The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-31
A WONDERFUL GIRL.
10 Il lIngnetism, spirituaiism--or What |
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4 Near Cedartovn, Georgia, lives o girl
named Lula Hurst, fifteen years old, who
is the greatest wonder of tho age. The
Georgia newspapers for aeve.al weekl
past have contained accounts Of her mar.
velous feats, and hundreds of ,ople have
gone many miles to witness her perform.
ences. The Atlanta C0nstitution sent q
member Of its staff to investigate aud
make O full report and from this report,
published in tho Con,titution of the 7th
instant, we take the following extracts
This is what Miss Lula told me about
the beginning of the mystery:
Zone night, about two months ago, I
was aleeping with my mothor in my room.
We had retired about nine, and were
just getting off to sleep. when suddenly
the bed set up q cracking and popping,
Tho like Of which / had never hoard
the oed-all over it. My mother scolded
cent. / knew nothing Of it. The noise,
however, ceaeed, ard =e went TO sleep.
1.-The next night was sleeping in tho
same bed with my cousin, Miss Wimber
ly, when the same noises were repeated
with even greater force. My cousin call.
ed my 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 rs we could see,
although we noticed that the pieces that
/ took off continued to crack as wac
handling them. My mother said the
noises were caused by electricity, but
of couree knew nothing of that. Imme.
diately my father and the family all de.
cided that some odd powers were at work
in me. Mother said, Lula put your
hands en- THE chair did SO sud the
chair began to move around. It amused
the little children aud / kept il up for
half an hour. My father thought II was
joke we were playing on him, and took
hold of the chair, but he could not hold
it down although 0imply had tho weight
Of my fingers on it. My fatter then be.
gan to experiment and soon decided that
there was no limit to it, as FIVE men
could not hold chair upon which [
| simply laid my hands,"
The following story is told by the fami-
ly and Mr.. Hurot, and 10 vouched for by
people who are ready to mako the most
| iron bound affidavits 40 to its truth:
Miss Lula found that by amply plac.
ing her hand on the foot of the bed it
would roll around the room. One night
she was oleeping 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 hesdboard. A similar order
was given for the foot board and the rap
ping was renewed there. Then in other
parto of the bed, and even on Miss Win.
bsrly's face.
Then Miss Wimberly said:
"Lula, you can move thio bed. Tell it
to move"
Move, bedp said Miss Lula; and
the bed moved across the room.
thing. He is an intelligent planter, .
among the best citizenB of his county.
Said he:
'The next morning wno taken into
the room and shown how the bed wao
moved the night before while Lula was
| on it. Tha: night went into the room
to see it done. After being in bed awhile
| Lula commanded the bed to move
and it obeye6 her command aud 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 10 true"
It was at Rome that saw Miss Lula.
| turned Up st her hotel at Rome to-day
at noon, and in company with brother
Ponder, of the Courier, had q 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 otooped down, put the
| tips of two of her fngers 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 come
unseen power. .et
The chair was then atood up and Mr..
Ponder and were asked to hold it on
the floor. Ponder took one side and I
took the other. We put our whole force
to work to keep it stilI. Miss Hurst
placed tho palmB of her hands on the
back of the chair, and it was soon flying
around the room, overpoHering- both Of
US, creating big osir and nearly knock
| Ing ue down.
Miss Hurst then took the chair and
placed both hands under the perforated
bottom with her palms uppermost. She
took no hold 90 it, but simply LET il rec:
on her hands az servant might have
carried @ waiter of flowers. Thus tho
lego Of tho chair were about three feet
from the floor and the seat about four
ard . half Ponder snd ! attempted 70
put it Oh the Aoor, uning all our migt.
and strength to do so, 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.
Mr. Hurst, q man weighing near 200
pounds, then got up into the chair and
eat there a. calmly as If he we're q boy
sitting on gate post. Thur Miss Hurst
supported the combined weight OF the
three. The total weight which she thus
supported on the palms Of her hands was
nearly Eve hundred pounds, or much
more than tho weight Of two barrels Of
-four. It was indeed astonishing, eape.
cfeliy In view of the fact that not mus.
Gle twitched and the slightest fush did
not mantle her cheeks. She was as CAIN
and unconcerned as II che had been
twirliDg q summer hat by its string.
"Does 1t not tise you 3s I asked.
"Not at all )" she replied.
"Do yon feel any peculiar sensations 7"
"None Whatever" ...
Doesn't II strain you7"
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