New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

| With a snarl of rage she dashed the bowl
/ to the ground. darted into her cabin and barred
the door This seemed to- indicate that the audi
ence was over The writer returned TO the eai
lage whence he had started and was Welcohleu
I one from the dead Also ne iearheu man. a
tales of the witch, some or Which NeIe - fsct
/ cifCalIy corrobOrated by witnesses 10 the i'oe E
that il difficult not to believe them ana I'M I'M
possible 10 believe that the natives hS'N '
thing but the fullest faith in them -
Here is one: \ woman had a daughter Wno
was in love with a South Carolina youth Whoh
the mother hated because he came from another
State. a quite sufficient reason IN una. Ies'I-
A. the girl threatened TO elope. the mother took
~ ro "a Nance Now for some reason the
witch hates all marriages ana VIII uo any ti1..s
TO thwart one By her orders 'he ~
J the story told afterward by the s1ri, scraled d
/ turnip which she gave tO the sir! 10 eat HaId-
/ In had the girl tasted il when her rose began
10 pain her. and soon ii had grown i@r aI'InI @
upon her cheek. almost 10 her ear she was
| taken home. and no" comes the StraASr Iat
| for there are scores OF people IN tile 'vWH
are ready swear that they saw the hlde''''SlS
distorted organ Her lover deserted htr "
| tween disgust. ridiculc and horror Again Stle
was taken 10 the WITCH and this time ate WIZ
| ingIy Of the sCraped turnip. whereupon her nose
\ returned To It's normal shape and position.
! F,yen more dreaded than Old Nance is the
narnej.ss witch of Roam Mountain. SPECIFIC IN
STANCES Of her power are not plentiful. but
I ther. hangs about her more of rhe terror OF
| mystery. She is known only as the Wltch'
or the witch Of Roam MourtaIn For many
miles around il il believed that The mention ot
her brings the speaker in peril Of teath tE
/ flood landslide and lightning. her allies IN an
/ unhOlV UaCt. O1lI WJE OluWSt. Wil1 i-NtS a '''f
miles from tn. cave whore she spends her sum-
mers. once remarked airiy. under ne lhhuente
/ OF mOonshine Whisk ". thar he GituI axe any
/ stock in the witch. and didn't d<irn kcer Whut
| she could do emmy ways Though thc iii''l'or
| cOuld have To her ears through 20 H,.-ietH
agan,v within an hour she ''Witched MN 'lran
crazy with a spell hat lasted Tor seven -etiS
For days at a time he would be SPteGhleSSt
then again sunk in melancholy, changing 10
violent mania when he would rush forth into
| the stormy night. running until ne fell from
exhaustion
| B,t me rnountafneers are not left entirely de-
| fenceIess TO the wiles of the witches. There
lives among them a witch doctor. an old. Keen
| eyed bent man. who. for consideration. VIII
| remove any curse that witch may east F1rst
| he must catch his witch. a feat which neceSSl-
! tates his travelling long distances af0ot. Tor
| most of the hagS live in the most Inaccessible
| places they can fiad by spells of his own he
| defends himself from the black art of the witch
! while he draws her picture on a paper PAD
| which he always takes with him. With ms
| is often taken with SpaSmS at the sight of the
| pcture This is proof that the right witch has
been found. The witch doctor pins the picture
To tree and shoots il with silver bullet there
by diSpelling the curse. 10 l. related that once
| n travelling photographer encountered one OF
| these witches. and against her remOnSJranctS'
took her picture. This the witch doctor SUhSe--
| 0uently saw and bought Shortly after ne was
called upon To remove a spell east by this wltCh,
and produced the photograph. 70 the great mar
vel of all those present. who had gathered 70
see the shooting His shot crumpled the Coun-
terfeit presentment up. striking fairly IN the
middle on the following day some berry pick
ers found the witch lying dead outside her
/ cabin.