The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-03-19
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a True Ghost Story.

a True Ghost Story.
DR.. Wever, who lived in Screven
County, in this State, was q man of high
and unimpeachable character, as we'll as
of brave and fearless heart No one
ever doubted his veracity or accused him
of being superstitious. He fought gal.
lantly in the Mexican war, belonging to
the famous "Palmetto Regiment" of
South Carolina, and holding the rank of
first lieutenant. And he had in his
possession until his death and of which
he was justly proud-a beautiful silver
sword, presented to him by the citizens
of Edgefeld County for his bravery at
Chapultepec, Beuna Vista, and many
other hard fought fields of Mexico
He WAS very interesting aud enter
tanning talker, and when in reminis.
cent mood it was treat to hear him tell
of his experiences in war and of many
hair breadth escapes in the imminent
deadly breach.
But the most exciting story | ever
heard from the doctors lips he told sew
eral of the boys one night when we were
spending the evening over at his bospi-
table home; and the earnestand i'm
pressive way in which he related it made
US involuntary glance round into the
dark corners of the room and marred, to
certain extent, the pleasure of our ride
home.
When he was young man, the doctor
said, he took charge of one of his fathers
plantations in Carolina. There was no
other white man on the place, and the
negro quarter was about half a mile away
from the old>two story dwelling in which
the oyerseer had been accustomed to stay.
The house was in lonely place, and
many were the stories told by thoae who
had successively attempted to live in it
of the strange, mysterious, unseen beings
who would coma and hold high carnival
there in the deep, still hours of the night.
In other words, the house was said to be
haunted.
There was an ancient and gloomy air
about the place, such as usually gives
rise to rumors of supernatural visitants,
and to this, the doctor said, together with
its loneliness and the excited imagina.
tions, perhaps, of those who stayed there
he attributed all the uncanny things he
had heard.
Anyhow, he had never known vet
what it was to be afraid, and as i ad
come there for the purpose of making
crop, he intended, no matter who else
might dwell there ir the midnight hours,
to live in the house that year.
The day he moved in, the former over.
seer and his family were taking away the
last of their household goods. The doc.
tor began to locate himself in 8 large
room that opened on the piazza down.
stairs. But the cverseer told him it was
no use to do that, as he would be COM
PEELED to move. "For," said he, "they
won't let you have any peace down
here"
The doctor laughed, and told him he
didn't care snap about ''they," and as
that room was the most convenient for
his business be was going to occupy it.
The man said he thought the same thing
when he came there, but after the FIRST
night he and all his family moved up
stairs, and stayed there the rest.of the
| time
The doctor laughed again, and fixed
himself off comfortably in the large
room.
That night he read for an hour or two
after he had finished his supper and then
went to bed, with his pistol and box
of matches within easy reach of his
hand. He had been asleep he knew not
how long, when he was suddenly awak.
ened by most terrible crashing sound
as if the whole house WAS falling in on
him. Then, right in the room where he
was, the chairs we're taken up and thrown
furiously against the wall, the table was
overturned with fearful violence, and
the noise was deafening and terrific.
Over him and around him everywhere in
the room, up against the ceiling and then
down as it would 60 through the very
floor itself, was the terrible banging and
crashing of furniture.
When he first awoke so suddenly, he
had half raised himself up in bed to
listen, but he now found himself crouch
ing down to escape, if possible, the awful
havoc that was going on around him. 1t
seemed as if twenty men were in the
room, tearing everything to pieces
For the first time in his life, the doctor
said, he was scared. His hair even
began to play fantastic tricks. But
finally, the noise continuing with tenfold
fury, he reached out easily and found the
box of matches. Taking one out he
strdck it, expecting to see-he knew not
Whist.
As the light flashed up he looked, and
lo everything was in its place in the
room-chairs. table and furniture, just
as he had left it. The noise had sudden.