The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-06-14

our best citizens and several thous-
ands of dollars in cold cash, which he
is alleged to have acquired during
! two weeks operations Of his faith
in this vicinity.
At first the professor was consid
cred a joke, but the joke became Sc
rious on account of injuries done tc
very i'll patients, whom he is said tc
have declared he could cure in short
order. Idle comment developed into
something by his harangue in bar
/ Der shop Thursday night when he is
alleged to have used filthy and revolt
, ing language to several negroes, cal
culated, it is said, to stir up the black
mans instincts against white women
The conversation was overheard by
white men, unknown to the "profes-
sor" and as result some of the best
citizens of High Point said Psycholo-
gist Coley's presence should no longer
be tolerated.
A citizen who consulted the "pro-
fessor" was directed by Coley to
write Chief of Police O. P. Hedge
peth of Rocky Mount, as to his char
acter and work. The following letter
was received from the Rocky Mount
chief:
"Your letter in regard to a DR..
Coley, psychologist, from South
Carolina, received. He was here stop
ping at one, of the best hotels, claim
ing to do something. He certainly did
T.; swamp the money, however, l do not
know of any good that he has ever
DONE"
INQUIRIES to South Carolina news
papers brought virtually the same an
swers. The Lancaster News, near
which place the man is said to have
started his wonders, replied tersely
but completely: "Just an ordinary
fakir."
The information received from
other cities apparently creates no sur
prise in High Point. At least one
minister of the gospel has stated that
the presence of the man and his false
teachings is an open insult to every
church and every earnest church
member.
According to those acquainted with
the circumstances, Professor Ccley
uses a regular printed form of pre-
scription blank, or did use them until
the supply was exhausted. On each
blank he had printed Prof. B. A.
Coley, psychologist and healer, 1881
Wheat street, Columbia, S. c. In
each case it is said the same prescrip-
ton is used, regardless of the all
ments of the patient. The following
is claimed as the prescriptions: "Olive
oil, castor oil, sweet spirits of nitre.
Take teaspoonful night and morn
ing"
The professor himself makes no
charges for his services, but it is said
he has an assistant standing at the
door to collect as the patient leaves
the building. Amounts collected va
ry from few dollars up to consider
able sums, it is reported.
According to intelligent High Point
citizens who have watched Prof Coley
since he came to the city, the profes-
sor has carried with him back to
South Carolina several thousand dol
lars, much of it collected from poor
and ignorant people of this commun-
ity. Some estimates place the amount
collected here at not less than $4,000.
The regular physicians of High
Point have taken Coley's operations
mostly in good humor, except where
he has interfered with suffering pa
tients in such way as to increase
suffering and hasten death. The COM
ments about him, which were at first
said to be joking, have been anything
else in the past few days.
The professor" seems to operate
inside the letter Of the law, on which
point one of the prominent manufac-
turers of the city said today:
eff the law cannot reach this sort
of thing then l am of the opinion that
we need the return of the Ku Klux
Klan or something that can reach it. ="
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