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r' '> '\V-*rfT^ J? !v * !r I THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1926. A Conjure Do -[ York, S. C.?Among the slaves on | my grandfather's plantation, In the days before the civil war, was a native African who in his home Iana hid been a witch doctor, or medicine man. In his new home, though un der strict orders to oesisi 11 Ulil owi I f ceries and required to labor along with the other negroes, "Affry," as he was called because of his native country, continued to surreptitiously practice his weird art. (irandfither tried strenuously to make him give it up, even resorting to physical punishment, but to no avail. Affry enjoyed both the prestige and the profit, paltry as was the iatter, that accrued front the practice t f his profession, and a ^vitch doctor h remained all his life. He dealt in charms and conjures, and by the flickering &lare from lightwood knots, when every one else on the plantation was asleep, indulged in eerie rites ami ceremonies in his one-roam log cabin i on the edge of the negijo quarter. Dreaded by Negroes. As a consequence of this pretendeir magic, Affrv was hold in awe and dread by the other negroes of th community. Under cover of darkness they secretjly visited his cabtn m titties of stress and trial, as when alling'or when . they wanted to b/eas the spell of an enemy who had trtcReo th m. or when they wanted to encompass the downfa'l of a rival, These consultations were not free lby any J means, the wizard always receiving some kind of a gift?a chicken, a watermelon, anything else that could be scraped up?in exchange for his i advice. And usually the consultant departed with a charm of conjure in his possession, one guaranteed to insure the health and safety of tne wearer, or one recommended as very poteut in bringing ill luck on an enemy, when stealthily placed at midnight beneath the doorstep of tits home. Affry had in full measure the craft * ' ~ ' and cunning mat are uiuiapeuouu.c requisites of all who use their wtts to fleece thein fellows. He was entirely too smart for his shams to he detected by his simple minded patrons. By various expedients and shifts of trickery and strategy, he experienced no difficulty in maintaining and even strengthening his hold j on the darkeys of the community. He could even point to apparent prompt results from his magic, all of which were susceptible of a commonplace explanation that he was at pains to conceal and that his consultants never once nuspected. Naturally, his position among the negroes was one of power and Influence. They feared nothing so much as incurring the witch doctor's en mitv. saturated in supersnnuu, iurj doubted not at all his ability to pronounce on them a curse that would blast the remainder of their days. Jerry Easy Victim. Particularly afraid rf him was Jerry, a nervous, excitable darkey, over whom, as the result of a concatenation of chance events that to his credulous mind seemed to unmistakably atte t the truth of the sorcerer's claim of supernatural power, Affry had acquired complete ascendancy. Jerry lived in constant dread of angering the witch doctor; and, as fate would have it, this is just what happened, and under circumstances the most dramatic. Poor Jerry, all unwittingly, caused Affrv's death, which followed an accident. It occurred while the negroes of the plantation, the witcn doctor among them, for ha escaped no work on account of his profession, I were building a log house. The slipping of a handstick from Jarry's grasp had hurled a heavy piece of timber on Affry, inflicting a mortal injury. He was removed to his cabin, where it was quickly seen that he had out a short time to live. As might be imagined, Jsrry was r W f A n 1^ n / I ^-vil IjllU to Tire Trouble Goodyear it putting an end to the tire problem simply by putting the hlgheat quality mileage Into Goodyear tires?matting a Goodyear tire for every need and every purse?and 01ferlng the whole line at I low price. You can get Tires at W. S. McDowell, Columbus, N. C. r Hines Motor Co. Passion, N. C. ctor, A lilac Black Man By Ernest Jackson. wild with fear because of his part in the accident. His fright was intensified when he learned that the wltcn doctor was dying and had suntmonea him to his presence. Afraid to race or>iv>.>rf>r whose impending death he had caused, he .was stil! more afraid to disobey (he dying man's command for fear of direful consequences that might make the rest of his life miserable; so, trembling in every limb, he appeared in the doorway of the dying man's cabin. Witch Doctor Dies. Lying on a bed fantastically decorated with snake skins, dried toads, I horns, bones, feathers and other em- J blems of his magic art. with the walis of the room similarly ornamented, ! Affry, though almost gone, recognized ' Jerry and beckoned him forward. With dragging steps, Jerry approached the bedside, his alarm heightened by the eerie atmospnere | >f the place. In an agony of terror, lie stood before the witch doctor, I mumbling incoherent words or ex- i -.1 o*?,i onnlnov in a flpunornrp I :'j.i ii. i ivji cum aywiuf,.! ** . , effort to mollify the wizard's anger. Afiry turned on Jerry his solemn eyes and then took both of tne ar frightened man's hands in his own. ! "Ye done kilt me, nigger," he muttered feebly, "but I'se g'wlne ?ettTc | wif yo' yit. Yo'se g'winer pine -way an' night ob de nex' full moon 1 come back in de shape ob a Macis eat an' take you wif me." With tnese ! ominous words on his lips and Jerrys hands in his, the witch doctor expired. The horror stricken Jervy, to whom 1 the wizard's .dying utterance sounded , like the crack of doom, collapsed and ] was carried away in a swoon. The dramatic incident made a pro- | found impression on the negroes