The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-07-19
The Electric Health Eesort, HllIman
Georgia..

The Electric Health Eesort, HllIman
Georgia.
Mr.. EDITOR: 1t has been my privilege
recently to visit the above mentioned
place, and, at your request, will give your
many readers short description of my
trip and this pleasant resort. left An
derson on the morning of the 10th inst, in
response to an invitation from the Electric
Health Resort Company to attend BAN
quet to be given to the Passenger and
Ticket Agents Of South Carolina and
Georgia, at Hillman, where I arrived at
1.S7 of the same day. By the time We
arrived at the station where we were to dis
embark, we had quite nice party under
the escort of the genial Travelling Passen.
ger Agent, Capt. Joe W. White, of the
Georgia Railroad. At the Hotel, we were
met by Mr.. B. f. Brown, Manager of the
Electric Mound Hotel, who soon had US
assigned to comfortable quarters. After q
short rest, we were ushered into the spa
cious dining hall, where was spread one Of
the most eles ant dinners it has ever besn
my privilege to enjoy. After an hour spent
most pleasantly around the table, we were
told to make ourselves at home and take in
the sights. OF course the first place to
take ii was the Electric shaft, or well, as
some call it. Leaving the hotel at the top
of the hill, We proceed by winding path
to the bottom, and we are ready to enter.
The electric rooms (or shaft) are three COM
partments in an excavation fifty feet long,
twelve feet wide and six feet deep, made in
the side of the hill known as the electric
mound. The southern wall of the excava-
ton Is composed of an alum rock, twenty
feet in height, and extending the full
length Of the compartments. In this rock
the electric property resides. The whole
Is covered with neat frame building, pro-
vided with q pleasant sitting room, thus
laffording comfortable protection against
Indictment weather.
/ The treatment Of patients consists of
ting in the electric rooms two or three
hours daily, getting the benefit of the eiec-
tric currents, and drinking freely of the
electrified water, which is pumped from
the rock in each room.
The question, no doubt, occurs to every
one, does the treatment cure? This ques-
ton I cannot answer from my own expert
ence, as I arrived there in good health, and
left in the same condition. can say this
much, however, that I talked with q great
many who were there for treatment, and
in nearly every instance they expressed
themselves as greatly benefited. Some
: had gone there on crutches, and after two
or three weeks were able to walk up and
down the hill without help. Others had
gone with aggravated cases Of dyspepsia,
and after using the water freely were able
TO eat and digest anything on the table.
Let me say right here that the managers
deny the assertion that they claim cure
an. In cases Of rheumatism, dyspepsia
and kidney disease they do claim that
they have remedy, provided the cases
have not become chronic. It is true, they
say, that great many come with preju-
diced minds, remain day or two, and
leave without any benefit, while Others
come and remain for several days or
weeks, and leave entirely restored. From
what / saw and heard, I am fully satisfied
that there is strong curative powers in this
shaft, whether from the electric rock or the
water, or both, / am unable to say, and
would advise any one suffering from any
/ of the diseases mentioned to give it trial.
I The place is located in Talliaferro County,
Ga, sixty-fye miles from Augusta, on the
Washington Branch Of the Georgia Rail-
road. The Company have erected forty
four room house, modern in its construc-
ton and convenience. ofnew and approv-
cd equipments, an excellent table and
superior service. Mr.. Brown is Q model
manager, polite, kind and attentive, and
soon makes bis guests feel at home. Our
party left for home on the afternoon of the
s11th, feeling deeply grateful to the conn
mittee Of arrangements for their courteous
attention, and especially to Capt. White
for his untiring efforts to make our stay
pleasant and comfortable. i. P. 8.