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IT IS GHOST'S MOVE NOW IN ANTIGONISI Patient Scientist, With Electri cal Apparatus Set Up, Awaits His Visit. I The mystery of the haunted hous< of Antigonish, Neva Scotia, whicl *> long his baffled police and pres; as claimed the attention of science said a New York expert has beei asked to solve the puzzle of tiie nov famous ghost which has aroused th< entire Canadian province. Dr. Water Franklin Prirce, di rector of "he American Institute fo: Scientific Research, was appealed b] the Halifax Herald, which i-ccentlj sent a reporter to Antigonish Val ley, only to have him slapped 01 the wrist by unseen, though report ed as quite, substantial, hands. Dr Prince has notified the Canadian pa per he is ready to visit the north cm province and run down the fa ruous ghost of Antigonish, "even i ^the devil himself is at the botton ~ of it." The "haunted house" as a goo< portion of Canada has now come t< know it, is the t!d homestead o: Alexander McDonald, 100 miles a1 the crow flies, from Halifax. In th< dead of winter, Mr. Mcdonald, i seventy year old farmer, his wife a year his junior, ana their fifteei year old adopted daughter, fled th< house in a state cf terror. Unseen hands had loosed his horse: in their stalls, braided the tails o: his cattle, and kindled mystcriou: fires of ordinarily not highly com bustible materials in his home, th< aged farmer declared. A provincia detective, accompanied by a news paper man, took up their resident ir. the McDonald home for thre< nights, fleeing it, finally, with ar eerie tale of being slapped in th< night by hands that did not seen to be attached to anything in par tfcular. The mysterious happenings begai six years ago when McDonald went out one morning to ine oarn w ice* his stock. He was bewildered to fine cattle and horses loose in the stabh when he remembered having tie< them securely the night before. Exercising particular care he fastened them in their stall again am returned to the house to tell hi) wife of the strange occurrence Imagine his consternation upon go 1^ ing back to the barn and discover ~ ing the live stock either loose oi changed from one stall to another. Nor were the ghostly manifesta ) |SM X ? What Dam ? tion. We I Silvc * s tions confined to the stock. Chains 1 I and spikes wero unfastened in the ^ same startling manner. At length 1 - the old farmer visited the clergy- I man and laid the matter before him. Oddly enough, the strange happen- v ings ceased as quickly as they had i e begun. ! t l On January 6, Mr. McDonald arose * s at his usual hour and proceeded to * i, the kitchen to start a fire in the * l ccoking stove. He was surprised to 1' 7 see cinders on top of the stove and | 5 glancing upwards, saw a burned spot en the boards of the ceiling near the - entry of the stove pipe. He took ' r it for granted that the fire had been; { caused from the pipe and marveled 1 at their escape from a serious fire - during the night. i The next night tne family retired - early. There had been no fire in.c '. the kitchen stove after 4 o'clock in) - the afternoon, the evening meal hav- 1 1 - ing been prepared in the dining room - ir the main part of the house. !l f Shortly after retiring Mrs. McDonald i declared she smelled smoke and an 1 investigation revealed a fire in the 1 kitchen loft about the chimney which 8 ) had been cold since 4 o'clock in the f afternoon. The fire was extir.guish= Ki,t Ki nl-o out fivf different times I J VU UUV K/ivnv VW? ... ? i that night. * i On Sunday, January 8, Mr. Mc- J1 , Donald took every precaution to pre1 vent another outbreak of the fire * s about the chimney, but agaiii Mrs. F McDonald awoke and smelled smoke 11 3 after getting into bed. This time f he found the upholstery of a rock- 8 5 ing chair nine feet from the kitchen r - stove abkize. When he had thrown i the chair out into the snow he turn1 ea to find a couch ablaze. McDonald - did not go to bed again but there u i were no more fires. i Late Wednesday afternoon, Jan- ? l uary 12, fires began breaking out * i at intervals in different parts of the ? i house and neighbors were summon- 11 - ed to help extinguish the blazes. ? The McGillizray boys, Dan and Leo, * i and Duncan McDonald, brother-in-law _ t of the McGfllivrays, spent a night I ot terror in the house with the Mc1 Donalds. From 10:30 p. m. until 5 ? a. m., 31 fires were discovered in e 1 various parts of the farmhouse. o Michael McGillizray and John Ken- ? - ny, neighbors who lived four miles ? 1 distant apd who had received the f i midnight call for help, reached the ? i McDonald farm at daylight. As they r - approached, and according to McGii- 0 - lizray, about ten feet from the house, " r they saw a bare arm and hand ex-1 . tend through an upstairs window j_ - over the dining room. The hand! ART le Fashion has de have a number ( ) Spring Millinery It is in Millinery f \ that fashion's ereN ators most display Jr their mgenloasy. Onr Mjillinery display L iLift AAA?An wA>lr?inf? )wid dcaduu puiuajd fashion's most choice selections, and we invite yon to call and inspect them. jrman' . -n _ t ? ield a strip of white cloth which vaved slowly backward and forward ;hree times, after which it disap>eared. They rushed into the building, /here they found the McDonald famly ready to desert their home for emporary shelter in a neighbor's tome. A search was made of the Louse but no trace was found of he spectral hand. The McDonalds ccked up their haunted home. o "YOU'LL GO TO HEAVEN" f Drinking Liquor Is Worst Thing: Done, Says Judge. j, "If drinking liquor is the worst i hing you ever did, you'll go to i leaven," Judge H. H. Watkins de-' ( lared in Federal court at Greenwood ast week in passing sentence on Sam lykard, colored, of Abbeville, who j leaded guilty to violation of the , ational prohibition law in that he >as found in possession of four galea s of corn liquor. "How old are you, Sam?" his honor sked, looking over his spectacles. "Fifty-six, Jedge." "We are about the same age, Sam. retty soon they"11 be passing by our coffin and saying, 'Didn't Sam rwdc natchel.' It's time vou were earning to live a better life. Do ou think three years in Atlanta uison would core you of fooling with iquor?" "Jedge, I ain't in no persishun to ay but I ain't gwinter fool wit no lore liquor." "Sam, tBey tell me you are a prety good nigger and pay your debts?" "Yas suh, I does pay 'em," Sam ffirmed. "Some white people could go to chool to you for a long time, Sam. f your white folks will keep me nformed about the way you are livng, the court orders that you pay , fine of $100 or be confined in Abeville jail until the fine is paid," udge Watlrins concluded. I NOTICE. The County Board of Commisaionra of Williamsburg County will reeive bids at their office in Kingstree, L C., on Tuesday, September 0th, and n the first Tuesday in each month' hereafter, for groceries in bulk lots' or the chaingang for one month at a! [me. S. J. SINGLETARY^ | v unty Supervisor Williamsburg uo. -18-21-tf. Send us your order for Job Print-1 ng. 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