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±m tlrae Iarit-esarei^ss.t of Dotiglas
I'OlTii.ASV I I.I.K. COtJNJY, liKOliGIA, Aim j§ 1897
CALL HIM A _ .
in the Divine Healer
Dwindling Awajfc
IVKATHY LAST S0NDA.II
When the springs time comes,
“gentle Annie, ” , like all other
sensible person, will cleanse the
liver and renovate the system with
DeWitt’s . Little l$arly Risers,
famous little pills for the liver and
stomach all the year round. For
sale by T. A. Duke.
Says Ire Will Be: ifl DougflasviUp
Next Friday,
His Record in Columbus Shows Him to b#
Little -/Crooked—lietter Piib-
lislied. BeloTO
JBPLPyiLLE.
Dr, William Miller, the “divine
healer,” ’• seems to be loosing ground!
at Lithia Springs.,
* A representative of thf^fiiw^i?®
was at Lithia SUnda^-4nd found onlf?
a warrant brought here from Dawson
by a hotel keeper, and Officer Britt ar
rested him for the man who had the
warrant.
He registered his name on the book of
thaFrazer House as “W. Miller” and he
trild his faith cure or divine healer rack.
,et &a,<j. uiuaber 6f credulous people here.
.His greatest success was among the
colored people but he found some whites
who were foolish enough to believe he
had, the powo to heal them. lie fecat
several people Out of small sums of
moiiey by His, “art.” Now Willie- don’t
yo»r &eonjSnjbqdy who would beat your
own town and if you want to know any
moier of “W. Miller,” the divine healer ,
write to the hotel keeper,.and thelivefy
stable keeper in Dawson, also to Mrs.
Brown who keeps the Frazer House in
this city.
Milter is a most innocent looking man,
r : M.a%t:|g®s,Lbu.t he is sharp enough to
work the Mefcers where ever he can find
them, and Jam glad to know that Co
lumbus is not the only place where they
bite
DDSTTO DUST;
ASHES TO ASHES.
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NO. 44,.
GEORGIA IN BRIEF.
One of Douglasville’s Olest Cit
izens Passes Away.
Newsy items from Ail Over
the State.*-I
INCIDENTS ON THE WEEK.
IR. W. ? STRICKLAND/
Culled and Condensed From Our
Many Exchanges.
An Old and Influential Citizen
Expired Last Thursday.
Interesting and Short State News..., Nytel
Chronicled in One Column For
: the Harried' Re^dfer. 1 |
Mr. Ragan of Liihonia has made
his home in our midst.
A number from this community at
tended court at Chapel Hill last Sat
urday.,
Dr. /Mixon of Palmetto was the
guest of J. T. Henley last Sunday
and Monday.
Miss Maud Chastain visited^Doug-
ijsville Sunday.
Several from the Sunday school at
s place attended the convention
^nday.
^ Messr. Doiae.t AnA Aderhold,Pof
iouglasville, were seen ini; our midst
Correspondence New South
After several weeks of silence, I
will try to write a few items.
/News, however, is exceedingly
scarce. Of course everybody knows
that the continued wet weather has
put the farmers greatly behind with
their work.
who were still strong
believers in the mfSTOoctor^',' but
the; other hand, many' were open iii
their assertions that lie is fraud and
humbug and should be run .out or
town.
At his regular > morning talk in the}
From the above it is plain that a
big mistake has been made, or else
these is a lie out and the general sup
position is that the lost leaf is out of
the doctorfs memorandum, as the
board bill has been paid Mth'interest.
®8fhy; th.e people of Lithia think so.
byll Sunday, he got on his metal ahdl^sVa,^ not judges,but we say that
It will'’be seen that I have changed
my headquarters from Villa Rica to
Bellville, for the reason that I . am
not much at Villa Rica these days,
ahd don’t keep up with what is going
•on there.
’ a st Sunday. What’s the attraction?
We are sorry to hear of Mr. Brock-
xoan’s illness. Trust he may soon re-
eovew:- ' ji.
Mr. Alf Hembree, whQ j has Jbeen
running a livery stable at Villa Rica,
has gone out of the livery business,
and rented a farm near here and is
preparing to make a crop.
Our Sunday school at this place is
rwry
day school next S unday morning at
O’clock. Prayer meeting ^ eyery
Sunday night.
Subscriber.
KVhen a cold is contracted,.cure
Honce. One Minute Cough Cure:
Bet you o^Jhe road to recovery
Bminute. It will cure pneumo-
JPS? bronchitis, croup and all
^^f<>riii3 of lung anil throat troubles.
