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FIFTEEN YEARS AGQ
Mr. T. B. Hodges Cured of the
Opium Habit.
A PERMANENT CURE.
lie nit Well i»m Noveral Prominent Na
vnnmili People Testify to lite
Merit* of till* Itemcdy.
From Last Sunday’s Constitution.
Mr. T. B. Hodges, of Savannah, ie
stopping at the Kimball for a few
days. He is one of the most promi
nent and substantial citizens of Forest
City, having been connected with the
treasury department of the Central
]|ailroad and Banking Company for
the past thirteen years.
Mr. Hodges is a fluent talker and
is upon ail the questions of the day.
Bj’ the way, there is quite an inter
esting. story connected with his life.
Not every person has had such an ex.
perience as he. The statements may
Seem almost incredible, but they are
true. «
A Constitution representative in
conversation with him a few evenings
ago, learned much from him that
would interest the public.
When quite a young man he was
stricken with .rheumatism, and iy or
der to relieve the severity of the pain,
was induced to take some very radi
cal medicines, and among them was
morphine.
“Do you think, Mr. Hodges, that
the opium and morphine habit can be
permanently cured,” said the re
porter.
•‘Certainly I do. lam a living wit
ness to that fact. I Used morphine
constantly for nearly six years, and
in that length of time took a great
deal of it. The latter part of the time
I t was diseased. I used about thirty
grains a day. Os course, when I first
began the use of it I did so uncon
sciously, but gradually the habit, or
disease, rather, got bold of me and I
was txtund in chains, as it were, for
six years. Dr. B. M. Woolley, of At
lanta. Gm., thoroughly cured me fif
teen years ago.
“You look like you were a strong
and hearty man now. Before you be
fcgan the treatment referred to, what
vas your condition?”
“It was simply fearful. The physi
cians who attended me, amt I had
. the very best in the whole country,
u eaid that I would not five six months,
this to "say, that the human
svsW'in could be in no worse condition
]>h vltieally than when saturated with
morgbine. It paralyzed, as it were,
my rgerves, deadened completely my
will p*uwer and rendered me wholly
uiifitlfor business and the social en
joMißeuts of life. I was apparently
rilivejj but practically dead to every
set Sf* of love, Junior and justice.”
‘'pou say you have been thoroughly
di ed by Dr. Woolley’s treatment.
How long did it take the doctor to
•effect the cure?”
About six months. The treatment
is not a heroic treatment. I mean by
that, there is nothing violent about it.
The medicine as prescribed by Dr.
Woolley, a fleeter] the cure, in a grad
ual way. idiad tried a heroic treat
jnent as well as many other cures, but
none of them did me any good except
Dr. Woolley’s. lam convinced that
he has the, greatest opium cure in
the world. He is doing great good
with his remedy. As you probably
k now, the doctor is a charming man
in every particular. A perfect gentle
man, a true Christian, a genial friend,
and a sympathetic helper. I think he
more thoroughly understands the
science of medicine than any man in
the country.”
‘What has been your condition
since vou were treated for the opium
habit?”
■“You see that I am in perfect health
mow. 1 Luve been this way for the
past fifteen years, that being the
length of time 1 have been cured. I
have been connected with the treasury
department of the Central Railroad
and Banking Company for many
years, and you know to retain that po
sition, I must not only be well physi
cally, but mentally and morally. I
have been aide to do any kind of work
since my restoration, it matters not
how ardous. In fact Ido not feel the
need of morphine, and I have not
since I was cured.”
“Then these is no c in parison be
tween your state of health now
and before you were created by Dr.
Wooley.”
“None in the world. When sick I
was on the verge of the grave. It
locked tome that J could see my emp
ty coffin. It haunted me by day and
by night. There was nothing real.
Everything was imaginary. No friend
ship was true, no love sacred. My
THE ARGUS; DALTON, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892.
idea of life had vanished, and I seem
ed andfelt myself to be a mere cipher in
God’s creation. Th:U feeling and that
state of existence has been completely
eradicated, and now a new self, a new
man, ambitious and active, has for
these fifteen years taken its place, and
I say truly that Dr. B. M. Wooley, of
Atlanta, made the change. My gen
eral health since the cure was effected,
has been perfect.”
“Do you think, Mr. Hodges,” said
the reporter,“that there are many per
sons alllicted with the opium habit, or
disease, as you more properly call it?”
“Yes, a great many. Whenever I
know of a person using the vile drug, I
invariably advise them to put them
selves under the cure of Dr. B. M. Wool
ey, and in doing this I feel that 1 can as
sist many that are ignorant of the di>c
tor’a skill, and thus save them to their
families and friends. Yes sir, I am grate
ful to God that he spared my life,and am
grateful to my normal condition. He
has done for me what no other insti
tution could do. As I said in the
foregoing, I bad tried many other
cures, but none with success. Aly
family physician, as a last resort, ad-'
vised me to put myself under the care
of Dr. Wooley. You see today the
result of his treatment of me more
than fifteen years ago.”
