The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-08
Drives OUT SPIRITS
HOW "Hucp. o -C-r-." TE-.re
HIS PATIENTS.
Negro PEOPLE Mostly Nrs Firm Ccliev
eT5 IN rIis r.N-r 20 Save from
EueetS 6. Being Cen.
Iured by Enemy

Olaer doctors ma. Gu o you If yuu
are stricken Ut. ln disease. but
1"v.e Is only t-- lJytyg who can cure
you If you are really "hoodooed."
The "hoodoo doctor" is tall, gauni
and cadaverous looking negro with
wealth Of Ions Tayy hair, and he lives
IN the West side, says the Kansas City
star He is familiar figure on the
streets Of bola cities and invariably
carries a little black hand satchel
The hoodoo doctor is held in awe by
R.ne'tenths If the negro population
and his services are IN demand by tho
people of his race.
You may laugh at us for believing
In our hUudCo doctor" aid one colored
woman, but what Is The difference be.
tween him and the divine healers OF
white folks?"
The negro people, yr at least a great
majority of them are firm believers in
the power of the eyi! spirit and so sc
far as to credit some 0f their race with
the power to "conju.e" an enemy, or
one of whom the conjureg is jeal
Gus.
When such person pays social
call to supposed friend the first thing
necessary after the yisi,, according tC
the hoodoo doctor g. to throw coarse
salt over the floor e. the room in which
the alleged conjuger has visited, and
then, with a vigorous movement,
th, a n
and south, the while the sweeper nut.
tiers an incarnation known only to the
hoodoo doctor and to his patients.
The next step is to send for the hoo.
doc doctor-the quicker the better In
order that the conjurer may not have
time to get in his deadly work or tc
work any material harm to the health
or the happiness of his victim.
When the hoodoo doctor arrives
ulcn the scene lie SOS through the
| salt sweeping process again and calls
upon the evil spirits TO depart in
/ s.anter. His visits arc preferably
made at night, but where this is I'M
| practicable the room wherein lies the
victim of the dread hoodoo is darken
! ed. The hooduo dJctCr then proceeds
to rub his patiSnt--always in the darl
and the evil spirits he robs out Of &
conjured patient are said TO be mar
/ velous in size and hideous to behold
/ After the rubbing process Is over tho
hoodCo doctor prepares connection
| of hard boiled eggs, fresh grass in sum
/ mer or the dried article In winter. {
handful of twigs and several othel
j mysterious and more or less unpala
I table ingredients, the connection a sc
cret known only TO the hoodoo doctor
( This he feeds in tablespoon doses I'm
I 81 he Is assured that the work of tn,
conjurer has been destroyed and hi
patient free from all the wiles t
which victims of the evil spirit arr
heirs.
Once a negro has been hoodooed h
Is apt to have a recurrent attack a
any time, always being more or les
susceptible to the wicked conjureI
Thus is the hoodoo doctor in sucl
great demand.
People can be hOodooed in differen
ways" said the hood0o doctor. The
can be fixed so they can amount L
anything or have any success in bus
ness or love CT be able to keep in fail
ly good health, and they just got {
get that hoodoo out of EN- before the
ever will be any good. That's what
the matter with lots of the white folks
failures, only they think they are to
smart to bother with the hoodoo doc
tor"