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WITCHCRAFT IS OLD SALEM. I
Persecution When People Believed '
the Devil Took on Human Form.
The place where a great crime has
heen committed has always some- ]
thing strangely fascinating about it. i
Most people will go a greater dis- <
tance to see the scene of a murder ]
than they would take the trouble <
to do for any other purpose what- i
^ver. The house where a great man 1
has been born is often quite unknown 1
?n unvisited even in its own i
nolchhnrhnnd thft house that is US- 1
sociated with a murder or a homicide
rarely is.
"We may lament then," said
Judge Story in a centennial address
at Salem, "the errors of the time
which led to these persecutions. But
surely our ancestors had no special
reasons for shame in a belief which
jbad the universal sanction of their
own and all former ages; which
counted in its train, philosophers as
/well as enthusiasts; which was
graced by the learning of prelates as
well as the countenance of kings;
which the law supported by its mandates,
and the purest judges felt no ,
compunctions in enforcing. Let .
"Witch Hill remain forever memor- J
able by this sad catastrophe, *not to j
jajhf * perpetuate our dishonor, but as an .
affecting, enduring proof of human ?
Infirmity?a proof that perfect jus- j
tice belongs to one judgment seat s
only?that which is linked to ine ?
throne of God." I
What was this belief, then, which ^
fe iad such high and legal sanction? c
?? It was this: That the devil might j
and did personally appear to, enter r
Into, and actively direct, the every- e
<lay life of men. And he did this ^
';&gh without the intervention of any of j
' those magical arts of conjurations f
||r v such as were once thought indispen- c
^ sable to induce him to put in an ap- c
pearance. For this there was Scrip- ^
rfm-ai onthnritv. chanter and verse. +
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to..-.-.- " *
He was supposed to come sometimes j
H 5n one form, sometimes in another, j
gt:c to tempt his victims with the prom- e
iM-r..' ise that upon their signing a contract t
to become his, both body and soul,
they should want for nothing, and ^
that .he would undertake to revenge t
them upon all their enemies. c
p*;; The traditional witch was usually
fe^'-aome decrepit old village crone, of s
a sour and malignant temper, who ^
"was as thoroughly hated as feared, t
| "fcut this did not exclude men from ?
m * ^awtah rtf K^Aminty ?
?/-: * snaring in iue punci v* t
*5v. - noted wizards?though from the ^
lp; great number of women who were a
accused, it would appear that the 8
arch-enemy usually preferred to try ^
rV' lis arts upon the weaker and more ^
|ri impressionable sex. The fatal com- j
$4 pact was consummated by the victim s
?& registering his or her name in a book x
or upon a scrool of parchment, and ^
with his own blood. The form of \
ffev these contracts is nowhere preserved. a
p. Sometimes, as is instanced in the ne- j,
gotiations between Oliver Cromwell t
and the devil before the battle of s
W& "Worcester, there was a good deal of q
haggling. The bargain being con- s
te I eluded, Satan delivered to his new re- v
i t/ crnit an imp or familiar spirit, which ?
sometimes had the form of a cat, at c
& \;?.t others of a'mole or a bird, of a mil- n
feffv lor fly, or some other insect or ani- ^
; mal. These were to come at call, p
<*? sucl1 mischief as they should be ^
commanded. \ h
Witches, according to popular be- v
lief, had the power to ride at will t
pi ' through the air on a bromstick or a n
spit, to atend distant meetings on n
ll'J;. Sabbaths of witches, but for this n
purpose they must first have anointsjviv
ed themselves with a certain magi- ^
I f.: - cal ointment; given to them by t
^ the fiend. This is neither more nor s
less than what our forefathers be- ^
lieved, what was solemnly incorpor- t,
ated into the laws of the land and f
?fe?. - was solemnly preached from ^
^: the pulpit. A perusal of the witch- ??
& craft examinations shows how fa- t
& ' familiar even children were with all 2
the forms of this superstition. t
in the course of the trials at Sa- c
lem several of the accused persons, 0
in order to save their lives, confessed c
to having signed their names in the t
Devil's book, to having been bap- a
tized by him and to having attended e
midnight meetings of witches, or sac- i
raments held upon the green near t
Hj the minister's house, to which they E
came riding through the air. They e
admitted that he had sometimes ap- E
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^ peared to them in the form of a black y
dog or cat, sometimse in that of a y
horse, and once as a "fine, grave i
man," but generally as a black man a
of severe aspect. These fables show r
the prevalent form of the belief
among the people. It was generally r
held to be impossible for a witch to ^
say the Lord's prayer correctly; and (j
it is a matter of record that one wo- I
man, while under examination, was e
put to this test, wrhen it was noticed i
that in one place she substituted c
some words of her own for those of c
the prayer. Such a failure of memory \
was considered, even by some learn- t
ed judges, as a decisive proof of guilt, c
"Even the trial of throwing a witch I
into the water to see whether she 1
would sink or swim, was once made e
in Connecticut. i
The scene of the witchcraft out- t
hreak of 1692 is an elevated knoll of ?