In these .times of doubt among a
certain class of people, as to the abili
ty to cure and cure perfectly the
opium and whisky habits, the state
ment, of Mr. Hodges should have
much weight. A representative of The
Constitution had this personal inter
view with him and knows that his state
ments are true. He is today physical
and mentally as well poised as any
man in this country. His eyes sparkle
with that intelligence that character
izes a pure and noble manhood. He
regrets the step he took in using mor
phine to relive his pains, for the use
of it for a short time put him under
its influence for nearly six years. He
thanks God that his attention was
directed to Dr. B M. Wooley, of this
city. The treatment aud cure was a
remarkable one, but is not more won
derful then hundreds of others affec
ted by the doctor.
In order to show the public, for the
public has a great deal of interest in
this question, that the statements of
Mr. Hodges'are true and accurate,
the following letter was recieved from
the wife of Mr. Hodges a few days
' ago:
Midville, Ga., October 17. —Dr. B.
M. Wooley, Atlanta, Ga. —Dear Sir: 1
write you relative to my husband’s
cure of the opium habit. He was af
flicted with the awful disease for a
number of years, and could not have
lived a year longer had he continued
to take morphine. He tried several
so-called ajjtidotes put himself* in the
hands of physicians, but coirld not
free himself from the terrible disease.
His friends and I did everything in
our power to aid him in his edeavors
to get wvll. but he had despaired of
ever doing so until his physician ad
vised him to try your treatment.
I'his he did as a last, resource, and 1
can say that he improved from the
day he started to take your medicine,
and appeared tovufl'er little or no in
conveniece. He has now been cured
of the morphine disease about fifteen
or sixteen years and is in perfect
health and strength. Mrs. T. B.
Hodges.
The foregoing is a letter from one
who has shared the sorrows of Mr.
Hodges while afflicted and his joys
since his recovery, and is therefore
valid, strong testimony. She writes
this letter after the cure has been ef
fected for many years. It is a true
statement and a just one. That Mr.
Hodges is a man of considerable repu
tation and influence in his native city,
and is well and favorably known, here,
is a letter from Air. Russell, treasurer
of Chatham county, bearing witness
to that fact.
Savannah, Ga. October 17, 1892.
Dr. B. Al. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.—Dear
Sir: 1 am personally acquainted with
Mr. T - B. Hodges and know him to be
a gentlemen of veracity, and a man
that is above reproach. Warring Rus
sell, Treasurer Chatham County.”
These statements vouch for the ac
curacy and truthfullness of what Mr.
Hodges has said foregoing. The peo
ple of Atlanta, and for that matter,
the people throughout the south know
of the scientific skill and the efficien
cy of Dr. Woolley. His record is a
noble one, having accomplished so
much for his fellow man, restoring
them to healthfulness of body and
mind. The foremost physicians of
this country recognize Dr. Woolley’s
ability and place him in the front
ranks, of specialists. He is indeed a
great man a noble man, a true man
and one worthy the confidence of
every person afflicted with the opium
or whisky habit.
The Constitution could not afford to
speak thus in indorsement of any
man whose record was less known to
them and it is therefore a great pleas
ure to us to furnish the public this in
terview which gives us such strong
evidence of the justice of our frequent'
indorsements of Dr. Woolley and his
treatment.
TOBACCO LANDS
The Field* *of Old Whitfield are Just
tlic Thing.
There has been a good deal of dis
cussion among the farmers of Whit
field county as to whether the lands of
Whitfield county were really good to
bacco raising lands or not. Col. J. B
Spencer and others at the head of the
Tennessee and Georgia Tobacco As
sociation say they are, and that nu
finer tobacco lands can be found any
where on the globe than the lands of
North Georgia. They are borne out
in their assertion by the following ar
ticle from the Southern Tobacco Jour
nal, published at Winston, N. C., i i
the very heart oi the tobacco coun
try. The Journal says:
WHaT EXPERTS SAY.
Those planters who have made the
largest success as tobacco growers are
to be regarded as the most reliable to
give advice. As to the kinds of soil
best suited for the tobacco crop, F. Al.
Rogers, of FlonWice, 8. C., says :
“The soil should not be too stiff in
character or too light and sandy, but
rather a gray top soil with a porous,
yellow sub-soil and naturally drained
It is best to settle pld soil fields that
have lain out for two or three years or
longer. If this is not obtainable, and
land that has been planted in tjome
other crops is cultivated, it must be
charged •with humus by resort to
compost.”
Now, farmers of Whitfield, there you
havs it. You can say see for yourself
what sort of lands it takes to raise
good tobacco. Is not there a vast
such land in this county?
The Argus ventures the assertion
that there are thousands of acres of
lust such lands in Whitfield county,
lying idle simply because the farmers
who own them do not believe they are
worth cultivating.
Why not raise tobacco on the old
sedge fields and get rich.
C.»». Church.
Rev. W. T. Dale will preach here to
morrow morning and night. He will
also hold a chi’klreti’s service at 2 :30
p. m. Subject: “The New Jerusalem.”
It’s dimensions will be delineated on
the black board. All the children of
the town are invited.
