Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09

astonishing. she testified that an as
sistnnt United States attorney had nd
vised her to consult mediums When
you take this in connection with the
fact TINT the Supreme court evidently
listened to the ghost conversation as
part OF the testimony. you cannot blink
at the conclusion that ghost has been
admitted to court of justice in the
United States. The supernatural has
come again TO play formal and rec
ognlzed part in the affairs of men in a
country which calls itself civilized.
spIrItualism Involved.
OF course, the whole question OF
spiritunllsm is here involved. There
are many intelligent and sincere peo-
pie who believe that the existence of
ghosts who can communicate WITH ua
has been proved
Out In the West there is certain
placer deposit of gold which has been
the grave of many fortunes. One man
after another has tried to get this
gold. and all have failed. Finally.
along came an inventor with most
ingenious and expensive plan for get
in 1t. 1t appeared that he was in COM
municntion with the ghost of his dead
sister. and that she had impaired this
plan to him. and had told him 1t was
sure to succeed. He spent every cent
he owned and could borrow on the
plan and lost 1t nll. The ghost was
wrong
Here is another example OF n med
dlesome ghost who sought to make
trouble. A young and attractive widow
was invited by an older woman who
lived in the same boarding house to
Join her in some ouija board excur-
sions TO the land of the dead. They
Immediately got into communication
with the spirit Of the young womnn's
dead husband. He proceeded to crit
icize her goings and comings at great
length. He objected to the man sh
went with He told her that such and
such man was immoral. that an.
other ate cocaine that n third had a
wife living in Australia. He advised
her to give up all frivoIItiss and stay
at home nights
Widow ls Troubled.
troubled at first. But she had strong
common sense. She reflected that
even If spiritism was true revelation.
there were fake mediums, and her ell
derly friend might be one Of them.
She also reflected that her husband In
life had been a Jealous fellow, inclined
to lie about all possible rivals. and she
saw no reason to believe that death
had reformed him. She was able to
prove that some of the messages which
had been sent her from "The Beyond"
were not In accord with the facts.
When the next ouija board session
came off, there was a struggle. Hub
bic tried to get in some more advice
but the young widow had strong hands.
Instead of hubby. 1t was the defuDct
aunt of her elderly friend who got the
floor This departed lady Informed the
elderly friend that she was In danger
of serious financial reverses, that she
was apt to die violent death, proba-
bly, by falling down stairs, that the
rubber company in which she had
bought three shares of stock was
swindle, and that II she did not drink
less tea she would get cirrhosis of the
liver. All Of this threw the good wom
an into sweat Of apprehension; the
ouija board readings were discontin.
ued, and the dead husband lost his
only means OF communication with the
world of the living, to the great re-
lief of his widow.-Frederic ]. Haskin
In Chicago News.