The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-02-28
SPIRITUALlsTS IN WASHINGTON.
Some South carolinians Have Strange Ex-
periencs With Mediums.

The Washington correspondence of the
Greenville iMountaineer has the follow
ing description of the experience Of some
Southerners with spiritualists:
The cityis full of mediums, astrologers,
clairVoyants, etc., who profess to be able
TO hold communion with spirits. tell you
what is in store for you, and give ''busi-
ness advice" In company with two or
three gentlemen from South Carolina, 1
went the other night to public seance.
Seventy-fve OF hundred men and women
filed the small hall. I Judge that the
most Of them were from the middle classes
"a few, mostly ladies. evidently belonged
to the bon-ton. I have never seen so
many who have on their faces the marks
of deep mental suffering. Grape and
mourning worn showed that death was a
recent visitor to the homes of the majority.
Latter Developments showed that these
people had come hoping that the medium
would tell them something Of their lost
loved one. Here and there the bright
face of a young girl relieves the oppress-
i've, grief ladened atmosphere.
The exercises begin with sad, sweet
soug full OF long cadences, and reminds
ane very much of the music of high TRACE
dy. The medium is a large, handsome
woman, who impresses you with beng
possessed with great secret power, and an
uncommon amount of good hard sense.
She is bright, intelligent, and is evidently
self-educated. She speaks in strong
tenor, and tells the audience that the OBJ
iect of these public meetings are to teach
the people something of spiritualism,
prove indisputably the Immortality of the
soul, and by such tests the truth of which
cannot be gainsaid, show that the spirits
OF those who have crossed the line come
back to help and guide their loved ones IN
this life.
Then she begins, and singing out from
the audience here and there, she tells one
of the spirit Of mother, that one OF
brother who was killed in railway acci-
dent, another of friend who was shot,
besides numerous other details that are
only interesting as we know the person
concerned.
B. F. Perry of Greenville was in the
audience. She walked up near him and
said: II sec before me the spirit of a man
who stands by this gentleman and calls
the name of Perry" It is the spirit OF a
large man, clean-shaven, heavy forehead
and eyebrows" Is il Guy or Gov. I see
it is Governor Perry This was quite
enough to make the hair Of every unso--
phisticated South Carolinian present
stand straight. She spoke OF other things
equally astonishing. but space does not
admit of relating them.
This experience of Perry's was pretty
soon in the ears OF every South Carolin-
ian, and led a number OF the colony to
test the powers of Miss Gaule at private
sittings. AS many of the parties are we'll
known. T give their experience just as
they are told me by each individual and
leave the readers of The Mounta1neer to
explain them in what ever way may
satisfy.
Mr.. Walter Campbell Of Columbia, S.
c., who has since died, said: "She told me
many wonderful things that I am sure it
was not possible for her to know OF her
OVID knowledge. Probably the most aston
ishing was the killing of my FREUD, John
Burrows. She gave the details OF the
killing (he was run over IN the yard IN
Columbia, S. c., by an engine and crushed
to DEATH and most astonishing of all
gave the number OF the engine that killed
him."
Every one in upper South Carolina
knows Lid Farley, brother of Gen. Hugh
Farley He was told that his real name
was Lyddal, but he had ceased to sign his
name that way nearly twenty-five years
ago. Also, that his father died few
months before he was born; that he was
nursed in his infancy by sister who died
when he was three or four years old. That
he was member of the Presbyterian
Church, but a very poor one, as be was
really sceptic. He pleads guilty to every
count. On being asked she gave graphic
description of the billing of Mayor Henne-
man of Spartanburg.
E. B. Blease of Newberry gives me the
following: Miss Gaule told me things l
am sure no one knows but myself. She
told me of the killing of my brother, who
was accidentally shot over twelve years
ago. She called him by name. have
no explanation to offer"
w. B. Stoddard says: "She is wonder
full woman. She told me of the death of