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Facts, Fables and Fancies. IDA INGOLI) MASTKX. Psychical Research. Recently I have been interested in the study of the Society for Psychi cal Research of London and its work. It was established in 1832. and ha) had for its Presidents such men f.s Rt. Hon. 0. J. Balfour, the late Prime Minister of Enalaud, Prof. Wra. James, a noted psychologist of Harvard University, Prof. Henry Sidgwick whose book, "The Methods of Ethice" is a standard in literature, and many other eminent men. There was an American Branch Society at Boston until recently wheu it was dissolved into the Institute for Scientific Research which Prof. James Hyslop was organizing. This change was made Dec. 31, 190C, and is thought to br a step in advance. They publish a monthly journal. This Institute is independent from the mother society of London but works with the same interest at stake. The Purpose. The purpose of Psychical Research Society is to investigate all pheno mena of the mini which are classi fied as 8upernormil aud abnormal. Note the word "supernormal, it means an excess of whas it is in our natures to have or to be. It is not to be thought of in kinship with "supernatural" which means some thing above human sphere above human range something spiritual. To illustrate It is in the nature of all of us to see things with our na tural eyes, aud to perceive things to a certain extent that are covered a way from our natural eyej. These are common powers in the possesion of every normal individual. But, there are some people who can 82e farther and perceive deeper than or dinary persons. They are able to see much with the eye of their mind that the ordinary run of people do not and cannot guess. Such people are "seers" and everything they look at has special significance to them. Benjamin Franklin conceived the idea of gathering electricity Irom the atmosphere, or in other words, he perceived electricity in the air and conceived the idea of controlling it. Edison perceived that the human voice might be photographed and conceived the way and means for iiccomplishing his idea. These men saw beyond outward appearance, and are what I call men of supernormal intelligence. System Ot Work. The Society's investigations are carried on under sectnns, each section having its particular work. For instance: Section A. looks after abnormal phenomena, such as insanity, loss of memory, hallucinations, melancholia hys:eria, monomanias, phobias, de lusions, andalcholism. A thorough investigation of hypnotism also comes under this section Section B. looks after all super-j normal acquisition of knowledge, phantasms of the living, phantasms of the dying, apparitions, telepathy, dreams, premonitions, clairvoyance, and the niediumistic phenomena. The London So;iety investigates the phenomenon as it presents itself: the power and manner of its influence I on the mind, and upon life, and if ' possible it discovers the cause and . power; his ability to read an audience is soon realized. It stands the highest source of phenomenon. In this way one at a time until he had got a for il.s wonderful cures of the most dis the workers hope to specify for the j mental picture of every need, every S&eSrsS good of all mankind what available powers and what possibilities the mind of man uuy possess. But they do not meddle with the super natural, in the sense that one might say they are trying to piove that a supernatural force is working on the minds of people, that is the re striction. They treat phenomena as mere earthly events, believing that the mind is largely responsible for its own condition. But open aid williug to find out what is to be found out, simply seeking the truth. Representatives. The English Society sends out men over this country and elsewhere to try evidences. Some of the Chicago papers have jestingly called these men "Ghost Detectors" and "Spook Hunters" They speak of it as a peculiar calling. They also add in their criticism that these men will have nothing to do with "Mr. Ghost" unless he be real. They give them credit by saying, "You can't fool these spook hunters," they detect fraud easily, and as soon as they find the least evidence of un truth they drop investigation aud flee from the scene. And it is true. One of the common purposes of the workers is to detect fraud. Because to do this is to