oi ! the plantation. With them it was the one topic of discussion, making light of Affry's threat and declaring that it was beyond the dead man's power to wreak vengeancp upon Jerry. Rut it was no use. Convinced of the wtz- j ard's supernatural powers, the darkeys believed he would make good his threat. Jerry Pines Away. > As for poor Jerry, he was in a state of fear distressing to behold. Efforts to assure him that all was well and that he had nothing to apprehend, were futile. Sure enough, he began to "pine away," losing flesti and declining in spirits, but somehow managed to keep at his accustomed duties on the plantation. But even while he worked his listless manner and dejected countenance told of tne horror he felt was hovering over him. A^- the waning moon changed to new ahd then began to wax, his fear increased to the point of panic, while the other negroes were on tiptoe with expectancy. At last came the fateful night when a full orbed moon climbed the say. Grandfather breathed a sigh of re lief. With the coming of the next day, he congratulated himself, the strain would be over, the excitement would subside, and affairs on the plantation would return to normal. Vain was the hope. Shortly after midnight he was awakened by the bloodcurdling cries and shrieks that caused him to arise hastily and rush out into the night, tie quickly located the source of me disturbance?the cabin nearby where Jerry lived alone, visible in the brilliant moonshine. Wondering what could be the mattb'r, he hastened thither, but before he reached ,the ! cabin the cries had ceased and when he stood before the door not a sound disturbed the solemn silence of the night. Rays of light, however, shone through the chinks, and giving the I ANS 1 Our S 1 QUA I I ..M LUII Al Mill * ? i * * * * ? j; AND WE DELIVER WH FIRST ORDER AND SE1 ;; BOTH QUALITY AND I BUY YOUR BUILDING ;; TURE. ?? <? o I .1 1 Lanorun *?i < > < ? ? i .t. ,t ,t. J, .t. A A A J, J. .f. ,t. Jt, ,f, TVTVTTV TTTtttttttTTVTTTVT i ' k Cat, and A I door a vigorous shove that dislodged I the wooden fastening bar, grandfather entered. Cat Threat Fulfilled. . The sight that confronted him was i nerve-trying, lu the corner farthest J from the chimney, his features con- j torted with fright and horror awful to behold, lay Jerry, motionless ana still; while on the hearth, close to the embers of a dying fire, croncnea a coal black cat. For just one secona grandfather hesitated, iron-nerved as he was. in the grip of a nameless fear; and then he strode quickly to | the fireplace and dealt the cat a KlcK that sent it hurtling through the doorway and into the night. Next he turned to Jerry. But it was too late to help him. He was [ dead. There was no difficulty reconstructI ing what had taken place. On tne i dreaded night, too frightened to steep. I he had sa( up, and the light from his fire had 1 attracted a prowler of the I (lark, who sought its warmth, for tne month was November and the atr lerisn and frosty. The coming through Ith. cat-hole of his door of a strange it line, never before or afterward seen on the premises, under circumstances t.Hying exactly with the witch doc- i tor's threat, thud been too much ror i his overwrought nerves. READ THE POLK COUNTY NEWS. ?2? ?j? ?* ?j? } ?j? #* ?J? ?*? ?j? ?j? *j? <Q? ?j? ?|? ?* ?5? ?*? *? * + 4" I Let Us Figur | On ^ I JOB PR] I % POLK COUN ! 4* fr ! _ EAO L tT (MIH PENCIL CC ~ y ' | | Keep yo | as cold as i with Frigidaire and wi all at the same even, col your present ice-box intc or select one of the eomp els. Pay for either, out ol monthly payment plan, by the largest makers ol I y| Delco-Light Company. | Frigid ELECTRIC? RE I R. 0. ANDREWS WER- r ervice lLITY riber MD Work i b EN YOU WANT IT WITHOUT E E WHAT WE WILE DO FOR 1 IEAL SERVICE. REQUIREMENTS FROM US AK - n..:u o ii ouiiuers au[ Landrum, S. C. THE POLK COUNTY NEW I _ SUMMER ENROLLMENT AT CULLOWHEE SCHOOL LARGER THAN EVER THIS YEAR I Cullowhed, N. C., June 8.?Although nearly one-tmth of the 350 students enrolled at OuUowhee State Normal for the firs session of the summer school are torn other states, the enrollment figures show that the scnool is pre-emineitly a training school for Western Noi'h Carolina teachers. The ?*!?(, rf f T1P" eight North Carolina cuuu UCO lbuu?H0 in number if students enrolled are: Jackson, with Ili; Buncombe, with 37; Macon, with 32; Haywood, with 24 ;\ Swain, with .'I; Cay, with 15,--d Madison, with II: and Cherokee, with 13. With the exception of Boone Training School, Culh^vhee is the only state norma! this sidde of Greensboro, and this probably accounts in part for the unusually large enrollment regardless of the fact that Western North Carolina has five summer schools for teachers. Dormitories Overflowing. Although the Cullowhee officials have tried to provide all dormitory space pos.-ihie for the summer acnoot students, dormitories are overflowing and already plans are being made to provide more room for a sti'l larger enrollment for next summer. The rapid' growth of the institution is shown by the enrollment rtgtircs for the past three years. There ^ i-n in the 1923 sum ?CIC 1 >nr JJUIUV..V niei""school, 2-1 in 1924, 312 In 1925, and the enrollment for the- present summer school will likely reach close to the 400 mark. | ] The success of the school is no doubt due in part to the famous summer climate and mountain scenery ot Western North Carolina. Nearly every county in the eastern part ot the state is represented. The teacners of C illowhee state that the st,l 1 > * * > *; > * * * * * * 4* M"!*++* t ?t e With You ;[ rour :: [NTING i: ity news :: ? ?> low PENCIL RED BAND tk Lutein rauLnranr// ). NEWYORK.U.SA ur foods J Greenland fl thout ice. Keep tlicm d temperatute. 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