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This article profiles Sam Harris, a Shelby telegraph operator who practiced hypnotism, magnetic healing, and psychotherapy around the turn of the 20th century, including a widely discussed case in which a young woman reportedly regained the ability to walk. It also highlights his father, John F. Harris, an early telegraph operator and merchant, and shares anecdotes about his strength and business activities. Later sections reference early Shelby newspapers, escaped prisoners, and local publications.
Publication Date
8-31-1950
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
Sam H. Harris, John F. Harris, Clevie Weathers, Evans McBrayer, Eula Weathers, D. S. Weathers, D. K. F. Everett, Dixon A. Everett, Franz Polgar, Durbro D. Wilkins, Richard Champion, Helen Maria Burchett, S. S. Ross, Martin Roberts, William Cody, Joseph Carpenter, William Carpenter, Robert L. Simmons, J. J. Wirtz, Frank Harley, Seaboard Air Line Railway, Mountain Eagle Newspaper, Tar Heel Poultryman, Old Rip’s Pop-Gun, Shelby, Caroleen
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1950, August 31 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 46.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/46