V1R. LEVER OBTAINS EXPERTS.
To Lay Out New Asylum Grounds at
Columbia.
Washington, May 31.?The commission
of the State hospital for the
insane has requested the services of
Congressman Lever hi obtaining experts
from the department of agriculture
to aid the commission in layng
out plans for the beautification of
:he asylum grounds. Mr. Lever has
:aken the matter up with the department,
and has the promise of an expert
forester, Professor Adams, and
)f Dr. Corbett perhaps the greatest
landscape gardener in the country
;o meet with the commission in Coumbia
on June 8th and 9th prepared
n render such services as may be
lesired.
Mr. Lever also has asked Dr. Corlett
to visit Rock Hill, the request
'or his services having been made
)y Dr. Johnson of Winthrop College
:or that institution.
Augusta Jeweler Killed.
Augusta, Ga., June 1.?In an au;omobile
wreck here to-night about
11:30, A. J. Renkle, a prominent
eweller, was instantly killed and two
>ther members of his family so badly
mrt that they may die before mornng.
10 great extent, rising among the
ihaggy hills and spongy meadows
hat lie at some distance back from
he more thickly settled part of the
own of Danvers, Mass., formerly
Salem Village. It is indeed a quiet
ittle neighborhood to have made so
nuch noise in the world. Somehow,
mterprise avoids it, as we see it tolay,
cold and lifeless. The first ap>earance
of everything is so peaceul,
so divested of all hurry or exitement,
as to suggest a hereditary
:alm?a pastoral continued from
generation to generation. Then as
he purpose which brought him
lither comes into his mind, the vistor
looks about him in doubt wheth;r
this can really be the locality of :
hat tragedy.
Yes, there are the houses that
%
vere standing when those events
ook place, still solemnly commem1?rating
them, as if doomed to stand
iternally. This village street is the
ame old highway through which the
Ireadful infection spread from house
o house into the remote corners of 1
he ancient shire, until, as we read, 1
here were forty men of Andover
rho could raise the devil as well as 1
mv astrologer. Here, too, is the 1
ite of the old meeting house, in
rhich t&ose amazing scenes, the
dtchcrat examinations, took place. 1
L little farther on we come to the ;
pot of ground, as yet unbuilt upon,
rhere the parsonage with the lean- '
o chamber stood. The sunken out- 1
ines of the cellar are still to be seen,
,nd even some relics of the house 1
tself remain in the outbuildings atached
to the Wadsworth man- '<
ion, whlcji overlooks the "Witch <
Grounds," and which was built in the I
ame year that the old parsonage ]
ras pulled down. It was in this i
Ministry House," as it was then 1
ailed, that the circle of young girls ;
let, whose denuciations, equivalent 1
o the death warrant of the accused i
erson soon overspread the land rith
desolation and woe; and it was 1
ere that the alleged midnight con- 1
ocations of witches met to celebrate 1
heir unholy sacraments, and to re- <
ew their solemn league and cove- 1
ant with Satan by inscribing their 1
ames in his fatal book. <
Hundreds of innocent persons i
rere thrown into prison, while twen- ]
c txtpta ovorMitPd at. the instance of 1
J ? ~ , ?
ome young girls of the village, who <
rent into convulsions, real or pre- <
3nded, as soon as they were con- 1
ronted -with the prisoners at the 1
ar. The convictions were had upon j
specter" evidence?that is to say, )
he strange antics of the possessed 1
iris were considered as proof posi- ]
ive of the criminal power of witch- I
raft in the accused, shown, too, in
pen court?with which they stood (
harged. The statute assumed that j
his power could only proceed from 1
, familiarity or compact with the ,
vil one, and punished it with death. ;
.Tie evidence, however, was of two ]
:inds. When interrogated by the '
aagistrates the girls first gave their ;
vidence calmly, like ordinary wit- <
tesses to criminal acts, and then
rent into spasms, which all believed
rere caused by the prisoners. Their i
ncoherent ravings and outcries were
,lso taken as good and valid testinony
and are so recorded.