bring out and insure the truth which they are after most strenuously. They hate humbaggery and therefore sift vigoiously all evidence. Discoveries. They have found that adventurers have methods and appliance by which they delude the public, or a part of th public, to a finish. Many instances have beeu exposed where in the dark seauce room the supple medium's feet are made to perform tasks snch as throw mysterious lights ring bells, etc., presumably the work of spirits, while his bands are held around the table by sitters. These are of course genuine frauds. Then there is the well-meaning "medium" so called "spiritulistic medium" who has so trained his subjective mind that he is able to read the minds of his sitters, and startle them with certain statements and declarations, which must be clearly defined, jwti consciously, if not consciously, m the mind of some one present. That the excessive use of the sub jective mind in this way is abnor mal is one of the conclusions which they have reached. As an abnormal condition is an un-natural one and therefore detrimental to the health of the body! such a use of it is to be avoided. This is illustrated by the ! fact that real mindreading "me diums" areexhaueted in body after u successful seance. And which state is always found in persons of unsou ud mind. When their subjective mind gains supreme control of the func tions of the objective mind they become insane, and this abnormal condition of the mind brings about the broken health generally found in insane persons, instead of vice versa as we commonly suppose. The Societies are laboring hard to bring about an honest notice of the wonderful phenomena of the mind by the scientific men of the world. Because thev believe that the mind of man as yet has been ! sparsely developed. They have deep convictions, and these convic- j tious are that the human mind is ! responsible for infinitely more than is credited to it. And I feel as I read ! from the pens of some of the honest I u.nrL.,a ,hu i,iop,i u,bpn u-p nation, as a world of people come to j nn.Warin.l nnrspl n,l ht in- finite powers lie within us, and when ' we have developed them so that all , the advantage of their influence may go abroad, then, surely there will be a millennium. I hen it may be; said of us that we are a nation of giants, instead of the indefinite state ment that "there were giants i; those davs." Welsh Ketival. Lately I have read the "Psychical Aspects of the Welsh Revival," the; work of Rev. A. Fryer, and which investigation was conducted by him. ; I think this was done for the English j Society andieai before that society in December of 1905. This article presents the phenomena as the write!' hild found tnem 0UN namely; the visions seen by responsible people j in close nrovimitv to the revival in i in C10SC proximity to tne revival in j Wales; niUSIC and voices heard in . the quiet air and lights seen descend-i ingfrom the heavens with no appar-! J? (. ,1 .,. tL o.,.,i ent material cause; the sudden ! elegant and refined speech of Uliter-; ate persons and the sudden chan :- j ing of appearence; the visions of Evan Roberts, the leading Spirit of that revival; his strange actions and desire, and of everv condition in the individuals around him. H13 power to touch those needs and desires with the utmost accuracy in every in stance, and to foretell coming events alwaysofa spiritual nature. The evidences of his mediumistic power are so many and so telling that while we read we cannot help think- j ing of Jesus who pointed at the sins : of the Pharisees who brought the . LAND SALK. By virtue uf un order of the Superior Court of Kaiulolpli eounty ill the special proceeding en titled "Pearl Leonard and others," 1 will, on the lKlh day of March. HW7. ut 1J o'clock M, .sell to the highest bidder at publle auction, at the courthnu.se door 111 Randolph county, North Car olina, the following described tracts of mud. FIRST TRACT. Adjoining the lands of Aeen itli Fentress and others; beginning ut an ash on the bunks of lieep River, thence East ." Ill chains to a stone in the old line; thence Norti 4 chains toa .stone: thence West 3 1-s chains to a stone in Julian's line: thence South '.' chains to hickory; thence West 4'J l-'J chains to a black mini on the river bank; thence South following tile various courses of the river to the beginning, containing 118 