Suwannee Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 1897-current, 1909-09-10
HOLLY ROLLERS
Women Who We're Duped
By the PrOPhesy.

been duped BY the holly roll
Dusnt and which was pub
ii he Tampa Tribune, will be Of
. nany.of our readers:
rdsy morning, three widows Of
years, made their way back
ps from Durant and one Of them
L. MattOx, reported at the
ns Office. Her story is a remark
oue;
4. vas last week, " she said, that
u,cphesy of the destruction of
s was made. 1t came from Mrs.
sickle, who lives at Durant. She
ended to hear the message direct
TIE Holy Ghost and itineluded the
s-MOndsy highland the state
that only the corporate limits of
us would be affected, but this city
20 sink in general wreck and ruin.
~ divine message, it was said, was
shted BY Mrs. Van Sickle's son,
Md Van Sickle, As soon as the
hssy was communicated among the
bes Of the Holy GhOsters' flOeked,
ss vas great excitement and l and
ny friends were deeply alarmed. |
aed, however, that would stick
tampa and go down with it, comes
Est may.
Sunday afternoon, the Van Sickles
M IN couriers TO give another warn
70 the faithful. This time, it sound
q straight and ! quit my 50 a month
and liked to the country. With me
mh the same direction, went about
Hsnty others, some of them giving
tgay al they had. others selling out
m what they could get on the spur of
moment and joining the saved.
at Durant, we found the Van Sic
li and some twenty others, huddled
IS elheF in prayer. We found but lit
81 accommodation but, by Divine dis
nsatiOn, probably, the Van Sickles
bad provided a lunch counter where our
hunger could be satisfied for cash. 1t
gls the greatest influx of people that
brant ever saw and things doomed
Is lhsFs for while. The Methodist min
ster there advised US that we were
loolish and that we ought to 90 back
BONE but we were carried away by
ee harangues of Van Sickle and his
mother and | am sure that was hyp-
e notilea for the time being.
When Monday night come, We list
@sd, between prayers and exhorta-
ions TOR the noise of the destruction of
ilnPa, but We heard nothing alarming.
Next day, when we found out that the
ag had not been destroyed, we began
nooubt, but the Van Sickles said the
@ls N the message had been misinter-
Re'ed and that it was yet to come.
seneone heard that the Six Mile creek
Nege had been destroyed, and Van
cskle said: See-the Lord has de-
aDysd the bridge, so you cannot re-
sRn 70 the doomed city Did you ever
hear such stuff"
An MattOx said that she and her
We companions were the first to leave
M Durant assembly and that about IS |
ianpa people are there yet still under |
a sway of the Van Siekles. when |
e ett they told US we were going to
" oeath, but | shouted Tampa was
goo enough for me and, If it sank, | |
would sink with it. l spent all my
money, lost my position, and am back
pennileSs, all on account of listen
ag to such takers"
me widows who returned with Mrs. |
-A''OS are Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Wright,
no I'VE near YbOr City. The latter
~ conducting small restaurant on
senth avenue, when she received the
lalng, and sold it out for a mere pit
nee IN order to be relieved of any in
@sts in doomed Tampa.
1hls woman went on further to tell
ee Of the men of the sect at Durant
= 0een found out just in time to pre-
als clipping with another mans
Z you haven't the time to exercise
SoarlN DOan's Regulets will pre-