The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-16

cial Correspondence.)- Rescued from
the grave by a mans mysterious pow
en- revived and restored to health
when the vital spark had all but flick
cred out, a woman makes the startling
statement that she was raised from
the dead by Professor Thomas F..
Adkin. the wonder-worker of Roch-
ester. who bids fair to upset modern
| medical practice by his weird control
over death and disease.
| This sensational case, rivalng the
miracles of ancient writ. makes posi-
bic the belief that this man possesses
some super-human power to hold
death at bay and defeat the inroads
of all disease. He has made the blind
see, the lame walk. and has healed
hopeless inValids of disease. restoring
life and health to men and women
given up to die by doctors.
! Before the end came this woman
! who says she was raised from the
grave. a resident of TraWick, Texas.
had dragged herself from hospital.
! from doctor to doctor. only to be pro-
nounced hopelessly incurable and to
grow worse and worse. At last. after
! being bedridden for five years re-
duced to skin and bones. and in NOR
tai agony, she saw the gates of death
open and the yawnlng Jaws Of the
grave stretch wide. The last good
Dyes, the long sign as lH9
soul took flight, the solemn process
sion of slow moving carriages. the hol-
/ low thud of earth on coffin. and Mrs.
Phillips. earthly trials would be at an
| end.
But here entered a new power:
that of a man; tail. of commanding
presence. piercin" blue-gray, eyes that
looked upon the world With conscious
mastery, and the air of one to whom
: obstacles
| were empty names. A man with sor-
row in his face, sorrow and sympathy
for the poor mortals struggling feebly
! through life under the burden of dis
ease; disease that to them was an aw-
full reality: that to him was but a
name. And to Mrs. Phillips. as to 9TH
J ers. this mans power brought life and
health. release from wasting disease
| and death.
! One Of the first indications of re-
turning vitality noticed as the mighty
| force coming from this worker of mir
acles permeated her system was the
return of normal heart beats and cir
culation of blood: then little by little
| strength could be seen animatina
the wasted frame: gradually the color
, came back to the pale cheeks and the
tense lines drawn by disease and suf-
| feFing disappeared: the absent flesh
| returned and the contours of the limb
| rounded out: her whole body seemed
| to undergo a transformation. until.
! before the eyes of the intensely inter-
ested watchers, the bonds of death
and disease fell away as though they
were broken chains, and, instead of
| being in her grave. q happy woman
/ was standing on her feet and thank
| ing Professor Adkin for her life.
once more he had triu~ Dhed over
death and demonstrated his almost
miraculous power to cure human ills
/ Could doctors ana specialists he
blamed for looking at him in reveren'
awe? Or the hundreds whom he has
saved from the grave for believing
him possessed Of a power more than
human? Is it anv wonder that Mrs
Phillips says II wos raised from,
the dead?
Yet this is only one instance out oil
hundreds of this mans mastery over
disease. Mrs. M. M. Wilkinson. Of
IAltensbure. Mo. in telling of hel
tmothers similar experience. said: "He1
body was cold. She was practically
dead, but YOU revived her. Hel
heart had almost stopped but yo}
made it beat again. Words cannc
express what she suffered" TheI
Professor Adkin was called upon TO
the help he so willingly gives to al
in need, and under his weird intiuenc'
she began to get we'll at once. Al
disease and pain disappeared and
those who were hourly expecting he
death were astonished to see her III
and about completely cured. Equal!
remarkable was the case OF mar
in Fndlay, Mo. named r. A. Wallen
He had been paralyzed for four year.
and was steadily growing worse il
spite of all the doctors tried to do TO
him. Although Professor Aikin neveI
even saw this man. his power no
being lessened by distance. Mr.. wal
len says that his cure was so won
derfully quick and complete that /
twas like bringing the dead 10 me
Her life being rapidly eaten away
by a loathsome cancer Mrs. M. w
Nolen. of Covington, Ga. likewise ap
peaed to this man OF mysterious
might. and before his all-compell1ns
power the cancer disappeared and an
other grave was cheated OF It's victim
1.-THE Great White Plague. Consump
ton. has also been defeated by this
resistless force. one case BENG ina
of Miss Matte l.. Kelley OF Sea
iCove. Maine who was told py thf
doctors that she could not i've gu
lis today alive and we'll thanks TO FRO
feSsor Adkin.
Investigation reveals the fact til1
these are only random examples IRON