The Washington times., 1922-10-29
HUNDREDS,
BEs|EGE NEGRO
WOMAN HEALER
Many Testify to Power OF
AUNT Mollie," Who Lives IN
Remote Georgia.

ATLANTA, Oct, 2s.-Such mir.
aculous cures are being performed
by q negro woman known ~
"Arnt Mollis," living In the coun-
try near valdosta, Ga, that people
from ali parts Of the South, and
from States as far away as
Milne. are journeying to her home
in AN effort TO find relief from
suffering.
She Is reported to have cured
essss !of cancer, tuberculosis and
ehf6nic heart affections. and many
iess serious ailments, such ~
stomach trouble, rheumatism and
eczema. She has done this simply
by:hying her hands on the suffer-
cr- and telling them over and
over again that their disease was
lsaying them, and that they were
growing stronger afain.
W Horn Is ThrOnged.
she Is s0 1iiterate negro woman.
Hytng far eFS the beaten highway.
and yet she has developed and is
prlicticing with startling success the
Sslne Yrincirles of self f-cure that are
iaulEht by IDr, Emile Coue. the
FBtnsl.gnais, whose name is being dis
cusSed throp ghout the world.
AZ the time reporter made Q
Sigtt DO the negro woman's home he
fotfnd l49 people there, and he learn.
ed that often as many an 500 may be
cotnted at her door, some crippled,
sofhe half-biind, some terribly wasted
by disease. but all filled with the
hope that they can find at her hands
the cure that doctors failed to give.
So many people have come to see
her that she has employed q secre.
taIy. and II Is necessary first to see
him and make an engagement before
Aunt Mollie can be seen. He issues
q ticket and the recipient Is admitted
TO. Aunt Mollie's presence according
to number. Some patients have had
to.wait two weeks.
Aunt Mollie declares she asks no
one for money and takes only what
she is given. but In spite of that. she
offers many evidences Of profiting
well by her healing power. For In
stance, she not only has private
secretary, but she Is also the owner
Of Three automobiles and only one ID
. nivver.
:: Some Call Her Faker.
For over a year she has been at
the, work of healing the sick. and In
that time hundreds and hundreds Of
people have sought her and scores
have testified to being cured. Some
cont end that she is purely a faker
who ~ bleeding credulous and unfor-
tunate people, but this has not pre-
venfed the number Of her patients In
doubling and trebling.
Few famous specialists have as
many patients as this negro woman,
living at a spot In the country that
can be reached only by automobile.
wagon, buggy or on foot.
She 10 not the wrinkled. .crone one
might expect. but a large. pleasant
faced. middle-aged woman as black
az, the ace Of spades, with nothing
unusual about her except her voice,
which Is deep. vibrant and musical.
G'Where Ia your misery, chile?" was
the first thing she asked. She wss
told that her visitor had no misery"
bnt had come simply to find out how
she L. able to cure disease.
For a moment she said nothing.
Then In her peculiar, vibrating voice
she exclaimed, at is my bir.hrieht.
II is the gift Of God" Little shiyers
ran up and down the spines Of her
listeners. "The gift of God" she re.
peated. u have had II all my life.
xt.first I fought it-thls force. but
fifteen years ago I gave up to II,
and now spend my time doing what
ittells me- .,..7 :,
sshe added that she was the Oldest
OF nineteen children. She was asked
hnw many people she has treated.
thousands and thousands" she an
sHered. 'They come In streams like
c2red."
sShe made a motion IN indicate that
tEe interview was ended.
Cures Are Cited.
sOut in the yard both negroes and
white people were waiting. The.
nfpst of whom were worked up to
high pitch Of emotion. gave startling
experiences. The white people were
lss emotional. but no less firm In
ti4pir belief in Mollie.
"A case was cited OF a man who
canns all the way from Maine to zee
tue healer and went away cured.
When he left he gave Mollie ten new
SO bills.
THE keeper Of boarding house In
the village three miles from wherc
Mbllie lives, said: "I've seen 'em
c6me on cru'ches and 20 away with.
OFT them. / saw a man with hands
c&vered with eczema and so inflamed
that he could not work. The day
after he received treatment he was
Id his barn shelling corn, with no
sfEns OF the disease left. Further.
MORO. she cured me Of rheumatism,
Ny back was so stiff that I had not
been able to straighten up for
months. After one treatment the
Rheumatism left and have not had