IN THE DAYS OF WITCHES / Curious Mental Attitudes of Old Time Folks. WHOLE PEOPLE WENT ALMOST CRAZY \ v Even the Judges on the Bench Lacked Intelligence and Character tc Withstand the Peculiar Superstitions of the Day?Some of the Old Trials ReCalled. The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, of the first church at Danvers, Mass., recoils the fact that it was in this church the socalled "Saletn witchcraft craze" had its beginning: in 1692, when E>anvers was a part of Salem and known' as Salem Village. The first case of witchcraft in Ba * sex county, however, was that or"Airs. Morse of Newberry, who, in 1680. was tried in the local court and convicted. But her life was spared throuftv the clemency of Governor Bradstreet. who first sentenced her to be hanged and then twice reprieved her sentence, in spite of the protest of the house of deputies. She was granted a new trial, at which she was acquitted. Had Governor Bradstreet not been superseded by Sir William Phipps, un1 der the new charter, it is doubtful if the Salem witchcraft craze would have spread into any such holocaust of suffering and terror as the whole colony I was obliged to endure for several j years. As Winfleld F. Nevlns says in his "Witchcraft of Salem Village in 1692". "In 1692 as in 1680, he (Governor, Bradstreet) dared to resist the ?lamors of a misguided people and judiciary and an unlearned, superstitious populace. Had Governor Phipps possessed his Intelligence and firmness, the harvest of death on Witch hill woukl not have formed a part of our early American history." Judges Worst of All. It is a curious fact in this witchcraft craze in Salem, as in Boston and in Virginia and South Carolina?or wherever it was rampant?that the judiciary were infected with the virus of the delusion as badly as any other people *' 'a- T* * U w in xne community, n iinvcwuit, iw judicial mind seemed to crystalize the intolerance, prejudice and fanaticism that marked the craze. Of course, some excuse for this? from a legal point of view?inay': be found In the existing English law& oh witchcraft and the' court procedure that was clearly defined for such trials j in 1692. And possibly some credit I should be given such men as Jdjfge j Samuel Sewall, who eventually saw the absurdity of the whole thing, but not until many had suffered death or torture by their decisions. "What gives interest at this .time to the craze that started In the home 6f the Rev. Samuel Parris, pastor of the First church in Danvers, is the manner in which it started and spread untiV the jails were so full of victims t^iat the authorities were puzzled what 'to do with them or how to maintain them. When you read the evidence in these old witch cases you find things mixed and jumbled together in a sort of hell broth," such as the witches in "Macbeth" bi wed. Things that are credited today to epilepsy, suggestion, hynosis, neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion, wer; then liable to bring one to the gallows. In Enerland as late as 1718. a Mrs. Hicks and her daughter, 9 years old j were hanged in Huntington "for selling J their souls to the devil, tormenting and destroying the neighbors and raising a storm, so that ships were almost lost?by pulling off her stockings and making a lather with soap." Wealth Brought No Exemption. As a rule in Great Britain, however, it was th( eccentric people in towns. and remote places that were usually stamped as witches, while at Salem 8ny person or class was liable to come into the dragnet. Ministers squires and merchants and their wh ^s were as apt to be "named" and "c. ted out" as the most menial in the community". J IKE J. M. BP IN A WHEN YOU ARE ! CHRISTMAS SUP! LARGE, VERY VA RIGHT FOR FAST $ WE HAVE A LARGE ] Jg Watches and Jewell in quality and attra< M Here are Watch Ch S Pins, Kings of all ki ? emblems?all of it h TOYS, CANDIES, FRO Are here in great v 35 and