These remarkable proceedings are
lot, however, without precedent.
Tie tragical story of Urbain Grandier
levelops the same characteristics,
lis popularity as a preacher having
ixcited the envy of the monks, they
nstigated some nuns to play the part
>f persons possessed, and in their
:onvulsions to charge Grandier with
>eing the cause of their evil visitaion.
This horrible, though absurd
:harge was sanctioned by Cardinal
itichelieu on grounds of personal disike.
Grandier was tried, condemn;d
and burnt alive, April 18, 1634,
nore than half a century earlier
;han the proceedings occurring at
Salem.?Kansas City Times.
FELDER FIGHTS REQUISITION.
Heaiing Before Gov. Brown June 20.
Attorney Issues Letter.
Atlanta, Ga., June 1.?Gov. Brown
announced this afternoon tht he has
set Tuesday, June 20, as the date for
the hearing on the requisition from
Gov. Cole L. Blease, of South Carolina,
for Attorney Thos. B. Felder,
of this city, the requisition having
been issued on a warrant sworn out,
charging Mr. Felder with having attempted
to bribe "Hub" H. Evans,
former chairman of the State dispensary
board, in Newberry county,
South Carolina, in 1905.
When Sheriff Buford, of South
Carolina, appeared at the office of
the governor this afternoon, the gov
ernor told the sheriff that he has
been requested by the Atlanta Bar
Association to allow a hearing on
the requisition at which representatives
of the association desire to defend
Mr. Felder. It was decided that
June 20 would be satisfactory to all
parties, and Sheriff Buford returned
home to-night.
Regarding the effort to requisition
him out of the State, Attorney Felder
to-night submitted to the press
a statement, in which he denounces
Gov. Blease and others for endeavoring
to cause his arrest, charging that
the purpose of such action is to get
him (Felder) in South Carolina,
serve him with an attachment for
contempt, and "force the production
or destruction of these documents,"
which Attorney Felder states in hi?
letter contain evidence which "will
be lodged with the proper officials
of the State of South Carolina."
A Card from Louie L. Chartrand.
\
While it humiliates me a great
deal to refer to the matter, I feel it
my duty to my Friends, to explain
why the pardon.
First?The Court (Police Court)
of Orangeburg, is not a Court of Record
(by law) and cannot take citizenship
from any one.
Secondly?The Constitution grants
to every one a fair, impartial trial
by Jury, when charged for crime. I
begged for a fair trial, and was denied
even a chance to employ a Lawyer.
I also asked to be locked up,
and my only witness summoned.
That request was also refused me;
and while I admit that circumstances
i
connected me with the affair, only
from a point of view, that I associated
and drank (whiskey) with the
parties who was guilty (which fact I
found out after being discharged) 1
do claim that I did not have a shadow
of a chance to defend myself
against an unjust, unfair conviction
by a man, who sat as Judge to meet
ou^ justice to the accused, and not
spite, or revenge, or to obtain notoriety,
through the channels of justice.
And I feel proud to be able to say,
although eight years have passed
since that unwarranted stain was
hurled at my Character, for other
reasons than (Larceny,) I am proud
to know that some of the Court officials,
who were present then, have
judged justly, and have stood steadfastly
to me as a Gentleman. Since
then I have voted almost regularly.
Amd I held office in the service of
the State; and had I not of been informed
by legal advise that the Police
Court of Orangeburg could not
Hcnnnlifv n Pitizpn. I would of Set I
the matter straight long ago. But
feeling a clair conscience in the sight
5f Almighty God, and having not lost
i worthy friend by the occurrence,
[ simply let matters stand until challenged,
now that I am once more called
on to uphold the dignity of dear
>ld South Carolina, in the House
burning case at North, and hearing
that the old matter was going to be
aired by the defence, and to avoid a
legal consumption of time, or perhaps
worse, I thought to settle the
matter once and for all time, thus
the Pardon.
Time has passed, and an all wise
Sod has blessed me in various ways
and I freely forgive those who attempted
to damage my Character,
and for the sake of the Souls that
are now in Eternity, I will ask the
public to kindly let the matter rest
where it stands, as those whose Souls
are in Eternity, cannot defend the
charge now, Respectfully,
LOUIE L. CHARTRAND.
P. S.?I did not serve the sentence,
please note.?Orangeburg Sun.
A Toast for All.
