The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-31
A WONDERFUL GIRL.
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Il 1t Msenetism, spiritualism-or What /
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Near Cedartown, Georgia, lives cir
named Lula Hurst, fifteen years old, WHIT
is the greatest wonder of the age. Th'
Georgia newspapers for several week.
past have contained accounts Of her mar
yelous feats, and hundreds of people have
gone many miles to witness her perform
Snces. The Atlanta Constitution sent 8
member of its staff to investigate and
make a full report and from this report
published in the Constitution of the 9th
instant, ne take the following extracts
This is what Miss Lula told me about
the beginning of the mystery:
zone night, about two months ago,
was sleeping with my mothor in my room
We had retired about nine, and were
just getting off to sleep, when suddenly
the bed set up cracking and popping
the like of which l had never hoard
before. The cracking was in all parts oi
the bed-all over it. My mother scolded
me for making q noise, but I was inno
cent. knew nothing of it. The noise,
however, ceased, and ne went to sleep.
"The next night was sleeping in the
same bed with my cousin, Miss Wimber
", when the same noises were repeated
with even greater force. My cousin call
ed nv mother into the room and we took
the bed clothes and bedding off the bed.
We examined them carefully and found
nothing the matter as far as we could see,
although we noticed that the pieces that
I took off continued to crack as ! was
handling them. My mother said the
noises were caused by electricity, but l
of course knew nothing of that. lmme-
diately my father and the family all de-
cided that some odd powers were at work
in me. Mother said, Lula put your
hauds on this chair I did so and the
chair began to move around. 1t amused
the little children and I kept it up for
half an hour. My father thought il was
a joke we were playing on him, and took
hold of the chair, but he could not hold
it down although simply had tho weight
of nv fingers on it. My father then be.
gan to experiment and soon decided that
there was no limit to it, as tVe men
could not hold chair upon which [
simply laid my hands"
The following story is told by the taml'
ly and Mr.. Hurst, and is vouched for by
people who are ready to make the most
iron bound afidavits az to its truth:
Miss Lula found that by simply p!ac-
ing her hand on the foot of the bed it
would roll around the room. One night
she was sleeping with Miss Wimberly
when the bed began to crack and rap,
and Miss Wimberly said
"Lula, you can make this pop any
where you want to. Command it to pop
at the headboard." =.
The command WAS given and crap"
went the headboard. A similar order
vas given for the foot board and the rap
ping was renewed there. Then in other
parts of the bed, aud even on Miss VIM
berly's face.
Then Miss Wimberly said:
to move" !.
"Moye, bed |" said Miss Lula; and
the bed mov9l across the room.
And now let Mr.. Hurst tell the next
thing. He is an intelligent planter, =
deacon in the Baptist church, and stands
among the best citizens Of his county.
Said he:
"The next morning Was taken into
the room and shown how the bed was
moved the night before while Lula Was
on it. That night I went into the room
to see it done. After being in bed awhile
Lula commanded the bed to move
and it obeyed her command and moved
across the floor. then made her desist.
The bed moved Two or three feet. |
pledge you my word and honor that what
I have said is true"
1t was at Rome that I saw Miss Lula.
T turned up at her hotel at Rome to-day
at noon, and in company with brother
Ponder, of the Courier, had private
seance for my own benefit.
There was no deception in what she
did for me. watched her with my ea'
gle eye.
Her father and mother and Mr. Pom
der and myself were in the room at the
time with the young lady.
Mr.. Hurst laid an ordinary chair upon
the floor on it's back. "Lula put your
hand on it," said he.
The young lady stopped down, put the
tips of two of her fingers to the back OF
the chair and Immediately the piece OF
furniture began to back around the room
at lively rate as if slid along by some
Unseen power.
The chair was then stood up and Mr..
Ponder and were asked to hold it on
the floor. Ponder took one side and l
tcok the other. We put our whole force
to work to keep it still. Miss Hurst
placed the palms of her hands on the
back of the chair, and it was soon flying
around the room, overpowering both OF
US, creating big stir and nearly knock
ing us down.
Miss Hurst then took the chair and
placed both hands under the perforated
bottom with her palms uppermost. She
took no hold on it, but simply let it rest
on her hands as servant might have
carried a waiter of flowers. Thus the
legs Of the chair were about three feet
from the floor and the seat about four
and half. Ponder and attempted to
put it on the floor, using all our might
and strength to do 30, but the chair
would not down. 1t continued to rise
and fly around in the air with the news
paper men swinging on at each side;
MIR. Hurst, man weighing near 200
pounds, then got up into the chair and
sat there as calmly as if he were boy
sitting on gate post. Thus Miss Hurst
supported the combined weight of the
three. The total weight which she thus
supported on the palms of her hands was
nearly FIVE hundred pounds, or much
more than the weight of two barrels OF
-four. 1t vas indeed astonishing, espe'
cially in view of the fact that not mus.
Gle twitcbed and the slightest flush did
not mantle her cheeks. She was as calm
and unconcerned as if she had been
twirliDg summer hat by its string.
"Does it not tire you ?" I asked.
"Not at ALL" she replied. -,
"Do you feel any peculiar sensations p
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