The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-03
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EDWARD JETER, REPORTER.

Thomas II. Vandegrift received tele
gram Friday stating that his daughter,
Macia, aged about 90, had died during
the forenoon at Winston Salem, of con
sumption. The remains arrived in Roam
oke yesterday morning over the Roanoke
and southern and were brought to Salem
on special car ye sterday afternoon and
Inferred in East Hill Cemetery, Rev. MIR.
Frye, of Winston, officiating at she grave
Miss Lula Francis, who has been visit
ing friends in Redsville, n. c., returned
home Friday.
Mrs. A. b. Picker, who has been Wis
iting Miss Sallie Maury. returned yester.
day to her home in Lynchburg
Mrs. Van Taliaferro, who has been
visiting Mrs. j. c. Deyerle, left yester-
day for her home in Lynchburg.
Mrs Hammond, zee Barnett, of
Covington, Va, is attending her aunt,
Mrs. Martha Deyerle, who has been Iii
at the home OF b. w. Logan.
The personal property of the late J. c.
Deyerle was sold yesterday by the adnia.
istrator, Van ralIaferro. Good prices
were realized. The saw mill and engine
we're purchased by Messrs. Angel and
Thomas, of Roanoke city, for sl76.
There is now no one living in the littLs
log cabin on Roanoke river where on the
night of September 16 young girl from
Frank liu county was murdered Eerie
sounds are said to he heard during the
still hours of the night in the locality,
and tho colored people say that the spirit
of Lily Texas Young has come back from
across the StyX and now haunts the place.
This may or may not be true Men
and women have believed in ghosts
ever since the world began, and every
race has had It's superstitious- In the
days OF King Saul the Witch of rIndor
called up the spirit of Samuel and in the
days of Christ the people were poss essed
with devils and had familiar spirits or
spirits OF d'vination. Witchcraft was
practiced by the anctents, and the Egyp-
tlan magicians in the presence OF Moses
turned their rods into serpents Popu-
lar ideas Of the supernatural have been
portrayed in song and story blythe great
est writer's OF every age, some of which
are "a Strange Story" and "rhe
Haunted and the Haunter," by Edward
Bulwer Lytton. Macbeth and Hamlet.
by Shakespeare; the Haunted Man. by
Dickens, and the "I.egend of Sleepy Hol-
low" by Irving. Tam O'Shanter's es.
capable with the witches is well known
to the readers of Burns. and hundreds OF
other stories of a similar nature prove
that every community has its ghost stor-
les. Just before great Caesar fell armed
battalions were seen fighting in the
hrave ms and from the clouds blood driz-
zled upon the capitol at Rome. Hamlet's
father, who appeared to him as n ghost,
was 'doom'd for Il certain term TO walk
the night; and for the day confined to
fast in fires until the foul crimes done in
his days of nature should be burned and
mn. raI IL. I
let, "But that am for bid to tell the Sc
crets of my prison house, could n tale
unfold whose lightest words would har.
row mp they soul. freeze thy young blood,
make thy two eyes like stars start from
their spheres; thy knotted and combined
locks to part and each particular hair to
stand on end like quilts upon the fretfuI
porcupine." Salem also has its ghost |
story, and as Billy Crawford is not afraid |
OF ghosts, your reporter has made up his |
mind to 20 out some dark night about |
the hour that the clock strikes 10 and,
in company with Billy" interview the |
ghost "Biily" will do the question
ing and we will act as stenographer, and |
after this piece of progressive journal !
ism, it may be noticed that our hair, like |
that OF Tommy Traddles in David Cop
perfield," has tendency to stand'on end,
IL will be known that it was because we |
had the temerity to interview ghost
AT THE CHURCHES.
At the Episcopal-Morning and night |
service by the rector, Rev. e. w. HUBBARD.
AT the Presbyterian Regular morning |
and night service by the pastor, Rev. II. |
Q. V. Campbell. In the forenoon the |
regular quarterly communion service will |
be held.
AT the Methodist Morning and night |
service by the pastor, Rev. James E.
At the Baptist-At II o'clock In .ho