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	. Mie. 1~nMe1ine Hsard, who zesidse at 239 Cain 8t. ‚ N. E. has proved to be a regu1ax~ etorehouse tor conj~tre and ghost storiss. Not only this but she ii a firm believer in the ~a‘a~tice oD conjure, To back up her belief in eanjur. ‚ is her appearance • 8h. le a dark browned skinned woman ot medium height and always wsars a dirty towel on her hsad. Th.

towel which was at one ti~ whitegives her the weird look of an old time fortune teller. Tuesday December 8, 1936 a visit was made to her hc~ne and the following information was secured.

	“~iere wz onat a house in MeDonough aM it wuz owned by t~ ~niths that wuz slave o~nsre way back yonder. Now thi s I s th. trufe ‚ cause lt wuz told ter me by old ~cle 3~os ~rner ~d h. ~apirenss it. Nobody could live in this how Idcn‘t care how thsy tried. Dey say this house iuz heated and any body that tried to stay there vuz pulled out of bed by a bent. Well sir they offered the houe. end $1000.00 to any one who could et~ there over night. Uncle The sed he decided to try it so sho nuifhe got ready one night and went ter this house to stay. After while says he scinething cerne in the roan end started over ter the bed; but for. it got there he sod

“What in the name of the Lord you wont with n. It sod “follow me there is a pot of gold buried n.ar the chimney; go find it and you want be worried• with me no more. Der nect morning Uncle 30e ~nt. out then end b.gin tsr dig and sho miff he found the gold; and sides that he got ths houas. Dis here is the trufe Und. ~oes‘ house is right there in MoDonough now and any body round there will tell you the se thing cause he w~i~ well known. Uncle ~roe is dead now.“ ~

	Anudder story that happened during slavsry tine end wuz told ter me by father ivuz thi s : ¶Lts master had a old man on his plantation naned