desires of every S Store. You will not ft ter what you are loo JL gifts for young or c | WE HAVE FIREWOR: flr Everything the bov ft Fireworks, and the] ? tliincs for Santa Ch I J. M. BF M 11 East Liberty St. One of the wealthiest and most er terprising merchants of Salem wj Phillip English. In fact, he was sai to be the richest man in the colonic id 1692, and had at that time the fine; mansion in Salem, which stood for IS years. To the mansion at 11 o'cloc one Saturday night came the hig sheriff and deputy and attendants, dc manding admittance and the person c Mrs. English, whom they "cried out. The officers came into the bed chain bcr, and, opening the curtains, rea the mittimus, and ordered Mrfe. Eng lish to arise. She refused and the put a guard around the house. The next day she went with the offi cers and was confined for six week in the front room of a public hous< the Cat and Wheel, under guarc Three times a day her husband wa permitted to see her and at the end c the six weeks he, too. was arrested. They were sent to Boston and wit! the aid of powerful friends were smug gled to New York where they wer kept in hiding until the "storm" blev over. But to come back to the beginninj of the craze in the home of Rev. Sam uel Parris of the First church. H< was the center of the excitement fo some urire. nr, uau ucch a uiciuuui? [ in the West Indies before he took u] the ministry, and when he came ti Salem he brought with him two ser vants from the Barbadoes, a younj woman named Tltuba and her hus I band?half Indian and half negro. A Servant's Voodoo Rites. 'She was familiar with some of tht Voodoo rites practiced by fhe negroei on the West India islands and she en tertained Pastor Parris' children witl some of the practices at times. Othei t children in the neighborhood joinct the Parris children in the kitchef v/here Tituba entertained them witl her crooning, her fortune telling, etc. It wasn't long* before the strangt powers of Tltuba were whisperec about and her works and influenc< over the children were regarded ai devilish. The children began to aci strangely?or people thought they die ?and after a time Mr. Parris called t meeting of ministers of the neighboring parishes to investigate and pray This stirred up some of the eccentric and weaker minded people in th< community and then all sorts of stories were broadcast and Salem Villag< was a ferment of gossip?gossip thai became more and more exaggerated and included besides TitubA and hei husband, John Indian, several womer in the village, including Sarah Good Sarah Osbun and Bridget Bishop. .L#eaaing ciuzens luugeu and the accused were examined in tht First Meetinghouse?which gives th< house its fame in this respect. The children named Tituba, Sarah Gooc and Sarah Osbun as their "chief tormentors." Sarah Good was about 70 years old the wife of a laborer, a melancholy distracted woman. She was the flrsl to stand trial and was placed in th( Ipswich jail ten miles way, frorr whence she was brought on horsebacl every morning .and returned everj evening over rough roads the flrsl week of March, 1692. & i A Minister a Victim. The trial ended several months later in the death by hanging of Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes Rebecca Norse and two others. Friday, August 19, Rev. George Burroughs, who had been minister of th< First church, and George Jacobs, 8< years old, of the village, were among Ave hanged. September 22 eight mor< were hanged. Two women died ir prison, one of whom was 106 years old and had been accused by her owi daughter. > Giles Corey was pressed to death be cause he would not plead to his indict ment. The law permitted torture unti the victim either pleaded or died. It was not until October that the re> action set in, and then only becaust nearly every family, high and low, hat been made to feel the effects of th< craze and the ruthless authority of th< I law. I Strangely