acres mor or less. SKCO.Nf) TRACT. Adjoining the lands of K. 8. Coble and others; beginning at a small hick ory on K. S. Coble's line, running North on the division line IS chains and "iO links to a stone in the Wortli Manufacturing Company line; thence Wct on said Company's line one chain and lis links to a stone; thence South 1? chains and 73 links to a dead black oak in K. S. Coble's linn; thence South fis degrees cast on said Coble's line to the beginning, containing three acres of land be the same more or less. THIRD TKACT. Adjoining the hinds of ti. I.. Leonard and othersi beginning at a stone lani ard's line, running thence ! chains and tij links to a hickory; thence South 6M degrees east on Coble's line 4 chains ami US links to a stone; thence North 5 chains and as links to a stone; thence North 311 degrees west 7 chains and 67 links to the liegluuing, .wntaiuing 2 7-lu seres more or less. Terms of sale one-half cah, balance on a credit of six months, title to bo retained until purchase money is paid . This the K'th day of Febtriry, KM7. .1. A. SPKNCK, Commissioner. erring woman in the streets of Jerusalem. At present the Society for Psychi cal Research are not able to have a settled opinion as to the direct source of the foregoing phenomena. Perhaps for the lack of enough phenomena of one kind, and tor the presence of fiaud which may prevail in some instances. They cannot say, though they strongly believe that the mind is the source. To believe that such phenomena comes from a soiree outside of the human orgauism is, to quote from them, "to open the the largest question of interest that man ever faced and may be fraught with an importance impossible to estimate." To Ju Dim arize. 1 wan told, wheu I stared iuto the study .f t his su'ijfct to be careful aud not uiift iuto cettaiu things which my monitor would not have me believe, and that I myself would rather be free from. But , after the meagre, but I am happy to, believe liberal thoughted and well-j directed, study, I must say that 1 1 believe just as I did before, onlv 1 am streugthened in my belief; that the mind of man is, if I may use the expression in regard to the mind, i au unknown and a much abused quauity. That it shall be and is, being brought to its full power.1 Not through the over done efforts of I aay bodies of fana'ics I had almost said "lunatics," and perhaps just as well , who have gone to seed in one limb, forgetting that the whole tree must grov and thrive alikej -o uake the sturdy oak of God's piomise; But it will be through the combined efforts of sane people and all-round people everywhere, who see a little farther and perceive a little deeper than others perhaps, and say little or nothing, it may be, but who work and believe. However, if some of us do not be lieve all that the Society for Psychi cal Research would prove concerning the mind, we have consolation in the maxim of Epicharmus, and old Greek poet; "A sober sense of honest doubt Keps human reason hale and stout " J)A IN'(IOI.I) Mastex. i nere is an oia timiinon among the Dutch farmer of Piedmont Carolina t.h. t the weather on Ash ""urates wn son or hftit. VH' be expected. If thut. lUl' ' .,',8.ht and I,lea,saQt 00,i 'roP wlil be expected. As v"ay (which wui Ash Wednrt- dt.V) W;lS 11 beautifully bright day ue MV peot a good wheat crop n u June. Chatham Record. 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At the 31st Annual Bench Show of th.f West Miister Kennel Club, in Madison Square Garden. New York last week, George J. Gould's dogs from the Furlough Kennels at High Point, won several prizes. Melksham Boy and Furlough lima, were the priz pets. A Doctors Medicine Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is not a simple cough syrup. It is a strong medicine, a doctor's medicine. It cures hard cases, severe and desperate cases, chronic cases of asthma, pleu risy, bronchitis, consumption. Ask your doctor about this. The beat kind ol a testimonial "Sold ior OTer alxty year." A 9 SARSAPARILLA. yers PILLS. HAIR VIGOR. You will hasten recovery by tak Ing one of Ayer's Pills at bedtime fpFemale Weakness "Last Fall," writes Mrs. S. G. Bailey, of Tun nelton, W. Va., "I was going down by inches, from female disease, with great pain. After tak ing Cardui, Oh! Myl Howl was benefited 1 I am not well yet, but am so much better that I will keep on taking Wine of