The Late Latin word is from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolos, in Jewish and Christian use, Devil, Satan (scriptural loan-translation of Hebrew satan), in general use accuser, slanderer, from diaballein to slander, attack, literally throw across, from dia- across, through + ballein to throw (see).
0am:The Saluda, NC forecast for Apr 16 is 55 degrees and Mist. There is 57 percentage chance of rain and 5 mph winds from the Southwest. 3am:The Saluda, NC forecast for Apr 16 is 61 degrees and Fog. There is 66 percentage chance of rain and 5 mph winds from the West-Southwest.
The academy was at the time the only school in Saluda, it served as a seminary for girls and people would come from miles around to attend. The private school lasted until 1922 when the old academy was torn down and the new school was put at the top of the hill overlooking the old location of the academy.