The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-29
FROM Spirit land
HYsLOP BECEIVES CoNMUNICA.
TI0NS From THE DEAD
At LEAST he CLAIMS TO

AT LEAST he CLAIMS To
Gives Messages Said to Have Been
Received from Late Prof. Wigsos
Jones.-Boy Of Fifteen Years Med
ium.-Razor Blades HURLED By
Unseen Hands in Dark Room.
William James, who was professor
OF philosophy At Harvard when he
died on August Is, 1919. and who
before his death promised his
friend. Dr.. James H. Hyslop Of the
American Society for Psychical Re
search, that he would strive to send
such messages from the spirit world
a. would demonstrate life after
death, has been trying once more,
according to Dr.. Hyslop, to COM
municate with Hyslop and others.
Prof. James has been communicat-
ing lately through the medium OF a
boy, Is years old, who, as DR.. Hyslop
says, is the son Of clergyman who
Is known on both sides Of the Allan
tic. Through this boy Prof. James
In the last year has sent many mes
sages Dr.. Hyslop writes in the joar-
nal OF the Psychical Research socie-
ty, but the messages often are OBJ
scure. cryptic. and puzzhns.
Dr. Hyslop on November 20. 1911,
called at the residence OF the boys
father, whom he calls "The Rev. DR..
<" and learned that Prof. James
had been endeavorins to speak
through DR.. KS son. The next day
the experiments were resumed.
There was violent table tipping and
deviation II. which the table rose
straight up two feet from the hoor.
Then an attempt was made to see
whether the spirits would move OBJ
tects from one room to another.
'.Doors were closed again and the
lights turned out" says Dr.. Hyslop.
"In a few moments something fell.
sounding Ike two objects Up went
the lights, and within a few feet OF
each other were two pairs Of scissors
which belonged in another room. The
next was nall cleaner and the boys
knife, both from the roors upstairs.
Then a drinking cup struck the boy
on the head and seemed to have hurt
him.
"Nsxt came a skate: key from up
stairs, yhen q dozen marbles from
the rooms two fights up. A pipe
stem was thrown across the room
from table in the corner, then q
fountain pen from the library table
where We were. A piece OF cocoa
cake was found under the chair IN
which I sat. It came from the box
on the library table on which I had
rested my paper in making notes OF
the occurrence, then two more skate
keys came following each other.
"Then came a paper cutter which
eould not be found in the afternoon
and which DR.. K wished to remove,
fearing it might be used to the injury
OF some one. In the next expert
1nent the boy suddenly exclaimed he
was cut. The light was turned up
and his right thumb was bleeding at
the root Of the nail and the chair on
which he was sitting vas found to
have a neat slit in the leather Gov
ering."
Presently razor blades were
thrown into the room, the electric
hight bulbs we're smashed With
violently thrown stone, and book
was hurled on the boys head. AT q
similar seance later on man with
DR.. Hyslop complained that his pock-
ct had been picked. A spirit had
distracted 25 cent piece. Such de-
u,onstrations convinced DR.. Hyslop
that the boy was mediumistic, and
the psychologist was prepared to re-
ceiye through him messages from
Prof. James. On November 20. 1911
James spirit manifested itself by
rap.
"Dr. X,r says lxof. Hyslop, asked
Prof. James to spell out the nane OF
the man who had Influenced both OF
them. First Balzac was spelled out
and then Goethe. both wrong. and
then Fechner. which was correct.
then questioned the communication
acking first If he had ever commune
Gated with me. Answer Affirmative
In Boston? Affirmative. Elsewhere:
Affirmative. Near Negative. The
North? Negative. West? Negative
Southe Affirmative. All these re,
plies were correct
A few nights later Dr.. Hyslop pin
ehed the boys ankle and the boy vas
unaware OF the pinch, but a spirit
using the boys right hand. wrote:
"You are too familiar" BY automat
ic in writing the spirit was asked
what further demonstration he o.
she may give that night. The repl!
was "Good night" At about tina
time, during crystal gazing science
spirits made a little fun Of DR.. Hy
slop.
"The automatic writing. DR.. Hy
slop records, showed the FOLLOWING
sentence in reference to myself: H
has two pairs Of pajamas and on
black tie. and no best clothes Il
the record the crystal gazing Il
which the boy saw visions or al
sorts, was again mentioned. an
the message took the form OF an IN
+o-Iocution. referring to me, appar