The Sunday school will meef in the
morning at 10 o’clock.
Strangers always welcome at ♦his
church.
New is the time to select your Xmas
presents. I have them in many styles
at prices to pleasd all. When you buy
from me you get something that will be
kept and appreciated. Tapp.
Everything in the way of toys from a
baby rattle down to a railroad train or a
steam boat at Crutcher’s Novelty Store.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
tut I, be sold before the court house door
Vs in Dalton. Git., within legal hours of bale
mi the first Tuesday in December, 1892, to the
highest bidder, th,; following described proper
ty. to-wit:
' Lots of land Nos one hundred and fifty-two
(152). and one hundred and fifty-threc (153) in
:he eleventh ijistrict. and third sect ion of Whit
field county, eoutaibing three hundred and
twenty (320) acres, levied on as the property of
John Pagala to satisfy af] (a issued front the
Superior court of Whitfield county in favor of
the N-ew Englamt Mortgage Security Co. vs.
Joint Fagala.
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Also the tniil lot of (,'. Brown containing
ten acres of land more or less lying near Tilton.
Ga . in the 13th district ami third section and
situated parity An Whitfield and partly in Mtlr
ray county, together witti the mills and gin and
other but blings thereon and aU the machinery
situate and conm-cted with said property and
all the water rights and ptivileges belonging to
.said mill property which property has tlw
metes and bounds and furtherdescr:ption asset
forth in the mortgage thereon made bv < . C.
Brown to the Rome. Foundry and \l»rliin«*
Works, which is recorded in the clerk’s olWs-e of
the Superior court o’ Whitfield county. Levied
on as the property of C. C. Brown to satisfy a
mortgage fi .'a from Whitfield Superior court in
invor of the First Notional Bank oX Route
against said C. Brown.
Also all the gearing, shafting, pnllevs. coup-
Wngs and journal.', boxes situated on. (he abovn
described mill property of said CL U. Brown and
connecte t with tlie-mills and git> thereon . Lev
ied o.i as the property of said U. U. Brown to
satisfy one 11 fa from Whitfield Superior court
infasorof tlte Rome Foundry and Alachine
Works against said IJrob n.
Also at the same time and place the grist mill
arid all fixtures, the cotton giu together with the
mill and gin house, together with ail
n.achtm'ry mid fixtures therein, .also on Lite ten
acr<s of land, more, or ha*, on which said mill
and gin buildings are located, AII of said prop
erty situated on the Cmmasauga river in or
near Tilton, Ga., Whit S.-id county, ami all
levied on as the property of.the defendant, C. 0
Brown, by virtue of all l.a from Whitfield Su
perior court in favor of J.. W. Collum vs. ( .. U.
Brown and S. C. Collum Xhis Nov. Ist, 18'12.
S. A. Frazier, SlicrilV.
An undivided half interest in two
two acres of lantt, moyg °r lost,
tn the city of Dalton. Georgia, and bounded as
l iliows: By H.U. Hamilton’s home place on
the west, west Tyler street on tjicnortluSelvirige
street on Lite east, ami a lot owned by Miz. L
N. ifarditgeon the south, and also an undivided
half interest in a lot on Chattanoogn A.v<-iiue’.
1> dton. Georgia,lying West and joiiiiug tin; home
place oi li. C. Hamilton, and running to the
dower line of Mrs. IL L. Hamilton, 'd’eceased,
thence east with said dower line 435 feef,to said
11. G. Bantiiloii's line. tlicnee43& feet prAhwest
to starting jxiinton Chattanooga Avei.ee. Also
three and one-half acres of la ml mirth et Dalton,
bounded on the west by land of Burgess, north
by land ol Bflrgess erst of home phutra-of b. T.
Parker, at.d soulh by north Hamilti n street.
Stdtivan and Parker. levied im as thepropertv
of H. C. Hamilton bv virtue of a Ufa. from the
, the city court of Atlanta in favor oi Ann M.
i Hunt again-t J. A. Gray nuik.er anti H. U.
I Hamilton Indorser.
S. A. FRAZI IvR, ‘ijieriir..
Jesse Trottsr I hs.
GREAT
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! Still Going On
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Proving an Unwonted Success.
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For the past week many of our
customers have taken advantage of ■
the great cut price sale, advertised •; ' !'•
last week. . They found goods just * 'U
as advertised, and we had no trouble
in pleasing even the over scrupulous, T Al
Tiii §3le is gtill GostMiil f ' Isl
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Don’t hesitate. Come along and, 4
get sohie of the designs. 8 fl
WE HAVE IMEVER BEFORE HAO
■ ich Site « Wraps.
We have just received our second stock, something unusual
for us in this particular lino. We attribute this to perfect
fitting garments, and to the reasonable margins placed on
them this season. You will notice by the accnnipaniiig
cuts that our stock is composed of the
Neatest and Prettiest
GARMENTS
TO BE HAD.
WE HAVE A FEW '
■ 1111,11 11 al
M i It will profit you to
r*, .v’L J 1 examine our stock of
Wraps.
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