The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-02-08
ANOTHER LULA HURST.

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ANOTHER LULA HURST.
She is q Medium of Great Force-The Ia
BILE Does Not Rap, But Gives Out a
Peculiar Noise.
"A rival to Lula Hurst, moro won
derful in her powers and mysteries
in her performances, has developed
in Milledgeville, Ga, in the person
of Mrs. Dixie Haygood, widow of
the late City Marshal Haygood,
who was murdered during the pro-
hibition campaign. Recent seances
in Milledgeville, witnessed by edi-
tors and others, and vouched for by
the Chronicle, show that she is q
medium Of great force. Mrs. Hay
good does not require the laying of
hands upon the table before the
mysterious rapping commences.
She simply takes q seat at the table,
rests either her hand or elbow upon
it and asks if a spirit is present.
Immediately the table responds by
raPping. The table does not rise
and rap with its legs. A peculiar
noise is heard on it like the drop
ping Of water. She can direct the
rapping where she pleases. a
young gentleman who has lived
here only a year asked if n spirit
present knew HIM. One answered
in the affirmative. He asked where
it had known him. 1t replied "Lou-
isville." 1t was then requested to
give the initials, and finally to spell
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which it did. The name was that
of acquaintance that the young
man had not heard Of in twenty
years.
A farmer near Milledgeville lost
a bale of cotton. He went to Mrs.
Haygood's, and the spirits told the
name Of the negro who had stolen
it, who he sold the cotton to and
where it could be found. The far
lDer investigated the matter and
found his cotton just rs the spirits
directed.
A young man was communing
with a cousin who had died. He
wrote in his note book: care you
happy in the spirit world 2" The
answer came: 81 never did it and
God knows that I did not" AS the
answer was read the young man
turned pale and sprang up from his
seat, avowing that he was satisfied.
He exhibited the question and the
spectators could sec no connection
between the two. After the young
man grew calm he said that while
he had written the question in his
note book, yet he was all the time
thinking of a crime that had been
charged to his cousin, and which
had never been cleared up, and the
answer was to the question in his
mind and not to the one written.
But aside of spiritualism, which
Mrs. Haygood says she doesn't ur.-
derstand ut all, and doesn't know
what to believe about it, that lady
is the equal of Lula Hurst. She
will not weigh one hundred pounds,
and yet she cal overcome the
strength Of several strong men,
She takes q billiard u and holds
it up in front of her and stands OH
one foot and dcfies any two men to
push her back ward. She stands
flat footed and defies any man to
catch her blythe arms and lift her.
She seems glued to the floor, and
one is afraid OF breaking her arms.
She continues to stand immovable.
She catches hold of a billiard cue
and two men try to lift her, but 1t
is the same. She takes the cue and
no three or four men can put it to
the ground with their combined
strength. AS many men as can get
in a chair may pile on II, and by
simply placing the palms Of her
hands on the chair rounds she lifts
them two or three inches from the
floor. A strong man may catch q
chair up in his arms, and the little
giantess has only to place the palm
of one hand on the bottom and the
other on the back, and the person
goes staggering about the floor in
spite of himself. All these remark
able feats are performed and she
doesn't appear to strain a muscle.
Rumors About Southern Rail-
roads.
In his last report to the board of
directors of the Richmond Termi-
nal Company, President Sully
makes q strong recommendation
that the system Of railroads under
the control of that company try the
experiment Of establishing and op-
Grating an express system for its
lines in place Of the express service
ofwhich the Southern Express com
pany now has exclusive control.
Out Of this arises n sensation
which had its origin even further
back than this recommendation of
President Sully, but which was
strengthened and assumed shape
when the Richmond Terminal had
before 1t for consideration this
scheme by which to displace the
Southern Express company from
it's lines.
1t is said that the Pennsylvania
Central Railroad is making its way
to the South. The rumor Is one of
several months standing, but little
attention has been heretofore paid
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