For sale by T. iu|Dukf^^fifpl|,-
moving along nicely We hsd Rev.
minbc K. of Carrollton, with
us;Sunday was two weeks ago, vrho
gave us a v^^ifteres'feing-tal ki}} Also
Hon. W. R. Candler wag present ahd
gave us a very interesting and in
structive talk. Beth of these gentle
men are good Sunday school workers
and we will be glad to have /them
come to see us often.
Scored the people who had been criti
cising him very heavy and invited
them to stay away from the hall.
Quite a lengthy interview was held
with Miller at the Sweetwater;Park
Hotel, and when asked how long he
would bo at Lithia he replied, ‘ ’All
the'summer. ’' ITo said that he would
j be glad if the New South would an-
: nounce that he would be in Doug]as-
|. p M I . - - | «H88S & 11
i ville next Friday, ahd would Secure
a large room and charge 10 cents ad
mission, ji t l in in it u i\ keep maug
of$5te go.ssipers -and kids a^
srae-e b&receiv^d the healing pc
CHAPEL HILL.
lUSsc
Correspondence New South.
Rev. A. J.
Coalson preached
Ensn church last Sundav.
at
Mrs. Walker, of Waco, who has:
been visiting among relatives and
friends in this community for the
past; week" or two, will return home
tomorrow, (Wednesday.}
Tonjg^4flaes4-»eighborsare talking
of mobbing him for prophesing for
rain.' j They say he has been pvoph'e-
smg all p| spring' and it has been
he saidr tbat Sad felVarpow^wffmn
God all his life, but was ignorant of
h»s wonderful healing power/ until
about three months ago. „ But we
publish below a letter from a lady in
Columbus’, Ga.to a gentleman at
Lithia Springs, asking him to, collec t
a board >bilF from Miller, which he
skipped at ColtiuiDus about twelve]
months ago;} Also a blipping from]
the Culumbus Enquirer-Sun. which:!
pays} he left a board bill and Mvefyj cc^^fbWC^om^itr in- or4er to give
stabie/bill tiupaid at Dawson, Ga. : ca<l‘ j iv wme information on
abo.Ut the same time ani during th& a JNew ® quth reporter
time he professed to lie a faith doctor 1 ° James-w-hen
Iandkmd reader. ’ ' , ■ ' ‘‘ m-Mm poiiglasville last Mon-
if a man jumps board bills,- its steal
ing; and a man that will steal cannot
havy Divine power from God, }
A Valuable Prescription.
Klitor M/orrison of Washington, Ind.
“Sun,” writes: “You have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bitters, and I
can .cheerfully recomend it for Constipa
tion and Sick Headache, ahd as a gen
eral system tonieit has no equal,” Mrs.
Anijie Stehle, 2025 Cottage Grove Ave.
Chitago, was all rnn down, coul up.t eat
which-
V< d hwv
Pric.ss SO cents and'51. Ge%a bottle at
W Ai Duke,s Drug Stofe.
He Had Been Living; In tin; County I/very
Sincee Its Formation, And Was a
Useful-Citizen.'
WHEELS WILL TURN,
SAYS COL JAMES
The Cotton
Factory Will Certainly
Be Built.
jte many people ask us about the
bmbR'fgctirys and when work wil 1
•Armp Burnett, accompanied by
several otherh visited the family of
Dr. G. W. Burnett last Sunday,,
raining all the while, and that .they
have repeatedly warned him to < esist.
Now they are going to stop him.
Miss Maml Chastain was visiting
here last Sunday;,
Mr. Carnes Ilenslee is planting
cotton seed. F.A. It.
Mr. George Turner and wif e visited
his father-in-law, Mr. Foster, - last;
Saturday and Sunday.
0 Mr. Foster of Campbell county,
visited his brother,, at this place last
Consumption.
Saturday
Quite a number ot people visited
last
m
the quairterly meeting at Providence
turday.
S^hte of our Chapel Hill people
e visited the Divine healer. I
racier if it amounted to mUeh. Soiqe^
flow ! can t put hany confidence in,
such things, he may mossess some
kind of electrical power, foit don’t
dtenk- thatp hhe Lord,
these M>birrs ti-> uigu ibis msk. Ifefio,
why couldhT he straighten Hiram
Thrasher’s crooked leggs ?
Everybody come out to the Sun
day school at the Methodist - church
every Sunday afternoon, and remem
ber the prayer services at the Baptist
church every Sunday night.
Mi9g Tommie Allen \ who has been
visiting her brother. C. R. Alien, has
returned home.
I’his is the best medicinL in the world
for .all form of Coughs and Colds and
for Consumption. Every bottle is guar
anteed. It will cure and not disappoint
It has no equal for Whooping Cough
Asthma, Hay feve, Pneumonia, Bron
chitic, La Grippe, Cold in the Head and
for Consumption. It is safe for all,
ages, pleasant to take, and above all, a
sure cure. It is always well to take Dr.