enough, Tituba escape* :ep | :ian CO. UND 1 SHOPPING FOR YOUR PLIES-OUR STOCK S .RIED AND IS PRICED fj ' SELLING V LINE OF? Jj y that is attractive, good p, itively priced. $J ains, Cuff Buttons, Stick Jj nds, including Fraternity ? igli class jewelry. % TITS- I m ariety to meet the wants p ' one. Come early to this $ be disappointed, no mat- * king for, if it is Christmas P Id. $ KS FOR BOYS? j ' or the girl will want in ti there are lots of other J tus to ]>ick from. j U AN CO.! YORK, S. C. I i- Cruelty in Names.?The ancient is myth that Governor Hogg, of Texas, d named one of his girls "Ima" and the !8 other "Ura" is explained in a recent it letter to the New York Times by Mrs. iO Ellen Maury Slayden, of Chnrlottesk i ville. Governor Hogg had only one h daughter, it is stated. She was, Mrs. - Slayden writes, "unfortunately called >f Ima by her mother, who had some " sentimental attachment to the name - and her parents never realized the d disadvantage of it until she went to - school and the children began to make *? c~ - ?- ~ r * * * 1/1 V?n vo ltno rt 11 n _ .Y I 14II U1 41. IJUl .1 ..UUIU true to the characteristics of her fam ily to retreat under fire, so Mi3s Hogg s kept her name, and, in spite of all , temptation, continues to keep it and to I. prove that there's nothing in a name a as a handicap to the right sort of perif son," Probably the girl's rpother pronounced Ima as Eema, not as "I'm a"; h consequently her choice of the name - may not have been as cruel as it e sounds. But what is to be said of the v Southwest Virginian, Blazes, who death. In fact, she never got a court trial, but was kept 13 months in pric son. p t After it was all over, the attainder which attached to the victims and ^ their families were removed and many of the families of the victims were given a financial compensation for the " wrongs done. That is more than was ever done in Europe. But it is not because of the witchcraft craze that the First church is to ? celebrate its 250 years of existence. It 3 has had a worthy history, and this it will celebrate.?A. J. Phillpott in Bosi ton Globe. | CHRIS v JS /^tt/\n m a n !stiur KID GLC We handle one of the Best makes the First in Quality?THE CE we can give them to you in a Black, Brown and White The CHAMOISETTE Glove in B1 Short and Fielder Styles Pric< BATH R In a Beautiful Range of Colors in Children and Ladies Children's BATH ROBES?Sizes 6 Ladies' Heavy BATH ROBES in I to the MEN: You are going to a pretty New Bath Robe for is the best time?Look at thi ?Priced JEWELRY AND HERE is a partial list of some of ELTIES that we have to offei ' *? EAR RINGS 5 WA BROOCHES ) BP- BRAD NECKLACES , 3* PEARL NECKLACES VANITY CASES J ? BAR PINS > CUFF PIN SETS ' J* BRACELETS -~ 2? CHILDREN'S RINGS ; M TOILET G 1 5a We have added a wonderful lot GOODS Dept.?Toilet Goods s PERSIAN SOAP?White and Pin 2 ? ARROW LAUNDRY SOAP 1 52 LENOX LAUNDRY SOAP 2 X& PRIDE WASHING POWDER ....... FINE TOILET J kU Many different kinds?All STANE I PALM OLIVE FACE POWDER j| Powders on the market ji ' Imported French Made LEMON C Ik Toilet W; ?i 5a Many different kinds and perhaps K j fitr particularly prefer?Priced * 5* 50 CTS jj gj Mounted Hani & Oemitifiil Ivory Mounted HAND it 5a sizes and shapes?Priced | 1 TOWELS ! 1 ^ Wc Specialize in TOWELS all t 5 ; *lA the Money $ <$[. PLAIN TOWELS?All Sizes SlWij MAHTEX TOWKL5, VV ASM I V fiCr TOWKLS?There are none ^ 2# s*a) unii't,,( a,'e w?r | ! ** WASH CLOLTHS v ~tt BATH MATS ^ ALL LINEN HUCK TOWELS .... I 'M II TOYL | & WE HAVE OUR "TOY k Jg COME AND S3 jj X LOOK, AND L I jj WE CANNOT BEGIN I _ I thought it a clever joke to christen his I daughter Helei ? And what can ex- | ( plain the spirit that has made Pine i ! Coffin a name in Great Britain for 1 more than one generation??Richmond I News-Leader. ] Beasts and Reptiles.?According to | statistics received from India 3,360 ( persons were klled by wild animals