The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-03-07
Another Seance.

| Mrs. Ward, the clairvoyant, left Union
! FRIDAY night for her home in Augusta.
! Ga. Whle waiting for the train which
was la,t Stv,ra! gentlemen contributed
| to fund tO have her come up tn the
| waiting ICON at the Gibbes Hotel and
entertain them with some tests. She
came up and told them to ask any ques-
tion they wished
Whiilck WHO " i'll be elected as our
10 name The candidates. He did 80,
Fsrr and one or two others. She said
Of the candidates except for Messrs Epps
They would make the last race and the
majority. Being next asked who would
be next County Superintendent OF Ed
ucation, the candidates were named,
Messrs. FAINT and Gore, she Immediately
said, "Mr. Gore was a dark completed
man with dark hair and thin build. that
Mr.. FAINT was rather stout and feshy,
but not tall" Mr.. FAINT is tall as we'll
as stout and fleshy.) But sbe saw nothing
indicating that either FAINT or Gore
would be elected. At this point she
said to Mr.. Whitlock the questioner:
II see flames, have you we'll in yonr
yard with the clay sloping off from the
curbing?" Ho replied no. She then
said. "this is one of the fires spoke Of
last night, but why it comes up in con-
nection with you 1 cannot say IL you
have no well in your yard, but make a
note of this, the fire will occur and it
will he at house that has this well in
the yard" Being asked to locate the
three fires she said she could not do that
but that besides this one there would be
one where several ladies lived in low
house, while the other would be large
building with many rooms, something
like hotel or large office building where
many people have quarters. The fires
were to occur in less than six months.
She was asked ifs Roosevelt would 20 to
Charleston. She said she did not think
50.
She was asked to tell something about
a private family living in Augusta. She
refused to do go, saying that she would
answer questions concerning things that
they knew she was not familiar with
She knew the family referred to and
was next door neighbor. It would be no
test to tell anything about them.
She also said that in less than ten
years America would be under monarchal
government and this country would I've
governed by woman.
In speaking of the Auditors race she
said one of the candidates would die
before the year is out.
She Said if Tillman and McLaurin re-
turn to the Senate they would not com
plete their term, there was confusion
and trouble ahead for bott of them and
they would have to each shoulder the
consequences Of their actions. She said
there would he other sensations beside
the famous Tillman-McLaurin scrap
She in reply to question said Barlow
Warren did not commit the recent rob-
berry Of the express car near Charleston.
Leader was thin man, sandy hair,
dipgy complexion, think has lost y finger
from left hand. Two white and two
negro men concerned in the robbery. A
woman nj concerned in it. Leader
was inexperienced, new man at the busi.
ness. Robbers will bs found out, prob
ably revealed by one of them in an un-
garded moment. Thinks mystery will
be solved in April or May.
had an aged relative in spirit land who
was a paralytic and had cancer on his
face when he died. He replied that it
was his grandfather
She said that A. G. Lyles and Capt.
j. T. Douglass chances looked bright
for State Senator, close race II both run.
A few evenings before, while she was
giving some tests at the home Of Mr.
Hughes, she suddenly shuddered and ex-
claimed: see man being brought
in at that door who has been murdered.
Two men have hold of him and others
are fOllowing.' She then tried to find
out if any one in the room had relative
killed suddenly or murdered All an.
swered in the negative. The next day
some one remembered about Peake
having been killed by Turner, and it was
learned that he was brought in at the
front door just as she had described him
dress and all. She said he was asking
for prayers.
Mrs. Ward says she expects to return
to Union in about month.