King,s .New Discovery, as they regulate,
and tone the stomach ahd bowels. We
guarantee p«rff^..^{iti^ra^iTb».or ’'yetCim;
money. Tree trial .bottles at T. A.
Duke’s Brug.lSturif. jj - I L
Here is the letter florn Columbus
to the Lithia Springs gentlemaSand
any one doubting-its genuineness can-
see the original by calling at this
office. \ ■
Coi.u>iut;s, Ga ; March 25,1807.'®
Mr.
Lithia; Springs, Gal
Dkar Sik:- Enclosed please find
board bill of one W. Miller, which I
would be greatly obliged if you would
collect and forward to me. Mr. Miller
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UA-L1UI.
'Correspondence New South.
Our letter was not printed last
we$k because we didn’t get it wii’ten
We,hope to do better hereafter. Do
.likewise, '•correspondents. •
News is almost a thing of the past
these days,
Mrs. Bates, of Villa Rica, is visi
ting her grandanghter, Mrs. B. L.
Renfroe.
while here pretended to be a fait!} cureist
and mind reader.- lie also succeeded in
swindling several parties Imre out of va
rious small sums Of money. He was
also arrested (while staying at my house}'
And made to pay a board bill from town
in Ga. * I thi.fik it;. ; waS; Albimy, How
ever that doesio .matter as be seema
have, a khack of beating hoard bi
Hoping you will giye thuGMalfijiraj
ihi.meaiate.^'att^ntiqa.:/ I i^wapi-
MMprofj
Mas. Li:r.|, Bkown,
Proprietress Frazer House.
W. Miller to Mrs. Lula Brovpi Dr.
To board and lodging .f,or. one week,
from April Oth to loth 1896 inclusive |4
da®.. Col. James seemed, full of
vyp^luince al.inut (11new mill, and
The young people had quite an en
joyable time at the entertainment at
Rev, A. F. Huckabys last Thursday
night.
There has been a Sunday afternoon
prayer meeting organized at Chestnut
Chapel, but it has not been very
largely attended so far. . The hour is
at 3 o’clock every Sunday evening, and
Mf. Pope Huckaby has purchased
Continuet? on Page Pour.
From, the Columbus Enquirer-Sun:
I see that Biliy McDougald has writ*
tep the Alanta Journal a long, letter from
Lithia Springs, in which he describes
some, of the doings of a so called “divine
healer” who is working his racket up
there.
I can hardly believe that our Billy
could be taken in by any such a poor
fake as the man Miller whom he speaks
of is, for Billie’s too sharp for that and
I,am certain that Miller could not afford
to pay ten cents a line for Billy's “stuff.”
What gets me is that the -identical
man whom Willie is booming so, is the
very chap, from the description given of
him, who beat a lady out of a week’s
board in Gris city. He not ' only 1 beat
her out of a week’s hut was arrested on
jib can just spy to your rbad-
erHppt everything, cbhcerhipg the
new factory is in good shape, and
that work .will begin just as soon
i n.H iii is granted and the
company is organized, which will
beab-ait the first of May.” .
What about the Hosiery Mill
and t ie recent application for a
receiver, we abked.
“Tie differences between the
Hhsitcy Milj.iand the Providence
peopk ^ hadfj^been amicably ar-
t’ahgeilj' 9Hi».rifeps are now | Loing
ic&aafQh'Wfta- hbsierV mill
B fifaally;
piili^^^l^i^rhiiei”
“No, there is no aotibt- in my
mind ibout the; cotton factory
coming. Douglasville must be,
prepar jd to do her part, and I feel
be will.”
sure si:
Mis Ia. Inveen, residing at 720
Henry pt-^Alton, Ilk, suffered
•v^ttf^auc meumatism- ifor over
eight nionths. She ; doctored for
it nearly the whole of this time,
using Various reipedies .fficom-
merfdeSlby friends,/and was treat
ed by th physicians, but received
no refiefc,,, She fhto used oneland
a hsuf Lotties o'f Chamberlain’s
Rain Balm, which effected a com-
pl^f^'CUtfe. This is published at
her request aslshe wants Ipthers
siimlurl? a^icied to know' what
cured her. The 25 and pO cent
sizes for sale qy T. A. Duke,
Last Thursday afternoon, Mr. W.
P. Strickland of this city, one of the
pioneer settlers of the county died.
He had been a sufferer from paraly
sis, for mahy months and his death
was not unexpected.
