switzerland was not fiction, but counseled the country sult of the present political tone of Europe.

Renewed attention to compulsory Quickened by turopeoi political unrest, tradionally neutral countries like the Scandinavian nations 'and Switzerland ere looking te their defenae. the map show thi relation of Denmark and Swlt. erlane te the greater power. At the upper left are Danish eentrlee during army maneuver. military, training, on which some budget having has been effected In recent yeara.

Is The chanare in Socialist- view- points, aa reflected in utterances of ha given Scandinavia something of a political sensation. ltuatlon'la now declare Ivar minister of defenae in Sweden's Socialist government, "that th small nation can not be carelea with Its "national defense. In any event the yearly have offered a proposal virtually to abolish the army and navy In favor of a police. But party leaders are now hinting broadly at what may amount to a new policy. Hitherto the Socialists nave worked hard for curtailment of army and navy.

In Denmark they CHATS ON HERALDRY Sara F. Washington man upon th soldier who first scaled the wall of a rampart The eross was only conferred upon officials. It Is ssld. "So supers ti-tlously did they in those time think of the cross that they held all things sanctified that bore the sign of it and. therefore, it was used religiously In their The cross given here is the cross-crosslet or one having its limb also crossed, which signifies that they are to extend to the extreml- IT MAT be fairly stated that at the present day heraldry and In America wore Humphry and Randall Weatwood.

who came from England and settled In Tork County In 1620. Humphry waa one of the original company under the charter granted by Jamea I. dated genealogy art ignored only by tie of th hield. When the cross Is pointed at the base It la called fitch or fixed. Crosses of thi description are said to have been car ried by the Christiana In the Crusades, ao that they might readily be fixed In the ground while performing their pilgrimages.

Thov. stork In the crest symbolizes pletv and gratitude. They were held In great veneration by many of the early kings, and there waa a law prohibiting their disturbance. The storks seem to hav been a sort of luck bird and were alwaya welcomed when- they built their neat on top of the castle towers. The one In the Weatwood arms ia gorged, meaning that there wa a mural crown around It neck.

Th color In th Weatwood arm are silver, gold and black, outstanding color in heraldry. The black is" ahowa by perpendicular and horizontal line crosainaj each other. a the original, for each color, line and emblem has it own meaning, and the (lightest change in drawing may chanaje the entire meaning of the arms. In olden days the granting of a coat of arms to a family was a matter of the gravest concern. So it is the purpose of the present day artist to hold absolutely true to the original design In reproduction of a coat of arm.

There are only five colors used In heraldry red, blue, black, green and May ZS. 1607. William and wor-llck Weatwood were member of the of Burgesses; also members of the convention that formed the state and national governments from 1774 to 1788. Records show that the Weatwoods were prominent in church affair as welt Arms: Sable, a lioa rampant argent, crowned with a mural crown or; three crosses crosslet fltchee or. mt il j.

Crest: A stork's bead proper raced awrged with a mural crowa purple. They are known aa gules, azure, sable, vert and purpura. The two metals used are gold and sliver, which are known as or, and those who hav not given enougn attention to It to discover It fascination, or those who have no an- cestora in whom they can take pride. Once started. It becomes a great puzzle to be solved, and the more one works with it the more absorbing) It becomes.

The love of ancestry ha been deep-rooted in men's mind for centuries, and no educated person will affect to deep Is a long Un of illustrious descent or the emblems which signify the honor andjpositlon of their particular family. In the fine art heraldy occupies a prominent place, aince in most historical painting and sculpture la which scene or character of the middle age are displayed, the law of heraldry must be cloae'y followed. While the painting of coata of arm 1 not creative art It 1 much more complicated than 'most people Imagine: having to be artied out to the highest degree the silver. 1 left white.and the Th positions wt -the art ous charges or emblems must oe identical or the significance of the arms will be lost or. The arms illustrated Is that of the Westwooda, and was copied from a very old one that ha been USUALLY the lion was granted only to those who had served th king, and being goia is saowu oy aois.

Some of the famlllea that Join the Weatwood line are: McCreery, Wallace, Jordan, Kendrlck, Lewis, Mosely, Stanworth. Stlth, Tabb, Wray, Worllch, Ellis, Green. King. Cate, Armistead, Tyler, Shepherd, etc. Next week the arme of the Carv family will be explained and Illustrated.

preserved In the McCreery family crowned with a mural crowa prove for generations. This a ramny who even before coming to thi that the Weatwoods bad fought ia battle for the king, for mural crowns were conferred by the country was one of honor and dls- tinction. The first or tn lamuy.