The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-02
Annie MAY kbbott's Performance


der or The Little Georgia Mag
net. appeared at the Opera
House last Monday night before
a large audience in a demonstra-
ton of her wonderful power
Her audience was skeptical. crit
zeal and inclined to belittle her
performance at first. but test
after test dispelled all skepticism
and established her powers be-
yond all doubt. She was assisted
by twenty gentlemen from this
city who were called upon the
stage to participate in the per-
Torrance and to attest its gen
uineness. Among these gentle
men were Drs. J. w. Lipscomb,
DR.. B. A. Duncan, Dr. r. l..
Sykes, "Dr." B. A. Weaver and
Messrs. D. d. Richards. B. d.
Erwin, r. E. Mahon. John
B. Patterson, Chas. Frierson,
Leonard Goodrich. T. II. Sharp,
Walter Weaver DR.. J. Fl. Key,
Col. w. D. HUMPHREYS, Edwin
T. Moore. J. NJ. Street, T. o.
Burris, W. B. Hopkins and
others.
Her first test was with the
stick and with it resting in the
palms of her hands she wasable to
resist the efforts Of number of
men. Gentlemen were then given
a chair TO hold and she threw
them about the stage at will by
her power. Then followed a num-
Der of really remarkable tests,
prominent among them being
the lifting Of a chair in which
were seated such heayyweights
as Messrs. B. ID. Erwin, D. d.
Richards, DR.. J. II. Key and sew
erai others. She lifted this load
Of com bined weight, which must
have aggregated a thousand
pounds, by placing the palms of
her hands against the side of the
chair and up it came Another
really remarkable exhibition was
that against the arch. Col. W.
ID. Hum phries and Mr.. Edwin T.
Moore placed their palms against
the proscenium arch. Miss Alb
bott placed the lips of her fingers
against these hands and then re-
sisted the combined strength OF
a dozen men pushing against her
back in their efforts to put her
to the wall. Another very in.
teresting exhibition Was the
transmission of her power. She
called for some little girl or boy
and Master Jack Mcclure volun.
teerad He stood out in the
audience fully twenty feet from
the magnet and looking intently
at her, Mr.. J. A. Eddins, who
was seated near the boy, was
asked to lift him up. OF course,
without the manifestation of her
| power it was an easy task, but
when her power was transmitted
Mr. Eddins toiled in vain. An
other conclusive test of her
power was when she called a
large number of little children to
| the stage and made them join
hands. Back of each was a mem
Der of the com mittee and, all
joining hands but those who
were to do the lifting, the latter
were invited to lift the children.
Without the exertion of her
power it was an easy matter,
but once exerted, the children
we're as thousands Of pounds of
weight for ia nearly instance the
lifters failed. The two hours en-
tertainment was filed with ex-
hibitions Of this character and
the entertainment was repeated
last night.
To account for Miss Abbott S
power is impossible. The most
plausible explanation Of it is that
it is hynotism She exerts a
wonderful power over herself
and seems able to transmit it to
others, which lends color to the
belief that it is hynotic sugges-
ton or some kindred influence
The engagement was a success
in every particular.
President Kincannan's Gard