The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-01-26
AFTER A WTCHCAT
FAMILY LIES IN WAIT WITH
SOLID GOLD BULLET.
SHex" Has Caused Various Kinds Of
Woo In Tumblins Run Valley and
Can't Be Killed With Ordi-
nary Ammunition.

At Tumbling Run valley, near Potts.
lvAle. Pa, a family Is lying I'm wait
fsr q witchcat with gun loaded
with q solid gold bullet, and has also
rat a "witchcat-eating cat" on the
trail of the hex" or witchcat This
iwtchcat appeared at the home of
1owell Thomas. some weeks ago. It
was always seen at four o'clock In
sAe morning prowl1ng around the
barnyard. and It is said to have
lSrowR until it was four feet long.
1t ia averred that the hens began
growing like roosters and the pigs
oarkfng like dogs. and this first evil
@ence that something was wrong was
!aeilowed by horses, cattle, poultry
and even people pining away and
dying.
The climax came when Howell
Thomas himself died. Two daughters
were iefr-one spinster, the other
<sarried. The former charged the lat
ter with having put the "hex witch
cat on the property. and at the
Saneral the two had a grievous clash,
Tor the unmarried sister tried to ex-
pei from the house the married
"witch-sender.''
The Thomases had been shooting
at the "hex" and though their aim
ordinarily was good. they seemingly
could not hit the strange cat. After
her fathers death. Miss Thomas held
q conference with an unknown witch
doctor and announced that It had
seen revealed that the reason the
bullets had not been effective was be.
cause they were lead. She followed
directions and nodded solid gold
bullet out OF q five-doilar gold piece.
Bat when the magic bullet was in
the gun ready for use, the cat failed
% reappear. Miss Thomas and the
Aeighbors have lain in wait for the
hex" but all in vain. Some declare
ns absence due to the fact that too
snany people have been wearing
Cucffxes and taIismans to protect
6emselves. The affair became so
Mysterious that the Pottsville Repub-
4can editorially asked q complete
hvestigation.
The latest turn to the mysterious
case. however. is the most interest
fhg OF all. A black cat owned by a.
~AeyAnAh IhuVcn Iudu uAS De6D IOunG
~ the "hex" doctors to be a "hexa-
Aemeron cat" This cat Is said to
nave been born on the 9Th day of
tke sixth month in 1905. and to have
Z iheen one Of a litter Of stx kittens.
y was blind only six days after be-
ng born, whereas all ordinary cats
.sxe- blind nine days. The word
Asxahemeron Is taken from two
Greek words. "hex" and ''hennera. I"
Aad means completion I'm six parts.
y is usually used In referring to the
Mx days' labor of Creation. as de.
;scrteed IN the. first chapter. OF Genesis;
While there are only ave books IN
Moses in the authorized Bible, the
Aexa. doctors sdeelare they =. have q
sixth, book OF Noses. In this book the
01tchtof Endor ,aseribes full power. 10
tHe thexahemeron cat I'M wardine on
letfl spells. ~
It was declared that the "her cat.
haA beyond doubt an engagement
With the evil one. whereby It had inn.
parted to It an imp. or spirit. The
Hchuylkin Haven cat has never eaten
anything but toads. frogs, lizards
and serpents. and the hex doctors
agreed that its presence ,wfli restore
tho Thomas homestead to a normal
cendition.