The d/ath of Mr. Strickland re
moves one of the oldest citizens of
the county. He was bom in July
1824, and has lived continu ously
since that time in this section.
When the movement was first inaug
urated to have the county of Doug
las made, he was one of the promo
ters and it was greatly due to his ef
forts that the bounty was formed.
When the agitation concerning the
location of the county site wag at fe
ver hiat, lie rendered valuable: assis
tance in having the question amica
bly arranged. He was a strong sup
porter of Dpuglasville for the^punty
Bite, and Igbaibd unceasingly until
his efforts were finally crowned with
SiACcyss. « j fcsg: fife-AA
Mr. StrttlUad waff prominent in
politics, but never held an- oltioc in
the county-and did not; have any de
sire to do so. But on all questions
pertaining to the welfare of the coun
ty hie counsel was always^sought.
^sSg. wa s p.rbbabiy^^oldestSIdason
in this stebfiqfl; h^ing joined t® fra
ternity at Villa Rica n/pre^ th^^jS
years ago.
at Villa Rica was the only one of the
order in all this section.
The funeral services occurred at
thbi, Methodist church last Friday af-
ternoon and were attended by | large
concourse of relatfves aUcI friends of
the deceased. Rev. Dr. D. J. Myr-
ick, assisted; by the Masons, conduct
ed the exercises, After-*these servi-'
ces were conclnded, the Masons took
charge of the body and it was carried
to the city cemetery where the servi
ces were concluded by the fraternity.
The relatives of the deceased have
the sympathy of our people, in their
bereavement.
• v 7T,rfo r r' j HH ty
Dr. B. M. Trenthain, one 1 of the
most prominent citizens of Campbell
county has beep bound over by Uni
ted States Commissioner Broyles on
the charge of making illicit whiskey.
Coroner Schlapback has entered
suit against Floyd county for the re
covery of fees for holding two in
quests recently. The county com
missioners refused to pay Schlapbacks
bills, claiming that the inquests were
not authorized by law, as there were
witnesses to cue death of both parties.
Ed Jones, better known as “Bed-
dum, ’’ a negro.fitnployed at the South
ern railway shops, was knocked off
the track ind instantly killed at At
lanta last Friday,, The negro b'.d
beCn standing on the track for some
time but dtet noTseTthe - approaching
yard train until it was so close upon
him that he Could not escape.
Ben Dillard, who lives near Craw
ford, tells of aetrango action- of a cat
,1k 1 felg’blljlihj. 1 i otro^.. u 1 ,'.
was caught and brought to the house
and the cat, stealing an opportunity,V
carried it to her bed of kittens and
adopted it as one of her family. She
nurses and cares for bunny as loving
ly as if it was one of her own off
spring and the happy family is living
together in apparent peace. >]. . /
Two of the lieutenants of Fort Me-
At that time, the HBBa are in rare Thj^go v-
erm?ienVIias i[ api»foDriatgtr* f A^r>0 000
AN IS VlTATIOfi TO HOMESEEKERS.
Euitors' New South:—Will you
allow me Space iruyour Valuable pa-
iW^hvNMrteBd-4au. my . Mends in the
Noflh, Su<!' West an • invitatmu tq
md ^>ttle ataong
for the relief of the flood * sufferers,
ai^d the Secre tary of War-fifes appoint
ed 4wo officers from the post to take
charge of a large amount of the mon
ey. They are First Lieut. Earl C,
Carnahan and Second Lieut. Matthi
as Crowley. They have left Atlanta
for Memphis.
Union} Advertiser: Eevery man
ought to pay his debts—if he can.
Every man ought to help his neigh-1
bor -if he can. Every man and wo-
man ought to get married—if they
can. Eevery man should do his
work to suit his customers——if he can,
Every man should please his wife-—if
he cap. Every woman should, please
her husband—if she can. Every
wife
fongUe—it I she can. 4EveryS^man-
should take his county :paper—-iF-he.
m
if
1
can,
co let
piace}that/ offers bettei:, advAtagea:
than Dougl asyllle, “Because with our
industries that are alteady here,/and
still others to follow, a three hundred
and fifty thousand dollar cotton mill
a certainty and an electiic.railway to
be built to connect Douglasville and
Atlanta, it will be seen that we have
superior advantages-to offer on that
line.
Nor is that - all. We have three
good churches, a fine college second
to none in the state ;, free from all
malaria, having an altitude of over
1300 feet: and for that reason 110 dan
ger of being: inundated by floods.
And above all, an enterprising and
generous citizenship who always stand
ready to give a hearty welcome . to
all honest; and upright hoomeseekers.
Verj r Respect f u 1 ly,"
It. T, Hendricks,
Douglasville, Ga.
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