The sun., 1890-08-30
VOUDOO IN THE FORESTS.
ROTH WHITE AND COLoRED FLooK-
TNs TO MLXTILIRS MAGICIAN

ne TO MAXTILERS MAGICIAN
. v,or,a. HauIet Of Four Houses with
~. Hundred Waters . Week - Tho
Healer Can DO AsythtnE ne IL Paid Fer.
s,yISSAH, Aug. 29.-Msxviie. q hamlet in
vioyida seven miles south Of Baldwin, on the
pioyida Central and Peninsular Railroad. 10
hocoming famous, Judging from the numerous
ruasenRers for that place the past month or
tvo The town has q store and three houses,
srd the surrounding country is sparssly set
,,5 ordinarily not moro than three or four pas
ssneers week would make up its quota, but
vbsn the number Increased to 75, and then to
1O Tho persons undor whose notice the In
srssse came began an investigation. Your
correspondent made flying trip to MRxVile
1,sterday and interviewed DIR. 'Lishs Wilkln-
son. the great magic healer and Voudoo Of the
negroes for hundreds Of miles around.
Tho reporter arrived Rt Maxvillo at night
and had to ride mule back two miles through
the deep pine forests before reaching the Doc
tors habitatlon. On the way a camp Of some
siteen or more colored people was passed who,
the guido said. had come from northern Geor-
da TO consult the Doctor. They were all
ranged around q big fire holding an ex-
cited consultation and examining a big
sheet OF paper that one OF them hold.
As tho reporter approached they ran or into
converse with him. The guide said that this
was the usual custom. the paper being some
kind OF magic voudoo or spell the doctor had
eiyen to them, and they thought that II
strangers saw it 1t would lose Its force and
mower. The party approached the house and
The newspaper man went In. A short stout
man. with one eye bandaged. approached him.
seyinE was expecting ggGu" and shGSs
rennrter and for q moment he stood still
looking at the celebrated doctor; HIS rugged.
and his Sun ali gray oyos twinkled with unusual
force A slouch hat was over his Rray-white
hair while rough flannel shirt, leaps trou-
Doctor" said the reporter "rve got rheu-
%s'Sn do Tbe doctor 6m
10 ioTa hare bis back He did SO; the doctor then
and then did the same using his index finger
Alone; An unc9m n 'ortabls feeling @ sSon S mani.
81 and Il re shf Ho
shorty and $ sSFuPs,y ,Sld tie s,S reporter
squares. with the numbers /, 10, l6 81 In them,
he gave that TO the reporter and told him to
tired for a week. and alter that the rheumatism
would geksr bo ieit again; d H. The FcpoLtSr % s s5-
RRSon ns HsSer ER Snsn hAa con-
he said that this rower to cure BY touch any
SesSS WOUND or h1 Ss W
and that he has prsct,sed 1t for sixty years.
lean cure dropsy. rheumatism; cancer. &c.
$.s1RS ~ " D; aa a: 'sS ;Sss
@sfe absent and eoupes return To
stolen stole and lost p!operty. knew to-day that
you were coming, The reporter soon found
out that the old fellow would not give any rea!
deaf OF his work. and so sought out some OF
his neRhbors.
sort q business. have known them to come
from from al IiG parts Of this State. they camp out
when they come here and wont have anything
% DO %h TnS n S rSs
aroun the fire. 'voudoo' practice. and all that
sort Of mummery. They think the world Of
be doesn't charge them anythine.I oh. moi He
see who WI =, give him him =, The The largest and
from m0sSS ssS o' SSn 500 MN day 70 fos
sFs Ssy Osohe Thsy to him for shos to
spells, to tnjur,e, an !, enemy. or even to KIN
home, and that he will be we'll when he gets
thsrs; Tnt .,o v,,,o. ora ,o,n,,n .c,r..,.o eu
this fr ud's ,fTers. He gets rom fitg to two
hundred letters n week. many OF tho n enclos-
ing money. a-king for advice. He cannot cad
y line aud these letters are simply opened. the
monry taken out ana the letters burned. He
any kind. even by Proxy. He assures his dures
that he can treat them as well as when they
are a. nome a. when near him.
White women from New York. Chicago. Gin
einnatl. and other places visited him
here last winter. and this summer hun
In 200 miles have gone through tho
mummeries that he some ines practices. He
Is worth many thousands OF dollars gained In
this way. He has no bank. but buries his
money in the ground near his house. and such
is, the re ,utation of the place hat Il would be
spell and try to secure 1t"
Several negroes expressed thempelves In the
utmost awe OF the old doctor and bis spells
One said that his wife had run of with ano her
man. and that the doctor had changed her
mind 30 that sne returned homo In q month.
doctor found them hundreds Of miles
rationale the doctor put his hand on the
wound a"d he went homo cured Sam Jack
man showed b e scar on bis breast where o
load OF huckshot hit him. The Doctor simply
sam and dismissed him. It was we'll within
two days.
The reporter learned from the railroad off,
ctals that moro tickets were sold for this
place than for any place around. with ton
times ita bu- mess, Parties to the rail-
ipforWatlon regarding the doctors home.
here In Savannah party is made M weekly
chiefly OF colored people. and whom they return
home a grand pow-wuw is held n which hun
doctor.