The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-01
MILLEDGEvrL7,r's WONDER.
A Lady Whose Performances Gut
shine Those of Lula Hurst.

Z BHlfl0 lnOS0 OF LuId hurst
Mdled9evtue, Co., Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
/ A rival TO Lula Hurst, more wonderful
| in her powers and mysterious in her per
| formances, has developed here in the per-
son of Mrs. Dixie Haygood, widow of the
late City Marshal Haygood, who was
murdered during the prohibition campaign.
! Recent seances here, witnessed by editors
| and others, and vouched for by the enron
! lcie, show that she is a medium OF great
force. Mrs. Haygood does not require
| the laying OF hands upon the
| table before the mysterious rapplng
commences. She simply takes a seat
at the table, rests either her hand or
elbow upon it and asks if spirit is present.
| Immediately the table responds by rapplng.
! The table does not rise aud rap with its legs.
| A peculiar noise is heard on it, like the drop
| ping OF water She can direct the rapplng
where she pleaseS At the last seance
group of young people were asking questions
at table, another at the same time were
| communing with a spirit on the floor, while
third group held to their ears billiard
cue. All three of the groups were receiving
| lnJelhglbe answers to their questions at the
same time, and the intense interest of the
| spectators, as all leaned forward TO catch the
mysterious raps. was ludicrOus. one group
would be talking to the table about their
|
the floor about what kind of
place heaven and hell were, and
! those communing through the bill
| hard cue would be cOmmuning with some
! friend who had departei /. Mrs. HaygoOd
all this time held little child in her arms,
and seemed highly amused at the excited
communicate. A young gentleman who
! has lived here only year, asked If spirit
! present knew him. One answered III the
Affirmative. He asked where it had known
him. 1t replied, ''Louisville.' 1t was then
! requested to give the initials, and finally to
| spell the name of the departed spirit, which
~ did. The name was that of an acquain-
lance that the young man had not heard of
| in twenty years.
A farmer near Milledgeville lost bale of
| cotton. He went TO Mrs. Haygood's, and
the spirits told the name of the negro who
had stolen it, to whom he sold the cotton, and
where it could be found The farmer in
| vestIgated the matter and found his cotton
just as the spirits directed
Mrs. Haygood is also a writing medium.
| Some one in the room takes out a note book
| and asks question He closes the book and
puts it into his pocket, no one in the room to
see it. A piece of paper is laid on the table,
and the medium takes pencil and places it
on the paper. Every muscle i'll her face
| becomes rigid, and the hand and arm hold
ing the pencil grows rigid. The hand moves
| voluntarily under mysterious guidance.
All the letters are linked. and when the
pencil reaches the edge the paper dragged
back and another line is written. When
the message is finished the pencil runs off
the paper. During the writing the hand
wavers, and one looking over the shoulder
cannot decipher the chirography. A little
study of it, however, will make the answer
clear, and it is a direct answer to the ques-
ton in the note book
a young man was communing with a
cousin who had died. lie wrote in his note
book: Are you happy in the spirit world",
| The answer came II never did it, and
| God knows that | did mott 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 see no connection
between the two. After the young man
grew calm he said that while he had written
the question III 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.
The spirits when questioned about the
hereafter and the future state, say that
| there is no intermediate state sucE as pur-
gatory. The spirit goes directly to the
sphere or circle that it is to occupy. If a
Al
happiness in the hereafter. If it has been
evil, misery and wretchedness await it after
death. God IS always present everywhere
Obedience to his viii, good spirits delights
in. Those spirits that are in the spheres of
the blest do not want to return to earth,
but those who are in the spheres of wretch
edneSS would like to exchange places. Those
who are happy and those who are miserable
adlure all on earth TO live right and love
and fear God. When questioned as to Christ
they invariably deny him.
| Butt aside of splrtua.sm, which Mrs.
HaygOOd says she doesn't understand at all,
and doesn't know what to believe about it,
that lady is the equal of Lula Hurst. She
will not weigh 100 pounds, and yet she can
overcome the strength OF several strong
men. She takes a billiard cue and holds it
in front of her and stands on one foot and
defies any two men to push her backward.
She stands tlat-footed and defes any man
to catch her by the 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 it 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 i'll a chair may pile
on it, 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 chair up in his arms and
| the little glanteSS 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
remarkable feats are performed and she
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