in , British India during 1921 against 3,633 j ! in the previous year. ? ? Ask Anyone Ask anyone you know which is the highest Quality baking powder and almost invariably they will tell you ROYAL. "My cakes are 100% better since 1 bought that can of Royal," writes one delighted user, and everywhere? among your friends, neighbors, relatives?you will hear similar commendations* Royal Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste mmmsmmmmmmmmcammmmammmmmm TMAS ; for Disci LY AND AVC IVES - ? No Houseki *u Lacc Trimr TABLE RL Linen I LINEN' TA ed?Pri I All Linen 1 TABLE HI Linen a Every Won beautiful styles. This a prett; buy your Better Half JK ?* Santa Claus?Now M All Linen s fine assortment? a ? *3.98 to *6.50 ? A? L|nen , NOVELTIES 1 ' "ndhi? the JEWELRY and NOV g Ladles' A LI r you: fj 50 and 59 CTS. 2 50 and 59 CTS. * What is m 59 and 98 CTS. X 98 CTS. to $3.50 ? MOse' 50, 59 and 98 CTS. ? wi*h O: .... 25, 50, 59, and 98 CTS. 8 ? CTS. g SILK FIBF 50 and 98 CTS. g. White_ 50 and 59 CTS M 25 and 50 CTS. 3 PURR TH1 Some \ rOODS I LADIES' C of Soap to our TOILET ? CHILDItE! ire always in favor * ok rTQ Sv K v?> IA |W| (.?/ V W. V Three for 10 CTS. 8 J? Three for 10 CTS. S ? Three for 10 CTS. ft SLIP"ON * g boys- KEi SOAPS M Colored Bo )akd MAKES ft COTTo'.NM 0, 12, 15 and 25 CTS. Cako ft SILK TIE? ?One of tho nicest ft KNIT TIK 48 and 75 CTS. 3 for Mo 'REAM _..75 CTS. 5 ? aters ft t THE KIND that you $i What'Sw?? Sv er, Wif >., 98 CTS., $1.25 and $1.50 |S DRESSES i n/r fi i" tlie i Mirror. ft MIRRORS Different ? v and $1.50, $1.93 and $2.50 8 _ , J? Good Warn 'OWELS ! ft fectlv . he time?The Biggest for 54 10, 15, 19, 25 and 39 UTS. Si v*nf recent art is the new bronze statue >f Theodore Roosevelt unveiled, in Portland, Oregon, a short time ago. I'he figure of the ex-President and his ; ci Tr.r.r JUViVllJi iminatir >ID THE RUS 'mmM. TABLE RUNNERS jeper has all the pretty TABLE RUNNE ?nt?Look at Ours?They are beautiful? nod TABLE RUNNERS TNNERS?All Lace, Linen Hemstitched, ^ace Trimmed - -BLE RUNNERS?Scalloped and Embroi ced 'ABLE RUNNERS?Hemstitched INNERS?Brown Linen and Lace, W nd Colored Lace $1.48 i LUNCHEON SETS ian Wants to and Does Entertain Someti i LUNCHEON SET always comes in nic beautiful for Gifts LUNCHEON SETS?Brown, Green, 1 'an and Oyster?Scalloped edges?One ( Mats?Two sizes LUNCHEON SETS?White, scalloped, f lue and some with White edges?One C Mats?Two sizes L. LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS 15, 25 and HOSIERY ! HOSIERY! ore acceptable to a Lady than a nic< Wool and Silk HOSE are just what th xfords. We have them for You? 98 CTS.) IE HOSE in Black, Brown, Nude, Gray -Priced per pair 48 CTS to READ SILK HOSE?JJiacK, urowii, ?i rith Clocks?Others Plain?Priced $1.50, $1.98 i OTTON HOSE 10 CTS. and s'S COTTON HOSE _.... 10 CTS. and SUGGESTIONS or Boys and Young Men SWEATERS?Priced at $2.98, $4.98 i SULAIl SWEATERS?Priced? 98 CTS, rdercd HANDKERCHIEFS N HANDKERCHIEFS ..... iANDKERCHIEFS - 5 and 5 in the Newest Shades 25, 50 and S?The Highest Selling Thing in Neck n and Boys today?Priced 25, 50, 98, $1.50, $2.00 DRESSES, SUITS, COATS matter with a DRESS, SUIT or COAT f e or Sister?The most sensible Christma Wonderfully good line of these are here to suit almost every one?Good Dresses Best of Styles?Tricotine and Poire Tw $5.95 COAT SUITS Blacks?Good Styles and wonderful vali $9.95 i COATS?Beautiful Styles and Cloths? nade?Priced $6.95 UNDERWEAR Id be more acceptable to a Young Li UNDERWEAR? We have that kind n Hand-made TEDS?very dainty?P 0) V " n Hand-made GOWNS?Hand embroit no I^ace Trimmed?Priced $2.5C n and Crepc-de-ch1n?