A speaker at a meeting of British
engineers recently said:
"Gentlemen, I congratulate you
upon your work in uniting the remote
portions of the British Kingdom and
bringing together its diverse peoples,
"PnariicViman ivhn loves his beer
llic ? ~ - - ?- -- and
his Bible, the Welshman who
prays on his knees on Sunday and
on his neighbors the rest of the
week, the Scotchman who takes communion
and everything else he can
lay his hands on, and the Irishman
who doesn't know what he wants and
won't be satisfied until he gets it."
?Mirror.
v5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c.
FOR COLUMBIA POSTOFFICE.
Congressman Lever Asks Appropriation
of Half Million.
Washington, June 1.?Congressman
A. F. Lever introduced a bill
fjr an appropriation of $500,000 for
the postoffice building at Columbia,
an appropriation for $75,000 for the
site for this building having been
carried in the last public building
act through the efforts of Mr. Lever,
and now that the site has been selected
on the capital square it is Mr.
Lever's purpose to work for a large
appropriation in order that a building
may be erected in keeping with
the buildings of the neighborhood.
He hopes to be able to get at least
as much as is provided for in his bill,
which would be sufficient to give Columbia
a magnificent building. At
the proper time he will take the matter
up with the authorities in Columbia
with the purpose of getting
from them data as to the commercial
importance of the city which he may
use with the committee on public
buildings and grounds in behalf of
the bill, consideration or wnicn win
not be had until the next regular session.
COBWEB SKIRT SEEN IN N. Y.
Another Extreme of Fashion That
Causes Rubbernecking.
New York, June 2.?No one really
could tell whether it was a harem
skirt minus the skirt or only the
hobble part of the other kind of the
latest sensational gown, but there
were few persons in Riverside Drive
the other afternoon who missed it.
Occupans of carriages and automobiles
craned their necks and dignified
men and women on promenade halted.
Young and old viewed the spectacle,
a beautiful young woman who
wore what was promptly called the
cobweb skirt.
The fine weather of the morning
and early afternoon brought out
many things that had been concealed
all winter, and, of course, the summer
costumer had not been idle.
Three attractive youn^ women paraded
out of One Hundred and Tenth
street about 4 o'clock in ail their
glory of new silk, filmy gowns, queenly
long parasols and tilting hats.
They walked out to the brow of the
little hill that juts into the Drive
and stood at the head of the steps as
if in doubt whether to descend. And
just then the beautiful sunlight.
The two outer girls attracted no
undue attention, but the center one
?well, some of Solomon's wives
might possibly have been arrayed as
she. Her cream silk gown, speckled
with little red things, was certainly
the cobwebbiest creation that has
made its appearance in the Drive this
season. It was not heavy enough to
put a weight on one's mind and #ie
briefer the mention of its length the
more appropriate.
Of course she may have been on
her way home from some comic opera
rehearsal and have left a few
things behind, but there she was out
in the cold, cruel world, and right up
where almost everyone could see her.
Her outer garment seemed to fade
in the sunlight into only a haze, floating
around a dark silhoutted statue.
"I'm coming to New York every
Sunday afternoon," was the verdict
of a man who said his home was in
Cohoes.
SOUTH CAROLINA ENTERPRISES.
Four Charters Issued:?Charleston
Lumber Concern in List.
Columbia, June 1.?The Big Salkehatchie
Cypress Company, of
Charleston, has been chartered with
a capital of $300,000. The company
will engage in the lumber business.
H. B. Hewes is president; R. H.
Dowman, vice president; R. L. Montague,
secretary.
The People's Uin uompany, ui
Pageland, has been chartered, capital
$10,000. The officers are: R.
>H. Blakeney, president; M. H. Dawkins,
secretary; P. H. Avant, vice
president.
The Heath Springs Mercantile
Company, capital $25,000, has been
chartered. The officers are: H. D.
Heath, president; S. W. Heath, vice
president; D. M. Jones, secretary.
The Citizens' Insurance and Brokerage
Company, of Williamston and
Pelzer, has been chartered, with a
capital of $10,000. The officers are:
John A. Hudgens, president; B. B.
Gossett, vice president; R. E. Tollison,
secretary.
Fortunate Pig.
Atlanta, June 1.?Ever hear of a
pig having a valet? Premier Longfellow's
Rival, the most famous pig
in -the world, killed in a railroad
wreck, and valued at $20,000 in a
suit now being tried in the courts
here, not only had a valet, but traveled
in a palace car, and lived on
sweet milk, mixed with selected cornhearts.
Experts testified that the animal,
belonging to J. D. B. DeBow of Nashville,
was one of .the finest Berkshires
the world had ever seen.
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