Cardui till I am perfectly cured." Despite the envious attacks of jealous enemies and rivals, Cardui still holds supreme position today as in the past 70 years for the relief and cure of female diseases. It stops pain, tones up the organs, regulates the functions, and aids in the replacement of a misplaced organ. At Every Drug Store WINE OF SAFETY IRON FOLD- ING BEDS m Twentieth Century "Sleeper. Onte used, People's House Furnishing Co., High Point. N. C 4000,000 PEACH TREES Tennessee Wholesale Nurseries. . No agents traveled, but sell direct toplanters at wholesale prices. Absolutely free from disease and true to name. Write for catalogue and prices before placing your order elsewhere. We guaran tee our stock to be true to name. Largest Peach Nursery in the world. Address . C. HALE. Send your orders for Printing to The Courier. For Good Sound WE WILL PAY $15.00 PER CORD, LOADED ON THE CARS; $7.00 PER CORD FOR MAPLE, 4 ft. long;, 7 inches and up; HICKORY, $10.00 per Cord. H. B. WORTH. Treas. Greensboro, N. C. FREE ADVICE Write ut a letter describing all your symptoms, anj we will send you Free Advice, In plain sealed envelope. Address: Ladies' Advisory llfpartment. The Chattanouv Medicine Co., Chatta nooga. Tenn. in $1.00 Bottles. always used. June Buds a Specialty. Winchester, Tcnn. J.Mrs T. rTordxad Okbt L Sapp MOREHEAD & SAPP, Attorneys at Law, Greensboro, N. C. Will prurtiee us heretofore hi Randolph Co. Principal otllre in Greensboro, N. t'. Teleftione in olticeanil to roinmuuicutiou with all purw ot Kimdolijli t'otmty. L. M. FOX. M. D. ASHEBORO, N.C. Often bl professioual service to tne ritlzeivs of Asheboro and xurroundtiig community. Offices: At Residence- Dr. J. V. HUNTER, PHYSICIAN - AND - SURGEON. OHtce Asholioro Drtifi Co. Residence Come, of Min mt Wurtb Streets. Asheboro, N. O. Dr. S. A. HENLEY. Physician - and - Surgeon, ASHEBORO. N. C. Office over Spoon A Reading's store near Standard Drug Co. DR. D. K. LOOKHART, DENTIST, Asheboro, N. O. Dltiif .,,.. !. m til p. '.u OVKR THE BASK " n ,' p. ra. to i p. :a I am now in my oflVe pn-iurM t ipictice dent'-try hi its various brunches. N. P. COX, Jeweler and Photographer, Asheboro, N. C. W. R. IVAL. i nunrn'niniirn rnuiuuiwntn t AND JEWELER Randleman, N. C. CHAS. L. HOLTON. Attorney-a.t-La.vv ASHEBORO, . N. C. IWtii r in both State and Federal lotn l-.' SX'ciu! attention given to eollrctioiiH and t!ie sett lenient ol estules. Oflice: North ido court house. THAD. S. FERREE, Attorney At Law ASHEBORO - - - N. C. All matters attended to with care and promptness. Special atten tion given to collections and the settlement of estates. O R COX, President. W J ARMFIKLi), V-Prei W J ARMFIKLI), Jr., Cashier. The Bank of Randolph, A.sli.e'taoio, 27. C. Capital and Surplus, Total Assets, over $36,000.00 $150,000.00 With ample assets, experience ami protection we solicit tne business of the baiikiiin public and feel safe in sayiiiR we are prepared and willing to extend to our customers everv fucilitv aud ao sommodation consistent with safe bauk'iiif,' DIRECTOR-Si Hugh Parks. Sr., W J Armflold.W P Wood, p H Morris, C O McAllstcr, K M Amitield, O R Cox, W V KeddiiiR, Betij Moftitt, Thos J Redding. A W K Capel, A M Kankiu, Thos U Redding, lr F H Asbiirv. t! J Cox. S Bryant, President J. H.Cole. Cashier T5he Beaik of R.andlemev.n, Randleman, N. C Capital $12,000. Surplus, $5,000. Accounts received on favorabl terms. Interest paid on savings de posits. Directors: W K Hartsell, A N Bulla, S G Newlin, V T Bryant, C L Lindsay, N N ttewlin, S Bryant, II O Barker and J II Cole. LAND8AI.K! BY VIRTl'K of an order of sale granted bv the uicrior Court of Randolph county on the peti tion of .1. M. Vuncannon Admr. of .1. H. McDan iel iigiiinst .lames A. McDanicI ct al heirs at law, I shall sell mi the premises at IS o'clock M on the 11th liny of March 11107, the following Koiil Kstnte, to-wit: A certain lot of tlinlier on the land deserilicd in the etitiiiu in this court, con hiiuing Four hundred nures more or less con isting ol'lnll themcreliantiililciiiid salable pine, oak, and iHiplar tlnilwr nieiiMiriug over H inch es at the stump, ID inches almve the joint. Also a tract of hind known as the Harris Trogdon laud containing 10 acres more or leas, saM tract Is lieing taken from the Four hundred acres auove dccrilied. ThlsHth day of Fch'y l'.MT. J. M. VrXCASNOS. Admr. and Coniiur.