> TEDS?beautl mmed, embroidered?Priced at $1.95 ; Priced at $5.98, $6.50 i mzmzus* 1ST SECC LOOR, WHERE THE LITT .TOS, AND STAY AS LOK HAVE THERE?YOU WIL1 lorse towers nearly 18 feet above the F granite base and depicts the spirit of ti he West in a, splendid manner. A. d I You'll Find II I With a stock of Gift goo< pie's wants and tastes, du you'll save time by comix; last minutes of Gift Buy in Suit all Ages at a Price th CUFF BUTTONS of all k DIAMOND, SIGNET a STICK PINS, BROO LAYALL1ERES, 1 STUVRRW ARE. I SILVER AND I FOUNTAIN COME AND LOOK We'll be glad to show you about the buying. We ki our goods will appeal to y T. W. SPEC 3 STONS ig Gift 1 H OF LAST F 35 BLA PS that SI Come in and let us show yo ? S ets?Very seasonable n< 50 CTS. S COTTON BLANKETS ind S WOOL-NAP BLANKETS? qo CTS' fl Borders and Pretty Plai J ? Fine ALL WOOL BLANKI der" A S ders; White with Pink ? $1.50 ? ar0 ah wool and of be $1.75 g ZTi 1.98 it PERHAPS FAT] i? Needs Some New Shirts?e I Beautiful Assortment c All Sizes?All Styles?P MEN'S SHIRTS with Colla Light Blue FURS! A Few Nice Pieces Left Th . At Closing If You Want One You Can tunity. A NT Would Be a Very Much Ap Suppose You Try It On 18x36 RAG RUGS?Priced . 24x36 RAG RUGS?Priced . 24x48 RAG RUGS 27x54 RAG RUGS?Priced . 98CTs. a LET'S DRESS U] 'hit? | Y0U HAVE BE?N pUTTM and $2.50 g MEN Upward 9 ALL MTOOL SUITS?Const Upward <5 ?Slims, Stouts and Re ^ WOULD NOT THE BOY fi Christmas Present?Trj 3 nriVS' SUITS?Good Stvles S BOYS' SUITS?Two Pair I a"o S | WHEN YOU ARE 25 CTS. sj por something really usefi 25 CTS. ^ Don't Overlook the SH 98 CTS 5 AM Have t0 Have?You wear ' | JUST ] and $2.50 5 SEVERAL LOTS of Ladies thing entirely new and had?Just the thing yo or Moth- si is Gift of ? Ladies' BROWN HIGH TO _ Toe and Ileel-I'ricod a nfs"1 . I THE LIT to $34.9o ^ MUST HAVE a New Paii 50 of SHOES this year f t $34 95 M Shoes before the Winte Per- ' 5 LITTLE FOLK'S SHOES to $29.95 ^ show you for quite a loi FELT BEC ady than A Beautiful Line of Bed R LI Women?Many styles? Heed \t Ladles' BED ROOM SLIP! 3 to $3.98 H Maroon?Priced lororl ? itoHM ? MEN'S B. fully g and $4.98 3 Beautiful Patterns, well i and $7.50 ^ hanger to go with it OUsTJD F." LE FOLKS WILL HAVE P! ra AS THEY WANT TO SI j JUST HAVE TO COME P BELK 'himlster Proctor, a New York sculp- ' or and friend of the former president, Id the work. t At Speck's I Is as varied, as are peo- I ring: the next four days ? lg to SPECK'S for the | ig?a Gift for all ages to S at is in your reach, inds and stvles. nd PLAIN RINGS. CUES, NECKLACES, 1 BATCHES, CHAINS, g CUT GLASS, GOLD NOVELTIES, PENS and PENCILS. g AT OUR GOODS ?Then do as you please 1 low that our prices and 1 our sense of values. 'K, Jeweler | Buyers I EW DAYS | ? NKETS g u our SPECIALS in fina Blank>w y>,p*> ^ -White with Blue and Pink ds $3.95 and $4.50 STS?White with Blue BorBorders, and Plaids?These yd 4 autiful quality, 68x80, 72x84 w $6.95, $7.95 and $9.95 ,K . ^ EER OR BROTHER ? ^ live Them Something Useful?A 2$ if Men's Neckband Shirts? riced 98 CTS. to $2.50 M r attached?White, Tan and M 98 CTS., $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 ?a ! FURS! at We Will Sell Now ?f I Out Prices S not Afford to Miss This Oppor- Vg CE RUG G predated Gift By Some One ?J2 Mother or Wife I ZZ 98 CTS. $ M P FOR CHRISTMAS g IT OFF LONG ENOUGH? ,jf I'S SUITS \A rvative Styles for Men? yfr gulars?Priced. . $14.95, $19.95 and $24.95 ttf appreciate a New SUIT for That n** t It On Him and See the Grin i and values $4.98 'ants $7.50 Sd LOOKING AROUND g il to give some one for Xmaa, OES?The One Thing That We J ing and Old Must Have Shoes. 3* RECEIVED flf SPORT OXFORDS?some different from what wu have u have been looking: for? Wjfl $3.98, $4.98 and $5.95 Pair l P SHOES In Just the right S t $3.45, $3.98 and $4.98 Pr. Sj. TLE FOLKS M of SHOES?Substitute a pair or one toy?They will heed the r is over 'Wf ?tho Best we have had to fit rig *1016 at the prices njf $1.25 and Upward 1 (ROOM SLIPPERS ? oom Slippers for both Men and 'ERS in Gray, Orchid, Rose I 89 and 98 CTS. ? ATH ROBES ,f nade and every one has a $3.98, $4.93 am $850 m &?&&?&?&???&??; ?? LOOK I LENTY OF ROOM TO ? ?AY AND LOOK, AND | lND SEE. ' $